The hearing, scheduled for Monday, comes about four months after the parole board abruptly reversed a previous decision to allow Porter's release. Some backers say Porter's crime was a product of a ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon man who killed a police officer nearly 25 years ago is a step closer to leaving prison after an appeals court ruled the state parole board incorrectly rescinded his ...
Anthony Steele and Ingo Wedde, longtime friends of Oregon State Penitentiary inmate Sidney Dean Porter, in June show two motorcycles and a truck they say would have been waiting for the convicted ...
ALIAS O. HENRY (294 pp.) — Gerald Longford—MacmHlan ($5). William Sidney Porter was an alcoholic, a liar, a convicted embezzler. He betrayed his friends, deserted his family, fled the U.S. to escape ...
Before he was known as O. Henry and the author of “The Gift of the Magi,” William Sidney Porter wrote another yarn about a husband and wife who miscommunicate. Instead of trading Christmas presents in ...
William Sydney Porter — better known by his pen name, O. Henry — was born in North Carolina and died in New York. But his sixteen years in Texas, from 1882 to 1898, made a lasting mark on his life and ...
American Heritage was driving down the field, poised to cause more heartbreak for Cardinal Gibbons by stealing another game from the Chiefs in the waning moments. But Gibbons defensive back Sidney ...
A fight between a man and his girlfriend ended with SWAT surrounding a West Richland home for several hours Thursday. Sidney Porter, 30, was arguing with his girlfriend when she left their home ...