Apr 19, 2013 | Springfield News-Leader
New charge filed against Aurora teen
An Aurora teen, charged late last week in what authorities say was the rape of an unconscious young victim, was charged this week with a new count of sexual misconduct -- also allegedly involving a girl "passed out." According to Lawrence County Court documents filed Wednesday, Dillon Scott Carpenter, 17, had sex with a juvenile girl in a parked ... (more)
Teenager from Aurora faces second charge of having forced sex
A 17-year-old man from Aurora who was charged last Friday with raping another teenager at a party is now charged with having sex with a girl under age 15 in February.
2 teens are accused of raping woman during underage drinking party near Marionville
A 17-year-old man from Aurora faces a rape charge after a 17-year-old woman said he raped her at a home near Marionville on April 7. The Lawrence County prosecuting attorney charged Dillon Carpenter on Friday.
MSU speakers discuss international students: strangers in a strange land
Krishna Bista was a graduate student who had just arrived in the United States from his native Nepal when he went through a school cafeteria line and was told he owed "one ninety-nine." He sheepishly told the cashier that he could not afford $199 because all he had was a $100 bill.