This year was a big one for the Fayetteville-area food scene, but there is even more on the horizon for 2024. Local entrepreneurs and chains have plans to open restaurants, coffee stands, grocery stores around town next year. Among them are at least three food trucks planning brick-and-mortar eateries; four chains opening their first Fayetteville-area […]
The Kremlin said it has a list of foreign assets that it would seize if the West pulls a similar move. The West froze $300 billion in Russian assets following its invasion of Ukraine. G7 leaders are set to discuss how to seize Russian assets legally when they next meet in February, per Reuters. The Kremlin […]
The Kremlin said it has a list of foreign assets that it would seize if the West pulls a similar move. The West froze $300 billion in Russian assets following its invasion of Ukraine. G7 leaders are set to discuss how to seize Russian assets legally when they next meet in February, per Reuters. The Kremlin […]
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines is hopeful of being taken off the money laundering ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of this year, the country’s Anti-Money Laundering Council said on Tuesday. The FATF, an intergovernmental organisation combating money laundering and terrorism financing, added the Philippines to the list in June 2021 for […]
Dec. 31—Union University announced 367 students have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester. The Dean’s List includes full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average on a four-point scale. Robert Field, of Jacksonville, was among those who achieved Dean’s List status. Founded in 1823 and affiliated with the Tennessee […]
Warren Buffett.Getty Images / Bill Pugliano Warren Buffett has dropped from the world’s fifth-richest person to 10th on the list this year. Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Alphabet’s cofounders leapfrogged him as AI and tech stocks soared. Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway owns almost 6% of Apple but has many staid businesses and stocks. Warren Buffett was […]
The Traditions of Malanka have been added to the National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has reported [Malanka is a Ukrainian folk and church holiday on the evening before the New Year or St Basil the Great on 1 January in the Gregorian calendar and […]
OLD BRIDGE – The new year will bring a new mayor with new initiatives in the township. Longtime Republican Councilwoman Debbie Walker will be sworn in as Old Bridge mayor at the Township Council’s reorganization meeting at noon Jan. 1. Walker, who served 12 years on the Township Council, most recently as vice president, defeated […]
HOUSTON – The new year is approaching and what better way to ring in 2024 than attending a celebration! Houston is no stranger to having a good time and New Year’s Eve will be no different! There are many places in the city hosting an event or party for you to attend. If you’re not […]
Dec. 23—A residents’ committee appointed by the Joplin City Council has selected 16 street and bridge projects as its picks from 33 possibilities for the next 10-year cycle of the capital improvements sales tax. The list will be presented Jan. 8 to the council as part of the committee’s work to promote voter renewal next […]
WASHINGTON — Though the Republican presidential primaries and caucuses haven’t started yet, former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead in the polls has already spurred debate over potential running mates. Some names being floated are lawmakers who’ve said in interviews they would be interested in the job. Other names are generated when Trump meets with a […]
Some Illinoisans could be receiving a lump of coal for Christmas from the Illinois Secretary of State this year after their vanity plate submissions made the naughty list. That’s right. Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias took on the role of DMV Santa and put his elves to work, reviewing more than 54,768 vanity plate submissions […]