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Month: September 2025

Late Notices, Sept. 30, 2025

Late Notices Charlott Blanton-Hall ROBINSON, Kan. – Charlott Blanton-Hall, 75, of Robinson, Kansas, died Sept. 27, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com Claude F. Schmille HIAWATHA, Kan. – Claude F. Schmille, 91, of Hiawatha, Kansas, died Sept. 27, 2025. www.chapeloaksfuneralhome.com George H. Thomson George H. Thomson, 65, of St Joseph, died Sept. 28, 2025. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Oct.

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Sports Betting Line

By The Associated Press NFL Thursday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at LA RAMS 3 5½ (46½) San Francisco Sunday FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Minnesota 7 3½ (35½) at CLEVELAND at NEW ORLEANS 1½ 1½ (41½) NY Giants Houston 9½ 1½ (40½) at BALTIMORE at INDIANAPOLIS 6½ 6½ (47½) Las Vegas Miami 1½ 1½

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Starmer urges UK to choose decency over division as he tries to counter Nigel Farage

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer will say Tuesday that Britain faces a stark choice between decency and division, in an attempt to reset his government and stem the rising popularity of the hard-right party Reform UK. Starmer will tell his center-left Labour Party that Britain faces “a

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Rescuers run oxygen to survivors in Indonesia school building collapse that buried dozens

By TRISNADI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors Tuesday a day after the structure fell. At least three students were killed, more than 100 were

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A customer shops in the lumber section of a Home Depot store in Los Angeles

Trump places a 10% tariff on lumber and a 25% tariff on furniture and cabinets

By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered significant new tariffs on wood and various wooden products, including imported lumber, timber, kitchen cabinets and upholstered furniture – potentially adding costs to homebuilding and furnishing, which have surged in price in recent months. In a proclamation, Trump said the United States would

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This photo provided by WOI Local 5 News in September 2025 shows Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts.

Iowa’s largest school district places superintendent arrested by ICE on unpaid leave

By Michelle Watson, CNN The board of Iowa’s largest school district switched its superintendent from paid to unpaid leave Monday — three days after he was detained by immigration agents. The Department of Homeland Security said Ian Roberts, the leader of Des Moines’ schools, was in the country illegally and had existing weapon possession charges.

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