Roadside Ruckus
An officer breaks up a street fight. A man is stopped for jaywalking. A couple is suspected of prostitution.
Roadside Ruckus
UC Gets Jacked
UC Gets Jacked
Officers go undercover to catch an alleged dealer. A couple is almost hit by a car. A woman tries to hide evidence after evading the police.
September 18, 2024
September 18, 2024
The News on Merit Street takes you beyond the top headlines of the day providing context and perspective.
Female Teachers Turned Classroom Predators
Female Teachers Turned Classroom Predators
Sexual assault in the classroom is running rampant as dozens of female teachers are convicted every year. Three young men explain how their female teachers forever altered their lives.
Fractured Family Fall Out!
Fractured Family Fall Out!
Cassie is raising four children, including a difficult 15-year-old daughter, while being married to a man whose unsafe behaviors under the influence of alcohol and drugs have caused him to become a danger to her children.
Partying to Death
Partying to Death
College students admit to binge-drinking regularly but say they are not alcoholics; a woman tells of her son’s death by alcohol and drugs.
From Top TV Newscaster to Drunken Mom
From Top TV Newscaster to Drunken Mom
Emmy-winning news reporter Christi’s struggle with alcohol leaves her jobless, sleeping in bushes and estranged from her adult daughters, whom she faces for the first time in two years.
Murder of a Preacher’s Wife
Murder of a Preacher’s Wife
A murderer faces his victims’ children.
Wasted Youth
Wasted Youth
Drug addicts ask the doctor for help changing their lifestyles.
Acquitted by a Jury, but My Ex-Husband Still Thinks I’m Guilty
Acquitted by a Jury, but My Ex-Husband Still Thinks I’m Guilty
Heather, whose 15-year-old son died of an accidental drug overdose in her home, must face the boy’s father, who blames her for his death; a friend says Heather almost died of drug use the night before taping the show.