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With some help from his family, python contractor Carl Jackson caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever captured in the ...

Ripped from Bay Area headlines? This week's big "The Pitt" plot turn has echoes of a 1990s tragedy in Contra Costa County.

This story contains upsetting details that some may find distressing Even after 60 years, Mair Morgan can still remember the face of the little girl with "beautiful black curly hair" whose body she ...

Westhoughton schools have been learning about the deadly Pretoria Pit Disaster this week, through a new Heritage Lottery-funded programme. The Westhoughton Pretoria Pit Collaboration teaches children ...

Even after 60 years, Mair Morgan can still remember the face of the little girl with "beautiful black curly hair" whose body she had to identify. In the wake of the Aberfan disaster - when a colliery ...

We are looking back at a heroic group of men from our area whose lasting sacrifice and impact can still be felt generations later. Halifax County K9 Trucker tracks down his first suspect Halifax ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — How do you fix what is being called the largest sewage spill in the region’s history? That was the multi-million-dollar question facing Maryland lawmakers on Friday as they convened a ...

One of the last survivors of the Aberfan mining disaster has told how she is still haunted by the tragedy, 60 years on. Mair Morgan has vivid memories from the accident which left 116 children and 28 ...

Cleetus McFarland hailed it his 'best day ever at Daytona' after finishing 11th in the ARCA season-opener. The result comes a day after he wrecked himself six laps into his Truck Series debut.