New Orleans woke up to heartbreak Friday after Deputy Christopher Paul Ohlmeyer, 41, lost his life while doing a job meant to protect others. Ohlmeyer, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy from River Ridge, was killed in a motorcycle crash while escorting a funeral procession through the city. He died at the scene, officials said. … Read more
Mount Laurel—The Burlington County community is grieving after the sudden death of Varlee Kamara of Newark, a young man whose life was cut short Thursday night in a violent crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. State police say the crash happened just before 9 p.m. in Mount Laurel Township. Kamara was driving southbound when, for … Read more
Fall River woke up Saturday to the grief that no family should ever know. Late Friday night, at a modest home on Barnes Street, 25-year-old Nicholas Almeida and his mother, 54-year-old Elizabeth Almeida, were found shot and badly hurt after a 911 call came in for a possible shooting just after 8 p.m. Friday. By … Read more
Fall River is hurting after a quiet Friday night turned deadly on Barnes Street, where a mother and her adult son lost their lives in a sudden burst of violence. Elizabeth Almeida, 54, and her 25-year-old son, Nicholas Almeida, were killed together, leaving a neighborhood stunned and a family shattered. Police were called to a … Read more
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — A quiet afternoon in this northwestern North Carolina town turned into tragedy Thursday when gunfire erupted on Samurai Lane, leaving two teens dead and two others seriously wounded, authorities say. The Surry County Sheriff’s Office responded just after 2 p.m. to reports of a shooting near Welcome Baptist Church Road, where … Read more
