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Local leaders highlight Rochester startup culture
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – Rochester could be home to a fortune 500 company in the next decade, at least that’s what state leaders think could happen if Rochester plays its cards right.
Thursday, Rochester area business owners and leaders gathered with the Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove to highlight the southeast corner of the state. Round table participants agreed that with the talent and innovation Rochester has, it makes for a great startup culture.
“Having a strong foundation in Rochester has really allowed us to grow really fast,” Nanodropper co-founder Robbie Spencer said.
Nanodropper is the perfect example. The startup was created in the height of the pandemic, and now has about 700 locations in 49 states.
“Nanodropper offers an adaptor for your eyedrop bottles,” he said. “It twists on and fits on 90 plus percent of all drops on the market. Replaces the original cap, twists on and reduces the size of the drop by 75 percent. The reason that’s valuable, is someone with a glaucoma eyedrop medication prescription, those drops can cost $500 per month. It stretches that one month to three months. So, it’s saving them two refills, basically.”
DEED announced Thursday that the state has logged its sixth straight month of job growth. However, there continues to be a labor shortage. There’s about 2.7 open jobs for every one person searching for a job, according to Grove. Leaders agree that Minnesota needs to be deliberate and call out its strengths to entice more people to come to the state.
“How do we get a little less humble, and a little more promotional about our state to live and grow?” Grove said. “And not just in the metro. Rochester is one of the best cities in the country to live if you have a family. World class education. World class medical science. Great startup ecosystem. That’s the kind of message we need to be more vocal about.”
Equity was another focus of Thursday’s roundtable. Grove said the state needs to focus on workers of color and young people.
“Minnesota has had some pretty stunning racial disparities in the last few years,” he added.
According to Grove, Minnesota is also 50th in the country in the number of young people who take the computer science examination. In light of that, equity was another piece of Thursday’s message. Grove said the state needs to focus on workers of color and young people.
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FDA authorizes first COVID-19 breath test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization to the first COVID-19 test that spots chemical compounds associated with the coronavirus in breath, the agency said Thursday.
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The FDA said the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer, which is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, can be used in medical offices and mobile testing sites. It can give results in less than three minutes.
The system separates and identifies chemical mixtures to detect five compounds associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
A study of the InspectIR Breathalyzer found it accurately identified more than 91% of positive samples and nearly 100% of negative samples. Similar sensitivity was found in another study that focused on the omicron coronavirus variant. However, a positive result should be confirmed with a PCR test, the FDA said.
"Today's authorization is yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests for COVID-19," Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement. "The FDA continues to support the development of novel COVID-19 tests with the goal of advancing technologies that can help address the current pandemic and better position the U.S. for the next public health emergency." | https://www.koat.com/article/fda-authorizes-first-covid-breath-test/39730033 | 2022-04-14T23:42:34 | 0 | https://www.koat.com/article/fda-authorizes-first-covid-breath-test/39730033 |
US home prices are rising so fast, property taxes can't keep up
With home prices skyrocketing by double-digit percentages over the last year, it would be no surprise if property taxes jumped too.
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But surprisingly, the average property tax on a single-family home rose by just 1.8% last year to $3,785, increasing at the smallest pace in the past five years, according to a report from ATTOM, a real estate data company. That has resulted in an effective tax rate of 0.9%, down from 1.1% in 2020, the report found.
But this small silver lining in the housing market may not last long. Home prices may have risen so fast that taxes are still catching up, said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM.
"It's hardly a surprise that property taxes increased in 2021, a year when home prices across the country rose by 16%," Sharga said. "In fact, the real surprise is that the tax increases weren't higher, which suggests that tax assessments are lagging behind rising property values, and will likely continue to go up in 2022."
That means bigger jumps in property taxes could be coming in years ahead.
In 2021, effective tax rates — a measure of taxes relative to a home's value — declined, even as total taxes rose because home values went up much more quickly than taxes did, the report found.
Home values spiked by more than 10% in many markets across the country. Property taxes that are still lagging behind these spikes in prices should be something for new buyers to keep in mind.
"Prospective homeowners often fail to include property taxes when considering the cost of homeownership," Sharga said. "But, especially in some of the higher-priced markets across the country, property taxes can add thousands of dollars to annual ownership costs, and possibly be the difference between someone being able to afford a home or not."
Who pays the highest property taxes
New Jersey's average tax of $9,476 on a single-family-home was the highest in the country last year. It was about 10 times more than the average of $901 in West Virginia, which had the nation's smallest average tax.
Other states with the biggest average tax bills were Connecticut at $7,464, Massachusetts at $6,777, New Hampshire at $6,698 and New York at $6,617.
Rounding out the bottom five were Alabama at $905, Arkansas at $1,195, Mississippi at $1,243 and Louisiana at $1,248.
Last year, the states with the highest effective tax rate — the average annual property tax as a percentage of the average estimated market value of homes in each area — were Illinois, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
At the city level, most of the highest taxes were paid by residents of Northeastern and Midwestern metro areas.
Looking at cities with more than 1 million people, Rochester, New York, had the highest effective tax rate of 2.22%, followed by Hartford, Connecticut; Chicago; Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Among places with the lowest effective rates were Honolulu; Montgomery and Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Prescott, Arizona.
The report analyzed property tax data collected from county tax assessor offices nationwide, along with estimated market values of single-family homes determined using an automated valuation model. | https://www.koat.com/article/home-prices-are-rising-so-fast-property-taxes-cant-keep-up/39730259 | 2022-04-14T23:42:44 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/home-prices-are-rising-so-fast-property-taxes-cant-keep-up/39730259 |
Mortgage rates have hit 5% for the first time in more than a decade
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SOLEDAD: PRICES ARE RISING EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S HARD NOT TO WORRY WHEN WE SEE THE COSTS OF HOUSING, GAS, LUMBER, GROCERIES, AND TRANSPORTATION GOING UP AT A RATE MANY OF US HAVE NEVER EXPERIEND.CE THAT’S ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR GEN ZERS AND MILLENNIA.LS IRONICALLY, THEIR PANDICEM SPENDING IS DRIVING DEMAND FOR BIG TICKET ITEMS, PUSHING PRICES UP. LAST YEAR, THEY ACCOUNTED FOR MORE THAN HALF OF HOME MORTGAGE LOAN APPLICATIONS AND BOUGHT MORE NEW CARS THAN ANY OTHER AGE GRP.OU LINDA NAZARETH IS AN ECONOMIST AND A FUTURIST, FOCUSING ON POPULATION CHANGES. SHE IS THE HOST OF THE PODSTCA "WORK AND THE FUTURE." MILLENNIALS, H OOWLD AREHE T EXACTLY AND GEN ZERS? HOW OLD ARE THEY? LINDA: IF YOU LOOK AT MILLENNIALS, THEY WERE BORN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 1980S, SO THEY ARE WELL INTO, I SAY, MDLIDE E.AG IF WE LOOK AT GEN Z, THEY’RE THE GROUP THAT CAME AFTER THEM. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TEENS, 20S, 30 SOMETHINGS, BASICALLY. SOLEDAD: WHY IS INFLATION HITTING THEM SO HARD? LINDA: WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT’S A SURPRISE TO THEM THAT THERE IS INFLATION, BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T REALLY GROWN UP WITH THIS. I MEAN, WE’VE HAD QUITE A WHILE WHERE PRICES HAVE BEEN PRETTY STABLE. INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN PRETTY LOW. IT HASN’T REALLY BEEN AN ISS.UE AND NOW WE HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT SIATTUION. SO THEY’RE LEARNING WHAT THIS MEANS THAT THE PAYCHECK THAT THEY RELIED ON TO BUY CERTAIN GROCERY BASKET AND PAY FOR THIS MORTGAGE PAYMENT ISN’T GOING AS R.FA AND THAT’A SHS OCK. THEY’RE AT THE PART OF THEIR LIFE WHERE THEY’RE ACQUIRING THIN.GS SO IT IS HITTING THEM FAIRLY HARD. SOLEDAD: I MEAN, THEY’RE KIND OF PIVOTAL IN WHAT DRIVES THE ECONOMY, RIGHT? THE MILLENNIALS. LINDA: YEAH, THEY’RE CERTAINLY THE LARGEST PART OF THE LABOR FORCE, IF YOU LOOK AT NORTH AMERICA AND A LOT OF THE WLDOR RIGHT NOW, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING THE ENTRY LEVEL JOBS, OBPRABLY TAKING THE MANAGEMENT JOBS THAT ARE COMING OPEN AND THEY WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY LARGE PART OF THE LABOR FORCE. SO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THEY ACT IN TERMS OF BEING ECONOMIC AGENTS, IN TERMS OF THEIR ACTIONS THAT’S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERYTHING. SOLEDAD: WE’VE HEARD ALL ABOUT THE GREAT RESIGNATION, RIG?HT AND PEOPLE HOPPING TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES. DOES THAT MEAN TT HAWAGES ARE ALSOIS RING AS PRICES CREEP UP AS WELL? LINDA: THEY ARE RISING, BUT THERE’S A GAP BETWEEN THE TW IO, MEAN, WE’RE LOOKING PROBABLY TWO PERCENTAGE POINTS BETWN EETHE DIFFERENCE IN PRICE PRICES AND THE WAGE INCREASES, ANITD ANCHGES MONTH TO MONTH, TBU THEY’RE CERTAINLY NOT EQUAL. BUT IT WILL BE AN INTERESTING YEAR BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING INTEREST RAT GESOING HIGHER, THAT WILL SLOW THE ECONOMY SOMEWHAT. SOLEDAD: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE MECHANISM THAT’S MAKING PRICES RI?SE LINDA: ONE THING IS THAT INTEREST RATES HAVE BEEN LOW FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR THAT POST 2010. AND THE ECONOMY WAS SLOWER AND THEN WE HAD THE PANDEMIC, WHHIC MEANT THAT WE REALLY HADO T RRWOY ABOUT ECONOMIC GROWTH. IT WAS LIKE THE ECONOMY SWA GRINDING TO A HALT. OF COURSE, THE FEDERAL RESERVE KEPT INTEREST RATES VERY LOW AND THAT TENDS TO GIVE RISTOE RISING PRICES. WE CAN LEAVE RATES LOW BECAUSE THERE’S ALL THIS SLACK IN THE ECONOMY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. WE HAD A LOT OF E THWORLD COMING BACK ACTUALLY PRETTY NICELY, WHICH IS THE FINE. IT BID PRICES UP FOR THINGS LIKE COMMODITIES, OIL AND THE LIKE. AND THEN YOU HAD THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, NOW WE HAVE THIS EXTRA CONFLICT IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, WHICH IS ALSO SENDING COMMODITY PRICES HIGHER, OIL PRICES HIGR.HE SO IT’S ALL REALLYIN KD OF A PERFECT STORM. SOLEDAD: HOW DOES ALL OF THIS IMPACT INCOME INEQUALITY? LINDA: IF YOU LOOK AT JOBS AND YOU LOOK AT WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP WORKING AND KEEP MAKING MORE MONEY, IT WAS VERY MUCH PEOPLE WITH MORE EDUCATION, WITH PROBABLY MORE ADVANTAGES GOING .IN PEOPLE WHO WERE LESS ADVANTAD,GE DEFINITELY LOST GROUND. NOBODY LIKES HAVING IT COST MORE TO FILL UP THEIR CAR. SOME GROUPS CAN REALLY BEAITR BETTER WITHOUT HAVING THEIR FOOD BUDGET IMPACTED AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE IMPACT OF THIS OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO. SOLEDAD: LINDA NAZARETH, NICE TO TALK TO YOU.
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Mortgage rates have hit 5% for the first time in more than a decade
Mortgage rates rose again this week, reaching 5% for the first time in over a decade.The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5% in the week ending April 14, up from 4.72% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That's the highest since 2010.Rapidly rising rates, along with sky-high home prices and rapid inflation continue to push homeownership out of reach for many Americans, according to Sam Khater, Freddie Mac's chief economist."This week, mortgage rates averaged 5% for the first time in over a decade," said Khater. "As Americans contend with historically high inflation, the combination of rising mortgage rates, elevated home prices and tight inventory are making the pursuit of homeownership the most expensive in a generation."The sticker shock is particularly painful for first-time homebuyers, said George Ratiu, a senior economist and manager of economic research at Realtor.com. He noted that the monthly mortgage payment for a median-priced home is now $530 more than a year ago, adding more than $6,300 to a homeowner's annual budget. Rising inflation and record-high rents are also weighing on prospective homebuyers, he said."Higher rents are encouraging many tenants to take a second look at buying a home, especially in cities where a mortgage payment may be on par or lower than monthly rent," he said. "On the other hand, the for-sale market continues to be undersupplied, making it difficult to find an affordable home."The increase comes after the Federal Reserve confirmed last week that it's ready to raise interest rates at a faster pace in an effort to "aggressively" combat inflation, said Zillow's vice president of capital Markets Paul Thomas.Minutes from the central bank's March meeting released last week suggested the Fed is planning several 50-basis-point rate hikes this year."The Federal Reserve's plan for reducing its balance sheet — its holdings of U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities — was slightly more aggressive than some market participants expected," Thomas said.
Mortgage rates rose again this week, reaching 5% for the first time in over a decade.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5% in the week ending April 14, up from 4.72% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That's the highest since 2010.
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Rapidly rising rates, along with sky-high home prices and rapid inflation continue to push homeownership out of reach for many Americans, according to Sam Khater, Freddie Mac's chief economist.
"This week, mortgage rates averaged 5% for the first time in over a decade," said Khater. "As Americans contend with historically high inflation, the combination of rising mortgage rates, elevated home prices and tight inventory are making the pursuit of homeownership the most expensive in a generation."
The sticker shock is particularly painful for first-time homebuyers, said George Ratiu, a senior economist and manager of economic research at Realtor.com. He noted that the monthly mortgage payment for a median-priced home is now $530 more than a year ago, adding more than $6,300 to a homeowner's annual budget.
Rising inflation and record-high rents are also weighing on prospective homebuyers, he said.
"Higher rents are encouraging many tenants to take a second look at buying a home, especially in cities where a mortgage payment may be on par or lower than monthly rent," he said. "On the other hand, the for-sale market continues to be undersupplied, making it difficult to find an affordable home."
The increase comes after the Federal Reserve confirmed last week that it's ready to raise interest rates at a faster pace in an effort to "aggressively" combat inflation, said Zillow's vice president of capital Markets Paul Thomas.
Minutes from the central bank's March meeting released last week suggested the Fed is planning several 50-basis-point rate hikes this year.
"The Federal Reserve's plan for reducing its balance sheet — its holdings of U.S. Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities — was slightly more aggressive than some market participants expected," Thomas said. | https://www.koat.com/article/mortgage-rates-hit-5-percent/39729944 | 2022-04-14T23:42:54 | 1 | https://www.koat.com/article/mortgage-rates-hit-5-percent/39729944 |
TUPELO • Intense winds, reaching estimated speeds of more than 80 mph, left a widespread path of destruction Wednesday evening across north Mississippi, especially near the Tennessee state line.
Trees were toppled and roofs were lifted off some structures in Alcorn and Tippah counties, where more than 15,000 households were left without power. Work crews spent most of Wednesday night cleaning up debris, clearing roads and restoring power. By Thursday afternoon, about two-thirds of the power had been restored.
Unlike tornadoes, which leave distinct paths of destruction, the damages from this storm were widespread, if not random.
“We had trees down all over the county,” said Tippah County Emergency Management Agency director Tom Lindsey. “It wasn’t even straight line winds. It was just intense winds.”
The same intense, sustained winds also left the city of Corinth reeling.
“They are estimating the winds were 80-plus,” said Corinth Mayor Tommy Irwin. “I stepped outside around 7, and the wind sound was eerie. It wasn’t fun. That wind was pretty scary.”
The mayor said the downtown area took a major hit, damaging houses and businesses. While some areas of town had power restored fairly quickly, downtown Corinth, including city hall, was still in the dark Thursday afternoon.
With tree limbs and other debris littering the streets and many areas of the city without power, the Corinth city schools took the day off Thursday. The county schools still had classes, but did have some bus routes delayed because of the debris.
Considering the amount of limbs and debris across the city, Irwin estimated the clean-up could take up to two weeks.
Outside of Corinth, the damage was much more scattered said Alcorn County EMA director Ricky Gibens. There were a few trees down out on the county and a little damage in Farmington.
“We had some roof tops of businesses blown off and trees falling on houses,” Gibens said. “Two people were trapped in structures after trees fell. They had to be rescued. Thankfully, they only received minor injuries.”
There were only three minor injuries reported in Tippah County. The storm winds did peel back a portion of the roof at the Tippah County Hospital. The damage was isolated to the administrative side. Some offices received water damage, but none of the patient areas were damaged.
Left in the dark
The toppled trees took out plenty of power lines across the region. The Tippah County Electric Power Association said as many as 7,500 customers were without power at the peak Wednesday night. That number dropped to 2,500 by the light of day on Thursday and was around 1,500 that afternoon, Lindsey said.
In Alcorn County, as many as 8,000 customers were without power. The number dropped to 4,500 by mid-morning Thursday and around 2,200 that afternoon. The nature of the damages is making restoration of power difficult, said Alcorn County Electric Power Association chief financial officer Sean McGrath.
“We were able to get to the mass outages and get it restored fairly quickly,” McGrath said. “But the more isolated ones, there is a lot of debris and tree removal required just to get in there. For some people, it might be a two, three-day outage.”
Work crews can’t just restore power to someone at the end of the line. They have to start at the substations and steadily move downstream. Alcorn County EPA is being assisted by work crews from Prentiss County, Tishomingo County and Tombigbee EPAs.
And as they turned to power back on, crews discovered additional problems. The wind damaged the fiber optic lines as well, leaving customers without internet service.
“We had 1,100 fiber subscribers without service,” McGrath said. “In this day and age, electricity ad broadband are both necessities. We are working as fast as we can to restore both.”
The crews had bright clear weather on Thursday to continue the restorations and begin the clean up. Friday’s forecast calls for more sun and temperatures reaching 80. If the work stretches into the Easter weekend, it could be hampered by rain in the forecast for both Saturday and Sunday. | https://www.djournal.com/news/alcorn-tippah-counties-see-storm-damage/article_f479e0e8-db79-566e-bff4-b8a98d31a418.html | 2022-04-14T23:43:37 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/news/alcorn-tippah-counties-see-storm-damage/article_f479e0e8-db79-566e-bff4-b8a98d31a418.html |
Felonies
The following people were booked into the Lee County-Tupelo Adult Jail in connection with felony charges ending Thursday at 11 a.m.
Matthew Paul Graham, 40, of Plantersville, was arrested by the Tupelo Police Department, possession of methamphetamine, violation of probation.
Melanie Henderson, 44, of Shannon, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of methamphetamine.
Terry Wayne Page, 48, of Shannon, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of methamphetamine.
Gregory Richardson, 39, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, violation of probation.
James Scruggs, 46, no address listed, was arrested by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, violation of probation.
Kendall Tackett, 32, of Guntown, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, taking of a motor vehicle, receiving stolen property.
Laquaveon M. Webb, 24, of Tupelo, was arrested by the Shannon Police Department, taking of a motor vehicle.
Lee County Sheriff's Office
The following reports were filed Thursday by the Lee County Sheriff's Office.
A County Road 1141 Tupelo woman got calls from four different loan companies asking if she still wanted the loan. She said she has never applied for a loan. Someone was able to open an account using her husband’s name to fraudulently get $1,500.
A Lee County Work Center crew was picking up trash along County Road 1409 in Mooreville and found a box containing 10-12 puppies. Before a deputy could get a Justice Court Judge to sign a pick-up order, a concerned citizen picked up the puppies.
A Highway 6 Plantersville heard something hitting her tin roof around 10:15 a.m. She walked outside and heard four gunshots. She thought a bullet may have hit her house but could not find any damage.
A County Road 1349 Mooreville woman said an unknown white female walked onto her property at 2:45 a.m. and tried to open the front door. She told the woman not to be on her property multiple times. When she said the law was on the way, the suspect left. The woman said she has reported this same suspect trespassing numerous times.
An Amory man went to visit his wife’s grave at the Andrew’s Chapel cemetery on Highway 371 in Mooreville. He noticed the granite bench had been knocked loose from its concrete footings and toward the headstone. He then saw that the headstone was also askew. He is not sure what happened or when since it has been a while since he visited the graveyard.
A Mountain Leader Trail Lake Piomingo woman, 45, said her 18-year-old daughter was trying to take property that wasn’t hers. The daughter said she had been living at that address “for some time” but was just packing up her belongings and moving out. Shortly after leaving the scene, the deputy received a second call and had to return to the same address for a possible altercation. The mother said they had “exchanged a few words” but the altercation never got physical. Both women were arrested, charged with disorderly conduct – failure to comply, and carried to the county jail.
A County Road 2578 Guntown man said he was playing in the yard with his children when a black Chevy pickup started doing burnouts in the road. At one point, the truck swerved almost into the ditch. He is concerned about the reckless nature of the driver, as well as for the safety of his children in their own yard.
A Green Tee Road man, 45, said he gave his female roommate, 39, a hand-written eviction notice, saying she needed to be out of the residence by the end of April. She is refusing to leave. The deputy told the man he needed to go to justice court to file a proper eviction order. The woman said she had lived there about a year. About 90 minutes after the deputy left, the woman was packing her things to leave in the morning when four females showed up and began moving their personal items into the residence.
Tupelo Police Department
No reports filed since April 11.
Anyone with information on any of these crimes is urged to call the Lee County Sheriff's Office at 841-9041, the Tupelo Police Department at 841-6491 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at (800) 773-TIPS or download the P3 Tip App and leave an anonymous tip that way. | https://www.djournal.com/news/crime-law-enforcement/crime-reports-friday-april-15-2022/article_24fab918-079c-5fdb-a443-029cc72244d6.html | 2022-04-14T23:43:43 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/news/crime-law-enforcement/crime-reports-friday-april-15-2022/article_24fab918-079c-5fdb-a443-029cc72244d6.html |
TUPELO • It’s a new phase of growth for El Centro.
Thursday afternoon, students, teachers, and state, local and federal leaders gathered inside the nonprofit after-school program's new classroom as AT&T donated 15 Dell computers as one of AT&T’s 20 Connected Learning Centers nationwide. The communications company will also provide three years of internet access over fiber and WiFi. El Centro also received a $50,000 grant.
