IRVING, Texas – Family members of the two people killed in Wednesday’s shooting at a Chick-fil-A in Irving dropped off fresh flowers on Saturday morning and spoke publicly for the first time. Loved ones of 49-year-old Patricia Portillo and 31-year-old Brayan Godoy held hands in prayer around the small memorial in front of the restaurant […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hundreds of people gathered Friday to celebrate the life of three-year-old Ramone Carter just one week after he was shot and killed on Domedion Avenue. Carter was laid to rest at the Greater Royal Worship Center in a small coffin with flowers and a ribbon that read “Beloved Luckie.” “A three-year-old […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Less than two weeks after a deadly hit and run in Albuquerque, the loved ones of the victim gathered to remember her Friday night. They hope someone in the community knows what happened. Story continues below The loved ones of 35-year-old Jeneva Salazar said she was a loving friend, sister, and daughter. “She […]
TAMPA, Fla. – The family of a 28-year-old woman is now navigating their grief this week after she was killed in a Tampa crash over the weekend. Emily Koutsoliontos may have been a New York native, but she lived like a Tampa Bay area local. “She loved the job. She loved her new life in […]
You may not be familiar with the term “pebbling,” but if you’re a human with social media, you’ve experienced it. Pebbling is the social phenomenon of sending people memes, videos or links to show you’re thinking of them. A funny cat video, a recipe, an article you simply have to share … if you’re DMing […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Alicia Humiston bought her condo in Lahaina after she visited Maui and fell for its rainforests, lava fields and the whales that gather offshore. She travels there about three times a year and rents out her unit for short periods when she’s not in Hawaii. “Maui was my dream place,” she said […]
Nine-year-old Zerick I. Ozuna was a master at playing the card game Uno, often beating his teachers and providing his friends strategies for winning, said Farley Elementary School principal Katie Sonderegger. “He truly held a special place in the hearts of many of our students and staff members,” she wrote in a message Auburn-Washburn USD […]
Danelectro’s U-Series guitars of the ’50s and Shorthorn models of the late ’50s and ’60s are textbook examples of modern minimalist guitar design. Manufactured to be sold to the masses at the lowest prices possible (Danelectros typically sold for about $40 in the late ’50s, while a Fender Telecaster’s list price was about $200), they […]
Lots of folks these days are familiar with the monikers “Soccer Mom” and “Hockey Mom.” But have you heard of “Chess Dads”? Well, there’s a group of Detroit dads that have been making moves for years; taking their kids to practices and tournaments all over; sitting in silence — sometimes for hours at a time […]
Before the advent of the cellphone, Mother’s Day was traditionally the busiest of the holidays for calling, surpassing even Christmas, while Father’s Day represented the highest for collect calls, according to AT&T. That stat would be among many in the Father’s Day vs. Mother’s Day divide, which would seemingly fit into the late Rodney Dangerfield’s […]
Loved ones held a vigil to honor a woman who was murdered after a brutal sexual assault along the Venice Canals. Sarah Alden, 53, was declared brain-dead in May before being taken off life support shortly after. Portions of the Sherman Canal were transformed Thursday night as hundreds of friends, family, neighbors and community members […]
It’s been a little more than two weeks since a Williamson County teen was fatally shot at a party the night after her high school graduation, and the community is still trying to come to terms with what happened. Franklin Police were called May 25 and told that Lily Basil, 18, had been shot on […]