A homeowner in Palm Springs says his HOA has spent over a year going after him over his entry gate’s color. Jordan Smith, who lives in the gated Escena community, calls their actions effort selective enforcement and harassment, KESQ reported. The association doesn’t agree and is in fact disputing the account. Smith says the trouble …
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A bicycle kept at home can feel safer than one locked to a public rack, but a South Carolina burglary investigation shows why rear doors, basement entrances, garages, and sheds still need the same attention as the front door. The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office said deputies began investigating after a suspicious-person call at a Petty …
A 59-year-old Oklahoma City man is charged in a deadly shooting after he confronted two people he said were trespassing on his empty property. Timothy Smith is being held on charges of first-degree manslaughter and reckless conduct with a firearm, KOCO reported. The shooting happened May 1 near Southwest 44th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The …
An Army veteran who was blinded in service has received the keys to a specially adapted home in Bradenton, Florida. Dozens of people gathered for a ceremony to honor Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Cornelius and welcome him into the house, WWSB reported. He said he was thrilled with the place. Homes for Our Troops, a …
The last living “witness tree” outside Abraham Lincoln’s former home in Springfield, Illinois, an American linden, was destroyed during severe storms Thursday night, according to The New York Times. A park ranger at the home confirmed the damage. The tree had stood beside it since before the Civil War. A line of thunderstorms swept across …
Vancouver landlords can now face a $1,000 municipal ticket if they stop tenants from using portable air conditioners in rental homes without central cooling. The City of Vancouver says council approved Licence By-law amendments on June 3, 2026, to prohibit landlords from preventing portable air-conditioner use when no centralized cooling is provided. The rule does …
Brunswick County homeowners with automatic irrigation systems are being asked to change their watering schedules after public water demand climbed above 80% of available production and distribution capacity. The county issued a Stage 1 Water Conservation Alert on June 9 as drought, heat, and summer use pushed demand higher across the system. The alert is …
A woman named Megan Perry says the neighbors who bought the land surrounding her rural home have walled it in with mounds of dirt and manure reaching 10 feet high. The mother of five has lived on her property in Dooralong on the New South Wales Central Coast for 12 years. However, she says everything …
Lester Hurst and Helena Peters came back from a trip to their 10-acre property in Burning Springs, Kentucky, and found tire tracks where their tiny home had been parked. The custom tiny house was gone. According to WYMT/WKYT, the Clay County couple had kept the home on wooded land they owned, where it looked like …
Firefighters in Summit County, Colorado, spent the week training for wildfire season. Their message to residents was that a home’s odds of surviving a fire depend heavily on what you do in advance. Summit Fire and EMS, as well as the Red, White, and Blue Fire Protection District, held their joint annual on-the-ground training in …