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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fatally shooting someone outside an apartment complex in Brownsville a little more than three years ago. Court records indicate Hector Hugo Lopez pleaded guilty to the Aug. 4, 2021 murder of Edgar Barrera. In exchange for his...

Brownsville man gets 35 years for fatal shooting at apartment complex

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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

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

Madison County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Recent arrests in Gluckstadt have highlighted significant drug-related issues in the area, according to the Dark Horse Press. Local authorities arrested Williams after discovering he was in possession of several pills suspected to be Ecstasy (MDMA), marijuana, and crushed powder believed to be Ecstasy. Williams has been charged with Trafficking a Controlled Substance and a Controlled Substance Violation. His bond has been set at $100,000 by the Gluckstadt Municipal Court.

Drug Busts in Gluckstadt: Two Arrested on Serious Charges

Booneville, MS

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. The Prentiss County Grand Jury has handed down indictments against two Booneville residents on charges of child endangerment, according to the Prentiss County Sheriff’s Department.

Two Women Indicted for Child Endangerment

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

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

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

Texas State

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... OXXO, the popular Mexican convenience store chain, will enter the U.S. market, with an emphasis on Texas. Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA), the brand’s owner, announced in a news release it acquired 249 DK convenience stores, owned by Delek U.S. Retail, as part of a $385 million deal.

OXXO is opening in Texas. It is more than a convenience store

North Carolina State

Edinburg, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Rio Grande Valley’s most celebrated war hero is Alfredo “Freddy” Gonzalez, the posthumous Medal of Honor recipient who was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade after a fierce four-day battle with North Vietnamese troops on Feb. 4, 1968, during the Tet offensive. In tribute, his name is seen throughout the Valley on a school, a park, a veterans’ home and streets. And not just in the Valley but elsewhere in the country, including a street at Camp Lejeune military base in Jacksonville, North Carolina. A Navy guided-missile destroyer bearing his name still patrols the seas.

Editorial: Dolia Gonzalez, in some ways, proved to be as heroic, iconic as her celebrated son

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... City officials held a groundbreaking Wednesday on a major municipal development they initiated in response to Primera’s “remarkable growth.”. Dubbed as the Primera Municipal Complex, the project encompasses a new city hall, police station and a public works building “designed to bolster...

Primera breaks ground on municipal complex after ‘remarkable growth’

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Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Last month, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released video footage that shows a veteran LAPD officer chasing a young man through a Pacoima housing project before fatally shooting him in the back as he ran away.

20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Nygee Johnson, also known as “Gito,” a 25-year-old member of the Rollin’ 60s Neighborhood Crips, has admitted his role in a racketeering conspiracy. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger. Johnson pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton in Newark federal court on July 17, 2024, to a superseding indictment charging him with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy.

Rollin' 60s Crips Member Pleads Guilty to Racketeering

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Apache Junction, AZ

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Suzy Jacobson Cherry

When I studied Anthropology in college, I learned that teeth have been indicators of economic status just about forever. Archaeologists look at the teeth in ancient skeletons and know who the rich were based on their tooth decay. During the Renaissance period, it became fashionable for women to blacken their teeth to look like they were better off than they were, because the royals and aristocrats, who could afford sugar and sweets, had more rotten and missing teeth than the poor.

Opinion: Stop Stereotyping Bad Teeth as a Sign of Drug Addiction

Jersey City, NJ

Essex County, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – Efrin Wade, a former correctional officer at Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF), has admitted to accepting $14,000 in bribes to smuggle contraband, including tobacco and a cell phone, into the facility for inmates. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Correctional Officer Guilty of Smuggling Contraband: $14K in Bribes Accepted

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Donna residents charged in fatal McAllen shooting

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Two Donna residents have been charged with murder for a fatal McAllen shooting late Monday morning. In a Wednesday news...

Donna residents charged in fatal McAllen shooting

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