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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-based startup festivalPass is making it easier for people to get access to live events for a monthly fee.
It's a subscription service that gives users access to live events, like concerts, sports events, food events and more for a monthly fee with no added ticket fees. It also connects users with discounted hotel rooms across the U.S.
Instead of buying tickets with transaction fees, festivalPass gives members access to tickets for events and festivals with a unique credit system. The membership includes credits to use for any event or festival, meaning they can try as many experiences as they like. Members pay a subscription ranging from $19 to $99 a month and receive credits to access many events nationwide, the startup said.
“Accessing tickets to live events has been a transactional, nonsocial, inefficient experience for decades,” said festivalPass Founder and CEO Ed Vincent. “Live events fans can now discover, access and get no-fee tickets to over 80,000 live events of all types and sizes through their subscription membership in a community-driven, social, frictionless, single-source platform that rewards them for their loyalty and participation in the community. The higher tier a subscriber signs up for, the lower the cost of the tickets.”
According to the startup, members can attend live events such as Coachella and ACL Music Festival and see artists like Dua Lipa and Billie Eillish.
For more information on the subscription, visit the festivalPass website.
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AUSTIN, Texas — This weekend, people across the country will march to show their support for gun reform legislation.
The organization March For Our Lives was started by the survivors of the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglass High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018.
A large march in Washington, D.C., is expected but there will also be smaller ones, including in Austin. According to the group's website, 300 localized marches are expected around the nation.
The organization will gather at the State Capitol at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
"Everywhere we look, gun violence is decimating our families and communities," the website states. "Whether it’s the mass shootings in shopping malls, concerts, schools, and places of worship, the retaliatory gun violence in urban neighborhoods haunted by the legacy of economic disinvestment, racism, and poverty, or the solitary suicides committed nationwide with increasing frequency, gun violence adds up: over 100 Americans die from it every day. 100+ lives lost every single day. We started March For Our Lives (MFOL) to say, 'Not One More.'"
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AUSTIN, Texas — Editor's Note: The video above first aired in February 2022.
The City of Austin Office of Civil Rights is seeking to improve protection for renters starting with community discussions this month, the City announced Wednesday.
Protection efforts would impact at least half of the Austin community, as 2020 Census data reported that over 50% of Austin residents are tenants.
These tenants have the opportunity to meet with the Office of Civil Rights through in-person open house meetings Saturday, June 11 and Wednesday, June 29. The Saturday meetings will take place at the YMCA North on Rundberg Lane from 10-11:30 a.m., and the Wednesday meetings will be held at the Montopolis Recreation and Community Center from 6:30-8 p.m.
The Office of Civil Rights hopes these meetings will provide insight into how renters will be impacted by adjustments aimed at improving their rights.
In February, the City Council approved two resolutions related to renter protection: one discussing renters' rights to assemble and remedy wrongs, and one ordering City of Austin staff to investigate "an additional right to address lease violations prior to eviction," the City said.
“The right to assemble and redress grievances has always been a significant hallmark of change,” civil rights officer Carol Johnson said. “The opportunity to provide safe places to address housing issues through tenant organizing will provide another tool for landlords and tenants to continue to work hand-in-hand to ensure that housing choice and housing opportunity is equitable, safe, decent and affordable.”
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TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas — Two weeks after the Uvalde school shootings, Austin Mayor Steve Adler and other Travis County leaders are hosting a town hall to discuss gun violence and hear from survivors of all gun violence incidents.
It's open to the public and starts Wednesday at 6 p.m. However, officials say they have already reached capacity. The event will be streamed on Facebook Live for those who were not able to register.
Policymakers will talk about plans and strategies to prevent gun violence in Austin schools, bars and public areas.
Mayor Adler, Travis County District Attorney José Garza, Mayor Pro Tem Alison Alter, and Travis County Judge Andy Brown will host, and Travis County Commissioner Jeff Travillion, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza, Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez and Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon will join as co-hosts.
They also hosted daytime discussions earlier in the day Wednesday at 8 a.m.
Wednesday's meetings come a day after Travis County commissioners voted to declare June as "Gun Violence Awareness Month."
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After Richard Rojas was kicked out of the Navy, he began sharing disturbing thoughts that were coursing through his head — that cars were following him, that aircraft were dusting him with chemicals, that his meals were poisoned.
An uncle, Ramon Reyes, said Rojas offered a self-diagnosis: “You know that I’m crazy. And they’re not giving me the help that I need.”
Whether Rojas was correct about his mental condition is at the crux of a trial in New York, where he mounted a sidewalk in his car in 2017 and mowed down pedestrians in Times Square.
A teen tourist from Michigan died in front of her mother in the attack. More than 20 other people were injured.
Rojas, 31, is fighting murder, assault and other charges at a trial unfolding in the shadow of mass shootings across the country and the political debate in which gun-control opponents have sought to blame the violence on failures in mental health care.
At the outset, state Judge Daniel Conviser floated the possibility of a paradoxical outcome in the Rojas case: Jurors could find Rojas guilty, while at the same time deciding that he “lacked responsibility by reason of mental disease or defect.” The judge said the finding would qualify him for an open ended “involuntary mental commitment” instead of a lengthy prison term.
Prosecutors concede Rojas had some mental challenges and that a motive for the attack is not clear cut. But they also argue that the defendant had led a mostly normal life — serving in the military, getting a real estate license, making friends — and that he doesn’t meet the insanity standard needed to clear him of responsibility. They say he had several chances to stop his car on a bustling day in Times Square but ruthlessly kept going until he crashed.
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“It was impossible for him not to know exactly what was happening,” prosecutor Alfred Peterson told the jury.
A prosecution case that ended late last month focused largely on harrowing accounts of victims who survived the carnage in Times Square. With the trial winding down, the defense has been trying to counter in recent days by drilling down on Rojas’ troubled past to try to convince the jury he was too sick to know what he was doing.
Family members, including Reyes, have described the wave of paranoia from the witness stand.
A key defense witness has been Ziv Cohen, a psychiatrist on the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College and at Columbia University, who diagnosed Rojas as schizophrenic. Unlike more common psychological disorders, schizophrenia is “a brain disease, so it’s a chemical imbalance in the brain” that made Rojas prone to hallucinations, Cohen testified.
While in the Navy, Rojas began to hear voices, the doctor said. In particular, he was hearing from “James” — a “supernatural, God-like figure who had special information,” he testified.
On the day of the rampage, his imaginary guide told Rojas he needed to crash his car into “spirits” around him in order to send them to heaven and to release Rojas “from the torture that he is experiencing as part of his psychosis,” he testified.
“At a certain point, the psychosis becomes so severe that he can’t control his behavior anymore,” he said.
Family members testified about their despair over seeing Rojas disintegrate after he was discharged from the Navy in 2014 — the result of a court martial stemming from an arrest for beating a cab driver.
A brother, Wilmer Veras, took the witness stand to recall how a delusional Rojas was obsessed with keeping tape over his phone and laptop camera lenses in case he was being watched. When out in the world, he would “look for things that weren’t there” and “say people were following him around.” He even accused Veras of “doing voodoo on him.”
At that point, “I told him he really needed to get help; that he was really losing it,” Veras said.
The uncle, Ramon Reyes, recounted a phone call a few days before the Times Square crash in which Rojas asked for help. Reyes told him to come by his home the next day so he could take him to a doctor, but “he never showed up,” he said.
When a relative contacted Reyes saying she saw a TV report about an arrest that had images of someone who looked like Rojas, the uncle began frantically calling his nephew hoping it wasn’t him, he testified. The uncle was asked if Rojas ever picked up.
“No,” the witness responded, then wept. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/testimony-at-times-square-car-ramming-trial-attacker-was-hearing-voices/3725292/ | 2022-06-08T18:30:13 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/testimony-at-times-square-car-ramming-trial-attacker-was-hearing-voices/3725292/ |
AMERICUS – It’s been one year since Georgia Southwestern State University launched an entirely new website created from scratch using Cascade CMS (content management system). Data from the last year have shown the project to be a huge success.
Since launch on May 17, 2021, GSW’s website (gsw.edu) has seen a more than 50% increase in impressions, a 15% increase in engagement, a 12% increase in page time views and a significant reduction of mobile site errors from approximately 500 to 0.
The modern design, fresh content and imagery, and consistent layouts, in addition to repaired urls, clutter removal and mobile responsiveness, all worked together to improve the overall visitor experience.
“The new site is more cohesive and strategic in content placement than it has ever been,” Hailey Henderson, website content strategist, who led the five-month project, said. “The effectiveness of search engine optimization, accessibility, and mobile usability has steadily increased our impressions and page experience over the past year. I am proud to have played a role in this project for GSW and strive to make the site the best it can be.”
Data are consistently used to create, revise, and update the site to increase web traffic and improve the visitor experience.
With half of all users accessing gsw.edu on cellphones and tablets, a priority for the new site was to be more dynamic and cater to mobile users. Over the course of the last year, new visitors make up 80 percent of total visitors with the university's top visitors ranging in age from 18-24.
Other changes to the site included a site directory revamp, new high-quality headshots of faculty and staff, refreshed “mega” menus, community events calendar, clickable phone numbers and emails, and much more.
“GSW’s new site is impressive,” Chelsea Collins, director of marketing and communications, said. “Over the past year, the refreshed look of gsw.edu has received countless reports of praise from the GSW community stating it is easier to navigate, mobile-friendly and eye-appealing. Hailey was invaluable to this project and, with help from former student-worker Bryce Bass, they hit the ground running and made a great team.”
GSW continues to improve the functionality of the website by adding new features such as Dynamic Forms and myGSW. Currently in progress, all existing forms are being digitized through Dynamic Forms, allowing students, faculty and staff to sign in and submit on any device through a confidential and secure submission process.
The new myGSW web-based platform also has been created and added online, which allows current students, faculty and staff a single location to find all Instructional Technology systems and more, signing on with multifactor authentication only once to access these systems.
New digital media still are being integrated throughout the site with interviews of current students and alumni, virtual tours of campus and residence halls, and more interactive pages.
The university encourages interested persons to visit www.gsw.edu and let them know favorite additions at univrel@gsw.edu. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgia-southwestern-celebrates-one-year-with-new-website/article_7605bd9e-e74d-11ec-b96a-531c1dfa3475.html | 2022-06-08T18:39:54 | 0 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/georgia-southwestern-celebrates-one-year-with-new-website/article_7605bd9e-e74d-11ec-b96a-531c1dfa3475.html |
LEESBURG -- Asked about a possible return to politics, about running again for the seat on the Lee County Commission that he's held for the past 14 years, Rick Muggridge said that's something he's not considering.
But, Muggridge adds quickly, "I never say never."
A quirk in state law and a personal relocation dictated that the Lee County businessman and long-time commissioner vacate the seat on the board he's held for the past 14 years.
"I'm no longer qualified to serve in my district (4)," Muggridge said. "After 27 years in the same house -- and I can't believe those years went by so quickly -- my family and I moved into a new house we built on property we own.
"There will be a special election in November to determine who will serve the final two years of my current term."
The Muggridge family's move puts them -- for the time being -- in Lee County's District 3, Commission Chairman Billy Mathis' district. However, thanks to redistricting based on the 2020 Census numbers, Muggridge's new home will actually return to District 4 in 2024.
"Per (County Attorney Jimmy) Skipper, the new districts do not go into effect until the end of the term of the person representing each district," Muggridge said. "So the new district boundaries in District 4 won't be in effect until the two years of this current term are up."
Which begs the question: Will Muggridge seek a return to office in 2024?
"I don't think so," he said. "I never say never, but right now it's nothing I'm thinking about doing. I've had the last couple of weeks now as a 'citizen,' and I think I've adjusted."
Not that Muggridge won't miss the back-and-forth and the community service of being a commissioner.
"Oh, absolutely, I'll miss it," he said. "I absolutely loved every freakin' minute of it.
"I love local government -- that's why I'll never say never (about a return to politics)."
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ALBANY – The Albany Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 2814 Partridge Drive around 9:40 a.m. on Tuesday.
Once on scene, crews saw moderate smoke coming from the apartment complex at that address. According to AFD, a male passerby entered the home to help a disabled woman get out of the unit.
The male citizen brought the disabled victim to the window as a crew entered the structure. Firefighters also assisted neighbors with removing the disabled victim from the window and into a safe area, and EMS was called to the location.
EMS checked the male citizen for any injuries after assisting in the rescue of the disabled victim. EMS then transported the disabled victim to the hospital for treatment.
Crews were able to get the fire under control at 10:10 a.m. using about 150 gallons of water.
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Three things to know about Tuesday’s Sarasota County Commission meeting
Sarasota County commissioners voted on Tuesday to keep the county’s local business tax the same, instead of reducing or eliminating it.
The tax amount varies depending on the type of business – a retail store with 15 employees has to pay $52.20 annually, while a cemetery has to pay $157.50 a year.
County commissioners also approved several other proposals at their meeting on Tuesday. They authorized an important public hearing, in which they could call a special election on proposed amendments to the Sarasota County charter. They also chose to continue funding a business recruitment organization, the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County (EDC).
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Deciding to keep the local business tax the same
Revenue from the county’s local business tax goes to Sarasota County and its municipalities. Florida statues allow the tax to be used for “overseeing and implementing a comprehensive economic development strategy through advertising, promotional activities, and other sales and marketing techniques.”
A portion of the EDC's revenue comes from the local business tax.
The commission considered three options for the tax's future: reducing the tax by 5%, repealing it or kept it the same.
Commissioner Ron Cutsigner was among the commissioners who supported leaving the tax as is. He said he attended a recent EDC event with business leaders and observed a “high degree of energy and enthusiasm about the new EDC.”
“There has been a complete reset,” he said. “They’ve re-imagined their purpose.”
Cutsinger said the business community would support continuing the tax.
Commissioners Christian Ziegler and Mike Moran opposed continuing it.
“I just can’t in good faith support a tax on our local businesses, especially in an environment of dealing with staffing and supply issues and inflation,” Moran said.
Moran, a frequent EDC critic, doesn't like that funds go to the EDC.
Commissioners considered a motion to eliminate the tax, but it was defeated, as Cutsinger, and Commissioners Nancy Detert and Alan Maio in opposition. The vote to keep the tax was also 3-2.
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The EDC’s plan for fiscal year 2023
In a 3-2 vote – with Moran and Ziegler dissenting – the board approved the county’s agreement for services with the EDC for Fiscal Year 2023.
The EDC's next budget is $1.6 million, with 64% coming from public funds, and 36% from private sources, according to the organization.
Proposed amendments to the Sarasota County charter
The county's Charter Review Board approved two proposed amendments to Sarasota County's charter at a meeting in October 2020. For the proposed amendments to take effect, the County Commission would have to call a special election on the amendments, and voters would have to approve them.
The commission on Tuesday authorized a public hearing July 12 on an ordinance setting a special election. The hearing will be during the commission's meeting at 1660 Ringling Blvd. in Sarasota.
The proposed amendments would change the process by which citizens can initiate charter modifications. Currently, a citizen proposing a charter amendment must get at least 10% of county voters to sign a petition to start the process of getting the amendment on a ballot. One Charter Review Board proposal would require citizens to obtain signatures from at least 10% of the voters in each County Commission district, instead of 10% of voters countywide. The review board also recommended several other changes, including mandating that a county-prepared statement of the expected financial impact of any citizen-proposed amendment accompany the proposal on the petition and on the ballot.
Several community members, including members of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Sarasota County, opposed the amendments at Tuesday’s meeting. They contend the changes will make it harder for citizens to get amendments before voters.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The City of Fayetteville's 2022 Gulley Park Summer Concert Series is set to start Thursday, June 9, and is free to the public.
Route 358 will take the stage at the Gulley Park Gazebo from 7-9 p.m. The following series of concerts will take the stage at the same time on the following Thursdays: June 9, 16, 23, and 30, and on July 7 and 14.
They recommend attendees to bring lawn chairs and blankets for open-lawn seating. The City encourages attendees to bring the whole family. Pets are welcomed as long as they are on a leash.
Here is a list of local food trucks that will be on-site:
There is limited paved parking off the park entrances on Old Wire Road and Township St. Additional parking signs will direct vehicles to turn onto Primrose Lane and then take the first right turn into the park. Parking attendants will direct vehicles into the extended open field parking areas as needed. Carpooling is strongly encouraged, and there will be bike parking available.
For more information call the City of Fayetteville’s Parks, Natural Resources, and Cultural Affairs Department at 479-444-3471 or click here.
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Richmond police said a body found at a city waste management site has been identified.
Joseph Allen Jr., 62, of Richmond, had been reported missing on April 21. Police in early May posted on social media that he was last seen in the Creighton Court housing development.
RPD is asking for the public's help in locating a missing adult male, Joseph Carlton Allen Jr. If anyone has any information or know the whereabouts of Mr. Allen, please call RPD Youth & Family Crimes at (804) 646-6764 or Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000 #BringHomeOurMissingpic.twitter.com/U0o96Qb8hv
The body was found by city staff at the collection and transfer site in the 3000 block of Maury Street on May 13.
A death investigation has been started.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective B. Neifeld at (804) 646-3246 or Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000.
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In October 1951, workers constructed a section of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The segment sits between Westover Hills Boulevard and Prince Arthur Road.
In February 1953, Richmond Department of Utilities workers used a 65-foot hook-and-ladder firetruck to install new lights on Broad Street after attempts to secure other ladder equipment from private companies had failed.
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. On hand were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland. The library opened in December 1970.
In June 1969, a Trappist monk at the Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville in Clarke County began his daily meditation. The monks spent their days balancing quiet prayer, spiritual reading and manual labor.
In June 1956, the Rev. Lawrence V. Bradley Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond and his secretary, Jean Bolton, got out the summertime heat beater: a simple cardboard fan. The pews were liberally stocked during the warm months because the church had no air conditioning.
In July 1959, the normally bustling downtown Richmond business district, including this stretch along Eighth and Main streets, was much quieter as motorists stayed home because of triple-digit heat.
In April 1966, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. officials oversaw manufacturing at a new plant in Chesterfield County. The facility produced millions of bags for supermarket chains and other clients on the East Coast. At the time, about 265 employees worked in two local company plants; the old factory at 13th and Canal streets in Richmond was open for limited operation until it was sold.
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. The branch opened in December 1970. Posing with the sign were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland.
In August 1982, David Tidwell of Croaker posed with his girlfriend’s dog, Blazing Amber of Cinder, at the humorous “Norge Dog Station” at Norge Grocery on U.S. Route 60 west of Williamsburg. The sign had been put up seven years earlier, and the spot became a popular photo opportunity for visitors.
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight — but restocking the shelves awaited.
This 1957 photo shows Collegiate School in the 1600 block of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The Town School elementary building was on the left and the high school on the right. In 1960, the Town School and the Country Day School merged, operating on the campus off River and Mooreland roads in Henrico County. It remains the location today.
In November 1970, a Richmond officer rode his horse by the police bureau’s new stables, which were under construction. The facility near Brook Road and Chamberlayne Avenue included eight stalls, a scrub area, a horseshoeing area and a tack room. The bureau had been looking for an established home for its horses since the mid-1960s, when the Virginia National Guard moved from the Richmond Howitzers downtown armory, where the horses had been stabled for two decades.
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
In December 1938, Richmond Glass Shop had a new home at 814 W. Broad St., site of the old Ashland Railway Station. The shop, run by brothers Frank R. and A.G. Bialkowski, had glass of many types, and offered bath and kitchen installation, storefront construction and paint products.
In March 1979, corrections officer Howard Alexander held the homemade rope used by convicted murderer Michael Irwin Cross to escape from the State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Cross was captured two months later after attempting to free a fellow convict who was being treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
In July 1951, Alonzo Moore, 74, walked down a street in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and blew his horn, alerting locals to his sale of the fresh catch of the day.
In July 1960, the Schellenberg family of Highland Springs prepared to have a bomb shelter installed in their yard, one of Virginia’s first privately owned radiation fallout shelters. The enclosure was designed to accommodate up to six people during a nuclear attack. The horizontal steel tank (rear) was 7 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. Once installed, the only elements aboveground would be a domed entrance and air filter and exhaust pipes.
In June 1979, Terry Woo set bricks for a walkway as construction of Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond continued. The $4 million dollar city-financed plaza linked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond building and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. building.
In June 1968, workers welded boilers at Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp., located on Belle Isle under the Lee Bridge in Richmond. At the time, Old Dominion’s owner was interested in expanding operations, and the city was interested in using the island as part of a James River park. The company’s history on Belle Isle spanned from before the Civil War to the 1970s.
In November 1972, after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes had washed out a bridge, a barge carried vehicles and workers across the James River from Tredegar Street toward Belle Isle in Richmond. A day earlier, a welder for Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp. drowned after a boat carrying him and others capsized on the same route.
This December 1973 photo shows the front counter in Roaring Twenties, a new restaurant and nightclub on state Route 10 in the Hopewell area. It was designed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy, with features including an antique cash register, a diving girl and even a dining table from Al Capone’s Florida home.
In October 1969, cadets at John Marshall High School in Richmond posed with their ribbon-bedecked sponsors after an awards ceremony. The school’s Corps of Cadets was established in 1915 — it was the first military training program in a public school in Virginia — and disbanded in 1971.
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
In August 1972, motorists approaching construction on Interstate 64 south of Bryan Park in Richmond were greeted by a robot signalman waving a bright red flag. “Silent Sam,” as the decoy was nicknamed, was used by the state Department of Highways to slow drivers as they neared workmen building an I-195 interchange and bridge near the Acca rail yards.
A look back at photos from the Richmond Times-Dispatch archives.
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Forest Hill Ave.
In October 1951, workers constructed a section of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The segment sits between Westover Hills Boulevard and Prince Arthur Road.
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Ballet
In December 1990, a Richmond Ballet dancer stretched before rehearsal of “The Nutcracker.”
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street lights
In February 1953, Richmond Department of Utilities workers used a 65-foot hook-and-ladder firetruck to install new lights on Broad Street after attempts to secure other ladder equipment from private companies had failed.
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Dog
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
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typewriters
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
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Camp Happyland
In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
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In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. On hand were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland. The library opened in December 1970.
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Monk
In June 1969, a Trappist monk at the Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville in Clarke County began his daily meditation. The monks spent their days balancing quiet prayer, spiritual reading and manual labor.
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Grove Avenue Church
In June 1956, the Rev. Lawrence V. Bradley Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond and his secretary, Jean Bolton, got out the summertime heat beater: a simple cardboard fan. The pews were liberally stocked during the warm months because the church had no air conditioning.
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Richmond Streets
In July 1959, the normally bustling downtown Richmond business district, including this stretch along Eighth and Main streets, was much quieter as motorists stayed home because of triple-digit heat.
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Union Bag Camp
In April 1966, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. officials oversaw manufacturing at a new plant in Chesterfield County. The facility produced millions of bags for supermarket chains and other clients on the East Coast. At the time, about 265 employees worked in two local company plants; the old factory at 13th and Canal streets in Richmond was open for limited operation until it was sold.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. The branch opened in December 1970. Posing with the sign were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland.
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Dogs
In August 1982, David Tidwell of Croaker posed with his girlfriend’s dog, Blazing Amber of Cinder, at the humorous “Norge Dog Station” at Norge Grocery on U.S. Route 60 west of Williamsburg. The sign had been put up seven years earlier, and the spot became a popular photo opportunity for visitors.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight — but restocking the shelves awaited.
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Collegiate
This 1957 photo shows Collegiate School in the 1600 block of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The Town School elementary building was on the left and the high school on the right. In 1960, the Town School and the Country Day School merged, operating on the campus off River and Mooreland roads in Henrico County. It remains the location today.
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police stables
In November 1970, a Richmond officer rode his horse by the police bureau’s new stables, which were under construction. The facility near Brook Road and Chamberlayne Avenue included eight stalls, a scrub area, a horseshoeing area and a tack room. The bureau had been looking for an established home for its horses since the mid-1960s, when the Virginia National Guard moved from the Richmond Howitzers downtown armory, where the horses had been stabled for two decades.
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City Council
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
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draft
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
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Richmond Glass Shop
In December 1938, Richmond Glass Shop had a new home at 814 W. Broad St., site of the old Ashland Railway Station. The shop, run by brothers Frank R. and A.G. Bialkowski, had glass of many types, and offered bath and kitchen installation, storefront construction and paint products.
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State Pen
In March 1979, corrections officer Howard Alexander held the homemade rope used by convicted murderer Michael Irwin Cross to escape from the State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Cross was captured two months later after attempting to free a fellow convict who was being treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
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Mr. Newspaper
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
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Cape Charles
In July 1951, Alonzo Moore, 74, walked down a street in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and blew his horn, alerting locals to his sale of the fresh catch of the day.
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Bomb Shelter
In July 1960, the Schellenberg family of Highland Springs prepared to have a bomb shelter installed in their yard, one of Virginia’s first privately owned radiation fallout shelters. The enclosure was designed to accommodate up to six people during a nuclear attack. The horizontal steel tank (rear) was 7 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. Once installed, the only elements aboveground would be a domed entrance and air filter and exhaust pipes.
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Kanawha Plaza
In June 1979, Terry Woo set bricks for a walkway as construction of Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond continued. The $4 million dollar city-financed plaza linked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond building and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. building.
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Cape Charles
In July 1951, two women enjoyed the white sand beach of Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
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boilers
In June 1968, workers welded boilers at Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp., located on Belle Isle under the Lee Bridge in Richmond. At the time, Old Dominion’s owner was interested in expanding operations, and the city was interested in using the island as part of a James River park. The company’s history on Belle Isle spanned from before the Civil War to the 1970s.
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Belle Isle
In November 1972, after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes had washed out a bridge, a barge carried vehicles and workers across the James River from Tredegar Street toward Belle Isle in Richmond. A day earlier, a welder for Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp. drowned after a boat carrying him and others capsized on the same route.
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Roaring Twenties Roadhouse
This December 1973 photo shows the front counter in Roaring Twenties, a new restaurant and nightclub on state Route 10 in the Hopewell area. It was designed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy, with features including an antique cash register, a diving girl and even a dining table from Al Capone’s Florida home.
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John Marshall Cadet Corps
In October 1969, cadets at John Marshall High School in Richmond posed with their ribbon-bedecked sponsors after an awards ceremony. The school’s Corps of Cadets was established in 1915 — it was the first military training program in a public school in Virginia — and disbanded in 1971.
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Newspaper fire
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
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Silent Sam
In August 1972, motorists approaching construction on Interstate 64 south of Bryan Park in Richmond were greeted by a robot signalman waving a bright red flag. “Silent Sam,” as the decoy was nicknamed, was used by the state Department of Highways to slow drivers as they neared workmen building an I-195 interchange and bridge near the Acca rail yards. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/body-found-at-richmond-waste-management-site-identified/article_cae8a644-5d4c-538c-8e5c-c4b547c8a883.html | 2022-06-08T18:54:40 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/body-found-at-richmond-waste-management-site-identified/article_cae8a644-5d4c-538c-8e5c-c4b547c8a883.html |
As members of Southern Oregon Coast Pride cheered, history was made in Coos Bay on Wednesday when the city installed the Pride flag in a city flagpole for the first time.
