By Christopher Braunschweig – Newton Daily News, Iowa (TNS) Dec. 26—Disagreements over the allocation of funding for various partner agencies have reared their ugly head once again at the City of Newton’s budget workshops. While city staff has recommended the bare minimum of assign funds for HIRTA and the Des Moines Airport’s expansion project, the
Continue Reading By Cheyenne Roche – The Creston News Advertiser, Iowa (TNS) Dec. 26—”Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” — Allen Saunders Well life hit us pretty hard these past few months. For weeks, it felt like every sign in the universe was pointing us toward moving to Dubuque — a
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By DEEPA BHARATH and JESSIE WARDARSKI – Associated Press The Native American Church is considered the most widespread religious movement among the Indigenous people of North America. It holds sacred the peyote cactus, which grows naturally only in some parts of southern Texas and northern Mexico. Peyote has been used spiritually in ceremonies, and as
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By AP ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Large fossil fuel companies would have to pay fees to help New York fight the effects of climate change under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. The new law requires companies responsible for substantial greenhouse gas emissions to pay into a state fund for infrastructure projects meant
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By Nicole Scott Colonel Eric T. Olsen, the Superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol announced on Thursday afternoon that he will be retiring effective Feb. 1. Colonel Olsen is the 24th Superintendent of the MSHP and has put 34-years into the state agency. “I appreciate the support and friendships I have made across the
Continue Reading By Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) The Clear Lake Fire Department extinguished a blaze on Christmas Eve afternoon at a 2 1/2 story detached garage at 1019 S. Eighth St. Firefighters arrived at the scene shortly before 2 p.m. and found the garage was fully involved in flames, according to a press release from
Continue Reading By MARY PIEPER – Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa (TNS) Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Kevin Pals, who is retiring Dec. 31 after more than 45 years in law enforcement, first became involved in that career field as a teen. When he was a senior at Clear Lake High School, the town’s police department started a
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER – Associated Press A Nebraska man is getting title to his home back, years after losing it over a $588 tax debt, one of his lawyers said Thursday. Kevin Fair of Scottsbluff has been involved in a legal dispute since 2018, when he lost title to the home he had owned for
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By CATHY BUSSEWITZ – Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jason LaCroix felt privileged to work from home, especially as a father to two young children. He needed flexibility when his son, then 6, suffered a brain injury and spent 35 days in intensive care. LaCroix, a senior systems engineer based in Atlanta, took time
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By 365 Retail Markets, LLC Announcement Comes as Two Long-Time Executives Retire TROY, Mich., Dec. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — 365 Retail Markets, the global leader in unattended retail technologies, today announced the appointment of Anton Rakushkin as Chief Technology Officer and Bill Reidy as VP of Sales for North America. These strategic hires come as
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By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — What a wonderful year 2024 has been for investors. U.S. stocks ripped higher and carried the S&P 500 to records as the economy kept growing and the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates. The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger
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By DEEPA BHARATH and JESSIE WARDARSKI – Associated Press HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and in northern Mexico that the bluish-green peyote plant can be found growing naturally, nestled under thorny
Continue Reading By AP JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli attorney general orders investigation after TV report alleges that Netanyahu’s wife harassed political opponents.
Continue Reading By AP KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A pizza deliverer in central Florida has been charged with pushing her way into a motel room with an accomplice and stabbing a pregnant woman after a dispute over a tip, authorities said. Brianna Alvelo was charged with stabbing a woman in her motel room in Kissimmee, Florida, a
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By DAVID McHUGH – Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Finnish authorities detained a ship linked to neighboring Russia as they investigate whether it damaged a Baltic Sea power cable and several data cables, police said, in the latest incident involving disruption of key infrastructure in the region. Finnish police and border guards boarded the
Continue Reading By Monica Faram – Clinton Herald, Iowa (TNS) One Burleson family has received the best Christmas presents imaginable this year. On Dec. 11, they received the news that their 5-year-old is cancer free. Carolynn Quaranta was diagnosed with pineoblastoma, a rare, aggressive cancer deep in the central area of the brain where the two hemispheres
Continue Reading By The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 26—The percentage of people without jobs in Riley County dipped slightly last month. The Kansas Department of Labor a 3.1% unemployment rate in Riley County in November, down from 3.4% in October. That number matches the 3.1% jobless rate seen in September, which was a 0.7% decrease from
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By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH – Associated Press For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out words, but her dyslexia makes the process so draining that she often struggles with comprehension. “I just assumed I
Continue Reading By The Manhattan Mercury, Kan. (TNS) Dec. 26—Riley County police officials say New Year’s is one of the top holidays for producing crashes in which at least one of the drivers involved is drunk or high, so they’ll be on the lookout over the next week In a release Thursday, an RCPD spokeswoman said the
Continue Reading By Eduardo Castillo – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 25—A 22-year-old Kansas woman died after a head on-crash Christmas Day in northeast Kansas. The incident was reported at 8:41 a.m. along Kansas Highway 7 in Doniphan County. The crash victim was identified as Katlyn Folsom of Troy, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol crash log.
Continue Reading By Dion Lefler – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—OPINION AND COMMENTARY — Editorials and other Opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent from the work of our newsroom reporters. Have you ever noticed how those who proclaim their reverence for the Constitution the loudest are always the first
Continue Reading By Lindsay Smith – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Greg Kalkwarf was jogging on a rural Sedgwick County road in November 2023 when he came across a saw blade laying on the ground. Concerned that the blade could lead to someone getting a flat tire, he picked it up and tossed it in the grass.
Continue Reading By Denise Neil – The Wichita Eagle (TNS) Dec. 26—Wichita can now get nationally-televised Argentinian empanadas nearly anytime it wants to — without having to track down a food truck. Earlier this month, Carolina Brandan and Chad Freeman opened their first brick-and-mortar version of their Argentina’s Empanadas in the tiny building on the west edge
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By NewsPress Now The Missouri State Highway Patrol released the Christmas Holiday Counting Period statistics for 2024 and reports that there were three fatalities. According to the MSHP report, “Three people died in traffic crashes during the 30-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24 and ended at 11:59 p.m. on
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By Leah Rainwater Veterans who rely on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ online services will now have more secure ways to access their health and benefits information. Starting on Jan. 31, the VA will require all users to log in using one of two secure methods. Veterans who access their records and services on My
Continue Reading By AP NEW DELHI (AP) — Manmohan Singh, former Indian prime minister who led economic reforms in 1990s, has died aged 92, Indian PM Modi says.
Continue Reading By AP JERUSALEM (AP) — Head of World Health Organization says Israeli bombardment in Yemen’s capital hit “meters” away from him and colleagues.
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By EDDIE PELLS – AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport abruptly fired one of its investigators last month after learning he’d been arrested for stealing money confiscated after a drug bust he was part of during his previous job as a police officer. Jason Krasley left his job with the
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By Chris Fortune St. Joseph families attended the Grand Opening celebration for the inspireU Children’s Discovery Center over three years after the building plans were announced. On Thursday, Dec. 26, at 10 a.m. the Discovery Center opened its doors officially to swarms of families coming to explore the Center’s exhibits. The Discovery Center’s exhibits were
Continue Reading By AP VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec. 19 while on a street in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham. He died two days later, according to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office.
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