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I re-joined Patch in 2019 as a roving editor, then moved to the national desk in January 2020. This is my second stint with the company — I launched and managed Ankeny Patch in Iowa from 2011 to 2013.
Before returning to Patch, I spent four years assisting with marketing and communications for a nonprofit that provided services to people with disabilities. I also worked as a reporter at the Des Moines Business Record, served as editor of the Britt News-Tribune in Iowa, and started my career as a journalist at the Jackson County Chronicle in Wisconsin.
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Dayton James Webber, a quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player from Maryland, is accused of killing a man in Charles County.
Deputies found two white pills in Tiger Woods' pockets following his car crash near his Florida home last week, a report said.
Five restaurants and chefs located just a short drive from MD are advancing in the James Beard Foundation culinary awards program.
Five restaurants and chefs in VA and Washington, D.C. are advancing in the prestigious James Beard Foundation culinary awards program.
The agreement combines McCormick with Unilever's food division, bringing together two organizations with significant global footprints.
The deputy was arrested Tuesday in connection with a separate incident that occurred in St. Petersburg.
Police initially reported that they found a decomposing body in a wooded area in Oakland County.
The Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office is investigating the crash that killed an 18-year-old and two 17-year-olds.
Montgomery County authorities are investigating the fatal shooting that occurred Friday in Rockville.
The golf legend was arrested on Friday after he rolled his SUV in a crash not far from his home on Jupiter Island, police said.
Three people died and two were injured when a sightseeing plane crashed into the ocean off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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Tiger Woods was arrested on a DUI charge after a crash Friday afternoon in Jupiter Island, where the golf legend lives, police said.
Fairfax County police said the 16-year-old was driving a stolen car when the collision occurred.
Jamal Thompson, 31, died a week after officers detained him as he was experiencing a "mental situation," police said.
The incident happened last summer near a Montgomery County gas station, according to police.
Another wave of No Kings protests will take place in cities across the country on Saturday, including in multiple places in Georgia.
Conditions that support severe thunderstorms in FL have become more frequent in recent decades, according to a new Climate Central report.
The study compiled data to rank 55 U.S. cities based on their performance using 10 factors cited by Hire A Helper.
The top team is valued at roughly $8.5 billion and has topped the rankings every year since Forbes began publishing the list.
