INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A military plane carrying enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles arrived Sunday in Indianapolis, the first of several flights expected from Europe aimed at relieving a shortage that has sent parents scrambling to find enough to feed their children.
All Missourians ages 5 and older are eligible to receive COVID vaccines without charge. If you have already had at least one vaccine, remember to bring your vaccine card.
Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.
Mark Updegrove, author of “Incomparable Grace: JFK in the Presidency,” is featured in a Truman Library Institute event Wednesday in Kansas City. He will be joined in conversation by Kurt Graham, director of the Truman Presidential Library.
Saturday’s guest editorial, “’Permit lite’ for coal ash threatens state’s water,” distributed by the Missouri Independent, needs fuller attribution. The authors are Patricia Schuba, a biologist and president of Labadie Environmental Organization in Labadie, Missouri; and Jenn DeRose of south St. Louis and the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign representative for Missouri
The Grain Valley Senior Luncheon, including visiting nurses and bingo, is held on the first Wednesday of the month. The next event, on June 1, begins, at 10:45 a.m., when visiting nurses provide health checks and services to seniors.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- About 1,500 pickleball players, all 50 years old and older, have competed for more than a week in a national championship in Fort Lauderdale. An additional 1,000 people attended to watch and cheer on their friends, family and favorite teams. The oldest player this year was 92 years old.
There are thousands of ways to keep your relationship interesting, but I’ll only give you a few special ones that will not only make your partner feel loved, but also make you proud of your efforts. The more you put into your relationship, the more you will get out of it.
Jeanne Aikens was a widow in her late 60s when she found a new love. Or so she thought.
NEW YORK (AP) — Author and journalist Wesley Morgan is this year’s winner of the William E. Colby Award for military and intelligence writing. He was cited for his book “The Hardest Place: The American Military Adrift in Afghanistan’s Pech Valley.”