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DALLAS — A Texas state representative says he will file a bill at the next legislative session that will ban minors from drag shows following an event in Dallas over the weekend that drew both supporters and protesters.
On Saturday, Dallas bar Mr. Misster held an event called "Drag the kids to pride" drag show in the city's Oak Lawn neighborhood. Organizers called it a family-friendly event where kids could dance with performers.
Videos from the event sparked criticism throughout social media and even led to protests at the bar on Saturday. The criticism surrounded the idea of children being involved with a drag show.
While many criticized the event, one Texas lawmaker is going a step further by announcing he will be looking to file legislation in response to Saturday's event.
State Rep. Bryan Slaton, who represents areas of Hunt, Rains and Van Zandt counties in East Texas, said on Monday that he will file a bill during the next legislative session in 2023 that would ban minors from attending drag shows.
Slaton released a statement that read, in part: "The events of this past weekend were horrifying and show a disturbing trend in which perverted adults are obsessed with sexualizing young children. As a father of two young children, I would never take my children to a drag show and I know Speaker Dade Phelan and the rest of my Republican colleagues wouldn't either."
He added that he's looking forward to "authoring legislation to defend kids from being subjected to drag shows and other inappropriate events."
A worker at Mr. Misster, AJ Crews, told WFAA on Saturday that the event allowed people to express themselves.
"There were a lot less people drinking today so that would make it more kid friendly just because there were so many people here," Crews said. "Everyone just came from all walks of life, and you know, just enjoyed pride."
In a statement to WFAA, the bar said Saturday's "Drag the kids to pride" event was a spin-off of its weekly drag shows and that it was open to people of all ages. The bar added that the event was also raising money for a local LGBTQ+ youth organization. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-lawmaker-says-will-file-legislation-ban-minors-drag-shows-dallas/287-cbc3096a-242c-4072-ad0b-14a00bbded30 | 2022-06-07T15:02:22 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-lawmaker-says-will-file-legislation-ban-minors-drag-shows-dallas/287-cbc3096a-242c-4072-ad0b-14a00bbded30 |
CHICOT COUNTY, Ark. — According to the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, five people have died following a crash involving an 18-wheeler in Chicot County.
The report said an 18-wheeler was traveling southbound on Highway 65 near the state Highway 35 intersection on Monday, June 6.
Around 2:45 p.m., a second vehicle was traveling westbound on state Highway 35 attempting to cross over the Highway 65 southbound lanes but failed to yield to the approaching 18-wheeler.
The front of the 18-wheeler struck the right side of second vehicle, causing both to travel in a south western direction off the west side of the roadway into the west roadside where they came to final rest.
The victims who died were identified as Tommy Figures, 50, Brayshawn Ranson, 19, Terry King, 56, and Regina Jackson, 65, of Dermott, Ark. and Geraldine Prewitt, 73, of Mcghee, Ark.
Five other passengers were also injured in the accident.
We will update this article with more information as it becomes available. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/5-dead-crash-18-wheeler-chicot-county/91-e7d9ab6f-a8d6-4536-9ada-c8c261a26cf8 | 2022-06-07T15:05:34 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/5-dead-crash-18-wheeler-chicot-county/91-e7d9ab6f-a8d6-4536-9ada-c8c261a26cf8 |
SAN ANTONIO — The mother of a 13-year-old who San Antonio Police shot and killed on Friday wants answers.
Family identified AJ Hernandez as the boy killed on the south side early Friday morning after police say they were called to the 5100 block of War Cloud Drive for a shots fired call.
When police arrived, they say Hernandez was driving a stolen vehicle when he reversed and T-boned a police car.
Hernandez's mother Lynda Espinoza says accounts from eyewitnesses don't add up after what police said about the shooting.
Espinoza says she and her family moved to the neighborhood four years ago. AJ, was the sixth child out of 10, and one she loved dearly.
"AJ was a good loving brother, big smile, he was very happy, very funny, he loved looking at himself in the mirror, his hair,” Espinoza recalled.
Her son's death comes at an already difficult time for the single mom and her younger children.
Last month—Lynda’s daughter Nevaeh Martinez was killed in a shooting on War Horse Street.
Nearby in the 5100 block of War Cloud Drive is where a San Antonio Police officer shot and killed AJ.
SAPD said officers responded to the area for a shots fired call and tried to stop a vehicle that was reported stolen.
As officers tried to stop the car—they say the 13-year-old backed into a police car.
“There was another police vehicle coming in the opposite direction. The officer had gotten out of the car just prior to the police vehicle being T-boned, and he fired into the red vehicle striking the driver,” SAPD Chief McManus said on Friday following the shooting.
Espinoza heard from eyewitnesses that AJ and two other juveniles who were in the car surrendered.
“I want justice for him, there was no reason for him to shoot a 13-year-old,” Espinoza said. She also claims her son was handcuffed after he was shot.
In a statement, SAPD claims the second officer feared the other officer would be stuck by the suspect vehicle.
According to an affidavit obtained by KENS 5—Hernandez was arrested in a smuggling case in April. Hernandez and another juvenile were arrested in Kinney County after police chased the two in their vehicle. Authorities said seven undocumented migrants were found lying down in the car.
Espinoza says it’s irrelevant to her son dying. She says AJ was taking the death of his sister hard.
“He had struggled a little because the kids he would be out here with, but I try to keep my kids inside, do what a parent is supposed to do,” Espinoza said.
Espinoza is asking SAPD to release the bodycam video—but in her heart, she’s grieving.
“Make sure to tell [your kids] every day that you love them, you don’t know it’ll be the last day you see your kids,” she said.
According to SAPD, the officer involved is being placed on administrative duty until further notice.
SAPD claims because of the victim’s age, they are prohibited by law to release any video or reports associated with the incident. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/mother-of-13-year-old-shot-killed-by-sapd-wants-answers/273-3901a91f-f3a1-4f2b-b0d8-e1a7a2178571 | 2022-06-07T15:05:35 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/mother-of-13-year-old-shot-killed-by-sapd-wants-answers/273-3901a91f-f3a1-4f2b-b0d8-e1a7a2178571 |
SEATTLE — A symbol of eternal love, blending gold from two families’ heirlooms sank like a rock off the waters of Ixtapa, Mexico. There was nothing Lisa Mahar could do but watch.
“I think all of our intentions and things that we said to each other and promises were in this engagement ring, and seeing it go away, for me, was heartbreaking,” said Mahar, who is from Redmond.
Heartbreaking, but not unusual as the ocean takes what it wants. What’s amazing about this story isn’t that the ring was lost, but rather how the ring was found.
That’s where Patricia Mancia and her 75-year-old father from Ixtapa, Mexico, come in.
“My father has been going to Ixtapa Island every other couple of weeks,” said Mancia. “Every time he goes, he would ask waiters, masseuse, snorkeling instructor, everybody around.”
Her father, Nicho Mancia Reyes, is a fishing guide and was there when Mahar's wedding ring went missing in April 2019.
“Every month I’d be asking about the ring,” said Mancia Reyes.
He never stopped looking. Mancia Reyes knew he would find it, but then a year passed, and then two. Life doesn’t wait, and 2020 brought COVID-19. And for the Mahar family, it also brought stage four lymphoma.
“This could have went two ways,” explained Mahar. “We could have been devastated and stayed devastated or as Bernie likes to say, ‘Work the problem.’”
In 2022, the family that needed a win got one.
“When my father came home from work that day, he said, ‘Patricia, you won’t believe this,’” Mancia said via Zoom from Mexico. “I said, ‘What?’ He said, ‘We found a ring, and we think It might be theirs.’”
“I remember opening that email and seeing the ring, and I was like, ‘Oh, what are the chances,’ and I opened the picture, and oh my God,” recalled Mahar. “My mind was blown.”
Mahar broke the news to her family at dinner.
“I said, ‘This is what’s happened.’ Everyone stops. Their forks stop. You could hear a pin drop,” said Mahar. “They’re like, ‘No way.’ I’m like, ‘Yes,’ and they’re like, ‘When are we going to Mexico?’”
Three years later, the ring is back on Mahar’s hand. Her family is as hopeful as ever, and Mahar’s husband, Bernie Wieser, is alive and well - and his cancer is in remission.
“Hopeful optimism, or like I said, belligerent denial,” said Wieser. “So, it’s like, you know what, we’re just going to do this.”
Hope was kept alive by a ring she knew she’d see again.
“Sometimes things like this happen,” said Mahar. “So, if it happened for us, for sure it will happen for others. You can believe that.” | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/redmond-woman-lost-wedding-ring-found-mexico/281-fc7d7dfd-2e85-4734-84e2-75df58f795fc | 2022-06-07T15:06:23 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/redmond-woman-lost-wedding-ring-found-mexico/281-fc7d7dfd-2e85-4734-84e2-75df58f795fc |
Originally published June 3 on KTVB.COM.The Canyon County Assessor’s Office mailed property assessment notices to home owners last week. In some cases, property values increased by 60%, according to Canyon County Assessor Brian Stender.
“There is a very limited supply and extreme demand, which made the market go up,” Stender said.
Stender’s office assesses a property’s value based on comparable property sales over the previous year. The real-estate boom is having negative impacts on some longtime owners.
Alma Driesel and her husband bought their Nampa home in 2006. They own a modest home on a 1-acre lot.
Driesel’s property is assessed at $508,900, according to a letter from the assessor’s office. Last year, the same property held $374,700 in value.
“I started crying,” Driesel said. “How are we gonna pay for this? I don’t have a big fancy house or nothing. I don’t understand.”
Driesel earns $700 a month from social security, while her husband still works to afford the mortgage. Inflation has stretched their budget thin and the couple now questions what they can afford.
“Gas — can I get gas this week? Now it’s, can I pay taxes this year?” Driesel said.
Idaho tax districts cannot increase their annual budget by more than 8% from the previous year. For this reason, a 36% property value increase — in the case of Driesel — does not inherently mean a 36% increase to the property tax bill.
However, residential property is appreciating at a rate that exceeds commercial and industrial land, Stender said. Due to the appreciation, homeowners will take over a larger share of the property tax burden.
“I know inflation is out of control, but we had so many people move up here and that hurt the housing market right there,” Driesel said. “We just need some kind of relief, at least from this property tax.”
On the bottom of an assessment notice, a homeowner can find the local tax districts of which they pay. Phone numbers and budget hearing dates are listed. Stender encourages concerned property owners to use these resources to actively play a role in their local tax districts and the budgeting process.
Homeowners can call the Canyon County Assessor’s Office to discuss their assessment notice. Homeowners can also request an appeal form if they feel the appraiser made a mistake in the assessed value.
Some people — including Driesel — need relief today and the ongoing appreciation of their property’s value is turning an asset into a liability.
“It was worse this year than last year,” Driesel said. “What’s next year gonna be? (Gov. Brad Little) needs to step in and do something. I don’t know what the solution is, but it’s killing the rest of us.”
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The $3.5 billion capital projects bill the Ohio General Assembly passed this week includes $74 million for specific projects in Miami Valley counties.The capital budget is used for renovation or construction projects at state-owned buildings, school districts and public colleges; infrastructure grants and loans to local governments; and direct funding of “community projects of local or regional importance.”The package is about $200 million bigger than originally presented. It includes $191 million in community projects, up from an earlier estimate of $163.5 million.Here’s a look at which area projects will get funding.Butler County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Miami University - MainBachelor Hall Renovation$22,311,930 Department of AgricultureButler County Fairgrounds Grandstands$750,000 Department of Rehabilitation and CorrectionButler County Correctional Complex Medical Unit$500,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionNational Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting$500,000 University of Cincinnati - MainUC Health GME Family Medicine Center$500,000 Miami University - MainCollege@ELM Innovation and Workforce Development Center at Miami University$500,000 Department of Natural ResourcesHamilton Beltline Recreational Trail$380,000 Department of Natural ResourcesHarbin Park ADA-Accessible Play Area and Splash Pad$300,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionRobert (Sonny) Hill Community Center Expansion and Redevelopment Project$300,000 Department of Natural ResourcesCity of Monroe Lookout Point$200,000 Department of Natural ResourcesGreat Miami River Trail - Middletown to Monroe Segment Construction Project$200,000 Department of Natural ResourcesFairfield Township Veterans Memorial Project$100,000 Miami University - MainEarly College Academy at Miami University$75,000 Department of Mental Health and Addiction ServicesYWCA Hamilton$75,000 Department of Natural ResourcesVoice of America MetroPark Tylersville Road Entrance$70,000 Department of Natural ResourcesWilhelmina Park Trail and Shelter Project$70,000 Champaign County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionChampaign Aviation Museum Improvements$500,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionChampaign County Historical Society-Museum Additions and Renovation$300,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionGloria Theatre and the Urbana Youth Center Improvements$300,000 Department of Natural ResourcesThe Pony Wagon Trail$100,000 Clark County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Clark State Community CollegeRhodes Hall and Applied Science Center Renovation$3,258,997 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionA.B. Graham Memorial at I-70 and SR 72$750,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionSpringfield Art Museum$750,000 Clark State Community CollegeCommunity Health Partners Musculoskeletal Institute Center of Excellence$125,000 Darke County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Department of Natural ResourcesDarke County Art Trail$180,000 Department of Natural ResourcesWard Park Swimming Pool Filtration System Replacement.$171,000 Department of Natural ResourcesGreenville Downtown Park$150,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionJohn and Iris Hathaway Education and Community Center$125,000 Greene County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Wright State University - MainCampus Energy Efficiency and Controls$4,000,000 Wright State University - MainUniversity Safety Initiative$3,100,000 Wright State University - MainEnvelope Repairs$1,500,000 Wright State University - MainCampus Paving and Grounds$1,000,000 Wright State University - MainHealth College Renovations$1,000,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionOHS - National Afro-American Museum$900,000 Central State UniversityBasic Renovations$755,599 Department of Natural ResourcesGlen Helen Nature Preserve Accessibility Improvements$750,000 Central State UniversityInformation Technology - Cable and Fiber Project$500,000 Central State UniversityCentral State University Center for Health and Wellness$500,000 Broadcast Educational Media CommissionNew WYSO Headquarters$300,000 Wright State University - MainUSAF Research Partnership$250,000 Central State UniversityCommunity STE[A]M Academy - Xenia$175,000 Wright State University - MainWright State University Archives Facilities Upgrade Project$100,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionSugarcreek Township Veterans Memorial$90,000 Department of Natural ResourcesFairborn Memorial Park$75,000 Department of Natural ResourcesLittle Miami River Access and Park Development$75,000 Miami County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Edison Community CollegeConvocation Center Expansion$800,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionMiami Valley Veterans Museum$500,000 Edison Community CollegeNorth Hall Window Replacement$420,000 Edison Community CollegeParking Lot Resurfacing$300,000 Department of Natural ResourcesCovington - Schoolhouse Park$250,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionPiqua Arts - The Bank$250,000 Edison Community CollegeClassroom and Laboratory Renovation$250,000 Department of Natural ResourcesLock Nine Riverfront Park$150,000 Edison Community CollegeElevator Upgrades$123,489 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionRailroad Museum Upgrades - Bradford$50,000 Montgomery County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Sinclair Community CollegeAdvanced Manufacturing and Skilled Trades Training Hubs$5,000,000 Sinclair Community CollegeFire Sprinkler System$4,000,000 Sinclair Community CollegeUtility Tunnel Restoration$1,861,114 University of Cincinnati - MainRonald McDonald House of Dayton$750,000 Sinclair Community CollegeDayton Riverview Pantry$600,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionDay Air Credit Union Ballpark Professional Development License Facility Standard Improvements$500,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionDayton Institute of Art$500,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionNational Aviation Hall of Fame Innovation Laboratory$500,000 Central State UniversityYWCA Dayton - Huber Heights Campus$500,000 Sinclair Community CollegeBoys and Girls Club of Dayton$500,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionSchuster Center$450,000 Sinclair Community CollegeEast End Family Service Hub$450,000 Department of AgricultureMontgomery County Fairgrounds Improvments$400,000 Sinclair Community CollegeSinclair Community College/Premier Health Partners Center for Nursing Excellence$375,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionVandalia Art Park Amphitheater$300,000 Sinclair Community CollegeGreater West Dayton Incubator$300,000 Department of Natural ResourcesWest Carrollton Whitewater Park a$250,000 Wright State University - MainInfinity Labs Power House$250,000 Sinclair Community CollegeAircraft Mechanic Training Center$250,000 Department of Natural ResourcesCenterville Benham's Grove$200,000 Wright State University - MainNorthwest Health and Wellness Campus$200,000 Department of Natural ResourcesFlight Line: East Dayton Rails-to- Trails$125,000 Department of Natural ResourcesMiami Valley Research Park Bike Path and Pedestrian Bridge$125,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionBoonshoft Museum of Discovery$100,000 Department of Natural ResourcesLevitt Pavilion Dayton$50,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionDayton Contemporary Dance Arts and Cultural Center $25,000 Preble County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionPreble County Historical Society Restoration and Nature Reserve$240,000 Wright State University - MainVillage of Camden Technology Center$175,000 Department of Natural ResourcesWest Alexandria Smith Street Park$100,000 Warren County Funding agencyProject NameAppropriations Department of Natural ResourcesLebanon Scenic Railway Bridge$750,000 Department of AgricultureFairgrounds Multipurpose Facility - Warren County$400,000 Department of Natural ResourcesMason Makino Park$400,000 Department of Natural ResourcesCamp Joy$300,000 Department of Natural ResourcesClearcreek Park Trail$250,000 Department of Natural ResourcesGirl Scouts of Western Ohio - EMPOWER HER$250,000 Department of Developmental DisabilitiesOpportunity for All Building - Community Recreation Center for the Developmentally Disabled$200,000 Sinclair Community CollegeRoof Replacements$200,000 Department of Natural ResourcesSouth Lebanon Veteran's Park Playground$110,000 Department of Natural ResourcesPickleball Courts at Patricia Allyn Park$100,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionMiddletown Entertainment and Sports Venue$100,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionPleasant Square Community Center$75,000 Ohio Facilities Construction CommissionWarren County Community Services$75,000 Department of Mental Health and Addiction ServicesYMCA Competitive Sports Training Facility$75,000 In Other News1Power restored to most after strong storms roll through2 Marcia Burick, political worker, daughter of sports editor Si Burick...3 Ohio waiver gives more baby formula options to families in response to...4Cincinnati Zoo named best zoo in the US in poll5Ohio gas sales fall as prices rise; consumers may be changing behaviorsAbout the AuthorJames Gaines Jr. | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/big-boost-99-area-projects-that-are-getting-millions-in-state-funds/RCJF73OTZBG33DUN4LLL467ROM/ | 2022-06-07T15:20:15 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/big-boost-99-area-projects-that-are-getting-millions-in-state-funds/RCJF73OTZBG33DUN4LLL467ROM/ |
ATLANTA — TSA is currently recruiting for jobs at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport that will pay a $1,000 sign-on bonus.
The agency is holding a recruiting event over the next two days at the Holiday Inn & Suites Atlanta Airport North hotel near the airport. It will be happening from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both days.
The $1,000 sign-on bonus will apply to job offers given through September 30. According to TSA, it will pay out $500 after onboarding and another $500 after one year of employment.
TSA is looking to hire for Transportation Security Officer positions, both full-time and part-time, at $17.84-$18.59 an hour.
The recruiting event will have a $5 parking fee at the hotel, according to TSA, but public transportation is also available either with a bus stop on Virginia Avenue or with a shuttle ride from the airport itself.
TSA says of the Transportation Security Officer position: "TSOs are the backbone of TSA and represent the public face of the agency to millions of travelers a day. They are responsible for screening passengers, baggage and cargo to keep our transportation systems safe."
Those wishing to apply must be 18 years or older, a U.S. citizen or national and have a high school diploma, GED or security experience equivalent.
The agency says those going to the hiring event can dress casual and advises the following about what to bring:
- Do not bring firearms, knives, or weapons of any kind. Possession of such items will result in dismissal from the facility.
- Smartphone and passwords to access your email and USAJOBS account.
- Two forms of valid federal or state government-issued identification
TSA offers these other notes about the event and what to expect:
- Attend an information session to learn more about the TSO position and employment with TSA;
- Apply for the TSO position if you did not apply online before the event;
- Take a computer-based test (CBT) to evaluate English language proficiency and object recognition aptitude;
- Participate in a structured interview to assess qualifications for the position;
- Complete a medical evaluation, federal drug screening and pre-hire background investigation soon after the event.
- Offers within 30 days do not apply to TSA events.
TSA also recommends applying online in advance for quicker processing. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-airport-tsa-jobs-signing-bonus-1000/85-5f34de35-d41e-430c-89ae-8c95ee0dcc53 | 2022-06-07T15:21:51 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-airport-tsa-jobs-signing-bonus-1000/85-5f34de35-d41e-430c-89ae-8c95ee0dcc53 |
ATLANTA — The pain at the pump continues for Georgia drivers -- and it isn't going to get better any time soon.
According to AAA, the average cost for a regular gallon of gas went up six cents overnight -- to a new record of $4.33. The previous record was $4.29.
With Georgia's gas tax suspended, drivers are still paying much less than the rest of the country.
Nationally, the average increased over the weekend to $4.91 for a gallon of regular gas.
AAA said to shop around for gas and pay in cash to save money. Joining a fuel rewards program can also help out.
To save fuel, AAA left these tips:
- Maintain your vehicle to ensure optimal fuel economy.
- Combine errands to limit driving time.
- Slow down. The fuel economy diminishes significantly at highway speeds above 50 mph.
- Drive conservatively and avoid aggressive driving. Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduce fuel economy.
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Phoenix Elementary's new superintendent promises to act 'with kindness, with love'
Arizona’s oldest school district will have a new superintendent when classes resume this fall.
Ibi Dávila Haghighat will take over as the new head of the Phoenix Elementary School District on July 1. She will replace Larry Weeks, who is retiring after 10 years in the position.
Haghighat has worked in education for 27 years. She has been a teacher, principal and school administrator in California, Indiana and Arizona.
Haghighat has lived in Arizona for more than 20 years and recently served as assistant superintendent for elementary education in the Scottsdale Unified School District.
A Mexican immigrant who moved to the United States at age 11, Haghighat told The Arizona Republic that her mom, who was a preschool teacher, and her dad were the first people to help shape the educator she has become.
“They were two individuals that taught us that through school, hard work, and by exercising humility, and holding people’s dignity and integrity intact, we would be able to find a space within our community, within a world that would be welcoming because we’re bringing others along, you are including everyone,” she said.
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As she transitioned from Mexico schools to the American school system, she said her English as a second language teacher and her high school counselor also inspired her.
She said those two educators modeled values such as love and kindness, which have stuck with her, while also creating a strong foundation for her in the United States.
“Those individuals have been just amazing, and I’m just talking about that foundation. Through my journey, I’ve always come across people, no matter what age I am, that believed in me and stretched me to a point where they wouldn’t break me,” she said.
“And the way I’ve been treated is now how I model, how I treat others, with kindness, with love, being genuine, keeping their integrity intact and collaborating.”
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Keep growing the district’s history
Phoenix Elementary was the first public school system in Arizona, established in 1871 when Phoenix had but 240 residents: 122 white people, 115 Hispanic people and three Black people.
It’s hard to imagine that reality more than a century later, especially after the city grew at a faster rate than any other in the nation in the past decade and registered 1.66 million residents in the 2020 census.
The district is now composed of 5,600 students, according to US News. According to a 2019 equity report the district prepared, Hispanic and Latino students make up 79% of the student population.
That’s a history Haghighat said “that in and of itself has its own excitement.”
Haghighat said she plans to work with school staff to understand the areas that are working well and how they can collaborate to continue to offer an excellent education.
“I want to continue to elevate what already exists there,” she said. “And I’m (still) learning, and it’s going to be a lot of listening, a lot of learning, and a lot of valuing and understanding how this history and how these traditions continue to shape outcomes.”
