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Page 23 for July 3, 2013

What we're working on for July 3

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy Tuesday: * A bear ambles into a local park. Authorities are calling for help keeping crowds away and talking about shutting down streets. We have a reporter and photographer on the way there. Check back for more. * A man charged with stalking a local woman steps before a judge and gets a stern warning along with his sentence. Julye Wemple reports the case. * A family dog bites a little girl. Reporter Kristin Baver has details on what may have provoked the animal and how the little girl is doing.

What we're working on for July 2

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy Thursday: * Three teenagers are hurt in a wreck overnight, and two remain in critical condition. Check back for more on the story shortly. * A gun went off in a local emergency room last week. Reporter Michael Lester is pursuing the details.

Wildfire claims lives of 19 firefighters

YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) -- An out-of-control blaze overtook an elite group of firefighters trained to battle the nation's fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields. It was the most firefighters killed battling a wildfire in the U.S. in decades.

What we're working on for June 29

Here's a look at the stories keeping our reporters busy Friday: * A fire in northern Columbia County leaves a family homeless. Read the breaking news report here.* The father of a man accused in a pistol-whipping tells reporter Pete Kendron that he knows his son has a drug addiction, but can't believe he'd be involved in something like this.

What we're working on for June 28

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy Thursday: * A wreck involving an animal trailer slows traffic along Route 11, and a medical helicopter is on the way. Reporter Julye Wemple and photographer Keith Haupt just returned from the scene. See our breaking report and check back for more. * Police believe they have the man who tied a dog to a pole on Wednesday. Reporter Leon Bogdan is with officers.

New rules aim to rid schools of junk foods

WASHINGTON (AP) -- High-calorie sports drinks and candy bars will be removed from school vending machines and cafeteria lines as soon as next year, replaced with diet drinks, granola bars and other healthier items. The Agriculture Department said Thursday that for the first time it will make sure that all foods sold in the nation's 100,000 schools are healthier by expanding fat, calorie, sugar and sodium limits to almost everything sold during the school day.

Mom sues Monster energy drink over teen's death

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The mother of a teenager who died from cardiac arrhythmia last year is blaming his death on Monster Beverage Corp., alleging in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that his death was caused by habitually drinking the company's energy drink. Alex Morris, 19, went into cardiac arrest during the early morning hours of July 1 and was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

What we're working on for June 27

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy Wednesday: * A little bear cub on a ledge attracts attention from onlookers -- and one would-be good Samaritan -- along a busy road. See our breaking report and look for more tomorrow from reporter Pete Kendron and photographer Bill Hughes.

Gimme shelter: Police look for info on abandoned dog

SCOTT TWP. - Township police are looking for more information about an abandoned dog found tied up outside the Short Stop Mart near Lightstreet around noontime Wednesday. He had a note attached that identified him as "Jagger," a year-old pit bull/labrador mix, and asked someone to find him a new home. Anyone with information on the dog can call Scott Township Police at 784-9114, they say. Reporter Leon Bogdan will have all the details on the dog find in Thursday's Press Enterprise.