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The Iowa man who was billed as the “real life” Radar O'Reilly has died at age 92. But his life was much harder than the TV characters.

A retired Milligan University professor has completed work on a book that he hopes will call attention to an important figure in Johnson City’s development as a regional hub for education, faith and medicine: Dr. Hezekiah B. Hankal. “Hezekiah Hankal took it upon himself to uplift our community’s African Americans during the era when Jim Crow laws severely restricted their lives and their opportunities to get ahead in the world,” Donald Shaffer said recently. “Dr. Hankal had never been a slave. But when freedom came for the slaves, he soon married one, and he devoted t...

February is Black History Month, but Black history goes well beyond just one month of the year. Individuals in the Mississippi State University community are exploring how to push the boundaries of the month and use the whole year as a time of teaching, learning, celebrating and acknowledging African American culture and history. Donald Shaffer, director of the African American Studies program and professor of English, explained it is vital to have an inclusive and accepting environment at the university. Shaffer said the African American Studies program garnered attention and enthusiasm from...

evidence of test tampering at two top baltimore schools. hello everyone i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about. another cheating scandal has surfaced in elementary schoolless. with test answers changed from wrong to right. >> reporter: a brazen cheating scandal at two baltimore city elementary schools has drawn outrage from city and state school leaders. >> it was a real real figurative act of violence for our community and our students. >> reporter: state investigators found suspicious eraser patterns on test. a high number of erased answers, they even looked at the...

public service number one. the city and state mourn the loss of former mayor, governor donald shaffer. >> those who really like public life think it's the greatest career to have. >> reporter: tonight one of the most powerful politicians in the history of maryland passes away at the age of 89. >> when i jumped in the pool. people liked that. they expected me to do things like that. >> from the inner harbor to every street and alley in baltimore, we heard the same words. >> we care, that's what i want on that tombstone. >> his life, career, and how he changed maryland forever. >> good...