California State

Pennsylvania State

Clarion County, PA

Rimersburg, PA

The US Sun 

A WOMAN allegedly saw a customer in line forget her cash back - and took it for herself. Court documents show that the 58-year-old from Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, faces criminal charges over the alleged incident. Tammy A. Brown reportedly snatched the $20 from a customer at a Walmart store in Monroe...

Woman caught on Walmart self-checkout cameras ‘stealing money from another customer’

Missouri State

Fairfax County, VA

Mclean, VA

Law & Crime

Virginia woman and convicted murderer Veronica Youngblood, 37, was kicked out of court for lashing out during her sentencing hearing for killing her two daughters, Brooklynn Youngblood, 5, and Sharon Castro, 15.
The post ‘No, no, no!’: Woman lashes out in court during sentencing for murdering her 2 daughters to spite her Navy pilot ex-husband first appeared on Law & Crime.

‘No, no, no!’: Woman lashes out in court during sentencing for murdering her 2 daughters to spite her Navy pilot ex-husband

Tennessee State

Illinois State

Springfield, IL

The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Hundreds of gun owners lobbied their lawmakers Wednesday in Springfield, more than two months and a slew of lawsuits since Illinois enacted a ban on certain guns and magazines.
                During a rally at a convention center in Springfield, Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director Richard Pearson said the four plaintiffs groups with a consolidated case against the state’s gun ban will make a difference.
                “This case...

Gun owners rally in Springfield with legal battles against Illinois’ gun ban continuing

Chicago, IL

Maquon, IL

CBS News

Human remains found in a west central Illinois storage unit have been identified as those of a former police chief.The remains discovered last fall are those of Richard R. Young, 71, the former Maquon village police chief, the Knox County Sheriff's Office said in a news release. Maquon is about 150 miles southwest of Chicago.Marcy Oglesby, 50, of Maquon has been charged with first-degree murder and concealing the death of a person in the case. She has pleaded not guilty. Oglesby remains in custody at the Knox County Jail.The sheriff's office received confirmation of the identity Tuesday after taking DNA...

Remains found in storage unit identified as ex-police chief; woman charged

Phoenix, AZ

(The Center Square) – A judge has sided with business owners in a case challenging the city of Phoenix’s handling of a sprawling homelessness encampment.
                Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott Blaney ruled Monday that city officials must stop enabling the hundreds of homeless camping out on a broad swath of downtown Phoenix, known as “The Zone,” and act quickly to find accommodations.
                A group of business owners in the...

Judge orders Phoenix to clear out hundreds of homeless downtown

Florida State

Jensen Beach, FL

USA TODAY

Investigators found Christine Fenton-Gilbert "micro-scratched" lottery tickets to “expose play data” to identify winning tickets she then sold herself

She altered lottery tickets and kept the winnings. Now, the ex-store clerk is ordered to prison.

Wisconsin State

Milwaukee, WI

The nonpartisan general for Milwaukee Board of School Directors in Wisconsin is on April 4, 2023. The Feb. 21 primary was canceled due to a lack of opposition. The filing deadline to run was on Jan. 3. Candidates are competing for five of nine seats. The candidates are:. Jeff Spence...

Eight running for Milwaukee Board of School Directors

Austin, TX

(The Center Square) – After the Austin City Council cut funding to its police department, the state’s capital has struggled with recruiting and providing basic services to residents as crime has escalated.
                Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to support an Austin Police Department overwhelmed by a spate of violent crime.
                Austin Mayor Kirk Watson welcomed the support at a news conference and said...

Gov. Abbott calls up DPS to assist with escalating crime in Austin

Dallas, TX

(The Center Square) – Numerous people have been charged and sentenced in the Dallas area for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine in the past few months. The news comes after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency Dallas division seized nearly 15 million lethal doses of fentanyl and more than 7,000 pounds of methamphetamine last year, enough to kill nearly 33 million people.
                Over the past few weeks, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas charged five adults with trafficking fentanyl after 10 juveniles in...

'Fentanyl is killing our kids:' Dallas-area drug prosecutions surge

(The Center Square) – With crime on the rise in several major categories over the past year, the Chicago Police Department is launching a new program aimed at luring back retired officers and hiring more sworn officers from other agencies.
                With a bottom-line goal of increasing the number of officers available to patrol neighborhoods, city officials are hoping changes that include allowing officers to get salary credit for their experience and to bypass normal requirements like taking exams and graduating from the police academy will...

With 1,500 vacancies, Chicago Police ramp up recruiting efforts

Nashville, TN

(The Center Square) – Three students and three adult faculty members, along with a shooter, were shot and killed on Monday at Nashville’s Covenant School, located on Burton Hills Drive.
                The shooter was a 28-year-old female, according to Metro Nashville Police.
                In response, both the Tennessee Senate and House stated that they will not debate legislation as scheduled during Monday afternoon and evening sessions.
      ...

Seven dead in Tennessee school shooting

Arizona State

(The Center Square) – Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs' press secretary Josselyn Berry resigned on Wednesday following sharp criticism over a tweet in the wake of the Nashville, Tennessee, school shooting.
                When replying to a commenter on her tweet regarding transphobia, Berry tweeted a gif of a woman holding two guns while saying, "us when we see transphobes."
                "If you work in the progressive community and are transphobic, you're not progressive....

Hobbs' spokeswoman resigns over tweet on day of school shooting

Seattle, WA

(The Center Square) – The Seattle/King County region had the second highest number of homeless veterans in a major city region last year, according to part one of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2022 homelessness assessment.
                The assessment report reveals that the Seattle/King County region had 855 homeless veterans last year. That is second to the Los Angeles city and county area, which had 3,456 homeless veterans.
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Seattle region had second highest number of homeless veterans in U.S. last year

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Gun, ammunition purchases by credit card will be coded

(The Center Square) – The international organization responsible for creating merchant category codes for credit card purchases has given its approval to establish one for transactions...

Gun, ammunition purchases by credit card will be coded

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