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TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City Area Public School officials have a decision to make by Tuesday after a state judge ruled that a controversial mandate attached to $320 million in school safety funding ...

RUTLAND TOWN — The Middlebury girls hockey team hit Rutland early, putting them in a deep 3-0 hole by the end of the first period. The early blitz in the 5-1 Middlebury win was provided by goal ...

LAKE ARIEL, Pa. — A Scranton man died Sunday when the car he was in ran off the road in Wayne County and struck several trees, Coroner Edward R. Howell said. Chief Deputy Coroner Mark M. James ...

Jan 3, 2026 Jan 3, 2026 Updated Jan 3, 2026 On most Saturdays, 18-year-old Amy Valdez is behind the counter at Sofy’s Donuts on North Raguet, serving customers and greeting regulars. What many of ...

The cities of Sedro-Woolley and Stanwood have appealed the Skagit County Superior Court ruling that the data and images from Flock Safety cameras are not exempt from public records requests. The ...

A Bell County district judge recently sentenced a Killeen man to six years in prison after a witness saw him hitting a child during an incident in a parking lot almost five years ago. Richard Bryan ...

Several agencies responded to a 9-1-1 call on Fort Wainwright on Tuesday regarding an injured person, according to Fairbanks Fire Department Chief Andrew Coccaro. In a statement, Coccaro said the ...

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - A Carman-Ainsworth teacher and her friends are bringing holiday cheer to local seniors by partnering with a nursing and rehabilitation center for an "adopt-a-grandparent" event ...

Jerry Bledsoe, the former Thomasville newsboy who rose to regional fame as a newspaper reporter and columnist — and later earned national acclaim as a bestselling true-crime author — died Wednesday ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — A firefighter was injured while responding to a fire at a west Toledo restaurant Sunday morning, according to Toledo Fire & Rescue Department. The call for a structure fire came in ...