SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) – A church group and a paint ball business are teaming up to help tornado victims in Maury County. They’re accepting donations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 4213 Kendron Road in Spring Hill. ‘We’re stuck’: Gallatin horse sanctuary seeks aid for storm recovery The team effort is for the […]
Generosity Collective Grants open The first grant program from the Generosity Collective, a high-impact giving circle for Springfield supported by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks, is now open. The group will grant a total of $120,000 to address economic disparities impacting early childhood development; child abuse and neglect; mental health and substance-use problems; and […]
The mysterious disappearance of a Boise woman has come to a close after a group of volunteers studied tens of thousands of drone images until they spotted human remains in the Owyhees. The remains belonged to Gwen Brunelle, 27, and were found in April on Succor Creek Road, off of U.S. Highway 95 in eastern […]
MONROE COUNTY — Volunteers are needed to install smoke alarms for the American Red Cross on May 1. As part of the organization’s national “Sound the Alarm” effort, the Red Cross is installing free smoke alarms in northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan homes. Families are selected based on need. City of Monroe’s Fire Commander Scott Smiley installs a smoke detector for a […]
Apr. 23—April 20, 1964 Concert slated for PTA meet at South Range SOUTH RANGE — At the Washington School PTA meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Washington School gym, new officers will be installed. Officers elected are: President, Mrs. James Scanlon; vice president, Mrs. Walter Hooper; secretary, Mrs. James Nyberg; and treasurer, Mrs. Floyd […]
Have an event or announcement you would like featured in THE DIGEST? It’s welcome! Please send an email to lbordelon@gannett.com. Time sensitive announcements should be sent a week ahead of time. Building Bridges For The Greater Good hosts community conversation STAUNTON – Building Bridges For The Greater Good returns with its annual breaking of the bread among […]
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — While runners zipped through the park, volunteers made sure the paths were clear this Earth Day weekend. A group with NEPA for Volunteers of America Pennsylvania spread out around Kirby Park in Wilkes-Barre picking up trash and making the park more welcoming for the community. One organizer said they also […]
Apr. 20—Jake Calvert was born and raised in Norman. His family first moved to the 80-acre lot where he resides in Northwest Norman in 1935. Calvert raises livestock and grows feed. “We raise beef and do direct sales to consumers,” Calvert said. “In addition to that, we have a band of purebred Broodmare quarter horses. […]
Apr. 20—Hundreds of volunteers are expected to head out this weekend to care for the aina—from mauka to makai—in honor of Earth Day, which falls on Monday. Hundreds of volunteers are expected to head out this weekend to care for the aina—from mauka to makai—in honor of Earth Day, which falls on Monday. But for […]
Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee announced a massive “election integrity” operation on Friday, promising to deploy 100,000 volunteers and attorneys to battleground states to “protect the vote and ensure a big win” in November. In a press release, officials said they wanted the volunteers and lawyers to monitor logic and accuracy […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Details of an alleged sexual assault that took place between a student and volunteer associated with Little Rock’s Immanuel Baptist Church were released by the court on Wednesday. The reasonable cause affidavit names 26-year-old Reagan Gray of Monticello as a suspect in the alleged abuse of an underage boy at the […]
Apr. 9—TRAVERSE CITY — Less than four months after hauling several tons of trash out of the Pines, an army of city employees and volunteers descended on the city’s largest homeless encampment again on Monday. Fanning out, they swarmed both sides of Kids Creek to reach out-of-the-way campsites that had not been cleaned and had […]