• Local Journalism Initiative

    STARS update to county

    The Wheatland County Public Presentation Committee received a presentation by STARS, during the May 14 meeting, as an annual update regarding their operations. “Previously, we had a 10-year affiliation agreement with Alberta Health Services for 20 per cent government funding. That agreement expired at the end of 2010 and has been year to year since then,” said Jackie Seely, STARS municipal liaison for southern Alberta. “Alberta Health Services announced that they would consider top up funding to

  • Associated Press

    Kosovo's parliament passes law on renting prison cells to Denmark

    Kosovo’s parliament approved a draft law Thursday on renting prison cells to Denmark to help it cope with its overpopulated prison system. The parliament voted 86-7, with no abstentions, in favor of the agreement which offers for a 10-year rent to Denmark 300 cells at the prison in Gjilan, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of the capital Pristina. After failing to pass it in the previous week's session, Kosovo's government offered a redrafted law on the treaty, which was signed by the two countries in April and May 2022.

  • Miami Herald

    Man who fired AR-15 rounds at his ex and her husband cleared in Stand Your Ground case

    He claimed self-defense.