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EVENT OF THE WEEK. DON'T MISS OUT!!! Walcott Truckers Jamboree Coming Up July 14-15 @ Exit 284: The
Iowa 80 Truckstop is reminding the trucking community that the 26th
Annual Walcott Truckers Jamboree will be held July 14-15. Of course
it takes place at the Iowa 80 Truckstop I-80 Exit 284 Hightlights
include: Super Truck Beauty Contest, Antique Truck Display; Iowa pork chop cookout; Trucker’s Best Friend Pet Contest and our favorite, the Trucker Olympics.. View: Full Article | Source: Trucking Info
MORE From North Iowa:
Three Iowa 19-year-olds charged in torture of opossums: FORT DODGE Iowa An official with the Animal Rescue League of Iowa calls it "the worst animal torture" he's ever seen. Iowa police say a video recording shows three teenagers laughing and jeering as they set opossums on fire... View: Full Article | Source: KHNL
From Illinois:
Chicago Bans Sale of Pot-Flavored Candies: - Dude, who cares it made the bong sticky anyway.CHICAGO - The City Council passed a law Wednesday banning the sale of marijuana-flavored lollipops, gumdrops and other treats, becoming the first major city to prohibit the confections that have appeared in convenience stores nationwide.... View: Full Article | Source: AP
Dog's paw cut off: Tallmadge, IL: - Sick and twisted. Police said someone cut the back-left paw off 5-year-old German Shepherd mix named Romeo. It was cut clean through the bone while he was leashed in his own back yard on South Alling Street in Tallmadge... View: Full Article | Source: Pet-Abuse
Dental Exams Required To Make The Grade In Illinois: Some grade school students will have to visit the dentist if they want to collect their end-of-year report cards, under an Illinois law that goes into effect Friday.School officials already require students of certain ages to prove they've received vaccinations and general health screenings. But now students attending kindergarten, second and sixth grades would be required to undergo dental checkups. The dentist and lawmaker who sponsored the measure said it's important to establish good hygiene habits that will save money in the long run and improve children's education. .. View: Full Article | Source: AP
Nearly 24 people shot in less than 12 hours, June 27: - I'm so tired of my friends ask me about how I live in NYC with all the crime. TURN ON YOUR TV, OR READ A PAPER. Democratic Party fails to stop insurgents Nearly 24 people shot in less than 12 hours, looks like Gun Control doesn't work. It's time for the Democratic Party Machine to cut its losses, admit defeat and pull out of Chicago. This city is a crime ridden mess and the Democrat's occupation only makes it worse. Read all about it... View: Full Article | Source: SunTimes
Chicago pairing surveillance cameras with gunshot recognition systems: - A new reality TV show, The Big Bang. The police are watching. And in Chicago, they're listening, too. City officials are using new technology that recognizes the sound of a gunshot within a two-block radius, pinpoints the source, turns a surveillance camera toward the shooter and places a 911 call. Officials can then track the shooter and dispatch officers to the scene. Welcome to crime-fighting in the 21st century. "Instead of just having eyes, you have the advantage of both eyes and ears," said Bryan Baker, chief executive officer of Safety Dynamics in Oak Brook, which makes the systems. After a successful pilot program, Chicago officials have installed... . View: Full Article | Source: ABCLocal
Chicago Police Put Arrest Photos of Prostitution Suspects Online:
- What fun bunch of people. Smile now beacuse when you get home, the old lady is going to kill you. The Chicago Police Department began posting on its Web site on Tuesday photographs, names and partial addresses of people who were arrested on charges of soliciting prostitutes in a move intended to embarrass offenders and deter people from committing such crimes. "If we can do anything to get a john to think twice about coming into Chicago communities to solicit a prostitute, we think we're addressing the problem," said Dave Bayless, a Police Department spokesman. By Wednesday night, photos of dozens of men who had been arrested in the last month were posted. The photos will be updated daily and.. . View: Full Article | Source: NYTImes/C-net
Man's stuck finger leads to $50k suit: - How dumb do you have to be to get your finger stuck in a payphone, then again, he might be a rich dumb ass if the suit pays off. St. Clair County, Emanuel Fleming, who garnered national media attention when his finger became stuck in a payphone while trying to retrieve 50 cents from the machine, filed suit in St. Clair County Circuit Court against ANJ Communications... View: Full Article | Source: Madison County Record
