Obituaries

The Crawfordsville Fire Department will host their annual Soup Supper from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 13, at the Crawfordsville Fire Station.They will be serving chili and cheesy potatoes. They request a freewill donation.

The Tolson Community Action Center received a $2,500 donation from Wayland State Bank. Above, Wayland State Bank Executive Vice President Chad Hudson, right, presented Paula Morgan, family development specialist, the donation on Thursday, Jan. 4. The donation was to help the organization continue their work within the community.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Tuesday that churches may apply for aid relating to disasters declared after Aug. 23, 2017, following pressure from President Donald Trump and a lawsuit by Texas churches.The federal disaster relief agency was sued in September by three Texas churches severely damaged in Hurricane Harvey, over what they called its policy of refusing to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has placed Pakistan on a special watch list for ?severe violations of religious freedom,? it said on Thursday, days after the White House said Islamabad would have to do more to combat terrorism to receive U.S. aid.The State Department also said it had re-designated 10 other nations as ?countries of particular concern? under the International Religious Freedom Act ...

BOSTON/NEW YORK - Street crews in the U.S. Northeast raced through the night into Friday to clear snow-clogged streets after a powerful blizzard and restore power to homes ahead of a brutal cold spell that has killed more than a dozen people in the United States.From Baltimore to Caribou, Maine efforts were underway to clear roadways of ice and snow as wind chill temperatures were to plunge during the day, ...

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Cathy Hopkins, whom you may know from Quilters Paradise.Are you originally from Mt. Pleasant? If not, what brought you here? No, I'm from upper Michigan. I came to start a new life with my husband. We had only planned to stay a few years and ...

Christmas may be over, but the gifts are still coming. On Thursday, Chad Hudson, executive vice president of Wayland State Bank, presented Peggy Knudsen, executive director of Cradel of Hope, with a check for $1,000. The donation was to help the organization continue their work within the community.

LONDON - Britain should charge a 25-pence ($0.34) ?latte levy? on disposable coffee cups to cut down waste and ban them if a recycling target is not met by 2023, a committee of lawmakers said on Friday.Chains Pret A Manger, Costa Coffee, Caffe Nero and Greggs alongside U.S. firm Starbucks are among the biggest coffee-sellers in Britain, rapidly expanding in the last 10 years to meet increasing demand.Although ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will allow a U.S.-based exploration firm to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an airline support group told families of the victims on Friday, in a bid to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.Flight MH370, carrying 239 people, disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014. Australia, China and Malaysia ended a fruitless ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump threatened former chief strategist Steve Bannon with legal action over ?defamatory? statements about Trump's son and son-in-law over a meeting with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign.Trump cut ties with Bannon on Wednesday, saying his former adviser had ?lost his mind? in a blistering statement issued after reports of disparaging comments by Bannon in a ...