By Adia Miller In 2021, Danelo Cavalcante was arrested and later sentenced for stabbing his girlfriend to death in front of her two young children, allegedly for threatening to tell the police about an open warrant for his arrest in Brazil for a murder charge. Released surveillance footage shows the inmate scaling the walls of the prison August 31 during his exercise time before moving … Continue reading Convicted murderer escapee from Pennsylvania prison recaptured

By: Riley Hodges If you happened to drive down Wilmington Pike in the last couple years, you would have noticed one or all of the following: -An Applebees -A Closed down Applebees -A completely empty, unbranded building -An empty lot And finally -A construction zone All of these were stages of one singular lot alongside Wilmington Pike. Ever since Applebee’s closed down, locals have wondered … Continue reading Popeyes moving into the plaza

By Brock Fortman On Far Hills Avenue just north of Whipp Road at the former location of Lee’s Chicken and Arby’s is the site for a new local delicatessen called Dayton’s Deli.  Early January was when Lee’s Chicken closed its doors after neighboring Arby’s withdrew from the hybrid location in late 2022.  Dayton’s Deli originally planned to open at a location on Far Hills and … Continue reading Far Hills sees the addition of two new exciting stores

By Brock Fortman The Kroger located on Stroop and Shroyer roads demolished the vacant Friendly’s restaurant on Tuesday. Plans also show another building previously owned by Liberty Savings Bank that sits on the same lot also had papers filed for demolition permits but has yet to be demolished.  The Friendly’s restaurant had been vacant for over eight years after a widespread restaurant closure occurred for … Continue reading Local Kroger demolishes vacant Friendly’s restaurant

by Brock Fortman The governor of Ohio Mike DeWine has halted the execution of three death row inmates citing that there are “ongoing problems involving the willingness of pharmaceutical suppliers to provide drugs to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction,” according to NBC4 WCMH-TV. This move has become controversial as the last time a death row inmate was executed in Ohio was in 2018 … Continue reading Ohio governor postpones death row executions

By: Riley Hodges On April 20, SpaceX launched their most powerful rocket “Starship” and it did not go to plan. “Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,” said SpaceX engineer John Insprucker. In other words, it exploded.  The test itself was a development test that was intended to collect data, so in this context it wasn’t a … Continue reading SpaceX experiences a spaceXsplosion

By: Tommy Dickman The Olympics are the highest stage at which an athlete can perform, and Olympians are watched the world over. Sprinter Oscar Pistorius gained notoriety he was arrested for killing his girlfriend, South African model Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day in 2013. Pistorius is in the news again as he faces parole. Judge Thokozile Masipa found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide, the legal … Continue reading South African sprinter and convicted killer Oscar Pistorius reemerges in headlines

By: Riley Hodges If you’ve been on the internet recently — more specifically Instagram or TikTok — you have likely seen the videos that show our past and current presidents as well as other political or influential figures playing video games together.  These are called “AI Deepfakes” where new technology makes possible realistic videos of people doing or saying things they never did.  The presidential … Continue reading OPINION: Presidential “deepfakes” hold dire consequences