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As we are reminded every summer, three little months can amount to quite a bit of stuff going on, especially when those months are June, July and August.

NORMAL -- Normal will host a special event to showcase Route 66 during National Trails Day observances Saturday.

In today's GO! cover story, we've given you an extensive preview of all the big-name concert events scheduled in Pantagraphland between now and summer's end.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

GIG HARBOR -- A 21-year-old man who works at the Tacoma Narrows Airport was arrested early Sunday, accused of taking a joyride in a car on the airport's runway before crashing off the tarmac, police said.

A Carlisle-area woman was listed in critical condition at Hershey Medical Center following an accident Wednesday morning at Hogestown Road and Bentzel Drive in Silver Spring Township.

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH - A Richlands High School student was seriously injured in a four car accident Sunday afternoon on the N.C. 210 high-rise bridge. The wreck occurred about 2 p.m. during the height of the Memorial Day weekend.

PONTIAC -- With his right arm raised and his body crouched in a shooting stance, defense attorney Antonio Tuddles demonstrated Friday in Oakland Circuit Court the way Kyle Belevender, 17, possibly died.

MARYLAND FREDERICK Two men stabbed in fight on street Three men were assaulted -- two of them stabbed -- during an altercation early yesterday morning, Frederick police said.

BRISTOL, VIRGINIA POLICE ARE WRAPPED UP THE SCENE OF A SEVERE ACCIDENT LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THEY GOT THE CALL TO KINGS MILL PIKE. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE AN S-U-V CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND HIT A PONTIAC HEAD-ON.

HANCOCK — The Michigan Business Leaders for Education Excellence (MBLEE) announced Gordon G. Barkell Elementary School as one of the top performing elementary schools for 2007.

A 21-year-old man who works at the Tacoma Narrows Airport was arrested early Sunday morning after taking a joyride on the airport's runway before crashing off the tarmac, police said.

Two Homestead teens were hospitalized in critical condition after a Sunday afternoon gathering with friends turned into a violent brawl. Police are still trying to figure out why.

Police say it appears the two, in their early 20s, had been drinking as they jumped in the car and took it for a spin in a place they shouldn't have. Both are believed to be employees of the Tacoma Narrows Airport, so they had the authorization to be there, but that privilege was abused.

Reported By: WMDT Staff

What things have gone wrong with the car? The piece of plastic at the end of the dashboard that connects to the windshield came loose. The dealer repaired it.

A 12-year-old riding a dirt bike was killed when he ran into a car on Highway 385 and his bike caught on fire about four miles south of Sheridan Lake in Kiowa County.

A 12-year-old boy was killed when he ran into the side of a car on his dirtbike Saturday evening in Prowers county.

Two men are in hot water after taking a joyride on the runway of the Tacoma Narrows Airport on Saturday night.Both men injured when car crashed

Funeral services will be Monday in East Brainerd for Private First Class Travis Frederick Haslip, who was killed in action in Baghdad, Iraq, last Saturday.

05/26/07 11:50 p.m. FRUITLAND - State police say a suspected drunken driver is dead after he caused a crash that injured seven other people Saturday night.

As we are reminded every summer, three little months can amount to quite a bit of stuff going on, especially when those months are June, July and August.

NORMAL -- Normal will host a special event to showcase Route 66 during National Trails Day observances Saturday.

In today's GO! cover story, we've given you an extensive preview of all the big-name concert events scheduled in Pantagraphland between now and summer's end.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- American flags adorn the lawn of a Chattanooga funeral home where a Memorial Day funeral service is planned for a Tennessee soldier killed in Iraq.

Here are a selection of brief news items from this week's paper edition, as well as a few news briefs that didn't make it in the paper.

SALISBURY — A suspected drunken driver is still being treated at Peninsula Regional Medical Center after causing a crash that injured six other people and killed one male passenger Saturday night.

Don Thomson Jr. held off a late charge from Mark Dilley to win the first ever NASCAR Canadian Tire Series race at Cayuga. Peter Gibbons rounded out the podium followed by former Champ Car driver Andrew Ranger and Derek Lynch rounding out the top five.

