(AP) — A heat wave that has taxed the Texas power grid and threatens to bring record high temperatures to the state is expected to expand north and east during the coming week, a forecaster with the National Weather Service said Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday said that high-speed internet is no longer a luxury but an 'absolute necessity,' as he pledged that every household in the nation would have access by 2030 using cables made in the U.S.

Time to splash!

Summer Playground student Kyleigh Alix jumps high into the Clinton Public Pool.

FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of an unwanted subject in the 300 block of S. 7th St.

4-H Custer County Bread Workshop

Debbie Matz demonstrates how to bake bread during the 4-H Custer County Bread Workshop. 4-H Custer County students learning how to bake bread, from left, front row, are Catch Fawver, Ciler Kreizenbeck, Olivia Lee and Aubrey Kauk; back row, Jacy Fawver, Rawan Jabara, Maggie Keeton, Rachel Koch, Taryn Gathers, Lexy Stutzman, Hensley Manter and Ember Lee.

Student studying abroad worried about mom

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am studying abroad currently, and I recently video called my mom to see how she was doing. When she picked up her phone, I immediately recognized something was wrong. Her facial muscles were very relaxed on one side of her face as if she had had a stroke.

Unlikely friendship with Stubby

Ispent the week visiting my parents at their retirement home 'up north,' so I got to see them and my mother's outside pet, Stubby, the red squirrel.

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