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Iowa Storm Center

(IowaStormCenter.com) -- A strong pacific storm system will get underway later tonight with severe thunderstorms and heavy rain. The first round of the one-two punch event is hitting across western Iowa this morning. Then the focus will be across southwest Iowa for severe thunderstorm development by this evening with threats for hail, damaging winds, heavy rainfall and a couple of isolated tornadoes.

Severe Thunderstorm/Heavy Rainfall Threat Tonight.

Ohio State

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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

Things just keep getting progressively messy between ChristinaHall (née Haack) and Josh Hall amid their divorce. The Flip or Flop star and Josh Hall called it quits after three years of marriage, as the HGTV star filed for divorce on 15 July 2024, citing irreconcilable differences. The duo were supposed to star opposite Heather Rae and Tarek El Moussa in the upcoming reality TV competition The Flip Off.

Christina Hall's Divorce Just Got a Whole Lot Messier

Kissimmee, FL

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Akeena

One Dunkin’ Donuts location, known for its familiar aroma of coffee and donuts, found itself temporarily closed after a state inspection uncovered a few issues. Not all Dunkin’ locations are created equal. Take the one at 3745 Pleasant Hill Road in Kissimmee, for instance. This particular branch, despite its efforts to keep customers caffeinated and satisfied, has had its share of mixed reviews.

Florida's donut shop closed due serious violations after state inspection

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

Hawaii State

E! News

Watch: Nick Lachey and Vanessa Lachey Move Out of Their Hawaii Home. Vanessa Lachey is saying aloha to the islands. Following the cancellation of her show NCIS: Hawai'i after three seasons, Vanessa and husband Nick Lachey—as well as kids Camden, 11, Brooklyn, 9, and Phoenix, 7—are leaving Hawaii and bidding a fond farewell to the lush paradise.

Vanessa Lachey and Nick Lachey Are Moving Out of Hawaii With 3 Kids

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Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort 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

Denver, CO

Migrants enrolled in the Denver Asylum Seekers Program won’t get cash benefits after all. The council amended a contract with Haven for Hope during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee meeting Wednesday. Instead of Haven of Hope providing migrants with cash assistance on debit cards, it will instead provide “culturally appropriate” food.

Denver revokes cash assistance for migrants

Thomson, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A Georgia city mayor has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation following an investigation and a grand jury indictment. According to GBI officials, the Thomson Police Department requested the agency to investigate an allegation that Thomson City Mayor, 52-year-old Benjamin Cary Cranford, provided alcohol to an inmate on work detail within the city limits on June 4, 2024.

Georgia City Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Giving Alcohol to an Inmate on Work Det

Louisiana State

Although she’s expecting her first child with current boyfriend Ken Urker, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is expected to be still married to her estranged husband Ryan Anderson when the baby makes its early 2025 arrival. Anderson’s attorney, Jeffrey Carrier, recently revealed to TMZ that the divorce will take longer than...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Will Still Be Married to Ryan Anderson When Ken Urker’s Baby Arrives

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

This story was produced through a collaboration between the Daily Yonder , which covers rural America, and Climate Central , a nonadvocacy science and news group. On the day he would become homeless, Wesley Bryant was awoken by his wife, Alexis.

Some Kentuckians, like many rural Americans, are too poor to qualify for federal flood protections

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

Natrona County, WY

Houma, LA

WyoFile

A worker died Aug. 5 when the crane he was operating toppled at a wind farm construction site in remote Natrona County, state and local officials say. The victim, John William Hoffpauir, Jr., 55, of Houma, Louisiana, was working as a crane operator at the Cedar Springs wind energy construction site north of Casper and Glenrock under the control of Blattner Energy at the time of the accident. Hoffpauir was a Blattner Energy employee, a spokesperson for the company told WyoFile.

Worker killed in accident on wind energy construction site in Natrona County

In Touch Weekly

Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird has a new man in her life after filing for divorce from Josh Efird. Interestingly, her new partner, Darrin Kitchens, is also a divorcee, having been married and divorced to the same woman three times. Darrin filed for divorce from his first wife, Shannon Kitchens,...

Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efird’s New Boyfriend Darrin Was Married 3 Times to the Same Woman

Montana State

Wyoming State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

Green Bay, WI

Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-syndicated editorial cartoonist in the nation. His cartoons are reprinted many times in USA Today, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week and The Washington Post. Joe’s cartoons have won numerous distinctions, including 10 Best of Gannett awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club awards and two Honorable mentions for the John Fischetti Award. He lives in Green Bay with his wife, Pamela. He is a regular featured cartoonist for the NKyTribune .

Joe Heller: Cartoonist views Olympics, court limits, last supper, eye-for-eye, orange/black

Gordon, GA

Page Six

“Mama June” Shannon’s daughter Lauryn “Pumpkin” Efird filed for divorce from her husband, Josh Efird, on Thursday after six years of marriage, Page Six can confirm.

Court documents filed in Wilkinson County, Ga., and obtained by us state that the estranged couple’s union is “irretrievably broken” and they have already “reached a full and final agreement on all issues of divorce, custody, visitation, children support, division of property, alimony and division of debt.”

The Efirds will share legal and physical custody of their four children – daughter Ella, 6, son Bentley, 3, and twins Sylus and Stella, 2 – in accordance with...

Mama June’s daughter Lauryn ‘Pumpkin’ Efird files for divorce from husband Josh after 6 years of marriage

Nevada State

Since Sister Wives premiered in 2010, patriarch Kody Brown and his then-four wives – Janelle, Meri, Christine, and Robyn found international due to their unorthodox family life as a polygamist family, all living on one property. With reality TV fame (usually) comes fortune and, often, lucrative opportunities to make more money than the initial fee for appearing on a network TV show.

‘Sister Wives’: What do the now ex-wives do for a living?

New York City, NY

Paterson, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - Reginald Law, a 38-year-old man from Queens, New York, has admitted to his involvement in a violent kidnapping that occurred in Paterson, New Jersey, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Law's guilty plea came during a session in Newark federal court, overseen by U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin, where he faced charges of kidnapping and committing a Hobbs Act robbery.

Man Pleads Guilty to Violent Kidnapping & Robbery

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Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi wins reelection to take on 2nd term

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi secured reelection by receiving 78% of the votes to win outright in the primary election on Aug. 10. Even though he did...

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi wins reelection to take on 2nd term

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