Feb. 16—A Fort Payne woman charged with capital murder for allegedly kidnapping a Hartselle woman and pushing her off a cliff in 2021 submitted character reference letters, along with one she personally wrote, to a Dekalb County judge Tuesday. Jessie Eden Kelly, 22, is accused of killing Mary Elizabeth Isbell, a Hartselle woman who disappeared […]
A man in Florida is accused of carjacking a 77-year-old woman in her driveway, then feeling remorseful and writing her an apology letter, a sheriff’s office said. The woman was at her Leesburg home Feb. 6 with the man, 27, when he asked her to unlock her car so he could grab something from her […]
The celebration of Black History Month during February provides an opportunity to learn about people that have touched the lives of others in a variety of ways, which certainly describes 87-year-old Frances Lewis. Melinda Modzel, 22, left, a computer instructor at the St. Patrick Senior Center, helps Frances Lewis, 87, a Detroit native, use the […]
Richard Osman, who left a distinguished career in TV to focus on writing, has achieved platinum status for the second time with his crime novel The Bullet That Missed. The book was among four titles that were honoured at the annual Bestseller Awards at the Ham Yard Hotel in London on Monday evening, having sold […]
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Georgianne Anderegg, former Fairfield Township Trustee Taletha Coles’ mother, submitted a letter to Tippecanoe Superior 5 Judge Randy Williams on Dec. 27, asking the judge to consider Coles’ “clean record” when he sentences Coles at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 22. “I wanted to write to you and give you some facts that seem […]