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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Opioid Crisis Friday: Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Native Americans and Alaska Natives in Washington die of opioid overdoses at five times the state average. by Associated Press BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Evelyn Jefferson walks deep into a forest dotted with the tents of unhoused Lummi Nation tribal members and calls out names. When someone appears, she andContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: Tribes in Washington are battling a devastating opioid crisis. Will a multimillion-dollar bill help?”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns
A fire at a rock concert in a West Warwick, Rhode Island, nightclub kills 100 people and seriously injures almost 200 more on February 20, 2003. It was the deadliest such fire in the United States since 165 people were killed at the Beverly Hill Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, in 1977. On the night of FebruaryContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 2003- Rhode Island nightclub burns”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Zach Anderson, 17
Jackson County Died: January 29, 2023 He would do anything for anyone’ On Aug. 10, what would have been Zach Anderson’s 18th birthday, his mom and family held a “Forever 17” party. Friends and family decorated lanterns and released them into the sky. They talked about the teen who worked several shifts a week atContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories from Missouri – Zach Anderson, 17”
True Crime Sundays: Mom Convicted of Killing Her 4 Babies Pardoned After 20 Years in Jail
by Kirsty Hatcher Australian Kathleen Folbigg was found guilty in 2003 of smothering her children — Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura — each before their second birthday An Australian mom who was convicted of killing her four babies has been pardoned after 20 years in jail. Speaking in a news conference Monday, New South Wales Attorney General Michael DaleyContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Mom Convicted of Killing Her 4 Babies Pardoned After 20 Years in Jail”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories From Missouri-Samantha “Sami” Fisher, 23
Jackson County Died: June 9, 2021 She wanted to be a good mom When she died, Sami Fisher had one photo on her new cellphone — which she had taken that day — of three pills. “My three little Percs,” she had written. Sami, who had battled an opioid addiction for several years, bought theContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories From Missouri-Samantha “Sami” Fisher, 23”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1952. King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes queen
On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the older of the king’s two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father’s death; she wasContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1952. King George VI dies; Elizabeth becomes queen”
What caused Buddy Holly’s plane to crash 65 years ago: The day that music died
Holly, two other musicians and a pilot died in a plane crash in Iowa in February 1959. Poor weather reports and the pilot underestimating the severity of the weather led to the crash, investigators found. By Hillary Andrews So many sing about “the day that music died” on Feb. 3, 1959, when Buddy Holly, RitchieContinue reading “What caused Buddy Holly’s plane to crash 65 years ago: The day that music died”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories From Missouri – Jetaya Rose Lucero, 19
Douglas County Passed Away: June 7, 2023 ‘She wanted to help everybody, especially the underdogs’ Jetaya Lucero “had the most contagious smile,” her mother said. “She wanted to help everybody, especially the underdogs. She wanted to be a teacher for special needs kids.” But as vivacious as she appeared on the outside, Sharen Lucero said,Continue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: True Stories From Missouri – Jetaya Rose Lucero, 19”
Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – MJ Issa
Douglas County Died August 28, 2021 Trying to stop the drug trade is playing Whack-a-Mole. We have to arm our children’ MJ Issa was an accomplished athlete, a talented rapper and, his family said, a sneaker aficionado. “When he was younger, he would buy them on eBay and various shoe sites online and then heContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Friday: True Stories from Missouri – MJ Issa”
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