Obituaries

The Mt. Pleasant Police Department reminds citizens to keep their lawns mowed at or below a level of six inches per city code.While mowing, refrain from operating mowing equipment adjacent to a public street in a way that would cause the discharge of grass clippings, vegetative material or other litter to be disbursed or remain in the street.If left in the street, these materials can cause problems with storm ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump agreed in a National Security Council meeting on Tuesday to keep U.S. troops in Syria a little longer but wants them out relatively soon, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.Trump did not approve a specific withdrawal timetable, the official said. He wants to ensure Islamic State militants are defeated but wants other countries in the region and the ...

WASHINGTON - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg will testify next week before a congressional committee over a political consulting firm's misuse of customer data to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, U.S. lawmakers said on Wednesday.Zuckerberg will appear before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on April 11, the panel said on Wednesday.?This hearing will be an important ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has feuded with several media personalities and organizations, will not attend the White House Correspondents' Association annual black-tie dinner for the second straight year, the president of the group said on Friday.Last year, Trump was the first U.S. president to skip the event in 36 years. Most officials in his administration also snubbed the dinner.?T...

The Cotillion Club invites the public to their Saturday, April 14, dance at The Loft, 416 Jefferson, downtown Burlington.Take Two will play from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. The dance is open to the public. Singles are welcome and encouraged to become members. Dress is business casual. There is a cover charge for non-members.Anyone interested in listening to or dancing to live music are invited to join this nonprofit ...

With a national conversation gaining momentum surrounding the unjust treatment of people of color in systems designed to support and protect in the U.S., Hope Community Church in Burlington is hosting an ?Implicit Bias Training? in June.This conversation is contextually significant for the social work profession because of their commitment to social and racial justice. People in the field of social work see ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's right-wing government announced plans on Wednesday to ban girls from wearing headscarves in kindergarten and primary schools to combat what it sees as a threat to Austrian mainstream culture from some Muslims.Austria took in more than one percent of its population in asylum seekers during Europe's migration crisis, an issue that helped Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's conservatives win an ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorists traveled 0.4 percent more miles on U.S. roads and highways in January compared to the same month last year, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation.Motorists logged 245.5 billion miles on U.S. roads and highways in January, up from 244.6 billion miles a year prior, DOT data showed.Motorists drove 1.2 percent more miles on U.S. roads and ...

The City of Salem held it's Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has declared a state of emergency around a port on Borneo island, officials said on Tuesday, after a large oil spill and fire killed four people at the weekend.Disaster mitigation officials were able to control the blaze in the port city of Balikpapan but were still working to contain the spill, which started on Saturday and spread over an area of around 12 square km (4.5 square ...