Did you put on your “I have rickets shirt” today? Brooklyn Green launched a fundraiser after seeing an elderly woman working at a movie theater; the GoFundMe raised over $140,000…Cack-a-lack to you as well Goose…A woman has been accused of an elaborate scam after she allegedly pretended to be a 12-year-old girl to get adopted by a family…She was actually 37…A Swannanoa man accused of following women in multiple locations across Asheville made his first court appearance Thursday on five counts of indecent exposure and one count of an open-container alcohol violation…The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction confirms that Buncombe County leaders have reached out to discuss the closure of Craggy Correctional Center…A Dollar Tree store will be built in Birmingham, an affluent city north of Detroit, but some residents fear the store will invite criminals…A server at an Olive Garden in Fayetteville, Georgia, named Brook Skyes was fired on June 1, 2026, the day after receiving a $700 tip on May 31…Police arrested Michael Gledhill after actor James Handy was found stabbed in Los Angeles and later died at a hospital…Man in critical condition after his oxygen tank caught fire while he was reportedly smoking in his Calgary home…Health officials are urging residents across Western North Carolina to prepare for several days of elevated heat this weekend and early next week…Milwaukee health officials say they’re monitoring three people as a precaution for the Ebola virus…A local resort is getting national recognition…The Swag in Waynesville was recently featured in the magazine summer travel issue of Oprah Daily…Meet Nutmeg, an indoor/outdoor cat who hangs out at the CVS in Portland’s Cellwood neighborhood and makes everyone’s day…Scientists used yeast from a 5,000-year-old European mummy to make sourdough…The Catholic archbishop of Washington has removed a well-known priest who said UFO sightings were the work of demons…Whether you’re a priest or a scout leader, it doesn’t matter to us…Just check out this Friday edition of The Rizzo & Jeff Show!!