El Centro, started in 2006, is a free resource that provides after-school tutoring and services to integrate the Northeast Mississippi Hispanic population and local residents.
“It opens up a lot more possibilities for us, and for us to be able to tell the community, whatever you have a need for, we can provide it,” El Centro Director Allen Bradford said of the donation.
The computers come with pre-installed software, such as the free digital learning platform The Achievery, free digital literacy courses and workshops created with the Public Library Association. AT&T created the Connected Learning program in response to COVID-19 and the need to bridge the digital divide, said AT&T Mississippi president Mayo Flynt.
“We believe that this type of infrastructure will be able to help Leticia and Allen and the other volunteers in their mentoring and after school educational efforts,” Flynt said.
AT&T has also pledged to spend $2 billion to help address the digital divide, a term used to describe the gap between demographics and regions that have access to technology like modern computers and high speed internet and those who do not.
The company’s efforts are designed to help address the overall need to make connectivity available for the entire nation, said U.S. Senator Roger Wicker in his comments.
For its K-6 students, El Centro helps with homework because it can be difficult for students, especially those who grow up in primarily bilingual homes and communities, Bradford said. During the pandemic, they saw some fall even farther behind when learning at home.
“I’m excited about our kids. They’re eager to learn, they’re bright,” Bradford said. “However, our school system isn’t really catered towards (being) bilingual . . . so it excites us to think that we’re helping them on this side with education.”
The Tupelo Public School District is supportive, providing teachers for the tutoring program. It’s recently increased its number of teachers from three to five with the help of a grant.
Thanks to the Early Childhood Coalition, El Centro has a reading program for its K-5 students. Tutors drop by the school for an hour three days each week. Each student receives a scripted lesson. Students commit to five semesters.
El Centro growing
While El Centro experienced a funding decrease during the pandemic, the program has continued to grow.
El Centro sees 35 to 40 students on Tuesdays and Thursdays, up from 16 students during the pandemic. The group is also serving children outside the Tupelo city limits in Verona and Saltillo.
El Centro also serves teens, largely helping with homework and projects one-on-one with Gassaway. Many grew up in the younger tutoring program.
In March, the group moved to a bigger room, still located within the Link Centre on the second floor. It opens the ability to invite more children into the program and start additional programming for teens and adults, such as starting a chess club, sponsoring seminars on college preparedness and career opportunities, and having specialized classes for standardized tests like the ACT.
As a community resource, El Centro plans to provide informational sessions and seminars.
The donated computer lab will allow El Centro to track students’ growth. They will offer myON, a personalized digital library that students can do both at El Centro and at home. Students will receive incentives to use the program. Gassaway hopes it will allow them to broaden tutoring classes.
“We’re finally in a situation where we can do the programs that we really want to do,” Gassaway said.
The lab will also be set up to help adults, such as making use of English language learning software such as Rosetta Stone, offering English and Spanish classes, bringing citizenship classes onsite and hosting office hours to help.
For Gassaway, the El Centro of today is a far cry from where it started 16 years ago, when it was a struggle to keep the program afloat. Each time they’ve had a need, partners like AT&T have stepped forward to provide.
“That goes to the recognition of our program, our efforts,” Gassaway said. “They’re finally being recognized not only in the community, but hopefully beyond that because our children and their parents greatly appreciate what we do.” | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/tupelo-bilingual-after-school-program-el-centro-celebrates-growth/article_e7048da8-87a0-5740-b693-9314e5ac9a97.html | 2022-04-14T23:43:49 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/tupelo-bilingual-after-school-program-el-centro-celebrates-growth/article_e7048da8-87a0-5740-b693-9314e5ac9a97.html |
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Annie Gloe Wilson Anderson left behind her earthly body and gained a new life in heaven on April12, 2022 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo after an extended illness. Annie Gloe was born to Floyd and Omeria Lowry in Okolona, MS on February 14th, 1934. She graduated from Aberdeen High School where she met her first husband, Thomas (Tommy) R. Wilson. With her parent's permission, she married Tommy while in high school and then moved to Atlanta while he attended Atlanta Christian College. They were married for 33 years until his unexpected passing in 1984. She was single for 11 years before marrying her second husband, Ferman S. Anderson, Jr. in 1995. Gloe, as she liked to be called, was a loving and faithful spouse and mother, and was very dedicated to serving her Lord as a minister's wife. She served with Tommy for 33 years and then after marrying Ferman in 1995, served with him during their 27-year marriage. She served the Christian churches in Georgia, Virginia and Mississippi. Through the years, she enjoyed oil painting and working in the yard, which was always well manicured. She leaves behind her children, Lowry Wilson (Lissa), New Albany, MS, Tim Wilson (Anitra), Smithville, MS, Terry Anderson (Shelly), Phoenix, AZ, Caroline Anderson Ferguson (Denny), Monroe, OH, Tim Anderson (Jeannie), Georgetown, IN, Janet Anderson Layne (Jeff), Middletown, OH; grandchildren, Chadwick Wilson, Ryan Wilson (Jamie), Adam Wilson (Lauren), Micah Freeman (Hanna), Johnathan Hester, Michael Wilson, Holly Anderson, Zachary (Kelsey) Anderson, Jared Ferguson, Britt Kokenge, Laurel Anderson, Holt Ferguson,; great-grandchildren, Addie Wilson, Noah Wilson, Lucy Wilson, Lottie Wilson, Marilyn Model, Calum Anderson; her brother, David Lowry (Evelyn); host nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Omeria Lowry; her first husband, Tommy Wilson; Her second husband, Ferman Anderson; brothers, Carl Lowry and Bill Lowry. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at 2 PM at North Boulevard Christian Church, Amory, MS with Bro. Archie Taflinger officiating. Burial and graveside service will follow at Lee Memorial, Verona, MS. Visitation for family and friends will take place Tuesday evening at Lee Memorial Funeral Home in Verona from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. Memorials may be given to Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, MS in honor of Annie Gloe.
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William Calvin Coleman went to be with Jesus April 6, 2022, in Dallas, Texas. He was born December 1, 1941, in Eupora, Mississippi, to William Elton Coleman and Lera Oswalt Coleman. He met and married the love of his life Carol Waite at First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. They were married on June 15, 1990, blessing them with 32 wonderful years together. Calvin was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers Sam and Don, and great-nephew Will McGregor. Survived by his wife Carol, twin sister Carolyn McGregor, nephews Allen, Phil, Mark McGregor, John Coleman, nieces Jennifer Catledge, Vicky Swords, great-nieces Haley, Sami Grace McGregor, Tiffany Coleman, great-nephews Caleb, James McGregor, Cole Catledge, Austin Swords, nephews Shawn, Steven, Scott Woodward, Ben, Andrew Waite, niece Abby Wood, great-nieces and great-nephews, as well as, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins. A full obituary is available on the Oliver Funeral Home website at www.ofheupora.com. A service will be held at Oliver Funeral Home, Eupora, MS, on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 11:00am. Visitation will begin at 10:00am. Burial will follow in Eupora City Cemetery in Eupora, MS. In lieu of flowers, you can honor Calvin by giving to a charity of your choice. Oliver Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements.
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Elbert Cecil Dillard Jr., 74, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo, Mississippi. He was born on March 12, 1948, in Tupelo to Elbert Cecil Dillard and Mable Estelle Miller Dillard. He leaves behind his high school sweetheart, Brenda Vines Dillard, which he married on February 12, 1970 and they were married for 52 years along with one son, Alek Dillard and his wife Darla of Saltillo, two grandsons, Jay and Thomas Dillard of home, one sister, JoAnne Keith of Arlington, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents. He was employed in the Trucking Transportation Industry for more than 50 years and a Certified Director of Safety. He and his family started a business TSCS, LLC (Transportation Safety Compliance Service). He loved being outdoors duck hunting, riding horses, fishing, and especially boating. He was a member of the Saltillo Masonic Lodge (32 degree Scottish Rite Mason). He and his wife were members of the Tupelo Water Ski Club for 25 years. They could be found most weekends on the boat at Bay Springs Lake with their family and many friends. Visitation celebrating his life will be 4 to 7p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022, at W. E. Pegues, Tupelo. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, PO Box 50, Memphis, TN 38101. Expressions of sympathy and fond memories may be made at www.peguesfuneralhome.com.
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Peggy Gann, 77, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at her home in Walnut. She enjoyed gardening, dancing, doing word search puzzles, listening to Johnny Cash and her favorite entertainer, Elvis Presley sing. She especially loved spending time with her grandchildren. She retired as a seamstress and she was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held at Waters Funeral Home on Friday, April 15, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. with Bro. Grady Davidson officiating. Burial will be on Little Brown Church Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters, Deborah Hudson (Jack) of Tremont and Crystal McDaniel (Henry) of Walnut; grandchildren, Tony Childers of Ripley and Ivy Sheffield of Tremont; (15) greatgrandchildren; (1) great-great-grandson, Westin Hopper; host of other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Adrian and Annie Bell Odom Denson; husband, Roy Gann; daughter, Patricia Childers; sisters, Dale Hood, Betty Jones and Lynn Denson; brothers, Phillip Denson and Donald Denson. Pallbearers will be Henry Bates, Alex Smith, Matthew King, Kyle Brock, J. T. Jones, Joseph Martindale, Jonathan King and Randa Quinn. Visitation will be Friday at Waters Funeral Home from 11:00 - 3:00 p.m. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family @www.watersfuneralservice.com
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George Mitchell Gober, 76, known as Mike by many, departed this life on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 at NMMC after battling Covid. Born in Pontotoc on April 16, 1945 to the late Dallas Oren Gober and Ernal Louis Winters. Mike grew up in this area. A patriotic American, he joined the U. S. Army and served as a medic during the Vietnam War. In 1969, he relocated to Elyria, Ohio where he lived until returning to Northeast Miss. 4 years ago. He spent over 30 years working for the Ford Motor Company as a stationery engineer. A man of many talents, Mike enjoyed God's creation and hiking. Very artistically and musically talented, he loved to sing. Golf was a passion of his as well as playing cards and shooting pool. Ever the practical jokester and prankster, he enjoyed dearly being with his family, encouraging them and sharing his witty personality. The family and friends knew they were in for a treat when he said, "Let me show you and ole Indian trick." Mike was an active and engaged man of God and member of the Tupelo Church of God where he enjoyed serving and praising the Lord. A service celebrating his life will be held at 2 PM Saturday, April 16, 2022 from the Sadie Holland Memorial Chapel at Holland Funeral Directors-Tupelo with Pastor Judd Vowell officiating. Burial will follow in Gray's Cemetery in Nettleton. Visitation will be from 1PM-service time on Sat. only. For those unable to attend, the service may be viewed at 2 pm Sat. at www.hollandfuneraldirectors.com/Livestreaming Mike is survived by his wife Connie Kay Gober of Shannon; two sons, Edward Mitchell Gober of New Mexico and Issac Samuel Gober of Shannon; his daughter, Mechele Wells of Vermillion, Ohio; his grandchildren, Amanda and Andrew Gober, Leo Chandler and Kaylee Wells; three great grandchildren, Kira Eck, Emerald Perry and Leo Mitchell, II; his sisters, Shelby Darlington (Bill) and Elizabeth Isom all of Shannon, Susan Cannon of Tupelo and Nita Megginson of Blue Springs; his brothers, Dennis Ray Gober (Linda) of Pontotoc, John Reece (Kim) of Belden and Melvin Keith Reece (Kathy) of Belden. Numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Thomas "Andy" Reece. Memorials may be made to Tupelo Church of God, 1813 Briar Ridge Road, Tupelo, MS. 38804.
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Gerald Hutcheson, 82, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2022, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Services will be on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 11 am at Kesler Funeral Home - Baldwyn Chapel. Visitation will be on Friday, April 15, 2022 from 5-8 pm at Kesler Funeral Home - Baldwyn Chapel. Burial will follow at McNeil Cemetery. Condolences to the family may be made online at www.keslerfuneralhome.com.
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Corbett Harold Newborn, 75, of Booneville passed away on April 12, 2022 at his home. He attended the Jacinto Church of Christ, was a U.S. Army Vietnam War Veteran. And he loved spending time with his granddaughter. Memorial service with Military Honors will be at 1:00 P.M. on Friday, April 15, 2022 at McMillan Funeral Home with Minister Keith Sanders will be officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11:00 A.M. until 1:00 P.M. on Friday at the funeral home. He is survived by his son, Wesley Newborn; his granddaughter, Abby Newborn; two sisters, Sue (John) Hanley and Judy (John) Duckworth; his nieces, Hallie Duckworth and Paige Duckworth; his nephews, Martin (Suzanne) Hanley, Blake Hanley and Alex Duckworth; and a great niece, Emma Hanley. He is preceded in death by his parents, Harold Newborn and Marie Johnson Newborn. Condolences may be left at mcmillanfuneralhome.com
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Joan Lee McDaniel Reeder, 87, passed away Wednesday April 13, 2022 at Magnolia Manor in Tupelo, MS. She was born on September 13, 1934 to the late Frank and Eva Raymond in Cleveland, OH. She grew up in Tunica, MS where she graduated high school. She attended the University for Women in Columbus, MS. She moved to New Albany, MS where she retired from Mattie Thompson as a school secretary. She was a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include her children; two daughters Tmora (Henry) Payne, Katherine McDaniel, one son, Ray Allen. Bonus children; Karen (Barry) McLaughlin, Glen (Tammie) Reeder, Jeff (Vickie) Reeder, and Rodger (Dena) Reeder, six grandchildren; Morgan (Lee) Plaxico, Spencer Payne, Hardy (Marie) Cohee, Kristen Ramsey, McKenzie Ramsey and Savannah Allen, and eleven bonus grandchildren; Miranda (Phil) Schoggen, Lauren Ann (Seth) Cobb, Ashley (John Mark) Jarrett, Matthew (Lianna) Reeder, Tarver (Alex) Reeder, Drew (Holly) Reeder, Dylan (Clare) Reeder, Elizabeth Reeder, Meggan Reeder and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Harold Reeder of Ecru, and the late George McDaniel of New Albany. Visitation will be from 11:00am till 12:00noon on Friday, April 15, 2022 at United Funeral Service. A small private service for immediate family will start at 12:00 noon. The family wishes to send a special thank you to the staff at Magnolia Manor of Tupelo, and Home Care Hospice of New Albany for their extraordinary caregiving. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17 Chicago. IL 60601 or online at https://www.alz.org, local food pantry, or Cherry Creek Baptist Church, P.O. Box 603 Ecru, MS 38841.
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Samuel David Smart, better known as "Poppa" (or Pops, Pop, or any variation his grandchildren could come up with), by those who loved him most, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 13th, 2022. The patriarch of the Smart clan, Poppa presented a shining example of the value of hard work, and he showed his love for his family through exactly that. He worked for the Soil Conservation Service for 42 years and had been enjoying his retirement since. He loved his wife of 63 years, Patsy, ardently, and their marriage was a model for the generations that followed him. Poppa was stubborn, and thankfully passed his hardheadedness to his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. He loved to camp, especially in the Smoky Mountains, but after his grandkids were born spent many summers in Jackson, yelling out the camper door to whatever grandchild just walked out to "make sure that door was closed!" Camping memories are some of the fondest Poppa's family has with him. Poppa could usually be found in his recliner watching Westerns (if his beloved Atlanta Braves weren't playing) with his pups in his lap; cajoling his visiting family to stay for dinner until they finally said yes. Poppa's love for his family was so evident in that cajoling. No matter how long they stayed, it wasn't long enough for Pops, and his many grandchildren were one of the greatest joys of his life. Our hearts break over the loss of our steadfast leader of the pack, but we rejoice that he walks with Jesus now, to await the rest of his family in Eternity. He is survived by his wife, Patsy Miller Smart of Okolona; daughter, Karen Hall (Jeff) and their children, Bryan Hall (Carley), Brent Hall, and Brice Hall; son, Keith Smart (Marti) their children, Tony Smart (Kasidi), Chance Smart (Summer), and Evan (Katie Jo); son, Marvin Smart and his children, Caleb Smart (Laken) and Caitlin Hawkins (Wesley); son, Brad Smart (Janet) and their children, Sam Smart, Cara Smart, Reagan Smart, and Laylaih Smart; sister, Jane Pollan of Grenada; brother, Wendell Smart of Grenada; and five great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Wallace and Florence Smart; brother, Robby Smart; brother-in-law, Tiny Pollan; sister-in-law, Faye Smart; daughter-in-law, Brenda Smart; brothers-in-law, Chuck Miller and Gene Miller. Visitation will be Friday, April 15, 2022 from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm at Lee Memorial Funeral Home. Private funeral service will be Saturday, April 16, 2022 at 11:00 am at Lee Memorial Chapel with Bro. Calvin Miller officiating and Bro. John Davis, Bro. Jerry Estes, and Janet Smart with words of reflection. Burial will be in Lee Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Tony Smart, Chance Smart, Evan Smart, Caleb Smart, Bryan Hall, Sam Smart, Brent Hall, Brice Hall, and Reagan Smart.
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Pattijo Stanley Warren, 67, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, at her home. She was born September 17, 1954, to James Troy and Ira Ocelle Loague Stanley. She was retired as an elementary school teacher for the Lee County School District after 28 years of service. She was a member of the New Home Baptist Church. She was an avid reader. Services will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 15, 2022, at the McNeece-Morris Funeral Home Chapel in Fulton with Bro. Jackie Gray officiating. Burial will be in the Keyes Cemetery. Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Mike Warren; one son, Michael Warren (Amanda) of Tupelo; one daughter, Lorie Lewis (David) of Monroe, LA; one brother, Jerry Stanley (Linda) of Dorsey; two sisters, Jane Lindsey (Mike) of Tremont and Linda Stanley of Mantachie; six grandchildren, James Lewis, Lila Lewis, Chloe Warren, Vaughan Warren, Brodie Warren, and Joshua Warren; a host of nieces, nephews, and other family members. She was preceded in death by her parents. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Visitation will be Friday from noon until service time at McNeece-Morris Funeral Home. Online condolences and a guest book can be accessed at www.mcneecemorrisfuneralhome.com.
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Joseph "Dirt" Williams, 37, passed away Sunday, April 03, 2022, at his home in Jericho Community. Services will be on Friday, April 15, 2022 at 11 am at Kesler Funeral Home - Baldwyn Chapel. Visitation will be on Friday from 9-11 am at Kesler Funeral Home - Baldwyn Chapel. Burial will follow at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Condolences to the family may be made online at www.keslerfuneralhome.com.
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Larry Wheeler Wilson, 75, of Hamilton passed away on April 12, 2022 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Columbus, surrounded by his girls, after an extended battle with cancer. Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Hamilton United Methodist Church from 11:30 A.M. until service at 1:30 P.M. followed by burial in Center Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Larry was a lifelong resident of Hamilton. He raised his children on the farm his parents built and he enjoyed being an active participant in the local community. He was a proud graduate of Hamilton High School and Mississippi State University. The dawgs finally won it all in Omaha last year- just in time. Mr. Wilson was a member of Hamilton United Methodist Church. He was a veteran of the United States Army Reserve. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert Earl and Candis Fairchild Wilson; his daughter, Crystal Wilson Smith; and his sister, Daree Winstead. He is survived by his loving wife of 34 years, Charlotte Wilson of Hamilton; his two daughters, Candis Wilson Crigler (Coleman) of Petal, MS and Maxie Wilson Orr (John) of Massachusetts; his granddaughter, Breely Smith; his three grandsons, Banks Smith, Merritt Crigler, Sam Crigler; his two brothers, John Wilson (Patsy) of Franklin, TN and Martin Wilson (Jean) of Hamilton; and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Rob Wilson, Glenn Wilson, Daniel Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Tracey Cockerham, and Evan Hawkins; with honorary bearers, Banks Smith, Tommie Keaton, Roy Tucker, Jr, Sam Crawford, Bill Tabor, Sammy Smith, and his brothers in Farmhouse Fraternity.
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Joan Lee McDaniel Reeder, 87, passed away Wednesday April 13, 2022 at Magnolia Manor in Tupelo, MS. She was born on September 13, 1934 to the late Frank and Eva Raymond in Cleveland, OH. She grew up in Tunica, MS where she graduated high school. She attended the University for Women in Columbus, MS. She moved to New Albany, MS where she retired from Mattie Thompson as a school secretary. She was a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include her children; two daughters Tmora (Henry) Payne, Katherine McDaniel, one son, Ray Allen. Bonus children; Karen (Barry) McLaughlin, Glen (Tammie) Reeder, Jeff (Vickie) Reeder, and Rodger (Dena) Reeder, six grandchildren; Morgan (Lee) Plaxico, Spencer Payne, Hardy (Marie) Cohee, Kristen Ramsey, McKenzie Ramsey and Savannah Allen, and eleven bonus grandchildren; Miranda (Phil) Schoggen, Lauren Ann (Seth) Cobb, Ashley (John Mark) Jarrett, Matthew (Lianna) Reeder, Tarver (Alex) Reeder, Drew (Holly) Reeder, Dylan (Clare) Reeder, Elizabeth Reeder, Meggan Reeder and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Harold Reeder of Ecru, and the late George McDaniel of New Albany. Visitation will be from 11:00am till 12:00noon on Friday, April 15, 2022 at United Funeral Service. A small private service for immediate family will start at 12:00 noon. The family wishes to send a special thank you to the staff at Magnolia Manor of Tupelo, and Home Care Hospice of New Albany for their extraordinary caregiving. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17 Chicago. IL 60601 or online at https://www.alz.org, local food pantry, or Cherry Creek Baptist Church, P.O. Box 603 Ecru, MS 38841.
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Joan Lee McDaniel Reeder, 87, passed away Wednesday April 13, 2022 at Magnolia Manor in Tupelo, MS. She was born on September 13, 1934 to the late Frank and Eva Raymond in Cleveland, OH. She grew up in Tunica, MS where she graduated high school. She attended the University for Women in Columbus, MS. She moved to New Albany, MS where she retired from Mattie Thompson as a school secretary. She was a member of Cherry Creek Baptist Church. Survivors include her children; two daughters Tmora (Henry) Payne, Katherine McDaniel, one son, Ray Allen. Bonus children; Karen (Barry) McLaughlin, Glen (Tammie) Reeder, Jeff (Vickie) Reeder, and Rodger (Dena) Reeder, six grandchildren; Morgan (Lee) Plaxico, Spencer Payne, Hardy (Marie) Cohee, Kristen Ramsey, McKenzie Ramsey and Savannah Allen, and eleven bonus grandchildren; Miranda (Phil) Schoggen, Lauren Ann (Seth) Cobb, Ashley (John Mark) Jarrett, Matthew (Lianna) Reeder, Tarver (Alex) Reeder, Drew (Holly) Reeder, Dylan (Clare) Reeder, Elizabeth Reeder, Meggan Reeder and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Harold Reeder of Ecru, and the late George McDaniel of New Albany. Visitation will be from 11:00am till 12:00noon on Friday, April 15, 2022 at United Funeral Service. A small private service for immediate family will start at 12:00 noon. The family wishes to send a special thank you to the staff at Magnolia Manor of Tupelo, and Home Care Hospice of New Albany for their extraordinary caregiving. Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave. Floor 17 Chicago. IL 60601 or online at https://www.alz.org, local food pantry, or Cherry Creek Baptist Church, P.O. Box 603 Ecru, MS 38841.
