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1+ hour, 30+ min ago (179+ words) SAN MATEO " A surprise law enforcement training exercise at the College of San Mateo fueled fears of an active shooter late Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. Armed individuals and screams were reported between 5:15 and 5:20 p.m. around Building 12, the College of San Mateo and San Mateo Police Department said in advisories. The San Mateo County Community College District Public Safety Department and San Mateo Police Department dispatched officers to the scene. They arrived to discover outside law enforcement agencies were conducting a training exercise with the college's emergency medical technician program, according to authorities. "Appropriate notifications had not been made and our agency was not made aware of outside agencies using the campus for training," San Mateo police said. "While glad to learn this was not an active threat, our department responded in force and took appropriate actions immediately," the agency continued....

3+ hour, 17+ min ago (622+ words) The Volunteer Fireman's Relief Association of the Bear Lake Fire Department faces a potential withholding of state aid after not complying with a state auditor's prior recommendations. A prior audit by the state Auditor General's office found the association's checking account inappropriately registered under the Bear Lake Volunteer Fire Department's name and federal tax identification [] Auditor General may withhold aid to Bear Lake VFRA The Volunteer Fireman's Relief Association of the Bear Lake Fire Department faces a potential withholding of state aid after not complying with a state auditor's prior recommendations. A prior audit by the state Auditor General's office found the association's checking account inappropriately registered under the Bear Lake Volunteer Fire Department's name and federal tax identification number rather than having a separate name and tax ID number for the association as well as having out of date…...

3+ hour, 56+ min ago (481+ words) SIDNEY " Although Wednesday was a dark and rainy day for many in eastern Montana, it was a bright day for Randy Searer after he woke up with a new liver. "Well, I'm doing pretty good," the Sidney resident said. "So yesterday they found him a new liver. He got into surgery around 10 am, I wanna say. It was about an eight-hour-long surgery," Searer's son, Taylor Searer, told MTN. Although the surgery in Denver was successful, it's been a long road. One April morning, Randy woke up and instantly knew something was wrong. After hospital tests and waiting periods, Randy found out he would need a new liver. "We didn't know. I mean, I went to Billings one day with retaining fluids, and they ran all these tests, and they finally narrowed it down to a fatty liver," Searer said. It's…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago (636+ words) James Worpel is confident he will find a place in the Cats' midfield after his move from the Hawks AFTER his "most injury-riddled year", James Worpel is backing himself to be a permanent Geelong midfielder following his switch from Hawthorn. The 26-year-old still played 21 games for the Hawks in 2025, but his season was set back immediately when he suffered an ankle injury in the first game. He only missed three games but wasn't able to recapture the form that led to him winning Hawthorn's best and fairest as a 20-year-old back in 2019. An opportunity to move back to the area he grew up in " he is one of nine siblings " was too hard to pass up for the boyhood Cats supporter. Worpel will boost an on-field brigade that was badly beaten in the second half of their Grand Final loss…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago (249+ words) Financial assistance is available to eligible landowners and agricultural operators for four projects that will implement conservation activities in fiscal 2026. The MidSouth Development District project, which aims to establish diverse habitats in Crittenden County on the edges of farm production areas to enhance ecosystem health. The application deadline is Jan. 15. The AR-LA CDN Open Pine Landscape Restoration #2 project, which will implement open pine forest management practices across private lands in 27 southern Arkansas counties to address wildlife habitat, fire management and water quality concerns. The deadline is Jan. 30. The North Arkansas Quail Focal Renewal project, led by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, which will focus on developing habitats to benefit quail, pollinators and other wildlife in Baxter, Fulton, Izard, Randolph, Sharp and Stone counties. The deadline is Jan. 30. The War Eagle Creek Watershed Initiative project, led by the Beaver Watershed…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago (179+ words) SAN MATEO " A surprise law enforcement training exercise at the College of San Mateo fueled fears of an active shooter late Tuesday afternoon, according to authorities. Armed individuals and screams were reported between 5:15 and 5:20 p.m. around Building 12, the College of San Mateo and San Mateo Police Department said in advisories. The San Mateo County Community College District Public Safety Department and San Mateo Police Department dispatched officers to the scene. They arrived to discover outside law enforcement agencies were conducting a training exercise with the college's emergency medical technician program, according to authorities. "Appropriate notifications had not been made and our agency was not made aware of outside agencies using the campus for training," San Mateo police said. "While glad to learn this was not an active threat, our department responded in force and took appropriate actions immediately," the agency continued....

7+ hour, 6+ min ago (60+ words) In late November, 61-year-old Randy Searer met the family of his life-saving liver donor, Nikki Leep. Leep died last September in Billings after suffering a brain aneurysm. In late November, 61-year-old Randy Searer met the family of his life-saving liver donor, Nikki Leep. Leep died last September in Billings after suffering a brain aneurysm....

8+ hour, 46+ min ago (163+ words) Police ask anyone who recognizes those pictured below to contact them: Around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 26, officers responded to a shooting outside an Exxon gas station at 3000 Moreland Avenue, where they found 21-year-old Kinaya Hightower shot to death. Police said Hightower was celebrating her birthday with friends at a car meet-up outside the gas station when two groups of people started shooting. Hightower, an innocent bystander, was caught in the crossfire and died of her injuries. Police said the suspects left before they arrived. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Woman found shot to death after car meet-up, DeKalb County police say Investigators urge "anyone who was there, has video, saw anything or can identify anyone in the pictures" to contact them. "Even the smallest detail could help solve this crime," police said. Anyone with information can send an anonymous tip through the free DeKalb County…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago (218+ words) The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been awarded a five-year, $10.5 million federal grant to develop biomarkers for human diseases, including cancer, university officials announced Tuesday. The grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the National Institutes of Health, will support efforts by UAMS' IDeA National Resource for Quantitative Proteomics to make proteomics (a type of advanced protein analysis) available to biomedical researchers nationwide, according to a UAMS news release. Beginning as a regional program, the national resource supports researchers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, according to the release. During its operation, the resource has served over 2,000 researchers, analyzed about 50,000 samples and provided approximately 500 education and career opportunities. Increased understanding of proteomics can allow researchers to identify new drug targets, diagnostic tools and treatment strategies for cancer and other diseases, according to the release....

11+ hour, 33+ min ago (806+ words) BILLINGS " One Montana man is celebrating the ultimate gift this holiday season: the gift of life. Sixty-one-year-old Randy Searer received a new liver last year. After his surgery, in what he thought was a shot in the dark, Searer reached out his donor's family. To his surprise, the family responded. Searer is a livestock auctioneer and rancher in Savage, near the North Dakota border. His life passion had to come to a sudden halt when in April of 2024, Searer found out he had stage 4 liver cirrhosis. His only option was to get a new liver. "For me, I didn't have a choice," Searer told MTN over a virtual interview. "I mean, it was either die or get a new liver." Searer was immediately placed on the organ recipient list and received care at the University of Colorado. After six months…...