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Canine Ryker, a 2-year-old German shepherd, has joined the Lake County sheriff's office. - Original Credit: News-Sun The 2nd Appellate District Court has handed down decisions recently in three Lake County criminal cases, including tossing out the conviction of a man on a child-sex count because of errors in the charging documents. On Wednesday, the appeals court vacated the conviction of Efr...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A new law that takes effect Nov. 1 allows victims of domestic or sexual violence to terminate a lease with a court protective order. The law comes as the state has recently seen record highs in domestic abuse cases. A recent report from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation showed a 20-year high in domestic violence reports during the pandemic. The bill’s author, S...

FILE – The Supreme Court is seen at dusk in Washington, Oct. 22, 2021. The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to a Texas law that has virtually ended abortion in the nation’s second largest state after six weeks of pregnancy. The justices are hearing arguments Monday, Nov. 1, in two cases over whether abortion providers or the Justice Department can mount federal court challenges to the la...

Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law Friday that makes it easier for Iowans to get medical and religious exemptions to workplace COVID-19 vaccine requirements. The bill passed overwhelmingly during a special legislative session with a tally of 68 to 27 in the House and 45 to 4 in the Senate. District 39 State Senator Kevin Kinney (D) did not oppose the bill, “I voted in support of tha...

Voters will cast their ballots Tuesday in a new environment created by Georgia’s voting law that will test metro Atlanta elections, especially in embattled Fulton County. Election workers will be challenged to keep lines short, report results quickly and avoid any doubts about election integrity. Whether they rise to the challenge or fall short will be on public display as voters focus on the...

BATON ROUGE - Overnight Sunday, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office responded to the attempted theft of an ATM at a business on the corner of Perkins Road and Siegen Lane. Sources who drove by the area reported seeing multiple wrecked cars and the glass front of the nearby Walgreens smashed and broken. The attempted theft occurred at the Walgreens at the intersection of Perkins Road ...

Good Monday morning, Memphis, where we're recovering from the onslaught of Halloween parties and candy, and digging deep into the closet for sweaters and jackets amid a cool snap. But, first, the city of Memphis has asked a private law firm to investigate the Office of Business Diversity and Compliance following the departure of its former director, Joann Massey, according to multiple source...

PANAMA CITY — Nothing says grand opening quite like bubbly and tacos! The Burg Law Firm popped the champagne as they celebrated the grand opening of the firm's new building at 215 Harrison Ave. in downtown Panama City. Joined by members of the community, the Bay County Chamber of Commerce, and the El Weirdo Taco Truck, Brandon R. Burg, attorney, and owner of the firm, thanked everyone for j...

Janene Oleaga, founder of Oleaga Law LLC, was honored by SCORE Maine as 2020’s successful young entrepreneur. She works from an office in the Pierce Atwood building on Portland’s waterfront. Janene Oleaga is a Portland-based attorney and entrepreneur who launched boutique law firm Oleaga Law LLC in September 2020 to help clients in Maine and New York with assisted reproduction, third-party re...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday grilled attorneys for abortion providers, the federal government and Texas over the state’s controversial abortion law — and possibly hinted it might allow at least one legal challenge to the law to stand. The Supreme Court heard around three hours of arguments over Texas’ abortion law, also known as Senate Bill 8, as part of two lawsuits — one lodged by abort...