Month: March 2026

By Matthew Dietz

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    CINCINNATI (WLWT) — Cincinnati Children’s Hospital revealed its first dedicated helicopter to transport patients on Tuesday.

Cincinnati Children’s partnered with Air Methods to get the helicopter, which is branded with Cincinnati Children’s logo and colors.

The helicopter includes night-vision capability, a cruising speed of over 150 miles per hour and a roundtrip range of 300 miles from Cincinnati Children’s Burnet Campus.

Cincinnati Children’s also held a naming contest for children to offer suggestions on what the helicopter should be called.

A 5-year-old child, named Ellie, offered the name that was ultimately chosen for the aircraft – Care Force One.

“Our new helicopter can dramatically speed up the transport of newborns and children from hospitals across Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and parts of West Virginia,” said Evaline Alessandrini, MD, chief operating officer of Cincinnati Children’s. “Travel time can be cut in half or more, allowing specialized care to begin as soon as our team arrives.”

Ellie said the name was inspired by Air Force 1, the plane that transports U.S. presidents across the country.

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By Tia Maggio

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    SAVANNAH, Georgia (WJCL) — Residents in one Savannah neighborhood say they’re fed up after a deadly dog attack left a beloved neighborhood cat dead and renewed concerns about safety on their street.

The attack happened Saturday in the Ardsley Park neighborhood near 48th Street in the front yard of another neighbor’s home. Neighbors say the incident is the latest in a long list of problems involving a nearby resident and his dogs.

Ardsley Park homeowner Lindsey Melvin said her nearly 11-year-old cat, Fitz, was attacked and killed by a neighbor’s dog.

Melvin said Fitz wasn’t just her pet — he was known throughout the neighborhood.

“Not only did I have him, but the neighborhood had him, the street had him. There were people six houses down that knew his name,” Melvin said.

Melvin says the dogs belong to her neighbor, Calum Crampton, who she claims owns multiple dogs that have shown aggressive behavior in the past. She said the attack that killed Fitz is far from the first incident.

“I’m not the first person to lose their cat. I’m not the fourth person to be a victim of these dogs in some form or fashion,” Melvin said.

Several neighbors told WJCL 22 News they have raised concerns about the dogs for years. They claim the animals have attacked people, children and other pets.

Police records obtained by WJCL 22 News show multiple past complaints involving Crampton, including reports related to animal attacks, harassment and disorderly conduct.

Johnny Walgate, who’s lived in the neighborhood for 30 years, said the attack happened in his front yard. He said the situation has made some residents afraid to even step outside.

“We’ve got women that won’t go out their front doors because he goes after them verbally,” Walgate said. “He has threatened women with guns. He’s threatened lots of people.”

One neighbor, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons, said she previously obtained a restraining order against Crampton after alleged threatening behavior: “We don’t go out the door unless we’re pretty sure he’s not out on the street. I don’t walk my dog anymore. I just go from my front door to my car and out the driveway,” she said.

Now, some neighbors say they want stronger local laws to address dangerous animals and irresponsible pet ownership.

Residents say they have repeatedly reported incidents to authorities but feel more action is needed.

“We call the police. We do everything we’re supposed to do. But we can’t do any more than we do,” one neighbor said. “It’s up to law enforcement, and it’s up to judges.”

WJCL 22 News reached out to the Savannah Police Department and Chatham County Animal Services for comment.

While Savannah police said they could not comment directly on the case, Chatham County Animal Services confirmed the incident is under investigation.

Neighbors told WJCL 22 News that animal control removed Crampton’s dogs from the home Tuesday afternoon. However, Chatham County officials have not yet confirmed that action. The investigation remains ongoing.

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By Ayron Lewallen

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    BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WVTM) — The Oscars are just a few days away, and the group behind one documentary could walk away with one of the most prestigious awards in film.

“The Alabama Solution” sheds light on the state’s prison system. It’s filmed mostly through contraband cellphones given to inmates to share their day-to-day lives.

The City of Birmingham hosted a screening at the Carver Theater on Tuesday to give people a better understanding of the issues. Documentary co-producer Beth Shelburne believes everyone has a collective responsibility to understand the experiences of those who are impacted by the justice system.

