MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Education, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery, announced Friday afternoon at a Jefferson County Middle School surprise all-school assembly that English teacher Christa Rohrbach has been named one of Oregon’s 18 2024-25 Regional Teachers of the Year! Every day in Oregon classrooms, teachers offer their innovation, energy and
Continue ReadingFRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Human remains found in Kentucky have been positively identified as the man who shot 12 vehicles and wounded five people on Interstate 75 more than a week earlier. A retired couple found the remains of Joseph Couch on Wednesday. Although personal effects and weapons found with the body pointed to Couch,
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden invited cast members from “The West Wing” to the White House to mark the 25th anniversary of the hit drama. Among those who attended Friday’s party in the Rose Garden was Martin Sheen, who played President Jed Bartlet. Sheen gave a Bartlet-style address to the crowd,
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman and Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — Whooping cough is surging in the United States, with cases now five times higher than they were at the same point last year, according to preliminary data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was reported Friday. It’s the highest number of whooping
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s almost time for the return of Bend’s biggest little art event, The 20-Dollar Art Show! Presented by Bright Place Gallery, this year’s exhibition will feature a record 6,041 original works by 272 artists. Sizing a maximum 36 square inches, each piece will be priced at just $20, allowing art lovers
Continue ReadingCNN By Tamara Qiblawi, Charbel Mallo, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Christian Edwards, Jeremy Diamond and Tim Lister, CNN Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) — A deadly Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah’s stronghold in southern Beirut on Friday has left at least 31 people dead including a high-ranking Hezbollah commander, a major to a blow for a group already reeling from
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee has been arrested on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks. Cal Fire said Robert Hernandez was arrested Friday at the Howard Forest Fire Station in Healdsburg, California, on suspicion of arson to forest land.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court will decide if counties have to accept provisional ballots cast on election day at polling places by voters whose mail-in ballots lacked secrecy envelopes or were rejected for other flaws. The justices said Friday they will take the case that could determine the fate of thousands
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A Lebanese and Belgian citizen labeled a “global terrorist” by the United States in 2018 has pleaded guilty to conspiring to cause a U.S. individual to unlawfully transact with him. Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi entered the plea Friday in Brooklyn federal court. Federal authorities had described him as a key Hezbollah financier
Continue ReadingBy Brian Roche and Lori Burkholder Click here for updates on this story GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — Members of the swim team at Gettysburg College are accused of scratching a racial slur onto another student’s body with a plastic or ceramic tool. The college said in a statement, “This is a serious report, which is
Continue ReadingJulia Hernández Esta cobertura en vivo finalizó. La gente inspecciona el lugar de un ataque israelí en los suburbios del sur de Beirut, Líbano, el 20 de septiembre. (Mohamed Azakir/Reuters) The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
Continue ReadingBy Kenny Beck Click here for updates on this story DAVIDSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WXII) — The American Red Cross is awarding a Salute to Heroes award to a man who took life-saving actions to help a friend and neighbor during a medical emergency near the Lexington/Thomasville city line in the spring of 2023. Jason
Continue ReadingReuters, CNN’s Chris Isidore (Reuters) — Boeing said on Friday that Ted Colbert, president and CEO of its defense, space and security unit will be leaving the company effective immediately. The planemaker said Steve Parker, the unit’s chief operating officer, will take over Colbert’s responsibilities until a replacement is named at a later date. “I’d like
Continue ReadingBy Maddie Augustine Click here for updates on this story OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert proclaimed this week as National Co-Responder Week, and with call volume on the rise for people experiencing a mental health crisis, the Omaha Police Department’s Co-Responder team is more beneficial than ever. Co-responders are not duty-sworn officers.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN New York (CNN) — The Securities and Exchange Commission intends to seek sanctions against Elon Musk over his failure to appear for testimony in an investigation related to his takeover of Twitter, now called X, the regulator said in a court filing Friday. Earlier this year, a federal judge ordered Musk
Continue ReadingBy Matt Reed and David Bienick Click here for updates on this story LANCASTER, Massachusetts (WCVB) — One Massachusetts correction officer was stabbed 12 times in the back, another was stabbed in the head, and three others were injured on Wednesday while trying to stop the attack, according to details provided by their union. The
Continue ReadingBy Mary Saladna Click here for updates on this story WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Nothing stops true love, but massive traffic backups on the Massachusetts Turnpike on Thursday did cause it to be delayed. Just before 2:30 p.m., a box truck rolled over in a construction zone in Westborough on the westbound side of the
Continue ReadingBy Kayla Morton Click here for updates on this story TRAPPE, Maryland (WBAL) — A man is in shock trauma after being shot by a coworker when both traveled to a gas station along Ocean Gateway on Tuesday, Maryland State Police said. His condition is not currently known. Police said Aigner Smith, 29, and Antonio
Continue ReadingBy Meghan Mosley Click here for updates on this story MACOMB, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A mother is searching for answers after her daughter died after falling out of a truck driving along a Pottawatomie County road. Officials said Trinity Russell, 23, died after falling out of the truck Tuesday evening, and now her mother is
Continue ReadingBy Audrey Goodson Click here for updates on this story NORMAN, Oklahoma (KOCO) — Members of the University of Oklahoma Air Force ROTC are running on Friday to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action. The 12-hour run around OU’s South Oval started at 7 a.m., and ROTC members are carrying the American
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