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Post office shooter's foiled escape attempt

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

Federal prosecutors say the former prison guard charged with killing two Henning postal workers was planning an escape from custody.

In court documents filed Friday, prosecutors say Chastain Montgomery was collecting plastic trays and he was planning to turn them into shanks.

Prosecutors say he was also going to

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KKK fliers found in Oak Ridge neighborhood

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say single-page fliers bearing the letterhead of the United Klans of America and announcing a neighborhood watch were found in an older area of Oak Ridge.

Oak Ridge Police Officer Garrett L. Robbins wrote in an incident report that the fliers stated "You can sleep well tonight knowing the UKA is awake!"

The

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Off-duty policeman arrested for assault over radio volume

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (FOX13) -

An off-duty 47-year-old Memphis police officer was arrested late Thursday evening after a reported domestic assault against his girlfriend over the volume of a car radio, police said.

Officer Lazarus Settle was charged with simple assault domestic violence after he got into an argument with his 44-year-old

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8-year-old run over in driveway, dies at hospital

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -

Memphis police say an 8-year-old boy has died after he was run over by a car while playing in a driveway.

Police said Friday that Bryan Guevara died at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital after he was taken there Thursday.

A preliminary investigation has found that the boy was in the driveway of a Memphis home when

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Group says it would defend new Miss. prayer law

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A nonprofit conservative group says it will provide free legal representation to Mississippi schools or districts if a new school prayer law is challenged in court.

Liberty Counsel attorney Steve Crampton tells The Associated Press on Friday that the group believes the

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