By Jason Gertzen, The Kansas City Star, Mo. May 27--The amazing Apple hype machine soon could help Sprint Nextel Corp. sell bunches of music-playing wireless phones. The debut of the much-heralded iPhone is thought to be imminent, though Apple and AT&T Inc.

Charles L. Ballard, Department of Economics professor at Michigan State University, will join Ryan S. Olson, director of education policy of the Mackinac Center, in a spirited discussion on Michigan's school funding dilemma at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pontiac Country Club, 4335 Elizabeth Lake Road, Waterford.

The sound of music and children squealing on carnival rides likely grabbed Spencer M. Barboni's attention Saturday. Police say they suspect the 8-year-old was headed toward the fun at the Veterans of Foreign Wars field days when he darted across Phoenix's Bridge Street and was run down by a car.

It's about more than pilfered gas for John White.

Two officers and hundreds of orange traffic cones were on hand to guide her, but the 22-year-old motorist couldn't see past her fear.

Rising gas prices are forcing Tri-Staters to rethink their driving habits.

The following bankruptcies were filed in Danville, Peoria and Springfield between May 16 and May 22:

If Brandon Nichols and Paul Ondrish had known the pain their deaths would cause, their families are sure they would have buckled their seat belts.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Sixteen-year-old Ashley Christopher got her first car -- and she can thank her school, not her parents, for her white 1997 Pontiac Grand Am GT.

STREATOR — Wi-Fi, the freeway of universal Internet access, has hit a bump in the road in LaSalle and Livingston counties while Streator and Pontiac officials try to resolve how best to provide the service.

Kelly Collins qualified the No. 07 Banner Engineering Pontiac GXP.R in third position for Monday's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve GT Classic at Lime Rock Park. Leighton Reese in his No. 06 team GXP.R will start along side Collins in fourth with the Racers Edge GXP.R, qualified by Drew Staveley, starting one row behind in fifth.

PONTIAC -- On the rainy Saturday morning before Memorial Day, Ralph Landry gave directions to several soggy volunteers armed with a bundle of American flags.

A Carlisle-area woman was listed in critical condition at Hershey Medical Center following an accident Wednesday morning at Hogestown Road and Bentzel Drive in Silver Spring Township.

Roundup of regional softball games played May 26 involving area teams

May 27 5 years ago (2002): An era has ended in Bloomington-Normal amateur baseball with the folding of the Bloomington Bobcats. Hoping to fill that void for college-age players is a new squad, the Twin City Scrappers, who began their inaugural season by beating the Aurora Oilers twice, 6-5 and 2-1.

When Sammi heard a classmate talking about her behind her back, it gave her chills. And she felt sick when he leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Are you ready for a man again?"

As we are reminded every summer, three little months can amount to quite a bit of stuff going on, especially when those months are June, July and August.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

“We will have a cool set of music services on many devices as well as the iPhone.” Rob Hyatt of AT&T The amazing Apple hype machine soon could help Sprint Nextel Corp. sell bunches of music-playing wireless phones.

— Contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers don't officially begin for months, but critical battles already are under way at General Motors Corp. plants around the country.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- American flags adorn the lawn of a Chattanooga funeral home where a Memorial Day funeral service is planned for a Tennessee soldier killed in Iraq.

STREATOR — Wi-Fi, the freeway of universal Internet access, has hit a bump in the road in LaSalle and Livingston counties while Streator and Pontiac officials try to resolve how best to provide the service.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Sixteen-year-old Ashley Christopher got her first car _ and she can thank her school, not her parents, for her white 1997 Pontiac Grand Am GT.

Rehearsals of Vermillion Players' production of Leonard Bernstein's and Stephen Sondheim's show "West Side Story" are under way. Under the direction of Tom Ramseyer, this musical will feature 32 students from high school and college. There will also be five adults in the cast.

