Dear Amy: My brother and I are both in our 70s. We’ve only spoken once in the last three years. We lived miles apart for much of our lives, but still kept in touch. After our father passed, our mother sold their home. My father had previously told my brother that when they sold the house, he wanted to give a certain amount of money to each of us. Our mother did not honor our father’s wishes, but did give us each a smaller amount. Years later she deposited a good sum of money into his account but asked him not to tell me. (I wouldn’t have cared at all.) Mom later called the bank and asked for t ..read more

April 27, 2024 – Your Daily Horoscope BIRTHDAY STAR: Actor Ari Graynor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on this date in 1983. This birthday star is known to TV fans for her roles as Honey Kaplan on “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” Caroline on “Surface,” and Cassie Feder on “I’m Dying Up Here.” She’s also appeared on episodes of “Monster” and “SMILF.” Graynor’s film resume includes roles in “The Disaster Artist,” “Whip It,” and “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.” Celebrate her birthday by watching one of her captivating performances! ARIES (March 21-April 19): Apply your spec ..read more

On May 3, the Sterling High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Shauna Snyder, will be the featured performers at First Friday @ First Presbyterian. This will be both in person at the church at 130 South Fourth Street, Sterling, from 12:05 to 12:35 p.m., and live streamed on facebook.com/FPC.Sterling. You do not need to belong to Facebook to access this performance. The program will include “The Pink Panther,” “I Remember Clifford,” “Fly Me to the Moon,” Abracadabra” and more.  Students participating include Jonathan Diaz, Elliana Pelton and Brayden Plank, Alto Saxophone; Shelby Ryne ..read more

Sterling Health and Rehabilitation Center held a celebration to recognize volunteers who help at the center Wednesday, April 24. The volunteers were treated with cake and small gifts to thank them for giving back. (Sara Waite/Journal-Advocate ..read more

The sun broke out from the clouds just in time for the fifth graders from Merino Elementary who were gathered at Overland Trail Museum to plant some trees for the city’s annual Arbor Day celebration. Inside the High Plains Education Center, Parks, Library and Recreation Director Wade Gandee started the ceremony by introducing Parks, Cemetery and Forestry Superintendent Jamie Ulrich and two longtime forestry crew members who were there to help, Michael Derr and George Ramos. Ulrich spoke about how a tree feeds itself with its roots and encouraged the students not to pull the bark off of a tree ..read more

Dear Amy: I have a neighbor who was previously convicted of a sexual offense involving a “child.” He served time in jail. I don’t know the exact circumstances, but I do understand that the term “child” may include a person as young as an infant and as old as a teenager. The sexual offender is married with two young children. I know that he and his wife want to keep his history private. However, the other neighbors around where I live are not aware of the situation and their kids play and interact with the sexual offender’s family. Do I need to inform the unknowing neighbors about his status as ..read more

Choosing a bottle of wine can be a stressful task. Especially when that wine is meant for someone else. If you’re daunted by trying to decide what wine to bring to a party, the perfect bottle for a hard-to-please mother-in-law or something to entice a prospective paramour, consider some tried-and-tested tips from Chicago wine experts. Surefire party hits When selecting a wine to bring to a party, Chasity Cooper, a communications strategist and wine and culture writer, turns to trusted favorites. “Pinot noir from Oregon always delivers,” says Cooper, who recently published the “Wine Convo Gener ..read more

John T. Bennett | (TNS) CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s aviator sunglasses likely won’t be far away Saturday night when the president cracks some jokes at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. But not everyone will be laughing during Washington’s yearly spectacle — even if “Dark Brandon” makes another appearance. That’s Biden’s political alter ego, his team’s attempt to flip the conservative slogan “Let’s Go Brandon” on his foes. Biden ended his comedy set last year by slipping on his signature shades and pretending to morph into his edgier persona. Official Washingt ..read more

By Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s tough week showed as well as any to date why he is facing a new and unprecedented reality as a presidential candidate — as he ping-ponged among a dizzying array of court appearances, judicial rulings, competing allegations and subsequent grievances. By Thursday, he was complaining about the overlap in his busy legal schedule, railing that Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is presiding over his hush-money case in New York, wouldn’t let him leave that trial to attend a Supreme Court hearing in Washington, D.C ..read more

By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org In Humphreys County, Mississippi — about 70 miles north of the state capital, in the heart of the fertile Delta region — a third of the residents live in poverty. In Belzoni, the county seat, there are just a handful of health care clinics. The town’s only major hospital closed more than a decade ago, around the same time its catfish industry collapsed. Jobs in the area are scarce, said Wardell Walton, who was mayor of Belzoni from 2005 to 2013. But even if there were jobs, he said, a lot of Belzoni residents wouldn’t be able to get to them — they don’t own c ..read more