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It fooled the worlds media, but Volkswagen says it wont actually be changing the name of its U.S. unit to Voltswagen after all, saying it was just a marketing stunt to draw attention to its electric vehicles. Julian Satterthwaite reports. Q: How did the tradition of pranks on April Fools Day start? J.L. Answer: The origins of April Fools Day, which is today, are unclear. There were earlier celebrations along the same lines, including the Hilaria festival in ancient Rome that reveled in the joys...

Rep. Dan Bartel has introduced legislation to prohibit nonprofit organizations from buying agricultural land in Montana. When discussing the legislation (“Let’s stop APR from abusing tax code,” Belgrade News, March 25), Mr. Bartel explicitly cites American Prairie Reserve as an intended target of this bill. Mr. Bartel’s legislation amounts to an unconstitutional government overreach into the private exchange of property between willing sellers and buyers. It empowers the gov...

Concerts like Foreigner this November at the Brandon Amphitheater will be returning to Mississippi. The 8,400 seat venue provides a nice economic impact for the city in Rankin County. Fans will soon enjoy concerts once again at the Brandon Ampitheater.  Shut down by the COVID pandemic for a year, the entertainment business is starting to bounce back in Mississippi and across the USA. Staffers with Central Mississippi’s 8,400-seat venue are advertising five shows through Memorial Day (fo...

Eight years after moving into her Old Southwest apartment, Roanoke resident Rhenda Milman hopes a rent relief application or a long-awaited backlog of unemployment payments due to her will clear an outstanding balance with the landlord. With a court hearing scheduled next week, Milman is one of hundreds of city residents facing the possibility of eviction. Although a recently extended federal order has stopped landlords from evicting pandemic-impacted tenants for now, the moratorium will end ev...

Closures and an outbreak Officials and staff who routinely used City Hall for work had to make adjustments, as the building closed to the public on March 23. However, the building did reopen during the second phase of Reopening Oregon, which happened on June 8. The reopening was short-lived as City Hall had to be closed down for a second time on July 1. The announcement was made on the city of Ontario’s Facebook page with the words “until further notice” following. The second clo...

Sixteen musicians from North Carolina and Georgia will face off on social media beginning April 5. The Georgia Songbirds Podcast is hosting the Songwriters Showdown, a contest pitting the two states against one another. Each week, videos from participating musicians will be uploaded to the podcast’s Facebook page, where fans will determine their favorites by viewing, liking and sharing. Eight musicians from each state will be taking part. Among those from North Carolina, are six from the T...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Stagnant public funding for agricultural research is threatening the future vitality of U.S. food systems – posing risks to farmer productivity and profitability, the steady supply of

While many of us don’t have experience in being without a place to sleep at night, several members of our community unfortunately do. With the issue of how to help the local homeless population ongoing, Heather Echeveste, executive director who oversees the Origins Faith Community Outreach Initiative, aims to provide a way out of homelessness whatever way it needs to be done. The agency operates out of shared space at Origins Faith Community in Ontario, which is right next to the Winter Sh...

Downtown Hickory to hold mini crawl event this weekend The Hickory Downtown Development Association (HDDA) is partnering with the University City Commission and the Zeta Xi chapter of Delta Zeta at Lenoir-Rhyne University in presenting a spring-themed “mini crawl” event. The event will be held Saturday, April 3, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Hickory. Tickets are on sale for $10 per ticket, and only 100 tickets are available for purchase. Ticket holders will pick up their passport...

Close Lisa Marie Richardson shares some special time with Lady Diana, who is the mother of four male and five female piglets at Oasis Acres Potbelly Pig Foster Home. Richardson is inviting youth to come visit the pigs, paint flower pots with flowers and enter an art contest during the Easter Piglet Shower from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at 1234 Bird Street. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO