Ex-funeral home owner is sentenced to 18 years in prison

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her exhusband hide nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison for cheating customers and defrauding the federal government out of nearly $900,000 in pandemic small business aid.

Kennedy Center votes to shut down operations for two years

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center’s board of directors voted on Monday to shut down operations for two years following this summer’s July 4 celebrations.

Afghan man who worked with military dies in ICE custody

HOUSTON (AP) — An Afghan immigrant whose family said he had been evacuated from his home country after working for years with U.S. forces died at a Texas hospital after immigration authorities detained him, according to authorities.

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Jaxtyn Gomez works on school work at Eastside Academy. 

Woman who wrote book after husband’s death found guilty of murder

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a children’s book about coping with grief.

POLICE REPORT MONDAY

DAY SHIFTResponded to a report of suspicious subjects in the 2500 block of Manor Way.Responded to a report of harassing phone calls in the 500 block of S. 19th St.Responded to a report of a possible scam in the 100 block of Randolph Rd.

SHERIFF’S REPORT MONDAY

Responded to a report of theft in the area of State Highway 47 and N. 2270 Rd., Custer City.Responded to a report of a suspicious subject in the 10000 block of U.S. Highway 183, Arapaho.Assisted Clinton Police Department in the 1000 block of Scissortail Dr.

E. coli linked to cheddar cheese made with raw milk sickens seven

(AP) – At least seven people in three states, including young children, have been sickened by E. coli food poisoning linked to cheddar cheese made from raw milk, federal health officials said Monday.

Man freed after 19 years in prison for robbery he didn’t commit

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who spent nearly two decades in prison for a roughly $550 robbery was exonerated and freed Monday, after prosecutors said they now agree he didn’t commit the crime.“It cost me 20 years, but they said they corrected it now. So that’s all that matters.

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