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Premium Content Subscriber only A man who moved to the Coast to leave his "deplorable" life of crime behind him has landed before the court again after police found a weapon in his roof. Adding to his 19-page criminal history, Kerrod Tighe pleaded guilty on Wednesday to unlawful possession of a category M weapon and possessing utensils or pipes that had been used. The Caloundra Magistrates Court heard police found the illegal taser and drug utensils during a search of Tighes house on January...

Saturday, January 30, 2021 Marlys Yvonne Paugh passed away Jan. 26, 2021, at the Villa in Lewistown, Montana, due to complications from COVID-19. Marlys was born on Oct. 9, 1929, to Ralph (Jack) and Marie Tollefson Ishmael in Bismarck, North Dakota. At the age of 5, during the Dust Bowl and Depression, the Ishmael family moved, with their belongings in the back of a rowboat towed by the family car. She remembers stopping on the way for abundant fishing at Fishing Bridge in Yellowstone Park that...

He said according to the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety Queensland, drug use increased the risk of crash involvement, and drivers with illicit drugs in their system were 10 times more likely to cause a crash. "Drug use worsens your driving through cognitive impairment, which affects your judgment, memory and reaction time," he said. From a woman caught driving with her feet hanging out of the car to a driver found passed out with a cocktail of drugs in his system, here are 10 C...

Senior Constable Burrell said English challenged police to a fight when they spoke with him. English, who pleaded guilty in Caloundra Magistrates Court to one count of public nuisance, said he didnt try to start a fight with police. "I didnt challenge anyone to a fight," he said. "Yes, I got charged with drinking in public and then I walked away and said, thanks very much have a good day and they asked me to stop and thats when they arrested me." Magistrate Haydn Stjernqvist fined English ...