Several area towns are planning Memorial Day observances on Sunday and Monday. Their plans are listed below. The 140th Memorial Day parade will step off at 10 a.m. Monday from Central School, proceeding south on Main Street to Madison Street, then south onto Mill Street.

The following bankruptcies were filed in Danville, Peoria and Springfield between May 16 and May 22:

Nothing that hasn't been covered under warranty except front brakes last October at 55000 Km. Things that have been covered under warranty: replaced tail light, driver's side mirror, repaired trunk release, repaired skip in the radio.

PONTIAC -- On the rainy Saturday morning before Memorial Day, Ralph Landry gave directions to several soggy volunteers armed with a bundle of American flags.

Two women were arrested Thursday on Interstate 40 for possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver heroin. Dominique Lockett, 19, of Newman, Ga., and Myesia Minor, 29, of Dover, Del., appeared before Circuit Judge Dennis Sutterfield, during a bond hearing Friday morning.

You want clever? Volkswagen has clever. It comes in the 2007 Eos, the German manufacturer's new hard top convertible. In less than 30 seconds, it converts from a steel top coupe to an open-air cruiser.

Five teen-agers have been arrested on charges of grand theft auto after four cars turned up missing from Sadisco of Florida, a vehicle salvaging business on Entrepot Boulevard.

FITCHBURG -- A group of Asian men -- possibly from Connecticut or Wisconsin -- appear to be targeting city Hmong residents for planned robberies or burglaries, Police Chief Edward F.

Ed Hedrick of Ed’s Canal Pub holds his “Voted #1” award he received in last year’s Times-News Reader’s Choice judging. The Reader’s Choice contest gets under way again today with a ballot appearing on Page 7A. Readers will be asked to list their favorites in a variety of local categories.

A probate judge has ruled that the estate of slain developer Andrew Kissel is insolvent, meaning his creditors will get only a fraction of the millions of dollars they're owed.

The following articles appeared in the Police Log in the Cumberland Times-News on May 26, 2007.

CHICAGO -- The U.S. soccer team will play exhibition games in Europe against Catalonia and Switzerland in October. The Americans meet Catalonia, a Spanish regional team, on Oct. 14 at Barcelona, Spain, then play at Switzerland three days later.

Sue Chase held tightly onto her daughter's driver's license yesterday as both a reminder of Tammy Cappelletty's life and as proof that the trial of her accused killer was finally over.

SHOOTING SHUTS I-80 FOR 90 MINUTES: Police closed westbound Interstate 80 through Pinole for more than an hour Friday while investigating an apparent road-rage shooting.

She has the keys. She has the car. Now all 16-year-old Ashley Christopher needs is her driver’s license.

• DeKalb Hospital, Auburn, received the 2007 Child Safety Advocate Award from Safe Kids Indiana, the Automotive Safety Program at Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, and Indiana University Hospital for its dedication in the prevention of injuries and deaths to children.

BLOOMINGTON -- Parades, ceremonies and a variety of other activities highlight Memorial Day activities in Central Illinois. Unless otherwise noted, the events occur Monday. Here is a town-by-town list.

A Clay resident was charged Thursday in the shooting of a Syracuse man last month, city police said. Daveon Johnson, 28, of 4399 Plantation Blvd., was charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

CHARLTON - When time permits, authorities have shown a willingness to quickly respond to litterbugs, even rifling through trash bags to identify sources.

Former Utahn found dead in Wyoming The body of a 24-year-old man was found in a creek in Jackson, Wyo., and investigators were treating it as a possible homicide.

Back in the 1960s, a small group of women from St. Hugo of the Hills Parish in Bloomfield Hills decided to devote their "free" time to conquering poverty in nearby Pontiac.

HAMMOND | The day for Amy Yuratovac begins early, runs late, and is filled with the responsibility of being a mother and job holder.

A Carlisle-area woman was listed in critical condition at Hershey Medical Center following an accident Wednesday morning at Hogestown Road and Bentzel Drive in Silver Spring Township.