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CARRBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools reinstituted the mask mandate at one of its high schools on Thursday. The decision follows the confirmation of about 30 COVID-19 cases at Carrboro High School.
The district said at least half of the cases were linked to the prom held last Saturday.
"We take the approach that the pandemic is not over and I think a lot of folks would agree with that," said district spokesperson Andrew Jenks. "That means that you still keep an eye on what the numbers are, what the local conditions are, the case counts and other metrics and criteria and follow the guidance of the health experts."
The district consulted with the Orange County Health Department before reinstating masks temporarily until April 22.
"We believe that the masks back on will slow the rate of transmission and hopefully we'll come out on the other side of this better than we are this week," Jenks said.
Approximately 87 cases were identified throughout the district as of Thursday with an estimated 37% at Carrboro High.
Jenks said it's still too early to decide whether the cluster will lead to tighter restrictions at other proms and large events throughout the district.
"We're going to take a look at this particular instance just see how much, if any, was directly because of prom. I mean, we think there's a likely connection to it, but we don't want to just blame prom, right? I mean there could be other factors. That being said, we'll take a look at it and if there are some changes or recommendations that can be put in place at other events, we'll do that," he said.
The increase in cases comes two weeks after the district's Spring Break. Health experts previously told ABC11 that they feared a rise in cases following Spring Break.
"I am anticipating that with the increase in travel and changes in patterns with spring break and several holidays coming up, we are likely going to have an increase in cases and potentially hospitalizations over the next few weeks," said Dr. Julie Swann, a professor at North Carolina State University who has tracked models throughout the pandemic.
Dr. Mike Smith is an infectious disease doctor with Duke who has worked with districts across the state to develop the best COVID-19 practices as part of the ABC Collaborative. He said he thinks the district made the right move opting back into masks temporarily.
"I think this worked really well here. What I do think it's kind of a call to action, though for other school districts across the state, other communities across the state to really have a sense of kind of what metrics are you going to use to make these decisions," Smith said.
Durham Public Schools also had Spring Break two weeks ago. The district has no clusters and around 40 positive cases, according to the most recent data from April 4-10. The district said it is not changing any protocols right now but is continuing to recommend masks at end-of-the-year events.
Wake County Public Schools is on Spring Break this week and did not confirm if they would be changing any protocols. The district isn't reporting any clusters. The last cluster reported was last December.
Johnston County Public Schools said it is not making any changes to its practices at this time. The district reported 19 positive cases this month between students and staff.
Orange County Schools identified 37 cases this week with around a third connected with Hillsborough Elementary School.
"Each district, each community, kind of has slightly different levels of risk tolerance when it comes to COVID. I think you need a plan. It's much better to have a plan and maybe you never need to enact it, that's the best-case scenario, but not having a plan and waiting for something to happen, I think gets you in trouble," Smith said.
He encouraged districts to be proactive and continue to monitor the metrics. He also said for families and students can continue getting vaccinated and wearing a mask to ensure safety at upcoming events.
"Had this happened in 2020, Carrboro High School would be closed right now," Smith said. "The fact that we've learned about this and, and kind of know what we're doing, it's a reminder that we're not out of this yet, but I think with planning and some thinking ahead, you can prevent, you know, more severe outbreaks from happening." | https://abc11.com/chapel-hill-carrboro-schools-high-school-covid-19-outbreak-coronavirus/11748631/ | 2022-04-14T23:46:55 | 1 | https://abc11.com/chapel-hill-carrboro-schools-high-school-covid-19-outbreak-coronavirus/11748631/ |
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A teen has been arrested and faces a hate crime charge in connection to an attack on a 70-year-old Sikh man in Queens, police said.
Vernon Douglas was arrested Thursday after investigators said he approached the victim, who was dressed in tradition Sikh clothing, and punched him in the face unprovoked just before 7 p.m. near 95th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill on April 3.
The victim, identified by the Sikh Coalition as Nirmal Singh, suffered a broken nose and bruises to his face.
Douglas, 19, faces a slew of charges including hate crime assault, robbery, and aggravated harassment. Attorney information for the Brooklyn teen was not immediately available.
The Sikh Coalition said that Singh chose to return to India after the attack in order to be with his family.
"My father is very grateful that his attacker has been identified and arrested so that he cannot harm others," Manjit Singh, the victim's son who lives in Canada, said in a statement provided by the Sikh Coalition. "Our family sees this sad incident as an assault not just on him, but on all who wear turbans and other articles of faith." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-charged-with-hate-crime-in-attack-on-sikh-man-in-queens-police-ny-only/3647288/ | 2022-04-14T23:51:22 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-charged-with-hate-crime-in-attack-on-sikh-man-in-queens-police-ny-only/3647288/ |
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – A softball umpire was hit in the face after ejecting a parent from her child’s softball game for allegedly yelling profanity.
Kristi Moore said she was assaulted on Saturday, April 9 after she tossed Kiara Thomas from the game. The mother allegedly attacked Moore in the parking lot.
“This has been very very hard anywhere I go. Of course at this point, people know who I am and looking at my eye, and the people that don’t know, and they ask. They applauded when I tell them what happened, but the hardest part of it all was going home that night and my children seeing me, and they just burst into tears about it. And that was really hard trying to talk to them about it,” said Moore.
She blamed incidents like this one for a nationwide umpire shortage. Earlier this year, a bill was introduced to in the Mississippi Legislature that would upgrade assault charges for attacking sporting officials from simple assault to aggravated assault.
Thomas has been charged with simple assault. If convicted, she could spend time in jail and pay a fine. The Laurel Police Department banned her from all recreational facilities in the Jones County area.
The team associated with the parent can no longer participate in the USFA tournament. WJTV 12 News reached out to the team, and we have not heard back at this time. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/umpire-speaks-out-after-being-attacked-by-upset-parent/ | 2022-04-14T23:51:28 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/umpire-speaks-out-after-being-attacked-by-upset-parent/ |
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America's favorite Easter candies filling baskets in 2022, according to Instacart
Got "some-bunny" in your house craving Easter sweets? America’s most popular Easter candies may surprise you.
As we recently learned from grocery delivery and pick-up platform, Instacart, America has some interesting preferences when it comes to Easter treats.
Grocery delivery and pick-up platform, Instacart, recently crunched numbers from purchase data and The Harris Poll survey responses from more than 2,000 Americans nationwide to reveal the top 10 most popular Easter candies filling baskets, the top Easter sweets in each state and more.
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Perhaps one of the biggest surprises is just how much Americans really love those chocolate bunnies and Easter egg sweets as opposed to other holiday treats.
According to the findings, nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) agree Easter candy is the best seasonal candy, and 57% say Easter candy is better than Halloween candy.
Easter candy popularity across America. (Instacart)
"Americans are quite fond of seasonal Easter candy with egg-shaped chocolates reigning supreme," Instacart’s Trends Expert Laurentia Romaniuk told FOX Business, noting that the Cadbury Easter Crème Egg and Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs not only cinched the first and second place spots for top purchased Easter candy overall in the nation, but when combined, they’re also the top candy in each state across 88% of the country.
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"This immense popularity can likely be attributed to the limited-time availability of these uniquely shaped confections and tasty fillings. If you’re wondering how traditional Easter candies like jelly beans stack up—don’t fret— they’re not going out of style anytime soon," she continued. "Our data shows that sales for this popular candy soar by more than 100% in the two weeks leading up to Easter, making these chewy treats an Easter stronghold."
Another fun factoid: there's apparently mixed feelings about marshmallow chicks. Based on Instacart's research, a quarter of Americans eat marshmallow chicks for the sake of tradition despite it being among their least favorite Easter candies. Interestingly, marshmallow chicks experience the highest sales growth— a whopping 111%—during the two weeks leading up to Easter Sunday.
If you’re looking for a last-minute Easter candy fix this Sunday you can order on Instacart with delivery as fast as one hour, from more than 70,000 stores in more than 5,500 cities in North America.
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For more intel on the Easter candy landscape, read the full blog post on Instacart.com.
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Johnny Depp witness: Actor was Southern gentleman; Heard was mean
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A former personal assistant to Amber Heard said she never saw the actress suffer any physical abuse at the hands of then-husband Johnny Depp — but she said Heard once spit in her face when she asked for a higher salary.
Heard descended into screaming fits of blind rage, sent incoherent text messages at 4 a.m. and was often drunk and high on illegal drugs, Kate James testified in a video deposition that was played in court Thursday during the trial for Depp’s libel suit against Heard.
Depp, on the other hand, was very calm, almost shy, "like a total Southern gentleman," James said.
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The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor has accused Heard of indirectly defaming him in a 2018 opinion piece that she wrote for The Washington Post. Heard refers to herself in the article as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." The piece doesn’t name Depp. But his attorneys argue that it clearly references a restraining order that Heard sought in May 2016, right after Depp told her he wanted a divorce.
Depp denies abusing Heard, but Heard’s lawyers say evidence will prove that he did. The actor’s denials, they argue, lack credibility because he frequently drank and used drugs to the point of blacking out and failing to remember anything he did.
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The video testimony from James offered an inverse view: Depp was the peaceful one, she said, while Heard was frequently intoxicated and verbally abusive, including to her own mother and sister.
"Her poor sister was treated like a dog that you kicked, basically," James said.
James, who worked for Heard from 2012 to 2015, said she was paid "very poorly." She said she was hired with an initial salary of $25 an hour and that her duties ranged from picking up Heard’s dry cleaning to talking with the actress’ Hollywood agents.
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James said she also was tasked with picking up two copies of any magazine that featured Heard and storing them in the garage to prevent Depp from seeing them. Heard went into a "blind rage" when James failed to place the magazines in the garage, James said.
Regarding Heard and Depp’s time together, James said Heard was a "very dramatic person" who was deeply insecure in the relationship. Heard often called James to cry and complain about Depp, she said.
"I remember one time she called me when she was alone in New York City, and she was crying and walking around the streets," James said. She said she told Heard to go inside: "I was worried that the paparazzi might take a photo of her."
Some of the deposition focused on a text message that Depp had sent to James after he and Heard split up. Depp’s text read: "Come over for a spot of purple and we’ll fix her flabby ass nice and good."
A lawyer asked if "spot of purple" meant wine and whether "her" meant Heard. James said she didn’t want to speculate.
"This is the way he writes," James said of Depp. "It’s very random and you don’t sort of question it. ... He writes in a very abstract way."
Both Depp and Heard are expected to testify at the trial in Fairfax County Circuit Court, scheduled for six weeks, along with actors Paul Bettany and James Franco and tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)– The mother of a young man who was shot and killed by Virginia State Police in January of 2021 is suing the officers involved.
LaToya Benton is the mother of 18-year-old Xzavier Hill, who was shot and killed by state troopers following a car chase last year. This morning, Benton drafted and filed a wrongful death lawsuit without an attorney in response to the death of her son.
“I grieve every day because of my son’s violence that he suffered at the hands of the police,” Benton said.
According to court documents, Benton is asking for more than $60 million in damages against the Virginia state troopers involved in the shooting death of Hill, Seth Layton and Benjamin Bone. She is also asking for $350,000 in punitive damages.
“I’m just fighting for my son. Even filing a civil lawsuit, that’s not necessarily justice,” Benton said. “It’s more so trying to hold someone accountable for what happened to my child. Someone’s going to be held accountable for what happened to Xzavier.”
Hill was shot and killed by Virginia State Police in January 2021 in Goochland County. Authorities said Hill led troopers on a high-speed chase ending in a ditch alongside I-64.
Dash cam video shows two officers speaking to the driver. Police said Hill refused to get out of the car and claimed he was reaching for a gun before troopers fired.
In 2021, a grand jury did not indict Layton or Bone in the shooting and said they were justified in using excessive force. They were cleared of any criminal wrongdoing.
“We are no longer going to lay down and let people say to us that he had a gun in the car. We live in an open carry state,” Benton said.
According to Benton, she drafted the lawsuit herself and said at least five attorneys that she reached out to, wouldn’t take the case. Last fall, her attorney Jacqueline Kramer said she was unable to bring forward a civil lawsuit with the information she had.
Benton told 8news, she believes she didn’t need a lawyer to file the wrongful death lawsuit.
She said she has spent over $14,000 in legal fees to fight for her son’s case.
In November, there was a hearing that granted Benton the right to have officers answer questions surrounding his death. A judge allowed her to submit 39 of her 59 questions to the officers and they were required to file a written response. At the time she was also seeking a civil suit against Seth Layton and Benjamin Bone, the VSP troopers involved in the shooting.
8news’ legal analyst Russ Stone said it’s a difficult case to prove.
“They have to decide whether or not they feel they have enough of the case to overcome qualified immunity and then prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the officers were either negligent or engaging in some sort of official misconduct at the time of the shooting,” Stone said.
According to Stone, if this were to go in front of a jury, it could take a matter of years to get a resolution. Stone said the good news for the family is that they don’t have to prove as much in comparison to a criminal case.
However, he said it’s not a good sign that Hill’s family is moving ahead without representation. The defendants will have to respond.
8news reached out to Virginia State Police for a comment and received the following response:
“VSP does not comment on pending litigation.”
Corinne N. Geller
Public Relations Director
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RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginians who want a medical marijuana license won’t need to register with the state starting in July, but there will still be steps they have to take.
A bill signed into law by Gov. Glenn Youngkin will lift Virginia’s requirement for patients to register with the state’s Board of Pharmacy for a license. People will still need approval from one of the nearly 750 medical cannabis practitioners registered in the state, the first step in the current process.
The change, which will take effect in July, will allow medical cannabis patients to buy marijuana products from dispensaries after receiving a certificate from a registered practitioner.
On top of letting them avoid waiting for a license from the board, a process that can take months, the law will also allow patients to not have to pay a $50 application fee.
Data from Virginia’s Board of Pharmacy shows nearly 47,000 total registered patients and thousands of pending applications, a backlog that has forced the board to hire new workers.
The board will have to maintain a database of the certified patients in Virginia with the number of new licenses granted each month, information that pharmaceutical processors and cannabis dispensing facilities must share under the law.
When Virginia legalized recreational marijuana last year without a regulatory system in place, the commonwealth’s medical cannabis program became the only legal market for people. The dispensaries in Virginia could initially only sell cannabis oils, but they were eventually permitted to sell edibles, flower and other products. | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/virginia-to-lift-state-registration-rule-for-medical-marijuana/ | 2022-04-14T23:55:08 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/virginia-to-lift-state-registration-rule-for-medical-marijuana/ |
Best friends become ‘perfect match’ for kidney transplant
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A Texas middle school administrative assistant is getting a new kidney thanks to a surprise by one of her best friends and co-workers.
KBTX reports Dawn Oden received her first kidney transplant back in 2014, which was donated by her brother.
However, this time around it was looking a bit different. Oden said she had a 22% chance of finding a match and was in need of someone to step up.
“Back in December 2020, I got COVID and I already had a transplanted kidney. I was doing well, but since I got COVID it’s been kind of a rough road,” Oden said.
The middle school assistant said she was worried about finding a donor until she got a surprise.
“We found out someone had stepped up but wanted to remain anonymous,” Oden said.
Little did she know her “anonymous” donor was one of her best friends, attendance clerk Jamie Alvarado.
According to Alvarado, she secretly went and got tested to see if she would be a match to donate her kidney, and she ended up matching.
“I knew it was a long shot, but it worked out,” Alvarado said. “We need her, her boys need her, her grandchild needs her. To have that opportunity to get to do that, whether it worked out or not, I knew I had to give it a shot.”
When Oden found out who the donor was, she said she was stunned.
“Shocked, but not surprised because that’s just the heart Jamie has,” Oden said.
On Thursday, students and fellow staff at College Station Middle School sent the two women off before the scheduled transplant surgery next week.
“I don’t know exactly how I would be handling it if I did not have the support system that I have,” Oden said.
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FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples.
The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, the FDA said, and can be used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites. The test, which can provide results in less than three minutes, must be carried out under the supervision of a licensed health care provider.
Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, called the device “yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests for COVID-19.”
The FDA said the device was 91.2% accurate at identifying positive test samples and 99.3% accurate at identifying negative test samples.
“InspectIR expects to be able to produce approximately 100 instruments per week, which can each be used to evaluate approximately 160 samples per day,” the agency said. “At this level of production, testing capacity using the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is expected to increase by approximately 64,000 samples per month.”
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Filibuster, cloture votes a growing trend in Nebraska Legislature
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The abortion trigger bill, constitutional carry bill, criminal justice reform bill, and 11 others all went to filibusters and cloture votes this legislative session.
“It’s become the way to stop bills from happening,” Sen. Robert Hilkemann, from Omaha, said.
In the legislature there are time limits for how long debate can go on set by the speaker each session. When that limit is hit, a 1990 rule change calls for a cloture vote where a bill has to get 33 votes, eight more than a traditional vote, to move the bill forward or the bill dies.
Assistant Clerk of the Legislature Brandon Metzler said it’s a way to end debate that could carry on endlessly.
“The thought was if we’re going to stop debate with no more members speaking, we need to make sure there’s a high threshold and this is clearly something the majority, or super-majority, of the body wants is to end the debate and call a vote,” Metzler said.
Legislative data shows that a cloture vote was first used in 1992 and in 30 years it’s been used a total of 229 times, 133 of those or nearly 60%, since 2015.
“It’s common with very contentious social issues,” Metzler said. “I think the thing that really brought it out is now there’s less consensus building. Back then there was a lot more working the floor and cloture was something looming out there. Now people just set their clocks and know it’s coming.”
Fourteen bills went to cloture votes this session. It’s not the highest it’s ever been. In 2016 and 2018, 24 and 25 bills, respectively, went to cloture votes.
This trend doesn’t sit right with some senators who had bills fail to pass cloture this session.
“This is the worst year in the history of the legislature,” Gordon Sen. Tom Brewer said. “The body was dysfunctional. It was so split on issues and filibuster was used so much - literally three quarters of the entire session was nothing but filibuster.”
Data compiled by Sen. Brewer, whose constitutional carry bill died via cloture, shows the body spent 130 hours filibustering. Brewer said this has had a serious impact on how many bills can be discussed.
Lincoln Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks agreed this is a concerning trend.
“It’s becoming a tool where people jump to filibuster rather than communicating with each other,” Pansing Brooks said.
Pansing Brooks said it does serve a purpose.
“Some bills are not good and need to be stopped,” she said. “I think our filibuster works better than filibusters in Congress or in a lot of other states.”
A recent legislative research study shows Nebraska is one of ten states to have a cloture rule, along with the U.S. Senate.
“It didn’t work in my favor this year, but overall it’s important we keep that cloture vote so we can adjust bills and make them so people can support the bill,” Hilkemann said.
Hilkemann did tell 10/11 he wished a bill dying to cloture wasn’t the end and there was a chance for an amendment process. While Brewer said he wants to change the voting process to make it easier to pass cloture. He said getting a super majority is tough to do.
“When you change the bar, you’re looking at a huge part of Nebraska that will lose on that bill because of the filibuster and that’s not right,” Brewer said.
Brewer wants to propose to the legislature next session that cloture votes either only need 30 votes or two-thirds of present senators, instead of the entire body because many times not everybody votes in cloture.
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Best friends become ‘perfect match’ for kidney transplant
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A Texas middle school administrative assistant is getting a new kidney thanks to a surprise by one of her best friends and co-workers.
KBTX reports Dawn Oden received her first kidney transplant back in 2014, which was donated by her brother.
However, this time around it was looking a bit different. Oden said she had a 22% chance of finding a match and was in need of someone to step up.
“Back in December 2020, I got COVID and I already had a transplanted kidney. I was doing well, but since I got COVID it’s been kind of a rough road,” Oden said.
The middle school assistant said she was worried about finding a donor until she got a surprise.
“We found out someone had stepped up but wanted to remain anonymous,” Oden said.
Little did she know her “anonymous” donor was one of her best friends, attendance clerk Jamie Alvarado.
According to Alvarado, she secretly went and got tested to see if she would be a match to donate her kidney, and she ended up matching.
“I knew it was a long shot, but it worked out,” Alvarado said. “We need her, her boys need her, her grandchild needs her. To have that opportunity to get to do that, whether it worked out or not, I knew I had to give it a shot.”
When Oden found out who the donor was, she said she was stunned.
“Shocked, but not surprised because that’s just the heart Jamie has,” Oden said.
On Thursday, students and fellow staff at College Station Middle School sent the two women off before the scheduled transplant surgery next week.
“I don’t know exactly how I would be handling it if I did not have the support system that I have,” Oden said.
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Man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist from Connecticut has been convicted of killing his wife, three young children and the family’s dog two years ago in central Florida.
A 12-member jury on Thursday evening found 46-year-old Anthony Todt guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty.
Prosecutors weren’t seeking the death penalty, which means Todt will receive a mandatory life sentence.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Danielle Pinnell said Todt nonchalantly detailed the killings to investigators after his January 2020 arrest at the family’s home near Walt Disney World.
He later claimed that his wife killed the children and then stabbed herself.
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Loggerhead Marinelife Center's hospital staff resigns
All staff workers in the veterinary hospital section of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center have either left or given their two week or a month notice and none will be there by early May.
And once again, there are no turtles on site’s 26 pools that house the sea animals.
There were four turtles last week. One healed and trudged back to the Atlantic last week.
So why are there no turtles at Loggerhead?
Contact 5 obtained a chain of emails written last week when four turtles were on site, and water quality issues resurfaced.
Veterinary Tech Sam Clark cites Loggerhead's "history of brown, turbid water, and quickly fluctuating salinities (salt content)" as being unhealthy are "similar to how our previous (water quality issues) began last fall."
