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Mother, 9-year-old son charged after 10-year-old shot in the face, severely injured

VALDOSTA, Ga. ( WALB /Gray News) - A Georgia mother and her 9-year-old son are facing charges after a 10-year-old boy was shot in the face while the two kids were reportedly playing with a gun. The shooting happened around 5 p.m. Sept. 7 at Brittany Woods Apartments in Valdosta. ...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

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Man, 80, accused of shooting door-to-door salesman who stopped to ask for water

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. ( AZFamily /Gray News) - An 80-year-old Arizona man allegedly shot a door-to-door salesman in his neighborhood following a confrontation, leaving the victim without feeling in his legs. Patrick McBride, 80, is facing felony charges of aggravated assault causing ...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

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Death investigation underway near Hillside Apartments in Laredo

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Police Department is investigating a death near the 300 block of Hillside, across the street from the Hillside Apartments. Police said the person found was an unsheltered male. A neighbor located him, according to police. There are no immediate si...

KGNS (NBC/ABC affiliate) — Local NewsSep 16, 2026

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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce named victim in $25 million fraud scheme

ST. LOUIS ( First Alert 4 /Gray News) - One victim in a multimillion-dollar scheme was Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce, according to prosecutors. The case was prosecuted in St. Louis and the defendant was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years in prison. Very little was said about ...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

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Mother of toddler hit, killed by vehicle reacts to lack of charges

IRONWOOD, Mich. ( KBJR /Gray News) — The mother of a 2-year-old Michigan boy who was struck and killed by a vehicle in March is speaking out for the first time after investigators closed the case without filing criminal charges. Investigators in Ironwood said the driver has been ...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

government

Pres. Trump travels to Gastonia, NC

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump set to hit the road Wednesday to help out a Republican Senate candidate in North Carolina. With a closely divided Senate and the midterm election less than 50 days away, President Trump is heading down to Gastonia, North Carolina to h...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

safety

Families push Congress to pass ROTOR Act after deadly crash

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - It has been 594 days since a deadly plane crash above Washington, D.C., that killed all 67 people on board. Families of the victims say nothing has been done since to prevent another tragedy. Items returned to families A teddy bear made it home after the mi...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

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Supreme Court blocks Trump mail-in ballot rules

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing new restrictions on mail-in ballots ahead of the November midterm elections. The justices on Monday rejected the administration’s emergency request to lift a lower court injunction that h...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

schools

More than 250 uncertified teachers taught in Webb, Zapata classrooms last year

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - More than 250 uncertified teachers taught in Webb and Zapata County classrooms during the 2025-26 academic year, according to data from the Texas Education Agency published in spring. That figure represents roughly 6% of teachers in the two counties. The dat...

KGNS (NBC/ABC affiliate) — Local NewsSep 16, 2026

business

Sec. Bessent defends Trump dividends to Congress

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was on Capitol Hill Tuesday, defending the Trump administration’s economic policies. Officially, the House financial services committee hearing was about the state of the international financial system, but lawmakers also gr...

KGNS — SitewideSep 16, 2026

Safety

Investigator, victim’s family reflect on Ortiz case 8 years after arrest

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - It’s been eight years since Juan David Ortiz was pulled from a hiding spot in a hotel parking garage, ending a killing spree that claimed the lives of Melissa Ramirez, Claudine Luera, Guiselda Hernandez and Janelle Ortiz. Ortiz was convicted in 2022 of capital murder and sen...

KGNS (NBC/ABC affiliate) — Local NewsSep 15, 2026

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Man found dead in restaurant kitchen vent, police say

ATLANTA ( WANF /Gray News) - A man was found dead in a kitchen vent at an Atlanta restaurant, according to authorities. Just before 9 a.m., officers responded to the address of a strip mall with several businesses, including Walter’s Soul Food Cafe. The restaurant owner told offi...

KGNS — SitewideSep 15, 2026