Month: October 2025

By Pete Cuddihy

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    PAPILLION, Nebraska (KETV) — When customers in Papillion ordered their Domino’s Sunday afternoon, their delivery came with a surprise visit from the Papillion Fire Department and a check on their smoke detectors to ensure their safety.

A normal day in a Domino’s kitchen is filled with sprinkling garlic knots with parmesan, cutting up pizzas into slices, and folding their famous boxes up ready for delivery. But Sunday was no ordinary day for the Domino’s Papillion store.

The pizza chain teamed up with the Papillion Fire Department for Fire Prevention Week, adding a new vehicle to their delivery team. Now following behind their famous delivery cars — marked with the red and blue game piece — was a Papillion fire engine.

“Teamed up with Domino’s Pizza this year to check residents for smoke detectors. If they have working smoke detectors, credit to them — they got a free pizza,” said battalion chief of Papillion Fire Department Brian Oshey.

While employees in the kitchen pressed the dough and laid the toppings, firefighters Brian Oshey and Todd Groose waited for their moment to deliver customers’ orders with a side of safety.

When orders were bagged, it was time for the Papillion Fire Department to roll out, knocking at the door with pizza in hand, ready to check the customer’s smoke alarms.

The delivery resulted in a win-win scenario: working alarms meant free pizza for the customer — a positive day.

Team lead at Domino’s, Jonathan Glynn, is happy he was a part of it.

“I lived in Papillion my whole life, so doing this is really cool,” said team lead at Papillion Domino’s, Jonathan Glynn.

Rewarding the community for taking precautions, Oshey said, “We applaud people for taking steps to make sure they’re keeping their family and their home safe.”

The Papillion Fire Department said that if you don’t have a working smoke detector or if you need one replaced, you can contact the mayor’s hotline, and they’ll replace it for you.

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By Sean MacKinnon

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    Ohio (WLWT) — It’s been a decade since a two-year-old girl was murdered in Butler County, but her father’s act of organ donation saved another life.

The little boy who received Kinsley Kinner’s lungs is now 10 years older.

At Springboro Cemetery in Warren County, Kinner’s headstone is decorated for Halloween.

The little girl is forever two years old, but part of her lives with Wyatt Linderman.

“Sometimes I cry because I start talking about her story,” 12-year-old Wyatt said.

In 2015, Kinner was murdered by her mother’s boyfriend in Butler County. Bradley Young was sentenced to life in prison. Rebekah Kinner was sentenced to 11 years for her part in Kinsley’s death.

Hundreds of people attended the 2-year-old’s funeral and candlelight vigils. In Kinsley’s death, another family was given a second chance.

“We wouldn’t be where we are today without Kinsley and her father’s choice,” Jordan Linderman, Wyatt’s mother, said.

Kinsley’s father, Scott Senft, made the decision to allow his daughter’s organs to be donated.

“He was a really good father, and he loved her to death and this tore him up,” Terry Senft said.

But his choice to allow organ donation saved a little boy’s life.

“He [Wyatt] is the recipient of Kinsley’s lungs. So we always try to keep her memory alive the best that we can,” Jordan said.

Every year around Kinsley’s birthday, Wyatt and Jordan visit her grave. They’re often joined by Kinsley’s dad and family, like her great-grandmother Terry Senft.

“They’re like our family now, we feel like they’re a part of us,” Senft said.

Wyatt and Kinsley’s dad, Scott, first met in 2015. Today, they’re even closer.

“He loves being friends with Wyatt. They get along great,” Senft said. “He got him a mini bike and took it to Wyatt.”

With Kinsley’s donated lungs, Wyatt plays soccer and basketball.

“I want to be a doctor or athlete, but if that doesn’t work out, then a doctor, like heart or lung [doctor],” Wyatt said.

Even with doctor visits over the years, the seventh-grade student is growing up healthy.

Kinsley’s organ donation is forever a gift.

“It changed my life because she gave me the way of living, and I wouldn’t really be here today without her lungs and her family making that decision,” Wyatt said.

He’s living proof of an organ donation success story. Linderman played on Team Ohio in the Transplant Games last year and plans to compete in Denver in 2026.

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By Pamela Comme

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    NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida (WESH) — After decades of living on Normand Avenue, Earl Wischmeier is no stranger to flooding. His New Smyrna Beach home has been hit twice, but after the last storm, he decided it was time to take matters into his own hands.

“I lifted everything up, loaded everything in the attic, cleaned up the mess,” Wischmeier said. “Within four or five hours after the hurricane, we had it all swept up and dried up and cleaned up and fans going.

But rather than relocate, the longtime resident made a different choice: He raised his house.

“It’s no good if it floods,” he said.

Wischmeier elevated his entire home 46 inches off the ground, a project that’s taken time, planning, patience, and the help of a few friends and people. From designing the lift to securing materials and determining where to stay during construction, the process has been anything but straightforward.

