Jan. 29– SALTILLO– Saltillo has won 12 straight high school soccer matches since losing to Tupelo before Thanksgiving. Saltillo will play Ridgeland or New Hope in Saturday’s state quarterfinals. The Tigers would host if Ridgeland wins and travel if New Hope is victorious.
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Jan. 29– STEARNS– The McCreary County Board of Education fielded a relatively light agenda last Thursday. Members voted 3-1 to formally elect Nelda Gilreath as their chairperson. Having inherited the position last February after Stewart Jones resigned from the board, Gilreath was nominated by vice chair Roxanne Shook with a second from Larry Davis.
More than 2,300 of those with unclaimed property, mostly in the form of cash, have ties to Stanly County. Unclaimed money connected to the county totals more than $749,000. As of last year, the state’s unclaimed cash fund ballooned to $384 million, with $40 million having been dispersed to the rightful owner, according to N.C. Department of State Treasurer…
That was the message President Barack Obama brought from Tuesday night’s State of the Union address to a Costco warehouse in Lanham on Wednesday morning, and it’s hard to believe that there’s much disagreement on that sentiment. Yet based on the reaction from Congressional Republicans, one would think that President Obama’ s decision to issue an executive…
This year’s class includes Kimberly Dagdag-Parker, Sheppard Air Force Base; Keri Goins, Patsy’s House; Jennifer Tansey Briley, Wellington Banquet& Conference Center/ Holiday Inn Express; Luke Oechsner, Oechsner Electric Inc.; Kolter Lukert, Guarantee Title; Michael Mills, Midwestern State University; Teea Reed, Union Square Federal Credit Union; Thorney Prince…
Jan. 29– WILKES-BARRE– Registered nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital continue to struggle with staffing issues as they work under the terms of union contract that expired more than eight months ago, union officials said. The number of staff at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has declined since the for-profit Community Health Systems took over…
The east Medford firm is affiliated with the Assurance Group. Spencer& Santoni Retirement Solutions offers products and services from more than 30 insurance and financial services companies for Medicare planning, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage, long term care, home health care, prescription drugs, life and disability insurance, as well as…
Jan. 29– FRANKLIN COUNTY–> More than 13,000 people between Greencastle and Carlisle live within the danger zones of potential ammonia leaks. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allows a person to review up to 10 worst-case scenarios in a month, according to PublicSource. PublicSource staff and six journalism students from Point Park University in…
Jan. 28– ENID, Okla.– Eddie Herrman, president of Integris Bass Baptist Health Center, believes expansion of the Insure Oklahoma program among employers to provide coverage for lower-income residents is important to the health of Oklahoma hospitals and their patients. Herrman shared statistics from Oklahoma Hospital Association showing that in Garfield…
Jan. 29– On average the South Taylor Emergency Medical Service responded to calls within its 700- square-mile coverage area in about 15 minutes, Director of Operations David Allman told the Taylor County Commissioners Court Tuesday. Allman told commissioners 81 percent of its 1,029 calls last year came from five communities– Tye, Buffalo Gap, Potosi, Tuscola…
Jan. 29– Lake View girls basketball. The Lake View High School girls basketball team nearly upset district-leading Frenship on Tuesday before falling 46-41 on its home court at Ben Norton Gym. Lake View was within 42-34 entering the final quarter, and the Maidens whittled the deficit to three points with about a minute remaining before Frenship was able to hang…
Jan. 29– Freezing temperatures have created problematic ice that is twice as thick as a normal winter on the Allegheny River between South Buffalo and Parker in Armstrong County. “It’s not unusual for ice to get up to 4 inches thick, but anytime it gets over 6 inches, it becomes a significant problem,” said meteorologist Lee Hendricks of the National Weather Service…
Jan. 29– Three weeks ago, the Wilson County Board of Health and county commissioners approved a $30,000 settlement for ex-health director Felix Meyer, bringing the era to an end. Meyer, who was fired in May, reached a settlement just weeks before his case was slated to be heard before an N.C. Office of Administrative Hearings judge. In addition to Meyer, witnesses for…
Jan. 26– Broomfield has racked up at least $13,000 in costs related to lawsuits and other matters connected to the Nov. 5 election, which has been mired in controversy for months now. From Dec. 4 through Dec. 31, Broomfield spent about $13,000 on election-related costs, said Bill Tuthill, city and county attorney. The multiple legal matters involve numerous players,…
Jan. 29– Police fear that armed robbers who have been staging holdups in Erie and Niagara counties for the past month have become bolder. The Able Insurance Agency on Erie Avenue in North Tonawanda was held up Monday in broad daylight. Since Dec. 24, more than a dozen armed robberies that appear to be related have been reported at convenience stores in Erie and…
Richard“ Rich” E. Widup, Jr., CPP, has advanced to the presidency of ASIS International, the leading organization for security management professionals worldwide. Mr. Widup, who currently serves as senior director, corporate security for Purdue Pharma, LP., joined ASIS in 2000 and the ASIS CSO Roundtable, an exclusive forum for senior security professionals, in 2008..
Corporation and BCSB Bancorp, Inc. today announced that, at a special meeting, the shareholders of BCSB Bancorp, Inc. have approved the Agreement and Plan of Merger between F.N.B. Corporation and BCSB Bancorp, Inc.. As announced previously on June 14, 2013, and as approved by the boards of directors of both companies, shareholders of BCSB Bancorp, Inc. will be…
Jan. 29– NORWALK– Last Sunday, while the World Chocolate Expo took place inside the Maritime Aquarium, a protest took place outside. A union representative for the 11 workers, Carmen Sargent, said on Dec. 31, 2013, 11 workers were let-go after their contract with the aquarium ran out. President of the Maritime Aquarium, Jennifer Herring, said the reason they were let-go…
Jan. 29– Blue Cross and Blue Shield has reversed its policy of refusing health insurance to gay and lesbian households under the federal health law and canceling their coverage in North Carolina. In mid-January, Blue Cross systematically canceled 20 family policies and notified the affected customers they would have to reapply as unmarried single…
