Poplar Bluff, Missouri — A quiet evening on Highway 67 turned into heartbreak for a community Sunday when 40‑year‑old Randy Root of Poplar Bluff was killed in a crash that unfolded just south of town. Loved ones and neighbors are still trying to make sense of a night that ended in tragedy. Around 6:40 p.m., emergency crews … Read more
DOUGLAS COUNTY — The quiet streets near Kings Highway felt the shock of loss this weekend after a young University of West Georgia student was found shot and killed, leaving her friends, family and classmates stunned and heartbroken. On Saturday around 1:30 p.m., Douglas County deputies rushed to the intersection of Kings Highway and Central … Read more
Troup County — Christian Joel-Marcos Cortez, a 20-year-old inmate accused of child molestation, was captured late Sunday night in Cherokee County after escaping from the Troup County Jail early that morning. Law enforcement confirmed the arrest shortly after a multi-agency search that stretched across northwest Georgia. Cortez was first reported missing from the jail around … Read more
ROANOKE, Va. — Early Sunday morning brought heartbreak to this city when 20-year-old Khireem Porter was shot and killed on the 2000 block of Carroll Avenue Northwest. Police arrived just after 9:15 a.m. and found Porter in a vehicle with at least one other man suffering from gunshot wounds. Porter was pronounced dead at the … Read more
LUTCHER — A quiet Saturday night turned into heartbreak in this small river town when 19-year-old Damon Joshua Summerlin, of Denham Springs, was shot and killed in a violent incident that also left a 17-year-old boy wounded. The St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called just after 11 p.m. on February 7 to … Read more