From Minnesota:
A surge in 911 Calls: - Uhhh, whats the number for 911? Alexandria MN. - When police or deputies get a frantic call for help, it sometimes turns out to be a false alarm. Last week, they handled an unusually high number of such calls. Here’s a sampling of some of them: On June 19, a caller reported seeing a woman sitting cross-legged in a front yard near Highway 27 West with a shotgun across her lap, wiping her eyes. She appeared distraught, perhaps suicidal. It turned out she was shooting gophers with an air rifle. A motorist called police after finding some suspicious candy in the street that looked like it was tampered with. An officer inspected the candy and determined that someone had just accidentally dropped it on the road... View: Full Article | Source: Echo Press
From Missouri:
Alleged Drunk Driver Interrupts Funeral Wed Jun 29: NEOSHO, Mo. - An altercation developed after a car whose driver is accused of being intoxicated interrupted the procession for the funeral of a man killed last week — in a traffic accident alleged to have involved a drunken driver... View: Full Article | Source: AP
From Wisconsin:
Man With Bong Attacks Police Dispatcher Fri Jun 24: - I would pay money to have seen this. I bet he just had the munchies and he knew the cops had doghnuts. GERMANTOWN, Wis. - A 22-year-old man was wrestled to the ground in the Germantown Police Department Friday afternoon after threatening a dispatcher with a glass bong and a shotgun, police said.... View: Full Article | Source: AP
From Indiana:
Bridge Club Members to Strip for Calendar Wed Jun 29: - Please tell me this is a misprint and they mean 17-19 years old. FARMLAND, Ind. - Seven women who usually gather to play cards are planning to strip down for a calendar as part of the fight against plans to tear down Randolph County's 128-year-old courthouse.The women ranging in age from their early 70s to older than 90 will pose nude.. View: Full Article | Source: AP
Kangaroo on the Loose Near Indiana Airport Tue Jun 28: It's in the water. SOUTH BEND, Ind. - At first glance, Walt Temple thought the animal he saw hopping through the city was a deer. "But then, why would it be on its back legs?" he wondered... View: Full Article | Source: AP
Principal Won't Lose Job Over Racy Dance Fri Jun 24: - "Billy Jean's not my daughter..." ELMA, Ind. - A middle school principal who shocked some parents and community members by what they described as suggestively dancing with male students at a talent show will not be fired, a school official said... View: Full Article | Source: AP
Cow killed with crossbow, dismembered: Angola, IN: Two Steuben County men face theft charges after authorities said they went onto a farmer's property and killed a cow with a crossbow, then cut off its legs and other parts... View: Full Article | Source: Pet-Abuse
Indiana to Raise Maximum Speed Limit 70 mph: Drivers in Texas, Iowa, and Indiana will enjoy higher speed limits next month as legislation raising the top speeds on rural roads takes effect. On Friday, Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) signed HB 2257 into law making 80 MPH the maximum allowable speed in the state. Rural portions of I-10 and I-20 will enjoy the new top speed, while other rural roads could see the limit rise to 75 MPH. Both the state House and Senate adopted the legislation without opposition last month. On July 1, a law signed by Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack creating a 70 MPH speed... . View: Full Article | Source: The Newspaper
Second woman says coroner propositioned herto have sex in front of children : MUNCIE, Ind. -- A second woman says the Henry County coroner asked her how she felt about them having sex in front of her children. Authorities arrested Robert Scott Troxell, 34, earlier this week after a woman said he offered her $750 to have se.. View: Full Article | Source: WTHR
From North Dakota:
Man Accused of Drunk Shopping Cart Driving Tue Jun 28: DEVILS LAKE, N.D. - A man is accused of driving an electric-powered shopping cart around a grocery store here while drunk, endangering other customers.. View: Full Article | Source: AP
Man Swallows Key, Locksmith Uses X-Ray Fri Jun 24: NORTH PLATTE, Neb. - Arthur Richardson thought he'd pull a prank and pretend to swallow a friend's truck key. Unfortunately, Wednesday's prank backfired when Richardson plopped the key in his mouth and gravity took over... View: Full Article | Source: AP
