By Annie Knox and Daniella Rivera, Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — It was 2013 when Sharon Wright-Weeks first chased away the thought that scared her most. A federal judge had ordered the latest inquiry into Ron Lafferty’s mental fitness, and Wright-Weeks began to wonder if he’d ever
Continue ReadingBy Lezla Gooden Click here for updates on this story WATERBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — Waterbury Public Schools is making sure that its staff are receiving necessary Narcan training for their students after a Hartford student died from a Fentanyl overdose. Dozens of staff members learned how to properly use the Narcan nose spray medication. They
Continue ReadingBy Natalie Duddridge Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — A teenage girl was rushed to the hospital Thursday morning after she was hit by a truck in Brooklyn. Police said the 13-year-old exited an MTA bus and was struck by a box truck at Avenue J and Coney Island Avenue
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) — The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office says a pacemaker helped state forensics investigators identify the remains of a man found buried underneath a house. The body 47-year-old Daniel Mario Preslar was found Jan. 13, buried deep in the ground underneath the
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story DENTON, Texas (KTVT) — Zettie Cruz says she was heartbroken to learn the 3 year old boy who lived in the apartment upstairs had died. “I loved that little boy so much,” she said. Denton Police say they were alerted by CPS on Tuesday, January
Continue ReadingBy Camila Fernandez Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Several residents at the Lakeside Pointe at Nora apartments are trying to survive in single-digit temperatures with broken heaters. The city and the Marion County Public Health Department on Tuesday gave the owners of the complex a week to get things fixed.
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY BOCK Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — A Mesa 12-year-old isn’t in junior high like the other kids his age. He’s so smart, he’s already graduating high school and just got accepted into college! Monty Hernandez is making history at only 12 years old. He will be
Continue ReadingBy EMMA LOCKHART Click here for updates on this story SURPRISE, Arizona (KPHO, KTVK) — People who live in a Surprise community just off 19th Avenue and Sun Valley Parkway love being surrounded by nature. But unfortunately, that pristine part of the desert is now a popular spot for illegal dumping. “It gets frustrating because
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A driver was shot and wounded on the 5 Freeway in Sylmar Wednesday evening, prompting authorities to shut down northbound lanes. Authorities say the shooting happened before 10 p.m. on the northbound side of the 5 near the Roxford Street exit.
Continue ReadingBy Dan Cuellar Click here for updates on this story YARDLEY, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — A Bucks County teenager found another use for his hockey stick when he jumped into action after two boys fell into a Yardley Lake. Cory Hemberger, 16, of Middletown Township, said he was playing pond hockey on the frozen Lake Afton
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff and Katherine Scott Click here for updates on this story COATESVILLE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Police in Chester County, Pennsylvania are searching for a suspected gunman who they say followed a woman home from a store after an accidental bump. The suspect has been identified as 26-year-old Moenell Coleman of Coatesville. Police say
Continue ReadingBy Amicia Ramsey Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A German Shepherd is now recovering after being dumped in a local park. Last week while on patrol near 34th Street and Keystone Avenue, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Robyn Frazier noticed a dog walking around Washington Park. So, she decided to
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, California (KPIX) — One person has died following a fatal crash and fire involving a big-rig on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Wednesday night. According to the California Highway Patrol, a big-rig and small car heading east from Marin County to Richmond crashed mid-span around
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — An unidentified suspect known to law enforcement as the “Green Gaiter Bandit,” is wanted in connection with more than a dozen Southern California bank robberies or attempts. On Wednesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with Police Seek Tips,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ARVADA, Colorado (KCNC) — An Arvada teacher took matters into her own hands when a lack of school bus drivers threatened a field trip. Stephanie Hultine is a fourth-grade teacher at Foster Dual Language School in Jefferson County. She started a fundraiser to charter a
Continue ReadingBy John Lauritsen Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Got milk? There was a time when the milkman was as common as the mail carrier. And a Minnetrista man is going all-out to make sure people never forget that. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how Bill
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) — A day before her 22nd birthday, UT Dallas student Jaqueline Durand was mauled by two dogs and left “permanently and catastrophically disfigured,” according to her attorney Chip Brooker of Dallas’ Brooker Law. Two days before Christmas, Durand allegedly went to the
Continue ReadingBy Dave Savini and Michele Youngerman Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — There are new developments in a parking scam first exposed by the CBS 2 Investigators. Conmen have been ripping off fans outside Chicago sports venues for years. Posing as parking attendants, they lure in drivers, take their cash,
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — PETA is once again calling for the retirement of Punxsutawney Phil. Ahead of Groundhog Day, the animal rights group has sent a letter to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club asking them to retire Phil, and his companion Phyllis, to a reputable animal
Continue ReadingBy Ukee Washington Click here for updates on this story CAMDEN, New Jersey (KYW) — A former South Jersey teacher found a new calling that keeps her close to both schools and the wider community. It’s a cold winter morning outside Veterans Memorial Family School in Camden, but there’s no stopping Michele Pilla. “That’s a
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