Month: October 2025

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    NORTHERN WISCONSIN (WDJT) — Here’s a haircut that’s really turning heads.

Ten-year-old Colton Goll from northern Wisconsin just took first place in the 2025 ‘Mullet Champ’ kids division.

But the ‘Coltonator’ already had a hunch he was on the verge of victory.

“I felt like I was already going to win the competition, because I remembered that I was the only one from Wisconsin left in the competition so, I was happy,” said the Coltonator.

Colton raised more than $3,500 for veterans and won $10,000 for his hairstyle.

He says that money will be going towards college and maybe a truck when he’s old enough to drive.

A big heart, a bigger mullet and one proud Wisconsin kid!

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By Ricardo Tovar

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    SANTA CRUZ, California (KSBW) — More instances of sea otters interacting with surfers were reported in Santa Cruz, a day after a similar instance.

Local photographer Mark Woodward, also known as Native Santa Cruz, said he witnessed two such incidents Thursday afternoon.

Sea otter stealing surfboard on Oct. 15, 2025. Otter pirates surfer’s board in Santa Cruz, evoking memories of Otter 841 He said he noticed two sea otters feeding at Steamer Lane and ignoring the surfers around them. One of them then jumped on a surfer’s board.

Later, Woodward said another sea otter at Steamer Lane tried to take a shortboard. After the surfer got off the board, the otter grabbed the surfer’s leash and tried to pull the surfer backward, then chased after the surfboard.

Otter 841 continued to elude capture from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, July 15Otter 841 comes face-to-face with his would-be captors This comes a day after a surfer at Steamer Lane had her surfboard stolen by a sea otter, resulting in a water rescue.

Isabella Orduna was paddling out when she felt “a nip” on her foot. She rolled off and turned to see an otter perched on her board.

Unsure what to do, Orduna called to another surfer for help. A full water rescue followed, with emergency crews arriving within minutes.

She was uninjured and in good spirits after the encounter with the sea otter.

The encounter revived memories of “Otter 841,” a female sea otter that went viral two years ago for repeatedly taking over surfers’ boards in Santa Cruz.

Whether it’s the same otter is unknown. Experts note there’s no current way to confirm 841’s identity; she previously had a tracker, but it’s no longer on her.

Otter 841 continued to elude capture from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, July 15Santa Cruz’s surfing sea otter still free after weeks of attempted captures “The vast majority of surfers here respect and avoid sea otters and other marine life they may encounter, as they should. This is their home; we humans are merely visitors and need to act like it. As they have in the past, I hope our ethical surfers will speak up if they witness someone intentionally approaching a sea otter or other marine life. We need to coexist in our coastal waters, so let’s all watch out for each other and our wildlife,” Woodward said in a social media post on Friday.

KSBW 8 has tried multiple times to reach the US Fish and Wildlife for comment on the strange sea otter activity. So far, they have yet to comment. It is unclear whether the government shutdown is impacting the response.

Santa Cruz Firefighters said they have contacted Fish and Wildlife regarding Wednesday’s otter activity.

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By Sam Smith

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    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — An 18-year-old man is in jail after an attempted carjacking Saturday in northwest Albuquerque.

According to court records, Kash Brown and two other juveniles attempted to steal a Ford F-150 truck at Ventana Ranch Park around 6:45 a.m. Saturday. The owner of the truck was preparing a field for an upcoming children’s soccer game when he noticed three men in his vehicle.

Court documents say the owner of the truck confronted the three men, when Brown attempted to swing at him. A brief altercation occurred, which resulted in the truck owner knocking out Brown.

According to court records, the other two males had jumped into a red vehicle and allegedly fired two gunshots in the air while leaving the park. Albuquerque Police arrived at the scene and took Brown into custody.

Brown is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center. He has been charged with assault, conspiracy to commit burglary of a vehicle and burglary of a vehicle.

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By Pete Cuddihy

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    OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — As Teen Driving Safety Week begins, the Cornhusker Driving School hopes to keep young drivers out of dangerous situations. Instructors walk them through simulations designed to make them safer drivers.

Local teens with their learning permits spent their weekend in class, practicing safe driving techniques.

Students at the Cornhusker Driving School got a front-row seat to rollover crash simulators, showing the importance of always wearing a seatbelt.

“The purpose of the seatbelt is to keep you in the car and to keep you from hitting anything inside the car,” said owner of Cornhusker Driving School Pat Venditte.

Venditte with the Cornhusker Driving School hopes that by putting students through simulated crash events, he can help prevent future deaths.

“The teenage driving population represents about 3% of all drivers, but they’re involved in almost 6% of all roadway fatalities,” Venditte said.

While buckling up is essential, Venditte said there’s another crucial factor.

“We tell them the most important thing behind the wheel is 100% laser focus on what they’re doing,” Venditte said.

He teaches the kids to keep their phones out of their hands and focus on the road, setting them up for success as they take the next step to getting their license.

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By Sarah Al-Shaikh

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    GALENA PARK, Texas (KTRK) — A mother was charged with felony murder after her 9-year-old daughter was left in a hot car in July. She was arrested on Friday, according to law enforcement.

Court documents said 36-year-old Gbemisola Akayinode admitted to law enforcement that she left her child in her car while she went to work in Galena Park. It happened in the gated employee parking lot of USG, a large manufacturer of industrial and building products.