Thirty years after ?Smokey and the Bandit? was released, about 200 fans retraced the route traveled in the movie.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

TOPEKA, Kan. (May 25, 2007) -- The NHRA O'Reilly Summer Nationals being held June 1-3 at Heartland Park Topeka marks the beginning of the grueling, hot summer racing period on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series.

TOPEKA, Kan. (May 25, 2007) -- Sometimes extra time to prepare for a race is good for a driver.

CASAR — The Gaston County Bomb Squad disposed of dynamite and blasting caps found in a car on Buck Chapman Road.

The U.S. soccer team will play exhibition games in Europe against Catalonia and Switzerland in October. The Americans meet Catalonia, a Spanish regional team, on Oct. 14 at Barcelona, Spain, then play at Switzerland three days later. Because Catalonia is not a FIFA member, that game will not be considered a full international. Switzerland, a co-host of next year's European Championship, has not ...

CHICAGO -- The U.S. soccer team will play exhibition games in Europe against Catalonia and Switzerla...

The U.S. soccer team will play exhibition games in Europe against Catalonia and Switzerland in October.

State Police say speed played a role in an accident involving a school bus carrying more than a dozen students in Fayette County this morning.

TOPEKA, Kan., May 25, 2007 - After doubling up in the winner's circle with his dad Ray Connolly at the recently completed O'Reilly Midwest Nationals in St. Louis, that little dose of success has breathed fresh air and new life into Dave Connolly's campaign to capture his first NHRA POWERade Pro Stock championship.

Four seniors will share valedictorian honors at graduation at Pontiac Township High School Friday evening.

Police are looking for a man who carjacked a woman's car Thursday night while she was pumping gas. The carjacking occurred around 9 p.m. while a 49-year-old Pittsburg woman was pumping gas at the Bonfare Market in the 4100 of Railroad Avenue, said Lt.

BLOOMINGTON -- Parades, ceremonies and a variety of other activities highlight Memorial Day activities in Central Illinois. Unless otherwise noted, the events occur Monday. Here is a town-by-town list.

George Cullen and Nichole Skillman have been named the top senior athletes at Janesville Craig High School. They were presented the Richard Ellis Post's American Legion Athletic Medal at the school's annual senior awards ceremony Thursday night.

Nampa police are looking for the driver of a black Pontiac Firebird that crashed into the KFC building at about 1 a.m. Wednesday at Caldwell Boulevard and Canyon Drive. Witnesses said the car appeared to be going about 80 mph eastbound on Caldwell Boulev

Posted: 10:12 AM- A bicyclist was struck by a car while crossing a street near Nibley Park Golf Course Thursday night.

BAN IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE A boil water advisory and a watering ban have been issued for about 90,000 homes in Northeast Columbia.

Sample fares for round-trip adult ticket from Kalamazoo: Detroit, $46; Ann Arbor, $45; Pontiac, $48; East Lansing, $16; Chicago, $51 (subject to change).

Dr. Kevorkian Says He Will No Longer Participate in Assisted Suicides

- 3 alternators due to the stereo in the car. - 2 thermostats. - The car would stall unpredictably due to a wire short. - Replaced a crank sensor. - Replaced all brakes.

A driver whose car crossed a median and struck a police cruiser in front of police headquarters has been released from Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

North Trimble Road and Park Avenue West, Mansfield -- Police arrested a 40-year-old man on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon at 3:40 p.m. Thursday. The responding officer recognized the suspect as having an outstanding arrest warrant and stopped his vehicle.

It was a page out of the darkest days of Colombia's drug wars, when assassinations were commonplace. As Jose Nemesio Lugo drove down a narrow lane in the capital's well-heeled Coyoacan district last week, a red Pontiac suddenly blocked his way. Within...

Engine swap (blew rods through oil pan and most of the block), fuel pump, many wrecks, ignition problems most recently, but thought to be fixed. Now the security system, driver seat swap out, blinker switch ticking all the time.

SPRINGDALE -- Longtime Springdale businessman Russell Charlesworth died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. He was 78.

