Maryland State

Berkeley County, WV

West Virginia State

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Hedgesville, WV

News Wave

MARTINSBURG, WV - A confirmed tornado touched down in Hedgesville, Berkeley County, West Virginia, on the night of August 8, 2024. The National Weather Service (NWS) Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office, in collaboration with Berkeley County Emergency Management, conducted a survey of the damage left in its wake.

Tornado Confirmed in Eastern Panhandle

Lootpress

HEDGESVILLE, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down in West Virginia late Thursday night. An EF-0 tornado touched down briefly in Hedgesville late on Thursday, August 8, 2024, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Sterling, Virginia, has confirmed. The tornado, with estimated peak winds of 80 mph, carved […]

Tornado confirmed to have touched down in West Virginia

As Tropical Storm Debby continues its rampage through the East Coast of the United States, a central theme park has shuttered its doors to keep thousands of people safe from the devastating weather plowing through. Tropical Storm Debby Continues Rampage Through East Coast, Shutting Down Carowinds Theme Park. The death...

407-Acre Theme Park Goes Dark as Tropical Storm Makes Second Landfall on the East Coast

North Carolina State

The Independent

 The remnants of Debby picked up the pace Friday, moving north and northeast from the Carolinas and still packing a punch with heavy rains, flash flooding and the threat of tornadoes.The Mid-Atlantic states and parts of New York and New England will see significant rainfall that could cause dangerous flooding into the weekend, such as on parts of Interstate 95 near bigger cities, said Jon Porter, Accuweather’s chief meteorologist. From eastern Virginia up to Vermont there may be an active stretch of tornadoes on Friday, he said.“There will be multiple threats in Debby’s final chapter, and it’s a dangerous...

Debby bringing heavy rain, flooding and possible tornadoes northeast into the weekend

South Carolina State

Florida State

Savannah, GA

The Associated Press

Tropical Storm Debby slams Florida with catastrophic flooding and forcing some Sarasota residents out of their homes. Northern Florida, the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina and parts of North Carolina are bracing for severe rain and catastrophic flooding this week as the Debby storm system moves up and east.

Tropical Storm Debby is expected to send flooding to the Southeast. Here’s how much rain could fall

AccuWeather

Debby, now a tropical rainstorm, is causing dangerous flooding as it makes its way up the mid-Atlantic after making its second U.S. landfall as a tropical storm early on Thursday in South Carolina. Debby, now a tropical rainstorm, is causing dangerous flooding and tornadoes as it makes its way up...

Debby's death toll increases with flooding, tornadoes

Baltimore, MD

CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE -- A worker with Baltimore's Department of Public Works died from overheating while on the job last week.A resident in the Barclay community said he knew something was wrong when he saw Ronald Silver II lying on the hood of a vehicle and asking for water."When I pulled up, he was laying on the car, like on the hood," Michael Cox said. "He was trying to get some water."Silver collapsed along Guilford Avenue on Friday and later died at the hospital, according to DPW officials.Silver knocked on another neighbor's door looking for help, according to Cox. The neighbor then...

Baltimore DPW worker who died from overheating "was trying to get some water," resident said

A tropical depression making its way toward the Florida coast is expected to strengthen into Tropical Storm Debby Saturday before delivering heavy, flooding rainfall and dangerous storm surge to the state starting this weekend. CNN’s Allison Chinchar reports.

See expected tropical storm’s path

iHeartRadio

A sixth person was killed as Debby spawned a tornado in North Carolina’s Wilson County.

Death Toll Rises As Tropical Storm Debby Makes Second U.S. Landfall

Chicago, IL

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?

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Colleton County, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Colorado State

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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

Coffee County, GA

Daily Coffee Press

Earlier this month, a grand jury indicted over fifteen people on felony charges in Coffee County. Seven individuals face drug offenses, while others were indicted for assault, stalking, theft, and more. Several were indicted for drug possession, including two defendants facing trafficking charges after arrests earlier this year: Kenchisa Teraki Carter and Zarionna Hollaway.

Coffee County Grand Jury Indicts Two on Drug Trafficking Charges and More

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

Public safety officials are warning people in Northeast Florida to stay off the roads as Hurricane Debby kicks up rain and wind through the day. In the San Marco neighborhood in Jacksonville, parts of Palm Avenue and LaSalle Street have already flooded.

Drivers asked to stay off the roads in Northeast Florida

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

Ocilla, GA

Last Thursday, agents from the South Central Drug Task Force (SCDTF) made an arrest following a successful execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ocilla. According to officials, the search yielded a significant quantity of drugs, including tablets suspected to contain fentanyl, associated with a criminal street gang.

Successful Drug Bust in Ocilla Leads to Arrest Linked to 'Local Criminal Street Gang'

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

The next tropical storm, Ernesto, will likely develop near the Lesser Antilles. It's expected to track through the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. After that, it's expected to turn north into the Atlantic Ocean. It could then threaten Bermuda as a hurricane, and possibly Atlantic Canada. Sign...

Tropical Storm Ernesto Forecast To Develop; Watches Issued In Lesser Antilles

Booneville, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Judy Gale Dunlap, 58, of Booneville, has been indicted by the Prentiss County Grand Jury on charges of contributing to the delinquency or neglect of a child, according to the Prentiss County Sheriff's Department.

Booneville Woman Indicted for Child Neglect

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Tropical Storm Debby Causes Flash Flooding, One Fatality In Eastern Panhandle

After a weeks-long dry spell, sudden heavy rainfall from Tropical Storm Debby brought flash flooding to some areas of Berkeley County, claiming the life of one...

Tropical Storm Debby Causes Flash Flooding, One Fatality In Eastern Panhandle

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