A New York woman who was attacked in her driveway is hoping for answers, as police try to hunt down the man who threw a cup of acid in her face. Nafiah Ikram, 21, was in the driveway of her Elmont home on March 17, when a man approached her from behind and threw a
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Click here for updates on this story DAVENPORT, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — A federal grand jury indicted four more members of a Davenport-based street gang on 37 counts of alleged racketeering, according to a Wednesday news release from the Iowa Department of Justice. Fifteen members of the Lowrider Street Gang have now been charged. The
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT PIERCE, Florida (WPBF) — The son of St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy was taken into police custody following a fatal crash on Indian River Drive in Fort Pierce, officials said. According to Fort Pierce Police, the incident happened on Feb. 7 at 5:25 p.m. Officials said
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha radio personality Chris Baker was fired over a social media post deemed “completely inappropriate and unacceptable” by the former talk show host’s employer. Baker hosted a conservative talk program on KFAB radio. He sparked outrage Tuesday with a now-deleted tweet referencing the guilty
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PETERBOROUGH, New Hampshire (WMUR) — A drilling rig tipped over at a construction site in Peterborough on Thursday morning and fell into the Contoocook River. The massive rig was stuck on its side as it slid down the river embankment. It was being used in construction work on
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story CLINTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Clinton police are investigating after a baby was abandoned outside a hospital. The newborn was left in the parking lot at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital on Monday between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. The baby was found by hospital staff in a basket and
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is currently considering spending hundreds of millions of dollars to have homeless people sleep in tents on city property, it’s an expansion of the so-called ‘safe sleeping sites’. Critics say this legislation would prioritize tents over actual housing.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — The votes are in: The Kentucky State Fair is happening this year. Kentucky Ag. Commissioner Ryan Quarles tweeted the news on Thursday. He said the board voted unanimously to move forward with planning a “2019-style, more normal” style of fair. Last year’s fair was
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Neighbors on Thursday described a chaotic scene of North Carolina deputies trying to serve a warrant, a car pulling away and shots fired — leaving one man dead. The shooting took place Wednesday morning in a working-class neighborhood of Elizabeth City in the northeastern corner of the state. The Pasquotank County Sheriff Office said Wednesday
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Transportation crews will do repair work on a Columbia intersection beginning Monday to make pavement improvements at the intersection of I-70 Drive Southwest and West Boulevard Work will take place between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For the safety of motorists and workers on the road, this project will
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story HAYWARD, California (KPIX) — A Hayward woman has been a mother to more than 80 babies over the years through foster care. Linda Owens has cared for a 7-week-old baby girl since she left the hospital as a newborn. She is the 81st infant Owens has brought into
Continue ReadingThe families of George Floyd and Philando Castile joined mourners in Minneapolis on Thursday to bid farewell to Daunte Wright, a Black man whose death this month at the hands of a police officer prompted renewed cries for justice and accountability. In his eulogy for Wright, whom he called the “Prince of Brooklyn Center,” the
Continue Reading CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) MoDOT will be repairing concrete along Interstate 70 beginning overnight next Sunday that will require the closure of entrance and exit ramps along U.S. Route 54 at Kingdom City. The westbound I-70 exit ramp will close Sunday, April 25, and the westbound entrance ramp will be closed Monday, April 26. The
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SACREMENTO, California (KOVR) — A property owner says two neighbors’ German Shepherds are to blame for a brutal attack at her family’s Sacramento farm. Sebastian Garibaldi grew up alongside the animals on his family’s farm. “He’s been with these goats, he loves them as much as we do,”
Continue Reading CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will close one lane of Highway 7 south of Camdenton beginning next Tuesday to improve roadside drainage. MoDOT will be replacing a culvert pipe at the intersection of Highway 7 and High Point Road beginning at 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Flaggers will be in
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“I’m vaccinated and I’m outside. Do I really still need to wear a mask?” “If I’m on a run and not near a lot of people. Do I need a mask?” “If I’m walking down the sidewalk and pass someone – should I put my mask on?” As the warmer weather months arrive and the
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he hopes to have a new health director within the next two months. Parson said Thursday that he thought it was in the best interest of his office and Cabinet to part ways with former health director Randall Williams. The governor did not elaborate on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission met Thursday to discuss possible renovations for the former Boone County Fairgrounds. Michael MacMann member of the commission said the meeting was to apply a permanent zoning classification for the property. The classification is entitled O for open space so that future improvement of
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An alternate juror in Derek Chauvin’s trial told reporters Thursday that Dr. Martin Tobin, the soft-spoken doctor who explained how George Floyd died, convinced her of the former police officer’s guilt. “Dr. Tobin was like the turning point for me,” said Lisa Christensen. “I appreciate him explaining it in the way that all of us
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