Stories from Friday, June 8, 2007

After being robbed, the Center Point branch of the Riddell National Bank implemented a locked-door policy, according Senior Vice President and Security Officer Steve Kidwell. Kidwell wasn't sure when the little small-town bank was robbed, but it was at least a decade ago...

A locked door foiled an attempted robbery at the Center Point branch of Riddell National Bank Thursday morning. Around 9:15 a.m., a white male wearing a dark-colored ski mask attempted several times to forcibly open the locked front door of the bank. When tellers wouldn't open the door, the suspect, who never showed a weapon, left the scene in a late model, white, four-door compact vehicle, according to eye witnesses...

Brian Keith Phelps, 42, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. He was a lifetime resident of Brazil having been born May 4, 1965. He attended Brazil High School and was employed by KFC. He was preceded in death by his mother, Thelma Phelps, his grandmother, Francis Phelps and a nephew, Jerry Sollie...