Month: June 2019
Ag Education on the Move emphasizes STEM curriculum
Ag Education on the Move is putting more emphasis on STEM, or science, technology, engineering and math education. Tom Steever spoke to Ag Education on the Move Director Luella Gregory, who says the addition of [Read More…]
14 lions ‘escaped’ from South Africa’s Kruger National Park were a ‘false alarm’
Kenneth Canning/iStock(PRETORIA, South Africa) — A pride of 14 lions that were reported to have escaped from South Africa’s Kruger National Park actually weren’t from the park at all, officials said. Residents of Phalaborwa, in [Read More…]
Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building leaving one dead, five injured: Police
ABC News(DALLAS) — A crane collapsed on a Dallas apartment building and parking garage on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring five others, according to rescue officials. The crane tore through multiple floors [Read More…]
Youth Treatment Facility accused of abuse
Residents suffer physical, mental and sexual abuse at S.D. youth home Bart Pfankuch South Dakota News Watch Youths and young adults housed at the Aurora Plains Academy in Plankinton, S.D. have endured physical, mental and [Read More…]
Northeast set for rainy start to week, while West deals with record heat
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The same dose of tropical moisture that dumped 13 inches of rain in Boone, North Carolina, over the weekend is expected to make its way into the Northeast to start the [Read More…]
Small town business celebrates a giant step
A Saturday celebration in a small town drew a huge crowd as an 88 year old business took a giant step. Dimock Cheese marked the grand opening of its new retail store along Highway 37 [Read More…]
One of California’s biggest cannabis companies going public on Canadian stock exchange
John Patriquin/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Steve DeAngelo co-founded a medical marijuana business in Northern California as a non-profit more than a decade ago, he never dreamed the plant treasured by [Read More…]
Sea lion pup trapped in plastic ribbon freed by SeaWorld San Diego specialists
SeaWorld via KGTV(SAN DIEGO) — Animal rescuers from SeaWorld San Diego freed a sea lion pup trapped in plastic ribbon, and captured the release on video. The sea lion had what appears to be plastic [Read More…]
‘It was so refreshing,’ Arkansas hiker Josh McClatchy says of sipping water after rescue
Courtesy Josh Obeidin(MENA, Ark.) — An Arkansas hiker missing for nearly a week in the woods couldn’t wait to take his first gulps of clean water when he was located by rescuers, he said soon [Read More…]
Faith under fire: How 3 congregations moved on from mass shootings
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sherri Pomeroy was traveling for work when she heard there had been a shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where her husband Frank is a pastor. Hearing [Read More…]
Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building leaving one dead, five injured: Police
ABC News(DALLAS) — A crane collapsed on a Dallas apartment building and parking garage on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring five others, according to rescue officials. The crane tore through multiple floors [Read More…]
Police: California woman impersonated social worker to try and kidnap newborn
KABC-TV(SANTA ANA, Calif.) — Police have arrested a woman who allegedly impersonated a social worker in an apparent effort to kidnap a California woman’s newborn child. Officers arrested the woman on suspicion of kidnapping after [Read More…]
Egypt can demand return of King Tut statue going up for auction: Former antiquities chief
Chesnot/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Egypt has the right to demand the repatriation of a stone sculpture of King Tutankhamun before it goes up for auction at Christie’s in London next month, according to the country’s [Read More…]
Crane collapses on Dallas apartment building leaving 1 dead, 6 injured: Police
ABC News(DALLAS) — A crane collapsed on a Dallas apartment building and parking garage on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring six others, according to rescue officers. The crane tore through multiple floors [Read More…]
Sea lion pup trapped in plastic ribbon freed by SeaWorld San Diego specialists
SeaWorld via KGTV(SAN DIEGO) — Animal rescuers from SeaWorld San Diego freed a sea lion pup trapped in plastic ribbon, and captured the release on video. The sea lion had what appears to be plastic [Read More…]
American Airlines extends flight cancellations involving beleaguered Boeing 737 Max
David Ryder/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — American Airlines extended cancellations of flights involving the grounded Boeing 737 Max jet on Sunday in a move that’s expected to inconvenience hundreds of passengers daily through Labor Day. The [Read More…]
‘It was so refreshing,’ Arkansas hiker Josh McClatchy says of sipping water after rescue
Courtesy Josh Obeidin(MENA, Ark.) — An Arkansas hiker missing for nearly a week in the woods couldn’t wait to take his first gulps of clean water when he was located by rescuers, he said soon [Read More…]
Faith under fire: How 3 congregations moved on from mass shootings
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sherri Pomeroy was traveling for work when she heard there had been a shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, where her husband Frank is a pastor. Hearing [Read More…]
Nearly 700 witness Missouri SB 391 ceremonial signing in Sedalia
Missouri Governor Mike Parson ceremoniously signed Senate Bill 391 at the Missouri Cattlemen’s Steak Fry Saturday evening. “This is about the future,” Parson told Brownfield Ag News following the signing. “This is how do you [Read More…]
Body of Texas police chief found after falling off fishing boat
KTRK(GALVESTON, TX.) — Search and rescue crews have recovered the body of a Texas police chief and former Army paratrooper who went missing after he fell off a fishing boat in Galveston Bay. Chris Reed, [Read More…]