TEACHER ARRESTED FOR MURDERING STUDENT

Excerpts taken from Associated Press

Springfield, MO: Craig Michael Wood was charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 10-year-old Hailey Owens, after abducting her a few blocks from her home.

Witnesses said a man drove a gold Ford Ranger down the little girl’s Springfield neighborhood several times, then suddenly snatched her and sped away.

Woods, a 45-year-old middle school football coach and teacher’s aid, was charge...