The Mississippi Department of Public Safety said that two Mississippi police officers were shot and one died Thursday during a standoff that started as a hostage situation in a home. According to The Associated Press, an unnamed person was holding a second unidentified person hostage inside a ...Read more
Davenport Police Chief Jeff Bladel said during a media briefing on Thursday that three residents of an Iowa apartment building that partially collapsed on Sunday are still unaccounted for. Authorities had said five people were missing earlier this week, but Chief Bladel said that two of them have ...Read more
MENDOTA – A pancake breakfast fundraiser is being planned this Sunday morning in Mendota to benefit a six year old and his family. Gavin Springsteen is battling neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. The Pancake and Sausage Breakfast will be hosted by the Mendota Elks from 8 AM ...Read more
MENDOTA – The new pickleball courts in Mendota are now open. They are located near Lake Mendota and the Mendota softball fields. Alexis Finley and Zach Compell, both from Mendota, were among the first to play on the new surface Thursday. “I haven’t been playing it long, just in P.E., ...Read more
On Wednesday, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional. However, abortion remains illegal in the state in nearly all cases, except life-threatening situations. The laws struck down on Wednesday both included a civil-enforcement mechanism that ...Read more
Police in Hollywood, Florida said that two people have been arrested, while three suspects are still being sought in connection with Monday’s mass shooting on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk in Hollywood, Florida that left nine people including several children hospitalized. Hollywood ...Read more
In a statement issued by the Carter Center on Tuesday, the family of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter announced that Mrs. Carter has dementia. The statement read: “The Carter family is sharing that former first lady Rosalynn Carter has dementia. She continues to live happily at home with ...Read more
Authorities confirmed on Monday that a man has been arrested and charged with killing four people and injuring another during a shooting spree over the holiday weekend. Police announced in a statement that Iren Byers, a 20-year-old Arizona man, was located on Sunday afternoon and took him into ...Read more
After 24 hours, the search and rescue effort taking place after part of an apartment building collapsed in Davenport, Iowa will transition to its recovery phase. A section of the red brick building on the city’s Main Street came down at around 5pm on Sunday, with at least one-fourth of the ...Read more
MENDOTA – An opportunity to purchase salvaged items that survived the Illinois Avenue fire will be coming to Mendota this Saturday. The first downtown farmers’ market of the season will be joined by a street sale of furniture and other items that will be sold to raise money for ...Read more
