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  • MS prison guard dies, others hurt in 'disturbance'

    May 21, 2012 1:14 AM

    NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) - A guard at a southwest Mississippi prison died Sunday and several other employees were injured during a disturbance involving hundreds of inmates that continued into the evening, authorities and the prison's operator said. Emily Ham, a spokeswoman for the Adams County Sheriff's Office, confirmed Sunday evening... more »
  • 1 dead in Coast Guard helicopter crash

    February 29, 2012 4:47 AM

    MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - The U.S. Coast Guard says one crewmember is dead and three others remain missing following a helicopter crash in Alabama during a training mission. Spokeswoman Petty Officer 2nd Class Elizabeth Bordelon says an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crashed Tuesday evening in Mobile Bay, near Point Clear, Ala.... more »
  • Guard mistakes New Year's balloons for gunshots

    December 31, 2010 6:41 PM

    AURORA, Colo. (AP) - Popping New Year's balloons spooked a suburban Denver armored car guard, who called police to report gunshots and a possible bank robbery in progress. Police tell broadcaster KUSA-TV that the mistaken gunshots were reported around 10 a.m. Friday at a Wells Fargo bank. A security... more »
  • Stabbed federal prison officer treated at hospital

    October 7, 2010 5:12 PM

    A corrections officer at the federal penitentiary in Florence was stabbed in the back three times by a prisoner using a homemade shank. The officer was treated at a hospital for his injuries and released. The attack happened around noon on Wednesday. The prisoner was quickly subdued by other... more »
  • Utah wildfire has now claimed 4 homes

    September 20, 2010 4:02 PM

    A wildfire sparked at a Utah firing range has destroyed four homes. More than 1,600 homes have been evacuated after the fire broke out during a National Guard training session and blazed across thousands of acres. But the fire that was threatening the small community of Herriman has now... more »
  • Utah wildfire burns 2 homes, threatens 100 more

    September 20, 2010 10:19 AM

    Fire officials in Utah say some 100 homes are threatened by a wind-drive blaze that's forced people to flee some 1,400 homes. Authorities say two homes have burned in the small community of Herriman, near Salt Lake City. The blaze started when dry brush at a National Guard... more »
  • Peterson AFB plans homecoming for deployed soldiers

    August 27, 2010 8:38 AM

    Eight soldiers from the Colorado Army National Guard are returning home after a nine-month deployment in Bahrain. A homecoming ceremony is planned Friday at Peterson Air Force Base. The soldiers are members of Commercial Imagery Team 4 from the Colorado Guard's 117th Space Battalion. The unit provided commercial satellite... more »
  • Mall security guard injured

    August 16, 2010 11:07 AM

    A mall security guard was injured in Colorado Springs late Sunday night. Colorado Springs Police report that the security guard on Chapel Hills Dr. contacted a suspicious person, described as a white man wearing dark clothing. The security guard suffered two scrapes in the confrontation. His injuries were not... more »
  • Guard wrestles with gunman at Pittsurgh school

    April 14, 2010 5:17 PM

    Officials say a gunman who entered a Pittsburgh magnet school was disarmed after he fought with a security guard and both men crashed through a large window near the school's entrance. Police say a 23-year-old man sneaked the weapon into the Creative & Performing Arts School on Wednesday afternoon.... more »
  • East High on brief "lock in"

    March 8, 2010 12:55 PM

    East High School in Pueblo was on heightened security status briefly Monday morning based on a possible threat that came through a national program called Safe to Tell. Based on that information East High was on "lock in" status for a couple of hours. That means students can only... more »
  • Pueblo security guard pleads guilty in man's death

    December 28, 2009 8:08 PM

    A security guard who shot and a killed a man in Pueblo has pleaded guilty. District Attorney Bill Thiebaut says last week David Noriega pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide. Noriega faces up to six years in prison. The shooting happened in September 2008 at American Iron and Metal on... more »
  • New Army Guard unit, readiness center in Alamosa

    September 10, 2009 4:11 PM

    The Colorado Army National Guard is opening a new readiness center and basing a new unit in Alamosa. Maj. Gen. H. Michael Edwards, the adjutant general of Colorado, said Thursday the facility is the home of the new Delta Company, 1st of the 157th Infantry Battalion. It will also serve... more »
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