A 64-year-old Lenawee County man and a Clinton market clerk celebrated after a Fast Cash ticket paid $301,243. The winner plans to clear his truck loan and save the rest.

A JSO drone feed helped lifeguards return two swimmers swept out by a current to shore. Officials warned of high rip currents over the Memorial Day weekend.

A Charlotte nonprofit warns federal grant cuts could shrink youth mental‑health and violence‑prevention workshops run through Mecklenburg County's ReCAST program.

South Haven will station lifeguards at South Beach starting Memorial Day after years of advocacy and court fights. Families and rescuers say the move could prevent future tragedies.

Tiny Homes for Humanity plans 14 rental tiny homes for veterans in Madisonville, but organizers must raise $750,000 by June 30 to unlock a $1M county grant.

A split over noise and access heads to Tuesday’s Parks & Rec meeting as Palo Alto weighs converting tennis courts at Mitchell Park into more pickleball courts. The debate has drawn strong letters from neighbors and a funding offer from the local pickleball club.

Elsie Allen High's Mariachi Lobos were invited to perform at Disney California Adventure on June 11 but still need to raise about $72,000. Ninety students and families are fundraising now.

April EDD data show North Bay jobless rates fell for a second month, with Marin at 3.7% and Lake County still highest at 6.7%. Industry shifts in health care and information shaped the changes.

A settlement will transfer most of the historic Des Plaines camp ground to the city and require cottagers to leave, officials say. The deal includes $4M and a plan to relocate the Waldorf Tabernacle.

Denver Rescue Mission will close Harvest Farm in Wellington, ending a decades‑old residential recovery program and saying it will open a new northern‑Colorado shelter.

Nearly two years after SB92, the Las Vegas Valley has just 17 licensed street vendors. High fees, commissary rules and local restrictions are blamed.

Chicago is trimming weekly frozen Home Delivered Meals from 10 to 6 for most clients as demand outpaces funding; the city says bedridden seniors won’t see cuts.

Our Saviour’s Lutheran in south Minneapolis formally handed a neighborhood lot known as the Green House to the Indigenous Protector Movement as reparations. Organizers plan a culturally rooted community house and housing.