May 15—HENDERSON — It’s officially budget season at the city. Finance Director Tony Fuqua presented the proposed budget at the City Council meeting on Monday. Regional water rates are likely to increase in Henderson, Oxford and Warren County in order to pay off the debt the latter owes on the Kerr Lake Regional Water System […]
May 10—LIVERMORE FALLS — Big changes are coming to the downtown in 2025 with the reconstruction of a 1.1 mile stretch of state Route 17. More than 30 people attended a public hearing on the $10 million project Thursday at the Town Office. Construction will be paid by federal and state money, and a $6 […]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – During arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Donald Trump‘s claim of presidential immunity from prosecution, two starkly different views of the consequences were on display on Thursday. Trump’s lawyer, D. John Sauer, painted a dire picture of presidents facing “de facto blackmail and extortion by his political rivals […]
Apr. 19—Jurors in the 413th District Court sat through graphic autopsy photos Friday morning in the ongoing capital murder case against Jerry Don Elders. Elders, 40, of Burleson, faces the possibility of death or life in prison if convicted. Elders stands accused of the April 13, 2021, kidnapping and shooting death of Burleson resident Robin […]
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel on April 13 fuelled a flurry of misrepresented images and videos online including a clip that posts falsely claimed showed Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system during the assault. The clip has circulated in reports about an incident in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon since October 2023, shortly after […]
ELIZABETH CITY — The only nonprofit organization in northeastern North Carolina dedicated to helping survivors of human trafficking received a prestigious FBI award in a local ceremony Thursday morning in Elizabeth City. Beloved Haven, a Currituck County-based nonprofit that Tina Pennington founded in 2015, received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award. About 40 people from […]
CASA Kane County Hands Around Courthouse set for April 4 CASA Kane County will mark Child Abuse Prevention Month with its annual Hands Around the Courthouse event at noon April 4 at the historic Kane County Courthouse in Geneva. The free event will include remarks from Chief Judge Robert Villa, CASA Executive Director Jim Di […]
GARLAND COUNTY, Ark. – On the agenda of the Garland County Quorum Court meeting was a resolution to make the county a pro-life county. The resolution was postponed indefinitely. Around 300 people on both sides of the issue were given an opportunity to speak on it. This resolution would not have been legally binding, just […]
PIERRE — The relationship between the United States and the Republic of Ireland was on display Thursday in the South Dakota Senate and House. Irish Sen. Mark Daly, who was a special guest of Sen. Lee Schoenbeck, R-Watertown, presented the Irish flag to Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden. He later presented the flag to Speaker of […]
NORTH ADAMS — On Jan. 1, Tina and David Stone were awarded a Blue Star Banner by the Leighr A. Wright Post 53 American Legion Riders of Hillsdale. The banner, also called the Service Flag, is given to families who have a loved one serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. The Stones, who live in […]