A teenager ran to the front desk of a hotel to escape an alleged sexual assault by a 45-year-old Aynor man, according to an Horry County Police report. Dale Andrews was arrested and taken to J. Reuben Long Detention Center on April 29 for alleged crimes in July. He has been charged with third degree […]
The mother of a 4-year-old who died from a fentanyl overdose pleaded guilty Tuesday to her daughter getting into her drugs. Judy Bribiescas, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in Benton County Superior Court. She was initially charged with first-degree manslaughter. Bribiescas has no previous felony convictions. The standard range is about two years in […]
Apr. 24—Police arrested a 32-year-old man on a burglary charge following a disturbance Friday night at a Joplin motel. Officers were called at 6:24 p.m. to the Budget Inn, 1822 W. Seventh St., when Aaron L. King, of Joplin, allegedly forced his way into the motel room of 42-year-old Dean Reynolds, assaulted him and tried […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating a shooting near a motel that left two dead on Monday night. According to police, shortly after 8 p.m., officers were called to the 9200 block of Airline Highway at the Fountain Motel where a shooting was reported. Police say as a result […]
On Nov. 19, 2023, Brittany Abosede engaged in what police charged was an act of prostitution. Abosede, 34, went to a room at the Days Inn on Route 30 where she met a 66-year-old Harrisburg man named David Butts, who allegedly agreed to pay her $300 to urinate on him. She completed the act and […]
Two drivers were injured when a woman began randomly shooting at passing cars on a stretch of Interstate 10 in the Florida Panhandle, investigators say. Both victims are expected to survive, including one who was shot in the neck, the Florida Highway Patrol reported in a news release. Their identities have not been released. A […]
A man was arrested for firing shots through the door and window of a motel room in Bibb County after an argument got heated. The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says Cody Aaron Stephenson, 32, got into an argument with two men at Motel 6 located at 105 Riverside Parkway, just after 3 p.m. on Friday, […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — Firefighters in Orlando battled a fire at near one of Universal Studios’ resorts early Saturday morning. According to the Orlando Fire Department, the blaze happened at an abandoned motel on South Kirkman Road, near Universal’s Endless Summer Resort. Which states are Floridians moving to? Fire crews arrived at the scene at […]
I make a living writing about all things home, but I’ve been embarrassingly slow to change my bedding. So in January, after years of sleeping under a mediocre blanket, I decided to invest in a new comforter. And not just any comforter — the wildly popular Bedsure Comforter, which was recommended to me by my […]
Two peoples continued to recover Tuesday after a Monday afternoon shooting at a Fort Myers motel as authorities continued to search for the perpetrators. Fort Myers police around 4 p.m. Monday announced they were working an isolated shooting at Super 8 by Wyndham Fort Myers, 2717 Colonial Blvd., where the two were wounded. The motel is […]
Mar. 25—For more than six decades, the Tanglewood Motel in Maggie Valley provided shelter to visitors, but after renovation it is emerging as a small-shop and travel destination, showcasing local crafts and antiques. Tanglewood Village and Shops opened last November, with its 19 storefronts housing local crafts, antiques and art. Seeing potential When Karen Hoover […]
The former Quality Inn & Suites in Thousand Oaks has been a semi-abandoned construction site for about the past six months. Piles of broken asphalt and construction debris sit on the property. Some wings of the old motel have fresh paint and new windows; others don’t. Tarps cover most of the roof. Last summer, contractors […]