Click here for updates on this story THIBODAUX, LA (WGNO) — Slicing and serving classic Cajun since 1891, it’s Bourgeois Meat Market in heart of Thibodaux, Louisiana. No wonder Louisiana carnivores line up for the love. The pandemic puts the meat market in a predicament. Meat prices are up. Way up. WGNO’s Bill Wood says
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Tom Brady welcomed Eli Manning to the Twitterverse this weekend by engaging him in a classic social media roast. Manning, a former New York Giants quarterback, got burned by Brady, a fellow star quarterback, after posting his first tweet on Saturday. “To paraphrase Jimmy Chitwood, ‘I don’t know if it’ll make any change, but I
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TUNKHANNOCK, PA (WNEP) — Volunteers spent the start of the Memorial Day weekend adorning the graves of veterans in part of Wyoming County with new American flags. The flag placing was sponsored by American Legion Post 457 in Tunkhannock. Folks met up at Sunnyside Cemetery around 8 p.m.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, AL (WALA) — Faith and a mother’s love does not waver. Keshia Barnett is proof of that, after she was hit with so much uncertainty in the middle of a worldwide health pandemic. “I had a dry cough and I said, ‘oh it’s just sinuses’, and everybody
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Eddie Sutton, the first college basketball coach to lead four different schools to the NCAA tournament, died on Saturday, his family said in a statement. He was 84. Sutton’s family said he passed away at home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, due to natural causes, surrounded by his sons and their families. His wife of 54 years,
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Eddie Sutton, the first college basketball coach to lead four different schools to the NCAA tournament, died on Saturday, his family said in a statement. He was 84. Sutton’s family said he passed away at home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, due to natural causes, surrounded by his sons and their families. His wife of 54 years,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — President Trump declared places of worship essential Friday and called for them to reopen. He threatened to “override” governors who defy him, but it was unclear what authority he has to do so. “Some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — Firefighters rescued a man trapped under a large pile of wood beams on a freight train in Clackamas County Saturday. Clackamas fire responded to the area of Lawnfield Road and Minuteman Way near Camp Withycombe around 7:50 a.m. where the train was stopped.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Nashville fire officials believe the fire may have started on the roof of a building at the Pagoda Condos off Welch Rd. The air conditioning unit is located on the roof. Nashville Fire officials say the units eventually collapsed through the roof. “It’s very
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday that the state will take steps toward reopening this week even as the battle against the coronavirus continues. Though daily deaths in the state went above 100 again on Saturday, the overall numbers in the coronavirus battle are trending in the right direction, he said during a daily
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — It’s the time of year when parents are thinking about summer camps for their children, but camps are changing in the face of COVID-19. Coleton Segars would normally be looking for camps to keep his young son Teddy occupied. “It’s been challenging to try
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MEMPHIS, TN (WREG) — During a House Democratic Caucus virtual gathering, out of work or struggling, Tennesseans shared their stories of not getting state labor department benefits. It was called “Tennessee Unemployment Nightmares” town hall meeting. “There needs to be some immediacy and urgency applied because I’m going
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White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said Sunday that there is “clear scientific evidence” that masks work — adding that she assumes President Donald Trump is able to keep six feet of distance “in a majority of cases” when pressed on whether he should wear one. “What we have said to people is
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Just because you can go to the beach or bars doesn’t mean it’s time to let your guard down. In fact, some states are seeing new spikes in coronavirus cases. “With the country starting to open up this holiday weekend, I again remind everyone that the coronavirus is not yet contained,” said Dr. Stephen M.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HARRISBURG, PA (WPMT) — Caps off, or rather, “cars on” to hard work. Harrisburg High School principals hosted a drive-by celebration for 2020 graduates on Saturday. A rite of passage that makes their class even more unique. Dr. Sieta Achampong, SciTech Campus principal at Harrisburg High School, agrees
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) — While concerts and festivals are out of the question during the pandemic, a local band is holding free outdoor concerts around Atlanta. The Canelita Sabrosa band is spreading joy and hope as their music resonates around town. The seven person band takes pride in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A Portland-based company is seeing a spike in jigsaw puzzles due to pandemic. “We’ve been in business for 52 years. My husband started it in 1968 as a poster distribution company. started publishing books in the 1970s, became a big calendar publisher, jigsaw puzzles
Continue Reading The Class of 2020 is graduating at a strange time, with ceremonies canceled across the country and many going virtual. But at one Chick-fil-A in San Antonio, Texas, store employees got creative to celebrate their school graduates. In an outdoor ceremony, a store employee called the graduates’ names as those in attendance dutifully wore face
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Connecticut, USA (WFSB) — The way we honor our fallen heroes this Memorial Day weekend is different due to the coronavirus. Gathering sizes are being limited and people are still encouraged to practice social distancing. Mayors, first selectmen, and state leaders are doing what they can to honor
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HIGH POINT, N.C. (WPMT ) — Hank Brodt, who is known for surviving five Nazi prison camps and a forced labor camp, died at 94 on Friday. He moved to High Point in 2005. He worked as a carpenter and also served in the US Army. His daughter
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — It’s a daunting situation for low-income renters; the federal government put an end to subsidies at St. James Manor, leaving dozens of Omaha families scrambling to come up with rent. “I was like, how am I going to pay this rent, I can’t afford
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A senior White House economic adviser on Sunday again forecasted the US could see steep unemployment rates in May and June amid the coronavirus crisis, with the possibility of double-digit jobless numbers in November. Kevin Hassett, a senior economic adviser to President Donald Trump, said in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of
Continue Reading Timo Werner scored another hat-trick for Leipzig against Mainz as home teams continued to struggle on the Bundesliga’s return. Werner — reportedly a transfer target of Premier League leader Liverpool — netted three goals when Leipzig hammered Mainz 8-0 in November and got three more in Sunday’s 5-0 away victory that kept his side’s slim
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The commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration on Sunday urged Americans observing Memorial Day weekend to follow federal guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, saying the deadly virus “is not yet contained.” “With the country starting to open up this holiday weekend, I again remind everyone that the coronavirus is
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Hertz filed for bankruptcy Friday night, the latest victim of the sudden economic downturn sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has been renting cars since 1918, when it set up shop with a dozen Ford Model Ts, and has survived the Great Depression, the virtual halt of US auto production during World War II
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Hertz filed for bankruptcy Friday night, the latest victim of the sudden economic downturn sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic. The company has been renting cars since 1918, when it set up shop with a dozen Ford Model Ts, and has survived the Great Depression, the virtual halt of US auto production during World War II
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (KFOR ) — A recovered COVID-19 patient was released from the hospital two months after she and her husband were diagnosed with the disease, spending weeks on ventilators. On Friday afternoon, Paul Bourne was joined by his family and the staff of the Select Specialty
Continue Reading Two Missouri hairstylists potentially exposed 140 clients to coronavirus when they worked for up to eight days this month while symptomatic, health officials said. The Springfield-Greene Health Department announced Saturday that a second hairstylist tested positive for coronavirus, and may have exposed 56 clients at the same Great Clips salon. A day earlier, officials had
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Dr. Stephen Hahn repeatedly pledged in a CNN interview Tuesday that science and data would be his “north star” while leading the Food and Drug Administration through the coronavirus pandemic. Then, a few hours later, President Donald Trump went on national television and politicized medical research and brazenly flouted FDA warnings. The FDA had already
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