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Mitchell Willetts

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News Reporter at McClatchy Newspapers

@McClatchy real-time news reporter | Formerly @enidnews, @tulsaworld, @AP, @malheurnews| @OUDaily alum|

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  • Teen trying to defend mom from stepdad accidentally kills her, Wisconsin cops say

    6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Mitchell Willetts

    A Wisconsin teenager accidentally shot and killed his mother, and now his stepdad is facing charges in her death, Milwaukee officials say. Ziare Dalton, 26, was assaulting the 17-year-old’s mother, and the teen opened fire in an attempt to protect her, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Dalton is charged with murder, and an arrest warrant was issued for him on May 5, court records show.

  • Dad finds 6-year-old son fatally mauled by dogs in front yard, Oklahoma cops say

    6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Mitchell Willetts

    An Oklahoma father found his 6-year-old son covered in blood and bite wounds after he was fatally mauled by several dogs outside their home, officials said. Deputies received a 911 call about a dog attack at 7:28 p.m. Sunday, May 4, from a home in rural Cleveland County, according to a report by a deputy with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office.

  • ‘Dedicated’ high school lacrosse player dies from injury at game, Ohio team says

    6 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Mitchell Willetts

    Dylan Veselic was fatally injured during a high school lacrosse game in Ohio. Screengrab from X post by @BayVillageLAX A high school lacrosse player has died after suffering an injury during a game in Ohio, school officials and family said. Dylan Veselic, who attended Bay High School, “was a dedicated student and athlete, and we are heartbroken by this loss,” said Scot Prebles, Bay Village City School District superintendent, WJW reported.

  • Lottery player runs into the street after winning jackpot in MI. ‘Feels unreal’

    1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Mitchell Willetts

    A Michigan lottery player ran out into the street after realizing he won a multimillion-dollar jackpot, officials say. The 43-year-old Van Buren County man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, bought several Lotto 47 tickets “on a whim” at a gas station in Kalamazoo, because the prize was just too good not to take a chance, lottery officials said in a May 7 news release. “When I saw the jackpot was over $5 million, I told my family: ‘That money is going to be mine!’” the man said.

  • Homegrown militia plot to destroy life-saving weather radar across US, feds warn

    1 week ago | sacbee.com | Mitchell Willetts

    A homegrown militia group is planning to attack and destroy weather tracking radar systems across the country, claiming the life-saving installations are secretly weapons created by the government, according to officials. Staff at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were recently warned that a far-right group, Veterans on Patrol, has put NEXRAD radar installations in its crosshairs, according to emails obtained by CNN.

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