A five-person contractor team working for General Electric studying any effects of Phase 2 of the Hudson River dredging project lost one of their members when the boat went over the dam.  It is unknown what caused the boat to go over the dam, but perhaps there were mechanical problems which left it without a motor.  After the boat when over the dam, two men were thrown from the boat, Jeffrey Harbison and Thomas...

Authorities say that last Tuesday morning, an embankment caved in on a then unidentified man at a work site in Dakota Dunes, just south of Sioux Falls.  It has since been learned the man was 27 year old Gabe Koenigsfeld of Sioux Falls, who was a high school sports star, and a former South Dakota State football player.  His wife, Stephanie is pregnant with their first child.

Robert Springsteen and Michael Scott were convicted of murder in the 1991 yogurt shop killings of four teenagers.  In 2001, Springsteen was sent to death row after he was convicted of capital murder of one of the teenage girls, and Scott was also convicted in the girl’s death, but sentenced to life in prison.  These convictions were overturned when the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said the men were unfairly...

A little more than a month ago, Detective Jason Simons died after a crash on Route 88 near the village of Cooperstown.  This past Sunday, Jeffrey Neral was driving to work on his 2009 Harley Davidson around 1pm when he had to maneuver his motorcycle to avoid colliding with a 2002 Ford Focus driven by Pei Kao.  When Neral laid down his motorcycle, he was thrown from it and hit the driver’s side of the car...

Seventh grade student Tyler Michael Perrow of Tunstall Middle School in Pittsylvania County was killed Saturday in a one car accident.  Tyler was the passenger in a 1997 Isuzu Rodeo that flipped several times on Crane Road in Pittsylvania County.  The teenage driver had run off the road and overcorrected, causing the loss of control.  Virginia State Police will charge the driver with reckless driving and...

Alyssa Squirrell, 11 of Laguna Hills, was in the ocean last July as a part of a training exercise for the junior lifeguard program in Huntington Beach when she was struck and killed by the boat driven by Marine Safety Lt. Greg Crow.  After a three month investigation into the incident, Orange County prosecutors have decided not to file criminal charges against the decorated marine safety officer. “My...

Just outside  Chicago, in southwest suburban Oak Lawn, Joan Orth was struck by a vehicle while crossing Kenton Avenue around 5:45  PM Monday evening.  The vehicle, driven by a male, was heading westbound on Kenton.  Orth was pronounced dead at 6:31 PM at Advocate Christ Medical Center, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.  Oak Lawn police Lt. Joe Stubbs said that alcohol is not believed...

Over the weekend, three men were killed in a single vehicle accident in New Kent County.  Lon Hogge Jr was driving his car with passengers Clarence Jackson III, and Paul Mula Saturday night when Hogge lost control of the vehicle, leaving the roadway and striking a culvert and some trees.  According to authorities, Hogge and Mula were not wearing seatbelts.  The accident occurred around 11 PM that night. ...

A 79-year old man was repairing a drainage tile Saturday afternoon when the trench he had dug collapsed, burying him under the dirt.  Emergency crews were called around 8:40 pm when the man’s wife could not reach him, and had her neighbor call 911.  When emergency crews arrived, they found the back hoe still running, and the 7 feet deep trench had collapsed.  The man’s name has not been released, pending...

In March of 2008, Deputy James Council fell asleep at the wheel, crossed the center line, and struck three bicyclists, killing two and badly injuring the third.  Matt Peterson, 29, and Kristy Gough, 30, had both won their divisions at a road-racing event eight days before they were killed.  Rip Gough and Karen Clarkson, Kristy’s parents, as well as Matt’s parents, John and Betty Peterson, sued the county...