ATTLEBORO - A 6-5 vote by the city council this week to seek state permission to borrow money to pay off a court judgment against the Attleboro Redevelopment Authority was one of the most divisive in recent memory. In speaking on the issue, councilors we

MESSAGES from across the country and abroad showed the widow of former Stockton North MP Frank Cook just how universally popular he was. Surrounded by scores of cards and letters following Frank’s death, Princess Somsangouane said it had been touching an

Stephen H. Locher, AUSA, argued, Des Moines, IA (Joel W. Barrows, on the brief), for Appellee.Frank Cook, argued, Freeport, IL (Matthew Louis Noel, on the brief), for Appellant. Randall Allen Herbst appeals his conviction following a jury trial of one co

A MAN of the people was how Sir John Hall summed up Frank Cook at the funeral service for the former Stockton MP. Around 300 mourners attended the service yesterday in St Cuthbert’s RC Church in Stockton. They included Mr Cook’s widow Princess Somsangoua

HUNDREDS of mourners turned out to pay their respects to firebrand former MP Frank Cook. The Labour stalwart, 76, who was MP for Stockton North for 27 years, died in hospital. Sir John Hall and Mr Cook’s son, Andrew, gave eulogies at the funeral service,

19 January 2012 Last updated at 03:06 ET Mr Cook left a wife, four children, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren The funeral of the former Stockton North Labour MP Frank Cook will be held later. The 76-year-old died last week in North Tees Ho