EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two new coronavirus-related deaths were announced by the El Paso Health Department on Tuesday morning. The death toll in El Paso County now stands at 467. Health officials said the victims were a woman in her 60s and a man in his 80s, both with underlying health conditions. The health
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Classrooms and school campuses have faced major changes during the pandemic. Desk dividers, face coverings and temperature checks are the new normal. Physical education classes aren’t immune to the new measures either. Local teachers are working to find ways to keep students in shape and engaged during PE class while
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Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — Life is now a little easier for couples planning their weddings in Nebraska as state health measures now allow for higher capacity at venues. One couple will be able to host everyone they want at their wedding which has been delayed and rescheduled due
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) — Councilman Eric Mays has filed a lawsuit against multiple people from the City of Flint. Mays filed a federal lawsuit against suing the Flint Mayor, the city attorney, a Flint police officer who has removed him from City Council meetings and other council members.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Mich. (WNEM) — The Evergreen community is mourning the loss of a neighborhood hero who was gunned down at this PetSmart in Flint Township last week. “Lee Curlee is someone who we would consider a staple of the Evergreen family neighborhood,” Family friend Dante Dorsey said. 43-year-old
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Joy Solomon is a retired businesswoman in Boca Raton, Florida, who voted for Donald Trump in 2016. But after watching the President’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, she says she’s voting for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden this time around. “I’m going to tell you what turned me off the most. I was watching TV
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (KCTV/KSMO) — You might have been to a bachelor party or 50th birthday where someone gets a gag gift of “performance enhancing” pills and assume the worst-case scenario is they do nothing. For years, a local man has been stocking the shelves of adult stores
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kan. (KCTV/KSMO) — Health officials have identified college parties as hazards for the coronavirus outbreaks. In Lawrence, a college professor took a video showing dozens of students packed into a house not wearing masks. On Saturdays after football games, parties have a way of popping up on
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — It’s a new push to keep pedestrians safe from dangerous intersections and reckless drivers in Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Bike Fed is taking to billboards, using signs and personal demonstrations to make sure everyone is watching the road. It’s busy intersections, like the one at Cesar
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — Area doctors say Wisconsin’s record-breaking COVID-19 numbers are troubling, and people should be concerned. But why are we seeing such a sharp rise in cases? We’ve heard doctors say over and over for months, the worst is yet to come. On Monday, Dr. John Raymond,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KFSM) — There are new allegations against Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey. The allegations are from two LRPD officers, Rusty Rothwell and Christopher McCauley. They claim that their involvement in a lawsuit that was filed on May 5, 2020, against Chief Humphrey has led
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story FORT SMITH, Ark. (KFSM) — A couple of good Samaritans are being praised this evening after mowing the lawn of Oak Cemetery in Fort Smith. Located on South Greenwood Road, the cemetery is recognized as a national historic landmark dating back more than 150 years. Pictures posted to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ST. CHARLES, Mo. (KMOV) — Small business owners on Main Street in St. Charles say customers refusing to wear a mask have verbally abused their employees. Erica Priest owns “Sweet Poppins” on Main Street and requires all customers who enter the store to wear a mask. She says
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHREVEPORT, La. (KTBS) — Investigators with Shreveport Police Department’s Homicide Unit have arrested three people in connection with the shooting of a two-year-old child. That shooting happened Friday night the 4300 block of Illinois Street at the Clear Horizon’s Apartment Complex. Sunday, detectives arrested 29–year-old Deandre Dixon, of
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At first, Cameron Lynch thought she would need prepared questions for the group to discuss in their first Zoom call. On the list of proposed topics: “Have you had a hard time with friends in the pandemic?”, “Are you planning to go back to school in the fall?” and “How have you been coping on
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More than half a million children in the United States have been diagnosed with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. The child cases are likely underreported, because the way data is collected is not consistent across states. Even then, children now represent
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Neb. (Omaha World Herald) — A former Omaha TV meteorologist who threatened to “lynch” and slit the throat of Douglas County Health Director Adi Pour has taken a plea deal. Ronald G. Penzkowski, who went by the name Ron Gerard, pleaded no contest on Friday to two
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Neb. (Lincoln Journal Star) — State Sen. John Stinner of Gering, who plans an interim study on the economic impacts of the pandemic on early childhood education, wants parents and business owners to weigh in. Stinner is asking parents and business leaders to fill out an online
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Dr. Umair Shah remembers the last mass vaccination campaign the US waged. It was in 2009, when the H1N1 “swine” flu broke out in April, right at the end of the regular flu season. “That was very challenging,” Shah, who heads the Harris County, Texas, health department, told CNN. “There were a lot of moving
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Dr. Umair Shah remembers the last mass vaccination campaign the US waged. It was in 2009, when the H1N1 “swine” flu broke out in April, right at the end of the regular flu season. “That was very challenging,” Shah, who heads the Harris County, Texas, health department, told CNN. “There were a lot of moving
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GENESEO, Ill. (Quad-City Times) — Vern Holevoet loves the farm, and even though he and his wife Marcia no longer live on a farm, they have created an original farmstead display in the basement of their Geneseo home. It has been a labor of love for Holevoet, who
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s wife asked State Department staff to help send personal family Christmas cards, according to an email exchange obtained by the State Department Office of Inspector General as part of an investigation into potential misuse of taxpayer resources, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. The request from Susan Pompeo,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LE CLAIRE, Iowa (Quad-City Times) — Dog-eared and yellowed, a school library book more than 40 years past due has returned to the Pleasant Valley Community School District. “The King’s Fifth” by Scott O’Dell was checked out from Bridgeview Elementary School by Kelly Glisan when he was a
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In a presidency of unprecedented disruption and turmoil, Donald Trump‘s support has remained remarkably stable. That stability, paradoxically, points toward years of rising turbulence in American politics and life. Trump’s approval ratings and support in the presidential race against Democratic nominee Joe Biden have oscillated in a strikingly narrow range of around 40%-45% that appears
Continue Reading As tens of thousands of firefighters battles blazes up and down the state of California, specialized teams of firefighters known as Hotshots have been sent in. These are the firefighters on the frontlines, that walk directly into dangerous fire on steep terrain to strategically plan the best course of action to tackle the flames. These
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Continue Reading Sally is now a Category 1 hurricane as it bears down on the Gulf Coast and could strengthen before it makes landfall. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign
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Sally is now a Category 1 hurricane as it bears down on the Gulf Coast and could strengthen before it makes landfall. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. (You can also get “5 Things You Need to Know Today” delivered to your inbox daily. Sign
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A defining trait of Donald Trump’s presidency is his incessant destruction of reason, evidence and science in the service of his personal whims, conspiratorial mindset and political requirements. On a day when Democratic nominee Joe Biden branded him a “climate arsonist” and global warming burst to the center of the campaign, Trump again ditched research
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Lionel Messi may not have got his desired move away from Barcelona this summer, but he still has one billion reasons to be happy off the pitch. The Argentine has topped this year’s football rich list, according to Forbes, to become just the second player in history — after Cristiano Ronaldo — to reach $1
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