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One of my favorite Christmas songs is “Grown-up Christmas List” that I first heard sung by Amy Grant. It’s written by David Foster and Linda N. Thompson. It talks about how our wishes and the items on our Christmas list change as we get older. The things we wish for usually can’t be bought at any store. So I have a few grown-up wishes this Christmas. First, I wish for everyone to realize that we are all special and unique, each in our own way. One of my favorite Christmas programs is “A Wish for Wings that Work.” It’s an Opus and Bill adventur...
CORNELIA, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is asking for help identifying a suspect wearing a Spider-Man mask who may be responsible for two bank robberies. The GBI says in a news release that a person wearing a Spider-Man mask walked in to the Traditions Bank in Cornelia on Tuesday and threatened the teller with a bomb, taking an undisclosed amount of money. Authorities say the robber had a slender build and was wearing dark pants and a camouflage hoodie and was driving a dark, four-door, hatchback car, similar to a Nissan V...
NEW YORK (AP) — American Pharoah’s sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes for horse racing’s first Triple Crown since 1978 was selected the sports story of the year Thursday in an annual vote conducted by The Associated Press. Eighty-two ballots were submitted from U.S. editors and news directors. Voters were asked to rank the top five sports stories of the year, with the first-place story receiving five points, the second-place story four points and so on. American Pharoah’s Triple Crown win received 317 points and 43 firs...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities are warning Iowans to beware of Rose Bowl ticket scams. Police in Cedar Rapids say people have reported buying tickets through Craigslist and then meeting the seller at a Cedar Rapids movie theater. The tickets proved to be fakes. The Marion Police Department says officers are investigating a report of someone driving a car with Washington license plates selling counterfeit tickets. Iowa plays Stanford on New Year’s Day at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California....
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mall of America was used as “a decoy” to start a protest that quickly moved to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport and blocked a terminal on a busy holiday travel day, one organizer of the demonstration said. Access to one of two terminals was closed after more than 100 protesters gathered inside and blocked roads leading to the airport Wednesday, airport spokesman Patrick Hogan said. He said the protest caused some flight delays but no cancellations. Protesters hoping to draw attention to the police shoot...
WORLAND – RT Communications of Worland is in the final stages of bringing fiber optic connectivity to Worland, which will provide customers with a full gigabit (1,000 Mps) fiber network, featuring Internet speeds 100 times faster than the average speed available in Wyoming. Scheduled to be completed the first week in January, the upgrade replaces the traditional copper-based delivery cable with a true “Fiber-to-Premise” installation. As of this week, RT has upgraded 3,110 customers in Worland, including the schools, airport, hospital, polic...
WORLAND – The Washakie County Ambulance Service and the Ten Sleep Ambulance Service will be offering EMT classes starting Jan. 4 in hopes of obtaining more volunteers. The Jan. 4 class will be held at the Ten Sleep School, in the English classroom at 6:30 p.m. “Classes will run from Jan. 4 through May 5. Weekday classes will be Monday and Thursday and average between three and four hours each with four eight-hour Saturday classes mixed in. Monday classes will be held in Ten Sleep and Thursday classes will be held in Worland,” Ten Sleep Ambulanc...
