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PAYETTE — The Payette School District’s annual “Santa Store” is expanding for the 2022 holiday season, with the addition of a toy drive being conducted by its students. A competition

Franklin Garden Walk returns in June after COVID hiatus The 35th annual Franklin Garden Walk will take place June 9 and will feature a house designed by Albert Kahn, along with four other home gardens. Photo provided by Dianne Wright, Franklin Garden Club Advertisement FRANKLIN — The 36th annual Franklin Garden Walk will be held on Wednesday, June 9, and tickets are on sale now. Well actually, it’s the 35th garden walk, since the popular event hosted by the Franklin branch of the Women’s...

Mothers Day 2021: Vaccines, pandemic recovery create reunions after a year of social distancing By Jordan Smith Mothers Day around the world Here are how some countries outside of the U.S. normally celebrate their own versions of Mothers Day: There will be no shortage of moms across the United States opening gifts like flowers and cards on Mother’s Day, but the most meaningful thing they open just might be their arms for a much-needed hug. The COVID-19 pandemic put a real damper on the annual...

Aaron Stephenson. Photo: Northumbria Police A FUGITIVE who fled to Spain to avoid justice after being snared in a large-scale drugs investigation has been arrested. Northumbria Police said Aaron Stephenson left the North East in August 2020 – just two days before he was due to be sentenced for conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. The 27-year-old, who was living in Widdrington at the time was arrested alongside his cousins Wesley and McKenzie Stephenson a...

Aaron Stephenson has been arrested A FUGITIVE who fled to Spain to avoid justice after being snared in a large-scale drugs investigation has been arrested. Aaron Stephenson left the North-East in August 2020 – just two days before he was due to be sentenced for conspiring to supply Class A drugs and possessing criminal property. The 27-year-old, who was living in Widdrington at the time was arrested alongside his cousins Wesley and McKenzie Stephenson and grandparents Dianne Wright and ...

Operation ‘Sandy Bottom’: Drug investigation indicts 48, including 3 prison guards Prison cells (Source: KFVS) By Dave Miller | January 13, 2021 at 3:33 PM EST - Updated January 13 at 3:33 PM WAYCROSS, Ga. (WALB) - Nearly 50 people have been indicted in a drug trafficking investigation that targeted violent gang members distributing methamphetamine and other drugs in the Coffee County area, according to the United States Department of Justice. Dubbed “Operation Sandy Bott...

Updated: 2:27 PM EST January 13, 2021 DOUGLAS, Georgia — Four dozen people have been indicted in a Coffee County drug trafficking operation that targeted gang members. Three of them are correctional officers. According to a news release, the focus of Operation Sandy Bottom was the Sand Ridge neighborhood in Douglas. The indictment alleges that the ring, controlled by part of the Gangster Disciples street gang, controlled meth trafficking in South Georgia and distributed contra...

This seniors home in Windsor-Essex kept COVID-19 out, but doing so has come at a cost As 19 seniors homes in Windsor-Essex continue to be ravaged by COVID-19, Richmond Terrace has accomplished an admirable feat: it has kept its 128 residents and between 130 and 150 staff safe. Social Sharing