Veterinarian Maria Chadam concluded in an email, "We should relocate three of our turtles. The fourth turtle can be released."
The fourth was released, the other three have been moved to facilities in Boca Raton and Clearwater.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which determines when and if Loggerhead Marinelife Center can take in more turtles, told Contact 5 that Loggerhead will not be able to take in more turtles until water quality and staffing issues are addressed.
We asked a representative for Loggerhead Marinelife Center for comment. She told Contact 5, board members are considering talking to us next week. Loggerhead’s Chief Executive is on vacation and was unavailable for comment.
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Man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist from Connecticut has been convicted of killing his wife, three young children and the family’s dog two years ago in central Florida.
A 12-member jury on Thursday evening found 46-year-old Anthony Todt guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty.
Prosecutors weren’t seeking the death penalty, which means Todt will receive a mandatory life sentence.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Danielle Pinnell said Todt nonchalantly detailed the killings to investigators after his January 2020 arrest at the family’s home near Walt Disney World.
He later claimed that his wife killed the children and then stabbed herself.
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New push to keep small businesses in downtown West Palm
A co-working space located in downtown West Palm Beach wants to spruce up the city and purchase an old vacant building on Clematis Street.
Downtown West Palm Beach is no stranger to vacant storefronts, but there's one building that's of high interest — 314 Clematis St.
Just one block away, a co-working space called 1909 has been eyeing the building.
The organization is a hub of innovation for startups and small businesses, but they're out of space and want to expand their footprint.
"We're working with a phenomenal architect to restore the historical preservation, the facade of the space, and we have some renderings," said 1909 co-founder Danielle Casey.
"We believe that West Palm Beach can be a creative capital," said Shane Savage, the chief strategy officer of Pathos creative agency in West Palm Beach.
He's on board with 1909's plans and the potential to grow in the 30,000 square-foot space.
"We have attachments and emotional connections to downtown West Palm Beach, our friends, our families," Savage said. "They are all based here."
1909 is one of six organizations that have placed a bid to buy the building located at 314 Clematis St. from West Palm Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
City commissioners are expected to make a decision Monday.
However, the agenda already includes a resolution to accept an offer from a real estate investment company called Brand Atlantic for $10 million.
At this point, the plan is to put parking and a restaurant on the first floor with commercial office space on the second floor.
"A lot of small businesses are unfortunately being pushed out of the urban core," Casey said.
1909 worries that commercial space will be too expensive for startups, ultimately driving small businesses out of the downtown district.
"I don't want to leave the home that we've built this business on," Savage said.
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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - Colonial League action on the diamond Thursday afternoon. Southern Lehigh rolling past Salisbury in this one, 11-1.
The Spartans and Falcons in a close one most of the game, until the sixth inning. The Spartans would blow the game open heading into the seventh inning, en route to their seventh win of the season.
Southern Lehigh now sits at 7-1 as we enter the middle portion of the season, Salisbury drops to 4-3. | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/a-late-rally-by-southern-lehigh-pushes-them-past-salisbury/article_6be687b8-bc3b-11ec-a74f-eb05a0005671.html | 2022-04-15T00:00:02 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/a-late-rally-by-southern-lehigh-pushes-them-past-salisbury/article_6be687b8-bc3b-11ec-a74f-eb05a0005671.html |
READING, Pa. - Berks Catholic hosting Exeter, two teams in the midst of the Berks boys lacrosse playoff battle. The Eagles earning the road win on Thursday, 11-7.
This game was back and forth the whole way, with the Saints holding a 3-1 lead in the early going. The Eagles would keep pressing offensively in the first half to cut that lead heading into halftime.
With the win, Exeter improves to 3-1 in league play. | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/exeter-holds-off-berks-catholic-for-a-big-league-road-win/article_b4288e7c-bc3b-11ec-b38a-0bd7b33739d6.html | 2022-04-15T00:00:09 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/exeter-holds-off-berks-catholic-for-a-big-league-road-win/article_b4288e7c-bc3b-11ec-b38a-0bd7b33739d6.html |
OLEY, Pa. - Hamburg remaining undefeated with a resounding win over Oley Valley, 18-2.
The Red Hawks opened with back-to-back four-run innings. In the bottom half of the first inning, the Lynx cut the lead in half with their only two runs of the game.
In the second, the Hawks blew the game open to grab an 8-2 lead. They would continue to roll improving to 8-0 on the season. | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/hamburg-routs-oley-valley-on-the-road-to-remain-perfect/article_9d4530d4-bc3b-11ec-ac9c-d3e1c9c3c812.html | 2022-04-15T00:00:15 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/hamburg-routs-oley-valley-on-the-road-to-remain-perfect/article_9d4530d4-bc3b-11ec-ac9c-d3e1c9c3c812.html |
Berks County native, Natalie Wojcik has earned one of the top honors in the nation for a Gymnast.
This week, Wojcik was named the AAI Award Winner, which is best compared to that of the Heisman or a Wooden Award. The Douglasville native is a member of the University of Michigan gymnastics team, the reigning national champions.
Wojcik trained at Stallone Gymnastics prior to her time in Ann Arbor. Next up for the Wolverines, a chance to defend their title.
(Video courtesy: BIG Ten Network) | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/natalie-wojcik-earns-one-of-gymnastics-top-honors/article_7d7bfea4-bc3b-11ec-9f50-b35685a290aa.html | 2022-04-15T00:00:21 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/sports/natalie-wojcik-earns-one-of-gymnastics-top-honors/article_7d7bfea4-bc3b-11ec-9f50-b35685a290aa.html |
The thought is that any negative perception of Karl-Anthony Towns around the league and in the media stems from the mouth of Jimmy Butler. But the narrative was largely born during the first round of the 2018 NBA playoffs.
Minnesota dropped each of its first two games in Houston with Towns posting underwhelming stat lines: eight points on 3-for-9 in Game 1, five points on 2-for-9 shooting in Game 2.
After Game 1, the thought was Minnesota needed to get Towns the ball in the post to take advantage of Houston’s switching pick-and-roll defense to allow the big man to work down low against the likes of James Harden. But when the Wolves tried to work through Towns in Game 2, he couldn’t establish any position. Harden was able to push Towns out to near the 3-point line.
Minnesota was blown out of the water. And the national criticism commenced.
“Karl-Anthony Towns, you look soft right now, like you don’t want any part of this,” Stephen A. Smith said back then on ESPN’s First Take. “That’s a bad look.”
It wasn’t a shining moment for the all-star center. But hey, that was four years ago. Towns has since evolved. He played the best basketball of his pro career this season, likely earning himself All-NBA recognition. The past is the past.
But, in Tuesday’s play-in game, the past looked a lot like the present. The Clippers swarmed Towns with bodies and muscle, throwing the center into a tizzy. He was Minnesota’s worst player on the floor. The Timberwolves were outscored by 14 during Towns’ 24 minutes as he went 3-for-11 for 11 points to go with four turnovers and six fouls.
And all of the allegations about Towns’ toughness and physicality, or lack thereof, came roaring back.
The playoffs define a player’s legacy, and Towns hasn’t given people much positive data to chew on. Still, it’s been such a small sample size. The perception can easily change in this year’s first-round series with Memphis.
While Minnesota snuck past the Clippers despite a Towns’ clunker, it’s tough to see the Wolves knocking off the Grizzlies if their all-star big man doesn’t perform. Under Chris Finch, Towns said he has a “more clear role” for what the team wants him to do this year in the playoffs, as opposed to his first run at it in 2018 under Tom Thibodeau.
“I’m very confident, feel very good. Happy,” Towns said. “I’m in a great mental space now.”
Towns said the Clippers did “the best job of anybody all year” of executing their game plan to stop him. But, he noted, “it didn’t work” because Minnesota still won.
Finch said Towns got caught “wrestling” too much, and tried too often to take on his individual matchup.
“There was two on him almost every time he caught the ball, even before he caught the ball a lot of times. He’s got to get off of it a little bit quicker,” Finch said. “I thought he did a good job early doing that, and then he was probably feeling that he needed to try to get a basket, and as a team we were trying to get him a basket, and we kind of probably ended up feeding into that.”
Towns spoke about eight hours prior to Tuesday’s game about his need to take over games in big moments, and seemed determined to so in the play-in contest. That led to bad shots and bad results.
“Sometimes the best play is the play you make that’s a little selfish. Got humbled, too, a little bit in doing that,” Towns said. “I think last game showed I want to win so bad sometimes I maybe could do too much.”
Towns said he learned he may need to open the game up early with the pass, which could lead to better scoring opportunities for him as the game progresses.
“At the same time … even with all that being said, you’ve got to dominate with two, three, four (defenders), the coach included, the fans included. Don’t matter,” Towns said. “You’ve got to go score on everybody and make it happen.”
The big alluded to “adversity” he endured during the game, an acknowledgement that he again felt as though he was wronged by the officials — a consistent theme for Towns. But Towns did admit there are some things he can do better to avoid the trouble.
“I have enough experience and been in the league long enough, and been in that situation more than enough in one year, let alone in seven,” Towns said. “So, I’ve got to be smarter.”
Particularly when playing with five fouls in the fourth quarter Tuesday, when Towns was called for his sixth foul for contesting a rebound he had no real shot of getting.
“Probably not the smartest idea to try and get one. Even if it was minimal contact, no contact, whatever it is. Just the look of it, I shouldn’t put myself in that position. I’ve got to do better in that. More disciplined,” Towns said. “If that’s how the adversity for me is going to be for me this time around, I got to be very disciplined in showing my hands and just praying a lot and putting a lot of holy water on.”
Whatever it takes to improve his performance — and, thus, improve the team’s odds of success — when it matters most.
“I’m not worried about KAT. I’m really not,” Finch said. “He’ll be fine.” | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/14/can-karl-anthony-towns-re-write-his-playoff-narrative/ | 2022-04-15T00:01:37 | 0 | https://www.twincities.com/2022/04/14/can-karl-anthony-towns-re-write-his-playoff-narrative/ |
Chicago White Sox right fielder Adam Engel hit a popup near home plate with two outs in the fifth inning Thursday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, battling the wind, dropped the ball and Engel reached second on a two-base error.
Jake Burger followed with a popup between second and third. Shortstop J.P. Crawford couldn’t make the catch on a play that was ruled a , scoring Engel and bringing the Sox within a run on a blustery afternoon.
Raleigh made up for his miscue in the seventh with a home run — the second of three homers on the day for the Mariners, who topped the Sox 5-1 in front of 13,391.
“It’s just a weird day,” Sox first baseman Gavin Sheets said. “We were talking on the infield. Everybody had to help each other out, because you never knew which way the ball was going to go.
“It was moving about 20 feet out there, at least, in the air. You’re just helping out your teammates on those.”
The Sox were limited to four singles — one by Sheets, two by Tim Anderson and Burger’s popup — as they saw their four-game winning streak come to an end.
“Tough conditions,” Burger said. “It’s a beautiful Midwest day.”
Jarred Kelenic’s long fly to right hit the foul pole for a two-run homer with two outs in the second against Sox starter Jimmy Lambert, giving the Mariners a 2-0 lead.
Lambert, called up Tuesday and starting in place of injured pitcher Lucas Giolito, allowed two runs on two hits with a strikeout and a walk in three innings.
“I’d like to be able to do more,” said Lambert, who threw 49 pitches. “Really one pitch. But hopefully we can build off of it.”
Lambert said the walk to Eugenio Suárez that preceded the homer stood out.
“That is the killer,” Lambert said. “Lead-off walks and two-out walks, they’ll always come back to bite you. It’s basic baseball. It never fails.”
The Sox took advantage of the misplayed popups in the fifth on the balls hit by Engel and Burger to cut the deficit to 2-1.
“I’m trying to decide if my first big-league hit in Detroit or that was better,” Burger said.
Burger’s first career hit, a double July 2 last season, came when Tigers center fielder Daz Cameron lost track of the ball.
“At least that one (Thursday) resulted in an RBI,” Burger said.
Anderson singled after Burger reached, but Mariners starter Logan Gilbert struck out Luis Robert to end the inning.
Gilbert allowed one unearned run on four hits with four strikeouts in five innings.
“He’s got some good spin rate,” Burger said. “He kind of works it back and forth and he’s a great pitcher. He executed today.”
Raleigh extended the Mariners’ lead to 3-1 when his long fly against reliever Bennett Sousa kept drifting in left field and landed in the Sox bullpen.
Mitch Haniger hit a two-run homer off reliever José Ruiz in the eighth.
Just one batter reached base for the Sox in the final four innings, a one-out walk in the eighth by catcher Reese McGuire.
Still, they were able to take two out of three in a series during which starting left fielder Eloy Jiménez (bruised left ankle) and second baseman Josh Harrison (lower back stiffness) exited Wednesday’s game early with injuries. Neither played Thursday.
The Sox begin a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays starting Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“Win (the first) two series (of the season) that’s a huge positive that you can enjoy for the next two, three hours and all of the sudden there’s another one that comes up so you better make sure you’re concentrating,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “There’s nothing wrong with (what former Sox general manager) Roland Hemond (said), ‘Enjoy the moment.’
“But I felt better (Wednesday) night than I do now. I’ve never had a problem giving the other team credit when they out-pitch you, out-hit you, out-play you. We had a chance, we hung in there but we couldn’t get anything going. That’s to their credit.”
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St. Charles East coach Len Asquini put the names of all the former Saints who were drafted into professional baseball on the side of the press box.
Asquini, who coached several of those players, believes he will have to reserve a spot on the list for junior third baseman Jake Zitella.
“He’s going to be on that board,” Asquini said of Zitella. “He’s the next player who is going to go up there.”
That’s also part of the plan for Zitella, who committed to Illinois before this season.
“My overall goal is to be drafted and be drafted high,” Zitella said. “I want to say I always wanted to play Major League Baseball, but I started taking it more seriously freshman year.
“My grind doesn’t stop now.”
Asquini took notice of Zitella when he was 13 years old.
“You could see his bat speed and the ball sounded different off his bat then,” Asquini said. “You knew there was something. He was just a little bit ahead of everybody. He’s stayed better than the others.”
Talent evaluators across the state also took notice.
According to Prep Baseball Report, Zitella is the top-ranked third baseman in his class in the state and No. 21 overall in the 2023 class. That led to his early commitment to Illinois.
“I went there multiple times to make sure I wanted to be there,” Zitella said. “I just want to get to work right away. They said there is a good chance I could play early if I keep doing what I’m doing.”
Having that commitment under his belt means teams pay more attention to him. That started in the season opener against Barrington.
“I’m targeted, so they’re really trying to get me out,” Zitella said. “I noticed it the first game. I was batting second. I got two curves in a row and I was down 0-2. This is what I have to get used to.”
It didn’t take long for Zitella to catch up, however. He homered Monday and Tuesday in wins over Lake Park, giving him three homers in St. Charles East’s first seven games.
“Jake is an impressive hitter and player for that matter,” Asquini said. “We’re real excited for his start to the year. The (rankings) and stuff like that, they get it right most of the time. If they see a kid enough, they’re going to get it right.
“They’ve seen Jake enough and they know what we know because we see him all the time. He’s a very talented young man and his ceiling is even higher. He’s got a potential for some gaudy stats.”
Asquini knows Zitella isn’t going to rest this season on his early success, either.
“The ceiling is real high,” Asquini said. “He’s not anywhere near tapped out. He grinds it and he wants to get better. He has a lot of growth still in him.
“That’s one of the exciting things for his future. That’s exciting for him and his family. He wants more out of himself.”
Zitella doesn’t have to look too far for motivation on his journey.
Former St. Charles East pitcher Wes Benjamin appeared in parts of the past two seasons with the Texas Rangers. He’s now pitching for Triple-A Charlotte in the White Sox’s system.
Benjamin is the second former Saint to make it to the major leagues, and Zitella is following him closely.
“Knowing he came from my high school makes it feel like it’s more possible,” Zitella said. “I know I can do it. My overall goal is to play in the majors and face Wes Benjamin.”
Paul Johnson is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
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Minnesota’s prison system is establishing a tattoo program in the hopes of giving inmates new skills and curbing the spread of bloodborne disease from illegal body art.
The state Corrections Department is searching for an experienced tattoo artist to oversee the establishment of one or more tattoo studios in Minnesota’s prisons. Prisoners are known to create their own tattoo equipment using materials including small electric motors and ballpoint pens. Without proper sterilization, the tools can lead to the transmission of diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV, as tattooers may use contaminated needles on multiple people.
Officials hope to make tattooing safer by placing it in a controlled setting.
Corrections Department spokesman Nick Kimball said hepatitis treatments can cost anywhere between $20,000 to $75,000, and the state prison system treats 80 to 100 inmates for the disease each year. As of January 2022, there were 7,511 people incarcerated in Minnesota prisons and past estimates placed the number of infected inmates at anywhere from 1,200 to 3,500.
“By reducing the potential for transmission of bloodborne diseases, we are creating a safer environment for everyone, including our staff, and also being more prudent with taxpayer dollars,” Kimball said in a recent tweet promoting the job listing.
Anywhere between 12% and 35% of the U.S. prison population has hepatitis C, according to the Hepatitis Education Project, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization that tracks the disease in correctional settings. The viral disease attacks the liver and can eventually be fatal. It is typically spread through intravenous drug use or unsterilized medical equipment.
In establishing a formal prison tattoo program, the state hopes to reduce recidivism by creating job opportunities for people when they leave prison, Kimball said. To that aim, the tattoo supervisor would help prisoners develop digital tattoo art portfolios, earn licenses as tattoo professionals and provide direction for future employment.
What are state prison officials looking for in a tattoo program supervisor? They want a licensed artist with at least three years of experience and a “strong, well-rounded portfolio.” The temporary position would last up to three years and pay anywhere from $58,986 to $86,923 each year. The job would be based out of the Stillwater prison, according to the state’s listing.
Minnesota is not the first to experiment with a state-sponsored prison tattoo program. In 2005, Canada had a short-lived pilot program in six of its federal prisons with the aim of curbing the spread of hepatitis C and HIV.
Canada’s Conservative-led government at the time questioned the price tag of the program, which cost more than $300,000 to start and was expected to cost more than $600,000 each year, CBC News reported in 2006. The government nixed the program and opted to back other initiatives such as education programs on the risks of HIV and hepatitis C transmission from tattoos.
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By ADAM SCHRECK
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. World Food Program said people are being “starved to death” in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, and he predicted the country’s humanitarian crisis is likely to worsen as Russia intensifies its assault in the coming weeks.
WFP executive director David Beasley also warned in an interview Thursday with The Associated Press in Kyiv that Russia’s invasion of grain-exporting Ukraine risks destabilizing nations far from its shores and could trigger waves of migrants seeking better lives elsewhere.
The war that began Feb. 24 was “devastating the people in Ukraine,” he said, lamenting the lack of access faced by the WFP and other aid organizations in trying to reach those in need amid the conflict.
“I don’t see any of that easing up. I just don’t see it happening right now,” he said.
The fluid nature of the conflict, which has seen fighting shift away from areas around the capital and toward eastern Ukraine, has made it especially difficult to reach hungry Ukrainians.
The WFP is trying to put food supplies now in areas that could be caught up in the fighting, but Beasley acknowledged that there are “a lot of complexities” as the situation rapidly evolves.
A lack of access is part of the problem, he said, but so is a shortage of manpower and fuel as resources are diverted to the war effort.
“It’s not just going to be the next few days — but the next few weeks and few months could even get more complicated than it is now,” he said. “In fact, it’s getting worse and worse, concentrated in certain areas, and the front lines are going to be moving.”
Beasley expressed particular concern about the port city of Mariupol, where a dwindling number of Ukrainian defenders is holding out against a Russian siege that has trapped well over 100,000 civilians in desperate need of food, water and heating.
Russian forces that control access to the city have not allowed in aid, even though the WFP has demanded access.
“We will not give up on the people of Mariupol and other people that we cannot reach. But it’s a devastating situation: the people being starved to death,” he said.
Russia is determined to seize the city so its forces from the annexed Crimean Peninsula can fully link up with troops elsewhere in the eastern Donbas region, Ukraine’s industrial heartland and the target of the coming offensive.
The U.N. food chief warned of disastrous ripple effects due to Ukraine’s role as major international grain supplier.
A global food shortage caused by the war could prompt “mass migration beyond anything we’ve seen since World War II,” he said, echoing remarks he made to the U.N. Security Council last month.
Russia and Ukraine together produce 30% of the world’s wheat supply and export about three-quarters of the world’s sunflower seed oil. Half of the grain the WFP buys for distribution around the world comes from Ukraine.
Some 30 million metric tons of grain bound for export are unable to be shipped because of the war, Beasley said. Ukrainian farmers are struggling to access fertilizer and seed, and those who can plant may see their harvest rot in the fields if the war drags on and there’s no way to ship it, he warned.
The shipping challenges have forced the WFP to halve rations for millions of people, many in Africa, and more cuts may be needed, he said.
“People are going to be starving to death,” he said.
Beasley also visited areas near Kyiv that were ravaged by the Russian invasion, including the town of Bucha, where evidence of mass killings and other atrocities against civilians have shocked the world.
He described neighborhoods “completely decimated by bombings,” likening what he saw to a nightmare that was impossible to believe.
But he stopped short of describing the killings a genocide, as U.S. President Joe Biden did this week.
“Well, I know one thing. People are dying,” he said when asked about Biden’s comments. “But there’s no doubt in my mind this is a horror story and it is truly heartbreaking.”
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Jordan Montgomery said he felt no soreness or stiffness in his left knee when he threw his bullpen Wednesday, so the Yankees lefthander is expecting to make his scheduled start Friday in Baltimore.
“Feeling good, getting better every day,” Montgomery said before Thursday night’s series finale against the Blue Jays at the Stadium. “Pitching I feel nothing. So it’s a blessing.”
Montgomery was hit in the back/side of his left knee in Sunday night’s loss to the Red Sox.
“It’s like a pitcher’s nightmare, but honestly, I’d rather be in my leg than above the hips,” Montgomery said with a laugh.
“I got hit last year against the Astros, I got hit against the Pirates, and they should just call me a pinata,” he continued. “I’ve had worse (like in) Houston last year.”
Still, the knee was swollen and that caused some stiffness, so the Yankees sent him for an MRI and CT scan.
“They just wanted to kind of check on everything and stuff like that. I think Charlie Morton got hit (last year in the playoffs) and then ended up breaking his leg. Yeah, kind of just make sure that didn’t happen,” Montgomery said.
