Emmett NewsLocal news for Emmett, ID continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.A Flashpoint of Civil Rights Re-Examined in Ballad of Emmett Till, April 26-June 1- April 26, 2008 "The decision of his mother, Mamie, to have an open-casket funeral fueled a life-long struggle to force America to confront its legacy of enslavement and Southern terrorism" Chicago playwright Ifa Bayeza's new dramatic work, The Ballad of Emmett Till , billed as "part history and part mystery," makes its world premiere April 26 at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. via Playbillhttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/a-flashpoint-of-civil-rights-re-examined-in-ba... Emmett Till's Story Told in Play- April 24, 2008 The brutal murder of a Chicago youth more than 50 years ago is coming to the Goodman Theatre stage. via WBEZ-FM Chicagohttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/emmett-tills-story-told-in-play?fromrss=1 Photo Credit:MCT Campus- April 19, 2008 "I was reluctant to begin writing this book because I feared it would start the agony I had buried more than 50 years ago" Media Credit: MCT Campus Let's take a trip back to the past. You are a young child living in Kiev, Ukraine and the year is 1942. via The Arbiterhttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/photo-credit-mct-campus?fromrss=1 Shirley Hardisty, 70- April 17, 2008 Shirley Hardisty passed away in her home April 1st. She was 70 years old and was born in Emmett, Idaho, on May 26th, 1937. via Kitsap Sunhttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/shirley-hardisty-70?fromrss=1 Service today will honor former Iowan, soldier- April 15, 2008 "Stuart was an amazing man and will continue to live on in the hearts of those he touched forever" By WILLIAM PETROSKI REGISTER STAFF WRITER April 11, 2008 Funeral services will be in Des Moines today for Maj. via Httphttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/service-today-will-honor-former-iowan-soldier?... Idaho Soldier Killed In Operation Iraqi Freedom- April 13, 2008 Another Idaho soldier has been killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Major Stuart A. Wolfer, 36, was assigned to the 11th Battalion, 104th Division out of Boise, Idaho. via KIFIhttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/idaho-soldier-killed-in-operation-iraqi-freedo... MAJ Stuart Wolfer, killed in the Green Zone- April 11, 2008 More tragic proof that it's become dangerous even to work in the fortified Green Zone: An Idaho man serving as a member of the Vancouver-based 104th Training Division has been killed in action in Iraq. via Oregon at War - OregonLive.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/maj-stuart-wolfer-killed-in-the-green-zone?fro... S. Fla. Soldier Among 2 Who Died In Iraq- April 9, 2008 An Idaho National Guard Army reservist was fatally wounded in Baghdad on Sunday during an insurgent attack. via NBC6.nethttp://www.topix.net/city/emmett-id/2008/04/s-fla-soldier-among-2-who-died-in-iraq?fromrss... |