Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY – Community members from throughout the region are cordially invited to attend a public meeting to hear ...

In the late ’70s, country got a makeover—or perhaps, more aptly, a makeunder. For the last decade or so, the Nashville scene had brought a glitz and glamour that purists thought sullied the spirit of ...

16:59, Sun, Sep 28, 2025 Updated: 17:37, Sun, Sep 28, 2025 Those born after 1977 are being warned of a major Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) change in the qualifying criteria for claiming their ...

The fact that one of the band’s first encounters with their new producer was unexpectedly over multiple containers of ice cream was one of the odder developments of the night. But given all the ...

Finally, after more than a decade of searching, I have the car of my dreams—a 1977 Pontiac Trans Am, just like the one from my all-time favorite movie, Smokey and the Bandit. Nearly every day, I would ...

The family of a man who vanished on the Spanish island of Gran Canaria said searching for him had been exhausting. James "Jemsie" Nunan, from Colchester, was on a sail-around-the-world trip and ...

The family of a missing Irish sailor whose boat was found off the coast of Gran Canaria believes something nefarious happened to him and said personal items are also gone. James 'Jemsie' Nunan, who ...

The U.S. government shut down much of its operations just after midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 1 as Congress and the White House remain deadlocked on reaching a funding deal, setting off what could be a ...

On September 11, Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, and Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Pratap Singh had a heated exchange at a development coordination and monitoring panel ...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi labeled Israel an “enemy” at the Arab-Islamic summit, saying its actions threaten Egypt’s security and future peace deals, including by causing Gazans to flee.