A recent update from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) highlights the ongoing search for Cheryl Yvonne Davis, who vanished from Charleston, South Carolina, on July 4, 1979. Davis was 17 years old at the time of her disappearance and would now be 64.
This case is one of several missing persons cases across the country recently brought to attention. Nathaniel Holmes, who was 17 when he disappeared from Westminster, Colorado, on December 19, 2017, would now be 25. Tyarra Cacique Williams has been missing from Greensboro, North Carolina, since January 7, 2016, and would now be 30 years old.
In other news, Mia Bieniemy, wife of Kansas City Chiefs coach Eric Bieniemy, is out of intensive care and making progress after being shot by her son in her Virginia home. This update was released by the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
Meanwhile, Central Florida is experiencing a rise in leprosy infections, with local transmission linked to armadillos and soil exposure. Additionally, once rare diseases like measles, whooping cough, and chickenpox are resurfacing in Florida due to declining vaccination coverage, impacting schools, hospitals, and families. A record-setting cyclospora outbreak has sickened thousands across America, leading to a major lettuce recall and two reported U.S. deaths. Frozen blueberries from Publix have also been recalled due to potential E. coli contamination, with 12 people in the U.S. falling ill across eight states, including Virginia.
On the political front, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson in Georgia stated he would cancel his companies’ state contracts if elected governor in November, but did not rule out extending them before the election. Severe thunderstorms are anticipated in Southeast Arizona as the monsoon season restarts, bringing potential dust storms, damaging winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes.
