JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With the state’s Republican-led Legislature still deadlocked on redistricting, Missouri now faces lawsuits in both federal and state court asking the judiciary to intervene and order a new U.S. House map before this summer’s primary election.
2022 Seniors . . . Well, here you are about to graduate. I’m sure you’re pinching yourself at the prospect of reaching your goal of the last 12 years. I think of you all as caterpillars. You’re about to leave your cocoons; your high school and homes, to emerge as butterflies and fly away to your futures.
I’ve written many times about the importance of newspapers to our democracy and communities. For centuries, newspapers have always been there to inform, educate, announce weddings, births, and deaths. An important role of newspapers is to protect citizens by supporting the public’s right to know what their local, state and federal government officials are doing, and the records kept.
While some men can claim to be the first, Aaron Burr, America’s third vice president, can claim three times to be the only. Aaron Burr Jr was born on February 6, 1756, in Newark, New Jersey.
Just as we are finally seeing Covid cases recede, the flu, specifically Type A Flu has begun to impact our community. Last year when we were wearing masks during the pandemic, flu cases in our state were much lower than in previous years. A stomach bug also seems to be circling town. My late grandpa, Bob Harpole, who survived the Depression, would often state that perhaps someone had the epizootic when they exhibited cold or flu symptoms. The epizootic or “epizooty” as old timers would call it, is in fact a term for a disease temporarily widespread in an animal population. Back in 1872, a mysterious illness plagued horses in approximately 33 states, and it was called, “the epizootic”. Soon people were using it to refer to human illness. It was a folk word passed down through families. The epizootic was disastrous at the time because transportation and farming relied on horse power. People at that time saw a slowdown in their supply chain as well because of it. We can relate to that. This week I’ve received a few articles from the Extension Service concerning Avian Bird Flu and it dawned on me that they are in fact concerned about a global epizootic of the bird flu.
Sportswriters just want to tell stories of their athletes and sources. Not only the good outcomes, but the struggles of reaching goals.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A lawyer for one of the men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday he was a hapless, pot-smoking “misfit” who was influenced by an FBI informant whom he met at a protest, not a mastermind of the 2020 plot as prosecutors allege.
To my way of thinking, there are three seasons – baseball, the overlay of hockey and college basketball, and the brief, grim time in late fall when the first has ended and the second hasn’t really gotten going yet.
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A second attempt to evacuate civilians from a besieged city in southern Ukraine collapsed Sunday amid renewed Russian shelling, while Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the blame for the war back on Ukraine and said Moscow’s invasion could be halted “only if Kyiv ceases hostilities.”
March 8 is International Women’s Day. Don’t ask me how I know this. I just do. So let us speak of Woman, specifically the International Woman. I like her. Very much. In my opinion She deserves much more than a day. But time waits for no man. Or woman, it seems. So… let’s get to it.