Month: January 2025

By Tiffany Maddox Click here for updates on this story     FLUSHING, Mich. (WJRT) — Disturbing mailers passed out to some Flushing residents have shocked many residents, including state lawmaker and Flushing native Jasper Martus. The state representative from the 69th House District was disappointed to learn the divisive letters were spread around the place he

By Emmy Fazenbaker Click here for updates on this story     PRINCETON, Ind. (WEVV) — The Princeton Church stood for 130 years, and it’s now burnt to ash as fire officials are still trying to understand how the fire all started. “Yesterday was one of the hardest days of my ministry after being a pastor for

By Sheryl Coonan Click here for updates on this story     SANFORD, Mich. (WJRT) — Matthew Shephard hopes the third time is the charm. Meridian Public Schools Director of Bands Matthew Shephard was named a finalist for a Grammy award for the third consecutive year. He’s hoping to walk away with the hardware this year. Shephard

By KADN Staff Click here for updates on this story     CHURCH POINT, La. (KADN) — In Acadia Parish, the winter storm led to the collapse of the roof on a Church Point church gymnasium. It happened at the Point Church on South Main Street on Tuesday, January 21. Officials said it appears the roof buckled

By Ayron Lewallen Click here for updates on this story     BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — President Donald Trump pardoned nearly 1,500 people involved in the January 6 Capitol riot on his first day in office. A Leeds man is celebrating forgiveness for his involvement. Joshua Black said he’s happy to be pardoned by Trump. He said

By Norah Hogan Click here for updates on this story     AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) — In Maine, the state is required to notify domestic violence victims before their abusers are released from jail, but 8 Investigates found that some victims are being kept in the dark. People frequently get out of jail early, and many victims

By Norman Seawright Click here for updates on this story     CLARKSVILLE, Indiana (WLKY) — A week after Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts by the state government, President Donald Trump rescinded a Biden administration order aimed at advancing racial equity through the federal government. This move has

By Matthew Keck Click here for updates on this story     LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A Louisville man is facing charges after police say he shot a Wendy’s employee over cold fries. Monjah James-Wooten, 25, is accused of shooting the employee at the Wendy’s on Dixie Highway on Jan. 6. According to an arrest slip, James-Wooten

By Tanner Kahler Click here for updates on this story     MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Milwaukee police released police body camera video Tuesday showing a police shooting that wounded a man inside a Milwaukee home on Jan. 6. An officer shot Emilio Arner-Ortiz, 19, while carrying out a search warrant at 7th Street and Arthur Avenue in

By Sarah Metts Click here for updates on this story     NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — On Sunday, a York County family took the trek to Philadelphia to attend their first Eagles game of the season. The playoff win against the Rams ended up being the only good thing to come out of the trip. Right

By Bun Choum Click here for updates on this story     Baton Rouge, Louisiana (WDSU) — Families across the Southeast are waking up Wednesday to the aftermath of a historic severe winter storm. Louisiana is one of several southern states grappling with hazardous driving conditions that are putting the safety of motorists at risk. State officials

By Dylan Foreman Click here for updates on this story     SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (KSBY) — Former Cal Poly football player Connor Heffler is trying to make sports safer with game-changing concussion evaluation technology. His friend and former teammate, Drew Sulick, is a prime example of how dangerous the game of football can be, especially

By Jamy Pombo Sesselman Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WCVB) — A parole hearing was held Wednesday for a Dedham man convicted of raping and murdering a woman in her Hyde Park home more than three decades ago. Gerald Craffey, 54, killed 33-year-old Corinne Flynn in 1991 and was sentenced to life

By Mythili Gubbi Click here for updates on this story     TAYLORSVILLE, Utah (KSTU) — Hundreds of people were impacted by a scam involving ATMs and card skimmers, according to Taylorsville Police. “It’s one of the biggest ones that we’ve handled since we’ve been a police department since 2021,” said Lt. Aaron Cheshire. Police said the

By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — The case of Oklahoma’s only woman on death row received new attention on Tuesday by the U.S. Supreme Court. Brenda Andrew, who was convicted for conspiring to kill her estranged husband in 2001, has spent the last two decades appealing that

By Matt Flener Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — President Donald Trump on Monday signed pardons for more than 1,500 defendants involved in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Among those pardoned were the founder of the Oath Keepers, a neo-fascist militant organization, and organizer of

By Quanecia Fraser Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Hasani Lee has filed two lawsuits against the Omaha Housing Authority after he says his dad dealt with unsanitary living conditions at Underwood Tower. The trial for those lawsuits is set in June but Lee is hoping a judge can hand