Ray Mitchell Jr. last spoke with his wife around noon Friday during a lunch break from his job digging a tunnel underneath a Kenner home to perform some plumbing repairs. Despite the days spent in muddy trenches â this one 6 feet deep â Mitchell, 42, never expressed any nervousness, said Renada Banks. “He loved his…
BATON ROUGE – It should have been a night of celebration— a milestone years in the making. Instead of proudly walking across the stage to accept his diploma, Trevor Harrison’s name was called, and his little sister stepped forward in his place. MORE: Plumber shot, killed while completing job in Baton Rouge “Losing a child…
A look back at 2024, a look into 2025 LYNDEN â The Lynden Library has accomplished much in the past 12 months. The library offered a wide variety of education and entertainment resources such as books, computers, films and video games to rent. Along with that, the library also hosted many regular events that helped…
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. – When it comes to holiday decorations, Jorge Melendez believes there’s no such thing as too much. His passion for creating a Christmas masterpiece began at a young age. “Honestly, [it] started probably when I was about 10 or 11 years old when I lived in New York. My dad started with…
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Life’s little routines have returned for one San Francisco family after a plumbing nightmare upended their world, and it’s in part thanks to a city program. “From February until July, We couldn’t live in our home,” Jolie Goorjian said. “So, we’d have to go back and forth to get clothes and things. My mom lives in…
The son of a collector was stunned to discover that a “junk” painting in his father’s attic was actually a Pablo Picasso painting worth more than $6 million. Andrea Lo Rosso, 60, told The Guardian that his father, Luigi, found the painting in 1962 while he was cleaning out a house in his hometown in…
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Heather Beck posted a now-viral TikTok of her 7-year-old son, Abel, laying flooring to help with their family’s DIY home renovation project. The mom of two tells PEOPLE that Abel and her older son Hayden, 13, have been a major help in setting up their new place, from installing floors to hanging drywall and tiling…