From Nebraska:
Winner to Pay $351G for Lunch With Buffett Fri Jul 1: OMAHA, Neb. - Saying "check, please" will cost a bidder in this online auction more than $350,000omeone bid $351,100 to have lunch with billionaire investor Warren Buffett, the so-called "Oracle of O.... View: Full Article | Source: AP
Nebraska Man Has Lost 573 Pounds in a Year: He still is a mound of a man, but his blue eyes widen with delight as he presses his chest with his fingertips, smiles mischievously and makes the grand announcement: He can FEEL his ribs. To Patrick Deuel, this small moment is huge. Headline huge. Man Can Feel Ribs — A First in 25 Years. ADVERTISEMENT One year ago, Deuel weighed 1,072 pounds. He was so enormous that his bedroom wall had to be cut out to extract him from his home. Then, he was rushed to a South Dakota hospital in an ambulance with extra-wide doors and a ramp-and-winch... View: Full Article | Source: AP
From Kansas:
Kansas group to spew hate at local soldiers' funerals: Topeka, Kansas, a radical Midwestern hate group plans to
protest at the funerals of two local soldiers killed in action, claiming the slain heroes "were cast into hell to join many more dishonorable Americans." The Westboro Baptist Church, proclaiming "thank God for IEDs" or roadside bombs, claims the 9/11 attacks and American deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are God's vengeance on a nation that is tolerant of homosexuality. "It's going to shock and enrage every person who sees it. That is our goal," said Margie Phelps, daughter of WBC leader Fred Phelps. The group is based in Topeka, Kansas. Phelps said the protests may be disruptive to family members but "as long as it's being made into a public ordeal, then all bets are off." She added, "Thank God for the mortar. Thank God for the shell that came from the gun. Thank God for the fact that it killed the fruit of America to punish it for its sins." but Maloney, still grieving for his son, said simply, "I think they're misdirected. I'll pray for them."... . View: Full Article | Source: Boston Herold
Kansas Dig May Have Found Early Campsite: Radiocarbon dating results finished in February showed that mammoth and prehistoric camel bones found at a rural site near Kanorado, about a mile from the Colorado border, dated back to 12,200 years ago. That would mean people who once camped at the site may have arrived in the Great Plains 700 years before historians previously thought... Evidence of campsites for early plains people have already been found, the researchers said. Pieces of tools and a bead from the Clovis era — from about 10,800 years ago to 11,500 years ago — have been uncovered. Rolfe Mandel, an archaeological geologist with the Kansas Geological Survey, said this was the first site uncovered from the period in Kansas or Nebraska, and one of only a handful from the Midwest... In prehistoric times, the Kanorado site likely had marshlike water that drew large animals, which attracted humans, Mandel said. People of the era were highly mobile, though, so they likely didn't stay for long... View: Full Article | Source: ABC News
From Michigan:
House panel limits trash: U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday approved the first meaningful legislation in a decade to stem the flow of waste coming from Canada to Michigan and other states. Ending a long stalemate the House Committee on Energy and Commerce approved a compromise measure that gives states more power to restrict trash from other nations such as Canada... View: Full Article | Source: Detroit News
From Ohio:
Vigilantes Torch Ohio House Where Girl Was Raped: HAMILTON, Ohio -- Vigilante justice seems to have taken over in the community where a 9-year-old girl was raped Monday, reported Cincinnati television station WLWT. Someone set fire Tuesday evening to the house where the attack occurred. Six Mexican immigrants were renting the house, and neighbors believe the attacker lived there, WLWT reported. Racial tensions rose high after the attack, with some angry residents threatening to burn down the house and take other retaliation against Hispanics in the area. Someone had spray-painted "Rapest" (sic) and "Child Molester" on the house. The victim's father asked people to let police handle the... View: Full Article | Source: ABC9
Boys' Baseball Team Benched for Being Good Sun Jun 26: CANAL WINCHESTER, Ohio - A baseball team of 11- and 12-year-olds kicked out of a league in this Columbus suburb is fielding offers from all over to play... View: Full Article | Source: AP
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