Click here for updates on this story GRANGER, Indiana (WBND) — A new 20-megawatt solar farm, the size of 30 football fields, was unveiled in Granger Thursday. The “St. Joseph Solar Farm,” completed in March of this year, is so big, it can power close to 3,000 homes every year. State and local officials were
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story South Bend, Indiana (WBND) — Downtown South Bend and the Civic Theatre are hosting the first-ever ‘Fringe Festival’ over the weekend. More than two dozen acts will be performing over the course of the next three days. “Fringe is a very exciting, worldwide movement that started in Edenborough,
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — Judges with the Texas Court of Appeals sided with Houston firefighters in a decision that could cost city taxpayers millions. In a long-running battle over Houston firefighters’ salaries, the city of Houston tried to have their collective bargaining rights declared unconstitutional. It would have been
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON (KTRK) — A man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly talking to an undercover Harris County Precinct 1 constable deputy and crossing state lines with the intention of meeting a minor for sex. Deputies say a U.S. Air Force veteran from Lake Charles, Louisiana came to Houston thinking
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DECATUR, Georgia (WGCL) — A nearly 100-year-old man was found shot to death inside his Decatur home, and now two people are behind bars. On Tuesday, DeKalb County police responded to a home on the 800 block of Wintergreen Lane after receiving a person shot call around 10:20
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia (WGCL) — A Sandy Springs mother woke up Thursday morning to find her four-year-old son and dog falling through the floor of her apartment. The 10-foot hole is now fixed but the renter says it took four months too many. “So I jumped up, my
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story IDAHO FALLS , Idaho (East Idaho News) — An Idaho Falls woman will spend time confined to her house and on probation after stealing a relative’s identity and racking up thousands of dollars in dental bills. Toni Jo Lepper, 50, received the sentence of 60 days of house
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story RIGBY, Idaho (East Idaho News) — It is an “absolute blessing” that two students and a custodian were not more seriously injured or killed after being shot Thursday morning at Rigby Middle School. Dr. Michael Lemon, the trauma medical director at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, said during
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Las Vegas police are investigating a report of a missing 2-year-old boy last seen east of the Strip. About 3:11 p.m. on May 5, the child, identified as Amari Nicholson, was reported missing in the area of 3600 block of Paradise Road near Sands
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — Ahead of Mother’s Day, there is a push to get Black mothers out of jail. Organizations across the country are bailing Black mothers out of jail for Mother’s Day. Here in Las Vegas eight moms get out in time to spend Mother’s Day with
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PASADENA, California (KABC) — Pasadena’s Kidspace Museum reopened its doors Thursday for the first time in more than a year. Some lucky kids got a sneak peak at the fun on Wednesday. Normally, the museum is open Thursdays through Sundays. Kidspace will operate at a reduced capacity because
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The Venice boardwalk is now a huge homeless encampment. There are fights, fires and even shootings. Isabel Storey was walking her dogs and saw the line of tents. “I’m so sad I’m just feeling like our public officials aren’t doing their jobs.” There are
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story STAMFORD, Connecticut (WFSB) — Three women from Connecticut will be featured on the CBS show “Mission Unstoppable” on Saturday. Arborists Anna Hernandez Krol, Talia Haik and Meghan Dos Santos will be recognized for their work at the Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens in Stamford. The arboretum includes hundreds of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A gun control bill is on Governor Kate Brown’s desk after it passed the state Senate Wednesday. Senate Bill 554 has two components; it would require gun owners to keep their firearms stored securely when it’s not being used by the licensed owner, and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SALEM, Oregon (KPTV) — A new state bill announced on Thursday would require schools to offer full, in-person learning for students in the upcoming school year. Lawmakers say there’s already widespread agreement that the benefits of in-person learning outweigh the risks of spreading COVID-19, but passing this law
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LEE’S SUMMIT, Missouri (KCTV, KSMO) — Lee’s Summit school parents could find school start and end times changing come fall. It’s one of several options being discussed to address an expected shortage in school bus drivers. A school bus now sits along Tudor Road for all to see
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Andrea Brooks is on two feet instead of two wheels after being hurt in a hit and run bicycle crash. “I am lucky to be alive because my bike took a terrible hit, it’s broken completely in three different places,” she said. “I don’t
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story DAPHNE, Alabama (WALA) — The agreement between Medstar and Daphne to station an ambulance and crew in the city every day has been in effect for more than a month now. It came about after the city voiced its concerns about slow response times for its residents. Things
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story BURLINGTON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — More racial allegations against the Burlington Area School District. This, even as the district is putting together a plan for the future. Parents showed Snapchats and group messages from 13-year-olds, peppered with the n-word. They say their complaints to the schools fell on deaf
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (Wisconsin State Journal) — Two Sheboygan teenagers died in a head-on crash involving their car and a semitrailer truck in Columbia County, the State Patrol said. The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m. Wednesday on Highway 33 and Polinske Road in the town of Marcellon near
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story GREAT FALLS, Montana (Billings Gazette) — Pat Sponheim, Montana’s legendary “Piano Pat,” who entertained patrons of the Sip ‘n Dip lounge from the keyboards for more than 50 years, has died. She was 86. The Sip ‘n Dip lounge, a Great Falls Tiki bar with an international reputation
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) — If you have been making a concerted effort to improve your sleep by turning on your gadget’s blue light-reducing features, a new study may provide some much-needed insight into why you’re not seeing an improvement in your nightly shut eye. Researchers at Utah’s
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As the medical officer of health for a region in Ontario hard-hit by the pandemic, Dr. Lawrence Loh has spent more than a year making difficult decisions and enacting strict measures in a quest to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Region of
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SACRAMENTO, CA (KOVR) — Concern is rising from local leaders over Sacramento’s new police use-of-force policy. Some say it could drive officers to retire, and one city council member voted no. If the policy changes, Sacramento Police Chief Daniel Hahn says so would training at the academy. Sacramento
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, CA (KCAL, KCBS) — Kim Kardashian was named in a federal civil forfeiture action over statue known as “Fragment of Myron’s Samian Athena” which is believed to have been looted and smuggled from Italy. The statue was seized by Homeland Security Investigations officials at the Port
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SEMINOLE, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — An Armstrong County woman who went viral for her love of beer during the lockdown has passed away. You may remember Olive Veronesi from Seminole. She brought a smile to thousands of people’s faces during the difficult and unprecedented days of the early pandemic.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story LOWER SOUTHAMPTON, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Only on CBS3. A local police department has a new member of its force who has two legs up on bad guys — and a second chance on life. Sometimes, life is all about finding the people who can bring out the best
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An emergency meeting was held virtually Wednesday evening to address what community leaders are calling “escalating safety issues” caused by illegal ATVs and street bikes. “People are scared. They are getting swarmed,” said Eleanor Ingersoll, president of Queen Village Neighbors Association and host of the
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WESTFIELD, New Jersey (WCBS) — There is a major uptick in home burglaries with the intent to steal the car key fobs in several Union County towns. “I just heard some noise from downstairs. I didn’t hear them smash the window, I just kind of heard, like, thumping
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Some generous donors have helped a Brooklyn mom out of a jam after her 4-year-old son ordered more than $2,600 worth of popsicles on Amazon. Noah managed to order 51 cases of SpongeBob SquarePants popsicles. Amazon won’t take them back, and Noah’s mom, a
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