ST. JOSEPHS, PA—A gunman fired bullets at 22nd and Fredrick streets, killing police officer Bradley Thomas Arn. The unidentified shooter injured three other citizens before being taken down by police forces.
Arn was the first officer to arrive to the scene, responding to a call that a gunman was walking down Fredrick Street shooting people. While Arn was still in his patrol car, bullets hit his back windshield seven times, striking him in the back of the head and killing him.
As the gunman stood on the porch of Calvary Baptist Church firing at passersby, he was shot and killed by an officer, whose name was not revealed. The gunman had pockets full of ammunition, and was carrying a shotgun and a knife along with his semi-automatic rifle, but no identification (police attribution). Fingerprints are being taken by police in an attempt to identify the shooter.
The shooting, at the end of the work day, met busy streets. Other injured victims include Jack Martin, 56; Valerie Sharp, 28; and firefighter Kenny Cardonier. Martin is the only one injured badly, shot in the chest, abdomen, and forearm. He is in surgery (attribution here ideal).
Arn, 27 years old, is the first St. Joseph’s officer shot in the line of duty since 1944, and the first to die since 1991, when an officer was killed by a car. “This just doesn’t happen in St. Joseph’s,” said fellow officer Conner. Arn was a husband, and a father of two 3-year old twin girls.
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Ripley Way, PA— A man with a pillowcase over his head robbed $2,845 from the Black Derby Liquor Store on 2311 Ripley Way at gunpoint.
The robber was described by store clerk, Steve Bellinos, as a 6-foot tall male weighing about 155 pound. (Ideally, police accounts or descriptions would be source of this information). He was wearing blue jeans, and a dirty white T-shirt with a torn right sleeve.
Only four minutes after the gunman arrived, Bellinos triggered the silent alarm. Officers Anne Fulgham and Jose Lopez responded immediately. When they arrived the gunman fled the scene. Despite a shouted warning, a gunshot, and a chase, the criminal managed to escape down an alley. “The officers did a great job,” said witness Paul Reinicke. “The guys ran so fast. He looked like a track star.”
Police Chief Antonio Grasso said the Police Internal Security Squad would perform a routine investigation, as is standard procedure anytime an officer fires their revolver. The robber remains unidentified and uncaught.
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Springfield, IL— Henry Higgins, letterman football star of University of Illinois and former senior president of Springfield High School, died on Friday night in a car crash. He was (no age listed in story, but this information would need to be sought out and inserted here).
Higgins died in a two-car crash on the corner of US 63 and Route NN in Lincoln County. (Whether he was pronounced dead at the scene or later on the hospital, this would be the ideal place to put that unprovided information. Did he die immediately? did he go to the hospital first? What time was his death?)
The lifelong Springfield resident had recently earned his real estate license, and was working out of West and Haver, Springfield. (It would be nice to find a quote from one of his co-workers to put here, perhaps something that complimented his personality/ work ethic, etc.)
Father Ralph Green will be officiating services held (time?) on Tuesday at the Newman Center. (It should be noted exactly what time people are allowed to visit right here!). Friends may call at the Restwell Funeral Home for 7 p.m.-10 p.m. on Monday.
Survivors include his wife Cloris, his parents Ralph and Amy Higgins, who also lived in Springfield; his sister Ruth of Birmingham, Ala.; and his brother Russell of St. Louis.
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The spell of hot, dry weather that has held the area in its grasp for the last few weeks is taking its toll on grasslands and firefighters.
Saturday, in the wake of 15- 25-mph winds and a high temperature of 99 degrees, fire protection agencies across the area responded to 16 calls.
The largest of those was a 25-acre grass fire on Peabody Road north of Prathersville and west of Route 19. According to the county fire chief, Debra Schuster, paramedics treated at least five of 35 fire fighters for heat exhaustion.
Three more of the heavily clad firefighters were hospitalized for heat exhaustion, and two of those were flown to Springfield Hospital by helicopter. They were all treated for about one hour before they were released.
Dennis Sapp, fire captain of Station No. 1, said the blaze off of Peabody Roady was , probably started by a trash fire. The fire was contained after burning for one hour. Some nearby farmland and the barn were endangered, but the fire was extinguished before anything other than grass was burned.
