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This post includes content modified using AI. Garrett Beck could never have foreseen the events that transpired during his Thursday morning shift. The electrician and his colleague were heading south on Interstate 35 when lightning struck their work truck near Basswood Blvd.

Struck by Lightning on I-35: A Close Call

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Ohio State officials confirmed one person is dead after falling from the Bell Tower side of the Shoe Sunday around 12:20 p.m. Credit: Tommy Hudec | Lantern Reporter. One person is dead after falling from the Bell Tower side of the Shoe Sunday around 12:20 p.m., Ohio State officials confirmed.

One person dead after falling from the Bell Tower side of the Shoe Sunday

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

Georgia State

The Current GA

Incumbent Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson has fended off the challenge of former U.S. Congressman John Barrow, who sought to harness the ferment over abortion rights in Georgia and beyond into a seat on the state’s highest court.

Incumbent Pinson defeats Barrow in state Supreme Court contest

Denver, CO

DENVER (KDVR) — Former NBA player Drew Gordon died in a car crash on Thursday, according to ESPN. The 33-year-old was the older brother of Denver Nuggets star Aaron Gordon. The former forward died in a car crash in Portland, Oregon, Gordon’s agent confirmed to a reporter for ESPN. As of Friday morning, the circumstances surrounding the crash were unclear.

Former NBA player Drew Gordon, brother of Denver Nuggets star Aaron Gordon, dies in car crash

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

Centralia, PA

The Shenandoah (PA) Sentinel

CENTRALIA – The driver of a tractor trailer was not hurt when his rig rolled...
The post Driver escapes injury in Centralia tractor trailer rollover first appeared on The Shenandoah Sentinel.

Driver escapes injury in Centralia tractor trailer rollover

Lancaster, PA

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Wichanee Meechai became the latest surprise in a U.S. Women’s Open filled with them. She started Friday with four straight birdies and matched the low score of the week with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot lead going into a weekend that won’t include Nelly Korda.

Meechai has a big start and leads Women’s Open. Nelly Korda won’t be around to see how it ends

Marietta, GA

DeanLand

Though she likely never served in the US military, Emma Stephenson was laid to rest at Marietta National Cemetery, a symbol of thanks and in commemoration of the comfort she provided to injured and dying soldiers.

This Heroic Civil War Army Nurse Sacrificed Her Life for Wounded Soldiers

Thermopolis, WY

WyoFile

The small herd of bison that roams the sage hills of Hot Springs State Park near Thermopolis may not garner the same attention as its brethren near Jackson, but it has a solid contingent of local fans.

A calf is born: Hot Springs park welcomes first baby bison of the year

GearJunkie

Mountaineer Nims Purja fires back at claims that he invented a crime with video evidence that allegedly shows sliced ropes on Everest. Did someone cut the fixed rope used by hundreds of climbers to ascend Mount Everest?

‘They’re Calling Me a Liar’: Nims Purja Posts Video to Prove Foul Play Atop Everest

A deadly plane crash. A cryptic epitaph. And mysteries that endured for 82 years. Their story ended with a cryptic epitaph on a Marietta National Cemetery headstone: Died in a plane crash WWII April 29, 1942. And our interest in this story began there several Memorial Days past.

A Mysterious WWII Plane Crash Haunted Our Visits to Marietta National Cemetery

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Laramie, WY

Just outside the tiny Carbon County town of Mcfadden, a dirt road winds its way to an uneven grassy pasture. The herd from Sim’s Cattle Company stops here to graze for a week or two each year. In the north end of the pasture, a pumpjack drums up a steady flow of oil for Rock River Operating. Four miles to the east, 66 wind turbines pump out electricity for the behemoth electric utility PacifiCorp.

UW makes millions from ancestral tribal lands. What does it owe Native American students?

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

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Rehobeth Lady Rebels scrap their way to day two of the 5A State Softball Championship

The Rehobeth Lady Rebels started their day in...

Rehobeth Lady Rebels scrap their way to day two of the 5A State Softball Championship

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