The man who is accused of kidnapping and killing 17-year-old, Brittanee Drexel, appeared in court for the first time yesterday. 62-year-old, Raymond Moody, pleaded guilty to the murder, kidnapping, and rape of Drexel. Moody said quote “I was a monster then and I was a monster when I took Drexel’s life. I don’t have words to express how horrible I…
The U.S Department of Agriculture is granting $53 million to improve technology and enhance the shopping experience for families who are apart of the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program. The funding is backed by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The act aims to help state agencies, community groups, other nonprofit organizations as well as potential WIC participants….
22-year-old, Masha Amini, died after she was detained by Iran’s mortality police for wearing her hijab improperly. In reaction to the incident, protests in Iran have been ongoing and the country is battling its own people. FIFA recently sent a letter on behalf of a group of former and current Iranian sports figures requesting football’s governing body to suspend the…
The St. Louis Elementary School where radioactive waste was previously discovered, will be shutting down for good. The Jana Elementary School was contaminated with extreme levels of nuclear waste. The school lies in the Coldwater Creek area where atomic bombs were improperly stored during WWII. An investigation detected waste in the schools library, kitchen, playground, gym and ventilation system. The…
Trump’s legal team is weighing a decision to allow the FBI to search his Mar-a-Lago residence again. There is consideration to allow a supervised search to satisfy the Justice Department’s demands of all sensitive government documents to be returned. In the previous search, the FBI seized nearly 20 thousand pages of documents. The DOJ is convinced that there are still…
The Justice Department announced allegations against six Russian GRU officers for hacking and software deployment operations to attack other countries. The GRU officers are accused of participating in computer intrusions “intended to support Russian government efforts to undermine, retaliate against or otherwise destabilize.” The charges raise awareness of Russia’s cyber capabilities to destroy and interfere with the domestic political and…
The British Prime Minister announced she is resigning after serving less than two months in office. Liz Truss’s resignation announcement comes after a chaotic and quickly withdrawn economic plan that caused the pound’s value to decrease extensively. As a result, the Conservative government spiraled. Truss was appointed by Queen Elizabeth on September 6th and is now the shortest serving Prime…
Carowinds amusement park has announced new hours coming soon. The theme park proposed plans to expand to year-round operations beginning January 1st of next year. The park has always closed and reopened for its season. Now, Carowinds will remain open for guest to experience the park like never before. The park will provide guest the opportunity to participate in more…
A Lake City home will soon be transformed into a museum. The historical PD Cockfield house is nearly 2,700 square feet. It’s a two story house located on the East side of Lake City on Valley Street. It was rented in 2008 then bought in 2012 by Dr. Terrie Bryant. Dr. Bryant plans to use the house to preserve African…
On Tuesday, October 25th, North Beltline Drive in Florence, will be partially closed to complete a water tap installation. The new installation is being placed for the Caliber Carwash. The road will be partially closed from 9p.m Monday, October 24th and remain closed till Wednesday October 26th. If additional time is needed, a second closure will be announced. The South…
