Author: WNKY Staff

Measles outbreaks worsen

(NBC News) Hundreds of cases of the measles have prompted a public health emergency in New York City. “We cannot allow this dangerous disease to make a comeback here in New York City. We have to stop it now,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. City officials are requiring unvaccinated people living in certain areas of Brooklyn to get the…

Cold Case Arrest: Murder charges 17 years later

(WFLA/NBC News) Florida police have arrested a suspect in the 2001 murder of a New Port Richey man. Police found Simon Clarke dead near a home construction site, beaten to death with a baseball bat. He’d gone there to help a friend check on some financial irregularities. Police back then focused on Randy Petersilge, but they didn’t have enough evidence…

Good deed ends in deadly shooting

(WNBW/NBC News) Investigators say a Good Samaritan paying for meals at a Gainesville, Florida Waffle House was shot to death after an argument over his actions. Investigators say Craig Brewer, 41, was paying for meals and giving out money to Waffle House customers when a woman became angry that he hadn’t picked up her tab. Ezekial Hicks, 25, joined the…

Diamonds “in the rough”

(KOB) Diamonds are supposed to be a girl’s best friend, but they didn’t bring as much happiness to an Albuquerque, New Mexico man. Based on what police said, they probably brought a lot of discomfort and criminal charges. Officers stopped Eusebio Padilla in Northwest Albuquerque for driving his motorcycle without a license plate. After observing a knife on Padilla, the…

Body cameras show fatal traffic stop standoff

(WESH) Newly released video shows Kissimmee, Florida police officers saving two children who were in the custody of a suicidal child porn suspect. The target of their investigation into alleged possession of child pornography was 48-year-old Luis Valentin. Body camera video shows the two children, an 11-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, running from the vehicle in Kissimmee last Wednesday….

Arizona man stung to death by bees

(KYMA) An Arizona man has died after being stung multiple times by a swarm of bees. The tragic incident took place over the weekend in Yuma. Epigmelio Gonzalez and his family were working in their backyard when they found a large beehive between two sofas. The bees swarmed Gonzalez and stung him multiple times. He was taken to a hospital…

President purges Department of Homeland Security

(NBC News) Frustrated by the situation at the southern border, President Trump is purging leadership at the Department of Homeland Security to make his immigration agenda easier to enact, while the leadership void in his administration continues to grow. President Trump is replacing Secret Service Director Randolph Alles one day after his boss, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, was forced…

Lotion explosion injures two

(WESH/NBC News) Two people are recovering, one with severe injuries, after an explosion of hair conditioner at a manufacturing plant in Melbourne, Florida. It happened at Absolutely Natural’s plant late Monday morning. Officials with the Melbourne Fire Department say a tank containing hair conditioner was heated to 170 degrees, resulting in too much pressure inside the tank. A man and…

Three arrested in murder-for-hire gone wrong

(KING) More than 18 months after a woman was murdered in Snohomish County, Washington, three people are in custody. “There was evidence out there. The detectives just needed to find it, and once they found it, it was literally like taking a thread on a sweater and the whole thing came undone,” said Shari Ireton, director of communications at the…