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The Chuck and Becky Scholz family is being honored as the 2024 recipients of the Friend of Catholic Education Award for generations of family service.

QUINCY — The Quincy Catholic Elementary Schools Foundation announced Thursday the Chuck and Becky Scholz family will receive the 2024 Friend of Catholic Education Award.

Munesh Kunar, a 9th standard student, said the visit made him realise the importance of feeding stray dogs. “I gave vegetables to animals and biscuits to dogs. I will be friendly with stray animals in future,’’ said Munesh Kumar.

The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved grants to dozens of nonprofit organizations during its December meeting.

MOUNT STERLING, Ill. — Dot Foods recently donated 13 3D printers to 13 area school districts.

MANSFIELD — Two thousand individual donors helped raise $514,386 during the two-week-long Richland Gives donation drive.

Temple Beth El has stood along Monroe Street for the past 140 years.

I met Santa: The real one. He’s a bit taller than I imagined. Santa’s red sled is the same shade as his fire engine. I wondered, if on one Christmas Eve, as Santa slid down a chimney …

The Colored Industrial Institute in Pine Bluff was one of the first Catholic-supported schools for Black children in Arkansas. The school was established by the Rev. John Michael Lucey, an Irish Catholic former Confederate soldier who became a priest after the Civil War and later took an interest in civil rights for Black Americans, speaking out against Jim Crow legislation and the practice of lynching.

Whats at stake for suburban students with Invest in Kids scholarships if the program dies in veto session? Currently, "the votes are not there."