Dear Rusty: Hypothetically, if I plan to sign up for Social Security at 70 and pass away before that, I will get nothing. My spouse would still get a boost in the amount she receives because I made more, but everything I put into the program vanishes. I haven’t reached my full retirement age yet and...

70 years ago June 18,1953 Col. Robert L. Scott, Jr. and his Thunderjet 'pose together” in Germany to mark planes reaching 1,000 air hours, a rare endurance mark for military jets and in distance equal to 20 trips around the world at the equator. Don Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Evans, of Belah,...

Termites travel in swarms, and resemble ants. I identify them by putting the UFO (unidentified flying organism) on a piece of wood. If the creature walks away, it’s an ant. If it flies off and leaves a hole in the wood, it’s a termite. If it flies away carrying the wood, it’s a termite with superpow...

It is something that we did not want to do…especially so soon after purchasing The Jena Times. Nonetheless, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is...

Do you remember elementary school recess? At our school, we ate lunch right before playtime. We’d line up single file to walk through the food line. T...

Few of us enjoy going to a dentist. The first words we usually hear are, “Open your mouth wide, please.” Most of us from our previous experiences with...