Month: March 2026

By Matthew Dietz

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    MIAMI TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WLWT) — The Ohio Division of Wildlife is investigating after more than a dozen dead coyotes were dumped off the side of a road in western Hamilton County.

At least 13 of the coyotes were found in a wooded area off Gallia Drive in Miami Township.

A spokesperson with the Division of Wildlife said officials believe the coyotes were shot and then dumped there.

Kyle Boreing’s son first spotted the dead animals when walking his dog, a week and a half ago. Boreing then contacted authorities.

“Initially, the concern was whether or not someone might have poisoned them, because there was so many of them in one general vicinity and we don’t want, not just other wildlife but pets getting sick or getting harmed,” Boreing said.

Wildlife officials were at the scene investigating on Tuesday and an investigation is ongoing, primarily as a private property litter case.

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By Jan Carabeo

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    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — What do you get someone who’s turning 100 years old? For one local legend in the Philadelphia region, it is help keeping her story — and the story of millions of women like her — alive in the minds of Americans.

Mae Krier of Levittown, Bucks County, is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday on March 21, which also happens to be National Rosie the Riveter Day.

The date is no coincidence. Krier helped establish the national holiday. She was also the driving force behind securing the Congressional Gold Medal honoring the 18 million women who went to work during World War II.

Krier didn’t know it back then, but Krier and those women would collectively become known as Rosies. They were the women who worked on the home front as riveters, engineers, farmers and more. Now, they’re immortalized by that image of a woman in a polka-dotted bandana with the slogan “We can do it.”

“It was a man’s world. It wasn’t a woman’s world,” Krier said. “Women didn’t have much choice in anything. She couldn’t get a job. She couldn’t go out to work.”

The Rosies proved otherwise.

“See the gun she’s got there, that’s a rivet gun,” Krier said, flipping through a book written about her. “I riveted on the wings.”

In 1943, at 17 years old, Krier became a riveter for Boeing and built B-17 and B-29 bombers. Now, Krier is preparing to celebrate her 100th birthday by continuing her mission.

“Until I draw my last breath, I’m going to fight for you women and girls,” she said. “To make them realize how able they are. And if they have a dream, to follow it.”

Krier’s story has inspired so many.

“I know we’re about 80 years apart, but I do think we’re kindred spirits,” Raya Kenney said with a smile.

Kenney is now working to honor Krier and all the Rosies with a monument in Washington, D.C. It’s an idea she first brought to life as a school project in fifth grade, after learning about all the different roles women filled during the war.

“Their spark just ignites me,” Kenney said. “There’s a passion and intensity that comes with these women. And I think as a young woman, that’s very important to see.”

Kenney, now 24 years old, has been working on the project ever since. The monument has been approved in Washington, but a site still needs to be selected, and whatever’s built will need to be funded through private donations.

Krier hopes that people will wish her well on her birthday this year, not with a present, but through a donation to the foundation raising money for the monument.

Meantime, looking back on her life, Krier says the journey — and the people like Kenney she meets along the way — mean just as much as all the accomplishments.

She says time has been a gift.

“That’s a God-given gift. You can’t buy that,” Krier said. “I always say someone up there likes me.”

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By Laura Terrell

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    WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — West Des Moines police have made in arrest in the murder of realtor Ashley Okland nearly 15 years after her death.

Kristin Elizabeth Ramsey, 53, of Woodward, is charged with first-degree murder. She has been booked into the Dallas County Jail and is being held on a $2 million cash-only bond.

Okland, 27, was found dead with two gunshot wounds inside a model townhome where she was holding an open house on April 8, 2011.

The 911 call came in on a Friday afternoon around 2 p.m. Even though the crime happened in the middle of the afternoon the case went unsolved for nearly 15 years.

‘Feels like a long time’

KCCI spoke with Josh Okland, Ashley’s brother, in 2025 around the 14th anniversary of his sister’s death.

“When I think about the last time I saw her, yeah, 14 years feels like a long time,” said Josh Okland.

