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Stepfather Sentenced to Eight Years in Boy's Death
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Robert McCoy was sentenced to eight years in prison and six years of probation after pleading guilty to manslaughter and child endangerment in the 2025 death of his 4-year-old stepson, Jasper Smith, who fatally shot himself after finding a loaded handgun in the family’s home. Relatives say they repeatedly alerted Maine child welfare officials to concerns about the household, prompting calls for an accounting of how those reports were handled.
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LP idles Jasper, Texas OSB mill, cutting 150 jobs amid oversupply
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— Sep 1, 2026
Louisiana-Pacific (LP Building Solutions) will indefinitely curtail oriented strand board production at its Jasper, Texas, facility starting in October 2026 due to soft demand, with estimated 2026 severance and one-time costs of about $4 to $6 million. The company plans to support affected employees with pay, benefits, severance, and transition assistance and may restart capacity if market conditions improve.
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Maya Lindstrom
families in Jasper about to have a rough holiday season while LP execs talk about "market conditions.
Biden Participates in Annual Turkey Pardon
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— Nov 19, 2021
President Joe Biden continued the annual tradition of pardoning the national Thanksgiving turkey. The two turkeys “Peanut Butter” and “Jelly” were raised in Jasper, Indiana. Biden used the light-hearted moment on Friday…
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Pogacar Extends Lead as Philipsen Wins Stage 17 Sprint
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— Jul 22, 2026
Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory on Stage 17 of the Tour de France in Voiron, with Mathieu van der Poel delivering the lead-out, marking his 11th career stage win and a boost in the green-jersey battle. Tadej Pogacar maintained the yellow-jersey lead as the race finished hours later, while the stage was overshadowed by anti-doping controversy over nocturnal ITA tests and questions of testing bias.
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Cyberattack Turns Hundreds Of Grocery Coolers Into Saunas As Military Stores’ Meltdown Remains A Mystery
Dylan Kresak · 3 min · 12h
