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Driver arrested in connection with fatality
Paul A. Martin, 37, Oakland City, was westbound on Tulip Tree Drive at the traffic light at 5:56 am Friday in a 2003 Chrysler van and hit the back of a westbound 2000 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Brick R. Hutchinson, 22, of Oakland City.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:49P
Civil Service Commission delays ruling on former public works director's
Mendoza was suspended without pay on May 5 amid a flap over questionable police details, and specifically his department's use of a company formed by Police Commander Edwin Hosli to review red-light and speed-enforcement traffic tickets.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:49P
Selfish litigation
A lawsuit filed by the Riverside Sheriff's Association does not change the basic fiscal facts: Riverside County cannot balance its budget without trimming personnel costs. The deputies union should drop the lawsuit, which can only waste public money in
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:49P
Benzene exposure near Roxana caused leukemia, suit says
Andrew Kayser filed a lawsuit Sept. 9 in Madison County Circuit Court against Shell Oil Company, BP Products North America, ConocoPhillips Company, WRB Refining and URS Corporation. In his complaint, Kayser claims he grew up in a home at 150 East Fifth
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:48P
DOJ: Redistricting maps don't meet Voting Rights Act
SAN ANTONIO - The US Department of Justice said that two of Texas' controversial redistricting maps didn't comply with the Voting Rights Act's minimum standards, finding that the proposed changes to state House and
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:48P
Williams was going to kill me - Johnson
Giving evidence in his own murder trial, Johnson said a third inmate in the high security unit they shared, Tommy Ivanovic, had told him Williams intended to bash him with pool balls. 'He said don't say anything but this one is planning to get you with
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:48P
TDCJ adds security for Brewer's execution
Brewer is one of the two men sentenced to death row in the brutal dragging death of James Byrd, Jr. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice is making necessary preparation for Brewer and the public and media for the execution day.
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:47P
Settlement reached on eve of September 11 airline trial
The Bavis family had initially seemed intent on having the lawsuit heard by a jury of ordinary New Yorkers, and the trial had been slated for November. There were no details of the settlement in a one-paragraph court document saying the parties had
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:47P
Settlement reached on eve of September 11 airline trial
The Bavis family had initially seemed intent on having the lawsuit heard by a jury of ordinary New Yorkers, and the trial had been slated for November. There were no details of the settlement in a one-paragraph court document saying the parties had
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:47P
Son killer Beverley May Eitzen released into community
Today Justice John Sulan finalised the details of her conditions. He deleted a clause that would have banned her from drinking alcohol because he said it was unnecessary and could be amended later. "There's no suggestion that she committed this offence
Updated: 09/19/2011 10:47P
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