Author: WNKY Staff

Arrest made following terrifying hit-and-run

(WKYC) Police in Alliance, Ohio have arrested a suspect involved in a hit-and-run who was seen on video allegedly yelling a racial slur at a woman. Jolean Daily posted video of the incident on Facebook, alleging a man hit her car and drove off. In the video, as the man left the scene, she says he yelled the n-word. The…

Toddler dies in washing machine

(WESH) Police in Orlando, Florida say a 3-year-old died after climbing into a washing machine and getting trapped inside. Police believe the little boy who died inside the machine ultimately died of suffocation. Investigators say the boy was playing with his younger sibling in the laundry room when, on his own, he climbed inside a front loading washing machine. “At…

McConnell: gun legislation on the table

(NBC News) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is resisting calls to bring Congress back to Washington for votes on new gun safety legislation. McConnell says instead he’s asking lawmakers to start informal talks this month so they’re ready to vote in September. “So we’re hopefully, by the time we get back, have aired out some of the differences and turn…

Walmart panic: man wearing body armor, carrying rifle sends customers fleeing

(KYTV/NBC News) A heavily armed man has been arrested after walking into a Missouri Walmart with guns, body armor and 100 rounds of ammunition. On Thursday police responded to reports of an active shooter at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Springfield. Police say a young white male, later identified as Dmitriy Andreychenko, 20, outfitted in body armor and military fatigues,…

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…