Death Toll In School Shooting Rises To 6

Northern Illinois University Says 16 Others Wounded

UPDATED: 8:25 pm CST February 14, 2008
KMBC.com

Authorities said a man dressed in black opened fire from a stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on Thursday afternoon, killing five people and himself.

University President John Peters said four of the victims, including the gunman, were found dead at the scene of the shooting, which took place shortly after 3 p.m. CST on Thursday.

Another two people died later at a nearby DeKalb, Ill., hospital and 16 others were injured in the shooting, Peters said.

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Though there has been violent crime throughout known history, how did we get to now? How did life come to be of so little value to so many?

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH REPORTS ON SEX CHARGES INVOLVING CHILDREN

Sex charges involve children
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
01/19/2008

ST. CHARLES — A 31-year-old woman was jailed Friday on charges she forced two children to imitate sex acts portrayed in a pornographic movie.

The woman, Jennifer N. Loggans, also had sexual contact with the children, both of whom are under 12, police said.

Loggans, of St. Charles, faces felony charges of using children in a sexual performance, two counts of attempted statutory sodomy and endangering the welfare of a child. She was held on $30,000 cash-only bail at the St. Charles County Jail.

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It seems we are having a rash of sex crimes against children by women. Perhaps we are just beginning to learn the part women have played in such crimes all along. Regardless, in all such cases, it does show the decline of morality within our society. A decline that we need to be addressing before it is too late.