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Meow Meow…This Kitty Has Been Mayor of This Town for 15 Years!

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TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — The mayor of a sleepy Alaska town is feline fine.

The part-Manx cat clawed his way onto the political scene of Talkeetna, Alaska, through a write-in campaign shortly after he was born 15 years ago.

Friday that residents didn’t like the mayoral candidates years ago, so they encouraged enough people to elect Stubbs as a write-in candidate. The town has nearly 900 residents.

Although his position is honorary, Stubbs’ popularity is real. His election earned him enough press to catapult the town at the base of Mount McKinley into a tourist destination.

Residents say they’re happy that their stubby-tailed mayor is promoting tourism. The general store where Stubbs hangs out says it gets dozens of tourists a day asking for him.

 

Bodies found floating in river with out feet, head, and hands

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DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says the bodies of a man and a woman whose heads, hands and feet were cut off have been found floating in the Detroit River and a nearby tributary.

Coast Guard Lt. Justin Westmiller tells the Detroit Free Press that a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officer on routine patrol in a vehicle on the shore spotted the first body in Fox Creek around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. The second body was spotted about 7:15 a.m. in the Detroit River.

Westmiller says the bodies’ hands, feet and heads “were clearly cut off.”

He didn’t know how long the bodies of the man and woman had been in the water. Detroit police are handling the investigation.

The Associated Press left a message with Westmiller seeking additional information.

Flyer’s announcing Taco Bell Opening turns to be a hoax…NOT FUNNY

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BETHEL, Alaska (AP) — Some residents in Bethel, Alaska, may have thought their pleas of, “Yo quiero, Taco Bell!” had finally been heard.

Yellow flyers announcing the opening of the fast food restaurant started showing up in this southwest Alaska community of 6,200 people last week, complete with instructions of how to apply for a job.

Alaskan Media that it turned out to be an elaborate hoax, with a fake phone number and website listed on the flyer.

Denali Foods Inc., which operates all Taco Bells in Alaska, says there are no plans to open a location in Bethel.

It’s not known who is behind the hoax or why.

And for Bethel residents needing a Taco Bell fix, the closest location will require a plane ride to Anchorage, 400 miles to the east.

Man sentenced to death, executed today in Idaho

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[poll id=”31″]BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prisons officials are making their final preparations for the execution of death row inmate Richard Albert Leavitt, who is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection Tuesday morning.   

If the execution proceeds, it will be the first time that Idaho media witnesses are allowed to watch as the condemned enters the death chamber, is strapped down and inserted with IVs. The state made the change after The Associated Press and 16 other news organizations sued and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found Idaho’s former policy preventing witnesses from viewing the first half of executions violated the First Amendment.

Leavitt was sentenced to death in 1985 for the stabbing murder of 31-year-old Danette Elg in Blackfoot.

Woman Falls to her Death in Yellowestone

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — The National Park Service says an 18-year-old woman has died after falling 400 feet in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.

The Park Service says she was a Yellowstone concession employee on her first day in the park. She was hiking a canyon trail with three other acquaintances when she ventured off trail onto a loose rock promontory, which gave way underneath her.

The accident occurred near Inspiration Point Thursday afternoon. Her body was retrieved Friday.

Truck Drivers Honored for Logging over 1 Million Miles Safely

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Werner Enterprises is honoring its truck drivers who have logged more than 1 million miles on the road safely.

Werner recently created a wall of honor for more than 1,400 current and former drivers who have built impressive safety records. The wall is at Werner Park, the home of the Omaha Storm Chasers minor league baseball team.

Werner says 1,249 of its drivers have logged 1 million safe miles. Another 142 have driven at least 2 million. Eleven have logged 3 million miles, and one driver had five million.

All those drivers’ names are etched on the wall.

Chairman Gary Werner says the company wanted to recognize its drivers’ commitment to safety because that’s an important part of the company.

Wyoming and Denver experiencing rough storms

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DENVER (AP) — Storms have brought a tornado and 2-inch hail to Wyoming, a day after

Hail size 1 1/2 hours after it fell- Photo courtesy of Cody Trusty

thunderstorms pummeled parts of Wyoming and Colorado with golf ball-sized hail and heavy rain.

Wyoming officials say three homes were heavily damaged by the tornado Thursday, and 10 to 12 other structures also have damage.

Speaking for the Platte County Sheriff’s Office, local radio station owner Kent Smith says the injured person was treated at the Wheatland hospital for a cut on the head.

National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Trudel says the tornado touched down briefly near Wheatland, north of Cheyenne. Meanwhile hail the size of golf balls was reported in the Wheatland area, and 2-inch hail was reported in Laramie.

On Wednesday, about five tornadoes touched down in Colorado. No serious damage was reported.

Breaking news- Shooting at Virginia Tech University

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Virginia Tech University

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP)- The suspect remains on the loose.
A news release from the school says the police officer had pulled someone over in what was a routine traffic stop Thursday.
The officer was shot and killed during the traffic stop.
Witnesses told police the shooter ran toward a parking lot on campus. A second person was found dead in that parking lot.
Virginia State Police will be taking over the investigation, according to the news release.
The shooting comes the same day as Virginia Tech is appealing a $55,000 fine by the Education Department in connection with the university’s response to a 2007 rampage. A student gunman killed 32 students and faculty and then shot himself on the campus in 2007.

 

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