(Check with venues first in case of cancellation) Friday, Aug. 29 * Leigh’s Garden Winery, 6 p.m. – Friday Night Piano * Saunders Point Brewery in Gladstone, 6-9 p.m. – Corey Williams and Chasey Gibbs * Perronville Pub, 7-10 p.m. – Roman Around with John and Todd * Heroes Venture ...

Lead guitarist for SINGE, Susan Hanke said, “Jim and I have played music together for 40-plus years.” The couple didn’t even stop for their wedding, as evidenced by the accompanying photo. It was rare back in the early ’80s to see a female lead guitarist. When Susan played in a group ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — On a recent evening in Senegal 's capital of Dakar, an imam named Ibrahima Diane explained to a group of men why they should be more involved in household chores. "The Prophet himself says a man who does not help support his wife and children is not a good Muslim," the ...

In eastern Ukraine, quiet nights in the dim corridors of a front-line medical post can shatter in an instant. Medics roused from sleep rush to meet another stretcher wheeled in from the Donetsk front. They work with urgency — chest compressions and shouted commands — until it becomes clear ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan paid tribute Friday to more than 3 million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the tragedy of war and the bitter lessons from the era of Japanese militarism. Prime ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists to identify a rare, entirely new species that ...