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By Marleah Campbell Click here for updates on this story     OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (KCTV) — The City of Overland Park is celebrating the completion of $1.5 million dollars worth of upgrades to Strang Park that has transformed the 11-acre area. The major renovations include Overland Park’s first inclusive playground. Designed with accessibility in mind, the

By Ariel Mallory Click here for updates on this story     MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A nightclub shooting last month is now a murder investigation. According to Mobile Police, Derrick Shavers was shot inside Bank Nightlife on Azalea Road. He died from his injuries on Saturday. MPD has not identified the shooter or any suspects. The

By Natasha O’Neill Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — NASA’s James Webb Space telescope picked up an unusual photo in the night sky. From just over 5,000 light-years from Earth, researchers saw at least 17 dust rings around a pair of stars. The duo is known as Wolf-Rayet 140, which

By Daniele Hamamdjian Click here for updates on this story     LONDON (CTV Network) — With martial law still in place in Ukraine, civilian men are only allowed to travel for exceptional reasons and one has been offered by the United Kingdom: its armed forces are training Ukrainian men and turning them into combat-ready soldiers. The

By Audrey Biesk Click here for updates on this story     GREENSBORO, North Carolina (WXII) — A local woman is using her cancer journey to help others. Lynn Burnette is living with cancer and is advocating for more breast cancer research and awareness. Burnette calls herself a cancer survivor and a thriver and believes it’s important

By Courtney Sisk Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Milwaukee Police detectives are trying to find the person responsible for a double shooting which left a 12-year-old girl dead and her mother injured. Family identified the girl as Olivia Schultz, and said she was a sweet, one-of-a-kind kid. Her mother, Celeste

By WDSU Digital Team Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS (WDSU) — Wednesday marks three years since a tragedy unfolded along Canal Street in New Orleans. The Hard Rock Hotel collapsed three years ago. The building was under construction when three workers were killed. The site has since been cleaned up, but

By Grace Finerman Click here for updates on this story     NASHUA, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A man from Nashua has just finished the Chicago Marathon with a world-best time for a Special Olympian. It was a time faster than even Thomas Cantara himself expected, but he’s just getting started. “If someone told me years ago

By WBZ Staff Click here for updates on this story     CONCORD, New Hampshire (WBZ) — A person of interest in the unsolved murders of a couple in Concord, New Hampshire last spring is now under arrest in Vermont on an unrelated warrant. South Burlington Police said 26-year-old Logan Clegg was taken into custody “without incident”

By Jamie Staton Click here for updates on this story     MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A runner from Meredith is hoping to make a difference when she takes part next month in the New York City Marathon. Lauren McCue is an emergency department nurse who was diagnosed last year with Type 1 diabetes. She’s a

By Orko Manna Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The City of Sacramento launched the Sacramento Music Census this week with the goal of helping those in the local music scene. The census, which was created in partnership with Austin, Texas-based music consultant Sound Music Cities, is open to fill

By KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story     MONROVIA, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Monrovia High School is on lockdown after a 911 call to report an active shooter, the superintendent said. The call came in around 2:30 p.m. Thursday In a note to parents, Superintendent Ryan Smith said: About 30 minutes ago, someone

By WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Chicago police officers doing good work, protecting the city, helping their fellow officers and taking dangerous people off the streets. That’s what the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation said about the six officers awarded the Officer of the Month commendation. Officer Ernesto Amparan

By Lowell Melser Click here for updates on this story     SILVER SPRING, Maryland (WBAL) — A new program aimed at helping the most seriously injured Ukrainian soldiers is starting to see the fruit of its labor. Operation Renew Prosthetics for Ukrainian Soldiers shared its first success story with help from Washington and the Silver Spring-based

By Mayra Moreno Click here for updates on this story     HOUSTON (KTRK) — A young Afro-Latina mom who’s a writer and poet is making change when it comes to Latin culture representation in the literary world. Jasminne Mendez is a Dominican-American poet, playwright and award-winning author of several books for kids and adults. She was

By Amanda Dukes Click here for updates on this story     DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — A grandfather is facing charges after Volusia County Sheriff’s officials said a toddler was left in the backseat of a returned rental car. Sixty-two-year-old David Towner appeared before a judge at the Volusia County jail Tuesday on one charge of

By Joey Safchik Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — It’s been six months since Yaroslav and Maria Palamar settled in Omaha after fleeing Ukraine. “Thank you so much for helping, American people, for saving us,” said Palamar. KETV NewsWatch 7 first introduced you to the Palamar family in April, shortly