Month: July 2022

Officials did not specify what time of day the incidents occurred. Both suspects were wearing gloves and masks during the robberies, according to police. South Fulton police put out a bulletin asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspects. The department also released surveillance footage of the masked men inside one of the stores. Anyone with information about the armed robberies is asked to call South Fulton detectives at 470-809-7368. Anyone with information about the fatal shooting is asked to contact investigators at 470-240-1279. — Please check back to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for updates. [ad_2] Source link

PENN HILLS, Penn. – The parking lot apparently tore in half right in front of a Penn Hills apartment building, leaving more than a dozen cars in a giant hole and nearly 50 people displaced. PHOTOS: Penn Hills parking lot collapses “It looked like it split right down the middle in kind of a V formation the 50 yards,” Penn Hills Police Chief Ronald Como said. Como says the Frankstown Road car park fell 15 to 20 feet shortly before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. “When the emergency vehicles responded, there was a woman in a car,” Como said. That person was…

Medford and Alba, Italy celebrate 60th anniversary of historic phone call that strengthened ‘person-to-person’ relationship Medford Mayor Randy Sparacino, seated, toasts Tuesday with Medford Sister City Committee Chair Robin Snider, other committee members and their counterparts in Alba, Italy, celebrating 60 years of partnership between the two cities. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune] While intently watching a live video feed of dignitaries from Alba, Italy, on Tuesday, Medford Mayor Randy Sparacino nervously asked, “Can they hear us? Hello?” before greeting them from a City Hall conference room. At first not everyone could clearly hear Sparacino’s counterpart, the mayor of Alba…

Arrests for crimes domestic abuse – Kij Wess Beeler-Joplin, 29, of the 100 block of North Columbus Avenue, Medford. Medford police arrested Beeler-Joplin Saturday on charges of second-degree burglary constituting domestic violence and unlawful use of a weapon constituting domestic violence. He was also charged with misdemeanor threatening. He was booked into the Jackson County Jail and held without bond. incendiary fire – Jorge Cabrera, 28, of the 1300 block of North Central Avenue, Medford. Central Point police arrested Cabrera on felony charges of attempted arson, attempted arson and misdemeanor giving false information to a police officer. He was later…

Just wondering What has happened to our foundation of separation of church and state? We seem to be returning to a country run by a religious philosophy, not unlike the Taliban when it comes to women’s rights. Will women lose the right to vote? The Constitution was silent on the matter. See the recent regressive decisions based on the silence of the Constitution. Does the average blue-collar Joe realize that the government under a Trumpian anti-tax philosophy and the winner will remove their labor protections under OSHA, and that they will have to pay more taxes as the wealthiest continue…

By 9News staffJuly 26, 2022 10:36 p.m Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has said the Australian Defense Force is not on standby to combat an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, after a British MP warned military help may be needed. UK Tory MP Neil Hudson was an equine vet during the UK’s last FMD outbreak, which saw millions of animals destroyed. Hudson said Australian military coordination could prove crucial in the event of an outbreak. “If the outbreak spreads, you need serious logistics to control animals and people – don’t rule out calling 911 immediately and bringing in the military,” Hudson said….

Monday was warm enough to bake cookies on the board, and they proved it Cookies are baked on the dashboard of a hot car Monday outside Ashley Furniture in Medford. [Photo courtesy of Jason Petsthe] The finished product, fresh from the script. [Photo courtesy of Jason Petsthe] Though largely unfazed by a weeklong forecast of triple-digit temperatures, employees at the Ashley Furniture store in Medford found a way to smile through their suffering Monday afternoon. Store employees Tricia Bradford and Jason Petsthe decided to make some chocolate chip cookies on the dashboard of a hot car. Petsthe said it was…