He’s spent the last decade and a half wondering why someone would want to kill his sister. He vividly remembers being with her the day before she died.

“April 7th, we spent the entire afternoon together. Her real estate career was booming, and she hired me to be her assistant to work on small stuff for her, make pamphlets. So we sat at Panera in Ankeny for four hours, and she was training me, but yeah, I will never forget that day,” said Josh Okland.

He had no indication that anything was wrong or that she was afraid of anybody. “No. Not at all. And we were very close. If there was something going on, she would have told me,” he said.

Ashley Okland’s legacy is permanently planted in Ewing Park, where a playground for children with special needs is built in her honor.

“I am proud to be her brother. She impacted so many people in such a positive way and such a good role model for a short 27-year life. Her legacy lives on,” said Josh Okland.

The investigation

In 2025, the West Des Moines Police Department told KCCI that investigators have interviewed hundreds of people and looked into more than a thousand leads in the case. In 2024, when Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced the state’s new Cold Case Unit, Josh Okland was there with several other families seeking answers and justice.

A news conference will be held at the West Des Moines Police Department at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. KCCI will livestream the news conference on our website, Facebook and YouTube.

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By Nick Caloway

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    SOMERSET COUNTY, New Jersey (WCBS) — Grubhub is launching New Jersey’s first commercial food delivery by drone.

CBS News New York’s Nick Caloway has learned more about the high-tech service and how it’s expected to work.

It looks like something out of the future, but starting this week, Somerset County customers ordering certain meals through the Grubhub app may see their dinner arrive from the sky.

The mobile food ordering and delivery platform is testing autonomous drone delivery within a 2.5-mile radius of Wonder, a food technology start up in Green Brook.

The price is the same as a standard delivery but gets to customers faster.

“Less minutes, less miles. We think the food will stay hotter. We think that there will be less emission on the road from a vehicle, if it works,” said Stephanie Brown, Wonder’s head of community and government affairs.

The drone lowers food using a tether system and follows Federal Aviation Administration-approved routes.

The pilot program, the first of its kind in the Northeast, starts on Wednesday and will last for three months. If it’s successful, the service could expand.

Company officials say the drone goes about 40 mph but add safety comes first.

“We are fully autonomous, but we always have a pilot at the controls, always monitoring the aircraft, and always able to steer the aircraft,” said Joe Houghton, COO of Dexa, an FAA-certified drone delivery company.

During a community demonstration Tuesday, high winds forced operators to keep the drone only about 5 feet above the ground, but neighbors still showed up to see the tech in action. Green Brook resident Danny Hughes said he was initially worried about the noise.

“And I just saw it take off. I’m not worried now,” Hughes said.

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By Larry Seward

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    MIAMI (WFOR) — A woman who lost $1,200 to someone impersonating comedian and radio host Rickey Smiley was able to meet the star in person, thanks to the management of Miami’s HOT 105 radio station.

Smiley was in Miami for a promotional event on Friday. Before that, HOT 105 hosted a meet-and-eat event with Smiley and his fans. The station’s program director extended a special invitation to Denise Kinsler to attend.

“Who knows, they might be changing our lives, and it might be the door to catapult us to where we’re supposed to go,” Kinsler said at the beginning of the event.

Days earlier, CBS News Miami reported on Kinsler’s story of loss. Kinsler runs “A Leap of Faith Foundation,” a charity that promotes healthier communities through plays she writes and showcases.

While the group was seeking donors, Kinsler found an unverified TikTok page she believed belonged to Smiley. The account’s manager immediately offered support, including help with tuition and a small business loan. The person claiming to be Smiley also offered a VIP trip to Dallas to discuss film. Kinsler said they sent her messages and videos to convince her the offer was legitimate.

All Kinsler had to do was pay $1,200 through a third-party app. Her money went to accounts with other people’s names, and the promised trip to Dallas never materialized.

“I’m like damn, oh my God,” Kinsler said in early March. “I want to take the law into my own hands and find this person because you’re preying on people’s vulnerabilities.”

A week later, HOT 105 brought Smiley to their building for the fan meet-and-eat. The station’s program director made Kinsler and her family special guests. “I was excited,” Kinsler said. “I was grateful.”

Her time with Smiley was brief, and the star told CBS News Miami he was happy to meet her.

“I’m excited for her,” he said. “Unfortunately, that’s been going on all over the country. It’s fake Rickey Smiley Facebook pages. Fake this and that, taking advantage of people. People who are within a certain demographic need to get with their grandkids and understand what catfish and scammers are. It’s a lot of scammers. Some people just need to be careful.”

Kinsler has filed a criminal complaint with the City of Miami Police.

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By Daniel Wilkerson

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    GEORGIA (WUPA) — A bill moving through the Georgia Legislature could make it easier for homeowners to build small backyard homes known as accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.

The proposal would reduce zoning barriers and allow homeowners to add a small second unit on their property. Supporters said it could help address Georgia’s housing shortage.

These types of homes already exist in neighborhoods like Virginia-Highland. Some are built above garages, while others sit in the rear of properties.

“What this bill is really about because I know there’s been a lot of questions out there about it, is helping families care for aging parent or child returning back home from school who can’t afford a home or apartment right now and providing affordable rental options for teachers or service workers who want to live closer to where they work” said state Rep. Tangie Herring, the bill’s sponsor.

Virginia-Highland homeowner Leah Matthews said she and her family once considered building a carriage home.

“The cost has gone up dramatically, so in hindsight, we wish that we would have taken the time and done it then,” said Matthews.

She said the extra space would have been useful as her family grew.

“I think for us – we both work from home, so it would have been great to have that extra space to get out of the house, especially, you know, with three cats and two dogs, and then also we are zoned RG-2, so on our street, if we ever did want to rent it out, you know, full time or even Airbnb, we would have been able to do that” said Matthews.

Kristin Allin, a principal planner with the Atlanta Regional Commission, said adding more housing types like ADUs could help create more affordable options.

“It could add a new type of housing, which we’re always at ARC promoting innovative housing types. It could add something. It could be rented at a lower price level, and it could also add supplemental income for homeowners who have an ADU in their backyard,” said Allin.

Allin also pointed to what is already happening in other parts of metro Atlanta. She said places like Canton are offering pre-approved ADU plans to cut red tape and make it faster and cheaper for homeowners to build.

An increase in backyard units has raised concerns about density and parking in states like California.

“Yeah, I mean California is different in a lot of ways. They have different restrictions that are long-standing, that are maybe a little bit different than what we have in Atlanta, so in our area, we have a little more flexibility,” said Allin.

Matthews said for her family, the biggest drawback would be losing yard space.

“Other than that, I don’t really think there are many drawbacks to it,” said Matthews.

The bill has already passed the Georgia House and now heads to the Senate.

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By Mike Sullivan

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    BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A magnet fisherman from Cape Cod recently discovered a derringer pistol in a case in a Bridgewater, Massachusetts river. The magnetic spelunker and YouTuber believes the gun may have been stolen or is possibly evidence from a crime.

Bridgewater police say the weapon is now under investigation.

“This must have been a very good case because it looked like it had been down there easily 30 years, 40 years,” said Nate DeMontigny, creator of the YouTube channel Cape Cod Magnet Crew. “The gun inside was completely pristine. It looked brand new. It even actually had a sticker on it, a for sale sticker.”

DeMontigny found the gun while casting over a bridge on Summer Street in Bridgewater. Early that day he cast off a different bridge in town and found a gun clip to a different weapon. The find gave him the impression that more could be down there.

“When you find something like that, evidence that there is something else, you always go back,” said DeMontigny.

DeMontigny is no stranger to finding a weapon. WBZ went out with him and other magnet fishermen in 2024 for a story and discovered the remnants of bomb in a Needham river.

This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story. Before posting a video of the find to YouTube, he posted a photo of the story on Reddit. He says it quickly gained more than a million views.