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Addressing challenges
Haghighat will start the new job at a time when public schools across the country face increased scrutiny over curriculum after they recoup from two years of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
School boards and administrators in Arizona haven’t been immune, often dealing with residents frustrated by mask and mitigation policies as well as diversity issues.
This politically charged reality is one Haghighat recognizes and will have to address as issues arise.
“I would want to see what the concern is, or what the interest is, so that we can continue to build knowledge for our constituents so that we can share with them what Phoenix No. 1 is doing for our students so that doesn’t lead to misunderstandings,” she said.
Reach the reporter at rclo@arizonarepublic.com or at 480-267-4703. Follow her on Twitter @renataclo.
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A 26-year-old man from Chesterfield was killed Monday after the truck he was driving ran off the road and overturned in Henrico County, police said.
John Edward Englehart Jr. was not wearing a seat belt, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash occurred around 3 p.m. Monday in the 4400 block of Charles City Road. The road was closed Monday while crash team members investigated. It has since reopened.
Englehart was traveling east on the road between Yahley Mill Road and Turner Road when his vehicle veered off the right side, striking mailboxes and eventually overturning, police said. His vehicle was the only one involved, according to police.
Speed was not a factor, police said, but reminded motorists and passengers to wear a seat belt.
Anyone with information about this crash, call Officer L. C. Jones at (804) 501-5000.
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The remains are presumed to be those of Sarah E. Erway, 28, of Chesterfield, who was swept away on the river on Memorial Day, a police official said.
Two students at John Rolfe Middle School were sent to juvenile detention on Monday, after sc… | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chesterfield-man-26-killed-in-vehicle-crash-in-henrico-county/article_90a45ed2-95bb-51fe-b915-a85edbc77587.html | 2022-06-07T15:28:36 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chesterfield-man-26-killed-in-vehicle-crash-in-henrico-county/article_90a45ed2-95bb-51fe-b915-a85edbc77587.html |
BLOOMINGTON – A vehicle collision injured three people Monday and closed the intersection of East Empire Street and North Hershey Road for several hours, police said.
An adult male was transported to a nearby hospital with serious injuries and two other people were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, police said.
Authorities were called to the intersection of East Empire Street and North Hershey Road around 4 p.m. for a four-car accident.
The intersection remained closed for nearly six hours.
Bloomington police said the intersection reopened around 9:50 p.m. after investigators conducted an accident reconstruction to document the scene.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noel R. Castillo
Noel R. Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
PROVIDED BY BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and two counts each of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams (Class 2 felony) and less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s going to be another hot day in the North Texas region on Tuesday with highs reaching into the high 90s for most of the area, according to NWS Fort Worth.
Triple-digit heat will be expected in the western portion of the region, temps could even reach 104 degrees. If you’re in the far northeastern part of the region you could see a complex of storms out of southern Oklahoma.
If those storms are present, strong wind gusts will be possible, “Otherwise, winds will be out of the south near 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph under partly to mostly sunny skies.”
If you didn’t already know the high is set to continue into the North Texas weekend with little chance for rain.
NWS Fort Worth says, “A strengthening high pressure ridge to our west will maintain the warming trend through the end of the week. Both DFW and Waco will have a shot to reach the triple digits, with near-record high temperatures forecast by Friday. There will be occasional relief along the Red River, as storms which form across Oklahoma will move southeast into that region from time to time.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/hot-tuesday-ahead-in-north-texas-heat-will-continue-into-the-weekend-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ | 2022-06-07T15:42:31 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/hot-tuesday-ahead-in-north-texas-heat-will-continue-into-the-weekend-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The National Weather Service center for Severe Thunderstorms has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas on Tuesday morning, June 7.
They tweeted, “A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas until 3 PM CDT.”
NWS Fort Worth added, “Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Lamar and Delta counties for the cluster of storms moving across SE Oklahoma. They could impact these locations within the next hour or so, but will be out of our area within the next few hours. #dfwwx“
“A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for Lamar and Delta County until 3 PM. The main threat will be damaging winds and large hail. A cluster of storms is moving from southeast Oklahoma and will impact these areas through the next several hours. Watch will be canceled earlier as soon as threat ends for our area.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/severe-thunderstorm-watch-issued-for-lamar-delta-counties-in-north-texas/ | 2022-06-07T15:42:37 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/severe-thunderstorm-watch-issued-for-lamar-delta-counties-in-north-texas/ |
In the wake of a mass shooting on South Street over the weekend, Philadelphia City Councilmember Mark Squilla said the city will be in ongoing conversations with businesses on the busy retail corridor about how best to proceed. That could include periodic street closures or curfews if deemed necessary by city officials and police, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports.
Any decisions would be made in conjunction with local businesses, said Squilla, a Democrat representing the city's First District, which encompasses South Street.
Following the shooting that killed three and wounded 11 late Saturday night, the city closed off the surrounding area — between Front and Sixth streets from Bainbridge to Lombard streets — from 8 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday.
Read more about the the possible changes on South Street at PBJ.com.
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – More than a year after 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was found brutally murdered in St. Johns County, the teen accused in the stabbing death of his schoolmate appeared in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing in the case.
Bailey was found dead May 9, 2021 -- on Mother’s Day, and the discovery of her body and the arrest of her schoolmate, Aiden Fucci, the next day rocked Northeast Florida.
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The now 15-year-old Fucci, who is charged with first-degree murder in Bailey’s death, appeared in court again Tuesday, ahead of his scheduled November murder trial. He has pleaded not guilty, according to News 6 partner WJXT-TV.
Fucci’s appearance has changed several times over the last year. He now has a buzz cut, and mostly kept his head down for Tuesday’s proceedings.
Fucci had a private attorney very briefly after his arrest, but he was then declared indigent, meaning he can’t afford to pay for his own lawyer so the court appointed a public defender, meaning taxpayers will pay to defend him.
See our previous coverage in the media player below:
A new public defender took the lead in his case about a month ago and during Tuesday’s hearing, she gave an update to the judge, saying they have deposition dates set for June and July. She said the public defender’s office has 70 to 80 depositions to get through before his trial.
The judge said they are still on track to go to trial in November.
Fucci will be in court again on Aug. 31.
Once again, Bailey’s family and friends were inside the courtroom gallery wearing aqua, which was her favorite color. They have appeared in solidarity for Bailey during Fucci’s court hearings but have declined to make any statements.
Smith has set the final pretrial hearing date for Oct. 26 and blocked off two weeks for Fucci’s trial: Nov. 7-18.
Fucci was arrested in the early morning hours, the day after deputies found Bailey’s body less than a half-mile from Fucci’s home in the Durbin Crossing community, the neighborhood where Bailey also lived. Investigators said his DNA was on Bailey’s body.
Fucci’s behavior during court appearances has varied. A tattoo of a cross was visible on his middle finger at his last hearing.
In October’s pretrial hearing, he seemed alert and didn’t say much. Members of Bailey’s family sat in the audience then too.
Back in September, Fucci looked perplexed and talked about demons during a virtual pretrial hearing.
According to court records, Fucci’s girlfriend told an investigator he would hear voices that would tell him to kill people. Investigators also said Fucci had a notebook that contained violent and Satanic drawings.
“Obviously you’ve got to look at mental health and you’ve got to look at whether he is competent to stand trial,” said LaFonda Middleton, a criminal defense attorney who has represented juveniles.
She said that if this case goes to trial in November because a grand jury indicted him for first-degree murder, he will be treated as an adult, but he is not eligible for the death penalty.
“It doesn’t change his trial or his potential sentence. However, because he is a juvenile, he will come up for review of his sentence once he’s been sentenced as an adult,” explained Middleton, who is not connected with the case.
So, if convicted, in 25 years, Fucci could ask a judge for a lighter sentence. We’ve also seen in the past where high-profile cases have been postponed or moved to another area.
Fucci is in custody at the Duval County jail while he awaits trial because St. Johns County does not have a juvenile wing in its jail. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/accused-killer-aiden-fucci-appears-in-court-in-murder-of-13-year-old-tristyn-bailey/ | 2022-06-07T15:56:07 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/accused-killer-aiden-fucci-appears-in-court-in-murder-of-13-year-old-tristyn-bailey/ |
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – The Broward Sheriff’s Office announced charges Tuesday against Robert Koehler, known as the “Pillowcase Rapist,” for cold cases from the 1980s, according to News 6 partner WPLG.
According to authorities, Koehler raped a woman at knifepoint in June 1984 after breaking into her apartment in Pompano Beach.
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The woman has waited decades for justice to be served against her attacker.
According to detectives, they became closer to naming a suspect in that case in 2019 when Cold Case Unit Sgt. Kami Floyd began digging through thousands of sexual assault cases from the 1980s and came upon the case of the Pompano Beach woman, along with other similar cases in BSO jurisdictions.
Around the same time, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office announced that they had arrested Koehler for a sex crime in their county.
Floyd then obtained a search warrant for Koehler’s DNA and it was tested by BSO’s Crime Lab, which found that his DNA matched the evidence in BSO’s cases, authorities said.
The agency’s Cold Case Unit detectives worked with the Broward State Attorney’s Office to bring charges against Koehler in six sexual assault cases.
Koehler is currently in custody in Miami-Dade. Once the Miami case is adjudicated, Koehler will be brought to Broward to face the charges against him.
While Koehler is currently charged in six cases in Broward County, detectives believe he snuck into homes late at night or in the early morning hours on at least eight occasions between 1984 and 1985.
Detectives said he would enter the homes through unlocked doors and attack his victims as they slept or as they were preparing to go to sleep.
He is known as the “Pillowcase Rapist” because authorities say “he sometimes covered the heads of his victims or his own head, sometimes with pillowcases, and threatened to kill them or their family members before raping and robbing them.”
In the ‘80s, the crimes received extensive media coverage, and a task force was even created to investigate the crimes, but the cases eventually went cold.
Authorities credit “technological advances in DNA testing and relentless work by detectives” to leading to the identification of Koehler as the rapist. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/pillowcase-rapist-charged-in-multiple-florida-cold-cases-from-1980s/ | 2022-06-07T15:56:13 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/pillowcase-rapist-charged-in-multiple-florida-cold-cases-from-1980s/ |
ALABAMA (WHNT) — It’s summertime in Alabama and with comes summer break for kids. However, the Alabama State Department of Education said learning is a year-round venture.
For the 10th year, the ALSDE is partnering with some of the nation’s top education organizations to promote summer learning and activities; the goal is to minimize the summer learning slide.
A full list of resources is available on the ALSDE Summer Learning website. Resources include:
- “Find a Book, Alabama” – a Lexile-based tool that offers children more than 260,000 books to read over the summer. Parents and children can build custom reading lists based on the child’s Lexile range and personal interests
- Summer Math Challenge – an interactive math skills builder for students who have completed 1st-8th grades
- Stride Skills Arcade – The arcade has a blend of online math, reading, language arts, and science skills practice games, along with video games geared toward a wide variety of interests, and online competitions. Accessible on tablets, PCs, and Macs, the arcade is free to all children enrolled in Alabama K-12 schools through July 31.
- Big Universe – More than 18,000 eBooks and literacy tools are available 24/7 on smartphones, tablets, and laptops for free through July 31 from all Alabama K-12 children
In addition, Alabama Public Television is hosting the “Summer of Possibilities” educational program on its website and ALSDE also encouraged parents and children to explore their local library over the summer. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-kids-can-keep-learning-over-the-summer-with-these-resources/ | 2022-06-07T15:56:24 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-kids-can-keep-learning-over-the-summer-with-these-resources/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — With gas prices continuing to climb, Commute Smart is encouraging people to take an alternative commute to work.
Instead of driving alone, officials with Commute Smart told CBS 42 that walking, taking the transit, or carpooling are all alternatives that can help save money.
Commute Smart also offers a ride matching service that allows customers to ride along with others who live nearby. A vanpool is available for larger groups of people with longer commutes. The cost for each trip is based on the number of riders and mileage.
“A lot of people have been interested in Commute Smart,” outreach coordinator Jeniese Hosey said. “A lot of people are interested in taking that alternative to work on gas, save on money, save on wear and tear on their car, all of which go up when the gas prices go up, so we have had a lot of increased activity in our program.”
The MAX Transit is a service that offers affordable rides across multiple areas from $1.50 to $3.50 a day.
“We service Birmingham, Bessemer, Homewood, Hoover, Mountain Brook, Vestavia, Tarrant, Midfield, and the city of Fairfield, so wherever you are, you can always ride with us,” Sam South, the director of communications for the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority said.
South told CBS 42 that more people are riding the transit due to COVID-19 cases decreasing.
Transit trips can be scheduled by clicking here, going to the Central Station downtown, or on the My Stop App. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/transportation-alternatives-in-the-birmingham-metro-area/ | 2022-06-07T15:56:30 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/transportation-alternatives-in-the-birmingham-metro-area/ |
Providence $515M pension obligation bond: What voters need to know
Voting is underway in Providence where residents are getting their say on Mayor Jorge Elorza's proposal for a $515 million pension obligation bond to bail out its troubled system.
Lawmakers are already giving the plan the go-ahead, the Senate Finance Committee having offered its approval followed by the House.
But without the green light from locals, it's dead in the water.
What do legislators think:$515-million Providence pension bailout wins RI House approval
When are polls open? Where can I vote?
Polling locations around the city began welcoming voters at 7 a.m. and will remain open until 8 p.m.
What is the pension obligation bond and what will it achieve?
Elorza's hope is that the bond will alleviate the city's more than $1.2 billion unfunded liability, though the potential fix is not without risk thanks to the possibility of rising interest rates and a volatile stock market.
Still, the mayor and his supporters have positioned this as the last option, warning that the city could find itself in financial ruin if it allows the pension crisis to go unaddressed.
More:Should RI lawmakers approve a $515-million Providence pension bailout?
However, GOP National Committeeman Steve Frias has spent more than $6,000 on mailers eviscerating the proposal and likening it to the disaster in Woonsocket when that city borrowed $90 million in 2002 for its pension fund only to realize its contribution schedule and projections on investment returns were unrealistic. Elorza has vehemently rejected this comparison, noting that market conditions at the time were not ideal. Additionally, Providence plans to borrow at a lower interest rate than Woonsocket, and expects a more conservative return.
More:Mayor Elorza's proposal to fix the Providence pension crisis clears its first big hurdle
Providence is planning for a true interest cap of 4.9%, more than 1% lower than Woonsocket's but still higher than what General Treasurer Seth Magaziner would have liked. Magaziner, who openly criticized a larger bond proposal last year, has called this year for guardrails, though the city has only adopted some, including a maximum 25-year term and a call option so that if possible, the bond may be financed at a lower interest rate later.
Magaziner's spokesman Ben Smith told The Providence Journal that the treasurer is "disappointed" that his other recommendations were not incorporated, but he will back the bond anyway.
"As a Providence voter, Treasurer Magaziner plans to vote in favor of the proposal, with some reservations, and will make his office available to assist the City with implementation of the proposal if it should be approved," Smith said. "He thanks all involved for their good faith efforts to improve the City of Providence's finances."
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BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game euthanized fish at Hagerman State Hatchery in an effort to minimize the spread of disease.
On June 1, approximately 188,000 young rainbow trout were euthanized after the fish contracted a viral disease called infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN).
There are no treatments for fish that contract IHN, so the best way to stop an outbreak and prevent the virus from spreading is euthanasia.
The euthanized fish measured about 2 inches long and were slated to be stocked as 10-inch catchable-sized fish for summer 2023.
The Hagerman State Hatchery still plans to release 1.8 million rainbow trout, and the Hayspur Fish Hatchery will be providing additional juvenile rainbow trout to minimize the loss of the incident.
The replacement fish will be released in 2023, 6 to 8 weeks later than originally scheduled.
The Hagerman Hatchery is one of 20 fish hatcheries owned or managed by Idaho Fish and Game. The hatchery produces and stocks over 30 million fish in rivers, lakes and reservoirs each year in Idaho.
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NAMPA, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
Two people dressed as handmaids from Margaret Atwood’s novel, “The Handmaid’s Tale,” entered the Nampa School District’s board room and took a seat in the front row of the audience. Each held a copy of that book.
So began the special board work session on Monday evening that included a portion dedicated to discussing the process for challenged books in the district. The meeting included reflection from board of trustees about the decision to remove books from school libraries last month, their thoughts on going forward, and comments from school librarians and parents that had participated in the review process of those books.
“All of this is just a discussion, because I think it’s really important that we make sure that we have a really good, solid, transparent, written down, consistent process that all of our patrons, our parents, our staff … everybody knows that this is the process we will use to challenge books,” said Board Chair Jeff Kirkman at the beginning of the meeting.
The meeting was open to the public, but there was no time for public comment included in the discussion.
At the board’s May meeting, three of the board’s five members voted to remove 22 books from the district’s libraries “forever,” citing concerns about “pornography,” as previously reported. The books in question were in the process of being reviewed by committees of teachers, staff, and parents, but it was unclear how the board’s decision would affect that process, and what process the district would use to evaluate challenged books going forward.
Following the decision, the district had released a statement saying, “the board and district will work together to create a fair, consistent and transparent procedure for handling challenged books.”
At Monday’s meeting, Kirkman said he felt that the procedure for challenging books was less than clear, hence why he voted in favor of removing the books from libraries. After the meeting in which the board voted to remove the books, Kirkman and Trustee Brook Taylor met with some of the district’s librarians, as well as concerned parents for further discussion, Kirkman said. The notes included with the books agenda item on Monday’s meeting were taken at that meeting, he said.
Trustee Mandy Simpson said she was concerned that it is not the board’s job to come up with the procedure for challenged books, saying that the board should instead work on a policy that guides how the superintendent and district staff manage books that are challenged.
“If there are specific things that we want our superintendent and his staff to be doing in the process, it should be dictated through the policy,” Simpson said. “So I want to make sure that we focus on that as a board and what we need to do to make those changes.”
Trustee Tracey Pearson said she felt it necessary to have the books removed because community complaints about the books had been ignored for the previous year. That the books were still on shelves was a failure of leadership, she said.
“I don’t think (the books) were appropriate, and it was a failed system,” Pearson said. “So I had to take action, I felt, for the people.”
Trustee Marco Valle, who also voted in favor of removing the books, said that the challenged process is not transparent, and stood by his vote, while advocating for an improved procedure.
“An electric shock is sometimes needed to make changes the right way,” Valle said. “We removed those books, which I’m glad we did. But let’s figure out the process. I think it has got to be clear, concise, well written, and it has got to make sense according to our community, not to Ada County, not to Colorado or Florida, and all the places that we received emails from.”
Interim Superintendent Gregg Russell explained that the process through which the books were being reviewed was similar to the process by which curriculum is reviewed when challenges arise. Typically, this begins with a written complaint from a parent, and can be discussed at varying levels of administrative leadership until the issue is resolved, he said.
If a parent does not want their child reading certain books, they have options, Russell said. For example, if a parent does not want their child reading a certain book for class, there are alternative approved books the teacher can suggest, he said.
For the library, parents may request that their child be prohibited from checking out certain books, said Ann Christensen, librarian at Skyview High School, who was present at the meeting.
Christensen said that the review of the challenged books began with the selection of a committee of parents, staff, and teachers. Those committees had reviewed three books by the time the board voted to remove the books in question in May.
“My time as a librarian, as a teacher, and as a citizen went into it,” Christensen said, noting she tried to read the books at school when she could, but also read them during her free time. One parent who challenged the books was invited to participate in the review process, but declined, Christensen said.
Overall, the committees felt some books were appropriate for being in school, and some were not, she said.
Another parent who participated in the review and was present at the meeting said some of the age recommendations given by Common Sense Media, a media reviewing platform helping guide the review process, should be raised.
Nancy Finney, librarian at Nampa High School, said books that discuss seemingly controversial topics can help students see that they’re not alone in facing adversity.
“What these books are doing, is they’re opening our minds to hot topics that these kids are living through,” Finney said. “If you think that we don’t have kids that have been physically or mentally abused, you’re wrong. If you don’t think we have kids that have been bullied or raped, you’re wrong. Some of these books can give our kids coping skills and how to deal with this.”
Though books may seem extreme or offensive when a piece of it is taken out of context, the value of the book is often more than that, she said.
Finney, Christensen, and the two other parents present seemed to agree that a parent should have the ability to say if they did not want their children reading a certain book.
One parent expressed that it is about choice and protecting a child’s right to read, asking why a certain group of parents should get to choose what her child is able to read.
But Pearson said it would be impossible for a parent to know the content of every book offered in a school library.
Taylor, who voted against the removal of the books, said that some of the books in the list are high quality and are a reflection of the community.
“I would agree with you, that not only are some of these books phenomenal, but they echo the life of me and my children,” Taylor said, addressing the librarians and parent committee members. “We are a broken home, and my ex-husband is an addict. So I really appreciate your guys’ commitment to reading these things because I do believe our community is very, very diverse, even within its diversity.”
Kirkman expressed a desire to have the process for challenged books refined by the beginning of the school year, and that he anticipates that some of the books could end up back on library shelves. Board Clerk Krissy LaMont said that she would plan on scheduling a board work session dedicated to discussing the process in the coming months.
Several of the books banned at the May meeting were recommended reading for A.P. English Literature classes, as previously reported. As a result of the decision, those will no longer be included in the reading list, as previously reported.
At the May meeting, trustees and other district staff had discussed what would happen to the books being removed from libraries, and it was speculated they might face the same fate as materials being retired from school curricula: being thrown away. However, district leaders decided they would be keeping the books in the district’s warehouse until additional decisions are made, as previously reported.
When news of the banned books broke last month, local book retailer Rediscovered Bookshop mobilized, including asking the public to donate copies of the books for distribution in Nampa.
On Wednesday, the bookshop is planning a “Banned Books Giveaway” event at Flying M Coffee Garage in Nampa, 1314 2nd Street South, Nampa, from 6 to 8 p.m., according to the bookshop’s website. The event will give away over 1,250 copies of various books from the banned list that the public donated in one week following the board’s decision, according to the website. Anyone with a Nampa student ID card will be able to receive up to three copies of the books, and staff and teachers will be able to take home copies as well, as previously reported.
A banned book read-in will also take place on the school district’s administration building lawn (619 S. Canyon Street, Nampa) on Monday, June 13, at 6 p.m., organized by the Nampa Banned Books Fan Club.
The board’s workshop also included a discussion about the budget for the upcoming fiscal year, as well as the process for deciding curriculum, and the board’s priorities and goals.
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Read more at IdahoPress.com
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Weeks after Bay Area Hospital announced the hiring of a new chief operations officer, the hospital announced Larry Butler Jr. is no longer employed with the hospital.
The quick change came after it was learned Butler was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison on charges of wire fraud and false representation of a Social Security number.
In that case, Butler was convicted for defrauding the Louisiana Health Cooperative Inc. and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Louisiana.
In a press release announcing the sentence in 2015, federal prosecutors said Butler used false credentials, a false Social Security number and other false documentation to conceal significant criminal history and obtain pay and benefits from the two nonprofit healthcare companies. Prosecutors also said Butler used company credit cards to pay for personal expenses, including furniture, travel and meals. According to the press release, Butler obtained more than $119,000 in pay and other benefits by hiding his true background.
In the 2015 release, then United States Attorney Walt Green said, “This case demonstrates the damage that can be wrought by fraudsters who deceive good, hardworking people to obtain undeserved employment and then abuse their positions to steal more. This sort of conduct not only causes financial injury to the employers, it victimizes their honest employees. In this case, the fraudulent conduct is particularly egregious, given the noble missions of these victims to provide affordable health care and to treat and fight cancer.”
In announcing that Butler was no longer with the hospital, Bay Area Hospital said the past criminal activity did not show up during a background check on Butler.
“Bay Area Hospital uses a comprehensive background check process to vet all of its new hires,” the hospital said on a Facebook post. “Even the best system can be manipulated by an unscrupulous individual. That said, BAH’s process is consistent with industry standards, and includes, amongst other things, a full state, county and national criminal background check, a minimum of three professional reference checks and in-depth interviews.”
