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A San Angelo man has been arrested after two people in Reagan County paid him $5,000 believing he was a private investigator.

Members of Oklahomas tribes were among those supporting Julius Jones clemency, protesting executions taking place on tribal land.

The State of Oklahoma is suing to exempt its National Guard force from the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, brought about under President Joe Biden.

Gardeners in Ventnor have been recognised at the annual South and South East in Bloom competition.

KCUR 89.3 Prosecutors asked for 10 years in prison for Vincent A. Spilker, 30, who pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography. His lawyer said Spilker has “tremendous remorse and regret” and will get treatment. A former Kansas City Police patrol officer was sentenced Thursday to probation after pleading guilty to posting child pornography photos and videos on Tumblr. Vincent A. Spilker, 30, who pleaded guilty to two counts of child pornography on Feb.18, was sentenced by Jackson Cou...

Volunteers, including staff from landscape contractors John O'Conner (who also provided 500 bedding plants) have transformed this forgotten corner of the town square

A St Albans dad has voiced fears over a cancer-linked herbicide being used by contractors outside council homes.  Phil Fletcher, 72, raised the alarm over the glyphosate-based herbicide, which the borough councils contractor John OConner has been spraying outside his flat in Malthouse Court.  Research has linked it to increasing some cancers by more than 40 per cent, according to studies by the University of Washington, and it is also thought to be harmful for organisms such as eart...

Staff at Queenswood School are making PPE for NHS and care staff. Picture: Queenswood School. - Credit: Archant Starting in April with the first lockdown just a week old, Welwyn Hatfield had some good news by June with the opening of non-essential retail.  During this period of Stay at Home, Stay Alert, and Control the Virus, our community stepped up to the plate with numerous examples of little and big kindnesses.  Hand sanitiser made by the University of Hertfordshire. Picture: UoH. - Credi...

A battle against lies December 23, 2020 The Christian existentialist philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote about the corruption in the Danish State Church, declaring that everyone knew privately that the system was rotten and corrupt but they would not say so publicly. “Just as one says that death has marked a man, so we recognize the symptoms which demand to be attacked. It is a battle against lies,” he said. The problem we face today is corruption in government, the media, and the church that...

By: Cliff Kincaid The Christian existentialist philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard, wrote about the corruption in the Danish State Church, declaring that everyone knew privately that the system was rotten and corrupt but they would not say so publicly. “Just as one says that death has marked a man, so we recognize the symptoms which demand to be attacked. It is a battle against lies,” he said. The problem we face today is corruption in government, the media, and the church that runs so deep that...