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Humboldt, IA

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Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY — On Monday (Aug. 12) each $80,000 second leg of Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series action at The Red Mile went right down to the wire and saw last week’s victors settling for second place. Nuclear defeated Bettor Is Nice by a nose in the division for 3-year-old male pacers while Aperfect Annie overhauled the unbeaten Yo Tillie by a neck in the division for freshman filly trotters.

Nuclear, Aperfect Annie Prevail in Scintillating Stretch Drives at The Red Mile

Wilkes-barre, PA

Wilkes-Barre PA — Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania has made its $2 million-plus Sun Stakes Saturday super card even more exciting for the wagering public by announcing that, in conjunction with the USTA’s Strategic Wagering Program, guaranteed pools will be in effect for the following multi-race bets on this Saturday’s card, which begins at 2:30 p.m.

Guaranteed pools; note on road closures on Sun Stakes Saturday at Pocono

Yonkers, NY

Yonkers, NY – No tickets had five-of-five in Saturday night’s (Aug. 10) Pick-5 sequence at MGM Yonkers Raceway. As a result, when racing resumes on Monday night (Aug. 12), there will be a $3,976.93 carryover in the wager. That carryover will also boost the regular Monday night guaranteed pool in the Pick-5 from $10,000 to $15,000.

Monday’s Yonkers card to have Pick-5 carryover, guaranteed pool

Harrington, DE

Harrington, DE — Harrington Raceway’s 78th season of live racing will resume Monday night (Aug. 12) with a 15-race program (post time is 4:30 p.m.). After a Monday/Tuesday schedule for the next two weeks, a Monday through Wednesday schedule will ensue the week of Aug. 26-28 and run through Oct. 23.

Harrington Raceway meet resumes Monday

Columbus, MN

Columbus, MN – The Sunday night (Aug. 11) program at Running Aces will feature two elimination heats to the 2024 Steve Wiseman Memorial trot, with each division going for a purse of $17,500. The first split is carded as race five and anchors both the early Pick-4 and early...

Wiseman elims and Pick-5 carryover highlight Aces Sunday card

Northfield, OH

Northfield, OH – Trainer Ron Burke, unhappy with the trip he got in the John Cashman Memorial at The Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day, was sure his talented trotter It’s Academic would rebound in the $100,000 Tom Aldrich President’s Trot on Saturday (Aug. 10) at MGM Northfield Park; and rebound he did.

Burke sweeps undercard features at MGM Northfield Park

South Carolina State

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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

Wilkes-Barre, PA — The financial lure of $2,300,000 in purses, plus in many cases divisional bragging rights, have attracted many of harness racing’s stars to Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania this Saturday afternoon for its biggest card of the year, Sun Stakes Saturday. The 14-race program, starting at 2:30 p.m., is bringing to the mountain oval many of the best horses in North American harness racing, both this year and in recent campaigns.

Sun Stakes Saturday brings the stars to Pocono

Tampa, FL

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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

Washington State

Washington, PA

Washington, PA — Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo. Hollywood Casino at The Meadows will be working under its regular summer racing schedule this week, with action on Wednesday and Thursday at 12:45 p.m., Friday evening at 5:10 p.m., and Saturday at 12:45 p.m. The next change to the schedule will be next weekend, as there will be no live racing on Saturday (Aug. 24) due to the annual Corks & Kegs Festival.

Meadows Monday Memo

Georgia State

Daily Coffee Press

The chances for the tropical wave in the Atlantic developing have now risen to 80% over the next seven days. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has advised that this disturbance could become the next tropical storm or hurricane within the coming days, potentially targeting the U.S. East Coast.

Tropical Wave That Could Impact Georgia Now Has 80% Chance of Development

Saint Augustine, FL

Saint Johns County, FL

Five years ago, St. Augustine resident Julia Perez was on her motorcycle when a St. Johns County sheriff’s deputy hit her and her husband. Perez was on a motorcycle and her husband, Thomas Eiland, was on a bicycle.

St. Johns County to pay $6.3M for deputy’s crash

Maryland State

Ohio State

Chesapeake City, MD

Chesapeake City, MD — On Sept. 13, Winbak Farm will be selling three pacing yearlings in the Ohio Selected Jug Sale. These yearlings will be selling as part of the Spring Haven Farm consignment. Winbak Farm yearlings selling include two colts sired by Catch The Fire and a colt...

Winbak Farm videos for Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale posted

Washington, PA – Allen “Sisco Kid” Sisco and Golden Compass saved ground for most of the mile, then brushed past Brandon “The Prestodigitator” Presto (Troycen) in the lane to down them by 1/2 length and capture Saturday’s $10,000 Great Lakes Amateur Drivers Association (GLADA) Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

“Sisco Kid’ wins Meadows $10,000 GLADA Trot

Rose Matthews says she can hear the ever-present hum of big generators running behind the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel, whether she is inside or outside her home at the Berkman Plaza on East Bay Street.

Neighbors tire of humming generators at Downtown Hyatt

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J. Souza

Once a staple on cruise ships, libraries are becoming a relic of the past, particularly on Carnival Cruise Line vessels. The cruise line has confirmed that it no longer includes libraries in the design of new ships, a decision that has sparked both disappointment and understanding among passengers.

Why is Carnival Quietly Phasing Out a Popular Ship Amenity?

Weston, FL

Akeena

If Mangia & Bevi Pizzeria Napoletana in Weston has been on your radar, you might want to know about some recent hiccups they’ve encountered. The pizzeria was ordered to close on July 29, and here’s what the health inspectors found:

Florida Pizzeria closed for 14 Violations- Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – An Essex County man has been charged with numerous offenses related to narcotics distribution and firearms trafficking. Kyrell Domnie, 39, of Irvington, known by the alias "Fly Ky," was charged by complaint and appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor in Newark federal court on July 17, 2024. He remains detained following the hearing.

Convicted Felon Faces Multiple Narcotics and Firearms Charges

Northfield, OH – After Timeisonemyside set devastating fractions early, Sabonis was able to pick up the pieces late, rallying to win the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial on Saturday (Aug. 10) at MGM Northfield Park. The Carl Milstein Memorial was the first time Sabonis had raced on a half-mile track,...

Sabonis rallies late, captures $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial

Massachusetts State

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(MA) Meet Angel August, a small Yorkie and Chihuahua mix pup who could really use your help moving...into your house! Angel recently came into Great Dog Rescue New England's care after an unexpected tragedy. Although she has been an owned pup her whole life, sadly Angel's owner passed away. Now safely in rescue care, Angel is patiently waiting for the next chapter of her life to begin. Will you help her write it?

Little Yorkshire Terrier Who Lost Her Owner Now Looking For Love

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Dead heat in mare division of Iowa-Registered at Humboldt

Humboldt, IA —– With a full card of 14 races on Sunday (Aug. 11) at Humboldt, the mare division of Aged Iowa-Registered 3-Years and Older Pace...

Dead heat in mare division of Iowa-Registered at Humboldt

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