PONTIAC -- A Chicago man convicted of drug sales near a Pontiac preschool has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

A driver whose car crossed a median and struck a police cruiser in front of police headquarters has been released from Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

If you're one of the folks like me who won't be heading out of town for Memorial Day weekend, driving ought to be a bit easier. The Michigan Department of Transportation and most local road agencies suspend as much roadwork as they can for holidays such as these. Work will be put on hold from 3 p.m. today to 6 a.m. Tuesday.

A Carlisle-area woman was listed in critical condition at Hershey Medical Center following an accident Wednesday morning at Hogestown Road and Bentzel Drive in Silver Spring Township.

A federal judge on Thursday rejected calls for prison and sentenced two retired United Auto Workers officials to probation and home confinement on extortion charges stemming from a decade-old strike at the General Motors Corp. truck plant in Pontiac.

ORION TOWNSHIP -- Contract talks between Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers don't officially begin for months, but critical battles already are under way at General Motors Corp. plants around the country.

PONTIAC -- Oakland County residents can enroll over the phone or on the Internet for a new dental discount program that was announced Thursday by the Board of Commissioners.

PONTIAC -- When Larry Keehn entered Oak Hill Cemetery to tend his mother's grave last year, he didn't expect to find 6-foot-deep woodchuck holes nearby.

Thursday, May 24 was declared Steven Seth Day in Oakland County by grateful elected officials in recognition of the 8-year-old boy's quick thinking and actions earlier this year that may have saved the life of a classmate. Seth, who attends Cooley Elementary School in Waterford Township, freed food stuck in Ben Schwimmer's throat with the Heimlich maneuver after noticing him choking in the school ...

PONTIAC -- At least 321 employees will be laid off from the Pontiac School District, including 100 teachers, as the district struggles to balance the budget.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

The school year ended Thursday for many, and for two teachers at Pontiac Elementary, it marked the beginning and end of their respective careers. VIDEO

The Holden Commodore-based Pontiac G8 has a cameo appearance in a music video by controversial "gangsta" rapper 50 Cent (pictured). The car features in the video for 50 Cent's new single Amusement Park, which is on his coming album Curtis, due for release next month.

PONTIAC -- School district administrators are notifying 321 employees that they won't have jobs July 1.

As we are reminded every summer, three little months can amount to quite a bit of stuff going on, especially when those months are June, July and August.

LANSING -- Amtrak's popular Pontiac-to-Chicago line could be one of the first routes to see improvements under a proposed infusion of federal cash into the nation's urban train systems, Amtrak's chief said today.

PONTIAC, Mich. -- School district administrators are notifying 321 employees that they won't have jobs July 1. "With these layoffs, the district will be decimated, but we will...

A federal judge today rejected calls for prison terms and sentenced two retired United Auto Workers officials to probation and home confinement on extortion charges stemming from a decade-old strike at the General Motors Corp. truck plant in Pontiac.

A Hanover woman was flown to York Hospital on Wednesday night after a one-vehicle crash in Penn Township, police said.

Summer reading is being planned at the Pontiac Public Library. Many programs will be offered, including story times, crafts, movies and games. Programs will include a magician, an inflatable space room and a sampling of “alien” food.

The brake shoes went out about a month after I bought it. The battery leaked acid and caused me to have to call the dealer to have it towed and then it cost over $200 to have that fixed and for the towing. Then once again it wouldn't start so it had to be towed again for the same problem.

A passerby spotted a body floating in Humboldt Park's lagoon. The Fire Department retrieved the unidentified dead man, believed to be in his 40s. The man's bike and some personal items were found on a nearby bridge. Autopsy results were pending an investigation.

SPRINGDALE -- Longtime Springdale businessman Russell Charlesworth died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. He was 78.

NORMAL -- Nurses Sheila Simons, Mary Harrison and Sonja Miller have a lot more in common than just their occupation.

A 40-year-old man is dead following a single-vehicle rollover Tuesday in East Kildonan. The accident happened about 4 p.m. on Springfield Road between Lagimodiere and Cox boulevards.

PONTIAC -- Oakland County residents will receive a 20 to 50 percent discount on dental care, thanks to a bipartisan plan that will be launched today by the county's Board of Commissioners.

