Akim Powell
Digital Content Producer
Charlotte, NC
Akim Powell is a National Digital Content Producer. He's a Mississippi Gulf Coast native, but he currently resides in Charlotte. He also graduated from the University of Mississippi with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism with an emphasis in print.
When he’s not writing stories, he spends his free time enjoying nature and hanging out with his dog Brew.
More frozen pasta sold at Walmart stores nationwide is being recalled over listeria concerns, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Christa Pike remains alive after Tennessee officials attempted to execute her by lethal injection, with witnesses describing disturbing moments during the failed attempt.
An Iowa high school teacher has been fired for offering students extra credit in return for cash donations to her personal GoFundMe account.
Colleen Slemmer’s niece said the process of executing Christa Pike should not have taken 31 years.
A man in Virginia is accused of killing two of his coworkers at United Rentals.
“Pretty Little Liars” actor Chad Lowe and his wife are mourning the death of their 13-year-old daughter, Fiona Hepler Lowe.
A police officer in Colorado found dead hours after disappearing while wakeboarding
A judge lowered the bond for the man in Wisconsin accused of stalking his ex for 13 years, having human skulls and John Wayne Gacy brain in a jar.
A 21-year-old college student is recovering from serious injuries after police say she fell from an eighth-floor apartment window over the weekend in Athens.
An 18-year-old in Florida who waited for her mother and her mother’s boyfriend to come home, greeting them by saying “Welcome Home” and then shot them dead has been sentenced.
A mother in Pennsylvania is charged after her 4-year-old girl died from a severe colon infection and neglect, according to multiple reports.
The remains of a dismembered woman were found at an apartment complex in Georgia in what authorities described as a “particularly gruesome crime.”
A man in Indiana was found guilty of killing a sex offender who assaulted his relative.
A 66-year-old man in Mississippi was convicted of sexual battery after meeting a 13-year-old online.
A 14-year-old boy in Colorado was awarded $65 million after his mom was killed while driving them home from the water park.
A middle school principal in North Carolina was suspended after being accused of stalking a teacher, according to authorities.
Shocking new details were revealed during a press conference sharing the results of the state’s autopsy and findings from Nolan Wells’ cellphone.
The two Ole Miss students found dead have been identified, according to officials.
A woman in Georgia whose husband died in a helicopter crash on the night they were married is filing a wrongful death lawsuit.
A 4-year-old Georgia girl has died after she was found unresponsive inside a trash can filled with water and fish over the weekend, authorities said.
A child star best known for sitcoms like “That’s So Raven,” has been sentenced to more than two years in prison.
The U.S. Postal Service has released its recommended mailing and shipping deadlines for customers ahead of the 2026 holiday season.
A second person has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi.
A woman in Kansas City was sentenced after she placed her 1-month-old in an oven rather than her crib.
A man in Georgia was found dead behind an old Red Lobster, according to authorities.
A father and stepmother in Arizona are accused of tying up, torturing and neglecting the man’s two daughters.
Comedian Carrot Top was hospitalized in Las Vegas, according to multiple reports.
Converse is apologizing after receiving backlash across social media for a recent sneaker campaign, according to multiple reports.
A day care owner in Texas is accused of forcing a 2-year-old girl to bite another 2-year-old girl, according to authorities.
A 20-year-old college volleyball player in Kentucky died just 3 months after being diagnosed with a rare disorder.
A Maryland man has been charged in the 1993 murder of a 10-year-old boy who vanished while riding his bicycle, authorities said.
A 13-year-old boy in Montana was found dead in the river after trying to rescue his sister, according to officials.
A 7-year-old girl in Cincinnati died on a school bus after she got stuck in the seatbelt, according to officials.
The “Stranger Things” star and her husband, Jake Bongiovi, welcomed their second baby via adoption, according to People.
A woman whose skeletal remains were found by a landscaper near a wooded area in Florida in 2023 has been identified.
Authorities arrested 13 people after they were caught stealing $250k of chicken from a semi-trailer.
A man and his girlfriend in California kept his 7-year-old niece chained to a treadmill and forced her to clean ‘using her tongue,’ according to authorities.
On Sept. 10, Carson Dean Barry, 23, was arrested and charged with five counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and criminal solicitation of a minor.
A man was found dead in a kitchen vent at an Atlanta restaurant, according to authorities.
A couple in Louisiana is accused of leaving a child who ate a THC gummy with another child for eight hours to attend an LSU game, according to authorities.
A former Ohio teacher has been charged after a missing 16-year-old girl was allegedly found alive in his home 263 days after she disappeared.
A high school assistant principal in Connecticut is accused of sexually assaulting a student twice in his office, according to authorities.
A woman in California is accused of beating her husband to death with a flagpole.
A high school student in New York was suspended for bringing a cup of coffee to class on her first day of school.
A man in Oklahoma is accused of kidnapping a 1-year-old child out of a mother’s Walmart shopping cart
A man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman who was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi.
Three people in Memphis are charged in the death of a 6-year-old-girl who died after being left inside a daycare van, according to authorities.
A former Pennsylvania Catholic priest has been arrested after allegedly stealing more than $740,000 from his own mother and multiple churches.
A highway patrol trooper in North Carolina is accused of killing a deputy as part of a years-long love triangle with a woman both men had dated, according to authorities.
The remains of a Delaware woman who died in 1907 have been identified nearly 15 years after they were found in a wooded area.
