Demure

Chicago — Around 1:30 in the morning on March 19, Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman, 18, was walking near the lakefront in the Rogers Park neighborhood when a masked gunman opened fire and struck her in the head. Friends with her at the time fled the scene in fear, but Gorman did not survive. … Read more

In Jasper, Georgia, heartbreak rippled through a quiet community this week after a trusted clinic worker was shot and killed inside the Pickens VA outpatient clinic. What began as a normal afternoon turned into tragedy when 34‑year‑old social work case manager Nicholas “Nic” Crews was fatally wounded by 51‑year‑old visitor Lawrence Charles Michels. The shooting … Read more

Rusk County, Texas woke on Thursday with heavy hearts after 38‑year‑old Amanda Thompson was found dead in her home on Wednesday evening. Neighbors on County Road 3122 in the Brachfield area near Minden were shaken when deputies arrived for a welfare check and discovered her lifeless body inside her house. Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez said officers … Read more

Tyler, Texas — The quiet of a weekday morning turned deadly on March 19 when a head‑on collision between two big rigs on Toll 49 ended the life of 59‑year‑old Tammy Lee Asher of Beaumont. Asher was driving her 18‑wheeler westbound just before 11 a.m. when her truck veered into oncoming eastbound traffic and slammed … Read more

Beaumont, Texas — The quiet of a Thursday morning was shattered when friends and neighbors learned that 62‑year‑old Terry Bellard had died in a devastating truck accident near the north city limits of Lumberton. What began as another spring morning turned into heartbreak for a tight‑knit community that knew Bellard as a familiar face and … Read more