A federal judge on Monday sentenced the owner of several Key West labor staffing firms to four years in prison following charges that he and co-conspirators defrauded the United States government out of millions of dollars. According to the Justice Department, Petr Sutka owned at least five companies that provided hotels, restaurants and bars in … Read more
Pueblo School District 60 administration and members of law enforcement recently advised parents of fourth grade students at Highland Park Elementary School to make sure their children did not bring home fentanyl after more than 60 pills were discovered on a bus used to take the students on a field trip to the Denver Aquarium, … Read more
Five states – Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio – are holding their presidential nominating contests on Tuesday, with Florida holding only a Republican primary. Donald Trump and Joe Biden expect to sail to victory in their respective parties, growing their delegate counts in a march toward this summer’s conventions, where they will officially secure … Read more
The House Foreign Affairs Committee hammered the administration on Tuesday for its 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, seeking to keep the chaotic exit in the public eye even as the two retired generals who oversaw the evacuation offered few new details. President Joe Biden’s poll numbers tanked three years ago as U.S. forces left Afghanistan, especially … Read more
The Alabama state Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would allow for those who assist others in absentee voting to be charged with, in some cases, felonies. The Senate concurred on the bill by a vote of 24-5. The House passed the bill by a vote of 75 to 28 on March … Read more
Mar. 19—ASHLAND — The inaugural Daffodil Springtacular family walk brought more than 100 community members to Central Park observing meadows of yellow flowers. About 26,000 daffodil bulbs were planted in 11 different locations last year. They’re all now blooming, said Norma Meek, Daffodil Springtacular coordinator. It’s not just flowers to her, but a vision of … Read more
A video spreading across platforms purports to show Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene holding a sign at a roadside demonstration that says “Honk if you want a bloodbath” — a reference to controversial comments from former US president Donald Trump. But the clip was manipulated by a satirist; the original footage shows the Georgia representative … Read more
A “loving” puppy was found tied to a tree and still needs a home over 300 days later, a North Carolina animal shelter said. The Watauga Humane Society said Dos keeps being overlooked, possibly because he can get stressed at the shelter. He’s described as an “active pup who loves to play” and “did not … Read more
Mar. 19—An Oxford man has been indicted for felony animal cruelty in a Hamilton case that resulted in grave injuries to a cat that later was euthanized. Zhean Bai, 27, was arrested Feb. 6 at his residence at Oxford West Apartments on Ogden Court and charged with prohibitions concerning companion animals, and breaking and entering, … Read more
MIAMI — Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress last year, is set to surrender Tuesday at a federal Bureau of Prisons facility in Miami to begin serving his four-month sentence. Before turning himself in, Navarro held a press conference in a strip-mall parking lot down the street from … Read more