Michael Sluss News Today

The Scott County Board of Supervisors has until June 30 to adopt a fiscal year 2025 budget and decide on whether to add a 10-cent hike to the county’s personal property tax rate.

If you’ve ever wondered how gumshoe-style investigative reporting works, there’s a new primer out. It’s about a Harvard Law grad — John Donald Cody — who orchestrated a nationwide scam that swindled millions from people in the name of a fake veteran’s charity. Using a stolen identity, Cody billed himself as “Commander Bobby Thompson,” leader of the U.S. Navy Veterans Association. The Navy Vets claimed 67,000 members. Its tax returns pegged its fundraising...