The Maryland State Society Daughters of the American Revolution honored Joey Piper Mullenax as the state Good Citizen winner at their State Conference in Ellicott City on May 18. Joey was presented with a monetary award, certificate and challenge coin. Joey is a graduating senior at Boyd J. Michael III Technical High School. He was […]
Bikers in Fayette County rode out Saturday in memory of a police officer who died last year. Zane Breakiron was a Uniontown native working as a police officer in Morgantown, West Virginia. He died in an off-duty crash on I-68 last June. Bikers gathered at the Carmichaels American Legion to kick off the memorial ride. […]
TOLEDO – The Boy Scouts of America Erie Shores Council honored the many contributions of its volunteers at the 98th annual Scouter Recognition Dinner. Scouts, leaders and volunteers from all over Northwest Ohio gathered at the Pinnacle in Maumee for fellowship, dinner and awards on June 6. Two lifetime awards given to Pocock, Barth The […]
Community members shared laughter, tears and applause as they gathered Saturday to honor the life of veteran Detroit lawyer Bill Goodman at Wayne State University. Goodman died Nov. 17, 2023, at age 83 and a funeral was held at Ira Kaufman Chapel in Southfield on Nov. 20, 2023. Attendees filled the Community Arts Auditorium at […]
Scott Community College celebrated graduates of its high school equivalency program. The graduation ceremony took place at Davenport North High School’s auditorium.David Hines gave the keynote speech. Hines graduated from the program in 2019 and has started his own apparel brand since then. Hines was recognized as the Iowa Literary Council’s outstanding learner of the […]
NANTERRE, France (AP) — One year after a French teenager with North African origins was killed by police — a shooting that sparked shock and days of rioting across France — his mother is leading a silent march Saturday to pay homage to her son. It comes at a politically fraught time. Hate speech is […]
Maybe it’s time to rename Lake Superior. Lake Erie, the smallest of the Great Lakes, was named by USA TODAY’s 10Best as the top lake in the United States. In a reader vote, Lake Erie topped Geneva Lake in Wisconsin as the top body of water surrounded by land. Lake Erie borders Ohio, New York […]
FORDYCE, AR – This weekend the people of Fordyce showed us all what it truly means to be a community. Within hours, hundreds gathered candles and showed up to the Mad Butcher Grocery Store for a candlelight vigil, paying tribute to the victims of Friday’s mass shooting. “This community is hurting right now,” the organizer […]
NEOSHO, Mo. — More than tea was served today as women veterans gathered in Neosho. Women from all across the Four States, including Missouri and Northwest Arkansas, gathered at the First Presbyterian Church in Neosho. Established by the American Legion Auxiliary Neosho Unit 163, the event started as a way to give women veterans a […]
ARDMORE ― A college at the University of Oklahoma long named for the parents of the late Oklahoma City energy magnate Aubrey McClendon will revert to its former name after a unanimous vote Friday by the OU Board of Regents. In 2008, OU’s Honors College was named the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors […]
In recognition of National Women’s Veterans Day on Wednesday, June 12, the 25th Navajo Nation Council honored the strength and sacrifice of all women warriors who serve to protect our sacred homelands and freedom. National Women’s Veterans Day is celebrated on June 12, on the anniversary of the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act signed […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed and lawmakers in the Polish parliament observed a minute of silence on Wednesday to honor a young soldier who was fatally stabbed at the Polish-Belarusian border during a migration crisis that Poland says has been engineered by Russia and Belarus. The soldier, Mateusz Sitek, was stabbed in the chest […]