Month: July 2022

NORTH HUNTINGDON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – Six tense hours ended peacefully in North Huntingdon. It started at a home on Ivanhoe Drive at 1 p.m Police were called to conduct a welfare check, but retreated and called for backup when they heard gunshots. The streets around the house were closed and neighbors were locked out, including a hair salon across the street. Jacqueline Ricker was finishing up a hair appointment. “I was standing there in the beauty shop getting my hair done, and the next thing we know, the police were at the door telling us to come to the back,”…

published July 10|Updated July 11 St. PETERSBURG — Children crying and screaming for help in the backseat of a 2016 Honda in St. Petersburg Saturday morning led to the arrest of the driver, Annie Gay Shockley, on charges of driving under the influence. Shockley, 39, who lives in Clearwater, was arrested at 12th Avenue S and 16th Street in St. Petersburg and booked into the Pinellas County Jail on $20,900 bond. Shockley told police they were going fishing, but it was assumed she was only driving for business because she was convicted five months ago of driving under the influence,…

News from 100 years ago The following news items were taken from the Mail Tribune archives 100 years ago July 29, 1922 MAIL STAND PACKED WITH DOG OFFERS Every cloud has its silver lining, and every loss has, we suppose, its gain. In any case, The Mail Tribune, which stole $30 worth of Linotype space bands yesterday, has had more than $30 worth of fun. It seems like just about everyone in Jackson County has a dog they want to get rid of, and that of course qualifies as a guard dog. A subscriber called this morning and said he…

Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune House-made meatless burgers are available at Medford’s Bricktowne Brewing Company. Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune A small house salad is a side dish choice with Bricktowne’s burgers and sandwiches, including pulled pork (pictured). Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune House-made sweet potato fries are a side dish option with Bricktowne’s burgers and sandwiches, including the “dirty bird” (pictured). Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune A half-pint of Bricktowne Brown Ale complements an appetizer of pretzel “bites.” Sarah Lemon / Mail Tribune House-made cheese sauce accents an appetizer of pretzel “bites” at Bricktowne Brewing Company in Medford. Sarah…

Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church The church, at the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z, Phoenix, will celebrate the Vigil of the Feast of the Transfiguration at 5 pm on Friday, August 5. A service of the Divine Liturgy will be on Sunday, July 31 at 9 am. , and at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 6, for the Festa Major. For more information, call 541-690-8822 or see gabriel.church. Central Point First Presbyterian Church The church, at 456 W. Pine St., will hold a worship service at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, July 31. Call 541-664-1828. First Presbyterian…

Tractor-trailer crashes on I-20 and ends up in someone’s yard Footage sent by NewsChopper 2 shows the tractor-trailer appeared to run off the road, through a sound barrier and stopped in the backyard. DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – Emergency crews have removed an 18-wheeler that went through a sound barrier and crashed into the backyard of a DeKalb County home. The crash happened shortly after 2:30 pm along Interstate 20 East between Wesley Chapel and Panola roads. The big rig left the interstate, crashed through a sound barrier and ended up in the backyard of a home off Shire Drive in…

Twelve people were arrested between Monday and Tuesday in a multi-agency, multi-state drug bust that netted 50,000 fentanyl pills; 34 firearms; 7 kilos of fentanyl powder; methamphetamine; cocaine; a vehicle; and $58,000 in cash. An improvised explosive device was also seized during a traffic stop related to the case. A joint drug investigation by the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration resulted in the bust of a ring that police say trafficked fentanyl powder and other drugs primarily in the county of Whatcom, according to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office Wednesday. Eleven of the defendants were…