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LOS ANGELES — The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
The move comes after a meeting of the academy's Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith's actions.
“The 94th Oscars were meant to be a celebration of the many individuals in our community who did incredible work this past year; however, those moments were overshadowed by the unacceptable and harmful behavior we saw Mr. Smith exhibit on stage,” the academy said in a statement.
Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy last week during the run-up to the meeting and said he would accept any punishment the academy handed down.
“I accept and respect the Academy’s decision," Smith said in a statement.
The academy also apologized for its handling of the situation and allowing Smith to stay and accept his best actor award for “King Richard.”
“During our telecast, we did not adequately address the situation in the room. For this, we are sorry,” the academy said. “This was an opportunity for us to set an example for our guests, viewers and our Academy family around the world, and we fell short — unprepared for the unprecedented. ”
In a statement in the days following the Oscars, the academy said Smith was asked to leave the ceremony but refused.
But it's not clear how the message was delivered to Smith or what form it took, and several media outlets reported that he was never formally told to leave the Dolby Theatre. The Los Angeles Times reported in a story Thursday that Oscars producer Will Packer told Smith: “Officially, we don’t want you to leave. We want you to stay.”
The ban means Smith will not be presenting one of the major awards at next year's Oscars, as is tradition for the best actor winner.
The academy in its Friday statement also expressed “deep gratitude to Mr. Rock for maintaining his composure under extraordinary circumstances.”
The academy's statement did not address whether Smith could be nominated for Oscars during his 10-year ban. Nor did it take any action to revoke Smith's Academy Award.
The academy has not revoked Oscars from expelled members Harvey Weinstein or Roman Polanski.
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WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Two Oregon congressmen have tested positive for COVID-19. U.S. Reps. Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio both tested positive on Friday, their offices announced.
Blumenauer said in a statement that he woke up with a sore throat and took a COVID-19 test "out of an abundance of caution" and it came back positive. He described his symptoms as minor and said he would enter quarantine.
DeFazio released a similar statement confirming that he tested positive on Friday and echoing Blumenauer in urging Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
"Thanks to being fully vaccinated, I am only experiencing mild cold-like symptoms and fatigue," he said. "I will follow CDC guidance and quarantine. I encourage everyone to get vaccinated!"
Blumenauer and DeFazio are among several federal lawmakers and officials in Washington, D.C. who have developed COVID this week, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who tested positive for COVID-19 a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden.
Biden tested negative on Thursday night, according to an Associated Press report.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine also tested positive late Thursday, shortly after the Senate voted to confirm Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The CDC says people vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 are much less likely to suffer adverse outcomes, including serious illness and death, from the virus compared to those who are unvaccinated.
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Man sentenced to 60 years in prison for human trafficking and other crimes
A judge on Friday sentenced a Volusia County man to 60 years in prison for human trafficking and other charges and noted that the man had used his cunning to take advantage and profit off of women.
Besides the human trafficking conviction, Nicholas Barbati has a criminal history which includes making hoax calls to the U.S. Coast Guard.
During a trial last week, Barbati, 34, was found guilty of human trafficking and deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution, both first degree felonies, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device, a third degree felony. He was also convicted of transport in conveyance for prostitution, a second-degree misdemeanor.
The deriving support from prostitution was enhanced to a first-degree felony in this case because Barbati had been convicted of the charge twice before, according to the release.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Blackburn said Friday that Barbati appeared to be smart and organized but made the wrong choice in how he applied those traits.
"It is apparent from Mr. Barbati's record and his prior history that throughout his adult life the employment he chose was one of criminality and profiteering off of women who he took advantage of and coerced for a lengthy time period," Blackburn said.
She said that text messages and voice recordings introduced at trial showed Barbati's character.
"And that was one of a person who took great pride in how he ran his organization and was not shy about ensuring that the women who were working for him knew that he was the boss and they needed to do what he said or they would no longer have their jobs with him," Blackburn said.
Blackburn sentenced him to 30 years on deriving support from prostitution and another 30 years consecutive on the human trafficking charge.
She sentenced him to five years on the unlawful use of a communication device, which he will serve concurrently.
She also sentenced him to 60-days in jail on the misdemeanor, which he has already served while awaiting trial.
Barbati will receive credit for 1,714-days time served, or more than four years.
Before sentencing, Barbati's defense attorney, Lee Taylor Mercado, said that Barbati was only 34 and could still be rehabilitated. She said that sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 46.8 months, less than four years.
She asked for a 10-year sentence, which was the minimum-mandatory on the charge of deriving proceeds from prostitution.
Assistant State Attorney Mark Interlicchio asked that Barbati be sentenced to the maximum 65 years in prison. Interlicchio said Barbati had been taking advantage of women who were on drugs.
"They are easy prey," Interlicchio said. "He knows with his intelligence and the fact that he's not using drugs that he can manipulate these people for his purposes. These people sell their bodies and he profits off them."
Barbati spoke before sentencing but limited his comments to saying he was attending a program at the Volusia County Branch jail to help him become a productive member of society when he is released.
Mercado said Barbati could not speak more about the situation because he still faces a charge of racketeering in a separate case.
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In 2015, Barbati approached a young woman who had nowhere to stay and needed help with bills, according to a release from the State Attorney's Office. Barbati provided her with drugs, a place to stay and the basic necessities to gain control over her, according to the release.
“Barbati stole her ID, Social Security card and birth certificate to gain more control,” the release stated.
In November of 2016, Daytona Beach Police Department set up a sting operation at a motel, according to the release. Barbati drove the woman to the hotel and dropped her off, where she was arrested after an exchange of money, the release stated.
Barbati was arrested by a separate team of police, the release stated.
When he was arrested, Barbati had six cellular phones, a tablet computer and condoms, according to the release.
The phones yielded thousands of conversations with potential and actual clients and voice memos connecting Barbati to the crime and the posting of internet advertisements for prostitution, the release stated.
State Attorney R.J. Larizza released a statement calling the sentence "a fitting punishment."
"He is a parasite that feeds off of the underbelly of our society for pleasure and profit. I sincerely hope that victims of human trafficking will take notice of this case and come forward so we can identify, prosecute and incarcerate their captors," according to Larizza's statement.
Hoax Calls to Coast Guard
Barbati has been sentenced to prison before.
In 2010, Barbati was sentenced to four years in federal prison on charges of conveying hoax information and filing false claims with the IRS. Federal investigators said Barbati filled out tax forms for prostitutes that belonged in his Internet service.
Federal investigators also said Barbati called the Coast Guard on Nov. 14, 2008, to report he had seen an inbound threat 2 miles out at sea headed for space shuttle Endeavour, sitting on a launch pad about to take off. Barbati claimed he was a Coast Guard officer, investigators said. The day before that he called the Coast Guard's headquarters in Washington and said his 32-foot yacht with "10 souls" onboard was taking on water
He was ordered to pay more than $117,000 to the U.S. Coast Guard and more than $92,000 to the IRS.
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Though COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to fall worldwide, medical experts and public health agencies continue to identify new variants of the virus.
BA.2, a subvariant of omicron that experts believe is more contagious than the original BA.1, became dominant in the U.S. in late March.
More recently, some people have expressed concerns online about a potential new coronavirus variant called XE, with one Twitter user claiming that it was found in the United Kingdom and “could be the most transmissible variant yet.” Another person said XE combines BA.1, the original version of omicron, and omicron subvariant BA.2.
THE QUESTION
Is there a new coronavirus subvariant called XE?
THE SOURCES
- The World Health Organization (WHO)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- United Kingdom Health Security Agency
- Saralyn Mark, M.D., former senior medical advisor to the White House and American Medical Women's Association COVID-19 Lead
THE ANSWER
Yes, there is a new coronavirus subvariant called XE. It combines the BA.1 and BA.2 versions of omicron.
WHAT WE FOUND
Viruses like the one that causes COVID-19 mutate as they replicate. People can be infected with different strains of a virus at the same time and sometimes they combine during replication, Saralyn Mark, M.D., former senior medical advisor to the White House and American Medical Women's Association COVID-19 Lead, explained.
In its weekly epidemiological update released on March 29, the World Health Organization (WHO) said XE is a recombinant variant, or combination, of the BA.1 and BA.2 versions of omicron. It was first detected in the United Kingdom on Jan. 19.
The United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said in an update on March 25 that 637 cases of XE had been confirmed in the country so far. In the last week alone, more than 333,000 people had tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK, the agency reported on April 8.
A “small number” of XE cases have been detected in the US, where the new subvariant is considered “another lineage of omicron and not a new variant of interest or concern,” a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told VERIFY.
Is XE more contagious than other COVID-19 strains?
Early data show the XE subvariant may be about 10% more transmissible than BA.2, but it’s too early to know exactly how contagious it is, the WHO and other experts say. According to UKHSA, the data “cannot yet be interpreted as an estimate of growth advantage” for the XE subvariant.
If XE is 10% more transmissible than BA.2, that would make it “one of the most transmissible viruses in the world,” Mark said.
Medical experts don’t have enough evidence yet to draw conclusions about severity or vaccine effectiveness either. But the CDC expects the XE subvariant to behave similarly to BA.2 because they share the same spike protein.
Some medical experts believe BA.2 is about 50% more contagious than BA.1. But vaccines provide the same level of protection against severe illness and hospitalization of BA.2 compared to other variants.
How common are recombinant variants?
Recombinant variants “are not an unusual occurrence, particularly when there are several variants in circulation, and several have been identified over the course of the pandemic to date,” Professor Susan Hopkins, chief medical advisor with UKHSA, said.
Another recombinant variant identified during the pandemic is a combination of the delta and omicron variants that some have called “deltacron.” Delta-omicron recombinant cases are “exceedingly rare” in the United States, the CDC previously told VERIFY.
Most recombinant variants “die off relatively quickly,” Hopkins said. It’s unclear right now if this will happen with the XE subvariant.
Though immunity to BA.1 and BA.2 currently remains high due to COVID-19 vaccines and natural infection, it could wane over time and allow a new subvariant like XE to take hold in the US, Mark said.
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'The world is worse without him': Over 500 attend candlelight vigil for NSB junior Siddharth Sukhdeo
"The world is worse without him."
That's what a fellow classmate of 17-year-old Siddharth Sukhdeo who was killed early Sunday morning after his parent's car was rear ended, said Thursday night during a community candlelight vigil.
Over 500 people turned up at the Brannon Center in New Smyrna Beach on Thursday night to remember and celebrate Siddharth, who was a junior at New Smyrna Beach High School.
Siddharth was a major part of the school's band and the vigil was organized by the local band booster club.
And this isn't the first gathering of support for the family. On April 5, roughly 200 people attended a vigil at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where Siddharth's mother was being treated for her injuries following the crash.
Siddharth's father, Satesh Sukhdeo, was in attendance Thursday night, accepting hugs from everyone he could.
"It's overwhelming, the support and the people he's touched in his life, this is a result of that, every person he touched," Sukhdeo said. "I had to come personally to say hello to everyone and greet each and every person who has taken the time, because my son would have done that."
At 8:17 p.m., everyone in attendance either lit a candle or held up their phone's flashlight. The lights stayed on for 17 minutes, one minute for every year Siddharth lived. Near the end of the 17 minutes, everyone gathered in a large group around the New Smyrna Beach High School Band, who chanted a goodbye to their classmate.
After 17 minutes, everyone extinguished their light.
"I'm really gonna miss him," could be heard across groups of clustered students who attended to remember their classmate and friend.
The crash
Siddharth and his parents were on their way back from Orlando when they were struck from behind by a pickup at 3:41 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of State Road 44 and Interstate 95, police said.
Siddharth, who was in the backseat of their Honda Odyssey van, died at the scene. Sukhdeo, who was driving was uninjured, but his wife was transported in critical condition to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, where she's since undergone surgery for eight shattered ribs.
"She's doing much better tonight. Still a lot of pain," Sukhdeo said Thursday night. "A little journey ahead of us physically, emotionally. Just taking it one day at a time."
The driver of the pickup, Michael Miles, 32, was arrested on charges of DUI manslaughter, DUI, DUI with property damage, DUI causing serious bodily injury to another, driving with a suspended license and refusing to submit to testing.
When New Smyrna Beach police officers arriving at the scene of the crash they said Miles smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and was unsteady on his feet.
Earlier this week, Miles posted $150,000 bond and was released from jail. But on Wednesday, Judge Karen Foxman revoked Miles' bond and he was taken back into custody, according to the State Attorney's Office.
"We sincerely hope that this ruling gives some peace to the victim’s family who is struggling with the loss of a child and injuries to a wife and mother," the State Attorney's Office posted on their twitter page.
Rose Traud, who has known the Sukhdeo family since 1992, has started a gofundme campaign to help pay for Siddharth's mother's medical expenses. As of Friday morning, nearly $8,900 had been raised.
Whatever money is leftover will go towards creating a scholarship for students in Siddharth's honor.
"This will also give his (mother) a purpose to work towards helping another child go to achieve their goals throughout their life," Traud said. "This should have never happened. We are devastated for the family because these are our people. Our kids. You don't do that. This doesn't happen to us."
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Remembering Siddharth
Siddharth was a very loved teen, who played the violin, viola and trumpet brilliantly, according to friends and family.
Dennis Scaccia, band director at New Smyrna Beach High School, said "Sidd" was an amazing student.
"He was one of those top students you wish you had 200 of them," Scaccia said. "He was a high achiever, doing well in all his classes, honors classes."
Siddharth was principal viola player, in the top four violin players and the third highest trumpet player in the county, accordant to Scaccia.
"Two weeks ago he performed a difficult trumpet solo at state from memory and received a superior with distinction award," Scaccia said. "College professors that just heard him play once, call and ask him what they could do."
Students gathered in clusters with their candles sharing memories of Siddharth. In every group, Siddharth was called "talented," "amazing," "nice," "friendly," "a good person," and someone who would "always say hi" in the hallways.
Scaccia said the over 500 people in attendance Thursday was a testament to how special Siddharth was.
"He was one of those rare people in the short time that he was here on earth that touched more lives than most normal people during their lifetime," he said.
Editors Note: The News-Journal has decided not to publish the last names of students in attendance due to the sensitive nature of this event. If you have questions about this decision please contact nikki.ross@news-jrnl.com.
Nikki Ross covers K-12 education, health and COVID-19 for the Daytona Beach News-Journal. She can be reached at nikki.ross@news-jrnl.com or follow her on Twitter @nikkiinreallife.
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FOR RELEASE: SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2022
DEAR ABBY by Abigail Van Buren
AGING DOG'S CARE BECOMES OBSTACLE IN RELATIONSHIP
DEAR ABBY: I'm in a seven-year relationship with a beautiful woman I love and would do anything in the world for. I feel she would do the same for me. She has a dog, "Preston," who she loves and who has been with her since puppyhood. At 16, Preston is failing badly and is on his last legs. There is no doubt his time is coming.
We had planned on meeting my son and grandchildren for a family celebration after a seven-hour drive. Her plan was to accompany me, but now, because of Preston's condition, she has changed her mind. I understand that. However, she's now angry that I am going alone.
I spend every day with her and go out of my way always to support her. She has no grandchildren, having lost her only daughter two decades ago. I will be gone for only a weekend and return in plenty of time to be with her afterward.
I haven't seen my three granddaughters in a year, and who knows when I will again. Should I feel guilty about leaving her and the dog? I am stuck in the middle here, and am going to upset her or my son's family no matter what I do. -- MAN IN THE MIDDLE
DEAR MAN: You stated that your significant other's only child died 20 years ago. It is possible that puppy Preston became like a child to her, and losing him is causing her to revisit the loss of her daughter. If there is any way to manage it, postpone the visit with your son and his family until later in the year, after Preston's passing, or have them come to you. If that's not possible, because it's only a weekend, go see your son and your grandkids but remain in contact with her from afar during the visit.
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DEAR ABBY: My first husband was abusive, and I divorced him after less than four years of marriage. We had two daughters. In 2016, I remarried, this time to a loving, caring man. My oldest daughter was my maid of honor. A year after our wedding, she married her soul mate. Her father and I, including our current spouses, paid for their reception.
Since 2017, this daughter has continually asked us for financial assistance. At first we helped, but after a terrible argument, we drew the line, and she decided to sever our relationship completely. She sees us occasionally during holidays and is cordial, but she doesn't call or text for my birthday or Mother's Day, which is very hurtful.
I don't know where to turn, except to pray. I don't want to be estranged anymore. I miss her terribly, but do not want to be financially taken advantage of any longer. Any advice would help. -- HEARTBROKEN IN DELAWARE
DEAR HEARTBROKEN: Would you really like to receive birthday and Mother's Day greetings knowing they didn't come from the heart and that you were paying for them? This is what your daughter's actions have revealed. You have not caused this estrangement; she has, because you turned off the spigot.
I'm sure you are hurting, because that is what your daughter intends. Since prayer hasn't helped you cope with this, consult a licensed mental health professional, and I suspect you will have better results. You have my sympathy.
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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
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Janette O. Kennedy, age 80, of Bolivar, passed away April 6, 2022. The widow of Dudley Bryan Kennedy, Sr., who passed away September 6, 2017 after almost 57 years of marriage, she worked with the garment factory for 25 years and then as a nursing assistant at Western Mental Health Institute, from which she retired. She was born April 23, 1941, in Itawamba County, Mississippi, daughter of the late Raymond Jasper Oswalt and Jimmie Catherine Conwill Oswalt, and moved to Hardeman County in 1964. She enjoyed flowers, crocheting, needlepoint and gospel music, playing the piano very well. Mrs. Kennedy was known to spend her time taking care of her family and kids, and especially enjoyed being around the grand and great grandchildren. She was a Methodist in faith and valued her church. Services were 3 pm April 8, 2022 at Shackelford Funeral Directors in Bolivar with burial in Bolivar Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include her children, Marlin Glen Flurry of Bolivar, Dudley Bryan Kennedy, Jr. (Brenda) of Bolivar and Cynthia Lane Kennedy of Jackson; a niece, Crystal Darlene Oswalt of Reid, MS; her grandchildren, Brian, Daniel and Amanda Kennedy, Adam and Shelby Flurry; 3 great grandchildren, Arya Claire Flurry, Mason Flurry and Rowen Ervin and her sister in law, Bettie Kennedy of Destin, FL. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Willis Wayne Oswalt. Memorial contributions in her name may be sent to the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org/donate)
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BYLINE: By Keith Roach, M.D.
TITLE: What's the prognosis for 'microvascular disease'?
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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 80-year-old active male taking only thyroxine. I have no known health issues. In November 2021, I experienced a migraine with aura and have a slight vision loss in my right eye. After seeing an eye doctor, a retinal specialist and a primary care doctor, the only thing I am hearing is the term "microvascular disease." This is based on the eye doctor's examination. I am unable to find a satisfactory definition or prognosis anywhere I search. Any information you could provide would be appreciated. -- R.B.
ANSWER: The blood vessels in your body go from very large (the aorta, which takes the blood directly from the heart, is the largest) all the way down to the capillaries, the very smallest. Microvascular disease refers to poor flow in the smaller arteries, called the arterioles. These branch off from the larger arteries and ultimately provide blood to the capillaries.
All organs have small blood vessels, but the term microvascular disease is most often applied to the heart and brain. The most common causes include smoking, high blood pressure and diabetes, but high cholesterol and rheumatological diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus are other causes. However, it's not necessary to have any of these conditions, as the condition can affect apparently healthy older women and men.
