DALLAS, TX (KTVT) Dallas County Democratic State Representative Rafael Anchía filed a bill Tuesday, Jan. 19, Confederate Memorial Day in Texas, that would remove Confederate monuments, memorials, and statues from the Capitol grounds as well as renaming the John H. Reagan State Office Building.
House Bill 1186 would rename the building the Jackson-Webber State Office Building, named after Nathaniel Jackson and John Ferdinand Webber, abolitionists who helped slaves escape from Texas to Mexico via the “Underground Railroad to Mexico.”
“Confederate monuments have and continue to be a symbol of racism, oppression, and slavery. They are divisive and perpetuate white supremacy, the concept that one race is above all others. These monuments and memorials in and around our Capitol dishonor and insult the many representatives, staff, and visitors who are descendants of slaves,” Rep. Anchía said in a statement. “The Texas Capitol is a symbol of solidarity, as lawmakers
Obituary: Ethel S. Grasmuck
BRUNWICK - Ethel S. Grasmuck, 98, of Brunswick, passed away on Jan. 1, 2021 at her home after a long illness.
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BRUNWICK – Ethel S. Grasmuck, 98, of Brunswick, passed away on Jan. 1, 2021 at her home after a long illness.
Ethel was born in the middle of the Smokey Mountains, in a small town of Petros, Tenn. to Nathaniel Jackson and Tressie (Patrick) Stonecipher on March 26, 1922. Her father, a coal miner, and her mother also farmed the family land without running water or electricity. Ethel was an excellent student and after high school graduation, moved to Knoxville and worked in a war factory making uniforms.
The only woman on Ohio’s Death Row has seen her latest appeal for post-conviction relief fail.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday announced it has declined to review the decision by Ohio’s 11th District Court of Appeals that upheld the conviction and death sentence of Donna Roberts. The Howland woman was charged in the 2001 murder of her husband, Robert Fingerhut, at the couple’s Fonderlac Drive home.
Roberts, 76, was convicted along with her boyfriend Nathaniel Jackson, who shot Fingerhut to death on Dec. 11, 2001.
Roberts had filed an appeal saying she had ineffective counsel at her jury trial and was not granted an evidence hearing during the appeals process. In August 2020, the 11th District court disagreed, with Judge Matt Lynch writing Roberts’ arguments had no merit. The high court decided this week not to review that appellate decision.
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The only woman on Ohio’s death row has seen her latest appeal for post-conviction relief fail.
The Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday announced it has declined to review the decision by Ohio’s 11th District Court of Appeals that upheld the conviction and death sentence of Donna Roberts. The Howland woman was charged in the 2001 murder of her husband, Robert Fingerhut, at the couple’s Fonderlac Drive home.
Roberts, 76, was convicted along with her boyfriend Nathaniel Jackson, who shot Fingerhut to death on Dec. 11, 2001.
Roberts had filed an appeal saying she had ineffective counsel at her jury trial and was not granted an evidence hearing during the appeals process. In August 2020, the 11th District court disagreed, with Judge Matt Lynch writing Roberts’ arguments had no merit. The high court decided this week not to review that appellate decision.