Obituaries

MOUNT PLEASANT (GTNS) ? Mount Pleasant Community High School was evacuated Monday for the second time this school year due to a bomb threat.Superintendent of Schools Dr. John Roederer said students spent about 75 minutes (1:15-2:30 p.m.) outside the building while school personnel, law enforcement and conservation department officials scoured the building. No bomb was found.Roederer said writing on a boys? ...

DES MOINES (AP) ? Three Des Moines police officers have been treated for injuries they suffered in a collision of two squad cars.Sgt. Jason Halifax says the crash occurred at 1:39 a.m. Sunday. Halifax says one cruiser ran into the side of the other at a four-way stop.He says both cars were responding to a call of shots fired that came from an off-duty officer who was working at a convenience store.The officers ...

IOWA CITY (AP) ? A 35-year-old Davenport man who robbed an Iowa City bank nearly a year ago has been given 30 years in prison.Eric Martin was sentenced Monday on robbery and weapons convictions. Federal prosecutors say Martin must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.Prosecutors say Martin waved a loaded handgun at tellers and customers inside the Hills Bank on April 23, 2012, and left ...

April is said to bring showers ? it is also high school prom season.Pekin High School?s 2012 prom was memorable for storms with high winds that sent everyone to the school?s basement at 9:45 p.m. for an hour. A power outage canceled the rest of the evening?s activities, and some were made up later in the week.This year, Pekin junior students are planning a memorable prom based on activities for the evening of ...

Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office received a report of a vehicle/deer accident at 6:35 a.m. Sunday. Ted Diers of Lockridge was driving a 2009 Ford Escape north on Vetch Boulevard, two-tenths of a mile south of 195th Street, when he struck a deer in the road. Estimated damages to his SUV are $3,500.Julie Ann Polson, 36 of 302 W. Broadway Ave., Apt. 6, was arrested at 1200 W. Grimes Ave., at 12:15 a.m. Saturday ...

Hundreds of Christians streamed through the cobblestone alleyways of Jerusalem?s Old City on Friday, hoisting wooden crosses and chanting prayers to mark the crucifixion of Jesus.Throngs of pilgrims walked a traditional Good Friday procession that retraces Jesus? steps along the Via Dolorosa, Latin for the ?Way of Suffering.?They followed his 14 stations, saying a prayer at each and ending at the ancient Holy ...

An 86-year-old man who carried out a mercy killing by shooting his ailing wife in the head was sentenced to probation on Friday after an emotional hearing where family members tearfully spoke on his behalf.George Sanders could have faced more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. The judge opted for probation.The World War II veteran told authorities his wife was diagnosed with multiple ...

A group of U.S. senators who will be influential in shaping and negotiating details of an immigration reform package is traveling to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona to get a firsthand look at issues affecting the region.Republican Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona were expected to tour the border Wednesday with Democratic Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado. They are all ...

Authorities investigating the shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 11 others compiled nearly 3,000 pages of documents released Wednesday that provide a fresh glimpse into the 2011 attack, including the erratic behavior of the gunman, a tense interrogation and the chaos that enveloped the bloody scene.Jared Lee Loughner was polite and cooperative but complained of ...

Jefferson County Health Center Board of Trustees toured the new addition under construction on the north side of the health center Monday evening prior to its regular monthly meeting.The new addition will house the NuCara pharmacy, including a drive-up window, a neurology clinic, the American Eye Care Clinic and more, such as additional rooms for the Medical Arts Clinic and space the health center can designate ...