South Dakota State

Sioux Falls, SD

Missouri State

Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker listens to arguments during a Sept. 8, 2022, hearing (pool photo courtesy of Emily Manley/Nexstar Media Group). A judge could decide as early as Thursday whether Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s “fair ballot language” summary for an abortion-rights amendment is truly fair.

Missouri judge hears arguments challenging ‘fair ballot language’ for abortion amendment

Murfreesboro, TN

Ascension St.Thomas Rutherford Hospital, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is no longer offering forensic exams to victims of sexual assault, say multiple sources. Photo: John Partipilo) (Editors note: This story has been updated to reflect that a statement about sexual assault victims’ exams came from the Murfreesboro Police Department, not its chief of...

Murfreesboro police: victims no longer access rape kit exams at Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

Washington, DC

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NewsNinja

A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Kyle Rasmusson of First Stop Guns in Rapid City gives tips on safe gun-storage devices and techniques to Moms Demand Action members, from left, Rachel Lindvall, Donna Robinson, Mary Garrigan, Diane Grant, Chris Coleman and Karen Pettigrew. (Kevin Woster/For South Dakota Searchlight) Imagine leaving a gun in an unlocked vehicle....

After Sioux Falls tragedy, let’s imagine a world where guns are safely stored

Former Harford County Executive Jim Harkins (R) returns home after a month in the hospital and in rehab after a serious accident. Photo from Harkins Facebook page. Jim Harkins wants you to know: He’s alive and doing quite well, thank you. The former Harford County executive was in a...

Ex-Harford Co. exec: Report of my death have been greatly exaggerated

Salem, OH

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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

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Denver, CO

David Heitz

An opinion piece appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA this week illustrates why the drug problem among people experiencing homelessness in Denver may be so severe. It's because many homeless people aren't addicted to just one drug, but two, according to the viewpoint's author, Benjamin A. Howell of Yale School of Medicine and colleagues.

Fentanyl-meth combo ravages homeless in Denver, so why aren't there better treatments?

North Dakota State

Minot, ND

(Kyle Martin/For the North Dakota Monitor) Former Minot lawmaker Clara Sue Price will fill a vacancy in the North Dakota House of Representatives through Nov. 30. The executive committee of the District 40 Republicans named Price to fill the remainder of the term for Rep. Randy Schobinger, R-Minot, who died in August.

Former Minot lawmaker appointed to fill vacant House seat

Kansas State

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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

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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.

Kentucky State

Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

Wisconsin State

Green Bay, WI

A Green Bay Correctional Institution watch tower and guard. (Photo | Isiah Holmes) Jackson Vogel allegedly told a corrections officer that he killed his cellmate “because [the cellmate] is Black and gay,” according to a statement in a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Vogel, 24, has been charged with...

Suspect in death at Green Bay prison charged with homicide, hate crime

Colorado State

They're shaped like a potato and tend to bake in hot weather, biologists say. That's why you will find cheeky little pikas in Colorado's mountains. But climate change could cause these critters' numbers to dwindle, according to wildlife experts. Like polar bears, Pikas may predict warmer temperatures, scientists say.

Potato-shaped critter visible now may predict climate change in Colorado

Georgia State

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Winder, GA

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A 50-year-old former jailer has been charged by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) with cruelty to inmates and violation of oath of office. On Sunday, July 21, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to investigate an incident involving one of their jailers, Lolita Lightner of Winder, Georgia.

Former Jailer at Georgia County Jail Arrested

Starting in late September, the federal government will relaunch its at-home COVID-19 test program that makes every U.S. household eligible for four free COVID-19 tests to be sent directly to their home.

Every household can get four free COVID-19 tests by mail, starting late September

Thomson, GA

A Georgia city mayor has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation following an investigation and a grand jury indictment. According to GBI officials, the Thomson Police Department requested the agency to investigate an allegation that Thomson City Mayor, 52-year-old Benjamin Cary Cranford, provided alcohol to an inmate on work detail within the city limits on June 4, 2024.

Georgia City Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Giving Alcohol to an Inmate on Work Det

South Carolina State

COLUMBIA — Death row inmate Freddie Owens will die by lethal injection, his attorney decided Friday. That is, if the execution is carried out as scheduled. His attorneys filed another petition Thursday night seeking to stop it. Owens’ execution, scheduled for Sept. 20, is set to be the first...

SC’s 1st inmate to be executed in 13 years will die by lethal injection, attorney decides

Participants in the Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls Day of Awareness made a human chain around the Wisconsin State Capitol on Friday, May 5 2023. (Wisconsin Examiner photo) The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has announced a new alert code meant “to help save missing and endangered persons by...

Emergency Missing and Endangered Person Alert launches

Renner, SD

Tea, SD

Harrisburg, SD

Brandon, SD

Crooks, SD

Hartford, SD

Valley Springs, SD

Baltic, SD

Lyons, SD

Worthing, SD

Garretson, SD

Chancellor, SD

Lennox, SD

Humboldt, SD

Larchwood, IA

Canton, SD

Hills, MN

Dell Rapids, SD

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Abortion-rights measure validated for the ballot, but challenge expected

People associated with the Life Defense Fund protest outside a Sioux Falls library on May 1, 2024, as an abortion-rights group conducts a press conference inside....

Abortion-rights measure validated for the ballot, but challenge expected

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