(KGET) A California woman turned 112 years old this week, making her the second oldest person living in the state, and one of the oldest living people in America. Dozens of family and friends gathered together in Ridgecrest Tuesday to celebrate Opal Goode’s special day. The surprise party was hosted by Goode’s former employer; Bank of America. Goode began working…
(WVTM/NBC News) An Alabama man found an unwelcome surprise when he was awakened by a noise in his basement earlier this week. Roland Collins and his dog, Jake, jumped out of bed to investigate. “I had my pistol there, I grabbed it, came down the stairway, to this door,” he says, retracing his steps. Collins was startled by what he…
(KPNX) A 74-year-old woman was left spinning in mid-air when she was airlifted from Arizona’s Piestewa Peak Tuesday morning. Rescue crews responded to reports of a hiker at the mountain with facial and head injuries who was feeling dizzy and unable to walk on her own. The woman was placed in a basket to hoist her off the mountain. However,…
(NBC News) Mexican officials will try Wednesday to convince vice president Mike Pence to stop a five percent tariff from taking effect next week. “We are going to have our best effort in order to avoid complications or tariffs situation next week,” Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard says. The meeting will include the secretaries of state and homeland security, the…
(KING) Work has started on Washington’s Bainbridge Island to convert an old Christmas tree farm into a special kind of park. It’s sort of a cross between a farm, a snack bar, and a forest. “A food forest is basically an edible park”organizer Heather Burger explains. “It’s a place where you can walk along our snack trail, that we’re planning…
(NBC NEWS) A former Parkland, Florida, school safety officer who failed to confront the gunman when 17 people were fatally shot at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, was arrested Tuesday on multiple charges. Scot Peterson, who worked as a security officer at the campus, was charged with seven counts of neglect of a child and three counts…
Speciose and Devine Nyiramana with the Foundation for Connecting Communities joins us to talk about their organization.
In this week’s Voices of Honor, we feature Warren County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Richerson. Richerson served as an Army Ranger, and he said that experience taught him the importance of doing the right thing.
Two Florida teachers were once complete strangers. But now, one is about to save the other’s life with a kidney donation. As today’s Living Well shows us, they are now preparing for the most incredible summer vacation of their lives.
