Fayetteville’s utility board approved a two‑year rate plan that will add roughly $8 a month for a typical 1,000‑kWh household next May. The utility cites rising wholesale power and capital costs as the reason.

Brig. Gen. Leah Voelker has taken command at Selfridge as the 127th Wing shifts to F-15EX fighters and KC-46 tankers, a transition that will bring major construction and community impacts.

Draymond Green backed Anthony Edwards' critique of Memphis hotels, reigniting debate as the city pushes a multi‑year renovation of its largest downtown hotel. The remarks have local tourism leaders balancing image and infrastructure fixes.

Animal Care Services and neighbors are searching east of downtown after a cat was seen with a jar stuck on its head. Officers set a humane trap and asked residents to report sightings.

A Columbus mother says a court‑ordered drug test from Averhealth was a false positive and is pressing Franklin County Children Services for details.

A DC Water main burst flooded a Southeast D.C. basement up to three feet, displacing a longtime resident and highlighting a string of pipe failures tied to the cold snap. The city placed her in a hotel while crews work on repairs.

Geisinger agreed to pay $450,000 and accept a two‑year consent decree after the EEOC said the system denied reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb settled with owners of two Ward 7 apartment complexes after inspections found rodents, mold and other housing-code violations. The agreements require pest control, faster emergency repairs and OAG oversight through 2028.

iHeart and Glass launch a 10‑episode series that reopens the high‑profile paternity fight involving Laura Owens and former Bachelor Clayton Echard as criminal charges loom. The first episodes drop Thursday.

St. Edward’s President Montserrat Fuentes announced she will step down this summer after five years at the helm; trustees will hire a search firm for an interim and a national search.

Berkeley’s council left approvals in place for two high‑rise projects that invoked the state density bonus to win exemptions from the city’s HARD HATS labor rules.

Berkeley's Black Student Union says racist graffiti at Clark Kerr and a social-media photo prompted multiple conduct reports and demands for accountability from campus officials.

CMSD’s board approved a new calendar that pushes the first day back to Aug. 24, and tacks on a staff PD day to ease dozens of planned school mergers.