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UPDATE JULY 17: Management of an apartment complex dealing with on-again, off-again water issues is finally providing an explanation.  Water at the Sandpiper Apartment complex was shut off from Friday morning to Sunday morning .  Sunday water was flowing again, but by Monday morning tenants told 13 Action News it was back off.  "People can't shower. People can't wash dishes," said tenant Brittany Albright .  13 Action News reached out to management Saturday and Sunday and received no response.  On Monday, a manager who would not give his name said over the weekend water was shut down for scheduled repairs. He said a pipe then burst unexpectedly Monday .  13 Action News obtained a copy of an email management sent to tenants which reads in part: "We realize this is is[sic] frustrating for everyone, and Management will compensate residents in some way."  The manager could not elaborate on how they plan to do that.  Lauren Pena with the Legal Aid Center ...

A member of the Chautauqua County Forensic Investigation Team at the scene Saturday of a “suspicious death” on East Sixth Street in Jamestown." /> Photo by Eric Tichy A member of the Chautauqua County Forensic Investigation Team at the scene Saturday of a “suspicious death” on East Sixth Street in Jamestown. JAMESTOWN — A Jamestown resident was charged with second-degree murder after a man was found dead in the parking lot of an apartment complex early Saturday in the city. Police charged 51-year-old Brian M. Korzeniewski just hours after the prone body of Michael A. Bull was discovered between two parked sedans in the 500 block of East Sixth Street . Officers were first notified of a suspicious situation around 4:45 a.m. and quickly cordoned off the area. Bull, whose age and address were not released, was found to have died as the result of blunt-force trauma, Jamestown police said in a statement. Members of the Chautauqua County Forensic Investigation Team were...

THREE OAKS, Mich. (WNDU) - UPDATE People who escaped an apartment fire in Three Oaks are going back to save any belongings they can carry. 14 families had to evacuate as Hidden Harbor Villas caught fire early Saturday morning . A Michigan State Police fire investigator says the fire started in a vacant apartment on the second floor near the utility closet but he says it's not suspicious and he doesn't believe it was arson. That's not much comfort to the families, only two of whom had renters insurance. Melissa Lawson, one of those affected, said, "We were running to just get out the door. She had some clothes in the diaper bag, but she was just in her diaper and we grabbed a blanket. Nobody had shoes, no one. " Peter Trigg, another person affected, said, "Honestly, I'm not worried about what I can save. I thought everything was a loss, and everything I can find is just a blessing. It's absolutely a blessing." Neighbors say t...

Three of the four men charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting the girl are also behind bars. The men are from Honduras, immigrants who found a home at the Heatherwood Apartments. The complex, near Peoria and Colfax in Aurora, is a racial melting pot , one that came to a boil on August 7, when a girl trying to leap to womanhood in a single summer got a very adult lesson. The violence bred more violence -- and more victims. News accounts the next day reported that a seventy-person mob had delivered street justice to one of the accused rapists. Although the reports weren't quite right -- nothing in this saga is -- street justice may be the only justice here. Anna grew up in the neighborhood and has a huge family of siblings and half-siblings. Anna has another daughter who was also taken away by Social Services when Anna went to prison. The girls have a baby brother, too, a child Anna gave birth to after she got out of prison two years ago. That baby has a different father w...

A man wanted in connection to the December 2015 shooting death of a paraplegic man in Algiers was captured over the weekend in Houston, more than 20 months after the murder, New Orleans police said.  Jeren Johnson , 25, was killed Dec. 6, 2015, while riding in the passenger seat of his friend's car, according to NOPD and Johnson's mother, Tancy Johnson. She said she received a call about 12:30 a.m. Sunday (Aug. 20) from an officer alerting her the suspect in her son's case, Shanta Massey, had been arrested in Houston.    Online records from the Harris County, Texas, jail show Massey , 24, was booked into the jail on Baker Street in Houston Sunday on an out-of-state warrant. Johnson, 46, said Monday the officer whose call woke her told her Massey was captured late Saturday related to her son's death and was booked the following morning.   Police found Jeren Johnson shot to death inside a Nissan Altima that had crashed into a truck in the 2600 block of Gen. Collins S...

Recycle. Reuse. Reduce. Reclaim. Cheryl Oliver is a true believer. Her husband, Jack, is not quite so sure. For Cheryl, there is no choice because she regards recycling as crucial for the survival of the planet. Jack said he gets it, but doesn’t think a few people can make any real difference. The house divided is a microcosm of communities when it comes to recycling. Cheryl believes everyone should do their part, while Jack believes that since not everyone is doing their part, why should he? “The problem with recycling is that most people don’t do it or won’t do it,” Jack said. “I think it’s mostly due to people being plain lazy.” Jack has a point – recycling takes more effort than just throwing everything into the same trash can. There are people who might recycle but don’t because they simply don’t know how. With paper, plastic, aluminum, metal and a myriad of other color-coded options for recyclable material, deciding where each thing should go can be troublesome. ...