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Local grads help Crowder return to NJCAA World Series

Grand Junction, Colorado, here they come. Truman High School graduate Josh Patrick went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs as the Crowder College baseball team clinched a berth to the NJCAA Division I World Series for a second consecutive season on Sunday by defeating Delgado Community College 9-1 in the championship of the South Central District Tournament at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium in New Orleans.

Margaret Elizabeth Turley (Heiselman)

Margaret Elizabeth Turley, of Independence, Missouri, passed away on May 18. 2022 at the age of 90. She was born July 1, 1931 to W i l l i a m H a r r i s o n Heiselman and Clara Futscher Heiselman in Holton, Kansas. She had two sisters, Gladys Loraine Brubaker and Marjorie Evelyn Dooling. She attended Lower Banner Country School for eight years.

William “Bill” Hughes Benson

William “Bill” Hughes Benson of Oak Grove passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022, at the age of 72. Bill died peacefully at home with his beloved wife Janet and their children by his side.

The shame of America’s babyformula shortage

When the sudden COVID-19 shutdown caused people to hoard toilet paper, the nation was half amused by the inability to find a roll on any retail shelf. There’s nothing funny, though, about the baby-formula shortage that has reached a peak in recent weeks.

Report says Baptist leaders stonewalled on abuse cases

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest Protestant denomination, stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations, according to a scathing 288-page investigative report issued Sunday.

Balance begins to decline as early as age 50

Dear Doctors: Can you help with a debate my wife and I are having about good balance? I say it’s about staying strong and flexible. She thinks it has to do with your inner ear. We’re arguing about this because her dad, who is 75 and in good health, has started to worry about balance.

Husband’s drinking puts family at risk and marriage in doubt

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 20 years has had DUIs in the past. He has always been a binge drinker when socializing. He has been going out once a week after work for three hours, during which he drinks and then drives home. He tells me he has a couple beers, but his tab and his face tell a different story.