Author: WNKY Staff

UPDATE: KSP confirm remains found Wednesday are those of Savannah Spurlock

  GARRARD COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the disappearance of a missing mother of four. David Sparks was taken into custody and charged with tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. Kentucky State Police say that human remains were found on a property in Garrard County. Officers were…

Acosta defends Epstein plea deal

(NBC News) U.S. Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta defended Wednesday his role in a lenient plea deal granted to billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 when Acosta was a U.S. Attorney. The deal ended an investigation into alleged sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young girls, allowing Epstein to plead guilty to prostitution charges. He served roughly a year in…

Hundreds of rats removed from North Carolina home

(WRAL/NBC News) Hundreds of rats and an assortment of other animals were removed from a Cary, North Carolina home Tuesday. Several officials in white hazmat suits were seen entering and leaving the home with animal cages and kennels, many of which were stacked outside the house. According to officials, there were252 live rats and five dead rats in the home,…

Rooftop ride ends with mom’s arrest

(WREX/NBC News) An Illinois mother is facing charges after allowing her two young daughters to ride on top of her SUV in an inflatable swimming pool. Dixon police say they received a call Tuesday from a concerned citizen about an Audi Q5 with kids inside of a pool while the pool was on top of the SUV. Police quickly located…

Alligator snatched from Oklahoma animal rescue

(KFOR) Oklahoma game wardens are hunting for answers in a bizarre theft after an alligator was abducted from a wildlife rescue center. Tammy Virgin, the owner and operator of the Hochatown Rescue Center and Petting Zoo, says ‘Petrie’ the alligator used to live inside of a pool outside of the facility until someone stole him early Saturday morning. “Walked by…