Jim Salter, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

David Smith shovels the sidewalk as the first snow falls ahead of a winter storm on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Sioux Falls, S.D. A wide swath of the Upper Midwest is bracing for a historic winter storm. The system is expected to bury parts of the region in 2 feet of snow, create dangerous blizzard conditions and bring along bitter cold temperatures. (Erin Woodiel/The Argus Leader via AP)

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Upper Midwest braces for blizzard, nearly 2 feet of snow

by Trisha Ahmed Associated Press, and Jim Salter Associated PressFebruary 21, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — A monster winter storm took aim at the Upper Midwest on Tuesday, threatening to bring blizzard conditions, bitterly cold temperatures and 2 feet of snow in a three-day onslaught that could affect more than 40 million Americans.The storm…

Lamar Johnson, center, and his attorneys react on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, after St. Louis Circuit Judge David Mason vacated his murder conviction during a hearing in St. Louis, Mo. Johnson served nearly 28 years of a life sentence for a killing that he has always said he didn't commit. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, Pool)

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After 28 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free

by Jim Salter Associated PressFebruary 17, 2023

Death row inmate Amber McLaughlin is shown in an undated photo. She was scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for stabbing to death a former girlfriend, Beverly Guenther, in 2003.

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Transgender inmate set to be executed in Missouri

by Jim Salter Associated PressJanuary 3, 2023

A photo of Alexzandria Bell rests Tuesday at the scene of a growing floral memorial to the victims of a shooting at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School.

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School gunman had AR-15-style weapon, 600 rounds of ammo

by Michael Phillis Associated Press, and Jim Salter Associated PressOctober 25, 2022

Messiah Miller, 16, center, a junior at Central Visual & Performing Arts High School, prays with his teacher Ray Parks, second from right, following a shooting at the school on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, in the Southwest Garden neighborhood. "He looked at me, he pointed the gun at me," said Parks, a dance teacher, who came face to face with the gunman. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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2 killed in shooting at St. Louis high school; gunman dead

by Michael Phillis Associated Press, and Jim Salter Associated PressOctober 24, 2022

President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Court temporarily blocks Biden’s student loan forgiveness

by Jim Salter Associated PressOctober 21, 2022

Jolean Olvedo, left, weeps while being comforted by her partner Natalia Gutierrez at a memorial for Robb Elementary School students and teachers who were killed in last week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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White gloves, small casket, overflow crowds at funerals

by Nathan Ellgren Associated Press, Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press, and Jim Salter Associated PressMay 31, 2022

Nathan Papes

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Ex-wife accuses Mo. GOP Senate hopeful of abuse

by Brian Slodysko Associated Press, Jim Salter Associated Press, and Summer Ballentine Associated PressMarch 21, 2022

Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., heads to the chamber Friday.

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Mo. Sen. Blunt won’t seek reelection

by Summer Ballentine Associated Press, and Jim Salter Associated PressMarch 8, 2021

Nicholas Inman

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Last Civil War widow dies

by Jim Salter Associated PressJanuary 7, 2021