BY STEVE LACKMEYER slackmeyer@opubco.comThe American Red Cross is reversing course and dedicating donations pledged via text message to Oklahoma disaster relief in response to controversy over previous plans to designate the money to the charity's national fund. The Oklahoman first reported Wednesday that the text pledges were not being designated to to […]
BY STEVE LACKMEYER Business Writer slackmeyer@opubco.comThe American Red Cross estimates “several million” dollars have been donated via electronic text messages since a tornado devastated Moore on Monday, but the money is not specifically designated to relief efforts in Oklahoma. A representative of the local chapter, however, promised money donated to the […]
BY STEVE LACKMEYER slackmeyer@opubco.comWhen author Jean Shepherd's memories of Christmas at Higbee's were incorporated into the 1983 movie “A Christmas Story,” Cleveland, Ohio, residents didn't just share those memories of the beloved downtown department store — they were living them. The downtown department was still alive and well — unlike […]
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