Month: March 2026

By Willie Daniely

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    North Carolina (WRAL) — Harnett County deputies arrested an Overhills High School math teacher after receiving a report that she had an illegal substance on campus.

Jocelyn McArthur, 33, is charged with:

Possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell or deliver on or near a school (marijuana) Possession of drug paraphernalia (marijuana) Simple possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance (resin of marijuana) Weapon on educational property, not a gun

An arrest warrant states McArthur “knowingly” possessed marijuana with intent to “manufacture, sell or deliver” it within 100 feet of the boundary of Overhills Hills School in Spring Lake.

According to a former coworker of McArthur, news of her charges did not come as a surprise.

“She reeked of marijuana every single day, her classroom reeked of marijuana every single day,” said a former coworker who wanted to remain anonymous. “This is nothing new. This has been an ongoing situation.”

That former coworker told WRAL News school administration attempted to get rid of McArthur multiple times over the years due to her behavior on campus.

“He (the former Overhills principal) tried to fire this woman twice,” they continued. “He sent her home and the county office sent her back to the school.”

WRAL News has reached out to Harnett County Schools with a request for comment.

“We take matters related to student and staff safety seriously,” a district spokesperson wrote in a statement. “We are following established district procedures in addressing this matter.”

The spokesperson declined to further comment on the situation, citing personnel privacy laws.

“Harnett County Schools remains committed to providing a safe and secure learning environment,” the district spokesperson wrote.

Authorities are holding McArthur at the Harnett County Detention Center under a secured bond of $102,000.

The investigation is ongoing.

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By TJ Dysart

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A Milwaukee Lyft driver, Candice Kozinski, was carjacked at gunpoint early Saturday morning while driving a group of passengers at 41st and Hampton.

Kozinski recounted that she had gone out to drive for Lyft after her day job at Aurora as a PSR.

Her fourth ride of the night appeared on her Lyft app as a female passenger, but when she arrived to pick her up, four males got into the car.

“A couple minutes up the road, he’s like, ‘Hey, I feel sick, can you pull over?’ So I thought he was going to puke,” Kozinski said. “I pulled over, and then he was like, ‘Get out of the car.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, crap.'”

She pulled over at 41st and Hampton, and moments later, felt something in her lower back.

“I went and grabbed under the gun, like, under the barrel, and tried to pull it away from them, but they are all stronger than me,” Kozinski said.

Next thing Kozinski knew, she was on the ground, and the perpetrators had sped off with her car. She said police found her car later that night, but not the suspects. On Sunday, the car still had fingerprinting dust applied by detectives.

“The car is there, but it’s not the same,” Kozinski said. “Yes, I am alive, but I was still violated, my property was still violated at the same time.”

Data from the Milwaukee Police Department shows 40 total carjackings since the start of this year, with carjackings down 44% compared to this time last year.

Kozinski said she has since quit her job as a Lyft driver. 12 News has reached out to Lyft for comment, but has not yet heard back.

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By Duke Carter

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — A community in Milwaukee is coming together to create an inclusive park where anyone can play on the city’s east side.

Roughly a dozen volunteers gathered at Kilbourn Reservoir Park near Fratney and Meinecke on Saturday to plant 1,200 tulips for a good cause.

“I’m really excited, just to see all kinds of kids here and building friendships of all kinds,” one volunteer said.

Kayla Schultz with Milwaukee Parks said, “Here are purple tulips going in the formation of TBD. You’ll see that (when) the surprise is unveiled.”

As volunteers plant tulips here at the park, it will all lead to the bigger project. A two-acre site where kids can come to the playground, where it’s inclusive for everyone.

The park will feature a full basketball court and two half courts that will be accessible for adaptive wheelchair play.

“There will be a water feature that includes a non-functional, but an aesthetic drawbridge, as well as a giant purple dragon that has playable wings,” Schultz said.

Purple is 9-year-old Stella’s favorite color. She had a cancerous tumor in her brain in July 2023. A year later, she had the tumor removed, but wasn’t able to play at the park in the same way due to new mobility issues. Her mom, Rese, made a promise to build a playground that all kids could use.

“It’s such an incredible thing to see so many people come together, and they each bring their own story. I bring my story from my experience with Stella,” Rese said.

The community is now making the family’s dream a reality.

“It’s been hard. But we have such an incredible community. We have such incredible friends. We have such an incredible family,” Rese said.

