LEXINGTON, Ky. On Monday the University of Kentucky announced that defensive lineman Nic Smith, a 20-year-old redshirt freshman, was found dead in a residence hall after a 10:03 a.m. call to campus police, the school said, and the football program posted the notice on its official website. The university said campus...
United States. This week multiple local jurisdictions reported changes to emergency medical services: West Virginia OEMS director Jody Ratliff was appointed as the state's voting delegate to the national EMS Compact; Saxton, Pennsylvania announced a temporary partnership with AMED to provide weekday daytime coverage beginning June 15; Eaton City Council...
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Buffalo Potash Corporation announced on June 8, 2026 a non-brokered private placement with a minimum aggregate of C$5,000,000, offering hard dollar units, flow-through shares, and charity flow-through units; unit prices were set at C$0.45 for hard dollar units, C$0.52 for flow-through shares and C$0.558 for charity FT units. On...
Los Angeles this week saw early returns from the June 2 California primary that briefly showed Republican Steve Hilton and Republican Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt ahead in key contests, prompting President Trump to publicly question the counting process on national television; officials and reporters emphasized that mail-in ballot...
Augusta, Maine. Voters head to the polls Tuesday as the state’s midterm primary centers on a high-profile U.S. Senate contest and an active gubernatorial race; local reporting notes revelations in 2025 that Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner faced allegations of physical abuse and sexting while newly married, drawing intensified national...
Texas has activated its State Emergency Operations Center after officials confirmed infestations of the New World screwworm parasite in livestock, prompting a coordinated containment effort across affected regions. Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to mobilize multiple agencies to protect the state’s agricultural sector and limit...
Tuscaloosa, Ala. — Alabama defeated St. John's 7-2 on Monday, June 8, concluding a game delayed overnight by weather and clinching the program's first College World Series berth since 1999; the Crimson Tide will play the winner of the Oklahoma-Kansas Lawrence Super Regional in Omaha on Saturday, June 13. Omaha, Neb....
Little Rock, Arkansas. SoMa Pride returns Saturday, June 13, with a festival running 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. and a parade beginning at noon, offering vendors, drag performances and community activities; Little Rock Black Pride is also hosting a free Pride in the Park event on Sunday, June 7, at MacArthur Park. Roswell,...
Washington state: This week the Washington Board of Tax Appeals set aside several county Boards of Equalization determinations and ordered revised property valuations for cases in King County and San Juan County, including a Seattle multi-tenant office building and residential parcels encumbered by native growth protection easements, applying comparable-sales analysis...
JENNINGS COUNTY, Ind. — Jennings County Sheriff William K. "Kenny" Freeman Jr. was indicted Thursday after Indiana State Police investigators traced stolen campaign signs to a dumpster on his North Vernon property using GPS tracking devices placed by a sheriff candidate in November 2025. Troopers recovered the sign, the GPS...
