(KYMA/NBC News) U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced Thursday it is releasing migrants into the Yuma, Arizona community. According to Yuma Sector Border Patrol, the first group of migrants was disbursed into the community Thursday afternoon. Yuma Border Patrol officials say their processing center is currently occupied by nearly 800 people, but it is only meant to hold about 400…
(NBC News) Small breweries can mean big business for local economies. Chris Harker is president of Triple C Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. When he opened the doors and the taps at his brewery in the city’s South End neighborhood in 2012 the neighborhood was not a hangout for the hip. That quickly changed. “We got surprised, even with…
(WBAL) A new study reveals early menopause is linked to Type 2 Diabetes. For the past seven years, Dr. Supneet Saluja has been working with 70-year-old Bernadine Brodgon to get her Type 2 diabetes under control. The two are a perfect doctor-patient pair. When Brodgon was 32 years old, she had endometriosis. One day on her menstrual cycle, heavy bleeding…
In James L. Carpenter’s 90 years of life he has worn many hats for the Historic Shake Rag District, including business owner of Jimmie’s Barber Shop, the owner of a restaurant, the pastor of Blue Level Baptist Church, and a school bus driver with Warren County Public Schools. On Saturday, family and friends gathered at the site where that barber…
Is everyone the same? Nate Davis thinks so, as he performs his song “Everyone’s the Same” on this week’s edition of The Scene.
(KFOR) A former caretaker at an Oklahoma senior care facility is accused of feeding one of the patients hot peppers in order to hurt him. Kyra Johnson, 30, is charged with abuse by a caretaker. The allegations stem from an incident at The Village in Oklahoma City, where Johnson was still a caretaker at the time. The victim was an…
(WPBN) Having a warm bed to sleep in at night can be something many people take for granted, and for the homeless, sleeping on the cold, wet ground is often a reality. Michigan Boy Scout Owen Averill is working to change that. For his Eagle Scout project, he’s collecting sleeping bags and tarps for the homeless. Averill’s goal is to…
(WVTM) A high school senior in Birmingham, Alabama has been accepted to 31 colleges and universities. Benjamin Holmes says he applied to 50 colleges and got offered $1.3 million in scholarship money. He’s been working hard since freshman year, getting good grades, taking college courses and doing extracurricular activities. Read more: http://bit.ly/2WtlU08
(KPNX) The hunt is on in Scottsdale, Arizona for a baseball thief. Police say someone broke into the popular sports memorabilia restaurant Don and Charles on Saturday morning, stealing a display case with 33 signed baseballs valued at some $600,000. Included in the collection: balls signed by big name players like Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Willie Mays….
