LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Items not meant to be flushed down toilets are piling up at Laredo’s wastewater treatment plant, according to the Laredo Utilities Department. Socks, plastic toys, T-shirts and pieces of wood were found in a pile that came from toilets flushed around north Laredo. One major...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -Laredo police recovered an AR-15-style rifle after responding to a disturbance involving teens fighting at a park near Nixon High School on Oct. 2. Police said officers received information that a male subject fled the area and was possibly in possession of a...
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MARSHFIELD, Mo. ( KY3 /Gray News) - A 5-year-old girl has died after accidentally shooting herself with an improperly secured gun in Missouri Saturday morning. According to Marshfield Police Chief Doug Fannen, officers responded to a home on E. Washington St. at around 10 a.m. Po...
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SULLIGENT, Ala. ( WTVA /Gray News) — Authorities say a dog attacked and killed a toddler this week in Alabama. The reported attack occurred on Friday morning at a home on Walnut Street in Sulligent, according to the Lamar County coroner. Authorities said the dog attacked a 3-year...
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(Gray News) - The U.S. Coast Guard has launched a search for a missing jet after the FAA reported losing contact with the aircraft. The U.S. Coast Guard Northeast reported at 6:15 a.m. Saturday that a Gulfstream G100 jet with the tail number CGRJP was heading to Boston from Bermu...
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(Gray News) - Students in Pennsylvania are being praised for their actions in helping stop their bus after the driver suffered a medical emergency. Video from the Hollidaysburg Area School District has recently been released, showing the heart-stopping moments from the students’ ...
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CAPRON, Ill. ( WIFR /Gray News) - A family farm has cut pumpkin season short after owners say a major theft wiped out the remainder of its unharvested crops. Last week in a Facebook post , Meyers Family Farm in Illinois said thieves entered its field and stole almost all of its p...
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BATON ROUGE, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) - A Baton Rouge woman says she is sharing her breast cancer story in hopes of helping other women. Whitney Brooks, 34, was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer at age 27. The disease has since progressed to Stage 4 and spread throughout her bod...
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ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. ( WITN /Gray News) - Troopers say the driver of a dump truck was hit and killed by their vehicle in North Carolina, according to officials. Officials say it happened around 1:30 p.m. on a private driveway near Old Folkstone Road near U.S. 17. Troopers say the ...
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ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. ( WALA /Gray News) - An Alabama state lawmaker and a school board president are now facing human trafficking charges, Escambia County Sheriff Heath Jackson confirmed. State Rep. Brett Easterbrook, a Republican who represents District 65 — covering Washington...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A 76-year-old Marine Corps veteran is set to receive a brand new home built in just seven days on the National Mall. The 480-square-foot modular home is being constructed piece by piece on America’s Front Lawn, in full public view of visitors to the nation’...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (Gray News) - A teenage girl found strangled inside a downtown Oakland hotel in 1969 has been identified 57 years later. The victim was identified as 16-year-old Joann Yvonne Burdick, known to her family as Joanie. Police have identified Taylor Morris Teaford, a f...
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PHOENIX ( KPHO /Gray News) — With the midterm elections quickly approaching, you may already be noticing more robocalls on your phone than usual. Legal robocalls to cellphones require the recipient’s consent. But a group is now asking the federal government to waive that requirem...
