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Click here for updates on this story     MISHAWAKA, IN (WBND) — Made in Michiana is back again to introduce a home grown- international book company! Better World Books taking their story telling to a whole new level. “Not too many people know about Better World Books despite having served 100 million customers, we ship to

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — While high school football games are back on in Washington and soon in Oregon, not all schools have the same opportunity to return to play. “For all of the trouble that we went through, for it to just fall apart at the end? It’s

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — 17-year old Maggie Pennington jumped at the chance nearly two years ago when the Boy Scouts program was re-branded as Scouts BSA and young women were invited to join for the first time. “I’m very grateful for all the opportunities Scouts BSA has

Click here for updates on this story     ORANGEBURG, SC (WLOS) — Family members are asking the public for help locating 37-year-old Christina Eckler of Sumter, after she went missing in Orangeburg earlier this month. Officials at the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety (ODPS) say Eckler was last seen at the Motel 6 on US 301

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV/KSMO) — As districts start the process of returning to in-person learning, more teachers are asking for the COVID vaccine. Starting Monday, elementary students who have major connectivity issues, and those at-risk of not completing the grade level will be learning from the classrooms. It

Click here for updates on this story     Houston, TX (KTRK) — One person was killed and two others were seriously injured during what investigators called an illicit underground car meet Sunday night in northwest Harris County. It happened around 9:35 p.m. along the Highway 290 feeder road near W. Little York. One driver in a

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Canada (CTV News) — Basketball legend Vince Carter, who got his start in the NBA with the Toronto Raptors, is showing his appreciation for Canada with a new scholarship opportunity. Even those who don’t know much about basketball know Vince Carter, who put the Raptors on the

Click here for updates on this story     SAGINAW, MI (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan woman is on a mission to help bring books to people who lost their belongings in last year’s historic flooding. “All along, the last nine months, I’ve been looking for opportunities to help children,” said Sanford resident Angela Cole. Cole has done

Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT COUNTY, GA (WGCL) — A Georgia Gwinnett College police officer put her training to use in a real life situation. It happened when Sgt. Ashley Still was recently working out at a YMCA in Winder. “One of the employees runs over to me and says, ‘there’s a

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study has found that consuming a high number of refined grains, such as white bread, cereal and croissants, can be associated with a higher risk of major cardiovascular disease, stroke and death. The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study looked at

Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, NE (WOWT) — For more than 3 years, a group of students from the Omaha area has been building a plane from scratch. Saturday afternoon, it took its inaugural flight from Millard Airport. Some of the students who worked on the plane were there to watch it

Click here for updates on this story     MILLS RIVER, NC (WLOS) — On Tuesday, the Baldwins’ home on School House Road in Mills River went up in flames. The home was built by Amber Baldwin’s family in the 1970s. It was supposed to be her and her husband’s forever home. “Think about everything a person

Click here for updates on this story     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — Scientists from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico are urging for more diversity in vaccine clinical trials after their new study exposed a decade’s worth of disparity from 2011 to 2020, and could have impacted vaccination rates among minorities. The research, published Friday

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV) — There are only 28 shelter dogs left at CARE STL after a plumbing issue flooded half of the building Friday. “We came in yesterday and the dogs were standing in about 2 or 3 inches of backed up sewer water,” said Cate Redfren

Click here for updates on this story     VANCOUVER, WA (KPTV) — The final tally on the scoreboard doesn’t matter much, but the opportunity granted for the kids to even compete was a win for all involved in this middle of winter prep football Saturday where natural joy bottled up for more than a year. Fort

Click here for updates on this story     St. Louis (KMOV) — A 29-year-old was released from the hospital after months of medical care for COVID-19 complications. Joshua Miller has been near death and hooked up to a machine for weeks. He finally said goodbye to St. Luke’s Hospital staff in west St. Louis County on

Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new study suggests that dogs, like humans, are self-aware and likely understand the consequences of their actions. The findings, published in the Scientific Reports journal Thursday, say that dogs are able to display “body awareness,” a manifestation of self-representation. Self-representation is a

Click here for updates on this story     Klingerstown, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — “This building is normally locked. There was a lock on this building. Whoever came in had a bolt cutter or some way of getting rid of the lock,” Klingerstown Fire Chief Brett Kahler said. He showed Newswatch 16 where the volunteer fire company was

Click here for updates on this story     Atlanta (WGCL) — The Kroger Co. issued a notice advising of a data breach to its pharmacy customers. According to a statement from Kroger, officials within the company were told about a data breach on January 23, 2021. Kroger announced the incident was isolated to Accellion’s service, a

Click here for updates on this story     Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (CTV News) — A robust vaccination program and strict physical distancing rules could be enough to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks without the need for stay-at-home restrictions, according to a new U.K. study. This was the case in most cities, according to epidemiologists and demographers at the

Click here for updates on this story     Caro, Michigan (WNEM) — A reunion years in the making involving a man whose family thought he was dead. They had lost touch because he was homeless and his search for relatives took him across the country before he thumbed his way back to his hometown of Caro.

Click here for updates on this story     Stark County, Iowa (WQAD) — Stark County health officials took to the internet to highlight a worrying trend they have experienced after the onslaught of severe winter weather. In a Facebook post from Stark County Ambulance, officials tell the story of their experience with several patients suffering heart

Click here for updates on this story     Cheyenne, Wyoming (Cheyenne Post) — The body of a 2-year old boy was found in a dumpster on Desmet Drive in Cheyenne Friday night. Athian Rivera was reported missing around noon. Cheyenne Police, assisted by the Laramie County Sheriff’s Department, the Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation, Cheyenne Fire

Click here for updates on this story     Matherville, Illinois (Quad-City Times) — Evelyn Weakley remembers going with her family to deliver cards to senior living homes when she was little. “They were really happy when they saw the cards, that made me happy,” the sixth grade student said. “I wanted to do this because I

Click here for updates on this story     Covington, Georgia (Rockale Citizen) — Newton County’s controversial coroner has informed Commission Chairman Marcello Banes that she expects the county to pay for her legal defense against the county’s efforts to have her removed from office. County Manager Lloyd Kerr filed a petition Jan. 29 with the state