(WTMJ) A monastery turned migrant shelter in Tucson, Arizona says it went to full capacity this weekend because of the growing number of families seeking asylum. Catholic Community Services said it’s currently helping 480 migrant families. On Sunday, volunteers had to turn away 80 people because of a lack of space. Religious leaders are calling on community members to volunteer…
This week’s Emerging Leader is Meghan Loughry, a course instructor with Western Kentucky University’s Challenge Course.
FRANKFORT, Ky.- The Department for Public Health (DPH) announced Monday that 16 Kentuckians have tested positive with a strain of Salmonella Carrau that has been linked by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to pre-cut melon including cantaloupe, watermelon and honeydew. DPH is advising that the public should discard any pre-cut melon or fruit salads that contain pre-cut…
(WTMJ) A physical education teacher in Shorewood, Wisconsin is on leave after students said they were forced to re-enact slavery, as part of an assignment. While some students presented dodge ball, others say they were paired up by race, and told to re-enact slavery games. “Ms. Zehren forced me and my partner to re-enact slavery in front of the entire…
(NBC News) President Donald Trump says he’s “giving very strong consideration” to a plan to bus detained immigrants to so-called sanctuary cities. The president made that clear on Friday, reviving an idea that was twice shelved by his administration, amid concerns of whether it’s legal. On Twitter Saturday, the president claimed the U.S. has an “absolute legal right” to send…
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- The man who escaped from the Barren County detention center late last week was arrested over the weekend in Bowling Green. According to an arrest citation, early Saturday morning, Bowling Green police say, Shannon Wyatt, 44, was walking down Fairview Avenue. Police say they found suspected methamphetamine in Wyatt’s pocket, as well as a 9-millimeter handgun in…
(NBC News) Although all of us pay Medicare tax, not everyone knows how the program works. Medicare expert John Hill says AS LONG AS YOU REMEMBER THAT SIGN-UP OCCURS three MONTHS BEFORE OR AFTER your 65TH BIRTHDAY, everything will be okay. “You need to be active, and not just let things happen, because that is how people get penalties,” Hill…
(KING) Being a dairy farmer is dirty work, but Galen Smith knows to make the most of it. “We take what Mother Nature gives us,” he says. What Mother Nature gives Smith’s Coldstream Farm in Whatcom County, Washington is about 60,000 gallons of manure a day. Combine that with all the rain they get, and you’ve got toxic soup that…
(KUSA) Penni Shuey knows that she can rely on her sister Shannon Waigand, especially when times get tough. “I was diagnosed January 15, 2019,” said Shuey. “I had been sick for a couple of weeks. I thought I had the flu. I was very tired and my throat kind of hurt.” “When she went into the hospital, I immediately drove…
(KPNX) Police have identified Austin Smith as the suspect in the quadruple murder Thursday night of his wife, two kids and another man. Phoenix police say they found the wife, identified as 29-year-old Dasia Smith, and the two young daughters of the suspect dead inside a home Thursday night. According to police, the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute. The…