The hospital also said no patient or employee data was threatened during Butler’s brief tenure at the hospital.
“BAH, like all modern health care organizations, has robust systems in place to protect its patients’ and employees’ data. We are confident that those systems work,” the press release read. “A review of those systems indicates that no sensitive information has been breached. Nevertheless, we are conducting a thorough audit of our systems to ensure that all private data has been maintained in full and strict confidence.”
In a press release announcing his hiring, Bay Area Hospital touted Butler’s experience, mostly in healthcare institutions in California, but did not mention any link to the healthcare agencies in Louisiana. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/hospital-cuts-ties-with-coo-after-criminal-history-found/article_64e1269a-e502-11ec-99f7-6ffac49a449d.html | 2022-06-07T16:09:38 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/hospital-cuts-ties-with-coo-after-criminal-history-found/article_64e1269a-e502-11ec-99f7-6ffac49a449d.html |
ROAN MOUNTAIN, Tenn. (WJHL) — A Carter County man reported a hefty loss of cash to the sheriff’s office Friday, claiming he left a bag full of money on his kitchen counter before heading to bed only to hear a noise later in the night and discover it had vanished.
The man told police he withdrew $50,000 cash from his bank on June 3 to purchase land and build a house in South Carolina. He returned to his residence at 5:30 p.m. and left the cash-filled bag on the counter before eating dinner and heading to bed.
Around 11 p.m. as he lay in bed, according to an incident narrative penned by the responding deputy, the man heard a noise and left his bedroom to investigate. He alleged he saw an unrecognizable vehicle with its lights on across the street from his house before it traveled toward the Tiger Creek community.
The man told deputies with the Carter County Sheriff’s Office that he turned toward the counter to peer into the brown paper bag, which had held a blue bag containing the cash. While the brown bag remained on the counter, its contents were nowhere to be found, the man told police.
All doors had been locked before he went to bed, the man told police, and investigators did not find any signs of forced entry. The man, who revealed he did not have security cameras, also told police he believed only a person with a key could have gotten into his home.
The man showed police his bank account, which reportedly showed that he did withdraw $50,000 that day. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/police-bag-with-50k-vanishes-from-roan-mt-mans-kitchen-counter/ | 2022-06-07T16:12:33 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/police-bag-with-50k-vanishes-from-roan-mt-mans-kitchen-counter/ |
PINEY FLATS, Tenn. (WJHL) — Rocky Mount State Historic Site announced it will host its annual two-day American Heritage Festival June 11-12 to highlight historical events spanning from the Revolutionary War to the present day.
Historic re-enactors and experts will share their knowledge with displays, live military demonstrations, cannon firings, music from years past, blacksmith forging, wool processing and more, according to a news release from the site.
Guests can experience the historic homestead where some of Tennessee’s earliest frontiersmen and women resided and learn about their everyday lives and responsibilities in the Southwest Territory. Participants are encouraged to bring a picnic to enjoy on the grounds, or they can opt for eats offered by various food trucks.
According to the Rocky Mount website, the 40-acre historic site is home to the two-story Cobb house, which dates back to the late 1700s.
To purchase tickets and to learn more, click here. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rocky-mount-announces-plans-for-annual-american-heritage-festival/ | 2022-06-07T16:12:39 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rocky-mount-announces-plans-for-annual-american-heritage-festival/ |
VALPARAISO — Porter County police are seeking help locating a 39-year-old man sought in connection with public indecency and domestic battery criminal cases.
The man sought is Peter James Dudek, described by police as 6 feet in height, weighing 190 pounds with brown hair and green eyes.
Dudek, who has multiple tattoos, is known to frequent the Hilltop Neighborhood near Valparaiso University and is believed to be staying in hotels and with friends in the Northwest Indiana area, police said.
"Peter is also believed to be obtaining rides from others, or traveling via his bicycle," according to county police. "Peter has a work history in the construction and landscaping fields."
He is wanted on failure to appear and failure to comply allegations stemming from charges of maintaining a common nuisance, public indecency and domestic battery, police said.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police anonymously via a text or voicemail at 219-309-7760 or to submit a tip through the department's app.
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While speaking with the daughter of a woman suspected in a shooting, an officer noticed injuries to the girl's hands. Further investigation revealed the girl's body was covered in scars, record state.
Nick A. Peterson, 60, is accused of hitting and killing 40-year-old Ryan Briney while driving a truck registered to the company that employed them both Aug. 21 in the 3300 block of Dickey Road.
Residents should avoid the area, Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said. The Gary Community School Corp. had Lake County sheriff’s police working security during the ceremony, he said.
Lydia T. Conley, 39, could face a sentence of 45 to 65 years in prison for the murder of 40-year-old Delilah Martinez on Oct. 27, 2019, in Hammond's Robertsdale neighborhood.
Chelsea A. Flowers, 24, admitted in her plea agreement she pushed a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant to the the ground and pinned her down while a co-defendant kicked the woman's stomach. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/porter-county-police-seeking-man-in-public-indecency-case/article_510ace97-2cae-5287-ace0-e12300095d8d.html | 2022-06-07T16:16:21 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/porter-county-police-seeking-man-in-public-indecency-case/article_510ace97-2cae-5287-ace0-e12300095d8d.html |
CEDAR LAKE — For almost 30 years Bob Gross has been working to restore Cedar Lake. As the town starts the first phase of an eco-restoration project, clear water is finally within reach.
The Pinecrest Marina Boat Dealership has been in Gross' family since 1948. Over the years he has seen the water he works on every day become clouded with sediment and runoff.
That is why in 1996, Gross helped found the Cedar Lake Enhancement Association, or CLEA. The nonprofit has been dedicated to improving both the lake and its surrounding environment ever since.
"I just want to see Cedar Lake have blue water again. It has just always been a goal, and we are getting there,” Gross said.
On Monday afternoon, about 40 people gathered near the Cedar Lake beach that sits behind Town Hall for a symbolic groundbreaking on the first phase of the restoration project — constructing the dewatering facility.
The actual dewatering facility will be located off of Parrish Avenue between 151st Street and 155th Street. Dyer Construction will begin building later this week and is slated to complete the facility by September. Once operational, the structure will occupy about 45 acres of a 114-acre parcel of land and will "essentially be a giant, dirt bowl," Cedar Lake Town Manager Chris Salatas explained.
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The temporary facility is where all of the sediment dredged from the lake will be stored. Throughout the three-year project, sediment will be pumped from the lake into the facility using a slurry pipeline, which will run through part of the 400-acre wetland on the south side of Cedar Lake. Once at the facility, the sediment and the water will be separated and the water will run back into the lake through the wetland.
When the project is complete, likely in 2024, the dewatering facility will be removed and the land will be used for a sportsplex, Salatas said.
The entire project has a budget of about $7 million.
Removing the large amount of sediment that has gathered in Cedar Lake has been an ongoing project for decades. The town worked with the Army Corps of Engineers for many years, studying the lake and crafting a removal plan. However, Gross said the Army Corps' proposals were far too costly.
Ultimately, the town found a way to fund the project "100% locally," Town Council President Randy Niemeyer, Ward-5, said. The town council voted to issue a TIF bond of $3.9 million, which Niemeyer said will not impact local property taxes. The project will also be funded through a combination of grants from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Lake and River Enhancement (LARE) program and a $350,000 donation from CLEA.
About $2 million of the project's cost will also come from Cedar Lake sewer utility funds because "part of the reason that the lake is in the condition that it's in is from years ago when the septic fields were leaching into the lake. We've invested millions in stormwater projects in neighborhoods around the lake over the last several years that have helped us to create a sustainable project once this is over," Niemeyer explained.
The roots of Cedar Lake
Though the lake still fills with algae, especially on hot summer days, Gross said he has seen Cedar Lake's water quality improve over the years. He attributes some of the change to the reduction in fertilizer runoff. Much of the land surrounding the lake — once a patchwork of farm fields where phosphorous and nitrogen were applied to help crops grow — has now been developed.
The lake formed some 14,000 years ago when the glaciers that covered the Region began to recede. According to the Cedar Lake Historical Association, the glacier left a clay-lined depression in the earth filled with crystal-clear water. The almost 800-acre lake was likely once twice as large.
Cedar Lake became a popular resort community in the late 1800s when the Monon Railway was built. Over the years pollution and erosion degraded the lake, and now, Gross said, the water visibility in the middle of summer "is at best, a little more than a foot."
Once the restoration project is complete Gross wants to be able to see three to four feet into the lake.
"People look back at the greatest days of Cedar Lake as being 100 years ago when the Monon lines came through — I look at it as today forward," Niemeyer said. "We have a chance to set a new history, to carve a new path."
The next phase of the restoration will be actually dredging the lake. Once the dewatering facility is constructed, a dredge barge will get to work. The barge will collect sediment, grind it and then pump it into the slurry pipeline which will deliver it to the dewatering facility.
The town will select a contractor for the dredging portion of the project in the next few months.
A minimum of about 290,000 cubic yards of sediment will be removed from Cedar Lake, though the dewatering facility can hold up to 500,000. Gross said CLEA's "end goal is to fill the whole facility," a feat he estimates will cost an additional $2 million.
Maintaining lake health
Restoration efforts will not stop once the sediment is removed.
To restore native fish and wildlife populations, the DNR will be completing a fish kill after the lake is dredged. Currently, invasive carp and white perch fill the water. The invasives harm the native game fish, eating their eggs before they hatch.
After the fish kill, the DNR will restock the water with native species such as crappy, perch and bass.
CLEA has also been conducting shoreline stabilization projects around the lake for years in an effort to curb erosion. All told, the nonprofit has completed 17 enhancement projects — removing countless old piers, beautifying the town complex and putting in check dams.
“If you dredge and it (the sediment and pollution) is still coming in then you have to dredge again,” Gross said.
Salatas said the goal was to make the restoration project as "non-invasive as possible." The lake will remain accessible to the public, aside from the specific locations where the barge is dredging.
The health of the lake is interconnected with the health of the town. The restoration will likely draw more economic development to the area, Salatas said.
“A lot of people come to Cedar Lake specifically for the lake, so this is really taking us back to our roots,” Salatas said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/cedar-lake/watch-now-cedar-lake-breaks-ground-on-long-anticipated-eco-restoration-project/article_6c329f06-9ddf-513d-b31f-f7f58fb29534.html | 2022-06-07T16:16:27 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/cedar-lake/watch-now-cedar-lake-breaks-ground-on-long-anticipated-eco-restoration-project/article_6c329f06-9ddf-513d-b31f-f7f58fb29534.html |
PORTAGE — Traffic along the local stretch of Interstate 94 is reduced to two lanes in each direction to allow for bridge work, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation.
The project targets bridge work over Willow Creek and the CSX Railroad, between the Ind. 249 and Ind. 51/U.S. 6 exits, the state said.
The lane restrictions are to remain in place for about four weeks, INDOT said.
"Lane and shoulder closures will alternate so motorists should be prepared for changing traffic patterns in the area," state officials said.
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Fire Within: Award winners Cassie Campbell and Leslie Vassar
Spices N Spurs
Award: Aspire
Owner: Cassie Campbell
Established: March 2017
When it comes to her business, it could be said that Cassie Campbell is an overachiever. Campbell is a 22-year Dutton resident, but her food truck, Spices N Spurs, makes its way around Great Falls feeding the public.
Campbell, 33, has been cooking her entire life and has been a professional chef for 10 years. She said her food truck started on a whim. Her parents are horse trainers, and she rides and shows horses as a hobby. She came to a point where she was too broke to pay her entry fees, so she set up concessions at shows to fund her horse habit.
"I just ran with it," she said. "I’ve always been a cook and I just got tired of making money for other people."
Before COVID-19, Campbell was primarily a caterer, but the pandemic forced her to concentrate more on the food truck. She never intended to set up in Great Falls, but she said she had to in order to survive.
“COVID kind of took me out of the shadows and made me be part of the community more,” she said.
Since she opened, Campbell has learned to adapt to change and adjust her strategies as new situations arise. New business owners can't be afraid to work hard, she said.
"Nothing is as easy as people make it look. Sleep is for the lucky and the fortunate.”
Not only does Campbell run her food truck. She has also opened a commissary kitchen where she can teach other people how to run food trucks, teaches college courses and puts on ticketed meals for charitable causes.
As a recovering alcoholic, Campbell's goal is to create a food community that doesn't rely on alcohol to be successful.
The best part of owning her own business? Being a woman with a voice. Campbell said women shouldn't let anyone tell them they can't do something.
"You just have to have the mindset of being a bulldozer. Don’t weaken,” she said.
Penthouse Salon
Award: Inspire
Owner: Leslie Vassar
Established: 2015
Contact: 926 Central Ave., 406-761-1431
There's never been a time when Leslie Vassar hasn't been a hairdresser. Since she was 19, she has worked at the Penthouse Salon. Seven years ago, though, she made it her own.
Now, 45-year-old Vassar employs 9-10 people, and they're her favorite part of being a business owner.
“They’re relying on you to make a living, so you just feel like you’re contributing to the community by providing that,” she said.
COVID-19 closed the Penthouse for six weeks, but the business came back busier than ever. Vassar said her employees were considered non-essential workers, "Which is a funny term because everybody’s business is essential to somebody.”
Unlike some other salons, the Penthouse's employees are not independent contractors with booths in the building. Instead, Vassar's staff receives a steady paycheck and can take advantage of continuing education through the salon.
Vassar still cuts hair full-time, so she said not much has changed for her since taking over as owner. She's learned that there is a network of female business owners in Great Falls that build each other up.
"It’s community over competition, and I just really like that," she said.
Above all, Vassar says her providing education and team-building for her employees is priceless. She recommends that any woman wanting to make the leap into business should jump right in, but they should be ready to work hard and should put their staff first. | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/fire-within-award-winners-cassie-campbell-leslie-vassar/65358275007/ | 2022-06-07T16:18:20 | 1 | https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/fire-within-award-winners-cassie-campbell-leslie-vassar/65358275007/ |
The Lincoln Police Department on Tuesday announced that it has arrested an 18-year-old Omaha man in connection to a fatal crash on O Street that killed two women over Memorial Day weekend.
Kyvell Stark turned himself into police Tuesday morning and Police Chief Teresa Ewins said he would be charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol causing serious bodily injury, all felonies. Stark had not been formally charged in Lancaster County Court as of 10 a.m.
Ewins said the crash investigation revealed Stark was driving a Ford Taurus "close to 90 mph" moments before colliding with a Toyota Corolla at 52nd and O streets at about 10:45 p.m. May 29. Ewins said investigators used "black box" data to determine the Ford's speed. It's unclear what speed Stark was driving at the time of impact, the police chief said.
Two Cozad women, Emily Siebenhor, 20, and her passenger, Edith Hermosillo, 22, died in the crash.
"The Lincoln Police Department continues to extend its condolences to the families and friends of the two young lives taken from this community," Ewins said.
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Police said in the crash report that results of a breathalyzer test of Stark were negative. Ewins on Tuesday said testing at the scene helped police determine Stark was under the influence of marijuana at the time of the crash, which she indicated contributed to his reaction time as Siebenhor turned in front of his fast-approaching vehicle.
"I don't know if he was braking at the time," the police chief said. "Again, that's part of the investigation. But no matter what, when you're impaired, your reflexes and taking action to stop is slowed."
Twenty others — all there watching the annual unsanctioned cruise night festivities — were injured when both vehicles jumped the curb following the crash. Ewins said two people remained hospitalized as of Tuesday morning. Stark could face additional charges if either patient ultimately dies, Ewins said.
Ewins maintained Tuesday that Stark was not involved in the cruise event taking place over the Memorial Day weekend, but also said investigators aren't yet sure what Stark had been doing before barreling down O Street on that Sunday night.
According to the crash report, Stark was headed west as Siebenhor attempted to turn from eastbound O Street onto northbound 52nd Street as the light for O Street traffic turned yellow.
The department is still seeking additional video or witnesses of the crash, Ewins said.
"There were a lot of people that were out that day," she said. "And we really wanna make sure that people come forward and tell us what they saw. It's all part of this. It is a long investigation."
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Flagstaff’s Oscar Landa Samano came in third in the Poetry Out Loud national finals held on Sunday.
A recent graduate of Coconino High School (CHS), Landa Samano had advanced to the finals after winning the Arizona state competition in March and placing in the top three of his semifinal round May 1.
Over 4.1 million students and 68,000 teachers across the United States have participated in Poetry Out Loud since it first started in 2005.
This year's semifinals featured 55 state and jurisdictional finalists, held in three rounds with the top three from each continuing to the finals this weekend. The finalists competing Sunday represented Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Nebraska, North Carolina, New York, Arizona, Colorado, California and Tennessee.
The event was hosted by poet, educator and bestselling author Kwame Alexander, who told of his own early experiences with poetry. Judges for the finals were Francisco Aragón, Candice Iloh, Rosa Joshi, Dante Medema, Joan Naviyuk Kane and Marcus Wicker.
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The nine finalists tuned in virtually to watch their pre-recorded recitations Sunday alongside family and friends. After the first two rounds, the three students with the highest scores recited a third poem before the winner was announced.
Recitations were scored based on physical presence, voice and articulation, evidence of understanding, dramatic appropriateness, accuracy and overall performance, with the final two criteria receiving the most weight.
For this competition, Landa Samano recorded new recitations of “Spanglish” by Tato Laviera, “The Contract Says: We’d Like This Conversation to be Bilingual” by Ada Limón and “God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Landa Samano made it to the final round and placed third in the competition overall. He will receive a $5,000 prize and an additional $500 for CHS to purchase poetry materials.
California representative Mia Ronn of the Archer School for Girls was named Poetry Out Loud's 2022 National Champion, winning a $20,000 prize. Aidyn Lorin Jai Reid of Fountain Valley School of Colorado came in second. Landa Samano, Ronn and Reid had all competed in the same round of the semi-finals.
“From participating in Poetry Out Loud, I have found an ability in myself to interact with a piece of literature that I’d never really had before,” Landa Samano said in a video for the event. “Not only interact with myself, but also interact with the people in the audience and really almost feeding off of that energy…the reactions that the audience had and really being able to connect myself to a poem, not just on the surface level, but in deeper ways that I never imagined.”
He plans to attend Colombia University in the fall to study architecture with an emphasis on sustainability and described poetry as both “a passion” and a “part of my life a lot of people don’t see” in an interview portion of the finals.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Heavy rain in Arlington over the weekend lead to 102,000 gallons of wastewater overflowing into Rush Creek in South Arlington, according to Arlington Water Utilities.
The utility service said the discharge of wastewater did not affect the city’s drinking water because Rush Creek is not part of the watershed for Lake Arlington.
According to city officials, a sewer manhole collapsed along the banks of Rush Creek, east of Edge Creek Lane and West Bardin Road, because of the heavy rain. This led to the collapse of the manhole caused a release of wastewater from a 12-inch sanitary sewer line, officials said.
Crews were initially unable to repair the leak because they could not access the location due to the high flow and depth within the stream, but the leak has since been fully-repaired.
City officials said anyone using private drinking water supply wells within a half-mile of the spill site should only use water that has been distilled or boiled at a rolling boil for at least one minute for all personal uses, including drinking, cooking, bathing, and tooth brushing.
They also said people with private water wells should have their well water tested and disinfected, if necessary, prior to discontinuing distillation or boiling.
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BLOOMINGTON — A Chicago man is in McLean County custody on robbery and firearm charges linked to an armed robbery last month at a Bloomington business.
Terrance T. Jones, 34, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
Bloomington police responded about 2:40 p.m. May 19 to McLean County Exchange, 2016 Ireland Grove Road, when the shop’s owner, Michael Moss, pressed a sound alarm after two men battered him and robbed the business of cash and numerous items.
A second suspect, who police described to be a Black or Hispanic male in his 20s, has not been arrested.
Jones is accused of pointing a firearm at the business owner, who then grabbed Jones’ gun and began to fight with him. Two gunshots were fired and struck a ceiling during the altercation, Moss previously told The Pantagraph.
A third gunshot was fired in a backroom at Moss, but the firearm jammed and a bullet trickled out of the barrel, Moss said.
Moss, 63, suffered a concussion and bruises, and he received stitches to his face during a four-day stay at a hospital.
A warrant for Jones’ arrest was issued June 3 and it was returned Monday.
Jones was jailed in lieu of posting $75,035. He was ordered to have no contact with Moss and McLean County Exchange.
An arraignment is scheduled for July 1.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noel R. Castillo
Noel R. Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
PROVIDED BY BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and two counts each of unlawful possession of 5-15 grams (Class 2 felony) and less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
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Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
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Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
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David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
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Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
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Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
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Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
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Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
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Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
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Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
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Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
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Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
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Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
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Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
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Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
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Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
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Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
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Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
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Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
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Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
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Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
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Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
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Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
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Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
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Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
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Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
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Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
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Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
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Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
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Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
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Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
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Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
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Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
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Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
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Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
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Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
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Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
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Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
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Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
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Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
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Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
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Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
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Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
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Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
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Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
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Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
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Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
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Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
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Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
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Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
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William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
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Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
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Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
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Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
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Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
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Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
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Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
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Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
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Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
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Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
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Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
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Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
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Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
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Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
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Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
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Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
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Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
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William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
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Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
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Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
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Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
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Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
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Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
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Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
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Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
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Education a top issue as Democratic candidates for Maryland governor square off in debate
With just six weeks until Maryland voters will choose their parties' candidate for governor, a crowded field of Democratic contenders focused on education Monday in a televised debate.
“The pandemic only exacerbated preexisting, long standing educational problems in our state,” said candidate Jon Baron, a former nonprofit executive, at the debate hosted by Maryland Public Television on their Owings Mills campus.
Baron cited national statistics showing that over a quarter of Maryland middle school students are not reading at a basic level and more than a third are not doing basic math.
Former U.S. Secretary of Education John King, who said he’d be the “education governor,” had the debate’s last word, addressing how he would handle the statewide achievement gap before his allotted 45 second remarks were cut short by the moderator in the interest of time.
Despite the crowded field jockeying for position, nearly all eight candidates weighed in on the issue, ranked second (behind crime) in a poll conducted by Goucher College earlier this year.
“COVID has had a major, major exhausting, frustrating impact upon your [education] sector,” state Comptroller Peter Franchot said.
Franchot, who led the field in a recent Baltimore Sun/University of Baltimore poll, pointed to the pressure on schools without adequate substitute teachers and support staff during the pandemic.
Franchot led with 20 percent of pollers for the Democratic primary scheduled for July 19. Former nonprofit executive Wes Moore and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez were the only other candidates polling in double digits, while nearly a third (31 percent) of those polled were undecided.
All three candidates touted their support of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future, a plan to improve education in the state over the next decade.
“We need someone who will make sure we implement this blueprint,” said Perez, who polled at 12 percent. “The next governor is going to have to be the implementer-in-chief.”
Moore, who received the endorsement of the Maryland State Education Association, said he would work with educators and local elected officials to ensure the blueprint’s implementation.
“I will make sure that the blueprint is fully funded,” said Moore, who polled at 15 percent.
But funding the blueprint is easier said than done, according to the state’s comptroller.
“The money is not there right now,” said Franchot, in a post-debate interview. He said he supports Kirwan (the commission responsible for the blueprint), but he wouldn’t raise taxes.
“One of the things that didn’t come up as much as it should have tonight is: Who’s willing to actually get the additional revenue we need to invest in our highest needs schools?” said King, a former teacher and principal, in a post-debate interview.
He called the blueprint’s recommendations “the floor, not the ceiling,” noting that capital improvements to school buildings are needed across the state and are not addressed by the blueprint. Both King and Jon Baron called for a statewide tutoring corps to help students make up academic ground.
“Provide high quality tutoring to every struggling first and second grader in the entire state of Maryland,” said Baron, calling the program his “top priority as governor.”
“It’s also the most effective tool we have to address COVID-related learning loss,” said the former Clinton administration official, estimating a $200 million price tag for the program, in a post-debate interview.
Monday’s debate was the only scheduled televised debate for the Democratic gubernatorial candidates. A MPT representative said an event is being planned for the Republican candidates, of which there are four, ahead of the July 19 primary. That event is yet to be scheduled.
Dwight A. Weingarten is an investigative reporter, covering the Maryland State House and state issues. He can be reached at dweingarten@gannett.com or on Twitter at @DwightWeingart2. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/07/maryland-governors-race-8-democratic-candidates-debate/7540465001/ | 2022-06-07T17:14:37 | 0 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/07/maryland-governors-race-8-democratic-candidates-debate/7540465001/ |
Monarch butterflies move closer to Endangered Species Protection
Although they will have to wait till 2024, monarch butterflies are slated for a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on receiving endangered or threatened species protection.
On account of pesticide spraying, habitat loss and climate change, monarch butterfly populations have decreased 85%.
The population is below the threshold at which government scientists estimate the butterfly migrations could collapse. The Center for Biological Diversity, along with the Center for Food Safety, petitioned for protection of the butterflies Aug. 26, 2014.
“The Service’s slow, bureaucratic process for listing species has tragic consequences, like further declines, more difficult recoveries and sometimes even extinction,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the center. "We’re in an extinction crisis, and scientists are warning of the impending loss of more than a million species. We need a Fish and Wildlife Service that does its job and acts with urgency.”
Pollination and Migration
In Maryland, monarch butterflies are found throughout the state before their 3,000 mile yearly migration to Mexico to lay their eggs. That is no small feat for an insect that weighs less than a paperclip.
According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, they are also important pollinators for a number of flowers as they can cover a large region prior to the winter months.
"In addition to their aesthetic appeal, butterflies are important pollinators as well as sensitive indicators for environmental health. In February and March, the overwintering monarchs will begin their journey north and east, laying eggs on milkweed as they go," the department said in a conservation overview.
Even the bright orange coloring of monarchs makes them distinctive to people and to potential predators, as it serves as a warning that they are toxic.
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The department suggests the public report sightings of monarch butterflies and assist in tagging studies to better assess the strength of migration numbers.
Resources like Journey North, makes that easy as they track a number of species that also migrate. Simple conservation steps like planting milkweed in gardens makes it possible for monarch butterflies in Maryland to have much-needed, late-season nectar resources.
The U.S. National Parks Service also underscored the need for statewide conservation.
"While feeding on nectar, they pollinate many types of wildflowers. The flowers they chose are varieties that are brightly colored, grow in clusters, stay open during the day, and have flat surfaces that serve as landing pads for their tiny guests," the service said in a statement.
Protection litigation
Expediting the decision came after three lawsuits brought by the center concerning a number of species with the first coming in February 2020, the final two came in April 2021.
As part of the settlement, the federal department established dates for decisions on whether 18 plants and animals from across the country warrant protection as endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The Service will also consider identifying and protecting critical habitat for another nine species.
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By the end of 2022, 21 species are due for a decision. Western pond turtles and a species of seabirds called black-capped petrels will see decisions in fiscal 2023.
Also having to wait till 2024 will be Bethany Beach fireflies.
“I’m so glad these 27 species are finally getting a shot at badly needed protections and a chance to avoid extinction,” Greenwald said. “It’s frustrating, however, that some of these animals and plants have waited decades for help. Disturbingly, the Fish and Wildlife Service has done little to nothing to address the problems that caused delays.”
An Aug. 26 2021, statement by the center noted the service has taken 12 years on average to list species under the Endangered Species Act but, according to the law, it is supposed to take two.
Five of the Florida plants awaiting critical habitat and included in today’s court victory were first identified as needing the Endangered Species Act’s protection in 1975 but didn’t receive it until 2016 or 2017.
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The Richmond School Board voted Monday night to fast track the procurement process for design at William Fox Elementary and to begin replacing portions of Clark Springs Elementary’s roof.
Fox Elementary students moved into the formerly shuttered Clark Springs school last month. The move came roughly three months after a three-alarm fire engulfed Fox Elementary, closing the school indefinitely. Though the fire caused extensive damage to Fox, the School Board previously approved renovating the 111-year-old school instead of rebuilding it.
Richmond Superintendent Jason Kamras’ administration recommended an emergency procurement process to secure design services for the Fox renovation to the School Board Monday night. An emergency process is slated to take two months, while the option of pursuing a request for proposal process has an estimated timeline of six months, according to the recommendation.
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“My recommendation is to move forward with the emergency procurement method, given the desire of all of us to see the young people returned to Hanover Avenue as soon as possible,” Kamras said Monday night.
The longer the fire-damaged structure continues to be exposed to the elements, the more likely it will ruin its chances of being renovated instead of being rebuilt. An emergency procurement would drastically cut Fox’s exposure time, the recommendation says.
Fifth District School Board member Stephanie Rizzi asked if the board had to determine if Fox’s situation is indeed an emergency. According to the School Board attorney, the administration’s recommendation is before the board, which grants the decision.
Dana Fox, director of RPS construction, said Monday: “to be clear for the emergency procurement justification, the justification that we are using would be the historic element of the property.”
Fox acknowledged that Preservation Virginia recently named Fox as one of the state’s most endangered historic places.
School Board member Mariah White, who represents Fox Elementary, said she would be fine moving forward with an emergency procurement process as long as the school division could ensure that by doing so, it would not create risk for a bid protest - in which someone such as a rival bidder challenges an award or proposed award.
Kamras said he could not guarantee a bid protest would not occur, as they typically happen with traditional request for proposal processes.
Fourth District School Board member Jonathan Young first proposed to not follow the recommendation and instead direct the division to put out a request for proposals for architectural engineering by July 6 and then award a contract contingent on School Board approval by Sept. 6.
Young noted that a Virginia Municipal League guide provides an example of what constitutes as an emergency.
“Dare I say that hiring an architect is a bit of a stretch,” Young said.
Young’s motion failed. A second motion to approve the emergency procurement process passed 8-1.
While Kamras recommended acting swiftly with Fox Elementary, he took a different approach in addressing Clark Springs Elementary's leaky roof. Replacing the entire roof has a price tag of roughly $1.5 million. Instead of spending it all at once, Kamras recommended spending $600,000 to replace specific sections of the school’s roof over the summer.
On Monday evening the school board approved the recommendation. White asked if the division could ensure the roof replacements would be completed by the start of the upcoming academic year. While Kamras said he could not guarantee a completed job by the start of school, he said he will try his best.
The $600,000 is not coming from the school system’s upcoming fiscal year’s $2.5 million capital improvement program. With the money already accounted for, the division will fund the roof project with the expected additional $4.5 million in capital improvement funds from the state.
Before moving Fox students into Clark Springs Elementary, the formerly closed school needed a laundry list of repairs, including to its roof. Minor repairs and patch jobs for the roof cost about $900 per trip. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/richmond-school-board-votes-to-expedite-design-process-at-fox-start-on-roof-at-clark/article_9fd91d9e-5956-55a8-8413-54ffd9d411d0.html | 2022-06-07T17:20:18 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/richmond-school-board-votes-to-expedite-design-process-at-fox-start-on-roof-at-clark/article_9fd91d9e-5956-55a8-8413-54ffd9d411d0.html |
A Mandan man scheduled to stand trial for attempted murder was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to lesser charges, court records show.
The trial for Terry Peltier, 29, was set for Tuesday. He pleaded guilty Monday to felony reckless endangerment and two counts of aggravated assault.
Peltier was accused in January 2021 of shooting another man when an argument in Mandan escalated into a fight, police said. Alex Steele, 29, suffered a gunshot wound to his left lower abdomen and an exit wound to his right lower hip.
Peltier entered Alford pleas to the felonies and misdemeanor counts of simple assault and discharge of a firearm in city limits. Under an Alford plea, a defendant doesn't admit guilt but recognizes that evidence in the case would likely lead a jury to return a guilty verdict. Courts treat Alford pleas as guilty pleas.
South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland suspended three years of a five-year prison term, court documents show. She allowed Peltier credit for 512 days served, and further ordered him to spend three years on supervised probation. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/peltier-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-two-years/article_aa0aee3a-e67a-11ec-afce-1ff4d8186456.html | 2022-06-07T17:26:43 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/peltier-pleads-guilty-sentenced-to-two-years/article_aa0aee3a-e67a-11ec-afce-1ff4d8186456.html |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The cost of gas is up again in Florida and experts say prices are getting closer to the $5 per gallon mark.
“I would expect gas prices to continue climbing. We saw gas-price futures reach new record-highs last week, which means gas prices are likely to increase,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA.
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The average price per gallon on Tuesday in Florida was $4.77, according to AAA. The national average was $4.92.
Melissa Steed, of Ocala, was charging her husband’s Tesla at Wawa near International Drive and said it’s the one car they don’t have to worry about when it comes to gas.
“We have five drivers in our family—three teenagers right now—and so we we fight over this car so that we can save pennies,” Steed said.
Wendy and Ian Grandon were visiting Orlando from the United Kingdom and explained they too are dealing with high gas prices back home, too.
“It’s not far off,” Wendy Grandon said.
Even though drivers may still find $4.75 for regular gas in the Orlando area, AAA said that will likely change soon.
“It might be a good idea if you want to take advantage of the prices as they are right now and top off your tanks. Of course, if everyone converges to the gas station at one time, then that creates its own problem because then you can run into supply outages at gas stations so you gotta have to be careful with that,” Jenkins said. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/florida-gas-prices-close-in-on-5-a-gallon/ | 2022-06-07T17:27:40 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/florida-gas-prices-close-in-on-5-a-gallon/ |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County commissioners met Tuesday to discuss the results of a study on a plan that would put a temporary cap on rent increases.
The proposal from Commissioner Emily Bonilla calls for a 5% cap on rent hikes. The cap would last for 1 year and would have to be approved by Orange County voters.
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The report on the proposal was commissioned by the county and outside consultants suggested that legislation to control rent prices locally may do more harm than good.
GAI Consultants analyzed the plan and made recommendations to the board.
The company noted that policies encouraging advance notices of rental increases could work, but it also said the issues the plan addresses are beyond what local governments are capable of fixing.
Other unintended consequences the company pointed to in the report were lowered maintenance, decoupling of utilities from rent prices and “reduced mobility of the most vulnerable populations.”
Instead, the company said, the issue is the amount of housing and rental units in the market — the population of Orange County is growing faster than the rental market can accommodate, leading to a shortage of units and higher prices.
During a news conference early Tuesday, Bonilla called the report opinionated and biased.
“If (commissioners) saw that a consultant who was supposed to do fact finding on rent stabilization was so biased as to say you’re getting outside attention, then we really should get a refund on this report,” Bonilla said. “Unfortunately, it looks like they were not ready to do the job they were hired to do, and they were too biased to provide a report that we deserved.”
Dozens of people spoke on both sides of the issue during the public comment section of Tuesday’s meeting.
The proposal from commissioner Emily Bonilla calls for a 5% cap on rent hikes. The cap would last for one year and would have to be approved by Orange County voters. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/orange-county-commissioners-debate-rent-control-proposal/ | 2022-06-07T17:27:46 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/orange-county-commissioners-debate-rent-control-proposal/ |
TITUSVILLE, Fla. – A woman who nearly had her hand severed and was then shot during a brutal attack in Titusville has died, according to police.
The victim was identified as Ty’Kara Lamona Madden, 21, of Titusville. Police said she died Monday.
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The attack happened Thursday around 11:15 p.m. when officers were called to Willow Street, witnessing Alteric Johnson, 22, holding a rifle while chasing the woman, who was trying to get into a home to get away from him. Police said Johnson then shot the woman in the back of the head.
Prior to police arriving, investigators said Johnson had attacked the victim with a machete, partially amputating her hand.
The woman was taken to the hospital where she later died.
Police said part of the incident was captured on surveillance video and shows the woman begging for her life and hiding behind a vehicle.
Johnson faces a charge of premeditated first-degree murder, upgraded from attempted murder following the victim’s death. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/woman-whose-hand-was-nearly-severed-dies-after-attack-in-titusville/ | 2022-06-07T17:27:52 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/woman-whose-hand-was-nearly-severed-dies-after-attack-in-titusville/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Comedian Leanne Morgan is coming to Dallas in October.
As a part of her 100-city run Big Panty Tour, she will be performing at the Majestic Theater in Downtown Dallas on Friday, Oct. 1.
Morgan started comedy unexpectedly. After having her first child, she began selling jewelry at home parties and found that instead of talking about the jewelry she began telling humorous stories. Guests who came to her parties found her to be hilarious, encouraging her to pursue comedy.
“I’m so tickled to be adding new dates to my Big Panty Tour! I’m having so much fun being with y’all, and can’t wait for the fun to continue.” Morgan said in a press release, “I feel like I need to clean y’all’s house, because everyone has been so sweet on this tour.”
Tickets for her show go on sale Friday, June 10 at 10 a.m. For more information about Leanne Morgan, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/comedian-leanne-morgan-performing-in-dallas-in-october-heres-when-you-can-get-tickets/ | 2022-06-07T17:30:28 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/comedian-leanne-morgan-performing-in-dallas-in-october-heres-when-you-can-get-tickets/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The Dallas Museum of Art is getting in on the Pride Month celebrations.
If you haven’t had the opportunity to celebrate Pride, the museum is hosting its annual Pride Block Party on Friday, June 17. Prepare for a night of fun and informative events all touching on topics affecting the LGBTQ+ community, including:
- Free HIV testing
- An interactive presentation exploring gender understanding
- Big D Reads: The Accommodation: The Politics of Race in American City
- Special Performances from Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Southern Pride and Tommie Ross
- Film screening of No Straight Lines: The Rise of Queer Comics
- And more
The block party is free with an admission ticket. For more information, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-museum-of-art-is-celebrating-pride-month-with-block-party-on-june-17/ | 2022-06-07T17:30:34 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-museum-of-art-is-celebrating-pride-month-with-block-party-on-june-17/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Love craft beer? Dallas Observer thinks it’s pretty cool too. That’s why they’re excited to announce the official date for their 12th annual BrewFest.
On Sept. 10, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., head down to the Dallas Farmers Market for an afternoon of beer. There’s plenty of fun to be had at this event, including beer samples from local breweries, snacks, cool swag, music and vendors.
General admissions tickets which include 12 2-ounce beer samples are $35 per ticket, but if that’s not enough for your taste, there will be sample cards available at the event.
Presale tickets are now available by using promo code BREWFAN. For more information, visit Dallas Observer. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-observers-12th-annual-brewfest-is-making-a-comeback-in-september/ | 2022-06-07T17:30:40 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-observers-12th-annual-brewfest-is-making-a-comeback-in-september/ |
When looking at the makeup of American families today, it’s rare to see a home where a pet isn’t part of the family. According to the most recent data from the APPA National Pet Owners Survey, 67% of households—or around 85 million homes—own a pet. Of these households, dogs and cats top the list of most popular pets, with 63.4 million and 42.7 million households owning dogs and cats, respectively.
In exploring the history of animal shelters and rescue organizations in the country, nothing proves as problematic as the lack of a centralized reporting system to collect data on these organizations. Most of the shelter statistics that are available and accepted today are estimates based on several period surveys, including the aforementioned APPA National Pet Owners Survey along with the AVMA U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. Without a nationally codified and streamlined process for collecting, organizing, and reporting on shelter data, there has been a grave lack of transparency around the country’s shelters. That makes it difficult not only to pinpoint accurate statistics regarding sheltered animals in America but also to understand the true state of animal welfare in the country, which is the first step to improving that welfare.
If you’ve been considering bringing home a furry companion, be sure to keep reading. Stacker compiled a list of dogs available for adoption in Dallas, Texas on Petfinder, ranging in age, breed composition, temperament, and needs. It’s important to note that pet adoption is a huge responsibility and requires available savings for emergency and routine veterinary care, a day-to-day routine and game plan for coverage if the pup needs to be left at home during the day (i.e. hiring a dog walker), and time and attention devoted to training your newest family member. Be sure to do due diligence on breed research to see what kind of dog will be the best fit for your lifestyle.
Without further ado, here are adoptable dogs in your home city.
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Biscuit
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Yorkshire Terrier, Chihuahua (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Gilly
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Hound (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
NINA
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Genesis
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd Dog (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Gerber
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd Dog (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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Goober
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd Dog (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
A
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Grover
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd Dog (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Jamba
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler, Pit Bull Terrier (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
Jenga
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Australian Cattle Dog / Blue Heeler, Pit Bull Terrier (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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DESSY
– Gender: Female
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Labrador Retriever, Shar-Pei (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
BOSS
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
BRYCE
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever
– Read more on Petfinder
SAM
– Gender: Male
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Cocker Spaniel
– Read more on Petfinder
AUSTIN
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Rat Terrier, Mixed Breed (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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BLUE
– Gender: Female
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
BRAVO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: German Shepherd Dog
– Read more on Petfinder
NOAH
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Yorkshire Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
PRINCESS
– Gender: Female
– Age: Baby
– Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier, Boxer (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
JAKE
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier, Boxer (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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SCRAPPY
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Maltese
– Read more on Petfinder
FRANKIE
– Gender: Male
– Age: Senior
– Breed: Poodle
– Read more on Petfinder
LIL BIT
– Gender: Female
– Age: Adult
– Breed: American Staffordshire Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
FERN
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever
– Read more on Petfinder
Gator
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Catahoula Leopard Dog, Labrador Retriever (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
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BRONCO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Young
– Breed: Great Pyrenees (mixed)
– Read more on Petfinder
LADY
– Gender: Female
– Age: Young
– Breed: Labrador Retriever
– Read more on Petfinder
APOLLO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Baby
– Breed: Pit Bull Terrier
– Read more on Petfinder
POLO
– Gender: Male
– Age: Adult
– Breed: Poodle
– Read more on Petfinder | https://cw33.com/news/local/dogs-available-for-adoption-in-dallas-6/ | 2022-06-07T17:30:46 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dogs-available-for-adoption-in-dallas-6/ |
ARLINGTON, Texas (KDAF) — Elton John’s final tour is passing through North Texas one last time.
The massive successful artist’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour is stopping at Globe Life Field on Sept. 30, signifying the artist’s final time performing in North Texas. His final concert in Texas will be in Houston at Minute Maid Park on Nov. 4.
This five-year tour will make its final stop in the United States on Nov. 20, with a show at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
July 8 will be the final stop in this tour with a concert at Tele2 Arean in Stockholm Sweden. To get your tickets, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/elton-johns-farewell-yellow-brick-road-tour-stops-in-arlington-this-september/ | 2022-06-07T17:30:52 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/elton-johns-farewell-yellow-brick-road-tour-stops-in-arlington-this-september/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Are you looking for a little furry friend? Plano Animal Services has a deal for you!
Shelter officials have announced a summer adoption special. Adoption fees for dogs 35 lbs or more have been waved for more than two weeks. Adoption fees are just $25 for cats that are more than one year old.
Officials say this special runs through June 19! | https://cw33.com/news/local/wanting-to-adopt-plano-animal-services-announce-summer-adoption-specials/ | 2022-06-07T17:30:58 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/wanting-to-adopt-plano-animal-services-announce-summer-adoption-specials/ |
Free summer concerts to bring bluegrass, folk, honkytonk, rock to Portland park
PORTLAND, Ind. — Arts Place will present a series of free concerts this summer at the Hudson Family Park Amphitheater, 500 S. Wayne St.
This summer's lineup includes:
- My Yellow Rickshaw, 7 p.m. June 29. The seven-member group includes Jay County native Nathan Klatt, who is featured on fiddle, mandolin, and vocals. The band is well-known in the Indianapolis area and plays a mix of pop, rock, bluegrass and R&B.
- Robin and Linda Williams, 7 p.m. Aug. 4. The husband-and-wife singer-songwriter folk music duo from Virginia appeared frequently on Garrison Keillor’s "A Prairie Home Companion" and has been recorded on numerous labels.
- The Barefoot Movement, 7 p.m. Aug. 18. The roots and bluegrass group includes front woman Noah Wall (fiddle, vocals, and songwriting), Tommy Norris (mandolin and vocals), and Katie Blomarz (upright bass and vocals).
- The Cold Hearts. 7 p.m. Sept. 2. Billing itself as a honkytonk, outlaw and classic country music band,. the five-member group includes Andy Frantz, a Jay County native, on lead guitar and backing vocals.
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Next Muncie adds to leadership team
MUNCIE – Next Muncie, a team of local leaders committed to advancing the redevelopment of downtown Muncie and its adjacent neighborhoods, this year added Lathay Pegues to its team.
A longtime resident of Muncie and a former videographer/reporter for The Star Press, Pegues is president and CEO of JohnTom’s Barbecue Sauce
Pegues grew up in and continues to live in the Whitely neighborhood, where he has spearheaded grassroots beautification efforts.
Next Muncie meets monthly to advance projects that have the potential to transform the centrally located neighborhoods of the city, according to the release. Recent projects championed by Next Muncie include the recently completed White River Lofts luxury apartments in the city's planned White River Canal District.
Information: nextmuncie.com.
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Send news items to The Star Press at news@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/free-summer-concerts-coming-portland-park/7529339001/ | 2022-06-07T17:31:04 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/free-summer-concerts-coming-portland-park/7529339001/ |
Manatee County officials ask judge for substitute canvassing board member
The Manatee County primary election is looming, and County Commissioners are asking for a substitute canvassing board member to fill in for a spot usually held by the county chair.
Florida statutes prohibit active participants in the election from serving on the canvassing board. Three of the seven commissioners are candidates in the upcoming election, and the remaining four have either donated or made public endorsements for certain candidates.
Last year, controversy arose over former County Chair Vanessa Baugh's role on the canvassing board after she publicly advocated against the School District of Manatee County's millage referendum.
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Despite public calls for her resignation from the board, Baugh decided to continue serving after County Attorney Bill Clague opined that state statute specifically prohibits canvassing board members from actively campaigning for political candidates, but not on ballot initiatives.
Commissioners unanimously voted on Tuesday to direct Clague to work with the Supervisor of Elections Michael Bennett to request that 12th Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Charles E. Roberts appoint a substitute representative on the county's canvassing board.
The county's canvassing board includes a county court judge, the supervisor of elections, and the chair of the board of county commissioners. The three board members determine whether to count or reject a ballot, resolve discrepancies during a recount, certify election results, and certify the post-election audit.
County Chair Kevin Van Ostenbridge said he has endorsed District 4 candidate Mike Rahn over fellow commissioner and incumbent candidate Misty Servia.
District 1 Commissioner James Satcher said he has also endorsed Rahn as well as District 6 candidate Jason Bearden for the at-large seat now held by incumbent Carol Whitmore.
District 5 Commissioner Vanessa Baugh said she too has endorsed Rahn and Bearden.
Kruse did not say who he endorses but added that he has already donated funds and plans to make endorsements for many of the races throughout the county.
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No record of a donation by Kruse could be found for any Manatee County Board of County Commissioner candidates nor School Board of Manatee County candidates as of the end of April. Reports for May are due June 10.
The remaining county commissioners do not qualify for the canvassing board because they are running for re-election.
"None of us are going to qualify for this," Kruse said. "I have already been to probably five different fundraisers, I've donated to a handful of people already. I'm either endorsing or am going to be endorsing people from school board levels up." | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2022/06/07/manatee-county-bocc-asks-judge-substitute-canvassing-board/7544739001/ | 2022-06-07T17:31:43 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2022/06/07/manatee-county-bocc-asks-judge-substitute-canvassing-board/7544739001/ |
The majority of New Yorkers believe the city is heading in the wrong direction, while Mayor Eric Adams is doing only a fair or poor job, according to a recent poll.
The pessimistic findings come from a Spectrum News NY1/ Siena poll released Tuesday that show a -35 net favorability rating for the mayor.
The poll found that 29% of New York City adults think Adams is doing an excellent or good job as mayor, but 64% say he’s doing only a fair or poor job.
Although he was underwater on every performance-related question, there were a few issues in which the mayor fared even worse. When it comes to fighting crime, a whopping 74% of those surveyed believe he is doing a fair or poor job. New York City has seen its fair share of gun violence with the mass subway shooting in Brooklyn last month and incidents of multiple kids getting shot, including while sitting in a car or walking on the street.
