Emilie Richardson/ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The father of 18-year-old Alyssa Elsman, who was killed when a driver plowed into a crowd in New York's Times Square last week, wrote an emotional letter to his daughter, saying, "I have a hole in my heart that can never be filled."The framed letter was placed at a memorial near the crash site."My world changed when you came into it and it is unexplainable […]
Courtesy Leanndra Cheatham(ST. LOUIS) -- A poignant Facebook video is racking up views with its message of peace.The messenger is "Lil J," a 6-year-old boy who asks people to "stop killing each other" in the video that was posted by his mother, Leanndra Cheatham, one week ago.Since that time, the video, which Cheatham told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was her son Jeffrey's reaction to the drive-by-shooting death of her cousin, […]
University of Maryland Police Department(COLLEGE PARK, Md.) -- Federal investigators are trying to determine whether the weekend stabbing of a black college student in Maryland was racially motivated, authorities said Sunday.Sean Urbanski, a 22-year-old University of Maryland student, has been charged with first and second-degree assault in the stabbing death of 23-year-old Richard Collins III, authorities said.Police called the attack random and "totally unprovoked.”The university’s police department said it asked […]
Republican Governor Terry Branstad has been confirmed to be U.S. Ambassador to China. Eighty-two U.S. Senators voted for Branstad’s nomination and 13 Democrats voted no. Maryland Senator Ben Cardin is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and he praised Branstad during remarks on the Senate floor before the vote was taken. “I had […]Powered by WPeMatico
Woodworkers from around the country attending a conference in central Iowa this weekend worked on a special project to create wooden urns for the Iowa Veterans Cemetery. Dave Campbell, the editorial content chief of “Wood” magazine, which hosted the conference. He says they try to do a special project every year. “Last year we built […]Powered by WPeMatico
A man who has sometimes registered as a statehouse lobbyist was called a “liar” and “immoral,” but the House Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Iowa Gun Owners executive director Aaron Dorr. The complaint alleged Dorr was telling members of his group that he was lobbying lawmakers, but while Dorr has registered as a […]Powered by WPeMatico
Des Moines Police and the capital city’s leaders held a news conference this morning after the city recorded its 15th homicide of the year over the weekend. “Today’s conversation is about violent crime,” Mayor Frank Cownie said, “and violent crime needs to be punished.” The city and private groups are providing additional funding to create […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowa State University study focused on people who are targets of workplace bullying. Stacy Tye-Williams, an ISU professor of communication studies, says she surveyed 48 targets of bullying about what advice they’d received, if they used the advice, if it worked and what advice they’d offer others. Tye-Williams says most bullying victims said none […]Powered by WPeMatico
San Francisco-based Core-Mark Holding Company announced they have entered into an agreement to acquire all of the assets of Carroll’s Farner-Bocken Company for $190 million. Farner-Bocken Chairman, John Norgaard says, “After a careful evaluation of potential partners to preserve the Farner-Bocken Company legacy, Core-Mark emerged as the obvious choice.” Third-generation-owned Farner-Bocken is a landmark Carroll […]Powered by WPeMatico
