Johnson County Died: July 12, 2021 A father’s warning: ‘You’re gonna wind up gone, just like Adam.’ At his son’s celebration of life, Dennis Black stood in front of dozens of Adam’s friends. People Adam, 49, had known for most of his adult life, people he had gotten high with. And as he grieved hisContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri- Adam Black, 49”
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History Lesson Tuesdays: 1995- Pop Star Selena murdered by fan club president
March 31, 1995 Pop star Selena is murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas, shot dead by the president of her fan club. The tragic death prompts an immediate outpouring of grief from fans. Selena Quintanilla Perez rose to fame as the lead singer of her family band, Selena y los Dinos. The band toured extensively, playing in danceContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1995- Pop Star Selena murdered by fan club president”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Ashton Harmon-Manser, 22
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Ashton Harmon-Manser, 22
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Carson Moppin, 16
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Carson Moppin, 16
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Brandon Elder, 38
Jackson County Died: Nov. 27, 2022 ‘Daddy’s not breathing’ Linda Elder was heading home from Walmart with her granddaughter shortly before noon the Sunday after Thanksgiving when her phone rang. “Daddy’s not breathing,” her 12-year-old grandson told his older sister, who answered the phone because Elder was driving. “I didn’t hear that part,” Elder said.Continue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Brandon Elder, 38”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003: War In Iraq Begins
On March 19, 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just after explosions began to rock Baghdad, Iraq’s capital, U.S. President George W. Bush announced in a televised address, “At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, toContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003: War In Iraq Begins”
Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – James Michael Addams Jr, 29
Jackson County Died: December 19, 2021 ‘They were poisoned. This was a homicide’ James Addams Jr. couldn’t contain his excitement when he called his mom on Dec. 16, 2021. “He said, ‘Mom, I got it! I got it!” Katrina Smith recalls her son saying. “And I said, ‘You got what?’” James had taught himself toContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – James Michael Addams Jr, 29”
Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – Matthew Alan Smith, 37
Jackson County Died: Feb. 12, 2022 ‘If not your child, it’s going to be someone you know’ Matthew Smith started down the path to addiction in high school. At 17, while high on meth, he and two others broke into some cars. “And Matt got sentenced to eight years,” said his mother, Lori Smith. “TheyContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – Matthew Alan Smith, 37”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed
2/26/1993 At 12:18 p.m., a terrorist bomb explodes in a parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City, leaving a massive, multi-story crater and causing the collapse of several steel-reinforced concrete floors in the vicinity of the blast. Although the terrorist bomb failed to critically damage the main structure of the skyscrapers, six people were killed andContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1993- World Trade Center is Bombed”
True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’
A New Hampshire court unsealed documents Tuesday detailing Harmony Montgomery’s death, noting that she was “dismembered or grossly distorted” in the months that followed by Emily Palmer Content warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions. In the months after the death of his 5-year-old daughter, Adam Montgomery is accused of toting Harmony’s body — in aContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Affidavit Details Last Moments of 5-Year-Old Harmony Montgomery’s Life: ‘I Think I Really Hurt Her’”
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