Mid-Valley Briefs

Mid-Valley Briefs from Thursday's paper.

Yuba city

Airman, 47, dies at Kansas base

A Yuba City airman has died while stationed at an Air Force base in Kansas, base officials said.

Airman Staff Sgt. Charles T. Gose, 47, of Yuba City was found unresponsive at his on-base residence Tuesday at McConnell Air Force Base and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

A spokesman for the base said Gose's death was under investigation. Gose was assigned to the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at the base, which is near Wichita.

No information was available Wednesday on him locally.

Palermo

Husband jailed in stabbing death

A Palermo woman was killed Tuesday afternoon when her husband allegedly stabbed her at their home, the Butte County Sheriff's Department said.

Steven Frederick Zornes, 52, was arrested on suspicion of murder after being questioned by investigators in the fatal stabbing of his wife, Katherine Jewel Allen, 42.

Deputies responded to a 911 call at the residence in the 2700 block of Highway 70, about eight miles south of Oroville, at 12:35 p.m.

Allen was pronounced dead at the scene.

Bail for Zornes was set at $1 million.

Plumas Lake

'Supernanny' taping called off

Despite initial plans to do so, the popular reality TV show "Supernanny" ended up not taping an episode in Plumas Lake when the family pulled out of the production, according to Yuba County officials.

Citing concerns over media attention, the family told show producers Shed Media they didn't want to participate days before filming was to begin, after the production company had approached Yuba County earlier this month to get the necessary permits.

On the ABC show, "Supernanny" Jo Frost assists parents who've asked for help with their rambunctious children. The show had been set to tape last week and this week.

Yuba-Sutter

Halloween event for children set

A kids Halloween costume contest is part of the annual Pumpkin Carving and Decorating Contest and pumpkin growing contest sponsored by the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau and Sutter Orchard Supply.

Saturday's event, at 573 Bridge St. in Yuba City, includes the pumpkin weigh-in from 8:30 to 11 a.m., and judging in the decorating contest at 1 p.m.

Children in the costume contest must arrive by noon.

For more information, call the farm bureau at 673-8068 or Sutter Orchard Supply at 673-6550.