Recycling event planned next week in Keokuk

Tri-State Area residents who have been accumulating stuff all year can recycle most of it next week. The second annual My Keokuk Goes Green Communitywide Recycling Event is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Faith Family Church parking lot, 2323 Main St., Keokuk.

Hilliard business makes 'fastest-growing' list

Have you ever wondered what to do with an unused and unwanted cell phone? A Dublin couple has answered that question with a thriving business based in Hilliard.

CLOSE TO HOME: Lexington, Cayce, W. Columbia

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Information Technology Unit will offer free Internet safety classes from 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 15 and Sept. 22 in the squad room at the Lexington County Law Enforcement Complex, 521 Gibson Road, Lexington.

Publix hits 1 billion mark in reduction efforts

One billion. That's the number of paper and plastic bags kept out of the waste stream by Publix Super Markets since the grocer initiated conservation measures in 2007 at 1,023 stores in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee, company spokeswoman Brenda Reid recently reported.

Earth Friendly: E-Waste Days will be Sept. 17-18

By Meridith Byrd