By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor He may have escaped prosecution for nearly two decades and slid out of being put to death by lethal injection. In the end, it was an ailment that ended the life of convicted capital murderer Steven Wertz. Wertz, was convicted of the brutal shotgun slaying of his wife’s ex-husband, Terry, and his new wife, Kathy Watts. He lived a seemingly normal life for nearly 17 years. It was…
Saddle store gets a new life By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor As Oscar Wilde so famously said, “Memory is a diary that we all carry about with us.” But in reality, our recollections of yesteryear are often much clearer than the reality the rough edges of time have hewed away at in our memories As a child, fond memories of small things like our visits with family, to stores, and vacations often…
Kingston pleads guilty in 20 year old Fulton County murder case By Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor Less than a month after being found fit to proceed to trial, the fate of 66-year-old Dennis Kingston of Salem was sealed just short of a year after his Feb. 23, 2024 arrest for Murder in the First Degree in a 20-year-old cold case. Kingston accepted a negotiated guilty plea agreement in place of a jury…
Tammy Curtis, from interviews with Fulton County Sheriff's Jake Smith and Sharp County Sheriff Shane Russell ORIGINAL POST - 4:20 p.m Feb. 18, 2025 The Fulton County Sheriff’s Department is currently searching for a suspect who escaped police custody in the late night of Feb. 17 or early morning hours of Feb. 18 at 438 Griffin Road in Hardy in Fulton County. According to Fulton County Sheriff Jake Smith, a Fulton County…
Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor and Probable Cause Affidavit from FCSO A couple of employees of the Glencoe Valero have found themselves jobless after their attempt at ingenuity in one of the newest type crimes, theft of cryptocurrency from a Bitcoin machine located inside the business. Elizabeth Jane Austin, 52, and Dennis Kemp, 41, both of Glencoe were arrested on Feb. 4 for the crime of breaking an entering and theft. According to…
