Obituaries

A suburban Dallas police officer ended up playing midwife to one mother in labor.Gene Kimpton says he entered a home in Carrollton Wednesday morning with his weapon drawn. All he knew is there was some sort of emergency situation in the house.There was.A young boy pointed Kimpton into the bathroom, where his mother ? who hadn?t realized she was pregnant ? was in labor.Kimpton helped guide the baby boy out and ...

Beauty queens and backstage drama may seem inevitable, but at this year?s Miss World competition, something more serious than hair-pulling and name-calling has come from host country Indonesia: Muslim hardliners have threatened to hijack the competition despite major concessions from the government and organizers.The bikinis that have been a pageant hallmark were replaced with more conservative sarongs three ...

The Jefferson County Environmental Health Department found an elevated level of radon in half of the test kits it gave away earlier this year.The department distributed 125 free radon test kits to county residents in January. Of the 123 results the department received, 51 percent were at or above the United States Environmental Protection Agency?s ?action level? of 4 picocuries per liter of air, meaning those ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office will hire two part-time deputies temporarily to fill spots in the department while the sheriff is conducting interviews to hire two full-time deputies.Sheriff Gregg Morton said deputy Josh Tarrence has resigned to relocate. He has been with the sheriff?s department about five years.?We?ll have another open spot when one of my deputies deploys for a year with the Army Reserves,? ...

DAVENPORT (AP) ? A Davenport woman is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 2 for two counts of child endangerment.The Quad-City Times says 43-year-old Holly Johnson entered Alford pleas last week. In an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit the crime but does acknowledge prosecutors likely can prove the charge.Johnson was convicted of physically abusing her daughter, making her live in a filthy home and allowing ...

NEW MARKET (AP) ? Officers are scouring a section of Taylor County in southwest Iowa for an escaped inmate suspected of wounding a sheriff?s deputy.The Iowa Department of Public Safety says the shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. Sunday on Iowa Highway 2 just east of New Market. A deputy was shot twice after he left his cruiser to check on a man walking along the highway. The man then took the deputy?s vehicle ...

Local residents savored tasty barbecue treats grilled by a variety of vendors Aug. 2 during the Southeast Iowa Blues and BBQ Music Fest, part of the Fairfield 1st Fridays Art Walk in Fairfield?s Central Park.

KEYSTONE (AP) ? Authorities say the three people who were killed in an eastern Iowa collision were from Cedar Rapids.The Benton County Sheriff?s office identified the three as 3-year-old Haley Bessert, 22-year-old Valerie Schneiders and 24-year-old Jason Bessert.The accident occurred Saturday night near Keystone. The sheriff?s office says a truck didn?t stop at a stop sign and collided with the car. The truck ...

EVANSDALE (AP) ? Scammers have been going from door-to-door in some parts of Black Hawk County, seeking cash they say is for two slain cousins.Elizabeth Collins was 8 and Lyric Cook was 10 when they were last seen in July 2012 riding their bikes near Meyers Lake in Evansdale. Their bodies were later found in a wooded area in December. No arrests have been reported.An acquaintance of Elizabeth?s mother, Heather ...

RUBIO ? Property owners in Richmond and Rubio who need to comply with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources private septic systems regulations will soon receive a letter from the Washington County Board of Supervisors.The board of supervisors approved during their weekly meeting Aug. 6 the letter that would go out later that week.?This is the last letter they will get,? Supervisor Jack Seward Jr. said. ...