A woman chased by Muscatine police and other agencies after she drove through the city on Sunday shooting at people died when her vehicle collided head on with another, police said. Police said in a news release they received multiple reports about shots being fired from a car about 3:15 p.m. It said they located … Read more
Dec. 8—She never made it to Fort Knox. But as America’s 45th treasurer, the first Native American to hold the post, Lynn Malerba left her mark on U.S. currency and, more important, on U.S. relations with Indian Country as the first head of the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Tribal and Native Affairs. Malerba, … Read more
Dec. 8—Pay for state lawmakers in Connecticut will increase by 4.5% in each year of the two-year term that begins on Jan. 8 under a provision of the pay-raise bill that sped through the General Assembly two years ago. Passage of the bill by the House and Senate on the same day in May 2022 … Read more
Dec. 8—A local nonprofit is set to give away free new toys for kids just in time for the holidays. Grace House, 2638 Lafayette St., will begin offering items for infants and children up to age 12 at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. Grace House Executive Director Ruth Costello said that in these challenging … Read more
The civil trial of former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, who was accused of groping four women in 2018, was called off Sunday on the eve of its expected start. The parties to the case — Hill and the women and Hill — “have agreed to have their case dismissed,” a court official told media … Read more
Among the things Gene England loved in life, and the list of the things Gene England loved in life is a very long one, was a fully loaded Mountain Dew. Then one day, someone told him drinking Mountain Dew wasn’t good for him. “I’m thinking of giving it up — for health purposes,” he announced … Read more
A person was injured in a house fire in Carnegie. Allegheny County dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue at 5:18 p.m. on Sunday. One person was taken to a hospital from the scene. Some of the windows on the house were destroyed. Channel 11 has reached out to … Read more
Palm Beach Police on Wednesday arrested a West Palm Beach man who they said pointed a gun at a woman during a road rage incident that afternoon. The incident highlights the tension among motorists traveling between downtown West Palm Beach and the island, as bumper-to-bumper traffic has led to major backups for drivers trying to … Read more
A 12-year-old boy is dead and an 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after they fell through ice at a park Saturday in Albany, New York. Albany police were called to Washington Square Park about 4:35 p.m. for reports that multiple juveniles had fallen through the ice near the park’s lake house. Officials located the … Read more
Dec. 8—MENNO, S.D. — The name of the man who died in a single-vehicle crash near Menno Wednesday night has been released. Preliminary crash information indicates that Adam Van Hove, the driver of a 2004 Cadillac Escalade, was traveling east on US Highway 18. The vehicle went off the road into the north ditch, through … Read more