Nate Brown, unlike many of his teammates, has been with the varsity club of Forest Park football team for the last four years. It’s not just his tenure that sets him apart, but his temperament on the field and in the huddle. Between funny pranks and hilarious jokes pulled on teammates, he led the Bruins with 81.5 tackles in 2008, including 19 that resulted in negative yardage for the opposition. Brown has made a name for himself on the defensive side of the ball as an all-district linebacker. The rest of the guys look up to him since he’s the heart of the defense and understands what they’re doing scheme-wise. Being part of the development of their school program helped him know... Read more»
15 Aug
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A woman called Lincoln police Sgt. Todd Beam just before 7 p.m. Thursday evening to report a disturbing incident. The caller said she was waiting to turn south onto 40th Street when she saw a man who was bound and gagged to get out of a blue SUV run into the intersection, which got caught and pulled back into the SUV by another man heading east on Van Dorn street. The witness gave police a description of the SUV and the license plate number. An officer contacted the registered owner, who said a 25 year old Karla K. Tallon, had the SUV. According to Sgt. Beam, Tallon denied knowing anything about the incident when police called her. Another officer ran different plate number combinations, in... Read more»
8 Aug
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Police reported receiving a call from a Virginia Crisis Link Hotline operator who reported an adolescent male caller “stated that he was tired of his parents abusing him and that he was going to take his father’s shotgun and shoot them.” Saturday, Aug. 15 at 3:31 p.m. The hotline was able to trace the cell phone number to Winchester and provide police with the address of its owner. Three officers responded and searched the home, they found a black air soft gun resembling an MP-5 in the teenager’s room, which they seized and held for safekeeping. They said they asked her whether her son was home, to which she replied that he was at the boat club with her husband. Police reported they found... Read more»