‘He took my baby for nothing’: 15-year-old Anchorage girl fatally shot while driving with her mo m

Also: A second lawsuit has been filed over Alaska's new legislative redistricting plan. Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Pipers Restaurant and Sports Lounge]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Friday, December 10. In today's newsletter: - A 15-year-old Anchorage girl died this week after being shot in the head while driving with her mom, who charges described as the shooter's intended target. - A second lawsuit has been filed over Alaska's new legislative redistricting plan. - Two curlers with Fairbanks connections qualified for the Winter Olympics, making them the first Alaskans to officially be named to the 2022 team. Have you ever noticed the wall of spruce trees lining International Airport Road on your way to Anchorage's main airport? Alaska gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels describes it as a "beautiful, tall and thick living wall" that excels at hiding much of the development necessary to support the airport. But when the road landscaping project began, it [attracted complaints and criticism](. ☁️ Anchorage weather After some light snowfall earlier, it's mostly cloudy with a high near 22 today. Tonight's low is expected to be around 10 as the clouds stick around, though this weekend should bring clearer skies with highs of 13 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Vicky Ho, vho@adn.com [‘He took my baby for nothing’: 15-year-old Anchorage girl fatally shot while driving with her mom]( [‘He took my baby for nothing’: 15-year-old Anchorage girl fatally shot while driving with her mom]( A 15-year-old girl died after being shot in the head near downtown Anchorage earlier this week as she and her mother drove to pick her sister up from elementary school. The bullet that killed Shatara Stone was intended for her mother, according to charges. “My daughter was innocent,” mother Tara Jones said. “She didn’t deserve this. It was not her time to go.” [Read More]( [Second lawsuit filed against Alaska’s new legislative redistricting plan]( [Second lawsuit filed against Alaska’s new legislative redistricting plan]( In the lawsuit, Anchorage residents Felisa Wilson, George Martinez and Yarrow Silvers say Alaska's five-person redistricting board improperly and illegally drew state Senate districts that join East Anchorage neighborhoods with Eagle River. Today is the deadline to file lawsuits challenging [the redistricting plan](, which was approved by the board last month. [Read More]( [More students allege abuse by former Wasilla elementary teacher in lawsuit against school district]( [More students allege abuse by former Wasilla elementary teacher in lawsuit against school district]( Three more families are claiming that a former Wasilla elementary school teacher, Lukis Nighswonger, inappropriately touched their children and school officials did nothing to act on their concerns prior to his arrest. [Read More]( [Two curlers with Fairbanks connections qualify for the Winter Olympics]( [Two curlers with Fairbanks connections qualify for the Winter Olympics]( Fairbanks resident Vicky Persinger, 29, earned a berth in mixed doubles at an Olympic qualifying event in the Netherlands. And Colin Hufman, a 37-year-old now living in Minneapolis, is a “born and raised” Fairbanksan who’s going to the games as an alternate. [Read More]( [Anchorage woman visiting family in South Carolina was mauled to death by dogs, sheriff says]( [Anchorage woman visiting family in South Carolina was mauled to death by dogs, sheriff says]( Anchorage resident Lori Martin, 60, died Thursday after an apparent dog attack inside a South Carolina home, authorities said. An initial investigation found that four dogs fighting each other inside the residence likely attacked Martin. [Read More]( More from the ADN [Alaska on Friday reports no deaths and 453 COVID-19 cases over two days]( [Alaska on Friday reports no deaths and 453 COVID-19 cases over two days]( [Read More]( [Supreme Court allows Texas abortion ban to continue but OKs legal challenges by providers]( [Supreme Court allows Texas abortion ban to continue but OKs legal challenges by providers]( [Read More]( [Environmentalists and Alaska villages continue court challenge of permits for Ambler Road project ]( [Environmentalists and Alaska villages continue court challenge of permits for Ambler Road project]( [Read More]( [Former senator Bob Dole commemorated at National Cathedral and World War II memorial]( [Former senator Bob Dole commemorated at National Cathedral and World War II memorial]( [Read More]( [Many parents of school shooters ignore glaring warning signs. This one didn’t.]( [Many parents of school shooters ignore glaring warning signs. 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