oddly enough
oddly enough
Guilty conscience: Stolen sign returned after 30 years
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla.
It took 30 years, but a guilty conscience led someone who stole a large metal sign in Florida to return it – along with a $50 money order – to the New Smyrna Beach Police Department.
A picture of the sign was posted Wednesday on the police department’s Facebook page. It says: New Smyrna Beach Says No to Drugs.
Officials say the blue sign arrived in the mail with a note asking officials to use the money to reinstall the sign. The anonymous person asked for forgiveness, adding the sign was stolen in the late 1980s during “a fit of youthful exuberance.”
On Facebook, department officials said that the “act of contrition” gives hope that people can do the right thing, even if it takes 30 years.
Man accused of killing neighbor tells judge ‘God’s got this’
CENTENNIAL, Colo.
A man charged with fatally shooting one neighbor and injuring two others repeatedly disrupted his first court appearance, telling a judge “God’s got this.”
Kevin Lee Lyons, 46, faces charges of first-degree murder in the Monday afternoon attack on a residential street in suburban Denver. The Denver Post reported that Lyons talked over a judge during a Tuesday hearing, where he was ordered jailed without bond.
Lyons’ public defender raised doubts about his mental health.
The Arapahoe County coroner says 65-year-old physician Kenneth Robert Atkinson died of two gunshots to the head and torso. Lyon’s wife, 44-year-old Elizabeth Lyons, and 46-year-old Laurie Juergens also were shot but are expected to recover.
Neighbors say Lyons was a married father who owned a construction company. Authorities haven’t said what led up to the violence.
Hillsdale College closing? April Fools’ jab not funny to all
HILLSDALE, Mich.
Hillsdale College wants everyone to know it’s still in business, despite an April Fools’ Day joke by a rival school.
The student newspaper at Albion College ran a tongue-in-cheek story last Friday that said Hillsdale would close and students would transfer to Albion.
Hillsdale officials acknowledged it was just for laughs but asked that the story be removed from the Albion paper’s website. Matt Schlientz, Hillsdale’s vice president of marketing, says it was causing confusion among college supporters and at least one prospective student.
Schlientz told the Jackson Citizen Patriot that “online content lives forever.”
The story was taken down from The Pleiad’s website. Anyone clicking the headline gets a message that says the April Fools’ story was not true.
Associated Press