If not for Judy Yaeger Jones, the accomplishments of Marcenia “Toni” Stone, the first Black woman to play in a men’s professional baseball league, might have been overlooked. Jones learned about Stone in 1988 when she read a brief entry … Continued
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A St. Cloud woman who stabbed her infant son to death in 2021 was sentenced Thursday to nearly 22 years in prison. Fardoussa Omar Abdillahi (Forum News Service) Fardoussa Omar Abdillahi, 29, was sentenced to 261 … Continued
Last week, Susanne DeWitt, an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor who later became a molecular biologist, spoke before the Berkeley, California, City Council to request a Holocaust Remembrance Day proclamation. After taking note of a “horrendous surge in antisemitism,” she was then … Continued
When a Eureka Recycling trump dumped a smoking load into the frontage road of Summit Avenue near Macalester College around midday Tuesday, there was no ill will intended. It was the quickest way to put out a fire, likely caused … Continued
The Roaring Twenties is the theme of the Minnesota Orchestra’s Summer at Orchestra Hall festival, which runs from July 8 to August 10. Tickets go on sale April 22 via minnesotaorchestra.org or by phone at 612-371-5656. Programming centers on works … Continued