North Country Honor Flight Veteran Biographies: Flights 66 & 67

The bios of the veterans who took part in Honor Flights 66 and 67 this past Saturday are listed below. They were read off prior to their departure to Washington, D.C., to visit the various war ...
North County Daily Star

Honor Flight San Diego Attendees Make Memories They Will Never Forget

TR The most recent Honor Flight San Diego trip to Washington, D.C., returned several weeks ago to a welcome that brought ...
usace.army.mil

Fort Polk Dental Health Activity cases colors after decades, integrates with BJACH

FORT POLK, La. —The Dental Health Activity at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk cased its colors during a deactivation ceremony today, formally ending more than 70 years of dedicated ...
Post and Courier

Fort Eisenhower rededicated Fort Gordon, now named for Medal of Honor recipient

FORT GORDON — The morning of Sept. 26, outside the just completed headquarters for U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Eisenhower was rededicated Fort Gordon after Medal of Honor recipient ...
Stars and Stripes

Non-Confederate names are gone from the main gates, but they live on at Army posts

The name Fort Cavazos existed for only two years at the Army’s massive central Texas base. But the Cavazos Connector, a shuttle bus looping daily around the recently redesignated Fort Hood, stands as ...
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JRTC and Fort Polk to limit social media updates

FORT POLK, La. (KALB) - According to a post on the JRTC and Fort Polk Facebook page, social media updates will now be limited due to “lapse of appropriations.” The Facebook post said that Mission ...
The Town Talk

House Speaker Mike Johnson gives Congressional Update at Chamber of Commerce event

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson touted the productivity of the current Congress during a visit to Alexandria, Louisiana. Johnson highlighted the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which includes tax cuts ...
The Ledger

Polk County teacher fired after being charged with sharing child sexual abuse images

An English teacher at Tenoroc High School has been charged with three counts of possessing or promoting child sexual abuse images. Eddie Chirino, 34, of Lakeland lost his job with Polk County Schools, ...
The Shreveport Times

Here's what the federal government shutdown means for Louisiana

America's government shutdown that began at midnight Sept. 30 will impact millions of Louisianans directly from troops to federal employees to homeowners seeking flood insurance to National Park ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Fort Worth fire chief on paid administrative leave for ‘personnel matter’

The chief of the Fort Worth Fire Department has been placed on paid administrative leave, city officials told the Star-Telegram. Chief Jim Davis is on leave due to a “personnel matter,” and officials ...
KCCI Des Moines

Dallas County jury awards $4 million to former Polk County HR director in wrongful termination lawsuit

SIX STARTS NOW. GOOD EVENING. A JURY HAS AWARDED A FORMER POLK COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR MORE THAN $4 MILLION IN A LIBEL LAWSUIT. AND NOW TAXPAYERS WILL LIKELY HELP PAY PART OF THAT AWARD. THE ...