| State briefs: Nov. 3 | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 6:46:42 PM by Blog57 Team | | Ailment possible factor in driver's fatal crash Authorities suspect a medical problem led to a crash that claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman on Gov. John Sevier Highway. Mary Jane Ramsey of Repass Drive died in the 2 p.m. crash near the intersection of the highway and Neubert Springs Road, said Martha Dooley, spokeswoman for the Knox County Sheriff's Office. .... | |
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| | | Cobalt ranks 11th in value study | | Posted Wednesday, October 11, 2006 2:45:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | General Motors Corp. topped all domestic carmakers, although the Chevrolet Cobalt slipped to 11th place out of 16 small cars, in a study that asks owners about their vehicles overall value, according to a report issued Monday. The Cobalt garnered 717 points in San Diego-based Strategic Vision Inc.s Total Value Index, the company said. The GM Lordstown Complex-built small car had 728 points in the 2005 survey, placing it ninth. The segment average was 749 points. The Cobalt placed sixth in Strategic Visions quality study announced last June. The cars predecessor, the Chevrolet Cavalier, placed 14th the year before. Strategic Vision uses broader criteria buying and service experience, along with innovation and expected resale value than J.D.... | |
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| | | Runner-up finish for Troy Coughlin in Reading rain re-do (NMCA/JEGS) | | Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 10:48:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | ATLANTA (Sept. 16) -- Pro Street driver Troy Coughlin scored his second runner-up finish of the 2006 National Muscle Car Association's Edelbrock series Saturday at Atlanta Dragway. Coughlin lost to points leader Vinny Budano by two hundredths of a second in a make-up finale of the Ross Pistons Nationals from three weeks ago. The race was run during Saturday's qualifying action for this weekend's Nitto Tire Nationals. "It was a great race all the way down the track," Coughin said. "We were door handle to door handle until the finish line. He just got there first and my hat's off to that team. The track got hot today and it was tricky but we were both dealing with the same conditions. He won, plain and simple." The runner-up finish officially moved Coughlin into second place in the points.... | |
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| | | 09/16/06 Around the Valley | | Posted Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:46:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | YAKIMA ? An 18-year-old Yakima woman died Friday afternoon after pulling her car in front of a truck on South 48th Avenue, police said. The southbound Ford pickup hit the driver's side of the victim's Chevrolet Cavalier, causing injuries to all four of the car's occupants, according to a news release from the Yakima Police Department. About 2:30 p.m., the Cavalier's driver, intending to head north, entered the road from the 900 block of South 48th and crossed the truck's path, police said. The patients were transported to Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, where the driver was declared dead. The other three ? described only as a 42-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl and a 2-year-old child ? were being treated for various injuries, police said. The pickup driver, a 22-year-old Yakima man, was not hurt.... | |
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| | | Students Injured In Pasco Bus Crash | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 12:45:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Nine elementary school students are nursing minor wounds today, after their school bus struck a car in Spring Hill this morning, according to the Pasco County Sheriffs Office. The Florida Highway Patrol says the accident occurred at 9:30 a.m. in front of Mary Giella Elementary School on Shady Hills Rd. when a Chevrolet Cavalier crossed the center line and slammed into the bus, head-on. The driver of the Cavalier, a woman in her 20s, was airlifted to St. Josephs Hospital in Tampa., according to FHP troopers. Details about the extent of her injuries were not immediately available. The Cavalier sustained heavy damage in the crash. The only other occupant in the car was a dog, according to Troopers. A witness says the dog survived the violent impact. Deputies say the students suffered minor injuries, ranging from from cut lips and bruises to neck and back pain.... | |
