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Warner Robins food pantry gets help from Central Georgia business to feed families as holidays approach
With the holidays approaching, you may be stretching your budget to make ends meet. A food pantry is trying to stay stocked up while keeping stomachs full. WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Rick Westray with the Brev Hunt Food Pantry in Warner Robins says they’ve already passed last year’s numbers for families coming in to get food. …
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Trends and innovation experts to headline Petfood Forum 2024
A leading expert on global trends will deliver the opening keynote for Petfood Forum 2024, and a pioneer of human-centered innovation will present the opening session on the following day, conference organizers have announced. Daniel Levine, director of the Avant-Guide Institute, a New York-based trends consultancy, works with many companies, including McDonald’s, American Express, Microsoft…
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Theatre Review: ‘Confederates’ presented by Mosaic Theater at Atlas Performing Arts Center
Joel Ashur as Abner and Deidre Staples as Sara in Mosaic Theater’s production of “Confederates” by Dominique Morisseau. Photo by Chris Banks. As is the case with many of her plays, Dominique Morisseau is not afraid to depict what many are hesitant to say out loud. “Confederates” is no exception. Tackling racism, sexism, slavery, and…
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Car battery conspiracy: three men convicted of cocaine trafficking
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Two men have pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic cocaine across the border, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Mikeal Jovany Phillips, 35, Huffman, and Juan Andres Rodriguez-Murillo, 31, Mexico, conspired with others to smuggle narcotics into the United States by concealing the drugs inside car batteries. On Jan. 6, Christopher…
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Syracuse Basketball: Benny Williams scores strong praise from top scout
Syracuse basketball first-year head coach Adrian Autry has said more than once of late that he thinks forward Benny Williams is poised for a big junior season, and a top national analyst/scout recently echoed that sort of sentiment. The 6-foot-9, 210-pound Williams, who hails from the Washington, D.C., area, and was rated a five-star, top-25…
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Florida Highway Patrol asks to help ‘Stuff the Charger’ for food drive
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Help is needed from the community in the annual Florida Highway Patrol “Stuff the Charger” food drive. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< Captain Gregory S. LaMont, acting Troop Commander of Troop B of the FHP, said that anyone looking to donate food items for the drive can stop at…
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In the festive mood: Holiday Jazz showcases UAH Department of Music, Theatre, Film
<!– Research Scientist Bhagirath Ghimire conducts plasma research in the Gabe Xu lab at the Johnson Research Center on the UAH campus. –> <!– Michael Mercier | UAH –> The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Department of Music, Theatre and Film will present Holiday Jazz on Friday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m. at the…
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Wait for food stamps continues, but could prompt legislative changes
IGA Foodland Grocery Store in Juneau. (Paige Sparks/KTOO) Many Alaskans have faced long waits for food over the last year as the state Division of Public Assistance worked through a lengthy application backlog for SNAP, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, formerly called food stamps. The current backlog is about 7,000 applications, according to Deb Etheridge,…
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Flap para TV alia design, praticidade e tecnologia
A tendência de automatização e implementação de sistemas inteligentes em casas e empresas vem impulsionando a popularidade de equipamentos como o Flap para TV. Trata-se de um suporte motorizado que “esconde” a televisão em uma estrutura fixada no teto do cômodo.
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Invasive ‘giant’ reptile lurks under Georgia porch, officials say: Here’s why it is dangerous
Credit: Gabriel Moreno from Pexels A Georgia homeowner was in for a shock when she found a 3-foot reptile living under her house, wildlife officials say. A woman living in Athens discovered there was an Argentine black and white tegu staked out under her porch in September, according to an Oct. 31 Georgia Department of…