David Talukdar/Getty Images (LAHAINA, Hawaii) — Maui County says it has filed a lawsuit against local electric companies over damage caused by the devastating Maui wildfires, including ones in Lahaina and Kula. The lawsuit alleges that Maui Electric Company, Limited, Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., Hawaiʻi Electric Light Company, Inc., and […]
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department (MONTGOMERY COUNTY, N.C.) — Authorities said they believe they’ve found the remains of 39-year-old Allisha Watts, a North Carolina woman who has been missing for over a month. Watts’ boyfriend, James Dunmore, was arrested Thursday for murder, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. “This is […]
(Zion National Park, UT) — A new, free-admission visitor’s center is coming to Zion National Park. Zion Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh, Governor Spencer Cox, Utah Tourism Director Vicki Varela, and other local, state and federal officials and Paiute tribal leaders gathered on Tuesday at the site of the Discovery Center. It […]
(St. George, UT) — Southern Utah’s National Parks are serious money-makers. Figures out this week show that 13-million visitors to Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, and Canyonlands national parks, spent one-point-seven billion dollars at those parks and national monuments like Cedar Breaks last year. The 2022 National Parks Spending Effects reports […]
Michigan State Police (DETROIT) — Three people have been charged in the kidnapping of 14-day-old Michigan newborn twins from their mother’s hotel room earlier this week. Curtis Lee Slay, 18; Davion Demetrius Sherman Chandler, 19; and Shantell Re-Azia Jones, 23, are each being charged with two counts of kidnapping, two […]
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A retired police sergeant allegedly killed three people and wounded six others in a mass shooting at a popular Southern California biker bar, according to authorities. The shooting was reported just after 7 p.m. PT Wednesday at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon, and deputies responded within […]
In a post to their Facebook page on Aug. 23, the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office shared an update in their search for a suspect in an assault that occurred on July 23. In that post they shared, “we have not released an update to this case sooner because unfortunately, there […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The search for loved ones on Maui following the devastating wildfires has grown increasingly dire as the community grieves those lost in the blazes. Between 1,000 and 1,100 individuals remain unaccounted for following the Maui wildfire disaster, as of Aug. 22. It’s a reduction […]
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — At least three people were killed and several others were wounded in a shooting at a popular biker bar in Southern California on Wednesday night. The alleged gunman is also dead, authorities said. The incident was reported just after 7 p.m. PT at Cook’s Corner in […]
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Roda Agapito’s house in Lahaina is somehow still standing, but her children’s schools suffered a different fate. “I don’t know what to do,” Agapito told ABC News. “We are stuck … as responsible parents, we are stuck.” Agapito’s two children Aaron and Francis, both […]
