Catonsville, MD

Tennessee State

Gov. Bill Lee says he will continue to support former President Donald Trump after Trump referred to him as a RINO -- Republican in Name Only -- last week. (Photo: John Partipilo) Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is bowing the knee — unnecessarily — to former President Donald Trump despite getting...

Stockard on the Stump: Governor letting Trump run over him like a RINO

Hoover, AL

The Spun

Earlier this week, disturbing footage involving two Hoover football coaches surfaced on social media. Their behavior in these brief clips were completely unacceptable.  With that said, Hoover is officially moving on from head football coach Drew Gilmer and defensive coordinator Adam ...

Prominent High School Football Coach Steps Down After Disturbing Incident

Florida State

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Kansas State

Topeka, KS

Topekan Patrick Schmidt won the Democratic primary in the new 19th District of the Kansas Senate, which stretches from Topeka to Lawrence. He said one of the best parts about campaigning was talking to potential voters while going door-to-door as he did in Topeka on a warm day before the August primary. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)

Bitter Democratic primary narrows options in newly crafted Kansas Senate district

Georgia State

Tallahassee, FL

Daily Coffee Press

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Milwaukee, WI

Protesters rally and march at Red Arrow Park for Dvontaye Mitchell and Sam Shorte on July 18 in Milwaukee. (Photo | Isiah Holmes) The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has filed a criminal complaint charging four Hyatt Hotel staff in Milwaukee with felony murder in the death of 43-year-old D’Vontaye Mitchell. In late June, according to police reports, hotel security staff beat, dragged, and held down Mitchell while trying to remove him from the hotel.

Felony murder charges filed against hotel employees in man’s death

Missouri State

Jersey City, NJ

A Jersey City mayoral aide lost his job after helping his sister's hate-filled campaign to be Missouri's secretary of state. Boo-hoo. (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor’s Office) Praise gay Jesus, Valentina Gomez has fallen. Gomez, whose quest to become Missouri’s new secretary of state centered around saying nasty things about...

A bigot lost her election and her brother lost his job. I’m not shedding any tears.

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

Texas State

Houston, TX

Kentucky Vibes.net

Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. With around 270,000 homes and businesses still without power in the Houston area almost a week after Hurricane Beryl hit Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday said he’s demanding an investigation into the response of the utility that serves the area as well as answers about its preparations for upcoming storms.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Demands Answers as Customers Remain Without Power After Beryl.

Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles Times

City Section athletic directors and assistant principals in charge of athletics received information on new rules and new responsibilities for the upcoming school year.

City Section athletic directors, administrators learn of new rules for 2024-25 from CIF

Virginia State

It was a balmy late summer afternoon during the busy presidential election year of 2000 and I sat on the steps leading to the little-used east door of the Virginia Capitol, affording me an unobstructed view of the Executive Mansion perhaps 100 yards away. Right on schedule, the first lady...

Appreciation: Roxane Gatling Gilmore

Savannah, GA

Newly returned indictments in the Southern District of Georgia include felony charges for illegal firearms possession and drug distribution, while additional defendants have been sentenced to federal prison or await further proceedings after pleading guilty to federal gun charges.

Federal Charges in Southern GA: Indictments and Sentences for Firearms and Drug Offenses

Iowa State

Toni Morrison's "The Bluest Eye" are among those most commonly targeted by school book bans around the country. (Photo by Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector) The Iowa law prohibiting school libraries from having books containing sexually explicit material can go into effect, federal appeals court judges ruled Friday. The three-person panel moved...

Injunction lifts on Iowa law restricting books in K-12 school libraries

Utah State

The Utah State Correctional Facility is pictured from a “free speech zone” set up about two miles from the facility in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024 as the state prepared to execute death row inmate Taberon Honie just after midnight. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)

Utah governor, attorney general, react to state’s first execution in 14 years

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In a deeply distressing event that has left the community of Padana village in Lahore reeling, a 15-year-old boy named Arsalan sadly ended his life by leaping from a water tank. The tragic incident is believed to have happened following Arsalan's receipt of poor grades in his final exams, a critical juncture in the educational structure of Pakistan.

Tragedy Strikes: Teenager Commits Suicide Over Exam Results in Lahore

Holly, MI

U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) and former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-White Lake) were each targeted in swatting attempts days after winning their party’s nomination for U.S. Senate. During a campaign event on Friday, Slotkin confirmed there had been an incident of swatting — falsely calling emergency services to...

U.S. Senate candidates Slotkin and Rogers targeted in swatting attempts

Nebraska State

LINCOLN — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen pushed back Thursday against recent legislative criticism of his approach and process for pursuing his favored property tax relief proposals. In a statement, the governor thanked state senators he said have worked hard to find ways to deliver the “transformative property tax relief”...

Gov. Pillen pushes back against legislative criticism of his property tax approach

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Gov. Andy Beshear sent a letter to Anne Milgram, administrator for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on Wednesday, expressing his support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ recommendation that the DEA ease restrictions on marijuana.

Gov. Andy Beshear pens letter to DEA in support of easing federal restrictions on marijuana

Ohio State

The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

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Linthicum Heights, MD

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Fired athletic director sues UMBC, says it ‘scapegoated’ him for coach’s abuses

A fired University of Maryland, Baltimore County, athletic director has sued the school, claiming he was “scapegoated” after a Justice Department investigation determined the university’s former...

Fired athletic director sues UMBC, says it ‘scapegoated’ him for coach’s abuses

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