| Carnegie man guilty of killing, beheading, cutting up roommate
A jury convicted a Carnegie man yesterday of fatally stabbing his roommate and beheading, dismembering and eviscerating him before concealing the body in a shallow grave. James Monroe Baldwin Jr., 24, showed no emotion when the panel of seven men and five women returned guilty verdicts for first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse. The jurors had been asked to consider an insanity defense. Defense lawyer John Elash presented expert psychiatric testimony at trial that Mr. Baldwin, who had no adult criminal record, was suffering from a schizophrenic disorder when he attacked Brendon Glen-David Martin, 19, on Jan. 25, 2006. "The facts of the case are pretty insane," said Mr. Elash. The University of Pittsburgh junior confessed to county police detectives that he had a fight with his roommate of five months because he believed Mr.
SCRTC elects 3 to board
South Central RTC's annual meeting was Oct. 4 at the Cave City Convention Center with a large crowd attending. Entertainment was provided by Glen Rice and Friends. Results of the mail ballot trustee election were announced. In District VI (Fountain Run, Gamaliel and Lucas exchanges) candidates were incumbent trustee Zack Kender and Danny Tabor, with Kender receiving 900 votes and Tabor 378 votes. With no opposition in District II or District V, no trustee election was held and Charles L. Stinson was declared reelected in District II, Canmer and Horse Cave exchanges while Stanley Geer Jr. was reelected in District V, which consists of Temple Hill and Glasgow exchanges.During the business session, the cooperative's secretary-treasurer, Ralph Thompson reported on the cooperative's financial status.
A Personal Rememberance by John Allen, League Board Member
In 1972, I was halfway home with a flat tire and walked into a bike shop that was just closing. Sheldon stayed late to fix it. That's how I first met him. There were 46 bicycles in or around his house "with a few shared wheels", by his recent count, mostly in his basement. He didn't buy bicycles off the shelf -- as a challenge to his mechanical ingenuity, and a way to spend less money and spend more time doing what he liked to do, he cobbled up customized bicycles from parts he acquired mostly through special deals, barter or secondhand, to suit himself or someone in his family. He often came up with a something unique, clever and useful. You may read about his bicycles on his Web site. He had an eye for style, but also, one or two rusty clunkers hung out by the back door getting rustier, for the quick ride to the convenience store, and several old hulks of bikes lived under the front porch.
Rep. Campfield wants gay references banned in schools
Before coming to TEA, Wiman spent a combined 30 years as a kindergarten teacher and an elementary school principal. During that time, some of his students' parents were same sex couples. He believes a law like this one could have alienated them from the school. "We have such a diversity of children and families in our school systems," he said. "We don't want any child or parent to feel like they're excluded from the school." More details as they develop online and in Thursday's News Sentinel. .
Cyclo-cross news & racing roundup for November 8
After Paolo Guerciotti announced that he does not have the necessary budget for the world cup round in Milan that was scheduled to be held on December 8, the event has been cancelled, but only for the elite men. The races for the elite women, junior men and under 23 men will still take place as scheduled. Vandenbroucke no show Frank Vandenbroucke has been up to his old tricks again, but this time in the sport of cyclo-cross. After accepting invitations to race the Koppenbergcross and the superprestige round in Hamme-Zogge the Belgian wild child was a DNS for both races. Vandenbroucke did show up to the Koppenbergcross but at the last minute decided that the race was too dangerous and therefore didn't start, while in Hamme-Zogge he simply didn't show up.
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