Month: September 2025

By Paula Wethington

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    MACOMB COUNTY, Michigan (WWJ) — Four people were thrown from a boat and injured when the vessel exploded Sunday afternoon in Macomb County, Michigan.

The distress call was reported about 3:45 p.m., after which the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office Marine Division was sent to the scene in Belvedere Bay in Harrison Township.

Deputies said the boat was anchored in the bay when the owner, one adult passenger and two minors were on board. When they tried to get out, the engine compartment flamed up and exploded. All four were thrown out of the vessel.

Those in a nearby boat helped get all four onboard their vessel and took the victims to store. The Harrison Township Fire Department provided medical treatment on scene; and three of the four were taken to an area hospital for additional treatment. They were all reported in stable condition Monday.

In the meantime, the Macomb County marine division deputies extinguished the fire and had the boat towed.

A Macomb County Sheriff’s Office fire investigator has inspected the burned0out vessel, and determined nothing was suspicious. Foul play is not suspected.

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By Hamilton Kahn

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    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — A woman in the fast-moving water in an arroyo Saturday who was first spotted by a retired firefighter was finally pulled to safety by the coordinated efforts of 31 first responders, an Albuquerque Fire Rescue news release said.

Personnel from the Albuquerque Fire Rescue and Bernalillo County Fire Rescue agencies sent to multiple locations along the arroyo, but the woman was moving so fast that she went past two of them before she was saved near the Montgomery Boulevard overpass. She was taken up to street level on a stretcher, alert and stable, and was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital.

“This was a dynamic rescue situation,” AFR Battalion Chief Emily Kane told KOAT at the scene. “We had a victim who was moving along in the water pretty quickly — 10 to 20 miles an hour.”

Once she had fallen in the arroyo, the woman would have had a difficult, if not impossible, time getting out on her own, Kane said.

“We saw the headwaters come down, and it was probably at least a four-foot wall of water that was rolling, turbulent. If you were in front of that and that thing came and hit you, you’d be knocked off your feet and you’d be going for a long ride,” Kane said.

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By Kyle Langellier

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    APPLETON, Wisconsin (WGBA) — Before September, customers at vape shops like Top Dogz in Appleton could choose from more than 200 different flavored vape products. Now, only 39 remain on the shelves.

The dramatic reduction follows a new Wisconsin state law requiring all vape products to receive FDA approval before being sold. The change has left many smoke shops across the state scrambling to clear old inventory or face fines as high as $1,000.

“Vapes were definitely our number one seller,” Jason Williams, co-owner of Top Dogz, said.

Williams co-owns Top Dogz with Jenny Peters. The business owners say they’re seeing fewer customers walk through their doors since the law took effect at the beginning of September.

“Clearly we see a decline in the number of people coming through our doors, our numbers are down a little bit,” Williams said.

An employee at A-Z Smoke Shop in Appleton, who declined to appear on camera, said the business is losing between $3,000 to $5,000 daily since the law went into effect.

The Top Dogz owners express concern not just for their business, but for customers who relied on vape products that are no longer available.

“What’s impacted the most by this is our customers. Because a lot of our customers have chose to stop smoking cigarettes and now they have to come back to cigarettes,” Peters said.

Non-profit Wisconsinites for Alternatives to Smoking Tobacco, also known as WiscoFAST, filed a lawsuit challenging the law. However, the lawsuit was overruled on Sept. 5.

If the law isn’t reversed, Peters said Top Dogz may need to re-brand as a corner store to stay in business. Two Appleton smoke shops, including Fox Valley Vapor, have already temporarily closed.

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By KGUN News Staff

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    BISBEE, Arizona (KGUN) — A man was transported to Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee by helicopter over the weekend after getting stuck at the bottom of the Lavender Pit Mine.

According to a Cochise County Sheriff’s Office’s social media post, its Search and Rescue unit was activated after the man called 911 at around 1 a.m., saying he was stuck at the bottom of the pit.

Mine security was notified, but they were unable to reach the victim due to condemned roads.

Tucson DPS Air Rescue Ranger 2 was brought in to assist. They flew recon around the pit, picked up a CCSO rescue specialist at the pit overlook, then conducted a hover ingress to rescue the man, who was injured.

The man was flown directly to the Copper Queen.

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By Athena Kehoe

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    TUCSON, Arizona (KGUN) — It’s been about a year since many streetlights went dark in one Tucson neighborhood, and residents say they’ve had enough.

