Suspect in deputy’s shooting arrested

COGGON, Iowa (AP) — A Chicago man who allegedly shot and wounded a sheriff’s deputy at an Iowa gas station and then evaded an extensive manhunt for hours has been arrested, a sheriff said Monday. Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner said 36-year-old Stanley Donahue was taken into custody Monday afternoon just north of Coggon, Iowa, where the shooting took place during an armed robbery at a Casey’s General Store on Sunday night. He said that additional details would soon be released. “Outstanding efforts by multiple agencies resulted in this person being taken into custody without further violence,” Gardner said. “This is cooperative law enforcement at its finest.” Gardner called it a “tragic and needless shooting that resulted in serious injuries to one of our deputies who was merely doing his job to protect the citizens of Linn County.”

Police ID driver who rammed bike riders

PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities on Monday identified the man accused of plowing his pickup truck into a group of bicyclists taking part in a weekend race in an Arizona mountain town, critically injuring several riders, as a resident of a nearby community. Shawn Michael Chock, 35, of White Mountain Lakes, fled the crash Saturday in Show Low and was shot by police as they chased him, said Kristine Sleighter, a police spokeswoman. Chock is still hospitalized in stable condition and has not been charged. He is accused of speeding his truck into bike racers gathered just before 7:30 a.m. for the annual 58-mile Bike the Bluff race, which had drawn hundreds of participants to the town about a three-hour drive northeast of Phoenix. Witnesses described seeing the bodies of cyclists flying left and right.

Principal crafts notes for graduates

PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — A Florida high school principal spent the last several months of the school year crafting personalized notes for each of the 459 graduates and left them on their seats to read before receiving their diplomas. Matanzas High School principal Jeff Reaves scoured through transcripts, emails and used his own personal memories to prepare the notes in time for the June 2 graduation, The Daytona Beach News Journal reported. He wanted to do something special since their last two years in school were marred by the coronavirus pandemic.“I want to be positive for our students, especially in a time where there’s a lot of negativity and turmoil in the world,” Reaves told the newspaper. “I wanted to shine some light on the students and encourage them as they begin their next journey in life.”