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Advocates on Friday turned in more than twice the needed number of signatures to put a proposal to legalize abortion on the Missouri ballot this year. The campaign said it turned in more than 380,000 voter signatures — more than double the minimum 171,000 needed to qualify for the ballot. “Our message is simple and…

Franciscan Health hospitals name new CFO, vice president of medical affairs Two Franciscan Health hospitals in Northwest Indiana have a new CFO and Franciscan Health Crown Point has a new vice president of medical affairs, according to a release. Justin Kats is the new chief financial officer for Franciscan Health Crown Point and Franciscan Health…

The Connecticut Airport Authority and Bradley International Airport hosted 50 veterans taking part in Honor Flight Connecticut on Saturday, May 4, according to a statement. “Honor Flight Connecticut brings military veterans to our nation’s capital to visit the memorials that commemorate their service and to recognize the brave men and women who’ve served our country,” as per…

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby will remain on NBC through 2032 after the network and Churchill Downs Inc. extended their contract through 2032, announcing it hours before the running of the 150th race on Saturday. The race switched to NBC in 2001 after airing on ABC from 1975-2000 and CBS from 1952-1974. The…

MIAMI (AP) — Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week — a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s pants. According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s trousers on April 26 at…

TANGIPAHOA PARISH – Two people were killed in separate crashes in Tangipahoa and St. Tammany parishes, according to Louisiana State Police. Police say William Edwards Jr., 67, died in Ponchatoula around 9:30 p.m. Friday night while riding his bicycle after his bicycle traveled into the northbound lane of LA Hwy 445 directly into the path…

I-10 West is closed at LA 415 due to an accident on the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge. Motorists are advised to use an Alternate Route. The closure resulted from the cab of an 18-wheeler flipping on its side. Pictures show significant damage to the guardrails. LaDOTD says it’s too early to tell how long it will…

PONCHATOULA – At 6:30 a.m. Friday, Ponchatoula police chief Bry Layrisson found the doors locked and the lights off at his police station. No one showed up for work.  “I was the only employee in the building,” said Chief Layrisson. “4 patrolmen, a communications officer, then after 8 am you’d have office personnel, detectives, agents,…

Daniel P. Jordan, who as president of the foundation that owns Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in Virginia, broadened its educational mission — and, perhaps most significant, commissioned a study that found that Jefferson had almost certainly fathered six children with Sally Hemings, one of hundreds of people he enslaved — died March 21 in Charlottesville,…

Reb Staup is a local blacksmith, woodworker and T-shirt designer living in Westminster. When Staup was young he liked to draw. “I was always interested in some type of art,” Staup said. He started blacksmithing in 2004, when he took classes from the nonprofit Blacksmith Guild of Central Maryland, Inc. He helped at the historic…