Texas State

Harlingen, TX

HARLINGEN — Eric Gonzalez, a Mechatronics Technology student at Texas State Technical College, recently began an internship with HGG Profiling Equipment Inc. in Houston. According to HGG Profiling Equipment’s website, hgg-group.com, the company designs and builds 3D profiling machines for a manufacturing process that uses advanced technology to cut three-dimensional forms on metal pipes, beams and other steel profiles.

TSTC Mechatronics Technology student sharpens skills with internship

Greg Endries is no stranger to the Wild Gay West. For the past year, he’s been touring the gay rodeo circuit of the International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) for his photographic series, Cowboys and Cattle Queens. Endries has focused his efforts in the western and southern U.S. because the...

Ride ’em, cowboy – 25+ pics from gay rodeos across the U.S.A.

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?

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

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

High School On SI

Mansfield (Texas) Timberview three-star safety Nathan Tilmon announces commitment to Utah

Nathan Tilmon, 3-star Mansfield (Texas) Timberview safety,  commits to Utah Utes football

Brownsville, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Cameron County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting in Brownsville stemming from a drug robbery. The sheriff’s office said on Facebook that deputies responded to Katarina and Florencia avenues on Saturday in reference to a man who had been shot multiple times, including a wound to his neck.

Man shot, killed during Brownsville drug robbery

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

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

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

San Benito, TX

SAN BENITO — The glistening and the shining and the singing heralded the imminent arrival of a newness arising from the old. The alto saxophone sang from the energy and the passion of one Sergio Velazquez as he practiced last Wednesday with the San Benito High School Band. It’s...

San Benito Greyhound band prepares for fall season

Denver, CO

David Heitz

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

Crisp County, GA

On Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced the arrest of 24 individuals following Operation Shyne Down. The GBI and other agencies served a total of 120 warrants on the suspects involved in the investigation, which targeted the criminal street gang G-Shyne Bloods and their involvement in criminal activities in Crisp County, Georgia.

Operation Results in More than 20 Charged with Gang Offenses, RICO, and more

A man died in police custody Sunday after he was arrested when he scuffled with firefighters and police, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Joseph Lawson, 43, was the second person to die in the past week while in police custody. Both were hospitalized at the time they died, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Suspect dies in custody; he’s the second in six days

Edinburg, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Edinburg man accused of shooting and killing his cousin following an argument over missing chicken has been indicted, court records show. Alberto Quintana, 18, was charged with murder after he allegedly shot his cousin, 43-year-old Alvi Aristegui Puyg, on May 19. The shooting...

Edinburg man accused of killing cousin over missing chicken indicted

Mcallen, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today is a special day to support local farmers, ranchers, and vendors who make up the farmers markets across America. We owe every meal to those willing to raise our food. Farmers Markets began more than 5,000 years ago when farmers lined the banks...

Celebrating National Farmers Market Week

Colorado State

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

Kansas State

Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

College Station, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Texas A&M University Higher Education Center in McAllen on Monday kicked of its annual Howdy Week. The event ushered in a weeklong student orientation program, with the Passionate Aggies Leading McAllen (PALM) Camp. “PALM Camp is a student-led interactive experience for newly enrolled...

Texas A&M immerses McAllen students in Aggie traditions

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

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TSTC helps fill Texas’ growing need for CNC programmers

ROSENBERG — There is a need across Texas for creative people with an eye for detail, such as those who can fabricate machine parts to precise...

TSTC helps fill Texas’ growing need for CNC programmers

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