Philadelphia, PA

Columbus, OH

Pennsylvania State

McPhersonBuzz News

In a Pennsylvania town, a school crossing guard was arrested on charges of giving drugs to middle school kids. Kiara Lee, who is 26 years old, was arrested on Tuesday night and is accused of giving marijuana-containing items and electronic cigarettes to kids at Penn Wood Middle School.14 Police told Fox 29 Philadelphia that a […]

A Pennsylvania Crossing Guard Was Arrested and Charged With Giving Drugs to Middle School Kids

Pryor, OK

An Oklahoma-based nonprofit founder and his wife are accused of picking the pockets of a charity designed to help opioid addicts. Jordan Parker, 39, and his wife Vanessa Parker, 29, of Pryor, Oklahoma, are charged in Tulsa County District Court with six counts of embezzlement. They are accused of misusing...

Oklahoma Couple Charged with Embezzling Money from Faith-Based Nonprofit for Opioid Addicts

Upper Darby, PA

CBS Philly

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (CBS) — Police in Upper Darby, Delaware County, are searching for six suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting. It happened early Wednesday morning at the intersection of Penarth and Keystone avenues.Police said 22-year-old Jamie Reed of Philadelphia was shot and killed on the front porch of a house while he tried to escape gunfire.Detectives believe Reed was lured into a trap and ambushed by six males who got out of a silver car."This male [Reed] was standing outside of the apartment building at 83 S. State Road," Upper Darby Police Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt said. "He...

Man killed in Upper Darby shooting after lured by 6 men into trap, police say

Coffee County, GA

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Daily Coffee Press

Last month, more than twenty individuals were indicted on felony charges in Coffee County. Several of them have recently made local headlines, including Guillermo de la Cruz-Morales, the sole person charged in connection with the disappearance of Maria Diaz, and Cornelius Jamison, accused of cocaine trafficking.

Grand Jury Indicts Over Twenty Individuals on Felony Charges in Coffee County

Suffolk County, NY

Deer Park, NY

UPI News

One man was arrested and is facing charges of suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a fatal crash in Long Island, N.Y., that claimed the lives of four people and left nine others injured in the hamlet of Deer Park

Four dead, 9 injured after suspected drunken-driver crash

Texas State

Houston, TX

The Independent

Lauren Ashley Simmons was heartbroken.Simmons, a queer Black woman and labor organizer from Houston, watched her Democratic state representative break with her party and vote in favor of three Republican-led bills limiting rights for transgender teens and children. All of them became law.Those laws supported by State Rep. Shawn Thierry “put a target on some families that are already extremely vulnerable and dealing with so much, living in a state like Texas,” Simmons tells The Independent.“To know that this Democrat representative for a big blue district in a pretty blue city turned her back – that betrayed and hurt me,”...

A Texas Democrat voted against rights for trans kids. This queer Black mom challenged her – and won

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

North Carolina State

Transylvania County, NC

New York Post

The death of a 12-year-old boy at a controversial North Carolina wilderness camp for troubled youths has been ruled a homicide, according to an autopsy report.

The preteen — who has only been identified as “CJH” in documents — died in February from “asphyxia due to smothering” after he was locked inside a damaged bivy sack, which is a small enclosed tent, during his first night at Trails Carolina Camp, the state’s chief medical examiner ruled Monday.

It is standard procedure for Trails Carolina campers to spend their first night in the small tent, but staff deviated from its policy when they...

Death of boy, 12, at controversial North Carolina wilderness camp ruled homicide

Virginia State

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Cheryl E Preston

Virginia fans of The Bold and the Beautiful, if you were watching earlier this week when Tom Star (Clint Howard died), you know that Li Finnegan (Naomi Matsuda) did not honor her Hippocratic Oath as a physician to "do no harm".

The Bold and the Beautiful shocker: Dr. Li Finnegan broke her Hippocratic Oath by watching Tom die

Delaware State

Delaware's Wackiest Laws: A Look at the State's Quirky Legal Code. In Delaware, restaurants are prohibited from serving margarine unless they explicitly inform customers that it's not butter. This law, dating back to when margarine was considered an inferior substitute, aims to protect consumers from being misled about the true nature of its spread.

5 Wackiest Laws in The State of Delaware

Ali Carney, 46, of Newark, received a 65-month prison sentence for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including fentanyl and heroin, and possessing with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Gang Member Sentenced to 65 Months for Drug Trafficking

Georgia State

Perry, GA

Vanishing Georgia

Peggy Bramblette recently reached out to let us know that the historic New Perry Hotel, perhaps the best-known symbol of this Middle Georgia town, was facing possible demolition. A week passed and I was not surprised to learn that the demolition is imminent. I’ve witnessed a long history of developers convincing local politicians to agree […]

Historic New Perry Hotel Facing Demolition

New Jersey State

NEW JERSEY - Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs announced today that Walmart has agreed to pay $1.64 million to settle allegations of unlawful unit pricing practices across its 64 New Jersey retail stores. The settlement, which includes a $1.61 million civil penalty, marks the largest ever obtained by the Division’s Office of Weights and Measures (OWM).

Walmart Pays $1.64M Settlement for Unlawful Pricing in NJ

Gloucester County, NJ

Franklinville, NJ

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. -A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he defrauded the government of more than $200,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Man Guilty of $200K Social Security & Medicaid Fraud

WyoFile

Within hours of the sighting on Wednesday, Frank van Manen caught word that there was a grizzly sow with five cubs in tow spotted in Yellowstone National Park. Five cubs following mom is so unlikely that van Manen, who leads the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team, pondered an explanation.

Five grizzly bear cubs make the largest litter in Yellowstone-area history

Oregon State

Grants Pass, OR

Kristy Tallman

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Friday sided with a local ordinance in Oregon that effectively bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, allowing local governments to enforce these laws.

US Supreme Court Bans Homeless From Sleeping Outdoors In Oregon - Where Will They Go?

Clifton, NJ

Newark, NJ – Evangelos Megariotis, a 72-year-old orthopedic surgeon from Clifton, admitted to multiple counts of unlawfully prescribing pain medications to his patients. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced the guilty plea today.

Surgeon Guilty of Illegal Narcotic Prescriptions, Faces 20 Years

Woodbridge, VA

The Inside Scoop - PWC

WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Authorities are actively searching for Quamel Thomson, a 26-year-old man from Woodbridge, who is accused of assaulting a woman and preventing her from leaving an apartment in the Longview Apartments complex on Lynn Street.

Woodbridge Police Hunt for Man Accused of Strangling and Assaulting Woman in Apartment

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‘Largest addiction rehabilitation center in the Northeast’ to come to University City

Real estate investment group Creating Shared Communities will build a 517,000-square-foot addiction rehabilitation center at 3700 Ludlow St., blocks away from Penn’s campus. When completed, the...

‘Largest addiction rehabilitation center in the Northeast’ to come to University City

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