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Deputy died from drowning while working to rescue swimmer

Click here for updates on this story    BALDWIN COUNTY, Alabama (WALA) -- Baldwin County Sheriff "Hoss" Mack confirmed on Thursday Deputy Bill Smith's cause of death was drowning while working to save three swimmers on Sunday.It comes after an autopsy.Deputy Smith…

Tourist charged with hate crime following alleged slurs

Click here for updates on this story    OKALOOSA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) -- A Texas tourist in northwest Florida who witnesses say made racial slurs towards another visitor at Beasely Park on Okaloosa Island Thursday is now charged with a hate crime…

Man describes police raid at wrong home

Click here for updates on this story    FLINT, MI (WNEM) -- A Flint man says his home was raided by police by mistake.“It’s just unacceptable,” said Aaron Dunigan.Dunigan is outraged, saying his family suffered traumatic stress when Michigan State Police raided…

Merger leaves some esidents without garbage pickup for weeks

Click here for updates on this story    WAUKESHA COUNTY, Wisconsin (WDJT) -- A giant mess in Waukesha County -- the merging of two companies has left some residents without trash pickup for over two weeks.Residents say they have tried to call…

Tennessee student heads to college after overcoming homelessness

Click here for updates on this story    MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) -- “I always thought about being different ever since I was born,” said JaQuan LeGrand.JaQuan LeGrand is the first of eight siblings to graduate from high school. But getting to this…

Twins push each other in pursuit of wrestling titles

Click here for updates on this story    ROBBINSVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) -- Kyle Fink has loved wrestling since he was four years old. That's when his mother told him they were going to a wrestling camp down the street from the…

Beach drownings raise saftey concerns

Click here for updates on this story    Baldwin County, Alabama (WALA) -- Chelsey Smart and her family are staying just feet from where Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office say Justin Campbell from Athens, Alabama died Wednesday morning.This suspected drowning on Fort Morgan…

2nd arrest made in scam targeting elderly

Click here for updates on this story    HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) -- A second arrest has been made in the case of two suspects targeting an elderly resident over the phone in a jail scam.Hendersonville Police said Herrera Alonzo Bienvenido, 28, of…

Businessman wants marijuana shops downtown

Click here for updates on this story    FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) -- A mid-Michigan businessman who is working to bring a marijuana facility to a local city can’t due to zoning laws. Current zoning laws won’t allow marijuana businesses in the city…