“I built the garage in the back, and I lived in the garage when I worked,” he said. “We worked on the house, but we really were only out of the house for like three months.”

He is now back home, finishing up the remaining work and optimistic about the future, despite acknowledging the slow pace.

“I don’t know how much time I have left,” he said. “Probably forever. Slow going.”

The project cost around $100,000, but Wischmeier says it’s already paying off. Confident that the risk of future flooding has been drastically reduced, he has canceled his flood insurance altogether.

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By Kris Habermehl, Courtney Scott

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    Illinois (WBBM) — A driver was killed when an object crashed through their windshield on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Monday.

The crash shut down the outbound express lanes on the Dan Ryan Expressway for hours before and during the morning rush Monday.

At 5:10 a.m., a sport-utility vehicle was seen up against the wall in the outbound express lanes near 31st Street. Illinois State Police said a large object went through the windshield of the vehicle and struck the driver.

State police said they have not been able to confirm what the object was that went through the windshield.

State police said the driver was transported to an area hospital from the scene with injuries. The driver later died, state police said.

The driver was a 45-year-old man, state police said.

The outbound Dan Ryan express lanes were closed off from their starting point at the Chinatown feeder ramp down to the foot ramp at 47th Street. The express lanes were open south of 47th Street, and the local lanes remained open.

All outbound express lanes reopened just after 8:30 a.m.

The inbound Dan Ryan was also delayed with gapers.

CBS News Chicago has reached Illinois State Police for details about the crash.

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By Hunter Geisel

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    Florida (WFOR) — Crews from the Florida Department of Transportation arrived in Miami Beach on Sunday evening in preparation for the removal of the city’s rainbow crosswalks.

The removal comes after the City of Miami Beach lost its appeal to keep its rainbow sidewalk permanent.

In August, cities across the Sunshine State began grappling with a new law requiring the removal of rainbow-painted sidewalks. FDOT identified 400 locations of rainbow crosswalks and other street art across the state as potential distractions and safety hazards.

FDOT, under the direction of Gov. Ron DeSantis, ordered several communities, including the South Florida cities of Delray Beach, Key West and Miami Beach, to remove their sidewalks and other street art by early September or face the loss of state transportation funding for noncompliance.

Some of the crosswalks, which have been widely seen as symbols of inclusion and belonging for historically marginalized groups such as the Black and LGBTQ+ communities, were painted over during overnight operations.

Some cities, such as Orlando, have fought back by restoring their Pride crosswalks and street art after FDOT came through town.

The City of Miami Beach, in particular, has been at the forefront of the fight. Miami Beach was given a Sept. 4 deadline to remove its rainbow crosswalk on Ocean Drive; however, city leaders passed several resolutions during a Sept. 3 commission meeting to keep the sidewalk and approved the renaming of the street where it lay as Pride Street to make it more permanent.

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By Steve Maugeri

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    Florida (WFOR) — A dog tied to a fence on the side of a Florida highway during Hurricane Milton has now become immortalized.

The story of Trooper the dog has inspired the new “Trooper’s Law,” which would make it a felony to abandon a dog during a natural disaster.

Trooper’s family shares about how he’s doing and how his namesake law can help Frank Spina can’t keep his new dog, Trooper, off of him.

Trooper has come a long way since the Florida Highway Patrol found the bull terrier tied to a pole along Interstate 75 during Hurricane Milton last year. That video went viral and the story made it on CBS News This Morning.

Spina told CBS News Miami that Trooper is still recovering from the trauma of that storm.

“He still has a little bit of PTSD, I would say,” Spina said. “He reacts when he hears certain noises. He reacts and jumps into the air, he’s frightened by it. And certain things will actually scare him, but they’re becoming less and less.”

Spina said that after he saw that video, he knew he had to adopt Trooper. But he found out he wasn’t the only person who had seen that video. S, he told CBS News Miami that once he applied to adopt him, he found out he was one of about 400 other people who wanted him.

But once Spina first met him, he knew that Trooper had made his choice.

“He came running over and got under my legs, flipped upside down and I was scratching him,” Spina said. “And any from the humane society said to my wife, ‘Your husband has just cast a spell on him.'”

Spina said Trooper needed medical treatment — he had cancer and doctors found several pounds of trash in his stomach.

“Metal, aluminum bolts, plastic rubber material and it was all kind of in one big ball,” Spina said.

Trooper’s old owner was arrested and charged with aggravated animal cruelty. Moving forward, anyone who restrains and abandons an animal in a natural disaster in Florida could face third-degree felony charges, as part of the new “Trooper’s Law.” That law took effect this week.

“Do I think that a person who’s about to abuse a dog will say, ‘Well, I better not do this because of Trooper’s Law passed?’ No, I think that person will abuse that dog because that’s in their character to do that. The difference is now he’s going to jail,” Spina said.

Trooper’s name is fitting, since he survived the storm, it’s also a title because he was given a badge by FHP, making him “Trooper Trooper.”

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