OROVILLE, Calif.
130,000 told to flee waters
At least 130,000 northern Californians were told to leave their homes Sunday evening as an emergency spillway in the country’s tallest dam was in danger of failing and unleashing uncontrolled floodwaters on towns below. Water levels were decreasing as officials let water flow from the heavily damaged main spillway, but water from Lake Oroville was still spilling over the Oroville Dam, the California Department of Water Resources said Sunday. Butte County Sheriff Koney Honea said engineers informed him shortly after 6 p.m. that the erosion on the emergency spillway was not advancing as fast as they thought.
LEADWOOD, Mo.
KKK ‘wizard’ found dead
Authorities are investigating the death of a Missouri man who identified himself as an “imperial wizard” of the Ku Klux Klan. Washington County Sheriff Zach Jacobsen told the Park Hills Daily Journal that the body of 51-year-old Frank Ancona of Leadwood, Mo., was found near the Big River on Saturday by a family fishing in the area. Ancona had been missing since Wednesday. His car was found Friday evening. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death.
DURHAM, N.C.
Officer shoots, kills suspect
A North Carolina Highway Patrolman shot a 31-year-old man to death Sunday during an “armed confrontation” when he fled following a traffic stop, authorities said. The State Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting, which happened at around 1 a.m. Sunday in Durham County. Trooper Jerimy Mathis tried to stop a driver for a lane violation and erratic driving. At first, Willard Eugene Scott Jr., who was black, refused to stop, then ultimately got out of his vehicle and fled on foot, according to the Highway Patrol. Mathis and Scott got into an altercation and Mathis fired his gun, striking Scott, who later died of his injuries at a hospital, the patrol said.
JUNEAU, Alaska
Crews search for fishing boat
The U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska is searching for a fishing boat with six people that has been missing in the Bering Sea for more than a day. Ships and aircraft looked through the night for the 98-foot-long F/V Destination, according to a news release from the agency on Sunday afternoon. The boat had six people on it and is owned by a company based in Seattle, Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Steenson said. The vessel’s electronic locating device was recovered Saturday morning in a debris field containing buoys, a life ring and an oil sheen.
Compiled from wire reports