May 2022

Dear Abby: I have a gay friend I’ll call “Allen.” We have been close friends for 13 years. Allen has visited me often with his friends from England, and two years ago, when I could finally afford to visit him, he invited me to stay in the home he shares with his boyfriend, “Rupert.” Rupert took an instant dislike to me. He treated me rudely and mocked my American accent the entire time I was there. I let it be and concentrated on the beautiful scenery, the beautiful people I met and my longtime friend.

KYIV, Ukraine – Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, seeking to shift the blame for a growing food crisis that has been worsened by Kyiv’s inability to ship millions of tons of grain and other agricultural products due to the conflict.

Shane Britton won nearly 63 percent of the votes in Tuesday’s Brown County Republican Party runoff election to defeat Brown County Judge Paul Lilly in the race for Lilly’s seat. In other races, Precinct 2 County Commissioner Joel Kelton and Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Ted Perez defeated challengers to retain their seats.

A screen grab from a video shows Kevin Worthy seated in a motorcycle sidecar outside Bangs High School Saturday as a group of motorcyclists prepares to ride to Underwood's Cafeteria for lunch. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED