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Click here for updates on this story     AU GRES, Michigan (WNEM) — The state expanding capacity limits is welcome news by the service industry, whose been hit relatively hard by pandemic restrictions for the better part of the last year. For plenty of servers, big buck tips can make any shift that much better. For

Click here for updates on this story     DAVENPORT, Iowa (WQAD) — Illinois Quad City farmers are helping local families with a donation to the Riverbend Food Bank through the ‘Bushels for Hunger’ program. On Tuesday March 2, 2021, the Illinois Farm Bureau in District 3 presented the food bank with a check for $15,793. That

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — What started as fun for two cousins turned into a business. “If I could have too many bows, I would wear all of them at the same time,” 8-year-old Khyla Phelps said. Like many little girls, Khyla and 9-year-old JeRiya Haynie are all about

Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — “That’s my contribution, to being able to change what the face of STEM looks like and to be able to just be out there in the community as well.” That’s the mission for Dr. K. Renee Horton. Not only is the Louisiana native helping

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) — A Maine native found himself in one of the most remote places on Earth as the coronavirus pandemic hit last year. U.S. Antarctic Program weather observer Jeff DeRosa spent much of 2020 at the South Pole. It wasn’t his first time spending time there.

Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — Questions continue to arise about whether city leaders did enough prior to the winter and ice storms to prevent problems that caused the shutdown at the water treatment plant. According to Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, there were plans in place to construct a

Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Residents in a Sacramento neighborhood were asked to evacuate after a hazardous material situation caused by a small vapor cloud, officials said Tuesday night. A 55-gallon drum is emitting the vapor cloud in the 1600 block of Helena Avenue, the Sacramento Fire Department said.

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — It’s been a year since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Oregon and almost a year since the stay-at-home order went into effect. Most people started working from home and students began distance learning. But – what has the last year done to

It’s a wondrous thing to introduce a child to a beloved book, to read with them as they enter a literary world generations before them have enjoyed. But the nostalgia and thrill of bonding over a book makes it all the more crushing when an offensive paragraph stops the young reader in their tracks. It’s

Click here for updates on this story     BARABOO, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 23-year-old man was caught trying to cash a $4,500 check and sell fake bars of gold and silver in Baraboo on Tuesday, March 2. Kolton Kretschmer, 23, went to Absolute Auto in Baraboo with a $4,500 check, according to Baraboo police. Kretschmer allegedly

Here is a look at the life of civil rights activist and former ambassador Andrew Young. Personal Birth date: March 12, 1932 Birth place: New Orleans, Louisiana Birth name: Andrew Jackson Young Jr. Father: Andrew Jackson Young, a dentist Mother: Daisy (Fuller) Young, a teacher Marriages: Carolyn (McClain) Young (April 15, 1996-present); Jean (Childs) Young

Here’s a look at former Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is serving life in prison without parole for the murders of 16 Afghan civilians in 2012. About former Staff Sgt. Bales Bales was assigned to the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington. The unit was