BUSHNELL – A man was arrested Monday on drug charges after a traffic stop discovered he had hidden drugs in his rectum. The McDonough County Sheriff’s Office says they stopped 47-year-old Michael A. Levar of Pekin for an alleged traffic offense when they discovered items in the
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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A grocery store bagger in Louisiana has been hailed a hero for stopping a man who tried to steal a woman’s purse. News outlets report 26-year-old Juwone Scott was talking to a customer Thursday at Brookshire’s Food & Pharmacy in Shreveport when a man
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An elk named Elliott who befriended archery elk hunters at an Idaho campground has been captured by state officials who are looking for a permanent home for him. Idaho Department of Fish and Game spokesman Evin Oneale tells the Idaho Statesman that Elliott was captured
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Some guy literally asleep at the wheel on the Mass Pike (great place for it). Teslas are sick, I guess? pic.twitter.com/ARSpj1rbVn — Dakota Randall (@DakRandall) September 8, 2019 BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has posted a video on social media that appears to show the driver of a
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BUNOL, Spain (AP) — More than 20,000 people are pelting each other with ripe tomatoes in the annual “Tomatina” street battle in a town in eastern Spain that has become a major tourist attraction. The party saw 145 tons of tomatoes offloaded from six trucks into crowds packing
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Marysville, Ohio – A carnival ride was apparently stolen from a county fair in Ohio last week. According to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, a ride named the G0-Gator was taken from the Union County Fairgrounds on August 27th. The trailer and the alligator themed cars were last
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PARIS (AP) — A French inventor will try again to traverse the English Channel on a flying board after his first attempt failed halfway. Franky Zapata’s wife, Christele, said Wednesday that he will retry the 22.4-mile journey Sunday from the French town of Sangatte to the area near
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A 39-year-old man connected to a stolen property crime lead Texas sheriff’s deputies on high-speed chase outside of Houston
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APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — The case against a Florida man accused of harboring ducks and wild chickens has been dropped after he persuaded authorities that the birds are truly free-range. The Orlando Sentinel reports 59-year-old Felix Guerra won’t have to pay a fine of $1,000 a day to Orange
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