Month: January 2025

By Melanie Antonitis Click here for updates on this story     CARBONDALE, Ill. (WPSD) — Medical providers at Heartland Women’s Healthcare will no longer have privileges at Southern Illinois Healthcare Memorial Hospital of Carbondale effective Friday, Jan. 31, SIH announced Wednesday. According to a Tuesday statement from Heartland Women’s Healthcare, its providers will be unable to

By Marcus McIntosh Click here for updates on this story     GRINNELL, Iowa (KCCI) — Jeld-Wen announced it will close its window manufacturing plant in Grinnell, leaving about 300 employees jobless by March. “It’s an impact to the community,” said Dan Nieland, executive director of Poweshiek Iowa Development. He says that, despite previous job losses at

By Pete Cuddihy Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that $1.4 million had been recovered for consumers who were scammed in 2024. This money was recovered by the Consumer Affairs Response Team, which helps people mediate disputes ranging from scams to identity theft. The

By Eddie Messel Click here for updates on this story     OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Aundrea Milnes passed away on Nov. 3, 2022. Now, her family is suing CHI Health and two health care professionals for medical malpractice. According to court documents, on the early morning of Nov. 3, 2022, an ambulance took Aundrea Milnes to

By Jason Burger Click here for updates on this story     CLEVELAND COUNTY, Oklahoma (KOCO) — A critic of the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office was arrested and accused of doxxing a former deputy. An Oklahoma City man was taken into custody after he allegedly published private or identifying information of the sheriff’s deputy online. Court documents

By Angela Williams, Erin Pickens and Crystal Tisme Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — The City of Jackson succeeded in shutting down a restaurant that police say had been operating as a nightclub. The temporary restraining order against Dynamic Lounge was granted this morning in Hinds County Chancery Court. The

By Michael Martin Click here for updates on this story     PROVO, Utah (KSTU) — For BYU graduate student Curtis Johnson, a simple quest guided him to create a robot with a novel approach: What if robots were more helpful? Johnson and his mentors at the BYU Robotics and Dynamic Lab created “Baloo,” a robot that

By Jonathan Ayestas Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A Sacramento County man is accused of killing his 3-month-old son after forensics showed signs of severe blunt head trauma, officials said Thursday. Andrew Gray-Blessett, 23, faces charges of murder and assault of a child under 8 years of age resulting

By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story     CLEMENTS, California (KCRA) — A woman was arrested after dozens of dead horses were found along with several other malnourished horses as part of an animal neglect investigation in San Joaquin County. Deputies executed a search warrant at multiple properties in Clements on Wednesday. The

By Tori Apodaca Click here for updates on this story     FORESTHILL, California (KOVR) — A brawl broke out on the court at a Northern California high school basketball game Tuesday night between Foresthill and Futures high schools. Foresthill High was the home team and was down 25 to 14 in the second quarter, but the

By Juliet Lemar Click here for updates on this story     SANTA BARBARA, California (KSBY) — Zack Clark and the tech-forward backpacks from his non-profit HomeMore project are helping the homeless in Santa Barbara. “So we’ve set out to create what we like to think is the last backpack someone who’s homeless will ever need,” the

By Jennifer Eagan Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WCVB) — The Postal Service is upgrading blue mail collection boxes with new technology to prevent thefts amid a rise in mail carrier robberies. “This is an ongoing process. You can imagine how many locks there are to upgrade. It’s going to take us

By Griffin Gonzalez Click here for updates on this story     CARMEL, Indiana (WRTV) — Sky Simpson’s father never thought he would see his son shine on the world’s stage. “Never in my wildest dreams, ever thought that he would be on a world stage for anything,” Stephen Simpson said. He recalls when he found out

By Imani Clement and Peter Eliopoulos Click here for updates on this story     SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (WCVB) — A taxi cab driver unknowingly acted as a get away driver after a man robbed a bank in Somerville, Massachusetts, officials said Wednesday. The Somerville Police Department received a call for a robbery at the East Cambridge Savings

By Anabel Munoz Click here for updates on this story     PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Hundreds of the firefighters working tirelessly on the fire lines to protect lives and property in Southern California are actually serving time in prison. As two historic wildfires raged in Southern California, Joseph McKinney and Sal Almanza were among the firefighters