Author: WNKY Staff

Medical miracle: “backwards” organs

(KGW) Doctors are calling a late Oregon woman a medical marvel. Rose Marie Bentley was born with her major internal organs on the wrong side of her body, but this wasn’t discovered until after she died. What’s even more remarkable: She lived much longer with this condition than anyone thought possible. Bentley was 99 when she died. She was a…

Dad finds shirtless man in closet

(KPRC) A Texas father is warning other parents after finding a shirtless man hiding a closet in his apartment…saying he was invited over by the man’s 12-year-old daughter for sex. Christopher Todd Leonard was found hiding in the closet on November 2 of last year according to investigators. The father lives at the apartment with his two daughters, but wasn’t…

Roomba blamed in burglary scare

(KGW) Sheriff’s deputies in Washington, County, Oregon cannot stop talking about a home burglary call Monday afternoon. A call for help came from a Beaverton home just before 2 p.m. Deputy Brian Rogers was one of the first on scene and was met by two men who were house-sitting for their nephew. “They had been out walking their dog and…

Grounded: fleeing bank robber busted at airport

(WTLV/NBC News) An accused bank robber is in custody after his high-flying escape attempt was grounded by an observant airport employee. Investigators say the man robbed a Jacksonville, Florida bank around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday. Multiple sources confirmed the man then went to Jacksonville International Airport, where he tried to then buy a cash ticket out of town. An American Airlines…

Trump: “this was an attempted coup”

(NBC News) President Trump once again lashed out at special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation Wednesday, calling it “an attempted coup.” “And this was an attempted coup. This was an attempted take down of a president. And we beat them, we beat them,” Mr. Trump said. Speaking to reporters on the White House South Lawn before departing for San Antonio,…

Bear attack leaves neighbors on edge

(WNYT) A black bear is being blamed for the killing of a miniature horse in Western Massachusetts. Cathy and Ed Adams of Hinsdale found their horse dead on Friday. Coyotes were feeding on the animals carcass, but evidence around the horse’s remains indicated that a bear was responsible for its death. Several black bears had been spotted in the area…

Endangered Falcons delay bridge project

(WGEM) A pair of endangered birds are putting a bridge project on hold in Hannibal, Missouri. Two peregrine falcons, one of the fastest animals alive, are nesting underneath the Mark Twain Bridge. Because of the discovery, the Missouri Department of Transportation is delaying its planned inspection of the bridge. MoDOT officials said they’ll resume the inspection sometime in August, after…

Parental dress code? school turns away mom

(KPRC) The mother of a Texas high school student claimed she could not register her daughter for class because of her outfit. Joselyn Lewis wore a T-shirt dress of Marilyn Monroe and a head scarf to enroll her daughter at Houston’s Madison High School, but said she was not allowed on the property. Lewis said at first, she thought an…

Virtual reality eases cancer care

(WOWT) A new virtual reality simulator is introducing young cancer patients to the sights and sounds they’ll experience during treatment without actually stepping into an MRI or radiation room. Darin Neben, 13, is one of the first kids trying out the virtual reality simulation at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. “This is his third time having cancer,” Kristina Neben, his mother,…