Author: WNKY Staff

Watch your step: Jellyfish wash ashore

(WMBF) On your next trip to the beach on South Carolina’s Grand Strand, you may want to keep an eye on where you step. Jellyfish are washing up along the beaches. “They are affected by the wind and currents, and of course if storms pop up and everything, that can kind of bring them in as well,” says Battalion Chief…

Early fumigation kills beloved cat

(WFLA) A St. Petersburg, Florida woman says her cat is dead after a pest control company showed up too early to tent her home for termites. Caroline Stadler recently moved into a home and discovered termites. Like many homeowners, she learned the most effective way to get rid of the termites is to hire a pest control company to tent…

Pennsylvania neighbors erect “anti-crime” wall

(WBRE) Residents of a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania neighborhood have put up a fence in an effort to stop drug dealing and prostitution. The fence is six feet tall and 30 feet long. “These people think that they literally own the street anymore. I’m tired of it. I’m not doing it anymore. I’m going to take back our neighborhood,” says Bruce Fairchild….

Deputy charged in inmate abuse

(WFLA) A detention deputy for Florida’s Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is off the job after an incident in jail. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri says Deputy James Moran was terminated after telling an inmate to drop and do push-ups, then kicking the inmate as he was doing the push-ups. The incident was caught on a camera that was inside the jail. Sheriff…

Arizona teen arrested after Mosque threat

(KPNX) Police in Phoenix, Arizona say a 15-year-old boy is in custody after making a threatening remark about Muslims and bringing several pounds of potassium nitrate to school. According to police, a student at Pinnacle High School told his parents on Monday that a classmate of his said he wanted to “blow up a Muslim church.” Officers responded, and the…

Beards: dirtier than dogs?

(KGW/NBC News) A recent study suggests that a man’s beard contains more germs than a dog’s fur. The study’s findings don’t bother Portland, Oregon resident Kory Johnson and his wife Kirsten. “I don’t care. I have a beard and I don’t care if it’s dirty, I mean I care, I shampoo it. I take care of it. Studies are just…