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Lead, SD

Columbus, OH

Booneville, MS

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Prentiss County, MS

Mississippi News Group

Cairo, MS – May 5, 2024: The Prentiss County Sheriff's Department responded to a call on Wednesday concerning a woman found unconscious in a vehicle at the Dollar General in Cairo according toa press release from the PCSD.

Woman Found Passed Out at Dollar General Charged with Drug Possession Enhanced with Firearm

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Nine individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug trafficking organization operating in Newark, distributing fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

16 Arrested in Major Drug Bust: Meth, Cocaine, Fentanyl & Heroin

Belle Haven, VA

Cheryl E Preston

Alice Stewart was in Northern Virginia when she passed away. Belle Haven is in Fairfax County in Northern Virginia. It is located South of Old Alexandria, where actor Christopher Meloni was raised. To the West is Richmond Highway, and on the East is the Potomac River. This is the location where Mass Live says CNN commentator Alice Stewart, 58, was found deceased Saturday morning.

CNN comentator Alice Stewart was found dead in a home in Belle Haven in Northern Virginia

Lahaina, HI

Mario Siatris, center, says his fire-ravaged property on Mela Street still feels like home. This is what his lot looked like last November before the federal government cleared it of debris, hazards and toxic chemicals. (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023) The lot where Mario Siatris’ century-old plantation house stood is now a...

A Return To Lahaina? Camping Out On His Vacant Lot Sounds Perfect To This Fire Victim

Arkansas State

Hot Springs, AR

Dragan Vicentic (center), owner and license holder of Green Springs Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Hot Springs, defends himself before the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control board on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. The board revoked the license after a five-hour hearing discussing several violations. (Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate) A Hot Springs medical marijuana...

Arkansas ABC upholds revocation of Hot Springs medical marijuana dispensary’s license

Paterson, NJ

NEWARK, N.J. – Jessie Mayfield, 61, of Paterson, New Jersey, was sentenced to 125 months in prison today for possessing fentanyl with the intent to distribute and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Paterson Man Sentenced: 10+ Years for Drug & Firearm Crimes

RAPID CITY, S.D. — By July 1, a decision will be made regarding what could be Anishinaabe AIM activist and now elder Leonard Peltier’s last shot at freedom. The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians citizen’s parole hearing lasted about seven hours on June 10. This was Peltier’s first parole hearing in over a decade. His last hearing in 2009 ended in rejection, as did a 2017 request to President Barack Obama for clemency.

The wait begins for Leonard Peltier

Maryland State

Washington, DC

The Capital Beltway and other Maryland interstates have become speedways during the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Angela Breck. The Washington, D.C., area is rich in culture, culinary options and things to do, just a few hours drive away from a vacation in the mountains, the forest or the beach. The problem for many people is that you also have to be increasingly rich to afford to live there.

Survey shows rising costs, other factors, lead to declining optimism in D.C. area

Maine State

Idaho State

Shop with Me Mama

Why Idaho Ranks in the Top 10 States Americans Are Flocking To in 2024. A lot of Idahoans are saying 'Idaho is FULL! Go find somewhere else to live!'. With that said, MANY people and their families are flocking to this state and calling it home.

Why Is Everyone Relocating To Idaho?

An electric vehicle charging station in Damariscotta, Maine. (Evan Houk/Maine Morning Star) The next step in Maine’s commitment to building a network of electric vehicle chargers will come in the form of new high-speed charging stations opening in the next year. With 52 new chargers across 17 different locations,...

Maine will add more than 50 new high-speed EV chargers near busy highways, outdoor recreation areas

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York Attorney General, Sept. 23, 2016, in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is the first in a series exploring...

Drug cartels: A link in every illegal fentanyl pill in South Dakota, not just on reservations

Iowa State

Boone County, IA

Ogden, IA

More than 90 dogs were surrendered by Paris Puppies Paradise of Ogen, Iowa, on Sept. 22, 2023. One of the dogs (inset photo) is seen here getting a bath at the Boone Area Humane Society after being turned over. (Main photo via Google Earth; inset photo courtesy of the Boone Area Humane Society)

State renewed dog breeder’s license while neglect charges were pending

Montana State

Troy, MT

A female grizzly with two cubs (Photo by Glenn Phillips via www.glennphillipsphoto.com. | Used with permission). A Troy man was sentenced Tuesday after admitting to killing a grizzly bear on his property in 2020, throwing the bear’s collar in the Yaak River and cutting up the carcass. Othel Lee...

Troy man sentenced to two months in prison, $10,000 fine for grizzly killing

River Oaks, TX

Robert Russell Shaneyfelt

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

Wyoming State

FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge Leonard Carollo fields questions about a missing and murdered Indigenous persons data collection effort during a press conference in Fort Washakie on June 11, 2024. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile) FORT WASHAKIE—Though the Federal Bureau of Investigations received numerous tips in the 90 days since it kicked...

Dozens of tips, no breakthroughs yet in FBI’s missing and murdered Indigenous people effort

North Carolina State

Lexington, NC

Town Talks

A North Carolina burger joint loads its patties with cheese, and fans can’t get enough of them. According to results published by Yelp, a Lexington-area restaurant now ranks as the state’s best place to get a cheeseburger.

Best cheeseburgers in North Carolina? The ones served at this restaurant rank No. 1

Kansas State

Sabetha, KS

TOPEKA — The territory dispute between the Nemaha Central and Prairie Hills school districts in northeast Kansas came to a head during a meeting of the Kansas State Board of Education that was called to determine control of 80 square miles prized by the neighboring districts. Student, family and...

Kansas Board of Education weighs Nemaha Central’s bid to seize territory from Prairie Hills

Los Angeles, CA

L.A. TACO

Two Los Angeles police officers punched and choked a man last month while he was handcuffed, after the man spat at an officer, according to newly released body-worn camera footage from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

VIDEO: LAPD Officers Punch and Choke Handcuffed Man in South L.A. For Spitting

Burnsville, MN

Shakopee, MN

FBI agents search the Shakopee townhome of Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, who was convicted Friday in the Feeding Our Future case. Photo by Deena Winter/Minnesota Reformer. The FBI raided the homes Wednesday of four men convicted Friday in the Feeding Our Future fraud, as federal investigators continue their investigation into an attempt to bribe a juror in the massive federal pandemic relief fraud case.

FBI raids suburban homes in connection with attempted juror bribe in Feeding Our Future case

Deadwood, SD

Spearfish, SD

Nemo, SD

Whitewood, SD

Four Corners, WY

Beulah, WY

Piedmont, SD

Sturgis, SD

Hill City, SD

Black Hawk, SD

Sundance, WY

Belle Fourche, SD

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Production jumps higher at Black Hills gold mine

A partial aerial view of the Wharf Mine near Lead in May 2023. (Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight, via EcoFlight) Gold production was up and silver production...

Production jumps higher at Black Hills gold mine

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