A 23-year-old North Carolina man is facing a first-degree murder charge after investigators say he shot his 19-year-old girlfriend in the head inside her own car — hours after texting her about a murder-suicide agreement. The shooting happened Sunday afternoon on Interstate 77 in Iredell County, near Exit 35 in Mooresville. Officers responded around 4:30 … Read more
A new dessert destination has quietly opened its doors in Delray Beach, and the owners are preparing a week of celebrations that go far beyond free samples. Nothing Bundt Cakes officially began operations on July 13 at 420 E Linton Blvd., Suite 800, in Palm Beach County. While the bakery has been serving customers for … Read more
DELRAY BEACH, FL — A 79-year-old woman from Delray Beach has passed away nearly three weeks after a car accident that initially seemed survivable, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Officials say Marlene Balzano was behind the wheel of a 2015 Ford Fusion, heading east through the Monterey Lakes neighborhood just after midnight … Read more
A young pre-kindergarten student in Crowley was reportedly left alone on a school bus for nearly six hours last Thursday, sparking outrage after she was finally discovered inside a transportation yard, far from her elementary school. According to the child’s family and an incident report filed by Crowley Independent School District police, 4-year-old Jahlyrika Keys … Read more
A years-long missing persons case has come to an unexpected end after a young woman who disappeared outside a Chicago movie theater in 2022 was located alive in Virginia, according to law enforcement records. The woman, now 19, was reported missing after traveling from Milwaukee to Chicago to meet someone she had been in contact … Read more
Tijuana officials are scrambling to find new homes for roughly 160 animals after shutting down Parque Morelos, the city’s zoo, in the wake of a damning internal audit. The closure followed a review of the Tijuana Municipal System of Themed Parks, which exposed a long list of administrative and operational failures that had quietly eroded … Read more
A small restaurant tucked inside Columbia, Tennessee’s Arts District is quietly building a reputation that has nothing to do with marketing and everything to do with family history. Mama Mila’s began years ago not as a restaurant, but as a woman selling homemade lasagnas out of a parking lot. Mila Martinico grew up working in … Read more
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A well-known Birmingham barbecue restaurant is stepping in to fill space left behind after several eateries linked to a struggling restaurant group shut down, giving the Valley Post development a new addition in the months ahead. Saw’s BBQ confirmed this week that it will open a new location inside Valley Post, joining … Read more
Birmingham’s food lovers have something to look forward to this summer. Birmingham Restaurant Week (BRW) kicks off July 30 and runs through August 8, 2026, bringing together dozens of locally owned restaurants, bars, coffee shops, and food trucks for ten days of special menus across the city. Now marking its 16th year, the event has … Read more
A 67-year-old man from The Villages, Florida, is facing multiple felony charges after a paid dinner date he arranged through a dating app allegedly ended in a car chase, a crash, and a gun pointed at a stranger. David O’Brien has been charged with four counts of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated assault … Read more