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Boonville Declares a State of Emergency – Area Residents are Cleaning Up After Storms
The city of Boonville is under a state of emergency for the next 8 hours. Travel in Boonville should be limited to essential travel only. Officials are calling the damage in Boonville "massive" and many streets are unsafe to travel.
The storms that rolled through the tristate last night has left some homes still without power and others assessing damage this morning...
NBA Bans Clippers Owner Donald Sterling for Life
Donald Sterling is out as owner of the LA Clippers. The National Basketball Association announced today that Sterling is banned from basketball for life and fined him $2.5 million.
The decision is the result of racist remarks he made in recordings posted online...
Sinkhole Swallows Cars at Corvette Museum
It's a bad day for sports car enthusiasts. A 40 foot wide sink hole opened up at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green this morning swallowing eight of the cars displayed there.
The sinkhole opened up in the Skydome portion of the facility just before 6AM.
Randy Moore Moves to 14News
Randy Moore is moving to 14WFIE after 33 years at WTVW.
The merger of WTVW and WEHT in 2011 created a big change for Moore when the evening news team that Moore was anchoring was pushed to early mornings.
The change is effective on January 2, but will be working behind the scenes for the next year due to a non-compete in his contract with Eyewitness News...
Captured on Video – Baby Saved from Crawling into Ocean by Dog
Dogs are pretty smart and loyal. We have the video to prove it.
This happened on a beach in Turkey. A woman was playing fetch with her dog. While mom was distracted, her made a break for the ocean. The spaniel quickly ends playtime and lays down in front the baby, stopping the child from crawling into the water...
Henderson Schools on Lockdown While Police Search for Escaped Inmate
Two schools in Henderson County, Jefferson Elementary and Riverview preschool are on lockdown while police search for a missing inmate.
According to police Nicholas Christian was working at the jail garden and walked off. He was last seen along the riverfront in Henderson...
Texas Fertilizer Plant Explodes; Several Dead – Over 100 Injuries Reported
Police are reporting that between 5 and 15 people are dead and 160 were injured after an explosion at a fertilizer plant in West, TX, just outside of Waco.
Firefighters were putting out a blaze at the plant when the explosion occurred at around 8PM...
See the Frightening Crash at The End of the NASCAR Race – Incredible Photos
Today's Nationwide race, the Drive4COPD 300 ended with a spectacular 12 car crash that set some spectators to the hospital.
The lead cars were bunched up coming out of the final turn and sprinting for the finish line. As the cars started to tangle up, the car driven by 20-year-old Kyle Larson took flight into the catch fence...
President Calls for Assault Rifle Ban as Part of $500 Million Gun Control Program
President Obama called for a tougher assault-weapons ban and a 10-round limit on magazines, as part of a $500 million effort to reduce gun violence.
Obama also called for a ban on the the possession of armor-piercing bullets and for mandatory background checks for nearly all gun sales...
Send Some Hope to Sandy Hook Elementary with “To Newtown with Love”
It is so hard to figure out what to do to comfort a community after an unthinkable tragedy. Many of us have been posting pictures on Facebook, but does that really get the message of hope and love to the people who are mourning?
So, the Townsquare Media stations are asking listeners to send us cards for Sandy Hook Elementary School...