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Mo. sheriff, two deputies charged in 'criminal street gang activity'

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Mo. — The sheriff of Iron County and two of his deputies are accused of "criminal street gang activity" in what prosecutors allege was a parental kidnapping plot to help a friend.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Lawmakers fear spill on Keystone system in southern Kansas

State lawmakers worry that southern Kansas is vulnerable to oil spills from the Keystone pipeline system because earthquakes have become more frequent there

The Independent UK

Shocking video shows murder suspect escape Oregon court after being unshackled

Edi Villalobos, 28, made his brazen escape from the Washington County courthouse during jury selection

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'Catfish' cop used his father as a reference to get job as deputy

WASHINGTON — Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl and killed her grandparents and mother before taking his own life, used his own father as one of three character references on his application for a job as a sheriff’s deputy.

Los Angeles Times

Virginia sheriff defends removal of items from deputy’s home after California triple homicide

WASHINGTON — A Virginia sheriff says that he ordered two of his deputies to search the home of a colleague who killed three people in California, and insists they acted to protect the public.

Los Angeles Times

Kansas Oil Spill Biggest in US In Past Decade

A ruptured pipe dumped enough oil this week into a northeastern Kansas creek to nearly fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, becoming the largest onshore crude pipeline spill in nine years and surpassing all the previous ones on the same pipeline system combined, according to federal data. The Keystone pipeline spill…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Keystone pipeline leaks 14,000 barrels of oil into creek in biggest spill yet

The leak occurred in Washington county, Kansas, with the affected segment being ‘isolated’ and the drip contained

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Brickbat: All Alone

A federal lawsuit contends that Jazmin Valentine was forced to give birth on the floor of a cell in the Washington County, Maryland, jail. The suit says that nurses working for the jail's medical provider laughed at her and said she was trying to get out of the cell or…

Reason

Psilocybin In Oregon: County Considers Temporary Ban On Legal Psilocybin Therapy Program

Centers providing supervised therapeutic use of psilocybin are set to commence their services in Oregon in January 2023 thanks to the 2020 Oregon Psilocybin Services Act.

Benzinga

My Dear

I noticed that the Virginia A.G.'s 1989 opinion on residential picketing began with "My Dear Mr. Godfrey:"—the opinion was a response to Washington County Commonwealth's Attorney Dennis Godfrey—and it made me wonder: How long had the "My Dear" salutation (as opposed to just "Dear") endure? It appears that, true to…

Reason

Dan Rodricks: Republican grandstanding on the border will never solve the nation’s drug crisis

Forty-eight-year-old Thamar Smith of Hagerstown, in Washington County, Maryland, pleaded guilty to federal drug charges last week, the latest in a long line of American men who have contributed to the spread of heroin and fentanyl during an epidemic of opioid abuse that represents the tragic extent of despair across…

Tribune News Service

Cause of death of schoolboy found dead in Las Vegas suitcase is shared by authorities

The body of an unidentified boy was found in a suitcase by a mushroom hunter in Washington County, Indiana, approximately 80 feet from the nearest road

Daily Mirror

Oregon fire district board member recalled with 51.1% of the vote

In Washington County, Oregon, Banks Fire District #13 board members Mark Schmidlin and Ed Ewing faced a recall election on April 12, 2022. Schmidlin was recalled with 51.1% of votes cast in favor of the recall. Ewing retained his seat with 52.4% of votes cast against the recall. Schmidlin’s seat…

Ballotpedia

Body of schoolboy found hidden in Las Vegas suitcase by a mushroom hunter

The boy, who has not been identified but was four foot tall, slim and black, was found in a suitcase with a distinctive Las Vegas design on it in woods in Washington County, Indiana

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Police share photo of suitcase in which 5-year-old’s body was found

Body was found abandoned in the woods of Washington County on Saturday

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Former Georgia RB takes high school coaching job

Former University of Georgia running back Robert Edwards III is returning home to Washington County High School.

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