Maryville, TN

USA TODAY

Back to school already? This time of year always sneaks up. Check out these school supply sales and keep this list handy as you're shopping for kids.

Back-to-school supplies for students of any age: Parents, consult this list

Parents know the feeling all too well: It’s a Sunday night during the school year. They rummage through their child’s backpack and find a crinkled flyer declaring “Spirit Week stars tomorrow! Dress accordingly!” The flyer lists specific dress up days like “Blue shirt Monday,” “Silly Sock Tuesday,” Superhero Friday,” and more. Dread sets in as parents realize their child doesn’t have a single stitch of the suggested attire to fit the theme, and it is too late to buy or make something new.

A Parent’s Guide to School Spirit Weeks

If you are looking for a great way to teach music lessons to your middle school students, you’re in the right place! We have 6 music activities for middle schoolers that are so much fun. These creative ideas will make learning musical rhythms and other important music lessons through engaging activities. Kids won’t even know they are learning!

Music Activities for Middle School Students

Chicago, IL

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Usually, teachers are strict with their students in the classrooms even if they do some fun activities. They often do this to maintain class decorum. However, a TikTok user Djukiiii (@djukapotkonjak) and her colleague seem to be firm believers in making classrooms fun and being transparent and casual with their kids. They have posted TikTok videos of sessions in which children are allowed to ask them anything and their questions are hilarious.

Teachers tell fourth-grade students they can ask anything and the questions are a complete laugh riot

Edmond, OK

Editor's note: This article was originally published on October 30, 2022. It has since been updated. It is definitely a moment of celebration for immigrants when they manage to get U.S. citizenship, especially with the difficulties many immigrants of color have had in gaining naturalization. A heartwarming video has gained attention after it was posted on Reddit's popular subreddit r/MadeMeSmile recently and garnered about 50,000 upvotes in just one day. The video, titled, "Students and staff at an Oklahoma elementary school lined the hallways to cheer for their school cafeteria manager who passed her test to become a U.S. citizen," showcased the cafeteria manager carrying a small U.S. flag and tearing up as students of the school cheered her for the accomplishment.

Students and staff cheer their school cafeteria manager who passed her test to become a US citizen

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

Downers Grove, IL

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Chicago Food King

I think I have found the perfect restaurant. This restaurant is in the downtown area of Downers Grove. The name of this restaurant is Foxtail. I am constantly on the lookout for the best possible restaurants to try out and review for all of my loyal subscribers. Lately, I have been on a Mediterranean food kick. I was looking through hundreds of restaurants when I came across a listing on Google for a place called Foxtail in Downers Grove.

This may be the perfect restaurant in Downers Grove

Massachusetts State

Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, recently introduced a six-year-old French bulldog named Joannie who is looking for her forever home. The local animal rescue explains: “Joannie was found as a stray extremely emaciated and less than half her current weight now. She was missing fur on her body, face and ears. She has been nursed back to health and is doing wonderfully. While her age and exact history is unknown, it is clear she has mothered more than enough litters in her short lifetime.”

Meet Joannie: The "Extreme Snuggler" French Bulldog Looking For Love

Malvern, PA

In February, Patrice Motz, a veteran Spanish teacher at Great Valley Middle School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, was warned by another teacher that problems were brewing. Some eighth-graders at Motz's public school had created fake TikTok accounts impersonating teachers, and Motz, who had never used TikTok before, created the accounts. She...

School shaken as students target teacher on TikTok

North Carolina State

Town Talks

Middle Class in North Carolina: What You Need to Know. Half of American adults are considered middle class, but the proportion of workers with average incomes has significantly declined over the past few decades.

This is how much money you must earn in North Carolina to be in the middle class, report shows

Lakeland, FL

Polk County, FL

Uncovering Florida

According to a recent post on the Polk County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, a couple's romantic weekend took a criminal turn when 34-year-old Olivia Ramsey, of Winterhaven, and 33-year-old Brad Imbody, of Lake Wales, decided to steal a 2018 silver Nissan in Lakeland and drive around selling methamphetamine together. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, led by Sheriff Grady Judd, ended the couple's unlawful activities.

Romantic Weekend: Couple Steal Car, Sell Meth Together

Editor's note: This article was originally published on August 8, 2022. It has since been updated. There's a shortage of teachers across America, reflecting the low pay for teachers and inadequate investment in education. One teacher shared a video clip of her kindergarten class and how poorly it was furnished. The teacher, who goes by @progressivemama on TikTok, said the lack of investment in school was forcing teachers like her to spend their own money to help provide basic requirements in a classroom, such as books, shelves, and classroom staples, among other things. The video showed her panning the camera across the classroom, revealing empty shelves with no books and no proper chairs for kids to use. The video soon garnered more than 388,000 views and 35,600 likes.

Teacher’s video shows empty kindergarten classroom, says she is forced to spend money on supplies

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

Camilo Díaz

(MA) Get ready to fall in love with the gentlest little dog around. Mary Anne is a young Chihuahua who recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care for unspecified reasons. This little lap pup is currently living safely with a foster, but she hopes for not much longer. Not because her foster isn't great, but because she is itching to get her last move out of the way, and settle down with her new family. Also, I have it on good authority that said family could in fact be YOU!

Meet Mary Anne: A Sweet Little Chihuahua Searching For Love

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Here's another recipe for fudge that's very easy to make. You can double it, or quadruple it, for more servings. 4 tablespoons cocoa or cacao powder (I like 2 tablespoons of each)

3-Ingredient Fudge

Alameda, CA

Alameda Post

The unthinkable has happened. Again. A gunman has taken multiple lives. The difference this time? It happened here, in Alameda. We are an island, both physically and psychologically. I spend a lot of time explaining to people that our focus is Alameda, and Alameda alone, so our coverage doesn’t usually include stories as horrific as this one.

It Happened Again. Here.

Athens, GA

Now Habersham

A 19-year-old Lawrenceville man is in custody after allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor, according to a news release from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

Teen arrested for kidnapping and molestation after Athens hit-and-runs

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Rockford, TN

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Alcoa, TN

Knoxville, TN

Louisville, TN

Seymour, TN

Townsend, TN

WBIR

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Carpenters Elementary School students are excited to head back to school!

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Carpenters Elementary School students are excited to head back to school!

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