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Human effigy pipe from the Spiro Mound site in Oklahoma. The human is depicted as smoking a different effigy pipe depicting a frog. 

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Columbus, OH

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Alaska State

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

Alabama State

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Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been 21 years since actress/singer Nell Carter, best known for the 1980s NBC sitcom, Gimme a Break!, died of natural causes at only 54. This is her story. Nell Carter was born September 13, 1948, in Birmingham, Alabama. After initially finding fame on and off-Broadway, and via a brief role in 1977 on the TV datime drama, Ryan's Hope, Carter took the lead in Ain't Misbehavin'!, a live stage revue of the works of composer Fats Waller.

The Brief Life & Tragic Death of Nell Carter ('Gimme A Break' & 'Ain't Misbehavin'): 21 Years Later

Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

Tampa, FL

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

Douglas, GA

Last week, a 32-year-old was arrested on trafficking charges after allegedly fleeing from a traffic stop and abandoning the vehicle with a child in the passenger seat. The chase resulted in the discovery of 230 grams of methamphetamine, which the suspect allegedly threw out while fleeing on foot. According to local detectives, the vehicle the suspect was driving was registered to NFL football player Tyreek Hill.

Man Driving Vehicle Registered to Tyreek Hill Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Douglas

Sarasota, FL

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Akeena

Rusty Bucket, a beloved comfort food chain known for its casual American fare, is closing its Sarasota, Florida location later this month. The Sarasota branch, the only Rusty Bucket in Florida, will shut its doors permanently on August 18. The news, which was confirmed by a bartender at the restaurant, came as a surprise to employees, who learned about the closure just a week ago.

Popular Comfort Food Chain to Close Florida Location Permanently

Beaufort County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Yes, there are monkeys in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. You won’t see one crossing the road and you don’t have to worry about them crashing your backyard BBQ looking for a meal, either.

On this South Carolina Island, only monkeys are allowed to hang out

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

It's hard to believe it has been a month - 4 weeks today - since my son died. He lived for nearly eight months in the hospital. It felt like a lifetime. Yet, in the blink of an eye, we've already lived 1/8 of that time without him. I've been meditating lately on my son's transition from a present reality to a transient memory. (For me, it's mostly an intellectual exercise at this point. I'm too burnt out and numb for sorrow and tears - though there is still an element of pain to it all.) My son is no longer here. That is not to say he no longer is. It is only to say that I can no longer experience him as he was. His realness did not cease. But it did change. He left me in the dust. One of these pictures represents the last time he held my finger before our new normal was blown to pieces - Friday, July 19th - the day before he died. The consequence of his absence is that I can no longer perceive him. He now exists beyond the pale of my touch, smell, sight, and hearing. As a result, reality is exchanged with a memory - and that memory is fading. It's like a second experience of death, but it is slower, more subtle, and in a way, more personal: my very mind is being plundered of its most precious recollections. How can I describe it? It's like a sandcastle constructed along the violent borders of the ocean. All our lives are built and expended here: on the edge of dissolution. Our lives are but a vapor. We are like the grass that flowers and fades. The best we can do with our fragility is heed the words of Christ and build our undying souls on solid rock (Matt. 7:24-27). But even that doesn't change the fact that death will come - it only changes how we greet it when it does. As the tide changes and the waves creep up to the base of your castle, the erosion is subtle at first, but in a moment, dramatically, it all comes tumbling down. It crumbles. All that remains is a disfigured lump of sand. Your handiwork is no longer perceptible but the rubble at least testifies to the fact that something was there. But the ocean makes quick work of that too. As the tide steadily rushes in, the rubble becomes a mound. The mound becomes a lump. In no time at all the ocean has swallowed it up. By the time the tide retreats, there will be little to no evidence a castle was ever there. Reality is displaced by memory, and memory, unaided by fresh impressions, is slowly eroded by the passing of time. This itself invites new grief. Am I grieving my son, or am I now grieving the memory of my son? It is likely a mixture of both. In a strange reversal of the Greek mythology of the underworld, it is as though the living, and not the dead, are compelled to drink from the River Lethe and forget. Of course, I know I won't really forget Gus. I'm just painfully aware that this memory, increasingly disfigured by the passing of time, is a poor reflection of the reality, of the real him as he was. C.S. Lewis acknowledges this in A Grief Observed. Rightly so, he further acknowledges that the person we've lost is not now locked in the same state in which they left us. Even believing that my son continues to be does not mean he will ever again be what he was; that we will ever again be what we were. Even the hope of heaven does not completely soothe this ache. At the risk of blathering on to the annoyance of whoever reads this far, I must add a further observation: part of what makes this all so hard is that we never brought Gus home. My son lived and died in the hospital. While that place became a second home and a 'new' normal, his death rudely returned my 'old' normal. This new old is a confusing and bewildering thing. Sometimes it feels like the last year of my life never even happened. It's as though it was all a dream. It's as though it all took place in a weird, liminal space. It's like I met my son in Elfland. We visited him on the Isle of Avalon. He lived and died in Neverland. I've discovered that my son's death not only includes this harsh exchange between reality and mere memory, but it seems to bring into question what once was real - or, at the very least, that is how it all feels. Whatever I forget, my God does not. My son is lost to me - but I know Who keeps him. He cannot come to me, but I can go to him. --- Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. Like flowery fields the nations stand, Pleased with the morning light; The flowers beneath the mower’s hand Lie withering e’er ’tis night. Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Be thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. (Isaac Watts)

Florida State

Uncovering Florida

In a divided vote on Senate Bill 1084, which would make a variety of regulatory changes including putting a ban on lab grown meat state-wide, Florida’s Senate and House ultimately decided to pass it, sending it on to Governor DeSantis for approval. DeSantis officially approved it on May 1, 2024, and the law came into effect on July 1, 2024.

DeSantis Signed New Florida Law: Selling Lab Grown Meat Is Now A Second Degree Misdemeanor

Massachusetts State

Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny 8lb dog named Bingo who is looking for her forever home. Bingo is a 3-year-old Shih Tzu mix with an adorable appearance and a sweet disposition. However, she needs a patient and understanding owner who recognizes that "dogs are not toys, and not all dogs love to be picked up right away," explains Sandy Paws Rescue Inc. This little lady requires some decompression time upon arriving at her new home to settle in comfortably.

Meet The Sweet Little Lady Looking For Love

New Jersey State

East Orange, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Leevander Wade, 44, of East Orange, New Jersey, has been sentenced to 440 months in federal prison for his involvement in three murders linked to a large-scale drug trafficking enterprise. U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz imposed the sentence on August 1, 2024, following Wade's guilty plea to racketeering conspiracy earlier this year.

NJ Man Sentenced to 36+ Years for Three Drug-Related Murders

A 68-year-old man is behind bars on $1 million bail in connection with multiple sexual assaults in the mid- to late 1990s — years after he was released from prison in another rape.

Suspected serial rapist arrested after three decades

Newark, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County man has been charged with numerous offenses related to narcotics distribution and firearms trafficking. Kyrell Domnie, 39, of Irvington, known by the alias "Fly Ky," was charged by complaint and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court on July 17, 2024. He remains detained following the hearing.

Convicted Felon Faces Multiple Narcotics and Firearms Charges

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