HOUSTON, TEXAS – The Westchase Forest Apartments office remained closed on Tuesday, with a bouquet of flowers placed out front following a tragic incident the day before. According to police, the manager of the apartment complex was a victim of a murder-suicide. The family of the manager, identified as 56-year-old Lisa Blackburn, described her as … Read more
Vina del Mar, Chile – President Gabriel Boric of Chile confirmed that at least 46 people have lost their lives in the devastating forest fires that continue to ravage the central region of the country. The death toll is expected to rise as the fires persist. Chile’s interior minister, Carolina Tohá, reported that there are … Read more
Vina del Mar, Chile – Forest fires sweeping across central and southern Chile have resulted in at least 19 deaths and the destruction of more than 1,000 homes. The country’s interior minister, Carolina Tohá, reported that there are currently 92 forest fires in the center and south of Chile, where temperatures have been unusually high. … Read more
WAKE FOREST, N.C. – A Raleigh man was arrested for allegedly plotting to have a man killed, a man who was involved in a fatal Wake Forest crash that claimed the suspect’s mother’s life. Rhett Michael Barlow, 22, was arrested by the Wake Forest Police Department and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division. The arrest … Read more
ASHLAND, Ala. — Two women have been sentenced for their roles in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old Florida college student in the Talladega National Forest near Alabama’s Cheaha State Park. Krystal Pinkins and Yasmine Hider, who had been living “off the grid” in the national forest, pleaded guilty to charges of murder, kidnapping, and … Read more
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Two women have been sentenced in connection with the 2022 death of a college student in the Talladega National Forest. U.S. District Court Judge R. David Proctor sentenced 37-year-old Krystal Diane Pinkins of Memphis, Tennessee, to life in prison, and also sentenced 21-year-old Yasmine Marie Hider of Oklahoma to a 35-year prison … Read more
Two women involved in a fatal ambush and robbery in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama have been sentenced to serve several decades in federal prison for the murder of a 22-year-old Florida college student. Yasmine Marie Adel Hider of Oklahoma was sentenced to 35 years in prison for robbery, second-degree murder, and kidnapping the … Read more
SALIX, Pa. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the tragic plane crash that took the life of John Burley, a beloved member of the Salix community. Burley was flying his two-seater aircraft from Erie over Forest County when it crashed into the Allegheny National Forest at around 88 knots, or 100 miles per … Read more
MARIENVILLE, Pa. – A small plane crash in the rural Buzzard Swamp area of Forest County claimed the life of a Pennsylvania man on Friday, December 29, 2023. John S. Burley, 59, of Winber, was the sole occupant of the single-engine aircraft, a Zenith STOL CH 701, which was on its way to the Dubois … Read more