Meanwhile, on the topic of homelessness, 76% believe he is doing a fair or poor job. This has proven a hot topic as the mayor has received criticism by those experiencing homelessness and their advocates when it comes to removing street encampments, which they say does not address the problem. The removal of the street encampments has become a controversial practice that mirrors similar efforts in other liberal metropolises that had previously tolerated the encampments. However, others think that homelessness in the city needs to be resolved.
Adams also polled worse than Gov. Kathy Hochul among Big Apple voters. While 54% of those surveyed believe Hochul is doing a fair or poor job, 64% believe the same of Adams.
According to the poll, 64% of those polled believe Adams, a former NYPD captain, is doing a fair or poor job at transforming the NYPD into a force that protects and serves the city. He scored the same percentage points among those surveyed who believe he is doing a fair or poor job at tackling the safety issue at Rikers Island.
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Meanwhile, 62% of those polled believe Adams is doing a fair or poor job at managing everyday city services.
However, the poll also revealed that, by a 53-37% margin, city residents approve of the mayor’s style.
Additionally, the poll showed that 70% of New Yorkers say they feel less safe in the city than pre-pandemic, compared to 25% who feel about as safe today as before the pandemic and only 3% who feel safer. According to the poll, 76% said they are very or somewhat concerned that they will be a victim of violent crime.
“If New Yorkers had a honeymoon with Mayor Adams, it was brief and it’s clearly over. Only 29% give him a positive rating for the job he’s doing as mayor, compared to 64% who give him a negative rating,” said Dr. Don Levy, Director, Siena College Research Institute.
“Even worse for Adams are his job performance ratings on specific issues. About three-quarters of New Yorkers give him negative grades on both addressing homelessness and fighting crime. And at least 59% give him negative grades on transforming the NYPD, managing city services, tackling safety at Rikers Island, and running the public schools,” Levy said.
The survey was conducted from May 22 to June 1, 2022 by telephone to 1,000 New York City residents. It has an overall margin of error of +/- 3.1 percentage points. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/less-than-a-third-of-new-yorkers-approve-of-mayor-eric-adams-job-performance-poll/3723067/ | 2022-06-07T17:32:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/less-than-a-third-of-new-yorkers-approve-of-mayor-eric-adams-job-performance-poll/3723067/ |
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Authorities say they are searching for a missing swimmer on the Chattahoochee River.
The swimmer, a 20-year-old man went missing on Monday evening, according to Cobb County Fire.
Right now, a search and recovery team is conducting an operation near Diving Rock, just north of the perimeter in Atlanta.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
Also download the 11Alive News app and sign up to receive alerts for the latest on this story and other breaking news in Atlanta and north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-swimmer-chattahoochee-river/85-cad2c78f-17af-47be-8cfe-125a285bd048 | 2022-06-07T17:32:22 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/missing-swimmer-chattahoochee-river/85-cad2c78f-17af-47be-8cfe-125a285bd048 |
Child dies after fire destroys home on Knoxville's south side
A child died after a Knoxville home fire on Lendland Avenue that crews said was "extremely difficult ... to fight."
Three other children were hospitalized and four dogs died in the fire.
Despite arriving one minute after the initial alarm on Monday afternoon, crews said the fire was so bad that they had difficulty getting in to save the children. The person who called 911 said she was trying to rescue children from the basement, according to a press release from the Knoxville Fire Department.
"The entire Knoxville Fire Department extends our sincere condolences to the family during the extremely difficult time," the release stated.
The home on the 1600 block of Lendland Avenue is a total loss.
The fire department said it appears the home had working smoke alarms.
Homeowners can receive a free smoke alarm from the fire department and city of Knoxville call 311 to schedule an installation. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/child-dies-after-fire-destroys-home-knoxville-south-side/10000053002/ | 2022-06-07T17:42:59 | 0 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/child-dies-after-fire-destroys-home-knoxville-south-side/10000053002/ |
A group of crime victims and their allies rallied on the state Capitol steps Tuesday to call for changes, three days after a shooting in Philadelphia killed three and wounded 11.
The Survivors Speak Pennsylvania event, hosted by Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, drew some 100 people to Harrisburg to urge lawmakers to act on a set of proposals designed to stem crime and aid victims.
Among their priorities are efforts to tackle the causes of crime and to aid survivors through housing and employment support, compensation and programs to reduce recidivism.
Robert Rooks, a leader in the effort, told rallygoers it's been a decade since he and others set out to change a system in which they felt victims of crime were not heard or seen and were routinely left out of discussions on justice policy making.
“There's no better time than now to listen to victims,” Rooks said, bringing up the Philadelphia shooting. “What should we do? Well, I have an answer for you: listen to victims.”
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice claims nearly 5,000 members in Pennsylvania and more than 90,000 across the United States. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/crime-victims-rally-in-harrisburg-urging-action-for-survivor-support/3263495/ | 2022-06-07T17:43:00 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/crime-victims-rally-in-harrisburg-urging-action-for-survivor-support/3263495/ |
Seymour woman dies after attack by family dog
Sarah Riley
Knoxville News Sentinel
A 70-year-old Seymour woman died after an attack by a family dog.
Sevier County Sheriff's Office deputies were called Friday to a home on Olympic View Court and found Debbie Boyd dead after suffering "numerous dog bites," according to a press release.
Police said family members secured two Rottweilers in the backyard by the time officers arrived. A small child was home during the attack but was uninjured, police said.
The dogs were taken by the Sheriff’s Office Animal Control Division until the investigation is complete. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/seymour-woman-dies-after-attack-family-dog/10001094002/ | 2022-06-07T17:43:05 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/07/seymour-woman-dies-after-attack-family-dog/10001094002/ |
A man was shot and killed in the middle of a North Philadelphia gas station late Tuesday morning.
It happened at the Speedway on the corner of North Broad Street and West Glenwood Avenue shortly after 11 a.m.
Police said the 42-year-old man was shot multiple times in the head and died.
SkyForce10 over the scene showed a body lying next to a motorcycle that was parked at a gas pump. Pieces of evidence were marked in pink chalk a few feet away.
As of Tuesday morning, there were at least 218 homicides in Philadelphia this year, down 4% from the same time last year which was ultimately the deadliest in the city on record.
This is a developing story. Check back here for updates.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-shot-dead-at-broad-street-gas-station/3263492/ | 2022-06-07T17:43:06 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-shot-dead-at-broad-street-gas-station/3263492/ |
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SPRINGDALE, Ark. — After weeks of several mass shootings, including one that killed 19 at an elementary school in Texas, the Springdale School District is hosting a regional school safety summit.
The summit is happening from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 at the Don Tyson School of Innovation.
"Our goal for this summit is to learn and grow from the collective experiences of other school staff," said Damon Donnell, Springdale Public Schools Student Services director. "This event will focus on school safety best practices and mental and behavioral health resources that promote safer schools and communities."
University of Arkansas System Criminal Justice Institute director, Cheryl P. May, will be the keynote speaker at the event. She has 29 years of experience as a forensic professional, having previously served as deputy director, assistant director and program manager at CJI. She is president of the Arkansas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children.
There will be breakout sessions on topics regarding safety protocols, school law, mental health, cybersecurity, anonymous reporting, building safety audits and human trafficking.
The district says presenters will share and grow school safety, mental health best practices and resources that promote safer schools and communities through the day of events.
Around 100 school administrators, counselors, social workers, teachers and law enforcement professionals from 26 school districts throughout Arkansas will attend this free event.
“We are very excited about this opportunity to serve school districts across Arkansas,” Donnell said.
Governor Asa Hutchinson was in Northwest Arkansas this week talking with sheriffs from across the state about gun control and school safety.
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2 winning lottery tickets sold in the Phoenix area
Two lottery tickets purchased in the Valley won big for their owners over the weekend.
Sue Kern-Fleischer, director of public relations with marketing agency OH Partners, said one of the tickets won The Pick's $1.4 million jackpot on Saturday and was sold at a Basha's near Hayden and Indian School roads in Scottsdale. The winning numbers were 4, 9, 10, 27, 39, 40.
A second sold lottery ticket won the Fantasy Vive's $414,000 jackpot on Sunday and was sold at Brother's Food Mart near Broadway Road and Sal Vista Drive in Mesa, Kern-Fleischer said. The numbers were 10, 11, 12, 24, 29.
Kern-Fleischer did not say whether the two tickets had been redeemed.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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CHELSEA, Ala. (WIAT) — On Monday night, the city of Chelsea held a townhall for those against raising property taxes to help form an independent school system.
Back in May, the city council voted to allow residents to vote on forming its own school district by raising property taxes. This is something Mayor Tony Picklesimer has been pushing for quite sometime now.
Sandi Blakely, a resident who was at the meeting, said it’s a bad idea.
“Well, I find it very fearful that we’re even talking about property tax increases when we have record inflation. I just saw that gas prices are now going to $4.50. So I think the timing is horrible but there’s a bigger picture here than just the property tax and that’s what are we being promised out of this 12 mills? And I personally do not believe that a 12 mills will be enough to sustain a positive Chelsea school system.”
The mayor is hosting community forum on the proposed tax increase this Thursday. However, the final say will be up to the voters during a special election July 12. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/chelsea-residents-debating-whether-or-not-to-raise-property-taxes-to-form-new-school-system/ | 2022-06-07T18:02:39 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/chelsea-residents-debating-whether-or-not-to-raise-property-taxes-to-form-new-school-system/ |
HOUSTON — Potentially record-setting heat this week has everyone keeping their eyes on the Texas power grid. As the temps continue to rise, there comes a need for increased power.
The big thing to monitor is supply and demand.
Can Texas’ power grid handle the record demand for power expected later today?
A look at ERCOT’s current grid conditions show everything is normal right now, which means there is enough power to keep the lights on.
But as the temperatures climb later today across Texas, people are going to crank up the AC.
Predictions show the demand for power this afternoon breaking the previous record set in 2019.
ERCOT’s online tracker shows there is enough capacity to handle the heat today.
But you may remember, routine maintenance on the grid was delayed last month because of the last heat wave.
KHOU 11 energy expert Ed Hirs says that could cause problems during the summer months.
“We’re hitting August demand numbers in early June. This is highly unusual,” he said. “The real concern is, have they finished all the maintenance on the plants they were working on?”
Hirs says power supply will be extremely tight this summer, which means Texas will need all the help it can get from wind and solar power sources too.
He warns if the weather doesn’t cooperate, Texas could see blackouts. But the leaders of ERCOT have repeatedly assured the public, they are ready for this summer.
ERCOT Dashboard
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas has a dashboard that allows you to monitor real-time grid conditions.
This is a real-time look at supply of power and demand, as reported by ERCOT. It also shows projected supply and demand, based on forecast.
ERCOT is tracking the state of the grid, as well as the state of the operating reserve.
There are several more real-time monitors that you can check on ERCOT's site, including system-wide demand, solar, current prices, and more. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas-power-grid-record-summer-heat-in-june/285-11c6810b-f9e2-4258-bf5c-a05ee512465c | 2022-06-07T18:05:16 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas-power-grid-record-summer-heat-in-june/285-11c6810b-f9e2-4258-bf5c-a05ee512465c |
THOMASVILLE -- A grant from the Williams Family Foundation was implemented this week through the purchase and installation of 24 historic plaques in the 200 block of West Jackson St. This project completion caps off the city of Thomasville’s final phase to commemorate the history of the district.
City of Thomasville staff worked with the Jack Hadley Black History Museum and the Thomasville History Center to identify historic businesses in the area. Plaques list the names of the businesses, as well as the address, years the business was operated, and the owner’s name. The 200 and 300 blocks of West Jackson Street, known as The Bottom, served as the location for many minority-owned businesses that opened before integration and played an important role in its history from the early 1900s into the 1970s. The area served as the hub of shopping, dining, entertainment and health care for the African American community.
The first phase to commemorate the area’s history began in 2017 when community engagement sessions were held to gain public input for the West Jackson Streetscape. In 2018, the Thomasville City Council voted to officially name this business district The Bottom and name The Ritz Amphitheater and Park after the Ritz Theater, the entertainment venue for African Americans for many years before school integration. A streetscape project in this area was completed in 2019, followed by the installation of a commemorative wall celebrating the area’s history and the installation of more than 35 sidewalk plaques in the 300 block of West Jackson Street.
“Last year, when we installed the sidewalk plaques in the 300 block of West Jackson Street, funding was not available to continue this installation into the 200 block,” Thomasville Community Outreach Manager Sherri Cain said. “The generosity of the Williams Family Foundation has allowed us to continue to honor the legacy of this area and recognize the minority-owned businesses that played such a large role in the history of The Bottom.”
Public input has played an extensive role in the preservation of this area.
“Back in 2014, public engagement sessions led to the Creative District Vision Plan, which provided the framework for constructing The Ritz Amphitheater and guidance for the 2019 streetscape project in this area,” Cain said. “This generous grant from the Williams Family Foundation has allowed us to capture the additional history and continue sharing and celebrating The Bottom’s story for years to come.”
For more information about the Williams Family Foundation Grant or information about additional projects commemorating the district, visit Thomasville.org or call (229) 227-7001. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/grant-money-used-in-purchase-of-historic-plaques/article_8ddbd126-e688-11ec-8412-fbc51f01c87a.html | 2022-06-07T18:17:54 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/grant-money-used-in-purchase-of-historic-plaques/article_8ddbd126-e688-11ec-8412-fbc51f01c87a.html |
BALTIMORE — A former senior Maryland official has pleaded guilty to bribery relating to information technology contracts with a state agency, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday.
While she was employed as a government agent from December 2011 to January 2013, FitzGerald received financial benefits from two senior members of an information technology company in exchange for influence in connection with the performance of favorable acts, prosecutors said.
In the process influencing contracts, FitzGerald used her own company, Aeon Consulting and Technical Services, Inc., to facilitate contracts and favorable business dealings, prosecutors said.
The guilty plea was announced by Maryland U.S. Attorney Erek Barron and Special Agent in Charge Thomas Sobocinski, of the FBI’s Baltimore field office.
As part of the plea, FitzGerald will be ordered to pay $38,310 in restitution. She faces up to 10 years in prison for bribery involving an agent of a program receiving federal funds.
U.S. District Judge Paul Grimm has scheduled sentencing for Oct. 13. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-maryland-official-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-conspiracy/2022/06/07/a483da4c-e686-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-07T18:18:19 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-maryland-official-pleads-guilty-to-bribery-conspiracy/2022/06/07/a483da4c-e686-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Three people were killed and a fourth person was critically wounded in a shooting in Virginia on Tuesday morning, police said.
The shooting happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. near the 1500 block of Maple Avenue, Portsmouth police tweeted. The victims were all adults, police said.
No additional details were immediately released. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-3-killed-1-critically-wounded-in-virginia-shooting/2022/06/07/34f35688-e683-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-07T18:18:25 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-3-killed-1-critically-wounded-in-virginia-shooting/2022/06/07/34f35688-e683-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A group of crime victims and their allies rallied on the state Capitol steps Tuesday to call for changes, three days after a shooting in Philadelphia killed three and wounded 11.
“We want what happened to us to never happen again," said Aswad Thomas, a crime survivor and vice president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice. "We want what happened to us to never happen to anyone else.”
The Survivors Speak Pennsylvania event, hosted by Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, drew some 100 people to Harrisburg to urge lawmakers to act on a set of proposals designed to stem crime and aid victims.
“We know that crime victims who are most harmed are least helped but that must change today," said Thomas.
Pennsylvania State Representative Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny and Washington Counties) joined the group on Tuesday, saying leaders need to change the way they think about public safety.
“Any public safety approach that doesn’t include victims, doesn’t include all of your voices, cannot achieve true safety," said Rep. Mihalek.
Among their priorities are efforts to tackle the causes of crime and to aid survivors through housing and employment support, compensation and programs to reduce recidivism.
“You all understand the violence and trauma has taken a toll," said Rep. Mihalek. "It’s this trauma, when left unaddressed, that serves as the root cause of violence in our communities.”
Robert Rooks, a leader in the effort, told rallygoers it's been a decade since he and others set out to change a system in which they felt victims of crime were not heard or seen and were routinely left out of discussions on justice policy making.
“There's no better time than now to listen to victims,” Rooks said, bringing up the Philadelphia shooting. “What should we do? Well, I have an answer for you: listen to victims.”
Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice claims nearly 5,000 members in Pennsylvania and more than 90,000 across the United States. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/rally-state-capitol-harrisburg-crime-victims-safety-justice/521-49db8966-e40d-4500-a8e4-ca0eddb29b36 | 2022-06-07T18:21:15 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/rally-state-capitol-harrisburg-crime-victims-safety-justice/521-49db8966-e40d-4500-a8e4-ca0eddb29b36 |
Kristie Farkash, APRN-CNP and an endocrinology specialist at Kettering Health, explains the empowering changes that can slow down –or even reverse— the effects of diabetes.
“Diabetes is a disease that responds so much to how we choose to live,” she said.
Eating, drinking and exercise are within our control, she said, and little changes can make a difference, giving you some power back.
Find out more by watching the video above.
Our In Your Prime series gives you information you can trust about managing your health and finances, Medicare options and living a fulfilled life in retirement and beyond.
The video above is just a portion of a program in which Jana Collier, the publisher of the Dayton Daily News, Springfield News-Sun and the Journal-News, sits down with local experts and leaders in their field to discuss the following subjects:
· Muna Jneidi, MD, Internal Medicine with Kettering Health: Bone health for women and men.
· Kristie Farkash, APRN-CNP with Kettering Health: Diabetes lifestyle tips
· Kim Sheehan, the Senior Health and Wellness Director with the YMCA of Greater Dayton: Creating a life of wellness as a senior.
Watch our full program here: | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/watch-how-you-can-gain-power-over-diabetes/A2TB5ZF4S5BKNBEMKJYTJIKNWY/ | 2022-06-07T18:22:42 | 1 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/watch-how-you-can-gain-power-over-diabetes/A2TB5ZF4S5BKNBEMKJYTJIKNWY/ |
ASHLAND, KY (WOWK)—A man wanted for murder out of Tennessee was arrested in Ashland on Monday.
Trooper Shane Goodall with the Kentucky State Police says that 43-year-old Bradley Miller was found on Monday after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation pinged his phone and determined that he was in the Tri-State area.
Law enforcement observed a man on Winchester Ave. near the Ashland end and say that the man tried to obscure his face as Kentucky State Police drove by.
Miller is charged with first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. He is currently being held in the Boyd County Jail. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/tennessee-murder-suspect-found-in-ashland/ | 2022-06-07T18:31:17 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/tennessee-murder-suspect-found-in-ashland/ |
Demolition is underway at the former Charlestown USA Mall nearly two years after a massive fire broke out at the site on the line between Utica and the town of Frankfort.
In August of 2020, several fire departments were called to the vacant site and remained there for two days putting out the fire and lingering hot spots.
The demolition work was scheduled to begin in the fall of 2021, but was postponed and instead started on June 1.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is managing the demolition process to decontaminate recyclable building materials and dispose of debris containing asbestos.
“EPA is taking this action to ensure that we address any potential risk to people or the environment from the asbestos at the site. We recognize that this in an important step for these communities as they work towards getting the site on track for productive reuse,” said Terry Kish, the on-scene coordinator from the EPA.
The EPA is also monitoring the air to evaluate and properly dispose of hazardous materials found during demolition.
The site is located on Turner Street between Utica and Frankfort. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/demolition-underway-at-former-charlestown-site-following-massive-fire-in-2020/article_b2e3c978-e67a-11ec-aedc-574379c2187b.html | 2022-06-07T18:36:51 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/demolition-underway-at-former-charlestown-site-following-massive-fire-in-2020/article_b2e3c978-e67a-11ec-aedc-574379c2187b.html |
NORMAL — Marcfirst and education leaders are excited to be taking steps toward moving into a new space and expanding the nonprofit’s behavioral health clinic, they said Tuesday.
“We’ve still got some work to do, but this is a huge step in making our dream a reality,” said Brian Wipperman, CEO of Marcfirst.
The Normal Town Council on Monday night committed half a million dollars to Marcfirst, which will allow the nonprofit to acquire a vacant property at 2000 Jacobssen Drive, adjacent to Shepard Park.
Marcfirst’s space will grow from about 20,000 square feet at its current location, 1606 Hunt Drive in Normal, to about 35,000 square feet on Jacobssen.
With expanded space, “we’ll be able to grow how many people we’re supporting because we are just out of space at our current location,” Wipperman said.
Within close proximity of the public park, the nonprofit organization will be able to offer outdoor recreational amenities, expand programming, develop further partnerships and provide classroom space for the Regional Office of Education’s planned Central Illinois Bridge Academy.
Regional Superintendent Mark Jontry said Tuesday the ROE is excited for the opportunity for both Marcfirst and the academy, which will serve students who could soon require hospitalization or who are transitioning out of a hospital stay, generally for mental health concerns and need more support than area school districts can offer.
The building has a lot of the specifications the ROE was looking for, Jontry said. That includes being a newer building, being near greenspace and a major roadway and having natural light.
"There's a lot of windows, it's going to provide a lot of natural light," he said.
It will also be helpful to be in the same site as some of Marcfirst's services, which will make them more accessible to students at the Bridge Academy.
"It's really just a win-win-win all around," Jontry said.
About half of the staff for the Bridge Academy have been hired, with interviews continuing this week. The ROE expects to have four teachers and the equivalent of two full-time case workers.
Wipperman said he is hoping to hire more staff at Marcfirst as well to provide full support to those who use their programs.
The property previously had been occupied by Compeer Financial, a member-owned Farm Credit cooperative that serves agriculture and rural communities. It moved to a new building in Bloomington last fall.
Wipperson said their goal is to close on the building as quickly as possible so the ROE can begin working to bring the Bridge Academy into the building in time to open for the 2022-23 school year.
“There’s a lot of synergy here between us, the ROE and the Bridge Academy,” he said, noting Marcfirst is also partnering with the Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington Normal to make the new building available as a satellite location for their programs.
In a unanimous vote, the council approved the use of $500,000 of the town’s $10.8 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding for Marcfirst.
Trustee Karyn Smith, whose daughter participates in Marcfirst’s behavioral health programs, said she wanted to express “overwhelming support” for the resolution, noting the organization’s current space and staffing level are “not set up to accommodate as many people as probably need those services.”
“To also partner with the Regional Office of Education to provide services to regular school children who are experiencing mental health issues, I think, is an incredible contribution to what we want to see happen for our community,” she said.
Every trustee on the council spoke in support of the resolution Monday night, commending Marcfirst for its work as well as its initiative to collaborate with other nonprofit organizations in the community.
While Marcfirst’s main facilities will move, the Gregg Chadwick Marcfirst Pediatric Therapy Center will continue to operate at Carle BroMenn Medical Center at 1302 Franklin Ave Suite L500.
Contact Kelsey Watznauer at (309) 820-3254. Follow her on Twitter: @kwatznauer. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/normal-council-commits-500-000-to-marcfirst-dream-expansion/article_7da3df50-e60c-11ec-b957-7b175b94812a.html | 2022-06-07T18:40:05 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/normal-council-commits-500-000-to-marcfirst-dream-expansion/article_7da3df50-e60c-11ec-b957-7b175b94812a.html |
NORMAL — Traffic signals on Veterans Parkway from Parkway Plaza Drive to the Interstate 55 ramp will be out of service around 7 a.m. Wednesday for maintenance reasons, city officials said.
McLean County is now at a high community level for COVID-19, meaning there is potential strain on the health care system, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington; Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal; and Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, are each charged with burglary (Class 2 felony).
A vehicle collision injured three people Monday and closed the intersection of East Empire Street and North Hershey Road for several hours, police said. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-parkway-traffic-signals-to-be-down-for-maintenance/article_9737c5c6-e67a-11ec-8bd6-734af5e71a2f.html | 2022-06-07T18:40:11 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-parkway-traffic-signals-to-be-down-for-maintenance/article_9737c5c6-e67a-11ec-8bd6-734af5e71a2f.html |
ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — Several Tri-Cities organizations have teamed up to provide food to families in the region.
As Barter Theatre marks 89 years of performances and shows, it joined forces with Food City and Feeding Southwest Virginia to celebrate historic Barter Day on June 10.
The event at 127 W. Main St. will allow audiences to barter for admission with non-perishable food items to benefit the Feeding America and Feeding Southwest Virginia food pantry. A regional grocer will also partake in the donations; Food City is set to donate 89 additional bags of groceries to the cause, according to a news release from Barter.
Donation efforts will launch Friday at 6 p.m., and ticket purchases at Gilliam and Smith stages (with performances of 9 to 5 and Every Brilliant Thing, respectively) will begin at 7:15 p.m. The donation efforts do not stop on Friday, though.
Audiences can trade food donations for admission Friday through Sunday — including for entrance to My Imagine Pirate, which is geared toward younger audiences.
When Barter Theatre first opened its curtains in 1933, audience members gained entrance for 40 cents or by bartering farm goods, with four out of five theatergoers opting for the latter option. At that time, actors and playwrights were paid with food.
In the present day, Barter Theatre continues to help fuel the economy of Abingdon; the release states that for every $1 spent at the theatre, nearly four times that pools into the town’s economy. For more information, click here. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/audiences-can-trade-food-for-show-at-barter-theatre-june-10/ | 2022-06-07T18:48:47 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/audiences-can-trade-food-for-show-at-barter-theatre-june-10/ |
LIMESTONE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Troyer’s Food Truck Rally is coming to town on Tuesday, and visitors can expect to be spoiled for choice when they get there.
According to a Facebook post from Troyer’s Mountain View Country Market, the event will officially begin at 3 p.m. and run until 8 p.m. June 7 (rain or shine).
Here’s a small list of the vendors expected to make an appearance:
- Opie’s Pizza Wagon – Wood-fired pizza tossed by hand.
- Spanqui’s – A combo of Italian, New Yorker, Spanish and Caribbean cuisine.
- Trucky Cheese – Gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches.
- Baked & Loaded – Smothered baked potatoes and nachos.
- Lobster Dogs Food Truck of Tennessee – Stuffed avocadoes and lobster/crab/shrimp rolls.
- The Project Waffle Family – Hot chicken and waffles tacos.
- Allen’s Sweet Paradise – Smoothies, pudding and ice cream.
- Island Vibe Grill – Jerk chicken, kebabs and rice bowls.
- Munchie Machine – Nachos, BBQ bowls and tacos.
- Fork in the Road Concessions and Catering – Fried catfish, hot dogs and classic burgers.
- Hound Dogs of Johnson City – Locally-sourced hotdogs, brats and comfort food.
- Nacho Average Food Truck – Burgers, nachos, waffle fries and more.
- Pastor Pig BBQ – BBQ sandwiches, sloppy joes and chicken salad sandwiches.
- Southern Flo’s – Mac and cheese wing bowls, Philly sandwiches and queso fries.
- The Whiskey Kitchen – Smoked ribs, poutine, smash burgers and smothered fries.
- Maybe Today – Southern breakfast featuring buttermilk biscuits, eggs, gravy and hearty burritos.
- Southern Cross Food Truck – Southern cuisine with banana pudding, soup beans and homemade chili.
- Kettle-licious – Gourmet kettle corn.
- Appalachian Ice – Ice cream and Italian ice served out of a retro step van.
- Grann’s Gourmet Apples & Confections – Candied apples featuring peanuts, caramel and assorted toppings.
- Bear Tracks Coffee – Specialty coffee and ice cream, served with a local twist.
- Auntie Ruth’s Doughnuts – Handmade donuts and deserts with gourmet toppings.
If you can’t find something that fits your tastes in that list, there’s always next month. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/who-will-be-at-the-troyers-food-truck-rally/ | 2022-06-07T18:48:53 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/who-will-be-at-the-troyers-food-truck-rally/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has announced a summer travel discount that may encourage you to take that much-needed vacation.
If you purchase a ticket now through June 9 for a qualifying flight you could get 40% off base fares for late summer and fall travel (Aug. 16 to Nov. 5) of this year.
Officials say that you can get this discount by using promo code FALL40 when completing your purchase on Southwest.com. Discounts are applied before government taxes and fees.
“We’re thrilled to offer our Customers a substantial discount on our low fares for flights as soon as late summer and into the fall,” Bill Tierney, Southwest Airlines Vice President of Marketing & Digital Experience, said in a news release. “This discount on Southwest flights will help make travel more affordable and easier for Customers — giving them a great low fare along with two free checked bags, and no change or cancellation fees. All of that coupled with our legendary Hospitality adds up to a great deal.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/book-a-southwest-flight-now-through-june-9-and-you-could-get-40-base-fares/ | 2022-06-07T18:53:13 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/book-a-southwest-flight-now-through-june-9-and-you-could-get-40-base-fares/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s summertime and that means it’s time to get back outdoors. Texas has some great nature to be explored and adored and if you look close enough, you can find some hidden gems.
So where are the best places in Texas to look? A new study by LawnStarter took a look at the best cities for hiking in 2022.
Officials say they looked at 13 hiker-friendly factors including hiking access and quality, trail difficulty and natural hazards index.
In the nation, the 10 best cities overall were:
- Portland, OR
- Tucson, AZ
- Phoenix, AZ
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Oakland, CA
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Los Angeles, CA
- Boise, ID
- Las Vegas, NV
- San Diego, CA
But what about in Texas? Here’s how Texas ranked:
- El Paso – 18th
- Austin – 30th
- San Antonio – 36th
- Garland – 43rd
- Frisco – 55th
- Dallas – 62nd
- Fort Worth – 65th
- McKinney – 75th
- Laredo – 82nd
- Houston – 92nd
- Plano – 94th
- Brownsville – 102nd
- Arlington – 105th
- Corpus Christi – 114th
- Amarillo – 145th
- Lubbock – 160th
- Killeen – 171st
- Irving – 174th
- McAllen – 176th
- Denton – 177th
- Mesquite – 178th
- Midland – 184th
- Grand Prairie – 192nd
- Pasadena – 198th
For the full report, visit LawnStarter. | https://cw33.com/news/local/what-are-the-best-cities-in-texas-for-hiking/ | 2022-06-07T18:53:19 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/what-are-the-best-cities-in-texas-for-hiking/ |
The Marana Police Department is investigating a serious crash that left a bicyclist dead on Tuesday morning.
The crash, which involved a cyclist and a vehicle, happened in the area of West Twin Peaks Road and North Sandario Road.
The cyclist’s identity is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
Twin Peaks will be closed from Saguaro Highlands to Sandario until further notice. Police are asking drivers in the area to find an alternate route.
UPDATE: The crash involved one vehicle and a cyclist. The cyclist has passed away due to injuries on scene. The cyclist will not be identified until the next of kin notification. MPD Officers are still investigating and there are no further details at this time. https://t.co/yhQJmPZPr5
— Marana Police Dept (@MaranaPD) June 7, 2022 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicyclist-killed-in-marana-crash/article_28fa0392-e67c-11ec-a22d-a718c89e9ba4.html | 2022-06-07T18:57:35 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bicyclist-killed-in-marana-crash/article_28fa0392-e67c-11ec-a22d-a718c89e9ba4.html |
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. – A man was bitten by an alligator he thought was a dog Tuesday morning in Sarasota County, deputies told WTSP-TV.
The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. at Warm Mineral Springs Motel on South Tamiami Trail in North Port, according to a report from the Tampa station.
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Investigators said the man was walking outside the motel overnight when he spotted a dark figure that “appeared to look like a dog with a long leash,” a sheriff’s office spokesperson wrote in an email to WTSP-TV.
Deputies said the alligator bit the man’s right leg as he tried to escape, the station said. The man flagged down a deputy who was in the area for an unrelated call, according to WTSP-TV.
The man was transported to a local hospital and the gator was captured before the arrival of the licensed trapper, the station reported.
Click here to read the full story from WTSP-TV. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/man-bitten-by-gator-he-mistook-for-dog-in-sarasota-county-deputies-say/ | 2022-06-07T18:59:06 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/man-bitten-by-gator-he-mistook-for-dog-in-sarasota-county-deputies-say/ |
MELBOURNE, Fla. – A crash in Melbourne killed a motorcyclist Tuesday morning.
Melbourne police said a man was traveling west on East Hibiscus Boulevard on his motorcycle shortly before 11:10 a.m. when a Nissan SUV turned into the path from Oak Street.
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The motorcyclist was ejected from the bike and was not wearing a helmet, according to investigators.
Police said the biker was taken to an area hospital where he died from his injuries.
The identity of the biker was not made available, as police are trying to notify the next of kin.
Officers said drugs and alcohol do not appear to be a factor.
The crash is still under investigation.
The Selective Traffic Enforcement Unit urges anyone with information on the crash to call Traffic Homicide Investigator Officer Jeff Blair at (321) 616-6118. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-with-an-suv-in-melbourne/ | 2022-06-07T18:59:12 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/07/motorcyclist-killed-in-crash-with-an-suv-in-melbourne/ |
Originally published June 3 on KTVB.COM.
As summer school begins across Treasure Valley school districts, many students are being put in danger as they attempt to get off the bus or cross the street.
Durham School Services in Boise has seen a massive increase in the number of drivers who are not stopping for buses, which carry some of the most precious cargo in our children.
Safety training manager with Durham School Services, Gary Hendrickson, is appalled by how many people in Ada County pass stopped school buses.
“Whether you’re texting or whether you’re just not paying attention, we have a large segment of the population that just does not observe the stop bar,” Hendrickson said.
Under Idaho code, a car not stopping for a bus signaling its stop sign is a misdemeanor and is punishable by up to a $200 fine for the first offense.
On the second offense, it is punishable by up to $400 and by up to $600 for the third offense.
“We’re responsible for those children,” Hendrickson said. “We say we have the most important job in the world, and we do — taking care of our future — and so we take it very seriously.”
As of 2019, buses in Idaho are equipped with stop-arm cameras, which allow buses to record peripheral traffic when stopped.
“We’re going to be cracking down,” Hendrickson said. “We’re not going to back off.”
Durham School Services has been keeping track of violations around Boise and Garden City, according to Hendrickson.
From August 2021 to January 2022, Durham drivers reported 200 violations. By the end of the school year, that number more than doubled to 500 reported violations.
Durham sends the license plate numbers to local law enforcement. Hendrickson said law enforcement agencies have then issued 60% of violations.
“It just seems like it’s getting worse rather than better,” Hendrickson. “Now in the summertime, I fear it’s going it’s going to be very active.”
Besides being illegal and expensive, Hendrickson said not stopping can also be deadly for kids getting on or off the bus.
“These are the danger zones we talk about and the general public just needs to be aware that we’re not doing it to inconvenience you,” Hendrickson said. “We’re doing this for the safety of our future for our children.”
Hendrickson said his best piece of advice is to just be patient on those roads. He sometimes sees drivers pass the stop arm halfway and remember to stop.
If you stop halfway, a violation will not be issued. It’s only when drivers pass all the way through that people may have trouble.
When a school bus is pulled over to the side of the road, all drivers, both ways, must stop until the bus turns off its red, flashing lights and retracts its stop sign.
More from KTVB.COM: | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/ada-county-bus-company-sees-large-increase-of-drivers-running-bus-stop-arms/article_22e36db4-1a9e-5648-9cb1-763b013daeb0.html | 2022-06-07T19:03:16 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/ada-county-bus-company-sees-large-increase-of-drivers-running-bus-stop-arms/article_22e36db4-1a9e-5648-9cb1-763b013daeb0.html |
DALLAS COUNTY, Texas — The Dallas County Sheriff's Office is commending one of their own for saving the life of a 4-year-old girl while in traffic.
This was on May 31 shortly before 12:50 p.m. Deputy K. Rose was sitting in his squad car at the intersection on East Camp Wisdom Road near the bridge over Interstate 35.
A woman ran into the middle of the intersection to get to the deputy. She had her young daughter with her that appeared to be unconscious. The little girl is allegedly 4 years old. She wasn't moving and had white foam coming from her mouth.
Deputy Rose got out of his car and started performing CPR on the child. He did chest compressions and patted her on the back to clear out anything stopping her breathing.
Fortunately, after several compressions, the girl regained consciousness.
The deputy brought her back to her mom, then called for an ambulance. While they waited, the mother and daughter sat in the back of the squad car to have air conditioning.
Other civilians came to help and eventually directed drivers off the roadway.
The mother and daughter were escorted to an ambulance when it arrived, and the girl's father arrived shortly after. She was then taken to Children's Hospital.
The sheriff's office said both parents were grateful for Deputy Rose's help.
"The Dallas Sheriff’s Office commends Deputy Rose for his quick actions and thinking under pressure in helping save the child who was clearly in distress," department officials said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dashcam-video-dallas-texas-police-deputy-saves-child-4-year-old-girl/287-c4788750-c4e6-47f1-a2c0-4b6bd682b782 | 2022-06-07T19:04:23 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dashcam-video-dallas-texas-police-deputy-saves-child-4-year-old-girl/287-c4788750-c4e6-47f1-a2c0-4b6bd682b782 |
DALLAS — Texas could soon be demanding a record amount of energy, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
As of Tuesday morning, ERCOT said the company is predicting nearly 76.9 gigawatts of demand statewide at 5 p.m. on Friday, when temperatures could reach triple digits across the state.
The record for electricity demand in ERCOT’s system was set in August 2019 at 74.8 gigawatts.
Every hour, ERCOT posts a spreadsheet that shows the forecasted electricity demand out for 7 days. You can see those statistics here.
In May, the current Operating Condition Notice (OCN) extended a warning about extreme hot weather in the ERCOT region. Earlier that month, ERCOT recommended that the public set their home thermostats to 78 degrees and avoid using large appliances, a recommendation that isn't happening this time around, yet.
“ERCOT will continue to closely monitor grid conditions as the unseasonable heat continues,” Brad Jones, Interim CEO of ERCOT, said in May. “I want to thank Texans who reduced their electric demand. And, I thank the power generators who completed their maintenance and repairs quickly to get back online and meet Texans’ needs during this heatwave. With these efforts, we are no longer requesting Texans to voluntarily conserve electricity during peak evening hours.” | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ercot-record-electricity-demand-texas/287-9937ef03-4115-4af9-a8ac-72516c88ba36 | 2022-06-07T19:04:29 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ercot-record-electricity-demand-texas/287-9937ef03-4115-4af9-a8ac-72516c88ba36 |
PLANO, Texas — A 29-year-old Mesquite man who was accused of assaulting a teen he was trafficking for sex was sentenced to 59 years in prison, officials announced Tuesday.
Ricky Stevenson was convicted on a charge of aggravated kidnapping in the case, according to a news release from the Collin County District Attorney's Office.
The release said the investigation began on Jan. 23, 2021, when Stevenson took the teen to a nail salon in Plano.
As they left the salon, surveillance footage showed Stevenson "punching the female so hard that she fell to the ground," the release said. He then dragged the teen by her hair to a car.
The teen stumbled out of the car and tried to get away, as Stevenson grabbed her by the hair and tried to throw her back into the car, officials said.
The teen then got away and ran to witnesses, who saw the incident and were about to intervene.
Plano police detective Aaron Benzick learned that the teen had been prostituted by Stevenson since she was 16, officials said. She was 17 when the assault happened outside of the nail salon.
At the trial, Benzick testified that two other women had been prostituted by Stevenson, and that he also assaulted one of them, the release said.
Stevenson had previous convictions on charges of assault-family violence by impeding breathing and assault-family violence with a previous conviction.
Jurors were also presented with evidence of Stevenson's social media posts in which he was "boasting about being a pimp and controlling women," officials said.
The jury decided on the 59-year sentence.
Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis called the sentence "both strong and just."
“It’s a parent’s worst nightmare for their own child to be forcibly prostituted by a human trafficker," Willis said. "We’ve now secured justice by forcing that trafficker to pay the consequences."
More coverage of trafficking cases in North Texas: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-mesquite-plano-man-who-beat-up-teen-he-was-trafficking-for-sex-gets-59-years-in-prison/287-547edd2e-fba4-424a-baa8-6ee7f25afa60 | 2022-06-07T19:04:35 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/north-texas-mesquite-plano-man-who-beat-up-teen-he-was-trafficking-for-sex-gets-59-years-in-prison/287-547edd2e-fba4-424a-baa8-6ee7f25afa60 |
TEXAS CITY, Texas — Where Kyle Rittenhouse will be continuing his college education remains a mystery.
On Monday, he claimed he will be attending Blinn College District this upcoming school year and head to Texas A&M University in 2023.
KHOU 11 News reached out to Blinn College, which confirmed Rittenhouse has not yet enrolled for a current or upcoming term.
For the past month, Rittenhouse has been hinting that he would be attending Texas A&M University. He even went as far as announcing his attendance on the Charlie Kirk Show last week.
Rittenhouse said he decided on Texas A&M after touring the college campus and told Kirk that going to the university would be an "amazing" experience.
"It's going to be awesome," Rittenhouse said. "Beautiful campus, amazing people, amazing food."
Rittenhouse also told Kirk he is considering joining the Corps of Cadets.
"I haven't decided yet, I may," Rittenhouse said.
But Texas A&M quickly disputed those claims, stating Rittenhouse had not been admitted as a student for the upcoming fall semester.
Wherever Rittenhouse lands, it seems Texas will be his go-to after he tweeted he would be moving to the Lone Star State at the end of the month.
Rittenhouse had been attending Arizona State University but withdrew after he was acquitted in November of 2021 of homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering after killing two men and wounding a third during the Kenosha protests in the summer of 2020. Rittenhouse said he acted in self-defense. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/kyle-rittenhouse-not-enrolled-at-blinn-college/285-4821d248-19e5-40d0-a517-840090928721 | 2022-06-07T19:04:41 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/kyle-rittenhouse-not-enrolled-at-blinn-college/285-4821d248-19e5-40d0-a517-840090928721 |
JEFF REINITZ
WATERLOO — A Charles City man has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at a pregnant woman in Waterloo on Monday.
Police arrested Tyrecas Rakeem Matlock, 31, for prohibited person in possession of a firearm, carrying weapons and second-offense domestic assault. Bond was initially set at $10,000.
Court records allege Matlock was involved in a verbal argument with a woman who is seven months pregnant at a Russell Road home Monday morning. He then kicked her in the stomach and put his hands around her neck, records state. Before he left, he pulled out a pistol, pointed it at her and told her to get out of the way or she would be dead, records state.
Waterloo officers stopped Matlock on U.S. Highway 218 around noon while he was apparently headed back to Charles City. In the trunk of his vehicle, investigators found a.40-caliber Smith and Wesson pistol with an extended magazine.
PHOTOS: A look back at RAGBRAI in North Iowa
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At right, RAGBRAI riders are shown on a hot, humid day in 2017 when they passed through Britt.
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Information booth volunteers are shown during the 2017 RAGBRAI visit in Britt.
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A scene from the last Britt RAGBRAI visit in 2017 is shown.
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Sandy Leiferman of Panora was one of the first RAGBRAI riders to roll into Waterloo on Wednesday, July 28.
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Matt Jaboor, left, and Dashawn Thagard begin the overnight camp set-up in Exchange Park for Team Alpaca, a 30-member RAGBRAI team from St. Louis.
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Wendy Bullock of Colorado shows off a carrot-top helmet, a signature look for team E-Rock.
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Team White Bus from Des Moines sets up camp in Exchange Park during RAGBRAI'S overnight stop in Waterloo.
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Conar Bullock from Colorado sets up nine tents in Exchange Park for his RAGBRAI team.
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Wendy and Conar Bullock, of Colorado, pitch nine tents and a gazebo for their 10-member RAGBRAI team, E-Rock.
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The official RAGBRAI semi trucks carrying riders' gear arrived at Bucks' stadium across from Exchange Park early Wednesday morning.
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This '70s bike won a Bike Beautification Contest hosted by DeWitt ahead of hosting RAGBRAI overnight.
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DeWitt residents donated hundreds of old bikes -- pulled from attics, garages, and backyards – to decorate downtown DeWitt to welcome 20,000-25,000 RAGBRAI riders to the city for the first time.
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Mel Stahmer poses for a photo with his bicycle while wearing a RAGBRAI IV shirt in this undated family photo.
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The RAGBRAI crowds, during a stop, in downtown Bloomfield.
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The Chodurs' campsite on the town square in Fairfield.
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The Chodurs enjoy some Iowa Craft Beer along the ride.
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One of the favorite foods along the way was the pickle sandwich in Donnellson.
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Elyse Chodur and Daniel Chodur on day two of RAGBRAI.
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Dick Meirick testing out his tent for his 30th year of riding RAGBRAI.
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Dick's family ran the Peanut Butter Jam for four years during RAGBRAI.
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Dick Meirick and his son, John, dip their tires in the Mississippi River for Dick's 30th RAGBRAI ride this year.
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Dick Meirick and grandson Parker Huffman enjoy the sites on Dick's 30th RAGBRAI bike ride.
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Dick Meirick grandson Parker Huffman take time for a picture on Dick's 30th RAGBRAI ride at age 73.
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Dick Meirick is taking time on his 30th RAGBRAI to see the sites in the host towns.
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Dick's grandson Parker Huffman is standing in line for pancakes for breakfast on RAGBRAI
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John has ridden many of RAGBRAI's with his dad Dick, who has rode his 30th one this year.
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Dick Meirick standing in a crowd on his 30th RAGBRAI bike ride.
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Dick Meirick testing out his tent for his 30th year of riding RAGBRAI.
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Dick Meirick and Angie (Meirick) Huffman after their first RAGBRAI 30 years ago when Angie's speedometer reached 1,000 miles
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Joseph Perrodin of Turin kicks back in a lawn chair to watch as RAGBRAI cyclists ride through the Monona County town, Sunday. The 2018 edition of the Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa started Sunday in Onawa and will end Saturday in Davenport.
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"American Idol" winner Maddie Poppe performs at Rich's Muskie Lounge in Ventura during RAGBRAI in 2017.
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20 years ago - Jason Pohren, an Osage art student, displays his hand-drawn portfolio of 25 years of RAGBRAI.
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RAGBRAI riders make their way into downtown Mason City past the Historic Park Inn Hotel on a Wednesday afternoon in 2018.
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Kid Reporter Brandon Peterson of Britt with RAGBRAI cyclists this summer. Peterson wrote a story about the event's presence in North Iowa for Scholastic.
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James Lamgo scrambles eggs for RAGBRAI riders at the Breakfast Delight tent Thursday in Ionia.
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Andy Knox of Waterloo, left, and Kirk Mahood of LaPorte City set up tents in the Cedar Valley Cyclists encampment in Charles City during RAGBRAI on Wednesday.
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RAGBRAI riders enter downtown Charles City after crossing the Cedar River in 2017.
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The American flag flies outside the fire station in Clear Lake while RAGBRAI riders fill up their water bottles at its filling station while passing through in 2014. The city, which was a RAGBRAI overnight stop in 2010, will be a stop on the 2017 route.
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Carol Tesch with her fellow RAGBRAI teammates, who all participated in the Ironman event.
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RAGBRAI riders start to fill the streets of New Hartford Thursday.
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Madison Cooley, left, Lacey Gilmour, Samantha Elsberry and Rachel Elsberry wait to offer encouragement Wednesday in Aplington. Gilmour's father and brother were on RAGBRAI and the Elsberry sisters' mother.
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Cyclists on RAGBRAI in 2015.
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RAGBRAI's "Trumpet Chick," Alicia Rau of New York City, displays her pocket trumpet during a rain delay Monday morning at Frank Starr Park in Storm Lake, the first overnight town for RAGBRAI XLIII. Rau, 37, a native of Shelby, often accompanies riders with her music.
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Ryan Francois of Des Moines rides a skateboard as RAGBRAI riders approach Kingsley on Sunday.
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Yvonne Hazlett of Sioux City plays bagpipes for RAGBRAI cyclists Sunday in Sioux City.
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RAGBRAI riders pedal through the Iowa countryside on Sunday, the first day of the week-long Register's Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.
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The 2015 RAGBRAI overnight towns were announced Saturday. The ride begins July 19 in Sioux City and ends July 25 in Davenport. The overnight towns are Sioux City, Storm Lake, Fort Dodge, Eldora, Cedar Falls, Hiawatha, Coralville and Davenport.
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Alex Trueblood hands Bill Donohue an ice cream cone at the West Hancock Middle School Washington D.C. stand in 2014 as RAGBRAI riders came through Crystal Lake. Many of the 34 vendors for the July 25, 2017, stop in Britt are local.
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Thousands of RAGBRAI riders enter Nora Springs in July 2014.
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Riding in tribute to Nick, from left to right, front, Trish Lang, Doug Hulshizer and Deb Athey; back, Garrett Olson, Mitchell Athey and Andrew Lang.
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The team on a stretch during RAGBRAI.
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Ken Smith puts up a tent at the Grand National Rally Grounds in Forest City during the July 22 overnight RAGBRAI stay.
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Forest City RAGBRAI committee chairman Gary Ludwig, in the yellow shirt, stands in front of one of the camping areas near the information booth by the Waldorf College fieldhouse on July 22.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI photo Sage Avenue
Riders on Sage Avenue on the morning of July 23 as they leave Forest City.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
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RAGBRAI riders at the corner of J and Clark Streets on July 22.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
Aerial view of riders leaving
Riders leave Forest City during RAGBRAI.
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RAGBRAI Beebe house leaving
Joan Beebe watches on the morning of July 23 as RAGBRAI riders pass by her home on Sage Avenue on their way to Mason City. A sign on the Beebe home thanks riders for stopping in Forest City.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
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Seventh grader Austin Brown grabs a bottle of water for a RAGBRAI rider at the West Hancock Middle School Washington D.C. food stand.
Allison Ullmann, Britt News Tribune
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West Hancock seventh grader Jamie Reynolds hands a pork loin sandwich to RAGBRAI rider Bruce Davis of Neillsville, Wis. on July 22.
Allison Ullmann, Britt News Tribune
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Wesley Ketchum ties a makeshift clothesline on July 22 in Forest City. He and his wife Elizabeth rode on RAGBRAI.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
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James Simonds of Galesburg, Michigan, directs a motor home to its proper space on July 22 during the RAGBRAI overnight stay in Forest City.
Sam Jefson, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI Dan Mingus
Dan Mingus of Boulder, Colo., cools off after arriving in Forest City.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI A Warren with tent
Abbi Warren of Chicago, Ill., packs up a tent on July 23 in Forest City.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI Ron Godsey
Ron Godsey relaxes on the Winnebago County Courthouse lawn on July 22.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI
Scott Riek of Iowa City packs up his gear on the morning of July 23. Riek was in Forest City overnight.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI faucet clean
From left, Katelyn Johnson and Kelsey Miller use the water faucets to clean themselves after riding from Emmetsburg to Forest City July 22 during RAGBRAI.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
Riding out of Crystal Lake
RAGBRAI riders leave Crystal Lake for Forest City on the afternoon of July 22.
Allison Ullmann, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI campers aerial view
The grounds of the Forest City Community School District hosted a large group of RAGBRAI campers on July 22.
Provided photo
RAGBRAI Kuivinen camp
Matthew Kuivinen and his relatives camped at a home in Forest City on July 22.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
Coming into Crystal Lake (copy)
RAGBRAI riders make their way into Crystal Lake in 2014. RABRAI will pass through Britt on July 25, 2017.
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Streets fill up in Crystal Lake
RAGBRAI riders fill the streets of Crystal Lake in 2014.
FILE PHOTO
Bunch of riders in Crystal Lake
A number of RAGBRAI riders make their way into Crystal Lake on the afternoon of July 22 before ending the day in Forest City.
Allison Ullmann, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI outdoor shower
A RAGBRAI rider cleans himself after he finished the July 22 ride to Forest City.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
RAGBRAI leaves town
RAGBRAI riders leave Forest City on the morning of July 23.
Rae Yost, Forest City Summit
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Ryleigh Rinnels, 11, a volunteer at the AMVETS spaghetti lunch, takes a bite of Watermelon downtown Thursday in Clarksville.
MATTHEW PUTNEY, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
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Keith Castle of Mayfield, Ohio, stops on his bike to play the harmonica for people watching the RAGBRAI riders come into town Thursday in Clarksville.
MATTHEW PUTNEY, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
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Maggie Bossom, Mason Raley and Landon Vance give RAGBRAI riders high-fives along West Superior Street Thursday in Clarksville.
MATTHEW PUTNEY, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
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RAGBRAI riders stop in downtown Clarksville Thursday on their way from Mason City to Cedar Falls.
MATTHEW PUTNEY, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
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Jim Deal tends to Cathy Wagner after she was injured on West Superior Street Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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Maggie Bossom, Mason Raley, and Landon Vance flag down RAGBRAI riders for high fives along West Superior Street Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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RAGBRAI riders rest their bike near a town mural Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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Keith Castle of Mayfield, OH stops on his bike to play the harmonica for people watching the RAGBRAI riders come into town Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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RAGBRAI riders in downtown Clarksville Thursday, July 24, 2014.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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Tom Anderegg of Dubuque sports a pop can helmet during RAGBRAI Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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RAGBRAI riders head downtown on West Superior Street Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
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Keith Castle of Mayfield, OH stops on his bike to play the harmonica for people watching the RAGBRAI riders come into town Thursday, July 24, 2014, in Clarksville, Iowa.
MATTHEW PUTNEY / Courier Photo Editor
RAGBRAI - MC 2014 - stage
A file photo from July 2014, RAGBRAI crowd waits for the band to begin playing in Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI - MC 2014 - stage
RAGBRAI crowd waits for the band to begin playing in Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI team
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI in town
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI riders
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Reading
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI crowds
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
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Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI stop
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
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RAGBRAI participants line up at an ice cream truck on North Federal Avenue in Mason City during the 2014 overnight stop.
Globe Gazette file
Mason City RAGBRAI
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
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RAGBRAI riders enter Nora Springs on Thursday.
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Bret Michaels takes the stage at the Mason City RAGBRAI celebration on Wednesdat night.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
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Bret Michaels takes the stage at the Mason City RAGBRAI celebration on Wednesdat night.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
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Bret Michaels takes the stage at the Mason City RAGBRAI celebration on Wednesdat night.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
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Bret Michaels takes the stage at the Mason City RAGBRAI celebration on Wednesday night.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI crowd
A large crowd was on hand on July 23, 2014 to hear the RAGBRAI entertainment in downtown Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
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RAGBRAI downtown
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI team
A RAGBRAI team poses.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
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RAGBRAI crowd
BRIAN FUNK
RAGBRAI crowd
RAGBRAI crowd takes a break.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
Hitchville
Hitchville plays for the RAGBRAI crowd.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
Relaxing
Relaxing in the park after the day's ride.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
Downing
Connie Downing of Nora Springs enthusiastically writes virgin on Maggie Fuhrman's leg signifying that she is a first-time RATGBRAI rider.
JULIE BIRKEDAL, for the Globe Gazette
On the plaza
RAGBRAI crowd on the plaza.
Brian Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI vendor
A RAGBRAI vendor prepares vegetable noodle bowls.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI vendor
A RAGBRAI vendor prepares gyros on North Federal Avenue during the 2014 overnight stop in Mason City.
Globe Gazette file
Downing
Connie Downing of Nora Springs enthusiastically writes virgin on Maggie Fuhrman's leg signifying that she is a first-time RAGBRAI rider.
JULIE BIRKEDAL, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI at Clear Lake
JIM REYNOLDS
Bikes
RAGBRAI bikes line the streets in downtown Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK
Bikes
A file photo from July 2014, RAGBRAI bikes line the streets in downtown Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK
RAGBRAI downtown Mason City
Danette and David Holmes from Arizona enjoy ice cream in Mason City's Central Park on Wednesday.
BRIAN Funk
RAGBRAI bikes
RAGBRAI bikes line the streets in downtown Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK
Listening to the bands
RAGBRAI riders gather on the plaza to listen to the bands.
BRIAN FUNK
Take a break
RAGBRAI riders rest in Mason City's Central Park.
BRIAN FUNK
RAGBRAI welcome sign
Jarry Nalan, Britt, formerly of Mason City, holds a sign welcoming RAGBRAI riders to Mason City on Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK
RAGBRAIers in Mason City
RAGBRAI riders jam the streets in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK
RAGBRAI downtown
RAGBRAI riders jam the streets in downtown Mason City in this July 23 file photo.
BRIAN FUNK, For The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI in Mason City
RAGBRAI riders jam the streets in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK
RAGBRAI bride
RAGBRAI bride Gretchen Imhoff of Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS
Bob Hayes
Bob Hayes, Team Waldo organizer.Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS
RAGBRAI wedding
A RAGBRAI wedding was held Wednesday on the shores of Clear Lake. Gretchen Imhoff of Springfield, Ill. and Brian Denney of Springfield, Ill. were married by Chris Hickersberg of Costa Mesa, Ca.
JIM REYNOLDS for the Globe Gazet
Clear Lake RAGBRAI wedding
A RAGBRAI wedding was held Wednesday on the shores of Clear Lake. Gretchen Imhoff of Springfield, Ill. and Brian Denney of Springfield, Ill. were married by Chris Hickersberg of Costa Mesa, Ca.
JIM REYNOLDS
RAGBRAI groom
RAGBRAI Groom Brian Denney of Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS
RAGBRAI flag
RAGBRAI riders go under the giant flag in front of the Clear Lake fire station on Wednesday.
JIM REYNOLDS
RAGBRAI tents
Thousands of tents filled up East Park in Mason City Wednesday afternoon.
LAURA BIRD, the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI tents
Thousands of tents filled up East Park in Mason City Wednesday afternoon.
LAURA BIRD, The Globe Gazette
Take a break
RAGBRAI riders rest in Mason City's Central Park.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
Bikes
RAGBRAI bikes line the streets in downtown Mason City Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
Listening to the bands
RAGBRAI riders gather on the plaza to listen to the bands.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI bikes
RAGBRAI bikes line the streets in downtown Mason City.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI wedding attendees
Six years after a chance meeting at the Clear Lake RAGBRAI stop, Donna Bridges-Medina and her husband Jose Medina of Ankeny, were on hand to witness the wedding of Gretchen Imhoff and Brian Denny, both of Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI bride
RAGBRAI bride Gretchen Imhoff of Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Bob Hayes
Bob Hayes, Team Waldo organizer.Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI wedding
A RAGBRAI wedding was held Wednesday on the shores of Clear Lake. Gretchen Imhoff of Springfield, Ill. and Brian Denney of Springfield, Ill. were married by Chris Hickersberg of Costa Mesa, Ca.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Clear Lake RAGBRAI wedding
A RAGBRAI wedding was held Wednesday on the shores of Clear Lake. Gretchen Imhoff of Springfield, Ill. and Brian Denney of Springfield, Ill. were married by Chris Hickersberg of Costa Mesa, Ca.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI groom
RAGBRAI Groom Brian Denney of Springfield, Ill.
JIM REYNOLDS, For the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI flag
RAGBRAI riders go under the giant flag in front of the Clear Lake fire station on North Eighth Street on Wednesday.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI downtown
RAGBRAI riders jam the streets in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI in Mason City
RAGBRAI riders jam the streets in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI downtown Mason City
Danette and David Holmes from Arizona enjoy ice cream in Mason City's Central Park on Wednesday.
BRIAN Funk, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAIers in Mason City
RAGBRAI riders jam the streets in downtown Mason City on Wednesday.
BRIAN FUNK, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI riders wait
RAGBRAI riders wait for the train at the First St. N.W. crossing in Mason City on Wednesday.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Artwork
Clear Lake residents and members of the 4th of July planning committee, from left, Alice Hanley, Ric Jacobs, and Jeff Kuhrt paint the July 4th art peice on Tuesday evening around Clear Lake's City Park.
AARON THOMAS
Forest City RAGBRAI
RAGBRAI bikers, on and off their bikes, filled Clark Street and the Winnebago County Courthouse lawn on Tuesday.
RAE YOST, Forest City Summit
Clear Lake RAGBRAI art
On Tuesday evening, Clear Lake folks were creating artwork highlighting events and businesses in the streets surrounding Clear Lake's City Park. The artwork resembles that of a game board and is meant to give RAGBRAI riders something fun and interesting to look at as they ride through.
AARON THOMAS
RAGBRAI tear down
Abbi Warren of Chicago, Ill., takes down her tent Wednesday morning in Forest City.
RAE YOST, The Forest City Summit.
RAGBRAI drinks
RAGBRAI rider drinks
AARON THOMAS
RAGBRAI break Wednesday morning
RAGBRAI riders taking a break Wednesday morning.
AARON THOMAS
RAGBRAI dancing
Mathew D, right, Boston, MA., dances at the Iowa Craft beer garden just outside of Ventura on Wednesday.
AARON THOMAS
RAGBRAI beer garden
The Iowa Craft Beer garden was a popular stop in Ventura during Wednesday's route.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Bernhard
Matt Bernhard, Brancroft, cooks pork chops for Mr. Pork Chop about a mile north of Ventura Wednesday. The pork pit stop was popular with RAGBRAI riders.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Team Fly
Dressed in teammates' clothing, male members from Team Fly celebrate "DRAGBRAI" on Wednesday.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
Team Thirsty's helmet
Team Thirsty members sporty tiny Kybos, or portapotties, atop their helmets Wednesday.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI riders
RAGBRAI riders Wednesday moring
AARON THOMAS
RAGBRAI bicyclists
RAGBRAI riders donned unusual costumes Wednesday before leaving Forest City.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI lunch
RAGBRAI riders Saundra Brennan and Beth Beck enjoy a walking taco lunch in Central Park on Wednesday.
PEGGY SENZARINO
RAGBRAI MC 2014 - Hotel
RAGBRAI riders pass the Historic Park Inn Hotel on their way to downtown Mason City in July 2014.
File Photo
RAGBRAI
RAGBRAI riders filled Central Park during the overnight stop in Mason City in 2014.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Armbruster
Matt Armbruster, Lafayette, Colorado, attracts attention with his High Roller tricycle Wednesday in Ventura. This is the third year he's ridden this single-speed bike in RAGBRAI.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Houseman
Ashley Houseman, Clive, is on her second RAGBRAI accompanied by her father, Mark. Ashley, 20, who has Spina Bifida rides an arm powered trike and is part of the Adaptive Sports team.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Clear Lake UMC
The Clear Lake United Methodist Church hosted a large group for its egg bake and pie brunch running out of rhubarb pie by 10 a.m.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Toe dipping
Greg Elliott, Kansas City, dips his daughter's toes in Clear Lake. Daughter Anna, 1, was on her first RAGBRAI with her dad and mother, Tiffany Schweer and travels in a bicycle trailer behind Greg. Greg said Anna spends most of the time sleeping.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Taking a break
Father and son, Brent, foreground, and Allan Kline, Chillicothe, Missouri rest in City Park in Clear Lake on Wednesday. Brent is a 19-year veteran of the ride and says Clear Lake has been rthe best place ever to stop, whether mid-day or overnight. Allan is a recent high school graduate on his first ride. Brent also said Guttenberg is the best place to end a ride.
JIM REYNOLDS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI relaxing
Baoli Wang of Cedar Rapids relaxes in City Park at Clear Lake.
JIM REYNOLDS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI bicyclists
RAGBRAI riders leaving Forest City.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI break Wednesday morning
RAGBNRAI riders taking a break Wednesday morning.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI dancing
Mathew Donovan, right, Boston, Massachusetts, dances at the Iowa Craft beer garden just outside of Ventura on Wednesday.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI beer garden
Iowa craft beer garden just outside Ventura.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Armbruster
Matt Armbruster from Lafayette, Co. rides a High Roller tricycle for the third time in RAGBRAI.Armbruster was riding into Ventura Wednesday morning.
AARON THOMAS, the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Bernhard
Matt Bernhard, Brancroft ,IA. cooks pork chops for Mr. Pork Chop about a mile north of Ventura Wednesday.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Team Fly
Team Fly from Tennessee dressed as DRAGBRAI pose for a photo about 7.5 miles outside of Forest City
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
Team Thirsty's helmet
Team Thirsty's helmet ornament about four miles outside of Forest City Wednesday morning.
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI riders
RAGBRAI riders Wednesday moring
AARON THOMAS, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI
Riders make their way into downtown Mason City past the Historic Park Inn Hotel Wednesday afternoon.
PEGGY SENZARINO
Globe Gazette
Taking a break
Father and son, Brent, foreground, and Allan Kline, Chillicothe, Missouri rest in City Park in Clear Lake on Wednesday. Brent is a 19-year veteran of the ride and says Clear Lake has been the best place ever to stop, whether mid-day or overnight. Allan is a recent high school graduate on his first ride. Brent also said Guttenberg is the best place to end a ride.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette.
RAGBRAI relaxing
Baoli Wang of Cedar Rapids relaxes in City Park at Clear Lake.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Clear Lake UMC
The Clear Lake United Methodist Church hosted a large group for its egg bake and pie brunch running out of rhubarb pie by 10 a.m.
JIM REYNOLDS, For the Globe Gazette
Toe dipping
Greg Elliott, Kansas City, dips his daughter's toes in Clear Lake. Daughter Anna, 1, was on her first RAGBRAI with her dad and mother, Tiffany Schweer, and travels in a bicycle trailer behind Greg. Greg said Anna spends most of the time sleeping.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Houseman
Ashley Houseman, Clive, is on her second RAGBRAI accompanied by her father, Mark. Ashley, 20, who has Spina Bifida rides an arm powered trike and is part of the Adaptive Sports team. Adaptive Sports enables those with challenges to participate in events like this.
JIM REYNOLDS, for the Globe Gazette
Saundra Brennan and Beth Beck
RAGBRAI riders Saundra Brennan and Beth Beck enjoy a walking taco lunch in Central Park on Wednesday.
PEGGY SENZARINO, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI trouble
Elizabeth Salton, of Ames, holds her son Nolan, as she sings songs from 'The Music Man' to riders as they arrive in Mason City on Wednesday.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI MC 2014 - Welcome
Thousands of riders enter Mason City on Wednesday.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI
Cyclists were lined as far as the eye could see on S14 North of Ventura.
ARIAN SCHUESSLER, The Globe Gazette
RAGBRAI Warren tent down
Abbi Warren of Chicago, Ill., takes down her tent this morning in Forest City.
By Rae Yost
RAGBRAI wed Hoeffner bag packed
Style Hoeffner, 11, of Danville packs a bag for one of the RAGBRAI riders before the rider leaves Forest City Wednesday morning. Hoeffner works for his dad's business, Out of Staters Bike Club. Hoeffner and the business carry riders' gear from town-to-town on the RAGBRAI route.
By Rae Yost
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A man was killed in an early morning shooting in Gilpin Court, police said.
At 7:28 a.m. Tuesday, Richmond police officers were called to the 300 block of West Charity Street, where they found a man in an alley between apartments. He had been shot, police said.
The man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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MICHIGAN CITY — Police said they seized four handguns and drugs during a traffic stop that resulted in the arrest of three people from an earlier armed robbery.
Michigan City police said they stopped a vehicle Friday in the 1300 block of E. Michigan Boulevard after observing a traffic violation and found six people inside.
A search of the vehicle revealed four handguns, one which had been reported stolen through the Michigan City Police Department.
It was determined three of the occupants were involved in an armed robbery earlier in the day during which cash and a firearm were stolen, police said.
Marquaivion Holmes, 19, and Corey Gray, 20, both of Michigan City, and Ramanze Robinson, 20, of Chicago, were taken into custody and charged with felony counts of armed robbery and theft of a firearm, police said.
Michigan City Police Chief Dion Campbell applauded the efforts of the officers.
"The teamwork, integrity, and dedication of these officers continue to have an impact on thwarting gun violence in our community," the department said. "As we continue to strengthen our partnerships between Michigan City Police Department, community members, and elected officials, we will continually identify and address the people responsible for the unjust violence in our community."
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While speaking with the daughter of a woman suspected in a shooting, an officer noticed injuries to the girl's hands. Further investigation revealed the girl's body was covered in scars, record state.
Nick A. Peterson, 60, is accused of hitting and killing 40-year-old Ryan Briney while driving a truck registered to the company that employed them both Aug. 21 in the 3300 block of Dickey Road.
Residents should avoid the area, Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said. The Gary Community School Corp. had Lake County sheriff’s police working security during the ceremony, he said.
Lydia T. Conley, 39, could face a sentence of 45 to 65 years in prison for the murder of 40-year-old Delilah Martinez on Oct. 27, 2019, in Hammond's Robertsdale neighborhood.
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HOBART — Three people escaped injury early Tuesday as a fire tore through a house in the 2500 block of Crabapple Lane, according to Assistant Hobart Fire Chief John Reitz.
Firefighters were notified of the blaze around 4:10 a.m. and it appears to have started in the garage and spread to the home, he said.
"All occupants evacuated safely," the department said.
Firefighters fought the blaze for about a half hour and damages were estimated at about $40,000, Reitz said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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The list of names of those who have lost their lives in vehicle crashes in the Region stretches long, including mothers, fathers, children, sisters, brothers and grandparents. According to data on fatal accidents, the list has been growing exponentially across the U.S.
Nationwide, a total of 42,915 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported.
This is the highest number since 2005 and is an average of 117 deaths every day.
In Lake County there were 68 crash deaths in 2021, compared to 57 in 2020, according to the Lake County coroner's office. In 2022, there have been 22 traffic deaths as of May 14.
Similarly LaPorte County saw a large jump, with nine fatal crashes in 2020 and 17 fatal crashes in 2021, according to the LaPorte County coroner's office. There have been six traffic deaths so far this year.
However, in Porter County, there was a decrease with 13 crash deaths reported in 2021, compared to 17 reported in 2020, the Porter County coroner's office said. So far this year has had nine traffic deaths in the county.
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Looking at nationwide numbers, compared to 2020, crash deaths rose by 10.5% in 2021, which marks the largest annual percentage increase in the nearly five-decade history of the Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Fatal pedestrian crashes are up 13%, and speeding-related crashes are up 5%, according to the NHTSA.
"An increase in dangerous driving like speeding, distracted driving, drug and alcohol-impaired driving, not buckling up during the pandemic, combined with roads designed for speed instead of safety, has wiped out a decade and a half of progress in reducing traffic crashes, injuries and deaths," Russ Martin of the Governors Highway Safety Association said. "This grim milestone confirms we are moving backwards when it comes to safety on our roads."
Martin said most roadway deaths are preventable, stating the Governors Highway Safety Association supports the Safe System approach, which focuses on safer infrastructure, safer vehicles, public education, community engagement, enforcement against dangerous driving behaviors and post-crash care.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has created the National Roadway Safety Strategy, which is a blueprint for reaching the goal of zero traffic deaths.
"All these elements are necessary to create a safety net to prevent or mitigate the impact of roadway crashes," Martin said. "But it will take all partners working together, along with the public, to implement the Safe System approach to reverse the pandemic-fueled traffic safety crisis and make progress toward our goal of zero roadway deaths." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crash-fatalities-rise-in-nation-region-numbers-show-differing-trends/article_b7854183-5f80-5a41-8762-c751bf78d0f1.html | 2022-06-07T19:10:13 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crash-fatalities-rise-in-nation-region-numbers-show-differing-trends/article_b7854183-5f80-5a41-8762-c751bf78d0f1.html |
New York City police were looking for a man shown in a video grabbing a woman then throwing her onto subway tracks.
Police released horrifying surveillance video showing the 52-year-old woman being sent plunging onto the tracks in the Bronx on Sunday. It was the latest in a string of subway attacks in the city, which is grappling with a scourge of violence across its most important transportation artery.
Other subway riders came to the woman’s aid and pulled her back to safety. There were no trains approaching.
In the 20-second snippet provided by authorities, the man and woman seemed to initially be facing each other about 6 feet (2 meters) from the edge of the subway platform. He is seen putting his arms around her and forcefully shoving her to the platform. She falls and her body skids over the edge, head first. The unidentified man then walks off.
