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Mom who brought toddler to job interview leads to conversation on child care crisis

By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Milwaukee firefighters responded to a house fire at South 5th and Becher Tuesday, June 29. Officials believe equipment went missing from one of their responding vehicles. Smoke was coming from the roof of the home when crews arrived. They quickly put up

By Michele Fiore Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A community advocate is seeking justice for a former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher she says was wrongfully and forcefully arrested outside MPS headquarters. The teacher says for weeks, she’d been trying to retrieve her pay stubs. Frustrated, she came straight to MPS,

Former teacher violently arrested outside MPS headquarters, community advocates say

Tennessee sheriff’s bloodhound finds missing 6-year-old girl.

By JOSEPH WENZEL, JUSTIN BEASLEY Click here for updates on this story     RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — A bloodhound with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is being credited with helping locate a missing 6-year-old girl. Kinzleigh Reeder was reported missing in DeKalb County. Rutherford County Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh said Nicholas Reeder allegedly abducted his daughter

By Lee Peck Click here for updates on this story     FORT MORGAN, Alabama (WALA) — Arming themselves with trash bags — there was a mad dash after the horn signaled the start of the Litter Rodeo. 5-year-old Oliver Caver behind the event to pick up trash this weekend at the Fort Morgan State Historic Site.

By Hal Scheurich Click here for updates on this story     DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — A Daphne car burglary suspect on the run for hours Monday, June 28, 2021 was in custody by early afternoon. Police spent much of the day searching the Historic Malbis and surrounding areas after getting calls that vehicles in that area

By Chuck Morris Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A man has been charged with criminal impersonation of a law enforcement officer after he pulled a gun on a man after an incident of road rage on Sunday. Police said Clifford Polly Jr. has been charged with criminal impersonation and

By Terrance Kelly Click here for updates on this story     COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — A man wanted in connection to a Florida murder sits behind bars in Cobb County. According to a Cobb County police spokesperson, Okaloosa County deputies informed Cobb County officers that Aaron Dawson, 27, may have fled from Florida to Cobb

By Catherine Catoura Click here for updates on this story      ATLANTA (WGCL) — Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is paying tribute to the Atlanta child murder victims. The airport along with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday a new exhibit featuring portraits of the dozens of child victims who were killed decades ago. The

By Samiar Nefzi Click here for updates on this story     Winston-Salem, North Carolina (WLOS) — Two are dead and another is in the hospital following an apartment fire in Winston-Salem. The Winston-Salem Fire Department responded to an apartment fire on White Meadow Lane early Sunday morning. “I just happened to smell something burning,” said Brian

By Kristy Kepley-Steward Click here for updates on this story     STATESVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — An investigation is underway after a Monday night shooting left one child dead and two others injured. Statesville authorities say just before 7 p.m. on Monday, June 28, officers responded to a reported shooting at a home on Wilson Lee

By Liz Nagy Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, Illinois (WLS) — Jamal Gilbert was stabbed while working at Mariano’s supermarket, by a woman who Chicago police have linked to four random attacks. It was his first day back on the job as a DJ, working a happy hour gig at the Mariano’s

By Avis Favaro, Elizabeth St. Philip and Alexandra Mae Jones Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been around 26,230 deaths in Canada caused by COVID-19, according to the official figures. A tragic toll — but maybe only a glimpse of the true

By Brooklyn Neustaeter Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — A group of Canadian immunologists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism, which they say acts like a spider web to trap and kill pathogens including influenza or SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Researchers out of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.

By CHRIS OBERHOLTZ Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — More than 50 Kansas City Police Department members and several residents will be honored for acts of heroism, saving lives and ingenuity at a large award ceremony Tuesday night. The ceremony will be at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of

By Stephanie Baumer Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A St. Louis firefighter is recovering from serious injuries after an overnight fire in North City. The fire broke out at a vacant home on Ridge Avenue in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood around midnight. The fire spread to an occupied

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     PHARR, Texas (KRGV) — A teenager is dead and a driver faces an intoxication manslaughter charge after a vehicle crashed into a Pharr apartment complex early Monday morning, according to a news release from the Pharr Police Department. Police responded to the crash on the

By WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story     MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers on Monday, June 28, with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that beginning July 1, 2021, Wisconsin parents will have a new, gender-neutral option for identifying the parents of a child. According to a news release,