A Pierce County substance abuse treatment provider that had its license suspended for unethical practices will reopen on probationary status after reaching an agreement with the Washington state Department of Health. Rainier Recovery, an outpatient provider with offices in Gig Harbor, Lakewood and Puyallup, will remain on probation for at least a decade after a … Read more
A mixed-use development plan that includes 655 multifamily housing units along Central Pike in Wilson County is being brought back for consideration after being shelved for about two years, according to the city. Lifestyle Communities wants to develop the project on about 63 acres between South West Cook and South Mt. Juliet Roads. The Lifestyle … Read more
Police have rushed to the scene of a suspected road rage incident that spilt out into the Dreamworld theme park on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Officers were called to the entrance of the park at Coomera after reports of an assault following a traffic crash shortly after 3pm on Monday. Police allege an altercation broke out … Read more
Reader question: Country Club Road runs between West Mason Street and Indian Hill Drive. It serves as the main access road to [Northeast Wisconsin Technical College] as well as the neighborhoods beyond and is heavily traveled. The road is of concrete construction and was always one of the roughest roads (in my opinion) in the … Read more
NEENAH – A former Neenah social studies teacher will join the U.S. Department of State in its latest cohort of 110 diplomats. Eric Thiede, a high school social studies teacher who has worked at Neenah High School for 13 years, received a job offer as a diplomat last October. According to the Neenah Joint School … Read more
Local leaders are preparing to host the 17th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Peace March & Ceremony and Civil Rights Memorial Plaque unveiling near Victorville City Hall. Presented by the High Desert Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Inc., the march will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 20, at the corner … Read more
A group of House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump talked about tying wildfire aid to a debt ceiling increase Sunday night, as the fires spreading across huge swaths of Los Angeles are estimated to become one of the costliest natural disasters in U.S. history. Of the nearly two dozen House Republicans who attended the Sunday … Read more
A man is in custody for raping a woman at a Grandview Avenue home a week ago, according to Daytona Beach police and court records. Jeremy Starliper, 40, drove the victim to a home in New Smyrna Beach where he ordered her out of his car at gunpoint, an arrest report shows. Police learned of … Read more
Snow in Texas isn’t unusual. We just saw that with Winter Storm Cora. But on Jan. 13, 1985, 40 years ago today, one of Texas’ largest cities was digging out from an historic snowstorm. A typical Texas snow even will blanket areas near and to the north and west of Dallas-Ft. Worth. This mid-January 1985 … Read more
Years after the historic Oak Rubber site in Ravenna was to be demolished, it will be cleared, thanks to a grant from the Ohio EPA. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency awarded $1.1 million in remediation funds to clear the site, which has been vacant for a decade. Ohio EPA Director Anne Vogel will officially announce … Read more