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WTOVThumbnail OHIO COUNTY, WV — The Salvation Army teamed up with local first responders to gather money for the Red Kettles. The Wheeling Police Department, Wheeling Fire Department and Ohio County Sheriff's Office dueled it out in a friendly competition for the first ever 'Battle of the Badges.' Kettles and the departments were located at Kroger's and Riesbeck's in Wheeling, plus the Highla...

Illinois lawmakers announced tweaks to their sports betting law on Friday and a couple of the tweaks will have significant impacts on sports bettors in the state. For starters, sports bettors in the state of Illinois will no longer have to register in-person at retail sportsbooks. Starting March 5, they will be able to register online or mobile. The in-person law granted a major advantage to ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law legislation that will allow midwives to go through a new licensing process to provide care before, during and after the delivery of babies. The new law requires midwives to have a valid certified professional midwife certification from the North American Registry of Midwives. It also sets education and training criteria for those seeking to be licensed a...

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SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: This week, Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new bill that would let private citizens sue school districts they believe are teaching critical race theory. Days earlier, California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom promised to let private citizens sue anyone who violates the state's assault rifle ban. Both of these are called private enforcement laws...

The McMahon-Ryan Center assists human-trafficking victims in Central New York A new state measure designed to help those forced into prostitution or other forms of human tracking cold be more effective if it expanded funding to help the victims, according to experts in Central New York. When you think of human trafficking, you might not think it’s a problem here in Central New York but, i...

‘Oppression” is the term lawyers use to describe actions by one or more LLC managers or members of a multi-member LLC to unfairly deprive minority members of their LLC rights. Unlike other states, New Hampshire has no statutory LLC oppression as such, but, as discussed below, it has provisions under RSA 304-C:110 that provide equivalent protections. Multi-member LLCs are not always friendly n...

Blue Ridge Community College’s Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy hosted a pinning ceremony for its Fall 2021 graduates on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at Thomas Auditorium on the campus. Graduates included were Savannah Elizabeth Blankenship, Joshua Nathaniel Flynn, Austin Jack Pittman, Cory Nathaniel Watkins, William Caleb Wycoff and Joseph Edward Zub. The ceremony included a keynote by Charles Th...

(AP) SUMTER COUNTY, Ga. (WTVM) - The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents to be aware of phone scammers posing as law enforcement. Authorities say they have received reports of scammers calling and identifying themselves as actual law enforcement officers. The crooks are reportedly telling people that there is a warrant for their arrest because of missed jury duty. The scammers...

Special to Iredell Free News LAW Publications has announced the winners of its new Community Engagement Awards, including the Mooresville Police Department as “Department of the Year.” The awards recognize the creative efforts of law enforcement agencies across the country in connecting with their communities to make them safer places. LAW Publications’ “Department of the Year” category recog...