Lansing community events, preservation, and local history roundup

 

LANSING, Ill. This week community members gathered in late May as the Lansing Junior Woman's Club held its May 27 banquet and supported McJournal Night at a local McDonald's, volunteers from the Lansing Scouts repainted the WWII concrete flag in Sweet Woods, and The Lansing Journal published a May 29...

United States Blue Origin test rocket explodes

 

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during an engine-firing test on Thursday evening at the company’s U.S. launch site, producing a large fireball and extensive damage to test infrastructure. The incident occurred during the ignition sequence of the rocket’s primary engines, according to initial reports. Blue Origin stated that...

Area high school athletics produce decisive results, set playoffs

 

KIMBERLY, Wisconsin: Local high school teams posted decisive wins across baseball, softball and track in the Appleton and Green Bay areas Thursday through Saturday, May 28–30. Kimberly's Papermakers, Green Bay Preble and Appleton North recorded notable victories and individual athletes such as Gracie Day, Payton Schreiber and Eva Busch posted...

Longview mill tank rupture kills workers, prompts probe

 

LONGVIEW, Washington – A catastrophic industrial accident at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging pulp and paper mill on May 26, 2026, occurred when a 3.4 million-liter chemical storage tank ruptured, releasing a massive volume of highly alkaline “white liquor,” a mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide. The rupture happened during...

Longview, Washington mill tank collapse kills 11

 

Authorities in Longview, Washington, say the death toll from a catastrophic chemical tank collapse at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company pulp and paper mill has risen to 11. Officials reported early Friday that six additional bodies were recovered from the wreckage, and three workers who remain missing are now presumed...

Global crypto markets slump as liquidations surge

 

United States-based crypto markets experienced a sharp sell-off on Friday, with more than $700 million in leveraged positions liquidated within 24 hours across major digital asset exchanges. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, fell more than 3% during the session and hovered near the $73,000 level as risk-off sentiment...

Arkansas Falls to Nebraska in Extra-Innings WCWS Opener

 

Oklahoma City — No. 5 Arkansas lost to No. 4 Nebraska, 5-3, in 10 innings Thursday at Devon Park during the Women's College World Series opener when Ava Kuszak hit a two-run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th; earlier scoring included Kailey Wyckoff's two-run home run and...

San Antonio routs Oklahoma City, forces Game 7

 

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-91 on Thursday night in Game 6 of the 2026 Western Conference Finals, extending the series and forcing a decisive Game 7 on Saturday in Oklahoma City. The Spurs dominated the third quarter 32-13, including a 20-0 run,...

Israel-based Wix cuts 20% of global workforce

 

Israel-based website-building platform Wix.com Ltd. announced on Thursday that it will cut roughly 20% of its global workforce, eliminating about 1,000 positions in what the company described as a major restructuring. Chief Executive and co-founder Avishai Abrahami said the reductions are primarily driven by the rapid integration of artificial intelligence...

California Teen Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee Triumph

 

Rancho Cucamonga, California — On Thursday, 14-year-old Shrey Parikh won the Scripps National Spelling Bee after prevailing in a 90-second eliminatory spell-off, correctly spelling 32 words to claim the $50,000 prize. He defeated 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta of Jersey City, New Jersey, who correctly spelled 25 words from the same list...