| UPDATED: Names released from fatal accident; 911 calls added
The victims in a fatal crash on Three Locks Road lived less than two miles from where they crashed. Mary Horsley, 25, and Brenda Horsley, 49, both died after the 2000 Lincoln they were in crashed and landed into a tributary of the Scioto River. .
52 more indicted in ongoing drug sting
There's also a gang oath that tells members to "stay strap (armed), and keep bustin'." Blue was one of several suspects picked up in a row Thursday morning. Just before, when the six-deep team of undercover officers pulled up in two vehicles at the home of Melvin Travis, the suspect was standing at the door. He ran to the back and three officers vaulted a chain link fence to cut off his escape. Two others tackled him in the kitchen with a small amount of marijuana. His car was also towed. It's alleged he sold from the car. Travis, 31, denied selling dope, but he's on video. "I didn't sell no dope out of the car," he attests. The officers found a loaded revolver under a bed in the house. "This is some cold-blooded (expletive)," he exclaimed as he was taken out in cuffs.
Lots of work and preparation goes into annual Bristol race
The Food City 250 is the 10-race-to-go mark in the NASCAR Busch Series season. In the first 24 races of 2006, there have been 14 different winners (Kevin Harvick leads with five wins) and 12 different Busch Pole winners (Denny Hamlin - six). Mark Martin, the series' all-time wins leader (47) added to that record with his 29th career pole at Michigan last Saturday, breaking the first-place tie between him and Tommy Ellis (28). .
Unlikely allies fight same-sex marriage in Iowa
Because Iowa doesn't have a residency requirement, Hurley believes same-sex couples from out of state will marry here, then sue their home states for recognition. The court likely will not rule until 2009. But Ratliff and Hurley say it's imprudent to wait.
So do 45 of Iowa's 100 state representatives, who are co-sponsoring legislation on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. When surveyed on how they would vote, the Iowa House of Representatives was split 50-50. This will be a critical week because legislation concerning the constitutional amendment must make it out of committee by Thursday or the bill won't be voted on this session. Ratliff and Hurley have been two of the loudest voices in this legislative and cultural fight, organizing rallies against same-sex marriage and lobbying the Legislature to let Iowans vote on its legality.
Danny Hoch's 'Taking Over' Extends 2-Weeks at Berkeley Rep
After two weeks of rave reviews and sold-out houses, the Obie Award-winner Danny Hoch extends his world premiere one-man show Taking Over for two-weeks at Berkeley Rep. Taking Over, originally scheduled to close on February 10, will now play through February 24 on Berkeley Rep's intimate Thrust Stage. It's the third show in a row to earn an extension during the Theatre's brilliant 40th birthday season. "In Taking Over, Danny Hoch captures the indelible characters of his New York neighborhood, where the melting pot is boiling over with ethnic and economic tensions. He transforms effortlessly across the boundaries of race, age, and gender, masterfully depicting a city in transition with comical and compassionate results. A pioneer of hip-hop theatre, Danny took Berkeley Rep by storm with the world premiere of Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop in 1997.
Raccoons flourish in town
Raccoons have become a pain in the deck to Judy Lentz, who is unfortunate enough to have her patio chosen as one of east Medford's more disgusting venues. Her wooden deck has become a "latrine site," the No. 1 spot where the neighborhood raccoons do their number twos every other night. .
An infernal tax scheme comes back
Add a $20 tax to cars, trucks and motorcycles. Tax speeders. Add a $1-per-pack tax to cigarettes. Add a one-cent tax to the statewide sales tax and perhaps another one-cent regionally. Expand the sales tax to groceries and to 174 categories of services, using the proceeds to reduce property taxes on homesteads and cars, trucks and motorcycles. Georgians who prefer Democrats and who feared that putting Republicans in control under the Gold Dome represented a lurch to the right needn't have worried. This is where the old gang left off. House Speaker Glenn Richardson appeared last week before the House Ways and Means Committee to propose something that Democrats never dared bring forth when Zell Miller and his band started studying tax revision 16 years ago.
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