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• Bodies found in barrel

  November 15, 2012 7:23 PM

  ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - Two bodies have been found stuffed in barrels in a South Carolina lake and authorities believe they could be those of two people missing for a month. The first plastic barrel was found on the shore of Lake Hartwell on Wednesday with a woman's body inside.... more »

• Colorado experts to aid in the search of missing South Dakota boy

  June 13, 2012 7:55 AM

  RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Experts from Idaho and Colorado are being brought in to help search for the body of a teenage boy who disappeared while kayaking on a southwest South Dakota lake. The search for 15-year-old Justin Lewis of Hill City has been ongoing since he disappeared May... more »

• Severe storms blast South, Midwest

  January 23, 2012 10:08 AM

  CLAY, Ala. (AP) -- Two people were killed in the Birmingham, Ala., area as storms pounded the South and Midwest, prompting tornado warnings in a handful of states early Monday. At least one of the areas affected by the storms, which were part of a system that stretched from... more »

• Three arrested in three attempted carjackings

  May 5, 2011 8:08 PM

  Pueblo Police arrested three people, two men and a woman, this afternoon after three alleged carjacking attempts. The first happened at the southside Wal-Mart, the second at a Wendy's on Northern Avenue and the third at a southside car wash. In that last attempt police said two men were... more »

• Police investigate possible hate crime

  November 12, 2010 1:05 PM

  Pueblo Police are investigating a possible hate crime that happened in the parking lot of Dutch Clark Stadium on November 5. A freshman from Pueblo West High School reported he heard an ethnic slur and turned to see who said it when someone hit him in the face. This happened... more »

• Rain pounds NC as storm moves up the East Coast

  September 30, 2010 8:39 AM

  Driving rain from a storm system moving up the East Coast has been soaking southeastern North Carolina and prompting worries of flooding and tornadoes. In North Carolina, the National Weather Service says the nearly 21 inches collected in Wilmington since rain started falling Sunday topped Hurricane Floyd's five-day mark... more »

• Boobies bracelets brouhaha

  September 2, 2010 9:54 AM

  Breast cancer awareness bracelets have been banned at a South Dakota high school. The bracelets read "I Love Boobies". While some school districts are allowing students to wear them inside out, Baltic High school is taking a zero tolerance approach. "If you're supporting a cause then what... more »

• Driver dies after truck hits bison in Colorado

  September 1, 2010 8:49 AM

  A Kansas man has died after the semitrailer he was driving ran into a bison on the plains east of Denver. The Colorado State Patrol has identified the man as Maynard Bontrager, 74, of South Hutchinson, Kansas. State Trooper Nate Reid says Bontrager was driving west on Colorado... more »

• Update: 6 people killed when bus collides with semi

  March 5, 2010 9:59 AM

  Arizona authorities say six people were killed after a passenger bus was clipped by another vehicle and rolled over on the interstate south of Phoenix. Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says 15 others, including two 11-year-olds, were injured in the Friday morning accident on Interstate 10 about... more »

• Deep South gets something different -- snow

  February 13, 2010 9:45 AM

  The Deep South is the latest region to be living through a snowy shutdown. As much as 7 inches fell in central South Carolina, one of the hardest-hit areas. The snow isn't expected to linger long, unlike the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast where some areas got 3 feet in back-to-back blizzards.... more »

• Growers assessing damage from freeze; warming trend coming

  January 12, 2010 7:14 AM

  Florida growers are scrambling to assess damage from the prolonged deep freeze, but one says the weekend may have done some of them in despite the fight to save the crops. It's still cold in northern and central Florida, but the cold snap that gripped the South for days is... more »

• Record cold in Miami; South an icebox

  January 11, 2010 7:22 AM

  The South is still an icebox this morning. Miami tied, then broke a low temperature record of 37 set in 1927. The National Weather Service has issued a hard freeze warning for South Florida through this morning. A freeze watch will continue through tomorrow. For the first time in at... more »

• Schools close as heavy rains drench South

  December 15, 2009 12:34 PM

  Schools are closed in parts of Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia as heavy rain continues to drench the already-soggy South. More than an inch of rain an hour was falling in south Louisiana, and the New Orleans airport recorded more than 7 inches of rain in a 24-hour period that... more »

• Billion dollar fraud scheme in Florida

  December 1, 2009 11:38 AM

  A once high-flying South Florida attorney is now facing federal criminal charges that he operated an investment fraud scheme using faked legal settlements. Prosecutors are expected to file criminal racketeering charges Tuesday against lawyer Scott Rothstein, according to two law enforcement officials speaking on condition of anonymity because of the... more »

• Injured swan hitches ride south for the winter

  November 13, 2009 4:41 PM

  An injured swan unable to fly south was facing a long, cold Alaskan winter before getting a "wing up" from Alaska Airlines. Marshmallow was found with an arrow lodged in her body in August. She's been in the care of the Alaska Sealife Center since that time. ... more »

• Wacky outfits & hairdos norm during Cannon week

  October 13, 2009 2:13 PM

  On Tuesday, students at East High School showed up to school sporting wacky socks and funky hairdos. Across town at South High, students wore pink shirts, pink shoes, pink socks and pink headbands. It's spirit week at both schools. On Friday they'll face-off at the annual Cannon game, a traditional... more »

• College closes as Southern Calif. fire nears

  September 23, 2009 11:12 AM

  A college threatened by a 13-square-mile wildfire closed Wednesday as flames burned in hills above the campus. Moorpark College in Ventura County posted the closing announcement to its 2,500 students on its Web site Wednesday morning. County fire spokesman Bill Nash said the fire did not weaken overnight... more »