There are two things Oscar- and Grammy-winning artist John Legend has always held close to his heart: music and his hometown of Springfield, Ohio. In 2016, that connection took physical form when he donated $500,000 towards the renovation of an auditorium inside The Dome, the former Springfield South High School. The result was the John…

Dillard School Senior ApartmentsPhoto credit: https://www.taxcreditcoalition.org/ Cassandra Henderson graduated from Dillard Junior High in Yanceyville, North Carolina, in 1968. Nearly six decades later, she moved back into the same building, not as a student but as a resident of the newly restored Dillard School Senior Apartments. The former school, which had stood empty for about…

A property-line disagreement in St. Charles County, Missouri, turned into a criminal case after police said a neighbour fired a gun toward a man repairing a fence. Paula Kohensky, 60, has been charged with first-degree assault or attempted assault and armed criminal action following the Sunday-night incident. According to court documents cited by First Alert…

A former legal secretary in Indiana is facing 42 felony charges and three misdemeanour charges after a three-year police investigation into alleged forged court orders, missing legal fees and fake criminal record expungements. According to a probable cause affidavit reported by Region News Source, 37-year-old Heather Ann Textor of Lowell was arrested after clients who…

In June 2016, television comedy host John Oliver bought nearly $15 million (£11.8 million) in unpaid medical debt for just $60,000 (£47,000) through a debt collection company created for the purpose. Instead of using debt collectors to demand payment from the roughly 9,000 patients linked to the accounts, the producers of HBO’s Last Week Tonight…

A Colorado judge ruled a shared easement cannot serve a separate solar project, protecting neighbouring landowners’ property rights during litigation. A shared road meant to provide access to neighbouring properties has become the centre of a legal battle in Colorado, where a dispute over a solar development has raised questions about property rights, utility infrastructure…