Parkersburg News

The man accused of killing Aplington-Parkersburg head football coach Ed Thomas enters a written plea of "not guilty." This means that an arraignment scheduled tomorrow for Mark Becker is no longer necessary.

The following is a transcript of comments made at the funeral of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, who was shot and killed in the school's weight room last week.

Aplington-Parkersburg High School officials plan to move the school's weight room to a private residence after a fatal shooting last week.

Copies of this week's Sports Illustrated featuring a story about the death of Aplington-Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas likely won't be in Cedar Rapids until Friday.

Missouri State football coach Terry Allen said Ed Thomas was more than a football coach to the small Iowa community of Parkersburg, Iowa.

In memory of their beloved coach Ed Thomas, members of the Aplington Parkersburg Booster Club have started an Ed Thomas Memorial Trust fund.

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

A day after an Iowa football coach was gunned down by a former player, police are still looking for a motive for the crime which has shocked the state.

Thousands of mourners waited in line for hours today to pay their respects to Ed Thomas.

PARKERSBURG, Iowa - It's a town nearly wiped off of the map last year by an EF 5 tornado, now they're dealing with a man-made tragedy.

The man charged with the murder of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas is being held in the Cerro Gordo County Jail on a $1 million bond.

It's 36-months in jail for the Creighton, Nebraska, man, who took off with his wife and kids after domestic abuse questions by police.

On June 25th, 2009 the State Medical Examiner's Office conducted an autopsy on Ed Thomas, 58, in Ankeny, Iowa.

The Department of Criminal Investigation says the man who shot and killed Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, was a former student and football player of Thomas'. Twenty-four-year-old Mark Becker has been charged with first degree murder in Thomas' death.

A Butler County mental health official says he's not to blame for the release of a man who later is accused of killing a Parkersburg football coach.

Coach Ed Thomas, speaking to The Early Show's Julie Chen in May 2008. For more than three decades, 58-year-old Ed Thomas coached football in Parkersburg, Iowa.

At 4:00 p.m. TODAY, local law enforcement, Iowa DCI and the Aplington-Parkersburg School District will hold a press briefing to update members of the media on the on-going investigation into the death of Ed Thomas.

The long-time football coach of Aplington-Parkersburg has been shot. The high school staff just confirmed that Ed Thomas of the Aplington-Parkersburg Falcons suffered a gunshot wound during an optional weight training session around 8-this morning.

Mark Becker was moved to the Cerro Gordo County Jail in Mason City late Wednesday.

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