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Pleadings from a grieving mom

Sometime in the last year, Tina Smith left a flyer at our office that called attention to the dangers of what some kids call the “choking game” which took the life of her son, Tyler Matherly. It was filled with small type about why teenagers are willing to get a high by choking themselves to... »

Community appalled by mother’s murder, missing daughter

Did she leave voluntarily or was she abducted by the boyfriend of her mother who apparently was murdered in their home? That’s the question some people are asking each other after seeing surveillance video from the Salem Walmart the night of Dec. 3, when 12-year-old Brittany Smith is shown walking out of the store... »