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 BOND MURDER |
HIPPOTHERAPY |
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BENEFIT CONCERT |
| DEADLY BUS AX |
IRAQ |
| ISSAC HAYS |
PRICE |
| MAYOR'S FRIEND |
OLYMPICS |
| CONGER SEARCH |
USA FS |
| SOBRIETY CHECK |
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| BOND MURDER |
HIPPOTHERAPY |
| FATAL |
BENEFIT CONCERT |
| DEADLY BUS AX |
IRAQ |
| ISSAC HAYS |
PRICE |
| MAYOR'S FRIEND |
OLYMPICS |
| CONGER SEARCH |
USA FS |
| SOBRIETY CHECK |
| BOND MURDER Return to index of stories... |
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WHERE ONE FAMILY IS GREIVING THE DEATH OF THEIR SON WHO WAS APPARENTLY GUNNED DOWN SATURDAY MORNING.GOOD EVENING I'M ALISON MONTOYA THANKS FOR JOINING US. 28-YEAR-OLD BRAIN BOND WAS SHOT TO DEATH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING IN RIPLEY NEAR THE LAUDERDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL.HIS FATHER, HAYWOOD COUNTY SHERIFF MELVIN BOND SAYS HE HOPES NO FAMILY HAS TO ENDURE WHAT HIS IS GOING THROUGH. BOND SAYS HIS SON WAS A GOOD-NATURED FUN GUY WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR HIS FAMILY. RIPLEY POLICE, THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND TENNESSE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARE ALL INVESTIGATING BOND'S DEATH. T-B-I SAYS TERRY COPLAND AND SEQUNA COPLAND OF RIPLEY ARE BOTH CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER, THEY ARE IN THEIR EARLY TWENTIES. 19-YEAR OLD RANARD WEBSTER IS CHARGED WITH FACILITATION OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. |
| FATAL Return to index of stories... |
FROM HENRY COUNTY A FATAL ACCIDENT CLAIMS THE LIFE OF 42-YEAR-OLD ERIC DOTSON. TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICIALS SAY THE ACCIDENT OCCURED ON MACEDONIA ROAD ABOUT 2:30 THIS MORNING. ONLY ONE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN THE WRECK. T-H-P REPORTS THAT DOTSON WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON MACEDONIA ROAD WHEN HE EXCITED THE ROAD WAY, RE-ENTERED, OVERCORRECTED AND FLIPPED HIS VEHICLE.DOTSON WAS EJECTED FROM HIS VECHICLE. |
| DEADLY BUS AX Return to index of stories... |
FOOTAGE SEEN HERE SHOWS A HARROWING BUS ACCIDENT IN MISSISSIPPI WHICH HAS LEFT SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED AND THREE PEOPLE DEAD ACCORDING TO A MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY PATROL SPOKESPERSON. AUTHORITIES SAY THE BUS OVERTURNED JUST AFTER 10 A-M THIS MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 ADN CASINO STRIP BOULEVARD WHEN IT WAS HEADED TO A NEARBY AIRPORT.
NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE CRASH. |
| ISSAC HAYS Return to index of stories... |
FROM MEMPHIS, A WELL NOTED MUSICIAN IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME AT THE AGE OF 65. REPORTED BY W-M-C TV, MUSICIAN AND GRAMMY AWARD WINNER ISAAC HAYES DIED EARLY THIS MORNING. A SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY RESPONDED TO HAYES' HOME AFTER HIS WIFE FOUND HIM ON THE FLOOR NEAR A TREADMILL INSIDE HIS HOME. HAYES WAS TAKEN TO BAPTIST EAST HOSPITAL IN MEMPHIS, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT SHORTLY AFTER 2 A-M. DEPUTIES WITH THE SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO HAYES' DEATH, BUT THEY BELIEVE NO FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED. HAYES WAS 65-YEARS-OLD HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR WRITING THE THEME SONG TO THE 1971 MOVIE "SHAFT." |
| MAYOR'S FRIEND Return to index of stories... |
ALSO FROM MEMPHIS, A PUBLISHED REPORT SAYS A CLOSE FRIEND OF MEMPHIS MAYOR WILLIE HERENTON HAS BEEN PAID AT LEAST $1.4 MILLION FOR A VARIETY OF SUBCONTRACTING JOBS. THE MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL REPORTS THAT MAYORAL FRIEND REGINALD FRENCH, A ONE-TIME PRISON GUARD, RECEIVED THE AMOUNT OVER A 32-MONTH PERIOD ENDING IN MARCH 2006. THE NEWSPAPER SAYS THE JOBS PERFORMED BY FRENCH INCLUDED INSTALLING FIBER-OPTIC CABLE AT TWO CITY POLICE STATIONS. NEWLY DISCLOSED RECORDS TELL HOW FRENCH LANDED THE $68,000 CABLING JOB IN 2006 DESPITE LACKING EXPERIENCE OR EQUIPMENT FOR THE WORK. THE PAPER SAYS FRENCH HIRED A CABLE INSTALLATION FIRM, FOR $30,000, TO PERFORM THE WORK. |
| CONGER SEARCH Return to index of stories... |
FROM HENRY COUNTY, ONE LITTLE GIRL IS NOT GIVING UP HOPE ON FINDING HER MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN MISSING FOR ALMOST 5 MONTHS. SATURDAY MORNING SEARCH CREWS FROM OUT OF STATE AND WEST TENNESSEE CONTINUED THEIR SEARCH FOR RACHEL CONGER. AUTHORITIES SAY WITNESSES LAST SAW CONGER MARCH 13TH.WITH HER SECOND HUSBAND, PAUL CONGER.WHO SHE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING FROM.HENRY COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HER DISAPPEARANCE AND KILLED HIMSELF SHORTLY AFTER. RACHEL CONGER'S DAUGHTER, AMBER SIMMONS, SAYS SHE WILL DO EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO FIND HER MOM. |
| SOBRIETY CHECK Return to index of stories... |
THE JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN BUSY ALL WEEKEND. LOOKING FOR PROBLEM DRIVERS. OFFICERS HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE CONDUCTING SOBRIETY CHECK POINTS CONCENTRATING THEIR EFFORTS ON REMOVING IMPAIRED DRIVERS FROM THE STREETS..BUT THEY WILL ALSO BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PEOPLE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS. THE INITIATIVE IS PART OF THE GOVERNOR'S HIGHWAY SAFETY PROGRAM. AS WELL AS THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ADMINISTRATION. |
| HIPPOTHERAPY Return to index of stories... |
A CHARITY EVENT WAS HELD LAST NIGHT "THEMED VINO AND VAN GOGH" SHOWCASING AN ART SHOW AND WINE TASTING WITH PROCEEDS BENEFITTING THE THERAPY AND LEARNING CENTER'S HIPPOTHERAPY PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM ALLOWES CHILDREN WHO ARE PHYCIALLY CHALLENGED TO RIDE TRAINED HORSES FOR THERAPY AND IMPROVE THEIR MUSCLE COORDINATION. EVENT GOERS WERE GREATFUL TO HAVE FUN, AND ALSO PROVIDE A HELPING HAND. |
