Health officials hope for small gatherings this Super Bowl Sunday
The Columbia/Boone County Health Department is recommending people choose to watch the Super Bowl in their own households this year with small groups of people.
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Neighbors believe more people involved in murder of 21-year-old Bradley Nall, three already charged
Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Two days after 21-year-old Bradley Nall was shot and killed just outside of his family home, three people have now been charged in his death. Monday night 23-year-old Demarcus Reynolds joined 18-year-old Mary Cheyenne Butler and 19-year-old Selena Grace Tisdale in metro jail. All
Continue Reading Jill Biden Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Jill Biden, wife of 46th US President Joe Biden. Personal Birth date: June 3, 1951 Birth place: Hammonton, New Jersey Birth name: Jill Tracy Jacobs Father: Donald Jacobs, banker Mother: Bonny Jean (Godfrey) Jacobs Marriages: Joe Biden (June 17, 1977-present); Bill Stevenson (1970-1975, divorced) Children: with Joe
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If your loved one is hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine, share this
Your loved ones are right to have questions about the Covid-19 vaccine — the American public hasn’t watched vaccine development this closely since Dr. Jonas Salk discovered how to immunize kids from polio in the ’50s. But vaccine hesitancy could put a dangerous damper on the country’s response. Pockets of some populations most at risk
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Captain Tom Moore, who raised millions for the NHS, dies aged 100
Tom Moore, the 100-year-old World War II veteran whose efforts to raise millions for the UK’s National Health Service made him a universally adored icon during the first wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, has died in hospital after himself contracting the disease, his family said Tuesday. Known affectionately as Captain Tom, Moore raised almost £33
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Benton County judge sets bond for mother accused in child murder case
A Benton County judge approved bond for a mother charged in connection with her child’s death.
Continue Reading School District cancels classes after multiple buses damaged by fire
Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (WDJT ) — Several school buses that transport Burlington Area School District students were damaged in an electrical fire Tuesday, Feb. 2. The damage is estimated to be more than half-a-million dollars. According to the Racine County Sheriff’s Office, around 3:54 a.m., a deputy spotted dark
Continue Reading Somalia Fast Facts
Here’s a look at Somalia, an impoverished, war-torn eastern African country that borders the Gulf of Aden, the Indian Ocean, Ethiopia and Kenya. About Somalia (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area: 637,657 sq km (slightly smaller than Texas) Population: 12,094,640 (July 2021 est.) Median age: 18.5 years Capital: Mogadishu Ethnic groups: Somali 85%, Bantu and
Continue Reading Summerfest moved to September 2021
Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT ) — For the second year in a row, COVID-19 has America’s largest music festival on the move. Originally set for a trio of three-day weekends in June, Summerfest 2021 will now be held on the first three weekends in September. Summerfest 2021 will be held
Continue Reading Police release security video of “clumsy vandals”
Click here for updates on this story EUREKA SPRINGS, Arkansas (KFSM ) — The Eureka Springs Police Department (ESPD) shared a video of “clumsy vandals” caught on camera hoping for the public’s help in making an identification. Three individuals are seen in the video. As one suspect stood guard, a second suspect climbed what appears
Continue Reading Three Rochester police officers are removed from patrol after incident involving 9-year-old girl
Three Rochester, New York, officers have been removed from patrol duty after an incident in which a 9-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed, Interim Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said. Body camera videos of Friday’s encounter — released by the police department over the weekend — showed officers restraining the child, putting her in handcuffs and
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Those who had Covid-19 could get reinfected if the variants become dominant, Fauci says
Watch the full federal coronavirus response news briefing in the player below. Even for those who have been infected with Covid-19, there is a “very high rate” of re-infection if the new variants become dominant, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday. Health experts have identified at least three coronavirus variants in the US that appeared to
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Three people are dead after an argument over snow shoveling leads to murder-suicide
Three people, including the shooter, are dead after a dispute over snow shoveling in Plains, Pennsylvania, outside Wilkes-Barre on Monday, Plains Township Police Chief Dale Binker told CNN on Tuesday. At around 9 a.m. Monday, the shooter, Jeffrey Spaide, got into an argument with James and Lisa Goy, who lived across the street, while shoveling snow from his
Continue ReadingDespite pandemic, parks draw record visits
Click here for updates on this story Missoula, Montana (The Missoulian) — After a freakishly busy summer helping people kayak around some of Montana’s state parks, Glacier Treks owners B.J. and Joli Johnson took October off. Then winter arrived in Glacier National Park, and their phone started blowing up again. “The holiday season was non-stop
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Sturgeon Superintendent accepts job at Gasconade R-I
Sturgeon R-V administrators say Superintendent Geoff Neill is leaving the district for the same position at a Gasconade County school district.
Continue Reading ‘He was young’: Widow hopes to raise awareness after husband dies from COVID-19
Click here for updates on this story Salem, Oregon (KPTV) — A 43-year-old Salem man died from complications of COVID-19, according to his family. Tim Senske died January 25 at Legacy Emanuel Hospital after less than a month’s battle with the virus, said his wife, Amy Senske. Tim was described as a healthy, strong plumber
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Two FBI agents killed and others injured in shootout in Sunrise, Florida
Two FBI agents were killed and three agents were injured in a shootout with a suspect in Sunrise, Florida, on Tuesday morning, the FBI said in a statement. The shooting occurred at about 6 a.m. as a team of law enforcement officers executed a federal court-ordered search warrant as part of a violent crimes against
Continue ReadingSid the wolverine at ZooMontana picks Tampa Bay in Super Bowl LV
Click here for updates on this story Billings, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Sid, a wolverine at ZooMontana, picked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win Super Bowl LV during a media event at the zoo Monday morning. The wolverine was presented with two whipped cream-covered pate cakes in his enclosure. Two pate cakes are decorated with
Continue Reading Winter storm buries roads in Pennsylvania
Click here for updates on this story MOUNT POCONO, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Snowplow drivers were doing their best on Tuesday to keep up with this winter blast. Giuseppe Rametta from Tobyhanna has been out plowing since Sunday. “I love it. I am making money. I feel sorry for the people that are stranded, but Mother
Continue Reading A parade of plows in Pennsylvania
Click here for updates on this story DICKSON CITY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — The early morning hours brought a parade of plows in Dickson City. Workers we spoke with call this storm exhausting. “My early morning started at 2 o’clock yesterday morning and I haven’t stopped, and it’s been a nightmare, been a nightmare, not only
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