Author: WNKY Staff

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…

Spring cleaning & pets: unsuspected dangers

(KPRC) As you start to do deep spring cleaning, pet owners should be warned that this time of year more pets are rushed to emergency vets for ingesting household products or insecticides. Monica Schmidt with the Houston Humane Society says the most frequent cases of pet toxicity they see is when dogs or cats get into insecticides and rodent killers,…

“We have to decide to get back up”

(KSL) You can usually tell how well a motivational speaker is doing by how quickly the audience pays attention especially for how long they pay attention. Whenever Gabe Adams enters a room, he knows he has his crowd right away. He starts his speech by going across the stage and then falling down. “Sometimes in life, we fall down. But…

SoKY’s Choice – Riverview at Hobson Grove

South central Kentucky offers various experiences to take a break from the present and travel to the past. In today’s SoKY’s Choice, we take you to Riverview at Hobson Grove, where you can take a look at the life and times of a prosperous family that lived in the late Victorian era. An event called “Timeless Manners” will be held…