Archives: 2018

A Cooler and Showery Week Ahead

SUNDAY NIGHT: A few scattered showers and storms will persist through the overnight hours.  Some could bring heavy rain, but the severe threat will diminish after dark.  There will also be some pockets of clearing through the night as winds shift from the southeast to the southwest.   NEXT WEEK:  Average highs this time of year are in the mid to upper…

“Hero” customer wrestled rifle away from Waffle House shooter

A customer is being called a hero after he charged a gunman at a Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee. Police are searching for 29-year-old Travis Reinking in connection with Sunday’s shooting that left four people dead and four injured. CBS affiliate WTVF identified the customer as 29-year-old James Shaw Jr., whose hands were severely burned from grabbing the AR-15. This…

Congressman calls for gun control after Waffle House shooting

A U.S. congressman is calling for restricting access to some assault weapons in the wake of a shooting at a Waffle House restaurant in Tennessee on Sunday that left four people dead. Rep. Jim Cooper issued a statement Sunday, calling for restricting “widespread civilian access to military-grade assault weapons.” The shooting early Sunday at the Waffle House in Antioch, Tennessee,…

Police: 4 dead in shooting at Waffle House in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Four people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee early Sunday, authorities said. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said they were drafting an arrest warrant for Travis Reinking, 29, of Morton, Illinois, who was still at large. The shooting took place at the Waffle House located at 3571…

Crowning the Big Cheese at the Cheesemonger Invitational

The winner and undisputed BIG CHEESE stands alone at the end of the competition Luke Burbank is driving us to: The mood is edgy at the 2018 Cheesemonger Invitational (CMI) in San Francisco. The cheesemongers are finishing their written exams and starting their taste trials and smell tests … and you can feel the tension in the room. The slicing…

Making a clean sweep: Decluttering your life

A CLEAN SWEEP is often the only sensible option when confronting our piles of unnecessary stuff. Easier said than done! Our Cover Story is reported by Barry Petersen: Take a drive across America and along with the mountains and rivers, a big part of the passing scenery is of self-storage facilities.  There are 50,000 self-storage facilities in the U.S., more…

Almanac: The first Earth Day

And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: April 22nd, 1970, 48 years ago today … the very first “Earth Day.” As CBS News’ Walter Cronkite described it, on a special broadcast called “Earth Day: A Question of Survival,” that was “a unique day in American history … a day set aside for a nationwide outpouring of mankind seeking…

Police: 3 dead after shooting at Waffle House in Tennessee

Three people were killed and four others were wounded in a shooting at a Waffle House in Tennessee early Sunday, according to police. “A patron wrestled away the gunman’s rifle. He was nude & fled on foot. He is a white man with short hair,” authorities tweeted. BREAKING: 3 persons fatally shot & 4 others wounded at the Waffle House,…

Oakland A's Sean Manaea pitches no-hitter against Red Sox

Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Sean Manaea celebrates his no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox in a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Saturday, April 21, 2018. Boston’s Hanley Ramirez, foreground, grounded into a force out to end the game. John Hefti / AP OAKLAND, Calif. — A’s lefty Sean Manaea pitched the first no-hitter against Boston in almost exactly 25 years,…

Spruce It Up In Bruce

With the addition of Spruce It Up In Bruce in the Spring the town Bruce now has a downtown event for every season.

Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department Monthly Training

STURGIS, Miss. (WCBI) The Sturgis Volunteer Fire Department spent the the morning training. The 17-member department worked to improve their water shuttle skills on West Point Road in Oktibbeha County. Chief Bobby Goff says the ability to move water from the source to the fire scene in a rural firefighting operation is vital to the successful outcome of the incident….