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In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from Germany, claiming the Munich Agreement he negotiated with Adolf Hitler brought “peace with honor” and saying it achieved “peace for our time.” Seven years later, after approximately 407,000 American military deaths, over 6 million Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, nearly 15 million total military deaths, […]

The proposed building would replace the Central Fire Station at 550 Minot Ave. and house the police and fire departments, both of which city officials say are in desperate need of new homes.

Contrary to Brad Kowalski’s dizzyingly cynical assertion, the hundreds of Protect Lake Auburn signs that went up around the Twin Cities mean precisely what they say (“Don’t be duped by Auburn political signs,” Aug. 31). Concerns about the water supply for about 40,000 people are well-founded, and not delusions of “old wealthy elites.” As far […]

From parts unknown to places familiar, Greenwood-born explorer, cultural anthropologist and author Julian Monroe Fisher has experienced life some of us can only imagine.

Index-Journal Executive Editor Richard S. Whiting will serve as daily newspaper vice president of the South Carolina Press Association after a vote of the press association’s membership. Don Kausler Jr., regional editor of the Morning News in Florence and the prior daily newspaper vice president, was elected president and succeeds Suzanne Detar, publisher of The Daniel Island News. The election was Wednesday during a virtual Annual Business Meeting. Other officers elected were: Charles Swe...