“I want to see a purple dragon, tulips, and monkey bars,” Stella said.

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    DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) — Des Moines police are asking for the public’s help locating a unique piece of stolen property.

They say this vintage 1951 MG TD car was taken from a garage at a home on North Valley Drive this week.

Police say the vehicle had been in the garage for more than three decades.

They say the wheels were locked, so the thief likely used a trailer to take it.

Also stolen was a John Deere riding mower and dozens of boxes of antique glassware.

Police are asking people who live in the area to check their security cameras.

They’re also asking anyone who may see the stolen items up for sale somewhere to contact them immediately.

If you have any information about this investigation, contact Detective Miller at 515-283-4857.

You can also submit an anonymous tip through the DMPD mobile app and Crimestoppers of Central Iowa.

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By Sarah Horbacewicz

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    DENVER, Colorado (KCNC) — After an unseasonably warm winter, the Denver Board of Water Commissioners has announced mandatory watering restrictions ranging from watering gardens to service in restaurants. As Denver looks to reduce water use by 20% in the next year, the city is asking restaurants to “serve water only upon request.”

The new regulations are something restaurant owner Juan Pedro says he understands but wishes he had more notice about ahead of time.

“When the when the city and the state are putting restrictions like that on you, they’re doing it for a reason,” Pedro said, “This isn’t a huge change in behavior for us, it’s just a problem that we’re going to need to solve and we’re in the problem solving business.”

Pedro says he owns more than 20 businesses across Denver that are impacted by these restrictions, including restaurants, coffee shops and bars. This includes his restaurant Magna Kainan in the Rino neighborhood where staff and customers are adapting to water requests instead of automatically having a full glass at their table. Pedro says at some higher-end restaurants he’s considering putting bottled water options out for sale on tables as well. Some other Denver restaurants also mentioned that they already ask their tables if they’d like water before filling any glasses as a standard practice.

While Pedro says this shift is something his staff “will need to get used to,” he’s concerned for how this new policy could impact bar service.

“A place like Sorry Gorgeous, which is a cocktail lounge, we like to put jugs of water out that people can self-serve water and we’re going to need to go away from that. And I think that’s really important for bars to be able to hydrate people,” Pedro said. “I would strongly recommend that the city exempt bars from that. Restaurants, I think, are a little bit more equipped to handle that, coffee shops (too). But really busy bars? You’re asking for trouble.”

New water restrictions go beyond the glass at a dining table, but extend across the city to include car washes, landscaping and other non-essential activities.

Denver Water spokesperson Todd Hartman says conservation is critical following a winter with historically low snowpack.

“People need to find ways to save water by not using excessive water outside or inside,” Hartman said. “We just want to stress how important that is to our customers, because the snowpack is so poor this year.”

After what officials describe as the warmest winter in Colorado history, Pedro worries the situation could worsen heading into summer.

“Water is essential to running a restaurant, so it could have a huge impact on us,” he said. “You’ve got to wash dishes, that’s a priority for sanitary reasons, and you’ve got to wash your hands.”

Despite the uncertainty, Pedro hopes early conservation efforts will help prevent stricter measures later.

“Everybody needs to be patient,” he said. “These businesses are doing their best to comply with what the city and state are asking us to do. I think it’s an opportunity for the community to come together and help solve a problem.”

The Denver Board of Water Commissioners has put these measures in effect through April 30, 2027. The city of Aurora is also encouraging restaurants to serve water upon request but would only become mandatory if the city votes on further water restrictions.

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By JoBeth Davis, Krista Tatschl

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    PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kansas (KMBC) — “I think I’m being followed.”

Those words were the first indication Terah Moore had that the Uber ride she’d ordered to go to a nearby store wasn’t going to be a typical grocery trip.

“My Uber driver said, ‘I think I’m being followed,'” Moore told KMBC 9 News from her hospital bed. “They followed her every move. She said, ‘No, am I being followed?’ I looked back, and I said, ‘Dang, you are being followed.'”

The events that followed stretched from Overland Park, Kansas, into Prairie Village and ended with Moore being shot multiple times.

Her Uber ride to the store turned into the most terrifying moment of her life.

“She just took off and started driving real fast,” Moore said. “She ended up hopping the island, she’s literally going 115 miles per hour. I said, ‘Slow down, slow down, you about to miss your turn, slow down!'”

Moore said the driver passed the Price Chopper near Bannister and 95th and dodged through a gas station parking lot.