Nampa police are looking for the driver of a black Pontiac Firebird that crashed into the KFC building at about 1 a.m. Wednesday at Caldwell Boulevard and Canyon Drive.

Two retired United Auto Workers officials are to be sentenced in federal court today for extortion during a decade-old strike at the General Motors Corp. truck plant in Pontiac.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

BLOOMINGTON — With an eye towards this weekend’s state meet, Bloomington High School’s track team switched its sprint relay lineups Tuesday in the 24th annual Pantagraph Honor Roll Meet. | Photo Gallery

Baseball Pontiac 9, Streator 2: The visiting Indians scored six runs in the seventh inning to pull away for an opening-round upset victory in Class AA regional action at Streator.

One year ago, the Alameda County Sheriff's named convicted murderer Sebastian Alexander Shaw as a suspect in the 1994 homicide. Shaw is serving three life sentences in Oregon.

ST. PETERSBURG - Surveillance video is offering clues to whoever robbed a convenience story in St. Petersburg . A woman with a gun demanded money and lottery tickets.

So what if gas is expensive; let's drive fast!

The Pontiac GXP.R contingent is headed from the west coast to the east coast for round six of the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Special Reserve GT Challenge race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut this weekend. The GT only race will be run on Monday, May 28.

Summer reading is being planned at the Pontiac Public Library. Many programs will be offered, including story times, crafts, movies and games. Programs will include a magician, an inflatable space room and a sampling of “alien” food.

Steering rack failure at 45,000. Engine blew up at 50,000. Transmission blew at 65,000. Computer failed at 70,000. Car overheated starting at 30,000.

A car crash in Nampa brought a whole new meaning to the term ''drive-thru restaurant.''

SUNRISE, Fla. -- A teenager is in big trouble as he faces five counts of animal cruelty after deliberately killing at least four ducks.

A Nevada County man wanted by police on two warrants is in jail after leading police on a high-speed chase in Penn Valley.

Students at Pontiac High School in Pontiac are taking high gas prices into their own hands.

50-year-old Anita Vega died when her 2006 Pontiac Solstice veered off I-20 westbound into the median and struck a tree just before 4 o'clock this morning.

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) - A car crash in Nampa brought a whole new meaning to the term "drive-thru restaurant." A black Pontiac Firebird was traveling at high speeds at about one am this morning when it lost control, crashed through some shrubs and wound up smashing into a KFC fried chicken restaurant.

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) - Students at Pontiac High School in Pontiac are taking high gas prices into their own hands. The teens in Paul Ritter's ecology class are converting vegetable oil in a biodiesel generator to create biodiesel fuel.

James Vanderwal, 33, of Shallow Lake died in a single car rollover on Highway 6 north of Springmount early Monday. An OPP news release said Vanderwal was driving a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am which appeared to have been northbound before it left the highway and rolled several times.

PONTIAC, Ill. (AP) - Students at Pontiac High School in Pontiac are taking high gas prices into their own hands. The teens in Paul Ritter's ecology class are converting vegetable oil in a biodiesel generator to create biodiesel fuel.

SPRINGDALE -- Longtime Springdale businessman Russell Charlesworth died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. He was 78.

Die Hard star Bruce Willis is suing a car dealership after they allegedly sold him a $70,000 motor that didn't work.

PONTIAC — Fire heavily damaged a paint line and part of the roof of a Pontiac manufacturing plant Monday night, but much of the plant remained operational Tuesday, the city’s fire chief said.

One man was injured Tuesday night when the car he was driving struck a utility pole and flipped onto its side about 7:30 p.m. near Sand Run and Yellow Creek roads.

A 30-year-old Pontiac man on parole for manslaughter could return to prison if he's convicted of killing his girlfriend while driving drunk, police say.

Wed, May 23, 2007 Sunflashes By SUN STAFF SURRENDER IN STANDOFF Quebec provincial police were involved in a standoff yesterday with a 35-year-old Fort-Coulonge man who surrendered after nearly six hours inside a Pontiac-area cottage. Cops say they arrived at the man's Bell Lake cottage, near Mansfield Twp., at about 11 a.m. yesterday to investigate a possible breach of probation but the man ...

