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AMATEUR RADIO ‘FIELD DAY’—Members of the Bristol Amateur Radio Club (VA/TN) and the Mountain Empire Amateur Radio Society (Smyth and Washington Counties, VA) will be participating in the national amateur radio Field Day exercise, Saturday, June 24, at 2 p.m. and Sunday, June 25, at 2 p.m. at White Top...
“This data demonstrates how the focus in policing has shifted away from core crime outcomes in recent years. Very many people are not receiving any response at all when they are reporting theft,” Mr Muir said. “This reflects the reductions in resources over the last decade, as well as a...
A former Ripon woman was convicted of first degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime, as well as eight other felonies today (Friday) in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court. Carla Endeward Carla M. Endeward, 55, was found guilty by a 12-person jury on all charges stemming from...
WINCHESTER – The first female sergeant in the Winchester Police Department’s history, Kathryn DiPerna was recently appointed as such and is very excited to take on this new role. Sergeant DiPerna grew up in Winchester and currently lives in the area with her husband and children. She has always loved...
Beebout Spotsylvania jurors began hearing evidence Wednesday that will help them decide whether to believe a Ruther Glen man’s claim that he was acting in self-defense when he killed 35-year-old Shawn Hastings last year outside a Spotsylvania restaurant. Jesse Dean Beebout, 35, is charged with multiple offenses, including first-degree murder,...
NORTHAMPTON — In the coming weeks, Police Chief Jody Kasper expects to hire three new “student officers” to join the department, the start of an initiative that she believes will help recruit new talent, relieve a stretched-thin police force and ultimately reduce spending costs for overtime — although those savings...
Question: Of the thousands of words in the English language, only three English words, according to Webster, begin with the letters “dw,” a number bumped up to at least four if you include proper nouns and names, and specifically one Central Illinois town. Can you name the dw- words? Answer:...
Question: Across from the courthouse in downtown Metamora are the statues of Abe Lincoln and a woman, Melissa Goings. Abe we know, but why is Goings there? Answer: In an 1857 trial in Metamora at which Goings was accused of killing her abusive husband, her lawyer, Lincoln, believed the killing...
CHICAGO — A group of people were gathered Saturday morning in the Lincoln Park neighborhood when an argument started and someone opened fire, striking five victims, Chicago police said. The shooting happened about 4:40 a.m. in the 1900 block of North Stockton Drive, Chicago police said. At least three men...
Police attended Ormiston Horizon Academy in Staffordshire on Wednesday The girl’s father said they had ‘no contact through the school’ about the incident The parents of a 16-year-old GCSE student have been left fuming after she was reportedly handcuffed by police at school after trying to sign leaving pupils’ shirts. They...
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