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What we know about slain sergeant and the manhunt to find suspect killer

What we know about slain sergeant and the manhunt to find suspect killer

Dickson County Sheriff’s Office(DICKSON, Tenn.) — As an intense manhunt continues for a suspected cop killer in Tennessee, a community is left mourning the Dickson County sergeant who was shot and killed after 10 years on the job. Sgt. Daniel Baker, who was also a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, was […]

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Slain Tennessee deputy was Marine reservist; suspected killer on the loose

Slain Tennessee deputy was Marine reservist; suspected killer on the loose

Dickson County Sheriff’s Office(DICKSON, Tenn.) — As an intense manhunt continues for a suspected cop killer in Tennessee, a community is left mourning the Dickson County sergeant who was shot and killed after 10 years on the job. Sgt. Daniel Baker, who was also a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, was […]

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Three people swept away in floodwaters remain missing amid heavy rain in Virginia

Three people swept away in floodwaters remain missing amid heavy rain in Virginia

WCAV-TV(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — Three people are missing after heavy rain hit Virginia overnight, causing dangerous and overwhelming flash flooding near Charlottesville and nearby Madison County. By 2 a.m., 7 to 9 inches of rain fell just west of Charlottesville. Crews worked throughout the night to respond to several water rescue […]

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More flooding expected as eastern downpour continues

More flooding expected as eastern downpour continues

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Both Chicago, at more than 8.2 inches, and Asheville, North Carolina, at more than 14.4 inches, already have posted their wettest Mays ever as storms drag on throughout much of the U.S. on Thursday. Parts of North Carolina and Virginia saw 8 additional inches overnight. Wet […]

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Landslide kills two in North Carolina home

Landslide kills two in North Carolina home

Boone Fire Department(BOONE, N.C.) — The bodies of two people were found among the rubble of a home following a landslide in North Carolina. The names of the victims are being withheld until family can be notified, according to the Boone Fire Department, which responded to the incident call around […]

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Sheriff pleads for help in manhunt for person of interest in deputy’s death

Sheriff pleads for help in manhunt for person of interest in deputy’s death

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(DICKSON, Tenn.) — A Tennessee sheriff made an emotional appeal for the public’s help in finding a person of interest believed to be connected to the shooting death of a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop. “Our hearts shattered with this,” Dickson County Sheriff Joe Bledsoe said […]

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‘Our hearts shattered’: Sheriff pleads for help in manhunt for person of interest in deputy’s death

‘Our hearts shattered’: Sheriff pleads for help in manhunt for person of interest in deputy’s death

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation(DICKSON, Tenn.) — A Tennessee sheriff made an emotional appeal for the public’s help in finding a person of interest believed to be connected to the shooting death of a sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop. “Our hearts shattered with this,” Dickson County Sheriff Joe Bledsoe said […]

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San Juan mayor says that deaths following Hurricane Maria still haunt her

San Juan mayor says that deaths following Hurricane Maria still haunt her

iStock/Thinkstock(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) — San Juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz called Tuesday’s announcement of new death toll estimates in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria “a day of collective mourning” for the weather-battered island. “It was a very painful day… but it came to put a number on what we […]

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Pennsylvania authorities discover source of mysterious booms in the middle of the night

Pennsylvania authorities discover source of mysterious booms in the middle of the night

WPVI-TV(PHILADELPHIA) — Authorities have discovered the source of the mysterious booms heard rocking a Pennsylvania neighborhood last week, ABC Philadelphia station WPVI-TV reported. The loud sounds — which have been heard in Bucks and Lehigh counties — resulted from someone setting off explosives in the middle of the night, according […]

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Prosecutor rebukes former Missouri governor then drops felony case against him

Prosecutor rebukes former Missouri governor then drops felony case against him

Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Robin Hood Foundation(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — A day after Eric Greitens resigned as governor of Missouri, a prosecutor blasted his “dangerous and false rhetoric against the criminal justice system” before dismissing a felony charge of computer tampering against him. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner […]

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