In Florida, where the right-wing Moms for Liberty group was born in response to Covid-19 school closures and mask mandates, the first Brevard County School Board meeting of the new year considered whether two bestselling novels – “The Kite Runner” and “Slaughterhouse-Five” – should be banned from schools. A lone Moms for Liberty supporter sat […]
Dessert has never been this bold or this hairy. Hannah Stumpner, the manager at Eileen’s Colossal Cookies, created a design showcasing a shirtless, hairy-chested Jason Kelce. “I didn’t think chest hair was going to be too appealing,” said Stumpner, who was quickly frosting the Kelce cookie cakes to fill orders on Thursday at the bakery […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday said Liberty Hospital cannot merge with the University of Kansas Health System without approval by Missouri lawmakers, according to a letter obtained by The Star. Bailey, a Republican, wrote in a letter to Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, a Columbia Republican, and other lawmakers that a […]
Sarasota residents are calling on Moms for Liberty cofounder Bridget Ziegler to resign from the school board. Ziegler was caught in a scandal that cost her husband his top position in the Florida GOP. A video of a school board meeting shows residents roasting Ziegler, calling her a hypocrite. A Florida school board member accused […]
The Salem City Council is set to vote Monday on whether to add a traffic signal on Liberty Road South and Davis Road South. In a report to the council, staff said the stoplight is needed due to increasing traffic volume in the area. The estimated project cost for the intersection improvements is $1.65 million. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Authorities are searching for suspects after a shooting Friday night in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Wells neighborhood left a 40-year-old man hurt. The Salt Lake City Police Department said the shooting happened around 7:38 p.m. near 180 Kensington Avenue, not far from the Salt Lake Community College South City campus. […]
Valencia Gunder still gets emotional every time she watches “Razing Liberty Square.” She has seen it half a dozen times at film festivals across the country. Yet between the unkept promises from elected officials, the displacement of the families who lived in Liberty Square and the frustration of her fellow community stakeholders, the tears form. […]
Journalist Dmytro Yevchyn. Photo: Radio Liberty A film crew from the Radio Liberty project Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities) came under Russian artillery fire while filming in Ukraine’s south on the morning of 17 January. Journalist Dmytro Yevchyn was wounded. Source: Radio Liberty Details: Journalist Dmytro Yevchyn and cameraman Mykyta Isaiko were filming a story at the front […]
Jan. 16—A Liberty Twp. woman accused of shooting her infant granddaughter in the head entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea Tuesday during arraignment in Butler County Common Pleas Court and will be evaluated for competency to stand trial. Mia Desiree Harris, 43, was indicted Friday on three counts of felonious assault and […]
In the further adventures of right-wing zealots being giant hypocrites, Tennessee Moms for Liberty member Keri Blair was arrested for stealing from a local Target—you know, the store that conservatives love to rail against every time they dare to sell anything with a rainbow flag on it. Blair, 43, was arrested on January 5 for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Salt Lake City Police Department is investigating a residential burglary in the East Liberty Park neighborhood Sunday. The investigation began just after 3:30 p.m., when SLCPD reportedly received information about a burglary near 1400 South and Lincoln Street. Initial information indicated the suspect may have had a weapon, although […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A 28-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after a 911 caller reported that a man threatened someone with a gun in Salt Lake City’s Liberty Park. The Salt Lake City Police Department said Dawood Alogaili was taken into custody on suspicion of illegally possessing a gun and drugs. Boy, 10, airlifted […]