Author: Voxtrend News
A man died after crashing his car into a building in Allentown, Pennsylvania early Sunday morning, not long after state police said he hit two troopers with his truck and drove off. Pennsylvania State Police said officers tried to pull over a 27-year-old Allentown man just before 12:15 a.m., but the driver didn’t stop. Police followed the driver until he pulled over near Lehigh Street and 29th Street, at which point PSP said the troopers got out of their patrol car to take the man into custody. The driver then hit the troopers with his Ford truck before fleeing from…
President Trump on Saturday presented the 2025 Kennedy Center honorees with their medals during a ceremony in the Oval Office, hailing the slate of artists he was deeply involved in choosing as “perhaps the most accomplished and renowned class” ever assembled. This year’s recipients are actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford. Mr. Trump said they are a group of “incredible people” who represent the “very best in American arts and culture” and that, “I know most of them and I’ve been a fan of all of them.” “This is…
FLORENCE, S.C. — A tragedy that still feels impossible unfolded on Dec. 1, when 19‑year-old Zynaija Thomas was gunned down while sitting in the passenger seat of a car. She was expecting a child — about 19 weeks along, according to the county coroner. Police say that the shooting took place in the 600 block of Roberts Street, where Thomas and her boyfriend had stopped. As the couple sat in the car, another vehicle approached. Occupants of that vehicle — including the 17‑year-old driver — reportedly opened fire on their car. Authorities arrested Ja’kaurie Bell, 17, whom they say was behind…
A 65-year-old woman, identified as Laurie Jensen of Mount Prospect, lost her life Saturday morning when a southbound mail truck from the United States Postal Service drifted into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with her car on Mannheim Road in Des Plaines, Illinois — a crash that has left one family mourning and another driver facing charges. The crash unfolded just after 10:00 a.m. on the 1700 block of Mannheim Road, when the USPS truck — a 2022 Mercedes-Benz — veered across center lines into the northbound lanes. The truck struck a 2005 Chrysler Sebring carrying Jensen. Authorities say the…
Early Thursday, a grim discovery along a quiet stretch of Smithville Highway shook a rural Tennessee community: 41-year-old Ashleigh E. McKinzie — a sociologist and longtime faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) — was found dead in the roadway, apparently the victim of a shooting. Deputies from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call around 4:51 a.m. on December 4 for a reported shooting near Captain’s Point Road, on Highway 56 North. What awaited them was chilling: McKinzie, lying in the road with “apparent gunshot wounds,” was pronounced dead at the scene. Next to her body…
REYNOLDS STATION, Ky. — The tragic case of 8-month-old Miya Rudd ended in partial sentencing this week, as two men connected to her death accepted plea deals and drew prison time. The baby’s decomposed body was discovered hidden inside a duffel bag in the family’s home, nearly a year after she was first reported missing. On June 6, 2024, state troopers from Kentucky State Police (KSP) conducted a welfare check at the home in Reynolds Station, after concerns that Miya was missing. Her parents — Tesla Tucker, 29, and Cage Rudd, 30 — were arrested that day on drug-related charges…
BOSTON — Police in Boston have confirmed the identity of the young man killed in a Tuesday evening shooting in East Boston. The victim, 21-year-old Nazir Wallace of Cambridge, was found with a gunshot wound near 27 Havre Street at about 5:50 p.m. Officers assigned to District A-7 responded to a radio call around that time and discovered Wallace suffering from “a life-threatening gunshot wound.” He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was tragically pronounced dead. At this time, no arrests have been made. The city’s Homicide Unit is investigating the incident and urging anyone with information to…
CHARLOTTE — A 33-year-old man, Oscar Solarzano, has been arrested and charged after a horrifying stabbing aboard a Charlotte light-rail train Friday evening. Court documents released in connection with the case allege that Solarzano — described as previously deported — stabbed another rider, leaving the victim seriously wounded. Authorities are holding Solarzano without bond. A Routine Ride Turns Violent At approximately 4:50 p.m. Friday, officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon on a light-rail train traveling along the city’s Blue Line. The train was stopped between stations near North Brevard…
BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. — Jessica Nicole Way, 31, of Alcolu, was killed Tuesday evening when the GMC SUV she was driving was struck head-on by another SUV that had crossed the center line, authorities said. The crash occurred around 7 p.m. on U.S. 52 near Butterbean Drive, shortly before sunset. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 2004 Honda SUV traveling east on the road veered left of center and plowed into the westbound 2019 GMC Acadia driven by Way. Emergency responders pronounced Way dead at the scene, and she was later confirmed as the victim by Berkeley County Coroner’s…
ARGOS, Ind. — A quiet Saturday morning turned tragic when a 57-year-old man from Niles was killed in a crash at the busy intersection of U.S. 31 and State Road 10 in Marshall County. The fatal collision occurred just before 8:00 a.m., authorities say, and left another passenger injured. According to the Marshall County Coroner’s Office, the victim has been identified as Christopher J. Jankoviak. Investigators say he was driving a westbound Chevrolet Equinox when the vehicle “entered the path of a north-bound semi-tractor-trailer.” The semi struck the Equinox squarely on the driver’s side, the coroner added. First responders pronounced…