January 2020

Impeachment trial to begin with rules fight, long days

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is set to unfold at the Capitol, a contentious proceeding over whether to remove him from office for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his Democratic rivals and obstructing Congress’ ensuing investigation.

As the Senate reconvenes with Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, a first test will come midday Tuesday when the session gavels open to vote on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s proposed rules for debate.

Feds allow use of opioid funds to stem meth, cocaine surge

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alarmed by a deadly new twist in the nation’s drug addiction crisis, the government will allow states to use federal money earmarked for the opioid epidemic to help growing numbers of people struggling with meth and cocaine.

At 90, Native Alaska woman will be first counted in US Census

TOKSOOK BAY, Alaska (AP) — Lizzie Chimiugak has lived for 90 years in the windswept western wilds of Alaska, born to a nomadic family who lived in mud homes and followed where the good hunting and fishing led.

Her home now is an outpost on the Bering Sea, Toksook Bay, and she is about to become the most well-known woman in the tiny town, where at 90 she is considered an elder: She will be the first person counted in the U.S. Census, taken every 10 years to apportion representation in Congress and federal money.

Hundreds in river ‘no man’s land’ after Mexico troops block way

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants were stranded in a sort of no-man’s land on the river border between Guatemala and Mexico after running up against lines of Mexican National Guard troops deployed to keep them from moving en masse into the country and on north toward the U.S.

Hornets, ladies sweep Midland

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MIDLAND – The Hathaway High School boys and girls basketball squads unflinchingly took on the Midland teams Friday night at the Midland gymnasium. The Hornets shouldered the Rebels 72-67, while the Lady Hornets drilled a 53-48 win against the Lady Rebels.

Lady Hornets: 53, Lady Rebels: 48

How much will baseball suffer with newest scandal still lingering?

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Within a month, Major League pitchers and catchers will begin reporting to Spring Training Camps littered throughout Florida and Arizona, and is normally a time for baseball enthusiasts to get the blood flowing again. However, yet another scandal has rocked the sport that may just keep some purists of the game scratching their head on where exactly the game has gone. The latest breaking of the old “unwritten rules” of baseball were found in an investigation of the 2017 Houston Astros using technology to steal opposing pitchers’ signs and relay them to hitters.

49ers turnaround leads to Super Bowl appearance

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Other countries join China in responding to new coronavirus

BEIJING (AP) — Countries in Asia and elsewhere are checking the body temperatures of arriving airline passengers and adopting precautionary quarantine procedures in response to a new coronavirus that has sickened nearly 300 people in China. India, Nigeria, Japan and the United States are some of the countries where airport screening procedures were in place.

The outbreak is believed to have originated in the city of Wuhan in central China.

What makes a dog dangerous?

Officials in Fenton are making the right decision to reconsider a ban on specific breeds from the municipal limits.

The village of Fenton is proposing a new ordinance after facing public backlash over a breed specific law passed in 2019. That law has been suspended for 90 days until officials can come up with a better plan.

Lack of education affects La.’s workforce

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Arecent study showed Louisiana was 2020’s third least educated state in the nation, a problem that is also affecting our unemployment rate and our workforce here.

In Jeff Davis and the surrounding areas, there is a lack of an educated and available workforce for many of the jobs that need to be filled in our area.

This week District 37 State Representative Troy Romero said there is this myth that if you don’t go to college, you won’t be successful. I completely agree.