Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (KFSM) — Arkansas State Representative Andrew Collins (D), along with Senator Breanne Davis (R), filed a bill on Friday to repeal Confederate Flag Day in the state. Every year, the Saturday before Easter Sunday is recognized as Confederate Flag Day in Arkansas. After the killing
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — A woman from Luzerne County celebrated a monumental birthday on Saturday. Anastasia Ellen Drake marked her 100th birthday at her home in Hanover Township. Drake was born in Warrior Run in 1921. Friends, family, and even first responders came out for the birthday
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (WOWT) — A picture is worth a thousand words and this one posted on the Facebook page of Gulliver’s World Goods is sparking controversy. ”I couldn’t believe that somebody in our community would publicly post a sign saying ‘don’t feed the wildlife, don’t feed the homeless.’
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Hold on tight to your Powerball ticket. There were no top prize winners in Saturday’s drawing, and the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $730 million, a cash value of $546 million. This is only the fourth time the jackpot has crossed the $700 million mark, according to Powerball. If anyone wins the upcoming drawing
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Russia’s leading opposition figure and chief Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, has returned to Russia five months after he left in a coma after being poisoned with military grade nerve agent Novichok. Navalny and his wife Yulia landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport just after 8 p.m. local time (12 p.m. ET), according to flight data information.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BEAVERTON, Oregon (KPTV) — A woman has her son back, after a thief stole her car with the child inside. Police responded to a business on the 11900 block of Southwest Canyon Road at around 9 a.m. Saturday. A woman said she went into Basics Meat Market to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COBB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — COVID-19 has hit Danny Alea’s family hard. The Cobb County firefighter lost his father-in-law to the disease, and he and his mother-in-law were also hospitalized with it. “I seem to improve a little bit each day,” said Alea, who’s currently using an oxygen
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STORRS, Connectitcut (Hartford Business Journal) — A University of Connecticut business professor’s students may start paying closer attention in class after he won $2.5 million in fantasy football using data analytics techniques he teaches. David Bergman, a UConn School of Business professor who specializes in data science and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — The tumult and uncertainty of last year led a record number of people to purchase firearms in the U.S., and that’s leading to a shortage of ammunition. The Federal Bureau of Investigation performed nearly 39.7 million firearm background checks last year, 11.3
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NAPA, California (Napa Valley Register) — The Napa business owner arrested on Friday on various weapons charges had five pipe bombs, more than 50 firearms — several unregistered or illegal — 15,000 rounds of ammunition, and several pounds of gunpowder in his possession when authorities raided his office
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COLUMBIA Mo. (KMIZ) There will be some lane closures across Columbia for the week of Jan. 18 as contractors install small cell wireless facilities. According to a press release, Viking Corp & AMF Electric, contractors for AT&T, will be working in nine separate locations. The southbound lane of John Garry Drive between North Cedar Lake
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Russia’s leading opposition figure and chief Kremlin critic, Alexey Navalny, has left Berlin on a flight bound for Moscow, where supporters are awaiting his arrival under a heavy police presence. The 2.5-hour flight by Russian carrier Pobeda took off from Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Sunday afternoon and is due to land in Moscow’s Vnukovo, where
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City building and services will be closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day, in both Columbia and Jefferson City.
Continue Reading On March 11, sports in the United States came to terms with the arrival of the coronavirus. An NBA player tested positive shortly before tipoff in Oklahoma City, forcing the game’s cancellation. Within days, every major sports league in the US had shut down. The ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic continue to be felt in
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Those Hot Pockets in your freezer could contain something more dangerous than piping hot cheese. Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling certain pepperoni Hot Pockets over concerns they may be contaminated with pieces of glass and hard plastic, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday. The Class I recall applies to
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Caught between colliding pressures of a pandemic, political unrest and outcries for social justice, this Martin Luther King Day of Service is unlike any other. But despite the limitations of the season, this federal holiday doesn’t have to be any less impactful. Now more than ever, MLK Day of Service is enabling everyday people to
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Spanish mountaineer Sergi Mingote has died while climbing K2, the world’s second highest summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced Saturday. “Sad death of Sergi Mingote at K2,” Sanchez tweeted. “He wanted to continue making history by being part of the first expedition to crown this mountain in the middle of winter and a tragic
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While some states are seeing improving outlooks in their battle against Covid-19, other parts of the nation are hitting tragic records. “Things will get worse before they get better,” President-elect Joe Biden said, regarding the winter surge. Biden spoke about his Covid-19 vaccination plan Friday and promised Americans, “We will manage the hell out of
Continue Reading Just days ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, the entire country is on edge. The FBI has warned of indications that “armed protests” are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington in the days leading up to January 20. A joint bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security, the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Christopher Grant is recovering in the Franklin County Jail after flipping his vehicle following a police chase in Owensville. Owensville Police allegedly initiated the pursuit for Grant’s outstanding warrants. Grant lost control of his vehicle after entering a curve at a high rate of speed. The vehicle began skidding before striking a
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