Not shown on the video released were the bystanders who rushed to help the woman.
Police said she was Lincoln Hospital in stable condition.
Anyone with information in regard to the identity of these individuals is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nypd-search-continues-for-man-who-pushed-woman-onto-nyc-subway-tracks-over-the-weekend/3723854/ | 2022-06-07T19:13:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nypd-search-continues-for-man-who-pushed-woman-onto-nyc-subway-tracks-over-the-weekend/3723854/ |
A water main break has left a mess behind in one Queens neighborhood.
Crews continue to work in an attempt to get the situation under control on Long Island City as a water main break on Vernon Boulevard wreaks havoc on the Tuesday morning commute after it ruptured during the overnight hours.
The worst part of the flooding started on Queens Plaza South coming into Vernon Boulevard early Tuesday morning just after 2 a.m. Chopper 4 was over the scene of a block of parked cars exposed to the rising water. A number of vehicles that were partially submerged in the flood waters for more than an hour.
The water reached 5 feet high in some parts of Vernon Boulevard.
It is unclear what caused the water main break. However, crew members working the scene say that another water main break occurred roughly a year-and-a-half ago at the same location.
The scene was a surprise for residents woke up to find the flooding unfold outside their doors.
"This is crazy. It's not the first time it's happened. Like my wife said, it happened previously in January 2021," Ronald Ragbir, whose car was damaged in the water main break, told News 4 New York. "It's the same thing. Twenty-five cars on this whole strip...ruined."
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Residents at the nearby NYCHA Queensbridge Houses told News 4 New York that water service was shut down indefinitely -- until crews determine the source and location of the pipe burst. The long-term impact of water service in the area is unclear.
Multiple agencies continue to work the scene including the FDNY, the city's DEP, and other staff. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/water-main-break-in-queens-floods-cars-wreaks-havoc-on-morning-commuteny-only/3723229/ | 2022-06-07T19:13:48 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/water-main-break-in-queens-floods-cars-wreaks-havoc-on-morning-commuteny-only/3723229/ |
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — After weeks of several mass shootings, including one that killed 19 at an elementary school in Texas, the Springdale School District is hosting a regional school safety summit.
The summit is happening from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 at the Don Tyson School of Innovation.
"Our goal for this summit is to learn and grow from the collective experiences of other school staff," said Damon Donnell, Springdale Public Schools Student Services director. "This event will focus on school safety best practices and mental and behavioral health resources that promote safer schools and communities."
University of Arkansas System Criminal Justice Institute director, Cheryl P. May, will be the keynote speaker at the event. She has 29 years of experience as a forensic professional, having previously served as deputy director, assistant director and program manager at CJI. She is president of the Arkansas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children.
There will be breakout sessions on topics regarding safety protocols, school law, mental health, cybersecurity, anonymous reporting, building safety audits and human trafficking.
The district says presenters will share and grow school safety, mental health best practices and resources that promote safer schools and communities through the day of events.
Around 100 school administrators, counselors, social workers, teachers and law enforcement professionals from 26 school districts throughout Arkansas will attend this free event.
“We are very excited about this opportunity to serve school districts across Arkansas,” Donnell said.
Governor Asa Hutchinson was in Northwest Arkansas this week talking with sheriffs from across the state about gun control and school safety.
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The fifth annual Scooped: An Ice Cream Trail is back again this summer at some of Pennsylvania's best spots for the sweet treat
The best creameries and ice cream shops from all across Pennsylvania are ready for the fifth annual Scooped: An Ice Cream Trail.
Between June 1 and September 10, if you visit at least 10 of the 30 participating Pennsylvania ice cream shops, you can complete the trail and receive a Scooped stainless-steel ice cream scooper.
This year, Scooped has gone mobile - no app download required. Right from the Visit PA website, you can sign up for free and prepare yourself to participate in the ice cream trail for 2022.
Completing four simple steps will lead you down the trail to success:
- Sign up online and log in to Scooped: an Ice Cream Trail
- Pick one of the shops listed and make a purchase
- Get a 4-digit pin code at checkout
- Check in and repeat these steps at a total of 10 locations to win
Those who complete the trail will be sent a notification to fill out a mailing address form so the scooper can be sent to their kitchen.
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A woman was killed and a man was injured when a tree fell onto an SUV in Burlington County, New Jersey.
The couple was traveling on Ark Road in Hainesport when a large branch fell on their red Hyundai SUV, police said.
Seventy-one-year-old Christine Roemer died at the scene, according to New Jersey State Police. Albert E. Roemer Jr., 71, suffered serious injuries and was transported to the hospital.
Both victims are of Indian Mills, New Jersey, officials said.
SkyForce10 over the scene showed the SUV heavily damaged with airbags deployed.
Ark Road was closed while police investigated Tuesday morning. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/tree-falls-on-suv-killing-passenger-on-burlington-county-road/3263326/ | 2022-06-07T19:27:14 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/tree-falls-on-suv-killing-passenger-on-burlington-county-road/3263326/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A 50-year-old man drowned after a current swept him away in the Molalla River near Wagon Wheel Park Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
The man, later identified as Kevin Whisman, reportedly took a dip in the river to cool off when he was caught in a fast-moving current. Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said park-goers tried to help Whisman as he called out for help.
Around 3 p.m., CCSO deputies received a report that Whisman was in distress and was possibly drowning.
An initial 911 call reported Whisman was fully submerged, possibly 20- to 25-feet-deep in the river near the Highway 213 bridge. However, another caller said they saw his body floating in the river near Arrowhead Golf Course.
Multiple law enforcement agencies and medical personnel were called to the scene.
A boat crew with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue reportedly found Whisman and began performing life-saving measures. Despite medics’ efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/50-year-old-man-drowns-in-molalla-river-after-current-sweeps-him-away/ | 2022-06-07T19:32:53 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clackamas-county/50-year-old-man-drowns-in-molalla-river-after-current-sweeps-him-away/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — There is only one person who, in the middle of a massive dystopic dinosaur movie, can utter a line like “That’s bananas” with just the right timing and inflection.
For almost three decades, off and on, Jeff Goldblum has played Dr. Ian Malcolm with particular Goldblumian panache. As the stylish chaos theorist of the “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic World” films, Goldblum is voice of reason and comedy relief in one, an auger of nature’s unpredictability who can’t help marveling at seeing his theories in action, even if that poses immediate danger to himself.
It’s one of the 69-year-old actor’s best-known characters. Yet in even big movies like “Jurassic Park” and “Independence Day,” Goldblum has such a singular manner and much-intimated tempo that he’s never been particularly defined by those roles. It’s more that Goldblum, in putting his own idiosyncratic spin on them, marks the characters, rather than the other way around. Life finds a way in “Jurassic Park,” and so does Goldblum.
In Colin Trevorrow’s “Jurassic World: Dominion, ” which opens in theaters Thursday, Goldblum — along with original cast members Laura Dern and Sam Neill — returns to close out the franchise’s second trilogy of films in a sprawling adventure set in a near future where dinosaurs have spread across the world, as has ecological imbalance and a plague of giant locusts.
For Goldblum, the son of a doctor and host of the Disney+ series “The World According to Jeff Goldblum,” the subjects and themes of the movie dovetail with some of his own curiosities and interests in how we might, he says, “upgrade our stewardship of the planet.” What does Goldblum, the movies’ resident chaotician, think of our increasingly tumultuous times?
“I don’t know anything about what I’m talking about. But let’s utter the word ‘entropy’ and ‘systems’ and how things break down,” Goldblum says, speaking from London. “Before the butterfly comes out of the chrysalis, the caterpillar has some convulsions, chaotic convulsions. But it’s not death, necessarily. It’s the onset of transformation.”
Satisfied that he’s perhaps arrived at a kernel of truth, Goldblum concludes, “Hey, what about that?”
Chaos and harmony feature prominently in most conversations with Goldblum, an ever-riffing, cosmically attuned raconteur. He tends to speak as if narrating his brain’s inner-workings in real time, arriving now and then at ideas worth pausing to savor and existential epiphanies that delight him.
One question, for example, about whether his sons’ names — River Joe and Charlie Ocean — suggest some ecological bent sends Goldblum on a jag about ocean environmental health, fundraising for Oceana, the song “Moon River” (which Goldblum, an accomplished pianist, says his band might soon record), Carly Simon’s “Let the River Run,” the movie “Working Girl,” Mark Harris’ Mike Nichols biography and a white-water rafting trip on the Kern River.
“Water is life, isn’t it?” says Goldblum. “If they ever wanted to drop the Goldblum and just go with River Joe, that sounds evocative to me, that sounds like a good character. Or Charlie Ocean. I like both of those. Nothing wrong with Goldblum, but if they want to change it, fine with me.”
Either through experience (Goldblum’s early films included two with the improvisational Robert Altman, “a dipsy doodle of an artist,” he says) or practice (Goldblum credits acting teacher Sandy Meisner with instilling in him “a continuity of digging”), Goldblum has arrived at his unique cadence and perpetual state of curiosity.
“At the beginning of the day, I remind myself: free association, stream of consciousness, perceptual readiness and then openness,” says Goldblum. “This whole business of acting and music seems to be, if nothing else, an invitation toward opening up. Opening yourself up in both directions. Not only to what’s around you in reception but then in your giving back, reacting and offering something.”
After co-starring in “Jurassic Park” and its 1997 sequel, “The Lost World,” Goldblum returned to Ian Malcolm in 2018’s “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom” during which his character testifies to the U.S. Congress. Malcolm recommends letting the exploding volcano determine the fate of the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar. Goldblum relished it.
“I was full of juice,” he says. “I was in this froth of fun, which I sometimes get in.”
Trevorrow, who has co-written the trilogy and directed the first and third installments, first worked with Goldblum on a “Jurassic World” Super Bowl ad for Jeep. Goldblum wasn’t what he expected.
“You think that he’s purely improvisational and maybe even a loose canon,” says Trevorrow. “But on this movie, I’d just see him walking out on the garden at the hotel we were staying in going over his lines again and again and coming in and delivering a very precise, considered performance.”
Production on “Jurassic World: Dominion” was halted in 2020 due to the pandemic. When shooting restarted, the studio rented out a hotel in England near Pinewood Studios for cast and crew. Goldblum would sometimes play the piano there with his castmates and Trevorrow — “musicales and hootenanny’s of one kind or another,” Goldblum says. Dern posted one video of her, Neill and Goldblum singing the Beatles’ “Blackbird.”
“He’s a beautiful man,” says Trevorrow. “We would have really thoughtful conversations about his perspective on where we’re at. There was a depth to it all, honestly, when it comes to the experience of making the film and going through pandemic together.”
For the “Jurassic World: Dominion” cast and filmmakers, making a movie about nature’s resistance to humankind’s meddling during the pandemic took on real-world resonance. As in the movie, the world might be ending but Goldblum is still there keeping the spirits up.
“What else can we do?” says Goldblum. “Being a Sandy Meisner devotee, I’m a romantic about the ensemble credo and synergy and, like this movie depicts, what educated, smart and deeply caring people can do — even a few of them — together at a crucial moment. They can even sometimes defeat the forces of ignorance, corruption and greed, and keep the homo sapiens ball moving along a little more. Maybe.”
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A theater in Ukraine’s capital reopened over the weekend for the first time since Russian forces invaded the country, and tickets quickly sold out.
Theater on Podil was the latest cultural institution in Kyiv to resume operations. Movie theaters and the National Opera opened their doors at the end of May.
“We were wondering how it would be, whether spectators would come during the war, whether they think at all about theater,” said one of the actors, Yuriy Felipenko, on Sunday. “And we were happy that the first three plays were sold out.”
Filipenko said the theater was putting on plays with just a few actors.
His colleague Kostya Tomlyak had hesitated to perform in wartime. But the influx of people returning to Kyiv since hostilities there have lessened persuaded him that it’s necessary “to learn how to live during the war, to live with theater, cinema, cafes. You continue living, although you don’t forget that there is the war.”
Russian forces withdrew from their offensive on the Ukrainian capital in early April, refocusing on the eastern region of the Donbas.
“The main question is how actors can be helpful,” Tomlyak said.
Founded in 1987, the Theater on Podil long has been one of the most popular in Kyiv. In 2017, it moved to a new modern building equipped with state-of-the-art scenery.
Since the start of the war, the theater has changed its repertoire, dropping plays by Russian authors. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/kyiv-theater-reopens-plays-sell-out-you-continue-living/ | 2022-06-07T19:33:54 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/kyiv-theater-reopens-plays-sell-out-you-continue-living/ |
CONYERS, Ga. (AP) — A man accused of fatally shooting Atlanta rapper Trouble has been denied bond after a confrontation that investigators allege stemmed from jealousy over a woman.
A judge in Rockdale County on Tuesday denied bail to 33-year-old Jamichael Jones of Jonesboro, local news outlets report, after Jones turned himself in to Rockdale County deputies early Tuesday.
It’s unclear if Jones has a lawyer representing him. A judge set his next hearing on June 15.
Jones is charged with murder, aggravated assault, home invasion, and battery in the Sunday death of Trouble, whose legal name was Mariel Semonte Orr. The 34-year-old Trouble was found shot at an apartment complex in suburban Conyers before dawn Sunday. He died later at a hospital.
Trouble – who was also known as Skoob – had collaborated with artists including Drake, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz in a career that began in 2011.
A warrant states that Jones arrived at an apartment to find Trouble asleep in bed with Jones’ ex-girlfriend, who woke to Jones punching her in the face. The woman told deputies that Jones and Trouble began fighting until Jones pulled a gun, shot Trouble in the chest and fled. Investigators have said Trouble and Jones hadn’t met before the shooting
Deputies found the woman with “visible injuries on her face,” WXIA-TV reports. The woman said she had broken up with Jones a week earlier after he hit her during an argument about “him not having a job and not helping her pay the bills.”
Deputies said the apartment door had been forced open and they viewed surveillance footage of Jones entering and leaving the apartment complex just seven minutes apart.
Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levette said investigators were visiting Jones’ mother when Jones called her. The mother connected Jones with deputies who persuaded Jones to turn himself in.
“His mother was a huge resource in helping us apprehend him,” WAGA-TV reports Levette said
The sheriff said Jones hasn’t shown any signs of remorse but does appear to be fearful.
Trouble released a debut mixtape in 2011 that included the song “Bussin,” a local hit that led to more work and two albums, 2018′s “Edgewood” and 2020′s “Thug Luv.”
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the children, loved ones, and fans of Trouble,” his record label, Def Jam, said in an Instagram post. “A true voice for his city and an inspiration to the community he proudly represented. RIP Skoob.” | https://www.cbs42.com/local/man-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-atlanta-rapper-trouble/ | 2022-06-07T19:34:01 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/man-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-atlanta-rapper-trouble/ |
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) —
Princess Martha Louise, the daughter of Norway’s King Harald, is engaged to her American boyfriend Durek Verrett, the palace said Tuesday.
The 50-year-old princess who is fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, has been together with Verrett, 47, who describes himself as a shaman and a healer on his website, since May 2019, according to Norwegian media.
In a statement issued by the royal household, Harald and his wife Queen Sonja announced the engagement and said they “wish them all the best for the future.”
Martha Louise has three daughters from her first marriage, which ended in 2016. According to Norwegian media, she plans to relocate to California with the girls.
Alongside her royal duties, the princess has written books in which she claimed having contacts with angels.
Martha Louise’s older brother, Crown Prince Haakon, is the heir to the throne. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/norwegian-princess-announces-engagement-to-us-boyfriend/ | 2022-06-07T19:34:07 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/norwegian-princess-announces-engagement-to-us-boyfriend/ |
The widow and son of the man who wrote the 1983 article that inspired the original “Top Gun” are suing Paramount Pictures over its sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.”
In a complaint filed in California federal court Monday, Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay claim that the rights to Ehud Yonay’s story reverted back to them on Jan. 24, 2020. The lawsuit contends that Paramount, which produced and distributed the sequel, did not reacquire those rights before releasing the film in May.
A spokesperson for Paramount Pictures said in a statement that the claims “are without merit, and we will defend ourselves vigorously.”
The lawsuit says that Paramount has been on notice since 2018 that the Yonays intended to recover the copyright under a provision that lets artists do so after 35 years. According to the suit, the Yonays sent a cease-and-desist letter in early May to which Paramount responded that the film had been sufficiently completed by Jan. 24, 2020, and was not derivative of Yonay’s article. The Yonays counter that the film is a derivative of the 1983 article and that “Top Gun: Maverick” didn’t wrap until May 2021, over a year after the rights expired.
Yonay’s original article about the Navy Fighter Weapons School training program and two pilots in the course, the hotshot “Yogi” and his friend “Possum,” was published in the May 1983 issue of California magazine. Soon after, Paramount Pictures acquired the exclusive motion picture rights. “Top Gun” was released in 1986 and went on to become the No. 1 film of the year.
The sequel has been in development for years and was originally set for a July 2019 release but was delayed many times —- first for normal reasons and then because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Top Gun: Maverick” finally opened in theaters on May 27, has spent two weeks atop the box office and has already made over $557 million in ticket sales worldwide. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/paramount-sued-over-top-gun-copyright-claim/ | 2022-06-07T19:34:14 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/paramount-sued-over-top-gun-copyright-claim/ |
AUSTELL, Ga. — An apartment fire ripped through 16 units at a complex in Austell early Tuesday morning and displaced 33 people, according to the Red Cross.
The American Red Cross of Georgia said its Disaster Action Team was assisting in 12 cases following the fire.
The Red Cross did not report any injuries in the fire.
"Our volunteers are meeting with the families to provide emotional support and assess their emergency needs," the organization said. "Those in need of assistance will receive help with essentials such as temporary lodging, food, clothing, and personal care/health items. Red Cross caseworkers will continue to work with the families in the weeks ahead to help them get back on their feet with recovery guidance and support."
The Red Cross added that it expects additional cases to emerge from this fire since some people likely left the scene before volunteers arrived. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/austell-apartment-fire-33-people-displaced/85-5e658eee-366e-4f7a-8a9f-50eba38b6499 | 2022-06-07T19:34:17 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/austell-apartment-fire-33-people-displaced/85-5e658eee-366e-4f7a-8a9f-50eba38b6499 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey has chosen 19-year-old Leila Mottley’s “Nightcrawling,” a debut novel about a young Black woman from East Oakland and her battles with poverty, racism and the police, for next book club pick.
A spokesperson for Winfrey said Mottley is the youngest author ever selected for Oprah’s Book Club, founded in 1996.
“It brings me great joy to introduce readers to new authors, and this young poet Leila Mottley wrote a soul-searching portrait of survival and hope,” Winfrey said in a statement Tuesday.
Mottley, born and raised in Oakland, served as the city’s youth poet laureate in 2018. Her book was published Tuesday and has been praised by James McBride and Tommy Orange among others. Kirkus Reviews called “Nightcrawling” a “lovely and poetic” evocation of an “underclass and the disposable women just trying to survive.”
Mottley said in a statement that she was “absolutely floored when Ms. Winfrey popped up” during what she thought was an ordinary publishing meeting.
“It was the surprise of a lifetime!” she added.
Winfrey will speak with Mottley on June 30 for an interactive book club event on OprahDaily.com. Since starting her book club, Winfrey has often alternated between such established authors Toni Morrison and Richard Powers and such first-time authors as Mottley, Imbolo Mbue and Cynthia Bond. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/winfrey-picks-leila-mottleys-nightcrawling-for-book-club/ | 2022-06-07T19:34:21 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/winfrey-picks-leila-mottleys-nightcrawling-for-book-club/ |
Bismarck's Renaissance Zone Program will expire at the end of July after the Burleigh County Commission rejected renewing the program.
The board on Monday denied a key letter of support that would reauthorize the program for five years. There was no vote, but commissioners declined to take action on issuing a letter after a lengthy debate, citing concerns about rising property taxes.
Bismarck's City Commission, School Board and Park Board had all issued letters of support.
The program for revitalizing communities with residential and commercial development through tax incentives will expire July 31 and cannot be renewed, though the county board could revisit issuing a letter of support before that date.
The 1999 Legislature created the Renaissance Zone Program. Bismarck's zone was established in 2001. The zone encompasses downtown Bismarck and a length along Main Avenue.
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Bismarck Renaissance Zone Authority Chairman Jim Christianson told the Burleigh County Commission the program "is the only economic development tool that Bismarck has, and like it or not, we do compete with Fargo, Grand Forks, Minot, Jamestown and other cities for developments and projects."
Fifty-seven cities statewide have Renaissance Zones, including North Dakota's 10 largest cities, according to Christianson.
Since inception in Bismarck, the program has led to 136 completed projects and six approved or under construction, and has generated a total investment of $83.2 million and another $23.2 million in proposed investment underway, Christianson said.
A recent Renaissance Zone project is the Trestle apartment building and commercial space under construction near McDonald's on Main Avenue.
Bismarck's Renaissance Zone last year generated over $383,000 in net property taxes, distributed to the local park district, schools, city and county, according to a program study.
Renaissance Zone projects receive up to five years of tax breaks, but do continue to pay property taxes on the land value during the exemption period.
County Commission Chairman Jim Peluso raised concerns about the impact of the program's tax incentives, accuracy of the program's impacts and costs, and projects that appear to have strayed from the program's intent, saying, "It's running amok, I think."
"I don't think it's fair to the people building east, west, north, south," Peluso said. "I don't think you can compete building an apartment building in north Bismarck with one that's being built downtown under -- and who knows how much government help they're getting, other than the Renaissance Zone."
Commissioner Kathleen Jones told representatives of the state Commerce Department she's "all in favor of what we have done here in Bismarck," but suggested "somebody sit down" and review the Renaissance Zone law's changes over the years "and start over."
North Dakota's state Commerce Department manages the Renaissance Zone programs. Deputy Commerce Commissioner Shawn Kessel said review of the law has already begun, including gathering input from cities "to understand better how the Renaissance Zone could be applied within their communities."
"It is our intent to bring forth a new version of the Renaissance Zone" for the 2023 Legislature to decide, Kessel told the county board.
Commerce's recommendation will include allowing expired Renaissance Zones to be restored, he said.
Five of the 57 communities with Renaissance Zones no longer have the program. Two "regret that decision," being Watford City and Carrington, "who would love to get their Renaissance Zone back," Kessel said.
Programs in Kenmare, Rolla and Westhope expired in 2021.
Commissioner Becky Matthews said she sees the program as an improvement in quality of life for residents, seeing a need for more residential area and citing the tax impact.
Bismarck developer Ron Knutson spoke against the program's renewal, saying local investors and taxpayers "have had over 20 years, and that's enough." He said non-Renaissance developers can't compete and also see their taxes raised, "so it's a double whammy."
"Level the playing field. Let the capitalism that was invented in this country work, and it will," Knutson told the board.
Downtowners Association Chief Operating Officer Kate Herzog said a variety of government funds "go into developments everywhere within the county," including roads outside of downtown Bismarck.
"To say that it's a level playing field or to get there, we would have to basically change our entire development system within the city and county about how everything is paid for, so I think really that's (what) levels the playing field downtown," Herzog told the board. "And also I think the point of the zone is that you're building on areas with existing infrastructure."
Commissioner Mark Armstrong said he thinks the board not issuing a letter of support "will get the attention of the legislative (assembly), so the program could be back in by, what, next July 1."
Bismarck City Commissioner Greg Zenker, who sits on the zone authority, pointed out the city commission's vote was unanimous for a letter of support.
He told the Tribune that while the Renaissance Zone took several years to produce a return on investment, "it quickly gathered momentum and now there is a return on investment."
Reach Jack Dura at 701-250-8225 or jack.dura@bismarcktribune.com. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-renaissance-zone-program-to-expire/article_179adc5c-e668-11ec-8cb0-2bedc5e6f331.html | 2022-06-07T19:40:52 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-renaissance-zone-program-to-expire/article_179adc5c-e668-11ec-8cb0-2bedc5e6f331.html |
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