Author: WNKY Staff

Carolinas brace for Dorian

(NBC News) As Hurricane Dorian inches toward to the Atlantic coast, aerial images are revealing the devastation the storm left behind in the Bahamas. Piles of debris and concrete slabs are all that remain where many of the buildings on the island of Abaco once stood. At least seven people were killed there, and many more injured. The images serve…

Swifts swoop through Portland, Oregon

(KGW) Birds are the word in Portland, Oregon. Thousands of people recently filled the hillside at Chapman Elementary School to watch the migratory population of Vaux’s swifts fly out of the school’s chimney and swirl into the sky. Experts say the birds first came to Portland in the late 1980s, to claim a sleeping spot on their migration route to…

Student faces hate crime charge after hanging noose in elevator

(WAND/NBC News) A University of Illinois student has been arrested after a noose was found hanging in an elevator at a building on campus. Andrew Smith, 19, of Normal was charged with disorderly conduct and a hate crime. Smith was arraigned Tuesday afternoon and given a $5,000 bail, according to the Champaign County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators say students found the…

Bear Scare! Halloween decoration keeps bear away from trash

(WSLS) Home security footage shows a motion-activated skeleton toy scaring a bear away from a trash can outside of a home in Salem, Virginia. Joni Moss said the bear has been lurking around her home for years. She spent around $100 on locks for her trash cans, but they never seemed to solve the problem. So, she settled on a…

Arrest made in 1978 cold case

(KGW) Detectives arrested a Gresham, Oregon, Donald McQuade, for the 1978 murder of an Anchorage, Alaska teenager. In January 1978 Shelley Connolly’s body was found at the bottom of a steep embankment south of Anchorage. Sixteen-year-old Connolly was last seen leaving a popular bar with several men. Despite the efforts of authorities, the case went cold for many years. In…

Paying It Forward: Restaurant Offers Free Meals

(WYFF) A South Carolina restaurant is giving away free food, no questions asked. At the back of Woodside Bistro in Greenville, there’s a board with tickets, which customers can buy for $10. Anyone in need can stop in, take a ticket and exchange it for a fresh-cooked meal. “Grab a card, get the meal, that’s it,” says Austyn McGroarty, chef…