Tax Return Preparation

The Knox Co, Office on Aging is partnering with the Internal Revenue Service to make sure that local retirees, disabled veterans and low-income workers get help filing for an economic stimulus payment.

The good news about the housing market is that qualifying first-time home buyers may take advantage of a new tax credit for home purchases made this year and part of 2009. Liberty Tax Service reminds those interested that it ultimately functions as a loan that must be repaid over a 15 year period of time.

ST. PETERSBURG – Russia’s economic crime unit and the Federal Security Service (FSB) have intensified their investigations of the nationally known Russian environmental organization Dront, confiscating financial documents, topographical maps, computers and a biodiversity preservation laboratory.

Submissions for Community Calendar are required 10 days preceding the date of publication. Send to: Nicole Wagner, Managing Editor, Pioneer Press, 130 S. Prospect Avenue, Park Ridge IL 60068. Information may be faxed to (847) 696-3229 or e-mailed to nwagner@pioneerlocal.com.

In a limited study of tax returns completed by unlicensed paid preparers, 61% were prepared incorrectly.

Konawa students returned from the summer break to a high school that had several changes in keeping with new expectations set by the administration.

Kenosha businessman Gerald Kurth has been charged with conspiracy to conceal about $100,000 in cash, including allegedly using more than $10,000 to make improper campaign contributions.

Two Sarasota area teenagers were among those honored earlier this year by the Library of Congress Center for the Book as young winners and finalists of the 13th annual River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art contest.

Not taking the standard deduction this year could save you hundreds of dollars.

The Memphis Regional Chamber will host a sales and marketing summit from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. today at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd.