A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AS POLICE BURST INTO A BARRICADED ROOM, ENDING A FRIGHTENING HOSTAGE SITUATION.(PHOTO).

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 A Mother's Day Nightmare in Princeton, Illinois. A 3-year-old boy was struck by gunfire as police burst into a barricaded room, ending a frightening hostage situation. Multiple agencies responded to the Hummingbird Mobile Home Park in Princeton, Illinois, on Sunday, May 10th at 2:42 a.m. The initial call went out as a domestic disturbance but officers discovered much worse.  42-year-old, Anthony Rodriguez, had barricaded himself in a room armed with a knife. Anthony had taken several people as hostages, including Aurora Almanza and her 3-year-old son.  Multiple agencies were on the scene, including the Bureau County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police and  the Princeton Police Department.  Authorities attempted to negotiate but ultimately rushed the room when they heard screaming coming from inside.  Officials have reported that officers fired shots as they entered the room. Anthony Rodriguez was hit and was neutralized.  Sadly, Aurora Almanza's t...

ONITSHA SOUTH MAYOR, MARKET LEADERS BRAINSTORM ON WAY FORWARD . (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE


 Onitsha South Mayor, Market Leaders Brainstorm On Way forward 


By Juliana Nwachukwu 


The Mayor of Onitsha South Local Government Area, Hon. Chief Emeka Orji on January 22, met with the market leaders within the area to brainstorm on the way forward for the constituency.


The meeting which was the first interactive meeting of the year with the market leaders witnessed the budget planning if the year 2026 and other important issues that will be beneficiary for the people of the area.


Speaking immediately after the meeting at the Local Government Secretariat Hall, the Local Government Secretary, Paul Onuachalla Esq said, "We are planning  our budgets and we deemed it necessary to call the market leaders, stakeholders.


"We ensure that they are integral part of our decision making process because some of them have businesses here but reside outside the area, their input will help us to govern better.


"This is a political season, we also outlined the scorecards, the developmental strides of the Mayor, his interventions in something that could have result to major crisis, the provision and procurement of fire service station and fire truck.


On the fire service truck, Onuachalla said that Onitsha South did not have a limited human resources which made the LG to request the technical assistance from the Ministry of Power and Water Resources Awka for assistance.


"In technical assistance, I mean, we need fire service officers and technical officers, whatever that is required to make this machine effective, battle ready.


"We also invited the officials of the fire service officials from Awka for testing of the machine to get them battle ready because this is the first time Onitsha South is embarking on such project," Onuachalla said.

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