Boone County prosecutors drop murder charge for man accused in fatal downtown shooting
Boone County prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man accused in the killing of a Sturgeon man in July 2020.
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Boone County prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against a man accused in the killing of a Sturgeon man in July 2020.
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Click here for updates on this story WEST BEND, Wisconsin (WDJT ) — For one Green Bay Packers fan, two times could very well be the charm. An 89-year-old West Bend man hopes to be inducted into the Packers FAN Hall of Fame. This is the second year in a row Leo DeGroot has been
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Click here for updates on this story SCRANTON, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — It’s been 40 years since Scranton School Board President Tommy Genova was killed in the parking lot of the district administration building. He was 44 years old and left behind a wife and four young children. All these years later, his murder remains a
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free, a move described by the White House as an “affront to terrorism victims everywhere.” Pearl was working as the South Asia bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal in 2002 when he was kidnapped in
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This tax season experts are warning the public about signs that they’ve been victims of identity or tax fraud with a pandemic-related twist.
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South Carolina officials have announced the United States’ first two confirmed cases of a more contagious coronavirus strain first spotted in South Africa. There is no known travel history or connection between the cases, both adults, according to a release Thursday from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Both cases were originally
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE (WSMV ) — An English professor at Belmont University has a side hobby of finding and searching for lost treasures. Eric Hobson sat in his Nashville garage, which was overflowing with airline history. “Some of the items date back to 1918. It’s really a priceless collection,” Hobson
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Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — A Honolulu restaurant was issued a red “CLOSED” placard due to repeated instances of employees not wearing face masks while working. The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Food Safety Branch received a complaint alleging that Doner Shack employees were not wearing masks on Jan. 20.
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Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connecticut (HBJ) — The merger between Connecticut’s two largest food banks is moving forward. The boards of directors of Foodshare and the Connecticut Food Bank voted Wednesday to approve their combination, which will officially go into effect Jan. 30. The new organization will be governed by a
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Six people were killed and 10 were taken to a hospital after a liquid nitrogen leak at a food processing plant in Gainesville, Georgia, officials said. Fire crews from Hall County and Gainesville responded to a report of burns at Prime Pak Foods around 10:12 a.m. Thursday, said Zachary Brackett from Hall County Fire Services.
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Law enforcement officials on Thursday recaptured two inmates who escaped from a state prison in Florence, Arizona, over the weekend, thanks to tips from the public. John Charpiot and David Harmon were captured after two people called authorities and said they had seen individuals who they believed were the missing fugitives, according to a news
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Click here for updates on this story KENOSHA, Wisconsin (WISN) — A Kenosha teacher said she is not returning to the classroom when the district resumes in-person learning because she remains too concerned about the spread of COVID-19. Jeanne Hoffman believes she contracted the virus while in the classroom. She thinks she gave COVID-19 to
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Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (KHBS/KHOG) — A bill to require Holocaust education to be taught in Arkansas public schools is intended to be introduced in the state Senate education committee next week. Currently, the Holocaust is not a required curriculum in Arkansas. The bill was filed last Wednesday but
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Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconson (WDJT) — Repealing the mask mandate could have devastating impacts on those who rely on food assistance programs. The Assembly is scheduled to take the final vote on a resolution Thursday to toss out Gov. Tony Evers emergency order, requiring Wisconsinites to wear masks. States who’ve
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Click here for updates on this story OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi (WAPT) — An Ocean Springs businessman is facing charges of defrauding the United States and other health care providers in a $1.8 million scheme related to acquiring and hoarding personal protective equipment as well as price gouging health care providers, including the Department of Veterans
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Click here for updates on this story HOLLISTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A Massachusetts community is coming together for an 87-year-old man who lost his wife, pets and house in a fire. Allan Levine and his 78-year-old wife, Rhonda, were in their Holliston home when the fire started at midnight on Jan. 19. Rhonda Levine raced
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A pediatrician diagnosed with terminal cancer killed another pediatrician during a hostage situation before turning the gun on himself, according to an Austin Police Department news release. Dispatchers received a call on Tuesday saying a man walked into the offices of Children’s Medical Group with a gun and was holding hostages inside the building. Initially,
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The New York state Department of Health undercounted Covid-19 deaths among nursing home residents by approximately 50%, according to a report released Thursday by the state attorney general’s office. Over the course of the pandemic, there have been at least 8,700 deaths in nursing homes statewide, according to the Department of Health. But the report
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Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — State lawmakers moved a bill to reform statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims one step closer to reality Wednesday. House Bill 14 with a 187-15 vote. The legislation would amend the state’s Constitution to give child sex abuse victims a retroactive two-year
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A new malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities, with potentially devastating consequences for those living there, according to a new study. The larvae of Anopheles stephensi — India’s main mosquito vector of malaria — are now “abundantly present” in locations across Africa, researchers from The Netherlands’ Radboud University Medical Center and Ethiopia’s Armauer Hansen
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