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MIDDLETOWN, Ind. (WXIN) — Google Maps Street View could soon feature breakneck snapshots of an in-progress police pursuit after a Florida man, who claimed to work for the mapping tech giant, led Middletown police officers on a high-speed chase all while a 360-degree camera was mounted to the roof of his car. Coleman Ferguson is currently being held in the Henry County Jail where he faces one count of resisiting law enforcement with a vehicle, a Level 6 felony. According to the Middletown Police Department, a Google Maps Street View car was clocked driving past Shenandoah High School on U.S....

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Things didn’t go as planned for newlyweds who hoped to honeymoon in Florida but, instead, spent their wedding night in a south Alabama jail. Abbeville police stopped their vehicle for speeding along U.S. Highway 431 on Thursday night, but Chief Eric Blankenship said things turned out to be anything but a routine. He told WTVY News 4 that officers discovered drugs in the automobile occupied by Shavarious Jawan Moses and Alexus Demetria Armstrong who were still wearing their wedding attire, including his tuxedo and her veil. Moses, 28 of Riverdale, Georgia, is charged with Possession of...

On Thursday, we received news that Fulton County officials have hired two new CRIMINAL attorneys to stop the court-ordered Georgia audit. This comes on the same day that Henry County Georgia Chief Judge Brian J. Amero ruled on the current Fulton County absentee ballot case. The Audit War Room tweeted the following Georgia update: “Georgia Audit Update: Fulton County hired two new CRIMINAL DEFENSE attorneys to stop the court ordered review of 150k ballots. What is Fulton County trying to hide?!” Fulton County is home to the infamous Ruby Freeman and her daughter Shaye Moss who were caught pulling ballot...

A judge has ruled that a diminished Georgia election fraud lawsuit will move forward with an audit of nearly 150,000 absentee ballots in Fulton County, according to reports. In his ruling, Henry County Superior Court Chief Judge Brian Amero dismissed a large portion of the claims in the lawsuit.

MARTINSVILLE-How do you build Interstate 73? How would you expand U.S. 220 in either direction? The Virginia Department of Transportation is open for suggestions, for these or any other road projects in the commonwealth. To do that, the department is holding a series of “hack-a-thon” events throughout the commonwealth, setting up one in each region. For Martinsville and Henry County, the regional meeting will be this Friday and Saturday at CoLab Roanoke, 1327 Grandin Road SW. “Data and technology are changing how we do business,” saidVDOT Chief Deputy Commissioner Rob Cary in a statement. “These hackathons are opportunities for innovators...

On Tuesday, the Henry County Board of Supervisors voted 5-1 to renew the county’s contract with Alcalde and Fay LLC, which advocates for Interstate 73 on the state and federal level on the county’s behalf. Often when there is a split vote, it is tempting to pick a side. In this case, however, I agree with both sides. There are strong arguments for renewing the contract, and there are strong arguments against renewing the contract, but ultimately, the board made the appropriate call. The lone dissenting vote came from Collinsville District Supervisor Joe Bryant, who argued that he didn’t believe...

There’s a famous old fable known as “Belling the Cat.” For those who haven’t heard it, it goes like this: A bunch of mice are threatened by a vicious cat, and they call a council to figure out how to solve the problem. One mouse proposes that they place a bell around the cat’s neck. That way, they’ll hear the cat approaching and have plenty of time to run and hide. The mice applaud the plan. They love the plan. It’s a great plan. One mouse asks who’s going to volunteer to place the bell around the cat’s neck. Suddenly,...

McDONOUGH — A road rage incident landed a Riverdale woman in jail Friday morning after she allegedly aimed her gun at another driver on the interstate. The Henry County Police Department was called just before 7:30 a.m. to the area of Interstate 75 South and Ga. Highway 155 in response to a person with a gun. A man told dispatch a woman aimed a pink pistol at him while they were driving on I-75, a police report states. He told police that a lady driving a tan 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, who was later identified as 21-year-old Shavon Footman, was following...

Henry County - An Indianapolis man is in the Henry County jail charged with stealing from the developmentally disabled where he worked. Danny Case, 47, is charged with 94 felonies for stealing federal stimulus checks, but he is suspected of stealing much more than that. Case was a 20-year, trusted employee of Occazio, a family-owned New Castle company that provides support services for the developmentally disabled. Now he's in jail and charged with stealing from the very people who trusted him most...

