Author: WNKY Staff

“It could have taken his head off!”

(WESH) A Sunday bike ride through an Ormond Beach, Florida park was anything but pleasant for a woman and her boyfriend. He said he rode right into a fishing line, tied off between a dock and a tree, that was at neck height. The man said he had to fall off his bike to avoid a possible life-threatening injury. “I’m…

Soldier dresses up as mascot, surprises 8 kids

(WBIR) A soldier pulled off a big surprise homecoming for his kids in Maynardville, Tennessee Monday. Justin Bunch was away for nine months serving in the Army and was not expected to return until June, or so his family thought. The father of eight children talked about surprising his kids with his wife, Kasey, who reached out to Big Ridge…

Students march for detained classmate

(KVOA/NBC News) Dozens of Tucson, Arizona high school students walked out of class Monday morning and marched in the name of a classmate taken into Border Patrol custody last Thursday. According to a spokesperson from Sunnyside Unified School District, Thomas Torres, a senior and football player at Desert View High School, was apprehended by Border Patrol agents following a traffic…

Congress denied Trump’s tax returns

(NBC News) The bad blood between House Democrats and the Trump administration is growing by the day, with a court battle all but ensured now that the Treasury Department has formally denied the Ways and Means Committee’s request for President Trump’s tax returns. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said he would not turn over the documents on Monday, calling the request…

Firefighters save “scrappy”

(KSEE) A family’s dog is alive thanks to firefighters in Fresno, California. They saved the unconscious animal from a burning home Friday night. A firefighter’s helmet camera caught the rescue. Besides a cough from inhaling smoke the dog, Scrappy, is back to his old self. According to firefighters the call came in around 10:40 p.m. Friday. No people were home…

Hot car death marks grim milestone

(KARE) The death of a 4-year-old boy in hot car Saturday in St. Paul, Minnesota marks a dubious distinction. The host of a website that tracks such deaths, made the announcement on Monday. “This is the 800th pediatric vehicular heatstroke case that we’ve documented going back to 1998,” Jan Noll said. Noll, a meteorologist, runs the website noheatstroke.org. He’s also…