The mother said she lowered the back windows halfway and left her daughter with food, a fan, water, and ice cubes, and gave her melatonin to help her sleep.

Court records showed that Akayinode told investigators she stayed inside the office and did not check on her daughter until after her eight-hour shift was over, because she was too busy.

When she left work, she found the child unresponsive and screamed for help. Her daughter was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

According to court documents, the medical examiner’s office found the young girl’s body temperature was 108 degrees. They said her cause of death was hyperthermia.

Court documents revealed Akayinode admitted it wasn’t the first time she left her daughter alone in the car while she went to work. According to court documents, she did it the day before and admitted to a total of about four times.

She claimed she couldn’t pay for daycare until she received her paycheck. However, court documents said a coworker claimed he was helping her with money because he knew she was struggling to make ends meet.

Investigators asked Akayinode if she had checked the weather or if she knew how hot it was going to be outside. According to court documents, she said she didn’t and that it slipped her mind.

She appeared in court for the first time early Sunday morning.

According to online jail records, Akayinode is due back in court on Monday. Her bond is set at $500,000.

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By Adam Bartow

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    AUGUSTA, Maine (WMTW) — The chief of the Maine Capitol Police has resigned, two months after he was arrested following an altercation at a pub in Hallowell.

Matthew Clancy resigned his post, effective October 8. He had been placed on paid administrative leave in August.

The video in the media player above is from our reporting following Clancy’s arrest in August.

A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety said Lt. Steven Trahan will remain in his current leadership role, pending the next steps in the process. She then said this is a personnel matter, so she won’t have any further comment.

Clancy was charged with assault, refusing to submit to arrest and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident in August, when he was accused of assaulting a police officer who responded to the scene.

The head of security for The Quarry Tap Room, Rob McGee, told Maine’s Total Coverage in August that Clancy was taking pictures of people inside the pub. A fellow patron told Clancy to stop taking pictures and when he did not stop, the patron grabbed Clancy’s phone out of his hand.

According to McGee, a fight then broke out inside the pub and then spilled out onto the sidewalk in front of the establishment.

Police said a responding officer was allegedly assaulted by Clancy, who resisted arrest.

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    INDIANAPOLIS (WRTV) — A 23-year-old woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed a man who honked his horn at her at a traffic light on Indianapolis’ west side, according to court documents.

Deborah Benefiel is accused of shooting Kentrell Settles in the chest Friday afternoon near the intersection of West 38th Street and Georgetown Road, a probable cause affidavit states.

According to the girlfriend’s account to police, detailed in the affidavit, she and Settles were stopped behind Benefiel’s green Ford SUV at a red light. When the light turned green, Benefiel didn’t move, so Settles honked his horn and drove around her vehicle.

The affidavit states the girlfriend told police that Benefiel followed Settles while “yelling, screaming, and throwing her hands around” inside her vehicle.

When Settles tried to turn into Georgetown Plaza, Benefiel fired one shot into his car, striking him in the chest, according to the girlfriend’s statement in court documents.

The girlfriend told police she jumped into Settles’ lap and drove him to the 3600 block of Donald Avenue, where officers found him, the affidavit states.

He was pronounced dead at a hospital at 2:43 p.m.

Court documents show the victim’s car had a single gunshot hole in the passenger rear window, causing the glass to shatter.

Detectives used license plate readers and surveillance video to track down Benefiel’s vehicle. A witness identified Benefiel in a photo lineup as the shooter.

Police executed a search warrant at Benefiel’s East Washington Street apartment and found a .40 caliber Glock handgun in a purse, the affidavit states.

Benefiel told officers the gun was in the apartment, according to the court documents.

Benefiel has been charged with murder and criminal recklessness.

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears released the following statement regarding this matter:

“This case is yet another tragic example of a simple dispute on our roadways turning deadly over what amounts to nothing. A moment of anger should not cost someone their life.

This kind of senseless violence is something prosecutors and police are seeing far too often. We will continue to work together to hold those who commit senseless acts on our roadways accountable in the courtroom, but as a community we must find ways to respond to conflicts with reasonableness— not violence.”

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By Ricardo Tovar

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    SAN FRANCISCO (KSBW) — The San Francisco Giants are reportedly close to hiring their next manager, who began his coaching career on the Central Coast.

Baseball insider Ken Rosenthal reports that the Giants are “closing in” on hiring Tennessee head baseball coach Tony Vitello as the club’s next skipper.

Vitello has been Tennessee’s head coach since 2018, winning over 72% of his games. The Volunteers most recently won the College World Series in 2024, and Vitello was named ABCA Coach of the Year.

After finishing his playing career and completing a management degree at Missouri, Vitello got his first coaching job in Salinas.

In 2002, he served as an associate coach for the Salinas Packers of the California Collegiate League. The team went 50–14 and earned its first trip to the NBC World Series.

He left the following year for an assistant coaching job at Missouri before moving on to TCU and later Arkansas in the same role. He then landed a head-coaching job in 2018.

The Giants just completed an average season, going 81–81. They haven’t made the playoffs since 2021, when they won a franchise-best 107 games.

The Buster Posey–led Giants are hoping the 47-year-old skipper can inject energy into a largely newly assembled team.

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