Caddo Parish Sheriff Henry Whitehorn Sr. has been appointed to the Southern University System Board of Supervisors by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry. Whitehorn, who made history when he was elected as Caddo Parish’s first Black sheriff in 2023, will join five other new appointments to the nation’s only historically Black college and university system with … Read more
Steiner Electric Co. would relocate its Loves Park operation to a vacant building in the East Rock Industrial Park at 5004 27th Ave. under a proposed development agreement with the city of Rockford. Steiner is an electrical and metalworking product distributor that serves the construction, industrial and original equipment manufacturer markets in northern Illinois and … Read more
A woman who was previously convicted of abusing a child was found guilty of murder Monday in Macomb County because the child died of the initial injuries years after the incident. Hilary Ulp, 46, was found guilty of felony murder by a Macomb Circuit Court jury in the death of Nicolas Kuras, who succumbed to … Read more
Dec. 10—JEFFERSON — The Ashtabula County Board of Elections conducted a post-election audit Monday. The post-election audit sees if the hand count lines up with voting machine-counted official election results. Post-election audits in Ohio are required to occur after every election, hand count 5% of county ballots and look at two top tickets and one … Read more
CENTREVILLE – A detour around St. Joseph County’s iconic Langley Covered Bridge will be in place through at least late December after height limiters at both ends of the structure were struck on separate occasions earlier this month. Road commission manager John Lindsey said the height limiters, in both cases, were knocked over. In addition, … Read more
The Ohio Supreme Court said on Tuesday that big chain pharmacies could not be sued and held liable under Ohio’s public nuisance law for their role in the national opioid addiction crisis. Instead, the Ohio Product Liability Act trumps the nuisance law for a case like this, the court found. That means a $650.9 million … Read more
The family of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the 4 December murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, reported him missing in November after he withdrew from social contact following surgery on his back. Mangione, 26, was reported missing on 18 November, police told the New York Post, after family members became worried that they … Read more
A person was struck by a car while running in Ledyard on Monday before the driver took off from the scene. The crash occurred sometime between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. as the person was running on Route 117 in the area of Lorenz Parkway, according to the Ledyard Police Department. The victim suffered minor injuries, … Read more
It’s been 11 days since Donald Trump announced that he wants a Republican operative named Kash Patel to become the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Implicit in the president-elect’s announcement was the apparent fact that he’s replacing Chris Wray, the incumbent FBI director whom Trump tapped for the job seven years ago, … Read more
Dozens of hearty residents braved the sleet and the snow to welcome the nation’s longest veterans parade as the convoy arrived at Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner on Monday. The “Wreaths Across America” convoy, which included over 53 vehicles making a 737-mile trek from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery, made a stop at the … Read more