Montgomery got hit in the first inning, but managed to stay in the game and complete 3.1 innings. He allowed three earned runs on four hits. He walked one and struck out four.
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JP Sears’ girlfriend and parents had been waiting for nearly a week. The young lefty had them in New York since Opening Day, hoping they would be able to share in the moment when he made his major league debut.
Wednesday night, Sears made it worth the wait.
He went out and pitched a perfect inning, striking out Blue Jays center fielder George Springer in his big league debut.
“It was the last night my girlfriend was able to be here before she had to go to work today so that was great,” Sears said. “And then obviously it’s just better to have a debut in Yankee Stadium.”
Sears was invited to big league spring training after a pretty impressive season between Double-A and Triple-A last season. Sears pitched to a 3.46 ERA in 25 games, including 18 starts. In 104 innings pitched, Sears struck out 136 and walked just 29.
“We’ve been kind of in these high leverage games each and every night where we haven’t had a lot of chances to let our length guys to just roll. So again, that gets back to we’re six games into this. So it was a chance last night to get him in,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “That it was really good to see him pitch as well as he did against a really good part of the lineup. He came in with a really efficient three strikes tactic, he trusted his stuff and I think everyone got a little peek at why we’re excited about him.”
Sears, a Sumnter, South Carolina native, grew up with Montgomery. Their parents are friendly and they’ve worked with the same pitching coach for years.
“It was awesome. I was ready for him to get out there. He’s been chomping at the bit there in the bullpen to get in and especially the first strikeout is George Springer. That’s pretty exciting,” Montgomery said.
GETTING CLOSE
Isiah Kiner-Falefa grew up dreaming about being a Yankees, but so far the shortstop has had a nightmare of a start to his career with the Bombers. Kiner-Falefa went 1-for-17 in the first six games.
Boone said that Kiner-Falefa is not far away from turning it around.
“I feel like it’s close. Some of his best contact has been that hard ground ball at someone. So just by getting those elevated a little bit, turning those into line drives and he should be able to take off,” Boone said of the shortstop that the Yankees got from the Twins in spring training. “He’ll settle in here and be the quality of contact guy that we know and like a few of these guys. I do feel like he’s on the verge.”
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Eyewitness News reporter NJ Burkett interviewed MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber on what needs to be done.
"It's been a tough week," Lieber said.
Lieber says he gets it. That he understands the anxiety, even the fear over crime underground.
"You have to deal with the fact that a maniac came into the sacred public space that we all share, that makes New York possible, and he attacked it," he said.
In an Eyewitness News interview, Lieber admitted that Tuesday's mass shooting, that injured more than two-dozen people and terrorized many more, was not an isolated incident.
"We had a series of things that were, you know, very high visibility incidents with our customers," he said. "A mass shooting is different, and I expect people to react differently. We are reacting differently."
He says the NYPD can and should be doing more.
"I am saying to the city, I need to see cops on the platform. I need to see cops on the train. I need to see people start intervening and opening backpacks," Lieber said. "This fellow, you know, had a lot of material with him. So, we really do want to have a more aggressive deployment by my friends in the NYPD."
It was an MTA surveillance camera that captured Frank R. James entering the subway on Tuesday morning.
But other cameras, including those where the attack took place, were not transmitting.
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On Thursday, the NYPD released a statement saying that at the time of Tuesday's attack, "cameras were out at three stations due to a technical issue."
Lieber has ordered an internal review to determine how many are not functional at any given time.
"In this case, there was a lot of there was a lot of video available and the police used all of it," Lieber said.
He believes a sharper focus on quality-of-life violations and crimes like fare-beating will make the subways safer, even if they would not have prevented Tuesday's attack.
"It's been slow in evolving and I'm hoping that the PD - part of what they're going to do in reaction to this awful event is to have that happen. And I'm counting on the NYPD to really attack those problems. I think they will under Mayor Adams," Lieber said.
When asked if he thought Tuesday's incident was preventable, Lieber responded:
"I'm not a criminal justice expert. All I can say is, it happened, and we have to make the subway system safer and make people feel safer."
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The Timberwolves were jumping on the scorer’s table, running around the court, shedding tears and cussing out the Clippers after their play-in victory Tuesday at Target Center.
Well, OK, mostly it was just Patrick Beverley.
Regardless, the amped-up celebration for a win to simply get Minnesota into the playoffs was viewed as excessive by some. TNT’s Inside the NBA crew made fun of it more in a way of jest; that’s what that crew does. Even Timberwolves assistant coach Elston Turner admitted their approach was “funny” in his interview with Dan Barriero on KFXN-100.3 FM on Wednesday.
Others also tweeted out jokes. It’s all fair play in sports. That’s the life of entertainers and athletes.
But others took serious issue with it, noting that Minnesota shouldn’t have taken such joy from its feat. Frankly, that analysis is sillier than any of the Wolves’ actions. The win meant a lot to Minnesota — a team picked to do very little this year — and a fan base starved of any shred of success.
“Everybody, every team, every player has individual goals, and you don’t have to only celebrate for the biggest goal, you know what I’m saying?” Jarred Vanderbilt said. “Any time you check off even smaller goals, you know, it should be a little bit of a celebration.”
The fact there were those who suggested the opposite isn’t surprising. Minnesota has been battling the court of public opinion for much of the year. Are the Timberwolves confident? Cocky? Arrogant? A little bit of everything?
The Wolves received blowback for recklessly chasing 50 points for Anthony Edwards in a recent game against the Spurs, a decision that almost allowed San Antonio back into the contest. They were taken to task for showing up the Lakers at Target Center, where they mocked a Russell Westbrook air ball, ran over to the Los Angeles bench to inform the Lakers that Westbrook “stinks” and even slapped LeBron James on the butt.
OK, that was all Beverley, too.
But again, the Wolves were ridiculed.
“It’s funny because when Memphis does it, everyone praises,” Beverley said. “But when we do it, we’re categorized as a team with very little character. It’s OK.”
Ahh, Memphis, Minnesota’s first-round playoff opponent. Yes, the Grizzlies, too, are a young team filled with vigor. And they, too, celebrate their successes. In fact, after Minnesota topped the Grizzlies in February, Beverley tweeted “Memphis Grizz no dancing or talking crazzzy tonight huh. awwww ok. Good Luck rest of the way.”
Yet the Grizzlies are viewed as one of the NBA’s most entertaining teams. Ja Morant is among the game’s best players. Combine that with the up-and-coming Wolves, featuring a second-year superstar-to-be in Anthony Edwards, and it all makes for what should be an electric best-of-seven series.
“I think this is good for the NBA. They’re getting to see two of the most exciting players in the league in Ja Morant and Anthony Edwards playing against each other. They’re getting to see two teams who could be those next ‘It’ teams, the next dynasty teams you’re seeing and the dynasty organizations that are on the rise,” Karl-Anthony Towns said.
“The same time, (it’s) a slap in the face to all the media that say small-market teams couldn’t get it done. We’ll go out there and make the ratings and we’ll make the show happen.”
But back to Beverley’s point: Memphis’ “confidence” is celebrated, and Minnesota’s is criticized. Why?
Spurs television analyst and former NBA all-star and champion Sean Elliott shared his view on the matter during a recent Spurs’ regular-season game against the Warriors.
“When you watch Memphis compared to say, Minnesota, they’re a lot more disciplined. They have better habits,” Elliott said. “They’re both young teams, they’re both extremely talented, but who do you like better there? Obviously Memphis.
“Minnesota, to me, acts like they’ve won something. Memphis is like, ‘We’re going to win something, and we’re not slowing down.’ And they play with great confidence, but not some of the arrogance.”
Memphis is viewed as a team enjoying its ride to the top. Minnesota is seen as a team celebrating something it hasn’t accomplished.
Towns said the Wolves “don’t care about” the discrepancy in perception, though that’s a little hard to believe.
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The company planning to turn the land around Iowa’s “Field of Dreams” movie site into a youth sports mecca announced Thursday that the project is underway, and that new fields, dormitories and a hotel could be in place next year.
The project, which company officials said has lined up $80 million in private investment, is headed by White Sox Hall of Famer Frank Thomas. He said at a news conference in Iowa that the aim is to create “the premier travel baseball and softball destination for boys and girls.”
Architectural renderings show nine new competition fields built across a cornfield from the preserved film set and a stadium built to host last summer’s major league game between the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees (the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will play there in August).
The plans also call for an indoor training facility, a concert amphitheater, an RV park, jogging trails and a park that can be accessed by people with disabilities. That entire project could be finished by 2025.
The “Field of Dreams” film set will remain untouched, said chief operating officer Dan Evans, a former Sox executive and Los Angeles Dodgers general manager.
“We will keep it pristine,” he said. “That’s our goal — to take this amazing venue and just enhance it. We’re not going to detract from it. It’s a great tourist destination. Now we’re going to have baseball, softball, music, hotel, you name it.”
The property began its shift from low-key tourist attraction to commercialized venture when Denise Stillman, a health care consultant and entrepreneur from Oak Lawn, led a group of investors who bought the set and surrounding 193 acres in 2011 with the idea of turning it into a youth baseball hub.
The company fought off lawsuits from neighboring property owners unhappy with the idea of more traffic and visitors. Chicago area real estate developer Rick Heidner, an investor in the project, said at the news conference he expects no further opposition.
“There’s nothing that’s going to stop us at this point unless somebody tries to put some kind of a block on (the plan), but we don’t see anything happening,” he said. “I don’t believe we’re asking for any variances. … It seems like the community, or 99% of the community, has very much embraced it.”
Water service to the property is already being extended from nearby Dyersville, company officials said. About 350 youth teams will come to the area for tournaments this summer, though the games will be played away from the “Field of Dreams” site.
“We want to make sure those people will be happy to come back next year, when all the infrastructure is almost complete,” Thomas said.
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Alabama held its final practice of the spring Thursday ahead of Saturday’s spring game in Bryant-Denny Stadium.
The 2 p.m. CT scrimmage, played under the threat of rain and storms, will be the only opportunity for fans and reporters to watch the team this spring before it breaks for the summer.
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Nick Saban held a Thursday evening news conference to preview Saturday. Here is what he said:
-- Saban began by saying a focus this week was to eliminate bad plays from the last scrimmage. He named a variety of reasons about why there are bad plays, but said the focus in practice was to execute better. “I think the response has been, really, pretty good,” he said.
-- Saban said the format for A-Day will be similar to the past with the first-team offense and second-team defense on one team, and the second-team offense and first-team defense on the other team. He said mis-matches can ruin the game and this is the best way to make sure the best players are playing against one another. “I think it’s more game-like, which is really the ultimate goal out of A-Day,” he said.
-- “Obviously we try to simplify things so we’re not really showing anything exotic to our opponents,” Saban said.
-- Saban said the first A-Day game after he became coach drew a crowd of more than 90,000 and sent a message to the country. “I think that sent a message to the whole nation [about] how committed we all were to having a first-class program, a program that you can be proud of, a program that would attract character-quality people who wanted to be great players so we could have a successful program,” Saban said.
-- “A lot of people look at the university through the athletic programs and none greater, probably, than football,” he continued. “For us to have a great crowd on Saturday, regardless of what the weather is, to support the players, to support the team, I think this sends a huge message of what our passion [is] and desire to, and support we have, to have a great program.”
-- “I’m sorry that the calendar worked out this way,” Saban said of A-Day falling on Easter weekend for the first time since 2014. “We certainly love having a great crowd there. The players really, really enjoy it. They love playing for ya. I think it really shows your support for them and the program, so we’d appreciate y’all coming out for A-Day.”
-- Saban said he was “so proud” that Tua Tagovailoa held a luau Wednesday evening for his charitable foundation in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Saban said Tagovailoa “overcame a lot of adversity” to become an NFL starter after his injury and “God bless him” for his charitable work, which includes benefits to Nick’s Kids.
-- Saban said inside linebackers need to be instinctive players because they are not focused on one key. “You’re seeing a multiple of probably four or five things, so being able to respond and react to those things quickly and get in the right position,” is important, he said.
-- Saban said his staff of analysts make a “tremendous contribution” and it is also an opportunity to evaluate them as coaches.
-- Asked about what a successful spring game looks like, Saban said spring ball is a time to develop your team. “Obviously we’re going to have several guys that aren’t going to play in the spring game, which could have a huge impact on what kind of team we have next year,” he said. The spring game also gives a chance to evaluate players in a game-like situation. “This is just a part of the process of what we’re going through to develop our team,” he said, and that might contribute to schematic or personnel changes over the summer.
-- “I think we’re much improved in the kicking game,” Saban said, adding they have tried to develop a lot of players and there is good energy and enthusiasm. They have not made decisions about punt return, but JoJo Earle, Jermaine Burton and Kool-Aid McKinstry were players he mentioned, along with Jahmyr Gibbs and Aaron Anderson as kick returners. “We’re got a lot of guys we’re working,” he said, “But not really trying to make any final decisions right now.”
-- Saban said edge rushers still need to “fit a position” if they are on the field. “We’ve got a couple packages where we put all those guys in the game,” he said, adding the goal is to get the best players on the field.
-- Asked about the celebration of Wilbur Jackson and John Mitchell, Saban said they showed players a video last season of what the program’s first two Black players meant in integrating the program and creating opportunities for all minorities “at this institution and many, many, others.” Saban noted he coached with Mitchell with the Cleveland Browns and he’s a “great human being, a great man.” Added Saban: “These guys were people that did something that nobody else was willing to do.”
Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak. | https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/04/live-updates-nick-saban-previews-a-day-spring-game.html | 2022-04-15T00:02:24 | 0 | https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/04/live-updates-nick-saban-previews-a-day-spring-game.html |
A little more than 50 years after Wilbur Jackson and John Mitchell broke the color barrier of Alabama football, the two pioneers will be honored as part of the school’s A-Day festivities Saturday.
Jackson, who became the Tide’s first Black scholarship football player in 1970, and Mitchell, who in 1971 became the first Black player to appear in a game for the school, will have a plaque unveiled on the Bryant-Denny Stadium walk of champions. They will also be recognized at halftime of Alabama’s spring game.
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“These guys were people who did something that nobody else was really willing to do that created so many opportunities, and changed lives of so many people, and changed the mind-set of a lot of other people,” Alabama coach Nick Saban said Thursday. “It was a big step in desegregating the South.”
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Jackson later became a captain of Alabama’s 1973 national championship team and an All-SEC selection. Mitchell was a team captain and All-American, and joined Bear Bryant’s staff in 1973 as the school’s first-ever Black coach.
“I think Coach Bryant should be commended for what he did to make that happen,” Saban said of Jackson and Mitchell joining the team, “And the leadership that he showed in trying to help those guys deal with the obstacles that they had to overcome, I’m sure, to be able to do that.
“And they did it in a first-class way and in fine fashion and God bless them and God love them, because what they did has created so many opportunities for so many people. I don’t even think you can calibrate the importance of what they did.”
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Jackson and Mitchell, both 70, are both members of the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Mitchell served as Saban’s defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns in the early 1990s and remains in the NFL as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ assistant head coach.
“I know him really, really well,” Saban said of Mitchell. “He’s a great human being and a great man. So is Wilbur.”
Jackson and Mitchell’s plaque will be unveiled at 12:30 p.m. CT, before Alabama players begin their “walk of champions” into the stadium. Saturday’s game begins at 2 p.m. CT.
Mike Rodak is an Alabama beat reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mikerodak. | https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/04/nick-saban-lauds-courage-of-wilbur-jackson-and-john-mitchell-to-be-honored-at-a-day.html | 2022-04-15T00:02:30 | 1 | https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2022/04/nick-saban-lauds-courage-of-wilbur-jackson-and-john-mitchell-to-be-honored-at-a-day.html |
Most years, Johnny Sandlin’s birthday celebrations were quiet and family-oriented. He’d have dinner with his loved ones, and catch up with other family on the phone who lived farther away.
This year, Sandlin’s birthday is going to get loud though. Known for recording and producing some of Southern rock’s most iconic music, Sandlin died in 2017 at age 72. On his birthday this year, April 16, he’ll be honored in a tribute concert called Southbound, a nod to a song off the Allman Brother’s only number-one album, 1973′s “Brothers and Sisters,” which Sandlin produced. The tribute will take place at Princess Theatre, address 112 2nd Ave. N.E. in Decatur, Alabama, Sandlin’s hometown. Start time is 7. Tickets start at $30 plus fees via ovationtix.com.
The tribute lineup features Jimmy Hall, frontman for funky Southern rockers Wet Willie and guitar-god Jeff Beck’s touring vocalist. Hall’s sister and Wet Willie background singer Donna Hall is also in the mix. As is Melody Trucks, daughter of late great Allmans drummer Butch Trucks, and Tim Tucker, a local rock singer/songwriter whose music has been featured on Showtime and once jammed with Prince.
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Sandlin’s grandchildren, Gray Cauthen, an Allmans-meets-Jason-Isbell type singer/guitarist, Ella Cauthen Tidwell, a talented vocalist, will also perform. As will guitarist Zach Graham, the son-in-law of Sandlin’s daughter Leigh Ellen Sandlin-Cauthen, who put Southbound together.
Initially, Southbound was going to be an arts and music festival in Johnny Sandlin’s honor. “And then COVID hit and everything went just sideways for everybody,” Leigh Ellen says. Money was already invested though. They’d already signed Jimmy Hall and Melody Trucks. This year, Leigh Ellen decided to reboot the idea as a tribute concert. “I wanted to do it on his birthday,” she says. “He’ll have been gone five years this year, and I think it’s just time to continue some things in his honor.”
Even though Johnny helped make music that has touched generations of music fans, to Leigh Ellen and her two sisters he was “just Dad.” The version of “Midnight Rider” off Gregg Allman’s 1973 debut solo album “Laid Back,” which Johnny co-produced with Allman, was her all-time favorite song, even before she was aware her dad worked on it. She has fond memories of musicians like Eddie Kendricks, the legendary Temptations singer, being around the house and being kind to her.
“A lot of stuff I didn’t realize he was doing when he was doing it,” Leigh Ellen says of Johnny. But her connection to her father’s music has only deepened with time. “That first year after he passed,” Leigh Ellen says, “I spent most of my time on the bike trails here in Decatur, and I must have listened to ‘Jessica’ probably 2,000 times,” referring to the gorgeous Allman Brothers instrumental track from “Brothers and Sisters.”
Sandlin’s favorite of his own productions? The 1970 Johnny Jenkins album “Ton-Ton Macoute!”, a bluesy set featuring the guitar work of Sandlin’s close friend Duane Allman and a cover of Dr. John’s voodoo-rock song “I Walk on Gilded Splinters,” which alt-rock musician Beck sampled for his 1993 hit “Loser.” Country-rock band Cowboy’s 1971 LP “5′ll Getcha Ten” is another Sandlin essential. He also mixed the Allman Brothers’ classic 1971 studio/live hybrid album “Eat a Peach.”
Sandlin studio work is known for its warm natural sound and clarity. And it always grooved. He had a life long rhythmic talent, and was also the drummer in Allmans precursor band Hour Glass.
The last song Leigh Ellen ever listened to with her dad before he passed was “Hope The High Road” by Jason Isbell, the folk/rock star who in his youth worked at Sandlin’s Duck Tape Studio. The studio’s name was taken from Sandlin’s nickname, The Duck.
Sandlin was the producer on one of Wet Willie’s best records, “Drippin’ Wet Live,” a 1973 concert album recorded in New Orleans. A couple decades later, Wet Willie frontman and harmonica virtuoso recorded his “Rendezvous with the Blues” solo album at Duck Tape Studio. Adjoined to Johnny and wife Ann Sandlin’s Decatur home, Duck Tape was house in a space about the size of a large den or two-car garage. A 36-channel Westar recording console from the ‘80s was the studio’s centerpiece.
“He gave you the freedom to explore your own vision,” Hall says of working with Johnny Sandlin in the studio. “And he didn’t impose his own version of it. He really encouraged you to find your voice or to say it how you wanted to say it, and I really respected that.” Hall says there are echoes of Sandlin’s musical spirit in the new album Hall’s been recording with blues-rock guitar hero Joe Bonamassa.
“He was like a mentor to all of us that worked with him,” Hall says of Sandlin. “He taught us all a lot and he left a great and long and wonderful legacy.” Hall plans to perform a song or two from the upcoming Bonamassa collabo at Sandlin’s tribute, including “Ready Now,” a heartfelt, gospel-flecked tune about overcoming one’s demons. And of course, he’ll break out “Keep on Smilin’,” Wet Willie’s soulful signature tune.
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The tributes to Johnny Sandlin won’t end after the last note rings out Saturday night at Princess Theatre. The concert’s raising money to fund a mural depicting Sandlin and musicians who recorded at his studio, including jam-bands like Widespread Panic and Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit. The mural will be painted by Steven Teller, who recently painted a fantastic Allman Brothers mural at H&H Restaurant, the iconic Macon, Georgia soul-food spot the Allmans frequented in their early years. They’v About $30,000 has been budgeted for the Sandlin mural, which will be painted on a wall outside the downtown Decatur law office where Leigh Ellen’s husband works. Leigh Ellen says they’ve raised about $15,000 for the project so far.
The family’s also launching the Johnny Sandlin Foundation for Music and the Arts. Leigh Ellen says the foundation will bring music education to local schools, fund music and arts scholarships and similar endeavors. The foundation has already amassed quite the board of directors, with members including Allman Brothers singer/guitarist Dickey Betts, Rolling Stones/Allmans keyboardist Chuck Levell, Swampers bassist David Hood and Sandlin’s studio protégé Jeremy Stephens, according to Leigh Ellen. “Dad felt like music was for everyone,” she says. | https://www.al.com/life/2022/04/southern-rock-icon-being-honored-with-tribute-concert-mural-in-alabama.html | 2022-04-15T00:02:36 | 0 | https://www.al.com/life/2022/04/southern-rock-icon-being-honored-with-tribute-concert-mural-in-alabama.html |
Mobile police are searching for a Mississippi woman who disappeared Wednesday after wandering off from a family member while downtown.
Shaina Patton, 33, of Biloxi, suffers from several medical issues and is sometimes easily confused, police said Thursday.
Patton, who refers to herself as “Minnie Davis,” was last seen wearing a long-sleeve peach-colored T-shirt, black boots and a Winnie the Pooh backpack.
She is not familiar with the Mobile area, police said.
Patton was described as 5-feeet 4-inches tall, 200 pounds with short blonde hair.
