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- BusinessLexington Herald-Leader
Former program director for WVLK radio Robert Lindsey has died
He had “one of the most recognizable voices in Lexington radio,” a 2009 Herald-Leader article said.
2 min read - USThe Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
THPD releases identity in fatal shooting from Tuesday
May 10—One of the victims in a Tuesday shooting has died, Terre Haute police said Friday. Dead is Antonio M. Jones, 48, of Terre Haute. City police earlier said officers responded about 12:25 a.m. Tuesday to a residence in the 1800 block of South Center Street on a report of shots fired. Those officers discovered multiple individuals had been injured as a result of gunfire, THPD said in a news ...
1 min read - USThe Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
Vigo County School Corp. honors 2024 recipients of Circle of Honor
May 10—Thirteen individuals whose accomplishments have shined a light on Vigo County schools were recognized Friday during the third annual VCSC Circle of Honor program. The celebration took place at Terre Haute North Vigo High School. The 2024 Circle of Honor Recipients are Sandy Billing; Jill Brewer; Karen Goeller; Evangeline Harris Merriweather; Rev. Teresa Hord Owens; Louis "Pete" Jones; ...
6 min read - USThe Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
Federal inmate charged in fatal stabbing of fellow prisoner at Terre Haute
May 10—A federal prison inmate at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute faces charges including manslaughter as a result of an April 2023 stabbing, the government said Friday. Prosecutors said a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Otha Don Watkins III, 42, of Cairo, Illinois, with involuntary manslaughter and possessing contraband in prison. If convicted, Watkins ...
1 min read - USThe Valdosta Daily Times, Ga.
No injuries in shootings; 3 people arrested
May 10—VALDOSTA — Valdosta police have made arrests in two shooting incidents in three days, one near a day care and the other at a house where children were inside, police said Friday. No one was hurt in either incident. About 12:20 p.m. Tuesday, a Valdosta police officer heard several gunshots in the area of the 1500 block of East Park Avenue. As officers were responding to the area, several ...
3 min read - LifestyleThe Valdosta Daily Times, Ga.
Lindsey Strickland earns Education, Human Services Highest Academic Achievement Award at VSU
May 10—VALDOSTA — Lindsey Strickland of Homerville, Georgia, is the recipient of Valdosta State University's 2023-2024 James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education and Human Services Highest Academic Achievement Award. Strickland was recognized during VSU's annual Academic Honors and Awards Dinner on April 25. The James L. and Dorothy H. Dewar College of Education and Human Services ...
2 min read - WorldPioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.
Legal Marijuana Now loses major party status following Minnesota Supreme Court ruling
The Legal Marijuana Now Party will no longer be recognized by Minnesota as a major political party following a Friday ruling by the state Supreme Court. Now the state is left with two major parties with automatic ballot access — the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the Republican party. That’s down from four just two years ago. Justices of the high court unanimously rejected an appeal from ...
3 min read - USThe Decatur Daily, Ala.
State seeking death penalty for Fort Payne woman accused of pushing victim off cliff
May 10—Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Fort Payne woman accused of pushing a Hartselle woman off a cliff in Little River Canyon National Preserve, according to a notice filed Friday in Dekalb County Circuit Court. Loretta Kay Carr, 45, along with her daughter, Jessie Eden Kelly, 22, are both charged with capital murder-kidnapping in the October 2021 death of Mary Elizabeth ...
1 min read - USPolitico
Black activists in the Bronx assail controversial Hochul remark
Black Lives Matter and education leaders joined students in seeking action with her apology.
2 min read - USIdaho Statesman
An Idaho couple was accused of kidnapping neighbor’s son. Here is their plea deal
“When (my son) disappeared from his mother’s in Arizona, it was mine and hers worst nightmare,” the teen’s father said in court.
4 min read - USWHIO
Investigation launched into Ohio teachers’ retirement system after ‘disturbing allegations’
An investigation has been launched into the board that manages one of the largest public pension funds in the country.
2 min read - USMSNBC
Appeals court rejects Hunter Biden request to dismiss gun charges
Hunter Biden's federal gun case is set to go to trial early next month after an appeals court denied his request to dismiss his charges.
1 min read - USHoward County Times, Columbia, Md.
In Howard 9,629 participated in early voting
May 10—Early voting in Howard County ended on Thursday, with 9,629 voters casting ballots, according to the Maryland State Board of Elections. The week of early voting was slow, but "very smooth," Howard County Election Director Guy Mickley said. "We did not have any issues." Howard County has 209,519 active registered voters, as of April 28. Of that,120,966 are Democrats, 48,103 are ...
1 min read - PoliticsMSNBC
Michael Cohen set to follow Stormy Daniels as next bombshell witness
Prosecutors have built their case with documents and dry testimony ahead of Michael Cohen's grand entrance to the courtroom next week.
4 min read - LifestyleTODAY
Pregnant bride gets married in hospital wearing ‘wedding dress’ of bed sheets
Pregnant Brianna Lucca-Cerezo was in labor at a Florida hospital when she married her fiancé Luis wearing a wedding dress made of bed sheets.
3 min read - USThe Elkhart Truth, Ind.
