Month: August 2020

Click here for updates on this story     ENNIS, TX (KTVT) — For now, reception centers opened around the state to help direct evacuees to local resources will remain open. Although Laura has moved on, the destruction will keep some families away from their homes for weeks — if not, forever. “It’s bad. It’s real bad

Click here for updates on this story     CISCO, TX (KTVT) — A female believed to be a sex trafficking victim jumped out of an 18 wheeler on a highway in Texas to escape her captors Wednesday evening, police said. Police in Cisco, about 46 miles east of Abilene, said they responded to a call about

Click here for updates on this story      MILWAUKEE, WI (Michael Schlesinger) — If you’re on the Milwaukee River this Sunday, there’s a good chance you’ll need to make way for an annual event happening in the middle of the day. From noon until 2 pm, the annual “Milwaukee Riverkeeper Boat Parade” will take place,

Click here for updates on this story     KENOSHA, WI (WBBM) — A man risked his own life to save a friend’s business during the violent clashes in Kenosha, and was beaten by looters. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey was there Thursday when that man was reunited with the owners whose store he tried to save.

Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO, IL. (WBBM) — A high school sophomore was stabbed to death in Englewood this week, while her mother said she was trying to break up a fight. As CBS 2’s Jermont Terry reported, we have learned it all started on social media. On Thursday night, Area One

Click here for updates on this story     Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — In an effort to address the growing electric vehicle market, Wisconsin regulators are considering forcing utilities to develop test charging programs for residential customers. The Public Service Commission voted 2-1 Thursday to request utility feedback on a draft order that would require the

Click here for updates on this story     NEW ORLEANS, LA (WGNO) — It was announced on Friday morning that New Orleans Saints and Pelicans Owner, Mrs. Gayle Benson, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Mrs. Benson has not been hospitalized for her illness. She is at recovering at home, and continues to participate in her

Click here for updates on this story     York, NE (York News-Times) — Kristen Waschkowski, 34, of Omaha (who is now an inmate at the Nebraska Correctional Center for Women) has pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, robbery and conspiracy in a case where a man claims he was set up in a “sex worker”

Click here for updates on this story     FARMINGTON, AR (KFSM) — A man broke into Kids Unlimited Learning Academy in Farmington Thursday (Aug. 27) morning. The Farmington Police Department says he stole the van used by the academy to transport kids with special needs. If you see this van or have information that can help

Click here for updates on this story     New Orleans, LA (WGNO) — Renowned New Orleans pianist and bandleader Ronnie Kole has died. Kole’s son Ronnie confirmed that his father passed away of natural causes at aged 89. Central to the New Orleans music story of the second half of the 20th Century are the hands

Click here for updates on this story     TAHLEQUAH, OK (KFOR) — The Council of the Cherokee Nation approved a $1.52 billion budget for the 2021 fiscal year on Thursday, the tribe’s largest budget yet. The budget will allow the tribe to continue serving more Cherokees with college scholarships, add more energy-efficient buildings in tribal communities

Click here for updates on this story     NORMAN, OK (KFOR) — The University of Oklahoma football team participated a solidarity march from the football facility to the Unity Circle on the south oval on campus on Friday morning. Players dressed in all black and marched with their arms locked together. “To go the the unity

Click here for updates on this story     MI (WNEM) — Flint Bishop International Airport is the first airport in the country to deploy a new smart technology aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19. The Smart Helmet is designed to detect elevated temperatures and more. “This device is a game-changer,” Airport Director Nino Sapone said.

Click here for updates on this story     MI (WNEM) — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced a $25 million grant to provide personal protective equipment to frontline workers. The grant will allow medical facilities and other providers to keep their staff and patients safe, the MDHHS said on Friday, Aug. 28. The

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — A Cardinals legend is helping stress the importance of a device that could help millions of people hear clearly again. Former Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog said after experiencing hearing loss he received cochlear implants. The Washington University School of Medicine said the implants

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — In the 90 plus days of protests in Portland, there have been hundreds of arrests, with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon on Thursday confirming that 74 people are facing federal charges. As a result, a local organization has created a PDX Jail Fund,

Click here for updates on this story     WASCO COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — After evacuation orders were issued Thursday evening for a wildfire burning in the Mt. Hood National Forest, Governor Kate Brown approved an emergency conflagration declaration. As of Friday morning, the White River Fire has burned about 4,500 acres and is 10 percent contained,

Click here for updates on this story     WASCO COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — After evacuation orders were issued Thursday evening for a wildfire burning in the Mt. Hood National Forest, Governor Kate Brown approved an emergency conflagration declaration. As of Friday morning, the White River Fire has burned about 4,500 acres and is 10 percent contained,

Click here for updates on this story     WASHIINGTON D.C (WDJT) — Friday, Aug. 28, is the 57th anniversary of the 1963 Civil Rights march when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech. A group of activists from Milwaukee walked to Washington, D.C., including Frank Nitty, who addressed the crowd at

Click here for updates on this story     BRANFORD, CT (WFSB) — Clean-up efforts continue on Friday after strong storms ripped through parts of the state, leaving behind a path of destruction. The National Weather Service said Friday morning that it will be sending a team to survey damage in New Haven County, particularly in Guilford,

Click here for updates on this story     WILLIAMSPORT, PA (WNEP) — The basketball courts at Flanigan Park in Williamsport remain locked up. According to Firetree Place, the organization that runs the park, they will remain that way until further notice. People who live around the park on Memorial Avenue, call those basketball courts vital to

Click here for updates on this story     MAUI COUNTY, HI (KITV ) — One pre-trial detainee has escaped from the Maui Community Correctional Center on Thursday night. Preliminary reports indicate 27-year-old John Kahalehoe escaped from Dorm 2, scaled the fence and ran into a cemetery next to the facility. It happened around 7:10 p.m. on