Purple Heart Presented To Alabama Veteran 58 Years After Vietnam
By Troy Smith Richard “Rick” Leigeber of Cullman, Alabama, stood at VFW Post 2214 on May 4, 2026, and received the Purple Heart he had earned in the Cu Chi Valley of Vietnam in 1968 or 1969, fifty-eight years after the injury that entitled him to it. Congressman Robert Aderholt, a Republican r
Product Recall Hits Every Spring And Mulberry Chocolate Bar In The Lineup And Here Is The Full List
By Troy Smith Spring & Mulberry, the North Carolina company that makes chocolate bars sweetened exclusively with dates, expanded its voluntary recall to include all 12 of its product lines on Friday May 8, 2026, after a root cause investigation identified a single contaminated lot of date ingr
Hiker Dies On Mt. Wilson Trail In The Second Straight Saturday With A Fatality
By Troy Smith A 53-year-old man died on the Mt. Wilson Trail in Sierra Madre on Saturday May 9, 2026, after suffering a medical emergency, making it the second consecutive Saturday that someone has died on one of Southern California’s most popular hiking routes. Police closed the trail at 10 A
Applebee’s Says High Gas Prices Are Pulling Its Customers Away
By Troy Smith Applebee’s delivered a solid first quarter of 2026 and then watched April arrive with a problem it did not create and cannot fix on its own. The Iran War has pushed gas prices up more than 50 percent since the Strait of Hormuz was locked down in March, and the casual dining chain
