Month: May 2023

Texas authorities confirm that Jim Sweeten committed suicide WESLACO, Texas – A former Oklahoma man who was a suspect in the 25-year disappearance of a Grove woman took his own life, Texas authorities confirmed Thursday. James Lee Sweeten, 79, died Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Delaware County Cold Case Detective Mark Wall said. He was considered by Delaware County authorities as a “person of interest” in the disappearance and presumed death of his first wife, Peggy A. Sweeten. No remains or evidence found in the search for barrels Peggy A. Sweeten, was last seen on January 13, 1998. The…

Joel C. Rosenberg, a renowned NY Times bestselling author, appeared in a paid satellite interview from Jerusalem, Israel to discuss his latest political thriller, “The deviation from Libya.” With credentials from Tyndale House Publishers, Rosenberg joined the show to give a sneak peek at his action-packed novel inspired by real-world headlines. Having sold more than five million books and received recognition from publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Times, Joel Rosenberg was well versed in the art of crafting compelling stories. When asked about the inspiration behind the book, Rosenberg shared the various personal experiences that…

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) – La Crosse police provided WXOW with more details about the arrest of a 17-year-old Onalaska boy on charges of attempted homicide and armed robbery. Police said officers were called to a residence in the 1300 block of Avon Street on May 13 for an incident that happened the day before. Their investigation showed that Efraim Ko had gone to the house armed with a gun which he showed to the two people in the house. While police did not specify what he wanted, they said Ko demanded property from the two people. At one point,…

New York is starting to see a slowdown in money flowing into state coffers, a decline that comes just as temporary federal pandemic aid has largely dried up and the $229 billion budget newly approved dollars increased spending. Tax authorities in recent days have raised concerns about the decline in the state’s main revenue driver, personal income tax, which was reduced in part due to a decline in bonuses in the financial sector on Wall Street. The slowdown in earnings comes as some economists are bracing for a possible economic recession as soon as this year. Falling revenues could force…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, the White House is expected to soon withdraw its nomination of Michael Delaney to the Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, according to a person familiar with your confirmation process. Delaney’s nomination does not have the necessary votes in the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been made public. His inability to secure the necessary Democratic votes in both the committee and the full house is due in part to concerns over an…

Also speeding to the scene of the May 9 fire in the afternoon were fire crews from the Hamilton Fire Department and Ross and Fairfield firefighters as the entire upper hallway was engulfed in flames trapping the man and his deaf wife. “It was a pretty hectic scene and there was a guy hanging out the window and he was struggling for air,” Pence later told the Journal-News. “My first reaction was to get him out of the building as fast as I could.” For starting football center Ross, that meant ignoring a recent back injury and lining up in…

Sam Zell, a pioneering real estate investor and founder of Equity Residential (EQR), Equity Office and Equity Group Investments, died on Thursday at the age of 81. Zell’s death was announced by EQR, of which Zell served as president. EQR CEO David Neithercut has been appointed chairman of the board, effective immediately. An active real estate investor since the 1960s, Zell helped revolutionize the industry by popularizing the REIT structure in the 1990s, democratizing ownership of publicly traded real estate companies. He founded EQR’s predecessor company while a student at the University of Michigan and took it public on the…

CHARLOTTE – A massive fire broke out in Charlotte’s SouthPark area, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air Thursday morning. According to first responders, the fire is near Fairview Road and Piedmont Row Drive. The Charlotte Fire Department confirmed that a fourth alarm was called for the fire. A massive fire breaks out in Charlotte’s SouthPark area Former Channel 9 reporter Mark Becker said the fire is in an apartment building that was under construction. Witnesses told Channel 9’s Joe Bruno that the fire started on the second floor. Construction workers said there were nearly 100 people…