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Written with artificial intelligence assistance. According to the Lauderdale County, MS Sheriff's Office, a tragic incident unfolded today when deputies responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Blizzard Rd.

Man in Custody After Wife's Fatal Shooting

Georgia State

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DeanLand

Three earthquakes were recorded in Georgia during August, the strongest a 2.4 magnitude which occured far outside of the area where Georgia earthquakes most often occur. The quakes were recorded and reported by the US Geological Survey, which maintains seismograph stations throughout the US.

Rare SE Georgia Earthquake Recorded in August, State's Farthest South in 10 Years

Kanawha County, WV

Boone County, WV

South Charleston, WV

Michael Ramsburg

TEEN DEATH: A student from Madison Middle School in Boone County has died after sustaining injuries during football practice on Friday, Aug. 23. Schools throughout the Kanawha Valley are sharing their condolences with family and friends of 13-year-old Cohen Craddock. Students and staff at Nitro High School were asked to wear red and black -- Madison Middle School's team colors -- on Monday in Craddock's memory. South Charleston High School will do the same on Wednesday, Aug. 28. "Our hearts go out to Boone County’s Madison Middle School Redhawks as they face the loss of a young football player and friend, Cohen Craddock," SCHS officials wrote on social media. "The entire SCHS community stands with the Madison Middle community during this difficult time."

Morning Update: Teen athlete's death, 'Mountaineer Main Street', ongoing drought

Kansas State

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

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

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

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

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

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three families who were joined through tragedy grieved differently on Monday – the first anniversary of the afternoon when a shooting rampage targeted Black people at a Jacksonville dollar store.

New lawsuits and a scholarship: Families reflect one year after Dollar General shooting

Denver, CO

David Heitz

Providers of Denver’s traditionally homeless have been finding unhoused migrants in their lines, too, in search of everything from diapers to shampoo. An organization that for decades has provided services to Denver’s unhoused, Haven of Hope, may land a $6 million contract to administer the Denver Asylum Seekers Program for the migrants.

Denver postpones vote on $6M contract for migrant program with homeless services provider

One moose and more than 50 cattle have died of anthrax in the past month in south-central Wyoming, officials confirmed Wednesday. Anthrax occurs naturally in soil but has not been documented in Wyoming in livestock since the 1970s and in wildlife since 1956. No humans have been infected, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.

Anthrax kills Wyoming moose, more than 50 cattle, for first time in decades

Colorado State

Despite what proponents of a ballot measure to stop the hunting of bobcats and mountain lions in Colorado claim, hunters say science is on their side. Several hunters reached out to this reporter after he authored an article last week about the so-called “trophy hunting” of bobcats and mountain lions. Initiative 91, on the Colorado ballot this November, would put an end to the practice. An organization supporting hunters, Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management, said that the “trophy hunting” language is misleading, and in fact hunters play an important role in ecology.

Colorado hunters defend regulated mountain lion and bobcat hunting, criticize Initiative 91

Don Hall is an avid snowmobiler, but instead of heading for the hills each winter in search of deep powder, he takes an older snowmachine to lower elevations nearer the snow line. There’s a reason the Riverton resident prefers the lower zones despite the rocks, fences and sage most riders avoid: That’s where the coyotes are.

Wyoming allows snowmobilers to run down wildlife. Despite global outrage, it may stay legal.

Aurora, CO

The Venezuelans living in Aurora apartment buildings facing condemnation were not put there by the city of Denver. Denver city spokesman Jon Ewing said none of the residents are part of the Denver Asylum Seekers Program, or DASP. Amidst a flurry of media reports, some not substantiated, some have claimed the City and County of Denver placed the migrants in the Aurora buildings.

City of Denver didn’t place migrants in troubled Aurora buildings

Louisiana State

Natrona County, WY

Houma, LA

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

Despite touting its social equity programs, arrests for marijuana-related offenses in Denver skyrocketed 83% from 2022 to 2023 with 189 arrests, according to the city’s recently released 2024 marijuana report, “The Denver Collaborative Approach: Leading the Way in Municipal Marijuana Management.”

Denver marijuana arrests surge despite lower consumption, report reveals

Alabama State

On Sunday, a year after a Clay County man drove to their neighborhood to target Black people, the three victims of the mass shooting in Northwest Jacksonville were remembered by their family, friends, loved ones and the wider community.

Soil collection ceremony marks 1-year anniversary of Dollar General shooting

Aurora, Colo. -- Angry Aurorans on social media poked fun at the local news media Friday as more information came out about Venezuelan gangs on the Front Range. Mike Coffman, Aurora mayor, posted on Facebook that the city will use court orders to shut down additional apartment complexes that have been infiltrated by the gangs. It contradicted comments made by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who told the New York Post the gang problem was a figment of Aurora council member Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.

Migrant gang crisis underrated? Denver media criticized

Washington, DC

Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp was the command sergeant major of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington (JTF-NCR/MDW) per her official biography. However effective Tuesday she was released from command.

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp Released from Command in D.C.

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

The driver of a bakery goods truck who Denver police crashed into head-first will receive a $350,000 payday from the city. The settlement to Christopher Cordova appears on the consent agenda of Monday’s City Council meeting. Items are the consent calendar are considered routine and generally pass in a block vote. However, council members Shontel Lewis and Sarah Parady regularly call out the settlements to draw attention to them.

Bakery truck driver latest to receive a Denver police payout

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

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⚾ Beavers 4-hit day leads Salthawks to road win

EL DORADO, Kan. — Caiden Beavers recorded his first four-hit game of the season to go along with three RBI, as the Hutchinson High School baseball...

⚾ Beavers 4-hit day leads Salthawks to road win

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