Authorities in metro Atlanta are investigating whether shootings at three massage parlors that left seven people dead and two wounded are connected. Two of the shootings were at spas across the street from each other in northeast Atlanta and the other was in Cherokee County to the northwest of the city. Officials in each jurisdiction
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The Redmond School District has launched online registration for incoming kindergarten students for the 2021-22 school year.
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After six years advocating for school safety and increased communication, Crook County School Board member Walt Wagner resigned late last week to focus on other life goals and projects.
Continue ReadingThe migrant crisis roiling the United States has made the complicated politics in Congress over immigration even dicier, with Democrats at sharp odds over how to proceed and Republicans pushing for far stricter measures than the White House would likely accept. Tension is building among Democrats over whether to pursue bite-size proposals or seek a
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A 62-year-old Redmond man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison with at least 25 years before he can seek parole in the stabbing death last July of a 54-year-old woman he’d previously dated.
Continue ReadingChildren are alternating schedules to make space for one another in confined facilities, some kids haven’t seen sunlight in days, and others are taking turns showering, often going days without one. That’s the reality for the thousands of unaccompanied migrant children held up in US Border Patrol custody for days on end, according to case
Continue ReadingAt least three people were killed and two were wounded after a shooting Tuesday at a massage parlor in an Atlanta suburb, authorities said. Deputies were called to Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, for reports of a shooting, Cherokee County Sheriff’s spokesperson Howard J. Baker said. Responding deputies found five people suffering from gunshot
Continue ReadingA 1-year-old boy is “fighting for his life” and struggling to breathe on his own after being shot in the head by Houston police, the baby’s mother and attorneys representing her said Tuesday. The shooting took place March 3 when Daisha Smalls was pumping gas and she saw police cars and heard sirens, she said
Continue ReadingYaphet Kotto, an actor known for bringing gravitas to his roles across television and film, has died, according to his agent, Ryan Goldhar. He was 81. Kotto died on March 14 at 10:30 p.m. local time in the Philippines, where he lived with his wife, Goldhar said. Information on the cause of death was not
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The Bend Park and Recreation District announ The Bend Park and Recreation District announced Tuesday that the Larkspur Community Center: Home of the Bend Senior Center will open its doors on Monday, April 5, and NewsChannel 21 got a sneak peek inside the expansive new facility.ced Tuesday that the Larkspur Community Center: Home of the Bend Senior Center will open its doors on Monday, April 5.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — A Saginaw woman is warning others about the seriousness of COVID-19 after spending months in the hospital battling the virus. “Being home in my own environment is really nice,” said Rachel Lijewski said. Lijewski survived COVID-19. A year ago, the healthy then-28-year-old thought if
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There are 22 new COVID-19 related deaths in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,346, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday.
Continue ReadingNew York City has purchased a historic Brooklyn home, believed to have once harbored those fleeing slavery. City officials announced the purchase of 227 Duffield Street in Brooklyn on Monday, in a move that Mayor Bill de Blasio called “protecting an important part of New York City’s abolitionist history.” “In order to build a better
Continue ReadingThe latest round of stimulus payments that started going out over the weekend are open to being seized by private debt collectors — a problem lawmakers are rushing to fix. Recipients with unpaid credit card or medical bills for which a company has obtained a judgment against the debtor could see the fresh infusion taken
Continue ReadingVisiting the warehouse of a flooring company here Tuesday to begin selling his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief law, President Joe Biden seemed ready to sign something else. “Anything else we can be doing?” he asked the business owners, who seemed grateful to chat up the visiting president. If the primary goal of Biden’s “Help is
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Skies will stay mostly clear through Tuesday night.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TIGARD, Oregon (KPTV) — A retirement community in Tigard is finally getting the COVID-19 vaccine for people living there. Tuesday was the first clinic at Summerfield Estates Retirement Community. This community is an independent living community and wasn’t included in the assisted living or skilled nursing rollout. One
Continue ReadingA 1-year-old boy is “fighting for his life” and struggling to breathe on his own after being shot in the head by Houston police, the baby’s mother and attorneys representing her said Tuesday. The shooting took place March 3 when Daisha Smalls was pumping gas and she saw police cars and heard sirens, she said
Continue ReadingKamala Harris declared “the status of women is the status of democracy” on Tuesday, in her first speech before the United Nations as the first female vice president of the United States. “Eleanor Roosevelt, who shaped the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, once said, ‘Without equality, there can be no democracy.’ In other words, the
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Authorities say fire crews are battling a fire at an ethanol fuel facility west of Portland in Cornelius that has prompted evacuations.
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