By Tammy Watford Click here for updates on this story WEAVERVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Wrigley, a certified therapy dog, and his owner and Title I assistant Emily McCullough visit North Buncombe Elementary School often. They work with reluctant readers who need more practice and encouragement. Therapy dog helps struggling North Buncombe Elementary readers McCullough
Continue ReadingBy James Felton, Lauren Schott Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — With the rising cost of food, low inventory, and the supply chain disruption, many nonprofits are struggling to get people fed. Diane Keenan, the executive director of the East Side Soup Kitchen in Saginaw, showed how they are navigating these
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Sherrod, James Paxson Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The final damage assessments related to the Flint explosion fire are expected next week as neighbors are helping each other through this local disaster. Earl Marshall Jr. has seen and felt the impact of the explosion on Hogarth Avenue
Continue ReadingBy Joylyn Bukovac Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Metro Police are planning to patrol on the ground and in the sky on Black Friday as more shoppers are already out and about compared to this time last year. Police are keeping a bird’s eye view on shoppers while watching
Continue ReadingBy Steve Minich Click here for updates on this story MAINE (WMTW) — A documentary produced by members of Maine’s Penobscot Nation is bringing attention to atrocities committed against Native Americans. The film “Bounty” brings to light the government-placed scalp bounties placed on the Penobscot people in the 1700s. “I’d like you to know that
Continue ReadingBy Mark Kelly Click here for updates on this story PALM BEACH COUNTY, Florida (WPBF) — “Native Americans have a way of honoring life and honoring the things that provide us life that are natural in this world,” said Amber Saunders from the Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina. Every dance is an expression, a language
Continue ReadingBy Helena Battipaglia Click here for updates on this story CINCINNATI (WLWT) — The opioid epidemic has been a devastating public health crisis for years. It has only gotten worse following the stress and isolation of the pandemic, but one local man is providing what many doctors are calling “the missing piece” to get those
Continue ReadingBy WCVB Staff Click here for updates on this story PLYMPTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A 5-year-old is being honored as a hero for his role in evacuating his mother and siblings from their Massachusetts home when the family’s carbon monoxide alarms sounded during October’s nor’easter. The family was using a generator to power their Plympton
Continue ReadingBy Ray Brewer Click here for updates on this story EXETER, New Hampshire (WMUR) — An Exeter High School student is suing his school district and an assistant principal, claiming they violated his religious rights and freedom of speech because he refuses to recognize some other students’ gender identities. The school district said its policy
Continue ReadingBy Marlei Martinez Click here for updates on this story ORLANDO (WESH) — Two people were stabbed at a home in Orlando early Wednesday morning. It happened just before 3 a.m. along San Juan Boulevard, near Lake Underhill Road. Police say a man and a woman were stabbed and taken to the hospital in stable
Continue ReadingBy WXII12.com Web Staff Click here for updates on this story ALAMANCE COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — Suspect assaults detention officers Wednesday morning in Alamance County. Alamance County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Glen Todd Smith Jr. for burglary and larceny of a motor vehicle. After being arrested, Smith was taken to the Alamance County Detention
Continue ReadingBy Amy Lu Click here for updates on this story FREDERICK, Maryland (WBAL) — The switch to van life among many people has increased demand for a Maryland business that makes custom mobile homes. You may have heard about another pandemic side effect called the great resignation. Since April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has
Continue ReadingBy Stephanie Muñiz Click here for updates on this story FORT WINGATE, New Mexico (KOAT) — It’s rare to hear there’s a whole town for sale but that’s what’s happening at Fort Wingate, about 15 miles East of Gallup. Over the years, Fort Wingate has seen people come and go. The Bear Springs Plaza there
Continue ReadingBy Briana Whitney Click here for updates on this story MESA, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — It’s the Thanksgiving tradition that just doesn’t get old – not only to Arizonans but all around the world. “Thanksgiving grandma” Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton are celebrating their sixth Thanksgiving together after she mistakenly texted him about the holiday
Continue ReadingBy Brittni Thomason Click here for updates on this story SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (KTVK, KPHO) — Ann Siner is the CEO and founder of My Sister’s Closet, My Sister’s Attic and Well Suited. She says her stores got hit by thieves two days this week. Watching her surveillance video, she noticed most of the people taking
Continue ReadingBy Olivia Kalentek Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Hartford Police Department’s Fraud Unit seized $20,000 from a Bitcoin ATM located on 71 Market Street. This seizure was a part of their fraud investigation. This investigation began after an elderly victim was tricked into an online fraud scheme and
Continue ReadingBy Carley Gordon Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Here’s some Thanksgiving advice you might need – don’t drink and cook. That’s the message from state officials who warn that Thanksgiving is a huge day for cooking fires. Last year 27% of all fires in Tennessee could be traced back
Continue ReadingBy Rex Hodge Click here for updates on this story CRUSO, North Carolina (WLOS) — A full Thanksgiving plate will greet most of us Thursday. But many in Haywood County are still struggling to recover from flooding in August that destroyed or damaged their homes. For them, access to that traditional meal can be a
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Emert Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service has revoked a Hendersonville funeral home and crematory’s operating permits. During the nearly five-hour closed-door hearing Nov. 10 for Thomas Shepherd & Son Funeral Directors & Cremation Memorial Center, the board also revoked
Continue ReadingBy KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A cancer survivor from New York started baking cookies 14 years ago to raise money for kids like Jamison, who has Leigh Syndrome. The Surprise Squad captured the unforgettable moment for Jamison and his family. The family got the news that
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