Unlike macrovascular disease, where there are usually discrete cholesterol plaques, microvascular disease is a more diffuse process. Diagnosis of microvascular disease of the brain is most commonly made by MRI. However, the retina is one place where brain blood vessels can be directly seen, and an ophthalmologist can see findings indicative of small vessel disease. Although most cases of migraine with aura are not related to microvascular disease, there is an association between migraine and microvascular disease. Given your relatively older age when your migraine developed, I would be concerned this might be the case in you.
Microvascular disease, as seen by eye exam or by MRI, increases your risk of a stroke. When I have a patient with this diagnosis, I am substantially more aggressive about treating risk factors, especially blood pressure and cholesterol. This may include medication treatment even if the numbers are not as elevated as would normally be treated with medicines. Of course, lifestyle changes, including a careful dietary history to identify potentially improvable habits, are critical as well. Smoking must be stopped if present, and careful control of diabetes has been proven to reduce risk. Even modest increases in regular exercise are important. Alcohol use should be no more than moderate, and minimal is probably better still.
The type of strokes associated with microvascular disease are different from strokes caused by blockages in big arteries to the brain. "Small" strokes, those that don't cause immediate devastation, nonetheless can cause complications, including dementia, over time. These are what we want to prevent.
Of course, people can have both microvascular disease and macrovascular disease at the same time. Fortunately, the treatments for microvascular disease tend to help macrovascular disease, if present, as well.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Broad Ripple Art Fair returns this year after a two-year hiatus.
The, typically annual, art fair brings together visual art, music and food for two days in Broad Ripple.
The Indianapolis Arts Center, which hosts the annual event that draws in nearly 15,000 people, announced a heavier music focus to the 50th-anniversary celebration this year with local acts such Rob Dixon, Pavel Polanco-Safadit, Bashiri Asad, The Doo Band, The Blue Side, Living Proof, Rusty Redenbacher and more.
The Indy Jazz Fest curates the music for the event.
“This year’s event is going to be really spectacular,” said local musician and Indy Jazz Fest Artistic Director Rob Dixon. “We look forward to showcasing a great lineup of musicians based here in Indianapolis, especially after all that our music community has endured these last couple of years. Continuing to support the awesome talent we have right here in our community is what the Indianapolis Art Center and Indianapolis Jazz Foundation is all about.”
Rob Dixon, The Doo Band and The Blue Side are slated to take the stage on Saturday. Pavel’s Global Jazz Ensemble, Living Proof, The Bashiri Asad Band and DJ Rusty Redenbacher are scheduled to take the stage on Sunday.
The Broad Ripple Art Fair takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 14 and 15 at the Indianapolis Art Center located at 820 E. 67th St. in Indianapolis.
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INDIANAPOLIS — John's Famous Stew has reopened on Kentucky Avenue in downtown Indianapolis nearly two years after closure.
The near south side restaurant posted on social media Monday it would open its doors for in-person dining, carry out, and delivery on Tuesday.
Under new ownership, John's Famous Stew says it will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day. The popular spot adds that it will stir up all original stew recipes and soon have a children's menu and other "goodies."
"So thankful for the returning guests and the new customers as well, thank you for being patient with us as it was very busy opening day with so many to go orders and the awesome lunch crowd," John's Famous Stew posted on Facebook Thursday.
In a comment under the post, John's Famous Stew stated, "Covid-19 knocked us down but we're back up!"
John's Famous Stew began on West Washington Street in 1911 near the current site of the Indiana State Museum when two brothers settled in Indianapolis after immigrating from Macedonia, according to the restaurant's former website.
The brothers used their mother's recipes to serve a variety of stews. Following World War II, their nephew, John Strangeff, moved the business to 411 E. South St.
John's Famous Stew later relocated to its current location at 1146 Kentucky Ave., where it operated for more than 40 years under the ownership of Tommy Caito, who died in November 2018.
In a comment to a fan on Monday, John's Famous Stew alluded to the possibility of opening more locations in the future.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Nearing one year since the mass shooting at a FedEx Ground facility in Indianapolis, five families of the people who were killed, along with their attorneys, will hold a press conference to discuss their intentions of filing a federal lawsuit against multiple parties.
According to the attorneys, the families have the intention to file a lawsuit against several FedEx entities and Securitas Security Services.
Matthew R. Alexander, 32; Samaria Blackwell, 19; Amarjeet Johal, 66; Jaswinder Kaur, 64; Jaswinder Singh, 68; Amarjit Sekhon, 48; Karli Smith, 19; and John Weisert, 74, were killed at the FedEx facility on April 15, 2021.
It is unclear if the families involved are also part of the previously announced tort claims and emotional distress lawsuits filed recently.
The press conference is scheduled for noon Monday.
Exact details of the expected federal lawsuit were not provided.
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INDIANAPOLIS — A holistic sober living home for women with children could be opening its doors in what used to be the Indy Hostel on the north side of Indianapolis.
South of Broad Ripple in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood, several houses now have red and white yard signs that read "No Rezone."
The signs showcase the residents of the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood who disapprove of Overdose Lifeline's request to rezone the lots of 4903 and 4907 Winthrop Avenue as a holistic recovery residence for women and their children.
Ami Rice, who says she's lived in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood for about 7 years, told WRTV she applauded the nonprofit's efforts to open a home for women struggling with addiction who could also bring their children. However, Rice says she believes Overdose Lifeline has not wisely chosen selecting this area.
"There's an active problem in our community with drug trafficking and drug abuse and alcoholism," Rice said.
Meridian-Kessler is about 2 miles from Broad Ripple Avenue, where several clubs and bars line the popular nightlife district.
Rice is a local doctor and says she and other board-certified physicians she's spoken with believe that putting newly-recovered addicts so close to places that could trigger them to relapse would not be conducive to their recovery.
"I am supportive of the need for a women's recovery center," Rice said. "I think that they've (Overdose Lifeline) chosen a very unfortunate location for these women."
Heather Barney has been sober for over 22 years and has lived in the Meridian-Kessler neighborhood for 12 of those years. Barney points out that Carvel Club, a place for AA and other 12 Step recovery groups, is around the corner. She says she has gone there often over the years.
According to Google Maps, Carvel is a roughly 7-minute walk from the 4900 block of Winthrop Avenue.
"There's people with 50 years of sobriety in there," Barney said.
Justin Phillips, the executive director of Overdose Lifeline, told WRTV it's not about proximity to alcohol or drugs that causes addicts to relapse.
"There is no academic research to support that exposure to liquor stores or other alcohol-serving establishments increased setback amongst those with recovery," Phillips said.
"I've been in recovery a long time. And I promise you, driving by a liquor store, living near a liquor store, is not what's going to get me drunk," Phillips continued. "It's not having appropriate tools. And the purpose of this house is to give women a community of support and tools."
Erin Mooney, another longtime Meridian-Kessler resident of 12 years, says she looks at the women's recovery home as a chance to help.
"I look forward to the opportunity to be of service to them when they move in," Mooney said.
Mooney also believes the home Overdose Lifeline wants to open would not only be a place for the community to step up and help during the national addiction crisis, but it's also an opportunity for women who are parents or guardians looking for a stable, sober living facility.
"A lot of them won't go to sober living because they can't take their children with them. They have a newborn that they can't take. And so, this gives them the opportunity to have a safe place to raise their child and in a recovery-oriented home," Mooney explained.
Mooney works in a recovery facility in Greenfield and shares that the number of homes for women recovering from an addiction is low. It's rare that a sober living home will accept women with children.
"They're needed all across the state; women's homes are needed all across the country. We're so short on them. Every single day, I'm trying to find an open bed for a women's home in Indiana, Indianapolis especially," Mooney explained of her job overseeing business development for sober living homes.
Mooney thinks her neighbors with "No Rezone" signs in their yards are not aware of the core functions of the women's residence Overdose Lifeline is working to open.
According to the request for rezoning in the Department of Metropolitan's planning report, Overdose Lifeline's women's recovery residence is about providing a continuum of care and structured living for mothers who happen to be struggling with their sobriety during the early stages.
The goal of the home is to help keep mothers from relapsing by decreasing their dependence on social services. There's also a focus on health and wellness to reduce their housing instability.
The program would require a mandatory 30-day stay, daily programming that includes therapy, 12 Step meetings, life skills training, career-building, and mindfulness activities.
Opponents of the home have different ideas. Rice says, instead, that she thinks women struggling with their addiction need to depend on social services and have a fuller care plan in moments like these.
"What these women really need is comprehensive care. All of the research has shown us (physicians) they need social services, they need mental health services, and they need child care," Rice said.
Phillips, however, contends Overdose Lifeline follows the National Association of Recovery Residences (NARR) guidelines, federal law, and recovery experts in their decision to open such a home with the services they're offering.
Phillips says Overdose Lifeline chose those two parcels of land for the women's recovery home because it was close to the IndyGo bus line and the Monon Trail.
"People in early recovery often don't have their own transportation, and it's really one of the main requirements when you look at housing," she said. "The guidelines around providing housing programs for individuals who need supportive housing is access to public transportation."
The following imperative factor for Phillips was the home's proximity to a grocery store and other recovery support centers, such as Carvel, which has been in the area for decades.
In talking with Rice and another Meridian-Kessler resident who did not want to be named, they say another concern for some of the residents with No Rezone yard signs is the overall tone of the meetings between Overdose Lifeline and the community.
According to Rice, when she brought up parking issues and safety protocols, Overdose Lifeline "became defensive."
"It's been very much like coming in and dictating terms rather than cooperating with us as a community and we are good people. We have social workers and teachers. I mean, it's just like a good middle-class kind of a neighborhood. A lot of small families and a lot of us have family members who are dealing with addiction. I'm a physician. I have patients who deal with addiction and so obviously, we want what's best for these women," Rice explained.
Emma Clust, the land use committee chair for the Meridian-Kessler Neighborhood Association, says it's a solid mix of residents who are either in support of or against the women's recovery residence.
"I'd say there's a vocal contingent of opposition. And those people have made their voices quite loud. And then there are a lot of neighbors in the immediate vicinity, who are quietly supportive, and sort of choose to go about voicing their support a little differently," Clust explained.
Clust pointed out that when these two properties previously operated as a hostel, the vetting process for who came into the community was nowhere near what it would be for a women's recovery home.
The properties allow for up to 42 guests, but Overdose Lifeline proposes using the homes for 18 to 20 women. The women will also be randomly drug tested, whereas travelers who came from all over the world to stay at Indy Hostel were not.
"I feel like it's a less risky choice than the hostel was at times. I mean, the hostel wasn't always a great neighbor. I think sometimes people look through rose-colored glasses at the past," Clust said.
Clust said the Indy Hostel hosted concerts and weddings and would create parking and loitering issues.
When it comes to Overdose Lifeline's women's recovery residence, Clust thinks her neighbors will find they will barely realize it's there, instead of how aware they had to be of the hostel.
"I think that there are a lot of people suffering in the community that needs a resource like this. And, you know, I hope that this will be a stable place for people to get back on their feet for years to come," Clust said.
Barney says she came from a family in a high-income bracket, graduated from college, and was only 25 when she became an alcoholic.
"It's not about the drive to stop or the lack of willpower, or whatever, it is truly a disease," Barney explained.
Barney says if it weren't for "Pathway to Recovery" giving her a place to live in a structured living environment when she started her journey to sobriety over 20 years ago, she wouldn't have had any place to go. She says she's one of the lucky ones.
"I just progressed really fast in my alcoholism," Barney explained. "I was almost gone."
Pathway, at that time, typically only allowed homeless veterans in their facilities.
"I had $5 going into that facility, and I've come out sober. I own a home, full-time job; I got professional degrees," Barney said. "If you give the people a place and a chance, it's gonna save lives."
Barney has been sober for 22 years now. As a longtime resident of Meridian-Kessler and an Overdose Lifeline volunteer, she can't wait to welcome the women with open arms and give back.
"These places, they're amazing. They are critical to any city's infrastructure, and there are so many [recovery homes] around us people don't know about," Barney said. "There's going to be a lot of good coming back."
Mooney says she tells those who oppose the women's recovery residence that it's simply a structured home.
"It's just a place for them to live and take care of their children. And, you know, be a member of society. That's what we are all striving for as humans," Mooney said.
Phillips echoed the same sentiments.
"Everyone deserves an opportunity," Phillips said. "Recovery residences can and will contribute positively to the neighborhood and the community and there's plenty of academic research to support crime doesn't increase. Drug use doesn't increase," she continued, "We're just going to be a house of women who are there to help each other change their lives."
A public hearing about the rezoning proposal for the women's residence is scheduled for Thursday, April 14.
The City of Indianapolis has granted $700,000 to Overdose Lifeline to support this program. The nonprofit was also awarded an undisclosed amount to purchase the properties through a Community Development Block Grant.
WRTV Digital Reporter Shakkira Harris can be reached at shakkira.harris@wrtv.com. You can follow her on Twitter, @shakkirasays.
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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — A shopping strategy could save people a significant amount of money.
"Spend your money faster, the stuff that you need to buy, buy it immediately," said Scott Schuh, macroeconomist and associate professor at West Virginia University.
Spending money quickly may seem like the opposite thing to do, but inflation is at a 40-year high and it’s only going up. The price of items are rising so quickly, that Schuh says waiting until the end of the month to shop will end up costing more.
"Now you also have to be careful because you don't want to overspend and get to the end of the month and then have to put things on credit cards, but at least you can save one month of inflation by buying sooner," he said.
Buying in bulk is also something to consider. One roll of toilet paper may be cheaper than the 20 pack, but each roll in that 20 pack is much cheaper than the one.
Schuh says inflation is so high right now, used car prices are increasing. At the end of last year, the average used car price was more than $28,000— up 28% the year before and 42% higher than in 2019. Shuh said selling a used car now may not be a bad idea.
"It's kind of like sell high and buy low, so shifting from a used car, a good used car that's really desirable and could get you a good return that you'll probably never see again and leverage that into purchasing a newer car is a nice budgeting play that could help save you some money, if you can afford to manage that in your budget," he said.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — It’s a hobby for some and a way to commute for others. No matter the reason, more people are saying ‘yes’ to pedal power.
“People learned during COVID that cycling is fun again,” said Martin Pluth, general manager for Gregg’s Cycle in Seattle.
After a year of record sales in 2020 and a year of record supply chain holdups in 2021, this year is set to come with a different challenge: inflation.
“We're up 20% and there's really nothing that can account for that other than the fact we have bikes in stock that we didn't have a year ago, and I think the gas prices are having an impact as well,” said Pluth. “It definitely, I think, will have a long-term effect if the prices remain where they're at today. I don't think high gas prices are good nationwide, but at the same time, it's good for our business.”
Pluth said the bike shop, normally quiet in the cooler spring months, is bustling with people coming in for repairs and new bikes.
“We've seen a few bike booms and in the over the years where we've seen a real surge in sales and then it will taper back. This is not predicted to do that this time,” said Pluth.
Pluth thinks the pandemic and the inflation crisis are starting to permanently change attitudes. More people see cycling as a viable transportation solution.
The electric bike market is growing the most.
“I started this company when I was 15 years old, and I did it because I couldn't afford to keep my old broken-down car running,” said Mike Radenbaugh, founder and CEO of Rad Power Bikes.
Radenbaugh said his sales have spiked across the country as customers started to feel that same pain.
“We're finding that about 30% of customers today, the primary reason for coming in is to it's to skirt high gas prices,” said Radenbaugh.
With more than 250 million cars on the road, Radenbaugh is hoping this moment becomes an opportunity to put some of those cars in the garage for good.
“Electric bikes get 1,600 miles per gallon, energy equivalent. Compare that to an electric car, which gets about 100 miles per gallon and equivalent or traditional car, which gets between 20 and 40 miles per gallon, energy equivalent,” said Radenbaugh.
With 77% of car trips being less than 10 miles and 60% less than 5 miles, replacing a couple of drives for a cycle might not be as tough as most think.
“E-bikes go up to 45 miles on a charge, and on a single charge. And they do that with about nine cents of electricity,” said Radenbaugh. “There really is no better solution right now to some of these major macro challenges in our society.”
These avid cyclists hope this seemingly endless price hike gives more people a chance to see the value of having two wheels instead of four.
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WESTERNPORT, Md. — From the top of a hill, with his dogs by his side, David Grove always has a good perspective on things.
Unfortunately, that perspective is not quite as positive as it once was.
"There's not much industry left," Grove said. "All the industry is as moved out."
David retired from a paper mill in the Appalachian town of Westernport before it closed three years ago.
The closure put hundreds of people out of a work. Since it was the largest employer for miles, its exit left his neighbors hurting. Now, inflation is making the existing hardships tougher.
"The things shutting down in this whole area makes inflation, you know, what, 10-times worse," Grove said.
Grove's wife still works, which makes him one of the lucky ones.
"We're surviving, but these other people, probably not so much," he said.
Those living in America’s rural corners and those with low incomes are being disproportionately hit by inflation.
Bank of America Research compared how rural and urban households spend their money. It found rural homes spend more money on energy, cars and food compared to urban households. Rural households also put less in savings.
Rural residents also need to drive farther to get to stores and doctor's offices, which adds to the costs families face.
According to Gallup, 71% of households making less than $40,000 per year are experiencing hardships, and 42% consider their hardships severe.
"It's just hard that to get back to where, where we was, and I don't know whether it's going back to where we was and it's just a shame," Grove said.
The last three years for john Shingly, owner of Port West Restaurant, have been a one-two-three punch— with the mill closure, the pandemic and now inflation.
"$1.79 for a head of lettuce right now, you know, it's crazy," said Shingler.
Even though they lost 30% of their customers when the mill closed, the food prices have given him no choice but to raise his own prices.
"It's hard for these small rural communities like this to understand why we have to raise prices because it's not like in a big city where they're used to paying those prices," he said.
His customers, though, remain loyal.
"They've kind of rescued us through this," Shingler said. "They've supported us tremendously."
Communities like Westernport are used to picking each other up when times get hard, and the fact that they’re there for each other is why people choose to stay despite how bleak the outlook may be.
"This is my home, and I like my home," said Grove.
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LYONS, Ill. (AP) — A man suspected of concealing the deaths of his mother and sister nearly a year after their bodies were found buried in the backyard of their suburban Chicago house has been arrested on felony charges.
Lyons Police Chief Thomas Herion said Thursday that 45-year-old Michael Lelko would be formally charged with two felony counts of concealment of a death.
Herlon said Lelko also could face federal charges in connection to his alleged cashing of his mother's Social Security checks for years after she died.
In August, police discovered the bodies of 79-year-old Jean Lelko and 44-year-old Jennifer Lelko.
Police say Lelko told them his mother died in 2015, and his sister died in 2019.
Because autopsies could not determine the cause of death for either woman, Herion said Lelko was not charged in the deaths of the 79-year-old and 44-year-old, the Associated Press reported.
Lelko told police that his mother was killed by his sister, who pushed her down the stairs and that he buried his sister after she became ill and died.
The AP reported that Lelko's brother is the subject of an investigation but has not been charged with anything.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will build an electric vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi.
He also told a crowd at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory that Tesla will start making three new vehicles next year.
Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other than to say it will “look quite futuristic.”
He said Tesla will start building the Cybertruck pickup at its new factory near Austin, Texas, next year.
After that, it will start making a new Roadster and an electric semi.
He made his remarks Thursday night at the “Cyber Rodeo at Giga Texas,” an invitation-only party for thousands of guests at Tesla’s new billion-dollar-plus factory.
The factory is expected to employ about 10,000 people.
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Lawsuits challenging the No Surprises Act are popping up all over the country.
The new law that took effect this year protects us from getting surprise medical bills when we get certain out-of-network medical treatments.
