Advance Morning News
It's Sunday, December 21, 2025. Today, a Christmas gift for the photographer in your life, a forgotten classic, Drew on a salt trick, and the week's obituaries.
Sunday Books & Culture - Nonfiction
By Penny A Parrish
Penny Parris reveals her nonfiction favorite of the year - Anika Burgess’s fascinating history of photography, “Flashes of Brilliance.”
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CLASSIC MOVIE REVIEW: Remember the Night
By Alan Herrmann
A Forgotten Holiday Classic
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HUMOR: Salt Trick
By Drew Gallagher
This is the third column in an ongoing series about poorly edited YouTube advertisements on erectile dysfunction that continue to make unwanted appearances in the humorist’s YouTube playlists.
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Obituaries
By Adele Uphaus
Local obituaries for December 13-19, 2025.
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Local Obituaries
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Solid curation of local stories. Independent local journalism like this matters a ton because it covers ground the big outlets ignore or parachute into badly. I've seen comunities lose their watchdog reporting when papers close, and suddenly accountability just evaporates. The multi-partisan model sounds promising too, especialy when most coverage is just repackaged from one angle.