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Dec 31, 2020 Lori McKinney, event organizer for the Downtown Countdown, prepares for the upcoming virtual broadcast. Contributed photo PRINCETON — While there will be no in-person Downtown Countdown celebration to ring in the new year on Mercer Street tonight, organizers have put in the hard work for community members to enjoy the celebration from the comfort and safety of their homes. “For the past seven years, The Downtown Countdown has provided an exciting, family-friendly New Year’s Eve experience in The Mercer Street Grassroots District, com...

December 22, 2020 What strikes me most about Howie Kendrick’s career is how close we came to missing it entirely. The line drives, the slick grin, the home run that sealed the 2019 World Series and the epic celebration with Adam Eaton that followed: Were it not for a dutiful scout in the right place at the right time, we’d have missed it all. As you’ve probably heard by now, Kendrick announced his retirement Monday afternoon. The 37-year-old is just a year removed from arguably the best season of his career, but he slumped badly in 2020 and suffered yet another hamstring injury in Sept...

But for now we will trust the locals. saying they got 9 to 10 feet. you can see -- can we hear this? oh, you never know, they might be having private conversations. they are pulling along in a neighborhood clearly. this is not supposed to be under water. but they are trying to give the cameras a look in new bern. this is a town of about 6,000 people just inland off the carolina coast. and they -- i'm sure they had hoped there wouldn't be a lot of flooding. though they knew there would be some. people in river community on the west bank of the river there they realize they are in a somewhat of ...

Cairo was a vibrant river community. this is what it looks like now. most of the businesses downtown here are gone. most of the people have left as well. in fact, less than 3,000 people remain. many believe this in fact is not a town that was worth saving. >> would you rather have missouri farmland flooded or cairo underwater? >> cairo. i've been there. cairo. >> if the governor vetoes -- >> have you been to cairo? >> yes. >> okay. you know what i'm saying, then. >> have you been to cairo lately? ha, ha, ha, yes, i have. what do you mean? i want to know what you mean about it. >> cairo is pred...

The explosion opened a two-mile hole, flooding more than 130,000 acres of farmland in neighboring missouri. >> when you look at that, what do you think? >> i'm very sad. i look at that and i don't have a home. >> reporter: marilyn's farm has been in her family for three generations. two still be dry if the federal government hadn't blown up the levee. >> i feel like that we're having to suffer for somebody else. >> reporter: farmers ray and roy presson have 2,000 acres under water. >> we've always lived with the idea that some day they might have to blow it. the waters kept rising and we knew ...