Month: December 2018
Nation’s biggest banks poised for record-breaking year
SARINYAPINNGAM/iStock(NEW YORK) — If you’ve checked your 401(k) recently, you might have noticed that your account has taken a hit. But the same can’t be said for the country’s biggest banks. In fact, Goldman Sachs, [Read More…]
MFP payments WILL still go out if there’s a government shutdown
The USDA has confirmed that Market Facilitation Program payments will still go out to farmers if the federal government shuts down after midnight. President Trump authorized the second round of payments on Monday. FSA County Offices [Read More…]
Mild to seasonal weather across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, mild, dry weather covers the upper Midwest, although muddy conditions are locally hampering final corn and soybean harvest efforts. Meanwhile, a chilly rain—mixed with wet snow in a few spots—lingers across [Read More…]
A stormy pattern late next week for the Heartland
A storm system over the Appalachians will move northward into eastern Canada during the weekend. Additional rainfall in the Northeast could total 1 to 2 inches, with freezing rain expected early Friday in parts of [Read More…]
Fiancé of missing Colorado mother arrested for murder: Sources
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Patrick Frazee, the fiancé of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, was arrested for murder Friday morning, nearly one month after Berreth vanished, sources told ABC News. Berreth, a [Read More…]
Disneyland’s newest eatery open for business and it has a Dole Whip bar
Disneyland Resort(NEW YORK) — Tropical Hideaway is located in Adventureland, set along the Jungle River waterfront where Aladdin’s Oasis used to be. The menu features food from around the globe and a Dole Whip Bar. [Read More…]
Mom faces neglect charges after children found alone watching ‘Home Alone’
Delaware County Sheriff’s Office(MUNCIE, Ind.) — The parents in the movie “Home Alone” may have faced a very different outcome in reality for leaving their child to fend for himself. A mother in Indiana is [Read More…]
Mom faces neglect charges after children found alone watching ‘Home Alone’
Delaware County Sheriff’s Office(MUNCIE, Ind.) — The parents in the movie “Home Alone” may have faced a very different outcome in reality for leaving their child to fend for himself. A mother in Indiana is [Read More…]
‘Red alert’ search for Michigan woman missing in Peru widens: Police
Courtesy: Carlos Valpeoz(NEW YORK) — The desperate search for a visually impaired Michigan woman missing in Peru has shifted into “red alert” status with police fanning out across the country, combing towns and Incan ruins, [Read More…]
The latest revolution in winemaking adds ‘green’ to red, white and rosé
Silver Oak(NEW YORK) — Going green had become David Duncan’s mission. For the last 15 years, Duncan, the president and CEO of Silver Oak Cellars, had feverishly researched how he could transform his family’s California [Read More…]
Fiancé of missing Colorado mother arrested for murder: Sources
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Patrick Frazee, the fiancé of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, was arrested for murder Friday morning, nearly one month after Berreth vanished, sources told ABC News. Berreth, a [Read More…]
Federal officials accuse local authorities of impeding investigation into limo crash that killed 20
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(SCHOHARIE, NY) — Federal officials are accusing the New York county where 20 people were killed in a horrific limo crash of blocking the progress of the investigation, a letter written by the [Read More…]
Decades after NJ girl’s killing, police arrest suspect who was 13 at the time
Kuzma/iStock(ASBURY PARK, N.J.) — It’s been 26 years since 12-year-old Quiana Dees left her Asbury Park, New Jersey apartment and never returned, prosecutors said. In the early hours of May 2, 1992, Quiana was found [Read More…]
Police arrest fiancé of missing Colorado mother: Sources
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — Investigators served an arrest warrant Friday morning for Patrick Frazee, the fiancé of missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth, who hasn’t been seen in nearly one month, sources told [Read More…]
African Swine Fever and its impact on the hog markets
Since the announcement that African Swine Fever was in China in August, the hog market has found some support in possible disruption of China’s pork supply. In this Managing for Profit, livestock economist Scott Brown [Read More…]
Retailers offer last minute Christmas shopping and ‘Panic Saturday’ deals
CatLane/iStock(NEW YORK) — Christmas may be just days away, but if you waited until now to shop, fear not — it’s not too late to still secure a great last-minute gift for the loved ones [Read More…]
East Coast continues to get slammed by heavy rain during busy holiday travel period
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A southern storm brought two confirmed tornadoes to Florida, record rainfall in Orlando and damage to Georgia and the Carolinas on Thursday. Now the storm continues to inch its way north [Read More…]
National Park Service buys house in Atlanta where Martin Luther King Jr. was born
gregobagel/iStock(ATLANTA) — For more than two decades the National Park Service has been leading tours at the birthplace for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Now, 50 years after his death, the King Center has sold [Read More…]
Arrest warrant issued for 1 of 4 people who got lost in West Virginia mine
Alexey Dozmorov/iStock(CLEAR CREEK, W.Va.) — Police issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for one of the four people who allegedly broke into a West Virginia mine to steal copper, according to court documents. Three of [Read More…]
London’s Gatwick Airport reopens after day-long shutdown due to drones in the area
william87/iStock(LONDON) — London’s Gatwick Airport had a serious drone problem Thursday, but as of Friday morning, it is back to being operational. The airport was shut down at 9:03 p.m. on Wednesday due to reports [Read More…]