Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — For decades, Tony and Leila Lewis were fixtures in their community, touching so many people who showed their love outside of the couples home Saturday afternoon, leaving candles at their steps which now lead to an unrecognizable pile of ashes and memories. The husband
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Click here for updates on this story CHARLESTON, Arkansas (KFSM) — According to Franklin County Emergency Management (FCEM), the Arkansas National Guard will deliver a water hippo to Charleston sometime after 8:30 a.m. on Monday (Feb. 22) to help Mill Town/Washburn Public Water Authority (MTWPWA) customers who are in need of drinking water. The water
Continue Reading The dramatic engine failure on a United Airlines flight flung debris across neighborhoods outside Denver and caused the airline to ground more than 20 planes out of caution. It’s the second time in three years that the right engine failed during a United Airlines flight. In 2018, a Boeing 777 bound for Honolulu lost the
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New data shows that the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine “provides high levels of protection against infection and symptomatic disease,” Public Health England (PHE) said in a press release on Monday. PHE’s Siren Study, which was carried out on healthcare workers aged under the age of 65, found that one dose of the
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Throughout Olivia Thompson’s 12-hour shift as a cardiac and Covid-19 nurse in Chandler, Arizona, she closely monitors the oxygen levels of several patients at a time and works with other medical specialists to heal them. For some, no amount of care Thompson gives prevents them from being transferred to the Intensive Care Unit. “There were
Continue Reading A painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia is the oldest known rock art in the country, according to scientists, who say radiocarbon-dating analysis shows it was created more than 17,000 years ago. The kangaroo depiction was among a number of rock paintings first recorded by researchers in the 1990s in the Kimberley region, which
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Boris Johnson has set out a four-step roadmap to take England out of lockdown. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4, after a new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England. All being well, Johnson’s government is hopeful that most of the economy will be able to open
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The last 12 months have been tolling for Linda Harris, who lives in a small Southwest Georgia city hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m tired of losing grandparents, grandmamas, granddaddys and some of our small children, too.” Back-to-back funerals and a marathon proved to be deadly, as the virus quickly spread throughout Albany, Georgia.
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Boris Johnson has set out his four-step roadmap to take England out of lockdown. The country has been in full national lockdown since January 4, after a new, more transmissible variant of coronavirus was discovered in southeast England. All being well, Johnson’s government is hopeful that most of the economy will be able to open
Continue Reading The city of Aurora, Colorado, is set to release on Monday an investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, the 23-year-old Black man who died after he was put in a chokehold by police and injected with ketamine in August 2019. The investigative team is expected to present its findings, including a timeline and review
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEWCASTLE, CA (KCRA) — An animal sanctuary near Auburn is suffering a major loss. Dozens of its creatures died in an early morning barn fire Sunday. “I saw that it was 3:30 in the morning … so I held my breath when I answered the phone,” said Melyssa
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DUNKIRK, MD (WBAL) — Many people have taken up new hobbies during the coronavirus pandemic, but how about looking for lost treasure? Two Maryland men who call themselves amateur relic hunters are using old maps and good instinct to do just that. In backcountry parts of southern Anne
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSON, MS (WAPT) — During the winter storm and water crisis, many people have stepped in and helped out, including two sisters who helped feed hot meals to over 1,000 people in need. Valerie and Sharon Brown, with the help of their brother, Chef David Brown, packed hot
Continue Reading Nigeria’s airforce has said its plane, which crashed shortly after take-off from Abuja airport on Sunday morning — killing everyone on board — was on a mission to rescue the schoolchildren kidnapped last week. A spokesman told CNN the aircraft was on surveillance operations in Niger State as part of efforts to rescue at least 42
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MISHAWAKA, IN (WBND) — Made in Michiana is back again to introduce a home grown- international book company! Better World Books taking their story telling to a whole new level. “Not too many people know about Better World Books despite having served 100 million customers, we ship to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — While high school football games are back on in Washington and soon in Oregon, not all schools have the same opportunity to return to play. “For all of the trouble that we went through, for it to just fall apart at the end? It’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — 17-year old Maggie Pennington jumped at the chance nearly two years ago when the Boy Scouts program was re-branded as Scouts BSA and young women were invited to join for the first time. “I’m very grateful for all the opportunities Scouts BSA has
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ORANGEBURG, SC (WLOS) — Family members are asking the public for help locating 37-year-old Christina Eckler of Sumter, after she went missing in Orangeburg earlier this month. Officials at the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety (ODPS) say Eckler was last seen at the Motel 6 on US 301
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV/KSMO) — As districts start the process of returning to in-person learning, more teachers are asking for the COVID vaccine. Starting Monday, elementary students who have major connectivity issues, and those at-risk of not completing the grade level will be learning from the classrooms. It
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, TX (KTRK) — The family of a beloved 84-year-old grandmother who froze to death during the horrific winter storm is speaking out on the conditions of her death and hope to find who ransacked her apartment shortly after. Mary Gee’s granddaughter Nicale Spencer said police discovered Gee’s
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