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Opinion

Properly secure kids and pets in your vehicle

Editorial

National Kids and Pets Day is an opportunity to celebrate the love we share with our children and their furry friends. Yet it is also a critical reminder of the dangers they face in vehicles, particularly as families prepare to drive for spring or summer vacations. “It’s our ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today is Friday, April 25, the 115th day of 2025. There are 250 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 25, 1898, the United States Congress declared war against Spain. The 16-week Spanish-American War resulted in an American victory, after which the ...

Take out Iran’s nuclear facilities now

Local columns

WASHINGTON — Before basketball’s 24-second rule, there was a tactic called freezing the ball. The team that was ahead would attempt to run out the clock by holding onto the ball as long as it could to deny the opposing team an opportunity to score. That looks like what Iran is again ...

Website offers free financial resources

Editorial

With April being National Financial Literacy Month, Michigan Treasurer Rachael Eubanks is calling on residents to check out the new Michigan.gov/MiMoneyMatters website for a free personal finance education program. The site provides access to free, on-demand learning tools, such as - ...

April Is a Revolution Month

Local columns

WASHINGTON — Greetings from the eye of the storm. Is the time right for a second American Revolution? The first broke out 250 Aprils ago in Lexington and Concord. Let’s conjure up Paul Revere’s midnight ride in this dark hour. Our ruler makes the English king, George III, look like ...