Author: WNKY Staff

Caught on cam: puppy tossed in dumpster

(KFOR/NBC News) Security cameras captured a troubling act of animal cruelty outside of an Oklahoma City apartment complex. “I saw a female lady that had taken a dog by the neck, walked it across the parking lot, carrying it and chucked it into the dumpster,” said C.R. Head. Head is the property manger at the Red Rose Apartments in northwest…

Access denied: lawmaker in wheelchair protests new rules

(WTMJ) A Wisconsin lawmaker who is in a wheelchair said he cannot do his job because Republican leadership will not let him teleconference into meetings. Representative Jimmy Anderson, a Democrat from Fitchburg, was the lone survivor to a drunk driving crash in 2010 that left him paralyzed from the chest down. He said the rules the Wisconsin Assembly put into…

Hackers hinder Georgia State Patrol

(WXIA) Georgia state officials say the state is recovering more rapidly than expected from a ransomware attack on the Georgia State Patrol computer system. The hack cost the Georgia State Patrol much of its ability to quickly communicate with troopers in the field and put a cyberscare into much of the rest of state government, but its reach isn’t as…

Messages of hate litter West Virginia community

(WTOV) Residents of Moundsville, West Virginia are both upset and scared after hate-filled messages were littered throughout the streets. Sealed inside clear, plastic bags with birdseed, the messages turned up on several streets in Moundsville. One of the hardest hit was 10th Street, where at least three bags were recovered by police. “I was pretty shocked,” said Steve Clemens. “I…

Local orthodontist to provide discounted braces

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A local orthodontist is giving some community members a smile they never thought they could have before. Lawless Orthodontics has partnered with Smiles Change Lives, a nonprofit that helps children whose families cannot afford the full cost of braces, to help meet needs right here in Warren County. Already, the practice is expecting around 30 people to…