Author: Edward Campbell

A fatal crash involving a garbage truck shut down Highway 287 in both directions in Fort Worth Wednesday evening after the truck struck support pillars beneath a bridge near Erath Street. Emergency crews were called to the 3500 block of Highway 287, also known as Martin Luther King Freeway, shortly after 6 p.m. The crash left the truck driver dead and a passenger critically injured. According to officials, the garbage truck was exiting the highway when it crashed into several support pillars of the bridge over Erath Street. The impact ejected the driver from the vehicle. The driver was pronounced…

A backyard birthday celebration in southeast Fort Worth ended in deadly gunfire early Sunday after an argument escalated into a physical fight, leaving two men dead and two others injured. A 23-year-old man has since been arrested and charged with capital murder, police said. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. Sept. 20 in the 4300 block of Martin Street. Investigators said the incident began with an argument involving Cesar Sebastian Palomo and his girlfriend during the gathering. According to the arrest affidavit, the dispute continued after Palomo returned to the property. The woman’s brother, 24-year-old Jhovanie Julian Guerrero, confronted Palomo,…

A deadly apartment fire in the Bronx left one person dead and 12 others injured Wednesday morning as firefighters battled flames that spread through multiple areas of a six-story building in Morris Heights. The fire was reported around 7:45 a.m. at 1484 Montgomery Ave., near West 174th and West 175th streets. Firefighters found the blaze on the fourth floor, where flames later spread into an adjoining apartment, areas above it and the space between the top-floor ceiling and roof. The response was upgraded to a two-alarm fire, bringing roughly 140 firefighters and emergency medical personnel to the scene. Crews brought…

Anonymous threats that prompted evacuations and school closures in Lakeville and Elk River are being investigated as possible swatting incidents, according to Minnesota officials. The latest investigation follows a series of threats involving weapons and explosives that disrupted school operations in the two Minnesota communities this month. Authorities have not found any weapons or explosives connected to the incidents, and no violence was reported. In Lakeville, police responded Tuesday after a threat was sent through the school district’s anonymous reporting system. The message referenced firearms and explosives, prompting evacuations at both Lakeville South High School and Lakeville North High School.…

CLAREMONT, N.H. — Valley Regional Hospital has opened a new outpatient medical center in Claremont, bringing several services that were previously spread across multiple locations into one 25,000-square-foot facility. The Michael and Sheila Satzow Health Center, located at 224 Elm Street across from the hospital’s emergency department, officially began welcoming patients on September 8. The $19.5 million project is designed to make outpatient care more accessible while giving medical teams more space to work together. The new center brings primary care, orthopedics, imaging, obstetrics and gynecology, midwifery, phlebotomy, podiatry, and cardiology and vascular services into the same building. Behavioral and…

A Vernon man is facing aggravated domestic assault charges after deputies responded to a reported domestic incident on Forrett Drive earlier this month. Deputies with the Windham County Sheriff’s Office went to a residence in Vernon on Sept. 12 following a report of domestic assault. The investigation led authorities to identify 43-year-old Timothy D. Forrett Jr. as the person accused in the case. According to investigators, Forrett is accused of committing first-degree aggravated domestic assault involving a household or family member. Authorities also allege that he prevented the person from accessing emergency services. Forrett was not taken into custody at…

A 27-year-old man is dead and a woman remains hospitalized after a shooting at a Newport, New Hampshire, home that investigators believe may have been a domestic incident involving a romantic couple. Newport police responded to a report of a shooting at a residence on Putnam Road shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22. When emergency crews arrived, they found a woman suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the area and a man deceased inside the home. The woman was treated at the scene before being transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. She was initially listed in critical but stable…

A new lakefront park in the Town of Plattsburgh is moving closer to becoming a destination for local families, with $1.28 million in state funding supporting a planned children’s playground. The grant will help pay for a large adventure playground at the Battlefield Memorial Gateway, a developing waterfront park near U.S. Route 9 and Sunset Drive. The playground is being designed around the military and maritime history connected to Lake Champlain, giving children a recreational space that also reflects the area’s past. The funding comes through New York’s NY PLAYS program, which is providing grants for playground projects across the…

Krystal Farmer, the Michigan mother accused of leaving her two young children alone for days in severely unsafe conditions, has pleaded guilty to all seven charges in the case. Farmer, 27, entered the guilty pleas Monday in Genesee County Circuit Court. The case stems from a February welfare check that led police to a Flint Township home, where officers found her two children, both with special needs, alone inside. The children, who were 3 and 4 years old at the time, were found in a home filled with trash and human waste and without food that was suitable for them,…

What was supposed to be the beginning of Jesni Sam and Dave Fiji’s life together ended in tragedy just minutes after their wedding celebration in North Georgia. The couple married May 29 at The Revere, a wedding venue near Dawsonville, Georgia. After the ceremony and reception, they boarded a Robinson R66 helicopter for a planned “helicopter send-off” from the venue’s property. The flight was headed toward DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. According to the lawsuit filed by Sam on Sept. 22 in DeKalb County State Court, the helicopter took off despite worsening weather conditions. About five minutes after departure, the helicopter crashed into…