New Hampshire State

Louisiana State

Gov. Jeff Landry has picked a longtime acquaintance with nearly 30 years of experience in probation and parole management to run the state prison system. Gary Westcott grew up in the same neighborhood as the governor and graduated from St. Martinville High School a few years before Landry. The governor first appointed Westcott eight months ago to serve as deputy secretary for Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

Gov. Landry nominates longtime parole agency manager to run Louisiana’s prison system

Texas State

Mountain lions are generally found in remote mountains, canyonlands, or hilly areas with good cover. In Texas, they are found throughout the Trans-Pecos region, the brushlands of South Texas and parts of the Hill Country. (Courtesy of Texas Parks and Wildlife) Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily...

Texas takes its first steps to protect its mountain lions

Kansas State

Wyandotte County, KS

TOPEKA — As the Kansas and Missouri medical communities prepare for respiratory illness season, health officials grapple with an early COVID-19 infection spike and higher-than-normal tuberculosis infections in Wyandotte County. COVID positivity rates have been steadily increasing in Kansas, Missouri and across the country since July. The increase is...

Kansas COVID-19 spike coincides with unexplained tuberculosis infections

Montana State

Bozeman, MT

Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy greets supporters outside of a rally in Bozeman on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) Have you ever met someone who calls themselves a “successful businessman,” but lost his company $77 million, is being sued by former employees for allegedly stiffing them out of their pay, fraudulently certified his company as a socially disadvantaged business to try to win government contracts, prompted his biggest investor to cash out of the company and abandon their stake in it, and has had multiple board members resign from his company on his watch – all while paying himself fat multimillion-dollar bonuses?

I take on fraudsters and scammers for a living. Take it from me: Tim Sheehy is one of them.

Homestead, FL

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Akeena

If you’re a fan of Florida’s rich agricultural heritage, here’s some news that might catch your eye. Homestead’s Alger Farms, a name synonymous with fresh produce and quality landscape materials, has just sold a hefty chunk of their land. Nearly 900 acres have been sold for a staggering $121 million. Here’s the scoop on what’s happening with this land and what it means for the area.

Florida Farm Sold for $121 Million; 1,170 New Homes Planned

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Quitman, MS

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Clarke County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Written with artificial intelligence assistance. Memory Smith, a former bookkeeper for Quitman High School, has been charged with embezzlement following an investigation by the State Auditor’s office.

Former High School Bookkeeper Charged with Embezzlement in Clarke County

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A historic marker could be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting at the Dollar General store in Jacksonville’s New Town neighborhood nearly a year ago. If approved by the Jacksonville City Council, a marker would be installed at Kings Road and Canal Street on Aug. 25, a day before the first anniversary of the shooting, when a white gunman took the lives of three Black people.

Memorial considered to honor Dollar General victims

Georgia State

DeanLand

Three earthquakes were recorded in Georgia during August, the strongest a 2.4 magnitude which occured far outside of the area where Georgia earthquakes most often occur. The quakes were recorded and reported by the US Geological Survey, which maintains seismograph stations throughout the US.

Rare SE Georgia Earthquake Recorded in August, State's Farthest South in 10 Years

Charlotte, NC

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York will join Charlotte Councilwoman Dimple Ajmera and local parents in Charlotte on Tuesday to highlight the Harris-Walz plan to cut taxes for working families. The speakers will discuss Vice President Kamala Harris’ framework for more than 100 million Americans to get tax relief,...

U.S. Sen. Gillibrand to address Harris tax plan in Charlotte on Tuesday

Rhode Island State

Cranston, RI

From left: Senate District 28 Democrats Darrell Brown, Melissa Carden, John Croke, Bernice Morris, and Cranston City Council Vice President Lammis Vargas partipate in a public forum at Cranston's William Hall Library on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (Nancy Lavin/Rhode Island Current) Competition abounds, but contention was noticeably absent from a...

Senate District 28 candidates have harsh words for McKee, but few criticisms of one another

Albuquerque, NM

Bernalillo County, NM

Maricruz Dominguez, left, and Maria Dominguez visit a memorial marking the spot where 31-year-old police officer Bianca Quintana, their sister and daughter, respectively, was hit and killed by a car Aug. 14 while walking on South Coors Boulevard near her mother’s house in Bernalillo County, N.M. Pedestrians die at the highest rates in Western and Southern rural areas and small cities. Tim Henderson/Stateline.

Dark highways, fast cars, few sidewalks — and more pedestrian deaths

Maryland State

Frederick, MD

Opponents of a proposed power transmission line in Central Maryland protested outside a conference on the data center industry in Frederick on Thursday. Photo by Josh Kurtz. Dozens of noisy protesters greeted the business leaders, elected officials, union members and other interested parties who were gathered at Frederick Community College Thursday for a conference on data centers in Maryland.

Data center conference gets caught up in power line controversy

Gov. Jeff Landry's administration has aid the state needs to prepare for over $300 million in health care budget cuts. (Getty Images) Programs for medically vulnerable children, seniors and people with disabilities could be eliminated next year as a result of Louisiana’s looming budget deficit, officials with Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration said Friday.

Services for people with disabilities could be eliminated under Landry budget plan

Chicago, IL

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Some people have had a flattering experience of being well-over 21 and being carded at a local bar or restaurant. But one woman was more confused than thrilled when it happened at her local Target.

'I have to ask': Target shopper gets stopped by security guard at entrance. She is puzzled as to why

Salem, OH

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

Atlantic County, NJ

Somers Point, NJ

Morristown Minute

Following a search warrant, law enforcement uncovers dozens of firearms and ballistics items including three machineguns, a modified rifle, a sawed-off shotgun, and three silencers.

Man Caught with Illegal Machine Guns and Firearms: NJ Arrest

Natrona County, WY

Houma, LA

WyoFile

A worker died Aug. 5 when the crane he was operating toppled at a wind farm construction site in remote Natrona County, state and local officials say. The victim, John William Hoffpauir, Jr., 55, of Houma, Louisiana, was working as a crane operator at the Cedar Springs wind energy construction site north of Casper and Glenrock under the control of Blattner Energy at the time of the accident. Hoffpauir was a Blattner Energy employee, a spokesperson for the company told WyoFile.

Worker killed in accident on wind energy construction site in Natrona County

Wyoming State

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

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State took in record lottery revenues last year, a boost to Education Trust Fund

Powerball sales in New Hampshire increased by more than 20 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30. (Flavio Coelho | Getty Images) The New...

State took in record lottery revenues last year, a boost to Education Trust Fund

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