Two major U.S. cities are taking significant steps to reform their police departments. In New York City, council members voted to slash their NYPD budget by a billion dollars. This comes after more than a month of protests which have demanded for police departments to be defunded. The money will be reallocated to programs that work with youth and community…
A Tulsa officer shot during a routine traffic stop has died from his injuries. Early Monday morning, Officer Aurash Zarkeshan was performing the stop on the suspect, 32-year-old David Ware. Sargeant Craig Johnson was called for backup. It’s reported Ware was driving on an expired license plate tag and a struggle ensued after he refused to get out of his…
Unidentified remains have been found as part of the search for the Fort Hood soldier who has been missing for months. 20-year-old Vanessa Guillen was last seen April 22nd. Investigators discovered her car keys, ID, wallet and barracks room key left behind in the armory room where she worked a day earlier. Volunteers, the FBI, soldiers and other law enforcement…
Once again, the U.S. reported another record-breaking single-day increases of COVID-19 cases yesterday. Eight states in total saw all-time highs. California broke their highest case numbers three times in less than a week. Yesterday they saw over 8,000 cases, completely shattering their previous record of about 6,000. In the U.S., a total of almost 2.6 million cases and almost 127,000…
A man spent his time during lock down raising 7 caterpillars. He named them all by the way…Cedric, Broc, Olly, Carlos, Croc, Janine and Slim Eric. In no time they evolved to butterflies and were released!
A mysterious orange powder is covering the ground of a small town in Ohio and it’s not cheetle…It’s fungus falling from pear trees!
We’ve all heard about the ‘6 degrees of Kevin Bacon challenge where you’re supposed to figure out the shortest connection between him and another actor. But a sculptor spent his time during the pandemic creating something even better…A piece called “6 Feet From Kevin’s Bacon’ is a 6 foot tall slice of bacon made of plywood encircled by a stainless…
Horry County Schools will suspend football conditioning starting this Friday. School administrators made the announcement last night. They further added other school sports throughout the county slated to start up again next week will also be put on hold. This comes after other districts across the state made moves to suspend their sports practices as well. In total, only nine…
IMPORTANT UPDATE: The North Myrtle Beach City Council has since unanimously passed the mask mandate which will require them to be worn inside most public places. It will go into effect at 12 p.m. this Thursday, July 2nd. North Myrtle Beach Mayor Marilyn said of the decision, “Wearing a mask is a simple thing.” North Myrtle Beach City Council will…
A Litchfield dentist’s office burned down yesterday evening. Around 4:38 p.m., multiple fire fighter agencies responded to a two-alarm fire at the Total Care Dentistry Litchfield off Ocean Highway. No one working in the building was injured but two firefighters were hospitalized for heat related sickness and are expected to make full recoveries. The cause of the fire is still…
