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The annual ice cream social to celebrate Emmett Till’s birthday also marked the opening of an interactive art installation, titled ‘Be Careful, I Always Am,’ by Chicago-born artist Germane Barnes.
MNEW JERUSALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, 1317 Texas St., will observe its 122nd anniversary at 11 a.m. Sunday. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Joseph E. Thomas, pastor of Enon Springs Missionary Baptist Church at Hernando, Miss., and son of the Rev. Dr. Curlee and Bertha Thomas. The Rev. M. Kriston Wilson is pastor of New Jerusalem.
“Lynching is not a relic of the past,” said Vice President Kamala Harris.
United Way of Northeast Missouri announces fundraising leadership Kirksville Daily Express The United Way of Northeast Missouri has some new faces leading its fundraising drive for this year. Bertha Thomas, President of the United Way of Northeast Missouri, announced Thursday that Chade Shorten will serve as the 2022 United Way Campaign Chair and Stephanie McGrew will be Assistant Champaign Chair. Shorten is a 2018 graduate of Truman State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication degree who currently is Manager of The Dukum Inn and WrongDaddys night club in Kirksville. She is a ...
Feb 21, 2021 MESA, Ariz. — Sandra L. Carr, 74, passed away Sunday evening, Feb. 14, 2021, at Mountain Vista Medical Center. Sandy was born Aug. 28, 1946, to Jacob and Bertha Thomas in Lowellville and was a lifelong Youngstown resident. As one of four siblings, she is survived by her two sisters, Elizabeth Bozic (Matt) and Shirley Ciccone, and a baby brother, Jacob “Jack” Thomas (Cathy). She was married to Gerald Joseph Carr, her one and only lifelong love, who preceded her in death in 1996. Sandy leaves behind their two daughters, Cynthia Carr, and her three children, Vanessa and Al...