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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Salem, OH

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Kentucky State

Starting in late September, the federal government will relaunch its at-home COVID-19 test program that makes every U.S. household eligible for four free COVID-19 tests to be sent directly to their home.

Every household can get four free COVID-19 tests by mail, starting late September

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Missouri State

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According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

Wyoming State

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Cheyenne, WY

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WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

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Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

Aurora, CO

David Heitz

The City of Aurora’s plan for a homeless navigation campus focusing on “work first” is coming together. The City Council will vote during its study session Monday on a resolution sponsored by council member Dustin Zvonek that spells out how the campus will operate. “The City of Aurora wishes to pursue an alternative to the ‘Housing First’ approach, by setting requirements and expectations for housing to include participation in addiction recovery, mental health, and job training programs to better address homelessness,” the resolution states. “It is inhumane and economically unwise to allow individuals experiencing homelessness to remain on the streets, or simply offer unconditional housing, rather than providing them with the necessary support services that offer a structured path to self-sufficiency and housing.”

Aurora’s ‘work first’ homeless plan: Instilling responsibility

Buffalo, WY

The House Draw Fire burning in northern Wyoming grew to more than 163,000 acres on Thursday — nearly the combined size of Denver and Salt Lake City — threatening structures, prompting evacuation orders and forcing the closure of Interstate 90.

Wildfire burns 163,000 acres in northern Wyoming, forcing evacuations and I-90 closure

Colts Neck, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Caz Craffy, a 42-year-old financial counselor with the U.S. Army and a major in the U.S. Army Reserve, has been sentenced to 151 months in prison for defrauding Gold Star families and related crimes. The sentencing, announced by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger, took place in Trenton federal court, presided over by U.S. District Judge Georgette Castner.

Army Counselor Gets 12+ Years for Defrauding Military Families

Pinedale, WY

PINEDALE—Rep. Albert Sommers (R-Pinedale) lost to a political newcomer in a close-fought contest for a state Senate seat Tuesday, an upset that ousts one of the most influential figures in Wyoming politics in recent years.

Speaker of the House Sommers loses bid for Senate seat

Bondurant, WY

Bondurant sits about halfway between Pinedale and Jackson along scenic Highway 191 in western Wyoming. The area is buffeted by the Gros Ventre Wilderness, Hoback River, and both the Wind River and Wyoming ranges. From the road along the valley floor, you can see abrupt pine-tree-freckled hills and the snowy peaks of nearby mountains to the northwest.

Should the state provide life support to Wyoming’s ailing ambulance services?

Morristown, NJ

NEW JERSEY - The Social Security Administration (SSA) is introducing a new, streamlined online application for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, aimed at simplifying the process for applicants.

Simplified SSI Application: Streamlined Process for Social Security Benefits

Louisiana State

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During my childhood, when my family visited relatives “across the river,” in Bayou Plaquemine, Bayou Goula, Caddo, the Pointe, and White Castle, my siblings and I would sometimes race up and down the levees, some distance away from the cows grazing there. At the summit of the hill, you could see the Mississippi River waters through stands of trees and brush. It never occurred to me that our “playground” was the living testimony of Black men, prisoners of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola whom the state of Louisiana had re-enslaved in the convict leasing system.

No longer ‘half slave, half free’

Natrona County, WY

Houma, LA

The crane operator who was killed on the job earlier this month at a wind-energy construction site in remote Natrona County was driving a crane that rolled into a pond, according to a Natrona County Sheriff’s Office’s incident report obtained by WyoFile.

Deadly workplace accident trapped victim in a Natrona County pond

Georgia State

Savannah, GA

The Current GA

Local Democratic leaders gathered Friday in Savannah to bring home a topic that will be a focus of the party’s national convention next week: medical costs and how the Biden administration has helped curb the expensive burden on voters with health problems.

Savannah Harris supporters gather on anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act

The Wyoming Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a decades-old state law that incentivizes homes and small businesses to produce solar electricity — a critical win for those who have already invested in small solar arrays and those hoping to take advantage of federal solar energy programs coming down the pike, proponents say.

Wyoming Supreme Court sides with small-scale solar users

South Carolina State

Explore Beaufort SC

The annual Lands End Woodland River Festival is coming to St. Helena Island on Labor Day weekend, Friday, August 30th and Saturday, August 31st. The festival is a two‑day family friendly, cultural event, celebrating the ancestry of the 47 Gullah families who pooled their money together and purchased 328 acres of land at Lands End on St. Helena Island in the 1920’s.

Annual Festival to commemorate historic Gullah land purchase returns Labor Day weekend

Chicago, IL

Lashaunta Moore

Chennedy Carter’s highly anticipated return to the court was sealed with a Chicago Sky win. The guard and her teammates snapped a seven game losing streak as they attempt to make a playoff run.

Chennedy Carter Neared a Triple-Double in Chicago Sky Return

Residents who enjoy snowmobiling over wildlife could see their wintertime recreational pursuit explicitly protected by law if a draft bill headed for a legislative committee advances unchanged.

The right to snowmobile over wildlife could soon be explicitly protected in Wyoming

The Kentucky Secretary of State has announced that 15,239 Kentuckians registered to vote in August. “With a presidential election and two constitutional amendments on the ballot, Kentuckians are ready to be heard,” Adams said. “Register to vote or check your voting information at elect.ky.gov. ”

Secretary of State reports more than 15,000 Kentuckians join voter rolls in August

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LC State to Award 917 Degrees and Certificates at May 10 Commencement

LEWISTON – Lewis-Clark State College is expected to award over 900 degrees and certificates when it celebrates commencement with two ceremonies at the P1FCU Activity Center...

LC State to Award 917 Degrees and Certificates at May 10 Commencement

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