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UPFRONT fo) nnn fVd EJ 20-year I-74 project moving into home stretch Police officer dies after 'unprovoked attack' CHEVERLY, Md. A police officer was fatally shot in an "unprovoked attack" near a police station in a Maryland suburb of the nation's capital, authorities said Sunday. A second person, not a police officer, also was shot and wounded, police said. Two suspects in the officer's shooting were in custody. Police identified the slain officer as 28-year-old Jacai Colson, a four-year veteran of the Prince George's County Police Department who was days shy of his birthday.

The police department said on Twitter that Colson "lost his life in defense of this community today. This was an unprovoked attack." Authorities didn't immediately elaborate on the tweet Police had originally advised residents near the police station in Landover to stay inside, and others to avoid the area, because of an "active then lifted the "shelter in place'advice in a message on Twitter soon after the second suspect was apprehended. The shooting occurred at about 430 p.m. at community center next to the Landover station in the suburb of Prince George's County, about 10 miles northeast of downtown Washington, D.C The Associated Press Mississippi River CltyWaW II II Department rpih Hr inn I LI COMPLETED 32019 1 uv 02019-20 hr-Ld. I BETTENDORF BY ANTHONY WATT awattqconline.com The 20-year effort to build a new Interstate 74 bridge across the Mississippi River between Moline and Betten-dorf is moving into the home stretch, with this season's work expected to clear the way for construction of the actual bridge to begin in 2017.

The new bridge will run just east of the existing one. It will have two spans, each with four lanes and full shoulders. There also will be a recreation trail and an overlook in the middle. It is expected to open in 2020, with the existing bridge to be demolished in 2021. Doug Rick, 1-74 project manager for the Iowa Department of Transportation, said two related projects underway in Bettendorf are expected to be completed in 2016.

They are the switching of US. Highway 67 from State Street to the north and the rebuilding of a portion of Kimberly Road. "That's the plan to be done by the end of this year," he said. A third 2016 project the relocation of endangered mussels in the path Graphk: Douglas Teggatz lion. About $140 million has been spent or committed so far.

The revenue for the project is coming from federal transportation funds that Illinois and Iowa receive each year. See BRIDGE, page A2 Source: Iowa Department of Transportation of the new bridge is expected this summer, he said. The total project, including the bridge, realignment of the highway, new ramps and related work between Avenue of the Cities in Moline and 53rd Street in Davenport, is expected to cost $1.2 bil- jftttfiWiCi It 4 Rockets return home 4 I. i 3 fi lYfcl I'M ymwM'x 'M Todd Welvaert swelvaenqconline.com Missouri State wins Missouri State players celebrate after defeating top-seeded University of Northern Iowa 71-58 to claim the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship at Wireless Center In Molina on Sunday. For full coverage, see page A7.

Study: New rules needed for pilot health issues LE BOURGET, France Aviation agencies around the world should draw up new rules requiring medical workers to warn authorities when a pilot's mental health could threaten public safety, French investigators recommended Sunday after a yearlong probe Into the Germanwings plane crash. The French Investigation found that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who had been treated for depression In the past had consulted with dozens of doctors in the weeks before he deliberately crashed a jet into the French Alps on March 24, 201 5, killing all 150 people on board. But none of the doctors told authorities of any concerns about Lubitz's mental health, France's BEA air accident investigation agency said, Including one who referred Lubitz to a psychiatric clinic two weeks before the crash. "Experts found that the symptoms (two weeks before the crash) could be compatible with a psychotic episode," said Arnaud Desjar-din, leader of the BEA Investigate This Information "was not delivered to Germanwings." Because Lubitz didn't Inform anyone, the BEA said in a statement "no action could have been taken by the authorities or his employer to prevent him from flying." The agency also said Lubitz was using antidepressants at the time of the crash. It said traces of anti-depressive medications Otalo-pram and Mlrtazapine were found in Lubitz's remains, as well as the sleeping medication Zopiclone.

The US. National Library of Medicine notes on its entry for Citjlopram that children and young adults who take the drug can become sulcldarespecUly at the beginning of your treatment and any time that your dose Is Increased or decreased." Lubitz was 27 when he crashed the plane. The Associated Press Mtj Mdjtighlinmimlwilinqc online com Memories shared will last a lifetime Rockrldgt players Gentry Whlteman and TJ. Martens laugh as head coach Toby Whittman reminisces over this year's season during the Rockets' welcome-home ceremony on Sunday, after the team's runner-up finish at the state tournament For full coverage, see pages A7 and A1 1. Ex-felons share their stories to urge justice reform f) help ex-cons better re integrate into society "I'm a different person now," Mr.

Williams said. "I have a heck of a time trying to get a Job. Everywhere I go, I put down I was Incarcerated. In the interview, it always comes down to, 'It's too much; we can't have he said. "I ain't no bad person," Mr.

Williams said, noting dcxirs are continually shut to him. "It's never-ending." "We have to find a way to remove the shame that's associated with It," Rev. Ford said of serving time. "People are more than their past offenses. If we keep locking people out, calling them felons and not returning citizens, we'll never get to the point where we can start healing humanity "It's one thing to Ik? locked up for past offenses.

It's Set REFORM, page A2 BY JONATHAN TURNER jtumerqconllne.com MOLINE Anthony Williams, of Rock Island, volunteers every school day at Rock Island Academy but has been denied paid employment by the school district. That's because he's an ex-felon, who was released 16 years ago after serving nearly seven years In prison. "I know I can do more," Mr. Williams, a father of three, said Sunday at a panel discussion, "Critical Mass: Ending the Prison Pipeline," led by the Rev. Dwlght Ford, pastor of Grace City Church, who has led a re-entry program In Omaha for newly released prisoners.

Mr. Williams finished barber school and works as a barber who goes to his customers. I le was convicted In as a teenager for aggravated battery with a firearm, a crime Irojihjf twmp tumriiilinf torn Ramsey Vesey, center, speaks at forum about prison, re-entry to so ciety and criminal justice reform Sunday at Grace City Church, Moline. Also pictured are Leonard Overstreet, left, and Anthony Williams. INDEX WEATHER (Unified Daily PUnnw AS Sport! A7 DwAbby B2 B4 Croiiword B10-11 Obituarifl A4 Wor)dNationA12 "They are some of the most hard-working, socially conscious, engaging community individuals 1 know," the pastor said of the the men.

Former director of the King Center In Rock Island. Rev Ford wants the system to lessen sentences for nonviolent offenses, and he said he did not commit and had several witnesses who vouched for him, "I wasn't there; I caught a bad deal," Mr. Williams said Sunday, one of three ex convicts (called "returning citizens" by Rev. Ford) to tell their stories and urge criminal justice reform. HIGH Cloudy, I wlndt 10 i mp" 62 51 LOW ruit reoT 7 wttoiniiuo'.