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A member of U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte's staff will hold open-door meetings in early February in Rockingham County. The staff member will be available to meet with community members to hear their concerns with a federal agency or issues before Congress, according to a press release from Goodlatte's office Monday.
Ottawa Public Works employee Terry Bell adds another Christmas tree to a wood chipper Saturday at the Riordan Pool parking lot, as the city of Ottawa once again offers to take the trees and return the mulch to those who may want it. The service runs through this Saturday.
Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress, might attend some of the events within the celebrations of the birth of Czechoslovakia centenary this year, Czech lower house chairman Radek Vondracek said after meeting U.S. Ambassador Stephen King on Thursday. Vondracek said they also spoke about former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's key role in the establishment of Czechoslovakia as a successor state of the collapsing Austro-Hungarian monarchy at the close of WWI, and agreed that the then bilateral alliance should be promoted in connection with the Czech celebrations this year.
Alabama Democratic Senate nominee Doug Jones says his campaign has "the wind at its back" as he crisscrosses the state ahead of Tuesday's election for U.S. Senate. In a Saturday stop in Selma, Jones said his campaign has been focused on bringing people together, while Republican Roy Moore is trying to divide voters.
As part of its ongoing In Conversation Series of fascinating discussions with theater artists and special guests, Lantern Theater Company will host three noted experts for conversations that explore the themes of the Lantern's world premiere production of The Craftsman by Bruce Graham . The conversations immediately follow 2:00 p.m. matinee performances on Saturday, Dec. 2 , Sunday, Dec. 3 , and Saturday, Dec. 9 and are free to the general public with ticket purchase.
United States Senator Al Franken is facing further accusations of groping women after two additional women came forward and told their stories to the Huffington Post . The misconduct allegations described by both women allegedly occurred during Franken's successful 2008 campaign, which was the former comedian's first foray into electoral politics.
A newly revealed document from the John F. Kennedy assassination records paints a very defamatory picture of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. A wide-ranging 20-page document from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, titled "Martin Luther King, Jr. A Current Analysis," discusses King's alleged ties to communist influences and possible extramarital affairs. The FBI's interest in both has already been made public , as the agency's head at the time, J. Edgar Hoover, had the agency conduct surveillance on King during the 1960s as part of a domestic counterintelligence program.
Local elected officials choose provocative articles and lead the discussion. Commissioner Smokey Rhea leads a discussion on "Splitting the Difference on Illegal Immigration" from National Affairs. Articles available online at TCLib.org/swapmeet .
PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST: Show off your knife skills and creativity at the Third Annual New Belgium Pumpkin Carving Contest at Easy Bar at 8 p.m. pumpkins and carving tools will be provided while New Belgium beers will be on special. Free.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is planning to honor the nation's military on Veterans Day. In a news release, the library says that on Veterans Day -- Nov. 11 -- admission will be free to military personnel, veterans and families who have lost loved ones in combat.
Four P-51 Mustangs fly in formation while another trails behind during the California Internatial Airshow at the Salinas Municipal Airport on Sunday. From the F-22 Raptor to the aerial acrobatics by Vicki Benzing in her 1940 Boeing Stearman biplane, the sky was full of visual spectacles.
After President Donald Trump issued a new proclamation Sunday prohibiting or limiting travel from eight countries, the United States Supreme Court removed cases related to the previous travel ban from its calendar. The arguments were scheduled to be heard on October 10, after the Supreme Court ruled in June that the travel ban, with some exceptions, could be enforced until it returned to session this fall.
September is National Preparedness Month, the annual preparedness outreach event sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Ready Campaign.
The state's largest Labor Day parade steps off at 10 a.m. Monday in Newtown, winding from the flagpole to Hawley School. The theme of the 56th annual edition of the parade is the "Labor of Love."
For much of America, the past four weeks of Donald Trump's presidency have been a wild roller coaster ride. A wave of top-level hirings, firings, resignations, and public feuds have nearly dominated headlines over the last month.
Fort Jennings will celebrate Fort Fest from Friday to Sunday. This year's event will feature the Vietnam-era helicopters of the Huey 369 organization; the Spirit of America's Story - The Wall, a traveling 100-foot wall of artwork featuring the history of America's military men and women; the Traveling Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, a scale replica, ... (more)
Shaiq discussed the importance of the hijab, the head scarf, and the niqab, the face co... . In this July 10, 2017 photo, Moina Shaiq speaks to a group of people at a Meet a Muslim event at Bronco Billy's Pizza Palace in Fremont, Calif.