A Wicklow GAA club player has gone on trial for allegedly punching an opponent in the face and damaging several of his teeth during a competitive league match five years ago. Billy Cullen (39), a player with Baltinglass GAA club, pleaded not guilty at a sitting of Wicklow Circuit Criminal Court on Tuesday to a […]
A cold front is expected to push through the Kansas City area Tuesday, igniting severe thunderstorms capable of creating large hail, damaging winds and the threat of tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. Before the severe weather hits, isolated to scattered showers could develop in the morning as an upper-level disturbance over west central […]
On Monday at 5:42 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Collin, Hunt and Rockwall counties. The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and quarter-sized hail (1 inch). “At 5:42 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located over Caddo Mills, or 10 miles southwest of Greenville, moving east […]
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 8:40 p.m. The warning is for Cooke, Jack, Montague and Wise counties. The storms may bring wind gusts of up to 60 mph and half-dollar-sized hail (1.25 inches). “At 8:40 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located near Newport, or 14 miles […]
A storm that pounded the Eastern Plains towns of Yuma and Wray on Monday night with baseball-size hail and torrential rain caused severe damage to buildings and vehicles and killed livestock, according to one report. The storm was so severe, snowplows and other road graders were used to clear hail from streets, according to 9News. […]
National Weather Service meteorologists are warning Rockford area residents to brace for potential thunderstorms Tuesday night. A line of storms is moving through northern central Illinois and expected to impact Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Ogle, Lee, DeKalb, Kane and DuPage counties among others. It will be mostly sunny and 89 degrees this afternoon, but expect […]
The National Weather Service predicts damaging winds to be the biggest threat from storms in central Wisconsin this evening. There were substantial showers and storms in the central Wisconsin area at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, but they were not expected to be severe, said Roy Eckberg, meteorologist from the National Weather Service. Forecasters were keeping an […]
A bout of high wind late Sunday night left some severe damage in Kansas City, Kansas, including around Wyandotte County Lake Park, as work crews began cleanup efforts Monday. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and KCK closed the park by the lake Monday, said spokeswoman Krystal McFeders. An emergency management team had been deployed […]
A Death Valley National Park visitor has come forward and claimed responsibility for pulling down and damaging a 113-year-old historic salt tram tower last month. National Parks Service, in a news release Thursday, said that the visitor came forward and claimed responsibility and said that they took the action “during a time of desperation while […]
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Dr. Jim Farha Andover YMCA is set to reopen on Monday, May. 20, and over the next few days, the branch will host a ribbon cutting, public open house and membership sign-ups. The branch shut down in April 2022 following a direct hit from an EF3 tornado. For two years, […]
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a smaller and separate island that is home to a university, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries. The bridge that leads to Pelican Island, north […]
May 10—GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks man recently changed his plea in a multi-felony case that resulted when he crashed into Calvary Community Church in Grand Forks earlier this year. Issa Abdicader Bawzer, 30, pleaded guilty to four Class C felonies: reckless endangerment — extreme indifference, criminal vehicular injury, criminal mischief causing damage between […]