Stories from Friday, September 9, 2022

Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement. A link to the almost-vanished generation that fought World War II, she was the only monarch most Britons have ever known, and her name defines an age: the modern Elizabethan Era. ...

The Dexter Kiwanis held their annual Golf Ball Drop Friday afternoon at FM Bank in Dexter. A total of 269 golf balls were dropped from the top of the Dexter Fire Department's Ladder Truck. The golf balls were dropped by Allen Malloy with the Dexter Fire Department. ...

A ribbon cutting was held Thursday to celebrate the opening of Home Town Crafts at 23 E. Business 60. The store offers ceramic pieces, paints brushes and more. Adult and children's ceramic parties are available.The grand opening will continue through Saturday, September 10 Pictured from left in front are: Dexter Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Alisha Trammell, Mike McMunn, owner Theresa Varrer, Sarah McMunn, Angela Newell, Helen Channell and Cecil Haley...

From the moment President Joe Biden was sworn in, Washington Democrats have been on a non-stop spending spree to grow government and force their political agenda on Americans. As a result, working-class families are increasingly seeing their way of life buried by Washington bureaucrats who have been empowered by one-party Democrat rule in the White House and Congress, driven by their explosive new spending, taxes, and debt...