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Sherry Lynn (Sarff) Savage, 69, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by loved ones on March 17, 2024, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Corona, California, in the year 1954. Her father, Mr. Eugene H. Sarff, was a technical sergeant in the Air Force during the Vietnam era, and eventually married Joan Shirley Schmidt, from Pequot Lakes, MN. Sherry was the eldest of three siblings. They traveled, and lived, throughout the whole United States, even being stationed...

By Butch Burney Time is almost out to get your tickets for the 97th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet that will celebrate Hopkins County with a theme of “Sweethearts,” awards and dinner on Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. At the banquet

By Butch Burney Meetings to prepare for the April 8 eclipse continue at the Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce. We will meet for all retail shops at 9:00 am on Tuesday, January 30, churches at 9:00 am on Wednesday, January 31, restaurants at 3:00 pm on Thursday, February 1, and for schools at

By Butch Burney  The 97th Annual Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet will celebrate Hopkins County with a theme of “Sweethearts,” awards and dinner on Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. At the banquet, we will recognize the people and businesses w

The existence of an African-American enclave in Saigon adds the spice of little-known fact to a work of fiction.

Indigenous author Debra Dank has won a record four out of 14 NSW Premier's Literary Awards and $85,000 for her memoir of family and place, and says she hopes its success draws attention to the "soul destroying" destruction of her Country.

Editor, critic and poet Sarah Holland-Batt has taken out the 2023 Stella Prize for a tender but unflinching collection on mortality.

Six ‘culture shifting’ books have been shortlisted for the $60,000 Stella Prize, which recognises the best books by Australian women.

The six titles shortlisted for this year’s Stella Prize were all published by small and independent Australian publishers.