Month: October 2026

By Rebecca Klopf, Photojournalist Jeffery Morris

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    MENOMONEE FALLS, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — As the World Series continues, a Menomonee Falls mother and son are hoping to come home with a special souvenir: a baseball from the game. But for Shawn and Sue Bosman, simply being together at the ballpark may mean more than anything they could catch.

Shawn is what is known as a “ballhawk,” a fan who positions himself around the ballpark hoping to catch baseballs hit into the stands.

He’s been doing it for about 20 years and says he has caught 198 balls during Brewers games. TMJ4 News first met Shawn back in 2018 when he had caught his 85th ball.

His mom is the one who got him started.

“I stopped counting in 2010 at 300,” Sue Bosman said.

Together, the two have caught more than 500 balls at Brewers games.

For years, Shawn and Sue went to many games together. But that tradition was interrupted last season when Sue was diagnosed with cancer.

“I was too sick to do anything,” she said.

As Sue underwent surgery and chemotherapy, she couldn’t be in the stands with her son. But Shawn found ways to keep his mom involved. During one game, Sue remembers seeing her son on television after he caught a ball.

“The camera zoomed in on him and he was holding the ball and waving and said, ‘Hi Mom,’” Sue recalled.

One especially memorable ball came from Christian Yelich’s grand slam home run in 2025.

“A lot of people ask me about that one,” Shawn said.

The ball eventually made its way to Sue’s home, where it sat on her bedside table. The baseballs Shawn brought home became reminders of the place Sue hoped to return to.

“Just think about this. There is going to be playoffs. There might be a World Series. I have to get back there,” Sue said.

Now that Sue has finished chemotherapy, mother and son are heading back to the ballpark together, this time for the World Series. Shawn got tickets for Games 1 and 2, as well as Games 6 and 7 if the series goes that far.

Of course, the longtime ballhawks wouldn’t mind adding a World Series ball to their collection.

But after the year they’ve been through, Shawn says catching another baseball isn’t what he’ll remember most.

“The hard part was getting here,” Shawn said. “Today is about enjoying it. If we so happen to be in the right place at the right time that would be pretty cool. But we are here and that is what matters.”

For a mother and son who have spent years chasing baseballs together, this World Series is about something much simpler: being back in the stands together.

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By Kennedy Mason

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    WINTER PARK, Florida (WESH) — A 3-year-old Central Florida soccer player is gaining international attention after a dispute at a youth soccer game in Winter Park led to a 911 call and a police response.

Nevada Pierre and his father, Don Pierre, spoke with WESH 2 about what happened Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Park and why they say the young player simply wants to keep playing the sport he loves.

“I love soccer!” Nevada said.

Videos of Nevada showing off his soccer skills have attracted attention online. His father said those abilities are the result of consistent practice and dedication.

“He put in a lot of time. He put in a lot of work,” Don Pierre said.

But Saturday’s game took a turn when a youth league official called 911 and asked police to respond to the field.

In the call, the official reported a dispute with a parent, saying the person was following him around and calling him names. The official also asked police to arrive quickly, telling the dispatcher the family was about to leave.

Don Pierre disputes that account. He said he and Nevada’s mother were keeping to themselves while other parents discussed their son.

“You excluded us out of the group, talking about him, and when we started coming toward you, you made it a whole other thing,” Pierre said. “Like, we just want him to play.”

Body-camera footage shows the league official, who works with i9 Sports, explaining his concerns about Nevada’s playing style.

“He’s very advanced compared to the other ones. So he scores a lot of goals, but he pushes the other kids,” the official told officers.

The official said he rotated players to ensure every child had playing time and claimed Nevada’s parents objected to the decision.

Pierre denied having an argument with other parents.

“We never had no argument with other parents. We never had no back-and-forth with no parent,” he said, adding that another parent was yelling at Nevada to pass the ball.

Police say no one was arrested and the family cooperated by leaving the field.

In a statement to WESH 2, i9 Sports said it takes these concerns seriously and has reached out to the family as part of a review.

For Pierre, the attention surrounding the incident has become about more than a disagreement at a soccer game. He wants people to recognize his son’s talent without the circumstances that brought police to the field defining him.

“I want people to see his talent. Not because the police was called on him,” Pierre said.

He said his priority is making sure Nevada can continue playing soccer.

“I just want to let him play because that’s all he wants to do right now! No one is telling him to do this!” Pierre said.

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By Ricardo Tovar

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    PAJARO, California (KSBW) — The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an attempted murder suspect accused of trying to drown a man after striking him with a metal pipe and shooting him with a BB gun.

A department spokesperson said deputies received a call around 5:30 p.m. about an assault along the Pajaro River levee near Gonda Street.

Preliminary information indicates that a man was assaulted by another man in the Pajaro Riverbed. The victim was allegedly struck in the head and face multiple times with a metal pipe, shot with a BB gun and pushed into the river in an attempt to drown him.

The suspect was described as a Hispanic man between 30 and 35 years old, about 5 feet 3 inches to 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighing approximately 130 pounds. He was described as short, with dark hair, possibly in a crew cut.

He was wearing a green shirt and jeans and was soaking wet when he left the scene, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The victim was taken to a local hospital for treatment. The extent of his injuries was not disclosed.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the suspect.

Anyone who sees the suspect or has information that could help locate him is asked to call 831-755-5111.

The public is asked to call 911 if they observe an immediate threat.

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    PITTSBURGH (WTAE) — A man was taken to the hospital after crashing his car into a City of Pittsburgh garage Tuesday morning, narrowly missing an employee working underneath a hoist, public safety officials said.

