Month: August 2025
ABC Entertainment News
Jennifer Aniston says ‘Friends’ cast had ‘been mourning’ Matthew Perry before his death
Jennifer Aniston attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Jennifer Aniston is opening up about her friendship with the late Matthew Perry. The [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois Master Showmanship winners announced
The “Grand Champion Overall Master Showman” of the 2025 Illinois State Fair has been announced. Hunter Shrike, of Champaign County, son of Dan and Jennifer Shrike, won the title, out-showing sixty-four other young livestock exhibitors [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump puts DC police department under federal control, deploys National Guard
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is holding a news conference Monday to reveal plans he’s said “will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C.” “We’re here for a very serious purpose. Very [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 South Carolina women found dead over 100 miles from home, homicide investigation underway: Coroner
The deaths of two South Carolina women are being investigated as a possible homicide after their bodies were found in a rural, wooded area on Aug. 8, according to the Sumter County Coroner’s Office. Sumter [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tropical Storm Erin likely to be 1st hurricane of season, not forecast to hit US
Erin – Fifth Named Storm Map. ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Erin is forecast to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season by Wednesday and could become a major Category 3 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Flash-flooding threats move into the Plains, Atlantic Coast as Wisconsin mops up
Flash-flood threat, August 11, 2025, from Florida to the Carolinas. ABC News (NEW YORK) — Residents from the Great Plains to the southern Atlantic Coast are bracing for flash flooding on Monday after up to 14 inches [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge rejects Trump administration’s request to unseal Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury testimony
Ghislaine Maxwell attends day 1 of the 4th Annual WIE Symposium at Center 548 on September 20, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New [Read More…]
ABC National News
Extreme heat heading to Northeast, West: Latest on the scorching temperatures
(NEW YORK) — Extreme heat is heading to both coasts, bringing dangerously high temperatures to the Northeast, Northwest and Southwest. In the Northeast, heat alerts are in place for parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont [Read More…]
Latest News
Tabatha Benting Named Warden of Jameson Prison
Secretary of Corrections Kellie Wasko has announced Tabatha Benting has been appointed as the new Warden of the Jameson Prison in Sioux Falls. “I am very proud of Warden Benting as she has provided integral [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ to premiere at the New York Film Festival
Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’/Courtesy of 20th Century Studios New York is going to get the first screening of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is set [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Cruel Summer’ season 3 to star Olivia Holt and more
Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner are uniting for a brand new rom-com. The pair is set to star in the film One Night Only, according to Deadline. Anyone but You director Will Gluck will helm the film based on his rewrite of Travis Braun‘s script. The [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana 4-H members awarded 2025 Supreme Drive Champions
Six 4-H members were named champions during this year’s Indiana State Fair Supreme Drive. The winners include: Supreme Champion Gilt: Colt McComb, Noble CountySupreme Champion Ewe: Jacob Thompson, Boone CountySupreme Champion Percentage Doe: Ethan Dowell, [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana Corn Marketing Council currently in new board member election process
An Indiana corn farmer says the checkoff plays a critical role in helping add value to U.S. corn. Mathew Lucas, vice president of the Indiana Corn Marketing Council, tells Brownfield, “Our programming can typically be [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine ramps up drone attacks on Russia ahead of Trump-Putin Alaska summit
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian forces are increasing the intensity of long-range drone strikes deep into Russia, according to data released by Moscow, ahead of Friday’s planned meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israeli strike kills 5 Al Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al Sharif, in Gaza, network says
Saeed M. M. T. Jaras/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Al Jazeera media company said in a Sunday statement that five of its journalists — including prominent correspondent Anas Al Sharif — were killed [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 kids, 2 adults dead after a house fire in southern Maryland
Maryland State Fire Marshal (BALTIMORE) — Six people are dead after a house fire broke out in Waldorf, Maryland, early Sunday morning, officials said. Around 8:40 a.m., the Waldorf Volunteer Fire Department and several surrounding [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling
Pablo Alcala/Lexington Herald-Leader/Tribune News Service via Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — Ten years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide, the justices this fall will consider for the first time whether to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Weapons’ shoots to #1 at the box office; ‘Freakier Friday’ in at #2
Warner Bros. Pictures Weapons was the big shot at the box office this weekend, taking the top spot with a gross of $42.5 million, according to Box Office Mojo. The horror film about 17 children [Read More…]
Ag News
Instability in the ag land market
An ag real estate specialist says there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty that could impact farmland values. Paul Schadegg with Farmers National Company tells Brownfield on and off again tariffs, ag policy questions, and [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Monday Sports: August 11, 2025
MONDAY SPORTS, AUGUST 11, 2025 AMATEUR BASEBALL Saturday Four Corners 8, Lennox/Chancellor/Worthing 4 Platte 12, Redfield 3 Hartford/Humboldt Gamecocks 8, Larchwood 2 Tabor 11, Wessington Springs 2 (7 innings) Sunday Freeman 19, Burke 4 (5 [Read More…]