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Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WDJT ) — Christmas might be over, but Kwanzaa is just getting started. Kwanzaa is a week-long celebration that honors African culture and tradition. The Wisconsin Black Historical Society put on their own virtual Kwanzaa celebration Saturday, Dec. 27. The event included performances featuring entertainment like dancing

Click here for updates on this story     EDGERTON, Kansas (KCTV/KSMO) — Members of the Fire District #1 of Johnson County, KS. saved the life of a deer that was stuck in a frozen lake. Crew members responded to the area of W. 175th Street and Edgerton Road Saturday morning. A deer was stuck in a

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — At some point, perhaps between the first and second home run Babe Ruth hit off the Stanford multi-tasking sensation and St. Louis Browns pitcher, the Sultan of Swat offered some career advice to young Ernie Nevers. “You’ve got good speed, kid,” Ruth

Click here for updates on this story     CANDLER, North Carolina (WLOS ) — Beloved mother and grandmother, 67-year-old Kathy Edwards, has been identified by Buncombe County Fire Marshal Kevin Tipton as the victim of a fatal Candler house fire. The fire broke out around 1 a.m. on Dec. 26 on Upper Glady Fork Road. Her

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A man accused of attacking several people and a Portland Police Bureau officer with a baseball bat in northeast Portland has been arrested. On Dec. 22, officers responded to a report of a person who had been struck in the head with a baseball

Click here for updates on this story     NORTH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV/KSMO ) — A 23-month-girl and her mother were found shot dead inside a home in Spanish Lake on Christmas night. Officers with the St. Louis County Police Department received a call just before 7:00 p.m. about a welfare check at a home

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT ) — With Christmas now officially behind us, the Boy Scouts of America want to help pick up your Christmas trees. Starting this weekend, scouts with troops across the metro are making their rounds to pick up trees. They’re then taken to drop off sites

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT ) — This Christmas has not been so merry for one Omaha woman – living without hot water. Milagros Bonilla is running out of patience. ”It’s just not right,” she said. It has been four days since her home at Legacy Crossing has been without

Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Phil Niekro has died at the age of 81 after a battle with cancer, the Atlanta Braves announced on Sunday. “We are heartbroken on the passing of our treasured friend, Phil Niekro,” the Braves said in a statement. “‘Knucksie’ was woven into the Braves fabric, first in Milwaukee and then

The bodies of 12 mountain climbers have been recovered following an avalanche caused by blizzards north of the Iranian capital, Tehran, according to a Red Crescent official and Iran’s state-run Iran News Agency (IRNA). The avalanche in the Sheminarat area of the Alborz Mountains — a key tourist destination for climbers — happened on Friday.

Click here for updates on this story     WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A longtime business in Wilkes-Barre has been handed a lifeline from the website Barstool Sports. The owners of Chacko’s Family Bowling Center learned during an unexpected FaceTime call that they won money to help them stay afloat during the pandemic. Kara Hodorowski was wrapping

A 7-year-old boy named Eli saved his baby sister’s life when he jumped into her room through a window to rescue her from a fire that destroyed his family’s home. It was a typical night at the Davidson household in New Tazewell, Tennessee, on December 8. Chris and Nicole Davidson fed their three children dinner,