The vehicle ended up underneath the hoist after the car reversed into the closed garage door on Eazor Square in the Strip District at about 8:45 a.m., public safety officials said.

The garage is located just off Railroad Street, between 29th and 30th streets.

Firefighters found the man inside the car, and medics took him to the hospital in stable condition, officials said.

The crash is under investigation by Pittsburgh police.

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    ORLANDO, Florida (WESH) — An Orlando woman is going viral after calling 911 while dressed in a banana costume.

Stephanie Oropeza and her fiancé were going home from a Halloween party when they witnessed the crash at The Moderne bar on Colonial Drive around 4 a.m. Saturday.

“I yelled at my fiancé. I was like, ‘You need to stop the car right now,’” Oropeza said. “And then we start running, and I’m on the phone with 911.”

The car slammed through tables, umbrellas and a fence outside the bar. The building itself was not damaged and no injuries were reported.

Oropeza did not realize surveillance cameras had captured her running toward the scene in the bright yellow costume.

“The last thing that would have occurred to me is that there was a surveillance camera and that the next day I’d wake up to ‘Banana Hero,’” she said.

The Moderne posted the surveillance video on social media while trying to identify the costumed caller. Management offered her a dinner as a thank-you.

The last-minute Halloween costume quickly turned Oropeza into a viral sensation. Oropeza said she has barely taken off the costume since Saturday and is enjoying her newfound fame.

Still, she hopes the attention highlights a more important lesson.

“I genuinely feel like I just did something that I hope most people do when you see someone in need — just help them out and call who you need to call so they can get the help they need,” Oropeza said. “Despite knowing them or not, despite being in a costume or not.”

Oropeza said the driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene and cooperated with police.

Management at The Moderne said it is also creating a banana-flavored specialty cocktail in Oropeza’s honor. The drink is expected to be added to the menu this week.

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By Kristen Consillio

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    DIAMOND HEAD, Hawaii (KITV) — This video shows a man creeping behind two women walking into a parking garage at around noon on Monday.

“And then all of a sudden, we felt somebody really close, evil, and we both kind of turned. And his face was filled with anger,” said an elderly woman who was with the victim.

Within seconds, the man begins chasing a 24-year-old woman.

This is where the man caught the woman from behind and tried to carry her to his car while she screamed for help.

“She was fighting with all her might,” the elderly woman said. “And at the same time, I was really impressed because she kept saying to him, ‘You don’t want to do this.’ She was trying to give him a conscience and I’m screaming, ‘Help! Help!’ as loud as I can.”

That’s when neighbors and bystanders jumped into action.

“There was terror. I looked out and I saw a man with a woman in a bear hug. She’s off the ground and flailing and screaming,” said neighbor Beverly Lewis. “We just started screaming at him to drop her, put her down, get out of here. We heard other neighbors say the same kind of thing.”

Then suddenly, “the guy dropped her in the middle of the road and backed up, floored it,” she said.

The attempted kidnapping is now traumatizing both the victims and neighbors.

“My friend and I are having night terrors,” the elderly woman said. “I kept waking up screaming.”

“All of us are horrified,” Lewis said. “You see videos of things like that, but to experience a savage attack on a person, it’s speechless.”

“He was over 200 pounds… and he was solid,” added neighbor Mike Finkelstein. “Yeah, he was a solid guy and he went down and he just picked her right up.”

And while the community is still reeling, calling for vigilance in the quaint and normally quiet neighborhood, it’s aloha that saved the day.

“The community saved her, and I think that’s the best part of the story is that everybody, everybody rallied,” Lewis said.

“There were people praying over us,” the elderly woman said. “They all came from their heart and they were all here to support us and help us through it, and they scared him away.”

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By Melissa Fry

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    OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Heather Waite, a special effects makeup artist, is showcasing how simple tools can create chilling Halloween transformations as part of her annual 31-day challenge.

“This is the way I get my creativity out, if I don’t I might go insane,” Waite said.

Waite’s talent for special effects makeup has taken her to film and movie sets for years. Every October, she challenges herself to create spooky looks using everyday items that anyone can find.

“This you can just get from any grocery store, just look for Knox gelatin, it comes in little packets,” Waite said.

She also uses latex, tissues, cotton balls, foundation, and crushed eyeshadow to create different shades.

For one of her recent challenges, Waite transformed a participant into a character with burned skin.

“It’s so creepy,” said Conni Fry. She’s the mother of KETV Anchor Melissa Fry. She willingly volunteered to have her face done up by Waite.

Waite explained the process as she worked. “Start putting some colors on here, and we’ll do it in different layers,” she said. The latex created the appearance of melted skin, and she added black makeup and fake blood for a dramatic effect.

“Let’s put some blood in it,” Waite said, holding up a bottle. She also demonstrated how to adjust the blood’s texture and color. “You can even affect it to be darker, thicker, thinner. So this is kind of a cool product.”

The entire look took Waite about 20 minutes to complete.

“Ironically, being a special effects artist, I feel like less is more, because our brain can come up with so much more,” Waite said.

The transformation was a hit. “Oh my god! I love it,” said Fry.

She loved the look so much, she drove her grandson Charlie to football practice while still in character. Standing at the back of the field, she caught the attention of the coach, who approached her and asked, “Can I help you?”

Charlie’s response? “I don’t know, this lady has been following me.”

Waite’s work highlights how creativity and simple tools can bring Halloween characters to life.

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