MENTOR, OH – A lucky player won a $10,000 prize from the Ohio Lottery’s Billion scratch-off game. After mandatory federal and state tax withholdings, the winner will receive approximately $7,200. The winning ticket was purchased at the Convenient Food Mart, located at 7413 Center Street in Mentor. Billion is a $50 scratch-off game with a top prize of $1 million a year for 20 years. As of July 30, three top prizes remain in the game.
NORFOLK, VA – The Norfolk community is grieving the loss of James Carter, a revered mentor, father figure, and long-standing pillar of the Lindenwood neighborhood. Mr. Carter, who devoted decades of his 84 years to supporting the area, was tragically shot to death in the very community he cherished. A poignant gathering of family, friends, and community members took place to remember Mr. Carter. Among those present was a young man who had a significant interaction with Norfolk Police Officer Phan. Both shared a common past as foster children, and Officer Phan remembered him as a neighborhood troublemaker who has
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – Her deep admiration for Ecuador’s former President Rafael Correa inspired lawyer Luisa Gonzalez to work for his government. Now she is the best hope of returning his Citizens’ Revolution party to power. The 45-year-old Gonzalez has channeled many voters’ longing for a return of Correa’s social spending into a lead at the ballot box, where she won 34% of the vote in an August first round, though polling points to a tight second-round contest. She faces businessman Daniel Noboa, heir to a banana empire, in the second round on Sunday. The campaign has been
GOP Presidential Candidate Says He’d Ask Trump To Be A ‘Mentor’ If He Wins Harold Hutchison on August 15, 2023 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Tuesday he would ask former President Donald Trump to “mentor” him should the Ohio businessman win the presidency. “You’re in second place, right behind President Trump. If he called you today and asked you to be vice president, would you accept?” conservative commentator Brilyn Hollyhand asked Ramaswamy during an interview posted on Twitter Tuesday. “I would make the same offer in return,” Ramaswamy responded. “I doubt he’d be vice president after he’s been president.
BALTIMORE, MD – In a significant development, a Baltimore City jury has recently convicted Kahlil Madden of two counts of Conspiracy to Commit Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and Conspiracy to Commit Burglary. The conviction follows a long and collaborative investigation by the Baltimore Police Department, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Madden is set to be sentenced on September 7, 2023, and faces up to 20 years in prison. In a related case, last week, Aaron Butler pled guilty to First Degree Murder, Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Crime
MENTOR, OH – Patrick Nugent of Mentor is the lucky winner of $20,000 after playing Mega Millions. Nugent will receive $14,400 after mandatory state and federal taxes totaling 28 percent. His ticket was purchased at Convenient Mart, located at 7865 Munson Road in Mentor on the Lake. According to lottery officials, “Mega Millions drawings are held every Tuesday and Friday evenings at approximately 11:00 pm.”
By Tim Kelly and Yukiko Toyoda NARA, Japan – After a strong showing in an election overshadowed by the killing of former premier Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida may have fresh momentum to hike defence spending on a scale beyond the grasp of his slain mentor. In doing so, Kishida, a moderate from Hiroshima who wants nuclear weapons banned, would expand on Abe’s hawkish legacy and ensure support from Liberal Democratic Party hardliners loyal to Abe. The LDP’s ruling coalition increased its majority in parliament’s upper house two days after Abe, the nation’s longest-serving premier and a party