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The nine people whose lives were lost because of the train derailment in Graniteville on Jan. 6, 2005, had backgrounds in communities as far-flung as Sherbrooke, Quebec, and Overland Park, Kansas, according to reports in the Aiken Standard. Six Avondale Mills employees were among the casualties. The victims were as follows:

• Steven W. Bagby, of Augusta, was one of the Avondale workers. A native of Germany, the 38-year-old had become a father 10 days before the train wreck, and was described by a relative, in a January 2005 Aiken Standard article, as “a…

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact on Tuesday.

Pelosi said the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is a significant improvement over the original North American Free Trade Agreement.

“There is no question of course that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA,” Pelosi told The Associated Press, saying the pact is “infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration.”

Trade with Canada and Mexico reached $1.4 trillion in 2018 and currently supports 12 million jobs in the U.S.,…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Prominent real estate developer Buttry & Brown Development, LLC pledges $50M in funds to Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool to further its national expansion plans.

Prior to their recent pledge, Buttry & Brown has already invested approximately $65 million to build and develop 14 LSP preschools across the county. This includes projects located in Austin, San Antonio, Southlake TX; The Woodlands TX, Lakeway TX, Gilbert AZ, Broomfield CO, Alpharetta GA, Roswell GA, Granite Bay CA, Overland Park KS, Chesterfield MO, and…

Tanya Tucker will lead a small army of rising women in country music on tour in 2020. The country legend just announced 36 upcoming dates for the 2020 CMT Next Women of Country: Bring My Flowers Now Tour.

For four months from early February to mid-June, Tucker will headline shows from Virginia to Washington state. Aubrie Sellers, Erin Enderline, Brandy Clark, Hailey Whitters, Madison Kozak and Walker County are among the current or former CMT Next Women of Country who will join the tour for select dates.

Shooter Jennings will also appear on select dates. Currently, he’s only slated for a…

BUTLER COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a triple-fatal crash late Saturday.

It happened around 9:40 p.m. near southwest 50th and Haverhill Road.

Deputies say two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames. The three victims were the only ones in the vehicles at the time.

BJ Brown says he came across the crash and tried to save anyone he could.

“If I see it again right now, I would do the same thing, but I did…