It really wasn’t that long ago that children didn’t have TikTok or video games, Connie Lee Cushman lamented. They used to play outside and be imaginative. In the early ‘70s, Cushman played outdoors all day under the Mississippi sun with siblings, cousins and neighborhood friends. They pretended they were police officers, bank robbers, cowboys, outlaws […]
A longtime employee for the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games will serve eight years in federal prison for attempting to blow up the games’ office with a homemade bomb. Thomas Dewey Taylor Jr., 45, of Newland in Avery County, pleaded guilty to several federal charges: attempting to damage and destroy a building used in interstate commerce […]
You know your family’s been around Wichita awhile when it has a street named for it. Or, in Don Martinson’s case, three of them. There’s Martinson Street, which runs through Delano and south Wichita. It was named by Martinson’s grandfather, who developed much of Delano in the late 1880s. A little farther west are Charles […]
Loved ones are devastated after a beloved grandfather was killed in a rollover crash and the suspect remains at large. The victim was identified as Allen Yangkaou Lee, 67, according to the Irvine Police Department. The crash happened on May 9 as Allen was driving northbound on Culver Drive towards Trabuco Road in Irvine at […]
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — I’ijayah Johnson’s short, 9-day life seemed to be a tumultuous one. Born April 25 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, her grandfather, worried that his son or daughter-in-law were not fit to be parents, said he warned hospital staff that he feared for the infant’s life. His pleas, he said, were ignored. […]
Deputies arrested a 54-year-old grandfather on suspicion of child endangerment after he reportedly gave $20 to an unknown homeless woman to take his 7-year-old granddaughter to a thrift store on Monday while he went into a Sacramento-area bar. The grandfather on Tuesday remained in custody at the Sacramento County Main Jail; his bail amount was […]
A Mason County family is remembering their loved one who was killed in a crash, involving a Washington State Trooper. INVESTIGATION: On April 6 around 2:37 p.m., a Washington State Patrol trooper was driving southbound on US-101 as they were responding to an emergency in the area with their lights and sirens on, the Mason […]
A 15-year-old is accused of fatally shooting his grandfather during an argument, Oklahoma cops say. The argument started when the grandfather slapped his grandson for saying he wanted to eat lunch, police told KOCO. The 15-year-old took the man’s pistol and shot him, KOCO reported. Police were led to the front yard of a Midwest […]
A reward is being offered as authorities are searching for the suspect who shot and killed a grandfather in South Gate. The victim was identified as Hector Ascencio Sr., 57, by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On Sept. 16, 2023, Ascencio was inside his home on the 2500 block of Glenwood Place. Someone had […]
[Source] A 70-year-old grandfather from China is taking social media by storm and inspiring viewers with his amazing physique and disciplined fitness routine. Going viral: Zou Heping, who hails from Chongqing, has attracted widespread attention for his extraordinary fitness and youthful physique. Despite his age, Zou’s body resembles that of a much younger person’s, with […]
A Florida man who killed three people before dying in a shootout with police had an arsenal in his car and may have been planning a huge attack, authorities said Monday. Police responded to a call on Sunday about a man causing a disturbance at a family birthday party in Palm Bay, Fla., about 75 […]
Loved ones are devastated after a grandfather was killed by stolen vehicle suspects as they sped through the streets of South Los Angeles. Family and friends of the victim, Alberto Castaneda, 72, are devastated as the suspects remain at large. “I never thought I was going to be here doing this interview,” said Martha Correa, […]