| Yesterday's News: Teen centers in the '50s
The history of privately run teen centers in Henderson County during the mid-1950s didn't exactly inspire confidence in the minds of parents. Fifty years ago the Wayside Inn on U.S. 60-East was padlocked by Sheriff Lee Williams, who apparently concluded it might have more appropriately been named the Wayward Inn. That closure came after a girl was hit by a shotgun blast while standing in front of the hang-out, which had become popular with teens from Henderson, Evansville and Owensboro. .
City approves $6,800 for four groups to educate, intervene, treat individuals
Mothers Against Meth, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Youth Leadership Butler, and the Family Life Center of Butler County have received anywhere from $300 to $2,500 from the City of Augusta.All four of those organizations were awarded grants from the city's Special Alcohol Fund.Earlier this fall, the City of Augusta took applications for Special Alcohol grants. By state statute, these funds can only be used for drug and alcohol prevention, education, intervention, and treatment. .
Bristol Police Reports: Oct. 23 to Nov. 12
A Bristol man on Franklin Street reported a car parked in the same place for several days straight. Police called the car's owner, a Danbury, Conn. man, and informed him of town regulations about parking, and the car was moved. Nathan A. Iiams, 29, of 106 Franklin St., was arrested on a Sixth Division District Court bench warrant for not making a payment stemming from a January 2007 driver's license violation. Police made the arrest at a Metacom Avenue business. Wednesday, Oct. 24 A man on Broadcommon Road told police a window was open on the south side of a vacant house. Police investigated and referred the matter to the town's building official. Thursday, Oct. 25 An anonymous caller told police there were two suspicious women and one suspicious man in a Gray Crown Victoria on Ursula Drive.
Residents Demand Help For Kids
Some Albany residents told the city's Common Council they want their city free from gangs and violence. They say city funding should be used to pay for community centers that might help young people steer clear of a life of violence. One 54-year-old man told how he was kicked and beaten by a group of ten teen-agers who he says only wanted to assault him - not rob him. He asked CBS 6 to not report his name because he's afraid someone will come to his home and put his family in danger. He wonders if the attack on Delaware Avenue on November 6 was part of a gang initiation. "The intensity and the hatred and violence was unbelievable. They were punching and kicking me with intense hatred and I don't even know these people. To me, this was a hate crime," he said. Some common council members agree community centers for young people are a good idea but others say that's just part of the solution.
Drugs targeted in Pioneer Park
Salt Lake City police teamed up with federal immigration and state corrections officials for six days last week in an intense effort to clean up the area around Pioneer Park. The result was 658 people arrested in the area from State Street to 600 West and from North Temple to 600 South. Eighty-seven of those arrests were for investigation of drug distribution and 165 for investigation of people trying to buy drugs. "This is not the place to participate in drug activity," was the message Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank had for those arrested and others thinking about conducting drug transactions around the park. Burbank called the numbers big, especially considering that after the first or second day of the operation, word had spread among dealers that police were clamping down.
Lethal Cold Virus Kills Teen
HOUSTON -- A cough may not just be a cough this season, KPRC Local 2 reported Friday. The Centers for Disease said a new form of the common cold has killed 10 people in four states, including Texas. Dr. Joe Anzaldua of Sugar Land said its severity is caused by a mysterious mutation. .
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