Andrew Cross didn’t have to be there. His shift at Bath Iron Works was done, his tools put away, and by most accounts, he had every reason to stay home that Thursday evening. But that just wasn’t who Andrew was. The 27-year-old Outside Machinist and volunteer firefighter suited up and responded to the call when … Read more
Wellford lost one of its own this week. Shelly Lynn Fortenberry, a 54-year-old woman remembered fondly by neighbors and loved ones alike, was killed Monday, May 18, 2026, after her vehicle crashed at the Interstate 26 and Interstate 85 connector in Spartanburg County. The crash was a single-vehicle incident, and by the time emergency responders … Read more
The city of Laurel, Mississippi, is carrying a pain right now that words can barely hold. Renita Amauri Lane-Pruitt, a 20-year-old young woman full of life and laughter, is gone — taken in an instant on a Sunday night that started like any other ordinary evening. She had just left a restaurant with a passenger. … Read more
José Bautista had a job at one of the most talked-about construction sites in the country. The 25-year-old from Donna, Texas, was working at SpaceX’s Starbase facility when everything went wrong in the early hours of a Friday morning. He fell roughly eight feet from a scaffold, and by 5:15 a.m., he was pronounced dead … Read more
A grandmother’s Monday morning turned into a scene nobody in Clayton, North Carolina should ever have to imagine. Robie Annette Sanders, a 65-year-old woman, was found brutally stabbed inside her apartment at the Heritage Court Apartments on 509 E. Main St. — and the man now charged with her murder is her own son. Clayton … Read more
