Relief and Aid Organizations

Nov 8 Some 18,000 Connecticut Light and Power customers were still without power midday Tuesday, most in the Simsbury area. About one-third of Simsbury was without electricity, as was a quarter of Avon and Farmington, and many in Granby, Canton,...

SOUTH BEND — Darren McNair awoke this morning to a telephone call from a cousin telling him his Park Jefferson apartment building was on fire. McNair, 22, and a friend, Lindsey Johnson, 18, quickly fled the building with just the clothes on their...

Alonso Holguin waited to do more than give back to the community Wednesday. He was among a throng of people who waited to donate blood. “Just to help out people in need,” said the 17-year-old Imperial resident. “I might be helping...

Monday, Jan. 9- American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131 Conrad Court, Hagerstown, noon to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9-Maugansville Ruritan, 18007 Maugansville Ave., Maugansville, 2 to 7 p.m.  Wednesday, Jan. 11 — American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will close 259 domestic offices, labs and other facilities as part of an effort to save $150 million per year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday.     While the closures...

Craig Benedict Baxam was surfing the Internet from his Army base in South Korea last summer when he came across an Islamic religious website. The soldier from Laurel had never been particularly religious. But with his deployment and his time in the...

The American Red Cross is facing a big fine for violating blood safety rules.  Some of those problems happened here in Roanoke.   This month the Food and Drug Administration slapped the Red Cross with a $9.6 million dollar fine according to a letter...

Before, during and immediately after the holiday season, the American Red Cross experiences a significant decline in donor turnout at local blood drives and donor centers. This reduction in collections has put several blood types at critical or...

Patricia B. Adams, Sr. passed away on January 24th   at the age of 85.The daughter of Dora and Michael Halpin, she was born in Springfield, Illinois, and moved to Glendale in 1944 where she lived until her death.  Pat worked since the age of fourteen...

CHARLEVOIX -- The Charlevoix Hotel is no more. The old hotel, located at 206 Antrim Street in Charlevoix, burned down Saturday. Fire trucks from both Charlevoix Township and East Jordan fire departments were dispatched to the scene at 3:48 a.m. "At that...

Today — Central Chapel, 2546 Back Creek Valley Road, Hedgesville, W.Va., 2 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 — American Red Cross Donor Center, 1131 Conrad Court, Hagerstown, noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 — Highland View Academy, 10100...

School lunches to become healthier, include more fruits, veggies, whole grains WASHINGTON (AP) — Schoolchildren’s favorite lunch — the ubiquitous frozen pizza — is about to get healthier. First lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture...