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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

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Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sgt. Maj. Harold “Ed” Jarrell has been relieved as the senior enlisted for the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command, an Army spokesperson confirmed, marking the third time within a month and the second within a week, that the Army has fired a command sergeant major of a brigade or larger unit as per Task and Purpose.

The Army Fires 3rd Command Sergeant Major in a Month: Command Sgt. Maj. Harold "Ed" Jarrel

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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

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A Denver City Council committee will consider Tuesday changing the term “feminine hygiene products” to the more inclusive “menstrual hygiene products” in city sales tax documents.

Denver considers name change for feminine hygiene products

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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’

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

Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Dickerson, posted a video on Tik Tok with music in the background singing, "I don't give a shi- anymore" and his commanders got wind of it. He was then releived of duty and court martialed per a news report from the MilitaryTimes.com.

Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Dickerson Acquitted in Court Martial Case Over Tik Tok Video

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Caribou, ME

The Maine Monitor

As president of Caribou Rehab and Nursing Center, Phil Cyr begins each morning walking the hallways, greeting every employee by name. The walls of the Aroostook County nursing home are full of local historical images compiled by Cyr’s daughter and nature photos taken by his older brother, Paul.

A Maine nursing home owner has been in the business for nearly 50 years. He wants out.

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Denver City Council approved Tuesday changing the wording of a law that prohibits sales tax on menstrual hygiene products. The ordinance, sponsored by council member Paul Kashmann, changes “feminine hygiene products” to “menstrual hygiene products” in the sales tax exemption bill. “There are a whole lot of folks who need menstrual hygiene products who don’t identify as feminine,” Kashmann told his council committee colleagues, who voted unanimously for the change.

Inclusive language for menstrual hygiene products approved by Denver council committee

Cheyenne, WY

A Wyoming law prohibiting failed primary election candidates from seeking the same office as an independent in the general election is unconstitutional, claims a lawsuit filed Wednesday afternoon in Laramie County District Court.

Lawsuit seeks to overturn Wyoming’s ‘sore loser law,’ let primary rejects run again

Another officer that was removed from command faces more serious questions and consequences. The death of Navy SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen, a fit 24-year-old who died at the tail end of the grueling SEAL BUD/s selection program in February 2022, became national news as his family sought to understand what had happened.

Navy Commander Capt. Brad Geary, Removed from Command: Board of Inquiry Over Death of Kyle Mullen

A federal judge in Wyoming dismissed a lawsuit Thursday alleging the state’s ban on selling delta-8 and similar substances is unconstitutional. The substances are similar to marijuana and occur in tiny amounts in the cannabis plant, but anecdotally produce milder effects and, in some cases, can be synthesized using dangerous chemicals.

Wyoming’s delta-8 ban remains in place after judge dismisses court challenge

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ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox . Georgia’s GOP-controlled State Election Board is poised to adopt a rule on Monday that would give county election board members an additional avenue to delay certification of election results, potentially allowing them to throw the state’s vote count into chaos this fall.

Election deniers secretly pushed rule that would make it easier to delay certification of Georgia’s election results

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Atlanta, GA

ATLANTA — Four years after the 2020 election, a newly GOP-aligned election board in Georgia is pushing to reinvestigate the state’s largest county for its handling of the vote.

In a 2020 flashback, Georgia’s GOP-aligned election board wants to reinvestigate election results

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Boone County, KY

As an educator in the Boone County Public School district, I am passionate about public education. I began my career as an English teacher at Boone County High School in 1998, and it quickly became my home. It is where I belong. Over these years I have watched our district grow, and my proudest moments are walking into our school commons each day and seeing the diversity of students and their diversity of interests. I have been fortunate to teach future carpenters, doctors, judges, and plumbers. I have watched my students start their own salons, trucking, car repair, and other small businesses. I have watched thousands of students leave our campus and become successful, thriving adults.

Opinion – Kelly Read: I’m a teacher and I will be voting NO on Kentucky’s Ballot Amendment 2 in November

As Kentucky governor, Matt Bevin said his overriding goal was to reform what he said was the state’s “broken machine” of an adoption and foster care system. “This is the driving reason why I made the decision to run, because it needs to be fixed,” Bevin said in a 2017 interview on KET.

Former Gov. Bevin’s adopted son rescued from abusive academy in Jamaica; family doesn’t pick him up

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Marvin Chun steps down, Pericles Lewis appointed as Yale College dean

The Class of 2024 spent their four years of college under the leadership of two deans, Marvin Chun and Pericles Lewis, who both implemented major policy...

Marvin Chun steps down, Pericles Lewis appointed as Yale College dean

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