A reward of up to $5,000 is offered for information leading to the person or persons responsible for a fire at Alpine Valley Ski Resort early Tuesday. The township fire department was dispatched shortly after 4 a.m. when a deputy saw flames from Ormond and M-59. The fire department arrived to find multiple fires in small outbuildings at the ski resort north of M-59. The fires, which appeared to ...

PONTIAC — Fire heavily damaged a paint line and part of the roof of a Pontiac manufacturing plant Monday night, but much of the plant remained operational Tuesday, the city’s fire chief said.

Baseball Pontiac 9, Streator 2: The visiting Indians scored six runs in the seventh inning to pull away for an opening-round upset victory in Class AA regional action at Streator.

PONTIAC -- Move over, Spoon River Scenic Drive. Take note, Parke County Covered Bridge Festival.

Jury participation is a growing trend. PONTIAC -- A jury was chosen Tuesday to weigh evidence in the 2005 street shooting of Kyle Belevender and decide the fate of his alleged killer, Leon Treadwell.

TAMPA - A 14-month-old baby was in a getaway car as the baby's mother, the driver, waited for her partners, who were stealing copper coils and damaging two air-conditioning units valued at $12,000, police said.

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With gas at more than $3 a gallon, the romance of the open road is, well, road kill. But there was a day when motoring across the country with the top down was part of the American experience.

GEORGETOWN — A Maryland man has been charged with second-degree vehicular homicide in the death of a Delaware woman on U.S. 9 west of Lewes in March, state police said today.

A man was shot inside his car on Reading Road near Seymour Avenue and taken to University Hospital just after 8 p.m. tonight.

Below is a partial list of possible crimes recently reported to Peoria police. Not all reports actually involve crime, and some incidents might have been reported more than once. Reports are listed by block number, not exact address.

Nearly three years ago, Seth Elliott's father tried to kill him. Parker Elliott, murdered his mother and sister. For the first time, Seth talks about his ordeal in hopes of helping others.

Alaska State Troopers report a head-on collision on the Sterling Highway Saturday that killed a 22-year-old woman and destroyed a semi hauling hazardous chemicals. Troopers say Amber Zuck of Sterling crossed the center line and slammed into a semi driven by 56-year-old Mike Medcoff of Kenai.

A one-vehicle crash in North Longview shortly after 9 a.m. Tuesday resulted in minor injuries for a teen passenger.

Higher gasoline prices are not expected to keep many people from traveling this Memorial Day weekend. If you are heading north or south on Interstate 55 there will be a big saturation of state police on the highway.

A Monday night fire did not stop production today at Interlake Material Handling, Incorporated in Pontiac.

A 30-year-old Pontiac man could face prison time if he's convicted of killing his girlfriend while driving drunk, police say.

The Brodhead man left dead after a crash near Orfordville early Monday morning had been ticketed just a few hours before in Janesville for imprudent speed and failing to stay in the center of his lane.

A DeLand man has died after witnesses say a driver ran a red light and hit his car Monday night on U.S. Highway 92, an official said today.

PONTIAC -- Police are seeking suspects in two recent attacks on women on the city's northeast side.

The fourth Wednesday of each month means the American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be in Pontiac and this week is no exception. The bloodmobile will be at the VFW Post from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Feral felines in Pontiac will be trapped and neutered with the city's consent and money, but whether to license cats will await more public reaction, the City Council voted Monday.

The first Pontiac firemen to arrive at Interlake Inc. on Monday at 9:39 p.m. knew they would need to be helped by the mutual aid among fire departments in this county.

Pontiac police are investigating reports that two women were assaulted on the northeast side of the city.

Pontiac police are looking for a man who appears to be targeting women in the northeast part of the city.

A Janesville police officer said that a Brodhead man killed in a car crash on Monday wasn't arrested on suspicion of drunken driving during a prior traffic stop because he didn't have enough evidence for the charge.