Schuster said fires like the one on Peabody Road had been starting all day, especially in the northern part of the city and county . Schuster said some of the fires could have been the work of an arsonist, but careless burning was a more likely cause.
“We don’t have any evidence there is an arsonist,” Schuster said. “We sure hope we don’t have someone running around starting fires on purpose, but there is that possibility.”
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Redmont, CA— 16-year old Pete Stenhoff was a physically fit, 210-pound linebacker for Chula Vista High School when an attempted tackle cracked his spine.
Stenhoff represents one of 20,000 injured in high school football every year. He also is one of 7,000 who sustain head or neck injuries, and of the 2,400 who find themselves permanently disabled. Just this past year, 13 youths died due to football injuries sustained on the field. [Having a source for these numbers would be ideal]
Many critics are blaming the helmet design as the cause of the number of high school athletes injured playing football. [Possible unprovided information worth researching might include: how long the current helmet design has been used, when it was last updated, quotes or paraphrasing from the critics, and plans (or lack thereof) that might be in place to improve the helmet design to prevent future injuries.]
The former promising football star is now bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He is now attempting to make up lost ground in his education by taking correspondence courses to earn his diploma. In spite of his setbacks, he is putting forth the extra effort to stay on top of his life outside of football.
Weighing in at 172 pounds, the disabled athlete has no bitter feelings. “I knew the risks involved when I decided to play football,” he said.
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Arson is suspected in a blaze that killed 13 thoroughbreds and two saddle horses at the Lincoln Downs Race Track here today, one day before the start of the racing season.
“The fire exploded near the center of the barn. Flames were shooting out of the building when we got here,” said Fire Chief Bernard Perry. Two other horses were badly burned when they stampeded out of the barnyard with fire on their backs. Thankfully, ten others managed to escape unharmed.
A jockey stared at the ruins in shock: “those are my best friends,” said Albert Ramos as he pointed to the surviving horses. The jockey from Miami, Fla. watched as workers cleaned up the fire debris. “I love horses more than I love people. I feel like I want to cry.”
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School board candidates took opposing stands on their proposals regarding education at the Lenoir center Tuesday night.
Senior citizens are clearly sick and tired of discussing old news, $35 million bond issues from the April ballot. They want to know about year-round schooling, and how it was going to hit the pocketbook.
Candidate Henry Lane was spoke bold plans to fix the overcrowding problem. Lane said the need to use trailers as classrooms can be changed. He insisted that year-round schooling would decrease overcrowding by reducing the number of students in daily attendance by 25%. This would eliminate the need for trailers as classrooms.
Incumbent Board President Elton Fay did not see Lane’s year-round schooling idea as feasible. “What Mr. Lane fails to tell you is that if we are to avoid erecting additional buildings…the cost of educating our children would go up substantially,” Fay said. To complicate matters further, Fay pointed out that different aged students on different schooling schedules would wreak havoc.
Candidate Larry Dorman said his efforts would go towards eliminating the overcrowding in schools and increasing teacher’s pay. “If money weren’t an issue, I would build all the schools necessary,” said Dorman. (More information on Dorman would be ideal)
Incumbent board member Kerry Corino defended the overcrowded schools. He said that it was unfair to make comparisons between public and private schools. According to Corino, the teachers are also against unionizing. “That tells you a lot of things about how this city operates,” Corino stated.
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Basketball legend Michael Jordan rakes $40 million annually through endorsements. Nike alone supplies a $20 million alone, founded on his shoe Air-Jordan’s.
Despite Michael Jordan’s retirement in 2003, he is the second highest paid athlete through endorsements, only behind Tiger Woods. No sooner did his career start, than did the phrase “I wanna be like Mike,” set the stage for unyielding endorsement offers. Aside from Nike, Jordan received endorsement check from Gatorade, Hanes, Coke, Michael Jordan Cologne, McDonald’s’ and more.
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Jordan’s success in endorsements goes beyond his famous sports career and the numbers. His presence as a man who worked hard to achieve the American dream appeals to the general public striving for the same goals. Jordan’s public image outside of the game was so positive, that he has carried his endorsements with uncharted success, into his retirement years. Top Ten Michael Jordan Endoresments
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