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A soda machine in Lerna, IL used to spit out soda faster than you could crouch down to grab it.

The family of Keith Morrison, one of the victims of last weekend’s horrific crash in Armagh, have described how “proud” they are of what he accomplished in life.

Merle Wilbur Thompson, age 86, passed away peacefully at the Perham Living care facility on November 27, 2023. He suffered an incapacitating stroke in December of 2016 and was courageous during his illness. Despite his limited physical abilities, he remained a caring husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend. He will be deeply missed by his family, friends and all who had the privilege of knowing him.

“I was the only Black teacher in my school for twenty years,” said educator Kenyon Andrews of the Friendship Independent School District, during the Sixth Annual Black Male Educators’ Conference

“So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.” – Matthew 25:28-29 It was 1980-1982 that I was assigned by

The exhibition blends never-before-seen images from the British cruise lines photography archive with photos submitted by past and present guests of its cruise liners.

Homicide ‘clearance rates’ have plummeted over the past four decades, compounding relatives’ trauma

A Terrebonne Parish woman has filed a lawsuit alleging a former Lafourche Parish deputy used excessive force during an arrest last year.

Trial begins for 24-year-old accused of killing Thibodaux man If convicted, Tremell Batiste of Napoleonville faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. Jury selection was underway Monday in the trial of a suspect accused of killing a Thibodaux man in 2017.  Tremell Batiste, 24, of Napoleonville, was indicted in 2018 on a second-degree murder charge. He is accused of fatally shooting 30-year-old Chansie White Nov. 15, 2017, on Ridgefield Road in Thibodaux.  If convicted, Batiste faces a man...

PHA receives a $150k PPE donation from the State of Qatar The State of Qatar making a significant donation to the people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas yesterday. The donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) valued at one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) was tagged as a demonstration of the Qatar Governments deep appreciation for those who serve on the front lines of the fight against the global coronavirus pandemic, and its commitment to provide assistance to those i...