Harlingen, TX

Chilton, TX

The US Sun

A YOUNG rodeo roper died weeks before he was set to hit a major milestone following a freak horse accident. Ace Patton Ashford, 18, was unexpectedly killed on August 12 when he was helping a sick calf. The tragic incident happened in the Chilton, Texas area, around 20 miles south of Waco, around 8 am. […]

Rodeo roper Ace Patton Ashford, 18, dies in freak accident with horse weeks before he was set to fulfill life-long dream

Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Akeena

In a significant move for the legal community in Fort Lauderdale, Conrad & Scherer LLP is set to relocate its offices to a new location south of the New River. This comes after a company affiliate, managed by John J. Scherer, purchased a prime property for $10.2 million.

Law Firm Set to Relocate After Buying New $10 Million Office Building in Florida

Brownsville, TX

Seven men were arrested at a Brownsville nightclub after police executed a search and arrest warrant early Sunday morning. According to a post on the Brownsville Police Department’s Facebook page, police collaborated with the Texas Department of Public Safety to execute the warrants at 2:50 a.m. at “The Palace” nightclub located in the 1600 block of Ruben M. Torres Boulevard as part of an ongoing investigation into “the nightclub’s activities.”

Brownsville police arrest seven men at local nightclub

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Old School Cool: Little Boy’s Creative Mule-Assisted Costume Earns Him First Place At The Fair

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Brownsville man is facing federal charges after Border Patrol agents discovered 18 people inside a tractor trailer he was driving. According to a federal complaint, Border Patrol agents stationed at the Sarita checkpoint were approached by a tractor trailer at 10:12 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28.

Border Patrol agents discover 18 people inside trailer at Sarita checkpoint

Aurora, CO

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Aurora, Colo. -- A Facebook post Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman made about meeting with business owners at Colfax and Iola quickly turned into an attack on Coffman over a perceived lack of action against Venezuelan gangs in the city.

Aurora mayor under fire: Do more to stop Venezuelan gangs, say residents

Texas State

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The world celebrates Labor Day as International Workers Day on May 1. The United States is an outlier, even though the May 1 solidarity day began in Chicago in 1886 as a result of police violence against people demonstrating for an eight-hour workday. President...

Commentary: Our forgotten workers

While sweeping the floor of our farm shop one October morning, I was fondly reminded of the late Julius Bembry. Enough dirt had accumulated under my watch to start a small garden. That never happened when Julius was around. Sweeping up was part of his weekly routine. His parents moved...

Sweeping The Floor

The Brownsville Herald

Aug. 30—Mr. Ben's Bakery, a longtime fixture of downtown Brownsville at 851 E. Madison St., is back in business thanks to a pair of budding entrepreneurs, Joe Avila and Fabiola Munoz. Their aim to continue the tradition of Mexican-style sweet breads the bakery was always known for, while also trying out new ideas — ube (purple yam) conchas, for instance. According to Munoz, who holds a ...

Mr. Ben's is back: Beloved Brownsville bakery reopens

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Apache Junction, AZ

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

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Rio Hondo, TX

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Authorities are investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that left an 18-year-old man dead in Rio Hondo Friday evening. The crash occurred around 8:30 p.m. Friday on North Sam Houston Boulevard north of Wiesman Road in Rio Hondo, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety news release.

18-year-old Rio Hondo man killed in overnight crash

Quitman, MS

Clarke County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Memory Smith, a former bookkeeper for Quitman High School, has been charged with embezzlement following an investigation by the State Auditor’s office.

Former High School Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzlement in Clarke County

WashingtonExaminer

The Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to the base as classes were getting started in early August to reinforce standards of cleanliness and personal appearance. Cadets speaking on the condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal said the restriction led to a shortage of meat at Mitchell Hall, the cadet dining hall, because many […]

Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to base as classes started, leading to meat shortages

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 on news — Off to college, Biden-Harris, aging student, Covid surge

Louisiana State

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The Lens

During my childhood, when my family visited relatives “across the river,” in Bayou Plaquemine, Bayou Goula, Caddo, the Pointe, and White Castle, my siblings and I would sometimes race up and down the levees, some distance away from the cows grazing there. At the summit of the hill, you could see the Mississippi River waters through stands of trees and brush. It never occurred to me that our “playground” was the living testimony of Black men, prisoners of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola whom the state of Louisiana had re-enslaved in the convict leasing system.

No longer ‘half slave, half free’

Plymouth, MA

Dianna Carney

The Plymouth Public Library Foundation has announced the return of its Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, a two-day celebration that promises to be a highlight of the summer season. Set to take place on the scenic Plymouth Public Library Lawn, the festival will run from 10 AM to 4 PM on both Saturday, August 10th, and Sunday, August 11th. This family-friendly event is designed to offer something for everyone, making it a perfect outing for people of all ages.

50+ Artisans, Food Trucks & More: Get Ready For The 5th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival

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San Antonio, TX

Morristown Minute

NEW JERSEY - A San Antonio, Texas woman, Janet Bernal, also known by several aliases including “Rocky G” and “RockyG-Kruella,” has been arrested and charged with wire fraud for allegedly selling over $18 million worth of counterfeit coupons to be used at retail stores across the United States.

Coupon Queen's $18M Fraud: Woman Arrested in Nationwide Scheme

Denver, CO

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

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TSTC grad feels like ‘unsung hero’ in new job

HARLINGEN — Peace of mind. Elation. Joy. Relief. Ruth Rios probably experienced all of that and more when she landed a job with the city of...

TSTC grad feels like ‘unsung hero’ in new job

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