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Huntsville native Larry Gene Clark lived near Spring Branch in the southwest part of the city. As a boy he would hunt, fish and trap along that creek. On Dec. 9, 1967, the Marine celebrated his 21st birthday. On Feb. 4, 1968, Lance Cpl. Larry Gene Clark, a fire team leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Division, died in action in Vietnam. His mother, Loise, accepted the Bronze Star in his honor. The bridge on Drake Avenue, just west of Memorial Parkway, will be dedicated in Clark’s honor on March 8 at 2 p.m. The Drake Avenue bridge at Huntsville Spring Branch will be named th...

2 CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers celebrated 75 years of continued work in Japan with a ceremony outside their Okinawa Area Office located on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 18. The celebration included a cake cutting, speeches, a live-stream event, and sealing of a time capsule. An engineer’s hard hat, commander’s coin, kokeshi doll with the signatures of Japan Engineer District staff, and a note from current JED Commander, Col. Thomas J. Verell, Jr., were among the many items put inside the capsule. It will remain sealed until the 100th annive...

  The celebration included a cake cutting, speeches, a live-stream event, and sealing of a time capsule. An engineer’s hard hat, commander’s coin, kokeshi doll with the signatures of Japan Engineer District staff, and a note from current JED Commander, Col. Thomas J. Verell, Jr., were among the many items put inside the capsule. It will remain sealed until the 100 th anniversary of the Corps in Japan in 2046.   “This occasion marks 75 years of continuous JED and USACE support to the U.S.-Japan alliance and peace and security of the Indo-Pacific Region,” said Verell. “It’s hard t...

Ron Jenkins/ Getty Images News Pike Electric service trucks line up after a snow storm on Feb. 16, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. Winter storm Uri has brought historic cold weather and power outages to Texas as storms have swept across 26 states with a mix of freezing temperatures and precipitation. Energy shortages, transportation constraints, and winterkill damage plague ag industry amid Arctic blast. For the second time in the past year, the agricultural supply chain has been partially upended in many parts of the country. But instead of the pandemic, this time Moth...