CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

A 5-inch snow covered the Clinton area creating nearly ideal conditions for snowman building.Shown with their monstrous 7-foot tall creation at Nance Elementary School were Kris Landers, Crystal Landers, Sarah Esparza and Gary Smith.Meanwhile on N.Ninth Street little Keisha Stewart was just about...

Lent is here; remind me what it’s all about?

Foreheads smudged with the sign of the cross are the most visible sign of Ash Wednesday, which begins the season of Lent in many Christian denominations.

At Asbury, 2023 revival has been ‘déjà vu all over again’

The atmosphere in Hughes Auditorium was electric as Asbury students — many in tears — streamed to the altar to pray, while worshippers sang hymns, mixed with Bible readings, testimonies and public prayers of repentance.Administrators canceled classes, grasping that this ordinary chapel service was...

Doctors may opt for non-operative management

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: One of my roommates went to the E.R. because of abdominal pain and nausea. It turned out to be appendicitis, and we all thought he would need to have surgery. But the doctors did something they called nonoperative management, and he got better. What is that?

Interviewer struggles to find the right questions

DEAR HARRIETTE: As someone tasked with interviewing people who have stories that may not be of particular interest to me, I often struggle with connecting to my subjects. How can I possibly be interested in something that I find lacking in any real personal meaning?

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1836, Col. William Travis issued a call for help on behalf of the Texian troops defending the Alamo in San Antonio.In 1868, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson.In 1942, anti-aircraft guns were fired at the night skies due to erroneous reports of Japanese...

Examining the Fetterman dilemma

John Fetterman was sworn in as senator from Pennsylvania on Jan. 3. On Feb. 8, after 36 days in office, Fetterman was admitted to George Washington University Hospital in Washington after experiencing symptoms he and those around him feared might indicate a stroke.

Research still needed to determine success of time-restricted eating

Dear Doctors: My sister and I have gotten serious about reaching a healthy weight.We are following the Mediterranean diet, and we're walking two miles each day. We have both lost weight, but she's losing faster. The only difference is she says she's doing time-restricted eating.

Parent has been smothering college-age son

DEAR HARRIETTE: My son is in college now, and it's really difficult for me to stop calling or texting him on a daily basis. A friend of mine reminded me that this is his time to begin to exert his independence. If I am too attached to him, he won't have the space to do that.

Trump is Biden’s rationale for running

Some 21 months before the 2024 election, the Democrats seem decided on renominating Joe Biden for the White House.