Biloxi Councilman Robert Leon Deming III resigned from his Ward 4 seat Tuesday after 10 years and addressed the decision during a press conference at City Hall. With his girlfriend and daughter by his side, Deming said that his time serving the city that he loves ended at 5:30 p.m. Deming made the announcement six […]
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The former leader of the Michigan House and his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to financial charges arising from an investigation of how they spent money from unregulated political funds. Lee Chatfield and Stephanie Chatfield appeared in a Lansing-area court by video conference from Kentucky, where they plan to attend […]
A member of the Ragin’ Grannies, an environmental advocacy group, sings “No Frackin’ Way,” outside the Durham County Courthouse, where the NC Utilities Commission was holding a public hearing about Duke Energy’s carbon plan. (Photo: Lisa Sorg) Bobby Jones, a founder of the Down East Coal Ash Environmental and Social Justice Coalition in Goldsboro, had […]
Apr. 29—GRAND FORKS — After his Monday morning, April 29, preliminary hearing ended with the judge determing there was enough evidence to proceed with the charges, a Grand Forks man pleaded not guilty to three drug crimes. Jonathan Alvarez, 37, is charged with Class A felony possession of at least 50 grams of cocaine with […]
Apr. 22—GRAND FORKS — A man and woman from Tokio, North Dakota, are being held for federal charges resulting from their 3-year-old daughter’s death in 2022. Austin Ray Lester and Krissy Louise Hinsley are charged with involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child neglect. Lester, 28, is also charged with assault of a child with […]
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four members of a rural Iowa family have pleaded not guilty in the abduction and abuse of an 18-year-old relative who had allegedly showed up at a hospital so badly beaten that his brain was bleeding and so malnourished that he weighed just 70 pounds (32 kilograms), according to court […]
This article was originally published in Kentucky Lantern. More than 250 Kentucky child care providers responsible for 150,000 children across the state sent lawmakers a letter Tuesday pleading for more support, saying what’s been proposed in the state budget “is not enough” as their industry is “at risk of collapse.” The letter asks lawmakers to […]
This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Two Nigerian brothers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiring to sexually exploit teenage boys through sexual extortion, or “sextortion,” two years after one such scheme led to a […]
Four men who were part of a 61-count RICO, theft, and commercial burglary indictment pleaded guilty on Monday just before their trial was set to begin in Bibb County Superior Court. According to Macon Judicial Circuit District Attorney Anita Howard, the crime spree of the defendants, Antuane Simmons, 36; Frankie Barnes, 55; Cornelius Redding, 35; […]
The Los Angeles Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter due to allegations of “a massive theft” reported to involve millions of dollars. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images) The former interpreter of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is in negotiations to plead guilty in connection to the alleged theft of Ohtani’s money for gambling, […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former pharmaceutical executive and his cousin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to insider trading in Eastman Kodak, based on tips that the company was arranging a surprise $765 million loan from the Trump administration to make drug ingredients. Andrew Stiles and Gray Stiles each admitted to one count […]
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two men pleaded guilty on Wednesday to insider trading in securities in the company that ultimately took former U.S. President Donald Trump’s media business public. Michael Shvartsman, 53, head of Miami-based venture capital firm Rocket One Capital, and his brother Gerald Shvartsman, 46, each pleaded guilty to one count […]