School officials from Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk are considering opening a regional recovery school for students recovering from substance use disorders. The school could be open next year. The school would provide students a “safe and supportive” environment to learn while continuing their recovery before reintegrating into a traditional high school. Students […]
A galaxy floating alongside our own some 380,000 light-years from Earth could offer fresh clues in the 90-year-long quest to determine the nature of dark matter, the invisible glue that holds galaxies together. The mysterious substance accounts for over 80% of the universe’s mass but has yet to be directly detected. Scientists say the satellite […]
Jun. 24—GRAND FORKS — A Cavalier woman waived her Monday, June 24, preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to Class A felony conspiracy to deliver or possess with intent to deliver a controlled substance in a correctional facility. Elaine Alexis Longtine, 26, was charged after Grand Forks County Correctional Center staff reported they found Suboxone […]
Jun. 6—POLK COUNTY, Minn. — A Crookston man waived his Thursday, June 6, omnibus hearing and pleaded not guilty to third-degree controlled substance crimes. Gary Herbert Sundquist, 64, faces up to 20 years in prison for the crimes of third-degree controlled substance sale and third-degree controlled substance possession in a prohibited zone. When a vehicle […]
The Administrative Office of the Courts is holding a series of virtual town halls next week, where residents can discuss access to substance abuse treatment in their communities, and how to improve access. The virtual town halls are held twice annually by the Citizen Foster Care Review Board. Although state residents can participate in any […]
State and federal environmental agencies have been unable to determine what has been flowing through drainage ditches in the Perrydale area since a barn fire May 2. On May 6, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality warned residents to keep themselves, pets and livestock away from the ditches while the U.S. Department of Environmental Quality conducted […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A Local 5 News investigation last month on the dangers of nitrous oxide caught the eye of Green Bay alderperson Melinda Eck of District 11, and she decided to take action. “I became very concerned, and thought we need to do something to stop this,” she said. “I saw it […]
ORLANDO, Fla. – A Florida woman is suing the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority after she tripped and fell over a “sticky substance” on the ground at Orlando International Airport, according to a lawsuit filed in Orange County. Myrna Delgado said that on April 24, 2023, she was getting off a JetBlue flight and heading toward […]
A man died in custody at the Marion County Jail on Thursday after Sheriff’s officials say he ingested an unknown substance. It’s the second death at the Adult Detention Center this month. According to the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were attempting to search the 33-year-old and a housing unit for contraband after receiving tips […]
Authorities on Monday responded to Donald Trump Jr.’s Florida home after the former president’s son opened an envelope with a suspicious white powder in it. The news, first reported by the Daily Beast, was confirmed by a person familiar with what transpired. Hazmat vehicles and fire trucks were spotted outside Trump Jr.’s Jupiter, Florida, home, […]
A potentially hazardous substance detected in the sewers of a Swansea neighborhood prompted the evacuation of 52 houses Thursday. Emergency responders don’t yet know what the substance is or where it is coming from, but based on initial readings, it could be considered flammable and/or explosive, said Bryan Whitaker, assistant director of the St. Clair […]
The Broward Sheriff’s Office released the name of a woman found dead inside a car parked on Alligator Alley with a chemical agent inside the vehicle. The bizarre case started when deputies went to the 5500 block of North Ocean Blvd. in Lauderdale-by-the Sea last week to conduct a welfare check on a possible missing […]