Blu Sushi’s final day in downtown Fort Myers will be June 28, making it the latest high-profile restaurant to close unexpectedly in the last few months. For the last decade, the sleek and trendy hot spot in the River District’s Earnhardt Building has been a staple along First Street. “Everyone’s struggling right now,” manager Larry […]
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the powerful Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was trying to fend of a primary challenge Tuesday from a businessman who has poured millions of his own dollars into the race. Political newcomer Paul Bondar has loaned more than $5 million of his own […]
NEW LONDON — Firelands Electric Cooperative appointed Don Englet as general manager of the not-for-profit organization, effective upon the Aug. 30 retirement of Dan McNaull. Englet has been an employee of Firelands Electric Cooperative for nearly 24 years and is the current director of operations, a position he has held for the past six years. […]
OSSINING ‒ John Lipscomb, Riverkeeper’s longtime patrol boat captain and vice president for advocacy, retires this month after 24 years keeping watch over the Hudson. He’s remaining on the river, though, as he helps transition to the next boat captain, Luis Melendez, an experienced educator and vessel operator. “The Riverkeeper community is grateful to Boat […]
HOUSTON (AP) — Paul Pressler, a leading figure of the Southern Baptist Convention who was accused of sexually abusing boys and young men and later settled a lawsuit over the allegations, has died. He was 94. Pressler’s death, which happened on June 7, was announced in an obituary posted online by Geo. H. Lewis and […]
Jun. 15—LAKE CITY, Minn. — After 51 years as Tom Heffernan Ford, there’s a new name over Lake City’s car dealership — Mosaic Auto Group. Mosaic Auto Group, which also owns Mosaic Chrysler and Mosaic Chevrolet in Zumbrota, purchased the dealership at 310 North Lakeshore Dr. in Lake City from auto-selling legend Tom Heffernan earlier […]
Jun. 14—Former longtime courthouse fixture Judge Joe Leonard III died on Wednesday at the age of 79. Leonard served Hunt County first as the county attorney in 1983, followed by a 10-year stint as county court-at-law judge from 1984 to 1994 and finally as the 196th District Court judge from 1995 to 2010. A celebration […]
Former Salisbury City Councilman Gary Allan Comegys died Tuesday at 69 years old while at Coastal Hospice at the Lake. According to his obituary at Dignity Memorial, the son of Susie “Sue” Skinner Comegys of Salisbury and the late Guy Rector Comegys was born in Dover, Del. He became well known throughout Salisbury and Wicomico […]
Former President Donald Trump all but endorsed the U.S. Senate campaign of Maryland Republican Larry Hogan on Thursday, but it’s unclear if his statements will help or hurt Hogan, who has long been a political adversary. “I think he has a good chance to win,” the Republican Trump told Fox News in an interview posted […]
Rep. Tom Cole is the latest House Republican on defense this year, facing a primary challenger from the right in Oklahoma as GOP incumbents across the country have seen their margins of victory shrink in recent years. It’s the most competitive primary Cole has faced since he was first elected in 2002, and it’s been […]
MILLERSPORT − It’s no stretch to say Weldon’s Ice Cream Factory is part of the Millersport fabric. Rudy Weldon started the business in 1930 at 2887 Canal Drive and it’s still going strong. Steven (left) and David Pierce, co-owners of Weldon’s Ice Cream Factory, stand inside of the parlor at Weldon’s Ice Cream Factory on […]
The year was 1951. And in Macon, Georgia, an excited group of students were celebrating their graduation from Ballard-Hudson Senior High School, an institution designed by pioneering architect Ellamae Ellis League. Among the proud graduates was an 18-year-old student who had traveled the country a bit as a child thanks to the train passes issued […]