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PROSPECT PARK IN BROOKLYN IS GOING CAR FREE. MAYOR DE BLASIO SAYS THE CHANGE ALONG THE PARKS ETIRE LOOP DRIVE WILL TAKE EFFECT IN JANUARY. DOT ESTIMATES THAT RUNNERS, WALKERS, JOGGERS, AND BIKERS OUTNUMBER...

AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT JFK LAST NIGHT. A JET BLUE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY AFTER BEING DIVERTED FROM BOSTON BECAUSE OF WEATHER ISSUES. FLIGHT 8-7-7 HAD JUST TAKEN OFF FROM BOSTON’S LOGAN AIRPORT, BOUND FOR...

HEAVY STORMS COULD BRING FLOODING TO THE TRI-STATE AREA TODAY. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES PER HOUR, AND UP...

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY IS HOStING THE SIXTH ANNUAL CYBER SAFETY SUMMIT. HUNDREDS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS LEARNED ABOUT CYBER BULLYING AND HOW TO STAY SAFE ONLINE. ORGANIZERS SAY IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON NEW...

A WINFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT BROUGHT A LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY. THE 11-YEAR-OLD BOY IS CHARGED WITH HAVING A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING WHY THE BOY HAD THE GUN IN...

A HUNTINGTON WOMAN IS IN JAIL THIS MORNING, ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING HER HUSBAND. JESSICA GORDON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LAST NIGHT, AND CHARGED WITH MURDER AFTER HER HUSBAND, CHRISTOPHER GORDON, WAS FOUND...

DOZENS OF NEGLECTED DOGS ARE SAFE THIS MORNING . . . THE KANAWHA-CHARLESTON HUMANE ASSOCIATION RESCUED OVER 50 DOGS FROM A PROPERTY NORTHWEST OF SISSONVILLE. A WOMAN IN HER EARLY 80’S KEPT THE DOGS...

A CREDIT CARD SKIMMING SCHEME IN MONONGALIA COUNTY. WEST VIRIGINIA STATE POLICE TOOK FOUR PEOPLE INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY. THEY’RE CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUDULENT USE OF AN ACCESS DEVICE. TROOPERS THINK THE GROUP...

FIREFIGHTERS WERE BUSY PUTTING OUT TWO HOUSE FIRES OVERNIGHT IN HANDLEY. ONE FIRE WAS ON LOVELL DRIVER, THE OTHER ON 3RD AVENUE. SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS WERE ON THE SCENE, NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

ANOTHER MINING DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. JAMES ADKINS DIED YESTERDAY IN THE HORSE CREEK EAGLE DEEP MINE. HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN A RAW COAL STOCKPILE, THE CAUSE OF DEATH HASN’T BEEN RELEASED. IT’S...