Steve Nedved
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Apr 13
Pennsylvania officer won’t face charges for shooting suspect inside police station
New Hope Police Department(NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania) — A Pennsylvania police officer will not face charges for accidentally shooting a suspect in the stomach inside a police station last month, the district attorney announced Friday. Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub declined to press charges against a New Hope, Pennsylvania, police officer who apparently meant to …
Apr 13
Major severe storms, tornado outbreak expected in Deep South
ABC News(DALLAS) — A very dangerous weekend lies ahead for much of the South — with especially severe storms expected in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi on Saturday. The new storm organized Saturday morning and was moving across Texas. In addition to a widespread severe weather outbreak from Texas to parts of the eastern U.S., this …
Apr 13
University at Buffalo student critically injured in ‘potential’ hazing incident; school suspends all Greek life
ABC News(BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The University at Buffalo has suspended all fraternities and sororities and is investigating a “potential” hazing incident that left a student in critical condition. The Buffalo Police Department said that a student had been seriously injured early Friday in what it was calling an “incident of potential hazing.” “BPD are investigating …
Apr 13
Feds signal adult children in ‘Varsity Blues’ cheating scandal may face criminal charges
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — Federal prosecutors in Boston have signaled that some of the adult children of parents charged in an ongoing college cheating scandal could also face criminal charges. Prosecutors have sent target letters to adult children who were believed to have known about the scheme and who were at least 18 years old when it …
Apr 13
Maryland 8th-grade students foil potential school shooting plot, police say
Google Maps(SNOW HILL, Maryland) — Officials are crediting a group of eighth-grade students for foiling a school shooting plot at a Maryland middle school. Worcester County investigators arrested two minors after the students reported a “credible” threat to staff at Snow Hill Middle School in Snow Hill, Maryland. “We are here to honor the bravery …
Apr 12
Challenging the accuracy of broadband maps
The digital divide and flawed broadband mapping tools were the subject of a Senate hearing this week. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is examining why some of the mapping by the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t fully capture where broadband is and isn’t available. Zachary Cikanek, the national spokesperson for Connect Americans Now, …
Apr 12
Missouri ranks second in number of farms
Missouri has the second highest number of farms in the U.S. The 2017 Ag Census says the state has more than 95,000 farms on nearly 28 million acres. Missouri’s USDA statistician Bob Garino tells Brownfield the number of farmers is lower than in the prior census, but there are more people operating individual farms. The …
Apr 12
Tester: We’re losing people right and left
U.S. Senator Jon Tester says financial difficulty could put a lot of farmers out of business. The Montana Democrat addressed U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on the USDA budget. “Rural America’s under attack, you know that,” Tester told Secretary Perdue. “We’re losing people right and left; we lost them …
Apr 12
Hog futures supported by demand expectations
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day higher finding support in the poor weather and feedlot performance. The anticipation of higher cash business was also supportive to the day’s higher prices. April live cattle closed $.55 higher at $126.55 and June live cattle closed $1.02 higher at $121.45. April feeder cattle was …
Apr 12
American doctor shot 3 times while on mission trip in Haiti is recovering
Courtesy Drew Pasler(MIAMI) — An American doctor is recovering after he was shot three times during a mission trip to help schoolchildren in Haiti last week. Dr. Doug Burbella, 58, and a group of missionaries working under Living Water Ministries were on their way to deliver $20,000 worth of computers and servers to a school …