The winning ticket for the record-shattering $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot was sold in California, marking the fifth-largest lottery prize ever awarded. This monumental win has sparked a wave of excitement, speculation, and a touch of wistful disappointment across the nation. The lucky ticket was purchased at a Circle K on Rhonda Road in Cottonwood, a town nestled within Shasta County.
The winning numbers, 3, 7, 37, 49, 55, and the gold Mega Ball 6, catapulted one individual or group into the ranks of the ultra-wealthy. The cash value option, a more practical choice for most winners, is estimated at $549.7 million, a sum large enough to significantly alter even the most established lives.… Continue reading
Shasta County in Northern California has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Jessica Long and her nine-year-old daughter over the confiscation and butchering of their family pet, a goat named Cedar. The lawsuit claimed that deputies wrongfully executed a search warrant to seize Cedar, who the young girl had raised as part of a county fair farm animal care program. Despite Long offering to pay for any costs and requesting the goat not be slaughtered, officials led the animal away. The settlement is the first step in resolving the long-running dispute, though questions still remain over who arranged for the goat’s confiscation and slaughter. The litigation against Shasta District Fair employees and a 4-H volunteer is ongoing.
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A California landlord, Charles Pierce, claimed on Reddit that he used ballots belonging to his former tenants to vote multiple times for Donald Trump in Shasta County, California. After Reddit users reported him for voter and mail fraud to the FBI, he was fired from his job as a landlord of an apartment complex in Redding. Pierce denied engaging in illegal activities and the Shasta County Clerk and Registrar of Voters stated that the case had been passed onto the District Attorney’s Office. While no charges have been filed yet, the office is considering doing so. The FBI refused to comment on the situation.
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