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COMMUNITY Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:06AMWhiteaker Neighborhood River Festival — 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Maurie Jacobs Park behind the River House at 301 N. Adams St. sponsored by city of Eugene’s Outdoor Program; a chance to try kayaking, play on a slip-n-slide, try circus arts and enjoy music; for all ages; free; …
Saudi- Jeddah sprucing up Car Haraj Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 12:41AMSaudi- Jeddah sprucing up Car Haraj
Police and community briefs for July 20, 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:01PMPolice and community briefs from around the Marion County area and the state of Florida for July 20, 2011.
Mississippi Cottages available at auction Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:30PMThe state is putting up for auction more than 180 Mississippi Cottages on July. 29.
Community Calendar - Tuesday Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:13PMHISTORIC COLUMBIA FOUNDATION’S TINY TOT TUESDAYS: “Garden Gnomes” for ages 2-4, 11 a.m.-noon today, Robert Mills Carriage House , 1616 Blanding St. Will feature stories, games and crafts. Admission: $6 per child, $2 each additional child. Discounts for members. (803) 252-1770, ext. 24; www.historiccolumbia.org
From Buxton to Burlington, police track Frascas Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:18PMAn alert Massachusetts police officer and a bit of luck helped authorities find fugitives John and Heidi Frasca, who are now out on bail and face a court date next month in connection with multiple animal cruelty charges.
Around Your Town: 07/18/11 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:10PMMichelle Sullivan and her two sons, Jake 3 and Kody 6, enjoy a walk in Thompkins Park on Sunday with their dogs Milo, a corgi mix, and Toby, a boxer. (Melissa Marshall • Herald/Review) The first Sierra Vista Community Garden is in the works and there will be an initial planning meeting at the Sierra Vista Food Co-op at 5 p.m. today. Anyone interested in helping to make this into a reality is ...
Community Calendar, July 18 Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 9:41PMSUPER SUMMER BLOOD DRIVE: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday through Saturday through July 30, American Red Cross Columbia Donor Center, 2751 Bull St. Participants who donate blood or platelets can be entered into a drawing for $3,000. (803) 251-6007; www.redcrossblood.org
Drunk driver arrested after causing crash injuring two Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:32PMCHARLOTTE, N.C. – A car crash on South Boulevard landed a drunk driver in jail after two of his passengers were sent to the hospital. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, witnesses indicated that the driver, Walter Zavala, lost control of his Pontiac Grand Am causing it to flip into the center median. Two passengers were ejected from the car. NewsChannel 36 has learned the ...
'Run and you're done' makes sense Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 10:50AMThey're perennial favorites of reality video-clip shows and cable TV news - car chases that weave down interstates or through the streets of major metropolitan cities.Who hasn't turned on a 24-hour news station to listen to the anchors breathlessly describing some fleeing miscreant as...
Guns in Arizona: Victims decry public's acceptance of violence Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:52AMA few weeks before the mass shooting near Tucson, a man armed with a handgun opened fire on a crowd in Phoenix. But this random act of violence, carried out by a possibly deranged man, was treated as routine.
Community Calendar - Sunday Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:25PMSECOND ANNUAL PALMETTO TASTY TOMATO FESTIVAL: 6-9 tonight, City Roots Farm, 1005 Airport Blvd. Will feature live music, food, cash bar, tomato bobbing, chucking and tomato growing contest. Advance tickets: $10; At the door, $15. (803) 381-8747; www.sustainablemidlands.org
Sports Briefs Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:42AMBasketball
Lockwood Fire Company to host Third Annual Firemen's Field Days Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:34PMLOCKWOOD, N.Y. - The Lockwood Fire Company is putting the final touches on its Third Annual Firemen's Field Days scheduled for July 23 and 24.The field days will be held on Route 34, just north of Lockwood. Many events are scheduled to run both days,
Cash-strapped New Orleans auctioning surplus goods Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:16PMNEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the market for an old police car that may or may not have been wrecked? How about a fire truck, some outdated computers, a generator or perhaps an ATM?
