Click here for updates on this story SOUTHINGTON, Connecticut (WFSB) — The Southington school district alerted parents earlier this week after a first-grade student found a vape device on a school bus. The student brought the device home and told an adult. Thankfully the child did not put the device in his/her mouth, as it
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s happened again! One of the bald eagles in Pittsburgh’s Hays neighborhood found himself the victim of an attack while watching over the nest. Tuesday night a great horned owl once again swooped in and knocked the male bald eagle from his roost. This is
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Police are investigating and searching for a suspect after another Asian New Yorker was the victim of a violent attack. It’s the latest in a string of such incidents. Surveillance video shows the attacker, with a bandana covering his face, waiting for a man
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Click here for updates on this story HASTINGS, Minnesota (WCCO) — Sometimes you win. Sometimes you “luge.” But in the city of Hastings, winning is luging. Especially when 78-year-old Paul Swanstrom gets involved. In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how decades of perfecting the luge is now drawing a crowd. A morning
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Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Walter Kyle was almost two years old when the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic killed at least 50 million people worldwide. Now, at 104 years old, he’s living through the coronavirus pandemic, having just received his second vaccination for COVID-19. “I’m glad to be able to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The carjacking crisis in Chicago is getting worse. Police said there have been 352 carjackings in the city so far this year, and only 62 arrests. Authorities say a 14-year-old girl was behind at least four of the carjackings. CBS 2’s Tara Molina on Wednesday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Have you ever seen a Florida panther? The answer is probably ‘no’ for most of us because the official state animal of Florida is elusive, shy, and endangered. But one Florida man, who was definitely in the right place at the right time, spotted five
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR ) — Two stories of hope and love, coming from two unthinkable tragedies. One of those tragedies happened on Feb. 10 when Anthony Reznik was hit by a car that ran a red light. He and sister were attempting to cross Sunny Isles Blvd. “I remember
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT ) — The Department of Health is updating the health order, telling New Mexicans, when you fill out the information on the DOH website for a vaccine, don’t lie. “I believe today are going to see a little pop-up it just reminds them of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMILTON, Ohio (WLWT ) — An Ohio State Trooper is being credited with saving the life of a passenger after a driver crashed over an embankment while fleeing police. Trooper Shane Meyer tried to pull over a Dodge Charger Tuesday morning around 1:30 a.m. after it blew a
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While health officials agree face masks help prevent the spread of Covid-19, state and local governments have varied widely on implementation of mask rules. Now, President Joe Biden wants to change that. Biden’s office has released plans that his administration intends to implement in the beginning of his term, and one is a national mask
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Some experts say the winter storms much of the country saw this year, with worsening extremes, are due to climate change. Now, one Baltimore teen activist is using her voice to draw attention to the cause. On her walk home from high school two years
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW ORLEANS (WDSU ) — Alicia Morgan’s life falls into two categories: Before her brother’s murder, and after. “Because, for me, everything stopped in 2018 on Jan. 8,” she said. That morning, Idrick Brister walked outside his home near the Little Woods neighborhood on Trapier Boulevard to head
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The Catholic bishop in Jefferson City and the city’s Catholic hospital are encouraging residents to get any coronavirus shot that is available.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Arkansas (KFSM) — For nearly three decades the homicide case of Fort Smith teen Melissa Witt has gone unsolved, but a former detective refuses to give up hope. On a daily basis, JC Rider, a retired Fort Smith Police Department detective, thinks about the case. “I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PITTSTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The silk-screening presses are busy at the Embroidery Factory on Market Street in Pittston, where workers are making sweatshirts and t-shirts for a fundraiser for the Pittston Police Department. “Yeah, it is really nice,” said Embroidery Factory co-owner Elise Nemetz. “We’re really happy with
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story WILKES-BARRE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Businesses in the hospitality industry in Luzerne County will be able to get some much-needed cash. Luzerne County, CAN DO, and the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber announced the COVID-19 Hospitality Industry Recovery Program (CHIRP) on Thursday. The program will distribute a total of $3.5
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LANCASTER COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT ) — A Lancaster County restaurant is temporarily closed after a car crashed into it Thursday morning, according to East Hempfield Township Police. The Bob Evans restaurant on Hempland Road was struck by a vehicle around 8:54 a.m., police say. A preliminary investigation determined
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — The city council on Wednesday voted to remove the prohibition on marijuana dispensary drive-thrus in Las Vegas. It was a 6-0 vote on the bill sponsored by Councilwoman Michele Fiore of Ward 6. The move is similar to that made by the Clark County
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A Jefferson City woman was sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty to a January 2020 arson.
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