Click here for updates on this story Tucson, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — If NASA’s latest Mars rover ever finds itself in need of a drink of water or a snow cone, the Tucson-based Planetary Science Institute can help with that. A team from the private nonprofit research organization recently unveiled the most complete map
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Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A Davenport man is facing charges after he used a box cutter as a weapon to rob two businesses in January and February, Davenport police said. William Robert Smith, 50, of 625 W. 7th St., is charged with two counts of armed robbery,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Firefighters responded to a house fire in West Hartford on Wednesday morning. According to the West Hartford Fire Department, it broke out in a single family home on Prospect Avenue before 6:30 a.m. Firefighters asked drivers to avoid the 700 block of Prospect
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Gwinnett, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — As she reflected on U.S. Rep. John Lewis’ life, the congressman’s longtime aide, Tuere Butler, recalled an occasion where he used his words to diffuse a heated situation involving a man who had called Lewis’ office. The man, who was not from
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Dozens of people who live in an East Hartford condominium complex awoke to the shriek of fire alarms. It happened at the Lamplight Condominium Complex on Burnside Avenue around 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. The road was closed but reopened later in the morning.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEBANON, Oregon (KPTV) — Three people were injured after a motorhome caught fire in Lebanon Wednesday morning. The Lebanon Fire District says crews were called out to the fire on River Road just before 6:30 a.m. Crews arrived to the scene and found a fully-involved 30-foot Class A
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Cayuga County, New York (The Citizen) — Wegmans has been fined $1,000 by the Cayuga County Board of Health for its second violation of New York’s mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic. The fine is the result of a hearing in December after a Cayuga County Health Department
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — The Urban League of Greater Kansas City and KCATA will unveil its Racial Equity and Social Justice Bus to Commemorate Black History and the Urban League’s 100-Year Civil Rights Legacy. The news conference is at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the Urban League Parking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV/KSMO) — A wild street-racing event in downtown Kansas City on Tuesday night ended with dozens of vehicles fleeing the area, shots fired near young baseball players and bricks thrown at officers. Kansas City police said they received several calls Tuesday night about street racing,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CHUNCHULA, Alabama (WALA) — As Eric Roney made a familiar trek down a dirt road just outside of his family’s home early Tuesday morning in Chunchula, the 33-year-old man fell prey to a pack of vicious dogs. At least five dogs ambushing him, leaving him with hundreds of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story 70 year media conference goes fully virtual for the first time as Savannah State Host 70th Southern Regional Press Institute (Tigers Roar Staff SSU) — Students interested in working in journalism, public relations, and multimedia and digital communications are invited to attend the 70th Annual Southern Regional Press
Continue Reading A video shared by NASA on Monday revealed the first-ever look at a spacecraft landing on Mars — and the internet was quick to take up a challenge to decode a message hidden in the parachute of the Perseverance rover. In the video, the colorful orange-and-white parachute can be seen above the rover as it
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Dozens of protesters marched in Rochester on Tuesday night, just hours after New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a grand jury voted not to indict any police officers on charges relating to Daniel Prude’s death. Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, was having a mental health episode on March 23 when officers handcuffed him, covered
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Nashville (WSMV) — Tyler Al-Shemari, 19 is behind bars after two separate incidents involving a gun. Earlier today on Harding place near Jonquil Drive, Al-Shemari was driving a Toyota Yaris when he cut off a pickup truck driven by a 36-year-old Portland, Tennessee man. The man’s wife and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Clayton County, Georgia (WGCL) — The parents of a high school athlete who died of heatstroke in Clayton County in 2019 have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against their daughter’s basketball coach and several others. Imani Bell was a 16-year-old junior at Elite Scholars Academy. The lawsuit alleges
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Phoenix (KPHO/KTVK) — Some Phoenix homeowners digging a hole for a small tree in their backyard found more than they bargained for: they dug up a duffel bag full of guns! It happened Sunday evening at a home near 83rd Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road. The homeowners were
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Greenville County, SC (WHNS) — The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and a man whose arrest was caught on body camera footage in 2019 are weighing in on the dramatic video. Hopkins was taken into custody on April 22, 2019 after two 911 calls were placed from a home
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOGANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — As employees at the Nicholas Meat packing plant left their jobs at the end of the day, they’re also leaving the company for the foreseeable future. Nicholas Meat says it’s shuttering operation for the time being after it was found in violation of a
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONTOURSVILLE, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The suspect in a Union County murder case has been brought back to our area from Connecticut to face charges. Tracy Rollins arrived at the Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville shortly after noon on Tuesday. Troopers then took him to a magistrate in Union
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says nine of its interstate bridges in the commonwealth are in desparate need of repairs, and the way to pay for the funding needed to improve them is through tolls. PennDOT believes the plan — which would toll
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