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Andrew McGinn covers the military, veterans issues and community nonprofits for the Springfield News-Sun. A News-Sun staff writer since 1999, McGinn has received numerous Associated Press awards for his writing. He’s a graduate of Morningside College in Iowa.
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Local soldiers leaving for Kuwait
The 200 Springfield-based soldiers who said their goodbyes Sunday to family and friends before leaving on a year-long deployment with the Ohio Army National Guard are in good hands, the unit commander said. “We’ve got experience and maturity,” Col. Gregory W. Robinette, commander of the 371st Sustainment Brigade, said after ...
Springfield legend Winters dies at 87
Jonathan Winters, the Springfield-raised comic genius who once told his wife he’d come back to Ohio and sell farm equipment if his comedy career in New York didn’t pan out, has died. Winters, 87, died Thursday evening of natural causes at his home in Montecito, Calif., long-time family friend Joe ...
Gulf War veterans still sick and not getting better
Jeff Adams knows why his legs swell and sometimes split open, and why his urine contains uranium. A tank round containing depleted uranium hit his armored personnel carrier during the waning hours of the Persian Gulf War. The 46-year-old Springfield resident still carries 10 pieces of shrapnel in his right ...
Women in combat plan opens opportunities
Karan Engelkamp, an Air Force veteran, wouldn’t hesitate to serve in a combat situation.“When you sign up, you sign up for the whole package,” she said while at the VFW Post 7670 in Overpeck on Thursday. “We’ve come so far with women’s roles in the military, I think it’s only ...
‘American Idol’ winner coming to Springfield
The last time an “American Idol” winner played at Kuss Auditorium, the show sold out in three minutes. That was in 2009, and the “Idol” winner was David Cook. Now it’s Phillip Phillips’ turn to try selling 1,500 tickets in 180 seconds or less. The most recent “Idol” winner, Phillips ...
Local soldier killed in Afghanistan
Share condolences, memories for Staff Sgt. Williams >> A 2005 Tecumseh High School graduate who found out last month that his wife is expecting their second child has been killed in Afghanistan. Staff Sgt. Wes Williams, 25, was killed Monday in combat while serving with the Army’s 4th Stryker Brigade, ...
Lawsuits, controversy surround ban on exotic animals
A year after a Zanesville man freed 56 jungle cats and other dangerous animals, triggering worldwide condemnation of Ohio’s lax regulation, the state is beginning to implement a ban on most private ownership of big cats, alligators and other wild creatures. The ban is being phased in under the Ohio ...
PTSD therapy reaches soldiers in the field
Just days after a suicide attack in Afghanistan like the one in April that killed three Ohio Guardsmen and wounded five others, another fight begins — for a soldier’s mental health.In battlefield interviews from Afghanistan with the dayton Daily News, two military mental health providers revealed how they’re trying to ...
Man offers rides in ‘Mayberry’ squad car
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — There’s always the chance a ride in Tony Farley’s black-and-white 1961 Ford Galaxie will last longer than the advertised 20 minutes. The Clark County resident has a habit of getting pulled over — funny considering the car is painted to look like it belongs to the sheriff’s ...
Ohio man is mad about Mayberry
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — It’s not like Tony Farley wants to borrow a cup of sugar or an egg. He just wants an autograph from a guy whose most famous role — a persona fried into our consciousness like a basket full of Aunt Bee’s chicken on a Sunday after church ...
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