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| | | Capital murder trial under way | | Posted Thursday, August 17, 2006 2:45:56 PM by Blog57 Team | | Stafford County capital murder case starts. By BILL FREEHLING Date published: 8/17/2006 p { font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; text-decoration: none; color: #000000; text-align: justify; background-color: transparent } By BILL FREEHLING Jury selection started yesterday in a Stafford County capital murder case in which a Springfield man is accused of raping, abducting and killing his ex-girlfriend. John Joseph "Jose" Rogers, 37, faces the possibility of the death penalty if convicted of the April 6, 2005, capital murder of 35-year-old Lisa Renee Madaris of Woodbridge. Rogers is accused of dumping Madaris' body in Stafford after raping and killing her. Madaris had been badly beaten and her face was unrecognizable when she was found, police have said.... | |
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| | | Police Report 7-26 | | Posted Thursday, July 27, 2006 4:46:29 AM by Blog57 Team | | Ronald W. Martin, 49, 1492 U.S. Route 6, Lot 1, Ottawa, was arrested today at his home and faces a charge of domestic battery. He was taken to La Salle County Jail.Accident John J. Mason, 51, 2411 Plum St., Peru, and Daniel O. Inlow, 50, of Fort Wayne, Ind., were involved in a two-vehicle accident at 4:05 p.m. Tuesday on East 24th Road north of Marseilles. Mason was taken to Community Hospital of Ottawa for treatment of injuries.Theft A Streator resident reported that the front license plate was stolen from his vehicle while it was parked in the 1000 block of South Bloomington Street, Streator, on June 15.Burglary A vehicle was burglarized Friday while parked in the 700 block of Livingston Street, Streator. A JVC CD player and a CD case were taken from the vehicle.Fire call Ottawa firefighters responded to a report of a trash bin fire at 8:11 p.m.... | |
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| | | Passenger killed in accident off Staten Island Road | | Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:46:02 PM by Blog57 Team | | A passenger drowned Monday after becoming trapped in a car that careened off Staten Island Road and into an irrigation channel in an unincorporated area of western San Joaquin County, according to the California Highway Patrol. The 28-year-old Concord man, whose name was not released pending notification of his family, was riding in a green 1996 Chevrolet Cavalier driven by 22-year-old Ulises C. Mendoza, also of Concord. The men were going about 60 mph south on Staten Island Road when Mendoza apparently didn't notice the road ended about two miles south of Walnut Grove Road, said Adrian Quintero, a CHP spokesman. .... | |
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| | | Fourth suspect sought in Alton credit union robbery | | Posted Tuesday, July 04, 2006 12:46:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | ALTON The Alton Police Department and the FBI are seeking the public's help in finding a fourth suspect wanted in connection with the robbery June 16 of Olin Community Credit Union. Levada Brown, 23, is believed to be in the Washington Park area and is considered armed and dangerous, according to information released today by the Alton Police Department. Brown is one of four suspects in an armed robbery at the Olin Credit Union, 3553 College Ave., and also has a warrant out of St. Clair County against him for probation violation. Also charged in armed robbery are: Montez L. Fuller, 23, of East St. Louis; Phillip Bailey, 21, of East St. Louis; and Bonnie Brown, 21, of East St. Louis. The three remained in custody today at the Madison County Jail. Shortly after 4 p.m., June 16, police said Levada Brown, Fuller and Bailey entered the Credit Union.... | |
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| | | GM Lordstown is large part of our heritage | | Posted Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:45:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | April 28, 1966. The Tribune Chronicle buys the first car, a Chevrolet Impala sport sedan, off the new assembly line at the General Motors Corp. Lordstown Assembly Complex. Thus begins an era. Oct. 18, 2004. The Tribune Chronicle purchases one of the first Chevrolet Cobalts, assembled on the newest GM line. Thus, this era enters its latest phase. This weekend, when GM celebrates the factorys 40th birthday, it will display every Lordstown-built model from the 1966 Impala to the 2004 Cobalt and beyond. While the newspaper proudly participated in these significant historical milestones, everybody in Trumbull County should feel a sense of ownership of this plant and the cars showcased this weekend. After all, it is difficult to grow up in Trumbull County and not be related to or be friends with a GM worker.... | |
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