Man arrested after midnight bank break-in
ELKHART — An Elkhart man is accused of breaking into a bank in order to wash and feed himself. Douglas Morgan, 39, is charged with burglary as a Level 5 felony after his arrest Tuesday. Police say he broke into 1st Source Bank at 1751 W. Lexington Ave. but didn’t take any money. He was booked in the Elkhart County Correctional Facility on $15,000 bond. According to court documents: A cleaning ...
1 min read - USKSNW Wichita
Northern lights visible in Kansas Friday night
A geomagnetic storm will be impacting the United States on Friday night.
1 min read - USSacramento Bee
Here are the winners and losers in California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Revise budget
Newsom’s proposed budget revision has few winners, and plenty of losers.
5 min read - USTODAY
Marine, 58, details moments before his heart stopped and a stranger saved him
General Eric Smith, 58, a U.S. Marine, fell unconscious while on a run near his home. A stranger happened to walk by and performed CPR.
2 min read - OpinionThe Dispatch
The Tea Party Movement Died With a Whimper
It turns out many who rode the wave of principled libertarianism were neither.
14 min read - USWKRG
Mobile man turns himself in after shooting brother: Police
A Mobile man turned himself in to authorities in connection to an early Tuesday morning shooting, according to the Mobile Police Department.
1 min read - USWPXI
Report highlights barriers to employment for civilian military spouses
The demands of military life can make it hard for civilian spouses to juggle work with other responsibilities.
3 min read - USDeseret News
New Utah-focused exhibit comes to Hogle Zoo
‘The wonders in our backyards’ setting will provide hands-on learning about native wildlife.
4 min read - PoliticsSalon
Trump asks oil executives for a billion dollars, as they write environmental policy for him
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump asked oil bosses, who he boosted through massive deregulation as president, for a big favor
1 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Manchester man charged with tipping over porta-potty, trapping mom and child inside
May 10—A city teen faces multiple charges after allegedly knocking over a porta-potty with a mother and her young daughter inside, covering both in human waste, Manchester police said. On Wednesday, Manchester police received a call from a young mother reporting she and her 4-year-old daughter had been trapped inside a porta-potty at Derryfield Park after a man pushed it from behind. "The pair ...
1 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Riot to interrupt Manchester search warrant results in officer assault and multiple arrests
May 10—Three were arrested after an unruly crowd allegedly antagonized police serving a search warrant Thursday in Manchester and an officer was assaulted. About 3:30 pm, the Manchester Police Anti-Crime Unit was at 139 Parker St. to conduct a search in connection with an investigation of firearms possession and illegal drug sales. When leaving the building, officers encountered a large, ...
1 min read - USWFTV
UCF Board of Trustees member, Sheriff’s Office employee among 4 arrested in sex stings at parks
Seminole County deputies arrested four people at local parks, including Harold Mills, a member of the UCF Board of Trustees.
1 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
When every minute counts, everyday heroes are there to help
May 10—Terry Dion was unconscious inside his car. "I was dead, I am told," Dion remembers rescuers telling him after he was revived on a shoulder of Interstate 89 in April 2023. Dion, now 70, had had a heart attack while driving and veered off the highway. Today, his heroes are the good Samaritan who stopped, the cardiac physician who pulled over to administer CPR, the police officer who ...
7 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Lawmakers vote to raise cap on damages in wrongful death cases
May 10—CONCORD — New Hampshire would more than triple the court-awarded damages that surviving spouses and their children could receive for loss of companionship under legislation on its way to the desk of Gov. Chris Sununu. Despite the opposition of Insurance Commissioner D.J. Bettencourt, the insurance industry and the New Hampshire Hospital Association, the House of Representatives endorsed ...
3 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Durham eateries fail alcohol compliance checks
May 10—Two Durham eateries failed alcohol compliance checks and two people charged after alcohol was allegedly sold to an underage individual working undercover for state authorities. The underage volunteer, trained by the New Hampshire Liquor Commission to perform compliance checks, attempted to purchase alcohol from 20 Durham locations on Thursday, according to a news release from Durham ...
1 min read - USTallahassee Democrat
Storm damages FSU MagLab, operations suspended next week
Storms have damaged what many Tallahassee residents joke is the city's first line of defense against severe weather.
1 min read - BusinessThe Norman Transcript, Okla.
Natural Grocers employees vote to form union
May 10—Natural Grocers employees in Norman voted to unionize. On Thursday, employees voted 11-9 to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1000, a nonprofit that negotiates contracts on behalf of small businesses. Joe Lee, UFCW Local 1000 organizer, said his organization represents grocery stores, chicken plants, barber shops, post offices, military commissaries and cannabis shops, among ...
3 min read - USNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Feds warn of phone scams involving jury duty and bail money
May 10—Federal authorities are warning New Hampshire residents about two telephone scams by fraudsters posing as law enforcement officers. In the first scam, a caller posing as a U.S. marshal or another law enforcement officer claims that the target did not comply with a jury duty summons. They ask for a return call to obtain personal information, or threaten to arrest the person if a fine is ...
