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The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office conducted raids on 20 locations in a major drug bust in connection with a local drug ring that’s been under investigation nearly one year. The drug bust resulted in 20 service warrant, the seizing of 24 guns and 31 arrest with two people still at large.

Joining us is Patty Loew, Bad River Ojibwe, a professor at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Illinois. She’s also produced several

Read Article JAY — The Select Board voted Monday to give the animal control officer a 3% raise and received an update on the gazebo. Animal Control Officer Larry Wright makes $643.75 a month, including mileage, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said. Following an executive session, selectpersons agreed to raise his pay and cover the cost of training, she said Tuesday. He is on-call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The board also learned the gazebo that Dot White has been raising money for yea...

Fayetteville City Council decided at its work session Monday to look into childcare options for city employees. The council voted 7-1  toresearch how best the city could provide assistance on childcare for its employees. Councilwoman Courtney Banks-McLaughlin brought up the issue. Currently, the city doesnt provide childcare, nor has it done a study to assess the need among essential employees, spokeswoman Nacarla Webb said in an email Tuesday. Councilwoman Yvonne Kinston told the council t...

Print Thank you to Mary McNamara for her column about bullying in Hollywood [“Hey Hollywood, Stop the Bully Act,” April 13]. Bullies also exist in families, schools, neighborhoods, the military, the police and other workplaces. As a victim of bullies as a youngster and teenager, I have felt their power. Walking from school one day, an absolute stranger walking across the street called me a name. For reasons I cannot explain, I intuitively found it humorous that this stranger felt that I wa...

A new future is on its way for Fayettevilles long-contested Market House. Fayetteville City Council voted 9-1 on Thursday to repurpose the building. The city plans to use Department of Justice guidance to make sure the project serves as many community members as possible.  Voting in opposition was Councilwoman Courtney Banks-McLaughlin, who wanted more citizen input and called for a federal investigation into not including that feedback. Over the course of discussion that lasted nearly 90 m...

July 27, 1941 ~ February 25, 2021 (age 79) It is with great sadness that we announce that Jacqueline Wright has passed away peacefully at her home in Sparwood, B.C. on February 25, 2021 to be with her loving husband Larry Wright. Jacquie is survived by her four children, two stepsons and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.  She leaves behind 9 siblings, many friends, and her beloved dog “Holly”, who will all miss her dearly. Jacquie was always full of energy. She had a love f...

Homespun restaurant closing its doors after 36 years in Battle Creek "Theres Larry," she said before he stepped in the building. Larry Wright of Climax is a regular customer at the restaurant located at 210 E. Columbia Ave. near Riverside Drive. He said he would come nearly five days a week to meet with a group of friends before the state-mandated ban on indoor dining due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Figured I need to stop in and see how Dusty is doing," Wright said after ordering a burger. "I ...

Actor, Jeff Daniels. Photo courtesy of Sam Jones. This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes Emmy-award winning actor Jeff Daniels. Daniels’ newest project is the Showtime miniseries “The Comey Rule” based on former FBI director James Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty.” Daniels won an Emmy for his role in HBO’s “The Newsroom” and has appeared in more than 70 films, including “Terms of Endearment,” “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” “The Squid and th...

by Christina Stella, NET News (Photo taken from NET coverage of 2014 Class C1 Boys Basketball Flashback, Bishop Neumann vs. Wahoo) Christina Stella, NET News December 17, 2020 - 4:35pm In testimony sessions this week with the Nebraska Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, local Tribal leaders said it’s time for schools statewide to have a reckoning around the use of Native American names, symbols, and images for their mascots. The conversations came soon after the Clevel...