“I would emphasize it's not every type of provider that sends these surprise bills. It tends to be focused on one’s that might be owned by a private equity company or have a real profit margin. Many have been using patients and using the surprise bills to make a lot of money. So it threatens how much they're going to make and so they're suing over it,” said Katie Keith and Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
Experts and advocates for health insurance reform are drawing attention to these lawsuits.
They say their outcomes could bring changes to the No Surprises Act or eventually lead to higher insurance premiums.
In Texas, one court has already sided with a challenge involving arbitration to settle bill disputes.
“But if you take off that guardrail there's sort of this risk that providers use. Arbitration is an opportunity to get higher rates when it's not warranted. For them to be doing so, all those higher rates of insurance companies have to pay providers more -- that all trickles down to all of us,” said Keith.
Patricia Kelmar at U.S. PIRG says there is action being taken to fight this type of surprise billing.
“We've filed an amicus brief to support the government to make sure the law stays strong,” said Kelmar.
If the New York lawsuit is successful, it threatens the entire act.
For now, advocates want you to know that you should not be surprised with out-of-network bills.
For the most common practices, like ER care, air ambulances and anesthesiologists.
However, certain services are not covered in the act.
“We're starting to see now more in provider offices, the opportunity to have your blood drawn there, or maybe even get some testing done or some imaging done. Just because it's in your in-network providers office, (it) doesn't necessarily mean that's an in-network service, So we also ask you to always make sure that you double-check before you get your blood drawn or an EKG done, or something like that. Those services are not out of network,” said Kelmar. Even with the act in place, patients are advised to research in advance so they can be informed about their in-network providers.
You can find more information about the new protections here.
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The jury has reached a partial verdict in the trial for the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta have been found not guilty in the case and a mistrial has been declared for the other counts.
The counts and jury decisions for Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Brandon Caserta and Daniel Harris are as follows:
Adam Fox was charged with two counts. One count of kidnapping conspiracy and a count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Count: 1 | Kidnapping conspiracy
NO VERDICT
Count: 2 | Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction
NO VERDICT
Barry Croft Jr. was charged with three counts. One count of kidnapping conspiracy, a count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, and a count of possession of an unregistered destructive device.
Count: 1 | Kidnapping conspiracy
NO VERDICT
Count: 2 | Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction
NO VERDICT
Count: 3 |Possession of an unregistered destructive device
NO VERDICT
Daniel Harris was charged with four counts. One count of kidnapping conspiracy, a count of conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, a count of possession of an unregistered destructive device, and a count of possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle.
Count: 1 | Kidnapping conspiracy
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Count: 2 | Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Count: 3 | Possession of an unregistered destructive device
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Count: 4 | Possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Brandon Caserta was charged with one count of kidnapping conspiracy.
Count: 1 | Kidnapping conspiracy
VERDICT: NOT GUILTY
Jury deliberations started Monday, and the defense wrapped up its closing arguments last Friday after a 14-day trial. In all, 34 witnesses testified, including two former defendants who pleaded guilty and were star witnesses for the prosecution.
One of the defendants – Daniel Harris – testified in his own defense. He was the only one of the four men charged who testified.
All of the men were arrested in October 2020 after the government said they were planning to kidnap Whitmer before the 2020 election.
The jury was made up of six men, six women, and three alternates in a separate room.
This story was first reported by WXYZ in Detroit, Mich.
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If there is one thing nearly every midterm election has told us, it is that our country thirsts for change.
In the 19 elections since World War II, the president’s party has lost seats in the House of Representatives in 17 of them.
This year, that same outcome is anticipated as polls show Republicans gaining control of the lower chamber, but the electorate that is expected to get them there is vastly different than that of years past.
“You know, in 2012 we were talking about equity and environmental justice matters, but I think the sense of urgency and the intensity of the issues facing today’s generation of voters is much different,” said Joelle Martinez, a former political strategist under President Barack Obama and the current president of the Latino Leadership Institute.
During the 2018 midterms, Latinos set a voting record when 11.7 million cast their vote. At the time, it was thought to be an outlier, but in this year’s midterms, 11.6 million are expected to vote, according to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. It is a 71.4% increase from the number of Latinos that voted in 2014.
“I think the thing that has changed the most is that Democrat and Republican parties are no longer magnets for Latino voters,” said Martinez. “And we saw that in two parts of evidence. One, this last election cycle where you saw voters, Latino voters, voting conservatively in areas where they hadn’t predicted that to happen. And two, young Latino voters are registering to be Independent more times than not.”
“We’re sort of in a realignment period right now,” added Lonna Atkeson, director of the LeRoy Collins Institute, a non-partisan public policy center at Florida State University.
Atkeson says the change our electorate is undergoing right now goes against many assumptions politicians have based their strategies on for decades- that young people will consistently turn out to vote and that minorities are by and large monolithic.
“Maybe the things that we relied on previously about how groups were going to vote is less reliable,” said Atkeson. “I think the culture war is just raging and I think that’s a piece of that and the other piece of that is the economy.”
The Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program projects that 17 million young people will turn 18 between the 2020 and 2024 elections and that 49% of them will be kids of color, only adding to the increasingly diverse electorate that is the future of American politics.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The motion picture academy has banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
The move comes after a meeting Friday of the academy’s board of governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions.
The academy in a statement called Smith’s actions “unacceptable and harmful.”
Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy last week during the run-up to the meeting and said he would accept any punishment the academy handed down.
Smith slapped Rock in the middle of the awards show after the comedian joked about Jada Pinkett Smith's short hair. The actress suffers from alopecia.
Smith was allowed to remain at the show and won an Oscar for best actor later that night. He has since apologized to Rock and the academy for his actions.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Pacers Sports & Entertainment have unveiled their plans to construct a $20 million event center, named the Bicentennial Unity Plaza Entertainment Complex, next door to Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
According to Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the three-story center’s location would be 108 S. Delaware St. and include a speakeasy bar, a restaurant and an upper-level event space.
According to Daniel Lopez of Pacers Sports & Entertainment, the space will be privately funded.
The plan, proposed by Plaza Entertainment, LLC will be heard and examined at a public hearing before the Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission in May. Plaza Entertainment, LLC is a subsidiary of Pacers Sports & Entertainment.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Butler hired Northwestern High School graduate Austin Parkinson as its new women’s basketball coach Friday, ending a search that lasted a little more than two weeks.
Parkinson won't even have to leave town. He comes from IUPUI. Its campus is only a few miles away from Butler's Hinkle Fieldhouse.
He replaces Kurt Godlevske, who was fired by director Barry Collier on March 22 after two of the worst seasons in Bulldogs history. Butler went 1-27 last season.
“Austin set himself apart from a strong pool of candidates with his experience building a championship-caliber program at IUPUI and his vision for how Butler will achieve similar success within the Big East,” Collier said.
Parkinson, a former Purdue point guard, left the IUPUI men's staff in September 2010 to take over the scandal-tinged women's program. Over the next 12 seasons, the program went 224-141 and became a Horizon League powerhouse.
He posted eight 20-win seasons including a 24-5 mark last season when the Jaguars won their second league tournament title in three years and made the first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history.
“Everything is in place at Butler for our program to make noise in the Big East and I am grateful for the opportunity to lead the Bulldogs,” Parkinson said.
IUPUI chancellor Andrew Klein said a search for Parkinson's replacement will begin immediately.
It’s the second hiring Butler has made this week. Collier named Thad Matta as the men’s basketball coach on Sunday.
Parkinson was a 2000 Indiana All-Star at Northwestern. When he graduated, he held school all-time records for points (1,667, 17.7 per game), assists (678, 7.2) and steals (382, 4.0). At Purdue, he played in 120 of 124 games over his four-year career.
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Louis Oosthuizen grabbed at his back on the second hole in the opening round of the Masters. There were other times on Thursday that Oosthuizen was seen reaching for the area en route to a 4-over 76.
On Friday, Oosthuizen withdrew from the tournament. Injury was cited as the reason. GolfChannel.com senior writer Rex Hoggard reported it was a neck injury, however, that led to the WD.
Full-field scores from the 86th Masters Tournament
Oosthuizen, who had finished in the top 3 in each of his previous three major starts, was in the same group as Tiger Woods and Joaquin Niemann. They will now go out as a twosome in Round 2 at 1:41 p.m. ET.
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World No. 2 Nelly Korda missed the first major of the season, the Chevron Championship, with a blood clot in her left arm, and she announced Friday morning via Twitter that she had surgery to remedy the problem.
“I recently underwent surgery for a blood clot in my subclavian vein,” Korda said. “I am pleased to report the procedure went well and the doctors were happy with the outcome.”
As mentioned in her statement, this isn’t the only health scare Korda has dealt with in 2022. She contracted COVID-19 in January, which also cost her some time on the golf course.
The reigning gold medalist will now begin the recovery process as she looks to make her return to the LPGA Tour when she’s back to 100 percent.
The next time Korda could potentially tee it up in a major is the U.S. Women’s Open, which will take place June 2-5 at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Authorities are searching for a man arrested for his alleged role in the shooting of Lady Gaga’s dog walker and the theft of her French bulldogs last year.
The suspect, James Howard Jackson, was in custody for attempted murder but was mistakenly released from custody on Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed.
He was in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center just a day before he was mistakenly released due to “a clerical error,” the sheriff’s department said.
“Mr. Jackson was arraigned on a superseding indictment filed in court under a new case number,” the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office wrote in a statement to Nexstar’s KTLA. “The old case was then dismissed by a judge as required by law.”
It is unclear what the new indictment is.
Anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at (213) 229-1850.
The pop singer’s dog walker was shot while walking three of her dogs in Hollywood on Feb. 25, 2021.
Multiple people were involved in the attack, according to authorities. A car had pulled up to the dog walker near Sunset Boulevard that evening and two men jumped out. Jackson is the one accused of firing the single shot that landed the victim in the hospital before they got away with two dogs, the Associated Press reported. The third dog had run off.
The district attorney’s office said Jackson, Jaylin White, and Lafayette Whaley were charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and second-degree robbery. The Los Angeles Police Department has said the trio are documented gang members.
A woman identified as Jennifer McBride later returned the two dogs unharmed to an L.A. police station. She turned out to be in a relationship with the father of one of the suspects, who was identified as Harold White. Both the father and McBride were charged with accessory after the fact to attempted murder, according to the DA.
Gaga’s dog walker survived the attack.
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BOONE COUNTY — When the SullivanMunce Cultural Center was approached by The History Press, a company that releases many small-batch publications based on local history, to write a book about some of the history of Boone County, Heather Lusk, freelance writer/journalist, and Zionsville resident, jumped at the opportunity.
“I, for a while, have wanted to dive more deeply into the local history, in particular the Native American history. I’d always been curious but could find the information very easily. So, when the opportunity arose, I knew I wanted to take it,” said Lusk.
It took approximately Lusk approximately 9 months from start to finish to craft The Hidden History of Boone County. She says that it’s truly her baby. Lusk said she’s always wanted to write a book during her career, it has been a huge goal of hers.
While doing research for her book she was particularly interested in providing information about other towns in the county besides Zionsville and Lebanon that aren’t recognized as much. “They have their own incredible history and I was delighted to let folks in other parts of the county know how important Thorntown is and how important Jamestown is to our history when most people just think of Zionsville and Lebanon,” explained Lusk.
As word of her book caught wind throughout the Boone County community, Lusk says the response from her family members and locals has been extremely positive. Many people have told her how much this information is needed because many didn’t know a lot of the history. “It also was a boost for me to share some of these stories with the Boone County historian and have him not know some of this information or other locals who grew up here who didn’t necessarily know some of these stories,” said Lusk.
Heather’s book, The Hidden History of Boone County, is officially available on April 11. You can find it locally at the CVS located in Lebanon, the SullivanMunce Cultural Center, Akard True Value in Zionsville, Back to the Bricks, and online.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The family of a murdered 14-year-old boy made an emotional plea for help one month after two teens were killed at a park on Indy’s east side.
Isaiah Jackson, 15, was killed in the park parking lot. His 14-year-old friend Da’Vonta White was found dead in the nearby grass. A month later police have still not provided a motive for the killing or released any detailed information on possible suspects.
With tears running down her face, Chiquanna White struggled to speak about the loss of her 14-year-old son Da’Vonta.
“It’s a nightmare,” said Chiquanna White.
“It’s hard. His mom has good days and bad days. Some days she wants to talk and some days she doesn’t,” said White’s cousin Lashanna Thompson.
White left behind six siblings who are also still in mourning.
“They don’t even want to come home because of the memories. You know the house don’t even feel the same because his presence is no longer here,” said Thompson.
Police found White and Jackson shot to death at Dubarry Park in early March. The pair were dropped off at the park by a family friend just before the deadly shooting.
So far, IMPD has released little information about the case, only telling White’s family they received two strong tips, but wouldn’t elaborate.
“You know we still don’t know what happened. We still want to know,” said Thompson. “We are losing our youth. We need the community to come together and speak up.”
Days after the double killing, dozens of White’s friends and family gathered at the park for a vigil, but they’re not alone in their pain.
Including Jackson and White, there have been four juvenile homicide victims shot to death this year.
In two separate cases, 17-year-old Jamal Lewis was killed in January and someone gunned down 15-year-old Darryl Fisher in February.
All four deaths remain unsolved.
“These unsolved murders, it’s becoming too normal. They’re not getting solved and whoever did this, if they don’t get caught, they’ll do it again,” said Thompson.
Because no arrests have been made, anyone with information on this case or any other unsolved homicide is asked to contact IMPD or Crime Stoppers at (317) 262-TIPS.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.
It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA.
Arriving at the space station Saturday are an American, a Canadian and an Israeli who run investment, real estate and other companies. They’re paying $55 million apiece for the rocket ride and accommodations, all meals included.
Russia has been hosting tourists at the space station — and before that the Mir station — for decades. Just last fall, a Russian movie crew flew up, followed by a Japanese fashion tycoon and his assistant.
NASA is finally getting into the act, after years of opposing space station visitors.
“It was a hell of a ride, and we’re looking forward to the next 10 days,” said former NASA astronaut and chaperone Michael Lopez-Alegria on reaching orbit.
The visitors’ tickets include access to all but the Russian portion of the space station — they’ll need permission from the three cosmonauts on board. Three Americans and a German also live up there.
Lopez-Alegria plans to avoid talking about politics and the war in Ukraine while he’s at the space station.
“I honestly think that it won’t be awkward. I mean maybe a tiny bit,” he said. He expects the “spirit of collaboration will shine through.”
The private Axiom Space company arranged the visit with NASA for its three paying customers: Larry Connor of Dayton, Ohio, who runs the Connor Group; Mark Pathy, founder and CEO of Montreal’s Mavrik Corp.; and Israel’s Eytan Stibbe, a former fighter pilot and founding partner of Vital Capital.
Before the flight, their enthusiasm was obvious. Stibbe did a little dance when he arrived at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX and NASA have been upfront with them about the risks of spaceflight, said Lopez-Alegria, who spent seven months at the space station 15 years ago.
“There’s no fuzz, I think, on what the dangers are or what the bad days could look like,” Lopez-Alegria told The Associated Press before the flight.
NASA’s Kathy Lueders, head of space operations, said there’s a lot to learn from this first wholly private station visit. “But man, was this launch a great start,” she told reporters.
Each visitor has a full slate of experiments to conduct during their stay, one reason they don’t like to be called space tourists.
“They’re not up there to paste their nose on the window,” said Axiom’s co-founder and president, Michael Suffredini, a former NASA space station program manager.
The three businessmen are the latest to take advantage of the opening of space to those with deep pockets. Jeff Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin is taking customers on 10-minute rides to the edge of space, while Virgin Galactic expects to start flying customers on its rocket ship later this year.
Friday‘s flight is the second private charter for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which took a billionaire and his guests on a three-day orbit ride last year. SpaceX’s fifth flight of NASA astronauts to the station is coming up in just a couple weeks.
Axiom is targeting next year for its second private flight to the space station. More customer trips will follow, with Axiom adding its own rooms to the orbiting complex beginning in 2024. After about five years, the company plans to detach its compartments to form a self-sustaining station — one of several commercial outposts intended to replace the space station once it’s retired and NASA shifts to the moon.
At an adjacent pad during Friday’s launch: NASA’s new moon rocket, which is awaiting completion of a dress rehearsal for a summertime test flight.
As a gift for their seven station hosts, the four visitors are taking up paella and other Spanish cuisine prepared by celebrity chef José Andrés. The rest of their time at the station, NASA’s freeze-dried chow will have to do.
The automated SpaceX capsule and its four passengers are due back April 19 with a splashdown off the Florida coast.
Connor is honoring Ohio’s air and space legacy, is bringing along a fabric swatch from the Wright brothers’ 1903 Kitty Hawk flyer and gold foil from the Apollo 11 command module from the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta.
Only the second Israeli in space, Stibbe will continue a thunderstorm experiment begun by the first — Ilan Ramon, who died aboard shuttle Columbia in 2003. They were in the same fighter pilot squadron.
Stibbe is carrying copies of recovered pages of Ramon’s space diary, as well as a song composed by Ramon’s musician son and a painting of pages falling from the sky by his daughter.
“To be a part of this unique crew is a proof for me that there’s no dream beyond reach,” he said.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – The motion picture academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars or any other academy event for 10 years following his slap of Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
The move comes after a meeting of the academy’s Board of Governors to discuss a response to Smith’s actions.
The academy in a statement called Smith’s actions “unacceptable and harmful.”
Smith pre-emptively resigned from the academy last week during the run-up to the meeting and said he would accept any punishment the academy handed down.
An email sent to representatives for Smith seeking comment was not immediately returned.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — A group of Democrats says it’s time the Supreme Court adopts new ethics standards.
“The highest court should not have the lowest standards,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Currently, Supreme Court justices aren’t required to follow the ethics rules given to other federal judges. Whitehouse’s bill would change that.
“It could not be more timely, now that we have a captured supreme court that needs that extra layer of accountability,” Whitehouse said.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) say recent revelations about the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas demonstrate why this is so important.
“We’ve learned that justice Clarence Thomas ruled on a case concerning the insurrection that his wife participated in and helped plan,” Jones said.
“The public is watching the United States Supreme Court to see whether or not Justice Thomas will recuse himself,” Blumenthal added.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) isn’t ready to support the bill but agrees more transparency is needed.
“I think a full disclosure of their financial positions much like we do here, should be able to satisfy that,” Capito said.
But some Republicans think Democrats are not focusing on the right concerns.
“They can’t even make sure that that person answers questions on how she would define a woman or when life begins,” Rep. Fred Keller (R-Penn.)
Keller believes Democrats are prioritizing their self-interests.
“What they’re doing is quite frankly a political stunt, rather than good government,” Keller said.
If passed, all nine justices are required to follow these new standards.
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(NEXSTAR) – National Burrito Day may be over. But, it’s always fun to have a burrito! Before you start searching for the best place, Google has you covered.
If you’re an avid burrito fan, you may have seen a recent list of the best burrito in every state, courtesy of Yelp. The website looked at businesses in each state that serve burritos and ranked each based on the number and quality of reviews received over a two-year period.
Instead of relying on reviews, Google turned to what it knows best – search data.
Analyzing searches on its Google Maps feature, Google found that residents of Colorado seek out burritos the most, followed by residents in Oregon, New Mexico, Illinois, and California.
