May 23, 2009

Victim of Louisiana boat tragedy climbed aboard barge and bled to death

By Calvin Palmer
One of the men from Texas killed when a boat hit a moored barge on the Falgout Canal in Louisiana managed to climb on to the barge, the senior investigator with Terrebonne Parish Coroner’s Office said yesterday.
William Noriss Voss, 49, of Katy, climbed on to the barge then passed out and bled to [...]

May 23, 2009

Sunday school teacher accused of murdering child faces new charges

By Calvin Palmer
New charges have emerged in the case of the California Sunday school teacher accused of killing an eight-year-old girl.
Melissa Huckaby, 28, of Tracy, faces additional charges alleging that she gave a “harmful substance” to a child identified only as “Jane M. Doe” on January 17 and also mixing a harmful substance with food [...]