For Betsy Rodenbush, the moment was a chance to celebrate after a lifetime of struggling for equality. As she waited for the Pride flag to be hoisted, she recalled more than five decades of working to advance the LGBTQ movement.
“Heartbreaking and hopeful, it’s both,” Rodenbush said. “It’s very moving.”
Rodenbush recalled a lifetime of living as a lesbian, saying she marched in one of the first ever PRIDE parades in 1970 in Provincetown, Mass. Now 72, she said growing up different than most of her peers presented unique challenges.
“I think one of the biggest challenges early on was just not knowing what I was,” she said.
She recalled talking to her parents as a young woman, and while they tried to be understanding, they knew no one who was gay, so they pushed her to find a man to love. And she did … sort of.
“I met, fell in love with and married a gay man who was very open about it,” she said. “We both married to get our parents to leave us alone.”
That marriage lasted four years before the reality of who they were become more than they could hide. Still friendly to this day, they have lived true to themselves since. Part of that for Rodenbush has included fighting for gay rights.
That’s what landed her in a march in 1970, only one year after the Stonewall Riots in New York.
“What I remember is the variety of people marching and the tears of hope and commemorating why have to do this,” she said. “This isn’t just a party day. It’s a day with history.”
That history has included love, it has included pain and Wednesday, it included a celebration.
“Everything I’ve done, even the painful things, are imminently worth it,” Rodenbush said. “I regret almost nothing.”
Laura Erceg can echo those sentiments, although her quest has been much shorter. As the Pride flag was being lifted into place, Erceg addressed a couple dozen people celebrating the moment.
“Seven years ago, I would have never thought I’d be here,” Erceg said. “Today, it’s awesome to be standing here with you all after a Pride proclamation has been signed by our city council, and we’re raising a Pride flag as we speak.”
While Erceg said seeing the flag fly over the Coos Bay Boardwalk was a time to celebrate, she said the work was not yet finished.
“Our work is not done,” she said. “Our community still has a lot of work to do to ensure our community has safe spaces for everyone.”
For Jamar Ruff seeing the flag over the boardwalk was also a sign of progress.
“It means representation,” Ruff said. “It’s so important for us to have visibility in a rural community. This is a huge step in the right direction. There’s more work to be done, but this means everything.”
Ruff has become an icon in Coos Bay through his role as outreach and marketing manager at Coos Head Food Co-op. He was recently named citizen of the year by the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce for his work during the COVID pandemic. He said balancing being a gay man and a community leader is not that hard.
“For me, that’s only one aspect of who I am,” Ruff said. “I can be who I am and that gives hope to others in our community. Anyone that’s living out loud allows there to be hope for everyone.”
Kamryn Stringfield also reveled in the moment Wednesday, a moment she is largely responsible for. In 2021, Stringfield went to the Coos Bay City Council and asked for a Pride flag to be hoisted during Pride month. At the time, the city turned down the request because it had no policy regarding what flags can be put on city flagpoles.
Ove the last year, the city council discussed the flag issue several times before creating a policy. Then last month, the council unanimously voted to have the Pride flag fly throughout the month of the June.
“It’s really important to me because this is the first time in history a government in Coos Couty has flown a Pride flag,” Stringfield said. “It’s important, but it’s just a first step.”
Stringfield has already asked North Bend to create a flag policy to allow the Pride flag to be flown, but she is not stopping there.
“Next year, my goal is to have multiple cities in Coos County fly them,” she said.
While Wednesday was a time to celebrate for the LGBTQ population, many agreed it was not the end of a quest, just a step forward.
“We’re going to really push for the progress we need,” Stringfield said. “We’re going for LGBTQ liberation. It starts with first steps like this.” | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/lgbtq-community-celebrates-as-pride-flag-flies/article_b2d2d89e-e502-11ec-8acf-535c9a35c16f.html | 2022-06-08T18:55:20 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/lgbtq-community-celebrates-as-pride-flag-flies/article_b2d2d89e-e502-11ec-8acf-535c9a35c16f.html |
A Bismarck man set to be sentenced for more than three dozen child sex crimes friended minors for several years on social media to gain access to more potential victims, and engaged in violent and sometimes forced sexual acts, federal court documents allege.
U.S. Attorney Nick Chase in a memorandum filed Tuesday said prosecutors will ask that Dawson Rouse, 22, be sentenced to 40 years in prison on one set of charges and 20 years on another, to be served at the same time. Prosecutors also will seek a 25-year term of supervised release following the prison time. Rouse’s sentencing is June 21.
Defense attorney Michael Hoffman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Rouse was originally charged in state court in Burleigh County in April 2020 with luring teenage girls by electronic means and forcing himself on a 13-year-old girl. More charges were filed in June of that year when a continued investigation produced “numerous additional victims,” authorities said.
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The state charges were dismissed after a federal grand jury indicted Rouse in July 2020 on 27 counts including sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual exploitation of a child, coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, and transfer of obscene materials to a minor, court documents show.
The investigation continued. A 13-count indictment in September 2020 alleged Rouse friended girls on social media and then harassed them until they sent inappropriate images of themselves and agreed to meet with him, then-U.S Attorney Drew Wrigley said. Six of the girls allegedly had sex with Rouse, the prosecutor said.
Rouse, who faced up to life in prison on the charges, entered into an agreement with prosecutors in December 2021 and pleaded guilty in February 2022.
The federal government at Rouse’s sentencing will show that there are “many other likely victims” authorities could not identify or locate, Chase said. Rouse by friending some girls gained access to their friend lists. He blocked social media communication with hundreds who refused to share images with him or shared them and later refused to continue, the prosecutor said.
Rouse also introduced the topic of rough sex and engaged in physically abusive sex with the ones he met, whether they agreed to it or not, Chase said. He asked numerous victims to take an online test to see if their sexual interest was compatible with his. One girl signed a “contract” agreeing to such acts and was subjected to slapping, hair pulling, scratching and strangulation during sex with Rouse, the document states. Other victims reported Rouse forced unwanted sexual acts on them. One said he raped her.
Rouse often posed as a minor himself, and was seeking young girls for several years prior to his arrest, the document states.
“During that time, it appears he honed his skills to great effect in locating and identifying minor females between the ages of 12 and 15 years that were particularly susceptible to his presentation and his further illicit requests,” the memorandum states.
Burleigh County State’s Attorney Julie Lawyer in December said she would refile nine state charges after Rouse is sentenced in federal court. They were dismissed because Rouse under federal law would not be able to appear in state court to answer the charges.
Reach Travis Svihovec at 701-250-8260 or Travis.Svihovec@bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/feds-to-seek-40-year-term-in-child-sex-crimes-case-document-details-alleged-use/article_f629e5f4-e73e-11ec-86ba-6f73fb7c40ae.html | 2022-06-08T18:56:41 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/feds-to-seek-40-year-term-in-child-sex-crimes-case-document-details-alleged-use/article_f629e5f4-e73e-11ec-86ba-6f73fb7c40ae.html |
Victim identified in Tuesday's fatal shooting in Shreveport
The Caddo Parish Coroner's Office has named the shooting victim who was killed Tuesday afternoon.
Kabrodrick L. Mitchell, 28, of Shreveport, was found shot several times in his vehicle just after 3 p.m. in the 1700 block of Jamison Street.
Shreveport Police Chief Wayne Smith said, "it is so sad that a violent offense happens in our city. Shreveport Police is working as diligently as we can with what we have."
The shooting remains under investigation by the Shreveport Police Department.
This was the second deadly shooting in less than a 24-hour time frame and it marks the 29th homicide for 2022.
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Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/shreveport-man-named-after-deadly-shooting-tuesday/7555541001/ | 2022-06-08T18:58:56 | 1 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/shreveport-man-named-after-deadly-shooting-tuesday/7555541001/ |
BLOOMINGTON — Six years after gunfire rang out in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, the Bloomington-Normal LGBTQ community is coming together Saturday to remember the 49 lives taken that night.
“When the pulse shooting took place in 2016, it struck a nerve with our community,” said Dave Bentlin, president of the Prairie Pride Coalition . “We rely on safe spaces to meet and to enjoy each other's company and to feel included and welcomed. Anytime there is a threat to those safe spaces, it’s a threat to the entire community.”
A memorial service held in remembrance of June 12, 2016 — one of the deadliest mass shootings in recent U.S. history — will begin at 7 p.m. in the 300 block of North Main Street, outside The Bistro.
“Since we are a smaller community compared to a metro area like Orlando, we really rely on those safe spaces,” Bentlin said. “This annual observance is an important way of reminding folks of how precious and important safe spaces like The Bistro are to us .”
As part of the memorial, which is co-sponsored by the coalition, The Bistro and McLean County Moms Demand Action, 49 youth volunteers will line Main Street holding signs marked with the name of the 49 victims who died at Pulse in the deadliest incident of violence against the LGBTQ community in the U.S.
“They were some of the best and brightest from our community and from the Latinx community,” Bentlin said. “We continue to feel the loss whenever a community experiences this type of gun violence.”
He said holding the annual memorial is an important way to remind the community “that gun violence and these mass shootings, especially the more recent ones, are still a significant issue in our society and that we want to continue to raise up those issues.”
Donna Walley, a member of McLean County Moms Demand Action , said the tragedy at Pulse and recent mass shooting show their work is not over, noting the intersection of gun violence with the LGBTQ and Latinx communities.
“The mass shooting at Pulse nightclub centered the inescapable reality of gun violence on the LGBTQIA community," she said. "Our commitment to action does not end with working to uproot the hatred displayed six years ago. We must also confront our country’s gun violence epidemic by demanding more than thoughts and prayers from our lawmakers.”
The memorial gathering will also feature a drag performance and a few musical performances, Bentlin said.
The Pulse memorial is one of several activities taking place during Pride Month , including the Mobile Pride Parade planned for noon Saturday at Miller Park.
This will be the third annual parade to celebrate June, with car and poster decorating and other activities, held from noon to 3 p.m. at the splash pad.
LGBTQ+ history before Stonewall
LGBTQ history before Stonewall
Today's Gay Liberation Movement can trace its routes directly to the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969. The famous impromptu demonstrations, which occurred after a nighttime police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City, lasted several days. Soon after, the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was formed, joining the many gay activist organizations that had been springing up in previous decades. From there, the movement caught fire and spread rapidly.
Stacker put together a timeline of LGBTQ+ history leading up to Stonewall, beginning with prehistoric events and ending in the late 1960s. As you read, keep in mind that LGBTQ+ is a relatively new term and, while queer people have always existed, the terminology has changed frequently over the years. In an effort to avoid being anachronistic and to accurately describe the experiences of these historical figures, we have chosen in some instances to use the terminology of the time.
Keep reading to discover some significant moments in LGBTQ+ history.
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2900–2500 B.C.: First record of a transgender person
Although rock art dating as far back as 9,600 depicts what some scholars have interpreted as homosexual love scenes, one of the first sets of skeletal remains of an LGBTQ+ person was a body thought to be a transgender woman discovered in 2011. The archaeological remains, which were found outside Prague, were of a skeleton that was assigned male at birth but arranged in a burial ritual that was reserved strictly for women. “We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a transsexual or third gender grave in the Czech Republic,” archaeologist Katerina Semradova said at a press conference.
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2400 B.C.: Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep are buried together
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were ancient manicurists who worked for the royal court in a city called Saqqara, Egypt around 2400 B.C. In 1964, archaeologists unearthed a joint tomb in which the men were buried face to face in the same fashion that many married couples at the time were. Although the site is called the Tomb of the Brothers, and there is debate as to its significance, many historians have interpreted it as evidence of early gay relationships “Same-sex desire existed just behind the ideal facade constructed by the ancients,” said Egyptologist Greg Reeder in a 1998 speech in Dallas.
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630–612 B.C.: Sappho the poet is born
The lesbian poet Sappho, who hailed from the island of Lesbos (the root of the word lesbian), was born sometime between 630 and 621 B.C. Though her sexuality has been an ongoing subject of debate, she wrote commonly about seemingly lesbian desires, and her only complete surviving poem, “Ode to Aphrodite,” features the female speaker begging the goddess of love to help her get over her unrequited love for a woman.
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27 B.C.: First recorded same-sex marriage under Roman Empire
In 27 B.C. Augustus established the Roman Empire under which the first recorded same-sex marriage ceremony reportedly took place. At this time, laws around homosexuality were also formed—among them that gay prostitution would be legal, but taxed. When Nero became emperor a couple of decades later, he married two men— one of whom Nero allegedly dressed in the clothing of one of Caesar's wives and even castrated to make the man seem more “womanlike.”
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1478: The Spanish Inquisition stones “sodomites”
In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established, which resulted in the stoning and castration of many gays and lesbians, then dubbed “sodomites.” Decades later, it is estimated there were nearly 1,000 sodomy trials before the Aragonese Inquisition.
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1532: Holy Roman Empire makes “buggery” punishable by death
The Holy Roman Empire in 1532 made intercourse between two women a crime punishable by death. In 1533, the “abominable vice of buggery” for both sexes was made a capital crime, a law that remained mostly unchanged until 1861 when it was changed to life in prison. The last people executed for the crime were Londoners James Pratt and John Smith, who were hanged after the landlord claimed to have seen them through a keyhole having sex.
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1623: King James appoints his lover as Duke of Buckingham
It is well-documented that King James I had a lover named George Villiers whom he called his husband and the one he loved “more than anyone else.” In 1623, he went to the length of appointing his “sweet heart,” as he also referred to him, to the nobility as the Duke of Buckingham, a move that made him the highest-ranking subject outside the royal family.
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1791: France becomes the first Western European nation to decriminalize homosexuality
During the French Revolution, the penal code outlined new crimes and their respective punishments in an effort to take sweeping power away from judges. Along with the new code came the legalization of sodomy, which was the first lift on the ban in Western Europe and one that paved the way for others to follow.
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1800s: Decriminalizing homosexuality spreads through Europe and Latin America
In 1811, The Netherlands was the first major European country of the 19th century to decriminalize homosexuality. The Dominican Republic followed suit in 1822. Over the next decade El Salvador, Brazil, Bolivia, Portugal, Argentina, Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire), Honduras, Italy, and even The Vatican did the same—all before the turn of the next century. By contrast, Russia, Poland, and Germany enacted new laws against gay and lesbian activity.
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1884: Eleanor Roosevelt is born
Amelia Earhart and openly gay reporter Lorena Hickok are just two of the women whom First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was rumored to have had closeted affairs with, the latter of whom she exchanged more than 3,300 letters with over a 30-year period. There has been extensive speculation about the First Lady's sexuality over the years, though some have argued it's irrelevant when discussing her contribution to the gay rights movement, particularly given her position of power. “(Roosevelt) did more than almost anyone in the pre-Stonewall era to model acceptance of gay relationships —and she did it in the White House,” wrote Marc Peyser for the Huffington Post.
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1886: We'wha takes part in a delegation to Washington D.C.
In 1886, a mixed-gender Zuni Native American named We'wha took part in a delegation to Washington D.C., where they were introduced to President Grover Cleveland. We'wha was a famous Lhamana, a person in Zuni culture who is assigned a male gender at birth, but takes on ceremonial roles and attire typically reserved for women. Today, the Lhamana gender identity is referred to as “two-spirit” or “third-gender.”
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1892: Magnus Hirschfeld earns his doctoral degree
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician who spent most of his career studying sexuality with a focus on homosexuality. He became a champion for gay rights and co-founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee—the world's first gay rights organization. Being both Jewish and gay, he was frequently targeted in his home country, yet he continued his work. He said he became interested in activism after observing many of his gay patients committing suicide.
Wikimedia Commons
1910: Emma Goldman begins speaking publicly
A contemporary of Hirschfeld's, Emma Goldman was an American feminist and anarchist who served as an early ally to gay rights activism. The Russian-born Jew, who emigrated to America as a teenager, was heterosexual, but spent much of her life championing for various minority causes. In a letter to Hirschfeld, she said: “It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little understanding for homosexuals and is so crassly indifferent to the various gradations and variations of gender and their great significance in life.”
T. Kajiwara // Wikimedia Commons
1931: Dora Richter becomes the first transgender woman to get vaginoplasty
Dora Richter was a transgender woman under the care of Magnus Hirschfeld who received the first known vaginoplasty procedure in 1931 (though Hirschfeld did not perform the surgery). Along with a number of other transgender women, Richter worked at the Institute for Sexual Research where she was given special permission by police to wear women's clothing. Two years after her affirmation surgery, the Nazis burned the library of the Institute and began sending homosexuals to concentration camps.
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1936: Federico Garcia Lorca is executed
In 1936, Spanish police raided the Granada home of Federico Garcia Lorca, a famous poet they described as a socialist prone to “homosexual and abnormal practices.” He fled to a friend's house, but they caught up with him and surrounded the home, arresting him and taking him to an interrogation spot called the Fuente Grande. According to documents published in 2015, they executed him after he gave unspecified confessions, and they buried him on site in a “very shallow grave, in a ravine.”
Wikimedia Commons
1948: Alfred Kinsey publishes “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male”
When biologist Alfred Kinsey published “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male” in 1948, he asserted that approximately 37% of men at the time had engaged in homosexual activities at least once. That, along with other findings in his book, acted as the “opening salvos of the sexual revolution,” according to some, and brought the conversation about sex of all types to the mainstream. “During the Twentieth Century, no one individual did more to bring homosexuality into the public forum than Alfred Charles Kinsey,” wrote Alan Branch, professor of Christian Ethics at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “... Prior to Kinsey, people were generally considered to be either heterosexual or homosexual. Instead of this binary approach, Kinsey saw sexual behavior as existing on a continuum, which rarely described individuals as either strictly homosexual or heterosexual.”
Keystone Features // Getty Images
1951–52: Christine Jorgensen has sex reassignment surgery
Gender confirmation surgeries (then called “sex reassignment”) had been performed prior to Christine Jorgensen. However, the transgender woman from the Bronx was the first person to become famous for it, bringing awareness and resources to the trans community that previously had very little access to information. After completing two operations in Denmark, she returned to New York to instant fame and began touring, writing, and speaking to advocate for transgender rights.
Roger Jackson/Central Press // Getty Images
1955: The Daughters of Bilitis is formed
In 1955, there weren't any lesbian political rights group in the United States—that is until the Daughters of Bilitis formed in San Francisco, making history as the first group of its kind. What began as a safe space for women to meet without the risk of police raids at gay bars quickly morphed into a full-blown political organization that created other political offshoots including The Ladder, which encouraged women to “take off their masks.” For 14 years, DOB, as they were known, helped women come out of the closest and offered resources to anyone who needed it.
Wikimedia Commons
1956: “Go Tell It On The Mountain” is first published by James Baldwin
James Baldwin published “Go Tell It On The Mountain” in 1956, offering the world a novel that was “pivotal in American gay literature,” according to many critics. Although the theme of homosexuality is never outrightly expressed, the subtext is hard to miss.
Townsend // Getty Images
1958: U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of gay free speech
One, Inc. v. Olesen was the first U.S. Supreme Court case that involved gay rights and it won, marking a triumphant moment for the emerging liberation movement. The ruling occurred in 1958 when the high court overturned a federal district court's decision to label gay magazine “ONE: The Homosexual Magazine” as “obscene” and ban it from being distributed through the United States Postal Service.
Daderot // Wikimedia Commons
1962: Illinois removes sodomy law from criminal code
In 1962, Illinois became the first state in the nation to remove sodomy laws from its criminal code. The historic legislation occurred after the American Law Institute put together a list of recommendations called the Model Penal Code in an effort to create more legal uniformity across states. Illinois was the first state to adopt the full set of recommendations which omitted sodomy from the criminal code.
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Patrick Emerson // Flickr
1964: First gay rights protests at Whitehall
Although it's hard to say for sure given the burgeoning nature of the gay rights movement at the time, the protests outside the U.S. Army's Whitehall Street Induction Center in 1964 are generally considered to be the first public demonstration for gay rights. The demonstrations occurred after the confidentiality of a gay man's draft record was broached, prompting an activist named Randy Wicker to organize the protest to speak out against the military's anti-gay policies.
Warren K Leffler // Wikimedia Commons
1965: Vanguard is created
In 1965, a group of young people in San Francisco got together to create the Vanguard, the country's first gay liberation organization. The group, which was co-founded by Adrian Ravarour and Billy Garrison, also produced an accompanying news publication, the Vanguard Magazine, which was created by Jean-Paul Marat and Keith Oliver St.Clair.
Warren K Leffler // Wikimedia Commons
1966: The Mattachine Society organizes a “Sip-In”
When the New York State Liquor Authority banned bartenders from serving alcohol to gay people, an activist group called the Mattachine Society responded in 1966. Large groups turned out at Julius Bar in New York City to host a “Sip-In,” as they called it, promoting the issue to land in court. “The importance of this, I think, was that until this time gay people had never really fought back,” said Dick Leitsch, head of the New York Mattachine Society at the time. “We just sort of took in everything passively, didn't do anything about it. And this time we did it, and we won.”
Mattachine Society of New York
1967: Police raid Black Cat Tavern
After plain-clothed police officers raided the Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles on New Year's Day in 1967, beating up staff and patrons alike, a group of gay rights protestors began demonstrating out front. Organized by P.R.I.D.E. (Personal Rights in Defense and Education), the crowd was the biggest civil rights demonstration the LGBTQ community had produced at the time, leading some historians to call it the “birthplace of a worldwide movement.”
David McNew // Getty Images
LGBTQ+ history before Stonewall
Today’s Gay Liberation Movement can trace its roots directly to the Stonewall riots on June 28, 1969. The impromptu demonstrations, which occurred after a nighttime police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City, lasted several days. Soon after, the Gay Liberation Front was formed, joining the many gay activist organizations that had been springing up in previous decades. From there, the movement caught fire and spread rapidly.
Stacker put together a timeline of LGBTQ+ history leading up to Stonewall, beginning with prehistoric events and ending in the late 1960s. As you read, keep in mind that LGBTQ+ is a relatively new term and, while queer people have always existed, the terminology has changed frequently over the years. In an effort to avoid being anachronistic and to accurately describe the experiences of these historical figures, we have chosen in some instances to use the terminology of the time.
Keep reading to learn about some significant moments in LGBTQ+ history.
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Simeon Solomon // Wikimedia Commons
2900–2500 BC: First record of a transgender person
Although rock art dating as far back as 9600 B.C. depicts what some scholars have interpreted as homosexual love scenes, one of the first sets of skeletal remains of an LGBTQ+ person was a body thought to be a transgender woman discovered in 2011. The archaeological remains, which were found outside Prague, were that of a skeleton that was assigned male at birth but arranged in a burial ritual that was reserved strictly for women. “We believe this is one of the earliest cases of what could be described as a transsexual or third gender grave in the Czech Republic,” archaeologist Katerina Semradova said at a press conference.
Airman 1st Class Perry Aston // U.S. Air Force
2400 BC: Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep are buried together
Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep were ancient manicurists who worked for the royal court in a city called Saqqara, Egypt, around 2400 B.C. In 1964, archaeologists unearthed a joint tomb in which the men were buried face-to-face in the same fashion many married couples were buried at the time. Although the site is called the Tomb of the Two Brothers, and there is debate as to its significance, many historians have interpreted it as evidence of early gay relationships. “Same-sex desire existed just behind the ideal facade constructed by the ancients,” said Egyptologist Greg Reeder in a 1998 speech in Dallas.
Ahmad Badr // Wikimedia Commons
630–612 BC: Sappho the poet is born
The lesbian poet Sappho, who hailed from the island of Lesbos (the root of the word lesbian), was born sometime between 630 and 621 B.C. Though her sexuality has been an ongoing subject of debate, she wrote commonly about seemingly lesbian desires, and her only complete surviving poem, “Ode to Aphrodite,” features the female speaker begging the goddess of love to help her get over her unrequited love for a woman.
Simeon Solomon // Wikimedia Commons
27 BC: First recorded same-sex marriage under Roman Empire
In 27 B.C., Augustus established the Roman Empire under which the first recorded same-sex marriage ceremony reportedly took place. At this time, laws around homosexuality were also formed—among them that gay prostitution would be legal, but taxed. When Nero became emperor decades later, he married two men—one of whom Nero allegedly dressed in the clothing of one of Caesar’s wives and even castrated to make the man seem more “womanlike.”
George E. Koronaios // Wikimedia Commons
1478: The Spanish Inquisition stones ‘sodomites’
In 1478, the Spanish Inquisition was established, which resulted in the stoning and castration of many gays and lesbians, dubbed “sodomites” at the time. Decades later, it is estimated there were nearly 1,000 sodomy trials before the Aragonese Inquisition.
Francisco Goya // Wikimedia Commons
1532: Holy Roman Empire makes ‘buggery’ punishable by death
The Holy Roman Empire in 1532 made intercourse between two women a crime punishable by death. In 1533, the “abominable vice of buggery” for both sexes was made a capital crime, a law that remained mostly unchanged until 1861, when it was changed to life in prison. The last people executed for the crime were Londoners James Pratt and John Smith, who were executed by hanging after the landlord claimed to have seen them through a keyhole having sex.
MICHAL CIZEK/AFP // Getty Images
1623: King James appoints his lover as Duke of Buckingham
It is well-documented that King James I had a lover named George Villiers whom he called his husband and the one he loved “more than anyone else.” In 1623, he went to the length of appointing his “sweetheart,” as he also called him, to the nobility as the Duke of Buckingham, a move that made him the highest-ranking subject outside the royal family.
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Cornelius De Neve // Wikimedia Commons
1791: France becomes the first Western European nation to decriminalize homosexuality
During the French Revolution, the penal code outlined new crimes and their respective punishments in an effort to take sweeping power away from judges. Along with the new code came the legalization of sodomy, which was the first lift on the ban in Western Europe and one that paved the way for others to follow.
Jean-Pierre Houël // Wikimedia Commons
1800s: Decriminalizing homosexuality spreads through Europe and Latin America
In 1811, the Netherlands was the first major European country of the 19th century to decriminalize homosexuality. The Dominican Republic followed suit in 1822. Over the next decade, El Salvador, Brazil, Bolivia, Portugal, Argentina, Turkey (then the Ottoman Empire), Honduras, Italy, and even the Vatican did the same—all before the turn of the next century. By contrast, Russia, Poland, and Germany enacted new laws against gay and lesbian activity.
Markus Bernet // Wikimedia Commons
1886: We’wha takes part in a delegation to Washington, DC
In 1886, a mixed-gender Zuni Native American named We’wha took part in a delegation to Washington D.C., where they were introduced to then-President Grover Cleveland. We’wha was a famous Lhamana, a person in Zuni culture who is assigned a male gender at birth but takes on ceremonial roles and attire typically reserved for women. Today, the Lhamana gender identity is referred to as “two-spirit” or “third-gender.”
John K. Hillers // Wikimedia Commons
1892: Magnus Hirschfeld earns his doctoral degree
Magnus Hirschfeld was a German physician who spent most of his career studying sexuality with a focus on homosexuality. He became a champion for gay rights and co-founded the Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, the world’s first gay rights organization. Being both Jewish and gay, he was frequently targeted in his home country, yet he continued his work. He said he became interested in activism after observing many of his gay patients who died by suicide.
