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Winchester students achieve academic honors University of AlabamaThe following Winchester residents graduated from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa in spring 2020: Brooke Carroll, Bachelor of Arts in communication and information sciences; Sydney Richardson, Bachelor of Science in commerce and business administration; Elizabeth Schipelliti, Bachelor of Arts in communication and information sciences.Bridgewater State UniversityKathryn G. More
Winchester Alumni Association spotlight: Kerry Lynne McHugh Kerry Lynne is only one of the 2100 Alumni members who have registered with the Winchester Alumni Association. Join the conversation and register today at WinchesterAlumni.org to stay in touch with Kerry and other Alumni across the decades.What class did you graduate with?1995What are you up to personally and/or professionally now? More
Cyclists to make ‘Black Lives Matter’ visible from space Local cyclists are organizing an event on July 18 and 19 to spell out “Black Lives Matter” on a global heat map that can be seen from the moon. Calling this event Wheels of Change, this volunteer group is encouraging everyone to run, walk or ride one of the 16 routes they have created using Strava, a GPS-enabled fitness app. More
Man gets jail for sexual assaulting dog, county commissioner salary increases and other Bay County news A judge in Bay County sentenced a Grand Rapids for sexually assaulting a dog. Meanwhile, records show how much Bay County commissioners will make in 2025 after getting a small raise. Those headlines ... 01/5/2025 - 1:27 am | View Link
An Alabama man is sentenced to death for fatally shooting 2 as part of a 2020 killing chain An Alabama man has been sentenced to death for fatally shooting two people in 2020. Derrick Hightower was sentenced Thursday for murdering Barbara Tidwell and her husband Willie Tidwell. 01/3/2025 - 8:38 am | View Link
Bradford County man sentenced to up to 20 years after DUI crash that killed Towanda man Charles F. Scott was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to homicide by motor vehicle while driving under the influence. 12/23/2024 - 4:38 am | View Link
Cumberland County man sentenced for assaulting a police officer during Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot The man entered the Capitol building on two occasions and assaulted a police officer during the insurrection, according to sentencing documents. 12/20/2024 - 2:24 pm | View Link
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Some lawmakers emotionally recalled the violence. Others said they’d rather move on. And some said it wasn’t violent at all.
The certification Monday of Donald Trump’s presidential victory further exposed the divide, and the tension, among members of Congress over Jan. 6, 2021 — as Trump has called the bloody attack by his supporters “a day of love” and has promised to pardon rioters who have been convicted of crimes related to that day once he is in office.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes, a person familiar with the decision said Monday.
The proclamation will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans that were to be announced Tuesday in California.
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The declaration bars drilling and mining and other development on the 600,000-acre (2,400-square-kilometer) area in Southern California and roughly 200,000 acres (800 square kilometers) in Northern California.
The establishment of new monuments were first reported in The Washington Post.
GAINESVILLE — After Florida’s SEC-opening loss at Kentucky, unbeaten and top-ranked Tennessee could complete an head-spinning and dispiriting 1-2 punch in a four-day span to kick off conference play.
Gators coach Todd Golden instead welcomes the Vols’ visit Tuesday night at the O’Connell Center.
A loss would not necessarily undo Florida’s 13-0 start, but a win would deliver a boost of momentum in a league with very little let-up on the schedule.
Florida’s Walter Clayton Jr.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital is often not a place that handles winter weather well. Cold-weather transplants complain about the inability of local drivers to navigate snowy roads and the tendency of the school systems to shut down at the first sign of falling flakes.
Now the ceremonial pomp of Washington is colliding with the circumstance of a major snow storm, forecast to dump up to a foot in some places by Monday night.
A self-described struggling artist from Missouri, Jacob Burmood says he could have used the $3,500 offered by the city of Sunrise to exhibit one of his abstract metal sculptures. But his heart “just sank” when he learned the city contract prohibited him from “engaging in a boycott of Israel.”
Burmood turned down the offer, saying he couldn’t sign in good faith “because that would normalize this type of language in contracts.