Ahmaud Arbery’s mother is grateful for the guilty verdicts reached in her son’s murder trial. Wanda Cooper-Jones reflected on the outcome on Thanksgiving Day, nearly two years after Arbery was gunned down in an affluent,…

No. 4 Cincinnati is riding a successful formula to the College Football Playoffs: Beat everyone on its schedule and wait out the other contenders in front of the Bearcats in the rankings.  The Bearcats (11-0,…

Robert “Bob” E. Trammell, 76, Uniontown, went to his heavenly home on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. Bob was born on May 7, 1945, to Roy and Margaret (Moore) Trammel in Iola. He graduated from Humboldt…

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Nelly Joseph and Walter Clayton Jr. made key free throws in the final seconds to lift Iona over No. 10 Alabama 72-68 in an opening-round game at the ESPN…

Roy and Pam Holland are enjoying their Thanksgiving holiday by the peaceful Neosho River watching the Ohio State Buckeyes vs. “the state up north.” (“We don’t say the ‘M’ word!) “GO BUCKS!” ***** Nikolas Kinder…

If we were not still in the grip of a deadly pandemic, with the seven-day average U.S. death toll from the coronavirus hovering just over 1,100 a day, I probably would not have thought of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade returned Thursday in full, though with precautions. Balloons, floats, marching bands, clowns and performers — and, of course, Santa…

Amid another pandemic surge in Michigan, federal officials granted a request from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to send staff to support beleaguered hospital workers. The aid comes as Michigan remains a national pandemic hot spot: Approximately…

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three men were convicted of murder Wednesday in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was running empty-handed through a Georgia subdivision when the white strangers chased him, trapped…

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas health advisor says the coronavirus pandemic is starting to worsen in Kansas again as families prepare to gather over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Public health advisor Marci Nielsen blames…