Stocking up for school can be eco-friendly – and economical
Earth-friendly school supplies can be expensive, but going green doesn’t mean asking your kid to open a lemonade stand to help pay. You can be gentle with the planet and respectful of your wallet. Start by widening your idea of what’s “green.” LOOK FOR FREEBIES FIRST Using what you already have is the ultimate environmentally [...]
'Justice wasn't served': 50 years since Chappaquiddick
BOSTON (AP) — The crash ended a young woman’s life, and with it, a man’s White House dreams. U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s Oldsmobile sedan veered off a narrow bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, an extension of the resort island of Martha’s Vineyard off the Massachusetts coast, and plunged into a moonlit pond 50 years ago [...]
Anxious immigrants wait to learn effect of new asylum policy
Dozens of immigrants lined up Tuesday at a major Mexico border crossing, waiting to learn how the Trump administration’s plans to end most asylum protections would affect their hopes of taking refuge in the United States. The administration announced the plans a day earlier, reversing decades of U.S. policy in its most forceful attempt yet [...]
Mexican president gets little backlash for migrant crackdown
MEXICO CITY — Mexican police, soldiers and National Guard are raiding hotels, buses and trains to round up migrants, creating scenes of weeping Central American mothers piled into police vans along with their children and overflowing detention centers with deplorable conditions. Such scenes have caused an outcry in the United States, but in Mexico there [...]
Columbus firm refurbishes roofs on historical, government buildings
Over the course of its 30-plus history, the Columbus-based Durable Group has worked on more 10,000 plain house roofs and has done multimillion-dollar historical restorations, including many churches. Other restoration projects included government buildings such as the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse. Slate, clay and copper roofs are the company’s specialties and help maintain the [...]
Group grants $1.6M for places that are part of black history
NEW ORLEANS — More than $1.6 million in grants are going to 22 sites and organizations to help preserve black history. The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the grants during the recent 25th annual Essence Festival in New Orleans. “The recipients of this funding shine a light on once lived stories and black culture, [...]
State fair to launch second season of its podcast Friday
Fans of the Ohio State Fair, slated for its annual run Wednesday through Aug. 4, may jumpstart their fair fervor by subscribing to the local podcast “A Fair to Remember” in advance of Friday’s release of the second season. Wessler Media and the Ohio State Fair announced this week the release of the second installment [...]
Couple pays off $33K in debt in 18 months
Ray Robertson’s debt-payoff journey involves two fateful conversations across the ocean from where he grew up. The first was a blind date with his future wife, Bailey. Ray had moved from Canterbury, England, to the Nashville, Tenn., area for a soccer scholarship at Martin Methodist College and met Bailey soon after graduating in 2012. The [...]
Churches jump into action with threat of targeted immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — As a nationwide immigration crackdown loomed, religious leaders across the country used their pulpits Sunday to quell concerns in immigrant communities and spring into action to help those potentially threatened by the operation. A Chicago priest talked during his homily about the compassion of a border activist accused of harboring illegal immigrants, [...]