Throughout Watkins Memorial High School there is a hum — of teachers teaching, of students learning. Between lessons, the noise increases as teenagers switch classrooms — voices raised, laughter and hundreds of pairs of sneakers in hallways. For millions of families in the United States, this is a reminder of how things were a year
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The tier includes teachers, childcare employees and grocery store employees.
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Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A man in a clown mask was caught stealing catalytic converters from a car dealership in Blaine Monday night, according to a criminal complaint. Matthew Jacoboski, 43, is charged with possession of burglary or theft tools and first-degree criminal damage to property. The complaint states
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — For John and Destiny Beatty, a retro burnt-orange Volkswagen camper van was a new adventure, and a way to expose their 10-month-old son to the great outdoors. “We’ve been dreaming about the van life for years,” John Beatty said. After a January day trip to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Poor Missouri families could get money for private school through a tax credit program advancing in the state House. The Republican-led House voted in favor of the measure Wednesday. Under the program, private donors would give money to nonprofits that would dole out scholarships to low-income families. Donors would get state
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Swift Prepared Foods $200 million Italian meats processing plant is one step closer to setting up shop in Columbia.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Jupiter, Florida (WFOR) — A wild coyote with a plastic jar stuck around its neck for days, is resting comfortably in rehab at a wildlife sanctuary in Jupiter. The coyote was captured by members of WILD Florida Rescue, a Brevard County nonprofit that organized a four-day search for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Los Angeles (KCAL/KCBS) — Denny Kim said was walking down a Koreatown street when two men attacked him. Denny Kim said he was walking down Kenmore Avenue, between Wilshire Boulevard and 6th Street, Feb. 16 when two men attacked him. “They told me to go back to China,”
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Denver (KCNC) — A man who identified himself only as “COVID Bandit” hit employees at a Denver restaurant with something unexpected — an extremely generous tip! The man dined at Guard and Grace on Saturday and gave each worker $200 — giving a total of $6,800! “Who the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Boston (WBZ) — Four-year-old Finnley Silva loves toys, candy, and yes, being a little rowdy. “He’s your typical four-year-old boy. He likes robots and cars and going fast and running and you know, just being rowdy and throwing things as most four-year-olds do at this point,” said Emily
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John Geddert, who coached the 2012 US Olympic women’s gymnastics team, has been charged with 24 felonies, including human trafficking, criminal sexual conduct and lying to a peace officer, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday. Geddert is the former owner of the Michigan’s famed Twistars Gymnastics Club. It was one of the places Larry
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davenport, Iowa (WQAD) — It’s been almost eight months since anyone has seen 11-year-old Breasia Terrell, the missing Davenport girl who loves basketball, making TikTok videos and spending time with her family. Her mother, Aishia Lankford, has been counting the days since she last saw her on a
Continue Reading Lawmakers in California this week allocated $1.4 million in state funds to help Asian Americans report hate incidents after a string of recent violent attacks in the state. “The rise in hate incidents against Asian Americans during the pandemic is alarming. But, we can’t solve a problem without knowing how big it is,” said Assemblymember
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New York state Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker again on Thursday defended the state’s handling of nursing homes and their residents during the pandemic. The administration’s decision to delay the release of data on Covid-19 deaths in long-term care facilities — the subject of a federal investigation — has erupted as a major political crisis
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Cookville, Tennessee (WSMV) — Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers recovered 20 pounds of marijuana after pulling over a car going 105 mph on the interstate. According to the THP, Trooper Murphy clocked the speeding 2014 Mercedes Benz on I-40 eastbound in Cookeville. After pulling the car over, the trooper
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President Joe Biden’s reset of the US-Saudi Arabia relationship will take another step with the release of a long-awaited US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi insider turned dissident Jamal Khashoggi. The release of the congressionally mandated report, which is expected to further implicate Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story St. Louis (KMOV) — Two officers were injured following a pursuit of a stolen carjacked vehicle Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday night, a 20-year-old DoorDash driver told police he met the suspect in an alleyway near the intersection of Itaska and Nebraska to deliver the food around 7:20 p.m.
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A former Marshall Public Schools parent and concerned citizen said she “expects good things” to come from an audit of the school district.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Berkeley, California (KGO) — Berkeley City Council held a special meeting Tuesday night to vote on sweeping police reforms. Convened before police killed George Floyd last May, Berkeley’s Fair and Impartial Policing Workgroup, shared data on racial disparities, when it comes to who Berkeley Police stop in cars,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story Lincoln, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Aprison inmate Wednesday got 3-4 more years in prison for using a racial slur before attacking a Black guard. Prosecutors say Devon Keezer, who is white and pleaded no contest to terroristic threats with a hate crime enhancement, used a racial slur
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