National Community News Wire
Reporting from across the U.S. from the next generation of great journalists
If you run a news-academic partnership in your community and have a student-reported story you’d like us to highlight, please submit it here. Your submissions will be posted on the National Community News Wire as links that direct readers back to the original source. The original source can be a local news outlet that you partner with, a campus newspaper that covers the broader community, or your college newsroom page.
Labubus creep onto holiday wish lists
Erica Burton, Allenta Chokbengboun, Collin Moffitt, Michael Little, Michael Keogh, Oscar Gamez, Patrese Whitter and Harper Syres, CT Community News
Special Feature
Killing of Renee Good
On January 7, 2026, American Citizen Renee Good was fatally shot by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Policy & Politics
For Drag Performers, Court Ruling Brings Fears of Enforcement of Restrictive New Law
Erika González, Reporting Texas
South Omaha to McCook: A freshman senator’s fight for Nebraska’s immigrant community
Justin Diep, Nebraska News Service
Same-sex marriage survives, but uncertainty remains
Carol Khorramchahi, Boston University News Service
Champaign County task force approves $161,000 in new opioid settlement spending
Madyson Magnus, CU-Citizen Access
Culture & Sports
Defensive battles and offensive execution were key as NKU women’s basketball won big against Detroit Mercy
Jakob Staley, The Northerner
In viral videos and the street, 9-year-old turf dancer embodies the Oakland-made art form’s future
Natalie Villanueva, Oakland North
Florida black bear hunt exposes divisions among animal rights activists, hunters
Zoey Thomas, Fresh Take Florida
Environment
Students Spread Sustainability through EcoReps
Carly Johnson, Addie Simmons and Parker McCollum, Grady Newsource
Illinois relies on complaint-driven enforcement as pesticide drift concerns grow
Madyson Magnus, CU-CitizenAccess
Winooski Recreation and Parks lead a series of trail cleanings
Jackson Bartels, Community News Service
Business & Tech
Bad bets: The NBA’s growing sports gambling problem
Jaime Suarez del Valle, Boston University News Service
‘Shopping once and giving twice’: 38th annual Alternative Gifts Fair raises thousands for organizations
Sophia Carbajal, North Texas Daily
After the flood (and the frogs), a new day at the Great Outdoor Provision Co.
Annelise Bowers, The 9th Street Journal
Nicor files for $221M gas rate hike less than 2 months after last increase approved
Maggie Dougherty, Capitol News Illinois
Education & Housing
E. Meadow students, teachers and parents navigate NYS cell phone ban
Lindsey Lolkema, The Long Island Advocate
Durham schools add protections for immigrant students, extend superintendent’s contract
Tanya Wan, 9th Street Journal
Dining hall workers hold second protest amid contract negotiations with Aramark
Andi Ruiz, The State Press
Health & Science
‘Beautiful and innocent child’: 3-year-old Nicole battles aggressive cancer with mom by her side
Luis Pascal, Caplin News
Public Safety & Justice
Tempe City Council candidate’s signs defaced with antisemitic iconography
Andi Ruiz, The State Press
ICE says it targets the ‘worst of the worst.’ The data at Plymouth County Correctional Facility tells a different story
Emily Glick and Asher Ben-Dashan, The Scope
Lawsuit puts Illinois on offensive against ‘menacing’ immigration raids
Brenden Moore, Capitol News Illinois
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