A California city announced a $4 million settlement of a federal lawsuit with the family of Miles Hall, a 23-year-old Black man who was shot by police last year while having a mental health episode. “The events of the day were tragic and difficult for all involved — the Hall family, the Walnut Creek community,
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Virtual learning facilitator is a full-time job these days for Alicia Burgstahler. The Philadelphia woman, 39, is mother to two children, a 16-year-old son named Jaydon Scott and a 12-year-old daughter named Oliviah Scott. Both kids are sheltering in place due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both kids are in public school full time, online. Both
Continue Reading Ed Bettinelli has been living a charmed life. “I always say if my bank account was as rich as my soul, I’d be very wealthy,” said the 63-year-old, with a chuckle. A professional drummer since age 15, Bettinelli has opened for such music greats as Bon Jovi and Pat Benatar, as well as Asia, the
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A live bomb from WWII was successfully detonated this week, after it was found on the shore of the Bristol Channel in England. The bomb was an Anti-Submarine Mortar bomb, thought to have been used in the area by a nearby MOD weapon research facility, according to a news release by the Royal Navy on
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police were at the scene of a shooting in the Lower Valley late Wednesday night. It happened around the intersection of Delta and Cargill streets, where gang unit officers could be seen investigating over a few block radius. Witnesses told ABC-7 that they heard numerous gunshots. A police supervisor
Continue Reading Athletes — many who have used their platforms to take stances against police brutality over the past few months — expressed their disappointment Wednesday after a grand jury in Louisville, Kentucky, decided not to charge officers with killing Breonna Taylor. “The white supremacist institution of policing that stole Breonna Taylor’s life from us must be
Continue Reading Event organizers for the annual Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration announced that the countdown will take place this year, albeit with some changes in format. The countdown to midnight on December 31 — which is just 100 days away — will take place “visually, virtually and safely,” according to a video teaser organizers sent
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El Paso, Texas — As the need for food continues to increase during the pandemic, many are relying on the help of the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank more than ever. On Wednesday, El Paso Animal Services stepped up to help feed certain family members who are often overlooked. Dozens lined up to get
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The New Mexico restaurant association is reporting that at least 200 restaurants and diners have been forced to close down across the state, unable to struggle through the coronavirus pandemic. Thoughts of maintaining their business presence are also drying up for Zeebs eatery, located out front of Mayfield High School.
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EL PASO, Texas — BIO El Paso-Juarez, a non-profit created by the Medical Center of the Americas, is helping 17 El Paso businesses ramp up their production of personal protective equipment and medical devices. The non-profit said it’s using $400,000 of federal CARES Act funding granted by the city mostly to give manufactures training they
Continue Reading Crowds of protesters are chanting her name. The outcry over Breonna Taylor’s death keeps on growing. Now one of the officers involved in the shooting is facing felony charges, though protesters believe they are not sufficient. Taylor was killed in March when police officers came to her door and attempted to serve a warrant. State
Continue Reading More than six months ago, Louisville, Kentucky police broke open Breonna Taylor’s front door and then fatally shot the 26-year-old EMT in her home. Since then, the killing has spurred national Black Lives Matter protests and placed a greater focus on how policing impacts Black women. Locally, her death led to the passage of “Breonna’s
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EL PASO, Texas — More than 200 Fort Bliss soldiers and some volunteers combed through the trails of the Franklin Mountains State Park Wednesday looking for a missing soldier, Private Richard Halliday, who has been classified as absent without leave since July. Fort Bliss continues to classify Halliday, who is assigned to the 32nd Army Air
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EL PASO, Texas — Thursday marks the opening of La Perla, the rooftop bar at the Plaza Hotel Pioneer Park. It was the only aspect of the now-functioning historic hotel that remained closed. “They’re finally going to see what the full vision of the hotel was,” said Shanon Woodruff, the marketing manager of the Plaza
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Click here for updates on this story Philadelphia, PA (KYW) — In the war against the dreaded spotted lanternfly, man’s best friend may be our best weapon. A new program at Penn Vet is training dogs to sniff out the invasive pest. Unlike the stink bug, the invasive spotted lanternfly easily bypasses the human nose.
