LONDON (AP) — Polio was eliminated from most parts of the world as part of a decadeslong effort by the World Health Organization and partners to wipe out the disease. But polio is one of the world’s most infectious diseases and is still spreading in a small number of countries. The WHO and its partners want to eradicate polio in the next few years.

ATLANTA (AP) — The body of a worker who died last week in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport was unrecognizable, and the family relied on tattoos and a lanyard to identify him, his son told a news outlet.

Planning upcoming events

Supt. Tyler Bridges, left, and Natalie Blundell work with teachers to finalize plans for upcoming events at the Board of Education office.

(AP) – For the first time in more than a century, salmon will soon have free passage along the Klamath River and its tributaries — a major watershed near the California-Oregon border — as the largest dam removal project in U.S. history nears completion.

Teachers providing supplies

Tonya Gaunt, back left, and Krista Steiner distribute school supplies to students in need during a back-to-school event.

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Helping deliver the gospel to the Amazon Rainforest

First Baptist Church of Clinton’s Senior Pastor Kent Jaggers recently returned from his eighth mission trip to the Amazon Rainforest this August. The journey, part of an ongoing series of missions that began in 2017, saw Jaggers and his team once again ministering to indigenous communities along a tributary of the Amazon River.

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