Emily Van de Riet
Enterprise Digital Content Producer
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Dozens of seniors at a North Carolina high school are angry because they were told they cannot graduate just days before their commencement ceremony.
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An Arkansas man accused of beating another man to death claims he did it because he was afraid the victim was trying to “seduce” him.
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Identical triplets from Maine are graduating high school and heading off to the Big Apple to pursue their dreams.
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A high school senior in South Carolina is going viral for the faith-based speech she gave to her graduating class during their commencement.
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Another “Hocus Pocus” film is in the works, Disney officials confirmed this week.
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By the time most police officers reach their 60s, they’re thinking about retiring. But one recruit is just getting started.
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A man in North Carolina has been charged with first-degree murder after police said they believe he killed another man with a toilet tank lid.
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A bear cub that was found wandering in a Missouri neighborhood Thursday was struck and killed on the highway, police said.
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A young teenager walked for more than two hours to make it to his eighth-grade graduation, and his commitment to showing up has now secured him a full-ride scholarship for his future.
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Gerber opened the Photo Search contest on Wednesday to kick off the program’s 13-year anniversary.
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A high school student wearing noise-canceling headphones was struck and killed by a train in New York state on Tuesday morning, officials said.
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A single mom in Pennsylvania won $1 million, thanks to a quick stop at the store to buy a thermometer for her sick son.
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A nostalgic flavor of Oreo is returning to store shelves just in time for summer.
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A watermelon vendor who has been selling fruit on a street corner every morning for the past 30 years was shot and killed on the job, police said.
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A sheriff’s deputy in Ohio died after suffering a medical emergency during “police academy activities,” the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.
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A rare white bison calf was born at a state park in Wyoming earlier this month.
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After a Texas high school rescheduled its graduation ceremony because most of the seniors were found ineligible to graduate, the community took matters into its own hands.
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If getting paid to eat doughnuts sounds like your dream job, you’re in luck.
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While waiting, many different people handled the raccoon at the Petco in Maine.
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A sea lion managed to make its way into the Sandcastle Inn in Pismo Beach.
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A service dog in New Jersey is now a proud university graduate after receiving his degree alongside his owner.
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An Ohio firefighter was arrested Friday after he allegedly tried to steal several boxes of Pokémon cards from Walmart.
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Ed Sheeran surprised band students at a Florida high school with a classroom visit last week.
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Parent volunteer charged with embezzling $45,000 from high school band’s booster fund, officials say
A parent volunteer has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $45,000 from a Mississippi high school band’s booster fund, officials said.
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A landlord in Minnesota is accused of setting his own apartment building on fire Thursday morning.
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A Texas man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to take a 13-year-old girl from a children’s indoor amusement center.
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A 12-year-old Louisiana boy is fighting for his life after an ice cream truck came crashing through his bedroom Saturday afternoon.
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Police in North Carolina are investigating an armed robbery that they said was committed by two children, ages 6 and 12.
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A 72-year-old man became the first of his seven siblings to earn an undergraduate degree when he graduated from Georgia Gwinnett College earlier this month.
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A man in Oklahoma was arrested after he AirDropped nude photos of himself to strangers, police said.
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A South Carolina man is hoping to inspire others after he completely changed his life by losing nearly 500 pounds.
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An Indiana high school student drowned in a swimming pool during gym class Tuesday, school officials confirmed.
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A teenager who lost both her legs after she was hit by a car in February has now graduated high school.
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An employee of a veterinary clinic in Kentucky was shot and killed by a pet owner during an argument, police said.
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The employee of an Arby’s in Louisiana who was found dead in the restaurant’s freezer has been identified.
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Twin brothers are making history at a high school in Georgia, where they will graduate as valedictorian and salutatorian of their class.
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A suspicious man entered a Maine middle school building and offered needles to a student inside the girls’ bathroom, police said.
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While most people spend Mother’s Day having brunch or dinner together, one mother and son in California spent the day street racing illegally, police said.
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A woman jumped out of a moving vehicle after she was kidnapped in Memphis, according to police.
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A traffic stop in South Carolina ended in an unusual discovery and two arrests.
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A mother was killed by a stray bullet while she was shopping for prom dresses with her daughter in Dallas, police said.
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Authorities are searching for a 7-year-old boy who went missing on a fishing trip in Ohio nearly two weeks ago.
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A town in Kansas has decided not to allow a boy to keep his emotional support animal, a pot-bellied pig named Ginger.
An employee of an Arby’s in Louisiana was found dead in the restaurant’s freezer, police said.
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Two men who pleaded guilty in March to cheating in a fishing tournament were sentenced to 10 days in jail on Thursday.
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A 19-year-old mother in New Mexico is charged with first-degree murder after police said she gave birth to her son in a hospital bathroom and threw him away in a trash can.
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A 19-year-old missing pregnant woman from Florida was found dead in Alabama early Wednesday morning.
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“Beetlejuice 2,” the long-awaited sequel to the 1988 original, is officially in the works.
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