Community Calendar - Saturday Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:21PMMUSEUM ROAD SHOW: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. today, State Museum, 301 Gervais St. Participants limited to four items. Tickets: $20-$40; discounts available for members. (803) 898-4999; www.southcarolinastatemuseum.org
What's going on in Lane County? A lot Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:45PMEvents in the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region for July 16-31.
Cash-Strapped New Orleans Puts On Auction Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:29PMIn the market for an old police car that may or may not have been wrecked?
Cash-strapped Crescent City puts on auction Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:52PMNEW ORLEANS (AP) - In the market for an old police car that may or may not have been wrecked? How about a fire truck, some outdated computers, a generator or perhaps an ATM machine? Cash-strapped New Orleans certainly hopes so. The city has contracted with an online auction site that specializes in selling goods for municipal and state governments and police departments. There are some upscale ...
AP NewsBreak: Cash-strapped NO puts on auction Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:06PMNEW ORLEANS (AP) - In the market for an old police car that may or may not have been wrecked? How about a fire truck, some outdated computers, a generator or perhaps an ATM machine?
Dresden receives five police cars Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:15PMThe hard work is beginning to come to fruition. The Dresden Police Department has been patiently pursing the purchase of five new patrol cars and a new building in which to house the office and events are now taking place to help make this goal a reality.
Accident kills two pedestrians on eastbound Interstate 70 shoulder Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:34AMCOLUMBIA — Two men were killed around 8 p.m. Thursday after being hit by a car that veered onto the shoulder of eastbound Interstate 70. Edward Taggart, 72, and Gilbert L. Love, 73, were struck by a car driven by Earl William Hutcherson, according to a news release from the Columbia Police Department. According to the release, Hutcherson veered onto the shoulder of eastbound I-70 near mile ...
Two fatally struck on Interstate 70 Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:19AMTwo men who were putting gas into a vehicle on the shoulder of Interstate 70 in Columbia were fatally struck Thursday night, and the driver of the vehicle that hit them was taken into custody on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.
British woman murdered in Australia after selling items on online auction sites Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:58AMOnline auction sites may hold clues to the murder of a British woman who was selling items before returning to England from Australia with her children, police have said.
Woman killed on day she was to fly to UK Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:29AMOn the day she died, a murdered Melbourne woman should have been sitting on a plane with her three children to start their new lives in England.
Around the region: THP finishes 2nd in contest Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:00AMThe Tennessee Highway Patrol has finished second in the 2011 National Law Enforcement Challenge.
Neighbor says Michael O’Donnell’s Tremont Street property in Taunton is a theft hot spot Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:17PMJamie Soares said he isn’t surprised real estate owner Michael O’Donnell this week reported to police that someone had trespassed on O’Donnell’s 115 Tremont St. property and ripped apart one of his vehicles parked there.
Organized retail crime: Washington law enforcement puts heat on shoplifters Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:15PMFederal Way police are part of a growing statewide effort to reduce shoplifting by secret crime rings.
'They tried to wake mummy up': twin tells of heartbreak at sister's bashing death Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:57PMThe young children of a mother who was bashed unconscious in her Melbourne home and left for dead stood by her hospital bed and desperately tried to wake her up, the murder victim’s distraught twin sister has revealed.
Community Calendar - Friday Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 7:27PMPRIME TIME IN THE PARK TEEN PROGRAM: For ages 13-18, 8-11 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 12 at Hyatt Park, 950 Jackson St. and Greenview Park, 6700 David St.; 8-10 p.m. at Martin Luther King Park, 2300 Greene St. Student ID or drivers license required to register for sports, fitness, music and games. (803) 545-3100; www.columbiasc.net
Bashed woman was due to fly home Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:29PMUPDATE 12.13pm: A WOMAN who died after being bashed in her Melbourne home was due to fly home to England the day she died.
Eric Hartley: For car dealer, one tough sale Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:47AMGeorge Criswell is used to being greeted with suspicion because he's a car salesman. Often in his line of work, as he put it, "They want to come in and hit you with a bat." But usually it's just one person with a bat at a time. Criswell, who owns adjoining Audi and Acura dealerships in Annapolis, wants to open a Fiat outlet in Edgewater. And at a community meeting he hosted last week, people ...
