Month: January 2025

By KAKE Staff Click here for updates on this story     WICHITA, Kan (KAKE) — A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for leaving his baby in the I-135 canal in south Wichita. The Sedgwick County district attorney’s office said Judge Tyler Roush on Thursday sentenced Vincent Perez to 54 months with

By Veronica Haynes Click here for updates on this story     BOSTON (WCVB) — A former Keolis engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $8 million from the agency. The U.S. Attorney said John Pigsley, an assistant chief engineer, admitted to committing wire fraud and tax evasion. The stolen funds were meant to help operate

By WLS Staff Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — Four teens have been charged in the death of a coyote earlier this month on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The incident happened January 11 in the 10600 block of South Sacramento Avenue Mount Greenwood, Chicago police said. Illinois Conservation police said the teens,

By Josh Wallace Click here for updates on this story     OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — An Oklahoma City Thunder fan was feeling lucky during Thursday night’s game against the Dallas Mavericks. After receiving the last good luck bump from Rumble the Bison, the fan lined up and sunk the half-court shot, winning $20,000. Oklahoma City Thunder

By Jeramie Bizzle Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WBBM) — Four teens are charged in connection to the killing of a coyote in Mount Greenwood earlier this month, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The teens, ages 16 and 17, face conservation-related violations for their involvement in the killing, including

By Celeste Springer Click here for updates on this story     PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (KRDO) — According to the U.S. Northern Command, elements of two Fort Carson units have been activated to help bolster security at the United States southern border. The U.S. Northern Command Public Affairs Office says the following Colorado Army units

By Akilah Davis Click here for updates on this story     WASHINGTON (WTVD) — The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina got a significant boost Thursday in its fight to become a federally recognized tribe. President Donald Trump, just days into his second term, advanced recognition of the tribe in a Memorandum for the Secretary of the

By Pepper Purpura Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — The new presidential administration’s changes to federal immigration policy are prompting questions about where immigration law can be enforced after an arrest Thursday at the Polk County courthouse. KCCI received more than a dozen tips on Thursday about U.S. Immigration

By Amanda Rooker Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Some Iowans are raising concern about new proposed state science standards. The Iowa Department of Education’s proposal would remove the phrase “climate change” and some other scientific words and concepts from state standards. Nearly 40 people came in person to

KCCI By Amanda Rooker Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Some Iowans are raising concern about new proposed state science standards. The Iowa Department of Education’s proposal would remove the phrase “climate change” and some other scientific words and concepts from state standards. Nearly 40 people came in person

By Julie O’Donoghue Click here for updates on this story     COUSHATTA, Louisiana (KTBS) — Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice is transferring incarcerated girls to the Ware Youth Center, with which the leader of the state office has a longstanding personal connection. Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration had ended the state’s contract with Ware in Coushatta

KCRA, GORETTI DEANDA, JENNI CHAVEZ, ROBYN PAIGE, CNN By Carolina Estrada Click here for updates on this story     SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — Goretti Deanda’s maltipoo, Chloe, was on her daily walk with her mother at John Strauch Park in South Natomas when she was attacked and killed by a pack of “wolf dogs.” “They came