ROCHELLE PARK -- A township man was injured Sunday when his car hit a utility pole and he had to be extricated from the vehicle, police said. Edward Chupak, 30, crashed his 2000 Pontiac Sunbird as he traveled east on Lincoln Drive about 11:15 a.m., said Sgt. Don Simon.

Needed to change front struts to pass safety. Did it myself, $150. Needed to change entire fuel system. Fuel gauge would not move and lines were leaky. $260.

PONTIAC — More than two dozen emergency vehicles and more than 50 firefighters from surrounding towns remained at the scene of a plant fire in Pontiac early today.

PONTIAC -- A 51-year-old trucker from Little Rock, Ark., was dead at the scene of a semi-trailer truck crash on Interstate 55 near Pontiac, said Livingston County Coroner Mike Burke in a statement.

The news in brief for May 22 Ailing student’s wish for tools fulfilled

Public safety reports for May 22 Arkansas trucker killed in I-55 crash PONTIAC — A 51-year-old trucker from Little Rock, Ark., was dead at the scene of a semitrailer truck crash on Interstate 55 near Pontiac, Livingston County Coroner Mike Burke said Monday in a statement.

James Vanderwal, 33, of Shallow Lake died in a single car rollover on Highway 6 north of Springmount early Monday. An OPP news release said Vanderwal was driving a 1999 Pontiac Grand Am which appeared to have been northbound before it left the highway and rolled several times.

Demario Keonta Perry may have been driving more than 90 mph in the wrong direction on Interstate 485 Sunday when he crashed into another car, killing a Matthews man and critically injuring his daughter, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.

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Dear Mr. Inman: A few years ago, I saw a TV movie with singers Jan and Dean and Warren Oates. Jan and Dean went around challenging other drag racers to race against them. Oates drove a Pontiac GTO, I think. I am thinking the name of this movie is "Blacktop Highway." Is that correct? Is it on video? -- O.R., Scottdale, Pa.

South San Francisco High School's senior prom provided students an opportunity to come together and support one another after the recent death of a classmate, school officials said.

Consider it one small town helping another. Only the small town receiving the help is an unwilling participant in a natural disaster that has some thinking of it in terms the way we might think of some other towns pummeled by Mother Nature. Think New Orleans. Now think Greensburg. As in the Kansas town devastated by a Category 5 tornado on May 5, rendering much of the 1,400-person town destroyed ...

May 22 5 years ago (2002): The 19th Pantagraph Honor Roll Meet was blessed with sunny, windless conditions and Bloomington’s Tiffany Gaston responded by winning three girls track events. Double winners in the boys meet were Matt Dunham of Pontiac, Chase Slover of Metamora and Jimmy Schultz of Olympia.

ASSAULT ARREST, FORT MOJAVE - Mohave County sheriff's deputies arrested Nicholas Raphael Burgess, 20, of Fort Mojave Saturday morning for felony aggravated assault on a peace officer and misdemeanor criminal damage, Mohave County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Trish Carter said.

A teenage romance gone sour apparently incited a group of Naperville-area youths to hurl a rock through the window of a house and try to torch a new car with a Molotov cocktail, Naperville police said Monday.

SPRINGDALE -- Longtime Springdale businessman Russell Charlesworth died Thursday, May 17, 2007, at Northwest Medical Center-Springdale. He was 78.

David Soto staggered from his burning house, his body in flames. He screamed -- but not from the pain. "¡Saquen mis hijos y mi esposa!" he yelled as he tumbled down the steps of his front porch, made his way across the street and fell to the sidewalk.

A Waterford Township school and a senior center were locked down Monday morning after a man believed to have outstanding felony warrants ran from officers. Police went to the Glengary apartment complex on Pontiac Lake Road about 9 a.m. after someone reported a suspicious person in the parking lot.

Ticen Ervin saw his dream job in the furniture business destroyed in what Nashville fire investigators are describing as a set of "suspicious" fires late Sunday on Ervin's east Nashville properties.