The cat found beaten and nailed to a utility pole in rural Henry County, Illinois has died, according to the Dana Miller Veterinary clinic, which was caring for the animal. A spokesperson said the cat, nicknamed "Dutch" passed away last night. Dutch was found nailed by one paw to the utility pole near Dutch Bottom road outside the town of Geneseo on Monday.

The FBI and Henry County authorities are making another appeal to the public as the seven year anniversary of the Short family murders draws near this August.....Investigators want information regarding the identities and locations of people who worked for Michael Short at MS Mobile Home Movers on a weekly or day-to-day basis, including migrant workers.

The FBI says an unidentified man was seen in the vehicle along a highway near the victims' home during the early morning hours of Aug. 15, 2002. The bodies of Michael and Mary Short were found in their home later that day, and 9-year-old Jennifer was missing. Her body was found about six weeks later.

Video at link State Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old after Martinsville (VA) Police used a stun device on a teenager Thursday night. It happened at 307 Rives Road. When 10 On Your side came to the apartment on Friday afternoon, the door was already open, but nobody was inside. What appears empty now, was swarming with police and investigators Thursday night. Justin Gregory, 15, says his friend, 17-year-old Derick, died after a Martinsville officer used a taser on him. Gregory told us Derick and Derick’s mother had only lived in the home for about a week; however,...

/Courtesy of the Henry County Sheriff's Department Mary Hall Short and Michael Wayne Short were killed; their daughter, Jennifer Renee Short, is missing. Friday, August 16, 2002 9-year-old Henry County girl missing after her parents are found shot to death in home Killings lead to anxious search "We have to presume she's been abducted," said Henry County Sheriff's Captain Kimmy Nester. By MIKE ALLEN THE ROANOKE TIMES    OAK LEVEL - A nationwide search for a missing 9-year-old Henry County girl began early Thursday after her parents were found shot to death in their home alongside U.S. 220.     Authorities...

Michael and Mary Short were found dead in their Henry County home on August 15, 2002. Jennifer's remains were found six weeks later under a bridge across the border in North Carolina. All three were shot once in the head. >>>>> THIS IS AN UNSOLVED CRIME IN MY AREA - CAN ANYONE HELP WITH INFORMATION OUT THERE? <<<<<< If you have any information about this case, contact the FBI Tip Line at 1-800-225-5324 or your local FBI office.

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Henry County Sheriff Frank Cassell and 12 of his employees have been indicted on federalcharges in an alleged drug-related racketeering conspiracy. A U-S Postal Service employee, a probation officer and five citizens were also charged in the 34-count indictment, which wasunsealed today. Charges in the indictment -- which was handed down on Tuesday --include racketeering, narcotics distribution, obstruction ofjustice and perjury. A spokesman for the U-S Marshal's Service in Roanoke says federal agents arrested most of the defendants early this morning. The indictment alleges that beginning in 1998, drugs seized bythe sheriff's office were sold to...

Indictments handed down in Short family slaying 3-4-05 By Jen McCaffery Landmark News Service News & Record ROANOKE, Va. -- Indictments have been handed down relating to the investigation of the 2002 slaying of the Short family, a U.S. attorney said Thursday. But attorney John Brownlee also indicated in a news release that the three homicides remained unsolved. The joint federal, state and local investigation into the case is continuing, according to the release, which did not say who was indicted, or on what charges. Brownlee said he would announce the indictments at a news conference at his office today....

Henry County couple slain; child missing By MIKE ALLEN Jennifer Renee Short is missing. The Henry County Sheriff's Office was asking anyone who may have seen the girl to call (276) 638-8751. Crimestoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for substantial information about the crime. BASSETT -- A Henry County couple was found shot to death in their home this morning and sheriff's deputies are searching across Henry and Franklin counties for their 9-year-old daughter whom investigators believe was abducted. The dead couple were identified as Michael Wayne Short, 50, and Mary Hall Short, 36. Their daughter, Jennifer Renee Short, was...

22 year old Lance Corporal Demarkus Brown of Martinsville, Virginia was killed Friday in Iraq (Fallujah), due to enemy action.

Atlanta-AP) -- A year after a granite Ten Commandments marker was hauled out of Alabama's high court, fights over the religious document in courthouses are still going strong in Georgia. Two Georgia counties have installed Ten Commandments displays in their courthouses in the past week, ignoring lawsuits in other counties. Says Henry County commissioner Gerry Adams, "I don't see anything wrong with saying you ought not be killin' or stealin'." On Tuesday, Henry County commissioners voted 5-to-0 to put a framed Ten Commandments poster in the entrance of a new courthouse. A similar display was installed in a courthouse last...