Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — A funeral was held Wednesday (March 10) morning for the first female police officer in Fort Smith. Carol Hodges, 73, of Van Buren, passed away on Sunday (March 7). She was born Nov. 2, 1947, in Safford, Arizona. In 1975, Hodges became the
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The $1.9 trillion coronavirus package contains a wide range of benefits to help Americans who are still struggling with the economic fallout of the pandemic. The House of Representatives passed the bill on Wednesday, paving the way for President Joe Biden to sign it into law later this week. Here’s how Americans could benefit from
Continue Reading The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan, a top legislative priority for President Joe Biden. The President is expected to sign the bill into law later this week. Much of the legislation mirrors the plan laid out by Biden in January. But lawmakers did make three notable changes
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOVER, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — For the second straight year, a York County farm animal is chasing the dream of attaining Cadbury Cream Egg commercial stardom. Sheldon, a miniature donkey who lives on a farm in Dover, announced his candidacy for a spot in an upcoming ad for the
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Columbia Public Schools saw a more than 10% increase in its staff vaccination rate in just a single day.
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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has so far declined to issue new guidance on travel for vaccinated Americans due to concerns about travel-related surges but is “looking forward” to updating guidance once more people get protected. “What we have seen is that we have surges after people start traveling, we saw it
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Freezing Thin Mints before devouring them, one by one, is as fancy as some of us get during Girl Scout cookie season. But this year, two pastry chefs from Denver put their culinary creativity to use in whipping up new — and elevated — ways to eat these annual winter treats. “It initially was challenging
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Early in the pandemic, young people from all racial and ethnic minority groups had higher Covid-19 case rates than non-Hispanic White people under the age of 25, according to a study published Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between January and April, case rates compared to young White people were about
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What’s better than having your own luxury resort in the Bahamas? Owning your own private island in the Bahamas. Little Ragged Island, also known as St Andrew’s, is the largest private island currently for sale in the Caribbean paradise. We’re talking 730 acres of rolling forested hills and pristine white beaches, surrounded by warm blue
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Shaquille O’Neal, Colin Kaepernick, Jay-Z and other celebrities are jumping into the SPAC boom. And the SEC is getting worried. “Never invest in a SPAC based solely on a celebrity’s involvement,” the agency warned the public in an alert Wednesday. The warning comes as professional athletes, politicians and pop stars lend their star power to
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Roger Federer marked his return to tennis with a closely-fought 7-6 3-6 7-5 victory over Dan Evans at the Qatar Open. Playing in his first game for more than 13 months having undergone two knee surgeries last year, 39-year-old Federer won a tense first-set tiebreak 10-8 before being broken by world No. 28 Evans near
Continue Reading When the Biden administration announced a ban on dozens of Saudis from traveling to the US in response to intelligence that the kingdom’s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, had approved the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it was rolling out a plan that had been spiked by the Trump administration and brought back to
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Britney Spears’ father, Jamie Spears is firing back after Rep. Jim Jordan, a Republican from Ohio, and Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida called for a congressional hearing on conservatorships. The two congressmen wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler asking that a hearing take place to “examine whether Americans are trapped
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People have started Facebook pages throughout Missouri to hunt down available coronavirus vaccine doses.
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Elon Musk lost tens of billions of dollars last week. He made nearly all of that back in a single day, Tuesday, following a 20% rally in Tesla’s stock. Musk added $25 billion to his net worth yesterday, bringing his total fortune to $174 billion according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. It’s a stark reversal from
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Nearly one in 10 Americans — more than 32 million people — are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s not high enough yet to crush the spread of coronavirus through herd immunity, something experts say would take months still. But if case rates keep
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Click here for updates on this story LA MARQUE, Texas (KTRK) — A 14-year-old boy was killed Friday when he was hit by a car while trying to get his friend out of the way, police said. According to family, Ricky Rojas Jr. was walking to the store with two friends when he was hit
Continue Reading The nation’s second-largest school district has reached a tentative deal with a teachers’ union to reopen its schools for at least some in-person learning by April. Los Angeles Unified School District, which closed its buildings to in-person learning in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, would open in a “hybrid” fashion combining online and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORD CITY, Pennsylvania (WTAE ) — A 3-year-old boy who hadn’t seen his grandmother for months took off running into her arms in a heartwarming surprise reunion Monday. Kelsey Chvala, of Ford City, shared the video of the special moment to WTAE’s u local Pittsburgh Facebook group. Trax
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On a bustling Tuesday morning, Xiomy de la Cruz greets volunteers at a local food bank and tasks them with the day’s assignments — distributing canned food, meat, and rice to dozens of people who have come to rely on the pantry for their week’s supplies. But just over a year ago, de la Cruz
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