March 2021

Cindy Brooks plants a kiss on the cheek of her uncle Richard Fortner during a surprise 90th birthday drive by for him in Griffith Saturday March 20, 2021. Brooks, who lives in Highland, couldn’t hide her admiration, “He’s the Best.” Andy Lavalley/Post-Tribune. (Post-Tribune)

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio — City Council and Mayor Georgine Welo said a fond farewell to South Euclid’s retiring police chief, Kevin Nietert, and hello to its new chief, Joe Mays, during its online meeting Monday (March 22). An emotional Welo read from a resolution and then spoke about Nietert’s 35 years of service with the

(The Center Square) – Net liabilities in Missouri for so-called other post-employment benefits (OPEBs), which consist mainly of health care obligations to retired public employees, stood at about $5 billion in fiscal-year 2019, according to a new analysis from the Reason Foundation. With a population of 6,137,428, the state posted a per-capita OPEB liability of $822,

Military veterans in Utah will no longer be taxed on their retirement pay.  Utah Gov. Spencer Cox recently signed Senate Bill 11 into law, which means beginning in Fiscal Year 2022, military retirement pay collected by Utah residents will no longer be subject to state income taxes. The bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Wayne

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – Living Life on 2 Wheels makes sure children in Jefferson County learn how to ride bikes and stay safe while enjoying the outdoors. Founders Chris and Rene Creed make sure kids have lessons, bikes, and helmets. They recently got a $10,000 donation from Home Service Oil and Express Mart.

The department hosted a retirement party, a proper affair with cake, speeches and celebration — not so different from a human retirement party. These days he’s living out his retirement at Ganger’s house, with his family and, for that matter, Santos’ retirement isn’t so different from anyone else’s.

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican from western New York who was accused last week of rubbing a female lobbyist’s back and unhooking her bra without her consent in 2017, apologized to the woman on Sunday and announced that he will not run for reelection next year. Reed, 49, said in a statement that the

U.S. Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican from western New York who was accused last week of rubbing a female lobbyist’s back and unhooking her bra without her consent in 2017, apologized to the woman on Sunday and announced that he will not run for reelection next year. Reed, 49, said in a statement that the

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 65-year-old woman with a younger brother who is 63 and physically, mentally and emotionally disabled. He’s deaf, reads at a fourth-grade level and can do math only at a second-grade level. He has paranoia, and because of that, he can’t work with other people. He receives disability payments, but they are