The brother of Indiana mom Stefanie Smith, who died last week while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic, said Friday that they still don’t know what killed her. “I’d say the uncertainty, the not knowing how she died, the not knowing when her body will be returned to us, has been the hardest […]
MUNCIE, Ind. — A Muncie woman was convicted Friday of dealing the drugs that led to a fatal overdose. A Delaware Circuit Court 5 jury found Cynthia Crane, 37, guilty of dealing in a controlled substance resulting in death, a Level 1 felony carrying up to 40 years in prison. Crane was also convicted of […]
NEW CASTLE, Ind. — Two New Castle residents have been accused of repeatedly selling meth to informants for the Henry County Area Drug Task Force. Cierra Don Daniels, 31, and Sean M. Heatherly, 48, both of the 300 block of South 22nd Street, are each charged in Henry Circuit Court 2 with three counts of […]
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers walked out of a Kentucky committee hearing Thursday when the GOP-led panel took up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying nonviable fetuses that are expected to die before or soon after birth, in a state that bans abortion in such cases. […]
A former army veteran has been given a suspended 18-month jail sentence for dealing cocaine to pay off his drug debt. John Brindley, 41, from Watford, saw active service in Afghanistan. He suffered post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and had been prescribed medication for it by an army doctor. The court heard that Brindley had became […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has spent more than 166 million euros ($180 million) dealing with the aftermath of the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over eastern Ukraine in 2014, from repatriating victims’ bodies to investigating and prosecuting some of those involved in the downing, according to an official report Thursday. […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has spent more than 166 million euros ($180 million) dealing with the aftermath of the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014, from repatriating victims’ bodies to investigating and prosecuting some of those involved in the downing, according to an official report Thursday. […]
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A landlord and four residents of a home fell victim to a possible scam after someone re-rented out the rooms under false pretenses of owning the property. People looking for a place to rent thought the man they were paying was the real landlord. As it turns out, he was […]
For months WFTV has been telling you about problems with Social Security, as seniors across the area deal with overpayments that were not their fault. Now, as the agency tries to claw the money back, local lawyers are stepping in to help for free. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS People like Addie Arnold were […]
HILLSDALE — A Jonesville man arrested Feb. 4 by the Michigan State Police on a warrant charging him with dealing in methamphetamines and a weapons offense was arraigned Monday, Feb. 5, in the 2B District Court. Ronald Edward Truitt Jr., 50, appeared in court Monday via video teleconference from the Hillsdale County Jail where he […]
The legendary reporting duo that helped bring down a U.S. president half a century ago says the legacy of the Watergate scandal does not offer much guidance for the country in navigating the fraught political gauntlet that is another Donald Trump presidential candidacy. The digging and probing stories that Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward wrote […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s advisers and Democratic Party leaders have been preparing for more than the usual political protests on the campaign trail this year, from both the left and right, and recently began crafting a plan to address it, according to four people familiar with the planning. As part of the strategy, Biden […]