Three family members of an 11-year-old Missouri girl who gave birth in a bathtub earlier this month after allegedly being raped by a teenage boy are facing multiple criminal charges. A man and woman are each charged with child endangerment and a 17-year-old boy faces charges of incest, statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12. All live in the […]
Residents of an Mt. Auburn apartment building are speaking out against their landlords who are forcing them to move. Common areas of 2341 Burnet Avenue will have electricity shut off if the residents don’t pay a $1,000 Duke Energy bill in addition to utilities in their own units. The public utility disconnection notice was the […]
Police arrested a man Thursday in connection with a shooting in Roselawn that hospitalized two adults and a 13-year-old girl, according to court documents. The shooting happened just before 8 p.m. Wednesday in the 7600 block of Reading Road. Officers found two adults and one teen shot near Valley Shopping Center. The suspect, seen on […]
George Zimmerman, who was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, is suing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. As well as former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg for $265 million, claiming both 2020 Democratic presidential candidates defamed him in an attempt to “garner votes in the black community.” The lawsuit filed in Polk County, Fla., Tuesday […]
Major McNeil and Chris Hicks met in a Withrow High School hall this past Friday night carrying smiles as wide as the school’s football field. Handshakes and hugs soon followed. Stories were swapped and the emotion was palpable. Friday night was the first time that McNeil, a former teacher and administrator, and Hicks, a former […]
Several employees at a Wendy’s location in Michigan are fired after the restaurant came under fire for an online video of a young man submerged in one of the kitchen sinks. The TikTok video, later posted to a community Facebook page, was taken at Wendy’s in Greenville, Michigan. It shows a shirtless man in a soapy […]
According to WGN9, the ACLU of Illinois filed a federal lawsuit against six officers from several departments in the Quad Cities area on behalf of Jaylan Butler, a member of Eastern Illinois University’s swim team, over an incident that occurred just under a year ago in February 2019. According to the suit, on Feb. 24, […]
Major League Soccer is investigating a complaint that FC Cincinnati coach Ron Jans made “extremely inappropriate comments,” and Jans has stepped away from his coaching duties in the meantime, the parties said Friday. The MLS Players Association said it filed the complaint, adding: “We have made a report to the appropriate league officials and expect an immediate […]
Attorney General William Barr attempted to block U.S. prosecution of a Turkish bank last year after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Donald Trump for help in the matter, according to a new CNN report that supports earlier accounts. Barr personally attempted to head off prosecution of Halkbank in a suspected multibillion-dollar scheme to evade sanctions […]
President Donald Trump has been caught in several lies – again. President Donald Trump made 31 false claims last week and 55 the week before, including 22 at a campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, in late January and 13 in an official speech at a community college in Charlotte, North Carolina, in early February. Trump spread […]
Construction workers say they’re being cheated out of a chance to work on the $54 million Millennium Hotel project in Downtown. That’s because The Port voted unanimously to skip the bidding process and award the project to a large popular contractor, even though a government entity is required to bid out big projects. The African […]
A Ball State University professor who called the police when a black student wouldn’t switch seats will not be back to teach for the rest of the semester, the school said. “The decision was made to ensure continuity in the curriculum, eliminate any unnecessary distractions, and help our students complete the appropriate course expectations,” Kathy […]