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Click here for updates on this story     ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Elder John Hayes, a former Asheville NAACP president and WRES radio host, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2021, at his residence. News 13 has spoken with Hayes several times as he represented the local Black community. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Hart Funeral

Click here for updates on this story     OKALOOSA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — A Texas tourist in northwest Florida who witnesses say made racial slurs towards another visitor at Beasely Park on Okaloosa Island Thursday is now charged with a hate crime related battery. That’s according to the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. The OCSO says 54-year

Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — If you’re hoping to take a vacation, there’s new reasons to get away in Kansas City. Several airlines are now offering new nonstop flights out of Kansas City International Airport. The new routes were announced Thursday by both American and Southwest airlines. Starting

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — A vigil was held on Thursday night at Bar Louie, where a man was gunned down nearly a week before. “I’m numb. I mean, losing two kids in a 20-month period, that’s a hit to a person.” Katonia Dortch has been through this before.

Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — A teen was shot in the stomach Thursday after trying to steal a tip jar and assaulting a customer at a south St. Louis City restaurant. Officers with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said a customer intervened when the teen was stealing Utah

Click here for updates on this story     MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — “I always thought about being different ever since I was born,” said JaQuan LeGrand. JaQuan LeGrand is the first of eight siblings to graduate from high school. But getting to this point wasn’t that simple. He moved from Florida to escape a bad environment.

Click here for updates on this story     NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Photos obtained by News4 Investigates show two massive fires, nine years apartment, at the Brentwood Oaks apartments show both buildings had a sprinkler system that did not prevent it from burning to the ground. Additional documents obtained by News4 Investigates show that firefighters also

Click here for updates on this story     ROBBINSVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — Kyle Fink has loved wrestling since he was four years old. That’s when his mother told him they were going to a wrestling camp down the street from the house. “I had no idea what I was doing,” laughed Fink. “I was just

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — In an effort to boost Oregon’s first-dose vaccination rate for adults, the three Portland metro area mass COVID-19 vaccination sites will be giving away $100 gift cards to two grocery store chains over the next few days while supplies last. All4Oregon announced the incentive

Click here for updates on this story     SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (CTV Network) — Migrant farmworkers say there’s a lack of privacy and hygienic conditions in employer-based housing, and they’re calling on the government to be quicker about its commitment last year to implement stronger national standards, according to an advocacy group’s report. The Migrant Rights Network

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — National Geographic has announced they are officially recognizing a fifth ocean, known as the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica. The non-profit organization announced the move on World Oceans Day Tuesday, saying “since National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognized four

Click here for updates on this story     Baldwin County, Alabama (WALA) — Chelsey Smart and her family are staying just feet from where Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office say Justin Campbell from Athens, Alabama died Wednesday morning. This suspected drowning on Fort Morgan Peninsula comes just days after Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy William “Bill” Smith died

Click here for updates on this story     HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A second arrest has been made in the case of two suspects targeting an elderly resident over the phone in a jail scam. Hendersonville Police said Herrera Alonzo Bienvenido, 28, of Miami, was arrested on Wednesday at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport by the

Click here for updates on this story     FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — A mid-Michigan businessman who is working to bring a marijuana facility to a local city can’t due to zoning laws. Current zoning laws won’t allow marijuana businesses in the city of Flint even though other cities across the state can. “When you have this

Click here for updates on this story     TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — Tempe police have a new high-tech tool that traps suspects without injuring them. Bodycam video released Tuesday by the company, Bolawrap, shows a man running through traffic on Mill Avenue in Tempe armed with a stun gun. After ordered several times to get on

Click here for updates on this story     TEMPE, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — A Tempe house was hit with vandalism overnight after the homeowners wrote a message on their garage encouraging people to get vaccinated. It says, “Love Thy Neighbor, Get Vaccinated” along with vaccination information. On Wednesday, neighbors and the homeowner woke up to the message

Click here for updates on this story     WOODLAND PARK, Colorado (KRDO) — A controversial mural at Woodland Park High School depicting two women kissing was up for two weeks before the school painted over it. The artist is a recent Woodland Park High School graduate and member of the LGBT community. People are split on

Click here for updates on this story     DENVER, Colordado (KRDO) — The family of Emmalyn Nguyen was recently awarded $2 million after the 18-year-old got a botched breast augmentation in 2019. Insurance companies for plastic surgeon Dr. Geoffrey Kim and certified registered nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker, paid $1 million, respectively, settling out of court after

Click here for updates on this story     WETHERSFIELD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Wethersfield is planning to fire the town’s long-time police chief for allegedly violating his retirement agreement. Chief James Cetran was supposed to retire in August but changed his mind in May. This all comes after he was put on administrative leave in January pending

Click here for updates on this story     PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Organizers of this year’s Juneteenth celebration say the event is in jeopardy after Pittsburgh Public Safety sent them a big bill for security. Organizers say the $140,000 tab for police is something they can’t afford and never had to pay before. Juneteenth, which marks the

Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A man intends to sue the Philadelphia Police Department, accusing one of its officers of apparently deleting video of an arrest from his cellphone. “There’s dishonesty happening here,” Lennon Edwards with Mills & Edwards LLP said. “There’s tampering with evidence here and it kills. It

Click here for updates on this story     GWINNETT COUNTY, Georgia (Gwinnett Daily Post) — Gwinnett County Commissioner Kirkland Carden is pushing to create new oversight for trash collection companies that operate in unincorporated parts of the county in light of numerous complaints he said commissioners have been receiving about solid waste haulers. Under a proposal

Click here for updates on this story     WESTAMPTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (KYW) — Storms turned deadly Wednesday when a man was killed by a lightning strike on a New Jersey golf course. It happened at Burlington Country Club. Officials say 70-year-old Michael Florence was on the golf course when he got caught in a pop-up