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Kasey Simmons is on a mission it to make you smile.”It’s selfish really,” Simmons said. “When people smile, I feel better. It lightens my world.”

The 32-year-old is a server at Applebee’s in Little Elm. On Tuesday, he got one of the largest tips on one of the smallest checks of his career.

He didn’t realize how much his kind gesture meant until the recipient’s family paid him back for it — literally. While at the grocery store, Simmons noticed a fellow shopper who appeared to be unhappy. Given his generous nature, he walked up to her and offered to pay for her things. Read the full story here ▶

One suspect is arrested while the second one is still on the run, both involved in shooting in Wednesday afternoon.

The shooting occurred on Interstate 45, north of Pruitt Road when after a traffic stop male and female refused to identify themselves.

Both refusing to provide IDs, the sheriff on the scene tried to identify the passengers with the AFIS system (an automatic fingerprint identification system). Read the full story here ▶

A mother, her live-in boyfriend, and his wife were all facing charges after the disturbing and horrifically heartless thing they did to the woman’s child.

The boy’s brother finally exposed exactly what happened, and once you hear what they did to the toddler over the course of three days, the death penalty sounds too kind.

Scotty McMillan of Pennsylvania was just three years old when he met a tragic end at the hands of his own mother Jillian Tait and her 25-year-old boyfriend Gary Fellenbaum, all while Fellenbaum’s wife Amber watched. Read the full story here ▶

A Nebraska man who had been charged within the 2020 murder of his fiancée was worked a existence sentence now.

Kolton Barnes, 27, was sentenced to existence without parole along with an additional 85-106 years on Monday for that nasty slaying of his fiancée Kayla Matulka along with other charges, based on court papers acquired by Archiweekend.com.

A jury found him guilty in May of first-degree murder, utilization of a deadly weapon to commit the murder, two counts of negligent child abuse, evidence tampering, animal cruelty for killing his dog and employ of the deadly weapon for animal abuse. Read the full story here ▶

Raising children is hard, and any parent who says differently is lying. Parenting is emotionally and intellectually draining, and it often requires professional sacrifice and serious financial hardship.

Kids are needy and demanding from the moment of their birth to forever. As a parent, you should always take good care of your baby. Unfortunately, this mother didn’t.

Per reports, the mother, Klimova, left her 3-month-old infant naked on a terrace in freezing temperature. But, according to her husband, Alexander, she was just slapped with a fine and the kid stays in her care, regardless of the stunt. Read the full story here ▶

Police officials said the 29-year-old man, later identified as Jose, was taken into custody and later charged with open murder and tampering with evidence after he reportedly killed the 35-year-old trans woman Sherlyn. Per reports, the victim and the suspect were previously involved in a se-ual relationship.

On September 17, 2023, the 35-year-old trans woman finished a show and was never heard from again. On September 25, 2023, Sherlyn’s body was found near a ditch. During the investigation, authorities discovered that Jose was the main suspect.

During an interview with investigators, the 29-year-old man reportedly admitted to being in a secret affair with the 35-year-old trans woman. The suspect also told investigators that he compensated Sherlyn for her silence regarding their relationship. The 29-year-old man also told investigators that he was blckmailed by the trans woman.

He reportedly gave Sherlyn undisclosed amount of money, before she asked for an additional $5,000. Sherlyn also threatened to disclose their relationship to his wife if she wasn’t paid, Jose told investigators. The 29-year-old man then beat the trans woman to death. Jose then tied Sherlyn’s body and dumped it in a ditch. This incident remains under investigation.

A Pennsylvania woman has been jailed for committing large-scale welfare fraud. Sabrina Strothers of Pittsburgh collected approximately $130,000 in welfare benefits for three children who don’t exist, reports the Daily mail. Her charges were announced by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office on Dec. 12.

The 23-year-old Strothers is accused of claiming to give birth to three children in 2008 named Thomas, Tomalyia and Tyreik Wilson, according to officials.

Her cousin reported her to Pittsburgh officials in January. The state’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has a “Report Fraud” section on its website, and also a “toll free welfare fraud tipline.” The OIG defines welfare fraud as being “when an individual uses fraudulent means to receive public assistance benefits to which they were not entitled.”

When investigators followed up on the cousin’s tip, they discovered that the Social Security numbers for Strothers’ children’s actually belonged to people born in 1887, 1945 and 1960.

According to court records, Strothers was charged with two counts each of forgery and making false statements in a welfare investigation and one count of theft by deception, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Strothers reported the birth of triplets to the county Assistance Office in November 2008, and continued to list the children on applications for benefits through 2016.

When contacted by the Office of the Inspector General, Strothers claimed the triplets lived with their father in Georgia, but was unable to provide the father’s address or telephone number. She eventually confessed to investigators that she falsified the information.
Investigators itemized the fraud as follows: $37,269 in food-stamp benefits, nearly $90,000 in medical assistance and just more than $2,000 in benefits from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.

A preliminary hearing for Strothers is scheduled for Dec. 22. According to the Pennsylvania OIG, “If found guilty of committing welfare fraud, a defendant must make full restitution of the overpaid benefits, can receive a sentence that can includes community service, probation or incarceration, pay costs and fines to the court, and be disqualified for a period of time from public assistance benefits.”

Talking with and caring about his customers are the favorite parts of his job for Nick Tate, who is employed as a Walmart cashier in Newcastle, Oklahoma.

He has a reputation for being kind to everyone he meets throughout his day.

While working a recent evening shift on a Friday, one of Nick’s customers was a foster mother with two girls and a baby in tow. Read the full story here ▶