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Month: July 2023

13-year-old injured in lightning strike

By Lynne Keenum Click here for updates on this story     VANCE, Alabama (WVTM) — A 13-year-old girl was taken to the hospital Saturday after being injured by a lightning strike in Tuscaloosa County. Rescue crews from the Vance Fire Protection District responded around lunchtime to the Vance ballpark. They said the girl was standing near

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WWII tugboat returns to DeLand

By Liv Johnson Click here for updates on this story     VOLUSIA COUNTY, Florida (WESH) — It’s an exciting day in DeLand. A World War II tugboat originally built in DeLand in the 1940s is finally back in Florida after being towed all the way from Sweden. It is the only U.S. Army ST tugboat to

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Ex-Indiana attorney general enters GOP governor’s race after groping case derailed 2020 reelection

By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is entering the 2024 Indiana governor’s race nearly three years after his reelection bid was derailed by allegations that he drunkenly groped four women during a party. Hill announced his run Monday in a statement in which said he was joining the race

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New York City should be held in contempt over conditions in Rikers Island jail, federal monitor says

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A court-appointed monitor is urging a federal judge to initiate contempt proceedings against New York City to coerce the city to urgently improve its handling of its troubled massive jail complex. The monitor made the recommendation Monday in a report filed in Manhattan federal court.

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