Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — KDOT announced all lanes of Westbound I-70 will be closed for several days on the bridge over the Lewis and Clark Viaduct due to damaged done Friday by a semi that overturned. The bridge re-opened less than a week ago after being closed
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RACINE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A 19-year-old from Racine was arrested in connection to threats made against a Kentucky high school. Police say on Monday, Jan. 25, police in Murray, Kentucky, responded to Murray High School for a report of shots fired, and again on Tuesday, Jan. 26, for
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LATIMER COUNTY, Oklahoma (KFSM) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has arrested a wife and her husband in connection with a murder-for-hire plot. According to OSBI, Courtney Deatherage, 25, and her husband Dustin Deatherage, 26, both face solicitation of murder charges in connection with the plot.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — This year’s Volunteer Jam has been rescheduled to August. due to COVID-19 concerns. The 2021 Volunteer Jam: A Musical Salute to Charlie Daniels was originally scheduled for Feb. 22 at Bridgestone Arena, but has been moved to August 18. “As much as we are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA, Georgia (WGCL) — Thank you notes have not gone out of style for one local family. A member took time to pen their gratitude to an Atlanta police officer. Zone 5 Atlanta Police Officer Bennie Hardeman said he was touched when he received a thank you note
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — Police are investigating after a body was pulled from the water in Edgewood Park. According to police, officers responded to the park around 8:46 a.m. after getting reports of a body in the Duck Pond. The New Haven Fire Department also responded to
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Edgar Gearhart was 19 years old when he stabbed his mother and killed her boyfriend in a brutal stabbing in Sunbury in 2015. Police say the violence erupted after a night of drinking and an argument over who was getting a ride home. Neighbors
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — Former Lancaster music teacher, Timothy M. Sterner, 54, has been sentenced to prison for sexual misconduct after engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student over a four-period. Sterner recently admitted to the criminal conduct in Lancaster County Court. He confessed to requesting sexual
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The country is still traumatized by the January 6 riot at the Capitol. The five whose lives were taken are still being grieved, among them Brian Sicknick, a police officer struck in the head with a fire extinguisher, and Rosanne Boyland, a member of the mob who was trampled by it and died, as a
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UPDATE: A UMC spokesman tells ABC-7 the hospital is mindful that some elderly El Pasoans don’t have internet access to be able to sign up for an appointment online. If you have a family member or relative 75 or older who falls in this situation, you can email UMC in the hopes that they *may*
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AUSTIN, Texas — An Amber Alert was mistakenly published from the Texas Alerts System on Friday for Chucky the doll and his child, according to ABC affiliate KVUE. The alert listed Chucky from the “Child’s Play” horror series as a suspect. He was described as a 28-year-old with red, auburn hair, blue eyes, stands at
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso International Airport officials have announced the addition of a new airline that will begin providing non-stop service next month to Carlsbad, along with continuing service to Albuquerque, in New Mexico. The airline, San Francisco-based Boutique Air, said the new service starting Feb. 2 will be flown on eight-seat King
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A recommendation from the acting chief of the US Capitol Police for permanent fencing and other enhanced security measures around the US Capitol in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection has been met with resistance from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and from the mayor of Washington. Acting chief Yogananda Pittman proposed
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Grammy-nominated experimental pop artist and producer Sophie Xeon — publicly known as SOPHIE — died in a “terrible accident” on Saturday morning aged 34, according to a statement from the musician’s record label Transgressive. “Tragically our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident. True to her spirituality she had climbed up to
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President Joe Biden will soon reveal the membership and agenda of a commission that would take the first modern-day look at reforming the Supreme Court, according to officials familiar with the commission. The move comes as liberals are calling for additional seats to balance out the conservative-dominated bench that is increasingly going to the right
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Chelsea has called on social media platforms to do more to tackle racism online after defender Reece James was subject to abuse on Friday. The 21-year-old said “something needs to change” after he posted a screenshot of abusive messages he received via Instagram. His club said it was “disgusted” by the abuse and condemned all
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One of the greatest duos of all time — macaroni and cheese — is getting a Valentine’s Day makeover. The Kraft Heinz Company is giving away 1,000 boxes of pink Candy Kraft Mac & Cheese to celebrate Cupid’s big day. Giveaway winners will receive a box of the classic macaroni and cheese along with a
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ATLANTA, Georgia — As health experts warn that highly contagious coronavirus variants could soon worsen the spread in the U.S., the country is about to require masks on public transportation. The pending order from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention comes as the country wraps up its deadliest month of the pandemic. A
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WASHINGTON, DC — The jailed leader of Cowboys for Trump has been held in solitary isolation for two weeks as he refuses to take a coronavirus test and has rejected initial offers to speak with an attorney or judge following his arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol, according to
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — The Democratic speaker of the state House is restricting access by lawmakers to the House floor and closing off conference rooms after the disclosure that a Republican legislator tested positive for Covid-19, along with several positive tests among legislative staff. Speaker Brian Egolf of Santa Fe said that as of
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EL PASO, Texas – After months of training and waiting, the UTEP soccer team finally kicked off the season with an exhibition match against I-10 rival New Mexico State. The Aggies topped the Miners, 3-1, on Friday night at University Field. The Miners and Aggies stepped away from two 45-minute halves and played three 30-minute periods. Despite trailing
Continue Reading Let’s say you ordered…an air fryer. Online. You open up the box. For whatever reason, you don’t like it. So, you send it back…for free. No questions asked. The retailer pays for the shipping costs and already is losing money. Immediately the hourglass of profit turns. Each grain of sand, a few cents dropping from
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AUSTIN, Texas — Texas public school students must show up in person to take the STAAR test this spring, and districts can apply for waivers to socially distance test takers, according to recent guidance released by the Texas Education Agency. The state is moving forward with the state standardized tests, taken in grades three through 12, this
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A Covid-19 vaccination site in a Latino neighborhood in New York City hard hit by the pandemic saw an overwhelming number of White people from outside the community show up to get the shot this month, city leaders say, laying bare a national disparity that shows people of color are being vaccinated at dramatically lower
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HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — A judge has ruled that two 14-year-old boys charged with capital murder will remain in custody for allegedly killing a mother of three who was delivering an Uber Eats order to an apartment building in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Ryan Graham, 31, was delivering food last weekend to a Haltom City
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It was one year ago today the World Health Organization declared that the novel coronavirus was a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. “At the time there were fewer than 100 cases of the disease we now call Covid-19 and no deaths outside China,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. “This week we reached
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso health officials reported eight new coronavirus deaths, including a man in his 30s, on Saturday morning and 493 added cases. The latest fatality victims included: 1 man in his 30s1 man in her 50s1 woman in her 60s1 man in his 60s1 man in his 70s1 woman in her
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El Paso, Texas- After gusty winds overnight, we’ll see the winds begin to decrease in speed as we head into this afternoon. Some of the strongest wind gusts recorded on our Weathernet sites were on the east side of town. Powell Elementary School coming in at 56 MPH, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center recording gusts
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When Karla Semien went to a cemetery to pick out a plot where her late husband would be buried, it was as if she’d stepped back into the 1950’s. Her husband Darrell Semien, a sheriff’s deputy for Allen Parish, Louisiana, died on January 24 after being diagnosed with cancer in December, CNN affiliate KPLC reported.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTVG/ABC-13) — Two state lawmakers in Ohio want June 14 recognized as “President Donald J. Trump Day”, according to a report in the Ohio Capital Journal. June 14 is Flag Day. It’s also President Trump’s birthday. Republican state Reps. Reggie Stoltzfus and Jon Cross say they’re planning to introduce a bill in the Ohio
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