A North Carolina burglary investigation began with a homeowner seeing two men leaving the property with a wagon full of tools after a shed had been broken into, authorities said. The report came from Blackwelder Road in Iredell County on June 8. According to WHKY, deputies with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office responded to a …
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As summer yard cleanup fills curbside bags with grass clippings, leaves, branches, and garden debris, one Indiana city is warning homeowners not to treat that waste like regular household trash. The City of Vincennes Street Department says it will no longer collect yard waste placed in bags marked with trash stickers, according to WTHI. A …
Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa’s Newport Beach, California, home was burglarized while the family was away on vacation, and the reported entry point gives the story a practical home-security angle. The HGTV stars were in Los Cabos, Mexico, when the break-in happened, according to House Beautiful. Heather shared the update in a June 12 …
Police in Oak Park, Illinois, are investigating antisemitic vandalism at a property where a three-unit townhouse development is under review. The vandalism happened at 327-329 Home Ave., according to the Wednesday Journal. The outlet reported that language and imagery were left at the site, along with objects arranged on the lawn. The Village of Oak …
A Richmond Hill, Ontario, homeowner was injured after police said three suspects smashed a front window and forced their way into a house before dawn. The home invasion happened April 28 just before 4:30 a.m. near Hyde Park Drive and Red Oak Drive, according to York Regional Police. Investigators said at least one suspect was …
The Jay Select Board in Maine has until Aug. 24 to finish an ordinance that would limit rent increases at the town’s mobile home parks, one of a growing number of local efforts to rein in housing costs as rents stay elevated across the country. The measure has to be approved by then to reach …
A chicken keeper in Florida has spent almost a year trying to get rid of a 6-foot yellow rat snake that keeps slipping back into the coop for eggs. The homeowner has caught the same snake three times and relocated it farther away each time, most recently about 12 miles to a nature preserve. The …
Severe thunderstorms tore through parts of east Frederick County, Maryland on Sunday night. The storms damaged homes, barns, and businesses and knocked out power for residents all over the area. They struck hardest around Libertytown, where around 100 trees were snapped, uprooted, or toppled. By Monday, several streets were still impassable, with downed wires and …
A Portland, Oregon, homeowner spent weeks attempting to remove a homeless camp from his backyard. Jim Jensvold first discovered the camp when the person who trims his trees mentioned an uninvited guest on the wooded property below his home, according to KATU. The single camper soon became a larger encampment. Cleaning everything out ended up …
An alleged serial squatter said to have terrorized Malibu homeowners by exploiting California’s tenant-friendly rental laws is now the subject of a new Hulu docuseries. Ellie Mae McNulty has faced years of complaints from residents who say she charmed her way into their homes and then would not leave, Fox News reported. She has denied …