Wikimedia Commons
1910: Emma Goldman begins speaking publicly
A contemporary of Magnus Hirschfeld’s, Emma Goldman was an American feminist and anarchist who served as an early ally to gay rights activism. The Russian-born Jew, who emigrated to America as a teenager, was heterosexual but spent much of her life championing various minority causes. In a letter to Hirschfeld, she said: “It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a world which shows so little understanding for homosexuals and is so crassly indifferent to the various gradations and variations of gender and their great significance in life.”
T. Kajiwara // Wikimedia Commons
1931: Dora Richter becomes the first transgender woman to get vaginoplasty
Dora Richter was a transgender woman under the care of Magnus Hirschfeld who received the first known vaginoplasty procedure in 1931 (though Hirschfeld did not perform the surgery). Along with a number of other transgender women, Richter worked at the Institute for Sexual Research where she was given special permission by police to wear women’s clothing. Two years after her affirmation surgery, the Nazis burned the library of the Institute and began sending homosexuals to concentration camps.
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Wikimedia Commons
1932: Eleanor Roosevelt’s alleged lesbian affair
Amelia Earhart and openly gay reporter Lorena Hickok are just two of the women with whom former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt was rumored to have had closeted affairs, the latter with whom she exchanged more than 3,300 letters over a 30-year period; Roosevelt and Hickok allegedly began an affair from 1932 to 1938. There has been extensive speculation about the former first lady’s sexuality over the years, however, some have argued it’s irrelevant when discussing her contribution to the gay rights movement, particularly given her position of power. “[Roosevelt] did more than almost anyone in the pre-Stonewall era to model acceptance of gay relationships —and she did it in the White House,” wrote Marc Peyser for the Huffington Post.
Harris & Ewing // Wikimedia Commons
1936: Federico García Lorca is executed
In 1936, Spanish police raided the Granada home of Federico García Lorca, a famous poet they described as a socialist prone to “homosexual and abnormal practices.” He fled to a friend’s house but they caught up with him and surrounded the home, arrested him, and took him to an interrogation spot called the Fuente Grande. According to documents published in 2015, they executed him after he gave unspecified confessions, burying him on site in a “very shallow grave, in a ravine.”
Wikimedia Commons
1948: Alfred Kinsey publishes ‘Sexual Behavior in the Human Male’
When biologist Alfred Kinsey published “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male” in 1948, he asserted that approximately 37% of men at the time had engaged in homosexual activities at least once. That, along with other findings in his book, acted as the “opening salvos of the sexual revolution,” according to some, and brought the conversation about sex of all types to the mainstream.
“During the Twentieth Century, no one individual did more to bring homosexuality into the public forum than Alfred Charles Kinsey,” wrote James Alan Branch , professor of Christian ethics at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “Prior to Kinsey, people were generally considered to be either heterosexual or homosexual. Instead of this binary approach, Kinsey saw sexual behavior on a continuum which rarely described individuals as either strictly homosexual or heterosexual.”
Keystone Features // Getty Images
1951–52: Christine Jorgensen has sex reassignment surgery
Gender confirmation surgeries (called “sex reassignment” at the time) had been performed prior to Christine Jorgensen. However, the transgender woman from the Bronx was the first person to become famous for it, bringing awareness and resources to the trans community that previously had very little access to information. After completing two operations in Denmark, she returned to New York to instant fame and began touring, writing, and speaking to advocate for transgender rights.
Roger Jackson/Central Press // Getty Images
1955: The Daughters of Bilitis is formed
In 1955, there weren’t any lesbian political rights groups in the United States until the Daughters of Bilitis formed in San Francisco, making history as the first group of its kind. What began as a safe space for women to meet without the risk of police raids at gay bars quickly morphed into a full-blown political organization that created other political offshoots including The Ladder—the first nationally distributed lesbian publication—which encouraged women to “take off their masks.” For 14 years, DOB, as they were known, helped women come out of the closest and offered resources to anyone who needed it.
Wikimedia Commons
1956: ‘Go Tell It on the Mountain’ is first published by James Baldwin
James Baldwin published “Go Tell It on the Mountain” in 1956, offering the world a novel that was “pivotal in American gay literature,” according to many critics. Although the theme of homosexuality is never outrightly expressed, the subtext is hard to miss.
Townsend // Getty Images
1958: US Supreme Court rules in favor of gay free speech
One, Inc. v. Olesen was the first U.S. Supreme Court case that involved gay rights—and it won, marking a triumphant moment for the emerging liberation movement. The ruling occurred in 1958 when the high court overturned a federal district court’s decision to label gay magazine ONE: The Homosexual Magazine as “obscene” and ban it from being distributed through the United States Postal Service.
Daderot // Wikimedia Commons
1962: Illinois removes sodomy law from criminal code
In 1962, Illinois became the first state in the nation to remove sodomy laws from its criminal code. The historic legislation occurred after the American Law Institute put together a list of recommendations called the Model Penal Code in an effort to create more legal uniformity across states. Illinois was the first state to adopt the full set of recommendations that omitted sodomy from the criminal code.
You may also like: 50 celebrities you might not know are LGTBQ+
Patrick Emerson // Flickr
1964: First gay rights protests at Whitehall
Although it’s hard to say for sure given the burgeoning nature of the gay rights movement at the time, the protests outside the U.S. Army’s Whitehall Street induction center in 1964 are generally considered to be the first public demonstrations for gay rights. The demonstrations occurred after the confidentiality of a gay man’s draft record was broached, prompting an activist named Randy Wicker to organize the protest to speak out against the military’s anti-gay policies.
Warren K Leffler // Wikimedia Commons
1965: Vanguard is created
In 1965, a group of young people in San Francisco got together to create the Vanguard, the country’s first gay liberation organization. The group, co-founded by Adrian Ravarour and Billy Garrison, also produced an accompanying news publication, the Vanguard Magazine, which was created by Jean-Paul Marat and Keith Oliver St.Clair.
Warren K Leffler // Wikimedia Commons
1966: The Mattachine Society organizes a ‘Sip-In’
When the New York State Liquor Authority banned bartenders from serving alcohol to gay people, an activist group called the Mattachine Society responded in 1966. Large groups turned out at the bar Julius’ in New York City to host a “Sip-In,” as they called it, promoting the issue to land in court. “The importance of this, I think, was that until this time gay people had never really fought back,” said Dick Leitsch, head of the New York Mattachine Society at the time. “We just sort of took in everything passively, didn’t do anything about it. And this time we did it, and we won.”
Mattachine Society of New York
1967: Police raid Black Cat Tavern
After plain-clothed police officers raided the Black Cat Tavern in Los Angeles on New Year’s Day in 1967, beating up staff and patrons alike, a group of gay rights protestors began demonstrating out front. Organized by the Personal Rights in Defense and Education group, the crowd was considered the biggest civil rights demonstration the LGBTQ+ community had produced at the time, leading some historians to call it the “birthplace of a worldwide movement.”
David McNew // Getty Images
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NORMAL — An anonymous Illinois State University alum has committed $5 million from their estate to help ISU's College of Education and University High School students.
The donation brings planned estate giving to around $105 million and is one of the largest commitments in ISU’s history, an announcement from the university said.
The latest gift comes after ISU’s announcement in February that it had raised $100 million in planned giving, which included $3.3 million raised between July 2021 and February of this year.
Some of the $5 million will go to an existing scholarship for U-High students. The scholarship is one of 28 available to U-High students. The scholarships provide support for college to U-High graduates across various other requirements like family background, high school activities and planned paths of study in college
“We are honored to be on the receiving end of the donor’s generosity. We’ve already seen the influence of scholarships on our students who go on to pursue higher education degrees with greater confidence and added financial security,” U-High Principal Andrea Markert said in the announcement.
The other funds from the donation will go toward the College of Education, including for teacher training. Other potential uses include future research and advocacy for teachers, the release said.
“Thanks to this amazing investment, the College of Education will be well positioned for the future and able to continue to deliver the level of academic excellence for which it has become known,” Provost Aondover Tarhule said.
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Both the College of Education and ISU Lab Schools will have new leaders going into the fall semester. Francis Godwyll stepped into his new role as dean on June 1, joining ISU from Western Illinois University. Former Dean Jim Wolfinger took a job at St. John’s University in New York.
Anthony Jones is expected to start as the new director of the Lab Schools on July 1. He is coming to Normal from the Ames Community School District in Iowa.
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FLORENCE — After spending more than half of his life on death row, Frank Jarvis Atwood was executed Wednesday for the 1984 abduction and murder of an 8-year-old Tucson girl.
The 66-year-old was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m., 12 minutes after he was injected with a fatal dose of the sedative pentobarbital at the state prison in Florence.
He was calm throughout the process, thanked his wife, his priest and his legal team, but took no responsibility for the crime.
Atwood was convicted in 1987 of kidnapping and killing third-grader Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, who disappeared from her Flowing Wells neighborhood on Sept. 17, 1984, while she was out riding her bicycle after school.
Her skeletal remains were found seven months later scattered in the desert at the west end of Ina Road.
The girl’s mother and stepfather, Debbie and George Carlson, and several other family members were on hand Wednesday to witness the execution.
Atwood was the second death row inmate to die by lethal injection since the state resumed its use of capital punishment last month after a pause lasting almost 8 years.
On May 11, Clarence Dixon was put to death for the 1978 murder of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Deana Bowdoin.
Arizona’s last execution before that came on July 23, 2014, when convicted double-murderer Joseph Wood took almost two hours to die after being given 15 doses of a two-drug combination the state no longer uses.
That execution was supposed to be over in 10 minutes but dragged on so long that the Arizona Supreme Court convened an emergency hearing to decide whether to halt the procedure.
Atwood was given the choice of dying in Arizona’s gas chamber, which was refurbished in 2020. Lethal injection was selected for him by the state when he did not choose between the two available options.
Arizona is the only state with a working gas chamber and the last state to use one for an execution in the United States in more than two decades.
Atwood was the 12th oldest among the 109 men and three women currently facing death sentences in Arizona. Only two current inmates have been on death row longer than Atwood was, according to Judy Keane, spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry.
Atwood spent the last 35 years of his life behind bars in Florence. He was initially held in the Central Unit of the Florence state prison, which housed Arizona’s death row at the time of his sentencing. He was moved to the Eyman complex when it opened in 1991 and became the state’s new home for male inmates sentenced to death.
During his time in prison, Atwood joined the Greek Orthodox Christian church, earned several college degrees and wrote several books on religion, criminal justice and his case.
In 1991, he got married to a woman who began writing letters to him after his conviction in 1987. Frank and Rachel Atwood wrote and published a book together in 2018 called “And the Two shall become One,” about their relationship and their religious beliefs.
At the time of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson’s disappearance in 1984, Atwood was on parole after serving less than four years of a five-year sentence in California for the kidnapping and sexual assault of an 8-year-old boy.
He was arrested in Texas on Sept. 20, 1984, based on tips to authorities from his own father and from a coach at Vicki’s elementary school who saw someone suspicious near the campus the day the girl was taken and took down the man’s license plate number.
In an interview last week, George and Debbie Carlson talked about the toll their daughter’s abduction and murder took on not only their family but Tucson as a whole.
“It changed the way people grew up,” George Carlson said.
“It took our children's innocence away from them — to be kids and to be able to go out and play freely,” Debbie Carlson added. Atwood “brought the true sense of the word boogeyman to Tucson, he really did. When anyone would say boogeyman, they thought of him.”
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Photos: The search for Vicki Lynne Hoskinson in 1984-85
Henry joined the Star in 2019 after 25 years at Nevada newspapers. A Tucson native, he graduated from Amphi and earned a journalism degree from the University of Missouri. He wrote about the environment for the Las Vegas Review-Journal for 16 years.
After hearing of the execution of Frank Jarvis Atwood, an emotional Brandy Bock, right, best friend of Vicki Lynne Hoskinson's older sister, hugs supporters Stacy Davis, center, and Jayme Sabo, left, outside of Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence, Ariz. on June 8, 2022. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry executed inmate Atwood on June 8. Atwood was convicted of killing 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson in 1984 in Tucson, Ariz.
FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows Frank Atwood, who was convicted of murder in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl. Atwood was put to death Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in the state’s second execution since officials resumed carrying out the death penalty in May following a nearly eight-year hiatus.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Note: The video is from Jan. 21, 2021.
A Harrisburg woman accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seeking to modify the conditions of her house arrest, court records show.
Riley Williams, who pleaded not guilty to all eight of the charges filed against her in relation to her alleged role in the riot, has been on home detention since Jan. 21, according to court records. She is living with her mother while awaiting trial on eight charges filed against her be a federal grand jury in October 2021.
In May 2021, she successfully petitioned the court for permission to leave her home daily from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., in order to seek employment.
On May 27 of this year, Williams filed another petition requesting further amendment of the terms of her confinement.
In the petition, she is asking the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to remove her home detention completely, including the ankle monitoring device she's been ordered to wear.
In the request, Williams' attorney states the conditions are "unduly burdensome and overly restrictive."
U.S. Attorneys Maria Y. Fedor and Joseph Hong Huynh oppose the request, the petition states.
Williams is currently employed full-time at a nursery in Central Pennsylvania, the petition says. She is undergoing mental health counseling and has become a member at a local Baptist church, according to the petition.
The indictment against Williams alleges that she attempted to interfere with an official proceeding, stole a Hewlett-Packard laptop computer located in the office of a member of the U.S. Congress, and knowingly meant to impede the orderly conduct of a session of Congress.
According to the criminal complaint released in Jan. 2021, a former romantic partner of Williams reported to law enforcement that she was depicted in video footage taken inside the U.S. Capitol building on January 6.
The caller told police that Williams can be seen directing crowds up a staircase inside the U.S. Capitol in this Youtube video. According to the criminal complaint, Williams can be seen at about 20 minutes and 40 seconds in the video, wearing a green t-shirt and brown trench coat while carrying a zebra-print bag over her shoulders.
The tipster also claimed to have spoken to friends of Williams who showed them a video of Williams taking a laptop computer or hard drive from Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office.
According to the caller, Williams had intended to sell the device to a friend in Russia, who then planned to sell the device to SVR, which is Russia's foreign intelligence service.
The criminal complaint states law enforcement was able to confirm that the staircase depicted in the video does lead to Speaker Pelosi's office, and they were able to grab screenshots of the video that appears to show Williams directing and pointing intruders in a certain direction.
According to the criminal complaint, other videos obtained by the FBI also depict Williams outside the U.S. Capitol in the same clothing.
On Jan. 11, law enforcement agents in Harrisburg received a suspicious persons report from Williams' mother.
Upon arrival, police spoke with Williams' mother, who placed a video call to the suspect.
According to the affidavit, Williams appeared to be wearing a brown-colored jacket, consistent with the one she had been seen in in videos and screenshots.
On Jan. 16, police again spoke with Williams mother who said that a British media crew had visited her the night before.
She said that the crew presented her with photographs taken at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and acknowledged that Williams was depicted in the images.
On that same day, police spoke with Williams' father who said that he drove Riley Williams to Washington, D.C. for the protests on January 6.
According to the criminal complaint, Williams' father said that he and his daughter did not stay together throughout the day and that she met up with other individuals she knew at the protests.
Later that day, Williams met up with her father outside the U.S. Capitol building, and they returned to Harrisburg together.
On Jan. 16, a new video clip was posted to Youtube where a reporter identified "Riley Williams" as the person depicted in snippets of the video.
When law enforcement showed this video to Williams' mother, she positively identified her inside the U.S. Capitol building and told law enforcement that she had taken a sudden interest in President Trump's policies and "far right message boards," according to the criminal complaint.
Williams' mother told law enforcement that she "took off" after packing a bag and leaving home. She allegedly told her mother she would be "gone for a couple of weeks," but did not provide an information about her intended destination.
In the affidavit, investigators say on January 18, FBI Agents obtained several video clips depicting events that occurred in and around the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
One of the videos, believed to be shot by Riley Williams, shows a man reaching for an "HP" laptop on a wooden desk with black text across the screen saying "they got the laptop".
U.S. Capitol Police confirmed to FBI the video was taken in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office and that an "HP" brand laptop was taken from the Speaker's office on Jan. 6.
Investigators in the affidavit also say those videos were also posted to twitter by an account the witness claims Williams uses, with posts saying " I stole **** from Nancy Polesi [sic],” and “I took Polesis [sic] hard drives".
According to the affidavit, Williams changed her phone number and deleted her social media accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Telegram, and Parler.
The Department of Justice confirms that Williams was taken into federal custody on Jan. 18. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/riley-williams-accused-jan-6-rioter-petition-house-arrest/521-b6628c96-e10a-4b8e-9a8f-5c0a046557eb | 2022-06-08T19:24:59 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/riley-williams-accused-jan-6-rioter-petition-house-arrest/521-b6628c96-e10a-4b8e-9a8f-5c0a046557eb |
Only a small fraction of professionals have a four-day workweek — but the vast majority of those workers would prefer one.
That comes from a survey of 400 members of the job search service Ladders Inc., which offers vetted job postings with annual salaries of $100,000 or more. About 12.7% of those workers currently work a four-day week either permanently or on a trial basis.
Meanwhile, about 90% would prefer to work a four-day workweek and 84% feel they would be more productive with that setup.
For companies mulling over a competitive edge in a tight hiring market, about 79% of these workers said they would leave a five-days per week job for a position offering a four-day workweek. About 24% said they would take less pay in return for a four-day workweek.
The enthusiasm for remote work among highly paid workers comes as the United Kingdom embarks on a large-scale pilot of the concept, with 3,300 employees spanning 70 companies. Workers will receive 100% of their pay for working 80% of their usual week in exchange for maintaining 100% of their productivity.
Employers are starting to get the message too. About 29% of remote employees said that the most desirable benefit they could receive was a four-day workweek, while employers ranked it as the top possible benefit their workers desired, according to a survey by Paychex.
A survey by collaborative calendar firm Magical found 62% of employees would consider a 10% pay cut in order to have a four-day workweek.
The four-day workweek keeps popping up across the country, including:
- Keller, Texas, which is allowing some city employees to work a "compressed" schedule in a trial that will last for four months over the summer.
- A proposal in the state legislature of California to reduce the official workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours at companies with more than 500 employees. That proposal was officially shelved, according to the Wall Street journal.
- More businesses advertising the four-day workweek, as the number of job postings in the US mentioning a four-day workweek has risen 673% over the past three years. It is still a tiny percentage overall though, at 0.31%, according to an analysis by Emsi Burning Glass, a global labor market data and analytics company.
Read the full story on the St. Louis Business Journal website. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/four-day-workweek-gains-steam/63-c59c4127-a09b-44b5-b919-7a06df89bd62 | 2022-06-08T19:25:22 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/four-day-workweek-gains-steam/63-c59c4127-a09b-44b5-b919-7a06df89bd62 |
DALLAS — A missing 70-year-old Dallas man has been located and is safe, the Dallas Police Department announced Wednesday afternoon.
Police called on residents to help find 70-year-old Leslie Finney, who had been missing since Monday, June 6.
According to DPD, Finney was last seen at his home on the 1400 block of Claude Street in the Cedar Crest area.
Around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday, police said Finney had been found.
Other Dallas stories: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-missing-man-cedar-crest-claude-street-june-6-2022/287-db9018f2-ace3-4558-a810-11070bcac6b7 | 2022-06-08T19:35:17 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-texas-missing-man-cedar-crest-claude-street-june-6-2022/287-db9018f2-ace3-4558-a810-11070bcac6b7 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Seals, who teamed with fellow musician “Dash” Crofts on such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “We May Never Pass This Way Again,” has died at age 80.
His death was announced Tuesday by several people including John Ford Coley, who had formed the ‘70s duo England Dan and John Ford Coley with Seals’ older brother Dan. Further details were not immediately available.
“This is a hard one on so many levels as this is a musical era passing for me,” Coley wrote. “And it will never pass this way again as his song said. He belonged to a group that was one of a kind.”
Seals and Darrell George “Dash” Crofts were Texas natives who had known each other since they were teenagers and had previously been in the Champs, which before they joined had a hit single with “Tequila,” and a group including Glen Campbell. They started Seals and Crofts in the late 1960s and over the next several years were among a wave of soft-rock groups that included America, Bread and England Dan and John Ford Coley.
Seals and Crofts had three top 10 hits: “”Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer.” Their other popular songs included “Hummingbird,” “You’re the Love” and “We May Never Pass This Way Again.” Seals and Crofts also released the controversial “Unborn Child,” an anti-abortion song that came out the year after the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision and was banned by some radio stations.
They broke up in 1980, but reunited briefly in the early 1990s and again in 2004, when they released the album “Traces.” Seals also performed on occasion with his brother Dan, who died in 2009.
He is survived by his wife, Ruby, and their three children. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/jim-seals-of-70s-group-seals-and-crofts-dies-at-age-80/ | 2022-06-08T19:37:16 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/jim-seals-of-70s-group-seals-and-crofts-dies-at-age-80/ |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House Tuesday to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground” and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month’s shooting rampage at an elementary school in his hometown of Uvalde, Texas.
In a highly personal 22-minute speech, McConaughey exhorted a gridlocked Congress to pass gun reforms that can save lives without infringing on Second Amendment rights.
McConaughey, a gun owner himself, used his star power to make an argument for legislation in a fashion that the Biden administration has not been able to muster, offering a clear connection to the small Texas town and vividly detailing the sheer loss of the 19 children and two teachers in the second worst mass school shooting in U.S. history.
He specifically called on Congress to bolster background checks for gun purchases and raise the minimum age to purchase an AR-15-style rifle to 21 from 18.
“We want secure and safe schools and we want gun laws that won’t make it so easy for the bad guys to get the damn guns,” McConaughey said.
McConaughey, who earlier this year considered a run for governor of Texas before taking a pass, met briefly in private with President Joe Biden before addressing the White House press corps from the James Brady briefing room.
McConaughey has also met with key lawmakers this week, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee that handles gun legislation, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, and the panel’s ranking Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
Also Tuesday, the son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York, last month, called on Congress to act against the “cancer of white supremacy” and the nation’s epidemic of gun violence.
“Is there nothing that you personally are willing to do to stop the cancer of white supremacy and the domestic terrorism it inspires?” Garnell Whitfield Jr. asked members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
McConaughey, who declined to take questions, spoke of his own connections to the town. He said his mother taught kindergarten less than a mile from Uvalde’s Robb Elementary School, the site of the May 24 shooting. He also noted that Uvalde was the place where he was taught about responsibilities that come with gun ownership.
“Uvalde is where I was taught to revere the power and the capability of the tool that we call a gun,” he said.
McConaughey said he and his wife drove back to Uvalde on the day after the shooting and spent time with the families of some of the victims and others directly affected by the rampage.
He said every parent he spoke to expressed that “they want their children’s dreams to live on.”
“They want to make their loss of life matter,” McConaughey said.
He related the personal stories of a number of the victims.
He told the story of Maite Rodriguez, an aspiring marine biologist. McConaughey’s wife, Camila, sitting nearby, held Maite’s green Converse sneakers, which had a red heart on the right toe to represent her love of nature.
“These are the same green Converse, on her feet, that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting,” McConaughey said.
He held up artwork from Alithia Ramirez, who dreamed of attending art school in Paris. And then there was Eliahna “Ellie” Garcia, who loved dancing and church and already knew how to drive tractors. Ellie was looking forward to reading a Bible verse at an upcoming church service when she was killed.
McConaughey acknowledged that gun legislation would not end mass shootings but suggested that steps can be taken to lessen the chances of such tragedies happening so frequently.
“We need to invest in mental healthcare. We need safer schools. We need to restrain sensationalized media coverage. We need to restore our family values. We need to restore our American values and we need responsible gun ownership,” McConaughey said.
“Is this a cure-all? Hell no, but people are hurting.”
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Associated Press writers Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/mcconaughey-calls-for-gun-control-action-at-white-house/ | 2022-06-08T19:37:24 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/mcconaughey-calls-for-gun-control-action-at-white-house/ |
The organization behind the Oscars has named Bill Kramer as their new CEO.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Tuesday that Kramer, who currently presides over the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, will succeed Dawn Hudson in the role starting in July.
In his stead as CEO, Kramer will oversee the Oscars, the film academy’s membership, the organization’s education and mentorship initiatives as well as the museum and the collections housed in the Margaret Herrick Library and Academy Film Archive. He received unanimous support from the organization’s Board of Governors.
“It is the great honor of my career to take on the role as CEO of the Academy,” Kramer said in a statement. “I deeply believe in the power and artistry of cinema. I so look forward to galvanizing the unparalleled assets of the Academy — the Oscars, our global community of more than 10,000 Academy members, and our museum, library, and archive — to promote and elevate the arts and sciences of the movies and inspire the next generation of filmmakers.”
Kramer helped open the Academy Museum last September, which has sold over 550,000 tickets in its first nine months of operation.
Academy president David Rubin said that Kramer’s vision for the organization is “bold and inspiring, and our governors have agreed he is the ideal choice to lead at this pivotal moment for the organization. We believe Bill has the ability to bring together all corners of the motion picture community, and we’re thrilled to have him in this role to elevate the organization and unite our global membership.”
Hudson, who served as CEO of the Academy for 11 years, is remaining on with the organization in an advisory role during the transition.
“I’ve worked with Bill for close to a decade, and no executive is more innovative, more connected to artists, or more passionate about the opportunities that lie ahead than he is,” Hudson said. “The Academy and the Academy Museum are in the best of hands.” | https://www.cbs42.com/local/oscars-organization-names-bill-kramer-as-new-ceo/ | 2022-06-08T19:37:31 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/oscars-organization-names-bill-kramer-as-new-ceo/ |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. split from Great Britain is history, but the monarchy still has a hold on its former colony’s heart.
Two specials about Queen Elizabeth II and the celebration of her 70th year on the throne broke into last week’s top 20 highest-rated programs in prime time, according to Nielsen figures out Tuesday.
ABC’s “Party at the Palace,” a star-laden concert that included Elton John, Diana Ross and Queen with Adam Lambert, ranked No. 15. The CBS News documentary “Her Majesty the Queen,” hosted by Gayle King, came in at No. 18.
A skit of the queen taking tea with an animated Paddington Bear charmed the throng of spectators at the Platinum Jubilee pop concert outside Buckingham Palace. The pre-taped video also proved widely irresistible online.
The first two games of the Golden State Warriors-Boston Celtics NBA finals topped the ratings, but viewers also had time for a special prime-time episode of “The Price Is Right” honoring first responders.
Powered by basketball, ABC led the week in prime time, averaging 4.4 million viewers. CBS had 3.1 million, NBC had 2.5 million, Fox had 1.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Telemundo had 890,000 and Ion Television had 870,000.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news competition with an average of 7.2 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 6.1 million and the “CBS Evening News” tallied 4.3 million.
The weekly cable network averages were not available Tuesday.
For the week of May 30 to June 5, the 20 most-watched shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. NBA Finals Game 2: Boston at Golden State (Sunday), ABC, 11.9 million.
2. NBA Finals Game 1: Boston at Golden State, (Thursday), ABC, 11.4 million.
3. “60 Minutes Presents,” CBS, 6.8 million.
