September 8, 2023 Ohio Republican lawmaker resigns amid domestic violence charges Ohio Republican State Representative Bob Young announced his resignation following two arrests in the past two months.
September 8, 2023 Draft review leaves future of Dakota Access Pipeline river crossing unclear A draft environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline released on Friday leaves the future of its controversial river crossing unanswered for.
September 8, 2023 9-year-old hit and killed by freight train in central Illinois A nine-year-old child was struck and killed by a freight train in Royal, Illinois, while riding a bicycle to school. No other details of their identity have been released.
September 8, 2023 Meet the American who patented the drinking straw, Marvin Stone, Civil War veteran and mint julep enthusiast Marvin Stone, a Civil War veteran who survived combat wounds, patented the paper drinking straw in 1888. His invention has enjoyed a rebirth in the 21st century.
September 8, 2023 Michigan property owners notch crucial legal win in dam collapse case An appeals court has ruled unanimously in favor of Michigan residents suing the state over property loss from a 2020 hydroelectric dam collapse.
September 8, 2023 Wisconsin sawmill settles for $191K in federal suit over teen employee's death Florence County, Wisconsin-based Florence Hardwoods has reached a settlement in a federal labor lawsuit over the on-the-job death of 16-year-old employee Michael Schuls.
September 8, 2023 'Sadistic' cartel drug runner abducted pair, tortured man with torch, raped woman over massive pot heist Tanner Danielson, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced for abducting, torturing and branding a man he believed stole 50 pounds of cartel marijuana from his house.
September 8, 2023 Scientists ID WWII-era airman killed in 1944 bomber crash as 33-year-old Michigander A World War II-era flight officer killed in a bomber crash in India has been identified as flight officer and Marquette, Michigan resident Chester Rinke.
September 8, 2023 Man charged with aiding Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnapping attempt portrayed himself as terrified by plot A man charged with providing support for a kidnapping scheme said he initially wasn’t aware that the group was targeting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
September 8, 2023 Chicago Teachers Union boss who denounced school choice as racist has son in Catholic school: report Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates reportedly enrolled her son in a private high school despite earlier denouncing school choice as racist in origin.