Union City police are investigating the murder of a Lyft driver who was killed early Wednesday morning. Police say they were called to South Fulton Parkway near Stonewall Tell Road where a man had been shot. He died from his injuries on the scene. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Reginald T. […]
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Pathetic Trump Already Trying to Weasel Out of Debating Biden
After President Joe Biden and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday morning agreed to two debates in June and September, Trump suddenly began trying to push a third debate all on his own. “Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that I hereby accept debating Crooked Joe Biden on FoxNews. The date will be […]
Louisiana officials react to Supreme Court order to use congressional map with new Black district in 2024 election
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States ordered that Louisiana use the Congressional district map for the 2024 elections. This would allow the state to use a House map that has a second majority-Black district. A lower federal court ruled that the map was a “racial gerrymander.” The […]
Putnam man sentenced to life in prison for sex crimes against a child
Troy Armstrong, of Palatka, was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of multiple sex crimes against a child. Armstrong was found guilty of three counts of sexual battery against a person younger than 12 and three counts of child molestation against a person younger than 12, the State Attorney’s Office announced […]
Bond sale compliment to board and community
May 15—Ector County ISD’s bonds went on sale May 14 and they had $338 million in requests for a $179 million offering. The three proposition bond was $436,109,000, but only one proposition for $424 million passed. With interest rates being lower than projected at 3.77 percent instead of 3.84 percent, Superintendent Scott Muri said in […]
North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses. The legislation […]
‘Day On The Job’ program mentors engineering students with tour of Ellen Noël renovations
May 15—Engineering students from the University of Texas Permian Basin’s STEM Academy were given a first-hand look at the construction going on at the Ellen Noël Art Museum Wednesday. Currently, the museum is undergoing its Capital Enhancement Project. The event was a part of the “Day On The Job” program that mentors engineering students through […]
Biden and Trump agree to debates in late June and September
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to participate in general election debates on June 27 and Sept. 10, ending speculation about whether general election debates would happen at all. CNN will host the first debate in late June at 9 p.m. at its studios in Atlanta, it said in […]
Former Bryant High School teacher gets 13-year federal sentence for taking student out of state for sex
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A former Bryant High School teacher will serve more than a decade in federal prison for having sex with a student. In a Wednesday release, prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas said 33-year-old Heather Hare was sentenced to 13 years for transporting a minor across state […]
‘Good chance’ we’ll leave US if Trump acquitted, Stormy Daniels husband says
The husband of Stormy Daniels said there is a “good chance” that the couple will leave the US if Donald Trump is acquitted in his criminal trial over paying hush-money payments to the adult film star. “I think if it’s not guilty, we got to decide what to do. Good chance we’ll probably vacate this […]
Donald Trump asks New York’s high court to intervene in fight over gag order in hush money trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is seeking to have New York’s highest court intervene in his fight over a gag order that has seen him fined $10,000 and threatened with jail for violating a ban on commenting about witnesses, jurors and others connected to his hush money criminal trial. The former president’s lawyers filed […]
Devotees of Panera’s Charged Lemonade are savoring their last drops of the controversial beverage
One devotee of Panera Bread’s Charged Lemonade is hoarding her final cups of the beverage in her freezer. Another is looking up recipes so she can replicate it at home. And another joked that he and his friends are “in a dark place” following the news that Panera is phasing out the Charged Lemonade nationwide. […]