Liberty Township calls state police to eject group of elderly quilters who refused to leave community hall
After 137 years helping disabled veterans, families suffering tragedies, and premature newborns in Wexford County’s Liberty Township, the Liberty Ladies Aid is struggling.
In July, township trustees dissolved a contract with the group of about a dozen elderly women who sew quilts and assemble gift baskets for folks in need, ending the Aid’s free use of the township hall that dated back to 1932, the Cadillac News reports.
Township trustees later reversed course under pressure from locals who rallied behind the ladies, though the relationship between the Aid and township remains tense.
On Thursday, the township’s elected officials called state police to force the women from the township hall as trustees reconsidered a public information request from the Aid in a closed session, WWTV reports.
Aid President Mary Hallett told the news site the group had moved to the foyer, but that wasn’t good enough.
“I’m not trying to cause a problem. We had left right after (clerk) Amanda (Kimbel-Sparks) said, we’re calling the cops. We left,” Hallett said. “We didn’t fight … against it or anything.” Click here to read more.
Disarming Millions of Americans Simply Because They Use Marijuana Is Unconstitutional, a SCOTUS Brief Says
Judging from federal survey data, nearly a quarter of Americans 18 or older used marijuana in 2024, while 16 percent reported using it during the previous month. Those numbers suggest that somewhere between 43 million and 62 million Americans are disqualified from gun ownership because of their cannabis consumption, even if they live in one of the 40 states that have legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. Marijuana users who nevertheless try to exercise the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms are committing up to four federal felonies.
In United States v. Hemani, a case the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on March 2, the Trump administration is asking the justices to uphold that policy, which it says is perfectly reasonable and constitutional. Click here to read more.
Trump Finds California Illegally Hid Gender Identity From Parents
President Donald Trump’s Department of Education found that California violated federal parental rights law by pressuring schools to hide children’s so-called transgender identity from their parents.
A U.S. Department of Education investigation found that the California Department of Education violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, known as FERPA.
The state’s policies “have created state-directed pressure for schools to violate FERPA by concealing student records about a child’s so-called gender transition from a child’s parents,” an official for the U.S. Education Department said.
“During our investigation, we uncovered a systemic problem of schools maintaining secret records, such as gender support plans, and other records of the like, and claiming that they are not part of a student’s cumulative record, which is accessible to parents under FERPA.” Click here to read more.
Dog dies after owner’s door allegedly kicked in by teens trying TikTok challenge
DELTONA, Fla. - Authorities in Florida plan to make an arrest after taking a second look at a case in which teenagers allegedly kicked a woman’s door in, leading to the death of her dog.
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office says a group of teens was playing “ding dong ditch” in a Deltona neighborhood in December when things escalated. Investigators say one of the teens kicked in the front door of Dissany Cid’s home.
Cid wasn’t home at the time, but her dogs were. One of them, a 3-year-old Yorkshire terrier named Spookie, got out and ran away because he was scared. He was later found dead after being hit by a car.
“It’s devastating,” Cid said. “I feel like I failed him.” Click here to read more.
Florida suspends license of nurse who wished childbirth injury on Karoline Leavitt
The former labor and delivery nurse, identified as Alexis Lawler, posted a video on social media last week in which she wished Leavitt would experience a “fourth degree tear” during childbirth. She was fired over the post.
The emergency suspension order, which was obtained by FOX News, bans Lawler from working as a registered nurse in the state.
“Effective today, Lexie Lawler is no longer allowed to practice nursing in Florida,” Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on X. “Making statements that wish pain and suffering on anyone, when those statements are directly related to one’s practice, is an ethical red line we should not cross. I’m proud of [Ladapo] for taking this decisive action.”
Lawler has not commented on the order, but her actions were denounced by her former employer, Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, who told Fox News that Lawler’s comments “do not reflect our values or the standards we expect of healthcare professionals.”
Leavitt announced that she was pregnant with her second child in December.
