Appointment slots are quick to fill. Excited grins are hidden behind masks. Syringes are filled and shots are ready to go into arms. The rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 in the United States has been reminiscent of when those very first Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered late last
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Click here for updates on this story ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — The man who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old girl at her bus stop Tuesday is now in custody. Investigators identified the man as Jared Stanga. He is charged with attempted kidnapping, aggravated assault with a knife, and battery. Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons
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The Camden County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a burglary and assault that left a woman hospitalized.
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CNN will air a star-studded prime-time special on Sunday honoring the class of 2021, as millions of students across the nation graduate following a year shaped by the coronavirus pandemic. “Graduation 2021: A CNN Special Event” will air Sunday, May 23 at 7 p.m. ET on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. The special
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Israeli strikes on Gaza continued for the 10th consecutive day Wednesday, as pressure builds for a ceasefire to halt the conflict. Four Palestinians, including a local journalist, were killed and 10 others wounded in a series of raids launched by Israeli warplanes on different areas of Gaza on Wednesday, according to the official Palestinian news
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORSYTH County, Georgia (WGCL) — Parents, students, and community members packed a Forsyth County Schools board meeting to express concerns and admiration over the district’s decision to adopt a diversity plan. “Your strategic plan called DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion will fail for one very very specific reason,
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The attorneys for the family of Andrew Brown Jr. are asking the Department of Justice to intervene after a North Carolina district attorney said that deputies would not be charged in connection to his fatal shooting. “We certainly got neither transparency nor justice today,” the attorneys said in a statement Tuesday. “We request that the
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According to the organization, Central Pantry is expected to move into the Moser’s grocery store off of Business Loop 70 West near Interstate 70 as soon as 2023.
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Click here for updates on this story FREMONT COUNTY, Colorado (KCNC) — A school bus driver admits he slapped a 10-year-old girl in a dispute over how she was wearing her face mask. It happened in April in Fremont County and was captured by surveillance cameras. Some may find the video disturbing. The video, which
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — Blowtorches and a brazen daytime theft – suspected catalytic converter thieves were caught in the act in South Sacramento over the weekend. It was the wake-up call people in a South Sacramento neighborhood near Fruitridge Road weren’t imagining on early Sunday morning. Cellphone video shot
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Click here for updates on this story WINTERS, California (KOVR) — The discovery was a shock. Eugene and Ann Breznock’s investments, worth $275,000 in their June Charles Schwab statement, gone, replaced with a column of zeros. “It’s just pure theft!” Eugene Breznock said. Because the Winters couple didn’t touch their account for three years, or
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Nearly three years after the body of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts was found in a cornfield, the farm worker charged with her murder is set to stand trial on Wednesday when opening statements begin. Tibbetts, a University of Iowa student, went missing after an evening run in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 18, 2018, sparking an extensive
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WATERFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Several cows needed to be corralled in Waterford overnight. Early Wednesday morning, police said they had to chase a big cow and two calves at the Waterford Country School. Police said the animals somehow got out and gave officers a good run for their
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HAMMOND, Indiana (WLS) — Volunteers were out searching a fourth day for a missing 12-year-old boy with Autism in Hammond, Indiana on Tuesday. “I think by now he’s hungry, tired and looking for a familiar face to connect with,” said volunteer Kimberly Sorrell, a volunteer. Kyrin was last
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GARDNER, Illinois (WLS) — The family of a 13-year-old girl said an attack at her school in Gardner, Illinois left her face bloody and bruised. The girl’s mother is furious after she said her daughter was bullied, then beaten. “It makes me happy to know that I have
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Police in Oakland believe multiple shooters fired an estimated 70 rounds with high-capacity weapons at the party bus in a 21st birthday celebration that took a tragic, fatal turn early Tuesday on an Oakland freeway. Oakland police said they believe multiple shooters targeted the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story JACKSONVILLE, Onslow County, North Carolina (WLOS) — A former Marine drugged and prostituted hundreds of women in Jacksonville and the greater Onslow County area. Earlier this month, Jesse Marks, 40, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion. Assistant U.S. Attorney
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Asheville police are investigating a hit-and-run incident after someone made several attempts to run over a man, but ended up running into a cart with his belongings instead. The Asheville Police Department (APD) says a witness caught the incident on camera. Video shows
Continue Reading Here’s a look at cholera, an acute diarrheal infection that has killed thousands of people worldwide. Facts Cholera is contracted by consuming food or water contaminated with the bacteria Vibrio cholerae. The bacteria is usually found in water contaminated with feces. Dehydration from rapid loss of body fluids is the reason the disease can be
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KCTV) — A restoration project at a Kansas train station uncovered buried treasure … sort of. The renovations have been going on for several years at the old Santa Fe Depot, now an Amtrak stop, in East Lawrence. The station was built in 1955 and is
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