Click here for updates on this story SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (KFSM) — A family in Springdale is searching for answers two weeks after their father was hit by a vehicle walking to work. The driver of that vehicle took off. The family of Jose Flores says he survived but is fighting for his life. Flores’ family
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DUNMORE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — When Amanda Teague started her new job at Creative Lil’ Minds Childcare in Dunmore last year, she had no idea what challenges were about to come before her. “When I first started, everything was totally normal, and then, March 17th was the day we
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Advocates are calling for the state and counties to prioritize people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. The Arizona Center for Disability Law sent a letter to the Arizona Department of Health Services offering recommendations for the state’s distribution plan. “Many people within our community are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — As violent crime in the city of Atlanta continues to increase, the number of officers on the police force does not. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addressed the troubling trend during a news conference on Thursday. “It’s where we are as a city. We
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KPHO/KTVK) — Sophia Garcia just might be the most popular 8-year-old around. Her phone rings constantly! But it’s not friends. It’s strangers wanting information about the COVID-19 vaccine in Arizona. “Every five minutes my phone keeps ringing,” said Sophia. Sophia, who lives in Missouri, calls it an
Continue Reading There has been an overwhelming drop in the number of wild bee species that are reported in public records over the past 30 years, according to a new study. Researchers looked at bee records in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, an online biodiversity data collector, and found there were about 25% less bee species reported
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DOVER, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A York County man is facing aggravated assault and other charges after allegedly attacking a woman during a domestic incident in Dover earlier this month. The victim was able to summon help by calling Walt Disney World under the pretense that she was booking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — Governor Brian Kemp responded on Twitter to claims by Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene that Georgia National Guard troops in D.C. had been “forced to sleep in the parking garage last night.” Rep. Greene cited House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “abusive leadership” in her post
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SEMMES, AL (WALA) — The Mobile Area Jewish Federation released a statement Thursday about vandalism in Semmes that included Nazi symbols and phrases spray-painted on school buses. The statement reads, “There is no place for hate and bigotry in our community and country. We believe education is the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, LA (KTBS) — A Bossier City attorney admitted Thursday that he drove a sport utility vehicle belonging to the Bossier-Webster district attorney’s office into a bayou then left the scene of the accident without reporting it. Lyn Lawrence — who is not an employee of the district
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, TN (WSMV) — Police said a camera found inside a girls’ changing and restroom inside a Franklin gym contained videos of 60 females, mostly minors. The camera was found last week inside the bathroom at Premier Athletics last week. The gym sent out an email to customers
Continue Reading The Mega Millions jackpot — drawing Friday night — is worth a staggering $970 million. It’s also highly, highly unlikely that you’ll win it all: The odds of scoring the jackpot are one in 1 in 302,575,350. Sorry about that. You can still try your luck with the lotto. But you’re far more likely to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DUNMORE, PA (WPMT) — When Amanda Teague started her new job at Creative Lil’ Minds Childcare in Dunmore last year, she had no idea what challenges were about to come before her. “When I first started, everything was totally normal, and then, March 17th was the day we
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A new housing development is coming to Mid-town this fall with hopes to upgrade the type of student housing available for St. Louis-area college students and young professionals. The building, called Verve, is set to open in the fall of 2021. It’s located
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, MI (WNEM) — The $641.2 million Flint water settlement is a lot of money, but some Flint residents still grappling with the impacts of the water crisis believe it will never be enough. Claudia Perkins-Milton is a lifelong Flint resident. “We need justice for everything. That’s where
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A Nigerian teen who was convicted in the northwest of the country of blasphemy has had his sentence overturned, his lawyer said Friday. The appellate division of the Kano State High Court set aside Omar Farouq’s sentence on Thursday because he did not have legal representation at his first trial, his counsel Kola Alapinni told
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Henderson County resident Marion Karin Scanlon said she spent nearly a month at Mission Hospital last August after getting COVID-19. “It was pretty touch and go there for a while,” Scanlon said. After she was discharged at the hospital, she spent a few
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cobb County, GA (WGCL) — Two Cobb County educators died Thursday after battling COVID-19. Dana Johnson, a first-grade teacher at Kemp Elementary School in Powder Springs, went to the hospital after feeling ill on December 6. She was then diagnosed with double pneumonia after getting COVID-19 at the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SPRINGFIELD, MA (WFSB) — Connecticut restaurants worry that a change in Massachusetts coronavirus policies will cut into their bottom line. Gov. Charlie Baker announced on Thursday that he will rescind his state’s Mandatory Early Closure of Businesses Order, as well as an overnight Stay at Home Advisory. Baker
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — On Thursday, police officers, firefighters and paramedics shuffled in and out of the St. Charles County Ambulance District to get their first dose of the vaccine. “Relief. I’m ready to see everything go up from here, in the district, in the county, in
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