Click here for updates on this story BROOMFIELD, CO (KCNC) — A restaurant in Broomfield and its employees got a massive surprise Friday night. Someone not only picked up all of the patrons’ tabs, but also tipped the staff more than $5,000. It happened at the North Side Tavern which just reopened after closing in
Continue Reading After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office in Michigan. The feeling, Smith said, is “amazing, a God-given blessing.” Smith is one of 27 wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated through
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Texas’ attorney general filed a lawsuit against Griddy Energy and Griddy Holdings for “false, misleading, and deceptive advertising and marketing practices” after the company sent sky-high electricity bills to customers during February’s devastating winter storm. As the storm rattled Texas’ power grid, Griddy, which connects customers directly to the wholesale electricity market for a monthly
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A 15-year-old boy shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is in very serious condition at the children’s hospital in Little Rock, authorities said. Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said investigators think the shooter is a 15-year-old male who is also a student at Watson Chapel Junior High. The suspect
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (KCNC) — State wildlife officials spent several days acclimating a herd of bighorn sheep to a capture net this month only to have an unexpected visit from a predator nix the planned trapping and transfer of the animals on Friday. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials
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Click here for updates on this story GRAND COUNTY, CO (KCNC) — A Lakewood man is lucky to be alive after being pinned for hours beneath his snowmobile on Rabbit Ears Pass. Wanting to stick to lower angle terrain due to avalanche danger, experienced snowmobiler Lance McGinn headed to Rabbit Ears Pass last Saturday with
Continue Reading Chicago public school students in grades kindergarten through 5 who chose in-person learning were able to return to classrooms Monday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot visited Hawthorne Scholastic Academy to welcome students back after almost a year of remote learning. “This morning I was lucky enough — once again — to experience firsthand the infectious excitement of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORNEY, TX (KTVT) — Body camera footage was released of a rescue in Forney that involved an elderly man who fell into a river and was swept away. Police said they responded to an area near Highway 80 and the Trinity River bridge Saturday afternoon after receiving a
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The United States is getting a third coronavirus vaccine — this one made by Johnson & Johnson. The US Food and Drug Administration has given the vaccine emergency use authorization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended it, and the federal government is scheduled to start distribution almost immediately. Two vaccines are already
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BOSTON, MA (WBZ) — Two local rescues have teamed up to save and transport close to 100 homeless pets evacuated from Texas. Many shelters in the state had to shut down because of extreme cold that led to power outages. “We were able to head down to Austin
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old boy shot Monday at a junior high school in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, is in very serious condition at the children’s hospital in Little Rock, authorities said. Pine Bluff Police Chief Kelvin Sergeant said investigators think the shooter is a 15-year-old male who is also a student at Watson Chapel Junior High. The suspect
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHOENIX, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — What started as a tweet turned into a controversial lawsuit about free speech between a student and Arizona State University. “Arizona State University and Rae’Lee Klein have agreed to settle a dispute that led her to sue the Arizona Board of Regents, ASU, the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PHOENIX, AZ (KTVK/KPHO) — A horse farm in Scottsdale will soon have a new use. Part of the farm will be transformed into a hotel for dogs who belong to members of the Valley’s homeless population. The dog hotel will provide a safe space for homeless pet owners
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JUPITER, FL (WPBF) — Susan Friscia couldn’t help but laugh as she snuggled with her best friend, Marley. “I love you so much,” she said, as her adopted pit bull licked her face. Friscia has only had the 10-year-old dog for about a year, but the bond they
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Carlos was working in the field a few weeks ago, planting corn and beans under the scorching Honduran sun, when he suddenly knew what he would do. Amidst poverty and recent natural disasters — and with a friendlier face these days in the White House — the time had come to emigrate to the US.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ESSEX, MD (WBAL) — Baltimore County will schedule and cover the cost for Uber rides for residents who do not have other transportation options to ensure they can travel to COVID-19 vaccine clinic sites, County Executive Johnny Olszewski announced Friday. Olszewski hopes a new vaccine location, combined with
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PFAFFTOWN, NC (WXII) — Pfafftown mom Tania Bolton originally learned to sew in her Home Economics class in junior high school. Now, after 14 years as a preschool teacher, Bolton is using her experience to create weighted plush stuffed animals that are designed for children with special needs,
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Sedalia police say an 18-year-old was hurt in a shooting Saturday night.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HENDERSON, NV (KVVU) — What started with scrolling through Instagram has turned into a month of cooking lasagna for Henderson resident Gina Antoniadis. “I was following another organization on Instagram every town fridge and I saw something about this lasagna mama I was like ‘Lasagna! I like lasagna,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS, NV (KVVU) — As the sports world grabs their pens to fill out brackets for the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament, one Las Vegas chapel is launching a bracket challenge with a grand prize, but with a wedding twist. Chapel of the Flowers announced the
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