The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors reached the verdict last month in the case against Donald Peckham, but the case records weren’t publicized until Tuesday. Prosecutors say Peckham, who is from Sarcoxie, sexually abused at least 14 boys between 12 and 16 years old over the course of 30 years and continued to victimize young boys until he was 67 years old. … [Read more...] about 86-year-old former Missouri minister deemed sexually violent
16 month old is how old
Hanford Police: 4-month-old kidnapped by homeless found safe
Investigators tell the Fresno television station Williams called police stating that he had the child and asked about his rights. They say officers directed him to return the baby, but he did not do so and turned off his phone. … [Read more...] about Hanford Police: 4-month-old kidnapped by homeless found safe
Under the spell of Highclere Castle and ‘Downton Abbey’
The constant worry about money and how to keep Highclere/Downton a going concern has played a role in real life and in the alternate universe of the series. Lady Almina brought half a million pounds — about $21 million in today’s money — to her marriage to the fifth earl, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert. Her money financed his explorations in Egypt, and late in November 1922, he and Howard Carter discovered the entrance that would lead to Tutankhamen’s tomb. … [Read more...] about Under the spell of Highclere Castle and ‘Downton Abbey’
Heading south in Steinbeck’s footsteps, with a Prius and a plan
The Sea of Cortez shimmered just ahead. Waves pounded massive rock outcroppings. I waded into the blue water. A pack of boys scurried past, hunting octopuses in the abundant tide pools. … [Read more...] about Heading south in Steinbeck’s footsteps, with a Prius and a plan
Rescue Mission reserves housing for graduates of ‘academy’
“I was homeless and drugging and drinking alcohol,” said Doble, who was in the Navy when he moved to San Diego in 2007. “One day I was sleeping behind an electrical box in Old Town. I got up around 6 o’clock and said, ‘I can’t do this no more. I’m killing myself.’” … [Read more...] about Rescue Mission reserves housing for graduates of ‘academy’