Using the same data, Google found these are the most popular location in each state:
- Alabama: El Compa Taco Truck – (Birmingham)
- Alaska: El Dorado Mexican Restaurant – (Anchorage)
- Arizona: Cocina Madrigal Tacos + Tequila – (Phoenix)
- Arkansas: Los Ruvalcaba Mexican Restaurant – (Texarkana)
- California: La Puerta – (San Diego)
- Colorado: La Loma Bonita – (Denver)
- Connecticut: Agave Grill – (Hartford)
- Delaware: Atexquita Restaurant Mexican Grill & Bar – (Newark)
- District of Columbia: El Sol Restaurante & Tequileria
- Florida: Dulce Vida Mexican Restaurant – (Miami)
- Georgia: No Mas! Cantina – (Atlanta)
- Hawaii: Oahu Mexican Grill (OMG) – (Honolulu)
- Idaho: Barrigas Mexican Restaurant -(Boise)
- Illinois: La Cantina – (Chicago)
- Indiana: Loco Mexican Restaurant and Cantina – (Indianapolis)
- Iowa: Cancun Grill and Cantina – (Urbandale)
- Kansas: El Fogon – (Overland Park)
- Kentucky: Mi Casita on 4th – (Louisville)
- Louisiana: Taqueria Guerrero Mexico Inc – (New Orleans)
- Maine: Guerrero Maya – (Portland)
- Maryland: Daily Special Authentic Mexican Grill – (Baltimore)
- Massachusetts: Maria’s Taqueria – (Boston)
- Michigan: Donkey Taqueria – (Grand Rapids)
- Minnesota: Andale Taqueria – (Richfield)
- Mississippi: Los Parrilleros – (Forest)
- Missouri: Mas Tequila Cantina – (St. Louis)
- Montana: Ramires Mexican Food – (Bozeman)
- Nebraska: El Chaparro – (Lincoln)
- Nevada: El Dorado Cantina – (Las Vegas)
- New Hampshire: El Rincon Zacatecano Taqueria – (Manchester)
- New Jersey: Taqueria Downtown – (Jersey City)
- New Mexico: Chico’s Tortas y Piñas Lokas – (Santa Rosa)
- New York: Vida Verde – (New York)
- North Carolina: San Jose Tacos & Tequila – (Raleigh)
- North Dakota: Vinyl Taco – (Sioux Falls)
- Ohio: Maria’s Mexican Restaurant – (Lancaster)
- Oklahoma: Elote Cafe & Catering – (Tulsa)
- Oregon: Victorico’s Mexican Food – (Hillsboro)
- Pennsylvania: El Rey – (Philadelphia)
- Rhode Island: Caliente Mexican Grill – (Kingston)
- South Carolina: Taqueria Rocio – (Ridgleand)
- South Dakota: Que Pasa Cantina – (Rapid City)
- Tennessee: El Soñador Mexican Restaurant – (Gatlinburg)
- Texas: Granny’s Tacos – (Austin)
- Utah: Red Iguana – (Salt Lake City)
- Vermont: Gringo Jacks – (Manchester Center)
- Virginia:Tacos Los Primos – (Arlington)
- Washington: Fogón Cocina Mexicana – (Seattle)
- West Virginia: Mi Degollado Mexican Restaurant – (Charles Town)
- Wisconsin: Margarita’s of Green Bay – (Green Bay)
- Wyoming: Corona Village – (Laramie)
If one list of top burrito spots isn’t enough for you, check out Yelp’s recent ratings.
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(KTLA) – A woman won $10 million after purchasing a lottery ticket at a Southern California supermarket last year, state lottery officials announced Wednesday.
LaQuedra Edwards put $40 into a Scratchers vending machine at a Vons in Tarzana back in November 2021. While she was about to start selecting which games she wanted, Edwards said “some rude person” bumped into her, according to a news release from the California Lottery, which doesn’t immediately reveal the identity of winners for privacy reasons.
That person’s bump caused her to accidentally push the wrong number on the machine, she said.
A $30 200X Scratchers ticket came out of the machine and Edwards said she had no intention of buying it.
“He just bumped into me, didn’t say a thing and just walked out the door,” Edwards recalled.
She remembers being irritated, not only because the person bumped into her, but also because she’d just spent 75% of her lottery money on one ticket, rather than her usual selection of cheaper-priced options.
“Once she was in her car, she started scratching the $30 ticket – the one she was literally pushed into buying – and discovered she’d just won the game’s top prize of $10 million,” the state Lottery said.
“I didn’t really believe it at first, but I got on the 405 Freeway and kept looking down at [the ticket], and I almost crashed my car,” Edwards told state lottery officials. “I pulled over, looked at it again and again, scanned it with my [California Lottery mobile] app, and I just kept thinking this can’t be right.”
Edwards said she is going to use her winnings to buy a house and start a nonprofit organization.
“I’m still in shock,” she added. “All I remember saying once I found out how much I just won was, ‘I’m rich!’”
The Vons store where Edwards “accidentally” won her fortune got a $50,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
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Betty White’s personal possessions to go up for auction
(CNN) - Fans of the famous actress Betty White will have a chance to own several keepsakes from her lustrous career as the first lady of television.
Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, is putting 1,500 of her treasured possessions on the auction block this fall.
The items include everything from her award show gowns to her jewelry, home furnishings and even her “Golden Girls” director’s chair.
The collection also includes certificates for her 21 Emmy nominations and rare photos of her personal life and work on behalf of animal rights.
With all the memorabilia spanning White’s eight-decade career in entertainment, the auction is scheduled to take three days starting Sept. 23.
Fans will also be able to make their bids remotely, according to Julien’s Auctions.
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Justin Bieber offering a month of free online therapy to fans
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 3:43 PM CDT|Updated: moments ago
(CNN) - Justin Bieber wants you to find inner peace and is willing to pay to help you do it.
The pop star is partnering with online therapy company BetterHelp to offer a free month of service to his fans.
Bieber, 28, has been candid about his own mental health issues and says offering free therapy to fans is a “real blessing.”
He’s also giving members of his road crew free access to licensed therapists for 18 months.
The Grammy winner is currently on the first leg of the biggest tour of his career, The Justice Tour.
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Man charged after setting fire to home, killing woman and baby, police say
WALDORF, Md. (Gray News) - A man in Maryland was charged with arson and murder after he deliberately set a house on fire, killing a woman and a baby, according to police.
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Vincent Anthony Fisher II, 46, was charged Thursday with first-degree arson and murder.
According to the sheriff’s office, first responders were called to a home in Waldorf (about 30 miles south of Washington, D.C.) on March 31 for a report of an altercation and a fire. After the fire was extinguished, investigators found Rashawn Cline, 27, and her daughter, Dashawn Cline, 1, dead inside the home.
The victims were the daughter and the granddaughter of Fisher’s girlfriend.
During the investigation, officials determined the fire was deliberately set, and the medical examiner ruled the deaths as homicides as a result of the fire.
Fisher, who also lived at the residence, was identified as the suspect and was immediately arrested. He was also charged with assaulting another resident of the house during an altercation that happened just before the fire was set, the sheriff’s office said.
Fisher is being held at the Charles County Detention Center and was denied bond.
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Owl rescued after getting tangled up in barbed wire fence
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 3:31 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (Gray News) – Animal rescue groups in Colorado saved an owl that was stuck in a barbed wire fence this week.
The Arapahoe County Government said in a Facebook post Friday that the great horned owl got tangled up in the fence while “out and about fighting the Colorado winds this week.”
Residents called Arapahoe County Animal Services, and with the help of the Birds of Prey Foundation, rescuers were able to get the owl loose.
The owl is now recovering at a medical care facility.
Arapahoe County is located just outside of Denver.
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WATCH: Bear smashes through windshield after destroying inside of N.C. family’s SUV
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - A black bear in North Carolina was caught on camera attempting to get out of a family’s SUV through the windshield after being stuck inside overnight.
Ashley McGowin said she went to walk her dogs at 6:30 a.m. on Friday when she saw the hazard lights on her SUV blinking, WHNS reported.
When she went to see what it was, she discovered a bear trapped inside the vehicle.
The family believes the bear was able to open an unlocked door to get inside. It then destroyed the inside of the car before smashing the windshield in order to get back out.
The family recorded the bear while it was stuck trying to climb through the windshield.
McGowin said along with the damage to the car, the bear also urinated on her son’s homework that was in the SUV.
After making its escape, the bear was reunited with its two cubs.
The family reported it had a tracker on its ear.
Neighbors told McGowin they heard honking around midnight so she believes the bear was trapped in the SUV for more than six hours.
McGowin said they see bears around their house four to five times a week, but never in a situation like this before.
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Danielle Conrad
Tell us about yourself.
My love for public service was sparked by Helen Boosalis and Kay Orr’s Governor’s race while in elementary school. It was the honor of a lifetime to follow these trailblazing women leaders’ footsteps to serve as a State Senator in the Nebraska Legislature for 8 years. In addition to serving as a State Senator, I have led campaigns to support working families, including the successful citizen initiative to raise the minimum wage, served as an attorney focused on economic justice, led a local nonprofit to help develop Lincoln’s beautiful public parks, trails, and human service programs, and led a statewide civil rights organization to new heights.
I am originally from rural Seward County and am the daughter of a public-school teacher and deputy sheriff. I am a lifelong Nebraskan and have made Lincoln my home for almost 30 years. I graduated from of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska College of Law. I am married to one of my best friends from law school, Tom Conrad, who owns and operates Heartland Optical, a small business with locations in North Lincoln and Grand Island. We are the proud parents of two young children and reside in the beautiful East Campus neighborhood. We enjoy fishing, hiking, swimming, golf, and attending Husker sporting events.
Why are you running for this office?
I am running for office because I have the experience, expertise, and energy to be a day one leader for working families and to be an effective advocate for Lincoln. With the advent of term limits, I have seen as an active leader in legislative policy for now almost 20 years how necessary legislative experience is to ensuring good policy that impacts the lives of all Nebraskans. I do not believe that government can or should be the answer to all our challenges, but I do think it can and should be a positive force to support families, businesses, and communities so we can keep our economy and quality of life strong now and for future generations.
I am fortunate to be the only candidate in our race who knows the people, process, and issues requisite to ensuring sound policy in the Nebraska Legislature. I will draw upon that deep well of experience and goodwill to maintain and continue to build relationships across the political spectrum and throughout the State to bring immediate leadership to issues impacting working families, small business, public education (preschool through college), seniors, and veterans. These key issues are critical to retaining and attracting young people and growing our economy.
What would be your top three priorities if elected?
- Tools to help working families succeed
- Protecting our great public schools and making smart investments in education -preschool through college -so all children, students and families have an opportunity to succeed
- Tools to help small businesses succeed
What relevant experience would you bring to the office?
I was elected by the voters of North Lincoln to the Legislature in 2006 and re-elected in 2010 and bring a track record of delivering on issues important to working families and the ability to provide day one leadership as relevant experience. I served as a member of the powerful budget writing Appropriations Committee, Committee on Committees, Performance Audit Committee, Retirement Systems Committee, Redistricting Committee, and chaired the Legislature’s Innovation and Entrepreneurial Task Force. As a State Senator I gained a reputation for being a hard worker and someone who reaches across party lines to deliver on critical issues. As a testament to my commonsense leadership style and considerable policy making experience, I was selected by my peers to serve in leadership roles.
As a State Senator I was instrumental in support of efforts that benefit working families, public schools, the Lincoln community, and small businesses. Specific legislative accomplishments include raising the minimum wage; establishing for the first time in Nebraska law a scholarship for children of first responders killed in the line of duty; improving access to health care for women and children; and I passed the first increase in the childcare program in over a decade, which benefitted about 5,000 working families. I introduced legislation to support a mentor teacher program, enhance teacher compensation, and make college textbooks tax exempt. Every year in the Legislature I selected as my personal priority a measure to support working families. Specific legislative accomplishments include: establishing a loan forgiveness program to bring attorneys to underserved and rural communities; working as a champion for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund; supporting the largest tax cut in Nebraska history and introducing targeted tax relief to benefit working families and seniors to make our tax system more equitable; spearheading efforts to modernize our state’s economic development strategies; leading the charge to ensure adequate funding to maintain Nebraska’s excellent educational system with a special emphasis in support of the University of Nebraska and higher education as a whole. I made historic progress on LGBTQ+ rights by prioritizing updates to our nondiscrimination laws because I believe no one should be fired or denied a job because of who they are or who they love.
In addition to these statewide efforts, I know how to take care of Lincoln. I introduced and helped to secure hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional revenue for Lincoln by reforming the storm water formula; reforming the cigarette sales tax formula to help finance Antelope Valley; served as a committee leader to secure a $1 million appropriation for Lincoln to support the 2010 Special Olympics; increased transit aid; and collaborated with Governor Heineman to establish Innovation Campus. I won advocacy awards for increasing funding for citizens with developmental disabilities, improvements to public education from the Lincoln Education Association, for my commitment to higher education, and for my leadership on key civil rights issues.
Do you support tax relief for Nebraskans? If so, what type and how would you make it happen?
I have a clear track record for delivering property tax relief, ensuring equity and fairness in our tax system by expanding the earned income tax credit, helping farmers and business with tax exemptions for business materials, supporting the homestead exemption for seniors, working to reform taxes on Social Security, and fighting against sweetheart deals for millionaires, billionaires, and big corporations. I will use that passion and experience to seek consensus so we can alleviate tax burdens for those least able to afford it without cutting our ability to fund critical government services like aid to education which puts undue pressure on local property taxes and hurts our great public schools. How do you plan to make housing more affordable for Nebraskans?
I have a clear track record of delivering on and expanding affordable housing in Nebraska working collaboratively with business leaders, realtors, homebuilders and neighborhood advocates to increase funding for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, to expand funding options for the affordable Housing Trust fund including employment programs and programs to support Nebraskans experiencing homelessness including children and veterans, and to ensure our state share of housing settlement funds were targeted to benefit those most in need so they have access to direct support and technical expertise to buy a home or stay in their home which is critical to family wellbeing, our economy, and the ability of all Nebraskans to build wealth and pursue the American dream.
How would you address concerns from business owners across the state dealing with supply chain issues and labor shortages?
As the wife of a small business owner, and as a state senator with a clear track record of working with the business community, I have witnessed how business leaders across the state are struggling with workforce and supply issues in the wake of the pandemic. I believe in targeted tax relief and incentives to help support and retain essential workers, stable funding for critical work support programs like childcare which I have led on and understand firsthand as a parent, increased workforce development collaborations, and investing public resources in local businesses whenever possible. What measures would you support to address overcrowding within the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services?
Nebraska’s system of mass incarceration and racial injustice overburdens taxpayers and does not advance our shared public safety goals. Working together we can draw upon the experience of our sister states and chart a better path that has better outcomes, saves money, and advances our shared public safety goals. Criminal justice reform should focus on prevention including investments in educational and economic opportunity, increased access to mental health and behavioral health treatment services, expansion of problem solving courts, updating our sentencing structure as suggested by the Crime and Justice Institute that was invited to Nebraska by the Governor, Legislature, and Supreme Court; increased investments in programming and rehabilitation, investments to ensure those detained and working in our prisons have a safe working environment; and reforms to probation, parole and re-entry to ensure returning citizens have the opportunity to succeed and help decrease recidivism.
What steps should the legislature take to entice young professionals to remain in the state?
Nebraskans must continue working collaboratively across the state and the political spectrum to address brain drain, retain, and recruit young professionals. I have worked with the Chambers of Commerce and workforce development specialists to do just that. I believe in a Nebraska where everyone belongs, where neighbors help neighbors, and where we all have the opportunity to succeed. These values and beliefs include support for internship programs, loan forgiveness programs like the ones I have passed in the legislature targeted to retaining and recruiting young professionals in high demand careers and areas, fighting discrimination and ensuring a culture of belonging, updating our economic development strategies to support innovation and entrepreneurs, and keeping our great public schools strong and access to an affordable higher education in our community colleges, state colleges , and universities a reality.
Do you support any changes to the way elections are run in Nebraska?
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, and we should work together to protect the fundamental rights and freedom to vote. I support enhancements to modernize election security measures and I support increased access to early voting and vote by mail options. I have a clear track record of protecting voting rights and fighting voter suppression so all eligible Nebraska voters can exercise their right to vote and ensure their voice is heard in our democracy.
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Deb Schorr
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Auditor for the former FirstTier Bank, Executive Assistant to Governor Kay Orr, Non-Profit Fundraising Consultant, Community Volunteer
Elected to the Lancaster County Board in 2003 and reelected in 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019.
Why are you running for office?
I am running to continue to be a conservative, business focused voice on the County Board focusing on 3 priority areas; infrastructure financing, promoting economic development and tourism, and property tax relief. My years of public service come with knowledge, perspective, and connections with local, state, and federal leaders. The relationships I have built with constituents and community stakeholders are extremely valuable and help to move Lincoln and Lancaster County forward. I am pro-family, pro-law enforcement, pro-business, and strongly support our veterans.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
Infrastructure improvements are a critical issue for Lancaster County. This means allocating additional funding and finding new revenue sources to pave and better maintain our roads as well as renovating and replacing our bridges. Infrastructure is also the expansion of broadband into rural parts of the county, water quality and quantity improvements projects, recruitment of expanded air service, and replacement of culverts to improve water flows following heavy rain events to prevent flooding. I will continue to advocate strongly for all these infrastructure concerns.
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James Herrold
Tell us about yourself.
I am a life-long Nebraskan who grew up on a farm in Seward County and have lived and worked in Lincoln for almost 20 years. I am a real estate agent working primarily in residential sales. I have a wife and two children.
Why are you running for this office?
I believe that many of my neighbors in District 46 have not had a Senator in the Legislature that speaks to their values for many years as someone with high political efficacy, I feel a call to step up and champion important issues. The legislative branch of government suits my personality well because I am a person who sticks to his principles, but am also collegial so I can help get important pieces of legislation passed.
What would be your top three priorities if elected?
Tax relief, eliminating burdensome bureaucracy, and strengthening protections for personal liberty.
What relevant experience would you bring to the office?
I believe my background would help bridge the rural/urban divide that we often see in the Legislature. I have worked in many industries for large corporations, small businesses, and am self-employed, so I’ve seen from many angles how policies affect different kinds of people. I have an MBA in finance so I am good at analyzing financials and budgets. I have a job where I must negotiate on behalf of my clients, and I believe that experience will translate well to negotiating on behalf of my constituents.
Do you support tax relief for Nebraskans? If so, what type and how would you make it happen?
Yes. We are going to see a budget surplus of over $1.5 billion at the end of the next biennium. That money should be, by and large, returned to the taxpayer. With new industries coming to Nebraska (e.g. the gaming industry) we will also start to see new sources of tax revenue. Those new sources along with the surplus should be used to lower the tax burden on individuals and families. Specifically, I will fight to lower the personal income tax rates, increase the standard deduction, and expand property tax credits.
How do you plan to make housing more affordable for Nebraskans?
When addressing the affordability of housing, it’s important to recognize where much of the housing expense comes from. Government creates a lot of the costs through its policies. The Federal government is responsible for much of it, and it’s tough to control that at the state level. But at the state level, the government imposes undue costs via property taxes, sales taxes on building materials, zoning restrictions, and a slew of other policies that make housing more expensive for homeowners AND renters alike. Until these are addressed, we won’t see real improvements in housing affordability.
How would you address concerns from business owners across the state dealing with supply chain issues and labor shortages?
It was a travesty that we let entire industries be slowed down during the last two years. The increased burdens, restrictions, and costs the government imposes on farmers, truckers, manufacturers, and other industries disrupts supply chains. At the same time, the state has increased policies encouraging individuals not to work. To solve these issues, we must stop subsidizing non-work and free up markets. That will increase the availability of a lot of products and labor.
What measures would you support to address overcrowding within the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services?
In order to alleviate overcrowding in the prisons, it is imperative we look at reducing the sentencing of non-violent offenders. If we think the solution is to just build more prisons so we can continue to incarcerate more non-violent offenders for longer periods of time and not look at reforming criminal justice generally, we will see more problems with recidivism and higher incarceration expenses.
What steps should the legislature take to entice young professionals to remain in the state?
Nebraska generally has a good economy and business climate. We can continue to improve, however, by reducing the overall tax burdens on businesses, families, and individuals. The more we do that, the more we’ll see Nebraskans will create opportunities. The more opportunities that are created, the more we will entice young professionals to not only stay, but also attract them from other parts of the country.
Do you support any changes to the way elections are run in Nebraska?
I support voter ID to protect the integrity of our elections. I am concerned about private money interfering in elections and would like to examine its potential impact in Nebraska to see if it is right to restrict it further.
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James Michael Bowers
Tell us about yourself.
I am a school social worker, Chair of the Lincoln City Council, and a small business owner in Havelock. My long history of community service began when I started volunteering at the Northeast Family Center as a senior at Northeast High School. I first got involved in politics when the state attempted to privatize child welfare. Working on the frontlines I saw how this policy harmed our children, foster parents, and working people. I have drawn from my experience working with children and families directly to improve systems throughout our city and state. As a lifelong resident of the Havelock neighborhood it has been an honor to fight for North Lincoln on the City Council.
Why are you running for this office?
Serving on the Lincoln City Council during the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of strong leadership in elected office. We need people in the Legislature who have worked on the front lines and can bring that experience to policy making. As a school social worker I’ve seen firsthand how Nebraska needs to improve access to health care, defend our public schools, keep children safe and protect seniors.
What would be your top three priorities if elected?
My priorities would be defending public schools, improving access to health care and fighting for working families, children and seniors.
What relevant experience would you bring to the office?
In my daily work as a school social worker I have seen how good policy can save lives and how bad policy can harm neighbors. I have a track record of translating that experience into results while serving on the Lincoln City Council. I have passed the greatest number of initiatives and ordinances with bipartisan support all while serving during the pandemic. I have been tested and proven to do what is right for our city and state.
Do you support tax relief for Nebraskans? If so, what type and how would you make it happen?
Currently, the highest tax bracket is for individuals who make $65,000 or more, meaning a person who makes a million dollars pays the same tax rate as someone in the middle class. Taxation is a complicated subject, and some people need relief more than others. I want to make sure that working class people get the relief they need. That means balancing our income tax system so that those on fixed incomes and the middle class aren’t bearing the weight of our community’s needs.
How do you plan to make housing more affordable for Nebraskans?
Nebraska must continue to encourage the creation of affordable housing units from programs like the Low Income Housing Tax Credit through NIFA. In addition, the state should prioritize providing funding for municipalities for the creation of workforce housing. Thirdly, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) has been used to incentivize developments, the Nebraska Legislature should pursue programs like Micro-TIF for potential first time home buyers to help with down payment assistance.
How would you address concerns from business owners across the state dealing with supply chain issues and labor shortages?
The labor shortage and supply chain issues can be addressed by working to attract and retain workers, prioritizing workforce development for residents, and making Nebraska a competitive place for businesses to grow and relocate to. I tackled the issue of workforce development while on the City Council by introducing and passing an ordinance to increase and incentivize apprenticeships in Lincoln.
What measures would you support to address overcrowding within the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services?
Nebraska’s prison remains one of the most overcrowded in the nation. As of September 2021, Nebraska prisons were at 150% of capacity, many for nonviolent or drug offenses. Our prisons should not be the main treatment facility for mental health and substance abuse. We must look at alternatives that provide better outcomes and keep Nebraska safer such as drug courts, probation and parole, and programs to reduce recidivism.
What steps should the legislature take to entice young professionals to remain in the state?
Attracting and retaining young professionals is key to ensuring Nebraska has a strong workforce. Nebraska can attract and retain young professionals by providing good paying jobs, creating vibrant neighborhoods, increasing the amount of affordable housing, and supporting an inclusive Nebraska that the next generation will be proud of.
Do you support any changes to the way elections are run in Nebraska?
Nebraska has safe and secure elections. We must work to make voting more accessible. We can increase accessibility by expanding early voting, voting by mail, and same day voting registration. This plan can ensure that all Nebraskans have access to their constitutional right.
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Jane Raybould
Tell us about yourself.
I’m a 4th generation Nebraskan and a 2nd generation grocer. I’m a business leader, environmental advocate, and an avid cyclist. I help run our family-owned business, started in 1964 by my parents and now with my brother, headquartered in Lincoln. We are the largest independent grocery operator in the state. I have been honored to serve the constituents in this legislative district, LD 28, for almost 12 years as their Lancaster County Commissioner and currently as a City Councilmember as these districts overlap. I’m also a very proud grandmother of two wonderful granddaughters, Paloma and Valentina, “Leni.”
Why are you running for this office?
I’m running for this office because I love public service, making a positive difference in my community, and keeping our state moving forward, not backward. I have the government expertise and business leadership to do so from Day 1. I am proud to be an independent business owner in a business with stores across our state and involved in those communities we serve. I am proud to be a job creator and one of the largest for-profits employers in our city. I am also truly honored to be an elected official and community leader championing positive progress with a track record of being pro-business and pro-community. I was truly honored to have traveled and listened to folks across our great state while campaigning for Lt. Governor and the U.S. Senate.
What would be your top three priorities?
I plan to take my government and leadership experiences to focus on the cost burden the state has shifted to our taxpayers by addressing the underfunding of public education, the overcrowding in our penitentiary, and the need for criminal justice reforms. We need to end this race to the bottom of states in the U.S that fail to fund public education adequately. As a business owner, funding public education and producing an educated workforce is absolutely essential to the economic well-being of our business and our state to not only grow and maintain our existing businesses but to attract more businesses. My priorities are further explained in tax relief for Nebraskans and overcrowding in our correction facilities.
What relevant experience would you bring to the office?
Besides my business work as a grocer, I have over 34 years of experience in the commercial real estate and construction industry. I understand the business of real estate and community development and the priority of creating affordable and workforce housing in our state and am actively engaged in doing so for our company. Serving as an elected official for almost 12 years is a valuable asset and advantage to transitioning to the legislature. I understand the process of making good government and sound policies. I know the importance of researching each issue and working across the aisle to find common ground. Most importantly, I am committed to working with anyone and everyone to better our state.
Do you support tax relief for Nebraskans? If so, what type and how would you make it happen?
Yes. We cannot address property tax relief in a vacuum. We must consider all revenue sources. Roughly 62% of local property taxes go towards public education, an investment that all communities are proud of. However, the State of Nebraska ranks 49th in providing funds to those local communities. To reduce the burden of property taxes, we need to fully fund public education and rectify our communities’ financial imbalance in delivering top-quality education. If you want property taxes reduced, the state needs to step up. Using some of the surplus revenue for a one-time infusion and then creating a sustainable funding source such as a percentage of the sales tax in the future would provide actual relief to our taxpayers.
As a County Commissioner, I felt strongly (and still do today) that the state needs to restore state aid to cities and counties as they have in the past in exchange for a lower property tax rate. The state also needs to fund county jail facilities fairly. Due to the overcrowding in the state penitentiary, the county jails hold inmates that have been sentenced but do not receive compensation from the state for these holds.
Additional tax relief can be in looking at goods and services and reconsidering those that are sales tax exempt and making the necessary adjustments.
How do you plan to make housing more affordable for Nebraskans?
Affordable housing is essential to attracting and retaining our young professionals and creating a diverse workforce. We need to look at sustaining the existing rental housing, often located in the older areas of any city, and constructing new multi-family and single-family dwellings. A lot of the issues are controlled with current local policies and zoning. As a Lincoln city councilmember, we have done and are looking at the following:
1. Making changes to zoning to increase density on reduced and irregular lots,
2. Reducing the red tape for in-fill projects,
3. Increasing inspections when warranted on problem rental properties and increasing fines,
4. Offering incentives to landlords to rehab properties with low or no-interest loans,
5. Creating new funding through the Community Development Resources (CDR), public and private capital to address the funding gap in supporting more affordable housing projects; and
6. Using TIF (tax increment financing) and other financing tools.
The state should also explore increasing funding to the Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust and rural workforce housing projects from the revenue surpluses. This is also essential in funding gaps for projects.
How would you address concerns from business owners across the state dealing with supply chain issues and labor shortages?
As an owner, the supply chain issues make everyday operations incredibly challenging and beyond our control. As a company, we have been proactive in purchasing or building, allowing for the extra lead time substituting equipment and product as we try our hardest to make goods and services available that our customers want. In remodeling and building new grocery stores, I also know that the equipment and delivery challenges are real and require proactive ordering, planning, and greater flexibility with all projects. Compounding these challenges is the labor shortages that we have been experiencing since before COVID. Business owners and government have to be proactive in offering competitive salaries, benefits, flexible hours, and amenities to attract and retain our workforce and be proactive in welcoming and embracing diversity.
What measures would you support to address overcrowding within the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services?
We need to embrace alternatives to incarceration and sentencing reform that other states have successfully implemented to reduce overcrowding. Instead of funding a new jail, we should be building a new Regional Center to treat the backlog of inmates unable to get the mental health services they have been court-ordered to receive. Many of these inmates stay in our county facilities for 140 – 175 days without the necessary treatment until a bed opens up in the Regional Center. This is all paid by local property taxes with no state reimbursements. We should continue to support our drug courts, veterans’ courts, and DUI diversion programs that save taxpayers money as the cost of this programming is far less than housing them in jail or the penitentiary. The other added benefit is that these individuals who complete the treatment programs are less likely to recidivate.
We also need to fully fund probation and parole along with assisted housing so that they can ensure those recently released in their care continue to get the support services they need to succeed. The bottom line is that this type of re-integration costs far less than building a new jail and has better outcomes for the community.
What steps should the legislature take to entice young professional to remain in the state?
I agree with Blueprint Nebraska that we need to be a more welcoming state, embracing our diversity and inclusivity by “delivering community exchange programs and diversity and inclusion leadership programs.” Nebraska is ranked #39 among all states in retaining and attracting young talent. We need to acknowledge that welcoming and retaining our young professionals, LGBTQ+, recent immigrants and refugees, and DACA (differed action childhood arrivals) makes good economic sense. I’m excited to see that cities across our state are doing initiatives to support businesses and amenities and community revitalization that retain our young professionals and families.
Do you support any changes to the way elections are run in Nebraska?
I want to say emphatically that our local, state, and federal elections are safe, free, fair, accurate, and run very efficiently. Our communities are proud of providing early voting and more accessible options to increase voter participation. I am not aware of voter fraud concerns anywhere in Nebraska. I want to be clear that I do not support a voter identification bill because it ultimately becomes another cost burden to the counties and cities. Requiring voter identification would disenfranchise minorities, college students, the elderly, and those with disabilities because getting the required identification creates costs and is just another barrier to voter participation.
However, I would like to suggest the following changes to campaign finance rules for state legislative races that will increase transparencies with election funding and that would put us more in line with other states in our region:
· Establish donation limits for individuals.
· Establish donation limits from state-wide elected officials and federal representatives – this will reduce the amount of money that a governor or any state-wide elected official can give to influence the outcome of a race.
· Fully disclose all donations.
· Establish limits for corporate and PAC (political action committee) contributions or prohibit both.
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Kristi Egger
Political Party: Democrat
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
I served as Deputy Public Defender in Hall County for a year, then 32 years as Deputy Public Defender in Lancaster County. Over my 33-year career, I was lead counsel in thousands of cases, trained and supervised law clerks, and mentored young attorneys. Very few attorneys have the experience I have handling juvenile, felony, misdemeanor, appeals, and mental health cases. With extensive work with our case management system, I am well-prepared to administer case assignments and caseloads. My years of hands-on work in Nebraska’s justice system have given me the tools necessary to effectively lead the office. See my website to learn more. www.KristiEgger.org
Why are you running for office?
Frankly, I am running because it is the right thing to do. It is necessary to restore the Public Defender’s Office to the position of respect that it previously had and to improve morale in the workplace. I will work full-time at the office, supporting all the attorneys and staff through mentoring, working side by side, and leading by example. Like every other elected Public Defender in Nebraska, the Lancaster County Public Defender needs to be physically present and involved in court. I will not be an absentee boss.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
In a word, overincarceration. Warehousing people in jail has never worked. The majority of our clients have substance use and/or mental health issues. Diversion, Drug Court, Mental Health Court/Diversion, and Veterans Court are all effective and humane ways to help clients without simply throwing them in jail. The focus should be on getting people the treatment they need. I will work to decrease overincarceration, increase participation in problem-solving courts, advocate to establish a Mental Health Court, and assist the legislative process as needed. We can reform the cash bond system. It unjustly penalizes the poor and leads to excessive incarceration, at great cost to taxpayers. I will work with criminal justice reform advocates and legislators to aid in fixing this broken system. I will work with the County Attorney to get more people into Diversion and other problem solving courts, which again, will help clients and their families, and save taxpayer money. We must keep fighting to end racism and discrimination in Nebraska’s criminal justice system. All these measures will help reduce the number of people incarcerated at taxpayer expense.
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Matt Schulte
Political Party: Republican
Previous related work experience/political offices held:
Executive Director of Campus Life, 2011-present
Elected Member of Board of Education 2015-2019
Why are you running for office?
When elected I will be a for-the-people official: pro-life, pro-business, pro-election security, pro-public safety. I will bring these Republican values with me into the board room each week.
What will be your top issue to tackle if elected?
I will fight to eliminate wasteful spending. The county board’s budget has exceeded inflation by 178% over inflation in the last 10 years (not including ARPA funds). I will reprioritize infrastructure. Our roads and bridges have continued to be neglected for far too long.
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Betty White’s personal possessions to go up for auction
(CNN) - Fans of the famous actress Betty White will have a chance to own several keepsakes from her lustrous career as the first lady of television.
Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, is putting 1,500 of her treasured possessions on the auction block this fall.
The items include everything from her award show gowns to her jewelry, home furnishings and even her “Golden Girls” director’s chair.
The collection also includes certificates for her 21 Emmy nominations and rare photos of her personal life and work on behalf of animal rights.
With all the memorabilia spanning White’s eight-decade career in entertainment, the auction is scheduled to take three days starting Sept. 23.
Fans will also be able to make their bids remotely, according to Julien’s Auctions.
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Justin Bieber offering a month of free online therapy to fans
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 3:43 PM CDT|Updated: 19 minutes ago
(CNN) - Justin Bieber wants you to find inner peace and is willing to pay to help you do it.
The pop star is partnering with online therapy company BetterHelp to offer a free month of service to his fans.
Bieber, 28, has been candid about his own mental health issues and says offering free therapy to fans is a “real blessing.”
He’s also giving members of his road crew free access to licensed therapists for 18 months.
The Grammy winner is currently on the first leg of the biggest tour of his career, The Justice Tour.
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Man charged after setting fire to home, killing woman and baby, police say
WALDORF, Md. (Gray News) - A man in Maryland was charged with arson and murder after he deliberately set a house on fire, killing a woman and a baby, according to police.
The Charles County Sheriff’s Office said Vincent Anthony Fisher II, 46, was charged Thursday with first-degree arson and murder.
According to the sheriff’s office, first responders were called to a home in Waldorf (about 30 miles south of Washington, D.C.) on March 31 for a report of an altercation and a fire. After the fire was extinguished, investigators found Rashawn Cline, 27, and her daughter, Dashawn Cline, 1, dead inside the home.
The victims were the daughter and the granddaughter of Fisher’s girlfriend.
During the investigation, officials determined the fire was deliberately set, and the medical examiner ruled the deaths as homicides as a result of the fire.
Fisher, who also lived at the residence, was identified as the suspect and was immediately arrested. He was also charged with assaulting another resident of the house during an altercation that happened just before the fire was set, the sheriff’s office said.
Fisher is being held at the Charles County Detention Center and was denied bond.
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Owl rescued after getting tangled up in barbed wire fence
Published: Apr. 8, 2022 at 3:31 PM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (Gray News) – Animal rescue groups in Colorado saved an owl that was stuck in a barbed wire fence this week.
The Arapahoe County Government said in a Facebook post Friday that the great horned owl got tangled up in the fence while “out and about fighting the Colorado winds this week.”
Residents called Arapahoe County Animal Services, and with the help of the Birds of Prey Foundation, rescuers were able to get the owl loose.
The owl is now recovering at a medical care facility.
Arapahoe County is located just outside of Denver.
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WATCH: Bear smashes through windshield after destroying inside of N.C. family’s SUV
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - A black bear in North Carolina was caught on camera attempting to get out of a family’s SUV through the windshield after being stuck inside overnight.
Ashley McGowin said she went to walk her dogs at 6:30 a.m. on Friday when she saw the hazard lights on her SUV blinking, WHNS reported.
When she went to see what it was, she discovered a bear trapped inside the vehicle.
The family believes the bear was able to open an unlocked door to get inside. It then destroyed the inside of the car before smashing the windshield in order to get back out.
The family recorded the bear while it was stuck trying to climb through the windshield.
McGowin said along with the damage to the car, the bear also urinated on her son’s homework that was in the SUV.
After making its escape, the bear was reunited with its two cubs.
The family reported it had a tracker on its ear.
Neighbors told McGowin they heard honking around midnight so she believes the bear was trapped in the SUV for more than six hours.
McGowin said they see bears around their house four to five times a week, but never in a situation like this before.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts are finalizing a deal to sign safety Rodney McLeod, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Friday.
McLeod is a 10-year veteran who has 123 career starts under his belt, including 13 last season with the Philadelphia Eagles. The 31-year-old recorded 58 total tackles and 2 of his 16 career interceptions in 2021.
His addition brings needed depth to the safety position. Starters Khari Willis and Julian Blackmon battled injuries last year, with Blackmon suffering a season-ending Achilles tear in October. Veteran backup and special teams ace George Odum signed with the San Francisco 49ers last month. Andrew Sendejo, who started 10 games for the Colts in fill-in duty last season, remains unsigned.
McLeod represents Indy’s second free agent signing of the week. The team inked former Chiefs’ safety and core special teamer Armani Watts to a 1-year deal on Tuesday.
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Make way for ducklings!
“Duck Dynasty” star Justin Martin and his wife, Brittany, took to social media April 7 to share some good news: The couple is expecting twins in October!
“Duck Dynasty” is a hit A&E reality TV series centered on a Louisiana family, the Robertsons, who own a multi-million-dollar sporting empire called Duck Commander, which specializes in duck hunting materials. Martin’s connection to the Robertsons and to “Duck Dynasty” is a deep one — he’s the general manager at Duck Commander.
Based on the photos Justin Martin has shared on Facebook — like this shot of the couple holding a haul after a hunt — it’s clear that both new parents are invested in the duck business:
The happy announcement came after what Martin called a tough few years, writing in an Instagram post that the area he calls home was hit hard by a hurricane in 2020. Just months after that ordeal, Martin’s father died.
“If you’ve followed along, you know our family has gone through a ton since 2020,” Martin wrote in an Instagram post announcing the pregnancy. “Little ones, we have prayed for you and soon enough we will get to pray with you. We are scared to death, excited beyond words and ready for this path God has chosen. Martin, Party of 4!”
The sweet caption was posted alongside a photo of twin onesies and a wooden letter board reading “Prayed for 1, blessed with 2.”
The couple also posted a video to TikTok capturing the moment — and Brittany Martin’s shocked face — when they learned they were having twins. “When there’s two instead of one…..,” Justin Martin captioned the video.
@jmartinduckman Well, looks like one may be a little more mischievous than the other one. #twins #newparents ⬠original sound – jmartinduckman
The Martins started dating in 2013, according to Country Music Nation. A season four episode of “Duck Dynasty” even showed castmates Uncle Si, Jase, Jep and Godwin helping Justin Martin get ready for his very first date with Brittany (née Brugman).
