The Fourth of July in one Tooele neighborhood (in Utah) ended with a burned fence, a scorched yard, and no answer about who caused it. Neighbors Tearra and Robert Mills were cleaning up their backyard that evening when a firework came over their fence and started going off in the grass. They put it out. …
More and more families are finding similar answers to the housing squeeze. They’re building a second, smaller home in the backyard. Their goal is to let several generations share one property while keeping their own front doors. Grandparents, parents, and grandchildren all end up a short walk apart instead of a long drive away. Now, …
James Grayson McMicken made one cast into the canal behind his north Fort Myers home and started reeling. That’s when an alligator came out of the water and grabbed him. It clamped onto his right leg and dragged the 71-year-old off the bank and into the water. He’s still alive today because he fought back, …
A mother is questioning how her school district handles residency checks after a district official and a police officer came into her home and her son’s bedroom while she was gone. Katy ISD (a Texas school) says the visit was a routine check to confirm the family lives within its boundaries. The mother says she …
Your backyard is a great place to display fun outdoor decor. Or maybe you put a patio set back there with a fun garden gnome or two. This south London property developer installed an authentic, roughly 10-foot section of the Cold War’s most famous barrier in his back garden: the Berlin Wall, all 6,200 pounds …
Scratching in the attic usually doesn’t mean good news. Maybe you’ve got a small animal in there. Maybe it’s something to worry about. For one homeowner in Scottsdale, Arizona, coming face-to-face with what was in their attic was a massive surprise. They had a wildlife crew climb up to check the noise. A pair of …
Heavy rain can cause an overwhelming amount of damage in a short amount of time. A homeowner in Linton, Indiana, now has the video to prove it. When flash flooding swept through the area on June 26, water came racing through Terrie Schaper Smith’s backyard like a small river. Her husband waded straight into it …
Usually, when a utility company trims the trees around your power lines, you might assume the crew is going to haul away anything it cuts down. In Clinton, Mississippi, a group of homeowners learned the hard way that sometimes the opposite happens. The debris gets left where it is. Months after Entergy contractors cut trees …
A South Jersey community is grieving alongside a family that has lived every parent’s worst nightmare. Elijah Stephen, a 3-year-old boy from Blackwood known to everyone as Eli, drowned in his family’s backyard pool late last month. He was rushed to a hospital, but his injuries were too severe. His family lost him days later. …
South Lake Tahoe residents are used to sharing their streets with black bears, but some encounters are cuter than others. A couple of homeowners recently filmed two bear cubs that found a backyard tetherball and started playing with it. They batted it back and forth like it had been put there just for them. Their …