| BENEFIT CONCERT Return to index of stories... |
LAST NIGHT, A BENEFIT CONCERT AT THE CARL PERKINS CIVIC CENTER IS HELD IN HOPES TO RAISE DRUG ABUSE AWARENESS "AND" VIOLENCE AWARENESS IN WEST TENNESSEE. THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY LIGHT OF HOPE PRODUCTIONS AND ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE WEST TENNESSEE CULTURAL HERITAGE ASSOCIATION.AN ORGANIZATION AIMED AT INSPIRING LEADERSHIP AMONG MINORITIES. |
| IRAQ Return to index of stories... |
IN WORLD NEWS.A SERIES OF BOMBS STRUCK IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND COMMUTERS IN BAGHDAD TODAY, KILLING AT LEAST SEVEN PEOPLE AND WOUNDING 25 OTHERS. POLICE SAID THE DEADLIEST BLAST OCCURRED AFTER 8 A-M IN A CROWDED AREA WHERE PEOPLE WAIT FOR BUSES IN THE CAPITAL'S MAINLY SHIITE SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT OF KAMALIYA. FOUR PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING A WOMAN AND HER BROTHER, AND 11 OTHERS WOUNDED IN THAT ATTACK, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIALS. A CAR BOMB LATER EXPLODED AS AN IRAQI ARMY PATROL PASSED BY IN BAGHDAD'S CENTRAL KHILLANI SQUARE, KILLING A SOLDIER AND A CIVILIAN AND WOUNDING NINE OTHER PEOPLE. |
| PRICE Return to index of stories... |
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY'S OWN DAVID PRICE HAS TAKEN ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS THE BIG LEAGUES. THE LEFT-HANDED PITCHER HAS BEEN PROMOTED FROM THE MONTGOMERY BISCUITS TO THE TAMPA BAY RAYS TRIPLE-A AFFILIATE THE DURHAM BULLS, WHERE HE'LL NO DOUBT LEARN TO BREATHE THROUGH HIS EYELIDS LIKE THE LIZARDS OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. PRICE PITCHED AGAINST THE DIAMOND JAXX TWICE, GOING 2-AND-OH AND THROWING 14 COMBINED INNINGS. HE GAVE UP 2 EARNED RUNS OVER THE TWO STARTS, STRUCK OUT 16 TOTALS BATTERS, AND WALKED JUST ONE. SINCE MAKING HIS PROFESSIONAL DEBUT IN SINGLE-A, PRICE IS 11-AND-OH WITH A 1.86 E-R-A. HE WILL START AGAINST NORFOLK TODAY. |
| OLYMPICS Return to index of stories... |
JONATHAN DOES HIGHLIGHTS. CUE FOR NEXT: "LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEDAL COUNT SO FAR." |
| USA FS Return to index of stories... |
AFTER THE FIRST FULL DAY OF COMPETITION, THE UNITED STATES SITS IN SECOND PLACE IN TOTAL MEDAL COUNT BEHIND THE HOST NATION CHINA. THE AMERICANS HAVE WON 2 GOLD, 2 SILVER AND 4 BRONZE, COMPARED TO 6, 2 AND ZERO FOR THE CHINESE. ALONG WITH MICHAEL PHELPS, THE OTHER AMERICAN GOLD CAME COURTESY OF MARIEL ZAGUNIS IN WOMEN'S INDIVIDUAL SABRE. ZAGUNIS WON THAT EVENT FOUR YEARS AGO IN ATHENS, AS WELL. THE REDEEM TEAM, THE UNITED STATES BASKETBALL TEAM, GOT ITS TOURNAMENT UNDERWAY AGAINST HOUSTON ROCKETS CENTER YAO MING AND CHINA. IT WAS A TOUGH GAME EARLY ON, AND IN A BEGINNING FIT FOR HOLLYWOOD, YAO SCORED THE GAME'S FIRST BASKET ON A *THREE-POINTER* FROM THE TOP OF THE KEY. THE GAME WAS TIED AT 29 WITH 6 MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF, BUT THE AMERICANS RESPONDED WITH A 16-3 RUN TO TAKE A 49-37 LEAD AT HALFTIME, ON THE WAY TO AN EASY 101-70 WIN. DWYANE WADE LED ALL SCORERS WITH 19, AND LEBRON JAMES ADDED 18. YAO HAD A DOUBLE-DOUBLE, WITH 13 POINTS AND 10 BOARDS. THE REDEEM TEAM WILL TAKE ON ANGOLA ON TUESDAY. |