November 24, 2003Yale University on lockdown after report of gunman headed toward campus
The university warns students to ‘stay away’ after report of a person with a gun on campus. An anonymous caller reported his roommate was coming to campus with a gun, while a witness reported a person with a 'long gun,' police said. Cops have no description of the suspect. Police and SWAT teams are searching the New Haven school, which is currently on Thanksgiving break. Anyone with information is encouraged to call 911.
Rick Price Click His name for his Storefront Galleria
SPOKANE, Wash. -- Secret Service in Eastern Washington is investigating a
wide swath of fraudulent credit card purchases being made across the
country.
The victims are mainly people from Eastern Washington who have made purchases at URM Stores.
Secret Service Agent Kevin Miller could not elaborate on many of the details.
"It's an active investigation, that's all I can say about it at this point," said Miller, who operates the Secret Service operations for Eastern Washington and North Idaho.
Little Church on the Hill by Bob Shannon wordspics<c>
Reports: Seahawks CB Walter Thurmond suspended four games
The
NFL has suspended Seahawks cornerback Walter Thurmond for four games
for allegedly violating the league’s substance abuse policy, according
to reports, and plans not to appeal so that he can return in time for
the playoffs.
First reported by the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport,
the news comes as a big blow to the Seahawks, who are already without
cornerback Brandon Browner for several more weeks. Thurmond, who
generally plays nickel cornerback, has been filling in for Browner while
Browner sits out with a groin injury he suffered in Atlanta.
Somday Confluence of Creeks with Mallards by Bob Shannon wordspics<c>
Republics hometown holiday shopping will be starting soon. I've been looking around
the stores this past month and i've got my eye on some great ideas for Christmas. What about you? Have you locals or even out of towners
noticed something that might be perfect for someone for Christmas? The
holiday shopping the chamber of commerce puts on is the perfect excuse
to shop locally!! It's a win-win. You might win a 50 gift certificate at
one of the businesses in town. Think about it.
Kettle River by Foster Fanning
Agency and tribal representatives convened at the Davenport Hotel to outline a variety of complicated and high-price-tag issues facing the Columbia River – fish consumption rates, contamination, water management, invasive species and climate change, to name a few.
But none of the expert speakers had experienced the river as entirely or intimately as the three men who’d recently paddled the river on a pauper’s budget.
Lost in 2010--One old barn by Bob Shannon wordsdpics<c>
COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES LED TO TROOPER DEATH
-No Single Cause for Trooper’s Death-
(Olympia)—Detectives from the Washington State Patrol have determined that a combination of multiple factors led to the death of Trooper Sean O’Connell in a motorcycle collision in Skagit County earlier this year.
O’Connell’s motorcycle collided with a commercial vehicle known as a “box truck” shortly before 6:00 p.m. on May 31, at the intersection of Fir Island Road and Greenfield St. south of Mt. Vernon.
“There was no one single cause for this tragedy,” said Capt. Charles LeBlanc, commander of the Patrol’s Criminal Investigation Division. “There was a combination of circumstances that led to a horrific end.”
The investigation into the collision is still not complete, but detectives have determined the fundamental facts of what occurred.
Just prior to the collision, O’Connell had checked the length of a traffic backup on the Skagit River Bridge detour and was returning to where another trooper was directing traffic. He was moving up the shoulder, outside the fog line, passing to the right of the box truck.
As the two vehicles approached the intersection the box truck made a right turn onto Greenfield and the truck was struck on the right side by O’Connell’s motorcycle. The box truck driver did not see O’Connell’s motorcycle prior to initiating his turn. Speed was not a factor in the collision.
“The reason we have motorcycles is precisely because they can maneuver around traffic,” LeBlanc said. “"Passing on the right is something our troopers are trained to do in the performance of their duties, and like many of our duties, it involves risks."
Another complicating factor was the presence of a guard rail that cut off O’Connell’s avenue of potential escape. Perhaps most tragically, after striking the box truck O’Connell fell underneath it.
“A couple of seconds in time, or a couple of feet either way, and we’d likely have had a very different outcome,” LeBlanc said
LeBlanc said that O’Connell was not using his emergency lights and siren at the time of the collision, in keeping with agency training. Experience has shown that some drivers, upon hearing a siren, make sudden maneuvers to the right. If troopers are forced to pass on the right, they generally turn off their emergency lights and sirens to avoid being hit.
The truck driver agreed to a voluntary blood test for alcohol or drugs, and there is no evidence he was impaired in any way. He cooperated fully in the investigation. No citations have been issued and no charges are being sought.
The lack of egregious behavior by either party required detectives to rule out other possible scenarios before determining that the events were exactly as they appeared the first night: a tragic accident.
Sean O’Connell, badge #1076, is the 28th Washington State Patrol Trooper to be killed in the line of duty.
-No Single Cause for Trooper’s Death-
(Olympia)—Detectives from the Washington State Patrol have determined that a combination of multiple factors led to the death of Trooper Sean O’Connell in a motorcycle collision in Skagit County earlier this year.
O’Connell’s motorcycle collided with a commercial vehicle known as a “box truck” shortly before 6:00 p.m. on May 31, at the intersection of Fir Island Road and Greenfield St. south of Mt. Vernon.
“There was no one single cause for this tragedy,” said Capt. Charles LeBlanc, commander of the Patrol’s Criminal Investigation Division. “There was a combination of circumstances that led to a horrific end.”
The investigation into the collision is still not complete, but detectives have determined the fundamental facts of what occurred.
Just prior to the collision, O’Connell had checked the length of a traffic backup on the Skagit River Bridge detour and was returning to where another trooper was directing traffic. He was moving up the shoulder, outside the fog line, passing to the right of the box truck.
As the two vehicles approached the intersection the box truck made a right turn onto Greenfield and the truck was struck on the right side by O’Connell’s motorcycle. The box truck driver did not see O’Connell’s motorcycle prior to initiating his turn. Speed was not a factor in the collision.
“The reason we have motorcycles is precisely because they can maneuver around traffic,” LeBlanc said. “"Passing on the right is something our troopers are trained to do in the performance of their duties, and like many of our duties, it involves risks."
Another complicating factor was the presence of a guard rail that cut off O’Connell’s avenue of potential escape. Perhaps most tragically, after striking the box truck O’Connell fell underneath it.
“A couple of seconds in time, or a couple of feet either way, and we’d likely have had a very different outcome,” LeBlanc said
LeBlanc said that O’Connell was not using his emergency lights and siren at the time of the collision, in keeping with agency training. Experience has shown that some drivers, upon hearing a siren, make sudden maneuvers to the right. If troopers are forced to pass on the right, they generally turn off their emergency lights and sirens to avoid being hit.
The truck driver agreed to a voluntary blood test for alcohol or drugs, and there is no evidence he was impaired in any way. He cooperated fully in the investigation. No citations have been issued and no charges are being sought.
The lack of egregious behavior by either party required detectives to rule out other possible scenarios before determining that the events were exactly as they appeared the first night: a tragic accident.
Sean O’Connell, badge #1076, is the 28th Washington State Patrol Trooper to be killed in the line of duty.
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