Blink O'fanaye / Flickr Capitol Police Announce Officer Has Died from Injuries Sustained During Riot One report said the Capitol Police officer had been 'struck with a fire extinguisher' during the rioting. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal January 8, 2021
Howard Huff / Facebook Doctors Find Faint Pulse After Declaring Former Miss Virginia Dead: 'A Miracle' After the medical team had stopped their resuscitation efforts, they miraculously found a pulse. Faint, but there. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal January 7, 2021
@LindsayAWatts / Twitter Woman Shot at Capitol Was 14-Year USAF Vet, Huge Trump Supporter Ashli Babbit was reportedly unarmed when she was shot by Capitol Police during the incursion Wednesday. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal January 7, 2021
Oklahoma State Sugar Art Show / Facebook screen shot Food Network Star Kerry Vincent Dead at Age 75 Her illness was not made public, and the announcement came as a surprise to many when the foundation she helped start shared the sad news. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal January 5, 2021
likeaduck / Flickr Man Dead from Rare Disease, Doctors Think It Had Something To Do with Squirrels One fateful decision made after a hunt may have had devastating consequences for this 61-year-old man in New York. By Samantha Kamman, The Western Journal January 4, 2021
New York Daily News / Facebook screen shot Pregnant Influencer Emily Mitchell Dies Just 3 Days Before Christmas Her Instagram page, 'The Hidden Way,' documented her life as a homeschool mom and a Christian, and Mitchell had over 115,000 followers. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal January 2, 2021
@AlexChhith / Twitter video screen shot Report: Minneapolis Cops Ask To Use 40mm Launchers After 100+ Person Crowd Begins Attacking The showdown between cops and protesters was sparked by the first fatal officer-involved shooting since George Floyd's death. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal January 1, 2021
Mufid Majnun / Unsplash Congressman-Elect Letlow's COVID-Related Death Involved Heart Attack He had been showing signs of improvement when he suffered a heart attack that was 'refractory to all resuscitation efforts.' By Jack Davis, The Western Journal December 30, 2020
@SenaitTV / Twitter Louisville PD Notifies Two More Cops They Will Be Fired Over Breonna Taylor Shooting 'Your actions have brought discredit upon yourself and the Department,' the police chief told one of the officers. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal December 30, 2020
@lvirus316 / Twitter screen shot 'Deadliest Catch' Star Nick McGlashan Dead at Age 33 Tragedy has again struck the cast of the reality show 'The Deadliest Catch,' with the death of another member. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal December 28, 2020
Polk County Sheriff's Office Thug Arrested for Allegedly Killing Town Librarian, Church Van Left Tire Tracks on Her Body The crime deprived a family of its mother, a community of its librarian and many at-risk youth of a truly positive influence in their lives. By Mike Heuer, The Western Journal December 24, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Flashback: Child Died After Biden Transportation Sec Pick Buttigieg Covered a Traffic Light Pete Buttigieg's past experience working with transportation as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, does not inspire confidence. By Jared Harris, The Western Journal December 20, 2020
Lucian Petronel Potlog / Pexels County Coroner Sounds the Alarm on Gunshot Deaths Being Listed as Deaths Among COVID Cases: Report A coroner in Colorado is calling out the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment over its death classification system. By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal December 17, 2020
Chicago Police / YouTube screen shot 15-Year-Old Boy Charged with Murder After Attack on Retired Chicago Firefighter Is Caught on Camera 'Dwain was snatched from us by a world in which we live that has allowed evil and violence to raise its ugly head.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal December 17, 2020
Tyler Neu / Flickr Country Music Legend Charley Pride Dead at Age 86 Raised on blues, gospel and country music, Pride bought his first guitar at 14 and learned to play by ear. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal December 14, 2020
Community of Waldsolms via CNN / Facebook Community Inherits Property and Stock Portfolio Worth $7.5 Million After Woman's Death One plan is to improve local transportation options, maybe in the form of a bus to Butzbach or community-use cars. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal December 9, 2020
Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal / Facebook screen shot Nurse Dies While Trying To Save Paralyzed Patient from Burning Home By the time first responders arrived and extracted them both from the home, the nurse had already succumbed to smoke inhalation. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal December 5, 2020
Hannah Sharriee Photography / Facebook screen shot NASCAR's William 'Rowdy' Harrell and Wife Die in Car Crash While on Honeymoon 'He made his team better and more importantly made everyone around him better. Thoughts and prayers to his and Blakley's family.' By Erin Coates, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
YoTuT/ Flickr October Suicide Deaths in Japan Outnumber All COVID Deaths During the Pandemic The biggest increase came among women: The number of female suicides surged by 82.6 percent from the same period last year. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal November 30, 2020
Gage Skidmore / Flickr Herman Cain's Family Launches Plan To Keep His Legacy Alive - Here's How You Can Help The film uses a mixture of archival footage, animations, interviews and footage of visits to the locations that were key in Cain's life. By Randy DeSoto, The Western Journal November 24, 2020
George Floyd Question on Chemistry Exam Lands Teacher in Hot Water A Virginia high school is investigating a chemistry teacher for referencing George Floyd on an exam question amid parental complaints. By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal November 23, 2020