Author: WNKY Staff

Tennessee manhunt intensifies

(WMC) An intense manhunt for escaped inmate Curtis Ray Watson continues in Tennessee. Watson is suspected of killing a prison administrator, Debra Johnson, in her home on prison grounds. The TBI now has warrants for Watson for first degree murder, especially aggravated burglary and aggravated sexual battery in connection with Johnson’s death. Watson was serving a 15-year sentence for aggravated…

Man in body armor and armed with rifle sparks panic at Missouri Walmart

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (NBC News) – The armed man who walked into a Missouri Walmart store dressed in body armor and fatigues and was detained at gunpoint by an off-duty firefighter is “lucky he’s alive still” considering the situation he created, a police official said. No shots were fired in the incident that happened just after 4 p.m. Thursday in Springfield,…

Mayors issue call for gun safety laws

(NBC News) More than 200 mayors from across the country are urging Congress to return to Washington and begin work on new gun safety legislation. Earlier in the week President Trump said he was open to expanded background checks for gun buyers. A bill has already passed in the House, but hasn’t been brought up for a vote in the…

Warning signs missed in mass shootings?

(NBC News) In Ohio and Texas the same question remains after two deadly massacres: Why? Investigators say the killing spree in El Paso was fueled by racist hate. The family of gunman Patrick Crusius released a statement reading he was “apparently influenced and informed by people we do not know” and “from ideas and beliefs that we do not accept…

Hundreds arrested in Mississippi ICE raids

(NBC News) Hundreds of undocumented workers have been released from federal custody following massive immigration raids in Mississippi. Now they, and hundreds of others still in custody, are awaiting court hearings and possible deportation. 680 were arrested Wednesday, loaded onto busses and taken to a military hanger to be processed. The raids came on the same day as President Donald…