Roadshow: 71-year-old woman takes to the street to slow down drivers in her neighborhood Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:11AMPlus: DMV ran out of white carpool stickers, but new supply is in.
Roadshow: 71-year-old San Jose woman takes to the street to urge drivers to slow down in her neighborhood Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:23AMPlus: DMV ran out of white carpool stickers, but new supply is in.
Around Your Town: 07/14/11 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:55PMMiss Sierra Vista 2010 Brittnay Farrar and Mayor Rick Mueller look over the July 30 Miss Sierra Vista scholarship pageant day proclamation at the mayor’s office on Monday. (Beatrice Richardson • Herald/Review) Birders of all levels are invited to participate in upcoming bird walks sponsored by the Friends of the San Pedro River. Walks are scheduled at 7 a.m. today and July 23 and depart from the ...
[Anderson] One Simple Act Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 5:26PMEven a simple act can bring about great personal change. Three years ago, I began a life-changing experience that started with a plane bound for Jackson. At the time, I was planning a month-long vacation to visit my sister in Clinton.
Mother kills 3 children, self in their Kenner house Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:25PMFather found the bodies; lender had foreclosed on the property
Lac la Hache students gain memories of a lifetime Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:08AMFollowing an educational field trip to Vancouver and Victoria, where they toured the Legislature and enjoyed area attractions and activities, 19 Grade 4-7 Lac la Hache Elementary School (LLHES) students brought home many special memories.
Montreal pedestrian hit by car dies Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 8:03AMA man in his seventies has died after being struck by a car early Wednesday morning in Ville St-Laurent.
Quebec retirement home fire kills 1 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:18AMOne person is dead and two people suffered injuries as a result of a fire at a retirement residence in Lac-Beauport, north of Quebec City.
PHOTOS: Miss Florida USA 2012 Contestants Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:12PM62 contestans from all over Florida will compete for the crown on July 16th, 2011. Checkout this slideshow to see them and pick your favorite!
Around Your Town: 07/13/11 Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:55PMA bunny pokes around the mud after Sunday’s flash flood near Ramsey Road on Monday. (Beatrice Richardson • Herald/Review) Birders of all levels are invited to participate in upcoming bird walks sponsored by the Friends of the San Pedro River. Walks are scheduled at 7 a.m. today and July 23 and depart from the San Pedro House, 9800 E. Hwy. 90, Sierra Vista. There is no charge for the walk ...
Winnebago County considers higher tow and impound fees Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:48PMROCKFORD — Breaking traffic laws serious enough to get your vehicle impounded may soon become more costly.
Casey Anthony Trial - “Beyond Reasonable Doubt” Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 4:11PMOn July 5th, as I rode in Mom’s sapphire Honda Element to Ridgeland from Oxford, I scanned the Twitter on my IPhone. There was an impassioned outbreak: Casey Anthony’s name was everywhere on the Twitter.
1-Year-Old's Death Reported At Homestead Day Care Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:58PMA child's death is reported Tuesday at a Homestead day care center, a representative of the Homestead Police Department confirmed.
1 injured in Quebec train collision Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:48PMOne person was severely injured after a passenger train collided with a car at a rail crossing in Saint-Tite, near Shawinigan, Que.
Teenager killed in Quebec train collision Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 3:48PMA teenage driver is dead after a passenger train collided with a car at a rail crossing in Saint-Tite, near Shawinigan, Que., police say.
Winnipeg firebomb victim rethinks shutting business Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:22PMThe owner of a firebombed Winnipeg automotive shop is reconsidering a decision to go out of business.
Man Arrested for Fraud After Cashing Check Issued by His Own Bank Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:36PMA Washington state man was mistakenly taken to jail after cashing a check from his own bank. Ikenna Njoku took a $9,000 check to his Chase branch. Njoku had previously overdrawn the account, forcing the bank to close it. After depositing the $9,000 check, Chase took what was owed and issued Njoku a check for $8,000. After trying to cash that check Njoku said that the teller became suspicious of ...
Danroy Henry shooting: Family of slain Pace student establishes sports fund in his memory Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 1:38AMThe family of slain Pace University football player Danroy "D.J." Henry is teaming up with a nonprofit organization to provide sports equipment and membership fees for needy children in Massachusetts.