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• Thailand's Chunky Monkey On Diet After Gorging On Junk Food

  20-05-2017 23:59
  
  BANGKOK (AP) -- A morbidly obese wild monkey who gorged himself on junk food and soda left behind by tourists has been rescued and placed on a strict diet of lean protein, fruits and vegetables. Wildlife officials caught the chunky monkey - nicknamed "Uncle Fat" by locals - after photos of the animal started circulating on social media last month. 
  
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• Crash On Railroad Tracks Sends One To The Hospital

  20-05-2017 21:51
  
  Mason County dispatch says a car crashed on railroad tracks in Mason County. Dispatch confirmed that the call came in about 3:00 a.m, early Saturday morning. The Mason County Sheriff's Department, Mason County EMS and the Valley Volunteer Fire Department all were on scene responding to the incident.
  
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• Florida boy, 2, killed after dresser falls on him

  20-05-2017 21:35
  
  A Lakeland toddler was killed in a tragic accident at his home when a dresser fell on him. Polk County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call about an unresponsive 2-year-old boy around 8 a.m. on Sunday. Investigators say Conner Delong was found by his mother, Meghan Delong, that morning underneath a dresser that had fallen over.  She had checked on him and his brother in their shared bedroom at 11:30 the night before and both were ...
  
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• A Car Crash Leaves One Injured And Their Vehicle In A Local Creek

  20-05-2017 21:22
  
  One person was transported to a local hospital according to 911 dispatchers. The accident happened early Saturday morning on Rutledge Rd. In Kanawha County. The vehicle crashed and ended up the creek, but it is unclear as to why the crash occurred. The vehicle had two occupants, but only was one transported.
  
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• Three People Are Facing Charges In An Abandoned Body Case

  20-05-2017 21:14
  
       BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia authorities say three people are facing charges in an abandoned body case.      The Beckley Register-Herald (http://bit.ly/2qBSRKQ ) reports Ashley Treadway and Michael Justice II, both of Crab Orchard, were charged Thursday with concealing and transporting a deceased body and conspiracy. Rayburn Buchanan Jr. turned himself in Friday and faces the same charges.      Earlier this month, the Raleigh Co...
  
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• Planet Hollywood sued for Vegas Strip hotel room mannequin

  20-05-2017 20:32
  
  LAS VEGAS (AP) — A tourist is suing a Las Vegas Strip hotel, claiming a life-sized mannequin in his darkened room caused him to flee and suffer injuries. Kent Jacobs Boutwell, of Southern California, filed the lawsuit Monday against the Planet Hollywood casino-hotel in Clark County District Court, seeking at least $10,000 in damages. “I’ve got some experience handling hotel casino cases,” said Boutwell’s lawyer, Richard Johnson. “This was certainl...
  
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• Crews Work To Repair Water Main Break

  20-05-2017 18:43
  
  A water main break occurred earlier today in South Charleston. The break happened in the 5000 Block of Indiana Avenue. A section of Indiana Ave. was closed while crews worked to repair the break. No further information is available at this time. We will update with the latest information as it becomes available.
  
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• Unsuspecting Walmart customer takes down startled deer

  20-05-2017 18:21
  
  WADENA, Minn. (AP) — A confused white-tailed deer that wandered into a Walmart store in Minnesota ran into a startled customer who tackled the animal to the ground. Shoppers at the store in Wadena (wah-DEE’-nah), 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Minneapolis, speculated that the young animal was searching for a snack Tuesday when it entered the store through the garden center doors. Tom Grasswick, who happens to live in Deer Creek, told WDAY-TV (http://bit.ly/2q0Nv...
  
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• States of Addiction - The Tiniest Victims

  20-05-2017 05:13
  
  We continue our look into the states of addiction, with a look at the most vulnerable victims of the raging epidemic in the tri-state region,  including one new mom and her baby from Middleport, Ohio. Remington is just 35 days old, but in his short life he has already become a survivor. He was born with neonatal abstinence syndrome, meaning he was born going through withdrawal from drugs. "When I went into deliver him they asked me what medications I was prescri...
  
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• Calhoun County Sheriff Warns Of Possible Scam

  20-05-2017 00:01
  
  On Thursday, May 18, 2017, Sheriff Jeff Starcher received a call from an individual in the northern area of Calhoun County, advising that he had received two calls from unusual numbers, advising him that he had won a BMW and $3,000,000. The local citizen also advised Sheriff Starcher that he knew that the call was a scam because he had not entered into any drawings, to be awarded such prizes. Upon contacting the numbers, Sheriff Starcher discovered one number to have a message advis...
  
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