Virtually everyone will recall how, during these days of the pandemic, federal and state authorities moved to prevent people from being evicted. Businesses shuttered, prompting waves of layoffs and abruptly leaving millions unemployed and at risk of losing their home through no fault of their own.
President Joe Biden wants to bring up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing war to the United States. This is the American way. “Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,” says the eloquent Statue of Liberty poem, “The New Colossus,” penned by Emma Lazarus.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a 15-week abortion ban into law Thursday as the state joined a growing conservative push to restrict access to the procedure ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could roll back abortion rights.
A former police officer who discussed Russia’s invasion on the phone. A priest who preached to his congregation about the suffering of Ukrainians. A student who held up a banner with no words – just asterisks.
Softball 10-5A Dist Year x-Rock Hill 11-0 22-7 The Colony 9-2 14-8 Denison 7-4 18-8 Wylie East 6-5 14-13 Lovejoy 6-5 11-14 Sherman 3-8 7-18 Princeton 1-10 5-15 M. North 1-10 3-19 9-4A Dist Year x-Aubrey 8-2 18-5 Melissa 7-2 17-6 Celina 6-3 16-7 Sanger 5-4 13-9 Van Alstyne 4-5 15-7 Anna 3-7 7-16 Gainesville 0-10 4-20 10-3A Dist Year 1-Whitesboro 11-0 14-9 Pilot Point 7-4 7-4 Boyd 7-4 19-9 Valley View 6-5 15-8 Ponder 6-5 11-13 Paradise 4-7 12-11 S&S 3-8 8-12 Callisburg 0-11 6-15 11-3A Dist Year x-Gunter 11-0 17-6 Whitewright 8-3 15-6 Pottsboro 8-3 18-5 Bells 6-5 13-13 Bonham 5-6 16-9 Howe 3-8 5-18 Blue Ridge 2-9 2-9 Leonard 1-10 4-15 10-2A Dist Year x-Collinsville 9-1 13-8 x-Muenster 8-1 13-11 x-Lindsay 7-2 9-9 Era 5-5 5-7 Tioga 4-6 8-13 1x1-Saint Jo 1-10 1-10 Alvord 0-9 3-13 15-2A Dist Year x2-Trenton 9-1 18-4 1x1-Dodd City 8-2 11-3 x2-S.
GUNTER — In the middle of the gym floor where she not only scored so many points but also put in countless hours of work, Alyssa Tarpley’s future changed in just a matter of moments when she signed her letter of intent to play basketball for Samford University.
TYLER — Gunter sophomore Parker Hoel won the Class 3A Region II boys singles title while the boys doubles duo of sophomores Jacob Tackett and Jackson Rue and Whitewright junior Danielle Slack are also headed to the 3A state tournament after runner-up finishes at regionals.
Mark Wahlberg has been acting regularly for decades now. In that time, he’s managed to appear in a wide array of motion pictures that range from big blockbusters like Uncharted or Transformers: Age of Extinction to smaller intimate fare like The Fighter. But he’s rarely been as passionate about a single feature as he is on his newest star vehicle, Father Stu.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” follows in the footsteps of “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” “Thor: Ragnarok,” and “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” as apology blockbusters. These are all mega-expensive features following up on box office hits that also proved divisive critically. So now it’s time to confront the flaws of their predecessors cut out extraneous characters, and give the people what they want. Sometimes you get a “Star Trek Beyond” out of this approach, other times, you get “Attack of the Clones.”
On the eve of the 2022 Oklahoma spring turkey season, hunters are a little bit uncertain this year as the April 16-May 16 season starts up tomorrow. After all, the weather has been crazy in recent months, including drought, snowfall, severe weather, flooding rains, and even a "firenado" on television the other day as a wildfire churned in western portions of the state.