Author: WNKY Staff

Caught On Cam: Bobcat Climbs Power Pole

(WESH/NBC News) A bobcat that somehow found itself perched on top of a utility pole along Florida’s Interstate 75 is back on the ground. The bobcat was spotted atop the pole Thursday morning. Wildlife officials originally planned to wait for the animal to climb down on its own, but eventually utility crews were called in and a lineman used a…

Please Don’t Feed The Three-Legged Bear!

(WESH) Florida wildlife officials say a three-legged bear has been spotted in Seminole County and so far, the bear seems to be doing well. Bear experts say leaving the bear alone is absolutely the best thing for it. A video posted to a neighborhood site shows the bear first standing up behind a tree blocking the camera view, then when…

“Show The World Who My Son Was”

(NBC News) As investigators continue their work in Highlands Ranch, Colorado following Tuesday’s school shooting, the suburban Denver community torn apart by the attack is also looking for answers and honoring the students who stood up in the face of evil. Senior Kendrick Castillo traded his life for the safety of his friends and teachers, leading a charge that included…

Accidental shooting kills construction worker

(WFLA) Florida police say man accidentally fired a pistol Wednesday, fatally wounding a fellow construction worker standing on a nearby roof. The house deputies responded to is being remodeled and no one currently lives there. According to officials, the shooter, who is part of the construction team, said that he had just gotten out of his vehicle and was moving…

No kidding: goat farm experiences baby boom

(WGAL/NBC News) A Pennsylvania farm is experiencing an unprecedented baby boom. Over the last two weeks three goats at the Amish Farm & House in Lancaster have welcomed a total of 12 babies. It’s the most kids born in the farm’s over 60 year history. “We started with triplets, and then we had quadruplets, and then we thought we were…

Choir teacher heads to U.S. strongman competition

(KWQC) A choir teacher in Bettendorf, Iowa possesses much more than a strong voice. After only a year of training, David Baxter won the Anvil Strongman Competition in Cedar Rapids last month. He’s now headed to the US Strongman National Competition on June 8, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. Just a few days later, he’ll appear in Beauty and the Beast…

WATCH: bus driver saves kid from speeding car

(NCSD) A quick-thinking bus driver saved a student from being hit by a speeding car in Norwich, New York last month. Security camera video from inside the bus shows the incident unfolding on April 26. In the video, you can see the student getting ready to get off of at his stop, when suddenly, the driver shouts his name and…

Florida man: attempt to pawn baby was a prank

(WFLA/NBC News) A Florida man who triggered a manhunt when he attempted to pawn his baby says his actions were a prank for Snapchat. On Tuesday evening a man entered the A&F Pawn shop in Sarasota and made a strange request to store owner Richard Jordan. “The weirdest, strangest situation we’ve ever encountered,” said Jordan. “He put it on the…

Anti-vaccination teen contracts chicken pox

(WLWT) A northern Kentucky teen who was banned from school after refusing to get a chickenpox vaccination due to religious beliefs came down with the illness last week, his attorney said Wednesday. Jerome Kunkel, a student at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Assumption Academy, first started showing chickenpox symptoms last week but has since been cleared by a doctor…