By Karen Morfitt Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Fentanyl has become a focus for Colorado lawmakers as the number of deaths involving the drug continues to climb. Last month, five people in Commerce city died after inhaling cocaine, laced with fentanyl. In December, a teenage girl overdosed in class in
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story ROCKWALL, Texas (KTVT) — Law Enforcement officials detained five Royce City High School students for participating in the TikTok ‘Orbeez Challenge’ on March 25. The viral challenge involves using air guns to shoot Orbeez — gel beads that expand in water — at people. The
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story DANVERS, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The North Shore NAACP is demanding changes in the Danvers Police Department because of a hazing scandal involving the high school hockey team. A Danvers officer was the coach at the time. In a public meeting Thursday night, a representative from
Continue ReadingBy DOROTHY TUCKER, CAROL THOMPSON Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Joseph Walawski opened a mattress shop in the 5700 block of busy West Fullerton Avenue three years ago. “I enjoy selling mattresses,” he said. But it’s been a struggle. Walawski has had to juggle other jobs with trying to get
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A rideshare driver with a license to carry shot and wounded a would-be carjacker in the South Austin community on the city’s West Side Thursday evening. Police said at 6:32 p.m., the driver – a 30-year-old man – picked up three men
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — In an effort to put the brakes on the rowdy late night, sometimes violent, behavior of the spring break crowds on Miami Beach, a curfew has gone into effect in the city’s entertainment district. The nightly curfew started at 11:59 p.m.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Miami-Dade Animal Services is urging dog owners to keep a watch on their pets out in public as a new highly contagious disease spreads across South Florida. It’s called Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC). “Canine infectious respiratory disease complex is
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL) — The Los Angeles Fire Department will make history Friday as it prepares to swear in Kristin Crowley as its first female fire chief. Crowley, a 22-year veteran of the Los Angeles Fire Department, will also be the agency’s first LGBTQ and
Continue ReadingBy Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — At their board meeting Thursday night, CCSD Trustees voted to implement a program called “Dads in Schools”, allowing dads and others to volunteer and serve as school campus monitors. Those behind the program maintain a strong male presence on a
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Martinez Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, Nevada (KVVU) — On Thursday night, the public weighed in on what regulations should look like for short-term rentals in unincorporated Clark County with a summer deadline looming. Well over 100 people attended a town hall hosted by Commissioner Justin Jones at Desert
Continue ReadingBy Jessica De Nova Click here for updates on this story ANAHEIM, California (KABC) — Police in Anaheim are asking the public’s help in finding a man who was caught on surveillance video attacking a library employee for no apparent reason, leaving him unconscious. It happened at the Anaheim Central Library on Thursday, March 3.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Authorities seized multiple guns and a quantity of narcotics following a shooting in the city of Saginaw that injured one man. Officers from the Saginaw Police Department and Michigan State Police responded to a report of shots fired in the area
Continue ReadingBy Tony Garcia Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Tennessee (WSMV) — The Wilson County Sheriff’s Office and several other agencies conducted an undercover operation this week targeting businesses who sell vape products to underage people. In a joint effort from WCSO, Lebanon Police and Mt. Juliet Police, undercover young adults, over the
Continue ReadingBy Danielle Jackson Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Members of the South Nashville community spoke out Thursday about why trains going through the community caused several delays in trash pickups. David Johnson, a homeowner on Sadler Avenue, shared with News 4 that the pickup has not occurred every week.
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Hecker Click here for updates on this story GRANITE CITY, Missouri (KMOV) — A 14-year-old Granite City teenager is being recognized for his heroic efforts after coming to the aid of his injured neighbor. Ruben Murphy was in his front yard headed to a friend’s house when he said he heard something strange.
Continue ReadingBy Diane Ako Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — There’s been a huge break in the federal criminal case concerning the Honolulu Police Commission’s payout of then-police chief Louis Kealoha. Court documents reveal the city’s lawyer says Donna Leong, Max Sword, and Roy Amemiya are not guilty. Those documents were filed
Continue ReadingBy Shanila Kabir Click here for updates on this story KAPOLEI, Hawaii (KITV) — A business owner said burglars stole a cash register from his restaurant vandalized several other storefronts at a strip mall in Kapolei, Thursday morning. Cellphone video of the damage at the Kapolei Marketplace, located in the 500 block of Farrington Highway,
Continue ReadingBy Troy Washington Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — One Arklatex trucker is celebrating a huge milestone. Three million miles of trucking accident free. Frank “Buster” Mills has been driving trucks for three decades and at this point it is a family affair because even his daughter now drives with
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Aguirre Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — In an effort to stop hair discrimination, the U.S. House passed The CROWN Act earlier this month. A crown act is also making its way through the North Carolina legislature right now. The measure, which aims to create a respectful
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Mackenzie Click here for updates on this story PICKENS COUNTY, South Carolina (WLOS) — The National Weather Service on Thursday confirmed two tornadoes touched down Wednesday in Pickens County, South Carolina. According to NWS, the winds in one were clocked at 115 miles per hour and damage was consistent with that of an
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