Sigmund, Carl and Alfred

Have you ever wondered why there is a credit crisis?

Investigators are still shaking their heads over how 39-year old James Hartman spent $ 3.2 million on vehicles, cars and land in three months.

Hartman did it by using a photocopy of someone else’s driver’s license and a matching Social Security number, according to police…

“Did I go overboard in buying a few vehicles. Probably did,” Hartman told 9Wants to Know from the Jefferson County Jail. “But it wasn’t identity theft. My brother approved of all of it. I didn’t have the credit. He did. So we used his driver’s license and Social Security number to make the purchases.”

Tornado shelter locked- during tornado

City officials will be looking into procedures for operating the facility.

About 20 people came to the shelter Wednesday night to take cover but ended up having to wait outside in the severe weather.

Every Alma police officer has a key to the door, but by the time the doors were finally opened by someone else, the storm had already passed.

Sex in the name of self esteem

A Donora woman who had been charged with having sex with a 12-year-old boy in 2006 pleaded guilty in the case and was sentenced to 6-to-23 months in prison…

Another woman charged with having sex for money with the child, Loretta Figolah, also of Donora, pleaded guilty in February and received the same sentence as Lickert did…

The child’s mother, Kathleen Waggoner, allegedly gave money to Van Pool on two occasions to take her son for sexual favors because the child was threatening to kill himself. Waggoner was working in a bar in Donora at the time.

Waggoner was recently admitted to the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) for first-time offenders. She received 12 months for corruption of minors and endangering the welfare of children.

How much is a life worth?

The Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office says a driver who struck and killed a county police officer last year has paid her traffic fines.

Prosecutors say Stephanie Grissom of Columbia paid $310 in fines for speeding and negligent driving. She also received three points on her driving record.

In March, a county grand jury declined to indict Grissom on automobile manslaughter charges.

Police say Grissom was driving 71 mph in a 55-mph zone on Route 32 when she struck Officer Scott Wheeler. The officer was working a speed enforcement detail and had stepped into the road to flag Grissom down when he was struck.

Another Hillary?

Sang backup for Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. Engaged to Eagles singer-songwriter Don Henley. Devastated by a brother’s death in Vietnam.

All are part of the colorful past described by Carrollton Mayor Becky Miller, acquaintances say.

But spokesmen for the famous singers said the three don’t know her. And the mayor’s father said she never had a brother who died in the war.

Mrs. Miller’s challenger in Saturday’s mayoral election, Ron Branson, first expressed doubts that her brother had died in Vietnam, and checks by The Dallas Morning News also raised questions about her singing career and whether she attended Western Kentucky University.

The mayor, who is seeking a second term, said that the singers are wrong and that she went by another name when she associated with them during the 1970s. She initially declined to give that name but said Monday that most people at the time called her Pinky.

Her father, Edward Sampson, said his son is alive in Maryland. “He was never in the service,” Mr. Sampson said…