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The usual Memorial Day ceremonies were canceled due to COVID-19, but staff and honor guard gathered to remember the fallen.

The community won’t be able to come out to be part of Sunday’s Memorial Day Observance normally held annually at Fort Custer National Cemetery.   At least not in the usual way.  COVID CDC guidelines have made that impossible, but those who gave their lives for America will still be honored. A private ceremony for guests and employees will be held at the cemetery at 15501 Dickman Road in Augusta Michigan.  There will also be a flyover performed by the Hooligans Flight team. Fort Custer National Cemetery-Photo by Bobby Guy, TSM The traditional placing of the flags on the gravesites on S...

Weather Alert ...The Flood Advisory continues for the following rivers in Tennessee... Cumberland River At Nashville affecting Sumner, Wilson and Davidson Counties. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Flood Advisory means river or stream flows are elevated, or ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. ...The Flood Advisory remains in effect... The Flood Advisory continues for the Cumberland River At Nashville. * Until further notice. * At 3:30 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 34.0 feet and falling. * Action ...

Local family historian looks at the fascinating 1939 Register, which still provides a fascinating snapshot of life HAVING declared war on Germany on September 3 1939, the British Government announced that on September 29 there would be a National Registration Day. The Register collected key details of every civilian in the country, issuing identity cards on the spot. Everybody had to be able to present their card if an official requested to see it (children’s cards were looked after by parents), or bring them to a police station within 48 hours. This enabled the Government to keep t...

every new phone comes embedded with this tiny chip that acts as a global positioning receiver. and it's my theory that these home-invasion robbers are using them to track their victims. how would they do it? well, a cell phone's essentially a radio. whenever it's on, it's sending radio signals to let cell towers know where the phone is so a person can move from one cell zone to another without losing a call. at the same time, the gps chip receives signals from outer space, specifically, from at least three geosynchronous satellites. using the geometric method called "three-dimensiona...