A Kansas City, Kansas woman died following a two-vehicle crash Monday in Acworth, Georgia. Officers responded to the crash around 8:26 p.m. at the intersection of Cobb Parkway and Black Acre Trail, according to the Cobb County Police Department. A black 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee collided with the passenger side of a gray 2019 Hyundai […]
Dec. 20—On Tuesday, the Stillwater Fire Department and the City of Stillwater held a groundbreaking ceremony marking the construction of the new location of Fire Station No. 2, which will be built on Western Road, about one-half mile north of McElroy Road. As part of the City of Stillwater’s T.I.M.E. (Together Investing in Municipal Excellence) […]
A man was killed in a shooting Wednesday night outside of a convenience store in Kansas City’s North Indian Mound neighborhood, according to police. Officers were dispatched shortly before 10 p.m. to a report of gunfire heard in the 5500 block of East St. John Avenue, said Capt. Corey Carlisle, a department spokesman. As the […]
Dec. 20—The Athens City Council held its last meeting of the 2023 calendar year Monday. Mayor Ronnie Marks thanked everyone for a great year and asked everyone to continue to help take care of one another going into 2024. Each member of the council took time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas prior to the […]
Law enforcement officers have pressed charges against the officials of the Uzhhorod City Council and a contractor over repairs that caused UAH 700,000 ($18,607) in losses, Ukraine’s National Police reported on Dec. 20. The suspects include the head of a division of one of the departments and the director of a utility company, as well as an individual entrepreneur. […]
Authorities in Oklahoma have charged a 26-year-old man with first-degree murder in the killing of Adam “A.J.” Blackstock Jr., whose body was discovered 11 months ago in the cargo bay of his SUV after it was towed out of a Kansas City driveway. Kainon K. Singleton, of Grandview, is accused of killing Blackstock, 24, on […]
TUNJA, Colombia (AP) — Mikhail Krasnov walks along the steep streets of the Colombian city of Tunja just like any other resident — except he’s no longer just another neighbor. Now people greet the newly elected mayor as he makes his way around town and stop him for pictures. One woman hugs the man known […]
Dec. 20—Bemidjians jingled all the way around the area to see a whole slew of Christmas lights the past few weeks to vote for their favorite homes and downtown window displays. The First City of Lights Tour of Homes and Christmas Window Display events kicked off on Nov. 24 with community members voting on their […]
The 36-year-old white man accused of killing Jon Rone Jr., a 41-year old Black man stabbed outside of a Kansas City convenience store on July 4, has been charged with a hate crime, according to federal prosecutors. Sean W. Tonkin, of Florida, was indicted Wednesday by a Kansas City grand jury, according to the U.S. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Over the objections of Mayor Eric Adams, New York City lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday meant to ban solitary confinement in the city’s jails. Adams, a Democrat, had urged the City Council to reject the bill, arguing it will make jails more dangerous for both inmates and staff. But the measure was […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces uncovered a network of tunnels running deep beneath central Gaza City from properties registered to Yahya Sinwar and other senior Hamas organizers of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, the military said on Wednesday. The tunnels were found when soldiers secured a central area of the city in recent days, […]
Two separate shootings, in the span of seven hours, shook Austinites less than two weeks after a mass killing of four people in Austin and two in San Antonio. Jen Ramos was scheduled to work a double shift at a restaurant in the Barton Creek Square mall on Saturday, but instead, shortly before the 5 […]