Click here for updates on this story FIREBAUGH, California (KFSN) — The community of Firebaugh is mourning the loss of a high school student after a devastating accident inside a tire shop. The sheriff’s office says 16-year-old Omar Gutierrez was working under a car at the Firebaugh Tire shop when it suddenly slipped off a
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Gov. Tony Evers signed Assembly Bill 154, now Wisconsin Act 31, designating May 14 as Hmong-Lao Veterans Day in Wisconsin. The governor issued Executive Order #115 ordering the flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin to be flown at half-staff in
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — In the two years since their 6-year-old daughter Roxie drowned at a summer camp in Altadena, Doug Forbes and Elena Matyas say every day is spent weeping and working. “Drowning is something people think won’t happen to them, won’t happen to their children, until
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SOUTH EL MONTE, California (KABC) — Disturbing video captures a man robbing and pistol-whipping a Lyft driver at a gas station in South El Monte. The video, which was recorded on the driver’s camera, may serve as a critical clue to help police track down the suspect. The
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation advised Friday that the public should expect lower than normal water levels in the Crooked River this spring and summer. Flows will be lowest near Prineville and Smith Rock State Park, and could potentially impact recreational activities.
Continue ReadingChina could soon join the United States as the second country to land and operate a rover on Mars. Beijing’s Tianwen-1 Mars probe is expected to land on the red planet in the coming days, as early as Saturday morning (Friday night Eastern time), according to China’s space agency. The landing window extends until Wednesday.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — Portland police are investigating a shooting that injured one person in the Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood early Friday morning. Just after 4 a.m., officers responded to shots fired in the 4400 block of Northeast Shaver Street. Officers arrived to the scene and found a man with
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“Values-driven” real estate developer project^ announced Thursday that Phase 1 of The Grove, a mixed-use commercial development at Bend’s vibrant NorthWest Crossing community, will officially open on Friday, May 28.
Continue ReadingAn MIT graduate student wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a Yale University student in February has been arrested, authorities said Friday. The US Marshals Service did not provide details of the arrest other than to say that “Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Middle District of
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story REGO PARK, Queens, New York (WABC) — It is a racial slur that would set off any Asian American. “One of them said ‘Ch*** ch****,” said Leting Cai. 15-year-old Cai was in a playground in Rego Park, Queens with two friends on May 1, when two other teens
Continue ReadingCarole Baskin, founder of Big Cat Rescue and star of the Netflix series “Tiger King,” is offering a $5,000 reward in connection with the tiger that has been missing in Houston since Sunday, according to a video posted on her verified Instagram account. Baskin is offering the money to whoever has the big cat, provided
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LOWER MANHATTAN, New York (WABC) — Three people were slashed and a fourth punched in separate incidents within 12 minutes on a subway train as it moved through Lower Manhattan early Friday, and an additional incident may be linked. Police say the spree began at 4:25 a.m., when
Continue ReadingDemocratic lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have a 100% vaccination rate against Covid-19, a CNN survey of Capitol Hill found this week, significantly outpacing Republicans in the House and Senate and illustrating the partisan divide over the pandemic. For Republicans, at least 44.8% of House members are vaccinated and at least 92% of senators
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLETCHER, North Carolina (WLOS) — A local longtime educator received a surprise sendoff Thursday. Co-workers and friends gathered at Fletcher Park to show their appreciation for Avery’s Creek Elementary School principal Denise Montgomery, who is preparing to retire. Montgomery has spent 30 years as an educator in Henderson
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BAY CITY, Michigan (WNEM) — A community came together to rescue some ducklings that fell through a sewer grate and reunite them with their mother. The Bay City Public Safety Department was called to help scoop the four ducklings out while the Saginaw Basin Land Conservancy found the
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Democrats faced with holding the party’s majority in the House in 2022 watched with glee this week as Republican infighting reached its latest crescendo with the leadership ouster of Rep. Liz Cheney. But it’s their own party that faces the most noteworthy headwinds in their bid to keep control of the legislative body. A sweep
Continue ReadingThe US Coast Guard said Friday that transit on the Mississippi River waterway under Interstate 40 bridge in Memphis has reopened after a crack forced the closure of the vital highway bridge. Earlier Friday, the Coast Guard said more than 60 vessels with over 1,000 barges had been held up on the river. The first
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A Eugene man was arrested early Friday on burglary, theft and other charges, accused of breaking into the Sun Mountain Fun Center in northeast Bend, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story OGEMAW COUNTY, Michigan (WNEM) — An Ogemaw County man has to pay nearly $775,000 in restitution for alleged insurance fraud. Darrell Lee Hardenburgh, of West Branch, was sentenced to 90 days in jail and three years of probation for receiving and concealing stolen property in excess of $20,000.
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Two gunshots fired into a southwest Bend home late Thursday night led to the call-out of Central Oregon’s SWAT team, the eventual surrender and arrest of a nearby resident and a raid that turned up several guns, police said Friday.
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