No one hurt in Cedar Rapids house fire CEDAR RAPIDS — A house owned by a landlord who is in a nuisance property dispute with the city over other rentals was damaged in a fire early Tuesday, fire officials said. More
Iowa state park camping fees increase for the first time in 20 years Campers at Iowa’s state parks this year will pay a few more dollars a night to put up a tent or park their recreational vehicle, with the largest increases coming at state parks with the most visitors and amenities. More
Legislative Iowa budget work underway DES MOINES — A sure harbinger of adjournment for the 2021 legislative session happened Monday when the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced the first state budget bill — even if the end still is weeks away. More
Importance of community Right before the Baron Club Award Dinner ended on April 25, the Rev. Dave Pivonka, TOR, delivered a few comments that seemed to strike the right note. “… I was looking at the title of our school — ... 05/3/2024 - 5:05 pm | View Link
Maine Bowling Alley Reopens 6 Months After Mass Shooting: 'The Community Has Been Phenomenal' The Lewiston, Maine, bowling alley where a mass shooting occurred in October has reopened, reports the Associated Press, The Washington Post and New York Daily News. 05/3/2024 - 4:13 pm | View Link
Community members and advocacy organizations show support of environmental bills as legislative session nears its end Many communities of color are advocating for cleaner air, water, and land in their communities. Their push for environmental justice could soon see significant progress. According to research released ... 05/3/2024 - 3:51 pm | View Link
‘Our community is struggling’: Henderson day care owner turns facility into nonprofit to help families afford child care A child care crisis has many families saying it's out of reach to find affordable and reliable day care. It's either work or her kids, said Jaime, a mother of three. 05/3/2024 - 2:26 pm | View Link
Columbia’s President Urges University to ‘Rebuild Community’ in Video After President Nemat Shafik called the police to arrest protesters on campus earlier this week, she asked the school community to “show empathy and compassion for one another.” ... 05/3/2024 - 1:52 pm | View Link
What Is Community Anyway? Community is both a feeling and a set of relationships among people. People form and maintain communities to meet common needs. Members of a community have a sense of trust, belonging, safety, and caring for each other. They have an individual and collective sense that they can, as part of that community, influence their environments and each ... 05/3/2024 - 4:15 am | View Website
Community Definition & Meaning The meaning of COMMUNITY is a unified body of individuals. How to use community in a sentence. a unified body of individuals: such as; the people with common interests living in a particular area; broadly : the area itself… 05/3/2024 - 12:04 am | View Website
What Is Community? — How to Foster a Sense of Community | Trusted Since ... Updated: Feb. 01, 2023. TMB Studio. We're not meant to go it alone. By following these tips, you can build a community and live a richer, fuller, healthier life. Community isn’t something we... 05/2/2024 - 11:14 pm | View Website
Community A number of ways to categorize types of community have been proposed. One such breakdown is as follows: Location-based Communities: range from the local neighbourhood, suburb, village, town or city, region, nation or even the planet as a whole. These are also called communities of place. 05/2/2024 - 4:04 pm | View Website
The Importance of Community | Psychology Today Key points. Experiencing a sense of belonging is vital for our psychological well-being. A community can provide us with a sense of belonging, support, and identity. There are specific ways that... 05/2/2024 - 11:18 am | View Website
Local law enforcement and border patrol officers are searching for a group of migrants who landed on the beach in Hollywood Saturday morning, then fled, according to a release on social media.
About 7:40 a.m., Hollywood Police responded to the beach at Coolidge Street, the department said in an Instagram post.
Ten people were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman, a child, and a Broward Sheriff’s deputy, after a four-car crash late Saturday morning on Sunrise Boulevard near Fort Lauderdale, officials said.
Broward Sheriff’s Fire Rescue responded to the crash in the 2700 block of Sunrise Boulevard around 10:45 a.m., according to Battalion Chief Michael Kane.
The cardboard sign carried strong words, written in the colors of the Palestinian flag: “USF has blood on its hands.”
Seen Tuesday during protest at the University of South Florida in Tampa, its underlying message echoed the recent chants heard on college campuses across the nation.
Disclose. Divest. We will not stop.
Dear Amy: I am a divorced mom in my early 30s, with primary custody of my 8-year-old child.
I have been dating “Ben” for the past two years. He is a great guy and he is very good with my son.
We have been talking about getting married. He has never been married before (no kids), and I am gun-shy, to say the least.
I own my home, my son is happy, and I am trying to be extremely careful about our future.
Last week Ben took me out for a drink.
MIAMI — The NBA offseason is a layered process, required to take into account the salary cap, luxury tax, payroll aprons and willingness of potential or perceived trade partners to engage.
So to forecast what should or could come next for the Miami Heat requires layered conversation, with a distinct difference between what the Heat might want and what the Heat could get.
For Pat Riley, Andy Elisburg and the rest of a Heat braintrust that also includes coach Erik Spoelstra, this is more than a fork in the road, it is an entire table setting of possibilities, as the team prepares to set the table for what comes next.
Jimmy Butler
What Heat might want: It starts with receiving some type of assurance that Butler will acquiesce to putting a greater priority on the regular season.
GAINESVILLE — Disoriented and alone, the young pilot in a newly purchased used plane flying over northern Florida found himself unexpectedly inside thick, dark clouds in torrential rain. In a panicked voice, he called over his radio: “Lost in weather, please! Can you see me? Can you see me?”
More than 100 miles away, a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controller in the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center answered the pilot’s plea for help over a guarded radio frequency specially designated for emergencies: “This is Jacksonville Center on Guard.