MM 2003 - Carlin Whaley

  Pakistan Man Burns Alive Seven Family Members After Daughter Marries Against His Wishes.      A man in Pakistan allegedly burned alive seven members of his family including his two daughters and four grandchildren because one of the women in his family got married against his wishes.      Manzoor Hussain was the man that set the house on fire with his family inside. The house was located in the Muzaffargarh district of Pakistan's Punjab province. Living in the house were his daughters Fauzia Bibi and Khurshid Mai along with their families. Bibi had an infant son and Mai had her husband and their four children. They were all burned in the flames.      Bibi's husband, Mehboob Ahmad, was not at the house the night of the fire and he reported to the police against his father-in-law, Manzoor Hussain, and his son Sabir Hussain.      Mehboob told the police "I was in the Multan for business. When I returned and was near my home...

 Magnolia School District Down to One Active Case     In this report the (+) and (-) are cases that have changed since Sunday. As Columbia County along with surrounding counties has struggled with covid cases, they are finally started to see a decrease in cases. The covid numbers are results from this week, last month, and last year.     In Columbia County, there are were 3,375 active or probable cases, last month there were 3,276 recorded cases and last year there were 690. Currently, there are 21 + 3 active cases, a month ago there were 63, and a year ago there were 44. Here recently there has been 3,282 recovers from covid. One month ago 3,147 recovered and a year ago there were 627. The number of deaths includes 72, last month was 66 and a year ago there were 19 deaths. On the antigen test, there has been a total of 1,172 positive tests and there are 11,944 negative tests. There is currently 50 to 80 percent of people are fully vaccinated.    ...

          Saying that it is your civic duty to do something means that it's your duty as a citizen to do what you can to help improve your community and country. Civics is something that is taught daily and the goal is to inform people about the importance of your civic duty.       In this case, Tony Blair is trying to encourage people to get their covid vaccine by saying that it is their civic duty to do so. He informed us that there are around 165,000 booster vaccine shots given in a day but he wants this number increased to 500,000 a day. Blair thinks that the government needs to increase the availability of the booster so that he can reach the goal he is trying to achieve.      Blair believes that you shouldn't have to be invited to come get your booster shot but instead, if it has been six months since you've had your second shot then you should be able to receive your booster. He uses Italy as an example of the count...

Before a week ago, I probably wouldn't have been able to halfway tell you what a listening post is. Now learning what this is, I realize how many are around me daily. Living on a college campus means that you have access to many types of listening posts. Listening post are everywhere you look in every shape and form.  One of the main forms of listening posts on campus is probably the cafeteria. There are so many different conversations that go on during lunch and dinner that it would be pretty hard to miss important information that is being discussed. Bruce is also a popular spot during lunch while students are sitting down for some Chic-fil-a with some friends.  With also being on a sports team with people from many states and a variety of age groups, you never miss a beat. We spend the majority of our time together and this results in talking about our entire day along with all of the new information we had picked up on since the last time we saw one another.  Friendsh...

  Mary Cain, a former track prodigy who is now suing  Nike along with her ex-coach for 20 million dollars for emotional abuse at an elite training program. Cain started training at this Nike headquarters facility in 2012 in order to improve her distance running for international competitions.  As soon as she turned 16 she joined the team and signed a contract as a professional Nike runner for the Nike Oregon Project.  Cain filed the lawsuit on Monday against Nike and Alberto Salazar, her former coach and the one who ran the Nike Oregon Project. He was suspended because of this lawsuit and now the program is shut down.  It was claimed in the lawsuit that Salzar "acted with knowledge that severe emotional distress was certain or substantionally certain to result from his conduct." In a complaint made by an athlete said "Salazar told her that she was too fat and that her breast and bottom were too big."  Cain's attourneys also said that "Salazar and other Nike...

  Thomas Steven Ford is a previous felon who is now sentenced to six years in prison because he attempted to steal a car and also damaging the vehicle in the process. Kenneth Weaver, the owner of the vehicle shot Ford in the process. It was reported that a woman called in the incident at 8:20 a.m. on June 6 when they were witnessing Ford trying to steal the car. She said that her husband was going to check out the situation and this led to Ford being shot in the shoulder and upper chest area.  While the officers were looking for Ford, Weaver called to inform them that he left walking east down U.S. 82 West. He also told the officers that he and his son would follow him in their white dodge so they wouldn't lose him until they arrived.  During the search, Officer Scott Hunter received confirmation that Ford is a 50-year-old white male wearing a black shirt, black Trump hat and blue jeans. The deputies found the missing vehicle which was a Chevy Avolanche at 10270 Highway 8...

          Love and Loyalty is the theme for Southern Arkansas University's homecoming week and game.  This is a huge week on the SAU campus filled with events each day leading up to the big game on Saturday afternoon. Southern Arkansas chose this theme to represent thw completion of their "Love and Loyalty" campaine that has been predicted to be the biggest fundraising campaine in SAU history. They started this campaine in 2016 and has raised over $28.6 million by SAU friends, family and alumni.     The long list of homecoming events started off on Monday with a pep-rally and introduction of the homecoming court. As the week goes on the events will include grilling burgers, drive-in movie, bonfire, campout, street painting, a scavenger hunt, another pep-rally, banner decorating contest, homecoming heartbeat, mulegating, revealing of homecoming king and queen and then finally the big game.           Homecomin...