VALDOSTAGA Sept 6 2020 — What does summertime mean to you? For students it could be a break from classes. For faculty there may be research opportunities, study abroad commitments, teaching assignments, or their own break from classes. For the rest of us it’s probably work as usual while sneaking in a family vacation. But for […]
Tucson AZ Sept 5 2020 The University of Arizona had hoped to begin offering more classes in-person by Labor Day. But the university says it will continue with its current, mostly online model for now. Dr. Richard Carmona, with the university’s reentry task force, said UA’s wastewater testing system has successfully helped prevent COVID-19 outbreaks on […]
SEATAC, WA Sept 5 2020 — The Transportation Security Administration has rolled out new procedures at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and other airfields in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 by implementing social distancing and contact-less security sweeps. The biggest safety protocol changes involves boarding passes, which won’t be given to the TSA agent at […]
SPOKANE VALLEY WA Sept 5 2020 – Authorities are seeking help in identifying a robbery suspect. According to Spokane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Cpl. Mark Gregory, detectives are looking for information related to a 7 p.m. Aug. 20 commercial robbery at The Home Depot. Responding deputies learned a man who entered the store at 5617 E. […]
Athens GA Sept 5 2020 Two men were arrested in August on charges of shoplifting thousands of dollars worth of clothing from Belk at Georgia Square mall. And while Athens-Clarke police detectives said they could find no direct link between the men — who were arrested on separate days — “it is believed that the subjects […]
Allegheny County PA Sept 5 2020 A 21-year-old will spend most of his future in prison after robbing the innocence from children at his mom’s in-home day care. As TribLive and KDKA-TV report, David Tyus, 21, was found guilty by an Allegheny County jury in March of rape and other sexual assault charges stemming from his […]
Butler County PA Sept 5 2020 A Butler County man is suing Walmart and a security guard who allegedly assaulted him after he refused to use the entrance that the guard told him to use. According to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, security guard Thomas Marak, 69, […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio Sept 5 2020 Two juveniles and one adult were arrested Friday morning in connection with the murder of a Cleveland police detective. Officer James Skernivitz, 53, was shot and killed in the line of duty around 10 p.m. Thursday in the area of W. 65th and Storer Avenue. He was pronounced dead at MetroHealth […]
Anchorage AK Sept 5 2020 A woman says in a recently filed lawsuit that a federal law enforcement officer sexually assaulted her while she was at work as a security guard at the Anchorage Museum in 2017. There are so far no criminal charges tied to the incident. The allegations are detailed in a suit filed […]
Kamloops Canada Sept 5 2020 The man charged with assaulting a 71-year-old security guard in early July in Kamloops will be pleading guilty. Matthew Santoro, 33, intends to plead guilty to charges related to a July 2 attack on Glen Warner, who was working as a security guard at Riverside Park when he approached Santoro […]