Clarksville Fire Rescue received a nearly $33,000 grant from the Gary Sinise Foundation, awarded with support from Whataburger and facilitated by Waterdogs Scuba and Safety; the funds provide multiple sets of personal protective equipment for the department's dive team.
The Beaufort Lions Club will hold its annual Sweetheart Breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, at Sea Island Presbyterian Church; proceeds will support the club's vision and diabetes programs.
United UpStanders' Madera chapter held a Family Bingo Night at Blast and Brew where families gathered, and the group received a $2,500 Lead4Change grant to support its anti-bullying efforts.
Friends launched a GoFundMe with a $500,000 goal after James Van Der Beek’s death; the page had raised more than $200,000 to assist his wife and six children. The article also reports that Bijou Phillips is hospitalized, back on dialysis, and urgently needs a second kidney transplant.
Black Quare held its first meeting on Oct. 17 after roughly eight years of inactivity to restart a student group that provides a dedicated 'third space' for Black LGBTQIA+ students at UCSB.
Children aged two to 19 in Missoula made thousands of Valentines through Families First Learning Lab; most cards go to seniors and some were given to animals at the Humane Society of Western Montana.
Zion Shelter in Washington, N.C., opened a new community kitchen after months of operating from a Salvation Army truck and will offer educational, financial literacy and employment programs. A ribbon-cutting marked the milestone.
A phase 4 randomized trial in Brazil of 500 people without HIV found one- and three-month isoniazid–rifapentine preventive regimens had high completion rates and mostly mild or moderate adverse reactions.
PET Milk, whose evaporated milk method was patented in 1884 and put into production in 1885, was supplied as rations to U.S. military forces and remains used today in dishes such as tres leches and flan.
Nineteen Theravada Buddhist monks ended a 15-week, 2,300-mile Walk for Peace in Washington, D.C., where thousands and an online audience gathered for an interfaith welcome; the group planned a procession through Capitol Hill and a closing ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial.
