By Abby Dodge Click here for updates on this story SHAWNEE, Kansas (KCTV) — Saturday marks 20 years since the twin towers fell. To honor the lives list and comradery of an entire nation DeSoto high schoolers opened a time capsule from the days following the attacks on 9/11. Archelogy teacher Keil Hileman was teaching
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN Today is one for remembrance and holding your loved ones a little tighter. There’s no way around it. September 11 will always be a difficult day because the memories don’t fade. I’ll never forget sitting in my classroom on that beautiful fall morning. The sky was impossibly blue and the air
Continue ReadingBy Simon Gutierrez Click here for updates on this story MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Oregon (KPTV) — The Bureau of Emergency Communications is looking into solutions to address high call volumes that translate to long waits for 9-1-1 callers. In November, 2020, the average wait for an answer when someone called 9-1-1 was 21 seconds, very close
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has issued a Bundesliga statement with a 4-1 victory in Leipzig. Robert Lewandowski, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored for defending champion Bayern to beat its closest challenger last season. Coach Julian Nagelsmann had to endure a hostile reception in his
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in their first major mass gathering since the start of the pandemic. The march in Barcelona on Saturday comes before a meeting between regional leaders in northeast Catalonia and the Spanish government.
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Catalans have rallied for independence from the rest of Spain in their first major mass gathering since the start of the pandemic. The march in Barcelona on Saturday comes before a meeting between regional leaders in northeast Catalonia and the Spanish government.
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story JOHNSON COUNTY, Kansas (KMOV) — Doctor Stephanee Evers currently works at Olathe Health as an emergency medicine physician. Backtrack 20 years ago and Evers was a recent UMKC School of Medicine graduate in her second year of her emergency medicine residency program. “You learn how
Continue ReadingYACHATS, Ore. (AP) — A California man who attempted to jump across a wide cove of frothing water at Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is presumed dead. Steve Allen of Walnut Creek, California, apparently tried to hurdle Devil’s Churn, a narrow boiling inlet just off Highway 101 south of Yachats on the central Oregon coast. Devil’s
Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida cornerback Jaydon Hill was charged with breaking into a car, stealing a debit card and making $1,700 in unauthorized purchases. Alachua County court records show Hill agreed last month to deferred prosecution on third-degree felony charges for unarmed burglary of an unoccupied vehicle, grand theft larceny of more than $750
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BOSSIER CITY, Louisiana (KTBS) — It is alligator hunting season in Louisiana, and we are finding gators in all sorts of places here in the ArkLaTex. Pictures me from Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, where a controlled hunt was held this month. These
Continue ReadingBy Barmel Lyons Click here for updates on this story DEKALB COUNTY, Georgia (WGCL) — Dozens of Dekalb County school bus drivers are fed up as COVID-19 cases continue to increase across the county. “Make me feel like my life is just as important as a teachers life or as a principal or as a
Continue ReadingBy Susan Raff, Rob Polansky Click here for updates on this story HARTFORD, Connectitcut (WFSB) — Saturday marks 20 years since one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A Hartford-based company called Aquiline Drones is honoring first responders in a unique way. Aquiline Drones said it recognizes that first
Continue ReadingBy Ashley RK Smith, Kaitlyn Naples and Christian Colon Click here for updates on this story PLYMOUTH, Connecticut (WFSB) — A crash involving a stolen SUV in Plymouth Thursday night is linked to shoreline vehicle thefts along the shoreline. Just after 6 p.m. Thursday, Plymouth police responded to a crash on South Main Street near
Continue ReadingTUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed that could decide the fate of a Confederate monument that has stood in a square at the center of nearly all-Black Tuskegee for 115 years. WSFA-TV reports the Macon County Commission has filed suit against both the local and state chapters of the United Daughters of
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teen sensation Emma Raducanu’s appearance in the U.S. Open tennis final will be carried live on free-to-air TV in Britain after Amazon Prime agreed to share its rights to the event amid calls for the historic moment to be made available to everyone. The 18-year-old Raducanu is
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teen sensation Emma Raducanu’s appearance in the U.S. Open tennis final will be carried live on free-to-air TV in Britain after Amazon Prime agreed to share its rights to the event amid calls for the historic moment to be made available to everyone. The 18-year-old Raducanu is
Continue ReadingBy AMIR SHAH Associated Press Retired Associated Press Afghanistan correspondent Amir Shah faced a delicate situation in Kabul after the 9/11 attacks. So he did what any good journalist committed to getting the news out would do. He improvised. Even his mother told him not to go out. He said to her, “I will do
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story BUENA PARK, California (KABC) — A man who was killed last week in an officer-involved shooting after firing at a school bus in Buena Park was trying to kill the bus driver, who was his estranged wife, police said Thursday. The new details provide insight
Continue ReadingHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — China plans to donate 3 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine to Vietnam. The Chinese foreign minister made the pledge Saturday as he wrapped up a two-day visit to Hanoi. The visit comes amid a virus lockdown in Vietnam to contain a COVID-19 surge. Vietnam’s prime minister also said the two
Continue ReadingBy Leticia Juarez Click here for updates on this story ARCADIA, California (KABC) — It’s no surprise that girls play football. But when Arcadia High School’s football coach asked three sophomores to consider joining the team, it came as a bit of shock. “I was kind of surprised, and I didn’t think he was being
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