FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a shooting that wounded one person inside an Indiana shopping mall last year has been sentenced to one year of home detention. A magistrate sentenced 28-year-old Quentin A. Lewis of Fort Wayne on Wednesday to three years with two years suspended. The remaining year
Continue ReadingBEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Outdoor debris burning will open at sunrise next Monday for areas outside the City of Bend within the boundaries of Deschutes County Rural Fire Protection District #2. Debris burning is not allowed throughout the year within the city limits of Bend, as per city ordinance, officials reminded Thursday. Here’s the rest
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s former Prime Minister Hama Amadou has died in a hospital in the country’s capital, Niamey. He had been suffering from medical problems for years. The death was confirmed by a former deputy and close friend of Amadou on Thursday. He was 74. Amadou was prime minister on two
Continue ReadingBy Hannah McDonald Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WTVF) — A lot of us are responsible for older adults in our lives, and the cost of senior living communities is a big concern. Right now, people 65 and older are the fastest-growing age group in Nashville. Unexpected rate hikes and closures
Continue ReadingAKRON, Ohio (AP) — An elections board is deadlocked about whether a Democratic member of Congress from Ohio resides in her Akron district. Thursday’s tie vote along party lines by the Summit County Board of Elections means the state’s Republican secretary of state will have to break the tie. U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes described the
Continue ReadingBy Chris Davis Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Tennessee (WTVF) — Not decorating for Halloween is the scariest thing Duane Charlton can think of. “The joy that the neighbors and the kids all get,” said Charlton, who lives on Briarwood Circle in Franklin. “I love it.” That being said, Duane’s spooky display
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Horbacewicz Click here for updates on this story DENVER (KCNC) — Those who say breakfast is the most important meal of the day probably haven’t met Mary Dully. She’s celebrating 49 years of serving up school lunches in Colorado, now serving at Merrill Middle School. For nearly half a century, Miss Mary (as
Continue ReadingBy Andrea Nakano Click here for updates on this story UNION CITY, California (KPIX) — A missing person’s case in Union City led to the discovery of a mummified body on a toilet of a South Bay home, but it wasn’t even the person the police were looking for. The mystery started unraveling about two
Continue ReadingKPIX By Andrea Nakano Click here for updates on this story UNION CITY, California (KPIX) — A missing person’s case in Union City led to the discovery of a mummified body on a toilet of a South Bay home, but it wasn’t even the person the police were looking for. The mystery started unraveling about
Continue ReadingBy Jacqui Palumbo, CNN (CNN) — Olivia Munn is the latest star to model for shapewear brand Skims, and in the campaign images the actor shows her mastectomy scars as she continues her fight against breast cancer. In the photographs, taken by artist Vanessa Beecroft, Munn models products by the Kim Kardashian-founded lingerie and shapewear
Continue ReadingCNN By Annie Grayer, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans on the committee with broad jurisdiction over national elections have hired at least two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake electors scheme as the GOP-led panel gears up to take center stage in an unknown post-election landscape when Congress returns in November.
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A nurse who worked at an Alabama jail is the sixth person to agree to plead guilty in connection with the death of a 33-year-old mentally ill man who died of hypothermia after being held naked in a concrete cell. Court records show that Daniel Wyers agreed to plead guilty to a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — For the first time under President Joe Biden, a federal permit for a new lithium-boron mine has been approved for a Nevada project essential to his clean energy agenda, despite conservationists’ vows to sue over the plan they insist will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction. Ioneer Ltd.’s mine
Continue ReadingBy Graham Hurley, CNN (CNN) — The winning ticket for Wednesday’s Powerball jackpot was sold in Buford, Georgia, the first time the top prize has been won in the state since 2016. The ticket matching all six numbers, worth $478.2 million, was sold at Quick Mart on Buford Dam Road, according to a news release from Powerball. The winner can
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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Juniper Golf Course will host an innovative environmental education outreach program that uses golf courses as environmental learning labs, when 90 middle school students from Sky View Middle School visit the golf course Tuesday, October 29 for a GCSAA First Green field trip. First Green is a Golf Course Superintendents Association
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Federal investigators say the operator of a Chicago commuter train that crashed almost a year ago had alcohol in his system. The Chicago Transit Authority train crashed into a snow plow on Nov. 16, injuring nearly 40 people. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a National Transportation Safety Board report states a hospital
Continue ReadingAP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gathered around the small screen captivated by a highlight reel from baseball World Cup qualifying last year, a Ugandan woman beams. Then one more smiles widely. And another. They take turns expressing how they too might shine on the big world stage one day. Indeed, an international star
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Online sports betting is bringing in new revenue for New Jersey, but it is also creating concerns over gambling addiction and whether it harms the finances of Atlantic City’s casinos, which depend on in-person gamblers. That was the testimony of gambling industry and problem gambling treatment workers to state
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Buczek Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WWJ) — Three Michigan cities are ranked among America’s 50 most rat-infested cities, according to Orkin’s annual Top 50 Rattiest Cities List. For the third straight year, Detroit cracked the top 10 list, coming in at No. 8. The Motor City ranked ninth in
Continue ReadingBy John Towfighi, CNN Baltimore (CNN) — A new lawsuit alleges Vince McMahon knowingly enabled the sexual exploitation of children by a WWE employee in the 1980s. The suit, filed on behalf of five former WWE “Ring Boys,” alleges McMahon, his wife Linda McMahon, the WWE, and TKO Group Holdings, the league’s parent company, knowingly
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