2006 EASTER SUNDAY SHOOTER CONVICTED OF MURDER
December 9, 2015
By: Victoria Emerson After nearly ten years since the fatal shooting that resulted in the death of two year old David Pacheco, the Bronx County District Attorney Robert Johnson has announced that Darryl Hemphill, the 37-year old North Carolinian responsible for the shooting, has been convicted of 2nd degree murder. The tragic shooting took place on the afternoon of Easter Sunday, 2006, in the Morris Heights neighborhood of Bronx County, when, Hemphill, who was involved in a street fight, fired a stray bullet that fatally struck 2 year old Pachecho while he was riding in his mother’s mini-van.
FOUR ARRESTED BY HEROIN TASK FORCE
April 7, 2016
By STANLEY JORDAN A multi-month investigation of heroin trafficking in Brookhaven town by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Heroin Task Force has resulted in the arrests of four people living in a Port Jefferson Station home located across the street from a middle school, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said today. Task Force agencies executed a search warrant on Monday, April 4 at 171 Jayne Boulevard, a two-story house across from the John F. Kennedy Middle School, and seized a quantity of raw heroin, 100 grams of crack, 50 grams of powdered cocaine, and scales, wax packets, and other heroin packaging supplies District Attorney Spota said.
COACH SPOTLIGHT: PURDUE UNIVERSITY’S TONY ERSLAND
February 11, 2024
• 2023 was a banner year for the Ersland era of Purdue Wrestling. After coming close on numerous occasions, the Boilermakers finally broke through the All-American barrier and put two on the podium at the NCAA Championships in Tulsa. Matt Ramos and Parker Filius became the 60th and 61st All-Americans in program history after wrestling to second and seventh place finishes on the national stage.
BIG TECH’S BID FOR ONE-PARTY RULE COULD RESULT IN IT GETTING REGULATED TO DEATH
June 29, 2019
By ROBERT ROMANO The Wall Street Journal is reporting that momentum is building for the U.S. government to subject Google and other Big Tech firms to antitrust scrutiny for fears that they have become too big and too powerful.
NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
February 3, 2017
By LILY WILSON On January 31, The New York State Education Department announced that they are now accepting applications for the 2017 Summer Food Service Program from public or nonpublic, nonprofit school food authorities. The highly anticipated Summer Food Program was created to help those in need within the State of New York and those running the program are urging all local, county, municipal, or state governmental entities; Indian tribal territories, migrant programs; nonprofit agencies; and camps to apply. “We know that children who eat healthy meals have a much greater chance for success in the classroom and in life,” said State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia.
TROY BANK ROBBER DOESN’T RECEIVE TROJAN HORSE, BUT INSTEAD 57 MONTHS IN THE HOOSEGOW
September 12, 2016
By DANIEL SONNINSHINE A bank robber who committed two such robberies in consecutive days has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison. The crimes occurred in East Greenbush and Latham, New York. The offender was Michael C.