Here’s a roundup of our top stories from the past week. With a subscription to the Pensacola News Journal, you will receive full access to the work done by our journalists and photographers as they head out every day to help inform and explain the important issues affecting your community. Investigation finds evidence Santa Rosa School administrator stole thousands…
A Whitney Point man was arrested in Fenton after leading Broome County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed pursuit. According to a press release, David S. Zimmer, 57, is facing two felonies, four misdemeanors and over 30 traffic violations after leading deputies and state police officers on a pursuit which ended with two spike strip…
A family friend burst into tears when I said “hello” to her this morning. A work colleague just told me he had to take the rest of the day off because he literally could not get anything done. Another friend said she was up all night and trying “not to throw up.” Online searches for…
On a deep-dive episode of The Excerpt podcast (first released on October 28, 2024): It was a busy penultimate weekend on the campaign trail for Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. USA TODAY Senior National Political Correspondent Sarah D. Wire discusses what our reporters found speaking with election workers in swing states around the country. USA TODAY…
Democrat Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump in Iowa 47% to 44%, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. A victory for Harris would be a shocking development after Iowa has swung aggressively to the right in recent elections, delivering Trump solid victories in 2016 and 2020. The poll shows that women — particularly those…
A Russian court is demanding that Google pay $20 decillion American dollars after several of the country’s TV channels and media outlets were blocked from YouTube, according to multiple reports. The fine, which is 20 with 33 zeros attached, is a 37-digit figure. The excessive number comes from a Moscow court that imposed it after…
A criminal harassment charge against a former University of Iowa fraternity brother has been dismissed, ending a yearslong legal case surrounding an alleged 2020 sexual assault. Carson Steffen, 23, was charged with first-degree harassment, an aggravated misdemeanor, in 2021. The criminal complaint alleges he shared without permission on Snapchat photos of an individual “engaged in…
A bronze plaque was unveiled on the Court Street side of The Darling Hotel in Visalia, formerly the Courthouse Annex, on Oct. 26 to recognize the building as important in the city’s history. “This is kind of a big deal for those of us that enjoy history in our town,” said local historian Terry Ommen,…
A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping and killing Memphis mother Eliza Fletcher during her morning jog in 2022. Cleotha Abston, 40, was able to avoid the death penalty with the guilty plea to first-degree murder and will face life in prison without the possibility of parole. Fletcher, who was 34 at the time…
DELPHI, Ind. ― For five years after Abigail “Abby” Williams and Liberty “Libby” German were found dead in the woods off the Monon High Bridge trail, Richard Allen was not on investigators’ radar. That changed on Sept. 21, 2022. Kathy Shank, a retired government employee who had started volunteering as a clerk to help with…