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Author: Grace Thompson

Governor McMaster Proposes Allowing Debit Card Purchases for Lottery Tickets
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
Government

Governor McMaster Proposes Allowing Debit Card Purchases for Lottery Tickets

Columbia, South Carolina.Governor Henry McMaster wants to update South Carolina's lottery system by allowing citizens to buy tickets with debit cards instead of cash, which has been the only method of payment since the lottery's start in 2001. The statement was made on Monday during the governor's State House budget plan release for 2025–2026. Along with Tennessee and Wyoming, South Carolina is presently one of just three states that forbids the purchase of lottery tickets using debit cards. McMaster emphasized the necessity of the move by saying that many individuals no longer carry cash and that many companies no longer take it. Since lottery investment revenues have decreased, there has been increasing scrutiny of the cash-only requirement, which was put in place when the lottery was fi...
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Ukraine launches major strikes on Russian cities
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Ukraine launches major strikes on Russian cities

Moscow said Tuesday that Ukraine had launched at least 146 drones, six Storm Shadow cruise missiles from the UK, and six ATACMS ballistic missiles from the United States into Russia in an attack that it stressed would not be ignored. Moscow retaliated on November 21 by firing a new intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, Oreshnik, or Hazel Tree, at Ukraine in retaliation for Ukraine's initial launch of ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles into Russia last year. Russia's military ministry claimed to have destroyed 146 drones outside the conflict zone and all of the Western missiles that Ukraine had launched at the Bryansk region. Over the Black Sea, it reported that two more Storm Shadows had been shot down. The defense ministry declared that the Kyiv regime's activities, which...
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Trump Jan. 6 report released and Senate interviews Hegseth: Morning Rundown
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Trump Jan. 6 report released and Senate interviews Hegseth: Morning Rundown

As firefighters combat fires that are still blazing a week later, the Los Angeles region prepares for another wave of strong winds. On January 6, special counsel Jack Smith makes a scathing defense of the Trump probe. Additionally, a CDC analysis indicates that childhood immunization rates are declining. What to know today is as follows. Heavy winds forecast in L.A. area as progress made against fires The National Weather Service is warning of a wave of strong winds that present an extraordinary fire risk, one week after two large wildfires started in the Los Angeles area. Part of the Santa Monica Mountains, where the Palisades Fire is burning, as well as other areas of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, were expected to be affected by gusts of 45 to 70 mph that started at 4 a.m. local t...
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Cattaraugus County Woman Arrested for Welfare Fraud
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
Arrests

Cattaraugus County Woman Arrested for Welfare Fraud

(WNY News Now) A Killbuck woman has been arrested on many welfare fraud-related charges by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office. NY's Little Valley Nichole M. Sponeybarger, 35, of Killbuck, New York, was arrested by the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Bureau during an investigation into suspected welfare fraud. Sheriff Eric A. Butler reports that Sponeybarger was taken into custody at the Cattaraugus County Department of Social Services in Olean, New York, on January 10, 2025. The Department of Social Services submitted a complaint in April 2024 alleging potential fraud concerning Sponeybarger's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which led to the arrest. According to investigators, Sponeybarger hid her SNAP income from self-employment...
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Falconer Woman Charged with Trespass and Criminal Contempt in Ellicott
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Falconer Woman Charged with Trespass and Criminal Contempt in Ellicott

(WNY News Now) After being accused of trespassing and breaking a stay-away order of protection at a local company, a Falconer resident faces legal ramifications. New York's Ellicott. Amra Y. Cuhel, 34, of Falconer has been arrested by the Town of Ellicott Police Department on suspicion of trespassing and criminal contempt in the second degree. Police went to a trespassing report on January 11 and made the arrest. Authorities claim that Cuhel was discovered on a site that she had previously been told to avoid. Subsequent inquiry showed that she was not allowed to be at the premises, which is the protected party's place of employment, due to a court-issued stay-away order of protection. After being arrested on the spot, Cuhel was transferred to the Chautauqua County Jail for a centralized ...
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Hinsdale Man Arrested on Felony Bench Warrant
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Hinsdale Man Arrested on Felony Bench Warrant

(WNY News Now) On January 6, 2025, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office reported that a Hinsdale resident had been arrested on an active felony bench warrant. Insdale, New York Andrew J. Greinert, 34, was taken into custody by deputies from the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office at his home on Mill Street in Hinsdale on January 6, 2025, at around 1:01 a.m. On the basis of an active felony bench warrant issued by Cattaraugus County Court, Greinert was apprehended without incident. Greinert was taken to the Cattaraugus County Jail after being arrested, where he is being detained while additional court proceedings are conducted. He faces accusations relating to violations of court-ordered terms of release under New York State Criminal Procedure Law 530.70-3. The accused is deemed innoce...
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Dayton Man Arrested for Criminal Trespass in Cattaraugus County
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Dayton Man Arrested for Criminal Trespass in Cattaraugus County

(WNY News Now) After looking into an incident on Cabic Road, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office arrested a Dayton man on criminal trespass charges. Dayton, New York. Deputies from the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office responded to a trespassing report on Cabic Road in the Town of Dayton, New York, on Saturday, January 11, 2025, at around 8:50 a.m. Investigators found that 31-year-old Andrew J. Woodarek had entered a fenced property without authorization. After the investigation, Woodarek was taken into custody and accused of third-degree criminal trespass, which is a misdemeanor in New York State. After being processed on the spot, Woodarek was given an appearance ticket and released. To answer to the accusations, he is expected to appear in Town of Dayton Court later. The accused...
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Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth to face grilling in Senate hearing
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Trump Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth to face grilling in Senate hearing

Tuesday's hearing for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for the next defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is anticipated to be dominated by personal problems and culture warfare. At 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time, Hegseth, a former Fox News personality and Army combat veteran, will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee, becoming the first of Trump's Cabinet nominees to be publicly questioned by lawmakers. As senators scramble to assist Trump in completing his government before his inauguration on Monday, there are also about a dozen additional hearings planned for this week. Trump's new national security advisor, Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., and former Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn, will introduce Hegseth during the hearing. Hegseth, who was appointed to head the enormous Defense Department, ...
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Sydney beaches shut once again over mysterious debris washed on shore
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Sydney beaches shut once again over mysterious debris washed on shore

As authorities looked into marble-sized balls of white and gray debris that had washed up on shore in the latest of several mystery incidents in recent months, Sydney's well-known Manly Beach and other beaches surrounding the Australian city were closed on Tuesday. Although some were larger, the majority of the samples found were marble-sized, according to the Northern Beaches Council. It claimed to be arranging for the debris, whose composition and source are unknown, to be safely removed. Dee Why, Long Reef, Queenscliff, Freshwater, North and South Curl Curl, North Steyne, and North Narrabeen beaches were also closed till further notice by authorities, in addition to Manly. They're inspecting other beaches. During the height of the Australian summer, the closures take place. According to...
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Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping
14Jan By Grace ThompsonNo Comments
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Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping

There is only so much Jen Fisher can do to protect her son from the kinds of diseases that kids can get at school. She said that other pupils and parents in their hometown of Franklin, Tennessee, are responsible for the rest. Raleigh, Fisher's 12-year-old son, has a congenital cardiac issue that has compromised his immune system. Raleigh has gotten every vaccination advised for a youngster his age in order to safeguard him. However, Fisher noted that despite his vaccines, he may become ill and end up in the emergency room due to a sickness that would simply prevent another youngster from playing. In order to prevent diseases like measles and other diseases that have essentially been eradicated from resurfacing, we urge everyone to get vaccinated, Fisher stated. Those may undoubtedly have ...
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