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Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA. November 3, 2025 – Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649 and Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation are excited ...

Lt. Col. Tim Downing, commander of UCSB's ROTC Program, speaks during the Nov. 11, 2024 Veterans Day ceremony at the Santa Barbara Cemetery. Credit: Rebecca Caraway / Noozhawk photo Communities ...

A California mother had a felony charge dismissed as the FBI continues searching for her missing 9-year-old daughter, Melodee ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1649 and Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation invite the Santa Barbara community to this year’s Veterans Day Ceremony, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 at the Santa Barbara ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The annual Veterans Day event in Santa Barbara brought hundreds together to honor veterans with music and speeches. The 11 a.m. event at the Santa Barbara Cemetery was ...

Nadine T. Schlothauer, 94, passed away peacefully on Sept. 13, 2025, at Vista del Monte Retirement Community in Santa Barbara, surrounded by her family. Born on Jan. 29, 1931, in Newcastle, Wyoming, ...

LOS ANGELES ( KTLA) — More than two months after the body of 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was discovered partially ...

SKOWHEGAN — Turning balsam tree tips into wreaths and garland became a business at Central Maine Wreath, 228 North Ave., ...

There are 21 names on four stones set just inside the Franklin Avenue gate of the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. They belong to the so-called “lost” veterans — men who served in some of the nation’s ...

Elio's Kitchen hosted a meaningful fundraiser on Nov. 13 at the Coral Gables Woman's Club. Elio's Kitchen founder, Cristina ...

Col. William Wells Hollister was one of those larger-than-life figures of the Old West — the kind of man pulp magazines tried to capture in fiction. This report was contributed by Lompoc resident ...