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District 209 settlement kept under wraps
Since June 2008, District 209 has paid $51566 in legal fees defending its school board president, Chris Welch, in an ongoing defamation lawsuit that was filed back in 2007 by Chicago attorneys Burt Odelson and Mark Sterk.
Updated: 09/20/2011 11:00P
Dodd-Frank Act a Favorite Target for Republicans Laying Blame
Many Republican politicians say the law has hurt the economy. Republican candidates for president have repeatedly described the law as a symbol of government overreach that is killing jobs. That has not stopped Republican presidential candidates from
Updated: 09/20/2011 11:00P
UPDATE WITH NAME: Iowa trooper killed in central Iowa crash
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa State Patrol says a trooper died in a crash near Indianola in central Iowa when his patrol car left the road, landed in a field and burst into flames. The State Patrol says Trooper Mark Toney was pronounced dead at the
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:59P
Motorbike driver killed in crash
According to officials, the accident happened close to 12 pm yesterday, near the roundabout between the airport and the campus of the Macau University of Science and Technology. The 24-year-old local resident was travelling northbound on Avenida Wai
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:58P
Iowa Trooper Killed In Crash
INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) _ The Iowa State Patrol says a trooper died in a crash near Indianola in central Iowa when his patrol car left the road, landed in a field and burst into flames. The State Patrol says Trooper Mark Toney was pronounced dead at the
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:57P
Driver Accused Of Killing Two Students Is Arrested
vehicular homicide and DUI. Investigators say the students, Christopher Oberg of Mapleton, Iowa and Alexis Calfee of Bennett, Nebraska where on a motorcycle hit by a car going the wrong way on highway 9. The Dixon County Attorney's Office says the
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:57P
Scottsdale traffic stop results in breakup of identity fraud ring
Montgomery pointed to the Arizona sentencing law that allows for stiffer penalties for repeat offenders. Some of Merrick's past convictions include second-degree burglary in 1984 and a 1991 attempt to commit murder in the first degree.
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:56P
Hoisington's Attorney Files Motion for Release Without Trial
ASOTIN, WA - A motion to release convicted rapist Monte Hoisington without trial has been filed by his attorney. A hearing on the motion, called a summary judgment, is scheduled for October 4th in Asotin County Superior Court.
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:56P
13 WTHRFour hurt when motorcycle strikes pedestrians
The accident happened in the 700 block of Old US 31 near Wilson Way in Franklin. The motorcyclist and a female pedestrian were transported by Lifeline helicopter to Methodist Hospital. The female motorcycle passenger was transported to St. Francis
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:56P
Police: Hanover man cited after car hits State Police cruiser
Police say the accident occurred just after 2 am Tuesday. The trooper, a sergeant, was working paid detail for construction work on Route 79 in Fall River. The cruiser had to be towed from the scene, but the sergeant was not seriously injured.
Updated: 09/20/2011 10:55P
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