PORTSMOUTH — A sailboat’s mast struck the Memorial Bridge after its rudder broke Saturday evening, according to Kittery harbormaster John Brosnihan. A male and female aboard the 45- to 50-foot boat were escorted off the vessel to safety, the harbormaster said. The mayday call came in at approximately 5:51 p.m., and Brosnihan said he arrived […]
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Herr Memorial Library receives state funds for digitial literacy
Jun. 15—MIFFLINBURG — Herr Memorial Library in Mifflinburg is among 50 recipients of a portion of nearly $4.9 million in state grants to improve digital literacy among job seekers. The Pennsylvania Department of Literacy has awarded grants to 29 community organizations with established programs and 21 organizations that will use the funds to start a […]
PHOTO GALLERY | Braille flag unveiled at ‘everyone’s’ Flight 93 National Memorial
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. – Walt Peters ran his hand across a new braille American flag Friday inside the Visitor Center at Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville. “Ain’t this beautiful?” asked Peters, a legally blind Army veteran who served in the Vietnam War, and president of the American Braille Flag Project. “I think this is one […]
60-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash at Old 231 and Veterans Memorial Parkway
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sixty-year-old Roger Clemons died about 5:10 p.m. Thursday when his motorcycle collided with a SUV at Old U.S. 231 and Veterans Memorial Parkway, according to Lafayette police. Clemons, of Lafayette, died at the scene, and the 44-year-old Terri Valdez of Lafayette, who was driving a Ford Escape was not injured in the […]
Aiken woman accused of hitting woman with car in Memorial Day incident
Jun. 14—An Aiken woman has been accused of hitting another woman with her car. Aiken County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kaitlyn Permila Cheatham, 24, on Thursday. Cheatham allegedly struck a woman with her car on Memorial Day on Veterans Road, according to a police report. Cheatham denied striking the woman with her car, the police report […]
Second suspect arrested in Memorial Day shooting death in Athens
A teenager was charged Friday in connection with a Memorial Day shooting death in Rolling Ridge Apartments in Athens. Athens-Clarke police said Janiya Moore, 18, of Athens was arrested at a location in Jackson County with assistance from that county’s sheriff’s office. Moore is the second person charged in the slaying on May 27 of […]
Falls police seek suspect in Memorial Parkway robbery and shooting
Jun. 11—Niagara Falls Police are hunting for a suspect in connection with a robbery and shooting in the 500 block of Memorial Parkway Saturday afternoon. Patrol officers said they responded to a report of a robbery at a home in that area at about 1:35 p.m. and found a witness who was “screaming for help” […]
Ginnie Springs enhances safety measures after deadly Memorial Day weekend shootings
Ginnie Springs Outdoors is making efforts to enhance safety and security with new rules after two shootings on Memorial Day weekend. Four people were shot and two of them died, including Koty Stewart from Jacksonville. Read: Man from Jacksonville killed in 1 of 2 shootings at Ginnie Springs over Memorial Day weekend According to the […]
Community honors Johnathan Holland, Addison Shepard at memorial bass tournament
LAKE TYLER, Texas (KETK) – The Jonathan Holland and Addison Shepherd Memorial Bass Tournament took off at the Boulders at Lake Tyler on Saturday. Winnsboro ISD student dies after passing out at bass tournament weigh-in “We had 39 boats that registered for the tournament,” Jonathan Holland’s mother Karen Holland said. After losing her son Jonathan and […]
Gila River officer Joshua Briese remembered at memorial service
June 1 marked the most challenging day in Gila River Police Chief Jesse Crabtree’s 27-year career. It was the day Officer Joshua Briese, a 23-year-old still in field training, lost his life in the line of duty. It’s a day he and Briese’s loved ones won’t soon forget. “It felt like a punch in the […]
War Dog Memorial in South Lyon gives pups a formal sendoff
BRIGHTON — A war dog memorial in South Lyon has given 73 military animals a formal, honorable sendoff. A dozen of those memorials were funded by a single Brighton business that identifies with the message. Linda and Craig Suter, owners of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts in Brighton, has partnered with the Michigan War Dog Memorial […]