Texas man robs bank day before his wedding to afford ring

A Texas man, by the name of Heath Edward Bumpous, decides to rob a bank in order to pay for the wedding ring; a day before the wedding. Later, his fiancée found out by seeing surveillance pictures that were posted by the police of him, recognizing him right away. 

Instead of a wedding, Bumpous was charged with robbery. Bumpous said that he needed money for the ring, but also money for the wedding venue. Later, his fiancée got in touch with him and asked if he really did rob a bank, but she knew it was him. 

Bumpous turned himself into the courthouse with his gun, along with the money that was stolen. He is now in custody and charged with aggravated robbery. There is no other information on if the couple is still planning to get married or not. 

This news article got my attention because of how weird and different the title was; I had to know more. In class we talked about “newsworthiness” and I was thinking to myself if this article is newsworthy? Does it affect people in Texas/surrounding area? Probably not, but it is still an interesting and funny article to read. 

https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/woman-catches-her-fiancee-robbing-bank-on-day-before-wedding-to-pay-for-ring/

The Sky’s the Limit

            Morningside Alum, Sioux City Council Member, Career Development Specialist, and avid brewery goer, this is Alex Watters. 

            Watters had a pretty adventurous childhood growing up. Growing up in Ocheyedan, Iowa, live was pretty great in the town of 500 people. Watters is blessed to have 2 loving parents along with 1 sister. Some of his favorite memories was when he was ramping his bike off of curbs, shooting hoops, or fishing with his friends. Once 8thgrade hit, his family decided it was best to move to Okoboji, Iowa, which is about 30 minutes from the small town of Ocheyedan. Watters favorite things to do quickly went from shooting hoops to wakeboarding on the lake, golfing, and longboarding. With growing up and getting through high school only means one thing, college. 

            Watters attended college at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Little did he know; his freshman year of college would change his life forever. Whether it was meeting girls, golfing, or just trying to make money, every day at Morningside was filled with something new. A couple weeks into his freshman year he met a girl at a M’side orientation dance, and they became really good friends. Weeks after school started, he was asked to go to a family reunion at his hometown, Okoboji, with this group of people he met at that dance, and without any hesitation he said yes. Fast forward to the reunion, it was midnight, and they just wanted to go swimming. Watters went out to the dock which was 150 feet out from shore and suddenly a gust of wind got a hold of the hat he was wearing, and it flew into the water. Like any other person would do, he dove in head first to fetch his hat and little did he know the water depth was only 18 inches deep. Watters heard his own neck snap and found himself laying in the water not being able to move his own arms or legs and blacked out. After this tragic incident, he woke up 3 separate times; in the ambulance, in the helicopter, and lastly, a table getting ready for surgery. 2 broken vertebrae, 6 months of rehab, 3 months of bedrest, and many prayers later, his life was changed forever. 

            Fast forward to today, many years later, Watters is a well-known-successful Sioux City man. When asked if he could give any piece of advice, one of his quotes stuck: “you truly determine your destiny.” We all have the same time through the day, so what are you going to do with that time? If you know what you want to achieve in life, go after it and do not stop until you reach it. “The sky’s the limit.”

Stefon Diggs fined over $200,000

The Minnesota Vikings fined starting Stefon Diggs, starting wide receiver, over $200,000 because of a couple unexcused absences from practice and meetings. 

On Monday and Tuesday the days were filled with practice and meetings, yet Diggs did not attend either; but still started against the Giants. Other teams reached out to the Vikings to see if they would be interested in a trade, but Diggs is still with the Vikings. Sources say it would take “an offer they can’t refuse” to trade the all-star receiver. 

The Vikings said no to every team that got a hold of them, and do not plan on getting rid of Diggs at any given time. It would take quite a lot to change their mind. 

This story was interesting because most people follow the NFL, and it is not common that players miss a couple days of practice in a row. The audience for this article is anyone that follows the NFL and the lead will catch peoples eye right away because that is a huge number that Diggs is being charged. This also relates to the class discussion where we talked about if you add the actual number (in this case $200,000) if it adds to the story, etc. In this case I thought it was more interesting and more eye catching if I added the actual amount that he was charged for.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27780366/sources-vikings-fine-stefon-diggs-200000-unexcused-absences-practice-meetings