Yonkers, NY

Virginia State

Woodstock, VA

Woodstock, VA –– Shenandoah Downs enter its fourth weekend of the spring harness meet in Woodstock with a pair of 12-race cards on Saturday and Sunday at 1:05 p.m. A four-pack of $25,000 Virginia Certified events in the track’s Mountain Racing Series for 4- and 5-year-olds — carded as races one, two, 11 and 12 — will highlight action Saturday.

Shenandoah Downs to host Virginia Certified races Saturday

California State

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Santa Monica, CA

Brigid Pfeifer

The world has lost a ground breaking acting legend. On March 29th, 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. passed away in Santa Monica, California. He was 87 years old. Gossett Jr. was born in 1936 in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. After obtaining a sports injury at age 17, he was encouraged to participate in a school play. Not long afterwards, he was encouraged to try out for a Broadway play. The rest, as they say, was history.

Academy Award Winning Actor Dies at Age 87

Baltimore, MD

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The Quick Historian

Annapolis, Maryland - Authorities are delving into the "suspicious death" of a potential kidnapping victim, whose body was reportedly discovered in a wooded locale last week. According to the Baltimore Police Department, the incident unfolded on March 28, just before 1 a.m., when officers were summoned to a residence following reports of a home invasion. Upon arrival, a woman recounted to the police that two unidentified men forcibly entered her home, demanding money. They purportedly claimed to have her son, 47-year-old David Winchester Jr., and threatened harm unless she complied with their monetary demands. The suspects absconded from the premises without the ransom.

Man found dead in woods after possibly being kidnapped in Baltimore

New York City, NY

Middletown, NY

Columbus, OH — Richard Munk, 72, a resident of Middletown, N.Y., died April 24, 2024. Along with his wife, Karen, he was the manager of Funky Munky Stable, a popular fractional share ownership group based in New York that campaigned both Standardbred and Thoroughbred horses. He was a member...

Richard Munk, 72, dies

Rome, NY

Columbus, OH — Jerry R. Kipp, 84, died April 24, 2024, at his home with his family by his side after a two year battle with cancer. He was born June 27, 1939, in Rome, N.Y., to Henry and Gretchen (Conover). A 1957 graduate of Vernon Verona Sherrill High School, he went to Cornell University and was certified in Practical Horseshoeing in 1959.

Jerry Kipp, 84, dies

Meadowlands, MN

Columbus, OH — Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (April 26). To view Pandy’s Picks, click here. Pandolfo also offers his picks for the $50,000 Early Pick-4. To view those selections, click here.

Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for April 26

New Jersey State

Trenton, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, NJ - In a significant drug enforcement operation, Djavon Holland, 37, from Virginia, has been convicted of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl, according to U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger. The conviction occurred on April 15, 2024, following a federal jury trial presided over by U.S. District Judge Peter G. Sheridan in Trenton, New Jersey.

Virginia Man Convicted in NJ for Fentanyl Trafficking

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

Cleveland, OH

Brown on Cleveland

Cleveland, OH. An Ohio man who killed his sister, her husband, and unborn niece was sentenced today in the Courtroom of Cuyahoga County Judge Rick Bell. Jason David Iverson was found guilty of three counts of aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault. As family members on both sides of the aisle awaited sentencing, the question was "why." What happened on September 4, 2023, caused so much turmoil that it cost the lives of three innocent people.

Three Life Sentences: Ohio Man's Brutal Family Murder

Iowa State

Illinois State

Fort Worth, TX

Meteorologist Joe Cioffi

Saturday 4/27/2024 marks the third straight day of severe weather risk from the Plains to the Mississippi and Missouri River Valley. The Storm Prediction Center has issues a rare moderate risk for severe weather from North Central Texas to Southeast Kansas. This includes the cities of Dallas, Fort Worth, and Oklahoma City among others.

Rare moderate severe weather risk & damaging tornadoes Texas to Illinois. EF2-EF5 tornadoes possible

Omaha, NE

Bellingham Metro News

UNITED STATES: BREAKING NEWS - Reports of severe destruction has come out as tornadoes tear through Nebraska, leaving a trail of devastating scenes in their wake. The Omaha, NE Emergency Dispatch has reported the loss of 30-40 houses and has requested mass casualty resources.

Tornadoes Devastate Midwest, Leaving Widespread Destruction

Colorado State

Kansas City, MO

CJ Coombs

Twenty-two years ago, Robert Ray Courtney (Inmate Register #14636-045) was convicted of diluting chemotherapy drugs for more than 4,000 patients. It's been recently reported he will be released from prison this summer to a halfway house. Victims and families of victims are most likely disappointed and furious and understandably so.

The former Kansas City pharmacist who diluted chemotherapy drugs is set to be released in June 2024

Georgia State

Meridian, MS

365 Atlanta Traveler

Any yard sale junkies out there? Does your channel surfing stop every time American Pickers flashes on the screen? Boy do we have the event for you. A 500 mile-long chain of yard sales is coming up in May in the Southeast, and you're invited.

The US 11 Antique Alley Yard Sale Is Coming Soon

Enola, PA

Plainville, MA — Coming off a winning effort that yielded a lifetime mark last week, Enola bounced right back and lowered her standard again in the $16,000 featured trot on Thursday (Apr. 25) at Plainridge Park. Cruising Tom (Maty Athearn) took the lead and got to the quarter in...

Enola scores second straight win at Plainridge

Florida State

Clermont, FL

Jim O’Rear

A Central Florida mansion that was once owned by Khalil Bin Laden, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s co-founder and terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, is undergoing demolition. The home has changed owners several times over the years and it used to belong to the family that created Tupperware and a creator of Jello.

Former Bin Laden Florida Mansion Demolished.

Bronx, NY

Alpine, NJ

Bronxville, NY

Tenafly, NJ

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Cresskill, NJ

Demarest, NJ

Englewood, NJ

Tuckahoe, NY

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Borgata Series kicks off April racing at Yonkers

Yonkers, NY — The fields are now set for the third leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series, which will take place at MGM Yonkers Raceway...

Borgata Series kicks off April racing at Yonkers

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