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Life briefs: Richland Newhope, St. Peters, Richland Academy Mansfield News Journal Richland Newhope donates books to first graders MANSFIELD - With the ongoing concerns of COVID-19, Richland Newhope was not able to celebrate March Awareness in the traditional manner. One of this year’s awareness activities included a book distribution to celebrate Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month with the local schools. Richland Newhope distributed a book about inclusion to public and private first-...

When Caroline County Public Schools were 100 percent virtual, Shermeka Baker–Latney said some students’ mental health was affected. They had been away from school buildings since last March and only saw their friends on a computer screen. Baker–Latney, the director of nonprofit agency Caroline’s Promise, discovered a productive way for at least 30 students in the county to spend their time indoors with the help of funds from the Caroline County branch of the NAACP. Caroline�...

The Southeast Iowa Superconference Shoot Out is here for area girls teams. The annual event happens at the end of the conference season for both boys and girls squads where teams are paired together based on their finish in the north and south division standings for one contest. The defacto championship game features the winners of the south division West Burlington and north division champions Winfield-Mt. Union. The Lady Wolves come into the game unbeaten on the year at 16-0 and a perfect 10-...

parents today, thursday, april 12th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. im ann curry. >> and im carl quintanilla in for matt. this is the booking photo of george zimmerman after he was taken into custody, charged with the second-degree murder of trayvon martin. >> thats right. he was transferred to the seminole county jail in florida last night wearing a coat over his head. he will be formally charged this afternoon. h...

anne heller is the former editor of the review, news editor at self and fiction editor at redbook and esquire. for more information about rand ayn rand come visit aynrand.org. coming up next to talk with coeditors and contributors of go, tell meshaal a collection of letters from african-american women from all around the country to first lady obama. this event hosted by busboys and poet bookstore in washington, d.c. last about one hour and 20 minutes. >> it is such a pleasure to be h...