Visitors to a Mesa park are calling 911 to report alligators lurking in the water — but there’s no cause for alarm, according to Arizona city officials. The three alligators at Riverview Park aren’t real. “If you look at it long enough, it doesn’t move,” Mesa Parks and Recreation Director Andrea Moore told KPNX. “They’re […]
New video shows crews pulling a car out of a private pond in Washington Township Monday afternoon. >>Federal judge issues new ruling blocking enforcement of Ohio’s social media law Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies and Washington Township firefighters were dispatched around 12:40 p.m. to Waterstone Boulevard on reports of a car in the water. Cellphone video […]
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) — A body was recovered from a pond in Richland County Sunday afternoon, the Ohio Department of Natural resources (ODNR) reported. The search for the person began Saturday evening after a boat capsized on Mackey’s Pond in Plymouth Township. Fire levels clubhouse, home at ‘loved’ local golf course Two other people […]
SHELBY ― The body of a 24-year-old man was recovered Sunday afternoon after a boat he was in Saturday night capsized in a pond on London West Road in northern Richland County. Sunday, Richland County coroner’s investigator Bob Ball identified the deceased as Zackery Willis, 24, of Shelby. Numerous agencies, including fire departments, law enforcement, […]
The Florida Wildlife Conservation found two bodies that were missing from a small boat located in a Hastings pond on Saturday. Around 10 a.m. Sunday, two of the three Hispanic males were found dead. Read: Four-year-old child dies in a hit-and-run on Merrill Road, JSO is still investigating Florida Wildlife Conservation says they are looking […]
SCOTTS HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — Three people were honored in Scotts Hill earlier this week for their brave actions during a freezing water rescue last month. According to Scotts Hill Police Chief Travis Dunavant, on Jan. 11, an elderly local couple was traveling south on Highway 114 when the man went off the road, running […]
The rest of a missing Missouri man’s remains were recovered Friday in a pond in southern Camden County, the sheriff’s office said. Donald “Donnie” Erwin went missing 10 years ago after leaving his home in Camdenton, about 150 miles southeast of Kansas City. He told his wife on Dec. 29, 2013, that he was going […]
A 120-pound dog withstood an icy pond until she was saved by firefighters, the Long Grove, Illinois, fire department said. “I give all the credit to the fire department. They saved her life,” owner Rosanne Stavros told the Daily Herald. “She had already been treading water probably for about a half-hour, so she didn’t have […]
Feb. 3—EAST LYME — It was close to one year ago that the Water and Sewer Commission authorized the developer of a proposed 454-unit senior housing complex on Dodge Pond to send 75,000 daily gallons of sewage through the town system, but there has been no movement publicly since then. First Selectman Dan Cunningham this […]
Firefighters jumped into a pond to rescue a dog that had fallen through the ice in New Hampshire, officials said. The dog was spotted and reported to rescuers at 1:54 p.m., Antrim Fire & Ambulance said in a Jan. 31 Facebook post. When rescuers got to the scene, they saw the dog stuck in the […]
A father died saving his 4-year-old son after both plunged through thin ice into a frozen pond, Maine officials reported. Kevin Howell, 51, and his son had gone for a morning walk when they both broke through the ice on Etna Pond at 6:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office said in […]
The manager of a town in Maine died after saving his 4-year-old son when both fell through a frozen pond while out on a walk Friday, police said. Kevin Howell, 51, was walking with his son around 6:30 a.m. when they broke through Etna Pond, about 1/3 of a mile from their Carmel home, the […]