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    CATALINA FOOTHILLS, Arizona (KGUN) — It has been 100 days since Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in the Catalina Foothills, and Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos says the investigation is far from over.

Mother’s Day was not the same for Savannah Guthrie and her siblings.

Savannah posted on her Instagram a special tribute to her mom with the caption, “Mother, daughter, sister, Nonie – we miss you with every breath. We will never stop looking for you. We will never be at peace until we find you.”

Sheriff Nanos says it weighed heavy on him not just on Mother’s Day, but everyday and his department has not stopped looking for her.

“Every passing second to that family probably seems like 100 days. So yeah, there’s a lot of stress there for them, but they just need to know that we’re not giving up,” Sheriff Nanos said.

Despite FBI Director Kash Patel’s criticism of how the sheriff’s department has handled the investigation, Sheriff Nanos said his office continues to work closely with their FBI partners.

“I don’t want to get into politics. Politicians are politicians, they are gonna do what they say. That’s not our focus. The pundits, the experts, the thousands of keyboard experts, everybody has their opinions. That’s OK. That’s not our concern,” Sheriff Nanos said.

“Our concern is we’re focused on solving a crime and we have a great relationship with the FBI from day one and actually before day one. We belong to a task force with the FBI, have for decades,” Nanos said.

As questions mount over why it is taking so long to find Nancy, Sheriff Nanos wants the public to understand why the DNA process is tedious.

“We know we have some very good DNA and that DNA is being worked with by several labs,” Sheriff Nanos said. “You know I get the frustration. Everybody wants to know what’s going on, what do you have, but we have rules and science has rules. They have guardrails in place to make sure that that science is solid, that they understand the importance of their DNA analysis.”

He goes on to say, “DNA is not just something that can identify a suspect. But it’s also a tool equally as important to exonerate those that are innocent.”

Sheriff Nanos acknowledged that some information is being withheld from the public.

“I’ve got to protect the integrity of the case. It’s not that the sheriff is trying to hide something or be secretive. It is about if whoever it is that did this, when we make an arrest – that individual has the right to a fair trial,” Sheriff Nanos said.

Video footage remains a key element of the investigation.

“That video of the individual on the porch generated a lot of leads for us and we’re still working those leads and we’ll continue to, but we’re not done,” Nanos said. “We’re still analyzing a lot of video just as with DNA, so there’s a lot of forensic analysis going on in a number of different arenas.”

When asked at what point the case would be considered cold, Sheriff Nanos said, “When we are at all dead ends. There are no leads to follow. We have run out of all of our evidence.”

He said we can’t worry about how long this is going to take to solve.

“What we worry about is are we moving this case forward everyday. Is there something we’re learning that we might be able to do more with? And that’s what is happening, is until those detectives come to me one morning and say sheriff we’re out of leads, we have nothing else to do, then I’ll worry about it.”

Nanos said calls to the tip line have slowed down, but he remains hopeful that the call to break the case open will come.

“I’ve just got all the confidence in the world. This case will not go cold. We will, we will resolve it,” Nanos said.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call 1-800-CALL-FBI. Callers may remain anonymous.

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    HAVILAH, California (KERO) — Nearly two years after the Borel Fire devastated the town of Havilah and surrounding areas — burning nearly 60,000 acres — recovery remains a long road. It can take years, even decades, for a pre-fire state to return, and even longer for full forest restoration.

A drone company called Hylio, founded by several University of Texas students, is working to change that. The company, built for a variety of applications, recently shipped its 1,000th drone.

Hylio CEO and co-founder Arthur Erickson said the company’s use in wildland fire reseeding came through a Canadian company in 2021-22, when they asked him about using drones for post-fire reforestation.

“They would go to the mountainsides, which are normally quite difficult to traverse by foot or with other vehicles, and instead use our drones to drop — they had created a proprietary puck of dirt, so to speak, not just dirt, but nutrients — and they would, using a proprietary launcher system they had created mounted to a drone, plant tens of thousands of seeds in these pods into the ground on the mountainsides per day,” Erickson said.

The company sells to individual farmers, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the USDA, the Army, and the Bureau of Land Management. The drones have also been used for prescribed burns, launching flaming projectiles to ignite controlled burns.

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    California (KCAL, KCBS) — The mayor of Arcadia, Eileen Wang, faces 10 years in federal prison after agreeing to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China on Monday.

The Department of Justice said Wang admitted in her plea agreement to working with her former fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, who was also one of her campaign staffers, to push pro-Chinese propaganda through the website U.S. News Center.

Sun was sentenced to four years in prison for a similar charge earlier this year.

“All Americans should be alarmed to learn an elected official was brazenly spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chinese government,” said Patrick Grandy, the Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. “The FBI is dedicated to rooting out those illegally acting as agents of a foreign government as they do the bidding of America’s adversaries.”

Prior to her plea agreement, Wang refused to comment on her former fiancé’s sentence. Her attorneys sent a statement apologizing after she resigned as Arcadia’s mayor and entered her plea.

