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Click here for updates on this story     MANTECA, California (KCRA) — A racial slur, spelled out in full, on an eighth grade homework assignment has a Manteca mom alarmed, upset and calling on the school district to do more to make sure it doesn’t happen again. Melissa Cheek’s son showed her the April 12 assignment

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (Gwinnett Daily Post) — For Greater Atlanta Christian senior Ashley Gray, it’s not an exaggeration to say that this about her future — the sky’s the limit. Gray, who graduates with her GAC classmates May 27, will enroll at San Diego State University in August to study

Click here for updates on this story     VILLAGE OF SANFORD, Michigan (WNEM) — The Village of Sanford works to reimagine a beloved memorial swept away by last year’s flood. The monument honored the nation’s veterans, and the new memorial will be unveiled Wednesday. “We put so much of our heart and soul into building the

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta City Councilwoman Natalyn Archibong is looking to take gas station surveillance a step further by requiring surveillance cameras be installed at each self-service gas pump in the city. “The vulnerable point happens at the pump and so this legislation is proposing that each pump

Click here for updates on this story     ORANGE COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — An Oviedo woman who was convicted of shooting her husband to death 11 years ago is now a free woman because of a plea deal made Tuesday. Anita Smithey is out of prison after serving six and a half years of a 40-year

Click here for updates on this story     ELIZABETHTOWN, New York (WPTZ) — Dozens of graves have been vandalized at a northern New York cemetery. The grounds are home to the final resting place of numerous veterans, including some from the Revolutionary War and Battle of Plattsburgh. Last week when Elizabethtown workers went to inspect the

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Four people were injured in a single-vehicle crash early Wednesday morning after a car hit a pole. Police responded to a reported crash near Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Southeast 11th Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. At the scene, officers found a Subaru had hit

Click here for updates on this story     TILTON, New Hampshire (WMUR) — The sign war began with a little nudge from Rowell’s Services: A sign asking, “DQ TILTON WANT TO START A SIGN WAR? IT’LL BE COOL.” “It’ll be cool,” said Mandi Hagan of Rowell’s Services. “And her rebuttal was so much greater than ours.”

Click here for updates on this story     HILLSBORO, Oregon (KPTV) — Neighbors on Bald Peak are concerned after many in the area have seen a bear on their property. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says it believes there are two bears and they don’t appear to be phased by the presence of people.

Click here for updates on this story     ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — The man who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old girl at her bus stop Tuesday is now in custody. Investigators identified the man as Jared Stanga. He is charged with attempted kidnapping, aggravated assault with a knife, and battery. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons

Click here for updates on this story     FORSYTH County, Georgia (WGCL) — Parents, students, and community members packed a Forsyth County Schools board meeting to express concerns and admiration over the district’s decision to adopt a diversity plan. “Your strategic plan called DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion will fail for one very very specific reason,