Barry County residents, get ready for a stretch of wet and stormy weather this week. If you’ve got outdoor plans or travel coming up, it might be a good idea to keep an umbrella close and an eye on the sky. According to the latest forecast, the region is in for multiple days of rain,…
Relief and thankfulness are being felt right across the Roscommon region today after it was announced that Barry Kelly, a Roosky native missing in Spain, had made contact with his relatives. Barry was last seen or heard of last Saturday, and concern was being expressed in his family and friends and prompted a public plea…
BARRY COUNTY, Mo. – Summer camp for people with special needs and especially in special need of it at the moment has a GINORMOUS mess to clean up after the weather this week put it in the ground. Purdy, Missouri, is where Camp Barnabas ended up in its foundation after the storm system moved through…
On his 100th day in the White House, President Donald Trump didn’t celebrate the milestone with a press conference or formal White House event. Instead, he took center stage in Warren, Michigan, a vital city in the center of America’s car belt—and delivered a high-energy, campaign-style rally, drawing on the rallies that had fueled his…
Stage and TV actress Priscilla Pointer, who worked for nearly four decades, died quietly on April 28, 2025, at the age of 100, in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Pointer died peacefully from natural causes at Ridgefield, Connecticut, an assisted-living complex, her son David Irving reported. Pointer will be best recalled for roles in cult horror film Carrie…
On a busy Monday afternoon in Grand Rapids, some assorted firefighters were dispatched to battle a fire that was consuming a multiplex residential complex. The fire burned from Shangrai-La Drive to Dawes Avenue on Kalamazoo Avenue at 28th Street – a high-density residential neighborhood. Witnesses and passersby notified of the situation reported the mood as…
In Grand Rapids, Mich., the week was filled with emotion as the trial of former policeman Christopher Schurr on a charge of second-degree murder got underway. Schurr is charged with shooting to death Patrick Lyoya, a Black driver, in April 2022 during a stop that escalated from a routine traffic stop into a deadly standoff….
In the aftermath of a paralyzing ice storm that ravaged Northern Michigan throughout last week during winter, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) announced that it will be conducting a public forum to debate response effort and listen to first-hand remarks from those most impacted. The May 21 forum in Gaylord promises to attract area…
A highly anticipated report will be released tomorrow highlighting Michigan’s preschool system, taking an up-close examination of where the state is, from an enrollment perspective, how it is financed, and the quality. The 22nd year of the report is issued by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER). It is the only national report…
There was a weekend tragedy on Errigal Mountain, County Donegal, when a walker who died after collapsing on a walk was named as father-of-three Carl Henderson of Moira, County Down. Mr. Henderson, aged in his 40s, was climbing one of the area’s best walks – the top when he had a cardiac arrest. Paramedics on…