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A FORTY year old woman from Lerwick has been sent to prison for nine months after pleading guilty to three charges of making threats and behaving aggressively towards social workers and council staff on three occasions last year. Paula Flaherty appeared from custody via a video...

MEXICO — A Danville School District bus carrying a dozen children wound up hanging over a creek when its driver mistook a pull-off for nearby Narehood Road and slid off Mexico Road Wednesday morning.None of the children nor the driver appeared injured, but neighbors said they were scared after being removed from the unstable bus.The mishap unfolded as a child it was due to

A MAN from Lerwick has been given a £1,000 fine after driving while more than three times the alcohol limit. Andrew Smith, of South Road, was also disqualified from driving for three years. The weight of his sentence reflected that he had a previous conviction for a similar...

DRIVING dangerously at grossly excessive speeds on Shetland roads has seen a man land a ban and a community payback order. Luke Bryant, of Houlland, Sandwick, previously admitted carrying out the offence on the A970 between the south exit of Lerwick and Cunningsburgh on 12...

A “YOUNG man in a hurry” who “misjudged” two overtaking manoeuvres has been given a £1,000 fine and seven penalty points. Michael Miller, of North Roe, appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday to admit driving carelessly on 3 May. The incident happened at around...

BEIJING (AP) — The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening.The announcement Saturday was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist

MONTOUR TWP. — Fire engulfed a woman's trailer home here early Sunday within minutes of her initially spotting smoke seeping out of heat vents on the floor.“You could hardly breathe,” said Sheila Kressler, 60. She woke up to smoke filling her 80-foot trailer shortly after 2 a.m.“I opened the door on the propane furnace and I could see flames on the bottom," she said.

BLOOMSBURG — A Columbia County jury Friday convicted all three defendants of defiant trespass for their refusal to “mask up or leave” while attending a Southern Columbia school board meeting during the COVID pandemic.Defense lawyer Greg Stapp said he expects to appeal the guilty verdicts against Elaine Barnhart, 72, Gary R.

HARRISBURG — After being a staple of the Pennsylvania Farm Show for 11 years, collecting a series of royal titles, the reigning Rabbit Queen is preparing to step aside.MolliLyn Petro, a Southern Columbia junior, was crowned last February, achieving the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeders Association’s highest rank of royalty, having already garnered the titles lady, princess

HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (AP) — Residents of a Detroit-area community with a large Muslim population can sacrifice animals at home for religious reasons.The Hamtramck City Council explicitly approved the practice, 3-2, Tuesday, another step in recognizing a cultural shift in a city whose 20th century history was shaped by Polish immigrants.Muslims often slaughter animals, typically