If you’re late for your first day of school, that’s bad. When you are in charge of the Detroit school district and the bus you are riding is 30 minutes late, that’s worse. That’s what happened to Emergency Financial Manager Robert Bobb Tuesday morning. The plan was to ride a bus to make sure...
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Late School Bus Keeps Emergency Financial Manager Waiting…he was checking to see that the routes were running smoothly
Man dies in water hazard at golf course
An 18-year-old college freshman and former three-sport athlete drowned yesterday at a Lakeville golf course in what appeared to be a tragic accident, officials said. The man, identified as Greg Misodoulakis, 18, of Lakeville, was riding a lawnmower on the course at the Back Nine Club yesterday morning and drove into a man-made water...
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Woman tries to bring stun gun disguised as cell phone into courthouse
A woman is in the Fulton County Jail on Wednesday after allegedly trying to bring a handgun and a stun gun that resembled a cell phone into the courthouse the day before. Ecreia Laki Perez is being held on $6,000 bond after she was arrested Tuesday afternoon. Perez tried to enter the Fulton County...
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Woman’s body left in hearse for nine days…driver says he’s not a mourning person
The North Carolina Board of Funeral Service and Alamance County authorities are investigating why a woman’s body was left in a hearse for nine days. Police found the body of Linda Walton, 37, in a hearse parked underneath a tree on Thursday after they were called to investigate a foul odor in the town...
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Retired assassin does one last job…assassinates himself
The self-described CIA assassin who authorities say accidentally killed himself in Newnan last Saturday once described his work as “the dirtiest end of a dirty business.” Roland Haas, 58, wrote a 2007 memoir that some praised as a gritty, realistic account of Cold War spying. Others called Haas a fraud, and a retired CIA...
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Police car, SWAT gear stolen…the line for doughnuts was very long
Bloomington Police are on the hunt for a department vehicle and the person who stole it from an officer’s home. Police say the officer was off duty when someone stole a Green 2005 Chrysler Town and County minivan. Officers say that there was police equipment inside of the van. wishtv.com
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Toilet training goes to toddlers head
The 18-month-old got into difficulties after he decided to use the seat as a hat, but it slipped down over his ears. Luckily, firefighters who were summoned by his worried mum in Loughton, Essex, weren’t driven round the u-bend by the young chap’s antics. metro.co.uk
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Japan searching for missing centenarians…checking bingo parlors and bowling alleys
Japan prides itself on the world’s longest life expectancy but is struggling with a disturbing footnote to that statistic — revelations that hundreds of people listed as its oldest citizens are either long dead or haven’t been heard from for decades. The mystery of the missing centenarians has captured the attention of this rapidly...
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Two men rescued after going for a spin
Firefighters rescued two North Carolina men from an industrial clothes dryer after they were overcome by heat. Authorities say one man got into the dryer to free an item that was jammed and he was overcome by the heat. A second man went in to rescue him and he also was overcome. A third...
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