LOWELL — The Greater Lowell Community Foundation announced that $4,000 was raised at a Fall Fashion Show to benefit the Maria Olimpia Meza “MOM” Scholarship Fund to support Lowell High School seniors further their education. The fund was established with GLCF in 2020 by Maria Vejar, who wanted to honor her mother who held strong…
An undergraduate at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has been suspended for forging sick notes to apply for an absence from an exam and a death certificate to secure an exemption from scholarship renewal requirements. The university on Sunday cited privacy concerns in declining to provide further details on the case, which came to…
An American man has captivated many with his inspiring tale of becoming a “foreign village chief” in the picturesque southwestern Yunnan province, following his adventurous exploration of 110 countries and his studies in China. Born in 1962 to a humble family in Chicago, Brian Linden worked night shifts cleaning carpets to finance his education at…
Former UW-Whitewater student Chad T. Richards is set to stand trial for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Kara Welsh, a national champion gymnast at UW-Whitewater. During a preliminary hearing, Richards was found likely to have committed the crime. He entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment Nov. 8. Richards attended a status…