The Washington County municipalities of McDonald and Midway, along with Robinson and Mount Pleasant townships, are considering regionalizing their police departments into one unit rather than four separate entities. Town hall meetings have been held on the subject and, from our vantage ...
Jeers: The most famous line from 鈥淭he Godfather, Part III鈥� has Al Pacino snarling, 鈥淛ust when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!鈥� That鈥檚 how many of us may feel about COVID-19 in the weeks ahead. Just as the virus has receded from the headlines, it turns out there are a ...
Thomas P. Hoving was an esteemed director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, but he secured his place in history outside the world of art thanks to a remark he made during a brief stint as the city鈥檚 parks commissioner in June 1966. Meningitis cases were cropping up throughout ...
Jeers: The term 鈥渙wn goal鈥� is associated with British soccer and the mistake of kicking a ball into the wrong net. Merriam-Webster defines an own goal as 鈥渟omething one does thinking it will help him or her, but actually causes one harm.鈥� It can safely be said that South Dakota Gov. ...
We鈥檝e been told many times and in many ways that to err is human. Perhaps just as human is the impulse toward nostalgia. Once you reach adulthood, or are deep in middle age or on the cusp of your 鈥済olden years,鈥� it鈥檚 entirely understandable to look back on your younger days with a ...
Jeers: Polio and measles are no longer running rampant throughout the country, and the reason for that is vaccines. The polio vaccine was introduced in 1955, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh, and the measles vaccine followed in 1963. These vaccines have saved ...
