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By Andrew Ozaki Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Nebraska’s prison system is facing a “dire staffing situation” as vacancies reach record numbers within the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services. A new report released Tuesday by Nebraska’s Inspector General of Corrections Doug Koebernick indicates that the staffing crisis he has

By Andrew Mollenbeck Click here for updates on this story     LUCAS, Iowa (KCCI) — A couple in Lucas says the daily siren that blares right across the street from their home has led to emotional turmoil and physical illness. Phillip and Leslie Bago bought their home on Division Street in 2002. Sometime later, the warning

By John Hawks Click here for updates on this story     LUDLOW, Vermont (WPTZ) — There was a special dedication Tuesday in memory of the first Vermont man known to die from COVID-19. In Ludlow, a clock was dedicated to Bob Kirkbride, who was 93 years old when he died of the disease in March 2020.

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     BROOKLINE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts town is just one step away from closing the book on an 11-year legal battle with a former firefighter who said he faced a racist work environment. Brookline’s Select Board announced Tuesday an $11 million settlement agreement with Gerald

By Hope Miller Click here for updates on this story     OLYMPIC VALLEY, California (KCRA) — A well-known Lake Tahoe area ski resort has changed its name, removing derogatory language from the 70-year-old resort’s name. Formerly Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, the resort has been renamed Palisades Tahoe, according to a social media post. The original name

By Sasha Lenninger and Vince Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A suspected robber is dead after attempting to rob a business in southeast Albuquerque Tuesday morning, according to the Albuquerque Police Department. Around 5:20 a.m., officers were called to a shooting at a Subway at 1306 Gibson

By Tamara Scott Click here for updates on this story     RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) — The learning garden at Abbotts Creek Elementary School is the first of its kind in the county giving students the opportunity to really understand how foods get from the roots to the table. Tuesday, a group of 3rd-graders were the

By Tonya Brown Click here for updates on this story     ROBESON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — Nine-year-old Estrella Sosa who was shot this past weekend, along with her mother, while riding in a car, is doing much better, according to her grandmother Regina Maldonado. Maldonado said she still has a long road ahead. “She’s a

By Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story     SWANNANOA, North Carolina (WLOS) — North Carolina is in critical need of volunteer firefighters, according to the North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs (NCAFC). The NCAFC launched a two-year campaign in an effort to boost the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. A public service

By Scott Williams Click here for updates on this story     BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (The Journal Times) — A Burlington High School football player is defending his teammates against racism allegations, saying that the team has worked to instill a new “culture” this season. Colin Szymankiewicz, a senior linebacker and a captain on the football team, told

By Mitchell Schmidt Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) — A GOP-authored bill in the state Legislature would replace the state’s annual reading readiness assessment program for students in grades K-2 with a new three-tiered literacy program. Republicans on the Assembly Committee on Education said the bill aims to

By Trevor Sochocki, Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT (WNEM) — A Michigan man pedaling with a purpose with hopes to inspire and help others with their dreams of becoming an entrepreneur. With Gil Scott in his ears, Black Leaders Detroit CEO Dwan Dandridge set off on his third day of

By Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story     SOUTHBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A gun advocacy group announced that it won a partial victory in a lawsuit filed over delays in firearm permit applications. The Connecticut Citizens Defense League filed the suit against the City of Bridgeport. It claimed the city illegally delayed permit

By Ayah Galal, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Environmental advocates are calling on calling on the Connecticut General Assembly to do more to address climate change. Members of a group called Save the Sound and other supporters want transportation and climate change initiative legislation to be discussed

By Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Getting some extra cash is always a nice surprise and Tuesday, two Mobile County teachers received a couple hundred bucks to help further education in some of our local schools. The College Football Playoff Foundation partnered with Mobile’s Lending Tree

By Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story     MONROE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — Monroe County deputies searched the home of Charles Hobbs Tuesday. While neighbors passed by to give their condolences to the family. They didn’t want to go on camera, but they all said that Hobbs was the nicest man in this

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Five generations of showing draft horses at a farm in Aloha has come to an end. The McInnis family says the pandemic and development in Aloha gave them no choice but to sell nearly all their Clydesdales. One remains, a

By Paul Drewes Click here for updates on this story     HONOLULU (KITV) — As more Hawaii residents head back to work, unemployment claims have dropped in half from a year ago. But the amount of groceries given out in island food pantries has gone up, with even more people food insecure. Every Tuesday, dozens lined

By Joe Wenzel and Cameron Taylor Click here for updates on this story     SMYRNA, Tennessee (WSMV) — The mother of a Midstate teen who was stabbed on school grounds is speaking up. It happened at Rocky Fork Middle School in Smyrna before classes began on Tuesday. “I just want to know why,” the student’s mother

By Justina Latimer Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — One little boy is making a huge difference by giving back to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Eight-year-old Lucas and his little brother Sebastian is making a difference through art. “I started having the idea ever since I