4. “America’s Got Talent, (Tuesday)” NBC, 6.3 million.
5. NBA Finals Post-Game 2, ABC, 6.27 million.
6. “FBI,” CBS, 4 million.
7. “The Price is Right,” CBS, 3.98 million.
8. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 3.9 million.
9. NBC Countdown Game 1, ABC, 3.8 million.
10. “Equalizer,” CBS, 3.6 million.
11. “Let’s Make a Deal,” CBS, 3.5 million.
12. “FBI: International,” CBS, 3.45 million.
13. “20-20 (Friday),” ABC, 3.44 million.
14. “Party at the Palace,” ABC, 3.44 million.
15. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 3.4 million.
16. “NCIS,” CBS, 3.2 million.
17. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 3.14 million.
18. “Her Majesty the Queen,” CBS, 3.13 million.
19. “United States of Al,” CBS, 3.12 million.
20. “Jimmy Kimmel Live: NBA Finals Game Night,” ABC, 3.11 million. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/queen-elizabeths-jubilee-celebration-takes-a-ratings-bow/ | 2022-06-08T19:37:38 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/queen-elizabeths-jubilee-celebration-takes-a-ratings-bow/ |
NEW YORK (AP) — A specially commissioned, unburnable edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has been auctioned for $130,000, Sotheby’s announced Tuesday.
Proceeds will be donated to PEN America, which advocates for free expression worldwide. The 384-page book consists mainly of Cinefoil, a specially treated aluminum product, and was announced last month at PEN’s annual fundraising gala. To help promote the initiative, Atwood agreed to be filmed attempting — unsuccessfully — to incinerate a prototype with a flame thrower.
“I’m very pleased that the one-of-a-kind Unburnable Book of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ has raised so much money for PEN America,” the Canadian author said in a statement. “Free speech issues are being hotly debated, and PEN is a sane voice amidst all the shouting. The video of the book being torched by me and refusing to burn has now had a potential 5 billion views. We hope it raises awareness and leads to reasoned discussion.”
The fireproof book was a joint project by PEN, Atwood, Penguin Random House and two companies based in Toronto, where Atwood is a longtime resident: the Rethink creative agency and The Gas Company Inc., a graphic arts and bookbinding specialty studio. “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a million seller first released in 1985, is a Dystopian novel about a cruel patriarchy known as the Republic of Gilead. It has been subject to various bannings since publication. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/unburnable-copy-of-handmaids-tale-auctioned-for-130000/ | 2022-06-08T19:37:46 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/unburnable-copy-of-handmaids-tale-auctioned-for-130000/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. — For the first time since 2019, thousands of people are expected to watch the Rose Festival's Junior Parade in person in Northeast Portland on Wednesday, June 8. It was cancelled the past two years due to the pandemic.
The Junior Parade starts at 1 p.m. on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. KGW will stream it live in the video player above, on the KGW YouTube channel and the KGW news app.
There will be multiple bands and dance and drill teams. People will also get a glimpse of Grand Marshal The Unipiper, who will lead the Woodmere Unicycle Club.
The Junior Parade is one of several Rose Festival events happening this week. More information about those events are included at the bottom of this article.
Junior Parade route
The parade route includes Northeast Sandy Boulevard from 57th Avenue to 40th Avenue. It goes north to Northeast Tillamook Street and west to Northeast 36th Avenue at Grant High School. TriMet bus line 12 to the Tigard Transit Center, line 75 to St. Johns and line 77 to Montgomery Park will not be in service from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Fleet Week
Another Rose Festival tradition, Fleet Week, kicked off June 8 and runs through Monday, June 13. Ships with the U.S Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy are arriving at Portland's waterfront and people will be able to take tours of some of the ships. Tickets are not required and the tours are free. The U.S. Navy requires that people be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. People also need to bring an ID and they must wear closed-toe shoes. Bags, strollers and wheelchairs are not allowed on board.
Grand Floral Parade
The third and final Rose Festival parade, the Grand Floral Parade, starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 11. It will feature large floral floats with bands, marching groups, drill teams and dancers, and vintage vehicles.
The Grand Floral Parade traditionally starts in Northeast Portland and goes over the river into downtown, but this year, it will travel on the east side of the Willamette River.
CityFair
People have one more weekend to check out the CityFair at Waterfront Park. It runs June 10-12 from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. The CityFair features carnival rides, foods, interactive exhibits and musical performances. Tickets are available on the Rose Festival's website. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/rose-festival-junior-parade/283-d456f2ee-715c-4820-8480-e381dad6b7ce | 2022-06-08T19:39:36 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/rose-festival-junior-parade/283-d456f2ee-715c-4820-8480-e381dad6b7ce |
NORMAL — Having lived in Bloomington-Normal from 1982 to 1998, Tim Masten, 67, has always loved Corvettes and going to the annual Bloomington Gold Corvettes USA car show.
And Masten, who worked the show in 1983 when it was still held at the McLean County Fairgrounds as the Bloomington Corvette Corral, said he would routinely help out in the office and take part in the road tour each year in his 1966 Corvette 327 coupe.
After moving to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1998, Masten said he made plans to go to the show after organizers moved it to different locations. When he heard it was coming back to Bloomington-Normal this year, he was set on driving back for it.
“At the time, when you saw a bunch of Corvettes driving around town that weekend, it was difficult not to own one,” Masten said. “Now I’m gonna go back to the show and reacquaint myself with some longtime friends because I don’t get to Bloomington-Normal that often, so it’s another reason why I want to go.”
The Bloomington Gold Corvettes USA car show will be in town for its 50th annual celebration this Friday and Saturday at Illinois State University.
“This year is a little different with Bloomington Gold Corvettes coming back to Bloomington after being gone for a little more than 20 years,” said Guy Larsen, president of Bloomington Gold Corvettes USA. “There’s an attraction in Bloomington for people who aren’t even that big of Corvette fans, that they want to see this show back in town, busy with Corvettes driving around the streets.“
Upward of 10,000 people are projected to attend the event, and about 2,000 Corvettes will be in Bloomington-Normal. There will be opportunities to buy and sell auto parts, along with new and used Corvettes, and have cars judged and certified by experts. The direct economic impact of Bloomington Gold is estimated at $1,029,350, based on the projected attendees and direct sales from hotels, food, gas and shopping, according to the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
'World's largest Corvette show'
Bloomington Gold, which has been known as the world’s largest Corvette show, started in 1973 with around 125 Corvettes and 30 vendors. By 1977, the show had grown to be the biggest Corvette show in the country and around the world.
“The Corvette has always been the American sports car,” Larsen said. “People who’ve never owned one still recognize them and they like to see them anywhere they go, whether it's on display or on the street.”
Although the event was born in Bloomington, the show left the area in 1991 for Springfield and later began traveling to different locations including St. Charles, Champaign and, most recently, Indianapolis.
Now, the event will be held across ISU’s campus, at Redbird Arena, Horton Field House. Bone Student Center ballroom and the grounds in between, with a caravan of about 500 Corvettes taking a road tour along historic Route 66 up to Lake Bloomington on Saturday afternoon.
'Back to its roots'
Masten, who still owns the same 1966 Corvette 327 coupe, said he remembers going on a road tour where he almost lost one of his wheels because the knock-off rim was not fully tightened. Another time, he took a visitor from Germany on their first ride in a Corvette.
Masten was even featured in a Pantagraph article from June 29, 1991, highlighting the body style of the ‘66 Corvette, since the show was celebrating that generation for its 25th anniversary.
Other than a new paint job, Masten has enhanced his Corvette but kept it close to the original equipment, including the 327 big-block engine, transistor ignition, disc brakes, air conditioning, power steering, Goldline tires, side-pipe exhaust, as well as a telescopic and real teak wood steering wheel, he said.
“One of the biggest reasons that I’ve kept my C2 for all of these years is because of the unique styling the Corvette had then,” he said. “Last year I took my car to Mackinaw City, Michigan, to a Corvette show there, and now this year to Bloomington, and now I’m not sure what show I'll take my car to next year.”
Rich Weinhold, 80, of Wentzville, Missouri, said he had been going to each Bloomington Gold show from 1998 to 2010, which is when he retired and bought his first Corvette, a 2004 convertible.
Now he owns a 2020 Corvette, which switched to a mid-engine layout, and although he could not afford the convertible package, he was given the chance to attend Ron Fellows Performance Drive School in Pahrump, Nevada, for a two-day session with a set course and professional drivers, Weinhold said.
Weinhold said he takes part in weekend cruises and is planning a trip to Bloomington Gold this year with his fellow members of the Route 66 Corvette Club of St. Charles, Missouri.
“We just had a meeting not too long ago and we picked up five more new members,” said Weinhold, who is club treasurer. “I’m looking forward to this because we’re going back to the roots of this and because they keep showing us updates.”
Weinhold said he is also looking forward attending some of the Gold School events, including one on collector car fraud and another that looks at the judging practices for resto mods, which are classic cars restored but modified with modern parts and technology.
A Hollywood connection
Bill Marquardt, 80, of Hopedale, said he first brought his ‘67 Corvette Stingray 427 coupe to Bloomington Gold the year before the show moved to Springfield, but what most people would not know is that the car was also used in the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" as the main character Sam Malone’s Corvette.
As a member of the motion picture transportation union Teamsters Local 399, Marquardt, who also went by the name Marc Christopher, said he serviced the film industry in Los Angeles and was responsible for transporting various equipment and actors to sets from 1969 up until he retired in 2004.
Marquardt bought the ‘67 Corvette in 1984, which was engineered and built by Zora Arkus-Duntov, a Belgian-born American engineer whose work on the vehicle netted him the title “Father of the Corvette.”
As for how his car got on the show, Marquardt said he was running errands and noticed they had two separate Corvettes set up to shoot a couple of scenes. Once he knew that the showrunners were looking for Sam Malone’s Corvette, he told them about his ‘67 coupe and they had him drive out so they could see it.
"They asked if everything worked because they were gonna do night shots," Marquardt said. "Everything worked and they ended up using it.”
Parked on the set as a prop for several episodes, his Corvette appeared in episodes including “Diamond Sam,” “The Two Faces of Norm” and “I Kid You Not,” and it later appeared on an episode of "My Classic Car" with Dennis Gage. The sports car has been displayed at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles and the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Marquardt was featured recently in an article in "Corvette Magazine" and has gone so far as to write and publish his own autobiography, self-titled, “Bill,” which documents his life from Bloomington to California and back.
Bloomington Gold is open to the public and will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Tickets are $25 if purchased before Friday, or $30 the day of the event. Admission is free for children 12 years old and under.
Tickets are available at www.bloomingtongold.com. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-bloomington-gold-corvettes-show-returns-to-twin-cities-this-weekend/article_0a1cdc28-e5c4-11ec-8106-d3d269574d8c.html | 2022-06-08T19:44:43 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-bloomington-gold-corvettes-show-returns-to-twin-cities-this-weekend/article_0a1cdc28-e5c4-11ec-8106-d3d269574d8c.html |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Rick Braziel, a former Sacramento police chief, is one of nine people selected by the Justice Department to aid in a review of the Uvalde shooting.
The Justice Department has named a team of nine people, including an FBI official and former police chiefs, to aid in a review of the law enforcement response to the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead.
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the team during a meeting in his office in Washington on Wednesday. The critical incident review is being led by the Justice Department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
The review will include an examination of police policies, training and communication, along with the deployment of officers and tactics, the Justice Department said. It will also examine who was in command of the incident and how police prepared for potential active-shooter incidents.
The team gathered for its first meeting Wednesday around a conference table in Garland's office, with a few of the members appearing virtually on a large television screen.
Garland said the review would be comprehensive, transparent and independent.
“We will be assessing what happened that day," he said. “We will be doing site visits to the school, we will be conducting interviews of an extremely wide variety of stakeholders, witnesses, families, law enforcement, government officials, school officials, and we will be reviewing the resources that were made available in the aftermath.”
The findings and recommendations will be detailed in a report, which will be made public, he said.
Garland said the team has already begun its work, though the department didn’t provide specific information on whether any members of the team have been to Uvalde, a town of about 15,000 residents.
The Justice Department said it would move as expeditiously as possible in developing the report.
The review was requested by Uvalde’s mayor. Such a review is somewhat rare, and most after-action reports that come after a mass shooting are generally compiled by local law enforcement agencies or outside groups. The Justice Department conducted similar reviews after 14 people were killed in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, in 2015 and after the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history, which left 49 people dead and 53 people wounded in 2016.
The Justice Department said the nine officials on the team in the Uvalde case had been selected for their expertise in law enforcement, emergency management, active shooter response, school safety and other areas. The team includes the former chief of the Sacramento, California, police department, a deputy chief who worked at Virginia Tech, the sheriff in Orange County, Florida, an FBI unit chief and other officials.
Two weeks ago, 19 students and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School. Law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate timeline and details, and they have stopped releasing information about the police response.
The gunman, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, spent roughly 80 minutes inside Robb Elementary, and more than an hour passed from when the first officers followed him into the building to when he was killed, according to an official timeline. In the meantime, parents outside begged police to rush in, and panicked children called 911 from inside.
The review comes as state officials have already been examining the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
A spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety has said the school district police chief who served as on-site commander — and who officials have said made the decision not to breach a classroom sooner, believing it had shifted from an active shooting to a hostage situation — had stopped speaking with state investigators.
But the chief, Pete Arredondo, later told CNN that he was speaking regularly with Texas Department of Public Safety investigators. Texas officials have stopped answering questions about the response and haven't said whether Arredondo is now cooperating with them.
When asked what the Justice Department would do if someone refused to cooperate in the federal review, Garland said Justice officials “expect voluntary cooperation from everybody at every level, and we have been promised that cooperation.”
Uvalde’s mayor, Don McLaughlin, praised Garland for the “swift action” beginning the review and vowed the city would fully cooperate.
“This assessment and the findings are of the utmost importance to the victims and their families, the community of Uvalde, and the Country,” McLaughlin said in a statement. “The city will fully cooperate with the Department of Justice and will assist with coordinating as necessary with other local entities as needed for this review.”
The team includes: Rick Braziel, the former police chief in Sacramento; Gene Deisinger, who was a deputy chief at Virginia Tech; Frank Fernandez, who served as the director of public safety in Coral Gables, Florida; Albert Guarnieri, a unit chief at the FBI; Mark Lomax, who worked as a major with the Pennsylvania State Police; Laura McElroy, the CEO of McElroy Media Group; John Mina, the sheriff in Orange County, Florida; April Naturale, an assistant vice president at Vibrant Emotional Health; and Kristen Ziman, the former police chief in Aurora, Illinois.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — The annual Downtown Open putt-putt event returns to Charleston for Summer 2022. On June 27, the pop-up course will feature 26 holes sponsored and customized by local businesses and organizations.
The course will be along the sidewalks of Capitol Street and Hale Street in Charleston. The event will coincide with FestivALL.
The course is free for the public. Putters, balls, scorecards and maps will be available at Taylor Books, Adelphia Sports Bar & Grille, Art Emporium and Tony the Tailor.
To view a digital map of the putt-putt course, click here. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/annual-26-hole-downtown-open-returns-to-charleston-for-2022/ | 2022-06-08T19:58:39 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/annual-26-hole-downtown-open-returns-to-charleston-for-2022/ |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — Kanawha County’s bill to house inmates at the South Central Regional Jail for May 2022 was $290,325, a 21% increase over May 2021.
The Kanawha County Commission announced the cost of the bill Wednesday, saying it is a $50,000 increase from May 2021.
They say the average yearly cost for Kanawha County is around $3.5 million and is trending upwards.
The Commission says each county in West Virginia pays the daily cost of housing inmates in State Regional Jails, which is putting a strain on counties’ public safety funding.
Commissioners in the press release called on the West Virginia Legislature saying that the State should pay the cost of housing inmates.
Commissioner Lance Wheeler said he is asking the Legislature to consider providing public safety services that local governments provide, like paying to house inmates.
Commissioner Ben Salango says that counties have already stopped paying jail bills due to the increases. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cost-of-housing-inmates-in-regional-jails-trending-upwards-in-west-virginia/ | 2022-06-08T19:58:45 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/cost-of-housing-inmates-in-regional-jails-trending-upwards-in-west-virginia/ |
CLARKSBURG, WV (WBOY) — A new study on pandemic work trends tracked how many older adults—which the study identified as people 65 and older—have returned to the workforce.
Magnify Money found that in late April and early May 2020, 19.5% of Americans 65 and older were working, and two years later, that figure jumped to 21.9%.
The study released Monday also found that in the same time period, the share of U.S. adults who reported that they’re retired went up from 14.9% to 17.4%.
West Virginia saw the sharpest decline in its percentage of retired adults—a decrease of 1.7%, compared to a decrease of 0.9% in South Dakota, which saw the next-highest decrease.
West Virginia was in the top five states that saw the highest jump in older adults joining the workforce between 2020 and 2022:
- New Jersey: 18.9%
- West Virginia: 17.2%
- Pennsylvania: 14.6%
- New Hampshire: 8.7%
- Georgia: 8.1%
According to the study, 8.0% of the Mountain State’s workforce was comprised of adults age 65 or older in 2020, and in 2022, that figure rose to 25.2%.
Other states saw older adults leave the workforce. The change was most dramatic in the following:
- North Dakota: 11.0%
- Wisconsin: 8.3%
- North Carolina: 6.3%
- Alaska: 4.4%
- Maine: 4.3%
Magnify Money cited some reasons for the changes, including median weekly wages rising from $951 to $1,030 and inflation hitting a record-breaking 40-year high. Another possible factor it cited was the fact that older people are more at risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms than younger people, which could have caused many of them to leave the workforce in 2020, only to return in 2021 and 2022 as vaccination rates increased and more of them felt comfortable working again.
The study used data from the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey, which asked respondents whether they were employed in the past seven days. Magnify Money said it then estimated the percentage of adults 65 and older employed in each U.S. state in both periods and then ranked the states with the biggest jumps by percentage points. Magnify Money also said it analyzed retirement data at the national and state levels. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-2-state-for-highest-number-of-adults-65-returning-to-workforce/ | 2022-06-08T19:58:51 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-2-state-for-highest-number-of-adults-65-returning-to-workforce/ |
NORTH PORT, Fla. — A late night cigarette turned into a near death experience for one man at a North Port motel.
Raymon Schott, 49, was bitten by an alligator while walking outside of the Warm Mineral Springs Motel in North Port, officials said.
The attack happened around 12:34 a.m. Tuesday morning when the man walked outside of the motel located at 12597 South Tamiami Trail, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the man saw something moving near the shell path and bushes but assumed it was a dog on a long leash and that was why he did not move out of the way. The man told authorities the gator ripped into his leg and held on eventually biting off a piece of his muscle tissue.
Will was staying at the motel, he said the deputies quickly got control of the gator.
A deputy who was nearby responding to an unrelated incident called paramedics for the man.
“A Sargent, he jumped in the middle in the back of that gator. Folded him up and taped him in a ball,” he said. “He did it so easily it was almost comical.”
The man was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The Warm Mineral Springs owner said he visited the victim in the hospital Tuesday and he does appear to be recovering from his leg injury.
He was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies were able to capture the gator before an alligator trapper arrived and took the animal away from the area.
Wildlife officials said the gator measured 7’1″ and was taken alive to Townsend Farms.
Witnesses believe the 7-foot gator came from a nearby drain across the street from the motel. Will was rooting for the victim to make a full recovery and he said incidents like this are part of living in the sunshine state.
“This is Florida. You got to expect to see a gator or you’re not having any fun,” he said.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is investigating the incident.
With gator mating season happening now in southwest Florida wildlife experts said humans should expect an increase in sightings.
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Serious injuries caused by alligators are rare in Florida.
Wildlife officers administer a Statewide Nuisance Alligator Program (SNAP) to be proactive with complaints concerning specific alligators believed to pose a threat to people, pets or property.
Here are some additional tips from FWC:
- “During the spring, greater visibility of alligators is primarily attributed to warmer temperatures. They become more visible when temperatures rise because their metabolism increases and they will begin to seek prey items such as fish, snakes, turtles, birds, and small mammals. During this time of year, we encourage people to take simple precautionary measures to reduce the chances of conflicts with alligators.
- The first tip is keep your distance if you see an alligator and never feed one. When fed, alligators can overcome their natural wariness and learn to associate people with food.
- Second, swim only in designated swimming areas during daylight hours. Alligators are most active between dusk and dawn.
- And finally, keep pets on a leash and away from the water. Pets can resemble alligators’ natural prey.
If you see an alligator that’s causing a problem, call the FWC Nuisance Alligator Hotline at 866-FWC-GATOR (866-392-4286).
When someone concerned about an alligator calls the Nuisance Alligator Hotline, officers will dispatch one of their contracted nuisance alligator trappers to resolve the situation. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/08/alligator-attacks-man-outside-warm-mineral-springs-motel-in-north-port/ | 2022-06-08T19:59:21 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/08/alligator-attacks-man-outside-warm-mineral-springs-motel-in-north-port/ |
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Human remains discovered in Babcock Ranch on May 6 have been identified as Edward R. Gerdom, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.
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Gerdom was a resident of North Fort Myers and he’d been missing since January 29, 2021. He was last seen by his family when he was dropped off at Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers for care.
Investigators said Gerdom checked out of the hospital against medical recommendations and had not heard from him since.
The remains were discovered on the east side of the Curry Creek Wildlife Preserve in Babcock Ranch.
According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), a land development company found the skeletal remains while maintaining the preserve area.
Detectives worked with the Medical Examiner and utilized dental records to help identify the remains.
Currently, there are no signs of foul play and the investigation is ongoing. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/08/investigators-identify-human-remains-found-in-babcock-ranch/ | 2022-06-08T19:59:27 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/08/investigators-identify-human-remains-found-in-babcock-ranch/ |
New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered testimony Wednesday to the U.S. House Committee on the ongoing national gun violence pandemic, calling for Congress to “bring an end to gun violence,” warning that “the clock is ticking every day, every minute, towards another hour of death.”
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is high noon in America," Adams said. "Time for every one of us to decide where we stand on the issue of gun violence."
Adams was among the many others who testified before the House committee urging for Congress to act and curb America's gun violence epidemic. Among others who testified were the parents of victims and survivors of the mass shooting in Buffalo and Uvalde.
An 11-year-old girl who survived the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, recounted in video testimony to Congress on Wednesday how she covered herself with a dead classmate’s blood to avoid being shot and “just stayed quiet.”
Miah Cerrillo, a fourth-grader at Robb Elementary School -- where 19 children and two teachers died when an 18-year-old gunman opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle on May 24 -- told lawmakers in a pre-recorded video that she watched a teacher get shot in the head before looking for a place to hide.
“I thought he would come back so I covered myself with blood,” Miah told the House panel. “I put it all over me and I just stayed quiet.” She called 911 using the deceased teacher's phone and pleaded for help.
In the video Wednesday, Miah's father, Miguel Cerillo, asks his daughter if she feels safe at school anymore. She shook her head no, saying she is afraid it will happen again.
The panel for Wednesday’s hearing included testimony from the mother of a 20-year-old man who was shot in a racist mass shooting last month in a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Zeneta Everhart told lawmakers it was their duty to draft legislation that protects Zaire and other Americans. She said that if they did not find the testimony moving enough to act on gun laws, they had an invitation to go to her home to help her clean her son’s wounds.
“My son Zaire has a hole in the right side of his neck, two on his back, and another on his left leg,” she said, then paused to compose herself. “As I clean his wounds, I can feel pieces of that bullet in his back. Shrapnel will be left inside of his body for the rest of his life. Now I want you to picture that exact scenario for one of your children.”
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the chairwoman of the Oversight Committee, opened the hearing by calling mass shootings a "uniquely American tragedy."
Maloney called for a ban on assault weapons, arguing that the "Second Amendment does not protect the right to own a weapon of war."
The Oversight committee, controlled by a Democratic majority, is no stranger to examining gun violence in America. But the recent spate of killings has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill and around the country.
Last week, President Joe Biden issued his strongest appeal yet for Congress to take action on guns as bipartisan talks are intensifying among a core group of senators.
But lawmakers have been here before — unable to pass any substantial gun safety laws in decades in the face of steep objections from Republicans in Congress, some conservative Democrats, and the fierce lobbying of gun owners and the National Rifle Association. No major legislation has made it into law since the 1994 assault weapons ban, which has since expired.
“It is high noon in America. The clock is ticking, every day, every minute towards another hour of death," Adams said in part during his testimony. “I am here today to ask every one of you, and everyone in this Congress, to stand with me to end gun violence and protect the lives of all Americans.
“We are facing a crisis that is killing more Americans than war. A crisis that is now the number one cause of death for our young people," he continued. “A crisis that is flooding our cities with illegal guns faster than we can take them off the street."
New York City has also seen its fair share of gun violence with the mass subway shooting in Brooklyn, incidents of multiple kids getting shot, as well as stray bullets impacting residents while they are home.
Just this past Tuesday night, a teen girl doing her homework at her dining room table received a gunshot wound to the leg when a stray bullet flew through her window in Queens.
The 15-year-old was taken to the hospital where she had surgery to remove the bullet from her leg.
While police believe she was not the intended target, these types of close calls have become all too common in New York City, since this is not the first scenario in which an unintended target was struck by a stray bullet while at home.
A 72-year-old Queens woman was also hit by a stray bullet as she sat in her own home watching TV. The victim’s South Ozone Park home was riddled with at least 10 bullet holes.
Police in that case also said the woman was not the intended target.
With all these horrible incidents in the not-so-distant past, Adams along with those six other mayors from around the state met last month to launch a four-year coordinated plan around gun violence.
To read Adams' complete testimony, click here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/its-high-noon-in-america-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-testifies-before-congress-on-gun-violence/3725699/ | 2022-06-08T20:03:12 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/its-high-noon-in-america-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-testifies-before-congress-on-gun-violence/3725699/ |
A man is in critical condition after being shot in the head in broad daylight on a Bronx street Wednesday morning, police said.
According to the NYPD, police received a call shortly before 11:30 a.m. reporting a shooting on Walton Avenue in the Fordham Heights section.
When police arrived, they found a man between 25 to 30 years old with a gunshot wound to the head.
According to police, three men exited a black Volkswagen, approached the man, and then shot him.
The gunshot victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in critical condition.
Additional information was not immediately available.
The investigation is ongoing.
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On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams delivered testimony to U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform regarding the ongoing national gun violence epidemic plaguing this country.
The testimony comes following a number of high-profile mass shootings, including one in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and another at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York.
Read Adams' full testimony below:
“Thank you, Chairwoman Maloney, for the invitation to testify today. I also want to thank all the members of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, members from the New York City Congressional Delegation, and everyone who has testified today, especially those who have so bravely shared their stories of losing loved ones to gun violence.
“I am Eric Adams, and I am honored to appear before you today as the 110th mayor of the great City of New York to discuss the ways we can protect public safety and prevent gun violence.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is high noon in America.
“Time for every one of us to decide where we stand on the issue of gun violence.
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“Time to decide if it is more important to protect the profits of gun manufacturers or the lives of our children.
“Time to decide if we are going to be a nation of laws, or a confederation of chaos.
“And we must do it now.
