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A Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy identified as Meredith Portillo has been killed in a car accident in the early hours of Sunday, July 21st July 2024. Portillo, 20, was in a black 2024 Ford Mustang heading south on the far south side of San Antonio when a wrong-way driver in a F-150 crashed into…

Opening the old basement of the house I had just purchased, I stumbled upon a strange photograph. The image was blurry, but I could make out a child standing in the light streaming from a window. Her figure was obscured by a shadow cast from the stairs. I decided to investigate further and turned to…

A couple who had been married for 48 hours, have been identified as two of the three people killed in a car crash last Sunday in the US state of Tennessee. At around 3am on Sunday morning officers attached to the Knoxville Police Department were called to a crash site, where they found newlyweds Jessiah…

The abandoned room with old flooring, creaking under the pressure of each step, held something sinister. Only pale light penetrated through the dirty windows, highlighting the dust that slowly settled on the wooden planks. The furniture had long since disappeared, leaving only traces of legs from cabinets and beds on the floor, forming a mysterious…

Actress Esta TerBlanche, who starred on the soap opera, All My Children, died unexpectedly on Thursday at the age of 51. Her cause of death remains unclear while an investigation is underway. TerBlanche’s goddaughter, Barbie Ashley, told TMZ the South African actress died unexpectedly in her Los Angeles home, adding that medical professionals believe she had been dead for about a…

A devastating house fire on Saturday, July 13, claimed the lives of five people and injured another one in Bayou Blue, just outside of Houma, according to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. The fire was reported around 3:45 a.m. in the 300 block of Louise Lane. The Bayou Blue Volunteer Fire Department responded but was…

In 2015, Andrea Bocelli and Céline Dion, two of the most recognizable voices in music, performed a stunning live version of “The Prayer” together on stage. Originally featured in the 1998 film “Quest for Camelot,” this song is well-known for its depth of passion. Dion recorded the English version, while Bocelli recorded the Italian. After…

One afternoon, I saved a little kitten who had been dumped and left to die in 110 degree weather. She also had a sibling, but he didn’t make it, no matter how I tried. I buried the little sibling & brought his sister into my house. I took a picture of her, then turned my…

Doug Sheehan, who played General Hospital, died suddenly at age 75. Fans are sad about the loss of a TV legend. Doug played Joe Kelly on the famous soap opera. The star of General Hospital “passed away peacefully” at home in Big Horn, Wyoming. The Kane Funeral Home told people about his death on its…

Tim and Mary Ellen Smith were devastated when their 12-year-old daughter, Taylor, passed away. On January 5, 2014, Taylor died suddenly from complications due to pneumonia. She was creative, quirky and intelligent. The grieving parents began the gut-wrenching task of sorting through Taylor’s earthly belongings. That’s when they discovered a note Taylor had addressed to herself, but only to…