Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(SITKA, Alaska) The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska.
Rescuers located one deceased individual near the vessel partially submerged near a small island close to Sitka, Alaska.
Kingfisher Charters, a Sitka-based company that operates all-inclusive fishing trips, reported the missing vessel to the Coast Guard on Sunday evening. The vessel was last seen on Sunday afternoon near Kruzof Island, less than 10 miles from the small rocky island where the ship was found, according to the Coast Guard.
“We’re working quickly to locate the unaccounted-for individuals,” Coast Guard Commanding Duty Officer Trevor Layman said, citing multiple “unknowns” involved in the search.
Kingfisher Charters offers all-inclusive fishing packages and operates guided trips on 30-foot power boats that can carry up to six anglers on a boat, according to the company website.
The Coast Guard did no
Emily Butler PhotographyKansas kicks off their 50th anniversary tour on June 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and guitarist and founding member Richard Williams is certainly excited to be celebrating such a big milestone.
“Fifty, it s a big number, it s half a century,” Williams tells ABC Audio. “Suddenly there s like a whoa moment that s, like, Wow, 50 years, that s a lot. ” He described the tour as "a celebration of the entire career."
Williams says when Kansas first got together, their biggest dream was simply “to record an album and then get it played on the radio if we were lucky,” and then possibly get to open for some big national acts.
“We couldn t imagine dreaming beyond that,” he says. “You know, the world stage and being a headlining act and continuing to make records and all that was so distant that it wasn t even a thought. That wasn t a dream. . the last 49 years have been all gravy.”
And at 73, Williams has no plans of slowi
James Lee and Bradley Gillespie in photos released by police. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction(CLEVELAND) One of the two inmates who escaped from an Ohio prison has been found dead, authorities said.
Bradley Gillespie s body was recovered in the Ohio River, the U.S. Marshals Services in Cleveland tweeted Sunday. The second inmate had been captured on Wednesday, authorities said.
The Allen County Sheriff s Office warned residents on Tuesday to "be aware and use caution" after the two men escaped from the Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima.
The inmates were identified by the sheriff s office as Gillespie, 50, and James Lee, 47.
Lee was captured in Henderson, Kentucky, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Gillespie was convicted of murdering a man and woman in 2016 and was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison, according to Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction online records.
Lee was convicted in 2021 of charges includin
Ariel Skelley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Top teachers across the country say they face major hurdles in the classroom including staffing shortages, the pinch of low pay and addressing students mental health many of which stem from closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, a recent ABC News survey found.
"I think teachers are just the fabric of our communities," Rebecka Peterson, the 2023 educator of the year, told ABC News earlier this year. "And I think we have to think of big and small ways that we can wrap our arms around teachers and remind them how important they are to us individually and to us as communities."
For this story, ABC News solicited responses from each state teacher of the year winner to see what they viewed as the greatest current challenge facing educators.
Thirty-five out of the 55 teachers answered and the rest elected not to participate, according to a spokesperson for the Council of Chief State School Officers, which runs the state teach