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By Alan Shope Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — What started out as a high school class project for one student has turned into something much bigger and it won a national invention award. “My invention had the most market potential,” said Kelly Ann Greene, 17. Greene invented and

By Paris Dunford Click here for updates on this story     HOLYOKE, Massachusetts (WSHM) — Two Holyoke residents running for city positions are now speaking out after their campaign signs were vandalized with racist messages. Joshua Garcia and Israel Rivera put up campaign signs across Holyoke. Garcia is running for city mayor and Rivera for city

By Eric Grossarth Click here for updates on this story     RED LODGE, Montana (eastidahonews.com) — Search teams in Montana are looking for an experienced hiker from Idaho who last contacted family nearly a week ago. Tatum “Tate” Morell, 23, planned to hike five peaks that were over 12,000 feet high in the Beartooth Mountains, according

By Andrea Olson Click here for updates on this story     MENAN, Idaho (eastidahonews.com) — A 10-year-old boy with Type 1 diabetes is raising money for a diabetic alert dog. “I was really sick. Threw up a bit, had to use the bathroom,” Alexander Wilcox says. He was diagnosed two years ago. The diagnosis and the

By Amy Hollyfield Click here for updates on this story     SAN FRANCISCO, California (KGO) — Taxi drivers say they are enjoying a surge in business as surge pricing on Lyft and Uber drives customers to look elsewhere for a ride. “In one word, it is just wonderful. These drivers have been hit hard over the

By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team Click here for updates on this story     LEWISTON, Illinois (WLS) — Four inmates have escaped from the Fulton County Jail near Peoria, Illinois, Wednesday evening the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office said. The inmates are: Naya Rivera’s mother opens up about the day she learned her late daughter went missing -Jesse

By ABC7 Chicago Digital Team and Jesse Kirsch Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, Illinois (WLS) — After being released on bond following his arrest for bringing a rifle and handgun to his lakefront Chicago hotel room, an Iowa man proposed to his girlfriend outside the 18th District headquarters. Keegan Casteel, 32, of

By Stefania Okolie Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police said the man accused of murdering a mother, father, and their 6-year-old daughter carjacked a man before driving to the family’s apartment in southwest Houston. According to investigators, Xavier Davis held a man at gunpoint near the 1000 block of

By Thomas Geyer Click here for updates on this story     DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Davenport police arrested two men wanted on outstanding warrants after both led police on high-speed chases around the city, police said in a news release issued late Wednesday. The first pursuit occurred at 7:51 p.m. when officers saw Cameron Cortez

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Wisconsin Humane Society put out a plea for assistance Wednesday, July 7, after taking in a group of 55 cats from a single household, with more likely on the way. They say the cats were surrendered, and at least 25

By Julie Parr Click here for updates on this story     TEXARKANA, Arkansas (KTBS) — While sacred burial grounds give us places to remember those who have gone before us, they can also serve as a way to preserve history. The Old Rondo Cemetery does just that. It’s located in a small community in Miller County,

By KPTV Staff Click here for updates on this story     BENTON COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — Two men were arrested after they threw a firework from a vehicle and started a fire along Highway 34 near Alsea on the Fourth of July, according to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. On Sunday, at about 4:15 p.m., deputies