Emu’s escape ends in death
ROME, Ga. – An emu’s journey through a Rome neighborhood began with curious onlookers, as it strutted through fields and over streets after escaping from its owner.
But the animal’s brief taste of freedom Wednesday ended in death.
Floyd County police spokesman Jerome Poole said that after animal control officers failed to take down the emu with tranquilizer darts, it was shot and killed at the owner’s request.
Poole told the Rome News-Tribune that the emu was “thousands of addresses away” from its owner’s property.
Five arrested in 2 drug cases
SCOTTSBORO, Ala. – Five people were arrested this week in two drug cases in Jackson County, Ala., according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.