DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) � Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard says two of its members died from injuries they suffered in an unexplained fire the day before. The Guard said on Monday the fire erupted in a warehouse at what it described as a “research self-sufficiency center� west of the capital, Tehran. Three Guard members

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) � Oregon’s governor says she will deploy up to 1,500 National Guard troops to hospitals around the state to support healthcare workers as COVID-19 surges amid the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, says starting Aug. 20 she will send an initial 500 Guard members to serve

Ten additional U.S. Army National Guard members are being removed from the security mission for the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official and a U.S. Army official briefed on the matter.

MARION (WSIL) � Marion High School student, Kanye Gunn, has been selected as the District 5 FFA Proficiency Winner in the area of Wildlife Management. Gunn is a freshman member of the Marion FFA Chapter.  Receiving this honor now makes Kanye eligible to compete in the State FFA Awards Selection process in Urbana-Champaign on March