Lee Smith

Two brothers who told police they were on a "mission" to kill rival southeast San Diego gang members, and who killed two people in three separate shootings over 22 hours, were convicted of murder and other charges, prosecutors said Friday. After a three-month trial, Dejon Satterwhite, 20, and Edward Thomas, 22, were both found guilty of two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, two counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle and a special circumstance of multiple murders, said  

The police and fire departments are investigating what they believe to be a suspicious fire that fully engulfed a house that had been under construction in the southwest end. At 5:20 a.m. Thursday, emergency personnel were called to Hendershot Boulevard, which is part of a new subdivision in the area of Lundy's Lane and Garner Road, for a working house fire.  

The city's Downtown Steering Committee, a temporary committee to help city hall and the downtown business association with revitalization efforts, has a meeting scheduled for 4 p.m., in committee room 1. Community Services meeting - 5:30 p.m. • A report by fire Chief Lee Smith recommends council not waive $2,300 in false-alarm charges billed to the Americana resort on Lundy's Lane and the city continue to enforce a policy that enforces property owners to pay between $300 and $800 when the fire departm  

The police and fire departments are investigating what they believe to be a suspicious fire that fully engulfed a house that had been under construction in the city. At 5:20 a.m. Thursday, emergency personnel were called to Hendershot Boulevard, which is part of a new subdivision in the area of Lundy's Lane and Garner Road, for a working house fire.  

Cables adopted exactly the right tactics, never allowing City to settle into their usual free-flowing passing game. Every time a Lancaster player received the ball, he was immediately confronted by at least two black-and-gold clad opponents, and the game developed into an aerial dog-fight, bouts of head-tennis being interspersed with long high balls whacked out of defence by both sides. Mike Rushton and Paul Jarvis were tireless on the wings, probing for openings in the home defence, but they found full  

A man was beaten to the ground during a violent street confrontation. Robert Marsden suffered an injury to his chin and a black eye after he was assaulted by Darren Hill and Lee Smith. he pair and their pal Jordan Pulling. After the assault, which left Mr Marsden on the ground, Smith made off with his mobile phone.  

The five-day Virginia Festival of the Book, which kicks off this morning, is expected to draw large crowds to its more than 200 events at Charlottesville-area bookstores, libraries, churches, the University of Virginia, the Paramount Theater and numerous other venues. The vast majority of the annual literary festival's events are free. Some ticketed events — such as this morning's Business Breakfast at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel with Michael Gelb, author of "How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci" and  

Ashburn received her undergraduate degree in literature from Queens College in Charlotte and her doctorate in linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has taught English composition, linguistic, and literature courses at UNCA since 1987. She served as chairwoman of the Literature and Language Department at UNCA for five years and was appointed dean of humanities in January 2009. Her research interests are Appalachian literature and women, Southern literature, and use of dial  

A LATE equaliser from the head of Jack Harris earned Gloucester City what could be a crucial Blue Square North point at play-off chasing Droylsden last night. Harris rose to head a 79th minute corner into the net and earn the point that lifts the Tigers above Hyde United and into 18th in the new-look table. With it looking increasingly likely that a maximum of only two teams will be relegated from division, City now lie four points ahead of second bottom Vauxhall Motors with four games in hand.