Click here for updates on this story Baldwin County, Alabama (WALA) — Chelsey Smart and her family are staying just feet from where Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office say Justin Campbell from Athens, Alabama died Wednesday morning. This suspected drowning on Fort Morgan Peninsula comes just days after Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy William “Bill” Smith died
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) After several major companies were hit with ransomware attacks, the White House gave a stern warning this week to companies to beef up it’s security systems. It’s not just big corporations that are at risk, cybersecurity experts worry about small businesses and individuals who are also targets. “I worry for these small
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Florida has become the latest state to ban critical race theory, continuing the growing charge by Republican lawmakers against schools teaching about systemic racism. After hours of debate and public comment Thursday, the Florida State Board of Education unanimously approved the amendment banning critical race theory. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who appointed much of the
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Andrew Brown Jr. died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, according to the state autopsy report, confirming the results of an autopsy commissioned by Brown’s family. The report, which lists the cause of death as homicide, was finalized Monday afternoon and released to CNN Thursday morning. Brown, a 42-year-old Black man,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia has won a nearly $54 million judgment in a case against telecommunication company CenturyLink for unpaid taxes. A St. Louis County judge issued the ruling last week in the case brought by Columbia and Joplin in 2014. Courts had previously found that CenturyLink and its related companies had
Continue Reading Authorities in Tennessee say they’ve solved the 42-year-old murder of a Chattanooga businessman, calling the cold case a “contract murder” with ties to former Tennessee Gov. Ray Blanton’s administration. Samuel Pettyjohn was shot four times and killed on February 1, 1979, in what investigators described as “an execution-style hit,” according to a news release from
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A now-retired nun will plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges for stealing more than $835,000 for gambling and other personal expenses from the Southern California school that she ran, federal prosecutors say. Mary Margaret Kreuper, a 79-year-old Los Angeles resident, violated her vow of poverty during a 10-year period in which she
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-4 Thursday in favor of a new six-story hotel near the corner of Cherry Street and Hitt Street. In January of 2020, the commission voted 6-1 to approve the potential new hotel called the Cherry Street Hotel. The hotel would sit at 1005 Cherry Street
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A second arrest has been made in the case of two suspects targeting an elderly resident over the phone in a jail scam. Hendersonville Police said Herrera Alonzo Bienvenido, 28, of Miami, was arrested on Wednesday at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport by the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan businessman who is working to bring a marijuana facility to a local city can’t due to zoning laws. Current zoning laws won’t allow marijuana businesses in the city of Flint even though other cities across the state can. “When you have this
Continue Reading The gunman who killed 9 colleagues at a San Jose, California, light rail yard last month, faced disciplinary action in the past for four separate incidents, including a verbal altercation with a coworker, according to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). In one case in January 2020, after Samuel Cassidy had a verbal altercation
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HOLTS SUMMIT, Mo. (KMIZ) A MoDOT Central District tweet is saying urgent repairs will begin at 6:30 Thursday night on eastbound Route 54 lanes near Summit Drive. MoDOT officials say the repairs are caused by pavement “blow-ups”. A pavement blow-up occurs when the roadway surface expands at a crack or joint where moisture has seeped
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Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — A woman was killed during a drive-by shooting in Hartford on Wednesday evening. It happened on Sisson Avenue around 5 p.m. The shooting victim was later identified as Sylvia Cordova, 56, of Hartford. Police said Cordova was cooking dinner in her apartment when she
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Each side agreed Tuesday to drop the lawsuit that Jennifer Henderson brought against the Business Loop 70 Community Improvement District in 2016.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Tempe police have a new high-tech tool that traps suspects without injuring them. Bodycam video released Tuesday by the company, Bolawrap, shows a man running through traffic on Mill Avenue in Tempe armed with a stun gun. After ordered several times to get on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — A Tempe house was hit with vandalism overnight after the homeowners wrote a message on their garage encouraging people to get vaccinated. It says, “Love Thy Neighbor, Get Vaccinated” along with vaccination information. On Wednesday, neighbors and the homeowner woke up to the message
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WOODLAND PARK, Colorado (KRDO) — A controversial mural at Woodland Park High School depicting two women kissing was up for two weeks before the school painted over it. The artist is a recent Woodland Park High School graduate and member of the LGBT community. People are split on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DENVER, Colordado (KRDO) — The family of Emmalyn Nguyen was recently awarded $2 million after the 18-year-old got a botched breast augmentation in 2019. Insurance companies for plastic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Kim and certified registered nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker, paid $1 million, respectively, settling out of court after
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WETHERSFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Wethersfield is planning to fire the town’s long-time police chief for allegedly violating his retirement agreement. Chief James Cetran was supposed to retire in August but changed his mind in May. This all comes after he was put on administrative leave in January pending
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Texas officials are investigating after newly released body camera footage obtained by the non-profit news outlet Reveal showed a deputy Tasing a migrant teenage boy at a shelter. The footage, which the outlet said it obtained under a Texas state records law from the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, showed a deputy responding to a shelter
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