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Dublin, OH

Bronx, NY

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BRONX - One man is dead, and a woman remains in critical condition after a vehicle collided with a tree along Jerome Avenue, outside of the Woodlawn Cemetery. Police officers from the 50th Precinct were called to a long stretch of roadway on Jerome Avenue, between Bainbridge Avenue and East 233 Street on the Norwood – Woodlawn Heights border, after a 911 call at 3:20 a.m. on November 12.

Car Crash at Cemetery Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured

New Hampshire State

Manchester, NH

InDepthNH.org

Concord, NH – Attorney General John M. Formella announces that John Santiago a.k.a. Freddy Muniz, age 46, has been sentenced for his conviction of (i) conspiracy to sell fentanyl; and (ii) possession with intent to sell approximately half a kilo of fentanyl. Mr. Santiago was found guilty after a jury trial in September of 2023.

Fentanyl Offender Receives 20 Years to Life Sentence in State Prison

Arizona State

Tucson, AZ

Lance R. Fletcher

Former Minneapolis, Minn. police officer Derek Chauvin was stabbed by another inmate at an Arizona federal prison, according to an Associated Press source. The former police officer convicted of the murder of George Floyd, has been incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tuscon, Ariz. The FCI is a medium-security prison recently plagued with staff shortages and security lapses. In January, the prison was placed on lockdown just months after an attempted shooting inside the facility.

Derek Chauvin stabbed in Tucson federal prison while serving sentence for murder of George Floyd

Huntington Beach, CA

The Orange County Tribune

A WOMAN’S BODY was found in Huntington Beach on Monday afternoon (Shutterstock). The body of a woman was found Monday afternoon in Huntington Beach, having “passed away under suspicious circumstances.”

Arrest made in woman’s death

Texas State

El Paso, TX

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics indicate more than 140,000 pounds of methamphetamine were confiscated in 2023. But there's a little more added to the pile, according to a release from the law enforcement agency.

Border Patrol says Mexican woman arrested in attempt to smuggle over 350 pounds of meth into Texas

Georgia State

Plains, GA

Vanishing Georgia

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith was born in Plains on 18 August 1927 and grew up in this simple Folk Victorian house. Her parents were Edgar (1896-1940) and Allie Murray Smith (1905-2000). Edgar died from leukemia in 1940 and Allie raised their four children on her own, working numerous jobs around Plains.

Rosalynn Carter's Childhood Home

Phoenix, AZ

Chandler, AZ

Greyson F

Another week, another restaurant performed poorly on its annual health inspection. Little is often done to these restaurants that do not score well on the once-a-year visit from the health inspector. Whether the business receives a poor grade or fails entirely, the restaurant will almost always remain open (it takes multiple failures stacked on top of each other for a food license to be pulled from an establishment). And while that is the case, it is important for the general public to know of the poorly performing restaurants, so they can make their own educational decisions on whether to return to the restaurant or not. This includes one metro Phoenix restaurant that scored a D on its most recent inspection.

Local Restaurant Gets D Health Grade After Seafood Cross-Contamination

Florida State

Winter Haven, FL

Erika Marie • OurBlackGirls

On January 8, 2011, Charles Pierre-Gilles ran into some bad luck and called on his friend, Christina Voltaire, for help. The friends lived in the same Berkshire Apartments complex in Winter Haven, Florida, but Charles's car broke down while out. He had to walk home but stopped by Christina's apartment to ask if he could borrow her vehicle. This was the last time anyone saw Christina Voltaire since that day.

Christina Voltaire, 22: Florida Woman Disappears Less Than An Hour After Talking To Friend In 2011

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston was clear Saturday when someone asked during a House1000 town hall meeting what will happen to those who say no to free housing. He said taking 1,000 people off the streets with accepting an offer of free housing “allows us to focus much more rigorously on the enforcement of those who don’t (want the housing).” He said those in the grips of addiction will be offered “outpatient treatment and if not, we will get you inpatient treatment.” Johnston made his remarks during a town hall meeting at Evans School in Golden Triangle. The forum answered questions from neighbors of proposed micro community sites at 1199 N. Bannock and 1375 N. Elati.

Denver homeless encampment crackdowns will include mandated addiction treatment, mayor says

Morris County, NJ

Roxbury Township, NJ

Morristown Minute

Lara Emanuele, a 46-year-old Morris County resident, was found in Roxbury Township; preliminary investigation suggests non-suspicious circumstances. Morristown, NJ – The prolonged search for Lara Emanuele, a 46-year-old Morris County teacher reported missing since June, reached a somber conclusion. Authorities announced the discovery of her remains in a secluded Roxbury Township area, bringing an end to a mystery that has gripped the local community.

Missing Morris County Teacher Found Deceased

Pasco, WA

Benton County, WA

Tim A Gruver

The former owner of Himalaya Adult Family Home is banned from working in long-term care ever again. A former Benton County nursing home owner has lost her license over allegations that she left elderly patients under her care to die, the Department of Health reports.

Nursing Home Owner Loses License: Allegedly Abandoning, Starving Patients

New Jersey State

Middlesex County, NJ

Perth Amboy, NJ

Damaris Valerio, 41, faces charges for allegedly misappropriating nearly $700,000 in government pandemic aid, highlighting a case of significant fraud in Middlesex County. Damaris Valerio, a 41-year-old woman from Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey, has been arrested for allegedly obtaining over $694,000 through fraudulent means from COVID-19 emergency relief funds, including Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.

NJ Woman Arrested in $700k Government Relief Fraud

San Jose, CA

India Currents

Divya, a 30-year-old first-generation immigrant from India came to the US in 2015 on a student visa. She studied software engineering and now works with a multinational company in San Jose on an H1-B visa. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she started working remotely from home and has continued to work from home since then. Divya is unmarried.

How To Overcome Anxiety

Salem, OR

Robbie Newport

The average person never thinks the bad things they read in the news will ever happen to them, that is, unless they have been a victim of crime themselves. This is a lesson a Salem, OR mom learned the hard way when she left her car running with her two children inside while she went into a convenience store in the early hours on Nov. 8.

Mom learns a lesson about leaving her car running with children inside while going into a store

Amlin, OH

Columbus, OH

Powell, OH

Hilliard, OH

Plain City, OH

Lewis Center, OH

Cleveland.com

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Just raising awareness about brain injuries isn’t enough: Chrisanne Gordon

DUBLIN, Ohio -- March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. It provides advocates and health professionals a rallying point to sound the alarm about...

Just raising awareness about brain injuries isn’t enough: Chrisanne Gordon

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