VALLEY, Ala. — An eastern Alabama school principal is asking students to bring cans of food such as corn and peas as a way of fighting off a school intruder.
W.F. Burns Middle School Principal Priscella Holley said in a Friday letter to parents that a can could stun an intruder "or even knock him out" until police arrive.
Holley wrote that the cans would empower students if an intruder enters their classroom at the school in Valley, Alabama.
Chambers County Schools Superintendent Kelli Hodge told The Associated Press the letter was sent after school employees received training from Auburn University's public safety department.
Hodge says throwing cans or other items would be a last resort for students unable to evacuate. She says the cans would be stored in classrooms and students wouldn't be carrying them around school.

LA CROSSE, Wis. - A 47-year-old man allegedly trying to outrun deputies through western Wisconsin surrendered when he lost his prosthetic leg.

The La Crosse Tribune reports Thomas Fuselier fled when a Holmen officer tried to stop him for a defective brake light Tuesday.

A criminal complaint filed Wednesday says speeds reached 80 miles an hour, with Fuselier at one point sticking his hand out to wave at officers.

The complaint says officers later found his car in a ditch and followed footprints into a wooded area and across a creek.

The complaint says a deputy found Fuselier on the ground because his prosthetic leg was stuck in a fence. Police found meth and a pipe in his car.

A message left for lawyer Eric Sanford was not immediately returned Thursday.