Flights returning to normal after difficult holiday weekend
From Thursday through Sunday more than 5,000 U.S. flights were canceled by the airlines, or about 5% of their schedule.
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From Thursday through Sunday more than 5,000 U.S. flights were canceled by the airlines, or about 5% of their schedule.
Erie County Democratic Chair Jeremy Zellner asked for city offices to be closed Monday to observe Juneteenth, which became a federally observed holiday in 2021.
The new federal holiday marks the day residents of Galveston received General Orders No. 3, which freed slaves in Texas.
For the first time, Juneteenth is a state and federal holiday that will be observed Monday, as June 19 falls on a Sunday this year.
With Juneteenth just around the corner, the Pulaski County Public Library is taking heat for removing a display in honor of the new federal holiday.