Beech Tree News Network

With former President Donald Trump's encouragement, Republicans are voting early again, flocking to the polls for in-person voting ahead of Election Day and helping push the national number to nearly 19 million. The early turnout is breaking records in swing states such as Georgia and North Carolina. * * *Messages of condolences are pouring in after the Tuesday evening death of a sitting Kentucky State Senator Johnnie Turner from injuries he suffered in a lawn mower accident at his home last month. Turner, 76, a Republican from Harlan, suffered critical injuries due to the Sept. 15 incident, when the lawn mower he was riding ran into an empty swimming pool. He was taken to the University of Tennessee Hospital in Knoxville, where he passed away.