The pair wed in 2015. The twins will be the couple’s first children.
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BALTIMORE — Horse trainer Bob Baffert has been suspended for 90 days in Kentucky, California and New York after he was accused of drug violations in the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
Now, animal groups are pushing the Maryland Racing Commission to do the same.
The 147th running of the Preakness Stakes, held at Pimlico in Baltimore, will take place on May 21 this year.
Baffert, currently, is banned from competing in two-thirds of the Triple Crown - the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
Medina Spirit won the 2021 Kentucky Derby but was later disqualified after the horse had corticosteroid betamethasone in his system.
According to the Associated Press, attorneys for Baffert have argued that the betamethasone in Medina Spirit’s system came from a topical ointment, rather than an injection, which is banned. Racing officials have said no matter the source, betamethasone is not allowed on race day.
Medina Spirit, who finished third in the 2021 Preakness Stakes, collapsed and died following a workout in December 2021, from what was deemed a heart attack.
“The Maryland Racing Commission should take dutiful action against notorious trainer Bob Baffert to protect the betting public, the integrity of horse racing, and most importantly the horses themselves,” said Marty Irby, senior vice-president at the Center for a Humane Economy and executive director at Animal Wellness Action. “It was shameful to see Medina Spirit paraded around at the 2021 Preakness after testing positive for betamethasone at the Derby, and we will not tolerate business as usual in Baltimore this year.”
According to state animal groups, the Maryland Racing Commission has not issued any formal statement conveying action against Baffert as California and New York have, and the public isn’t generally aware of the custom of reciprocity.
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Vehicle crashes into UPS storefront on Bloomington's east side
H-T Report
A vehicle jumped the curb and destroyed the storefront of The UPS Store on Bloomington's east side a little before noon Friday.
The facility is at 885 S. College Mall Road in The Shoppes, near the Jackson Creek shopping center. The onsite manager said the outlet will be closed until repairs can be made.
Details on the driver, what caused the crash and any possible injuries were not immediately available.
This story will be updated.
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Accused drunk driver slams car into house in Morganville, NJ
MARLBORO — A woman, who police said was drunk, has been arrested after crashing her car into a house early Friday morning.
Just before 2 a.m., police received a 911 call from homeowners on Windflower Court in the Morganville section of town.
A vehicle had slammed through their home, causing extensive damage.
When officers arrived, they found that a white 2021 Acura had crashed through the first floor of the townhouse, leaving a 10-by-10-foot hole.
The homeowners were not injured.
The driver, a 41-year-old woman, was not injured but an investigation determined she had been driving while intoxicated.
She was processed at police headquarters and then released.
Members of the Robertsville Volunteer Fire Co. assisted with stabilizing the vehicle and removing it from the home.
However, the Marlboro Township Building inspector deemed the house uninhabitable at this time.
Jen Ursillo is a reporter and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You can reach her at jennifer.ursillo@townsquaremedia.com
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DENTON, Md. — An 18-year-old man from the Eastern Shore is one of two people accused of robbing and fatally shooting a victim in Delaware early Thursday morning.
Delaware State Police said Josiah Garrison, 18, of Denton, and Ramon Duker, 21, of Millsboro, Del., have been charged with first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, kidnapping, and related charges.
The suspects allegedly got in an altercation with a 49-year-old man at about 12:24 a.m. April 27 on Laurel Road in Laurel, Del., then robbed and shot him. They then allegedly ordered an acquaintance of the victim at gunpoint to drive them away.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, after being found shot in the driveway; he has not been identified yet.
The two suspects were found later that afternoon, after they went to a Lewes, Del., hospital for an injury that Garrison suffered. Troopers arrested them there.
Both were ordered held on $1.15 million cash bond.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The recent report from Special Master Alan Wilner in the redistricting case received challenges from Fair Maps Maryland. They highlight claims of partisan gerrymandering and prove once again that the legislative map is unconstitutional.
Fair Maps Maryland is a non-profit organization dedicated to the termination of gerrymandering and the implementation of non-partisan redistricting.
Here are the petitioner's exceptions to the report:
- Petitioners presented evidence that claimed these districts aren't compact and that partisan political considerations led to District 33's final shape. The report ignores the petitioner's evidence and reached a conclusion contrary to governing legal principles.
- District 27 violates Article III, which requires that legislative districts of adjoining territory and give due regard for natural boundaries and the boundaries of political subdivisions. The report couldn't refute these challenges.
- The doctrine of legislative privilege doesn't bar Petitioners from challenging districts drawn as they were.
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SEVERN, Md. — A third-grader at Severn Elementary School was unsuspecting.
At lunch time, he turned around to the most amazing surprise.
Staff Sgt. Elvin Crowner, who has been deployed for nearly a year, returned back home to surprise his son at school Friday morning.
Staff Sgt. Crowner has been away since last May. He has been deployed four times, twice since his son was born.
Fighting back emotions, Crowner gave his son a big hug.
Crowner said he plans to take his golfing buddy on a father-son adventure to Top Golf.
"I been trying to imagine what this would be like,” Staff Sgt. Crowner said. “Ya know, for the last couple weeks, knowing that I was coming home and trying to keep it from him, but he’s so smart. He’s always going to figure it out. But when I saw him, I mean, it’s just joy. I'm not really the type of person to cry, but I’m holding it back.”
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Best & worst SAT scores in NJ after pandemic ‘learning loss’
The pandemic took its toll on college assessment tests taken by high school students in New Jersey, according to the school report cards released by the state this week.
The data in the report reflects that about 60% fewer students took the PSAT, 35% fewer took the SAT, 40% fewer took a special education assessment and 30% fewer took an assessment for English-language learners.
Among those who did take the tests, performance was up. The average combined score on the PSAT climbed from 949 in 2019-20 to 1020 in 2020-21, and it rose from 1072 to 1117 on the SAT. The ACT average score went up in math, reading and science and was level in English.
It’s possible the higher average scores could reflect that it was generally the most committed students who took the exams.
“Most of the impacts are decreases in overall participation, with some areas seeing larger impacts than others,” Assistant Education Commissioner Kathy Ehling said.
Average SAT scores for all NJ high schools, 2020-21
Reports for the state, each district and each public school can be accessed on the state Department of Education website or through www.njschooldata.org.
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Fort Lee, NJ man kidnapped, transported to Queens for ransom, cops say
FORT LEE — A borough man was allegedly kidnapped from his home on Monday and held for ransom for a day, until he was eventually rescued by authorities.
Three New Yorkers allegedly responsible for the crime were caught and charged with conspiring to commit kidnapping.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, Fa Deng, 42, of Staten Island, Albert Ferrelli, 50, of Queens, and Chiahao Lee, 30, of Queens, could spend life in prison if convicted.
According to case documents, which do not identify the victim by name, the three defendants and another conspirator drove to the home of the victim on Catherine Street, entered wearing masks, and then bound the victim's hands and placed duct tape over his eyes and mouth, before forcing him into a vehicle.
Law enforcement was notified that the victim's wife, who resides in China, was contacted by the suspects, who were demanding a ransom of approximately $680,000. The wife had received a photo of her husband with duct tape over his eyes and mouth.
At around the same time, a neighbor called police to report that two unknown men were walking around the victim's home.
When officers arrived at the home, they located evidence of foul play.
A subsequent review of local surveillance footage was able to identify the vehicle used in the abduction, a gray minivan. Authorities were able to locate the van in other footage and found that it had crossed the George Washington Bridge and traveled into Queens.
New York police responded to a location in Queens, where they encountered Ferrelli guarding the door. They could hear a man screaming for help from inside the building, and when they entered, found the victim still bound with his eyes and mouth covered.
Surveillance footage uncovered that during his captivity, the victim attempted to escape but was eventually found and brought back into the building.
The gray minivan seen in the surveillance footage was found parked in the driveway of Lee's home in Queens. The minivan had been rented by Lee's wife at LaGuardia Airport.
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BALTIMORE — Often times the grimmest parts of our history are the most important ones to remember and learn from.
This morning, Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen highlighted a museum exhibit with that exact idea in mind.
"We have to shine a light on our past, the good, the bad, and the ugly," said Van Hollen.
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American Heritage will open a permanent memorial on the history of lynching in Maryland. That memorial is due in part to funding Senator Van Hollen pushed for in the senate.
The senator was also joined by the executive director of the museum and talked about the importance of this memorial.
"We are excited to begin to think about what a an exhibition and memorial can look like as we honor those who are known, but frankly, those who are unknown, as well," said Terri Lee Freeman.
The museum has not said when the memorial will open to the public.
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NJ gymnastics coach took inappropriate pictures, cops say
PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS — State Police charged a gymnastics coach who works with girls with creating and possessing child sexual abuse material.
Nicholas Adair, 24, of the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany, was brought to the attention of the New Jersey State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Unit after being notified by other law enforcement agencies.
An investigation revealed he was taking "inappropriate pictures" during practices and competitions which detectives found on his cell phone when it was seized following his arrest on March 30.
Adair was charged with manufacturing and possession of child sexual abuse material. He was being detained in the Morris County Jail pending trial.
Full-time coach, graduate of Triton Regional High School
State Police did not disclose the name of the organization he worked for. According to his website, he was a full-time coach at Paramount Gymnastics in Hillsborough. He also said on his website he is a mindset coach, crisis counselor, hypnotist and life coach.
The owners of Paramount Gymnastics told NJ.com Adair was fired on March 30 when they became aware of the charges.
His Linkedin page shows he attended Charter University, an online college, and Triton Regional High School in Runnemede.
State Police asked anyone who may have been a victim or has any information about Adair to email hitechinformation@njsp.org.
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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — A shopping strategy could save people a significant amount of money.
"Spend your money faster, the stuff that you need to buy, buy it immediately," said Scott Schuh, macroeconomist and associate professor at West Virginia University.
Spending money quickly may seem like the opposite thing to do, but inflation is at a 40-year high and it’s only going up. The price of items are rising so quickly, that Schuh says waiting until the end of the month to shop will end up costing more.
"Now you also have to be careful because you don't want to overspend and get to the end of the month and then have to put things on credit cards, but at least you can save one month of inflation by buying sooner," he said.
Buying in bulk is also something to consider. One roll of toilet paper may be cheaper than the 20 pack, but each roll in that 20 pack is much cheaper than the one.
Schuh says inflation is so high right now, used car prices are increasing. At the end of last year, the average used car price was more than $28,000— up 28% the year before and 42% higher than in 2019. Shuh said selling a used car now may not be a bad idea.
"It's kind of like sell high and buy low, so shifting from a used car, a good used car that's really desirable and could get you a good return that you'll probably never see again and leverage that into purchasing a newer car is a nice budgeting play that could help save you some money, if you can afford to manage that in your budget," he said.
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SEATTLE, Wash. — It’s a hobby for some and a way to commute for others. No matter the reason, more people are saying ‘yes’ to pedal power.
“People learned during COVID that cycling is fun again,” said Martin Pluth, general manager for Gregg’s Cycle in Seattle.
After a year of record sales in 2020 and a year of record supply chain holdups in 2021, this year is set to come with a different challenge: inflation.
“We're up 20% and there's really nothing that can account for that other than the fact we have bikes in stock that we didn't have a year ago, and I think the gas prices are having an impact as well,” said Pluth. “It definitely, I think, will have a long-term effect if the prices remain where they're at today. I don't think high gas prices are good nationwide, but at the same time, it's good for our business.”
Pluth said the bike shop, normally quiet in the cooler spring months, is bustling with people coming in for repairs and new bikes.
“We've seen a few bike booms and in the over the years where we've seen a real surge in sales and then it will taper back. This is not predicted to do that this time,” said Pluth.
Pluth thinks the pandemic and the inflation crisis are starting to permanently change attitudes. More people see cycling as a viable transportation solution.
The electric bike market is growing the most.
“I started this company when I was 15 years old, and I did it because I couldn't afford to keep my old broken-down car running,” said Mike Radenbaugh, founder and CEO of Rad Power Bikes.
Radenbaugh said his sales have spiked across the country as customers started to feel that same pain.
“We're finding that about 30% of customers today, the primary reason for coming in is to it's to skirt high gas prices,” said Radenbaugh.
With more than 250 million cars on the road, Radenbaugh is hoping this moment becomes an opportunity to put some of those cars in the garage for good.
“Electric bikes get 1,600 miles per gallon, energy equivalent. Compare that to an electric car, which gets about 100 miles per gallon and equivalent or traditional car, which gets between 20 and 40 miles per gallon, energy equivalent,” said Radenbaugh.
With 77% of car trips being less than 10 miles and 60% less than 5 miles, replacing a couple of drives for a cycle might not be as tough as most think.
“E-bikes go up to 45 miles on a charge, and on a single charge. And they do that with about nine cents of electricity,” said Radenbaugh. “There really is no better solution right now to some of these major macro challenges in our society.”
These avid cyclists hope this seemingly endless price hike gives more people a chance to see the value of having two wheels instead of four.
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The new head of Yemen's internationally recognized government says the council he leads will work to end the country's grinding civil war. The remarks came in the first televised address by Rashad al-Alimi on Friday.
He thanked his government's backers —Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — which have been helping Yemeni government forces fight the Iran-backed Houthi rebels for years. Al-Alimi's speech comes as both sides trade accusations of breaking a week-old cease-fire. Yemen's exiled president stepped aside and transferred his powers to the presidential council on Thursday.
The announcement came as international efforts to end the 8-year civil war with a two-month truce.
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DETROIT, Mich. (WXYZ) — A 4-year-old boy has a new best friend after losing his old one.
After going with his mother to run errands in March, Leo's stuffed puppy was gone.
“I called every store, nothing," Emily Sudekum said. "We went back up to Meijer. We went through the whole store and went through the stuffed animal section because they thought he might be there. And then we called 7-Eleven, went back up there. No luck at all,” said Emily.
“He was emotional for two days. He was crying. He wouldn’t sleep. He wouldn't do nothing,” Sudekum said.
Desperate to cheer up Leo, Sudekum posted in community Facebook group— asking if anyone had seen her son’s beloved missing stuffed animal. At first, no luck. But then, Sudekum said a woman reached out.
“She was like, ‘hey, my kids have one that they would love to give to your son,’ And so thankfully, she was amazing, and she actually showed up like three hours later at my house with the stuffed animal,” Sudekum said. “She drove the puppy all the way to my house and her two kids actually gave it to him.”
Sudekum said Leo was filled with joy.
“His whole face just lit up. He was super excited, you know, like he was snuggling," Sudekum said.
This story was originally reported by Alexandra Bahou on wxyz.com.
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Transgender kids and their parents say they feel attacked by a wave of Republican-sponsored legislation and policies aimed at trans youth.
Bills have been introduced to ban gender-affirming care and block transgender children from using school restrooms or playing on sports teams that don't match their sex at birth. Proponents say the measures are about protecting children and preserving the integrity of girls' sports.
Opponents argue that they target already vulnerable children for the sake of scoring political points.
Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, said “Honestly, I’m a little scared now,” she said Thursday after learning the bill had passed. ”But we’re still going to fight no matter what.”
Alabama is among the states with a Republican-controlled legislature advancing these bills.
Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senior counsel for the Human Rights Campaign said, “In one breathtakingly cruel and cowardly day, the Alabama legislature passed the single most anti-transgender legislative package in history.”
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BALTIMORE (WMAR) — Friday, friends and family gathered at M&T Bank Stadium for what was supposed to be the retirement celebration for a Navy Master Chief, but he pulled off the surprise of a lifetime for guests and his wife.
It started out as a retirement ceremony for Master Chief Chris Ingles.
He was deployed for an unheard of 78% of his career, completing 14 submarine deployments and many months in the Middle East with special forces. He was also promoted to one of the highest ranks available to enlisted members.
“Never would I have imagined staying in this long from where I started,” Ingles said. “I wrote my mom a letter from boot camp on where to meet me so I could jump the fence and escape.”
After 21 years of service, he’s choosing to spend more time with his family.
“I have no doubt that you will succeed no matter where life takes you. Fair winds and following seas shipmate,” retiring officer Commander Katie Abdallah said.
“There are some things that are coming into retirement with me. The kind of friendships that only happen in our 50th straight hour of being awake. Knowing that no matter what I get myself into, whatever help I need anywhere, there is someone that will come,” Ingles said.
Friends and family gathered for the celebration and were shocked to find out that wasn’t the only reason they were all there.
Ingles wanted to celebrate his wife Jesse, who had been there for him through it all.
“When I met her in middle school, I told her mom I was gonna marry her and after all these years, she’s still here,” said Ingles.
They got married in August 2002, but new had a real wedding.
“We tried when we were younger, she had a wedding dress. We attempted to do this but it was just too much at the time,” said Ingles. “By the time we could afford it, I was never home longer than a month.”
So after 2 1/2 years of planning, secret Facebook pages and Zoom meetings, he pulled off the ultimate surprise wedding.
He got down on one knee. Her friends whisked her away to get changed into her wedding dress. She returned as a bride and they renewed their vows in front of all the people who supported them along the way.
“I feel very surprised,” Jesse Ingles said. “I have always missed that we didn’t get to celebrate with friends and family. I was just excited to see everybody today for other reasons but yeah, that was really nice that everybody could be here.”
Now it’s making up for lost time with his wife and son. His advice for other military members and their families: treasure those moments.
“I would tell people that throughout your career to make sure you focus on that family element. I admittedly was not the best at it all the time because, in a military structure, that’s how you become more successful is you give more time to them,” Ingles said.
One thing that’s certain for both of them: looking back, it was all worth it.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana Hoosiers men’s basketball standouts Trayce Jackson-Davis and Race Thompson have signed NIL deals with Hoosiers for Good, and they’ll promote Fort Wayne’s Turnstone as part of the agreement.
Hoosiers for Good, which connects charities and student athletes “to help Indiana communities thrive,” signed a class of 14 Indiana University athletes. Each athlete “will use their platform and influence to raise awareness” for Indiana charity partners.
Athletes will make in-person appearances and social media posts for the charities, Hoosiers for Good said.
“From the outset, we have been intentional in identifying student athletes who have a platform and the ambition to positively impact communities in Indiana through charitable participation,” said Hoosiers For Good Executive Director Tyler Harris. “We believe this first class of Hoosiers For Good student athletes, and all subsequent classes, will drive real value for our charitable partners.”
It’s not immediately known how Jackson-Davis and Thompson will raise awareness for Turnstone, which supports people with disabilities and their families. Turnstone spokeswoman Stasha Carrasquillo said it was “very excited and honored to be involved, particularly with the athletes we were paired with.”
In Jackson-Davis, Turnstone scores Indiana University’s most well-known student-athlete, having led the Hoosiers to the NCAA tournament this past season. He’s spending the off-season testing NBA waters.
While Jackson-Davis was Indiana’s most prolific scorer last season, front court mate Thompson was perhaps its most consistent. He’s considering a return to the Hoosiers next year.
“I’m excited to partner with Stop the Violence Indianapolis and Turnstone as a Hoosiers For Good athlete,” said IU men’s basketball forward Trayce Jackson-Davis. “I am truly blessed to raise awareness for these causes that empower people throughout Indiana.”
Jackson-Davis and Thompson will also promote Stop the Violence Indianapolis, which works for social change in Indianapolis.
Hoosiers for Good also signed IU athletes from the women’s basketball program, football, women’s volleyball, softball, women’s swimming and diving, and women’s soccer.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Local officials won’t say for certain they are planning to build a new $350 million county jail.
What is certain are the steps the Allen County Commissioners have taken in the last week to make a new jail a reality.
