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Follow KDKA-TV : Facebook | Twitter HOUSTON (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Harvey had strengthened to a Category 2 storm early Friday morning as it nears the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a “life-threatening storm” that posed a “grave risk.” Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O’Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Expected to make landfall as Category 3 storm , residents along Texas coast prepare for Hurricane Harvey https ://t.co/4tw14JTkyM pic.twitter.com/UKwjYrbq1f — CBS News (@CBSNews) August 25, 2017 Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico w...

A Florida judge denied bond for 22-year-old Velmando Williams, who is being accused of locking three children in a bedroom before setting fire to their apartment after an argument with their mother, according to the Palm Beach Post . Last week, a Stonybrook Apartment fire nearly took the lives of three children. It was reported that Tranice Smith, 19, and Williams, who is the father two of her children, was in a heated argument. Smith stated that she was cut in the back of the head and held down by her shirt. When she was able to break free, she said she ran out of the apartment and told Williams that she was going to call the police. That’s when Williams told her that he was going to set the apartment on fire before slamming and locking the door. Williams allegedly locked the three children in a bedroom inside the Stonybrook Apartment before setting fire to the couches in the living room by using cooking oil. Afterward, he jumped from an open window and fled the scene, according t...

The new owner of Stratford House promised to invest $3.5 million to expand services and upgrade the senior living facility when it changed hands in July 2016 — and on Tuesday, the top-to-bottom renovations at Commonwealth Senior Living at Stratford House were unveiled. The grand, old building — built in 1884 and added on to several times over during its life as a women’s college and senior living center — has fresh paint, new carpet, furniture and décor. And many rooms have been repurposed to make moving around to various activities easier for the residents while adding more amenities. Even residents’ apartments were renovated. The combination of independent living and assisted living apartments means residents in independent living apartments who need to move into quarters where intensive care is offered only move a short distance and are still in familiar surroundings. *** Resident Ed Smith joined Richard Brewer , CEO of the Commonwealth Senior Living facilit...

As quadriplegic Lavatus McCullough ’s health took a turn for the worse last month, prosecutors moved to up the charges against the woman who had shot him in the head in Logan Square nearly a year earlier. Last week, after a year on a ventilator, McCullough slipped into a coma and died, prompting Cook County prosecutors to again upgrade the charges against his 29-year-old girlfriend, Samantha Santiago, to first-degree murder from attempted murder . Santiago, who had been held in jail in lieu of $950,000 bail on the attempted murder charge , was ordered held without bail at a hearing Thursday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse . She had previously been charged with aggravated battery in connection with the shooting. Despite his injuries, McCullough had on multiple occasions identified his former girlfriend, Santiago, as the person who shot him. McCullough and Santiago were dating, and Santiago’s 9-year-old son called McCullough his step-father, Assistant State’s Attorney Jamie Santin...

August 19, 2012 | By Rosemary R. Sobol | Tribune reporter South suburban man dies after fire at home" alt="Authorities: South suburban man dies after fire at home" /> Authorities: South suburban man dies after fire at home (Tribune illustration) An 18-year-old man desperately tried to save his father's life Saturday by dragging him from a smoke- filled Crestwood apartment before succumbing to heavy smoke himself. The father was killed and the son remains hospitalized after inhaling a large amount of thick smoke. Salvatore Runcio , 56, of the 12800 block of Hill Drive, was overcome by smoke during a fire at his home, according to the Cook County medical examiner 's office. Runcio was taken to Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights  where he was pronounced dead at 4:06 p.m. Saturday, according to the medical examiner 's office. The man's 18-year-old son acted heroically and tried to save his father's life before collapsing himself afte...

Published: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:23 AM Updated: Thursday, August 24, 2017 @ 6:21 AM Miami — Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12- foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk." Millions of people braced for a prolonged battering that could swamp dozens of counties more than 100 miles inland. Landfall was predicted for late Friday or early Saturday between Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi Harvey grew quickly Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane . Fueled by warm Gulf of Mexico waters, it was projected to become a major Category 3 hurricane . The last storm of that category to h...

The only remains of the birth of "Baby Willow" were washed away from an apartment complex parking lot Tuesday morning as distraught neighbors looked on. A day earlier Orlando police responded around 3 p.m. to Willow Bend Apartments after someone reported seeing a possible placenta in the parking lot. Homicide and crime- scene investigators determined "that a full term baby had been born and discarded," police said. Officers found the mother, 30-year-old Susan Richardson, on Monday but no baby. She only admitted to giving birth to the girl, according to police. Richardson was taken to the Orange County Jail on an aggravated child neglect charge Tuesday afternoon , police say. Police conducted an extensive search of the complex in the 4700 block of Silver Star Road near Evans High School — including inside Dumpsters and trash cans — with cadaver dogs and 14 trained searchers from the nonprofit support group Search and Rescue of Central Florida but came up emp...