While some public school students in South Carolina will enjoy sleeping in, playing video games and vacationing with family this summer, thousands more could face empty plates and hunger, as some lawmakers and advocates continue to scratch their heads over a decision by the governor. In January, Gov. Henry McMaster announced that South Carolina would […]
EllenMoran / Getty Images The major appeal of fast food is that its fast and at a cheap price — but the days of super-cheap fast food may be coming to an official end. In July 2023, an X post went viral for showcasing the prices of McDonald’s combo meals at a Darien, Connecticut, rest […]
Apr. 14—CONCORD — House supporters came up just shy of passing a bill (HB 1212) dramatically increasing the number of families eligible for their children to receive free school lunches. Lawmakers had hoped to pass it in part as a tribute to one of the bill’s prime authors, who recently died. House Speaker Sherman Packard, […]
SLIDELL, La. (WGNO) — Slidell residents began storm recovery and received assistance from the Red Cross following the E-2 tornado that impacted the area on Wednesday, April 10. “My door blew off. I had to go through water. I’ve got a very small dog. I had to carry her and do what I possibly could. […]
Apr. 10—CHEYENNE — Meals on Wheels of Cheyenne received a $5,000 donation Wednesday from a grant initiated by a Charter Communications employee. Travis Burkett has volunteered with Meals on Wheels for more than a decade. Through the Spectrum Employee Community Grants (SECG) program, employees at Spectrum, a Charter Communications brand, may apply to provide a […]
A $7 million expansion is expected to help provide more than 30,000 meals annually and host more than 150 kids per day. The 60-year-old Boys and Girls Clubs of Story County organization broke ground on its 7,500-square-foot expansion Friday, April 5, fielding a host of staff, volunteers, and business officials at its South Fifth Street […]
Apr. 8—The excitement following the 14th Annual Jersey Mike’s Subs Month of Giving was as hot as one of their delicious meatball subs. Partnering together for the first time with this unique event, the Meals on Wheels programs operated by Senior Life Midland and Meals on Wheels of Odessa were chosen as the charities of […]
In search of: new favorites. Each restaurant I reviewed in March was a relative newcomer to the Sacramento-area dining scene, having opened within the past year. One was an experimental Baja-inspired raw bar in Placer County; another, a beacon of South Asian spices and flavors amid a deluge of chains in a popular Sacramento shopping […]
Mar. 31—RICHFIELD — When Amber Kehler’s partner lost his job, she worried about paying bills for their family of five on her fast food restaurant earnings. The Coal Township mother of three young children heard that a Mount Pleasant Mills family was offering 200 free Easter dinners and baskets for children yet was reluctant to […]
Two civic-minded kids held a free Easter dinner in Fayette County this weekend. Ellie and Enzo Carei, also called the “Little Eez” worked hard to offer a dinner of ham, potatoes, green beans and dessert to families in Uniontown. The kids said classmates and friends came to help out with their mission. “We see that […]
Brooklyn’s troubled federal jail has been serving maggot-infested beans to detainees, according to defense lawyers. The apparent barf-inducing food conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center were detailed in a letter sent on behalf of Joseph Elias, a convicted arsonist who’s asking for time served after being held at the Sunset Park jail for more than […]
Mar. 21—State Rep. Natalie Figueroa was all smiles Wednesday morning as she, along with Meals on Wheels New Mexico staff members Madison Kalvert and Robin Morrison, loaded the back of a car with several meals set for delivery. Figueroa was invited by Meals on Wheels to ride along on a delivery route and took the […]