California proposal would change how power bills are calculated, aiming to relieve summer spikes

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It’s become a rite of summer in sunny California: When the temperature spikes, so do electricity bills, leaving some customers with monthly payments over $500. A big reason for that is the way California’s largest power companies calculate rates. The more power you use, the more money you pay — not … Read more

Georgia Republican Party official voted illegally nine times, judge rules

A judge ruled this week that a top Georgia Republican Party official, who has promoted former President Donald Trump‘s claims of widespread voter fraud affecting the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, has repeatedly voted illegally. Brian Pritchard, first vice chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and a conservative talk show host, was fined $5,000 … Read more

‘What kind of animal are they?;’ Cold case solved 60 years after grisly murder of Dayton mother

Decades after her death, investigators have answered the question of who murdered 43-year-old Daisy Shelton. News Center 7′s Taylor Robertson spoke to Shelton’s grandaughter Maria Walling, who shared her reaction to hearing the news her grandmother’s killers had been found. The case began in June 1964, when a man fly fishing at a local gravel … Read more