Louisiana State

Bossier City, LA

Winchester, VA

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Shenandoah County, VA

Mount Jackson, VA

Tracy Leicher

SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Va. – On Thursday, police found the body of a man who had been reported missing the day before. According to a media release from the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO), Benjamin Tucker Mace was last seen on April 3rd, 2024, at approximately 10:45 am in the area of Mt Jackson.

Missing Corrections Officer Found Dead

Strasburg, VA

RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police (VSP) are investigating a single-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Strasburg woman. According to an emailed media release from VSP Sergeant Brent W. Coffey, the incident occurred Saturday, April 13 on US Highway 211.

Woman Suffers Possible Medical Emergency; Dies In Crash

Georgia State

Catoosa County, GA

Ringgold, GA

The Quick Historian

In a disturbing case from Catoosa County, Georgia, 24-year-old Dillan Michael Tennant has been sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in prison after being found guilty of two counts of first-degree cruelty to children.

Man who beat children, 2 & 3, over dirty bedroom is sentenced

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

I recently had another person in the news busisness, so to speak, ask me if it’s true that residents of Fusion Studios, where I live, rent out their rooms for cash. I asked around the building about this, giving informants the safety of confidentiality. Only one said they had heard of someone renting out their room for the night, but several people said rooms get rented out by the hour for sex work.

Opinion: Do Denver homeless hotel dwellers rent their rooms out for cash?

Needles, CA

Pain In The Pass

NEEDLES, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> Authorities have identified the person killed in a traffic collision on Interstate 40 in a two vehicle collision. Rhiannon Sullivan, 29, of Bullhead, AZ was involved in a collision that happened at around 4:15am on April 10, 2024 on eastbound I-40 Freeway near Park Road exit.

Authorities ID a Person Killed in a Traffic Collision on Interstate 40

Texas State

Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Morristown, NJ

Morristown Minute

Automatic Recovery Rate Reduced to 10 Percent, Enhancing Financial Security for Beneficiaries. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has taken a significant step towards enhancing the fairness and equity of its overpayment policies by announcing a reduction in the default withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries.

Social Security Eliminates Overpayment Burden for Beneficiaries

San Bernardino County, CA

Hesperia, CA

HESPERIA, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> California Highway Patrol said an alleged drunk driver was uninjured when he crashed into a ditch on northbound Interstate 15 late Sunday morning. (Photo above is credit by Brian Rodriguez)

Drunk Driver Crashes into Ditch on I-15 in Hesperia Sunday Morning

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A corrections officer is one of 17 people who have been arrested after a six-month investigation into illegal drug trafficking at the Duval County jail. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters on Tuesday announced the arrest of corrections officer Kobe Collett, 23, the fifth employee the agency has arrested this year.

Corrections officer among 17 charged in Duval jail drug ring

Clifton, VA

The Inside Scoop - PWC

Tragedy struck a family in Clifton as two young brothers, aged 3 and 6, lost their lives in a devastating house fire. William Brice, 6, and his younger brother Zachariah Brice, 3, were pulled from their burning home on Whetstone Manor Court on April 10. Despite valiant efforts to rescue them, they were unresponsive and rushed to Children's National Hospital in critical condition.

UPDATED: Community Mourns: Brothers, Ages 3 and 6, Lost in Tragic House Fire

Baltimore, MD

Bucks County Beacon

Written by Thomas F. Schaller , University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Rural white voters have long enjoyed outsize power in American politics. They have inflated voting power in the U.S. Senate , the U.S. House and the Electoral College .

Why ‘White Rural Rage’ Is a Threat to American Democracy

A Jacksonville man who spent more than 44 years in prison is suing over his wrongful arrest. Willie Williams was convicted of attempted murder in a store robbery in 1975 and sentenced to life in prison, a crime he always insisted he did not commit. He was paroled in 2020 at age 79.

Freed Jacksonville man sues after 44 years in prison

Douglas, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A Douglas man was recently arrested by officers on a possession of methamphetamine charge after he was stopped on a bicycle just before 3:00 a.m. by an officer with the Douglas Police Department, according to an incident report.

Douglas Man Arrested for Meth Possession After Bicycle Stop

Food Excluded from Supplemental Security Income Calculations to Improve Equity and Efficiency. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced an update to the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) regulations, marking a significant shift in how In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) calculations are determined.

Social Security Administration Simplifies SSI with Major Rule Change on Food Assistance

Shreveport, LA

Barksdale Air Force Base, LA

NewsBreak

Voters in multiple parishes face tax proposals to fund public safety April 27

BOSSIER PARISH, La. (KSLA) — On the ballots Saturday (April 27) in many Northwest Louisiana parishes are property taxes, including some for public safety. Bossier City...

Voters in multiple parishes face tax proposals to fund public safety April 27

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