(KSDK) Alligators aren’t native to Missouri, but one made himself at home in a St. Louis neighborhood last week. Residents called animal control after several people spotted the three-foot gator in front of a home. The reptile was captured and temporarily placed with the Exotic Amphibian and Reptile Center. It was then given to an alligator rescue in Stanton, Missouri….
(WFIE) A piece of hidden history has been sitting beneath South Middle School in Henderson, Kentucky for decades. School officials recently found survival supplies from the 1960′s in the old fallout shelter built under the building. “In the mid-to-late 50′s, 70 percent of Americans thought we were going to come under attack,” explains Principal Ryan Reusch. The middle school was…
(KUSA) Residents at a 55+ living complex in Louisville, Colorado are upset about a new noise ban being enforced. The ban restricts all loud conversation, laughter and television sound in common areas of the complex. Some residents are outraged by the ban, but others say they’re sick of the loud noise disrupting their peace. The Boulder County Housing & Human…
(WFLA/NBC News) A burglar is behind bars after he was nabbed by a gun-toting pastor inside a Tampa, Florida church. Police said the burglar set off the alarm system at the Seminole Heights Baptist Church shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday. The suspect had allegedly broken through a window, then broke several other windows and door frames while inside of the…
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(WFLA) Mark DesErmia has been searching the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico for nearly a quarter-century, never really knowing what he’ll find. That’s exactly what keeps them coming back for more. He’s on a mission to solve mysteries, especially when it comes to a recent find a wedding ring dating back 64 years. “It’s amazing, really. I can’t…
(WBBH) A father died saving his daughter from a rip current off Florida’s Upper Captiva Island Tuesday. The man has been identified as 46-year-old Thomas Zakrewski. He was part of a family of six on a sandbar in the water off Upper Captiva, Assistant Chief Craig Dennison with Upper Captiva Fire said. Zakrewski was swimming in the water with his…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The National Science Foundation is awarding Western Kentucky University with a grant for over $377,000. The announcement came Thursday from Rep. Brett Guthrie’s office. The money will be used to acquire a laser scanning confocal microscope. The microscope, which is used by scientists to look at genes, will help faculty and graduate student researchers, as well as…
(NBC News) Water-logged Louisiana is bracing for even more rain, as a “potential tropical cyclone” moves closer to land. The storm is expected to become a tropical depression or tropical storm on Thursday and could become a hurricane by late Friday, according to the National Weather Service. The storm couldn’t come at a worse time. Flash floods from heavy rains…
(KVOA/NBC News) A Tucson, Arizona man is facing charges after an amazing car crash. Police arrested 39-year-old Kai Scott after he was found with a large saguaro cactus lodged in the windshield of his car early Wednesday morning. A roughly five-foot section of the cactus was in the car. Scott was not seriously injured. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said…