Friday, the commissioners approved a resolution allowing them to reimburse expenditures related to any jail bonding. Commissioners’ president Nelson Peters said some of those costs would include architectural fees and paying a construction manager.
On April 1, the commissioners voted to hire Construction Control, Inc., a construction management firm based here, to oversee all aspects of construction. That contract cost $150,000.
In Friday’s resolution, the county is directed to pay some initial project costs from the county’s EDIT Fund, cumulative Capital Development Fund and General fund.
Earlier this week, Nelson Peters, the commissioners’ president, said he expected the jail complex would be financed through a variety of funding measures that would include bonds. Barnes & Thornburg’s Indianapolis office and Ice Miller, another law firm with expertise in this type of financing, have been consulted on the project which apparently has moved along at a greater speed than normal.
County officials, including Sheriff David Gladieux and the county commissioners, were given 45 days to come up with a plan to address the overcrowding and associated problems at the jail after Federal Judge Damon J. Leichty found in favor of the ACLU and Allen County inmates who sued the county demanding an end to “inhumane conditions” at the jail.
“Obviously 45 days suggests that we’ve got to move reasonably quickly,” Peters said after the commissioners’ meeting Friday morning. “At the end of the day, there are some changes that are going to need to be made…We’re really sort of laying the groundwork to provide as much flexibility in ultimately arriving at a decision, whether it’s alternative sentencing or building a new jail.”
The judge has demanded to see how the county intends to reduce the population to 730 inmates from an average of about 800 inmates, and, if they are to build a new jail, the judge wants to see the plans.
“In the immediate future we need to get down to 730 inmates,” Peters said. “We can do that under the current jail structure, but obviously we’ve got to think about the long term and what the implications for criminal justice in Allen County area are.
Plans were already in the works for a new jail last year when the county commissioned a study of the entire county criminal justice system executed by Elevatus Architecture, a local firm with with a dossier of more than 60 jail constructions nationwide.
Rev. Timothy Murphy of Plymouth Congregation Church was one of a few speakers at the Friday meeting to ask for more alternative sentencing.
“If we build a new jail, it’s just going to be filled. We need to work towards alternatives to that and jails might be appropriate, but care first for people with mental health issues, with substance abuse issues, housing issues,” Murphy said, emphasizing that using “jails as a last resort will help reduce the intensity and overpopulation and make it so that we don’t need a new facility.”
The commissioners issued a statement Tuesday listing steps already taken, such as commissioning the study on the entire criminal justice system in Allen County.
One of those steps was shipping out 50 federal inmates the Allen County Sheriff has accepted in the past. Friday, 27 federal inmates remained at the jail.
But the preponderance of inmates are Level 6 felony inmates. On Friday there were more than 300 Level 6 inmates and 220 inmates who had violated one of the county programs – parole, probation, Allen County Community Corrections and Re-entry Court.
“A lot of these decisions are made through the judiciary (system) right now. Long term, we’re going to have to work with our judicial counterparts here in Allen County to see if there are ways to get to that point with both some of the level 6 folks who are in the jail now as well as the probation violators,” Peters said.
The jail is routinely overcrowded and has become more so since the state legislature passed legislation in 2014 sending Level 6 Felony prisoners back to county jails. The legislation, designed to reduce Indiana’s prison population, spurred new jail construction.
Then, in 2018, state legislation offered counties a new financing measure called “local income tax” rate or LIT to build jails. LIT rates are allowed up to 0.2% per dollar, but are used in increments of 0.01% per dollar of income tax and cannot be in effect for more than 22 years, according to information at a February commissioners’ meeting.
On a home valued at about $123,000, the tax liability would range from about $31 to $62 annually, according to information sheets provided by Baker Tilly, municipal advisors present at the meeting. LIT taxes can also be used to pay for rehabilitation facilities, the advisors said.
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COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. (WANE) — Indiana State Police have asked for the public’s help to identify a man who pulled over a woman in Whitley County and impersonated an officer last week.
State police said around 10 p.m. March 31, a man pulled over a woman on a rural stretch of West Lincolnway between Columbia City and Pierceton. He was dressed as a police officer, wearing a campaign style police hat, and was driving a white passenger car with a flashing red and blue emergency light on the dashboard, state police said.
No information about the fake stop itself was released.
State police said the woman worked with a sketch artist to create a composite sketch of the man. On Friday, state police released that sketch:
He’s described as a white male in his 30s or 40s, with a tall, muscular build, and a mustache. The make and model of his vehicle was unknown.
Anyone with any information on the man is asked to call the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department tip line at (260) 244-6410, option 4, or email tips@whitleysd.com.
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Low Cut Connie | photo by Emily DeHart for WXPN
Announcing WXPN’s XPoNential Music Festival Summer Celebration
In place of its now-canceled, annual 3-day XPoNential Music Festival taking place on the Delaware Riverfront in late July, fans will be able to revisit past years’ performances online, when WXPN presents “XPNFest Fridays.” Two complete, back-to-back complete sets from the festival archives will be available every Friday night at 7 p.m. ET during June and July, with full sets by Courtney Barnett (2015) and Low Cut Connie (2019) kicking the series off on Friday, June 5.
More festival celebrating will take place with the “XPNFest Weekend” from Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26, featuring archived XPoNential Music Festival performances as well as new and exclusive performances by selected artists who were scheduled to perform at this year’s event: Archived festival performances will be available online on July 24 and 25, and exclusive new concerts recorded and provided by artists will be online and on-air Sunday, July 26. Fans can talk about the event and share using the #XPNFest hashtag.
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The Assessment Department of the state Board of Education is looking into possible disruptions of testing at Talladega High School in the wake of the non-renewal of the principal, but is not taking a position one way or the other on the non-renewal.
According to Communications Director Michael Sibley, “Our concern is with the consistency and quality of the assessments,” specifically the 11th grade ACT. “It is important to maintain the validity of the testing process. The principal contract is strictly a local issue.”
A story posted by AL.com earlier this week seemed to imply that the state had stepped in to look into the circumstances around Dr. Darius William’s non-renewal, but Sibley emphasized that this was not the case.
“We are just wanting to make sure that testing was not interrupted,” he said.
Sibley said the investigation would likely take a week or so, but it was not entirely clear Thursday what remedies might be available if the testing process was compromised.
Williams and two other principals were non-renewed by a vote of 4-1 during a called meeting March 29. One of the other two principals was still in her probationary period and the other was planning to retire. Williams’ non-renewal, however, resulted in the board members being presented with a petition signed by more than 300 people and a defense of Williams’ record as an administrator and as a father-figure to his students from Rev. Tim Caldwell and Williams himself.
Superintendent Dr. Quentin Lee and the board members, including Chuck Roberts, who cast the dissenting vote, all declined to comment on the reasons for the non-renewal.
In his defense, Williams referred to an issue regarding transcripts from several years ago that was not addressed because the board had refused to provide him with a 12-month counselor. He also pointed to teacher shortages in core subjects as contributing to unsatisfactory testing scores.
After the board voted, a group of primarily seniors walked out of Talladega High School and launched an ongoing protest of Williams’ removal. Although a handful of parents and at least one teacher have also been involved, the protests have been overwhelmingly made up of students.
The protests grew the day after the vote, when Lee declared an E-learning day at the high school. The protesters moved from just off the grounds of Talladega High School to the sidewalk in front of the Central Board Office.
Williams has also declined to comment beyond his public statements to the board.
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ODENVILLE – All-American Ford, a new dealership that officially opened its doors April 2 with a grand opening celebration, is giving officials throughout the entire region reason to celebrate.
The 20,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility at the Interstate 59 and Alabama 174 interchange in Odenville will employ 40 at capacity, and it is the first major development in the St. Clair County portion of Interstate 59. Officials expect it to be the catalyst for even further commercial development.
Cutting edge technology and electric vehicle charging stations are among the features of this first full Ford signature-branded dealership in Alabama and Georgia. Co-owner John Makovicka said it may be the first of its brand in the Southeast.
“We certainly embrace residential growth, but we survive on commercial developments,” Odenville Mayor Buck Christian said. “The I-59 corridor remains an excellent opportunity for financial and commercial growth in St. Clair County.”
“The All American team, City of Odenville and the St. Clair County Commission have worked so well together on this project,” Don Smith said, executive director of the St. Clair Economic Development Council. “They all have a shared vision to grow our community and provide the best service and quality possible. We all believe this will be the first of many new investments on the I-59 corridor.”
The initial, total investment for the project is $6 million.
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Free at Noon Flashback: Michaela Anne brings a life full of travels to World Cafe Live
Michaela Anne stopped by the Lounge at World Cafe Live on her radio tour of the northeast today to share songs from her new album, Desert Dove. Like many country artists, Michaela Anne lives in Nashville now, after studying music and spending a decade in New York City. But it’s her nomadic upbringing with her military family that inspires her songwriting the most (and, as the singer-songwriter joked, has inspired a lot of therapy, too).
On Desert Dove, Michaela Anne takes a leap forward with evocative songwriting that captures her love for storytelling. Backed by a four-piece band, she opened today’s set with “One Heart,” before moving through a selection of the album’s country and Americana inspired songs. On “Child of the Wind” Michaela Anne describes that life full of travels, “Two Fools” and “I’m Not the Fire mix love and frustration, while Desert Dove‘s title track finds inspiration in the people she’s met on the road.
Before closing with the lively “Run Away With Me,” Michaela Anne played the stirring album single “By Our Design,” which she said she wrote about the importance of choosing your own path — pursuing music, in her case — even if it doesn’t make sense to everyone in your life. After she was off the air, Michaela Anne stayed on stage for a solo encore, treating the audience to a new song that she hasn’t yet recorded, and stuck around in the lobby to greet fans.
Desert Dove is out now and Michaela Anne returns to Philadelphia to play MilkBoy on December 18. Find tickets and more information on the XPN Concert Calendar.
Setlist
One Heart
Child of the Wind
I’m Not the Fire
Two Fools
Desert Dove
By Our Design
Run Away With Me
Somebody New
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Bok Bar Returns with New Chef Residency Series
Starting April 14th, the notorious rooftop spot returns for 29 weeks with more than 120 events planned as well as a new chef residency series.
Guess who’s officially renewed for another season in South Philly?
The Bok Bar team announced on Instagram over the weekend that they’ll be back for their seventh season for outdoor drinks and a whole lot of restaurant collaborations on top of the Bok Building.
They’re set to run for 29 weeks with more than 120 events planned as well as a new chef residency series. Bok Bar says the space is mostly doing away with seated-service reservations this year, so spots are primarily saved for walk-ins. They’re also foregoing weekly pop-ups in favor of monthly chef partnerships and menu takeovers, peppered with drag brunches by Drag Mafia, drunken drawing classes, trivia nights, rooftop yoga, DJ sets, and monthly sustainability conversations.
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The partnerships this year include everyone from a collaboration between Poi Dog and Frizzwit to a Kalaya takeover in June, and an August series from Everybody Eats — a collective of Black chefs and activists working to ensure food security for all. Things are kicking off this April with Samar Lazzari of Stoa Takeaway. Lazzari will be in the drivers seat from opening day until May 1st, serving a vegetarian-leaning menu inspired by the Arab American diaspora. See the menu here.
After its opening on Thursday, April 14th, Bok Bar will be up and running Wednesday through Sunday from now until October.
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West Philly Bar Fiume Has Finally Reopened … Kinda … Sorta …
But one notable personality, whose vision shaped the unique space for the better part of two decades, won't be behind the bar.
On Thursday afternoon, I heard through the grapevine that popular West Philly bar Fiume had reopened on Wednesday night. This was seriously good news to me, because of all the Philly bars that had shut down due to COVID, Fiume was the one I missed the most. And while many other bars reopened one by one, Fiume remained shuttered. It turns out that Fiume’s reopening is a little complicated.
I came to know Fiume through Kevin James Holland, the consummate bartender and craft cocktail enthusiast who started operating the bar nearly 20 years ago. (The bar was, and remains, under the ownership of Abyssinia, the Ethiopian restaurant downstairs.) From my early days frequenting Fiume, it was evident that Kevin was the main visionary behind the cramped-but-charming bar.
Under his leadership as the longtime manager, the Best of Philly-winner Fiume offered more than 100 varieties of beer and an ambitious cocktail program, especially for such a tiny spot. The bar had this unmistakable supercool vibe — Fiume was a place you felt lucky to get a seat at.
Alas, Kevin is no longer associated with Fiume, something that came as a surprise to him, since he said on Thursday he fully expected to be part of a reopening plan.
“I’m sad,” Kevin said on Thursday evening. “I was making plans with Abyssinia and the entire staff about reopening with me returning as manager. And then yesterday, I got an email out of the blue from a few former staff. It said [they] were opening up a new bar in the space.”
Bartenders at the new Fiume put it a different way.
“Basically what happened was that three of us got our jobs back, and one didn’t,” Brian, one of the bartenders at the reopened Fiume, told me on Thursday when I stopped in to check it out. Brian also suggested that Kevin had a “difficult” relationship with the owner of Abyssinia, for whom all of them worked. Repeated attempts to reach the owner of the restaurant for comment were unsuccessful.
The tension between the new and old Fiume was also evident in a communique, prominently displayed on a chalkboard in the reopened bar, which read: “More Fiume than Fiume.”
As for the name of the bar, the bartenders present on Thursday told me that the bar is and always has been technically known as Upstairs at Abyssinia. “But people will keep calling it Fiume, and that’s fine with us,” one said. “You can just call us Fiume.” Another chimed in: “I like to think of us as the Fiume Community Center. All of us working here have been drinking at Fiume for a long, long time.”
So what of the new Fiume, or whatever it’s called? There are still lots of beers, though not as many. Still lots of cocktails that sound impressive. There’s also a new paint job, new lighting fixtures, and a new bar top, seen below.
The new operators also told me they planned to bring back live music — for which Fiume was always known — in a separate room that once acted as a pool room, then an indoor bocce room, and, finally, a storage space. They also said they will be able to allow Fiume customers to drink back there even if live music isn’t happening.
“We want to be able to socially distance people,” one Fiume operator told me. “COVID is not over.” (The bar requires proof of vaccination while the restaurant downstairs does not.)
The new version of Fiume expects to be open from 5 p.m. to midnight daily.
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Inside the Hollywood-Glam Home of Nicole Cashman and Nigel Richards
With bold details and personalities at play, a Philly power couple brings some tinseltown sparkle to a historic Montgomery County estate.
For Nicole Cashman, CEO of her eponymous PR firm, and her husband, world-touring techno DJ turned real estate pro Nigel Richards, relocating from their Northern Liberties townhome to the suburbs three years ago was a big deal. After decades of city living, a near-8,000-square-foot 19th-century manor house in Wyndmoor seemed the best move for their family of three.
With help from ECG Design’s Elizabeth Greenhalgh, the couple’s new home soon reflected their bold personalities and passion for entertaining. Glamorous, playful details — fuchsia velvet custom banquettes, tailored floor-to-ceiling drapes with tassel ties, a vintage Louis Vuitton light sculpture, an original 1970s Disco-tek record player refurbished with Sonos, a dramatic antique rock-crystal chandelier, and Philip Jeffries’s Tinseltown wallpaper — reflect a Hollywood Regency influence.
“I wanted to translate a continuity and a feeling that reflected the family: bold, stylish and full of energy and love.”
– Elizabeth Greenhalgh, ECG Design
The grand dining area, in which a wall was removed to expand the space, is ideal for the dinner parties they’ve started to host again (featuring a full set of Hermès Ikat china, no less). Conversation pieces abound, including a large painting of Mick Jagger that Richards bought in college with his roommate for $500; the Dennis E. “Denny” Dent piece is now worth considerably more.
The most priceless work of art? An abstract drawing by their seven-year-old son Jett, set among the “real ones” and just as cool.
Dining Room
A wall was knocked down to create an expansive dining room with two fireplaces. Brian Kappra of Evantine Design provides florals for the homeowners’ dinner parties and nonprofit events.
Game Room
Cashman had the original sign from Richards’s former South Street store, 611 Records, cleaned, mounted, and put on a Lucite rod as a birthday gift. Also featured: a re-covered-and-lacquered bridge table owned by Richards’s grandmother.
Living Room
Art provided a building block for color in the living room, Greenhalgh says. Denny Dent’s Mick Jagger painting “added a lovely pop to a white wall and balanced the bold of the high-gloss black paint on the woodwork and built-ins.”
Cocktail Lounge
This space between the foyer and kitchen boasts Scalamandré’s iconic zebra-print wallpaper. During events, tailored drapery can be drawn to screen the kitchen and catering crew. Works of abstract art (including one by the couple’s son Jett, top right) are displayed above a vintage brass bar cart.
Published as “Habitat: Touches of Tinseltown” in the April 2022 issue of Philadelphia magazine.
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New Book Reveals How Ben Franklin Stoked a Rivalry Between Boston and Philly
A brand-new book on the fave founding father who stars in our April cover story (and Ken Burns's new PBS documentary) examines the heady competition he ignited between Philadelphia and Boston. May the best city win!
If our cover story on Ben Franklin whetted your historical appetite — and you enjoyed Ken Burns’s PBS documentary on the city’s fave founding father — we have another strong recommendation: a new book, out on April 12th: Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet: The Founding Father’s Divisive Death, Enduring Afterlife, and Blueprint for American Prosperity, by University of Pittsburgh professor and author Michael Meyer. Ostensibly, the book concerns Ben’s unusual will, in which he left $2,000 each to the cities of Boston (where he was born) and Philadelphia (where he lived), to be lent out to tradesmen — married tradesmen, because they’d presumably be more stable — to establish businesses of their own. The tradesmen (and they would be men; no women need apply) would then repay the loans; the interest and principal would accrue over centuries and result in sizable windfalls for the two cities, with final payouts to each to come in 1991.
That may sound a bit daunting, and indeed, the latter part of the book relates in great detail how the legacy became a vicious competition between Franklin’s two cities, with various administrators of the trust vying to deploy its funds in ways that suited their public and private goals. But the book, which earned a starred review from Kirkus, also provides a glorious wealth of information on Franklin’s family life, work, dedication to the common man, and determination to see the great American experiment in which he was so intimately involved grow and thrive. His money bankrolled silversmiths, woodworkers, and all manner of craftsmen even as the Industrial Revolution made small businesses increasingly obsolete. And in Philly, his bequest continues to fund job-training programs through the Philadelphia Foundation and supports the Franklin Institute. Here are just a few of the fascinating insights into Ben’s life that Meyer’s book provides.
As his legacy shows, Ben was a champion of the common man and deathly allergic to snobbery, which could make life in staid Quaker Philadelphia difficult for him. He originally intended for the school he founded with other local leaders — the precursor to the University of Pennsylvania — to instruct students in a practical liberal arts curriculum rather than train them for the ministry. Alas, during his frequent journeys abroad, his intentions were thwarted:
Slowly but insidiously, as Franklin was away in London, the school’s leadership — blue bloods who counted themselves among “the principal Gentlemen of the Province” — set about to enroll the offspring of upper-crust Philadelphians. The academy would not, as Franklin had intended, serve as a great leveler, but rather erect a wall of snobbery, behind which the gatekeeping classicists promised to “promote and establish” privileged students in “Business, Offices, Marriage, or any other thing for their Advantage preferable to all other Persons whatever even of equal Merit.”
The ringleader of Ben’s curricular foes was his school co-founder, William Smith. The latter was a stalwart champion of the William Penn family, with whom Ben became increasingly disenchanted; he and Smith waged war against each other in letters to periodicals and enlisted friends to take sides in their disputes. In the end, Franklin would prevail; his memory is cherished — and hey, Ken Burns did a documentary on him! And Smith?
