Former Shreveport fire captain told he owes city nearly $14,000
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - A former Shreveport fire captain who was fired after a deadly 2025 fire on Kemp Lane that killed four people is being told by the city that he owes it nearly $14,000. A letter obtained by KSLA News 12 through an open records request shows the...
FTC and 20 states accuse Dollar General of overcharging shoppers at the register
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - The Federal Trade Commission and 20 more states, including Illinois, are suing discount retailer Dollar General, after tens of thousands of shoppers complained they were overcharged at the register. This comes as the Missouri Attorney General is finalizing a settlement with Dollar General...
Corrections employee tried to smuggle drug-soaked papers to inmate: Charges
Minu Yang, 27, of St. Paul, faces one count of bringing/sending contraband into a state prison for his part in allegedly orchestrating a scheme with an inmate to smuggle drug-soaked papers into the Lino Lakes correctional facility. Charges say recorded phone calls between the inmate, the inmate's mother and Yang...
LSUNO boots Project NOLA, other nonprofits from campus to make way for coaches’ offices
Several New Orleans nonprofits that had for years been housed at the former University of New Orleans campus were forced to scramble for new offices this month after LSU New Orleans told them to vacate to make way for athletics department offices. LSUNO officials confirmed Tuesday that the groups were...
Chop More brings ‘cost plus’ pricing to KC as grocery prices strain shoppers
Cosentino's Food Stores, best known for its Price Chopper stores across the Kansas City region, opened Chop More, a discount store that uses a cost-plus model that aims to save customers money.
These unsung shellfish help protect the drinking water for half a million Minnesotans
FRIDLEY, Minn. — The setup looks like an unlikely combination between an aquarium and a robotics experiment. At the bottom of a rectangular tank, 15 mussels sit nestled together, their round, dark brown shells nearly indistinguishable from smooth river rocks if not for the slightly agape crack between their shells.
FBI offering $50K for information leading to arrest of Washington murder suspect spotted in...
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has increased its reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of murdering a man and seriously hurting a woman in Washington over 20 years ago.
Omaha, NE Weather Alert: Oct. 28 Storms, Hail Possible
Storm chances reach 40% to 70% Wednesday afternoon and evening, with the greatest threat near 7 p.m.
One of two suspects sentenced for videoed attack on Omaha homeless man
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One of two men accused of attacking a homeless man in Omaha earlier this year was sentenced on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. Orion Garman, 20, plead no contest to 2nd-degree assault. Charges of robbery, use of a weapon to commit a felony and false imprisonment were dismissed.
Unusual late-October tornado threat emerges for Twin Cities, parts of Minnesota
If the sun pops out on Wednesday and warms the surface, tornadoes and severe storms are possible.