“It is high noon in America. The clock is ticking, every day, every minute towards another hour of death.
“I am here today to ask every one of you, and everyone in this Congress, to stand with me to end gun violence and protect the lives of all Americans.
“We are facing a crisis that is killing more Americans than war. A crisis that is now the number one cause of death for our young people.
“A crisis that is flooding our cities with illegal guns faster than we can take them off the street.
“The New York Police Department has taken over 3000 illegal guns off our streets this year alone, but the guns just keep coming.
“This is a crisis that transcends party lines and affects both rural and urban communities.
“I know this firsthand as the co-chair of Everytown’s nonpartisan coalition on Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
“No matter what our party affiliation, we are united in our mission to stop crime, save lives, and bring an end to gun violence.
“Because this isn’t about ‘Blue’ versus ‘Red;’ this about right versus wrong.
“Whether it is on the street wearing a badge, or in these chambers taking a vote, we must stand for what is right.
“First, we need Congress to take the handcuffs off the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and let them do their jobs. That means confirming President Biden’s nominee as soon as possible.
“And we must work together to dam all the rivers that lead to this sea of violence.
“Commonsense gun reform must become the law of the land.
“I am pleased that today the House will vote on H.R.7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, and I urge swift passage of the gun violence prevention package for consideration in the Senate.
“I also urge the Senate to pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021, and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2021. These are bipartisan gun safety bills that will make our cities and our people safer.
“I stand with President Joe Biden in calling on Congress to act now to regulate or ban assault weapons in this country. Even if we only raise the age required to buy one of these weapons, lives will be saved.
“And we need Congress to direct federal aid to localities and states that supports not just law enforcement and violence prevention, but also access to high-quality health care, childcare, education, and housing.
“We must build a society where our youth are on a path to fulfillment, not a road to ruin.
“As mayor, my greatest responsibility is protecting the lives and the safety of the people of New York City.
“This is my calling, my duty, and my life’s work. I did it as a police officer, in a uniform and wearing the badge. And I do it now, as the elected leader of our largest American city.
“But I need your help to further protect our people and to save lives. The time to act is now.
“It is high noon in America.
“Time to live up to our ideals.
“Time to work together to protect each other and our communities.
“Time to take action on gun violence.
“Because if you truly love this country, then you love your neighbor and you fight for their freedoms, for their families, and for their lives.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/read-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-full-testimony-to-congress-on-americas-gun-violence-epidemic/3725772/ | 2022-06-08T20:03:17 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/read-nyc-mayor-eric-adams-full-testimony-to-congress-on-americas-gun-violence-epidemic/3725772/ |
CROWN POINT — A driver was taken to the hospital early Wednesday afternoon after his semi-truck rolled over onto the shoulder of a local stretch of southbound Interstate 65, according to Crown Point Fire Rescue.
The driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and no hazardous materials were involved, officials said.
Motorists are encouraged to travel slowly through the area and move over for emergency vehicles. Delays are expected.
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Alexander Wilderness III
Booking Number(s): 2204672
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quiana Wilderness
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204673
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Ramirez
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavert Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204687
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Manuel Valente
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204688
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Moore
Booking Number(s): 2204679
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dayanna Majewski
Booking Number(s): 2204684
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle McDaniel-Burgess
Booking Number(s): 2204660
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tzaddi Mingo
Booking Number(s): 2204681
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zachary Greenwood
Booking Number(s): 2204692
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasheedah Echols
Booking Number(s): 2204693
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Elzinga
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204670
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Gonzalez
Booking Number(s): 2204655
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Derrick
Booking Number(s): 2204686
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Bennett
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204662
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Guy Blessing
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204690
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tremaine Conley
Booking Number(s): 2204664
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delores Dehler
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ethan Baker
Booking Number(s): 2204691
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angel Roman
Booking Number(s): 2204644
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephen Rucker
Booking Number(s): 2204648
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jesus Sanchez
Booking Number(s): 2204646
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ja Mire Wayne
Booking Number(s): 2204650
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Ford
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204642
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Henderson
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204639
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Perkins Jr.
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204652
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Carey
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204647
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Fisher Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204641
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Bonhama
Booking Number(s): 2204653
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Turner
Booking Number(s): 2204617
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Mills
Booking Number(s): 2204630
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Ramon
Booking Number(s): 2204636
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martin Salinas
Booking Number(s): 2204628
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Viron Lewis
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204623
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacey Martin Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204635
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristen Meadows
Booking Number(s): 2204624
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vanuvito Johnson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204629
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - BODILY WASTE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204583
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mauro Rodriguez Salinas
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204602
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barbara Rose
Booking Number(s): 2204588
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Wagster
Booking Number(s): 2204595
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY - (SIMPLE ASSAULT)
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Josephine Olvera
Booking Number(s): 2204609
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheyenne Hits
Booking Number(s): 2204601
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte McFarland
Booking Number(s): 2204585
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessie Gomez
Booking Number(s): 2204579
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dane Grivicic
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204598
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Campos
Booking Number(s): 2204593
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Donelson
Booking Number(s): 2204600
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Fischer
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204606
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shantell Alexander
Booking Number(s): 2204612
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Glennard Anglemyer
Booking Number(s): 2204591
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Boyd
Booking Number(s): 2204587
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darnell Bradley
Booking Number(s): 2204597
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ward
Booking Number(s): 2204560
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Williams
Booking Number(s): 2204551
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Yepez
Booking Number(s): 2204573
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dandre Spears
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204562
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Saragossa
Booking Number(s): 2204547
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomas Quijano
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204550
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Ownby
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204557
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Timothy Montson
Booking Number(s): 2204545
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - FORCIBLE FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yokeca Mitchell
Booking Number(s): 2204559
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Jasean McMillon
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204578
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shiquan Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204553
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnathan Haag
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204565
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Holt-Chaney
Booking Number(s): 2204554
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hillary Hutchins
Booking Number(s): 2204552
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Gutierrez
Booking Number(s): 2204575
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lashay Funchess
Booking Number(s): 2204561
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Misti Franco
Booking Number(s): 2204558
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Booking Number(s): 2204549
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Berlanga
Booking Number(s): 2204548
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Blane
Booking Number(s): 2204566
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Burns
Booking Number(s): 2204568
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasiel Portes Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204483
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Ranta
Booking Number(s): 2204480
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xzaviar Rayford
Booking Number(s): 2204482
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabrielle Paiva
Booking Number(s): 2204472
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darren Monroe
Residence: Port Huron, MI
Booking Number(s): 2204486
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
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GARY — A partially burned man was found dead Wednesday morning in the 4800 block of West 21st Avenue, Gary Police Lt. Dawn Westerfield said.
Police were called out to the area at 8:26 a.m. and met with two citizens, who found what they believed to be a dead man in the grassy area, Westerfield said.
Police said they found the man face down and partially burned.
Gary medics arrived on scene and confirmed the man was dead.
"He is currently listed as a John Doe as no identification was located by the male," Westerfield said.
Lake County coroner officers officially declared the man dead at the scene.
The Metro Homicide Unit is investigating the death, Westerfield said. Anyone with information on the incident or the identity of the deceased man is urged to contact the homicide unit at 219-755-3855 or the Crime Tip Line at 866-CRIME-GP.
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Alexander Wilderness III
Booking Number(s): 2204672
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quiana Wilderness
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204673
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Ramirez
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavert Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204687
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Manuel Valente
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204688
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Moore
Booking Number(s): 2204679
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dayanna Majewski
Booking Number(s): 2204684
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle McDaniel-Burgess
Booking Number(s): 2204660
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tzaddi Mingo
Booking Number(s): 2204681
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zachary Greenwood
Booking Number(s): 2204692
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasheedah Echols
Booking Number(s): 2204693
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Elzinga
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204670
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Gonzalez
Booking Number(s): 2204655
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Derrick
Booking Number(s): 2204686
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Bennett
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204662
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Guy Blessing
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204690
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tremaine Conley
Booking Number(s): 2204664
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delores Dehler
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ethan Baker
Booking Number(s): 2204691
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angel Roman
Booking Number(s): 2204644
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephen Rucker
Booking Number(s): 2204648
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jesus Sanchez
Booking Number(s): 2204646
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ja Mire Wayne
Booking Number(s): 2204650
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Ford
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204642
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Henderson
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204639
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Perkins Jr.
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204652
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Carey
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204647
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Fisher Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204641
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Bonhama
Booking Number(s): 2204653
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Turner
Booking Number(s): 2204617
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Mills
Booking Number(s): 2204630
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Ramon
Booking Number(s): 2204636
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martin Salinas
Booking Number(s): 2204628
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Viron Lewis
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204623
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacey Martin Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204635
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristen Meadows
Booking Number(s): 2204624
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vanuvito Johnson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204629
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - BODILY WASTE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204583
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mauro Rodriguez Salinas
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204602
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barbara Rose
Booking Number(s): 2204588
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Wagster
Booking Number(s): 2204595
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY - (SIMPLE ASSAULT)
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Josephine Olvera
Booking Number(s): 2204609
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheyenne Hits
Booking Number(s): 2204601
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte McFarland
Booking Number(s): 2204585
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessie Gomez
Booking Number(s): 2204579
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dane Grivicic
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204598
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Campos
Booking Number(s): 2204593
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Donelson
Booking Number(s): 2204600
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Fischer
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204606
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shantell Alexander
Booking Number(s): 2204612
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Glennard Anglemyer
Booking Number(s): 2204591
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Boyd
Booking Number(s): 2204587
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darnell Bradley
Booking Number(s): 2204597
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ward
Booking Number(s): 2204560
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Williams
Booking Number(s): 2204551
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Yepez
Booking Number(s): 2204573
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dandre Spears
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204562
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Saragossa
Booking Number(s): 2204547
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomas Quijano
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204550
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Ownby
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204557
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Timothy Montson
Booking Number(s): 2204545
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - FORCIBLE FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yokeca Mitchell
Booking Number(s): 2204559
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Jasean McMillon
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204578
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shiquan Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204553
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnathan Haag
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204565
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Holt-Chaney
Booking Number(s): 2204554
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hillary Hutchins
Booking Number(s): 2204552
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Gutierrez
Booking Number(s): 2204575
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lashay Funchess
Booking Number(s): 2204561
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Misti Franco
Booking Number(s): 2204558
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Booking Number(s): 2204549
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Berlanga
Booking Number(s): 2204548
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Blane
Booking Number(s): 2204566
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Burns
Booking Number(s): 2204568
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasiel Portes Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204483
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Ranta
Booking Number(s): 2204480
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xzaviar Rayford
Booking Number(s): 2204482
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabrielle Paiva
Booking Number(s): 2204472
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-found-partially-burned-dead-in-grassy-area-region-police-say/article_bd50a073-b0dd-5f17-bcc0-2183e5218f3b.html | 2022-06-08T20:06:55 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-found-partially-burned-dead-in-grassy-area-region-police-say/article_bd50a073-b0dd-5f17-bcc0-2183e5218f3b.html |
LEESBURG -- As an attorney and the chairman of the Lee County Board of Commissioners, Billy Mathis often takes on different roles.
But cheerleader?
Mathis was indeed leading cheers for Lee County's Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Tuesday evening, a budget that the commission chairman says continues to show the fiscal strength of the southwest Georgia county government.
"Things are good in Lee County," Mathis said. "We're very fortunate to be in strong financial condition where many governments in the region are not. We try in Lee County to be fiscally responsible."
Highlights pointed out by Mathis in the $29 million-plus FY '23 budget -- a slight increase over the current spending plan -- include:
-- A balanced budget;
-- No tax increases;
-- No use of reserves;
-- Plans to give each employee a $3,000 raise.
"What we try to do is grow our government as our revenue grows," Mathis said. "And we think the $3,000 raise per employee is a fair way to reward our people. When salaries are raised by a certain percentage, it benefits the people at the top of the pay scale moreso than those at the lower end.
"But it's those folks at the lower end of the pay scale who are hardest to recruit. By giving all employees the same amount, it's much more equitable; it rewards everyone the same. For some on the lower end of the scale, this marks a more-than-13% pay increase."
Mathis said that in budget discussions, the Lee Commission did not, like many other governments in the region, use its American Rescue Plan funds for recurring capital expenditures.
"A lot of folks used those funds to increase pay or to fund programs that are going to need the same amount of funding year after year," the Lee Commission chairman said. "We got around $3 million in the first round of funding, and we used it to try and leverage other grants. Getting grant funding is so competitive these days, the more skin you have in the game, the more likely you are to get a grant.
"We used $1.5 million of our (ARP) funding toward a broadband grant, and that landed us a $21 million grant. We also used the other $1.5 million to apply for a sewer and stormwater grant, which we, unfortunately, did not get. But, since we didn't get that grant, we used that funding to purchase new -- and badly needed -- radio and communications equipment for all of our first responders ... for paramedics, fire personnel, the sheriff's office. We try very hard to give those folks everything they need."
Mathis said that, long-term, the commission is looking at adding fire stations in northwest and northeast Lee County.
"We're in great shape now in that regard," he said. "Those future stations would meet all our needs."
Mathis said that with the recent resignation of commissioners Rick Muggridge (immediately because he moved out of his current district) and John Wheaton (who is leaving the board at the end of this year), the board will have two new members in 2023. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/positive-financial-news-continues-in-lee-county/article_c1aa6b60-e760-11ec-bed6-9bde55daf675.html | 2022-06-08T20:11:35 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/positive-financial-news-continues-in-lee-county/article_c1aa6b60-e760-11ec-bed6-9bde55daf675.html |
BOISE, Idaho — The Federal Communications Commissions has proposed a $34,000 fine against an Idaho man that the agency says interfered with firefighters' radio communications during a wildfire last year when he alerted them to hazards in the region.
The FCC said alleged interference happened while the U.S. Forest Service and the Idaho Department of Lands were fighting a wildfire near the small north-central Idaho village of Elk River.
The agencies were using the radios to guide firefighting aircraft when someone identifying himself as “comm tech” made eight unauthorized transmissions on the government radio frequencies, telling the crews about hazards near an airstrip in the region, the FCC said.
Jason Frawley, a HAM radio operator and broadband service provider in the region with equipment at the airstrip, later told officials that he was trying to help the firefighting crews by giving them details about conditions in the area.
Still, the FCC said that regardless of the intent, the violations were “willful.”
“Interfering with authorized radio communications — and especially public safety related communications — is a serous violation of the law and can put lives and property at risk,” the agency wrote in a statement released Wednesday.
Frawley will have the opportunity to respond to the FCC's proposal and allegations before the fine becomes final, the FCC said.
Frawley told The Associated Press that he could not immediately comment on the matter.
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ABINGDON, Va. (WJHL) — The Abingdon Police Department is investigating the death of a child.
According to the police department, officers responded to a home on Cambridge Street late Tuesday morning in reference to an unresponsive 10-month-old child.
The Washington County Life Saving Crew Transported the child to Johnston Memorial Hospital.
No other information was released. The child’s death remains under investigation. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/abingdon-police-investigating-death-of-10-month-old-child/ | 2022-06-08T20:15:03 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/abingdon-police-investigating-death-of-10-month-old-child/ |
RUSSELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – The body of a man who had been reported missing by family members in early June was found in a river, according to Russell County Sheriff Steve Dye.
A release from the sheriff’s office states that Ricky Griffith, 59, of Honaker, was reported missing on Thursday, June 2.
Kayakers on the Clinch River found Griffith’s body on Monday, June 6, according to Dye. The location on the river was within the Town of Richlands, Virginia.
An investigation was conducted by the Russell County Sheriff’s Office and the Richlands Police Department, and Griffith’s body was sent for an autopsy in Roanoke. A medical examiner confirmed Griffith’s identity.
The release states there has been no evidence of foul play as of Wednesday. A complete report from the medical examiner’s office is still pending. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-body-of-missing-honaker-man-found-by-kayakers/ | 2022-06-08T20:15:09 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-body-of-missing-honaker-man-found-by-kayakers/ |
WEBER CITY, Va. (WJHL) – Most volunteer fire departments across the region host annual fundraisers to keep the doors open, as state and local funding only takes them so far.
The Weber City Volunteer Fire Department in May unveiled its new fire station along US Highway 23 – the main vein that runs through the town. The facility is not operational yet because it has yet to be renovated. The renovation price tag is well over $1 million.
“Right now, we finance the building and the property, and we’re trying to fundraise to raise the $1.2 million it’s going to take to do this building,” said Weber City VFD Public Information Officer Hunter Hensley.
He explained the VFD receives some funding from the state and on a local level, but it’s not nearly enough to negate fundraising.
“We’re probably able to cover 60% of our operational cost from what we get from the state and the county. The rest of it’s up to grants and donations and fundraising activity,” Hensley said.
And so the VFD members stood in front of their new building, looked out across the vast parking lot, and noticed the cars continuously passing by.
“When we bought this property and had the empty parking lot outside, we came up with the idea of trying a flea market,” Hensley said.
This was not the first time this parking lot was considered for the location of a flea market.
“It was a traffic thing,” Hensley said. “There are close to 30,000 cars a day that goes through this red light out here. And people used to have yard sales here a long time ago. The Mann’s strawberries stand up there, they always set up here every year. So they think it’s worth setting up, and the people that used to own it actually had a sign for no yard sales. So people must have been trying to do this a lot in the past. So we said if it doesn’t work, what have we lost?”
About a dozen stalls are set up nearly every day to sell their products at the Weber City VFD flea market.
Sarah Powers owns R&S Custom Tees and More with her partner Rhonda. As gas prices inflated, Powers said she could not afford to drive to Wise County to set up her stall anymore, so when the opportunity came up to support first responders and sell her products close to home, she was ecstatic.
“We, in our little business, like to give back and we want to help,” she said.
The pair custom print just about any design onto just about any surface, Powers explained. They also handmake several pieces of jewelry and hair accessories.
“We can do just about anything. We’ll do logos, car decals. We do a lot of stuff,” she said.
The stall next door houses J&L Produce which is owned by Jimmy Carter — the produce vendor, not the former president.
Carter went to a local doctor’s office one day in March and drove by the Weber City VFD’s new building. He noticed the sign warding off those hoping to run small stands in the parking lot had been removed.
“I asked them I said, ‘can I come here and start selling produce?’ and they said ‘yeah.’ I’ve been here since,” Carter said proudly.
Carter’s stand is one of the few that opens every day.
“7 to 7 if we have to, but we’re here. I love the people, this is a good bunch of people to deal with and they love you like a family,” he said.
Some vendors might be local, like Gate City High School graduate David Browder, but schedules do not permit them to open their stands daily.
Browder is a member of the popular gospel music group, The Browders. When he was in high school, he said he had two dreams – to be a successful gospel music singer like his parents and to have his own clothing line.
“I had some time off from the road, from our busy touring schedule, and I told my wife I said ‘I think I will get a tent and I’m gonna go set up at the Weber City flea market,'” Browder told News Channel 11.
Both his dreams had come true. The Browder Brand clothing line consists of shirts, dresses, lanyards, hats and more.
Browder’s sons, Ethan and Elijah, joined him at the flea market to sell their clothing. They said they wear the branded clothing to school and some other students at Gate City Middle and High schools wear the brand as well.
“It’s so exciting,” Browder said as his sons confirmed the comfort of the 100% cotton shirts. “I just thank God, just seeing my dreams starting to come true.”
Since the VFD is a non-profit organization, they cannot charge vendors a fee or “rent” spaces in their little makeshift flea market, but Hensley said the vendors have been great supporters of the first responder agency.
“They donate to us for every parking spot they have, they always give us something so it works out for everybody,” Hensley said.
The new facility won’t be fully operational for at least another two years, but they have hopes to keep the flea market open in a small capacity, so as not to hinder the emergency services once fully open. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/weber-city-vfd-hosts-flea-market-in-biggest-fundraiser-ever/ | 2022-06-08T20:15:16 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/weber-city-vfd-hosts-flea-market-in-biggest-fundraiser-ever/ |
At Richmond International Airport on Wednesday, roughly 100 passengers waited to board Breeze Airways' fully booked nonstop flight to San Francisco. This is the first time Richmond has had a direct flight to San Francisco from Breeze which began running in late May and will run on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
This flight is one of five new nonstop flights that Breeze is adding in Richmond this year.
According to Breeze Airways' CEO, David Neeleman, providing nonstop flights is a key strategy for Breeze Airways that allows them to corner a market.
“We see a trend in the Unites States, and I think it's pretty evident in this airport as well, the majority of flights all fly to a hub," Neeleman said. "So if you really want to go to somewhere out of Richmond, unless you are going to Florida, you have fly through either Charlotte or Chicago or Dallas or Atlanta to be able to go anywhere. So we just picked cities from Richmond that have a lot of people traveling."
Breeze Airways was co-founded by Neeleman, who previously founded JetBlue as well as Brazil’s Azul, Canada’s WestJet and Utah-based Morris Air.
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Neeleman says Breeze aims to get people to their destinations "twice as fast for half the price."
To celebrate the new flight route, Neeleman passed out snacks and waters to passengers and the plane went through a ceremonial water arch before taking off.
On Thursday, the first flight from Richmond to Las Vegas will take off becoming the eighth nonstop flight from Breeze, with Providence following on June 30 making nine total nonstop flights. Flights to Jacksonville, Fla. started in May and flights to Harford, Conn. started in early June. The other nonstop existing flights include Charleston, S.C., New Orleans, La., Tampa, Fla., and West Palm Beach, Fla.
With fuel prices continuing to climb, Neeleman says ticket prices will subsequently rise as well.
“We have raised our fares," Neeleman said. "Fares would be a lot cheaper if it wasn’t for fuel where it’s at today. We still have good prices. With the price of fuel doubled, we have to charge about $5 more per hour of flight.”
For the flight from Richmond to San Francisco, which is about five hours long, the price rise translates to $25 more each way.
Breeze charges extra for checked or carry-on bags, though it’s free to bring a personal item that fits under the seat, such as a purse, backpack or briefcase. The airline has seats near the front of the plane that cost a little more but provide additional legroom.
In an effort to keep costs down and offer low fares, Breeze uses a smartphone app to handle all customer interactions, from booking flights to issuing electronic boarding passes. Passengers can’t call the airline — they have to interact online at flybreeze.com or via the app.
Another issue impacting the airline industry is a shortage in pilots. Neeleman attributes the shortage as a result of big airlines offering early retirement to thousands of pilots at the beginning of the pandemic when travel was very restricted.
Neeleman said that Breeze has not been impacted by the pilot shortage.
“We created these bases; people can live in Charleston, fly during the day and come back at night,” Needleman said. “So it’s just a better life and we are focusing on lifestyle. We have a lot of pilots living in Norfolk...and they love living in the city."
After he finished talking with the press, Needleman hopped on the Breeze flight to San Francisco and took off. | https://richmond.com/business/local/low-cost-airline-breeze-airways-is-adding-flights-from-richmond-to-san-francisco-and-las/article_762cd3e2-8356-5684-ab7b-c0952c8797e1.html | 2022-06-08T20:21:50 | 0 | https://richmond.com/business/local/low-cost-airline-breeze-airways-is-adding-flights-from-richmond-to-san-francisco-and-las/article_762cd3e2-8356-5684-ab7b-c0952c8797e1.html |
Richmond police on Wednesday released the identity of the man shot in Gilpin Court Tuesday. Authorities say the victim is Jermarcus Taylor, 37, of Richmond.
Officers were called to the scene in the 300 block of West Charity Street at about 7:28 a.m. They found Taylor laying in an alley between apartment buildings and unresponsive, with an apparent gunshot wound.
He was taken to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead. The medical examiner will determine the cause and manner of death as police's homicide investigation continues.
Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to call Major Crimes Detective M. Godwin (804) 317-6922 or contact Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. The P3 Tips Crime Stoppers app for smartphones also may be used. All Crime Stoppers reporting methods are anonymous. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/richmond-man-identified-in-gilpin-court-homicide/article_57b3ac15-d79f-5e1c-a33b-63905e893a42.html | 2022-06-08T20:21:56 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/richmond-man-identified-in-gilpin-court-homicide/article_57b3ac15-d79f-5e1c-a33b-63905e893a42.html |
The trial of a Trevor man accused of sexually assaulting and attempting to kill a woman is underway after being delayed by a judge who expressed concerns about statements the man was making about his then-attorneys.
Robert T. Eaton Jr., 36, faces a prison sentence of up to 130 years if convicted of all the charges against him for the alleged February 2019 attack on a woman at his home on a Trevor horse farm.
Eaton is alleged to have beaten, sexually assaulted and shot at the woman after she came to his home to help him in response to a series of texts he sent threatening suicide. According to the criminal complaint, the woman escaped his home while partially clothed and with a broken arm, hiding outside in freezing temperatures until deputies arrived. Eaton then had a several-hours long standoff with law enforcement before he was taken into custody.
He is charged with eight felonies, including attempted first-degree intentional homicide, first-degree sexual assault, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, aggravated battery and false imprisonment. He has been in custody since his arrest, held on $250,000 bond.
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At a hearing in March 2021, then-Kenosha County Circuit Court Judge Larisa Benitez-Morgan pulled Eaton’s trial — which had been scheduled for later that year — from the calendar after questions over motions filed by the defense and Eaton’s refusal to sign off on a decision by his defense attorneys.
A defense attorney had told the court he was withdrawing his intention to file a motion seeking access to the psychiatric records for the woman Eaton is alleged to have assaulted, saying he did not believe the motion was appropriate based on a defense investigation. Eaton, however, refused to say he would not file a future appeal based on his attorney’s decision not to pursue the issue.
“It does not appear that Mr. Eaton is on the same page as his attorney,” Benitez-Morgan said at the time.
The judge said she was concerned that if there was not an agreement between Eaton and his attorneys over trial strategy, it could lead to the trial verdict being overturned on appeal. The judge said she was concerned both with Eaton’s rights as a defendant and about the rights of the woman he is accused of assaulting.
It wasn't the first time Eaton had disagreed with his defense attorneys.
In July 2020, he was scheduled to enter a guilty plea to lesser charges and had signed a plea agreement. But on the day he was scheduled to enter his plea, he instead told the judge handling the case at that time that he was withdrawing from the agreement and fired his private attorneys.
The trial is now before Circuit Court Judge Gerad Dougvillo, who defeated incumbent Benitez-Morgan in the April 2021 election for Circuit Court Branch 1 judge. The trial was in its second day Wednesday. Eaton is now being represented by attorneys Michael Hart and Stephen Komie. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trial-underway-for-trevor-man-accused-of-sexual-assault-attempted-homicide/article_f1193924-e762-11ec-9c3f-bb2565a5e010.html | 2022-06-08T20:31:51 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/trial-underway-for-trevor-man-accused-of-sexual-assault-attempted-homicide/article_f1193924-e762-11ec-9c3f-bb2565a5e010.html |
DAVENPORT, Iowa — A shooting just before 1 a.m. Wednesday, June 8 at a Casey's Convenience Store in Davenport left one man dead, according to the Davenport Police Department.
A Davenport police officer responded to a call at about 12:45 a.m. Wednesday regarding a suspicious person possibly tampering with an air conditioning unit on the side of the Casey's located at 1961 West 53rd St.
