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EAST BERNSTADT — Laurel County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a fatal off-road crash that occurred Thursday evening, approximately nine miles north of London near the Callahan Falls ...

A five-year-old child is dead after an ATV they were driving hit a tree in Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Township on Saturday.

The winter storm that dumped a foot of snow on parts of Arkansas and encased much of the state in ice apparently contributed ...

A man has died following a crash in the state’s west. About 5:30pm today (Wednesday 21 January 2026), emergency services were called to a property on Giles Road, Springside, 16km south of Orange, ...

A 5-year-old child has died after an all‑terrain vehicle crashed into a tree on a private property in Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan Township.

North Texas entered the work week in freezing temperatures as cold air blanketed the region for a third day and Dallas-Fort ...

A hiker was rescued Wednesday, Jan. 7 after suffering an ankle injury on a Palm Desert trail. The rescue was reported shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Art Smith Trail, according to the ...

An 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged with DUI after an ATV accident that injured himself and a 15-year-old in Lewis County.