Ashlynn Wilson, a senior at Lynchburg-Clay High School, has been named the 2026 Highland County Fair horse queen.

Twenty-five years ago today, New York firefighter Stephen Siller ran through the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel toward the burning twin towers where he, like so many others that day, would lose his life. This morning, his family walked that same route in his honor, completing a four-and-a-half month 9/11 remembrance tour across the U.S.

The principal finding of the bipartisan 9-11 Commission report was that “a failure of imagination” had prevented those charged with safeguarding America from effectively anticipating and preventing such an attack on the U.S. homeland.

Recent flare-ups in Iran serve as a reminder that the largest terror sponsor has wreaked havoc on the U.S. nearly 20 years before the terror attacks of Sept. 11.

Vice President JD Vance called for unity among voters, touted administration policies, and honored Charlie Kirk in a speech Thursday night attempting to motivate Republicans to turn out in the upcoming midterm elections.

As we observe Patriot Day as a national day of service and remembrance for the thousands of lives lost in the 9/11 attacks, help us recall as the U.S. Army notes, “That day fortified Americans with pride and patriotism and created a spirit of service in the hearts of a new generation.”

According to reports by the California Budget & Policy Center, Nov. 3 ballot measures could cost Californians billions of dollars.

Terror struck America on Sept. 11, 2001, when 19 al-Qaeda hijackers seized four Boeing jets and turned them into missiles, killing almost 3,000 people. The hijackers arrived in the U.S. on tourist visas with cash and travelers checks they got in the Middle East.