After making contact with the suspect, police said the officer did a wanted check and determined the suspect had outstanding warrants for his arrest. During the interaction, a physical confrontation ensued and lead to shots exchanged between the suspect and officer.
The suspect was injured by the gunfire and taken for treatment to a local hospital, where he later died. The officer sustained non-life-threatening injuries as a result of the interaction, according to the police department.
The identities of the man killed and the officer are unknown at this time.
The officer was placed on administrative leave and an outside agency was assigned to investigate the shooting per Davenport Police Department policy. The Scott County Sheriff's Office and Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation will also be conducting a joint investigation into the incident, according to the Davenport Police Department.
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Something strange was recently spotted near the Amarillo Zoo.
On May 21, at about 1:30 in the morning, security cameras surrounding the zoo captured a peculiar image, to say the least.
The silhouette resembled several things.
Was it a zoo employee wearing a big hat? Or maybe a teenager dressed up in a wolf costume or perhaps a large coyote standing on its hind legs? Some have even suggested it was a Chupacabra.
For now, the zoo is calling it a UAO – Unidentified Amarillo Object.
City officials want their community to weigh in, too.
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“It is definitely a strange and interesting image,” said Michael Kashuba, City of Amarillo (COA) Director of Parks and Recreation. “Maybe Amarillo can help solve the mystery of our UAO.”
The public is more than welcome to submit their own theories on the true identity of the UAO.
“It is [also] important to note that this entity was outside of the Amarillo Zoo,” according to Kashuba. “There were no signs of attempted entry into the zoo. No animals or individuals were harmed. There we no signs of criminal activity or vandalism.”
If you think you can crack the case, contact the COA communications office.
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KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — The City of Kingsport is still more than a month behind on water bills, but city officials have announced a plan to catch back up.
The city will do two billing cycles covering 45 days instead of three, which means current bills will be higher than normal.
“This will cause your current bill to be higher than normal,” a city spokesperson said in a release. “For example, if you’re expecting to pay $50 per month for 3 bills ($150), you may end up paying $75 per bill for 2 bills ($150).”
The city plans to resume monthly billing in August and believes all billing issues will be resolved by then.
“Please note – Your water meter is registering the correct water usage and you’re not being overbilled for your water,” the city said.
The issue stems from water meters that were installed back in 2009. Those meters allowed city employees to obtain meter readings simply by driving by instead of having to manually read the meters. However, the batteries in the meters started to fail in December 2020, and due to staffing and equipment issues, the city began estimating water usage for some customers.
To help speed up the billing process, the city started charging some customers the minimum amount one month and then physically reading the water meter the next month, which led to water bills being higher one month then lower the next.
According to the city, the amount billed over a two-month period is still accurate and no customers are being overbilled.
All meters are now being read by an employee every month, but the city is still more than a month behind on billing.
Kingsport began replacing the troubled meters in the spring of 2021, and so far, 16,000 have been replaced this year as part of the $3 million replacement project. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-water-customers-to-see-billing-change-as-city-plays-catch-up/ | 2022-06-08T20:45:23 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/kingsport-water-customers-to-see-billing-change-as-city-plays-catch-up/ |
DECATUR — Business leaders from across Decatur gathered Wednesday for the Decatur Regional Chamber of Commerce’s biannual Ag Café event with featured speaker Robin Bowen, senior vice president of external affairs at the Corn Refiners Association.
Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe; Republican candidates for the 13th U.S. Congressional District Regan Deering and Jesse Reising; and a representative from the office of U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, were also in attendance.
During the event at Decatur’s Beach House restaurant, Bowen emphasized Decatur’s importance to the agriculture industry and to the nation at large.
“An investment in a community like Decatur makes a big difference within the state, makes a big difference in the nation,” Bowen said.
An advantage Decatur has that other communities don’t, she said, is corn itself. According to Bowen, the grain is “nature’s renewable building block.”
“Food and agricultural sectors are responsible for one-fifth of the country’s economic activity,” she said. “A whole lot of folks in the Washington, D.C., area don’t know that.”
CRA, a trade association based in Washington, D.C., advocates on behalf of corn refining businesses to federal lawmakers.
Chris Olsen, vice president of community and government affairs for Primient, said the CRA is a leader in helping to solve issues facing corn refining businesses.
Primient, a joint venture between Tate & Lyle and KPS Capital Partners, produces food and other products from plant-based and renewable sources.
Agriculture is “the premier industry” in Illinois, Olsen said, but multiple issues face the industry. Supply chain shortages and inflation are of particular concern, he said.
According to Bowen, the CRA has three main focuses to help strengthen the industry: supply chain effectiveness, sustainability, and the development of new bio markets.
Investing in new technology and precision agriculture could help change the face of the industry and increase profits for farmers and agriculture-adjacent businesses alike, she said.
Bowen warned that the U.S.’s competitiveness in developing new ag technology could fade as countries in Asia begin to challenge the nation’s dominance in agriculture markets.
“There is absolutely no reason the U.S. should be falling behind” in developing new technology, she said.
Investing in new technology for corn refiners and for the larger agriculture industry is necessary because of how crucial the agriculture industry is for all Americans, Olson said.
“It’s so important to the future of our country,” he said.
Contact Taylor Vidmar at (217) 421-6949. Follow her on Twitter: @taylorvidmar11. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/cras-bowen-talks-sustainability-bio-economy-at-decatur-ag-caf/article_1ca2da14-e75e-11ec-a462-a712b34350c8.html | 2022-06-08T20:45:35 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/cras-bowen-talks-sustainability-bio-economy-at-decatur-ag-caf/article_1ca2da14-e75e-11ec-a462-a712b34350c8.html |
NORMAL — Every graduation ceremony held by The Baby Fold’s Hammitt Junior-Senior High School is a momentous occasion for each student taking the next steps in their lives.
During the most recent graduation on June 1, staff and family members were surprised to see senior Sean Wyrick, who has autism, raise his hand and address the room with an impromptu speech thanking his teachers and offering his advice on the power of communication.
"While it may not be everyone’s preference, you must know that it is great to actually talk to someone when you need it, because you never know when someone could actually help you out," said Wyrick, 18, during his speech. "I learned that this year, and I learned hiding your intentions rather than speaking them out with someone can make you just worse."
Sean's mother, Laura Wyrick, said it was "mind-blowing" to see her son take the initiative to address the audience.
“It speaks volumes to the thanks that he has and how he feels about how far he’s come … he has a lot of gratitude for what he’s achieved and what others at The Baby Fold Hammitt School have helped him to achieve.”
Sean had been in The Baby Fold’s Autism Program since 2007, when he was 3 years old.
When Sean was 2 years old, he was diagnosed with autism — a neurological and developmental condition that affects how individuals interact or communicate with others.
Autism affects 1 in 44 children in the United States, and the most common characteristics include repetitive behaviors and impaired communication and social interactions. Although there is no cure, early intervention and therapy can help to reduce symptoms and support development and learning, said Sam Guillory, director of development at The Baby Fold.
After Sean’s initial diagnosis, Laura said she immediately started looking for different types of resources and originally enrolled him in a pre-K program through a local school. But he was unable to speak or stay in the classroom, so she looked to The Baby Fold to get him an education best suited for his needs.
As a Normal-based nonprofit, The Baby Fold has been serving children and families since 1902, and approximately 1,200 people every year since then. Through their 12 programs, they offer foster care, adoption support, special education, autism programs, early childhood initiatives, and crisis intervention services.
Guillory said Sean could not form words, let alone sentences, when he first entered the program. He was put in a classroom with other children on the autism spectrum who could speak, and little by little, his words became sentences, and eventually he was able to have conversations and communicate his needs.
“You can understand how hard it is to want something or need something and if you’re not able to communicate your need, you try to express that in a different way, and sometimes not in a productive manner,” Guillory said. “Sean is just one example of The Baby Fold and our impact here in Bloomington-Normal.”
Teacher therapist assistant Cheryl Shook said she began working with Sean when he reached grade school, but when he first came through the doors, everybody on staff, including herself, took to him almost immediately. He even allowed staff to hold him, something he would normally not like.
“When the 3-year-olds come through the door, everybody kind of takes them under their wing, and when you see this little towhead 3-year-old walking down the hall, we were all into him,” Shook said.
Having missed this month's graduation ceremony, Shook said she received a video from Sean's mother and could not believe she was hearing Sean speak unprompted in front of a crowd of people.
“I believe kids need to talk, and I don’t think there’s enough of that,” Shook said. “The Wyricks are amazing people and I’m sure they talk at home, but I don’t think there’s enough of that in other homes.”
Sean now plans to attend the 18-21 Transition Program at Eugene Field Vocational Training Center in Normal, to learn social and community skills in the morning while doing job training in the afternoon.
He said he was holding onto his speech and his story for the day he would graduate, because he wanted to let other kids and their parents know they can learn to be confident, and that it is never too late.
“Though I felt upset and like a complete lost case, I still didn’t give up, and because I didn’t give up, I still went on to The Baby Fold, and even when I thought I was going to stop it there, I still tried to not give up,” he said. “The way I spoke about it made people realize that I could help and that my story could help others.”
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NORMAL — Traffic signals on Veterans Parkway from Parkway Plaza Drive to Shepard Road will be out of service for maintenance work starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, town officials said.
Weather permitting, the work will be completed in the afternoon. A four-way stop will be observed until power is restored.
Senior Sean Wyrick, who has been part of The Baby Fold’s Autism Program since he was 3, surprised everyone at the Hammitt Junior-Senior High School graduation ceremony with an impromptu speech.
An anonymous Illinois State University alum has committed $5 million from their estate to help ISU's College of Education and University High School students.
Six years after gunfire rang out in Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, the Bloomington-Normal LGBTQ community is coming together Saturday to remember the 49 lives taken that night. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-parkway-traffic-signal-work-rescheduled-for-thursday/article_b84e9bac-e762-11ec-94fb-7b5823ba2818.html | 2022-06-08T20:45:47 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/veterans-parkway-traffic-signal-work-rescheduled-for-thursday/article_b84e9bac-e762-11ec-94fb-7b5823ba2818.html |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The sixth annual Uber Lost & Found Index has been released and it looks at the items left behind as well as what cities are leaving the most behind in their Uber rides. Three Texas cities made that list, so if you’re missing your wallet, phone or that taco you bought on Saturday night, it just might be in an Uber.
Uber says, “Phones, wallets and keys topped the list of the most commonly forgotten items once again, but as we know, riders aren’t just leaving the essentials behind. Folks are forgetting everything from tins of caviar, to fingernail clippings, to Grandma’s teeth, to Bernie Sanders fanny packs and more. Austin, TX takes the cake as the most forgetful U.S. city for two years running, while St. Patricks Day and July 4 were the most popular two days of the year to leave belongings on the backseat.”
Before we look at the most forgetful cities in America when it comes to leaving items behind in their Uber, let’s look at what people are leaving behind the most:
- Phone/Camera
- Wallet
- Keys
- Backpack/Purse
- Headphones/Speaker
- Glasses
- Clothing
- Vape
- Jewelry
- ID
Now, if you’re out and about using Uber to get around in these 10 cities (three from Texas) you’re probably a part of the statistic that led to this list’s ranking:
- Austin (second year in a row at No. 1)
- Charlotte
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Dallas
- Kansas City
- Atlanta
- Tampa Bay
- Columbus
- Phoenix
While reading the index, one of the funniest/unique items lost in an Uber was, “my grandma’s teeth.” How on earth are we letting grandma out of the Uber without her teeth?! Let’s look at some of the most outrageous and unique items left behind:
- Some tater tots
- 500 grams of caviar
- My grandma’s teeth
- 40 chicken nuggets
- Bernie Sanders fannie pack
- Part of my soft serve ice cream machine
- 10 lbs of hamburger meat
- Star Wars Yoda headband and Darth Vader helmet
For a look at the full list of these very unique items and more findings from the Uber Lost & Found Index including what to do when you indeed do lose something in your Uber, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-houston-austin-among-top-10-most-forgetful-cities-from-ubers-2022-lost-found-index/ | 2022-06-08T20:46:20 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/dallas-houston-austin-among-top-10-most-forgetful-cities-from-ubers-2022-lost-found-index/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s World Oceans Day and Dallas Zoo officials are getting in on the celebrations.
Fun fact: did you know that 94% of Earth’s wildlife is found in the ocean?
Zoo officials have shared this penguin portrait on the zoo’s Twitter page, pointing out how well dressed this species of animal is.
The tweet said, “Happy #WorldOceansDay! The ocean is home to a wealth of biodiversity, including the ocean’s “best-dressed.” We can help penguins and other marine life by making smarter food choices ourselves.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/happy-world-oceans-day-heres-is-an-adorable-penguin-pic-from-dallas-zoo/ | 2022-06-08T20:46:26 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/happy-world-oceans-day-heres-is-an-adorable-penguin-pic-from-dallas-zoo/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — A new report from the National Association of Realtors says that institutional investors are buying more houses in a market with less homes to buy.
According to a report, the share of institutional home buyers rose from 11.8% in 2020 to 13.2% in 2021.
The report classifies institutional investors as companies, corporations or limited liability companies. Officials from the NAR say they were able to track institutional buyer purchases by using deed records.
As for the states where institutional investors are buying the most, Texas comes out on top. In 2021, institutions made up 28% of home purchases in Texas, with Georgia (19%), Oklahoma (18%) and Alabama (18%) following behind.
So why these states?
“Institutional buyers tend to purchase in markets with rising household formation, strong housing and rental markets, high-income markets, but also with a high density of minority groups especially Black households, with twice as many Black households in markets with higher share of institutional buyers,” the report said.
Officials hypothesize ten factors that make a market more enticing to an institutional investor:
- Higher household formation
- High density of minority groups
- High density of renters
- High density of Millennials
- High income and education
- Many people moving into the area
- Fast rent growth
- Fast home appreciation
- Fast home sales growth
- Lower rental vacancy rate
So what areas of Texas did institutional investors buy more houses in? Here are the following Texas counties with the largest shares on institutional investors:
- Tarrant County – 52%
- Midland County – 44%
- Dallas County – 43%
- Travis County – 41%
- Denton County – 39%
- Harris County – 38%
- Kaufman County – 38%
- Williamson County – 37%
- Collin County – 34%
For the full report, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/institutions-bought-more-houses-in-texas-than-any-other-state-in-2021/ | 2022-06-08T20:46:32 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/institutions-bought-more-houses-in-texas-than-any-other-state-in-2021/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — “People let me tell you ’bout my best friend he’s a warm hearted person who’ll love me ’til the end!” Urgent news: get out and grab your bestie(s) to celebrate Wednesday, June 8 which is National Best Friends Day!
No matter what, you’ll always have that one best friend in your life who’ll be with you through life’s thickest and thinnest moments. NationalToday says, “Whether they’re near or far, old or new, best friends help to carry us through our lives. This June 8, National Best Friends Day, it’s time to tell them how much we appreciate their company. As the Mayo Clinic reports: ‘Friends help you cope with traumas, such as divorce, serious illness, job loss, or the death of a loved one. They also encourage you to change or avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits, such as excessive drinking or lack of exercise.'”
Normally you don’t need special occasions to meet up with your best friend(s) but why not be a little intentional with this day and celebrate one another! We found some great and fun activities to do with your best friend around Dallas, according to Tripadvisor:
- Check out some parks around town: Peter Pan Park, Cox Lane Park
- Go game and drink at Cidercade Dallas
- Test your detective and communication skills at Escape the Room Dallas
- Get loose and throw some sharp weapons at some wood at Bad Axe Throwing
- So who’s got the better drive at TopGolf Dallas
- PanIQ Room Dallas
- Catch a movie at: Look Cinema, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Magnolia Theatre
- Have a laugh at Dallas Comedy House | https://cw33.com/news/local/its-national-best-friends-day-here-are-some-fun-activities-to-do-with-your-bestie-around-dallas/ | 2022-06-08T20:46:38 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/its-national-best-friends-day-here-are-some-fun-activities-to-do-with-your-bestie-around-dallas/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Father’s Day is June 19 and if you want to go the extra mile this year, the Dallas Mavericks have your back.
To make your dad feel extra special, you can have MavsMan or Champ deliver his gift to him. Here’s how you do it:
- Visit mavs.com/Mascots/
- Scroll down to the row that has the following options:
- School Shows
- Community Corporate Events
- Birthday Parties
- Special Delivery
- Request Form
- Mascot Calendar
- Pricing Options
- Click Request Form
- Fill out the form
- Click Submit | https://cw33.com/news/local/need-to-make-fathers-day-extra-special-book-your-gift-delivery-with-a-dallas-mavericks-mascot/ | 2022-06-08T20:46:44 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/need-to-make-fathers-day-extra-special-book-your-gift-delivery-with-a-dallas-mavericks-mascot/ |
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — An Arizona man has filed a lawsuit against American Airlines after being wrongfully identified and arrested as a shoplifting suspect, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in Tarrant County court.
Michael Lowe is accusing American Airlines of negligence, mental, physical and financial damages after being jailed for 17 days for a crime he didn’t commit in 2020, the lawsuit said.
On May 12, 2020, Lowe boarded an American Airlines flight departing form Flagstaff, Arizona to Reno, Nevada, with a layover and change of plane at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW). Once on board his flight, Lowe took a selfie and sent it to his girlfriend, pictured below:
On May 13, 2020, DFW Airport police began investigating a burglary committed ahead of Lowe’s flight at a duty-free store in Terminal D of the airport, according to court records.
DFW police had a surveillance photo of the alleged suspect -- which showed a man with a low buzz cut, blue-navy shirt and light-colored jeans. DFW police then used surveillance video to track the alleged suspect’s location to the terminal that boarded the same flight as Lowe.
To identify the suspect, a DFW detective obtained a search warrant, which ordered American Airlines to produce any and all recorded travel data for all of the people on Lowe’s flight.
But Lowe’s attorneys said the airline failed to produce “any and all recorded travel data for all individuals,” and instead, provided the DFW detective with only Lowe’s data.
As a result, on June 30, 2020, two arrest warrants were issued for Lowe for felony burglary of a building and misdemeanor criminal mischief, according to court records.
On July 4, 2021, Lowe was on vacation in Tucumcari, New Mexico attending a Fourth of July celebrations, when he encountered police who were searching for someone who had caused a disturbance. When officers ran Lowe’s name and came across the warrants out of Tarrant County, Lowe was arrested.
Lowe was transported to the Quay County, New Mexico Detention Center, where he told authorities he was unaware of the charges and they had the wrong person in jail.
In the lawsuit, Lowe’s attorneys said, “The terror Mr. Lowe experienced while imprisoned in Quay County for the next 17 days was existential. Placed in a quarantine pod, the facilities contempt for the health, safety and well-being of its inmates was immediately obvious, as not a single staff member nor inmate wore a face covering.”
The lawsuit stated that Lowe also had to sleep on a concrete floor, witness violent confrontations and the unfair treatment of inmates.
When Lowe was released on his 17th day in prison, he was given no further information on the charges he faced and had no way of getting home, according to court documents.
After returning to his home in Arizona, Lowe launched his own investigation into the case to work on clearing his name. He called the Tarrant County jail, clerk’s office and the DA’s office before reaching the DFW police detective in charge of the case.
The detective told Lowe that another warrant had been issued for his arrest because Lowe was supposed to appear in Tarrant County court the same day he called. But Lowe continued to insist they had the wrong suspect, and the detective informed him that the information on Lowe was provided by American Airlines.
After weeks of trying to find representation for his case, the DFW detective had obtained Lowe’s mugshot from Quay County and compared it to the surveillance photos of the suspect wanted in the airport store burglary.
The detective and the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office determined that Lowe was innocent, and all charges were dropped.
But the damage had been already done, he alleged.
The lawsuit went on to explain Lowe’s changed outlook on police, his issues with aches, anxiety, fear and nightmares following his days in jail. Lowe was once an outdoorsman and was preparing to take clients on tour in Alaska with his business as a National Park Service leader before his arrest. But the trip was cancelled, and Lowe lost a substantial amount of income as his warrants remained active for some time.
Now, American Airlines is accused in the lawsuit of breaching its duty by failing to comply with DFW police's warrant, failing to protect the safety of its passengers and causing Lowe's mental, physical and financial problems.
American Airlines sent WFAA the following response concerning the lawsuit Wednesday, June 8:
“As required by law, American cooperates with and responds to court orders for information related to possible criminal activity, and that’s what we did in this instance when we were presented with a search warrant.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/american-airlines-facing-lawsuit-after-mans-wrongful-arrest/287-89bbad98-782e-486e-a941-6b79389c3c53 | 2022-06-08T20:47:53 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/american-airlines-facing-lawsuit-after-mans-wrongful-arrest/287-89bbad98-782e-486e-a941-6b79389c3c53 |
Here's a daily map of coronavirus cases in Arizona, broken down by county.
The numbers were updated June 8.
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Costco shoppers line up early at the Tucson Marketplace at The Bridges in Tucson on March 14, 2020.
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Volunteer Bill Rauch loads food supplies into the trunk of a car at the Community Food Bank at 3003 S. Country Club Road, on March 18, 2020. The food bank started a drive through pick up service to allow for social distancing in response to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19.)
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Victor Sanchez, a cook at Robert's Restaurant, holds a sign up to let to let passing drivers know they are still open at 3301 E Grant Road, on March 19, 2020. Restaurants and other small businesses are taking huge losses as people self quarantine and self distance to diminish the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19.)
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Banner UMC’s drive up system is for emergency room triage for a variety of illnesses and is not for random testing for COVID-19. It has been put in place to keep crowds from the ER and protect the health of patients and staff.
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A line grows outside the doors to Trader Joe's at Swan and Grant as an employee limits customers entering the store to one-out one-in, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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A group of friends from St. Louis enjoy their lunch along Sentinel Peak after a 40-mile bike ride on March 20, 2020. The cycling friends planned their trip to Tucson months ago and decided to keep their vacation plans. They arrived on March 1st and leave this weekend. For the past three weeks they've been cycling through Saguaro National Park, up Mt. Lemmon, Kitt Peak and The Loop. On Friday they got takeout from Seis Kitchen and their bicycle touring company set up tables and chairs for them. They felt they self-quaratined with just the six of them during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
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Madelyn Hardy takes a phone-in order behind the locked doors at Renee's Organic Oven, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. The restaurant is now taking no cash, doesn't allow customers into the building and leaves bagged orders on an outside table for diners to pick up.
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A largely closed and nearly empty Park Place Mall early in the afternoon following COVID-19 restrictions, March 20, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Sarah Lang views responses from her fifth-grade students while teaching remotely on Google classroom at Centennial Elementary School in the Flowing Wells School District, Tucson, on March 20, 2020, after the shutdown of schools due to the pandemic.
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Marina Cornelius, owner of Floor Polish Dance + Fitness, teaches her Cardio Party-o class via Periscope to her students on March 20, 2020. Cornelius says this is the first time she's trying to livestream classes and is learning as she goes.
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Jo Schneider stands in the empty outdoor seating area of La Cocina located at 201 N. Court Avenue, on March 26, 2020.
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A woman walks along a nearly empty street in downtown Nogales, Arizona, on March 24, 2020.
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Dana Reed-Kane, co-owner of Reed's Compounding Pharmacy, 2729 E Speedway Blvd., pours a finished batch of hand sanitizer into a bottle at her store on March 27, 2020. Kane is making gallons of hand sanitizer and selling it to the public each day as part of a movement among such pharmacies to help out with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Michelle Don Carlos, founder of Mending Souls, sews masks in her home on Tucson's west side, on March 25, 2020. She and other volunteers are producing masks for emergency responders using anti-viral fabric donated by local hospitals.
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Vanessa Richards, 18, left, and Ella Dotson, 17, take a selfie as their friend, Camilla Hamilton, 17, gets her photo taken by Vanessa's mother, Chrissi, along Scott Ave. in downtown Tucson on March 31, 2020. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the rest of the schoolyear has been canceled. Richards, Dotson and Hamilton are seniors at Marana High School and will not have a formal graduation ceremony. The trio came to downtown to get photos of themselves in their caps and gowns.
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A dinosaur statue over the doors of MATS Dojo at 5929 E. 22nd St., sports an athletic cup for a face mask in the second week of COVID-19 restrictions, March 31, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Raj Paudel hands a bag of food to a customer at Govinda's to-go-tent located at 711 E. Blacklidge Drive, on April 1, 2020.
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Angel Perez and Dan Hawk perform from Perez's balcony, giving the neighborhood a COVID-19-isolation style concert from his balcony, April 1, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tessa DeConcini, senior at University High School, poses for a portrait with her prom dress and graduation cap at University High School, 421 N. Arcadia Ave., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 1, 2020. DeConcini, along with many other high school students, will miss out on prom festivities as well as their graduation ceremony due Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
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Dr. Liz Almil chats with one of her group from afar as members of the Tucson Cancer Conquerors distribute exercise gear, apparel, citrus and coffee during a handout at Brandy Fenton Park, April 11, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. The group is trying to find ways to keep their members exercising despite being forced into isolation by COVID-19 restrictions.
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Rachel Huante greets her son Zeddicus Atherton as he trots out the door ahead of Lanee Pender carrying his sister Xena Atherton, part of the the new procedure of no parents inside the building at Kids First Preschool, April 15, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Cheri Carr grimaces as she receives a nasal swab while getting tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru testing site at Escalera Health & Wellness, 2224 N. Craycroft Rd., on April 17, 2020. Patients can receive a COVID-19 and an antibody test.
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Dalia Meshirer waves to a friend as the Golder Ranch Fire District trucks begin to roll by as dozens drive by her home to wish her a happy eighth birthday, April 2, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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A sign strapped to the median at 6th Street and Campbell Avenue gives southbound motorists a little pep-talk in the COVID-19 times, April 23, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Kitchen manger Koa Hoffmann tosses dough while working up a crust for a call-in order as he and few others keep cooking at Bear Canyon Pizza despite COVID-19 restrictions, April 22, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Jesse James Tucker, owner and trainer at Tucson Rising Phoenix Fitness and Defense, records a video response on techniques for one of his members outside his home in Tucson, Ariz., on April 14, 2020.
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Kyria Sabin Waugaman, right, pilates instructor at Body Works in Tucson, and one of her teachers, Alessangra Lima, host an online workout class at Body Works, 1980 E. River Rd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 17, 2020.
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Homer Cass, left, talks to his son, Richard, middle, and grandson, Jason, 22, through a window at Tucson Medical Center on April 27, 2020. The hospital is making adjustments during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic to now allow visitors. Upon entry everyone's temperature is taken and then friends and family members can use their cell phones to talk to their loved ones through a window for 15 minutes.
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Emily Wolfgang, manager at Little Anthony's Diner, talks with a customer during the first day of Little Anthony's Diner Carhop at Little Anthony's Diner, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz., on April 28, 2020. Little Anthony's Diner, in response to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), started an old fashioned 1950's carhop. "It's been a long time since we had a carhop," said Tony Terry, president and owner of Little Anthony's Diner and The Gaslight Theater. "It fits our life right not." Little Anthony's Diner Carhop runs from 11am to 8pm Monday through Sunday. Customers can park in designated parking spots and order and pay for their food from the safety of their car, said Terry. Employees, dressed in 1950's attire with masks and gloves, will come out to check on customers and deliver drinks and food on trays, which resemble trays used in the 1950's that can attach to car windows. There is a Carhop menu, which include burgers, salads and shakes, but customers can order other items off the menu. DJ Phil, Little Anthony's Diner DJ, will play music that can be heard though speakers outside. "We may keep it after the virus," added Terry.
