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By Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story     ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — The Ferguson Police Department has launched a new recruitment strategy where it will pay residents to help bring in new officers. “Who best to recruit for the police departments are the people who live in this community,” says Chief

By Karli Barnett Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA, Georgia (WANF) — A north Georgia man has died after falling into a manhole while working. Robert Hall, 34, worked at a plumbing company contracted to do a job at Armuchee High School in Rome. He lost his life Thursday when he fell into

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     PORT NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — The second of two funerals will be held Friday morning following the deadly cargo ship fire at Port Newark. Wayne “Bear” Brooks Jr., 49, and Augusto “Augie” Acabou, 45, both made the ultimate sacrifice just over one week ago.

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — A former Birmingham art dealer pleaded guilty to carrying out a $1.5 million scheme and defrauding 10 customers, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Wendy Halstead Beard, 58, was charged with wire fraud, stemming from a multi-year scheme between March 2019 and

By Web staff Click here for updates on this story     DETROIT, Michigan (WWJ) — The fiancée of the man who fell off the Ambassador Bridge into the Detroit River on Wednesday is thanking the people who saved his life. “I just want to say thank you for everyone who brought him back to me and

By Connor Hills Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Two people are dead, and one more is seriously injured near the Lake of Ozarks in Missouri after a plane crash Thursday, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. MSHP Troop F reports that just after 12:30 p.m., Osage Beach

By Andrew Ozaki Click here for updates on this story     LINCOLN, Nebraska (KETV) — An incredible update on a Lincoln woman’s battle to continue her life-saving cancer treatments. We first told you about Cathy Martinez, the autism advocate diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer three years ago. But on June 12 her insurance company, Medica,

By Claire Metz Click here for updates on this story     HOLLY HILL, Florida (WESH) — A Holly Hill police officer protected and served in a different way this weekend when she helped deliver a baby in a Walgreens parking lot. Officer Kristin McCorkle was just a few blocks away when the call came in. Good

By Addie Meiners Click here for updates on this story     LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — Annie Smith was living on the streets in 2018, addicted to drugs, and sitting at rock bottom. Then, she found the St. Vincent de Paul Women’s Recovery program, and the rest is history. “I was broken,” Smith said. “I went into

By Ashlyn Mitchell Click here for updates on this story     GULF SHORES, Alabama (WALA) — A local teen is still in shock after experiencing the unthinkable. “The lifeguards told me I pulled back and said ‘I just got shocked’ and then I started hyperventilating. And the next thing I know for sure is I was

By Josh Jackson Click here for updates on this story     JACKSON COUNTY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Jackson County homeowner living on a fixed income says he might have to move out soon if his property taxes aren’t lowered. He said the latest increases could force him out of the home he’s lived in for more

By Gabe Swartz Click here for updates on this story     KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A Shawnee man was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a little less than $20,000 in restitution to victims during sentencing in federal court Thursday. The man, 47-year-old Richard B. Smith III, pleaded guilty on July

By Soyoung Kim Click here for updates on this story     OREGON (KPTV) — A 5-year-old girl has overcome so many obstacles to get to where she’s at today. She has special needs and her family said the next challenge they’re determined to help her achieve is gaining some independence. Joanna Ellenbeck said her only child,

By Chandler Watkins Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A Portland family is grieving the loss of an 11-year-old boy who was killed in a crash, and they are demanding justice as the man charged in connection with the crash has already been released from jail. On Wednesday afternoon, the

By Nick Catlin Click here for updates on this story     ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — “Walter Hartwell White,” the beloved protagonist from the Albuquerque-based TV series Breaking Bad, has decided to make a run at U.S. Congress. A Federal Election Commission filing shows White is running for a House of Representatives seat in the 2nd

By Hector Molina and Marcy Jones Click here for updates on this story     NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (WFSB) — New Haven police believe a dead dog that was found in a milk crate was shot. Authorities said the investigation began on July 8. A resident told them that the dog was found dead in the crate

By Faith Egbuonu Click here for updates on this story     RIO ARRIBA COUNTY, New Mexico (KOAT) — A judge awarded an 8-year-old girl in foster care $485 million in a sexual assault case in Rio Arriba County. According to court documents, the child was raped repeatedly by her former foster care parent, Clarence Garcia. Garcia,

By KCCI Staff Click here for updates on this story     DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Some of Iowa’s greatest athletes will be immortalized in butter at next month’s Iowa State Fair. Caitlin Clark, Jack Trice and Kurt Warner will join the iconic butter cow on display in the John Deere Agriculture Building once butter sculptor

By Rachel Duncan Click here for updates on this story     LAUREL, Maryland (WBAL) — A bone bed was discovered at the Prince George’s County Dinosaur Park in Laurel. The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission on Wednesday announced a recent discovery of a bone bed, a term used by paleontologists when bones of one or

By Evan Sobol and Zoe Strothers Click here for updates on this story     CONNECTICUT (WFSB) — Dangerous flooding has been occurring along the Connecticut River. Earlier this evening, water levels in the Middletown area were about knee-deep, and have continued to rise since then. But the talk of the town has been runaway boat docks