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Mike Smith served with the Coast Guard for 17 years.

U.S. Coast Guard Festival Director Michael J. Smith was laid to rest Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard retiree was 70 years old when he passed away two weeks ago.

There were plenty of tears, but also plenty of smiles and laughter, as family, friends, the community, and members of the U.S. Coast Guard gathered to remember retired Cmdr. Michael J. Smith during his funeral at St. Marys Catholic Church in Spring Lake, Michigan.

The crew compartment of the space shuttle Challenger, with the remains of astronauts aboard, has been found 100 feet beneath the sea off the coast of Florida, NASA officials announced Sunday.

Officials with the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival announced the death of one of their own on Friday.

The seven crew members of the space shuttle Challenger probably remained conscious for at least 10 seconds after the disastrous Jan. 28 explosion and they switched on at least three emergency breathing packs, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said Monday.

Not long before midday on January 28, 1986, NASA suffered what was, without doubt, its worst catastrophe ever: the destruction

Monday’s fatal shooting of a McKeesport police officer marks two line-of-duty deaths already this year for law enforcement in Western Pennsylvania after more than a five-year gap. The McKeesport officer, Sean Sluganski, was killed while responding to a request to perform a check on a man’s mental health. Authorities said

Sedalia Police Reports for January 6, 2023.

Sedalia Police Reports for January 6, 2023.