Over 100 community members gathered to remember a 15-year-old killed in a police shooting in Dayton Saturday night. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: New details, photos released after 1 shot, killed by Dayton police News Center 7′s Malik Patterson talks to family members who hosted the balloon release to honor their loved one LIVE on News Center 7 […]
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ALDOT gathers public input on new Southside bridge, defends plan for U-turns on 77
SOUTHSIDE — More than 150 people packed into the Southside Community Center on June 20 to gather information and make their views known on plans to construct a new northbound Alabama Highway 77 bridge over the Coosa River between Rainbow City and Southside. The meeting seeking the public’s input was hosted by the Alabama Department […]
Heer to Serve gathers, distributes food and other items to unhoused people in Columbus
It’s all about connections, Emily Myers said. When folks at Heer to Serve’s storage facility found out that Myers gives furniture to people moving from homelessness to housing, the employees offered items that get cleared out of abandoned units. Every other week, Myers and volunteers for their Heer to Serve mutual-aid organization set up tables […]
Community gathers to honor Summer Wells with “Summer’s Day”
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – On June 15, 2021, 5-year-old Summer Wells went missing from her home in Hawkins County, Tennessee. Three years later, the community continues to work tirelessly to keep Summer’s name in the public’s mind. On Saturday, the Kingsport community held “Summer’s Day,” an event honoring the missing child. Summer’s father, Don Wells, […]
Multiagency center gathers tornado recovery resources under one roof
Jun. 12—Some residents of Rogers, Mayes and Delaware counties affected by the May 25 tornado need help filing insurance claims. Others are looking for household items to replace those lost in the storm or mental health help to process their losses. For some, it’s all of the above. About 20 organizations assembled a multiagency resource […]
local activist group gathers for National Gun Violence Awareness
Volunteers with Moms Demand Action and community members gathered at Palace Coffee and Bakery in downtown Eugene on Friday to honor victims and survivors of gun violence. Friday was National Gun Violence Awareness Day and the start of “Wear Orange” weekend, which began in 2013 following the death of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, who was shot […]
Warren Buffett Gathers His Energy Gang To Extract Lithium
Warren Buffett-backed Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy announced a joint venture on Tuesday to extract lithium from geothermal electricity production. OXY shares angled lower early Tuesday. X Occidental Petroleum and Berkshire Hathaway Energy Renewables agreed to test and deploy technology to extracting lithium from geothermal brine. Geothermal brine is the hot salty […]
Gather’s Fill the Hall food drive in Portsmouth seeks your help
PORTSMOUTH — The summer food drive Fill the Hall — run by the anti-hunger nonprofit Gather — is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Saturday June 22 at The Music Hall. “We’re putting the call out to the Seacoast community to help us make this the most successful food drive in our history!” said Gather Executive […]
An angry Trump gathers allies to push against Stormy Daniels
NEW YORK — When Stormy Daniels testified in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, the former president huffed in his seat. He shook his head at times. His anger was so visible and distracting that the judge asked his lawyers to tell him to cool off. But for all the eye-popping stories about their alleged tryst — […]
Bereaved community gathers at crash site-turned candlelight vigil for 3 Baird teens killed by drunk driver
BAIRD, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Hundreds gathered Tuesday evening at a Baird intersection to mourn the loss of 18-year-olds Layni Potter and Madi Buchanan, and 16-year-old Ryan Bilby. That intersection was the very site that the three teens lost their lives just two days earlier when a drunk driver collided with their vehicle. “We’re here to […]
Police community gathers for funeral of fallen CMPD officer Joshua Eyer
Members of police agencies from across North Carolina are gathering in Charlotte on Friday to join friends and family in honoring the life of Joshua Eyer. Eyer joined the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in 2017. He was killed on Monday after a suspect opened fire on a task force that was attempting to serve an arrest […]
Rally gathers in downtown Fort Worth to bring awareness to unsolved cold cases
Relative to about a thousand cold cases that are being investigated at the Fort Worth Police Department, only six have been solved, according to the FWPD Cold Case Support Group. Notable solved cases in Fort Worth include those of Carla Walker and Melissa Brown, formerly known as Melissa Highsmith. Walker was 17 when she was […]