It took three weeks in the hospital and a determined will to survive, but a 78-year-old Makiki woman has won her battle with COVID-19.

Doctors gave Glenda Tucker a grim 10% chance to survive the disease, but Saturday she was released from Tripler Army Medical Center and given the all-clear to return to her home. For three weeks she had to lay on her stomach to relieve pressure on her lungs. In addition to other medications, the doctors treated her with anti-malaria drugs.

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When the gutters are in need of repair at a condominium complex, who should be responsible for all of the water damage that they cause?

The Deauville Condominium Association hired Anderson roofing to replace gutters in the complex. The roofing company had removed some of the older gutters and hadn’t gotten around to installing the new ones when a couple of rainstorms hit last summer. Five condo owners say that their homes suffered water damage because there were no gutters.

Nancy McCalpin, condo owner said, “It’s completely unfair that they want us to pay for our own damages because we didn’t take the gutters down.”

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The Indianapolis Fire Department has joined with other fire departments across the nation by becoming part of the Neighbors App by Ring. Doing so allows fire departments to share real-time safety updates to Neighbors and connect with residents in a new way.

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The Indianapolis Fire Department has joined with other fire departments across the nation by becoming part of the Neighbors App by Ring. Doing so allows fire departments to share real-time safety updates to Neighbors and connect with residents in a new way.

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The City of Charleston and the surrounding peninsula could become one of America’s first walled City. The Army Corps of Engineers has finished an 18-month study to keep out future hurricane surge flooding.

After studying seven different options, the Corps’ preferred plan of the Coastal Flood Risk Management Study is to build approximately 8 miles of wall that would encircle much of the peninsula. The plan is expected to cost $1.75 billion and is hoped to stop flooding Charleston’s most flood-prone areas.

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A fire started in a third floor apartment in Great Neck Plaza. The woman who lived there was trapped and couldn’t get out the apartment’s door. She had no time to wait for someone to help her. She jumped out of a third floor window.

Luckily for her, although fire fighters were not yet on the scene, police officers were. When she jumped, the officers were able to catch the woman in their arms. She was taken to North Shore hospital where she was reported to be in serious condition.

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Even with the ongoing pandemic, personal emergencies and tragedies don’t stop happening. The American Red Cross, as always, remains focused on helping those in need. The Red Cross is not affiliated with any government agencies and receives no government funding.

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A Chicago couple, Shane Jones and Samantha Mostaccio, say that their $1.3M home is now full of mold because HGTV show star Allison Gramenos and her contractors bungled a garage conversion project. They are suing Gramenos, contractors Donovan Eckhardt and Ermin Pajazetovic, and the HGTV Channel for fraud over work performed when their garage was being converted into a workout studio.

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A mother and father in the State of Washington has filed a lawsuit against Seattle Children’s Hospital claiming that moldy conditions in the hospital lead to their newborn’s heart infection. This is just the latest lawsuit involving the hospital and Aspergillus mold since 2001.

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As if the CoronaVirus wasn’t enough trouble for Boston businesses, a water main broke flooding several galleries and businesses on and near 500 Harrison Avenue on Boston’s South End after 9:00pm. When the 30-inch main gave way, it collapsed part of the street and buckling it in several places. Submerged cars had water up to the tops of their hoods and roofs and had to be towed. One vehicle had to be pulled out of a sinkhole created by the broken main. Many of the businesses were flooded with up to 5 feet of water. The break is being blamed on the water main having higher pressure than it normally has.

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