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Kansas City, MO

CJ Coombs

I first encountered a rat one evening in a Target parking lot. When my daughter told me it was a rat, I went straight to the car and she went to get a photo of it since she's never seen one before. I assure you it wasn't little.

Rat infestations in Missouri: it can be a growing concern

Chicago Star Media

(Family Features) Stroke can happen to anyone – it happens to more than 800,000 people every year in the United States. Knowing the signs of stroke and how to prevent it can help protect you or your loved ones from disabilities caused by stroke.

Knowing the Signs of Stroke

Georgia State

The Current GA

Georgia voters kicked out incumbents, picked replacements for departing legislators and set the stage for June runoffs as well as the big show in November. Ballot casters up and down the Peach State made choices Tuesday that are already set to reshape the state Legislature, which could have an even greater effect on the average Georgian than who sits in the White House this time next year.

Voters deliver upsets in Georgia House races with other contests headed to a June runoff

Saint Johns County, FL

Jacksonville Today

Fourth-grade teacher Maria Fratta lives in New York, but now she has a place to stay in Anastasia Island. Fratta was announced Wednesday as the winner of HGTV’s Dream Home sweepstakes. A new, fully furnished home in St. Johns County is just one of the prizes Fratta receives — she also takes home $100,000 and a new Mercedes Benz.

HGTV’s ‘Dream Home’ sweepstakes has a winner

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky is now the first state in the nation to capture oblique (side/angle view) photography of its entire geography from the sky. The KYFromAbove Program and its contractor, NV5 , achieved this milestone after pilots flew 2,600 flight lines over Kentucky’s beautiful landscape, travelling 117,000 miles and capturing 40,660 square miles of the commonwealth’s land, including our cities, towns, farms, lakes, mountains and more.

Kentucky first state in nation to capture oblique photography of entire geography from the sky

Parris Island, SC

Explore Beaufort SC

Marine Corps privates Jamil Winston Jr. and JuliMarie Winston are married Marines. The husband and wife have proved that the couple that trains together can stay together. Both graduated on May 17th from boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, just in time for their first wedding anniversary coming up in June.

Married Marines graduate from Parris Island together

Cats of Kansas City

While it's just an old superstition that cats will steal your breath, you'll gasp when you see how cute these cats are. All are available from local, Kansas City shelters. Just click on the link to each cat to get in touch with their respective shelter.

Six amazing cats that will take your breath away

Savannah, GA

Incumbent Georgia District 1 Sen. Ben Watson is returning to the capitol. The four-term senator from Isle of Hope handily defeated activist and first-time political candidate Beth Majeroni in a contest over whose brand of conservative politics had more appeal among Republican primary voters in District 1.

Watson defeats Majeroni in 1st District state senate race

Cooking With Maryann

I'm about to blow your mind. This is one of my all- time favorite pork Country rib recipes. It's fresh, it's sweet, it's citrusy, it's tomatoey.... aahhh, it's just all- round wonderful. I have such fond memories of my grandmother making this for our annual Memorial Day BBQ. I think you'll love it too.

Delicious BBQ Country-Style Ribs

Declutterbuzz

The Messy Person's Ultimate Decluttering Guide is for people who consider themselves messy. This guide is for you if you have been a lifelong messy person or for people with messy homes. Only you can decide if you fall into this category. It is not a crime to be messy. If you like messy, stay messy, have fun, and share the laughter! No judgment here.

The Messy Person's Ultimate Decluttering Guide

In 2023, a Kentucky farmer discovered a cache of more than 800 gold and silver Civil War-era coins buried in a cornfield — a rare find one coin expert said was “hard to comprehend.” The discovery triggered an avalanche of media interest from around the globe, with stories appearing in The New York Times, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine and USA Today, among others.

‘Kentucky Life’ to  explore discovery of Civil War-era gold coins known as The Great Kentucky Hoard

South Carolina State

Columbia, SC

EJ Walker had an impressive list of NCAA Division I college teams recruiting him during his junior year at Lloyd High School. He ended the suspense on Friday when he announced that we will continue his career at the University of South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference.

Four-star basketball recruit AJ Walker of Lloyd decides to continue his career at South Carolina

GearJunkie

The recovery occurred on Shishapangma, the same mountain where Kristin Harila was denied a similar request to recover her former climbing partner. The bodies of an American climber and her Sherpa guide were recovered from a Himalayan mountain last week. A team of rescuers led by Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja spent several grueling days retrieving the bodies from Mount Shishapangma, a mountain in the Chinese region of Tibet that rises to 26,335 feet.

Nims Recovers Bodies of American Woman and Sherpa Attempting Record-Setting Climbs

Tennessee State

Springfield, MO

If you're from the Ozarks region of Missouri, you might have heard people talk about the old type of medicinal cure known as the madstone. It's hard to tell if it's true or false without personal experience, or at least whether someone in a family's long history line was treated with one of these stones.

Discovering Missouri's madstones: an ancient remedy or Ozark folklore

Wisconsin Watch

Reading Time: 4 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will block imports of gloves made by Shanghai Select Safety Products Company, which was accused of relying on forced prison labor to manufacture Milwaukee Tool-branded gloves.

US blocks alleged Milwaukee Tool supplier, citing forced Chinese prison labor

San Francisco, CA

The Harvard Crimson 

By Cam N. Srivastava and Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writers. Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as she delivered a keynote speech at the Harvard Club of San Francisco’s 150th anniversary event Monday evening.

Alums Disrupt Nancy Pelosi at Harvard Club of San Francisco Event in Pro-Palestine Protest

Knoxville, TN

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - MAY 19: Harry Higgs poses with the trophy after winning the AdventHealth Championship at Blue Hills Country Club on May 19, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Reed Hoffmann/Getty Images) The 2024 Visit Knoxville Open purse is set for $1,000,000, with the winner's share coming...

2024 Visit Knoxville Open purse, winner’s share, Korn Ferry Tour prize money payout

Marietta, GA

DeanLand

At the highest point in Marietta National Cemetery flies an American flag and the POW/MIA flag commemorating those who never returned home from their service to our country. And in the shadow of the flags, you'll find a standard white headstone with the name of Marine Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips, recipient of our nation's highest military honor and one of the men who never returned home from war.

Empty Grave Commemorates Georgia Medal of Honor Recipient at Marietta National Cemetery

Wyoming State

Darby, MT

WyoFile

JACKSON HOLE—A scrunched, humbled look broke out on Tim Mangold’s face as he gripped the little, lone antler he carried out of the western Wyoming mountains on Wednesday. The 59-year-old affable Darby, Montana man — a hunting outfitter, woodworker and father of seven — had had quite the day.

A Montana shed hunter’s (accidental) last Wyoming dance

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Thunder and lightning, Scheffler and Morikawa, to play in 2024 Masters Sunday final group

AUSTIN, TEXAS - MARCH 27: Scottie Scheffler of the United States plays his shot from the first tee in his finals match against Kevin Kisner of...

Thunder and lightning, Scheffler and Morikawa, to play in 2024 Masters Sunday final group

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