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Herbie J Pilato

It's been 33 years since actress Nancy Kulp died of cancer in 1991 at 69. Best known as Miss Jane Hathaway on TV's classic country comedy, The Beverly Hillbillies(CBS, 1962-1971, Kulp was a trailblazing political advocate. She was a Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania’s 9th congressional district. She later worked as an artist-in-residence at Juniata College and taught acting. And she was also gay. Long divorced, she came out of the closet at the age of 67 and acknowledged she was a lesbian. This is her story.

The Secret Gay Life of Nancy Kulp ('The Beverly Hillbillies'): 33 Years After Her Tragic Death

Us Weekly

Ten years ago, Sandra Lee had it all: a woman raised in poverty who’d become a massively successful entrepreneur, starring in her Emmy-winning TV show, Semi-Homemade Cooking. The upbeat queen of pantry hacks, 58, was also the longtime partner of handsome and dynamic politician Andrew Cuomo, the governor of New York. And then her life […]

Sandra Lee Says ‘Heartbreak’ of Andrew Cuomo Split and Cancer Battle Will ‘Fuel and Feed’ Her Future

Salem, OH

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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

Georgia State

Winder, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 50-year-old former jailer has been charged by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) with cruelty to inmates and violation of oath of office. On Sunday, July 21, the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office requested the GBI to investigate an incident involving one of their jailers, Lolita Lightner of Winder, Georgia.

Former Jailer at Georgia County Jail Arrested

Florida State

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said he will consider more DUI patrols if voters legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida. Voters will consider Amendment 3 in November. It would allow adults 21 or older to possess, purchase or use marijuana products and marijuana accessories for non-medical purposes.

More DUI patrols possible if marijuana issue passes

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in multiple shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Gang Members Sentenced: 31 Years for Violent Crimes

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Appling County, GA

A 40-year-old man from Appling County, Christopher Eric Stone, with a significant criminal history, was recently sentenced to over five years in prison after pleading guilty to possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to officials from the Department of Justice.

Georgia Man Sentenced to Over 5 Years for in Federal Prison for Meth Distribution

New York State

TheDailyBeast

There are more than 200 colleges and universities in New York State. And Barron Trump is enrolled at one of them—if his father is to be believed.Last week, former president Donald Trump teased that his youngest son Barron would go to college in New York, rejecting his family’s 60-year Ivy League legacy at the University of Pennsylvania.“He’s all set in a certain school that’s very good,” Trump told the New York Post. Trump confided that Barron, 18, would go to school somewhere in New York and the family would make an announcement “soon.”That was seven days ago. In the interim,...

Where’s Barron? 6-Foot-7 Trump Is the Invisible College Freshman

Saratoga Springs, NY

Week 8 – the final stretch – begins Wednesday with another loaded edition of The Saratoga Special. Our team recaps a thrilling Travers Day, including Fierceness’ victory over leading filly Thorpedo Anna, along with Grade 1 wins by Domestic Product, Mullikin, Society and Far Bridge. New York-breds took the stage Sunday for Showcase Day. We recap all that and more.

Saratoga Special August 28 edition

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

New York Republican Mike Lawler is fighting to strip the Cuomo name from a bridge spanning the Hudson River — and one of his recent attacks is taking some heat for targeting the wrong member of the political dynasty. The freshman congressman went after former New York Governor Andrew...

New York lawmaker attacks the wrong Cuomo as he pushes to rename bridge

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Louisiana State

The Lens

During my childhood, when my family visited relatives “across the river,” in Bayou Plaquemine, Bayou Goula, Caddo, the Pointe, and White Castle, my siblings and I would sometimes race up and down the levees, some distance away from the cows grazing there. At the summit of the hill, you could see the Mississippi River waters through stands of trees and brush. It never occurred to me that our “playground” was the living testimony of Black men, prisoners of the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola whom the state of Louisiana had re-enslaved in the convict leasing system.

No longer ‘half slave, half free’

Minnesota State

USA TODAY

On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is her running mate. Walz's wife Gwen is a prison education advocate.

Tim Walz's wife Gwen, a former teacher, is a 'champion' of college behind bars

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Don Hall is an avid snowmobiler, but instead of heading for the hills each winter in search of deep powder, he takes an older snowmachine to lower elevations nearer the snow line. There’s a reason the Riverton resident prefers the lower zones despite the rocks, fences and sage most riders avoid: That’s where the coyotes are.

Wyoming allows snowmobilers to run down wildlife. Despite global outrage, it may stay legal.

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County continues push back on even year elections

State Motioning to Dismiss Election Law Lawsuit, County Attorney Thomas Humbach Submits Opposition. In about one week, the County of Rockland’s Lawsuit against the State of...

County continues push back on even year elections

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