After finding the weapon, he contacted Bridgewater police before putting any of the footage online. Police tell WBZ the weapon and the circumstances behind it are currently under investigation. They would not divulge any more information than that right now. While DeMontigny believes the gun could be stolen, it turns out that it may end up being his in the end.

“They say I have to wait a year from the date. Luckily, I remember the date because it’s the day after my son’s 18th birthday,” said DeMontigny.

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By Ashley Paul

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    HARTFORD COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — A Harford County family was reunited with their cat, who went missing five years ago.

Melissa and Brooke Garci thought they were never going to see their cat, Artemis, again, until the most unlikely scenario played out.

In September 2021, Artemis, who is an indoor/outdoor cat, never returned to her Hickory, Maryland home.

The Garcis made fliers in a desperate attempt to find her.

“I posted them around the neighborhood, rolled them up, and put them in people’s doors, knocked, and got nothing,” Melissa Garci said.

Emotional reunion

Five years later, a woman came into the Harford County Humane Society with a cat she found in her unfinished basement.

As standard procedure, the shelter scanned the cat for a microchip and called the listed number.

“This woman answered, ‘Hello?’ And we said we have your cat, and she was unbelieving. And she said, ‘Are you sure? My cat has been missing for five years,”” said Erin Long, with the Harford County Humane Society.

Long says she has never seen an animal reunited with its owners after that much time, and the Garcis were just as shocked.

“I was like, I couldn’t cry yet because I was in disbelief, but when I saw her, I was like, ‘Omg, she looks exactly the same,'” Brooke Garci said.

“It was a beautiful thing”

Photos from the tearful reunion show the moments Artemis stepped out of her carrier and laid eyes on her long-lost family.

“He kind of walked out of the kennel and looked at them and went right over and was rubbing on them, got in mom’s lap, got in daughter’s lap. It was a beautiful thing,” Long said.

While we’ll never truly know where Artemis was this whole time, what we do know is that the name Artemis comes from the Greek goddess for hunting and wilderness, and after surviving five years on her own, she certainly lives up to it.

“Her instincts are strong,” said Brooke Garci.

The humane society urges people to microchip their pets, and make sure that to keep the information associated with the chip up to date.

It could make all the difference if your pet is ever to get lost.

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By Ashley Paul

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    HARTFORD COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — A Harford County family was reunited with their cat, who went missing five years ago.

Melissa and Brooke Garci thought they were never going to see their cat, Artemis, again, until the most unlikely scenario played out.

In September 2021, Artemis, who is an indoor/outdoor cat, never returned to her Hickory, Maryland home.

The Garcis made fliers in a desperate attempt to find her.

“I posted them around the neighborhood, rolled them up, and put them in people’s doors, knocked, and got nothing,” Melissa Garci said.

Emotional reunion

Five years later, a woman came into the Harford County Humane Society with a cat she found in her unfinished basement.

As standard procedure, the shelter scanned the cat for a microchip and called the listed number.

“This woman answered, ‘Hello?’ And we said we have your cat, and she was unbelieving. And she said, ‘Are you sure? My cat has been missing for five years,”” said Erin Long, with the Harford County Humane Society.

Long says she has never seen an animal reunited with its owners after that much time, and the Garcis were just as shocked.

“I was like, I couldn’t cry yet because I was in disbelief, but when I saw her, I was like, ‘Omg, she looks exactly the same,'” Brooke Garci said.

“It was a beautiful thing”

Photos from the tearful reunion show the moments Artemis stepped out of her carrier and laid eyes on her long-lost family.

“He kind of walked out of the kennel and looked at them and went right over and was rubbing on them, got in mom’s lap, got in daughter’s lap. It was a beautiful thing,” Long said.

While we’ll never truly know where Artemis was this whole time, what we do know is that the name Artemis comes from the Greek goddess for hunting and wilderness, and after surviving five years on her own, she certainly lives up to it.

“Her instincts are strong,” said Brooke Garci.

The humane society urges people to microchip their pets, and make sure that to keep the information associated with the chip up to date.

It could make all the difference if your pet is ever to get lost.

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