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Donors to the popular outdoor attraction outside of Funks Grove say they feel blindsided by recent changes. The nonprofit's board president says the decision was the only way to avoid shutting the center down altogether.

As ICE expands their use, immigration advocates say one Kansas jail underscores the dangers that can come from using county jails as detention centers.

As a new election season arrives, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Georgian voters from Forsyth County, which leans toward Republican candidates.

Masks will be required at driver’s license facilities in Illinois starting Monday, Secretary of State Jesse White announced Wednesday, and Gov. JB Pritzker said he is “looking at all the possible mitigations” amid another surge of COVID-19 infections.

Fifteen Oregon counties are designated "extreme risk" for COVID-19 due to high infection rates. Rural Linn County's public health office is working to convince people there to get vaccinated.

Local authorities ordered a mandatory evacuation for part of Lee County on Tuesday, just one day before the Category 4 storm made mainland landfall.

Scores of counties across the U.S. have no local newspaper. Even some that do say they're not being well-served by them. Longmont, Colo., is looking at one possibility: newsrooms in libraries.

Experts who study the psychological impact of mass shootings say panicked reactions after such events is expected, but tends to dissipate over time.

Senate scrambles to keep funding flowing and avert partial shutdown, border czar says he may withdraw some immigration agents from Minnesota, FBI seizes 2020 ballots from Fulton County, Georgia.

Democratic candidate for governor JB Pritzker unveiled his higher education plan Wednesday during a stop at Illinois State University, pledging to spend…