Seven people were killed and more than 40 were injured in the July 4, 2022, mass shooting Courtesy Keely Roberts Cooper Roberts It has been two years since a gunman opened fire at a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Seven people were killed and more than 40 were injured […]
During a North Carolina couple’s visit to Family Kingdom Amusement Park in Myrtle Beach on July 23, 2021, the husband rode the Swamp Fox Roller Coaster. After the ride, he suffered a spinal cord injury, rendering him paralyzed, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in Horry County Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court by the […]
A ride at a historic Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, amusement park turned into a nightmare that left a man paralyzed, a North Carolina couple alleges in a lawsuit. The couple, identified as Gangia Adhikari and husband Kul Sannyashi, said they visited the Family Kingdom Amusement Park July 23, 2021, and rode the wooden Swamp Fox […]
A North Carolina husband and wife have filed separate lawsuits against a Myrtle Beach amusement park claiming its roller coaster left the husband paralyzed. Gangia Adhikari claims in a suit that her husband, Kul Sannyashi, was left paralyzed after allegedly riding the Swamp Fox roller coaster at Family Kingdom, 300 S. Ocean Blvd. A similar […]
In the fall of 2022, Dr. William Dugal, then 32, contracted Covid-19 and began experiencing unusual symptoms. “It started with the numbness in my feet, almost like my shoes were too tight, and it progressed to where I was having trouble walking,” Dugal, now 34, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tells TODAY.com. “I knew there was […]
They came holding purple balloons in the thick evening heat, dozens of them, all to honor the man who once cruised their streets by wheelchair, and who most everyone in this tight-knit city knew by name. Jackie Davis. In a night of both strength and sorrow, the sky in Pascagoula filled with balloons of his […]
Richard Steven Valencia Here’s a roundup of recent incidents and announcements from Ventura County agencies: Santa Paula man gets 25 years to life in attempted murder of neighbor A 45-year-old Santa Paula man was sentenced last week to 25 years to life in prison in connection with the attempted murder of a neighbor who was […]
A Santa Paula man was sentenced to prison after nearly killing his neighbor during an argument. Richard Steven Valencia, 45, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for the attempted murder, according to the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office. On Oct. 9, 2020, Valencia was involved in a verbal argument with his […]
Brazil’s flooded south remained paralyzed Monday, with schools and health centers shut and streets cut off as overflowing rivers showed no sign of receding after torrential rains in a disaster that has left 147 dead. More than two million people have been affected by the flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where […]
The recent 2024 Hometown Heroes charity motorcycle event in St. Johns County raised about $63,000, portions of which will help an Army veteran rebuild his life after a training accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. About $20,000 will be used for scholarships at HorsePlay Therapy’s RiseUp program, which has provided assisted equine therapy […]
An Arizona woman who was allegedly kidnapped by her husband and shot by police says she was wrongly identified as a murder suspect and had her hands up, according to a new lawsuit filed against two deputies and their departments in southwest Kansas. The January 2023 shooting, the lawsuit said, left her permanently paralyzed. The […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The eyes of a survivor hold horrific truths, and 32-year-old Tyra Randle’s seen things most of us can’t imagine. “I think he did mean to kill me, but God had another plan,” said Randle about her ex-boyfriend, 45-year-old Lonnell James. A Clay County judge sentenced him to life in prison last […]