Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Police in Naperville, Illinois have arrested a Minnesota man in connection with the 1972 stabbing death of 15-year-old Julie Ann Hanson. Barry Lee Whelpley, a 76-year-old man from Mounds View, was arrested in Minnesota on Wednesday. He awaits extradition to Will County, Illinois, where he
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The agency investigating the fatal shooting of a suspect during an arrest attempt in Minneapolis Thursday says evidence shows “the man fired his weapon from inside the vehicle.” While trying to arrest a person wanted on a felony warrant in a parked car on Thursday afternoon, US Marshals task force members shot the suspect, who
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A large Jefferson City police presence is being reported near the West Dunklin and Broadway. An ABC 17 News crew on scene reports six police vehicles near the incident. Lt. David Williams with Jefferson City Police reports the department is investigating a weapons offense on Broadway Street and there is no
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Robin Armstrong said she’s had a phobia of guns since her brother was fatally shot, but that hasn’t stopped her from buying a Springfield XD nine-millimeter handgun. “I’m practicing as much as I can, and I’m just trying not to be nervous around it,” said Armstrong, who plans to buy two more firearms: an AR-15
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The Boone County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of 19-year-old Columbia resident Dennis. C Darks.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Boone County judge won’t let the attorney for Lynlee Renick to question a Boone County prosecutor handling the case of a key witness. Judge Kevin Crane denied the request to interview a Boone County assistant prosecutor about any potential deals made between it and Brandon Blackwell. Crane said Renick’s attorney, Tim
Continue Reading Seven of eight Ohio high school football coaches who allegedly forced a Hebrew Israelite player to eat a pizza that previously had pork on it, despite knowing his beliefs forbade him from eating it, have been fired, according to the Canton City School District and the student’s lawyer. They had all been previously suspended. It
Continue Reading A man who was previously convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping, and who died in 2016, has been named as a “person of interest” in the death in 2000 of a teenager in Warren, Massachusetts, officials said Thursday. The announcement by the Worcester County District Attorney’s office comes just weeks before the 21st anniversary of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia Public Schools has lost three of its own within the last week after the deaths of an elementary school teacher, a student of Rock Bridge High School, and a recent 2020 graduate of Battle High School. Early Friday morning, the Boone County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a homicide in the 4300 block
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A Houston woman who was charged with tampering with physical evidence in the case of a missing 6-year-old boy kept his body in a storage tote, court documents show. Theresa Balboa was arrested earlier this week after what is believed to be the body of Samuel Olson, who was reported missing May 27, was discovered
Continue Reading Crews searching an excavation site at Oaklawn Cemetery for the remains of those killed in the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre found five coffins on Thursday afternoon. This brings the total amount of coffins found at the “mass grave feature” to 20 thus far, according to the city of Tulsa. After conducting the majority of the
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It was a beautiful March afternoon, and as June Tatelman walked her dog in her Boston neighborhood, she was flying high. Tatelman had recently received her second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, and the end of the pandemic was finally in sight. Maybe soon she could play with her grandchildren and return to her volunteer
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A recent increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations among adolescents reinforces the importance of getting vaccinated as well as practicing prevention measures against the coronavirus, according to a study released Friday. The report looked at hospitalization data for 12-to-17-year-olds from a large coronavirus surveillance network. It found 204 adolescents who were likely hospitalized primarily for Covid-19 between
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story AGAWAM, Massachusetts (WGGB/WSHM)) — Eversource workers hosted a Turtle-Palooza to teach others how to protect wildlife Thursday. This turtle protection program is designed to train the energy company’s crews in locating and protecting endangered turtles. There was even a specially trained turtle sniffing dog. Denise Bartone, manager of
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The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is reporting 17 new COVID-19 cases. There are currently 53 active cases in the county, a nine case increase from Thursday. The county now has a reported total number of COVID-19 cases of 18,575. The county has reported the total number of cases removed from
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It was hard to get enough sleep before the coronavirus pandemic. Sleep problems actually “constitute a global epidemic that threatens health and quality of life for up to 45% of the world’s population,” according to the World Sleep Society, a non-profit organization of sleep professionals dedicated to advancing “sleep health worldwide.” Add to that the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story YUBA CITY, California (KOVR) — In a story of survival, two men were able to walk away after their plane crashed in rural Nevada County. The engine of the plane suddenly died as they were headed to Reno. The men spoke with CBS13 about their very close call,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — The father of a teenager killed in the latest domestic murder-suicide in North Texas said he didn’t believe the news at first. He said it’s something you think only happens to other people. As police were still investigating the shooting deaths of a
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway, the only statewide Democratic officeholder, won’t seek reelection in 2022. Galloway announced her decision Friday on Twitter. She called serving as state auditor “the honor of my life,” but wrote that she is ready “for the next chapter of service and life with my family.” Galloway was
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