“The Long Way Home” by Tom Montgomery Fate; Ice Cube Press (168 pages, $19.99) Author Tom Montgomery Fate has lived most of his life in Illinois, but when he’s asked where home is, he says Iowa. Small-town Iowa is where Fate was raised, where he was formed, and it is in many ways is his anchor.
SEATTLE — Stephanie Parkins hadn’t opened a credit card in 20 years. That changed a few months ago, though, when she had an inkling that summer flights would get expensive.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. dog lovers, say “benvenuto” to the bracco Italiano.
Perfect parenting doesn’t exist, but a balanced and loving approach to parenting will teach your kids how to get through this wild world. Good-enough parenting from emotionally healthy people sets you up for a more balanced life. Here are a few values you can instill in them.
Some Missouri medical providers are fearful that patients with high-risk pregnancies will face delayed care in life-threatening situations because doctors fear prosecution under Missouri’s newly-enacted abortion ban.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After polls closed in New Mexico’s primary last month, a worker returning ballots and other election materials to the clerk’s office in Santa Fe was followed by a partisan election observer driving so close that mere inches separated their bumpers.
A problem that has plagued Blue Springs Post 499 Fike all season reared its ugly head in the team’s opening game of the 33rd annual American Legion Wood Bat Invitational Wednesday. St.
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have inherited four dogs from relatives. I was out of state for a month (my husband was home) when two of them were dognapped, driven 42 miles away and abandoned in the wilderness. I suspected who had done it right away, but when I heard where the dogs had been abandoned, I knew without a doubt. We were lucky: One dog was microchipped, which eventually led him back to us. Both were cared for by rescue foundations until I could bring them home.
The American Solar Challenge, a multi-day trek of hundreds of miles in cars built by college students, starts in Independence for the second straight year. This year’s competition is a weeklong trek, starting at 9 a.m.
Jodi Kay Roehrick, 63, of Blue Springs, Mo. passed away on July 2, 2022.