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Feb 22, 2021 Jeffrey Lee Bricker, 62 passed away recently at his home following a brief illness. He was born March 25, 1958 in Salem, OH, the son of Sarah “Sally” (Wood) Bricker and the late Leland “Lee” Bricker. Jeff was raised in Columbiana and was a graduate of Columbiana High School in 1976, where he was a member of both the wrestling and golf teams. He served in the United States Navy following high school. Jeff was stationed on the USNS H.H. HESS, a Naval Oceanographic Research ...

A Boston man found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of an innocent bystander during a 2014 street festival even though he did not fire the fatal shot had his conviction overturned by the state’s highest court on Monday. Wesson Colas was convicted in 2018 in the death of 26-year-old Dawnn Jaffier during […]

DALLAS (AP) — Ashley Archer, a pregnant, 33-year-old Texas financial adviser, and her husband have been cautious about the coronavirus. They work from home, go out mostly just to get groceries and wear masks whenever they are in public. But when a friend lost power amid the winter storms that have left millions of Texans without heat in freezing temperatures, the couple had to make a decision: Should they take on additional risk to help someone...

READERS have had their say on worrying figures released by Cumbria police which reveal a rise in suspected suicides across the county during the pandemic last year. Following a Freedom of Information request, Cumbria Constabulary has confirmed that in first 11 months of 2020 the force’s officers were called to 78 sudden deaths which were suspected suicides. Twenty related to people under 35. In 2018, the force was called to 55 suspected suicides. Last year the figure was 65. Graham St...

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Commerce Department said Wednesday if confirmed she will take much of what she has learned improving her home state of Rhode Island’s economy and apply it at the federal level. “Right before COVID, Rhode Island had a record number of jobs and the lowest unemployment rate in 30 […]

Posted: Dec 11, 2020 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: December 11, 2020 When nature calls in quarantine, people call to rent a porta-potty CBC News Nova Scotia4 months ago 2:34While the COVID-19 pandemic has been a major challenge for many companies in Nova Scotia, one industry has found that business is bursting. The CBCs Emma Davie explains.2:34 When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, like many business owners, Mark Pratt was worried his company could go down the drain. Pratt is the CEO of Sea + Sky Porta...