“Events in Ms. Wang’s personal life — including her trust and love for apparently the wrong person, who ultimately led her astray — require her to step away from public service,” her attorneys wrote.

Investigators said Wang and Sun posted pro-China content on their website. The content included pre-written articles that were sent to a WeChat thread, an encrypted messaging app, which Wang shared with several other people, according to the DOJ.

In their announcement of the charge, prosecutors pointed to an exchange between Wang and a Chinese official from August 2021.

The DOJ said the Chinese official requested Wang make changes to an article. After she made the edits, the official messaged Wang, “Great!” to which she replied with “Thank you leader,” according to the Justice Department.

“By her own admission, Eileen Wang secretly served the interests of the Chinese government,” said Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Division. “Let this serve as a clear warning: Individuals who act on behalf of foreign governments to influence our democracy will be identified, investigated, and brought to justice.

Prosecutors provided another example from 2021 in which Wang communicated with John Chen, 71. Investigators said Chen was a high-level member of China’s intelligence services who regularly attended elite Chinese Communist Party events and personally met with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In the November 2021 exchange, Wang asked Chen to post an article from her website and wrote, “This is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to send,” according to the DOJ.

Chen was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to similar charges in 2024.

Wang was elected to the Arcadia City Council in 2022. Councilmembers select the mayor on a rotating basis. Wang began her term as mayor in February 2026.

Arcadia said an internal review showed that city finances, staff or decision-making processes were not involved in the case.

Councilmember Sharon Kwan described the scandal as a sad moment in the city’s history.

“Unfortunately, I think this has damaged public confidence, but I also believe Arcadia is resilient,” Kwan said. “We can move forward by being honest, transparent and committed to accountability.”

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    CHICAGO (WBBM) — Amid rising gas prices, some Chicago area motorists are already finding a little relief, but not in the city.

They’re driving to Indiana, where there’s been a big drop in prices in the past week. Some stations are priced at $4.59.

“I was on E. I came all the way from Chicago, all the way over here just because it’s cheaper,” said driver Nate Carrasco.

Carrasco took a big risk after hopping the Indiana border line to get gas while driving on nearly empty. He says he doesn’t even pump gas in Chicago.

“I don’t even know the prices, but I know they’re up … Like what, seven dollars?” he said.

Some stations in Chicago have gas costing nearly costing $5.

“The city is just outrageous. You can’t afford to get gas,” said driver Felicia Kimber.

Why such a difference?

Last week, Indiana’s governor announced the suspension of the state’s gasoline excise tax, which is 36 cents a gallon. On top of that, he also extended the usage tax suspension for another 30 days, which is 23 cents for the month of May. Between those two suspensions, Hoosiers will save nearly 60 cents per gallon at the pump this month, about a 12.4% discount per fill-up.

“I think that’s a benefit. If the gas prices are rising and the gas tax is being suspended, I don’t know if we’re going to be breaking even or are we going to be paying less?” Kimber said.

Back in March, an Illinois lawmaker proposed a suspension, calling on Gov. JB Pritzker to implement an immediate suspension of the Illinois state gas tax. If a full 60-day suspension is passed, Illinois drivers would save roughly 60 to 70 cents per gallon.

So, will we see taxes suspended in Illinois?

Last month, Pritzker said he would contemplate it, but expressed concern about the impact.

“Uh, very important to me, though, that we make sure and balance all of the broader inflation questions and the question of whether or not we’re gonna continue to build the roads and the bridges and the airports and the river ports that are funded by the motor fuel assessment,” he said.

“I think we’ve seen this in the past with our mobility rates. They’re driving Illinoisians into Indiana. People are moving to Hammond and Whiting right across the border, where you get the same quality of life but cheaper,” said driver Lavonta Stewart.

Bill Cliff lives in Gary, Indiana, and says he welcomes Illinois drivers.

“Get the best bang for your buck, with the economy going as it is, you need that,” he said.

The suspension is expected to cost the state of Indiana at least $100 million in tax revenue.

CBS News Chicago has reached out to Governor Braun’s office to see how the state will recoup the money, but has not yet heard back.

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    MONROE, Michigan (WXYZ) — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after surveillance video captured a vehicle crashing into the Pure Cannabis Outlet store on Dixie Highway over the weekend, before suspects started a fire inside and rushed out.

The sheriff’s office said they received a report of a vehicle that crashed into the store around 1:04 a.m. on Sunday.

According to the sheriff’s office, when deputies arrived, they found a maroon Jeep Cherokee partially inside the store and fire suppression sprinklers working to extinguish the fire.

Video from the business shows the suspects pouring liquid inside the store before igniting that liquid, catching one of them on fire in the process.

The suspects were then seen running away from the shop. Officials say witnesses said the two people who ran away got into a dark colored vehicle that was waiting for them.

According to the sheriff’s office, the Jeep was reported stolen out of Detroit.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office at 734-240-7530.

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