Author: WNKY Staff

Flooding, tornadoes hit southern plains

(NBC News) The plains states, battered by storms for days, are facing even more severe weather. That forecast comes after a night of tornadoes and flooding rains across the region. Oklahoma is the flash point, with more than a dozen confirmed twisters ripping apart homes and businesses, downing power lines and uprooting trees. Some didn’t have time to hide. One…

Graduation to go: illness can’t stop ceremony

(WESH) Walking across the stage at graduation is a milestone many teens can’t wait to cross. One Florida high school senior thought he might not be able to attend, but Orlando’s Arnold Palmer Hospital made it happen. A special team at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children made sure 18-year-old Evan Rasmussen was strapped in while nurses and staff members lined…

Teachers served tainted treats

(WCMH/NBC News) Ohio authorities are investigating disturbing allegations that middle school students served teachers food tainted with urine and a bodily fluid. Investigators say last Thursday, students in the home economics class Global Gourmet at Olentangy Hyatts Middle School in Powell were preparing crepes to serve some of their teachers when one of the students allegedly tainted the food with…

Police: teacher brought gun, knives to school

(WFLA/NBC News) A Florida elementary school teacher was arrested Monday after deputies found a loaded gun and two knives in a backpack she was carrying at Seminole’s Starkey Elementary School. According to the school district, Betty Soto was acting suspicious Monday morning, carrying her backpack everywhere she went, guarding it closely. The principal noticed the “strange” behavior and notified the…

King For A Day: Kids Surprise Custodian

(WXIA) Students at Sand Hill Elementary in Carroll County, Georgia surprised their 83-year-old custodian with a send-off fit for a king on Friday. That was John Lockett’s last day on the job, after working for the Carroll County School System for more than a decade. Lockett was told to be at the school before the last bell rang, and had…

Dead whales wash ashore in Alaska

(KTUU/NBC News) Dead whales are washing ashore along the Alaska coast. A second gray whale was found dead Sunday, making it the third whale found in just a few weeks. The carcass was found near Cordova. Earlier this month another gray whale was found dead in Turnagain Arm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been monitoring that whale’s location….

Judge: Trump must turn over financial records

(NBC News) President Trump is directing former White House Counsel Don McGahn not to testify at a scheduled hearing Tuesday. McGahn was subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about the Russia investigation. Democrats say he is a key witness on obstruction, considering he sat for 30 hours of interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller. Meanwhile, a federal…