“They did it. THEY DID IT TO US! #SCOTUS has overturned #RoevWade, enshrined in the Constitution as settled law for over 50 years. How dare they? This #SCOTUS is absolutely tone-deaf to the will and even the actual needs of the American people.” — Bette Midler, via Twitter.
Denison Fire Rescue is proposing several changes within the department — including a full conversion of the city’s senior center — aimed at streamlining service and improving the city’s ISO rating and other general improvements within the department.
We hear a lot about the American spirit, especially around the Fourth of July holiday, and no end of tales of the tough characters throughout our history who refused to quit. This year, though, we’re heartened to be reminded that sometimes, the courage required to step aside when all the world is calling on you to step up can be enormous. Simone Biles, who grew up in Spring to become one of the greatest gymnasts ever, showed us all that last year at the pandemic-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She took heat for withdrawing from several events, citing mental health concerns. She praised her teammates — “they stepped up when I couldn’t” — then went on win a bronze medal in one final event, adding to the four gold medals she won in 2016. Since then, she’s become a vocal advocate for mental health and for survivors of sexual abuse, testifying before the Senate about the FBI’s wretched handling of convicted sex abuser and former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar. Now, President Joe Biden is honoring Biles with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for civilians. She’ll join 16 others, including American icons ranging from the late Steve Jobs to Sen. John McCain. Sometimes stepping back is just a chance to step out in a new direction. We’re proud of her.
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Help is on the way for Guilford County residents struggling with the increasing costs of feeding and caring for their pets.
WINCHESTER, Va. (AP) — The Congregational Community Action Project (CCAP) and several other local organizations are celebrating the opening of “The Friendly Neighborhood Freedge.” The freedge — a combination of the words “free” and “fridge” — is an outdoor refrigerator filled with donated food that is located on the Our Health campus.
NEW YORK (AP) — The rent has come due for America’s small businesses and at a very inopportune time. Landlords were lenient about rent payments during the first two years of the pandemic.
EL PASO — Men lined up outside the Corner of Hope, a homeless resource center, eyeing free supplies on plastic shelves inside a white van. Some wanted bags with toiletries or condoms, but others took kits that help them safely use drugs or naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medicine.
During a weeklong convention, more than 4,000 members of the Daughters of the American Revolution met for the 131st Continental Congress, the service organization’s annual meeting. Representatives from the local chapter were also in attendance at the meetin.
Representatives for Reba’s Ranch House and Rich Ward, center, pose for a photo around a new bird feeder that Ward donated to the organization. The bird feeder, which was modeled after the current building was donated in honor of his father Brad Ward, who made a similar bird feeder for the original Reba’s Ranch House facility prior to it’s move a decade ago. Courtesy photo
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — FBI agents peeked into trash cans and under picnic blankets Tuesday as they searched for more evidence at the site where a gunman fired on an Independence Day parade from a suburban Chicago rooftop in an attack that killed at least six people.