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For Healthy Aging, Avoid These Common Obstacles to Good Nutrition

Statepoint

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

Proper nutrition is critical to older adults’ overall vitality, providing energy, helping to control weight, and even preventing and managing some diseases.

COOKING OUT

News Staff

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

The phrase ‘cooking out’ often equates to applying heat to steaks or burgers anywhere other than in the kitchen, often outside on the patio using a gas or charcoal grill.

529 Plan Can Help Ease College ‘Sticker Shock’

News Staff

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

The school year will soon be here. And if you have young children, you’re one year closer to the day when they may be headed off to college. When that day arrives, will you be financially prepared? College isn’t cheap.

Did You Know?

News Staff

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

Students entering high school have two different paths they can choose: public or private. Attending a public high school in the United States generally comes with few out-of-pocket costs because the running of the school is subsidized by local property taxes.

Little Oprah Annie

Dina Moon

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

We’re a three-generation household at the moment. I sure wish we were four gen. See, that would mean one or both of my parents would still be with us. Recently, I was in the bathroom with my granddaughter, who had somehow managed to convince me to let her shower in my bathroom.

Ask Aunt B,

News Staff

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

What do you think about artificial intelligence? I find it interesting, but I am afraid that we will lose the human touch with all of it or worse yet will it take all of our jobs. I don’t like to be a fearful person but it is interesting all the things it can do.

Walk Your Way to Better Overall Health

News Staff

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

People turn to many different exercises and pieces of fitness equipment to get in shape and lose weight. What they may not realize is that one of the most effective health strategies requires no additional gear except a quality pair of athletic shoes.

Expert Tips to Prevent Child Deaths in Hot Cars

Paul Schattenberg

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 05:00

Every summer, children get heatstroke or die as a result of being left unattended in a hot car, but a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service safety expert says there are ways to avoid tragedy.

Dallas Man Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child

News Staff

Thu, 07/25/2024 - 05:00

District Attorney Erleigh Norville Wiley announced today that a Kaufman County jury found BRYANT PEARL guilty of the offense of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child, a first-degree felony.

Forney Welcomes Big Name Retailers in Major Expansion

Misty Holler Staff Writer

Thu, 07/25/2024 - 05:00

As our once-quiet little town of Forney is transitioning from what some called a “sleepy bedroom community” into a highlysought- after suburb of Dallas that is busting at the seams, City of Forney officials, along with boards like the Economic Development Corporation, are working hard to attract...