(Zack's Cafe via AP)NEW YORK – In Miami, Oklahoma, restaurants and their customers are doing their part to ease pandemic heartache, one meal at a time. The idea of providing free, pre-paid meals spread from restaurant to restaurant a few months ago. Many recipients are homeless or have otherwise hit hard times since the pandemic rolled into Miami (pronounced my-AM-uh), population about 13,000. AdSo far, customers at The Dawg House have provided more than 600 meals. The area’s plentiful casinos have reopened, and restaurants like The Dawg House have welcomed back in-person dining, with fewer tables to provide for social distancing.

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a woman in a crash where alcohol was involved. Dakota Lovelace, 25, pleaded guilty to intoxication manslaughter earlier this year for his role in a Dec. 2, 2018, crash that killed 33-year-old Jennifer White. Jennifer White was Maria White’s only child. In addition to sentencing Lovelace to 12 years in prison, the judge also ordered an affirmative finding of a deadly weapon, meaning Lovelace must serve at least half of his sentence before being considered for parole. “Jennifer White was an innocent victim in this tragedy.