State lawmakers are taking very different approaches to public safety following high-profile shootings. Maine's Democratic-led Legislature gave final approval to new restrictions on guns before adjourning Thursday. The move comes six months after a deadly mass shooting in Lewiston. Iowa's Republican-led Legislature meanwhile approved allowing teachers and staff who get firearms safety training to carry guns on school property. That comes three months after a fatal shooting at an Iowa school....
Four local teams are currently ranked in the State Top-Ten by Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association
A Twinsburg-based nonprofit debuted its full-length music video made by Youngstown-area students.
Two local restaurants are combining favorites from both of their menus at a new hybrid location in Poland.
PORT VINCENT — Two people were arrested after the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office raided three Port Vincent homes and found drugs and guns.Zebulon Carter, 45, and Amanda Granade, 44, were booked into the Livingston Parish Jail Friday. They are being charged with possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of unregistered firearms, among other drug and gun charges.Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Agents were investigating a Port Vincent-based...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – At only 14 years old, Akeem Mitchell is ready to take on the national wrestling scene. The 8th grader just wrapped up an impressive season where he won the APS Metro championship at 215 lbs and had multiple podium placements at premier tournaments across the country. Thanks to his success, Mitchell got []
A Syracuse police officer and an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy were shot in Salina, New York, Sunday shortly before 9 p.m.
Texas' beloved Alamo is getting a $504 million expansion as work has started to return the Alamo to what it looked like in 1836 and the Texas Revolution.
Two men have been charged with the murder of 19-year-old Kevin Pokuta, who was shot dead in a Sheffield neighbourhood last year. Sign up for newsletters from The Star 19-year-old Kevin Pokuta was fatally shot in the early hours of Tuesday, December 12, 2023, on Page Hall Road, Page Hall, and died in hospital the following day as a result of his injuries. He leaves behind two children, aged just seven-months and two-years-old. Leon Waite, 27, formerly of Denholme Close, Sheffield, and...
LGBTQ activist Ashley Brundage, 43, runs a company offering DEI training and seminars on how to overcome 'unconscious bias'. But the transgender mother-of-two was showered with praise by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who told her to 'keep up the great work!'. The Democrat hopes his glowing testimonial will help win over Republicans as she bids to become the first transgender official elected in the state
Justin Bieber and more stars are mourning the loss of a beloved musician. Chris King (real name Christopher Cheeks) was shot and killed in Nashville, Tenn., April 20 in a shooting that left
NEW DELHI: At least two Indian-origin men among the six individuals were arrested in connection with Canada's largest gold heist case that took place at Toronto's main airport last year.The heist, which took place on April 17, 2023, involved the theft of a cargo container carrying over 22 million Canadian dollars' worth of gold bars and foreign currency from a secure storage facility at Pearson International Airport. The stolen cargo had just arrived on an Air Canada flight from Zurich,...