PARIS (AP) — France is getting ready to show its gratitude toward World War II veterans who will return, many for the last time, to Normandy beaches this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day to mark the defeat of the Nazis. A ceremony at Omaha Beach, with many heads of state expected to be […]
Toward the end of 2023 and heading into the 2024 new year, TLC Community Credit Union continued to do its part in making a difference throughout Lenawee County. With a belief in community and of “neighbors helping neighbors,” TLC was part of two significant donations over the past couple of months. In November, the financial […]
Nearly 50,000 veterans and former service members received free emergency suicide prevention care in 2023 in the first year of a new Department of Veterans Affairs program, the department announced Wednesday. VA has said that ending veteran suicide is its top clinical priority, and a White House fact sheet ahead of President Biden’s 2023 State […]
BOSTON – An omnibus bill aiming to increase services and benefits to veterans living in Massachusetts and modernize the state’s support system is working its way through the Legislature after its introduction by Gov. Maura Healey in November. The HERO Act “would bring about monumental changes in veterans benefits statewide,” Matthew Deacon, the general counsel […]
Chef Andre Rush never does anything with half-effort — the Army, fitness, family or food. Embracing passion was a notion engrained in him by his parents at a young age, and it’s something he shares often in the hope that other veterans will be inspired to pursue their dreams. “I tell everybody, go for your […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — A veterans group is still holding onto hope after the U.S. Coast Guard called off its search for a missing kayaker off the Florida coast on Sunday. Eiffel Gilyana, 46, disappeared Saturday morning while kayaking with a group of friends near the St. Augustine Inlet, according to a report from NBC […]
Orlando city leaders were joined by dozens of others last week to honor the city’s fallen veterans. They laid wreaths on the tombstones of veterans at Greenwood Cemetery. Volunteers did the same at more than 3,000 other veterans cemeteries across the country. Christmas forecast: Cloudy with a chance of storms in Central Florida It was […]
Dec. 23—MONTEVIDEO — A campaign to develop a Minnesota Veterans Home in Montevideo will come to fruition exactly 16 years after it began this January, when its first residents are welcomed to the new home on the community’s east side. “Absolutely wonderful,” said Marv Garbe, of Montevideo, speaking of the new facility. Garbe was among […]
Dec. 23—For more than 20 years, the Cullman Elks Lodge has been hosting a children’s Christmas party, serving 125-150 children from county and city head start programs. The year’s event featured Santa’s arrival via helicopter and a pizza feast. Each child received a special gift and a photo opportunity with Santa Claus. “Seeing the smiling […]
SAN DIEGO — Senior Helpers, a non-medical in-home care provider, is spreading some holiday joy to their senior clients. Their staff and caregivers decorated the homes for several of their clients. “This is unreal, it really is,” said JT Stewart, a Senior Helpers client. Inside JT’s home Senior Helpers, including his caregiver, decorated with mini […]
More than 1,000 volunteers for Wreaths Across America placed nearly 10,000 wreaths on Saturday on the graves of veterans in the Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims and also saying the veterans’ names aloud. The volunteers were able to place the wreaths about an hour and a half before the rain hit. For info on donating, […]
Dec. 17—ANDERSON — After placing a wreath before a tombstone belonging to a fellow Air Force veteran, Jonny Wickham stood and saluted, pausing to remind himself of the meaning of the moment. “A lot of people don’t think deep enough on what our freedom means, and what it took, and what it continues to take, […]