A man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for killing another man in DeBary and then stealing his car, prosecutors said. A jury found 33-year-old Sammy McKnight Jr. guilty of first-degree murder, auto theft with a firearm, burglary with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. District Judge Leah […]
Shawnee County Sheriff’s officials arrested a 12-year-old and confiscated a Glock airsoft pistol after the teen sent text messages containing information about a possible school shooting, Sheriff Brian C. Hill’s office said on Facebook late Friday afternoon. The name of the teenager and the school involved were not published. The sheriff’s office was contacted shortly […]
A Springfield woman has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in the death of a 5-year-old boy who suffered blunt force injuries and was malnourished while in her care, investigators say. Shannon Leigh Elliott was charged in March with two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of aggravated child abuse in […]
Three new surveillance cameras installed in May in the parking lot of the Main Trailhead at Mount Pisgah have proven to be an effective deterrent to car thefts and other crimes in the area, according to Lane County Parks. “Like many other agencies, we are dealing with an increase in car break-ins at our most […]
QUINCY – Kelly Shaw, 44, pleaded not guilty Thursday afternoon in Dedham Superior Court to the first-degree murder of Christine Mello of Weymouth. Shaw was remanded in custody without bail. Shaw was charged with murder on Monday. Shaw and a co-defendant, John Harper, were previously charged with theft related to the alleged theft of Mello’s […]
Why Delaware is known as “the first state” Delaware is known as “The First State.” Here’s why. 08/15/24 Alexis Marioni-Calvarese and her husband Nick Calvarese were at the Walgreens store in the Milltown Shopping Center on Thursday morning when they heard screams coming from the parking lot. The couple got into their car and drove […]
Five people have been charged in connection with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry. US authorities are bracing for a highly contagious and severe strain of Mpox. A cozy crowd of 92,000 fans (including this writer!!) attended Taylor Swift’s European leg of the Eras Tour in London last night after previous shows had to […]
The criminal case against the co-founders of Epic Charter Schools has stalled again, this time due to a dispute over who should be the judge in the trial. Co-founders Ben Harris and David Chaney are accused of defrauding students of millions of dollars. They were indicted in Oklahoma County District Court in 2022 on organized […]
5 minutes reading time A police union representing supervisors and internal affairs investigators at the Essex County Department of Corrections has approved a vote of no confidence in the agency’s director and county administration. The union’s statement on Monday outlined numerous complaints, alleging that the welfare of officers and inmates had been compromised by mismanagement. […]
Have you mastered life yet? I ask this because when I was younger I apparently had the wrong idea that as you get older you understand life and it becomes much easier. I now realize that the Master’s degree in life that I thought I would have earned by now doesn’t exist, and that life […]
