Ongoing lack of rain in the Charlotte region prompted an Iredell County utility on Wednesday to urge customers to cut back on non-essential water use. “The goal is to protect the water supply now in case drought conditions worsen,” according to an Iredell Water Corp. statement. The membership-owned, non-profit utility provides public drinking water in […]
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Metro police have issued another message to the public as the number of deadly crashes grows — three more fatal crashes on the valley’s roads on Monday. The message, posted with a video on social media, urged people to slow down. The message closed with a stark question: “Sgt. Rich Rundell […]
Seattle Police are looking into two drive-by shootings that happened in West Seattle early in the morning on Wednesday, May 15. Officers first responded to a shooting at Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Andover Street at 12:38 a.m., finding a 27-year-old man unharmed. According to officers, the man was being followed by suspects “brandishing guns” […]
CALUMET CITY, Ill. — It was a story Kevin Seeley had heard before. While growing up, Seeley would listen to his grandmother, Dee, talk about the murder of 18-year-old Karen Snider in Calumet City. The murder, which happened in 1966, remained unsolved. “I probably heard the story five times,” Seeley says. He didn’t have the […]
Ahead of a concerning fire season, the Washington National Guard is leaning on their partnership with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to train guard members in supporting wildfire fighting efforts. According to the Washington National Guard, the two organizations have worked together since 2012, when Major General Bret Daugherty encouraged a focus on […]
(Bloomberg) — Democratic US lawmakers led by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the timing of stock sales by UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s chairman and three executives. Most Read from Bloomberg The company officials netted a combined $101.5 million through trades made after the company was reportedly notified of […]
St. Paul’s municipal asphalt plant roared to life for the spring season in the first week of March, a full month earlier than is typical, without the traditional lineup of trucks rolling in from throughout the metro. The plant, which services municipalities throughout the state with hot mix, was able to get an early start […]
MARTIN COUNTY — Sea turtle safety and light pollution are reasons some South Hutchinson Island residents want a section of A1A darker than state transportation officials are proposing. A preliminary plan from the Florida Department of Transportation would add 32 new light poles to about 2,500 feet of A1A from the roundabout at Northeast Causeway […]
Turkey’s President’s AK Party lost major local elections in Istanbul and Ankara. The election results might impact Turkey’s relationship with Russia. Economic woes, including high inflation, were a decisive factor in the election results. The Turkish party led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan suffered big losses in local elections held on Sunday. Ekrem Imamoğlu, the […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is launching what the agency described as an emergency response effort in south Florida after emerging reports of smalltooth sawfish spinning, whirling and displaying other abnormal behaviors. In a statement released last Wednesday, NOAA said that in addition to the abnormal behaviors, there have been reports of fish […]
Residents of a Philadelphia-area suburb were ordered to shelter in their homes temporarily after a series of connected shootings on Saturday morning prompted a manhunt and hostage situation. Related: Police had cause to detain gunman before deadly Maine shooting last year – report At about 8.50am local time, Falls township police were called to a […]
For the second time in as many weeks, storms and likely tornadoes tore through Ohio Thursday night with 20 tornado warnings issued statewide. The storms included what is being called a “mass casualty event” at a trailer park at Indian Lake in Logan County, about 70 miles northwest of Columbus. However, a spokesperson for the […]