COVINGTON BISHOP FINALLY APOLOGIZES FOR CONDEMNING STUDENTS IN VIRAL INCIDENT
The bishop overseeing Covington Catholic High School apologized Thursday for his and the Diocese’s rush to judgment of the students in the viral incident at the Lincoln Memorial. The Most Rev. Roger ...
HOW SOCIALISM TURNED VENEZUELA FROM SOUTH AMERICA’S WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN INTO AN ECONOMIC BASKET CASE
Venezuela was once the wealthiest country in South America, but in recent years millions have fled the country amid mass starvation and violence after socialist policies were enacted and government se ...
ALABAMA MAN SERVING LIFE SENTENCE FOR SEX TRAFFICKING ESCAPES MAXIMUM-SECURITY PRISON
A man serving life in prison on human-trafficking charges escaped from a maximum-security prison in north Alabama Wednesday, officials said. Corey Aris Davis, 30, was not in his cell at St. Clair Cor ...
STUDENT ACCUSED OF CALLING IN BOMB THREAT TO PREVENT PARENTS FROM VISITING
One man really, really did not want to see his parents. An easyJet flight from Lyon to Rennes in France was turned around after a bomb threat was called in by a student who wanted to keep his parents ...
SHOT SHOW 2019: THESE ARE THE HOTTEST NEW BIG GUNS
Whether you’re on the hunt for a new truck and field gun, home defense, match-winning accuracy, the ultimate hunting rifle, a foldable shotgun or a Jason Bourne-worthy micro machine gun you strap onto ...
POLICE OFFICER’S DEATH RESULTED FROM ‘RUSSIAN ROULETTE’-STYLE GAME; FELLOW OFFICER CHARGED
A male St. Louis police officer has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in this week’s shooting death of a female officer in what was described as a deadly game with a revolver, according to a ...
FREIGHT TRAIN SLAMS INTO SCHOOL BUS, KILLING STUDENT, 13, AND INJURING TWO OTHERS
A Union Pacific train slammed into a school bus on Friday in East Texas, killing a middle-school student and injuring the bus driver and another student, authorities said. The accident happened aroun ...
SUSPECT IDENTIFIED IN ‘TARGETED’ GEORGIA SHOOTINGS THAT KILLED 4
Georgia police launched a dragnet Thursday night for a 27-year-old man they say gunned down four people and wounded another man in a pair of “targeted” shootings. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation ...
SOUTH CAROLINA BOY BEFRIENDS OFFICER AT CHICK-FIL-A
A South Carolina police officer made a new friend last week when a young boy thanked him for his service at a local Chick-fil-A. Terence Brister, an officer with the Greenville Police Department who ...
ALYA DEAN HANCOCK, AGE 88
Funeral services for Alya Dean Hancock, age 88, of Crossville, will be Sunday, January 27 at 6 p.m. at Hood Funeral Home, with graveside committal Monday, January 28 at 10 a.m. in Creston Cemetery. Vi ...
KENNETH MARSHALL LITTLE, AGE 72
Kenneth Marshall Little, age 72, of Hassler Loop in Byrdstown, passed away at home Friday, January 25. The family has chosen cremation with no memorial service planned at this time. He is survived by ...
NOT THE BRIGHTEST BULBS… TWO CHARGED IN THEFT FROM INVESTIGATOR’S HOME
If you’re going to steal items from a residence, make sure it’s not a law-enforcement officer’s home. That was the case for two individuals who tried to steal a four wheeler and other items from a Ki ...