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Alex Swain, a member of Beloved in the Desert - Tucson's chapter of the Episcopal Service Corps, carries bags of groceries to the home of an elderly man, on April 3, 2020. Swain and his housemates have volunteered to shop for elderly and at risk populations as people quarantine and stay at home during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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Mike Pfander, left, and his wife Jeanne talk with Mike's mother Margaret Pfander from the service driveway just outside Margaret's apartment in Villa Hermosa, April 25, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. With the COVID19 lockdowns relatives have to meet without breaking isolation protocols, through windows or over walls.
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Ralph Acosta, valedictorian of the Amphitheater High School senior class, is greeted at his home near 22nd Street and 12th Avenue by principal Jon Lansa in Tucson on May 1, 2020. Acosta will speak during Amphi's video graduation ceremony.
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Detective Mary Pekas and Lt. Michelle Pickrom carry trays of food as they deliver meals with Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona, on April 29, 2020. Police officers with Tucson Police Department are volunteering while off duty with the program to allow for elderly volunteers to stay at home during the epidemic.
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Stylist Rahnay Curtis, left, and owner Jennifer Ball at CDO Barbershop on May 8, 2020, in Tucson.
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A nurse sporting a "Save Lives" mask takes part in a car procession honk-a-thon driving by Carondelet St. Mary's Hospital after departing from the Safeway across the street, on Jan. 12, 2021.
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Tucson Fire paramedics roll a gurney through a tent setup outside the Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital's emergency room, on April 14, 2020. The tents are used to screen staff and patients for potential Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before entering the hospital.
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Catalina Foothills High School graduates throw their hats in the air as they are videoed on the stage on the football field at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr., in Tucson, Ariz., on May 11, 2020. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Catalina Foothills High School is videoing all 415 graduates individually over three days crossing the stage with their diploma cover. Small groups of graduates are escorted toward the stage and stand next to cones set apart for social distancing. After video and still pictures, graduates are given a t-shirt as they leave. "Its an amazing amount of work and planning, but our grads are worth it," said Julie Farbarik, director of Alumni and Community Relations at Catalina Foothills School District.
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Lunchtime is normally standing room only at R&R Pizza Express, 13,905 N. Sandario Road, Marana. But it was sparsely attended on May 11, 2020, as the state allowed restaurants to re-open their dining rooms. Owner Linda Molitor carefully spaced tables to maintain social distancing for dining-in.
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Jordan Wentzel works on a customer's return at DSW located at 7191 E. Broadway, on May 12, 2020. Shoes tried on and returned by customers are cleaned with disinfectant and then stored for three days before being put back on the floor.
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Dr. Susan McMahon, left, lifts a healthy Camille Keicher as mother Audrey gives a reassuring nudge during Camille's six-month well-visit at Mesquite Pediatrics, 2350 N. Kibler Place, Tucson, on May 15, 2020.
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Carolina Castillo, house keeping staff member, wipes down a chair and table in the food court at Park Place Mall, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz. on May 19, 2020. Malls reopened today under CDC guidelines and Gov. Ducey's new rules for businesses due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Park Place Mall has signs throughout the mall reminding customers to keep a six feet distance as well as hand sanitizer stations near each entrance. About half of the tables in the food court have been removed to allow for social distances as well as less than half of the stores have opened with new guidelines. Of the stores open, only 10 customers are allowed to shop in each store at a time.
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The B Gates are largely empty on the Friday afternoon before Memorial Day, less than a dozen people waiting for flights at Tucson International Airport, May 22, 2020, Tucson, Ariz.
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Brian McKinley carts out the extra chairs for temporary storage after the seating had been rearranged to meet COVID19 restrictions at Rincon Presbyterian Church, May 21, 2020, Tucson, Ariz. Houses of worship are searching for ways to adapt to the new reality.
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Ernie Villalobos, general manger of Roadhouse Cinemas, talks with returning employees about some of the new safety measures at Roadhouse Cinemas, 4811 E. Grant Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on June 9, 2020. Roadhouse Cinemas will reopen on Wednesday June 10 at 3:15 p.m. with new safety measures in place due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The new safety measures include plexiglass set up in front of cashier stations, informational signs placed through out the theater as well as signs on the floor indicating 6-feet distances. Each of the nine theaters will be at 50% capacity to allow for distancing between seats.
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Fatuma Mohamud, employee, walk past two plexiglass stands infant of registers at Funtasticks, 221 E. Wetmore Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on June 17, 2020. Funtasticks has reopened with new safety procedures in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. All attractions are open with equipment being cleaned after ever use, social distancing signs and plexiglass placed in front of registers.
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Students in the "Let's Spin" class ride their stationary bikes outdoors at Let's Sweat, 439 N 6th Ave., on August 19, 2020. Soleil Chiquette, owner of the fitness studio and gym, says she moved her classes outdoors and limited class sizes in order to adhere to coronavirus disease guidelines. She's had to cancel some classes that involve students to be indoors. Chiquette says an app was created for her business when the pandemic first started so that members can have access to fitness classes and challenges.
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Cafeteria worker Francis Fontes sorts chicken nuggets into bags for grab-and-go distribution use at the Tucson Unified School District-Food Services building located at 2150 E. 15th Street, on Sept. 23, 2020. The TUSD Food Services Department has continued to provide services for students and families throughout the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by distributing thousands of meals a week for students. In addition to the daily grab-and-go distribution throughout the city, the district has implemented an alternative weekly pickup of a week’s worth of meals (including breakfast, lunch, and five days of snacks) at the TUSD Food Services Department Central Facility off of 15th street.
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Alyssa Cossey, conductor and director of the University Community Chorus (UCC), sets up for a webinar series she is directing from her home on September 8, 2020. The webinar takes place twice a month for the school semester. Cossey wanted to create something for people to participate in during this lack of physical choir performances and rehearsals due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. The series is free and open to the public.
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Music director Eric Holtan leads the True Concord Choir during rehearsal for their upcoming performance, "The Nurturer – Brahms Requiem," at Dove of Peace Lutheran Church, 665 W. Rollercoaster Road, on Oct. 19, 2020.
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Eli Hyland, left, 78, starts to form a heart with her hands while watching her daughter Karen Shea form a heart during their outdoor visit at Elderhaven Assisted Living, 2501 N. Soldier Trail, in Tucson, Ariz., on October 22, 2020. They started making hearts with their hands during their window visits and it has stuck, said Shea. Shea was able to visit her mother through window visits during the pandemic but recently Shea was able to visit her mom in an outdoor setting under strict protocols. They were required to wear masks, get their temps taken, maintain a six-foot distance at all times and were not allowed to touch each other.
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Tiana Hair, PCC psychology clinical instructor, grabs a filled COVID-19 saliva test tube during a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site at Pima Community College East Campus, 8181 E. Irvington Rd., in Tucson, Ariz. on Dec. 11, 2020. Arizona State University in partnership with the Arizona Department of Health Services is now offering appointment only drive-thru COVID-19 testing, via a saliva test, at three Pima Community College campuses.
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Second-grade students make gingerbread cookies while a warm fire burns on the Smart board at Mesa Verde Elementary School, 1661 W. Sage St. on Dec. 17, 2020.
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Marcos Moreno, a volunteer for 15 years with Miracle en el Barrio, writes the number of children on the front of a mini-van as he welcomes families to the Tucson Rodeo Grounds for the 18th year of the event, on Dec. 18, 2020. As a precaution against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the annual event used a drive-thru style format to handout toys, gift cards and other items to children and families
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Five-year old Antonio Moreno reaches out to Santa Claus, getting as close to him as the COVID-19 protective snow-globe bubble will allow during the Tucson Parks and Recreation's drive-thru Cookies With Santa at Donna R. Liggins Recreation Center, Tucson, Ariz., December 16, 2020. It was slow at the drive-thru and when there were no others around, a few kids like Antonio got a chance to almost touch the Big Guy.
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A playground structure closed due to the coronavirus pandemic at Arthur Pack Regional Park north of Tucson on May 8, 2020.
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Kris Green stands with hands over heart as students pass by on her last day as a teacher at Manzanita Elementary School on Oct. 23, 2020. After nearly 40 years, she decided to retire before in-person instruction begins on Oct. 26. Green was a district teacher of the year.
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Elana Bloom: It was very shocking. Everything I had planned for, my whole business was canceled over a two day period. Bloom owns Solstice, a textile business and would make most of her money in the Spring to help with the slower months of the summer. April 14, 2020
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Sgt. Michael Moseley receives the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine during the administration of the vaccination to members of the public who meet the 1B priority eligibility of at Tucson Medical Center's Marshal Center, on Jan. 15, 2021.
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People are directed into the line at the University of Arizona's COVID19 drive-thru vaccination facilities on the school's mall, Tucson, Ariz., February 5, 2021.
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Resident Victor Braun laughs with a CVS Pharmacy health care worker after getting his first dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine at Hacienda at the Canyon, Tucson, Ariz., January 27, 2021. The facility's residents and staff were part of a two day vaccination program in conjunction with CVS Pharmacy and monitored by the in-house personnel from TMCOne clinic.
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Marana police have released the identity of the pedestrian who was struck by a vehicle and killed last week.
On June 1, Norman K. Nellson, 73, was crossing North Coachline Boulevard north of West Twin Peaks Road when a vehicle that was traveling south struck him, police said.
Police don’t suspect impairment, distracted driving or speed was a factor in the collision. | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/marana-police-release-identity-of-pedestrian-killed/article_ddad5db8-e74c-11ec-bc6c-d7c2d19e0cb2.html | 2022-06-08T20:49:51 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/marana-police-release-identity-of-pedestrian-killed/article_ddad5db8-e74c-11ec-bc6c-d7c2d19e0cb2.html |
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. — Cumberland County District Attorney Seán M. McCormack on Wednesday announced the start of a new Human Trafficking enforcement initiative aimed at arresting and prosecuting those who solicit prostitution or engage in other forms of sexual exploitation.
Over the weekend, McCormack said, members of the Cumberland County District Attorney's Criminal Investigation Division teamed with Upper Allen Township Police and members of the county Sheriff's Office to engage in an enforcement effort, codenamed Operation Impact Demand.
Six men were arrested and charged with solicitation of prostitution as a result of the initiative, McCormack said.
Those charged are:
- Bhola Adhikari, 38, Harrisburg
- Cory Blouch, 49, Dillsburg
- Sean Fitzsimmons, 39, Camp Hill
- Travis Gelbaugh, 31, Harrisburg
- Elijah Hallday, 26, Carlisle
- Gregory Leisey Jr., 45, Richland (Lebanon County)
The defendants allegedly responded to an online advertisement for a female escort, made arrangements to meet at a hotel, and offered payment for sex, McCormack said.
They were taken into custody and transported to the Cumberland County Prison for processing.
“This weekend’s operation was just the beginning," McCormack said. "Operation Impact Demand was designed to attack the human trafficking problem by focusing on the demand, that is the customer side, of the equation.
"This was the first, but certainly not the last, operation of this type we plan on conducting here in Cumberland County.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/cumberland-county-human-trafficking-sting-six-arrests/521-fb439e67-01ed-47b5-a896-fac24f86e323 | 2022-06-08T20:56:22 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/cumberland-county-human-trafficking-sting-six-arrests/521-fb439e67-01ed-47b5-a896-fac24f86e323 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Harrisburg's McCormick Riverfront Library will be closed from June 20-25, so that workers can remove the elevator and prepare the building for the next phase of planned renovations the upstairs area, the Dauphin County Library System announced this week.
The renovation to the upstairs is part of the Your Place to Belong project, which will connect it to the Haldeman Haly House and expand the services offered, the library system said.
Library members should be aware that elevator access to the library’s main floor will not resume until July 9, and curbside pick-up will be available for members who cannot use the stairs for access.
While the McCormick Riverfront Library is closed and the elevator is unavailable, the community is welcome to use curbside pick-up or any of the other seven libraries in the system, which will be open during this time.
For hours of operation please call the libraries or check online at dcls.org.
Items returned to the outside book and AV drop boxes will be collected but may not be checked in right away, the library said. Late fees will not accrue on these materials since the library is not currently assessing these fees due to COVID-19 constraints.
For more information on the library closing, please call 717.234.4961. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/mccormick-library-harrisburg-renovation-closure-june-20-25/521-723b0a19-7ad6-4727-bd14-0cad1104dec2 | 2022-06-08T20:56:28 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/mccormick-library-harrisburg-renovation-closure-june-20-25/521-723b0a19-7ad6-4727-bd14-0cad1104dec2 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — About a dozen protesters gathered outside of the State Capitol office complex on Wednesday, calling on the Secretary of the Commonwealth to remove Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano and Congressman Scott Perry from the November ballot.
"We have several people that are running for elected office who have been involved with the January 6th insurrection," said David Wenger.
The protest was organized by members of Our Revolution, the largest grassroots funded progressive organization in the country, and Free Speech for People. They argue that Mastriano and Perry's alleged involvement in the insurrection should disqualify them from elected office.
“We have an amendment in place, which is the 14th amendment, section 3. It states that once they became a threat to our democracy, they should not to be able to hold another position," explained Carol Kazeem, a Democrat running for a PA House seat. "What we saw on January 6th is exactly what they did.”
Mastriano, a state senator, was at the Stop the Steal Rally in Washington on January 6th, but claims to know nothing about plans to storm the Capitol. Last week, he agreed to speak with the January 6th Committee and says he already spoken with the FBI.
Congressman Scott Perry was reportedly in contact with White House officials about overturning the 2020 Election results. Perry refused to appear for a deposition with the January 6th Committee, and called the legitimacy of the committee into question.
A spokesman with the Congressman called today's protest, "ironic."
“I believe in free speech, and I believe that’s what (Scott Perry) was exercising," said Karen Boscen, a Scott Perry supporter.
Protesters are encouraging Pennsylvania residents to take time to watch the public hearing of the January 6th Committee.
“I encourage and I beg people to search for the truth," said Cindy Dubbs. "The truth can be found if you do your research.”
The January 6th Committee will be holding their public hearings beginning Thursday night at 8:00. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/protest-perry-mastriano-jan-6-harrisburg-capitol/521-00b96144-d8d8-47c9-aa67-2e2392fd2374 | 2022-06-08T20:56:34 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/protest-perry-mastriano-jan-6-harrisburg-capitol/521-00b96144-d8d8-47c9-aa67-2e2392fd2374 |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — As kids leave the classrooms for summer, police in York and Harrisburg are preparing to keep them safe.
“Summertime has just always been difficult because the kids are out, they’re idle, it’s hot, tensions are high, it’s always a time you’re looking, and you’re planning, if you can plan," said York City Police Commissioner, Michael Muldrow.
Both cities, among many others across the nation, have been working to curb teenage gun violence.
“So much of it anymore, it’s not geographic, it’s not all related to drugs, it’s becoming a cultural phenomenon among young people," said Commissioner Muldrow.
Commissioner Muldrow says over 50 percent of the city’s shooting incidents and other violent crime is committed by young people.
This summer, his department is taking new steps to get that number down.
It will relaunch a juvenile engagement program and also increase street patrols.
Officers will team up with state police and York City School District officers on those patrols.
“Now you’ll actually have school officers arm-in-arm with our officers, who know the kids, know the families, and will be able to help start those conversations," said Commissioner Muldrow.
York City police are also getting ready to launch a new partnership with the York City Housing Authority.
The Housing Authority has plans to completely upgrade a historically troubled neighborhood in the city.
The neighborhood has not yet been named.
The outside and inside of buildings will be upgraded, and the overall security of the neighborhood will be improved.
Police will also have an officer check-in building in the area, and run a cadet program out of it.
“This summer is going to be a big summer for us and I understand it’s a mountain and there’s a lot of hurdles ahead, we’re excited for all the strategies and all the new things we’re rolling out," said Commissioner Muldrow.
Harrisburg Police say it’s critical to keep kids occupied.
The city is planning to do that through Parks and Rec programs and summer job opportunities.
“We have good kids here, but we have to keep them occupied," said Harrisburg police commissioner, Thomas Carter. "Once they get an idle mind then they get into things they shouldn’t be doing."
Back in York, community members like Jarrett Kinard are doing their part.
He hosts a twice-a-week social club for young men which teaches them things like chivalry and self-evaluation.
"Being able to control themselves in different atmospheres, when they’re away from their parents, knowing right from wrong, being able to see it from a mile away," said Kinard.
He says the program, BPhiB, is just one example of how communities can pitch in to help.
“A lot of kids just want to be kids," said Kinard. "They hear about the gun violence going on, they come to me, we talk about it and they’re worried and they shouldn’t have to be.”
And police agree, it takes a village.
"We all have to jump in and be out there and be active," said Commissioner Carter. "And if we see something we have to speak out.”
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Only a small fraction of professionals have a four-day workweek — but the vast majority of those workers would prefer one.
That comes from a survey of 400 members of the job search service Ladders Inc., which offers vetted job postings with annual salaries of $100,000 or more. About 12.7% of those workers currently work a four-day week either permanently or on a trial basis.
Meanwhile, about 90% would prefer to work a four-day workweek and 84% feel they would be more productive with that setup.
For companies mulling over a competitive edge in a tight hiring market, about 79% of these workers said they would leave a five-days per week job for a position offering a four-day workweek. About 24% said they would take less pay in return for a four-day workweek.
The enthusiasm for remote work among highly paid workers comes as the United Kingdom embarks on a large-scale pilot of the concept, with 3,300 employees spanning 70 companies. Workers will receive 100% of their pay for working 80% of their usual week in exchange for maintaining 100% of their productivity.
Employers are starting to get the message too. About 29% of remote employees said that the most desirable benefit they could receive was a four-day workweek, while employers ranked it as the top possible benefit their workers desired, according to a survey by Paychex.
A survey by collaborative calendar firm Magical found 62% of employees would consider a 10% pay cut in order to have a four-day workweek.
The four-day workweek keeps popping up across the country, including:
- Keller, Texas, which is allowing some city employees to work a "compressed" schedule in a trial that will last for four months over the summer.
- A proposal in the state legislature of California to reduce the official workweek from 40 hours to 32 hours at companies with more than 500 employees. That proposal was officially shelved, according to the Wall Street journal.
- More businesses advertising the four-day workweek, as the number of job postings in the US mentioning a four-day workweek has risen 673% over the past three years. It is still a tiny percentage overall though, at 0.31%, according to an analysis by Emsi Burning Glass, a global labor market data and analytics company.
Read the full story on the St. Louis Business Journal website. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/four-day-workweek-gains-steam/63-c59c4127-a09b-44b5-b919-7a06df89bd62 | 2022-06-08T21:06:00 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/four-day-workweek-gains-steam/63-c59c4127-a09b-44b5-b919-7a06df89bd62 |
ROSWELL, Ga. — Roswell police are asking families to come forward if they believe their child was abused by their preschool teacher at Parker-Chase.
Their all-call comes after Roswell Police Department officers arrested two preschool teachers who are accused of hurting children in their classroom.
Here's what we know about the incident.
When did it happen
Though RPD sent out its all-call Wednesday, the incident happened last week on June 2, according to arrest warrants.
Where it happened
The incident happened at Parker-Chase Preschool of East Roswell, which is located along Holcomb Bridge Road in Alpharetta.
Students were in Pre-Primary B classroom, according to school leaders, which hosts preschoolers who are 2 and 3 years old.
What happened
According to surveillance video taken from inside the classroom, students were sitting in a circle with one of the teachers, identified as Soriana Briceno in the warrants.
RPD warrants say the 19-year-old teacher approaches one of the students, who is 2 years old, and gets close and at eye level. Briceno points her index finger in the child's face and then pushes her forehead, causing their head to bobble video shows.
The second teacher, identified as 40-year-old Zeina Alostwani in the warrant is standing behind the student circle. The video shows Alostwani approaching the same student Briceno is kneeling in front of.
Alostwani, who is standing, steps on the hand of the student next to Briceno. The student, a 3-year-old girl according to police records, is seen trying to move their hand. Alostwani then proceeds to knee the other child in the back, moving them closer to Briceno.
Who reported it
After Gloria Barghi tuned into the classroom's live feed, administrators were notified to check on her son.
"I picked it up right when the lead teacher was assaulting the first victim," Barghi told 11Alive's Jon Shirek. Barghi's son was not involved in the incident.
She and her husband went to the school and reported it to school administrators.
The parents of the two children involved were notified about the teachers' actions and complaints were filed with the police.
Reg Griffin, Chief Communications Officer for the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning, said the agency is also investigating "allegations of inappropriate discipline."
Endeavor Schools, which owns the Parker-Chase campus, said they've reported the case to its licensing agency and Children's Protective Services.
Who is involved
Alostwani and Briceno are each facing first-degree cruelty to children charges.
Warrants say a third teacher also witnessed the alleged assault but at this time, is not facing charges.
A fourth teacher completed a handwritten statement to administrators which was also handed to the police.
According to the warrant which cites the statement, this type of behavior isn't new in the classroom.
"Whenever a child wasn't listening or following directions, Zeina would get in the child's face and scream at them, pinch their cheeks, arms, nose, pull their ears, she would sometimes pick them up and very forcefully would place them back down on the carpet. Soriana would do some of the same actions as Zeina, but at a different time," the warrant reads, quoting the letter in part.
Consequences
In a statement, school leaders said they were "shocked and disappointed" that the teachers "used inappropriate disciplinary actions with children. The teachers in question were immediately removed from the classroom and have been dismissed."
Alostwani and Briceno have been booked into the Fulton County Jail.
What's next?
Police are now reviewing hours of classroom video to see if those teachers or any other teachers assaulted additional students.
11Alive checked to see if the preschool has any record of state violations. The latest report appears to conclude that the facility and staff are satisfactory.
Roswell Police now want to know if there are any other victims. Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Roswell Police Department at 770-640-4100. Anonymous information can be provided through Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-TIPS(8477) or online at www.StopCrimeATL.org. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/roswell/roswell-preschool-teachers-arrested-accused-of-child-cruelty-what-we-know/85-4414d18d-122f-4bf5-a872-75bfa011076d | 2022-06-08T21:06:06 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/roswell/roswell-preschool-teachers-arrested-accused-of-child-cruelty-what-we-know/85-4414d18d-122f-4bf5-a872-75bfa011076d |
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The City Council in Vancouver, Washington, has passed a measure that would make it illegal to picket outside the homes of city employees and elected officials.
Opponents of the move called it an unconstitutional violation of free speech rights.
Protests targeting public officials at their homes have become increasingly popular as a tactic in recent years. City leaders in nearby Portland, Oregon, have seen protests at their homes or while out at restaurants.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the Vancouver City Council on Monday prohibited what it calls “targeted picketing or protesting.”
The decision follows several recent protests — mainly against measures to quell COVID-19 — outside homes and schools in Clark County. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/vancouver-bans-protests-outside-officials-homes/ | 2022-06-08T21:17:24 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/vancouver-bans-protests-outside-officials-homes/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Rose Festival is continuing Wednesday as the Fred Meyer Junior Parade has returned to Northeast Portland.
The Junior Parade has been an official Rose Festival event since 1936. Organizers say that makes it the nation’s oldest and biggest children’s parade.
This year, highlights include bands, drill teams and floats made by children. Thousands of fans will line the mile-long route, which kicked off at NE Sandy and 52nd Avenue.
The parade starts at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
The Grand Floral Parade will take place Saturday and be entirely on Portland’s eastside this year, starting indoors at Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/nations-oldest-biggest-childrens-parade-returns-to-ne-portland/ | 2022-06-08T21:17:30 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/nations-oldest-biggest-childrens-parade-returns-to-ne-portland/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — During the City Council meeting Wednesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler retroactively declared June 3 to be Gun Violence Awareness Day in Portland.
The mayor referenced recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. Five days after the massacre at Robb Elementary, there were ten shootings inside Portland city limits; 10 people were wounded in a 24-hour span.
“It’s time to look ourselves in the mirror, and face the reality that we have to change in order to put an end to this epidemic,” Wheeler said. “We have to change how we respond to conflict. Settling our differences with a gun should never be the default response.”
June 3 was also National Gun Violence Awareness Day, recognized on the first Friday of June, and was chosen to honor the memory of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old who was shot and killed in 2013.
Orange is worn on the day to raise awareness of gun violence and pay tribute. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wheeler-retroactively-declares-june-3-gun-violence-awareness-day/ | 2022-06-08T21:17:36 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/wheeler-retroactively-declares-june-3-gun-violence-awareness-day/ |
CLEVELAND — There are new developments in the investigation into Deshaun Watson.
The New York Times reports that the former Texans quarterback met with more massage therapists than previously reported.
The number they’re quoting is 66 women over the course of 17 months. They’re basing that off of the original 24 who sued him along with other women mentioned in court and through depositions, as well as independent interviews with the New York Times.
The Times report also alleges that the Texans provided Watson with a membership to a club where some of the massages took place and that a Texans employee gave Watson a non-disclosure agreement that the former Texans QB would use in some of the appointments.
Twenty-fourth lawsuit filed
The New York Times report comes out one day after we learned of the 24th woman to file a lawsuit against Watson. Below is from the Associated Press.
The 24th woman filed a civil lawsuit Monday alleging sexual misconduct by Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who is also awaiting possible discipline from the NFL.
The latest lawsuit was filed in Houston by attorney Tony Buzbee, who is representing all 24 women.
“Lost in the media frenzy surrounding Deshaun Watson is that these are twenty-four strong, courageous women who, despite ridicule, legal shenanigans, and intense media scrutiny, continue to stand firm for what is right,” Buzbee said in a statement.
Watson has been accused by massage therapists of harassing, assaulting or touching them during appointments when he was with the Houston Texans.
The latest lawsuit makes similar allegations as the woman, a massage therapist, accuses Watson of assaulting and harassing her during an August 2020 session in her apartment. The woman alleges that during the massage session, Watson exposed himself and masturbated and “offered no apology or explanation for his conduct."
The woman has quit being a massage therapist because of what happened to her and now suffers from depression and anxiety, according to the lawsuit.
Rusty Hardin, Watson’s lead attorney, said he could not immediately comment on the latest lawsuit.
“Our legal team has not had time to investigate this new filing and had not heard her name until today. Deshaun continues to deny he did anything inappropriate with any of the plaintiffs," Hardin said in a statement Monday.
Hardin has previously said Watson had consensual sexual activity with three of the women and did not force any of his accusers to have sexual contact.
The first 22 lawsuits were filed in March and April of 2021, with the latest two being filed since two of the women detailed encounters with Watson while being interviewed on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.”
As the 24th lawsuit was being formally announced, Watson took part in the Browns’ charity golf outing in Rocky River, Ohio. Watson did not speak to the media.
Before Watson arrived at Westwood Country Club, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski was asked if the latest lawsuit causes the organization to revisit with the quarterback about his legal situation.
“With that, we’re trying to just be respectful of the process and let that take care of it,” Stefanski said.