Anyone with information on her whereabouts was asked to call Mobile police at 251-208-7211. | https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2022/04/mobile-police-searching-for-missing-mississippi-woman-who-wandered-off-from-family.html | 2022-04-15T00:02:43 | 0 | https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2022/04/mobile-police-searching-for-missing-mississippi-woman-who-wandered-off-from-family.html |
Hazel Green’s Tim Miller has been named the MaxPreps National Girls Basketball Coach of the Year following his squad’s fifth straight Class 6A state title and a perfect 35-0 record.
Miller is 302-25 in nine years at Hazel Green and has coached three teams to state titles with an overall record of 650-98. Miller won his first championship at Montgomery’s Jeff Davis in 2006, then won three at Bob Jones in Madison (2008, 2009, 2011). He has taken teams to the AHSAA Final Four 18 times.
Miller is the first coach from Alabama to earn the MaxPreps honor. The high-school sports website started its national basketball coach of the year award in 2010 for boys’ coaches and 2014 for girls’ coaches.
Hazel Green finished at No. 13 in the MaxPreps national rankings, its best ever, following the Trojans’ first unbeaten season.
After the Trojans’ 55-38 win over Oxford to win this year’s championship, Miller praised his team’s toughness and camaraderie.
“What a phenomenal job these girls have done all season long,” Miller said. “We’ve battled injuries the past 4-5 weeks, we even had a girl playing with a stress fracture. It’s been tough, but the girls battled through it.
“How many teams have two seniors coming off the bench who know their roles. It’s really about the togetherness with this group. They’re friends on and off the court and they don’t care about points or the score, they just want to win the game.”
Before the Final Four, Miller talked about the Hazel Green culture – that includes parents as well as players.
“The relationship we have is not only with the players, but with the parents,” he told AL.com. “The parents really buy in and allow me to coach the kids the way I like to coach them. That goes a long way, especially these days.”
The Trojans were led by Alabama Sports Writers Association 2022 Miss Basketball Samiya Steele. The 5-foot-8 Steele, who has signed with Alabama State, averaged 17.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists with 65 steals. She was MVP of the state tournament in both her junior and senior seasons. | https://www.al.com/sports/2022/04/hazel-greens-tim-miller-named-maxpreps-national-girls-coach-of-the-year.html | 2022-04-15T00:02:49 | 0 | https://www.al.com/sports/2022/04/hazel-greens-tim-miller-named-maxpreps-national-girls-coach-of-the-year.html |
Best friends become ‘perfect match’ for kidney transplant
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A Texas middle school administrative assistant is getting a new kidney thanks to a surprise by one of her best friends and co-workers.
KBTX reports Dawn Oden received her first kidney transplant back in 2014, which was donated by her brother.
However, this time around it was looking a bit different. Oden said she had a 22% chance of finding a match and was in need of someone to step up.
“Back in December 2020, I got COVID and I already had a transplanted kidney. I was doing well, but since I got COVID it’s been kind of a rough road,” Oden said.
The middle school assistant said she was worried about finding a donor until she got a surprise.
“We found out someone had stepped up but wanted to remain anonymous,” Oden said.
Little did she know her “anonymous” donor was one of her best friends, attendance clerk Jamie Alvarado.
According to Alvarado, she secretly went and got tested to see if she would be a match to donate her kidney, and she ended up matching.
“I knew it was a long shot, but it worked out,” Alvarado said. “We need her, her boys need her, her grandchild needs her. To have that opportunity to get to do that, whether it worked out or not, I knew I had to give it a shot.”
When Oden found out who the donor was, she said she was stunned.
“Shocked, but not surprised because that’s just the heart Jamie has,” Oden said.
On Thursday, students and fellow staff at College Station Middle School sent the two women off before the scheduled transplant surgery next week.
“I don’t know exactly how I would be handling it if I did not have the support system that I have,” Oden said.
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FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples.
The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, the FDA said, and can be used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites. The test, which can provide results in less than three minutes, must be carried out under the supervision of a licensed health care provider.
Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, called the device “yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests for COVID-19.”
The FDA said the device was 91.2% accurate at identifying positive test samples and 99.3% accurate at identifying negative test samples.
“InspectIR expects to be able to produce approximately 100 instruments per week, which can each be used to evaluate approximately 160 samples per day,” the agency said. “At this level of production, testing capacity using the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is expected to increase by approximately 64,000 samples per month.”
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Man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist from Connecticut has been convicted of killing his wife, three young children and the family’s dog two years ago in central Florida.
A 12-member jury on Thursday evening found 46-year-old Anthony Todt guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty.
Prosecutors weren’t seeking the death penalty, which means Todt will receive a mandatory life sentence.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Danielle Pinnell said Todt nonchalantly detailed the killings to investigators after his January 2020 arrest at the family’s home near Walt Disney World.
He later claimed that his wife killed the children and then stabbed herself.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A co-working space located in downtown West Palm Beach wants to spruce up the city and purchase an old vacant building on Clematis Street.
Downtown West Palm Beach is no stranger to vacant storefronts, but there's one building that's of high interest — 314 Clematis St.
Just one block away, a co-working space called 1909 has been eyeing the building.
The organization is a hub of innovation for startups and small businesses, but they're out of space and want to expand their footprint.
"We're working with a phenomenal architect to restore the historical preservation, the facade of the space, and we have some renderings," said 1909 co-founder Danielle Casey.
"We believe that West Palm Beach can be a creative capital," said Shane Savage, the chief strategy officer of Pathos creative agency in West Palm Beach.
He's on board with 1909's plans and the potential to grow in the 30,000 square-foot space.
"We have attachments and emotional connections to downtown West Palm Beach, our friends, our families," Savage said. "They are all based here."
1909 is one of six organizations that have placed a bid to buy the building located at 314 Clematis St. from West Palm Beach's Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA).
City commissioners are expected to make a decision Monday.
However, the agenda already includes a resolution to accept an offer from a real estate investment company called Brand Atlantic for $10 million.
At this point, the plan is to put parking and a restaurant on the first floor with commercial office space on the second floor.
"A lot of small businesses are unfortunately being pushed out of the urban core," Casey said.
1909 worries that commercial space will be too expensive for startups, ultimately driving small businesses out of the downtown district.
"I don't want to leave the home that we've built this business on," Savage said. | https://www.wptv.com/money/real-estate-news/new-push-to-keep-small-businesses-in-downtown-west-palm-beach | 2022-04-15T00:14:08 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/money/real-estate-news/new-push-to-keep-small-businesses-in-downtown-west-palm-beach |
JUNO BEACH, Fla. — All staff workers in the veterinary hospital section of the Loggerhead Marinelife Center have either left or given their two week or a month notice and none will be there by early May.
And once again, there are no turtles on site’s 26 pools that house the sea animals.
There were four turtles last week. One healed and trudged back to the Atlantic last week.
So why are there no turtles at Loggerhead?
Contact 5 obtained a chain of emails written last week when four turtles were on site, and water quality issues resurfaced.
Veterinary Tech Sam Clark cites Loggerhead’s "history of brown, turbid water, and quickly fluctuating salinities (salt content)" as being unhealthy are "similar to how our previous (water quality issues) began last fall."
Veterinarian Maria Chadam concluded in an email, "We should relocate three of our turtles. The fourth turtle can be released."
The fourth was released, the other three have been moved to facilities in Boca Raton and Clearwater.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which determines when and if Loggerhead Marinelife Center can take in more turtles, told Contact 5 that Loggerhead will not be able to take in more turtles until water quality and staffing issues are addressed.
We asked a representative for Loggerhead Marinelife Center for comment. She told Contact 5, board members are considering talking to us next week. Loggerhead’s Chief Executive is on vacation and was unavailable for comment. | https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/loggerhead-marinelife-centers-hospital-staff-resigns | 2022-04-15T00:14:17 | 1 | https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/loggerhead-marinelife-centers-hospital-staff-resigns |
BOSTON (AP) — The life insurance policy on the man who assassinated President John F. Kennedy paid out less than $900 to his mother.
Now, the death claim she filed to get that sum has sold at auction for almost $80,000.
Boston-based RR Auction says the original Notice of Insurance Claim for Lee Harvey Oswald sold for $79,436 on Wednesday.
The one-page, 8.5-inch by 10.25-inch document came inside a frame alongside a photograph of Oswald.
The Proof of Death certificate is signed by Marguerite C. Oswald, and is dated Dec. 26, 1963, 32 days after Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby.
The insurance company honored its obligations by paying Marguerite Oswald $863. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/lee-harvey-oswald-life-insurance-claim-sells-at-auction | 2022-04-15T00:14:19 | 1 | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/lee-harvey-oswald-life-insurance-claim-sells-at-auction |
The Missouri attorney general has refiled criminal charges against three men involved in the 2018 deadly sinking of a tour boat near Branson.
News of Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt recharging the men comes after a circuit court judge dismissed all criminal charges against the boat's captain, Scott McKee; the general manager of Ride the Ducks Branson Curtis Lanham; and the manager on duty that day Charles Baltzell, the Associated Press reported.
Circuit Court Judge Alan Blankenship dismissed the charges on April 5 without prejudice, stating in his ruling that prosecutors did not have enough evidence to uphold the charges.
Two days later, Schmitt refiled the involuntary manslaughter charges, saying in a statement that his office is committed to seeking justice for those who died.
Seventeen people died when the duck boat capsized during a storm on Table Rock Lake on July 19, 2018.
A nearly two-year-long investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board found that the tour operator and its parent company were at fault blame because managers to the vessel's captain did not relay a severe weather forecast.
All three men face 17 counts each of first-degree involuntary manslaughter, with McKee also facing 12 counts of endangering the welfare of a child. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/missouri-ag-refiles-charges-in-boat-sinking-that-killed-17 | 2022-04-15T00:14:25 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/missouri-ag-refiles-charges-in-boat-sinking-that-killed-17 |
Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence, and his struggles with mental illness. One stands out for its relative calm: A silent shot of a packed New York City subway car in which he raises his finger to point out passengers, one by one.
Even as police arrested James on Wednesday in the Brooklyn subway shooting that wounded 10 people, they were still searching for a motive from a flood of details about the 62-year-old Black man’s life.
An erratic work history. Arrests for a string of mostly low-level crimes. A storage locker with more ammo. And hours of rambling, bigoted, profanity-laced videos on his YouTube channel that point to a deep, simmering anger.
“This nation was born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof, and it’s going to die a violent death,” says James in a video where he takes on the moniker “Prophet of Doom.”
After a 30-hour manhunt, James was arrested without incident after a tipster — thought by police to be James himself — said he could be found near a McDonald’s on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Mayor Eric Adams triumphantly proclaimed “We got him!” Police said their top priority was getting the suspect, now charged with a federal terrorism offense, off the streets as they investigate their biggest unanswered question: Why?
A prime trove of evidence, they said, is his YouTube videos. He seems to have opinions about nearly everything — racism in America, New York City’s new mayor, the state of mental health services, 9/11, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Black women.
A federal criminal complaint cited one in which James ranted about too many homeless people on the subway and put the blame on New York City’s mayor.
“What are you doing, brother?” he said in the video posted on March 27. “Every car I went to was loaded with homeless people. It was so bad, I couldn’t even stand.”
James then railed about the treatment of Black people in an April 6 video cited in the complaint, saying, “And so the message to me is: I should have gotten a gun, and just started shooting.”
In a video posted a day before the attack, James criticizes crime against Black people and says things would only change if certain people were “stomped, kicked and tortured” out of their “comfort zone.”
Surveillance cameras spotted James entering the subway system turnstiles Tuesday morning, dressed as a maintenance or construction worker in a yellow hard hat and orange working jacket with reflective tape.
Police say fellow riders heard him say only “oops” as he set off one smoke grenade in a crowded subway car as it rolled into a station. He then set off a second smoke grenade and started firing, police said. In the smoke and chaos that ensued, police say James made his getaway by slipping into an R-train going the opposite direction and exiting after the first stop.
Left behind at the scene was the gun, extended magazines, a hatchet, detonated and undetonated smoke grenades, a black garbage can, a rolling cart, gasoline and the key to a U-Haul van, police said.
That key led investigators to James, and clues to a life of setbacks and anger as he bounced among factory and maintenance jobs, got fired at least twice, and moved among Milwaukee, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York.
Investigators said James had 12 prior arrests in New York and New Jersey from 1990 to 2007, including for possession of burglary tools, criminal sex act, trespassing, larceny and disorderly conduct.
James had no felony convictions and was not prohibited from purchasing or owning a firearm. Police said the gun used in the attack was legally purchased at an Ohio pawn shop in 2011. A search of James' Philadelphia storage unit and apartment turned up at least two types of ammunition, including the kind used with an AR-15 assault-style rifle, a taser and a blue smoke canister.
Police said James was born and raised in New York City. In his videos, he said he finished a machine shop course in 1983 then worked as a gear machinist at Curtiss-Wright, an aerospace manufacturer in New Jersey, until 1991 when he was he was hit by a one-two punch of bad news: He was fired from his job and, soon after, his father whom he had lived within New Jersey died.
Records show James filed a complaint against the aerospace company in federal court soon after he lost his job alleging racial discrimination, but it was dismissed a year later by a judge. He says in one video, without offering specifics, that he “couldn’t get any justice for what I went through.”
A spokesperson for Curtiss-Wright didn’t immediately respond to a call-seeking comment.
James describes going in and out of several mental health facilities, including two in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s.
“Mr. Mayor, let me say to you I’m a victim of your mental health program in New York City,” James says in a video earlier this year, adding he is “full of hate, full anger and bitterness.”
James says he later was a patient at Bridgeway House, a mental health facility in New Jersey, although that could not be immediately confirmed. Messages left with the facility were not returned.
“My goal at Bridgeway in 1997 was to get off Social Security and go back to f------ work,” he says in a video, adding that he enrolled in a college and took a course in computer-aided design and manufacturing.
James says he eventually got a job at telecommunications giant Lucent Technologies in Parsippany, New Jersey, but says he ended up getting fired and returned to Bridgeway House, this time not as a patient but as an employee on the maintenance staff. A message-seeking comment was sent to Lucent Technologies.
“I just want to work. I want to be a person that’s productive,” he said.
Touches of that earnest, struggling man showed up after James’ parked car was hit in Milwaukee. Eugene Yarbrough, the pastor of Mt. Zion Wings of Glory Church of God in Christ next door to James’ apartment, said James was impressed that the pastor owned up to hitting the car. Neither James nor anyone else was there to see the accident. And James called him up to say so.
“I just couldn’t believe it would be him,” Yarbrough said. “But who knows what people will do?”
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Tesla is recalling nearly 595,000 vehicles in the U.S., most for a second time, because a "Boombox" function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians.
The company says in government documents that the new recall will disable "Boombox" if owners are using a feature that lets them "summon" the vehicles at low speeds. The first recall in February disabled "Boombox" if the Tesla vehicles are in drive, neutral or reverse.
Both recalls will be done with online software updates. The new recall covers certain 2020 through 2022 Model Y, X, and S vehicles, as well as 2017 through 2022 Model 3s.
Also on Thursday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration posted documents showing that Tesla is recalling more than 7,000 Model X SUVs from 2021 and 2022 because the side curtain airbags may not inflate as intended in a crash when the windows are lowered. | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/second-recall-issued-at-tesla-for-obstructing-pedestrian-warning | 2022-04-15T00:14:38 | 1 | https://www.wptv.com/news/national/second-recall-issued-at-tesla-for-obstructing-pedestrian-warning |
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist from Connecticut has been convicted of killing his wife, three young children and the family’s dog two years ago in central Florida.
A 12-member jury on Thursday evening found 46-year-old Anthony Todt guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty.
Prosecutors weren’t seeking the death penalty, which means Todt will receive a mandatory life sentence.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Danielle Pinnell said Todt nonchalantly detailed the killings to investigators after his January 2020 arrest at the family’s home near Walt Disney World.
He later claimed that his wife killed the children and then stabbed herself. | https://www.wptv.com/news/state/man-guilty-of-killing-wife-3-kids-pet-dog-in-kissimmee | 2022-04-15T00:14:44 | 0 | https://www.wptv.com/news/state/man-guilty-of-killing-wife-3-kids-pet-dog-in-kissimmee |
Best friends become ‘perfect match’ for kidney transplant
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) - A Texas middle school administrative assistant is getting a new kidney thanks to a surprise by one of her best friends and co-workers.
KBTX reports Dawn Oden received her first kidney transplant back in 2014, which was donated by her brother.
However, this time around it was looking a bit different. Oden said she had a 22% chance of finding a match and was in need of someone to step up.
“Back in December 2020, I got COVID and I already had a transplanted kidney. I was doing well, but since I got COVID it’s been kind of a rough road,” Oden said.
The middle school assistant said she was worried about finding a donor until she got a surprise.
“We found out someone had stepped up but wanted to remain anonymous,” Oden said.
Little did she know her “anonymous” donor was one of her best friends, attendance clerk Jamie Alvarado.
According to Alvarado, she secretly went and got tested to see if she would be a match to donate her kidney, and she ended up matching.
“I knew it was a long shot, but it worked out,” Alvarado said. “We need her, her boys need her, her grandchild needs her. To have that opportunity to get to do that, whether it worked out or not, I knew I had to give it a shot.”
When Oden found out who the donor was, she said she was stunned.
“Shocked, but not surprised because that’s just the heart Jamie has,” Oden said.
On Thursday, students and fellow staff at College Station Middle School sent the two women off before the scheduled transplant surgery next week.
“I don’t know exactly how I would be handling it if I did not have the support system that I have,” Oden said.
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FDA authorizes 1st breath test for COVID-19 infection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued an emergency use authorization for what it said is the first device that can detect COVID-19 in breath samples.
The InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is about the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, the FDA said, and can be used in doctor’s offices, hospitals and mobile testing sites. The test, which can provide results in less than three minutes, must be carried out under the supervision of a licensed health care provider.
Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, called the device “yet another example of the rapid innovation occurring with diagnostic tests for COVID-19.”
The FDA said the device was 91.2% accurate at identifying positive test samples and 99.3% accurate at identifying negative test samples.
“InspectIR expects to be able to produce approximately 100 instruments per week, which can each be used to evaluate approximately 160 samples per day,” the agency said. “At this level of production, testing capacity using the InspectIR COVID-19 Breathalyzer is expected to increase by approximately 64,000 samples per month.”
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Man guilty of killing wife, 3 kids, pet dog in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist from Connecticut has been convicted of killing his wife, three young children and the family’s dog two years ago in central Florida.
A 12-member jury on Thursday evening found 46-year-old Anthony Todt guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty.
Prosecutors weren’t seeking the death penalty, which means Todt will receive a mandatory life sentence.
During closing arguments, Assistant State Attorney Danielle Pinnell said Todt nonchalantly detailed the killings to investigators after his January 2020 arrest at the family’s home near Walt Disney World.
He later claimed that his wife killed the children and then stabbed herself.
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Weather on the Web
Thursday, April 14th, 2022 - Evening Forecast
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Good Thursday evening everyone. We have a low pressure system currently sitting off to our west over parts of western New England this evening. This low pressure has brought the clouds and rain showers to the region during the afternoon hours. Heading into this evening we are looking at another round of rain showers pushing through as the main area of low pressure finally moves over the top of us, before exiting the region during the day Friday. It’s as this low pressure continues its track east that we’ll see improvement by the time we get into Friday. It looks like we’ll see the clouds, and maybe a few showers lingering during the morning hours of Friday, but by the afternoon skies look to clear out allowing for a nice end to an unsettled work week.
Hour by hour throughout the rest of this evening and overnight continues to show the rain as it pushes through the region. It looks to become more light and scattered before midnight tonight. It does eventually pick back up heading into the early morning hours tomorrow, with some embedded heavier downpours expected while most people are asleep. This continues until about sunrise tomorrow morning, before the activity begins to wind down and wrap up. Temperatures throughout the overnight hours tonight fall back into the mid to upper 30s for a lot of spots. The warm temperatures during the overnight hours results in an even warmer day tomorrow once the sunshine returns to the region.
As mentioned before, we have the chance to see some scattered showers during the morning hours of Friday, otherwise clouds will be clearing out and sunshine makes a return to the region by the afternoon. This helps to warm temperatures during the afternoon, with another warm day expected because of this. We could see a couple of scattered showers during the morning hours, otherwise the sunshine makes an appearance by late morning and continuing into the afternoon. Temperatures climb up into the mid to upper 50s thanks to the sunshine and the warmer air already in place from the overnight hours tonight.
The next 7 days show the best chance for showers looks to be Saturday. At this point they still look to be scattered in nature, so not everyone will see the rain at the same time. As temperatures cool over during the overnight hours into Sunday, we could see some of those scattered rain showers transition over to scattered snow showers. This as temperatures hover close to the freezing mark by Sunday morning. We’ll watch the chance for some isolated showers during the day Sunday with temperatures expected to be in the mid 40s. Early next week, temperatures look to start mild on Monday, before cooler air works back into the region for Tuesday and Wednesday. I’ll be back tomorrow morning with an updated look at the forecast. Have a great evening!
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DEA plans National Prescription Drug Take Back Day for late April
(WOWT/Gray News) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is planning its next National Prescription Drug Take Back Day for the end of this month.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30, the public is encouraged to bring any unused and unneeded medications to law enforcement agencies across the country. You can find the nearest collection site using a search tool on the DEA’s Take Back Day website.
“The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat,” the website states.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdose deaths reached a record high in late 2021, with over 105,000 deaths in the 12-month period ending in October of that year.
The Take Back Day is designed to guard against medication misuse and help prevent opioid addictions before they start.
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Duane C. Jendersee, 78
Published 5:16 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Duane Clarence Jendersee, age 78, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at The Cedars of Austin. Duane was born in Spring Valley, Minnesota, to William and Alma (Moke) Jendersee on July 3, 1943. He graduated in 1961 from Elkton High School. On September 2, 1961, he married Shirley Read at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Elkton, Minnesota. Their union was blessed with three children. The couple lived in the Dexter and Elkton area until moving to Austin in 1974. Duane worked for Crenlo then Hormel Foods. He continued his education at the Albert Lea Vocational Technical School and then began a 20-year career with Austin Public Schools in building and grounds maintenance, retiring in 2006. Duane was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Austin, where he ushered. He loved golfing, fishing, hunting, and enjoyed bowling. Duane will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.
