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The Melting Pot is preparing to make its return to downtown Nashville, with managing partner Demetrius Kelley securing a new location at 315 Deaderick St. in the former UBS Bank building. The fondue restaurant’s comeback follows the loss of its longtime Second Avenue location in the December 2020 Christmas Day bombing. According to WSMV 4, the new restaurant is expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027.

DEKALB COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - A Butler woman is facing animal cruelty and fraud charges after she allegedly pulled dogs from an Indianapolis shelter to collect donor pledges and killed at least one in her care. According to a probable cause affidavit, Kayla Dillenburg, who operated Welcome Home Canine Rescue,...

Municipal pushback to the controversial Amazon Prime drone delivery proposal that locals and lawmakers have been sounding the alarm about for weeks is growing, from the 15 cities and towns that say they'll be impacted by the delivery service and the trade group that represents Massachusetts' 351 municipalities. The communities...

Using advanced DNA sequencing and traditional genealogy research, Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office have identified the skeletal remains of a male homicide victim found in a shallow grave in Quincy 35 years ago, Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey announced today. The remains are of...

A Megabucks jackpot winner recently set the record for the largest-ever prize in the history of the game at $29.71 million. The Massachusetts Lottery said Mr. Potato Head Trust of Springfield claimed the prize on Oct. 28, represented by trustee Hyman Darling. The trust opted to receive the prize in the form of a one-time payment of $19,635,669, before taxes. When asked how the name of the trust was chosen, Darling said the winner named it after someone they know who reminded them of Mr. Potato H

Ocean 302 remained open a month after its bar manager asked the community for help, following a difficult slow season that had left owner Charlie Zubi about a week from closing the Melbourne Beach restaurant. Zubi, who has owned Ocean 302 for almost 11 years, said the restaurant was struggling...

A 40-year-old man who sparked a massive manhunt after escaping from the Sumter County Detention Center and later tried to dig his way out of a solitary confinement cell has been sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison. Judge Charles L.W. Helm accepted a plea this past week from Joseph...

Florida reported 60 more locally acquired cases of dengue fever in one week, according to the latest update from the Florida Department of Health . The disease is also called breakbone fever, due to the pain it causes. That brings the statewide total to 485 for the year as of Oct. 24, the largest outbreak in the United States in decades. The previous highest number of Florida cases in recent memory was 199 in 2023 . In 2025, Florida reported 62 cases for the year. ➤ Prevent dengue at home in Flo

Federal prosecutors said Brown and her two daughters fraudulently obtained more than $146,000 through federal COVID relief programs.

A Barrow County Sheriff's Office investigator has been arrested and charged with allegedly misusing the agency's Flock license plate reader system. An internal audit uncovered suspicious searches conducted by Investigator Stephanie Howard over approximately six months. Howard resigned, voluntarily surrendered to authorities and was released on $7,500 bond. BARROW COUNTY,...