Sunday, October 26, 2014
State/Nation
Across the Nation Associated Press
Huge probe follows killing of deputies SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than 100 law enforcement officers from across Northern California responded without being asked after hearing that one of their own had been killed at the start of a shooting rampage, a sheriff’s spokeswoman said Saturday. Federal, state and local officers eventually swarmed six separate crime scenes across a 30-mile region encompassing two counties, Placer County sheriff’s spokeswoman Dena Erwin said. “It was an amazing response,” Erwin said. “We don’t call for those people, they just show up on their own because they know a fellow officer has been shot.” The officers from the state Department of Justice, FBI, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other agencies will be questioned as part of the complex, ongoing investigation into the attack on Friday that ended after two deputies were dead and two other victims were wounded. Placer County Sheriff Ed Bonner described the crime scenes as “incredibly chaotic” and vowed to piece together details of the attacks. “It’s a very large-scale investigation for sure,” Erwin said. “It’s just a nightmare.” Two suspects were questioned for hours as authorities sought a motive for the shootings
that began when Sacramento County sheriff’s Deputy Danny Oliver, 47, was shot in the forehead with an assault rifle at close range as he checked out a suspicious car in a motel parking lot.
Teacher attempted to stop shooting TULALIP, Wash. — A newly hired teacher confronted a gunman and was being hailed as a hero on Saturday after a deadly shooting rampage in the cafeteria of a Washington state high school. First-year social studies teacher Megan Silberberger intervened in the attack on Friday at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, teachers union president Randy Davis said. The teacher intercepted the gunman as he paused, possibly trying to reload, student Erick Cervantes told KIRO-TV. “I’m completely amazed by her actions and I feel for her,” Davis told The Associated Press. “I don’t know why she was in the cafeteria but I’m just grateful she was there.” The attacker killed one girl on Friday and seriously wounded four others — including two of his cousins — before he died of what police said was a self-inflicted wound. However, it wasn’t clear if the shooter committed suicide or if he accidentally shot himself in the struggle with the teacher. A school resource officer also ran to the scene, Davis said.
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Across the State
Early voting alters strategies, costs LOS ANGELES — For over 1 million Californians, the Nov. 4 election is over. That’s because they’ve already voted. A growing throng of early voters in the nation’s most populous state — perhaps comprising half of all votes to be cast in California’s general election — has stretched Election Day into weeks. Candidates who wait until the end to close the deal with voters will be too late. “The election is not a one-day event anymore. It’s a 30-day event,” said veteran Democratic strategist Bill Carrick, who is spearheading Kennedy clan member Bobby Shriver’s campaign for Los Angeles County supervisor. The midterm elections are just over a week away and California is one of more than 30 states in which some form of advance voting is shaping the way campaigns must be conducted. In some rural areas of the state, 8 of every 10 ballots cast could come through the mail. The strategy-shifting dynamics caused by early voting are coming into play in states such as Florida, where Republican Gov. Rick Scott faces a tough reelection challenge from Democrat Charlie Crist, and Iowa, where GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst hopes to defeat Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley and pick up one of the six additional seats the party needs for a majority.
Associated Press
New district health officer announced TUPELO — Family medicine physician Dr. Crystal “Chris” Tate of Ecru is the new district health officer for 11 Northeast Mississippi counties. Tate, who joined the Mississippi Department of Health in 2011, was officially appointed district health officer serving Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and Union counties in October. The Northeast Mississippi Daly Journal reports Tate was serving as acting district health officer since January, succeeding Dr. Roma Taylor, who retired from the health department. Tate graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in mathematics in 1988 and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1992. She also completed her family medicine residency in Jackson. She was part of the original faculty for the North Mississippi Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Center.
4 killed, 6 injured in traffic accident BROOKHAVEN — The Mississippi Highway Patrol says four people died and six others were injured in a traffic accident in Brookhaven. The highway patrol says the accident shortly before 11 p.m. Friday and involved a Chevrolet pickup driven by a 40-year-old Brookhaven man. The pickup was
heading east on U.S. Highway 84 when it crashed into a Dodge Stratus, driven by a 17-year-old who was attempting to cross the highway. Four passengers in the Stratus were pronounced dead at the scene: 19-year-old Nicholas King of Brookhaven, 17-year-old Kylee McCord of Bogue Chitto, 21-year-old Curtis Gunnel of Bogue Chitto, and 16-year-old Faith White of Brookhaven Six others were reported hurt — two of them with injuries described as life-threatening. Dustin Hall, 17, the driver of the Stratus, was transported to the University of Mississippi Medical Center with life threatening injuries. A woman identified as 23-year-old Aireona Allison of Boque Chitto was hospitalized with lifethreatening injuries.
Oxford halts Guard armory demolition OXFORD — The Oxford Board of Aldermen has approved spending up to $100,000 to save the existing old National Guard Armory frame and roof to turn it into a pavilion for open-air events. Demolition contractor Southern General had stripped the building of most of its outer walls along with interior rooms when work was stopped. Oxford Director of Public Works Bart Robinson said the structure’s foundation is in good shape, and while the columns have some cosmetic damage from the demolition process on its walls, it’s not severe.
“There’s a little damage to the slab, but it shouldn’t be hard to repair. Your concrete is there, and your roof is there. I think we leave that roof on, saw the ends flush, put a new roof on top of the existing roof. Paving the parking lot is not going to be that costly in the grand scheme of things,” Robinson said. Robinson said the city will have to renegotiate the demolition contract. The contractor will save the cost of further work, including breaking up and hauling off the slab, but will lose the sale of the frame, he said.
Fulton voters decide on alcohol Tuesday FULTON — Fulton voters will decide Tuesday whether to allow the sale of liquor or beer, or both, inside the city limits. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Proponents of alcohol argue that it brings in additional sales taxes. Opponents argue it brings crime and other problems. The ballot in Fulton asks voters to determine two separate issues: Whether or not to allow the sale of beer and light wines of relatively low alcoholic content, and the same for liquors of higher alcoholic content. Either or both ballots can be answered with a “yes” or “no” vote. The Itawamba County Times reports if either beer and light wine or liquor sales are approved, city officials will set guidelines to determine how the sales are handled. www.edwardjones.com
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