SoFlo Live
KAREN STEPHENS IN ‘POTUS’: The award-winning South Florida favorite returns Jan. 9 – 26 to the Carnival Studio Theater of Miami’s Arsht Center for the …
New Orleans mourns victims of truck attack with tearful vigil and celebration of life
New Orleans (AP) — New Orleans mourned, wept and danced at a vigil Saturday evening along the famous thoroughfare where a man rammed a pickup …
Health and Wellness
Mississippi cities honored for smoke-free ordinances
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ The Mississippi State Department of Health says the Magnolia state leads the nation when it comes to implementing municipal smoke-free air …
State hospital halts new admissions during renovations
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Osawatomie State Hospital has stopped accepting new admissions while the facility undergoes renovations. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1IeAU7X ) that officials …
Business
Wingstop files for IPO to join slate of chains going public
NEW YORK (AP) _ Wingstop filed for an initial public offering worth $86.3 million Wednesday, joining a growing pack of restaurants that are becoming publicly …
Louisiana borrows $335M to continue construction projects
By MELINDA DESLATTE BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ Despite budget question marks and the collapse of a recent LSU bond sale, Louisiana borrowed $335 million …
US gives farmers approval to spray crops from drones
By SCOTT SMITH FRESNO, Calif. (AP) _ A drone large enough to carry tanks of fertilizers and pesticides has won rare approval from federal authorities …
Education
Great Falls attorney makes $10M donation to UM law school
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) _ The University of Montana is proposing naming its law school in honor of Alexander Blewett III after the Great Falls personal …
Scientists cross Lake Superior to sample its water
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) _ Scientists from the University of Minnesota Duluth are taking samples from Lake Superior this week as they research why its water …
Student back in school, with gym teacher who gave her kidney
DETROIT (AP) _ An 18-year-old has returned to her Detroit high school with a new kidney, donated by her gym teacher. Students threw confetti Tuesday …
Sports
Tannehill shines in scrimmage
By ANDY KENT Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill was effective during an intrasquad scrimmage Saturday at Sun Life Stadium. But …
Court clears way for Clippers to be sold soon
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer Michele Roberts has watched basketball for as long as she can remember. It was an easy choice growing …
