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SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - There’s been a recent uptick in teens getting high on edibles laced with marijuana and/or CBD, and it’s landing many in the hospital including children right here in Alabama. It’s a very troubling trend, one the Commanders of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office is very passionate about. He said kids as young as fifth grade are consuming these edibles at dangerous l...

Sergio Perez, executive director of the Orange County Office of Independent Review, is leaving to become the inspector general of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Santa Ana. (Photo by Mark Rightmire, Orange County Register/SCNG) Civil rights attorney Sergio Perez is leaving his job directing Orange County’s law enforcement watchdog agency, the Of...

Law enforcement officers adapt to legalized marijuana and anticipate dispensaries opening (FILE) Saratoga Springs, NY (WRGB) — Since Marijuana was legalized in New York State in March 2021, law enforcement agencies have been adapting to new legislation. Saratoga Springs Police Lt. Bob Jillson says the officers in his department worked with the State Police and NYPD to learn the legislation. A...

(WILX) JACKSON, Mich. (WILX) - The Superintendent of Jackson Public Schools will not face punishment from an incident following a Jan. 18 meeting of the Board of Education where he argued publicly with a Trustee. During the January meeting, Trustee Kesha Hamilton questioned the raises that Superintendent Jeff Beal had been receiving for the last five years. She also voted against the motion t...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today invited public comments on draft guidance to implement two provisions of President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that provide $20 million of rebates to support electric system upgrades for utilities and save commercial building operators money on their utility bills. The rebates will help utilities, commercial equipment, and...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The murder trial of Lori Vallow-Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell has taken a complicated turn. Lori's lawyers are asking for a speedy trial in the case related to the deaths of her children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan in 2019. But Chad's attorneys are asking for more time to prepare. Yet their cases are still joined, and set to go to trial in January 2023. Univer...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Entering its fifth year, the Vance Law Firm Storm Track Zone combines world-class storm tracking technology with the experience of the WSFA First Alert Weather Team. It empowers our meteorologists to track storms more accurately and more precisely, often down to the street and local landmark level. WSFA 12 News viewers have seen it in action many times since its debu...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon launched a statewide Sanctuary Promise Hotline this month for anyone to report suspected violations of Oregon sanctuary laws in any language. According to a press release by Oregon’s Department of Justice, the Oregon Legislature recently provided funding for the DOJ to staff the hotline with culturally responsive and “trauma-informed” advocates. The department w...

Sign up to our Talk Platform (create an account here) to get in on the conversation below. Want to join the debate? Subscribe to CentralMaine.com here. Do you support an expansion of Maine’s Good Samaritan law? State lawmakers recently passed legislation to expand immunity under the Good Samaritan law to people at a site where law enforcement has been summoned to help someone who is overdosi...

Signage is seen outside of the law firm Sidley Austin at their legal offices in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Retired military psychologists want to revive defamation lawsuit against Sidley Austin and the American Psychological Association Army officers said law firm report destroyed their personal and professional reputations The company and law firm names show...