“I’m thinking we’re about to run into the building there,” Moore said. “I was like, ‘We either going to die in a car accident or they gonna get us.'”

Police said that the SUV, a red or maroon 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee, caught up with Moore’s ride near 99th Street and Roe Avenue. People inside the Jeep opened fire.

“The next exit that came up was Roe. We’re weaving through traffic, her horn don’t work. She’s trying to honk her horn. By the time we got on Roe, that’s when I heard the first shots…I instantly ducked down in my seat.”

Moore said the back window of the car shattered, the driver of the Uber was screaming.

“I hear her saying, ‘I want my mama! I want my mama! I want my mama! Oh my God, I don’t want to die today!'”

Moore kept trying to calm the woman, telling her to slow down, knowing a sharp turn was coming.

“By now we’re on a residential street, 99th and Roe, now we see houses. That’s when they really started shooting,” Moore said.

Moore said the driver hit a tree and the vehicle flipped. Scene video shot by KMBC 9 News shows the car on its side in a wooded residential area near Franklin Park in Prairie Village.

“I’m happy we got into a wreck, ’cause now it’s over,” Moore said the thought went through her mind. But things quickly went from bad to worse.

“They got out of their car and shot us up again while the car was on fire.”

Moore, knowing she had been shot, struggled to get out of the burning car. She caught sight of the suspects, two Black males, one of whom was skinny with locs.

“They weren’t men, they were some young teenagers,” she said. “They had automatic guns.”

Neighbors helped Moore and the Uber driver out of the car. Moore was rushed to the hospital, where she spent several days in the ICU. She was shot five times.

The driver of the Uber suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Police issued a public plea to help identify the vehicle and its drivers, adding the Jeep had Kansas license plate 9103ACY.

Moore said she still doesn’t know if the Jeep had been following her driver before she was picked up. She didn’t know the driver before the Uber ride, or the suspects involved.

She’s beyond grateful for the people who helped pull her from the car’s burning wreckage.

“I appreciate y’all just being there,” she said. “It probably wouldn’t have even ended if y’all wasn’t there, called 911 for us. I really appreciate that because I was able to see my kids again.”

Moore is the sole caretaker of four young children. She’s out of her job as a forklift driver due to the extent of her injuries, and she’s facing mounting medical bills.

A GoFundMe has been started to help Moore and her family with those bills, and to relocate to what she believes will be a home in a safer area. Funds raised will also help Moore provide for her family while she recovers.

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By Irene Gonzalez

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    California (KOVR) — For women’s history month, a local woman who helped build military aircraft during World War II is now sharing her story, more than 80 years later.

At 101 years old, Beatrice Beck, who goes by Bea, looks back at a life that helped shape the nation.

From her time as a riveter during World War II at Lockheed Martin in Burbank.

“I worked on the B-17,” she said, “and I came from Minnesota, and that’s where I landed, working at Lockheed. It was nice. I work in a big airplane plant somewhere in California. We are already turning out planes at a rate that everyone said was impossible a year ago.”

Bea, who now lives in Nevada City with her daughter, Sandy, took us back to her roots.

“We would not have built all the planes we needed to build to come out successful in the second World War if it weren’t for the women who did it,” Sandy said.

Growing up on a farm in Wabasha, Minnesota, one of 18 children, Bea milked cows and attended a one-room schoolhouse during the great depression.

“When I go back there now, there’s nobody home,” Bea said.

“She had a brother, Johnny, who was drafted and was going to California, and she had just graduated high school,” Sandy said. “She wanted to come out here with her sisters and just get off the farm.”

She got off the farm and onto the assembly line, riveting, welding and wiring aircraft, like the B-17 bomber.

“I think women did do a majority of the work,” Sandy said. “However, there were some men there, too. And one of them was my father.”

Bea’s husband has since passed, but the story goes that they met on a Bombay rack at the factory.

“They were married at St. Finbar’s Church in Burbank, California, on November 20, 1945,” Sandy said.

“Yeah, I worked in electrical and had to show other people different things,” Bea said.

Bea was invited to the U.S. Capitol when Rosie the Riveter was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. She wasn’t able to make it, but received a replica that is now proudly displayed in their home

Nowadays, Bea has traded her drill for quiet afternoons with her daughter, enjoying the simple sounds of home.

Bea continued to work on aircraft, wiring pilots’ cabins, until 1987.

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