Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — Two metro Atlanta amusement parks announced a pay increase for employees during the 2021 season. According to a spokesperson, Six Flags Over Georgia and Six Flags White Water wage increases for a variety of jobs, many at the highest levels in the parks’ history.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Police are on scene near Smokey Park Highway in Asheville after receiving a report of a body being found in the area. The Asheville Police Department (APD) confirms officers are investigating an area near Smokey Park Highway. Details are limited at this time, but
Continue Reading The NCAA says it “firmly and unequivocally supports” transgender athletes having the opportunity to participate in college sports as a growing number of states have moved to block them from competing. “Inclusion and fairness can coexist for all student-athletes, including transgender athletes, at all levels of sport,” the NCAA’s Board of Governors said Monday in
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The police officer accused of shooting and killing a Black man in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop over the weekend — a shooting her chief says was accidental — has resigned, the suburb’s mayor told CNN on Tuesday. The resignation of Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter comes after a second night of
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An uncomfortable disagreement with Michigan has handed President Joe Biden his most controversial and politically unpalatable moment yet since assuming responsibility for the US’ response to the pandemic. His administration’s blunt rebuff of a plea by his ally and Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for an increased supply of vaccines to combat a Covid-19 spike
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KNOXVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A student that opened fire in a Tennessee high school is dead and a Knoxville Police officer injured after an officer-involved shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School on Monday. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to an officer-involved shooting around 3:15 p.m. EDT. According to
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This enemy does not recognize geopolitical borders. It has the power to wreak havoc on national economies, to cost people their livelihoods and their lives. It seeps through the smallest cracks in our social fabric, targeting the poor and the vulnerable among us. Sound familiar? The Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have led to catastrophic
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A Murfreesboro man was arrested in connection with the U.S. Capitol riot in January. The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 26-year-old Michael Lee Roche on Tuesday morning. He is facing charges for his role in the January 6 riots. Roche will face a U.S.
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Virginia’s attorney general said his office is looking into whether there was a “pattern of misconduct” at the Windsor Police Department after two officers pointed guns at at a US Army officer, pepper-sprayed him and pushed him to the ground during a traffic stop. Attorney General Mark Herring on Monday formally requested information from the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Skeletal remains that were located by a timber crew near Molalla earlier this year have been identified, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office. On Jan. 8, a Weyerhauser crew was planting trees in a steep ravine off a private logging road when
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The government of Spain’s Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has started the process to open up a mass grave containing the remains of more than 33,000 victims of the country’s 1936-39 civil war. Officials have asked for a permit which will allow them to start exhuming the bodies from the Valley of the Fallen, a
Continue Reading Here is a look at the life of Grammy Award-winning country singer Loretta Lynn. Personal Birth date: April 14, 1932 (some sources say 1935) Birth place: Butcher Holler, Kentucky Birth name: Loretta Webb Father: Melvin Webb, coal miner Mother: Clara (Ramey) Webb Marriage: Oliver Lynn (1948-1996, his death) Children: Patsy, Peggy, Cissie, Ernest Ray, Jack
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BRANFORD, CT (WFSB) — An active shooter has been reported in a Branford neighborhood. Multiple police agencies are being seen in the area of Main Street and Cherry Hill. People are being told to avoid that area, as it is not safe at this time. According to Branford
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — April showers bring additional free pet food giveaways from Blue Ridge Humane Society. Blue Ridge Humane Community Outreach staff will host two giveaways this month as well as provide pet food and support for the Interfaith Assistance Ministry’s Drive-Thru Tuesdays on the fourth
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BENTON, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Bossier City attorney’s personal insurance company has paid the cash value of a taxpayer-owned vehicle he totaled after crashing it into a bayou last year. State Farm paid the Bossier Parish District Attorney’s office $17,839 on behalf of its insured, H. Lyn Lawrence.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — The future of golf got its chance to tee off Saturday morning. The Ludacris Foundation hosted an event at the College Park golf course on Fairway Drive. Children ages 9 to 15 were eligible to compete in driving, chipping, and putting events. “There are
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OAHU, Hawaii (KITV) — Under the current guidelines, tournaments are not allowed. Some swim coaches and athletes say that’s the only way they can compete. “No tournaments, regattas, or similar multi-team condensed time-frame competitions are allowed in Tier 3, except as otherwise allowed by the Order,” reads section
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — It was a close call for two Shreveport residents Tuesday morning who found themselves in a burning mobile home. Firefighters were called to the 6200 block of Bert Kouns at 6:15 a.m. for a mobile home on fire in the Forest Mobile Home Estates.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV) — A Nashville trainer is going viral, and getting national attention, for her strength. Dani Dyer, who many know as Dani D Fitness, downloaded TikTok, as many did during the pandemic to stay entertained. Recently, Dani D posted a throwback post on TikTok, showing when she
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The cancellations were necessary after the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced the state has paused the use of Johnson and Johnson’s vaccine after reports of blood clots.
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