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The Rock Hill Police Department warns residents about a scam involving fake DMV toll payment texts. ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Rock Hill Police Department has issued an urgent warning to residents about a text message scam claiming to be from the Department of Motor Vehicles regarding unpaid tolls. Numerous residents have reported receiving text messages stating they have unpaid toll charges that require immediate payment, according to police. Officials say these messages are fraudulent attempts to steal banking information. “We are aware that many people have received texts about an unpaid toll,” said the Rock Hill Police Department in…
STARKE, Fla. – An Army combat veteran whose Gulf War experience triggered severe mental problems was executed Thursday evening in Florida for the 1998 shotgun slayings of his girlfriend and her three young children.Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, was pronounced dead at 8:15 p.m. following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was the fourth person executed this year in the state under death warrants signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a fifth execution set for May 15.Hutchinson had no last statement but appeared to be mumbling to himself as the procedure started just before 8 p.m. His legs…
SAN ANTONIO – Thousands of students gathered from 41 San Antonio-area high schools on Thursday, May 1, for the Battle of Flowers Band Festival. More than 4,400 students performed at the Alamo Stadium at 6:30 p.m. The Battle of Flowers Band Parade was scheduled to finish at 10 p.m. However, organizers ended the festival early around 9:15 p.m. due to incoming storms. Battle of Flowers Band Festival ends early due to incoming storms. (Copyright 2025 by KSAT – All rights reserved.)KSAT will rebroadcast the festival from 2-5 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, on KSAT 12, KSAT.com and KSAT Plus.These are…
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – Following reports of multiple coyote attacks on residents and pets, the City of Atlantic Beach is urging everyone to be cautious in the area of Begonia, Jasmine and 6th streets.So far, there have been four attacks in the area, including one witnessed Wednesday night by a News4JAX crew.Most of the attacks have been reported in the area of Begonia Street, which is surrounded by trees and is not too far from Dutton Island Preserve. It backs up to the Intracoastal Waterway, not far from Atlantic Boulevard.The city has set up traps and said it is investigating…
A 39-year-old man who has spent more than half of his life in custody was granted parole in a split decision of the state’s parole board last month, decades after killing a man he had never met in Lawrence. Frank Mota was a teenager when he killed Ricardo Rosa outside Mota’s girlfriend’s home in Lawrence in January 2004. A “short time” prior, Mota’s family had moved across the street from his girlfriend’s family.In the days leading up to the murder, Mota called his girlfriend numerous times, asking to get back together. On Jan. 4, 2004, she spent the night at…
Trump announced the moves shortly after news broke that Waltz was leaving the administration. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz as United Nations ambassador while Secretary of State Marco Rubio would take over Waltz’s duties on an interim role. He announced the major shake-up of his national security team shortly after news broke that Waltz and his deputy are leaving the administration. Waltz has been under scrutiny for weeks after reporting from The Atlantic that he had mistakenly added the magazine’s editor-in-chief to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans.…
A Grammy Award-winning musician rattled Donald Trump’s spokeswoman with an entertaining, but serious, question. Winston Marshall, former banjoist for Mumford & Sons, asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a briefing Monday if the Trump administration would grant asylum for British citizens prosecuted over “hate speech” in the U.K. Marshall said people in his native country have been incarcerated for “reposting memes” and that the U.K. has “extensive prison sentences for Tweets [and] social media posts and general free speech issues.”These harsh punishments are the result of the British government reportedly cracking down on free speech ever since army…
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Alex Van Duyn has found himself squarely in the middle of a mystery. A urine mystery, if you will.”It’s like, why should we have to deal with this?” Van Duyn pondered.He’s talking about jugs, a lot of them now – of urine. Dropped into recycling bins at his home and others nearby.”If I can get that license plate number, then, you know, we’ve got a game,” said Van Duyn.If you saw KATU’s first story in April, you know that Van Duyn has video of the man, pulling up in a black car, getting out, and dumping…
SAN ANTONIO – Four new ramps are set to open along Loop 1604 this weekend, according to TxDOT. The ramps are located at Hausman, Babcock, Vance Jackson, and Lockhill Selma roads. All ramps were newly built because of the Loop 1604 Expansion Project. This $1.4 billion project aims at enhancing safety, improving mobility and reducing congestion along 23 miles of Loop 1604 from SH 16 to I-35. The ramp openings will take place beginning Friday morning and ending before 5 a.m. on Monday. May 2: The new westbound exit ramp to Lockhill Selma Road will open on Friday. The existing…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Thursday that he is nominating national security adviser Mike Waltz as United Nations ambassador while Secretary of State Marco Rubio would take over Waltz’s duties on an interim role.He announced the major shake-up of his national security team shortly after news broke that Waltz and his deputy are leaving the administration. Waltz has been under scrutiny for weeks after reporting from The Atlantic that he had mistakenly added the magazine’s editor-in-chief to a Signal chat being used to discuss military plans.“I am pleased to announce that I will be nominating Mike Waltz to be…