GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — The U.S. has finally started the prosecution of five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, but the trial won’t be starting anytime soon, and both sides said Sunday that the case could continue for years.
The quilts are back! The wonderfully talented members of the Delaware Piecemakers Quilt Guild have once again graciously lent their quilts to the Delaware County District Library for a month-long display at the Delaware Main Library, 84 E. Winter St., to celebrate Nation Quilt Month. The quilts, draped artistically from the railing on the mezzanine enhance the Library with color, creativity and warmth.
WASHINGTON — FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt was placed on a leave of absence Monday as Department of Transportation officials decide how to handle Babbitt’s weekend arrest on charges of drunken driving in suburban northern Virginia.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The country’s top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in Mexico’s battle with drug cartels, died Friday in a helicopter crash that President Felipe Calderon said was probably an accident.
ZANESVILLE — The exotic-animal owner who killed himself after turning loose dozens of lions, tigers and other beasts was deep in debt, and a fellow big-cat enthusiast said Thursday that he had taken in so many creatures he was “in over his head.”
A veteran newspaper executive has been named as The Delaware Gazette’s new publisher. Scott Koon, 59, took the helm of the Gazette this week. Koon has held a variety of senior-level newspaper positions. He was previously the publisher of the Daily American and Southern Illinois Trader as well as regional manager for 18 southern Illinois newspapers. Prior to that, he was a regional manager for American Publishing Co., publisher of the Webster City, Iowa Daily Freeman and publisher of the Emmetsburg Publishing Company in Iowa.