Kentucky State

Kentucky Lantern

Kentucky lawmakers from both parties are hoping to lessen childhood hunger while also supporting farmers with new legislation set to be introduced in next year’s legislative session.  The pre-filed legislation from Sen. Cassie Chambers Armstrong, D-Louisville, and Reps. Chad Aull, D-Lexington, and Scott McPherson, R-Scottsville, would establish the “Kentucky Proud School Match Program.”  In a […]

Bipartisan bill aims to expand free school meals with more Kentucky-sourced food

Loudoun County, VA

Sterling, VA

WashingtonExaminer

A Salvadoran man, who is accused of killing a Virginia grandmother during a fatal carjacking this week, has been living in the United States illegally. Jose Aguilar-Martinez, 21, was arraigned on a felony carjacking charge and the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Bob Anderson is expected to to file additional charges in the fatal Sunday encounter […]

Virginia grandmother killed by undocumented immigrant in carjacking

Texas State

Mount Airy, NC

William Dalton Edwards, 25, of Mount Airy, North Carolina, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge for his involvement in a $1 million livestock theft scheme, said Dena King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Edwards conspired with another individual from April...

N.C. man pleads guilty in $1 million livestock theft scheme

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Maine State

Portland, ME

Goranson Farm stand at the Portland Farmers Market on Aug. 10, 2024. (AnnMarie Hilton/Maine Morning Star) “I don’t know whether to laugh or cry,” said Jan Goranson, standing at her family’s farm stand at the Portland Farmers Market Saturday morning. “That’s the way it’s been. It’s been really hard.”

Maine farmers fed up with ‘royally failing’ WIC payment app

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Iowa State

Cherokee County, IA

A still photo from a body-camera video shot during a search of a home by Cherokee County deputies in December 2023. (Main image courtesy of U.S. District Court; sheriff's insignia courtesy of Cherokee County) A northwest Iowa man is suing two Cherokee County deputies, alleging they mistakenly entered and searched...

Iowa man alleges confused deputies mistakenly searched his home

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

The meeting comes nearly two weeks after a federal judge declined to weigh in on whether federal law bars cops from using cannabis off duty. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Nearly two weeks after a federal judge said he wouldn’t weigh in yet on whether it’s legal for New Jersey cops to use marijuana, the Civil Service Commission is set to decide the fate of another police officer who was terminated for ingesting cannabis.

N.J. panel to hear new case of cop fired for using cannabis

Kansas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

Tampa, FL

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

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

Council votes in favour of new development on edge of Soham despite fears over local commons.

Plans for 540 homes and medical centre approved

Flowers rest on steps at a makeshift memorial for victims after a mass shooting in Louisville in April 2023. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Abbey Cutrer) As if we needed more examples of our entrenched gun culture, here’s the latest: Bullets, sold through vending machines — in grocery stores.

Bullets in vending machines: That’s a trend Kentucky lawmakers should not follow

Jackson County, MO

Jackson County officials said Monday they are evaluating potential legal challenges to an order by the State Tax Commission they argue was only issued to cover for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. The Missouri State Tax Commission last week ordered the county to roll back most of its 2023 property...

Jackson County claims property tax order was meant to shield Missouri AG from deposition

Pompano Beach, FL

Akeena

In a shocking revelation, Kings Mart, a grocery store in Pompano Beach, has been slapped with a series of severe health violations by the Florida Department of Agriculture. The inspection, carried out by Francis Odio, uncovered a disturbing range of problems that have led to the immediate closure of several sections of the store.

An inspection found bugs in the food and rodent poop on the shelves at a Florida grocery store

North Carolina State

Dave Almeida of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, NC DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley and Gov. Roy Cooper at a July 2024 press conference on medical debt forgiveness. (Photo: Lynn Bonner) Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that 2 million North Carolinians will have their medical debt forgiven after all the state’s...

Two million North Carolinians could benefit as hospitals sign on to debt forgiveness program

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?

Massachusetts State

Dianna Carney

Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny 8lb dog named Bingo who is looking for her forever home. Bingo is a 3-year-old Shih Tzu mix with an adorable appearance and a sweet disposition. However, she needs a patient and understanding owner who recognizes that "dogs are not toys, and not all dogs love to be picked up right away," explains Sandy Paws Rescue Inc. This little lady requires some decompression time upon arriving at her new home to settle in comfortably.

Meet The Sweet Little Lady Looking For Love

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

Wichita, KS

Mike McCloud, who lives in Wichita, says his depression went away when Gov. Laura Kelly granted his request for clemency. He faced the possibility of returning to prison for another 21 years. (Fernando Salazar for ACLU of Kansas) I met Mike McCloud back in 2018, when I worked for the...

How in the world does sending a 70-year-old man back to prison make sense?

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Kentucky’s housing shortages receive legislative scrutiny

Rep. Randy Bridges, R-Paducah, who was the primary sponsor of the resolution creating the Kentucky Housing Task Force, speaking with Rep. Jacob Justice, R-Elkhorn City, during...

Kentucky’s housing shortages receive legislative scrutiny

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