An 18-year-old in Memphis is facing felony robbery charges after two men he allegedly tried to rob at gunpoint fought back and held him until police arrived, according to Fox13 Memphis. It happened at a home in the Highland Heights neighborhood. Police say the gun he was carrying turned out to be a BB gun. …

A homeowner in Greensboro, North Carolina, finally has her driveway and carport finished, more than a year after the work should have been done, according to WFMY News 2. Lisa Stamer hired a contractor for what was supposed to be a $25,000 to $30,000 job. The work began on schedule, then stalled for months without …

A homeowner in Huntersville, North Carolina, is facing charges after police responded to a late-night party on Devonshire Drive and found more than 100 teenagers drinking inside. Carla Rochelle Reaves, 54, was arrested at the scene. Officers went on to issue roughly 40 more citations for underage drinking. According to WSOC-TV, the call came in …

A Casselberry, Florida, woman who was facing fines over the four hens in her backyard has convinced the city to take another look at the rule itself. On Monday, commissioners voted unanimously to pause enforcement and have staff draft an ordinance that could make backyard chickens legal. In the meantime, the birds get to stay …

A viral hailstorm video from an Oklahoma farm shows the owner of a flock of chickens outside rushing the birds toward the safety of their coop as ice pelts the property. The chickens made it inside, but not before experiencing hail firsthand. It’s a good thing, as the size of the falling hail is quite …

Andy Gorman has spent more than a decade turning his Sharonville, Ohio, yard into a working farm. Last fall, the city cited him under its zoning rules, and he beat the citation on appeal. The farm has continued to expand since. The citation, issued in October 2025, was tied to his at-home produce sales, according …

Homeowners in Georgia and across the country are blaming a water pipe manufacturer for tens of thousands of dollars in damage to their homes, according to an Atlanta News First investigation. The investigation found widespread complaints from homeowners and a string of federal lawsuits against the company. All of them point to PEX water pipes …

A Fort Lauderdale homeowner is disputing more than $60,000 in water bills after an underground irrigation pipe at the property broke and ran for weeks before anyone noticed. The City of Fort Lauderdale says the meter accurately recorded the water that left the system. But the homeowner, is adamant that the math doesn’t work out. …

An Ellsworth, Maine veteran got a new front porch last week after a friend of his wife rallied two local businesses and the Maine Veterans Project to do the job. The retired firefighter’s old porch was about 30 years old. He’d been patching it together to keep it from falling apart, so the upgrade was …

A first-time homeowner in Riverdale, Illinois, is facing a property tax bill of nearly $17,000 a year on a home she bought for $207,000. The new bill represents a jump of close to $2,000 a month over what she had been expecting. She told a local television station she may have to move. According to …