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

A Saturday afternoon game between the Northern Colorado and Portland State softball teams will go a long way to determining the Big Sky Conference’s regular season champion. The visiting Bears and Vikings split a doubleheader Friday evening at Hillsboro Stadium in Hillsboro, Oregon, leaving both teams’ title hopes resting on the result of Saturday’s game. UNC and Portland State are scheduled to play the third and final game of three-game series at 3 p.m. Saturday (2 p.m. Pacific) at Hillsboro Stadium. UNC won the opener Friday 9-5, while Portland State took the second game 1-0 on only two hits ..read more

Hertneky Vision Source hosted its 13th annual Sight From The Heart Day on Friday, April 26. Dr. George Hertneky and his staff invited the first 25 qualified people on a first-come, first-served basis to a free eye exam and glasses. “The event is held each year and aims to help people in need, those who need a helping hand,” Hertneky said. “Each person is given a free eye exam and then selects their glasses. We get the lenses made for them and call them when they are ready.” The event was open to adults in the community age 21 and over who do not have health or vision insurance. Hertneky said t ..read more

Living life is a journey that can be challenging at times; understanding it can be pretty mind-boggling. It requires belief and faith to guide us through the ups and downs of reality, especially in the worst times. To truly understand, we must first have a belief system that allows us to see the bigger picture and its deeper meaning. Instead of just relying on logic, reasoning, and Intelligence Quotient (IQ), we must have faith in something greater than ourselves to guide our actions and decisions. This way, we can live in profound truth and use and experience Spiritual Quotient (SQ). Remember ..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

Northern Colorado golfer Gage Messingham finished fourth at the Big Sky Conference men’s tournament Thursday, capping a week of honors for the freshman from Arvada. Messingham shot a 3-under par for the three-day tournament at Wigwam Golf Course in Litchfield Park, Arizona, to finish four shots behind individual winner Joe Sykes of Idaho. Sykes, a sophomore from Littlehampton, England, shot 69-70-70 (209) on the par 72 and 7,051-yard course for a three-shot lead on second-place finishers Isaac Buerger of Weber State and Gabriel Smith of Sacramento State. Sacramento State won the team titl ..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