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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. – On Friday, officers with the Cathedral City Police Department arrested a man –accused of sexually assaulting a minor with intellectual disabilities. Investigators said the incident was reported in the early morning hours of January 1, 2026. They said the 14 year old was walking southbound on Date Palm Drive, when she … Read more
A 5-year-old girl died after drinking her mom’s meth-laced bong water. Her death was ruled an overdose, but the tragedy was made worse when it was revealed how she spent the last several hours of her life. Sophia Larson (Photo Credit: Facebook) Sophia Larson, a 5-year-old Colorado girl, died of a methamphetamine overdose after drinking … Read more
Board members spent substantial time discussing the district’s use of Flexible Instruction Days (FID) as a contingency for snow days. Administrators said FID days are intended for remediation and review rather than new content and that elementary schedules are divided into half-hour blocks; they emphasized the need for fidelity (consistent implementation) across classrooms for FID … Read more
The silence that follows a natural disaster often carries more weight than the chaos that precedes it. Near Lillooet, that silence has settled heavily in the aftermath of a deadly mudslide triggered by days of intense rainfall. What began with cautious hope has now given way to confirmed loss, as authorities acknowledge the human cost … Read more
Editor’s note: This report is based on information submitted by the Oregon State Police. All crashes with fatalities may not be included. The status of incidents might change after further investigation. FRIDAY, JAN. 9 • 6:20 p.m. — Troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 97 about 30 miles north of Modoc Point in … Read more
John’s world seemed to fracture in an instant. One envelope. Familiar handwriting. A rush of fear filling the spaces where certainty had lived. His mind reached for the most obvious explanation, assembling imagined betrayals from fragments of late nights and unfinished sentences. In that moment, panic spoke louder than trust. When she finally met his … Read more