The candidate filing period for statewide election activity begins Wednesday and closes Friday, April 15. Hours for each filing day are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Candidates interested in filing for Custer County will file at the County Election Board, located at 633 N. Sixth St., Clinton.

Many of us like to buy suet balls or bird food that comes in mesh bags (which help keep the bird seed together when you hang them outside). While for the most part our feathered friends can get a healthy meal or snack from these, there is a chance they can get entangled in the mesh bags. When the suet or bird food gets low, it creates air pockets inside the mesh bag. This can force birds to dig deeper into the bag for food, which can lead to their legs and beaks getting trapped and entangled. It's best to avoid feeding birds from mesh bags and to stick with traditional methods that involve loose feed instead.

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected Girl Scouts' claims that the Boy Scouts created marketplace confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts by using words like “scouts” and “scouting” in recruitment drives. Manhattan Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled that the Boy Scouts of America can describe their activities as “scouting” without referring to gender and that the matter does not need to be put to a jury.

(AP) - The European Union is poised to ban Russian coal in the first sanctions on the vital energy industry over the war in Ukraine, but it has underlined the 27 nations’ inability to agree on a much more sweeping embargo on oil and natural gas that would hit Russia harder but risk recession at home.