“The film represents a look at some of the things that are happening,” she said. “It does not represent the totality of the situation, which is really comprehensive, and across the system, we don’t really get into the lack of health care for people in the system, the crisis with people that are suffering from mental illness. There’s so many issues that are happening, and you just can’t include it all in a two-hour film.”

Danny Dandridge is one of the men who made the film possible by risking his life to record chilling video from inside the prison walls used in the project.

“It’s more than just a film to me,” he said. “It’s my life because I lived everything in the film. I was one of the ones that stood up and fought every day for not just my freedom, but for everybody else’s freedom. It was a lot of injustice going on in the system. The administration killing inmates and hiding it and getting away with it. I couldn’t take it no more. I just stood up—me and the rest of my brothers and a lot more other people—we stood up, fought, shot videos of the incidents and everything that was happening and we put it out there.”

For some who went to Tuesday’s screening, it was their first time seeing the film. Cathy Lee told WVTM 13 she left feeling encouraged to do her part to create the change she hopes to see.

“It was heart-wrenching,” she said. “I was already very aware of how bad it was in prison systems, but it was disgusting to me to realize how our systems are being used in this state, and especially being used as a almost as a slavery situation where we have people out working in the public and not being paid, and the state of Alabama is making money from that.”

Shelburne feels there’s still a long way to go before changes to the justice system are made. She said she feels like our state leaders failed those impacted by the justice system and hopes the documentary will get them to do better.

Part of that was inviting Gov. Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall to a screening of the documentary in LA before the Academy Award ceremony. She says those invitations were declined, though.

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By Brooklyn Joyner

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    JACKSON, Mississippi (WAPT) — A woman in Jackson is looking is to hold someone accountable after a young man was caught on her Ring camera trying to kick in her door.

Jacqueline King said her Pecan Tree Park neighborhood is quiet, and this type of behavior is unacceptable there or anywhere.

“Where are the parents?” King asked.

That is the question that lingers in her mind after she woke up Tuesday night to banging on her door. King’s doorbell camera capturing a boy kicking at her door.

“My elderly mother is here and the first thing I thought was she’s fallen,” King said. “We needed to see what was going on, and my daughter looked at the Ring camera, and she said that’s not what happened. She showed me the video, and I said, ‘You have got to be kidding.'”

The incident not only broke King’s screen door, but it also has her worried for the future of the children involved, whom she said she doesn’t even know

“You have some homeowners that are armed and the first thing they’ll do is shoot, and the next thing you know, this would have been a different interview,” King said.

This is not the first time 16 WAPT has reported on a situation like this. In February, a group of teens in Brookhaven were caught on camera going to multiple homes and kicking on people’s doors.

“By it happening in Brookhaven, something tells me we need to nip this in the bud right now,” King said.

King said the youth need positive activities to occupy their time, because if not, they will continue to make terrible decisions.

“You have in the summer vacation, bible school. Why not have something open to them during these periods where they can be engaged be enlightened and encouraged?” King said.

King said she reported the incident to police.

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By Yuna Lee

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    BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (KHBS, KHOG) — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is calling on residents to help protect endangered species like the Ozark Cavefish and Benton County crawfish by being mindful of water pollutants.

One of the biggest threats to Arkansas crawdads, also known as crayfish or crawfish, is water pollution. The commission says that by living more consciously above ground, people can protect the animals living underneath it.

“Whenever it rains, the water, it goes into nearby streams. But in these karst systems like Northwest Arkansas, the water gets underground really quickly,” Conservation Fish Ecologist Chance Garrett said.

Ozark Cavefish and Benton County crawfish live underground and are sensitive to increased nutrients or sedimentation.

“So any pollutants that happen to be on the landscape at the time get delivered into that water,” Garrett said.

Garrett said they have used dye to map out where rainwater travels in Northwest Arkansas.

“We track where that dye goes to understand how the water is connected to the surface,” he said.

Garrett advised homeowners to consider what they are putting into their yards.

“You know, do I have to spray this pesticide or herbicide, or could I maybe do some weeding with my on my hands and knees? Or do I have to fertilize my lawn again this month? Or is it really green and looking good? And that would be just excess nutrients,” he said.

The goal is to keep the natural state beautiful and alive for all who call it home.

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