Survivors include his wife, Shirley Jendersee of Austin, MN; children, Carmen Christensen of Clarks Grove, MN, Jay (Katheryn) Jendersee of Prior Lake, MN, and Candis (Timothy) Johnson of St. Louis Park, MN; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and two brothers, Melvin (Gloria) Jendersee and Harvard Jendersee. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Alma Jendersee; grandson, Michael Utley; brother, Donald Jendersee; and sisters-in-law, Peggy and Shelley.
A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Austin. Visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 22, at Worlein Funeral Home in Austin and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church on Saturday. Interment will be in St. John’s Cemetery, Elkton, Minnesota. Memorials are preferred to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research or Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Austin. Services are prearranged and performed by Worlein Funeral Home of Austin. Condolences may be expressed to the family online at www.worlein.com. | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/duane-c-jendersee-78/ | 2022-04-15T00:18:28 | 1 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/duane-c-jendersee-78/ |
Gregg W. Johnson, 78
Published 5:17 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Gregg W. Johnson, 78, of Lyle, Minnesota, passed away at his home Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
Gregg Walter was born April 12, 1944 in Albert Lea, Minnesota to Woodrow and Clara (Plevka) Johnson. In his early childhood, Gregg lived in Malmo, Minnesota. His family moved to Glenville where he attended Country School first through sixth grade and Glenville Public Schools for grades seven and eight. In ninth grade, his family moved to Lyle and he graduated from Lyle High School in 1962. Gregg was united in marriage to Betty Rawn on February 23, 1963 in Lyle, Minnesota.
After high school, he began working at Marigold Dairy in Austin until they closed. He was employed by Ankeny’s Dairy before working for Kemp Foods in Rochester for 30 years, retiring on June 1, 2010.
Gregg loved spending time with his family and friends. He enjoyed boating and taking the grandchildren on vacations. Many weekends were spent on the Mississippi River and golfing with the sons and grandsons. He also had a loving passion for old tractors and watching the Saturday morning tractor auctions. He was a member of Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Lyle.
He was preceded in death by his parents; infant grandson, Christian James Johnson; daughter-in-law, Connie (Olson) Johnson; and his sister, Marie McIntyre.
Gregg is survived by his wife, Betty Johnson of Lyle; sons, Larry (Tammy) Johnson of Hollandale, James “Jake” Johnson of Lyle, and Martin “Marty” Johnson and fiancée Stacy of Austin; five grandchildren, Travis (Diana) Johnson of Austin, Karlee Johnson of Lyle, Kayla Johnson of Lyle, Brittany Johnson of Hollandale, and Mitchel Johnson of Austin; great granddaughter, Areli Abrams; sisters, Lois (Howard) Smith of Ault, Colorado, Bonita “Bonnie” (Joe) Wright of Evanston, Wyoming, Gloria (Tim) Tyler of Torrington, Wyoming, and Jean (Jon) Rohr of Spartenburg, South Carolina; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, April 22nd at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Lyle with the Reverend Scott Meyer officiating. Visitation will be at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary on Thursday, April 21st from 5:00 to 8:00 pm and at the church one hour prior to the service on Friday morning. Interment will be in Woodbury Cemetery.
Memorials are preferred to Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Lyle or Heartland Hospice. | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/gregg-w-johnson-78/ | 2022-04-15T00:18:34 | 0 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/gregg-w-johnson-78/ |
Howard E. Nepp, 95
Published 5:27 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Howard Elroy Nepp, 95, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2022 at his home in Edina, Minnesota.
Howard was born August 19, 1926 in Slayton, Minnesota to William and Adelia (Harmsen) Nepp and grew up on the family farm during the great depression. He graduated from high school at Lake Wilson, Minnesota, where he was the quarterback and linebacker on a six-man football team. Howard served in the Merchant Marines as an Ensign for two years during World War II. He again served his country in Korea as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He returned from the Korean War and graduated from South Dakota State University at Brookings, South Dakota with a degree in pharmacy. Howard married Mary Jane Kelly on August 11, 1957 in what was at the time, the new Westminster Presbyterian Church in Austin. Howard built a life for himself in Austin, Minnesota, owning and operating several pharmacies in the area. His flagship store was Austin Drug which he owned and operated for 48 years. He eventually sold his business, but continued to work as a pharmacist until his retirement in 2005.
Howard served the Austin community in so many ways. He was a faithful member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where he served many terms as a Deacon, Elder and Clerk of Session. He was a member of the chamber of commerce for all the years he was in business and President of Austin Chamber of Commerce in 1966. He served as a police commissioner in Austin during the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
Howard was a big advocate for community service. He delivered Meals on Wheels for many years until he reached the age of 89. He donated his time to Habitat for Humanity and Spruce Up Austin. Howard was an active member of the Austin Noon Lions for over 50 years. Because of his community work and business, everyone seemed to know him. He was well respected for his ethics in business and service to his church and community.
Howard liked to work hard and play hard. He was an avid gardener and golfer. He sponsored youth sports teams in Austin. He was a big fan of the Minnesota Vikings, Twins, and Gophers. He would travel to the Twin Cities to see games frequently. His pharmacy, Austin Drug, served as an official ticket outlet for the Minnesota Vikings when they started out in 1961.
Howard was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Mary in 2009, brothers, Mahlon Nepp and Roger Nepp and a sister, Marian Nepp.
Howard was a family man and was married to his wife for over 50 years until her passing. He was beloved by his children and grandchildren. Howard is survived by his sons: James Nepp and husband Larry Fonnest, Golden Valley, MN, Daniel and wife Lisa Nepp, Minneapolis, MN, Douglas and wife Barbara Crist-Nepp, Stillwater, MN; daughter: Calleen and husband Curtis Friedel, San Antonio, TX; six grandchildren: Graham, Katherine, Ashley (husband Matt Bergeron), Andrew and Austen Nepp, Caleb Ackerson, and one great grandchild, Halldor Matthew Bergeron; nieces and nephews; and his sister-in-law and long-time friend, Shirley (Kelly) Erickson.
A viewing is offered on Friday, April 22nd, from 4p-7p at Clasen-Jordan Mortuary. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 802 4th St SW, Austin, MN 55912, with the Reverend Michael Olmsted officiating. No service at the cemetery will be offered at this time since Howard will be cremated and the urn will be buried with his deceased wife, Mary (Kelly) Nepp, at Oakwood Cemetery at a later date; military honors will be presented after the service outside the church with Olaf B. Damm Post #1216, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Austin American Legion Post #91 in charge of military rites. A livestream of the service will be available at https://www.facebook.com/events/11686159205773131
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to Westminster Presbyterian Church, Austin Lions Club, or Spruce Up Austin. | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/howard-e-nepp-95-2/ | 2022-04-15T00:18:40 | 0 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/howard-e-nepp-95-2/ |
Leo F. Coyle, Jr., 74
Published 5:23 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Leo Francis Coyle, Jr., age 74, of Austin, died Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin surrounded by his loving family.
Leo was born March 21, 1948 in Pittsburg, California to Leo F. and Viola L. (Lidberg) Coyle. He was united in marriage to Aletha M. Whalen on September 6, 1980 at Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Austin.
Leo was a great husband, father, and grandfather who loved spending time with his grandchildren and loved family gatherings. He loved playing pool, fishing, watching all sports-especially the Minnesota Vikings and NASCAR.
Leo worked at Austin Cab, KAAL TV 6, and Mayo Clinic Health System-Austin at the information desk. He enjoyed greeting everyone who came into the clinic.
Survivors include his wife, Aletha; sons, Christopher (Stephanie) Coyle, Travis Coyle; grandchildren, Collin, Alex, Stephan, Christina, Edward, Benjamin, Joseph, Ethan, and Adalyn; sister, Shirley Coyle; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Donald (Karen) Whalen, Susan (Harry) Davis, Kevin Whalen, Michael Whalen, Jeanne Whalen; nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Viola; sister, Deb Potter; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Leslie and Margaret Whalen; brothers-in-law, Duane Whalen and Paul Whalen.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated 11 am on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at St. Augustine Catholic Church with Father Greg Leif officiating. Friends may call from 4-7 pm on Monday at Mayer Funeral Home and also one hour before the mass at the church on Tuesday. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Condolences may be left online at www.mayerfh.com | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/leo-f-coyle-jr-74/ | 2022-04-15T00:18:46 | 1 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/leo-f-coyle-jr-74/ |
Mildred “Chris” Potach, 93
Published 5:20 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Mildred Christina “Chris” (Benecke) Potach went to be with her Heavenly Father on April 12, 2022 at the age of 93.
Mildred “Chris” was born on December 20, 1928 to George and Irna (Boll) Benecke in Omaha, Nebraska. Chris graduated from North High School in Omaha, Nebraska in 1945. She attended Midland University in Fremont, Nebraska where she completed a two year business degree. She met her future husband, Robert Potach, while attending Midland. They were married in Omaha on February 18, 1948 at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church. This past February, they celebrated their 74th wedding anniversary.
Chris was a homemaker and loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Chris was a member of St. Olaf Lutheran Church, where she served on several committees. She also was a member of the PEO Chapter CU in Austin. Her commitment to being a homemaker and taking care of her children was beyond compare.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother George, sister Anita, grandson Karl, and nephew Corey Brettmann.
Chris is survived by her husband, Robert; son, Kurt (Brenda); daughter, Nancy (Carl); grandchildren, Heidi (Bo), Heather (John), Kira (Josh), Karyn (Karl), Kory; five great grandchildren; sister, Kathy Bonsall; and her sister-in-law: JoEllen Benecke.
The funeral service and visitation for Chris will be announced at a later date.
The family prefers memorials be given to the Karl Potach Foundation, P.O. Box 856, Austin, MN 55912. | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/mildred-chris-potach-93/ | 2022-04-15T00:18:52 | 0 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/mildred-chris-potach-93/ |
Susan Ann (Edgecomb) Wright, 71
Published 5:26 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Susan Ann (Edgecomb) Wright died Sunday, April 10, 2022, in hospice care with her husband, Fred Wright, at her side. She was 71 years old.
A life-long lover of babies and dogs, Susan was born October 28, 1950, in Lodi, California, to Robert and Willa Edgecomb. She met Fred on a blind date in 1968. They were married on June 20, 1969. They raised two children, Julie (Clinefelter) and Jason, in Lodi. Susan was a homemaker, but attended business school when the kids were in high school. She became the Assistant Vice President of the Loan Loss Department at the Lodi branch of Farmers and Merchant Bank.
In January 2004, Fred and Susan moved in a U-haul to Austin, MN, in cold so bitter the gas line froze and a case of Lodi wine popped its corks. Their daughter thought for sure they would turn around and go home, but the lure of grandchildren was too strong. The pair spent 18 years purchasing wool clothing, learning to penguin walk on ice, and vacationing “up north”.
Susan is survived by her husband, her children, grandchildren Wren, William, Carys, Thomas and Macy, and her brother Chuck Edgecomb.
Donations can be made in Susan’s honor to the Humane Society in Austin MN. An open house celebration of her life will be held Friday, April 29th, 4pm-6pm at the Nature Center’s Ruby Rupner Auditorium. | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/susan-ann-edgecomb-wright-71/ | 2022-04-15T00:18:59 | 1 | https://www.austindailyherald.com/2022/04/susan-ann-edgecomb-wright-71/ |
Thomas Wencl
Published 5:25 pm Thursday, April 14, 2022
Tom Wencl of Apple Valley, formerly of Owatonna, died April 13, 2022, at Homestead Hospice House in Owatonna after a courageous battle with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial is set for Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at 2:00 pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Owatonna. Burial to follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Friends may greet the family on Monday, April 18, 2022, from 4:00 – 7:00 pm at Brick – Meger Funeral Home in Owatonna, MN. The visitation will continue one hour prior to the funeral liturgy on Tuesday at the church.
Tom was born September 9, 1973, in Owatonna, the son of James and Barbara (Clark) Wencl. He attended Owatonna High School and graduated in 1992. Tom excelled at athletics, was an all-conference football player and played in the state basketball tournaments. He was also in choir, Carolers and sang at Carnegie Hall.
Tom worked as an apprenticeship plumber for his dad at Wencl Plumbing after high school. He later went to work as a plumber for the local 34 St. Paul Union until his early retirement due to health reasons.
Tom met the love of his life, Linda, in 2004, and they were united in marriage August 31, 2012 in Las Vegas, NV.
Tom continued his love of sports, especially MN Gopher football, traveling with his wife and friends to many different stadiums for the games. He loved watching sports, boating, and his German Shepherds.
Tom is survived by his wife Linda, parents James and Barbara Wencl, sister Kelli Wencl, mother and father-in-law, Stan and Edith Oftedahl, sister-in-law Shirley (Randy) Lipscy, nephews Lane (Mary) Lipscy, Kaden, and Owen Lipscy, and his dog Lexi. Tom is preceded in death by his brother John. Tom will be missed by many friends and relatives.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Homeowners across the state of Florida are looking for relief from soaring property insurance rates – and so are those within the industry.
Joseph Petrelli, the president of Demotech, Inc., controls the financial rating of 60 percent of Florida’s insurance companies. He’s now urging lawmakers to hold not one, but two special sessions to address Florida’s skyrocketing property insurance premiums.
For 26 years, Petrelli has been rating the financial health of insurance companies in our state. He currently rates 42 Florida companies.
He says a group of insurers are on the brink of insolvency due to excess litigation and, ultimately, homeowners will pay the price.
“We’re in constant touch with these companies,” Petrelli said. “We’re particularly concerned about eight or 10 companies, maybe more.”
Investigative reporter Mahsa Saeidi asked if they could be downgraded, and how many policies are involved.
“If we’re looking at – say, eight companies – we’re looking at perhaps 200,000 policies to, incredibly, almost a million policies,” Petrelli said. “People are going to lose their jobs, agents won’t have a market, consumers are going to be scrambling. It’s something we take very seriously.”
So what would happen to the already high rates Floridians are facing?
“At this point in time, the sky’s the limit,” Petrelli explained. “The claims frequency ultimately is what drives the bus and until the claims frequency is brought under control, it’s going to be rate increases as far as you can see.”
Petrelli says he was hoping that there would actually be two special sessions.
“One to put an immediate remedy in place and the other, a more long-term one,” Petrelli said. “If someone does not want to have a special session – what data are they looking at? This is not a can that can be kicked down the road another six months.”
Forecasters are calling for another above-average hurricane season. Petrelli says if there’s a storm, there’ll be hundreds of thousands of claims. Each claim becomes an opportunity for litigation, and that could crush Florida’s market.
“Without reforms, an above-average storm season is just going to create hundreds of thousands of claims that become opportunities for litigation, it’s going to be a nightmare,” he said.
Do you have a tip or story idea for Investigator Mahsa Saeidi? Email her at MSaeidi@WFLA.com.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Possession of child pornography is a felony, but recent plea agreements have allowed perpetrators to avoid being labeled as felons.
A records request revealed about one out of four defendants last year received deals that allowed what is known as “withhold of adjudication.” That allowed them to retain certain rights — including voting and owning a firearm.
According to the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s office, 55 of the total 57 defendants in 2021 resolved their cases with plea agreements. The other two pleaded guilty directly to the judge.
The statistic angered child advocate Peggy Cornett, whose son was abducted and assaulted in 1991.
“Those people are just as guilty as that person who initiated that very first photo,” Cornett said.
State Attorney Andrew Warren said the “typical defendant” his office prosecutes is caught with about 300 images and on average and is sentenced to seven years in prison.
“The facts of all these cases are so disgusting they make you want to throw up,” Warren said.
He said withhold of adjudication is offered for first offenders caught with fewer than 50 images who are considered a low risk to repeat offend after a psychological evaluation.
Tampa attorney Chris Ragano was arrested last year after he was caught with dozens of images. As part of a plea agreement with the Hillsborough County State Attorney, and with a judge’s approval, Ragano received withold of ajudication.
His attorney Bryant Camareno pointed out he will still be a registered sex offender for life.
“So even though he’s not a convicted felon, he still has all those requirements,” Camareno said. “Which is no internet. Random searches. He will be watched constantly and if he reoffends he will get a prison sentence.”
But the stats anger Cornett who said the children are victims for life — first when they’re assaulted as the pictures and videos are produced, and then again when the images are shared.
“So, there’s two life sentences for this child and this sex offender is getting withhold adjudication?” Cornett said. “This is a slap on the wrist, and they will re-offend. They can’t help themselves.”
According to Warren, longer prison terms do not always stick. He referenced a case involving a defendant who received a 20-year sentence that was later reduced to 10 by a judge.
“You want to lock them up and throw away the key but that’s not the law in Florida,” Warren said. “The system in Florida ranks crimes by severity. Possessing child pornography is a third-degree felony. The same level of crime as possessing an ounce of marijuana.”
Cornett said while eliminating the crime is nearly impossible, more needs to be done.
“These guys get out and learn how to avoid being caught,” Cornett said. “Adjudication withheld? They will re-offend.” | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/heres-why-admitting-possession-of-child-porn-may-not-make-the-perp-a-felon/ | 2022-04-15T00:22:15 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/heres-why-admitting-possession-of-child-porn-may-not-make-the-perp-a-felon/ |
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A story with a horrific start is now reaping rewards for the family involved.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody traveled to Tampa on Thursday to present a Back the Blue Award to Corporal Mike Blair of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
Blair and his wife Danyell adopted the son of a convicted killer after they met the young child in a hospital as he recovered from his own wounds.
Ronnie Oneal III caught the attention of the Tampa Bay area and the nation with his antics in court earlier last year as he insisted on acting as his own attorney in his double murder trial.
When it was over, jurors convicted Oneal of killing his girlfriend Kenyatta Barron and his daughter Ron’niveya, and of the attempted murder of his son, Ronnie.
“I think God put Danyell and Corporal Mike in your life and you, more importantly in theirs. You have been a blessing to them and I know because they’ve told me it’s been an honor for them to stand by your side after that hard night and helped you heal and he told me, this really big brave police officer told me, that you have made him even braver,” said Moody as she addressed the Blair Family.
Under a new state law, the Blair’s also received a one-time cash benefit for adopting little Ronnie.
The program presents law enforcement families $10,000 if they adopt a child, and $25,000 if they adopt a child with special needs.
The Blair’s received the larger benefit because Ronnie is still recovering from the wounds he received at the hands of his father on the night of the murders.
Corporal Blair thanked his wife and the rest of his family, calling them the true heroes for opening their home and their hearts to Ronnie.
“We hope to encourage others and we hope this story does encourage others to get involved in fostering and domestic adoption. We got a lot of kids out there,” said Blair. | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/hillsborough-deputy-awarded-for-adopting-child-after-horrific-murder-case/ | 2022-04-15T00:22:21 | 0 | https://www.wfla.com/news/hillsborough-county/hillsborough-deputy-awarded-for-adopting-child-after-horrific-murder-case/ |
SARASOTA COUNTY (WFLA) – Sarasota Bradenton International Airport is booming. Between January and March, more than one million people traveled through SRQ Airport – almost 450,000 of them in March alone.
“We are up 92% this year,” said airport CEO and president Rick Piccolo. “We have done about 1.1 million passengers in the first three months of this year. Just a few years ago, that was about a yearly total.”
Piccolo says the exponential growth is aligned with what the community is experiencing as a whole.
“You are seeing the growth in housing, you are seeing the growth in population, you are seeing the growth in tourism,” said the airport president.
“It’s busy all the time. There’s no light days,” said longtime Sarasota County resident Marie Nelson.
The challenge with rapid growth is keeping up with demand.
“Infrastructure takes planning and time. You can’t just pop it up in a minute. It is not like building a tent. You have to really plan it and make sure what you are doing will be sustainable both in the short term and long term,” said Piccolo.
Piccolo says $150 million worth of improvement projects will take place over the next two years including a new terminal with five additional gates, a new baggage system, a new ground transportation facility and expanded parking.
Travelers are eager to see the airport’s capacity grow.
“I definitely think expanding the airport would be good. It would also bring a little more traffic into Sarasota which could be a good or bad thing. Definitely in terms of how many flights could come in, it could increase the capacity. More flights would be available so that would be a good thing,” said traveler Alexandra Bespalko.
SRQ Airport currently houses 11 airlines traveling to 53 nonstop destinations.
“Our goal is to continue the level of cleanliness and convenience that we have always had, regardless of the size that we become,” said Piccolo. | https://www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/srq-airport-sees-record-breaking-growth/ | 2022-04-15T00:22:27 | 1 | https://www.wfla.com/news/sarasota-county/srq-airport-sees-record-breaking-growth/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Six men plead guilty in the Richmond Federal District Court to a $1.5 million fraud that involved identity theft, a chain of fictitious furniture stores and a phishing hack of servers, located in Virginia, that contained sensitive financial data.
According to a statement of facts — confirmed by all six defendants as a condition of their plea agreements — over a five year period from April 2017 to January of this year, the defendants posed as customers at various furniture stores, compromised the information of other furniture stores, and ultimately defrauded the stores and financial institutions of almost $1.5 million.
The six men — Mahmoud Aljibawi, Wael Jibawi, Yanal Khrisat, Mohammad Jibawi, Jamel Eljebawe and Alaelddin Aljibawi — faced 18 counts ranging from identity theft to computer fraud, and were ordered to pay $1,487,957.86 in restitution.
Playing Both Sides
The key to the men’s fraud was the existence of “lease-to-own” financing, a model often used by furniture and appliance stores, where an intermediary finance company pays for the goods up front, then collects payments, with interest, from the customer over the following months and years.
Below is an illustrated example using one of the defrauded companies, West Creek Financial.
That’s how the process normally works, but the six defendants used a complex sleight of hand to take the money and run.
They ran 25 furniture stores — some of which were legitimate stores and some of which never existed at all — and used them to apply to financing companies, like the Richmond-based West Creek, for partnership to offer consumer credit to their customers.
Once they were approved to offer “lease-to-own” agreements to paying customers, they began to submit credit card and lease applications to the companies using a mixture of stolen identities and fabricated information.
After the applications were improved, the company’s “customers” began to purchase thousands of dollars of furniture, which the stores then assured the companies had been successfully delivered.
The companies dutifully paid the stores up front for the goods, only to lose it all when the “customers” failed to pay what they owed.
Expanding the Operation
They didn’t stop there. Once they had an account with West Creek, they called the company’s support hotline posing as employees of a store called “Bernie and Phyl’s,” an existing customer of West Creek’s based in Massachusetts.
They managed to convince West Creek to let them set up an online payment account for the store, then promptly rerouted funds destined for the stores to their own bank accounts.
