Month: December 2018
Search for missing Colorado mother Kelsey Berreth intensifies
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — The search for a young Colorado mother who vanished on Thanksgiving Day is intensifying with local police enlisting help from law enforcement nationwide and worried loved ones asking [Read More…]
VA, NC and more digging out after snowstorm slams Southeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The major winter storm that just pummeled the Southeast brought 2 feet of snow to Whitetop, Virginia, and up to 20 inches of powder in North Carolina. Richmond, Virginia, had its [Read More…]
242 swimmers hit the water in Mitchell
Mitchell’s new indoor aquatic center hosted 242 swimmers representing 10 communities during this weekend’s the 2018 South Dakota Mitchell Aquatic Club Winter Invitational. The three-day event began Friday afternoon and wrapped up early Sunday evening. [Read More…]
NFU’s Johnson concerned about grain data sharing
A farmer organization is concerned about how improper use of technology might hurt farmers when it’s time to sell what they grow. National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson tells Brownfield the announcement by grain traders [Read More…]
Sandy Hook mom reflects on ‘incredibly raw’ grief ahead of sixth anniversary
Courtesy BBDO New York and Sandy Hook Promise(NEW YORK) — Every year without her son Dylan and his classmates who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School is unimaginably difficult for Nicole Hockley, but this [Read More…]
Kid’s Christmas Shopping a hit
Saturday marked the 21st annual Mitchell Kid’s Christmas Shopping at the Masonic Lodge. It was the first one for Mitchell Main Street and Beyond Executive Director Jared Indahl. “It’s really fun, people watching the kids,” said [Read More…]
Five children dead in Ohio house fire; arson not suspected
MattGush/iStock(YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio) — Five children have died following a house fire in Youngstown, Ohio, local fire officials said. Arson is not suspected in the Sunday night blaze, officials said. Youngstown is just miles from the [Read More…]
Retailers set online sale prices for ‘Green Monday’
artisteer/iStock(NEW YORK) — With Christmas fast approaching, retailers are offering some last minute deals for online shoppers on Monday. Known as Green Monday, the day is similar to Cyber Monday and usually falls on the [Read More…]
BaubleBar founder says worst advice she ever heard was ‘fake it until you make it’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Daniella Yacobovsky and Amy Jain are the best friend duo behind BaubleBar, the fashion, jewelry and accessories brand founded in 2011 that has attracted the likes of Meghan Markle, Olivia Palermo, [Read More…]
More than 276,000 still without power after winter storm slams Southeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The major winter storm that just pummeled the Southeast brought Whitetop, Virginia, two feet of snow, parts of West Virginia 20 inches and parts of North Carolina almost 19 inches as [Read More…]
‘When is this going to stop?’: Florida activist highlights devastating impact of algae blooms on wildlife
Colleen Gill(NAPLES, Fla.) — Colleen Gill walks the beaches in Naples, Florida regularly, a scarf or mask covering her mouth and armed with a camera and cell phone. For months Gill has been documenting the [Read More…]
Man confined to wheelchair after diving accident injures his spine walks at college graduation
FIU(MIAMI) — A South Florida college student who became confined to a wheelchair after suffering a debilitating spinal injury was able to walk during his graduation ceremony. Venezuela native Aldo Amenta broke his neck when [Read More…]
Nuns misappropriated $500K in school funds, spending some on gambling and trips, Catholic church says
ABCNews.com(LOS ANGELES) — Two nuns at a Catholic church in Southern California are suspected of embezzling up to $500,000 in school funds, allegedly using some of the money to go on trips and gamble at [Read More…]
Elderly woman almost run over by man who stole her purse at Florida McDonald’s, video shows
Okeechobee Police Department (NEW YORK) — Surveillance video shows the dramatic moment an elderly woman in Florida was almost run over by a driver who allegedly had just stolen her purse. The woman had walked [Read More…]
Russia’s crumbling Baikonur spaceport is Earth’s only launch pad for manned flights
Patrick Reevell/ABC News(NEW YORK) — The landscape approaching Russia’s spaceport in Baikonur is otherworldly. The yellow steppe of southern Kazakhstan where it is located is effectively desert, unbroken flatlands for hundreds of miles covered by [Read More…]
Search for missing Colorado mother intensifies
Woodland Park Police Department(WOODLAND PARK, Colo.) — The search for a young Colorado mother who vanished on Thanksgiving Day is intensifying with local police enlisting help from law enforcement nationwide and worried loved ones asking [Read More…]
Massachusetts firefighter dies while battling huge blaze
WCVB-TV(WORCESTER, Mass.) — A Worcester, Massachusetts, firefighter died early Sunday while battling a massive fire in a three-story building — the latest in a sad history of firefighter deaths in the city. Firefighters responded to [Read More…]
Former Miss Kentucky admits she sent topless photos to young boy, officials say
Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office(CROSS LANES, W.Va.) — She impressed beauty pageant judges with her fiddle playing and tugged at hearts with her personal battle with multiple sclerosis, but now former Miss Kentucky Ramsey Bearse is [Read More…]
North Carolina, Virginia could see 1 foot of snow from major winter storm
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major storm that dumped over 10 inches of snow on Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday is moving into the Southeast on Sunday with heavy rain on the southern side and as [Read More…]
ATF investigating series of fires at Jehovah’s Witness centers
iStock(LACEY, Wash.) — Federal authorities in Washington state are investigating the latest in a troubling series of arson cases at worship halls for Jehovah’s Witnesses. The latest fire broke out Friday at a Kingdom Hall [Read More…]