CREWS REMOVING COLLAPSED BRIDGE Teams start cutting, lifting crumpled steel from river SERKAN GURBUZ AND JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press Mar 31, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 0 1 of 2 Wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests on the container ship Dali on Saturday in Baltimore. Workers in a crane-held basket mark lines on a damaged section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Saturday in Baltimore. Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SERKAN GURBUZ AND JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press BALTIMOREkAmqp{%x|~#t — %62>D @7 6?8:?66CD H@C<65 $2EFC52J @? E96 :?EC:42E6 AC@46DD @7 4FEE:?8 2?5 =:7E:?8 E96 7:CDE D64E:@? @7 EH:DE65 DE66= 7C@> E96 4@==2AD65 uC2?4:D $4@EE z6J qC:586 :? |2CJ=2?5]k^AmkAm%96 3C:586 4CF>A=65 :?E@ E96 !2E2AD4@ #:G6C @? %F6D52J 27E6C 2 >2DD:G6 42C8@ D9:A 4C2D965 :?E@ @?6 @7 :ED >2:? DFAA@CED]k^AmkAm$A2C<D 4@F=5 36 D66? 7=J:?8 7C@> 2 D64E:@? @7 36?E 2?5 4CF>A=65 DE66= $2EFC52J 27E6C?@@?] %96 &]$] r@2DE vF2C5 4@?7:C>65 E92E H@C< DE2CE65 @? 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Marion man charged with assaulting woman and sheriff's lieutenant An arrest warrant said the lieutenant had a cut to the head that required stitches. Owner of Old Fort's Stuckey’s, Dairy Queen hopes to reopen as soon as possible after fire “I just happened to look back, and the flames were already up to the ceiling, and I dropped the drinks I had in my hand,” one employee said of… Marion man arrested, charged in Friday shooting in McDowell County that injured one He was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
Man "involved in a shooting" Friday evening found, McDowell sheriff's office says “This individual was involved in a shooting this evening and is considered armed and dangerous. Do not approach,” reads the news release.
Marion man charged after 200 grams of cocaine found in search of home near school In the search, officers found 203.5 grams of cocaine, two guns (a .38-caliber revolver and a .22-caliber long rifle) and $2,186.
Marion man charged with assaulting woman and sheriff's lieutenant An arrest warrant said the lieutenant had a cut to the head that required stitches.
Owner of Old Fort's Stuckey’s, Dairy Queen hopes to reopen as soon as possible after fire “I just happened to look back, and the flames were already up to the ceiling, and I dropped the drinks I had in my hand,” one employee said of…
Marion man arrested, charged in Friday shooting in McDowell County that injured one He was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