Then, using a tool called a VPN to hide their identities, they accessed West Creek’s servers in Northern Virginia, submitting several fake lease agreements and siphoning that money as well.
While all of this fraud occurred in Virginia — committed against a Virginia company and on Virginia-based servers — the six defendants were all 700 miles away, in Chicago, Ill.
Over the next five years, and using all 25 of their companies, the men would go to defraud Okinus, Greenwave Finance, Synchrony Bank and Wells Fargo, raking in an estimated $1.5 million.
Synchrony Bank, which offers credit cards for retail stores, lost over $500,000 over the course of six months in 2018.
One hundred thirty-three Synchrony cards were used at just one of the men’s businesses. The bank only realized the purchases were fraudulent when the cards’ owners — some from as far away as California and Florida — called to complain.
The defendants plead guilty to the following charges, and were ordered to pay restitution in the following amounts:
- Mahmoud Aljibawi – 2 counts wire fraud, 1 count computer fraud, 1 count using a fictitious name – $514,744.80
- Wael Jibawi – 2 counts wire fraud, 1 count computer fraud, 1 count using a fictitious name – $189,935
- Yanal Khrisat – 2 counts wire fraud, 1 count computer fraud, 1 count using a fictitious name – $56,500.33
- Mohammad Jibawi – 2 counts wire fraud, 1 count computer fraud, 1 count using a fictitious name – $297,713.73
- Jamel Eljebawe – 2 counts wire fraud, 1 count using a fictitious name – $122,260
- Alaelddin Aljibawi – 2 counts wire fraud, 1 count using a fictitious name – $306,804 | https://www.wric.com/news/crime/six-plead-guilty-to-1-5-million-virginia-furniture-store-hack/ | 2022-04-15T00:24:49 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/crime/six-plead-guilty-to-1-5-million-virginia-furniture-store-hack/ |
RICHMOND, Va (WRIC) — For generations of families who took classes at George Wythe High School, building a new school has been a long time coming.
A door-knocking campaign by Richmond School Board representatives aims to help the school board decide what kind of learning environment may be instituted.
Three groups of people set out Thursday afternoon to homes of current school students and middle schoolers who could have input on the new George Wythe High.
RPS is collecting community input on whether the school’s objectives will aim to enrich children in the arts or STEM, which focuses on science, technology, engineering and math.
Just this week, the Richmond School Board accepted what Mayor Levar Stoney called a “final offer” to start construction planning; including scope and design. The mayor’s office and school board have battled for years about who should bear responsibility to build a school.
The contention became more heated after a city audit found that Richmond City Hall was spending more than the state average — and more than what Chesterfield spent — to build schools.
While canvassing door to door while speaking in English and Spanish, Chasity Rodriguez, the RPS Southside family engagement coordinator, said the families they are looking for “are often families that, for one reason or another, can’t make it through work hours to really engage, and get the information that we offer. So bringing the information to them, they typically find extremely helpful.”
RPS plans to canvass the Manchester neighborhood Friday, and host an in-person engagement meeting at the Southwood Resource Center from 4-5 p.m.
Richmond City Council is expected to vote on Stoney’s proposal on April 25. If approved, the city will transfer $7.3 million to begin work for the school’s construction. | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/should-george-wythe-high-school-be-focused-on-arts-or-stem-weigh-in/ | 2022-04-15T00:24:55 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/should-george-wythe-high-school-be-focused-on-arts-or-stem-weigh-in/ |
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Cockroaches scatter under the burners on Marcela Xitumul’s stove.
Xitumul says a crew came by to fix it recently but it only took four days to stop working again.
In the next room, where an expecting mother sleeps, Xitumul says bugs come out of cracks in the floor at night. Strips of black tape cover the slits as a temporary fix.
Down the hall, Xitumul uses a wad of duct tape to clog a hole in the closet where she says rats are making themselves at home. She holds up a banana and a mango with bite marks and jokes that her dog doesn’t care for fruit.
Xitumul says pests have been a problem since she moved into The Communities at Southwood, Richmond’s largest Latino neighborhood, about five years ago. She says the issues have never been fully resolved, despite regular pleas with maintenance.
“They just give rat traps like those over there,” translated Sofia Vega, an immigrant justice community organizer with the New Virginia Majority. “She’s exhausted from having to constantly go and ask maintenance to help fix the issue and then they just tell her they don’t have the staff or they’re too busy or they will check in later but they never do.”
Just down the street, mother Sindy Cabrera fears her microwave will catch fire. She says her toilet won’t flush without a mess.
“Everything will come out from where that black duct tape is,” Vega translated.
Cabrera said she has been waiting for more than two months for maintenance to fix it but she’s not holding her breath. Frustrated by inaction in the past, she says she has used her own money to repair her flooding bathtub and sink.
Mother Natalia Najarro says she is constantly scrubbing mold off of her bathtub and, now, she’s worried about a crumbling ceiling caving in. She cut a pool noodle in half to block the space under her door where she says pests have previously gotten in.
Vega said advocates have heard hundreds of similar stories from tenants here. They held a rally alongside residents pushing for change in November of last year.
“I think it’s the reason they go out and fight everyday for better repairs because, obviously, as a mother or a father you don’t want your child to live in conditions like these where they’re worried bed bugs or rats or cockroaches are going to crawl over them when they sleep or even bite them, or that the mold and the humidity that they live in is going to give them some type of diseases like asthma,” Vega said.
That fight was dealt a setback earlier this week when Governor Glenn Youngkin rejected a bipartisan bill that advocates say could be a big help in situations like this.
In his veto explanation, Youngkin said, “This legislation contains unnecessary and duplicative provisions, already established under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC), that provide effective powers to localities to enforce violations.”
Delegate Marcia Price (D-Newport News) sponsored the bill after hearing about problems in her own district.
“The justification that was given for the veto is not factually accurate,” Price said in an interview.
Price said, currently, localities have the power to condemn properties, which risks worsening the affordable housing shortage.
Alternatively, they can sue for a fine but that presents a problem too, according to Price. She said that money goes back to the localities–not tenants–and it often doesn’t cover the full cost of fixes.
Price said this bill would make a difference because it would empower localities to force repairs and allow them to take action against an entire apartment complex more swiftly than a private attorney could.
“This is really about the landlord having to live up to their side of the contract and that’s just what’s not happening,” Price said.
The Virginia Apartment Management Association, which represents more than 230,000 rental units, supported the legislation.
“VAMA strongly believes landlords and tenants have a responsibility to maintain fit premises, and our members constantly strive to maintain the highest quality rental housing available. To that end, VAMA worked with the bill’s supporters on amendments that preserved the intent of the bill while avoiding unintended consequences,” said VAMA Executive Director Patrick McCloud in a statement.
The General Assembly could override Governor Youngkin’s veto in a session set for April 27. Price fears they won’t have enough votes.
If the bill becomes law, it’s not yet clear if immediate action would be taken against Southwood. The City of Richmond’s Property Maintenance and Code Enforcement Division didn’t immediately respond when asked if the property had any pending or closed complaints.
Carroll Steele, Southwood’s property manager, didn’t take a stance on the legislation and declined to be interviewed.
Instead, Steele referred our request to long-time residents who say they’re pleased with the living conditions.
“When I request repairs, they’re done almost instantly,” said Tina Idlet Tonzo, who has been living at Southwood for six years.
“The place has changed since it used to be before, so I think this is a great place to live,” said Oscar Espinoza, a resident of nearly 17 years.
Mark Hubbard, a spokesperson for Southwood, said they’ve increased maintenance staff by 50 percent since a Richmond Times Dispatch investigation last year led to a housing discrimination probe by former Attorney General Mark Herring. Hubbard said there are currently 15 people working full-time.
Hubbard said they just completed assessments of all 1,300-plus units. He said they have already addressed several hundred issues he described as minor and they expect to address a backlog of more complicated repairs by the end of May at their own cost, regardless of the cause. He said there are more than one hundred on the list.
Hubbard said they’ve also hired a contractor to do ongoing pest control. He said they typically visit 45 units per week and he doesn’t believe there is a waiting list.
“In collecting this data and talking with residents, we discovered that over 70% of the issues found had not been previously reported. Part of our outreach is to help inform residents exactly who to call and what to do when they have a maintenance need in the future even though they are provided such information at move-in,” Hubbard wrote in an email.
While Hubbard was unable to disclose specifics without permission from tenants, he said it’s “factually inaccurate” that Southwood has done nothing to address problems reported by the three tenants we spoke to for this story. He noted that at least two had not reported an issue with pest control in the past six months and that they have completed several work orders in these units, though he acknowledged there are still some pending.
Advocates say many of the tenants are distrustful of the property manager’s promises.
While the progress may look good on paper, they fear the fixes will be band-aid solutions to long-standing problems.
“These are horrendous living conditions and nobody who pays rent deserves to be living in a situation like this,” Vega said. | https://www.wric.com/news/tenants-say-health-concerns-are-ignored-youngkin-rejects-reform/ | 2022-04-15T00:25:01 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/tenants-say-health-concerns-are-ignored-youngkin-rejects-reform/ |
(NEXSTAR) – Have you ever noticed that Easter never seems to fall on the same day? Christmas is always Dec. 25, Independence Day is always July 4, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday of May. But you’ll always have to check the calendar for Easter. Why?
If you aren’t familiar, Easter is a Christian festivity that marks the resurrection of Jesus. It always falls on a Sunday during March or April. To understand why, you have to look skyward.
“The date of Easter is determined by the moon. Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox,” says Kim Mandelkow, director of the Office for Worship with the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
This year, the first full moon after the vernal equinox (also known as the first day of spring, which is March 20) is on Saturday, April 16, putting this Easter Sunday on April 17.
April’s full moon is sometimes referred to as the Paschal Moon because of its significance to Easter – ‘paschal’ is defined as relating to Easter or the Jewish Passover.
“The moon is not regular,” Father Martin Schlag, a professor and chair of Catholic social thought at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, explains. “It doesn’t follow the solar calendar, but it has its own lunar calendar that varies every year.”
If the first full moon fell on a Sunday, Easter Sunday would be pushed back a week, Mandelkow explains.
Because Easter is dependent on the vernal equinox, it can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 25. Having Easter on either of those days, though, is relatively rare, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. You’re more likely to see a year of Easter falling on March 31 or April 16, which have the greatest frequencies of claiming the holiday.
Next year, we’ll have an earlier Easter on April 9. | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/why-is-easter-never-on-the-same-sunday/ | 2022-04-15T00:25:07 | 1 | https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/why-is-easter-never-on-the-same-sunday/ |
NORFOLK, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk plans to introduce their new male lion, Ansel, to two females that will be arriving at the end of the month.
Zoo keepers and personnel are hoping that the addition of the lionesses — sisters Asha and Kali — will result in cubs in the near future.
“Not only are we excited to bring in this young family of lions, but we are also delighted at the prospect of having cubs in the near future which is crucial to the long-term survival of this species,” the zoo’s executive director said on their website.
Ansel, now fully grown at 5 years old, weighs 450 pounds and has been getting acquainted with his caretakers and adjusting to the new surroundings. Visitors can catch a glimpse of him when he is out on exhibit in the next few weeks.
Asha and Kali will be turning 5 at the end of April. All three lions were endorsed for the Virginia Zoo based on a breeding recommendation made by the African Lion Species Survival Plan.
After they arrive at the zoo, the lionesses will complete a routine quarantine period before being introduced to Ansel and exhibited to visitors.
Virginia Zoo has plans to hold a “house warming” party for the new lions that will include educational activities for visitors as well as a fundraiser to support lion conservation. | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/two-lionesses-coming-to-virginia-zoo-keepers-hoping-for-cubs/ | 2022-04-15T00:25:13 | 0 | https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/two-lionesses-coming-to-virginia-zoo-keepers-hoping-for-cubs/ |
Believe or not, Nick Saban actually cares about college football.
He actually cares about the development and well-being of his players.
He even cares about the divisive political issues facing our country.
There was a time when I didn’t believe that; when I perceived Saban as just another cutthroat college football coach who simply cared about winning national championships no matter the cost.
Not that he doesn’t still want to win championships, but I think Saban is now not only the strict, steely face of his sport but also the thoughtful, concerned voice of it.
Which is why he told the Associated Press earlier this week that he believes the new lawless, chaotic anarchy of college football in the NIL/transfer portal era is a road to hell paved with good intentions.
Saban says he is all for players being able to make money on their name, image and likeness, but says what has transpired within the last year is a bastardization of the original idea behind NIL legislation.
“The concept of NIL was for players to be able to use their name, image and likeness to create opportunities for themselves,” Saban told the Associated Press in that interview. “That’s what it was.”
More precisely, that’s what it was meant to be. Instead, it has morphed into fans and boosters forming “collectives” and “directives” to buy recruits under the guise of NIL. When combined with the transfer portal, college football has become the Wild, Wild West of rampant free agency without any rules, regulations or salary cap.
The Athletic reported recently that one school’s booster collective drew up an NIL contract worth close to $8 million and offered it to an unidentified blue-chip quarterback. The school was not named, but it is believed to be the same SEC school where a former UCF football coach and athletic director are now employed.
Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher angrily ranted against a report on National Signing Day about the rumors that Aggies boosters pooled together $25 million in NIL money to land the nation’s consensus No. 1 recruiting class.
“[NIL] creates a situation where you can basically buy players,” Saban said. “You can do it in recruiting. I mean, if that’s what we want college football to be, I don’t know. And you can also get players to get in the transfer portal to see if they can get more someplace else than they can get at your place.”
The reason I say Saban actually cares about the health of the sport and the prosperity of his players is that he really has no reason to rail against the current landscape of college football. In fact, the NIL/transfer portal era actually gives Alabama an even bigger advantage.
Saban not only wins national championships, but his program also develops and puts more players in the NFL than anybody else in college football. The best recruits and most talented transfers will gravitate to Saban’s program for obvious reasons. In addition, Alabama has one of the most rabid fan bases and booster networks in the country and can easily outbid most competitors for top recruits and transfers looking for lucrative NIL deals.
However, Saban rightfully believes the current landscape hurts player development and team building. Saban and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney are proposing a more structured, stable, organized, professionalized version of paying players.
Asking fans and boosters to pool their money and bid for recruits is not only asinine, but also unfair. First and foremost, do you really want Ernie, the owner of the local strip bar, having any input whatsoever on who the coach should be recruiting?
Secondly, why should fans donate their hard-earned money to pay for players without any return on their investment except for a 7-5 season and a trip to the Gator Bowl?
As I wrote recently, “Don’t fans and donors already pay enough? Not only are they asked to write a check for their yearly booster contribution, write an extra check for the never-ending capital campaign to raise money for new facilities, pay for their season tickets, get fleeced for overpriced fleabag hotels on gameday weekends and buy $10 Cokes at the game, but now they’re being asked to fund their school’s NIL program, too.”
Swinney told ESPN last week that college football will soon undergo a much-needed “complete blowup” in which the “40 or 50″ top schools will break away, form their own division with their own rules, their own pay scale and their own commissioner.
Saban, too, is suggesting an NFL model in which teams will have a salary cap and players will get compensated. However, just like the pros, college players will have to sign a contract, which will bind them to the school and keep them from transferring at the first sign of adversity.
“It’s fine for players to get money. I’m all for that,” Saban said. “But there also has to be some responsibility on both ends, which you could call a contract. So that you have an opportunity to develop people in a way that’s going to help them be successful.”
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Saban went on to say that he’d like to see a system in which Alabama would be allowed to compensate players equally instead of just a few marquee players getting financially lucrative NIL deals from the booster collectives while most players end up with diddly-poo.
“We [would] give everybody the same medical care, academic support, food service and the same scholarship,” Saban said. “So, if we’re going to do this, then everybody is going to benefit equally. I’m not going to create a caste system on our team.”
Listen to Nick Saban.
He cares.
He cares about his players and he cares about his sport.
Why else would he be speaking out against a new lawless, chaotic NIL system that will only enhance his already dominant, dynastic program?
Email me at mbianchi@orlandosentinel.com. Hit me up on Twitter @BianchiWrites and listen to my Open Mike radio show every weekday from 6 to 9:30 a.m. on FM 96.9, AM 740 and HD 101.1-2 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/mike-bianchi-commentary/os-sp-nick-saban-dabo-swinney-nil-transfer-portal-alabama-clemson-bianchi-column-20220414-6b3n2qri5jhrbe2csfetnsvpna-story.html | 2022-04-15T00:26:36 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/mike-bianchi-commentary/os-sp-nick-saban-dabo-swinney-nil-transfer-portal-alabama-clemson-bianchi-column-20220414-6b3n2qri5jhrbe2csfetnsvpna-story.html |
Ever since Orlando Pride star player Marta went down with a season-ending injury, the team has been looking for other players to fill the void.
Meggie Dougherty Howard saw a chance to step into those boots and make a more significant impact on the offensive end.
The midfielder, in her second year with the Pride after being traded to Orlando from Washington, spent four seasons and 68 matches playing for the Spirit. She’s looking at a different role with Orlando after the captain went down.
“It’s going to be different without Marta, and no one will be able to replace the type of player she is,” Dougherty Howard said. “I like playing higher up on the field and having those opportunities to create chances, so I’m excited to kind of see where it goes this season.”
The Largo native has been a leader for the Pride during the last two games, creating chances going forward and being a focal point in the offense along with Gunny Jónsdóttir and Erika Tymrak.
“Erika and I have always had a really good relationship on the field and understanding of the way each other plays,” Dougherty Howard said. “I think that’s been fun just getting a chance to kind of develop that relationship and see it grow and I think there’s a lot more potential for it.”
Dougherty Howard remains an integral part of the defense. She is among the leaders on the team in duels won in the midfield and interceptions while also being a leader in completed passes and chances created.
The only thing that she and the team lack is the final product — goals — which they’ve been working on in training this past week.
“When you see the ball go into the back of the net, I think it builds confidence and just getting reps, we’re able to get shots on goal creating those opportunities,” she said, “Hopefully, it will translate to the games.”
With only two games left in the NWSL Challenge Cup, Saturday and April 23, before the regular season begins, Dougherty Howard and the Pride are running short on time to have a finished product.
The unveiling is May 1 vs. Gotham FC. | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-pride-soccer/os-sp-orlando-pride-meggie-dougherty-howard-0415-20220414-avvficbohvfbhp4mfhfe5pemoa-story.html | 2022-04-15T00:26:42 | 0 | https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-pride-soccer/os-sp-orlando-pride-meggie-dougherty-howard-0415-20220414-avvficbohvfbhp4mfhfe5pemoa-story.html |
AP source: DOJ denies panel details in Trump records probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department declined a request this week from the House oversight committee to disclose the contents of records that former President Donald Trump took to his Florida residence after leaving the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The move could serve as a setback for Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform as it was ramping up its investigation into Trump’s handling of sensitive and even classified information during his time as president and after he left the White House. It remains unclear what implications the decision could have for the panel’s probe, which was announced in March.
The Justice Department’s decision is part of an effort to protect confidential information that may compromise an ongoing investigation, according to the person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. The development was first reported Tuesday by The Washington Post.
The National Archives had referred the matter of Trump’s handling of those records to the Justice Department earlier this year. Because of that, the DOJ is asking the National Archives not to share information related directly to it, including the contents of the 15 boxes that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago residence.
The notice to the committee comes days after its chair, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., accused the Justice Department of “obstructing” the panel’s expanded investigation by preventing the release of information from the National Archives.
The Justice Department has not formally announced it is investigating Trump’s handling of the records, but letters between the committee and the department seem to indicate that investigators are taking steps toward it.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department declined a request for comment Tuesday.
In addition, the FBI has taken steps to begin examining the potential mishandling of classified information related to the documents in the boxes, according to two other people familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to discuss it by name and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. It wasn’t clear exactly what work investigators had done so far or what additional steps they were planning to take.
In a letter to the National Archives last month, Maloney made a series of requests for information she said the committee needs to determine if Trump violated federal records laws over his handling of sensitive and even classified information. In response, the general counsel for the archivist wrote on March 28 that “based on our consultation with the Department of Justice, we are unable to provide any comment.”
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Associated Press writers Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
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Brookland-Cayce High School earns trip to US Eastern Nationals in Kentucky
Published: Apr. 13, 2022 at 12:07 PM EDT
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The Brookland-Cayce High School archery team announced it is heading on their first trip to the US Eastern Nationals Tournament.
Brookland-Cayce earned the trip with its team scores in archery and bullseye. This is only the third year for Brookland-Cayce as a team.
Busbee Creative Arts Academy archer Zachary Baddourah also earned a trip to Nationals by placing10th overall among middle school boys at the state tournament.
The US Eastern Nationals will be held May 12-14 in Louisville, Kentucky.
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California lawmakers propose 4-day work week
(KOVR) - A California proposal to shorten the work week is gaining traction.
The measure would implement a four-day work week, dropping from 40 hours to 32 – and require overtime pay beyond that.
The four-day work week would apply to companies with 500 hundred employees or more.
California state Rep. Evan Low co-authored the bill.
“We’re hearing time and time again about greater worker flexibility. That’s what workers are demanding. And this provides us an opportunity to reimagine the workforce, uplifting the voice of workers while also helping to ensure that we can do the type of things in a more efficient manner, and also taking care of our families and our loved ones.”
Workers would still make the same amount of money, despite working less.
The California Chamber of Commerce has pushed back, saying the proposal would be a “job killer” by making hiring more expensive.
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California woman admits she faked her own kidnapping in 2016
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) - The northern California woman accused of faking her own kidnapping in 2016 has signed a plea deal and will confess she made everything up.
Sherri Papini, now 39, said in a statement in part, “I am deeply ashamed of myself for my behavior and so sorry for the pain I’ve caused.”
Her attorney, William Portanova, confirmed that she signed a plea agreement Tuesday.
Papini’s husband reported her missing in November 2016 after she had gone out for a jog near her home. Three weeks later, on Thanksgiving, she was found alone on an interstate 140 miles from home.
She said she was kidnapped by two women who held her captive, chained in a closet. Her elaborate story included details about her supposed assailants wearing masks, holding her at gunpoint and branding her with a heated tool.
Federal prosecutors said Papini injured herself to back up her false statements.
The Justice Department said Papini had actually stayed with an ex-boyfriend in southern California for the three weeks she was reportedly missing.
Federal prosecutors said Papini received more than $30,000 in fraudulent victim assistance money based on the hoax. She is also facing charges of mail fraud and making false statements to a federal law enforcement officer.
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