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Friends of Columbus Animal Care Services (FCACS) will be handing out pet food through its newly named Furry Friends Food Bank distribution on Thursday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. (or until supplies last) in the new location of Columbus Municipal Airport, 4770 Ray Boll Blvd.

Holiday excitement filled the air as several children were taken on shopping sprees Sunday at the the west side Walmart on Merchant Mile.

After a long awaited three years, Jennings County High School German teacher Ben Jaquess led another one of his exciting trips full of students and citizens of Jennings County all around Europe.

This was the battle of the irresistible force vs. the immovable object.

The craziness has passed. Now’s when the dog days of summer get a little lazier.

An exasperated sigh came from the living room, followed by, “I’m bored!”

Talk about setting the tone for the summer.

I recently saw a story that said the Environmental Protection Agency was proposing ambitious new vehicle pollution rules that could give the nation’s auto industry a strong push toward electric vehicles over the next decade.

As the school year comes to an end, many seniors are preparing to move on to the next chapter of their lives. It’s in these times that many of us are reminiscing on the earlier years of our high school careers.

My son-in-law and I got entangled in a storage barn “character-building” exercise recently, and the challenge was trying to follow the instructions that came with the roughly 8-by-8-foot structure.