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GREEN BAY, Wisconsin — Aaron Jones’ bid for a new contract is paying early dividends for the Green Bay Packers. He was named the FedEx NFL Ground Player of the Week on Wednesday, as voted on by fans, after having a career-high 168 yards rushing, a team-high 68 yards receiving and three touchdowns in this past
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Belle Vernon, PA (KDKA) — Coronavirus may have canceled a number of community events this spring, but now vandals have canceled any future events in Belle Vernon. “They used to have all kinds of activities like football games. The streets would be filled with cars there,” said Doug
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Butler, PA (KDKA) — American flags and wreaths were dumped in the woods behind Butler County Memorial Park & Mausoleum. A local man captured the scene and posted a video to Facebook on Monday. Paul Simms, the cemetery’s manager, told KDKA’s Jennifer Borrasso that this was a one-time
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Colusa, CA (KOVR) — A Colusa High School student exited his Zoom classroom early after a teacher threatened to reprimand him for displaying the Trump 2020 flag hanging on his bedroom wall. “Since school has begun, my son has had this Trump flag hanging in his background,” Tiffany,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Davis, CA (KOVR) — A former Davis police sergeant once heralded as officer of the year is now accused of being on the wrong side of the law, stealing public funds while on duty. Trevor Edens overcame losing part of his leg in a motorcycle crash and returned
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MONMOUTH, IL (WQAD) — A 106-year-old Monmouth woman still makes a commitment to her quilting group every Wednesday. Lois Paulson is young at heart with a mind sharp as a needle. “I feel like I’m just one of the girls,” says Paulson. “They put up with me anyway.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The death toll from the coronavirus in Texas surpassed the 15,000 mark Wednesday as the total number of deaths across the U.S. topped 200,000, by far the highest in the world. In El Paso, health officials said the pandemic’s death toll reached 500 on Wednesday. The Texas Department of State Health Services reported 2,977 newly
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLORISSANT, Mo. (KMOV) — Six protesters were arrested outside the Florissant Police Department Wednesday night, police said. A group of protesters walked out onto Lindbergh/Highway 67 and blocked the road. Officers say they gave three orders to disperse but the demonstrators refused to comply. Police say they then
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FAIRFIELD, CT (WFSB) — Gatherings among high school students in Fairfield are resulting in an increase in coronavirus cases and causing up to 100 people needing to quarantine, according to town officials. Fairfield First Selectwoman Brenda Kupchick held a press conference on Wednesday night saying there are a
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After 195 days, no officer has been arrested or charged for killing Breonna Taylor. Wednesday’s grand jury indictment of former Louisville Det. Brett Hankison hasn’t brought justice for the death of Breonna Taylor. Hankison was charged with first-degree wanton endangerment charges because, prosecutors say, bullets from his firearm entered a neighboring apartment where three residents
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MARION COUNTY, OR (KPTV) — With wet weather in the forecast, officials are warning communities to be on the lookout for downed trees and mudslides. Areas that could be seriously impacted include cities like Mill City and Gates, where much of the towns have been destroyed by wildfires.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story San Francisco, CA (KPIX) — Honey bees worldwide are in trouble, but now there’s a scotch distillery that is helping save them. The Gardening Giveback Project is a collaboration between Aberfeldy Scotch Distillery and the Bee Informed Partnership (BIP), to bring together beekeepers and bartenders in San Francisco
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story San Lorenzo, CA (KPIX) — Every day is bring your kid to work day for two working moms at an East Bay funeral home now that COVID-19 has their kids doing distance-learning. Lisa Bradshaw runs Grissom’s Chapel and Mortuary in San Lorenzo. “We are currently standing in front
Continue Reading A grand jury indicted former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment in the first degree in connection with the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in March. The charges drew immediate criticism from demonstrators who wanted more serious charges, as well as the arrests of the three officers involved. LIVE UPDATES
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, KS (KCTV/KSMO) — Poachers left behind a grisly display of waste and cruelty in Johnson County. Kansas Wildlife officials say they killed then abandoned two animals. At the end of Bell Road just north of Johnson Drive, it was back in the woods a hiker found two
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