Four cities make up the South Lake Minnetonka community -- Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood, and Tonka Bay. Everyone wants the place they call home to be a safe place where we can go relax at the end ...

Alligators Alligators are powerful predators that people must avoid. These deadly creatures can reach sometimes more than 10 feet long, and they ...

Infections caused by Naegleria fowleri can lead to symptoms including fever, seizures, hallucinations and death.

On Tuesday, the parents of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr, a Hand Middle School student who died from a brain-eating amoeba, will ...

Work on a new park in the median of Broad Street promises to brighten up downtown Augusta. But it will be a pain to drivers and businesses, with lane closures ...

One person is dead and another is injured after a shooting in Sandersville on Sunday night. Community members in South ...

A 12-year-old South Carolina boy has died after being infected by a rare, brain-eating amoeba found in freshwater, his family ...

A lawyer for the family of 12-year-old Jaysen Carr said he died on July 18 after contracting a deadly infectious amoeba while ...

The infection destroys brain tissue, which is why the infection is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba.

Officials previously announced that a person died from a brain-eating amoeba but could not verify where they were exposed to it.

A GoFundMe has been set up to support the family of the 12-year-old from South Carolina and has so far raised more than ...

From marshes, rivers and the ocean, how susceptible are Lowcountry waters to brain-eating amoebas? Here’s what to know and how to stay safe.