By Bill Galluccio
Apr 12, 2021
Authorities are responding to a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Knoxville Police Department said there were multiple victims, including a police a officer. Officials said that a male was pronounced dead at the scene and another was detained for further questioning. "Multiple agencies are on the scene of a shooting at Austin-East Magnet High School. Multiple gunshot victims reported, including a KPD officer. The investigation remains active at this time. Please avoid the area," the department wrote on Twitter.
Officials said that officers responded to a report of an armed individual at the school. As officers approached the suspect, shots were fired. The scene has been secured and investigators are trying to piece together what happened.
By Bill Galluccio
Apr 12, 2021
Three police officers were injured following a wild high-speed chase that ended in a shootout. The chase began in the city of Bremen after an officer clocked a vehicle driving 111 mph. Multiple agencies, including the Carroll County Sheriff's Office, and police in Carrollton and Villa Rica, joined the chase as the suspects tried to evade capture.
During the chase, a passenger in the vehicle started shooting at the pursuing officers with a rifle. Two officers were shot, and a third officer was injured after crashing into a utility pole. Officials said that one officer was shot twice, and another officer was struck in the arm by gunfire. They were taken to the hospital, and their conditions are unknown. The officers were identified as a Georgia State Patrol trooper, a Carroll County sheriff's deputy, and a Carrollton police officer, but their names were not released.
By Mid Hudson News -www.midhudsonnews.com
Apr 1, 2021
WARWICK – The Orange County Industrial Development Agency Board has granted final approvals for financial incentives to Fiorello Pharmaceuticals to develop a growing, processing, manufacturing, and wholesale cannabis products facility at the Warwick Tech Park.
The company plans to develop a 400,000-square-foot facility at the site of the former Mid-Orange Correctional Facility in the Town of Warwick and receive a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes as well as sales tax exemption on construction materials and an exemption on the mortgage filing fee.
IDA Board Chairman Michael Torelli said taxing entities, which currently receive no revenue on the property, will reap full financial benefits under the arrangement.
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By Bill Galluccio
Charlotte Hornets v Cleveland Cavaliers
LaMelo Ball did not play well in his much-anticipated NBA debut for the Charlotte Hornets. The third overall pick in the NBA draft had zero points, missing all five of his shot attempts. Three of those attempts were from beyond the three-point line. He had three assists, one rebound, two steals, and three turnovers in just under 16 minutes of playing time.
After the game, which the Hornets lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a score of 121-114, Ball's teammates told him not to get down on himself.
"I told him just to forget this one,"