1 min read - USPortland Press Herald, Maine
Libbytown community garden temporarily closed because of contaminated soil
May 10—The Libbytown community garden in Portland will be closed for the remainder of the month after testing revealed its soil is contaminated. The city found higher than usual levels of benzo(a)pyrene, or BaP, and arsenic in the soil during new testing. That type of contamination can come from industrial pollution, though a spokesperson for the city said they do not know yet exactly what ...
4 min read - USThe Norman Transcript, Okla.
Keeping students safe: NPS celebrates opening of storm shelters at final school sites
May 10—McKinley and Monroe Elementary Schools held ribbon cuttings Thursday and Friday to officially open new storm shelters for students. "As stewards of our students' and staff's safety, it is our duty to provide a secure haven that shields them from the unpredictable Oklahoma weather," NPS Superintendent Dr. Nick Migliorino said. "With the completion of these storm shelters, we not only ...
3 min read - LifestyleNew Hampshire Union Leader, Manchester
Will Weare pooch be named top dog?
May 10—With his rugged good looks, muscular build and winning smile, it's no surprise that Mando is already a top dog. Now he's going to the biggest show of all. CH UCH Baystar This is the Way at Knee High — Mando to his friends — is a Lancashire heeler, a rare dog breed newly recognized by the American Kennel Club and making its first appearance at the 148th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog ...
4 min read - USMSNBC
Ask Jordan: Would Trump risk perjury if he takes the stand?
Not only would Donald Trump risk a perjury charge if he took the stand in the hush money trial, but he would face more serious charges than the ones he faces now.
3 min read - USWKRG
Mobile NAACP President urges Alabama to take notes after OCSO releases graphic body camera footage
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — It only took six days for Okaloosa County Sheriff Eric Aden to release body camera video that showed the death of Senior U.S. Airman Roger Fortson. Meanwhile, body camera footage of various deadly encounters with the Mobile Police Department has yet to be released thanks to opposing state laws. Mobile NAACP […]
2 min read - BusinessArgus Leader
It’s rummage sale season: What to know about Sioux Falls' bargain hunts
Looking for your next treasure? These are the Sioux Falls area rummage sales this season.
4 min read - USTexas Tribune
UT-Austin lecturer arrested and fired after confrontation with police at pro-Palestinian demonstration
The lecturer’s lawyer disputes the charges, and the university’s decision to fire him has raised concerns from faculty over free speech protections.
3 min read - USPortland Press Herald, Maine
Lawmakers advance nearly 80 new spending bills, setting up possible clash with Gov. Mills
May 10—AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers moved Friday afternoon to send nearly 80 additional spending bills to Gov. Janet Mills, who has warned that the initiatives would push state spending past the "breaking point." Typically, lawmakers only get one additional day at the end of a session to cast override votes on vetoes and occasionally take up other business. But the number of bills being advanced ...
4 min read - USPortland Press Herald, Maine
Lawmakers fail to override vetoes of bump stocks ban, farmworker minimum wage
May 10—AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers fell short in several attempts Friday to overturn Gov. Janet Mills' vetoes of bills passed by the Legislature, including one that would have banned rapid fire gun modifications and another that would have set a new minimum wage for farmworkers. The Maine Senate failed to override Mills' veto of a bill that would have banned bump stocks and other firearm ...
3 min read - USWJAX
14-year-old arrested for bringing gun to school, Putnam County Sheriff’s Office reports
The student claimed to have stumbled upon the firearm near Main Street and Madison Street in Palatka while en route to his bus stop. However, the student maintained that he had never removed the gun from his backpack.
2 min read - LifestyleWIVB
Clarence farm hosting Mother’s Day event featuring animals, activities
Admission for the event is $12 per person.
1 min read - USKXRM Colorado Springs
CSPD responds to lawsuit: Internal review clears officer
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) has responded after a $100 million lawsuit was announced against one of its officers who tased a man during an altercation, resulting in the man breaking his neck and becoming paralyzed from the neck down. The lawsuit against CSPD Officer Robert Comstock claims that Comstock violated […]
2 min read - USNBC News
Woman found living in Michigan grocery store sign, complete with computer and Keurig, for months
A woman was found living in the rooftop sign of a Family Fare grocery store in Michigan and had been there for about a year, police said.
1 min read - USGreat Falls Tribune
May storm improves outlook, but drought concerns persist following warm, dry winter
Parts of Montana receive 10 inches of precipitation in early May, after several sites reported their lowest snowpack totals on record.
3 min read - USKIRO
Armed robbery suspect caught in Shelton
Mason County Sheriff’s Office arrested an armed robbery suspect after a chase in Shelton on Thursday.
1 min read - USDetroit Free Press
MSP releases footage of unmarked SUV fatally striking Grand Rapids man, report sent to AG
According to the Michigan State Police, investigators have completed a report and referred the results to Attorney General Dana Nessel's office.
3 min read - USKSEE articles
Man arrested trying to rob Hanford store with hammer, police say
HANFORD, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 33-year-old man has been arrested in Hanford on suspicion of robbery and a probation violation warrant after using a hammer to rob a store, the Hanford Police Department said. On Friday, police say they received a 911 call from the Family Dollar at 410 W. 7th St. in Hanford. It […]
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