Allison News

Floyd County authorities say at least six homes were evacuated because of an anhydrous ammonia leak in the town of Greene.

Posted on Nov 16, 2009 by Rod Boshart . Iowa State Trooper John Souhrada remembers May 25, 2008, as a day that he and four local firefighters helped bring order out of chaos after an EF-5 tornado ripped through Parkersburg.

After a natural disaster and now facing tough economic times, one community still finds a reason to give.

Mose Allison sings for survivors. He always has. He sings easy, buoyant blues in a lackadaisical style.

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 by Admin . ALLISON a ' A judge has granted the statea TMs request to have a separate psychiatric evaluation conducted on Mark Becker on Friday, according to an order filed late this afternoon in Butler County District Court.

ALLISON a ' Prosecutors today asked for a separate psychiatric examination of Mark Becker and for a hearing to determine if the 24-year-old is competent to stand trial.

Saturday 12:30 a.m. U.S. 218 at Highway 27. Henry County Sheriff's Department stopped Allison Jeffrey, 18, of Mount Pleasant, who was found driving southbound in the northbound lanes of the highway in a 2003 GrandAm.

Video/Audio: Mark Becker's defense notices Mark Becker intends to claim insanity and/or diminished responsibility as his defense in his first-degree murder trial.

Mark D. Becker Mark Becker was formally charged with first-degree murder Tuesday afternoon for the death of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas.

Thousands of visitors pounded the pavement Sunday for a few final laps around the 12th annual Des Moines Arts Festival in Western Gateway Park.

UPDATE: A former student and football player is accused of killing Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas at the school's weight room this morning.

Received: Peloton . Lots of status-quo up-shaking in this stack of Scary Go Round stories, as major players are taken off-stage or changed in fundamental ways ; chaos and silliness ensue, complete with a little Allisonian love for my place of residence .

Funeral arrangments have been set for a Parkersburg family killed in a one-vehicle rollover on Thursday.