After the highest echelon of American political life exited the church, the reverend resumed his downward spiral. Smith became “a habitual drunkard,” a physician remembered, who, as he lay upon his deathbed, “never spoke upon any subject connected to religion or his future state. He descended to his grave without being lamented by a human creature. Not a drop of kindred blood attended his funeral.”
Ben doted on his daughter Sally despite his having spent much of her youth in Europe, away from his family. She grew up to be devoted to the Revolutionary cause and became his political hostess after her mother Deborah’s death in 1774. He didn’t initially approve of her choice of Philly businessman Richard Bache as her husband but came around in time. And he worried that she had spendthrift tendencies; Meyer writes of a portrait she had done of her:
Franklin might have noticed that in the painting she wears no jewelry. He might also have spotted the lace. From Paris, he had once scolded Sally for wasting money by ordering some of the fabric from France. “Your sending” for it, he wrote, “disgusted me as much as if you had put salt into my strawberries.” He suggested a more frugal means of acquiring the material: “If you wear your cambric ruffles as I do, and take care not to mend the holes, they will come in time to be lace.”
Ben left charge of collecting and publishing his writings posthumously to the illegitimate son, William Temple Franklin, of his own illegitimate son, William Franklin. Temple, as the grandson was known, proved not to be particularly conscientious in fulfilling his duties, and upon his death at age 63, in 1823, he left Ben’s papers to his wife, Hannah Collier. What happened next turns historians’ heads:
Collier packed them in crates, which moved with her back to her native England. In 1827, the Boston editor Jared Sparks, embarking on a project to tell the history of the United States using its protagonists’ own words, sailed to London to view Franklin’s in the original.
Collier said she no longer had the papers. Whether they had been lost or sold remains unclear. In 1831, a large cache of Franklin’s writings was at last discovered in the building where she had lodged on St. James’s Street. For years, a tailor had been cutting the pages into sleeve patterns.
Ben’s beliefs about God and the afterlife are, like those of all of us, ultimately private. He did, however, leave some clues:
In fact, in the month before he died, Franklin wrote to a Yale minister who asked if he had accepted Jesus: “I have some Doubts as to his Divinity,” Franklin replied, “tho’ it is a Question I do not dogmatise upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an Opportunity of knowing the Truth with less Trouble.”
In 1890, on the centennial of Ben’s death, the Inquirer rather caustically remarked, “Benjamin Franklin had the best run of luck in being credited with pretty much everything which was done in his day that ever attended mortal man.” But it detailed one instance in which one of the civic institutions Ben founded anticipated one of the great debates of our own day:
The newspaper also reported that at the Pennsylvania Hospital’s annual meeting of contributors, attendees placed their hands on the uncovered cornerstone set by the man who had identified himself in its records as “Benjamin Franklin, clerk.” His modesty belied his belief that quality health care should be made available to all citizens, regardless of income. In 1889 alone, the hospital had treated 8,000 patients, plus 25,000 more at home and in affiliated clinics — all free of charge.
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East Meets West at Dim Sum House’s New Wedding and Event Space
Four words: king crab three ways.
Philly’s already incredible lineup of wedding venues just grew yet again thanks to Wednesday’s much-anticipated (and super-festive) debut of Xi West in University City. (Lion dancers! Fire crackers! Karaoke!)
After a tough couple of years, events are back, and owner Jane Guo welcomed guests to the new space with fanfare and a show-stopping rendition of Celine Dion’s Titanic ballad “My Heart Will Go On.” One thing is for sure: Xi West was made to create moments.
Xi West is the first dedicated private-event venue from Guo and Jackson Fu, the mother-son duo behind Dim Sum House by Jane G’s, and is one of the largest Chinese- and female-owned wedding and catering spots in the city. And Dim Sum House patrons really, really wanted it — there was high demand for a larger event space at the restaurant, which sits on the second floor and connects to Xi West. (Both have separate entrances.)
And, now, they have it — and all the dim sum they can eat.
“Xi” means “west” in Chinese; the name is “our iteration of Eastern culture meets Western culture,” according to the team. You get a feel for that throughout. The 6,000-square-foot space was designed by architect Fred Vidi Design with interiors by Janice Mok of Mok Design Inc. and boasts a modern industrial-loft-style vibe.
The experience begins in the window-lined bar and cocktail-party area, which connects to the main ballroom via a set of sleek dark-hued doors. Almost every wall has a different texture, from wood paneling to vertical grooves to brick with geometric metalwork. There’s rich, red uplighting and large screens for showing videos, speeches and photos.
The room can be subdivided with piping and draping for a cozier feel, and there’s space for a dance floor. A 500-square-foot getting-ready suite complete with a private bathroom is available for the wedding party to primp and prep.
The main ballroom can accommodate 225 seated and 350 for a standing cocktail-style reception. Guests will dine at round tables that seat eight to 10 each (on Chameleon chairs).
And, now, the food. Cuisine is served family-style in the Chinese tradition to encourage sharing. Private-event food menus range from the Golden Phoenix ($750 per table) with crystal shrimp and shrimp-chive dumplings, Peking duck and sizzling beef short rib, to the Jade Throne ($1,780 per table) with live king crab three ways — a steamed minced garlic sauce rose (body), garlic honey tempura legs and crab meat with umami fried rice. (It’s a rare dish in Philly and what Dim Sum House is known for.) If you would prefer to have a dim sum menu for your wedding, you can opt for that as well. There are also various reception packages.
The menus are customizable, with gluten-free, vegan and vegetarian options — and the bar slings unique cocktails, some made with coffee from La Colombe. (Eventually, Xi West’s front will turn into a cafe and coffee shop during the day.) At Xi West’s debut party, the favorite of the night was a sweet, distinctive lychee martini.
Want to hold your ceremony here? You sure can — if it’s on the smaller side. (The team will flip the room while you and your guests enjoy the cocktail reception in the bar and lounge area, which accommodates at most 100 people.)
There is a preferred list of vendors (including the likes of Love Me Do Photography); certain outside vendors are allowed as well but you must receive approval first.
An on-site coordinator, GM Veasna Houn, can also help arrange unique experiences — like those fire crackers and lion dancers from the Philadelphia Suns we saw at the grand-opening celebration.
XI West is located at 3939 Chestnut Street, 1st floor. For more information, click here. And to read what Foobooz had to say about it, click here.
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Just Listed: Live/Work Space in Point Breeze
If “living over the store” appeals to you, this beautifully renovated former corner store has just what you’re looking for.
Looking for a place where you can do business with your clients during the day, then commute up a flight of stairs to your home at day’s end?
Then this Point Breeze live/work house for sale has your name written all over it.
Artist Jay Hardman and his artist wife Lauren Westenheiser were looking for such a place when they ran across this former ice cream shop on Reed Street.
“I was looking for something where I could work from home, where I could have an artist’s studio, workshop and living space combined,” says Hardman.
The layout of this two-story corner store and apartment spoke to him, he continues. It also gave him a chance to practice the trade and profession he was entering.
“It needed some work when I took ownership of it,” he says, “but I was also working in construction and learning the carpentry trade. And that led into other endeavors, like historic preservation and now architecture.”
He got a lot of practice in all of those areas in the course of rehabbing this Point Breeze live/work house for sale. The makeover fuses the best elements of modern and traditional design, and it also gains warmth from a liberal use of earth tones throughout the living spaces.
Hardman bought the property in 2005 and Westenheiser joined him there in 2011. Over the decade since, it has evolved along with them, their family and their careers.
The onetime ice cream parlor that had served as their studio space now functions as a living-dining room that gets plenty of light through the large storefront windows. Industrial pendant lights give it a touch of funkiness, while the mahogany trim and windows, etched-glass transom and pressed-tin ceiling channel this building’s past.
Hardman and Westenheimer no longer use the storefront as workspace. But turning it back into workspace would be a cinch, for a wall separates it from the living-quarters portion of the floor. The alcove at the back contains the doorway leading to the kitchen, where the private living quarters actually begin.
The eat-in kitchen has its own separate entrance on Colorado Street, and you can also enter it from the garage and laundry room in back. The combination of white contemporary cabinetry, butcher-block countertops, white tile backsplash with black grout and a tray ceiling with mahogany crown moldings and brown wood inlays make this space pop. The gas range was installed just last week and has yet to be used.
The upstairs living room continues that blended theme with two-tone green walls and mahogany-trimmed bookcases and shelves surrounding the stairs. Those shelves match the kitchen ceiling pattern and complement the original archway separating this room from the bedroom.
A contemporary cabinet to the left of that archway hides a Murphy bed and a nook for displaying art.
And the bedroom has plenty of room for a sitting area — or a crib, as here — in its square window bay. It also has a decorative fireplace. Here, the contrast between the mahogany moldings and white surfaces in the tray ceiling offer a whiff of the Moderne.
The upstairs bathroom also combines past and present. Contemporary subway tile lines its walls and tub/shower while a classic diamond tile pattern fills its floor. A vintage two-piece toilet also shares space with a contemporary vanity, cabinets and storage shelves.
The rear deck off the living room, however, has a more frankly contemporary appearance. The portholed door leading to the deck, on the other hand, is original. All of the windows in this house, true to the original design though they may be, are new Andersen replacement windows.
As their daughter has now outgrown that crib, Hardman and Westheimer have decamped for more space in the greener precincts of Germantown. But they leave behind this house that’s ideally suited for the post-pandemic world of work — or for anyone who needs a home office that’s more office than home.
THE FINE PRINT
BEDS: 2
BATHS: 1 full, 1 half
SQUARE FEET: 1,280
SALE PRICE: $385,000
OTHER STUFF: The roof, plumbing, wiring, furnace, water heater and other basic systems also received makeovers. And as this location has a Walk Score of 90, you may find that you can leave your car in that garage most of the time.
1715 Reed St., Philadelphia, PA 19146 [Kathy Krebs and Alex Aberle | Elfant Wissahickon Realtors]
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BRYN MAWR, Pa. -- An entire community in Pennsylvania is working together to help newly resettled Afghan refugees feel at home and have the tools they need to succeed.
HIAS Pennsylvania, which works with refugees, realized the new neighbors in the greater Philadelphia area needed transportation.
Knowing many were familiar with bikes, volunteers went on a mission to find bikes to donate.
They turned to Lower Merion Township Police, who confiscate dozens of abandoned and stolen bikes every year.
Police donated bikes that have not been claimed to the volunteers, who then took them to M+M Two Wheelers, a bike shop, to be fixed up.
Over the past six years, HIAS has helped get about 100 bikes to refugees using community resources.
The recipients of the bikes say they are are a wonderful gift that is helping them settle into their new community!
Community comes together to give bikes to Afghan refugees
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It happened shortly after 3:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the store at 3208 N. Duke St.
The woman was being treated for what police described as non-life-threatening injuries.
An ABC11 crew at the scene is working to get more information.
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PHILADELPHIA -- If you've ever wanted somebody's head on a platter, the new Museum of Illusions in Philadelphia offers that chance.
Einstein will appear to follow you everywhere you walk. There is an Elfreth's Alley building that gives the illusion you're hanging from a windowsill, and the vortex tunnel will fool your brain and your vestibular system.
The Museum of illusion started in 2015 in Zagreb, Croatia, and now there's over 35 locations worldwide.
It's part education /part entertainment, as you have fun while learning a thing or two about vision, perception and the human brain.
Museum of Illusions opens in Philadelphia
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On The Red Carpet has your first look at what's coming to TV and streaming this April.
In case you haven't been "keeping up," the Kardashians are coming to Hulu! That's right, the ladies are back and they're giving you a glimpse into their glamorous lives. Watch all of the drama unfold on "The Kardashians," premiering April 14 on Hulu.
From reality TV to a series based on a real-life murder - Andrew Garfield plays a detective trying to balance faith and justice in "Under The Banner Of Heaven" on FX and Hulu.
Also on FX, "The Mayans" are back.
The gritty biker drama returns for its fourth season on April 19. The Santo Padre MC are facing retaliation from other chapters after a failed attempt to align. Meanwhile, the family drama continues for EZ, Angel and their father Felipe.
Mark your calendars! The season finale of "Abbott Elementary" is April 12. The show has been renewed for a second season. Plus, the "American Idol" Season 20 Top 20 will be revealed on April 17.
All the world's a stage in "Better Nate Than Ever." The movie is about a theater kid who is following his dreams to break out of his small town and star in a Broadway musical. Newcomer Rueby Wood plays Nate, and Lisa Kudrow plays his aunt Heidi, who is also trying to make it as an actor. Stream "Better Nate Than Ever" on Disney+ now.
Don't miss the April preview edition of "On The Red Carpet" to get previews of new shows and your returning favorites.
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On The Red Carpet: What to watch in April on TV, streaming
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PHILADELPHIA -- "Where I grew up, there were not a lot of plants outside," said Yolanda Palmer. "Some people had them, some people didn't."
Palmer, who is from Southwest Philadelphia, discovered a passion for plants at the age of 10. She developed a green thumb as she grew up, learning more about nature each and every day.
"As I got a little older, you could walk through my neighborhood and one block would be filled with flowers and things in the yard," she said, "Whereas you can go to another block and there would be none."
Since then, Palmer had a desire to share her love of plants with the community. But the dream remained just a seed while she worked a typical day job.
"I worked in the accounting department with a nonprofit organization," she said. "I was sitting there and I was like, I have to do something else."
Palmer then planted the seed. She started off small, selling at a local flea market in Southwest Philadelphia and then popping up at shows and festivals in Chestnut Hill.
By December 2021, her storefront on Germantown Avenue, "Foliage," had sprouted. There, she sells common plants, rare plants, small plants, and large plants.
"The goal is to sell them to homeowners to beautify their home and also to purify the air," she said.
Palmer is right at home in Chestnut Hill, a central gardening hub in the city. But she hopes her message will branch out to reach other communities in the Philadelphia area.
"Everyone should buy house plants. Everyone should want cleaner air," she said. "And that way, in the future when our children grow up, we can make it better."
Palmer plans on continuing to work hard to support not only her store, but her twin boys, four dogs, one cat and 128 plants at home.
Philly mom opens plant boutique Foliage to promote clean air in Philly
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NEW YORK -- iHeartDance NYC is hosting a one-night-only benefit performance to raise humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine, on April 9 at 7 p.m. at the Florence Gould Hall Theater in New York City.
The night will bring together stars from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Ballroom, Broadway, and abroad while welcoming notable guest speakers to stand in solidarity against the recent Russian attacks on Ukraine.
iHeartDance NYC was founded by dance activists Melissa Gerstein and Kimberly Giannelli and was originally created as an initiative to support artists and kickstart live performances in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Over the last year, the pair has produced 17 sold-out performances, employed over 200 dancers and choreographers, raised significant funds, and welcomed live and virtual audiences across five countries.
With COVID-19 cases declining and theaters reopened, the pair have continued their mission to use dance as a vehicle to make a significant impact in the community locally and globally.
"We are simply heartbroken and feel helpless while watching the millions of refugees leaving their homes behind and the bravery of those who are risking their lives in the name of freedom," Gerstein and Giannelli said in a joint statement. "This evening of dance brings Ukrainian artists to the stage to tell their own stories, many who have not heard from their loved ones in several days, and other members of the dance community who stand behind them with love and support."
Tickets to the iHeartDance NYC benefit performance are $100 and $300 (includes premium seating and post-performance meet and greet) and are available on Ticketmaster.
Dancers take to NYC stage to support people of Ukraine
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It happened Thursday around 10 p.m. at a home on East Nelson Avenue.
Investigators said they arrived at the scene to find a man who had been shot. He was taken to a nearby hospital with what were described as non-life-threatening injuries. However, after arrival, his condition worsened and his injuries are now considered critical.
Investigators said the shooting was not random. In addition, they announced the arrest of three people.
- Jamel Antonio Yarborough, 18, of Spring Hope
- Alishiah Jaliah Dunston, 20, of Louisburg
- Tyreke Donte Willis, 23, of Wake Forest
Each of the arrested suspects faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon, discharging a firearm into an occupied property and discharging a firearm in city limits.
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On Saturday, April 9, from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Women's Health Awareness will hold its 8th annual Women's Wellness Conference.
Register for the Women's Wellness Conference
The goal of the conference is to help women identify services, resources, and products that inform and empower them to take control of their health.
All are invited to attend this free, virtual event.
For those living in Haywood and Granville counties, Women's Health Awareness recognizes the difficulties some face accessing reliable internet service to attend the conference. Locations have been chosen within both counties so that participants can gather onsite to view.
Granville County
Richard H. Thornton Library
210 Main Street
Oxford, NC 27565
Haywood County
Long's Chapel United Methodist Church
133 Old Clyde Road
Waynesville, NC 28785
Registration is required. Visit niehs.nih.gov/WHAconference.
The Women's Wellness Conference is sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), the Durham Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and North Carolina Central University's Department of Public Health Education.
Women's Health Awareness is an initiative within the NIEHS Clinical Research Branch, Office of Human Research and Community Engagement.
The 8th annual Women's Wellness Conference is this weekend
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PHENIX CITY, Ala. (WRBL) – A man walked into a jail in Alabama Thursday afternoon and stunned authorities by announcing that he wanted to confess to a murder before trying to escape, according to Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor.
Anthony Jackson, 33, is now locked up in the Russell County Jail facing capital murder charges in the 2019 drive-by-shooting death of 27-year-old Beionca Bolden, authorities told Nexstar’s WRBL.
Deputies said Jackson had a gun on him when he walked into the jail and made his confession, resulting in further charges.
“I have never seen this happen in 35 years of law enforcement,” Sheriff Taylor said.
Jackson was taken to the agency’s investigative building. Phenix City Police were called when investigators realized their officers had been working the fatal shooting case.
In addition to the capital murder charges, Jackson is facing gun charges for promoting prison contraband and possession by a convicted felon.
At some point, Jackson tried to escape, Taylor said, leading to an escape charge.
Bolden was shot inside a Phenix City home as she held her baby on June 10, 2019, family members said.
Chief Assistant District Attorney Rick Chancey says his office is still investigating and is not sure if he will seek the death penalty against Jackson. It is a capital charge now because police believe Bolden was killed by a bullet shot from a vehicle.
“It is still an active investigation,” Chancey said. “We are trying to confirm the facts of what he confessed to. We want to make sure that what he said he did, he did. But so far what he’s telling us is adding up.”
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MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – Jennifer Pulliam knows who mistakenly demolished her house in Alabama earlier this year. But while the mystery is solved, the legal battle is just beginning.
Over a weekend in January, someone came onto Pulliam’s property next to the Mobile Fairgrounds and tore down a home that had been in her family since the 1960s.
“I moved here when I was approximately 10 years old. This is my grandparent’s old homeplace. They bought it in 1965 and it’s been in our family ever since,” she said.
Pulliam, who lives and works in Leaksville, Mississippi, eventually got word about the demolition through a family member.
“They didn’t know that I was unaware of it until they saw the news story and then they contacted me,” she said.
“I cried for two days,” Pulliam added. “I was devastated.”
Other family members saw the story, which aired on WKRG, and contacted Pulliam with the name of a company seen on the property that weekend in January.
Pulliam said a Mobile Police investigator contacted the construction company and the owner confessed to demolishing the house, saying it was a mistake.
“I was not happy because they said they could not arrest them because there was no malicious intent … I would just have to sue them in civil court,” Pulliam said.
Pulliam, who had not publicly named the company on the advice of her attorney, said she is planning to file a lawsuit. She also claimed that the company’s owners have not contacted her to offer an apology — or anything else.
As for what kind of damages she hopes to recover, Pulliam didn’t immediately have an amount in mind.
“I’m not sure what they will come up with or how they will come up with it — that house to me is priceless.”
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