Dec. 27—A dentist in Arvin died last week while performing a routine teeth cleaning, the California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Occupational Safety and Health reported Wednesday. The death was reported to state authorities on Dec. 21, the same day the incident occurred. The Kern County coroner’s office confirmed the cause of death was […]
Dec. 27—A White Township man died of injuries suffered when he was hit by a truck early Wednesday morning. Indiana County Coroner Jerry Overman Jr. said Noah M. Chappell, of Winding Lane in White Township, was riding a bicycle southbound on the 500 block of Old Route 119 North when he was struck by a […]
Former Oklahoma City Police Chief Sam Gonzales, who led the department during the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995, died Monday from undisclosed causes at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He was 82. Gonzales was a police recruit in Dallas when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He told The […]
Dec. 27—WILLMAR — A 52-year-old male pedestrian died Tuesday night at CentraCare — Rice Memorial Hospital after a hit-and-run. A CentraCare security officer was providing first aid to a man with “extensive injuries” when Willmar police officers arrived at the intersection of First Street South and Willmar Avenue, according to a news release from Willmar […]
Dec. 27—WILLMAR — Willmar Public Schools’ former superintendent Jerry Kjergaard died at the age of 71 on Dec. 20 at United Hospital in St. Paul, according to his obituary. Kjergaard spent 38 years working in education across various school districts. The last 27 years of his career were spent as superintendent at six different school […]
A fatal house fire in Opelousas that left one person dead is being investigated by the Louisiana Fire Marshal’s Office. Just after 8 a.m. Dec. 26, the St. Landry Fire District #3 responded to a call of a house fire at 11000 block of Highway 190 West, according to a news release. Firefighters later located […]
A Utah couple were tragically killed in a car accident just before Christmas. On Dec. 20, Parker and Chloe Stott were involved in a head-on crash while driving to Arizona, according to KUTV. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials confirmed that the couple were pregnant with a baby boy and were traveling to share the […]
A 46-year-old man has died and several others were injured after a car hit a crowd of people during violence in Sheffield. A 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and a 55-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder, South Yorkshire Police said. The force said that at around 2pm on Wednesday emergency […]
Former European Commission President Jacques Delors, a founding father of the European Union’s historic single currency project, died on Wednesday at the age of 98. Mr Delors, an ardent advocate of post-war European integration, served as president of the European Commission, the EU executive, for three terms – longer than any other holder of the […]
US comedian Tom Smothers, one half of comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, has died aged 86 after a “recent battle with cancer”. Smothers died “peacefully” at his home surrounded by his family on December 26th. There will be a private memorial service for family and friends in 2024. “Tom was not only the loving older […]
Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite,” was found dead in a car in Seoul, South Korea, local authorities said. Police and emergency officers initially found Lee in what they believed was an unconscious state in the car parked in northern Seoul, the city’s Seongbuk police station reported. The 48-year-old […]
A woman died following a shooting Tuesday night in Kansas City. Officers responded just after 9 p.m. to a shooting in the 2500 block of Myrtle Avenue, where people at the scene told them a family member took the shooting victim to a hospital, according to Sgt. Jake Becchina, a spokesman for the Kansas City […]