You’ve heard it before: copper wire theft. But neighbors are asking why it’s taking so long to fix the lights.

“It used to be you could see the streets, you could see the traffic coming through them, but you can’t even see that anymore because it’s so dark in these areas,” explains Seth Nilson, who has lived in Tucson for over 40 years.

Seth Nilson said he’s filed multiple reports using the city’s 311 app and online complaint forms. But he says he’s tired of seeing statuses marked as “acknowledged” without any real change.

“I just want them back on to feel safe again,” he explains.

Since filming this story on Friday, September 12, Nilson said he noticed some of the streetlights start to work, specifically on W Calle Siglo.

The City of Tucson’s Transportation Department has told neighbors they’ve seen an increase in copper wire theft over the last year. The problem has grown large enough to overwhelm city crews trying to make repairs in a timely manner.

Nilson says streetlights act as a natural deterrent, spotlighting potential crime scenes before thieves have a chance to strike. “I think it’s their responsibility to keep their citizens safe and so that’s, you know, part of it we paid for the lights and we expect them to work.”

In Tucson, stealing copper wire can be charged as either a felony or misdemeanor, depending on its value. Nilson hopes the city will prioritize finding more effective solutions to prevent the thefts in the first place.

KGUN 9 reached out to the Department of Transportation to ask how many lights are currently out citywide due to copper wire theft. The department has not yet responded to this question, but did tell KGUN 9 via email:

“As a result of the scale of the problem, all streetlight repair locations (wire-theft caused or not) are being prioritized by safety, operational impacts, and work efficiency. Outages on major streets with higher traffic speeds and pedestrian/bicyclist activity, traffic signals, pedestrian crossings, emergency repairs, etc. may generally be addressed before getting to individual outages on neighborhood streets.”

The department has also confirmed to KGUN 9 that they are “coordinating to return to the site to fix the current issue and plans to further harden the infrastructure in an effort to prevent future wire theft.”

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By Julian Mitchell

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    HOMEWOOD, Alabama (WVTM) — Being a card collector means you’re always chasing, searching for the next thing.

“I don’t even know how to explain it; just, you got to love it. It’s the thrill of it, trying to chase it, seeing what you can get, just that’s the fun part,” Brooks Vernon, owner of Magic City Collectibles, said.

Vernon has been chasing that feeling since he was a kid.

“Me and my dad went to Target and bought a box there. I was collecting basketball at the time, I was real big into the guys that came out that year. Got me hooked and couldn’t stop. Just yeah, love it,” Vernon said.

He’s turned his love now into a business called Magic City Collectibles. A card shop is running at just 18 years old.

“One day he told basically my dad was like, ‘Hey I want to start a card shop,’ so my dad was like, ‘Alright we can try this out,” Maddie Vernon Walker said.

It’s a family business, too; his sister Maddie Vernon Walker runs the Pokémon and trading card games side of the shop.

“When you have family with you every day and trustworthy people, you feel like you’re in the right space,” Vernon Walker said.

Since the shop opened three years ago, it has been nothing but growth. Vernon’s done trades with MLB players like the Royals’ Jac Caglianone and Bobby Whitt Jr.

“It’s kind of crazy cause you meet them and it’s like you don’t know what they’re going to be like, but they’re just like you. Just a collector and into it,” Vernon said.

Of course, it all starts for Vernon with the kids who are falling in love with collecting at a young age, just like he did.

“I try to help them through their collecting journey even if it’s like, hey, I got 20 bucks and it’s a $30 box, I’ll pay the difference and get it for them,” Vernon said.

“You never know who’s going to be the next me or want to open a shop, collect, flip and make money.”

Vernon has collected some rare cards in his collecting journey, but the shop he has is something truly one-of-one.

“It’s just a fun journey because I get to do it with my dad every day, family works with us, sister runs the Pokémon. So, it’s just crazy, fun way to do it. Family business and keep it going,” Vernon said.

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By Stephanie Moore

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    BEAUFORT, South Carolina (WYFF) — An 82-year-old woman is accused of shooting and killing her husband at the South Carolina health care facility where they lived.

The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called about 10:30 a.m. Friday to Preston Health Center at the Cypress of Hilton Head.

Deputies arrived and responded to a patient’s room, where they say they found Harriett Kay Recker, 82, alongside her 81-year-old husband who had a gunshot wound.

The husband died in the room.

Recker was arrested on charges of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

She is being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center.

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