Two separate Texas grand juries in March declined to indict Watson on criminal complaints stemming from the allegations.
But Watson could still be suspended if the NFL determines he violated the league's personal conduct policy. The three-time Pro Bowler has been interviewed by league investigators, who will present their findings to disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson. Commissioner Roger Goodell said last month the investigation was nearing a conclusion.
League spokesman Brian McCarthy said there was no update on the investigation or any timeline.
“We will decline comment as the matter remains under review,” he said in an email to The Associated Press.
Watson has maintained his innocence, saying any sexual activity was consensual.
At his introductory news conference with the Browns in March, Watson denied any wrongdoing. “I’ve never assaulted or disrespected or harassed any woman in my life,” Watson said. “I’ve never done these things people are alleging.”
Stefanski said Monday the team is prepared to handle whatever the league decides.
“I think all along we’re just going to take those things day-by-day and when we have information, then we’ll act on said information,” he said.
Watson was traded from the Texans to Cleveland in March and then signed a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract with his new team despite his ongoing legal problems.
Cleveland signed veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett to back up Watson. Baker Mayfield remains on the team, but the Browns are looking to trade the No. 1 overall pick in 2018.
Watson has been participating in the Browns’ offseason team activities, which will continue this week. The team has a mandatory minicamp scheduled from June 14-16. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/deshaun-watson-new-york-times-massage-therapists/285-48450ddf-b2a8-49a9-878c-7844bd8ec18b | 2022-06-08T21:24:37 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/deshaun-watson-new-york-times-massage-therapists/285-48450ddf-b2a8-49a9-878c-7844bd8ec18b |
FORT WORTH, Texas — There was some confusion Wednesday afternoon when a shopping mall and a Texas-based grocery company initially released some conflicting reports about a new grocery store.
Real estate developer Hillwood said Wednesday morning it would be expanding its 30,000-square-foot food and entertainment destination Parkside at Alliance Town Center with some new businesses, including Torchy’s Tacos, CAVA, Black Rifle Coffee Company and Dash Nail Spa.
The shopping mall also said these new stores would be "anchored" by the region's first H-E-B grocery store. These would all be located north of Heritage Trace on the east side of Hillwood Parkway, adjacent to Bluestem Park, a 14-acre oasis in the middle of Alliance Town Center.
Hillwood said they are planning to open these stores by early 2023.
However, when WFAA reached out to H-E-B on Wednesday afternoon, the grocery company said, "H-E-B has not announced a store in Fort Worth." H-E-B said it does own the land, but clarified the company has not announced any plans for the site "at this time."
Through the years, H-E-B has purchased a lot of property in many different parts of the state, leading to frequent speculation about where the next store will be. However, the grocery company has plenty of land that hasn't yet been turned into a store.
After WFAA received the updated information from H-E-B, Hillwood sent back a corrected release that said "Inadvertently we included H-E-B in our earlier release." The real estate developer went on to clarify that this area would be "anchored by a major grocer" and also that H-E-B has not announced a store "at this site nor a timeline for construction."
At 10:31 a.m. Wednesday, H-E-B's verified Twitter account commented on a Tweet that tagged the grocery store company, saying, "@HEB coming to Fort Worth right by my house! With gas being so high, I can walk to HEB."
H-E-B responded by saying, "Just wear a hat when you walk on over."
“Parkside at Alliance Town Center continues to be a destination for the region and I’m excited to welcome some new additions to serve our growing community,” said Mark Miller, senior vice president of retail development at Hillwood. “Torchy’s, CAVA, Black Rifle and Dash Nail Spa diversify our existing retail, restaurant and entertainment options, promoting strong community engagement and building upon Alliance Town Center’s vibrant atmosphere.”
Hillwood said Parkside at Alliance Town Center is designed to complement the surrounding natural environment and blend with Bluestem Park with easy access to walking and biking trails. The area will include patio spaces.
With the addition of Torchy’s, Cava, Black Rifle and Dash among others currently in negotiations, less than 3,000 square feet of retail space remains available at Parkside. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/heb-store-fort-worth-texas-confusion/287-1898fcdf-fd51-4051-8bd6-e8c76dd0bb2b | 2022-06-08T21:24:43 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/heb-store-fort-worth-texas-confusion/287-1898fcdf-fd51-4051-8bd6-e8c76dd0bb2b |
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the results of the previous day's primary elections reflected a desire from the American public to take a harder stance on crime and gun violence and called on states and localities to spend funds allocated from the Covid-19 relief bill to bolster police departments.
"I think the voters sent a clear message last night: Both parties ought to step up and do something about crime, as well as gun violence," Biden told reporters before boarding Air Force One to fly to Los Angeles.
The President continued: "The first major bill we passed, we gave the states and localities billions of dollars, billions of dollars, and encourage them to use it to hire police officers and reform their police departments. Very few have done it."
"It's time the states and the localities spend the money they have to deal with crime, as well as retrain police officers, as well as provide for more community policing. It's time to get on with doing that. And that's what I think the message last night from the American public was in all the primaries," Biden said.
The President also noted that he included $300 million in his budget request from Congress to hire and retrain police.
Voters in San Francisco and Los Angeles -- two of the nation's most liberal cities -- sent a clear message Tuesday that they want their elected officials to prioritize curbing crime and homelessness.
San Francisco voters recalled District Attorney Chesa Boudin, a progressive who had halted cash bail and attempted to reduce the number of people sent to prison. In Los Angeles, billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso, who is a former Republican and ran on being tough on crime, garnered enough support to force the race into a November runoff. He will face Democratic Rep. Karen Bass, who had once been considered the front-runner, in the race to succeed term-limited Mayor Eric Garcetti.
The results signal a departure from the kind of progressive politics that dominated the 2020 election cycle, when many Democratic voters said they wanted criminal justice system overhauls and more police accountability.
The President has long rejected progressive calls to "defund the police," and said in his State of the Union address earlier this year, "We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them. Fund them. Fund them with resources and training."
Biden's comments also come as his administration and Democrats in Congress attempt to get gun legislation passed in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers. The odds of any sweeping overhaul remain very steep, but lawmakers have expressed optimism that a deal for a narrow and targeted bill could be reached as soon as the end of this week.
The President met Tuesday with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who is leading bipartisan negotiations on a gun legislation. Actor Matthew McConaughey, a Uvalde native, also delivered impassioned remarks at the White House press briefing on Tuesday calling for stricter gun laws.
Biden has called on Congress to implement measures including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase, among others.
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AUSTIN, Texas — (The Texas Tribune) A new lawsuit filed Wednesday is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children. The lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Lambda Legal on behalf of three families, including the Briggle family, who have long been advocates for trans rights, including hosting Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton for dinner with their transgender son.
The lawsuit also seeks to block the state from investigating any families that belong to PFLAG, an advocacy group for parents and family members of LGBT+ people.
The state is currently blocked from investigating one family that brought a prior legal challenge. This lawsuit seeks to widen the number of people that cannot be investigated under the directive; according to the filing, PFLAG’s 17 chapters in Texas have over 600 members combined.
At least nine families are currently under investigation for potential child abuse by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for providing gender-affirming care to their transgender children.
Gender-affirming care is endorsed by all the major medical associations as the proper treatment for gender dysphoria, the distress someone can feel when their assigned sex doesn’t align with their gender identity. While many young people focus on social transition — dressing differently or using different pronouns — some are prescribed puberty blockers, which are reversible, or hormone therapy.
In February, Attorney General Ken Paxton issued a non-binding legal opinion equating gender-affirming medical care with child abuse. Days later, Abbott followed that opinion with a directive telling DFPS to investigate these cases. The agency said in a statement at the time that they would “follow Texas law…in accordance with Governor Abbott’s directive.”
The ACLU and Lambda Legal sued Abbott and DFPS on behalf of a family under investigation, seeking a court order stopping these investigations more broadly. The Texas Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the court could temporarily stop the investigation into the family that brought the suit, but not all parents of transgender children.
Now, the ACLU and Lambda Legal have brought this new suit on behalf of three specific families, including a family that once had Paxton over for dinner, and PFLAG, arguing that “every one of PFLAG’s Texas members with a transgender child, or those with children still learning who they are, is at substantial risk of harm.”
“For nearly 50 years, PFLAG parents have united against government efforts to harm their LGBTQ+ kids,” said Brian K. Bond, Executive Director of PFLAG National. “By going after trans kids and their families, Gov. Abbott has picked a fight with thousands of families in Texas and across the country who are united as members of PFLAG National.”
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — The choice of a controversial former sheriff from Wisconsin to speak at a conference of Oregon school resource officers is drawing ire from some police reform advocates and others surprised that an outspoken critic of the Black Lives Matter movement would get such a public platform.
David A. Clarke, who resigned as Milwaukee County sheriff in 2017, has supported defunding schools, railed against coronavirus safeguards such as mask mandates and amplified conspiracy theories about billionaire philanthropist George Soros having his “fingerprints all over” student activism for gun control by survivors of the shooting at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He also has criticized school districts for having “no will” to “protect these kids.”
Clarke, who is Black, has consistently referred to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations for civil rights and against police bias and brutality as “Black Lies Matter.” He once said the movement would “join forces with ISIS.”
In recent weeks, he has defended the Proud Boys, calling the prosecution of some of the group’s leaders on sedition charges in the U.S. Capitol insurrection an “abuse of power.” He also criticized the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to investigate the police response to the Uvalde school shooter as improper.
Clark is among several keynote speakers asked to address the annual conference of the nonprofit Oregon School Resource Officers Association scheduled July 24-27 at the Mt. Hood Oregon Resort in Welches. The association supports police agencies that assign officers to school districts.
He’s set to talk about leadership and policing, according to the association.
Kathy Selvaggio, a community activist from West Linn, asked her city’s police chief not to send its school resource officer to the conference in protest of Clarke’s appearance. Selvaggio has sought changes in the city’s police department after West Linn paid $600,000 in February 2020 to settle a wrongful arrest suit filed by Portland resident Michael Fesser, who is Black.
“This person hardly seems like a role model for school resource officers who are dealing on a day-to-day basis with young people,” Selvaggio wrote to the police chief.
West Linn City Councilor Mary Baumgardner said she called an association official to urge him to cancel Clarke’s speech.
“I think (Clarke’s) rhetoric serves a confirmation bias by many in law enforcement,” Baumgardner said. “He’s a political firebrand. Everything I found about him was one thing worse than the last thing.”
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In a letter that Willie Poinsette, president of the Lake Oswego community-based group Respond to Racism, sent to the town’s city manager and school superintendent last week, she shared how some students of color in Lake Oswego already are uncomfortable with school resource officers in their schools and some feel targeted by them. She urged the district not to send its school resource officers to the conference.
“Imagine how our Lake Oswego students will feel if they learn that Lake Oswego SROS (school resource officers), educators, and administrators are spending time learning from a man who is openly biased and who openly has disdain for some of them,” she wrote. “How can students trust that the city and school have their best interest in their hearts if they simultaneously spend time subscribing to Clarke’s disregard for gun safety, the Black Lives Matter causes, and Black people in general? "
Lake Oswego City Manager Martha Bennett responded in writing that from what she looked up and learned about Clarke, he “certainly is a controversial public figure.”
But Bennett wrote that the city would never restrict someone from attending a conference “on the merits of only one speaker.” Further, she responded that often such conferences are where the school resource officers can learn about best practices and changes in laws that help them do their jobs more effectively.
Mike Jackson, a 16-year school resource officer for Medford police who serves as the association’s president, said he heard some people “aren’t crazy about Sheriff Clarke’s politics.”
He noted that Clarke isn’t the only keynote speaker and has been given two hours on the program, compared to others who are speaking for up to four to six hours. Clarke was selected by the group’s board because he’s a big supporter of police, Jackson said.
“We certainly as an organization do not identify with any particular political party or any ideology or philosophy,” Jackson said. “If a speaker was going to come in and promote any kind of lawlessness, we would not promote that.’’
Rick Puente, association vice president, said he spoke with Baumgardner and will share her concerns with the board.
“I think people get caught up on the political side of things and forget that he was a sheriff for a long time in leadership,” said Puente, who serves as public safety director for Beaverton School District. “He will be speaking on leading in chaotic times. Our goal is to focus on school safety.”
West Linn Police Chief Peter Mahuna said he doesn’t intend to stop West Linn’s school resource officer from attending the conference. Mahuna said other training topics planned will benefit the officer.
“I will give the officer permission to skip the presentation by Mr. Clarke if he chooses. If he chooses to attend the presentation, I will have a check in and follow up conversation with him,” Mahuna wrote to Selvaggio.
Clarke did not respond to phone or email messages seeking comment.
Portland police removed their resource officers from schools at the school district’s request in June 2020. Portland Public Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero said he wanted to use the money instead for more social workers, counselors and “culturally specific partnerships.”
At least 100 people are expected to attend the conference. Members include police, school administrators, juvenile justice officials and other school district staff.
Other keynote speakers at the conference are Molly Bradley Hudgens, a school counselor at a middle school in Tennessee who wrote a study on school shootings called “Recognizing Red Flags” and retired Dallas Police Officer Byron Boston, speaking about 21st century policing.
Other topics include information about Karly’s Law, named after a 3-year-old Corvallis girl who died from abuse. It requires police, medical providers and others to ensure children who have suspicious physical injuries receive medical attention within 48 hours. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/controversial-ex-sheriff-david-clarke-oregon-sro-conference/283-565fa758-a47e-47aa-8ea9-faf5f25247c3 | 2022-06-08T21:41:17 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/controversial-ex-sheriff-david-clarke-oregon-sro-conference/283-565fa758-a47e-47aa-8ea9-faf5f25247c3 |
DANVILLE, Va. — An 11-year-old boy who was pulled from the Dan River in Virginia by rescue personnel has died, authorities said.
It’s not known if the children were swimming in the river or playing near it.
Within 10 minutes, the fire department had two rescue boats in the water searching for the boy, who Smotherman said was pulled from the river by fire department members and brought to the shore.
Rescue personnel performed CPR on the boy. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead., Smotherman said in a news release. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/authorities-boy-who-fell-into-river-in-virginia-dies/2022/06/08/8059afb8-e76f-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-08T21:43:22 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/authorities-boy-who-fell-into-river-in-virginia-dies/2022/06/08/8059afb8-e76f-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
OAKTON, Va. — Two teenage girls died and a third was critically injured when they were hit by a car involved in a collision in northern Virginia, police said.
A Toyota 4Runner waited for a group to cross the road, but when it began to turn left, it was hit by a BMW traveling at high speed, according to Maj. Eli Cory, a police spokesman. The BMW then “ricocheted off the side of the road, hit the three pedestrians, hit a pole on the side of the road and finally came to rest down the street,” he said.
The three girls, students at Oakton High School, which is a block from the intersection, suffered life-threatening injuries and hours later, police said two of the girls had died at the hospital.
The driver and a passenger in the BMW were taken to the hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening, Cory said. The BMW driver was a juvenile, and two passengers in the BMW fled the scene, he said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-2-teens-killed-1-critically-injured-when-hit-by-car/2022/06/08/880b5eac-e76d-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-08T21:43:28 | 0 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-2-teens-killed-1-critically-injured-when-hit-by-car/2022/06/08/880b5eac-e76d-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police in Virginia have identified three people who were killed in a shooting Tuesday that also left a fourth person in critical condition.
In a news release Wednesday, police identified the victims as: Georgio Davonta Lee, 30; Oleisha Deanna Mears, 37; and Ashley Merricks, 34. Police said a 66-year-old man remains in critical condition with life-threatening injuries. Witnesses told police a vehicle thought to be a 2011 black GMC Acadia was seen leaving the area after the shooting.
The city has had a rash of shootings in the last week, including a fatal shooting on Monday, a separate non-fatal shooting Tuesday morning and multiple shootings last week.
During a news conference Tuesday, police Chief Renado Prince urged anyone who has information about any of the recent shootings to come forward.
“If we don’t have the community giving us those hits, those clues, those leads that we can follow up, we are powerless,” he said. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-identify-3-people-fatally-shot-in-portsmouth/2022/06/08/1eadec80-e769-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-08T21:43:34 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/police-identify-3-people-fatally-shot-in-portsmouth/2022/06/08/1eadec80-e769-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
North Providence's Lisa Leaheey, 'book and movie nerd,' is RI Teacher of the Year
NORTH PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's "Teacher of the Year" is a beloved longtime high school English teacher who keeps a library of her own books at school to make it easier for students to borrow the titles.
She was at an assembly in North Providence High School's gymnasium when the state's education commissioner, Angélica Infante-Green, broke the news Wednesday.
Lisa Leaheey expressed gratitude to her students and colleagues, telling them, "You all inspire me."
A family of teachers
The momen elicited some reflections on her career path in education and the "family of teachers" she comes from, including her grandmother and mother. Her father, the late Joseph Pasonelli, was a middle school principal in North Providence.
Leaheey, who is known by her nickname, "Pas," recalled cheering for North Providence at a basketball state championship game before she was a teacher.
"So I was destined to be here," she said. "I think there's certain things in life that bring you to where you need to be. I think that everything you have done for me and every chance and every challenge and every joke and every class laugh, whatever there is, has brought me to where I am, so I can't thank you enough for the honor."
Leaheey, who has taught at the high school for 22 years – her career, so far – is the first North Providence teacher to win the award, according to administrators.
North Providence Schools Supt. Joseph Goho, who was the high school's principal, can now boast that he hired a teacher of the year.
He wasted no time doing that, recalling the general feeling after Leaheey's interviews for the job. The decision was a "no-brainer," he said.
The setting for Wednesday's announcement was a packed gymnasium.
Infante-Green and other state education officials praised the students for their fortitude during the course of a high school experience greatly challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Administrators also lauded Leaheey's expertise in technology, which was a focus of her studies as a graduate student. She has a master's degree in curriculum and instruction.
At the outset of the pandemic, she was "instrumental" in the conversion of classrooms to online learning spaces, according to a news release issued by the state Department of Education.
For the past 14 years, she has also helped school districts in Rhode Island prepare for accreditation.
She kept it simple in her comments, making clear what she loves most.
"I'm just a giant book and movie nerd," she said. "And as an English teacher I get to come in and – you've all seen it – nerd out every single day on whatever it is we're reading and watching. I love that you come along with me on that journey because I wouldn't possibly be here without all of you. You are the reason that I am here."
She was reminded of "an old saying" about choosing a career.
"You do something that you love," she said, "you'll never work a day in your life."
Milken Educator Awards:RI social studies teacher, reading specialist surprised with award | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/lisa-leaheey-2023-rhode-island-teacher-year-north-providence-high-school/7555774001/ | 2022-06-08T21:50:43 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/lisa-leaheey-2023-rhode-island-teacher-year-north-providence-high-school/7555774001/ |
Six dogs and three people were rescued from a house fire Wednesday in Henrico County.
Crews were alerted to the fire in the 5800 block of Staples Mill Road at about 10:24 a.m. They arrived to see smoke and flames coming from the house, Henrico fire Assistant Chief John Walls said in a statement.
A passerby is credited with going into the house before crews arrived and getting two teenagers and pets out of the building, he said. Fire crews also helped another person and other animals get out as they battled the fire.
Staples Mill Road east of Glenside Drive was closed for multiple hours.
The two teens and the man who helped them were treated at the scene then taken to a hospital for treatment, he said. They had non-life-threatening injuries.
Three of the dogs and a bird were sent to a veterinarian for treatment. Two reptiles and a dog died at the scene.
Red Cross is assisting the eight people displaced as a result of this incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
In October 1951, workers constructed a section of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The segment sits between Westover Hills Boulevard and Prince Arthur Road.
In February 1953, Richmond Department of Utilities workers used a 65-foot hook-and-ladder firetruck to install new lights on Broad Street after attempts to secure other ladder equipment from private companies had failed.
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. On hand were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland. The library opened in December 1970.
In June 1969, a Trappist monk at the Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville in Clarke County began his daily meditation. The monks spent their days balancing quiet prayer, spiritual reading and manual labor.
In June 1956, the Rev. Lawrence V. Bradley Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond and his secretary, Jean Bolton, got out the summertime heat beater: a simple cardboard fan. The pews were liberally stocked during the warm months because the church had no air conditioning.
In July 1959, the normally bustling downtown Richmond business district, including this stretch along Eighth and Main streets, was much quieter as motorists stayed home because of triple-digit heat.
In April 1966, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. officials oversaw manufacturing at a new plant in Chesterfield County. The facility produced millions of bags for supermarket chains and other clients on the East Coast. At the time, about 265 employees worked in two local company plants; the old factory at 13th and Canal streets in Richmond was open for limited operation until it was sold.
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. The branch opened in December 1970. Posing with the sign were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland.
In August 1982, David Tidwell of Croaker posed with his girlfriend’s dog, Blazing Amber of Cinder, at the humorous “Norge Dog Station” at Norge Grocery on U.S. Route 60 west of Williamsburg. The sign had been put up seven years earlier, and the spot became a popular photo opportunity for visitors.
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight — but restocking the shelves awaited.
This 1957 photo shows Collegiate School in the 1600 block of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The Town School elementary building was on the left and the high school on the right. In 1960, the Town School and the Country Day School merged, operating on the campus off River and Mooreland roads in Henrico County. It remains the location today.
In November 1970, a Richmond officer rode his horse by the police bureau’s new stables, which were under construction. The facility near Brook Road and Chamberlayne Avenue included eight stalls, a scrub area, a horseshoeing area and a tack room. The bureau had been looking for an established home for its horses since the mid-1960s, when the Virginia National Guard moved from the Richmond Howitzers downtown armory, where the horses had been stabled for two decades.
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
In December 1938, Richmond Glass Shop had a new home at 814 W. Broad St., site of the old Ashland Railway Station. The shop, run by brothers Frank R. and A.G. Bialkowski, had glass of many types, and offered bath and kitchen installation, storefront construction and paint products.
In March 1979, corrections officer Howard Alexander held the homemade rope used by convicted murderer Michael Irwin Cross to escape from the State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Cross was captured two months later after attempting to free a fellow convict who was being treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
In July 1951, Alonzo Moore, 74, walked down a street in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and blew his horn, alerting locals to his sale of the fresh catch of the day.
In July 1960, the Schellenberg family of Highland Springs prepared to have a bomb shelter installed in their yard, one of Virginia’s first privately owned radiation fallout shelters. The enclosure was designed to accommodate up to six people during a nuclear attack. The horizontal steel tank (rear) was 7 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. Once installed, the only elements aboveground would be a domed entrance and air filter and exhaust pipes.
In June 1979, Terry Woo set bricks for a walkway as construction of Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond continued. The $4 million dollar city-financed plaza linked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond building and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. building.
In June 1968, workers welded boilers at Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp., located on Belle Isle under the Lee Bridge in Richmond. At the time, Old Dominion’s owner was interested in expanding operations, and the city was interested in using the island as part of a James River park. The company’s history on Belle Isle spanned from before the Civil War to the 1970s.
In November 1972, after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes had washed out a bridge, a barge carried vehicles and workers across the James River from Tredegar Street toward Belle Isle in Richmond. A day earlier, a welder for Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp. drowned after a boat carrying him and others capsized on the same route.
This December 1973 photo shows the front counter in Roaring Twenties, a new restaurant and nightclub on state Route 10 in the Hopewell area. It was designed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy, with features including an antique cash register, a diving girl and even a dining table from Al Capone’s Florida home.
In October 1969, cadets at John Marshall High School in Richmond posed with their ribbon-bedecked sponsors after an awards ceremony. The school’s Corps of Cadets was established in 1915 — it was the first military training program in a public school in Virginia — and disbanded in 1971.
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
In August 1972, motorists approaching construction on Interstate 64 south of Bryan Park in Richmond were greeted by a robot signalman waving a bright red flag. “Silent Sam,” as the decoy was nicknamed, was used by the state Department of Highways to slow drivers as they neared workmen building an I-195 interchange and bridge near the Acca rail yards.
A look back at photos from the Richmond Times-Dispatch archives.
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Forest Hill Ave.
In October 1951, workers constructed a section of Forest Hill Avenue in South Richmond. The segment sits between Westover Hills Boulevard and Prince Arthur Road.
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Ballet
In December 1990, a Richmond Ballet dancer stretched before rehearsal of “The Nutcracker.”
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street lights
In February 1953, Richmond Department of Utilities workers used a 65-foot hook-and-ladder firetruck to install new lights on Broad Street after attempts to secure other ladder equipment from private companies had failed.
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Dog
In May 1954, Scoop sniffed around the pet food aisle at a grocery store in Richmond’s West End. The store offered a large selection of pet foods, a relatively new concept for the era. The accompanying article said: “Gone, apparently, are the days that Fido took the scraps from the table and liked them.”
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typewriters
In September 1942, members of Richmond Hotels Inc. donated typewriters to the War Production Board and the Office of War Information in response to an appeal for businesses to let the government have any machines they could spare.
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Camp Happyland
In August 1981, children enjoyed outdoor recreation at Camp Happyland in the Richardsville area of Culpeper County, not far from Fredericksburg. The Salvation Army started the camp in the late 1950s to improve children’s health through exercise and proper nutrition.
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In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. On hand were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland. The library opened in December 1970.
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Monk
In June 1969, a Trappist monk at the Holy Cross Abbey near Berryville in Clarke County began his daily meditation. The monks spent their days balancing quiet prayer, spiritual reading and manual labor.
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Grove Avenue Church
In June 1956, the Rev. Lawrence V. Bradley Jr. of Grove Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond and his secretary, Jean Bolton, got out the summertime heat beater: a simple cardboard fan. The pews were liberally stocked during the warm months because the church had no air conditioning.
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Richmond Streets
In July 1959, the normally bustling downtown Richmond business district, including this stretch along Eighth and Main streets, was much quieter as motorists stayed home because of triple-digit heat.
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Union Bag Camp
In April 1966, Union Bag-Camp Paper Corp. officials oversaw manufacturing at a new plant in Chesterfield County. The facility produced millions of bags for supermarket chains and other clients on the East Coast. At the time, about 265 employees worked in two local company plants; the old factory at 13th and Canal streets in Richmond was open for limited operation until it was sold.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1969, a sign went up to mark the site of Henrico County’s first permanent designated library, on Laburnum Avenue near New Market Road. The branch opened in December 1970. Posing with the sign were (from left) Varina District Supervisor Edwin Ragsdale, library board trustee Mrs. F.M. Vaughan, library assistant Virginia Liles and county libraries director David Rowland.
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Dogs
In August 1982, David Tidwell of Croaker posed with his girlfriend’s dog, Blazing Amber of Cinder, at the humorous “Norge Dog Station” at Norge Grocery on U.S. Route 60 west of Williamsburg. The sign had been put up seven years earlier, and the spot became a popular photo opportunity for visitors.
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Henrico County Library
In March 1987, in preparation for new carpeting, the Dumbarton branch library in Henrico County had to remove about 80,000 books from shelves. About 50 people handled the first phase overnight — but restocking the shelves awaited.
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Collegiate
This 1957 photo shows Collegiate School in the 1600 block of Monument Avenue in Richmond. The Town School elementary building was on the left and the high school on the right. In 1960, the Town School and the Country Day School merged, operating on the campus off River and Mooreland roads in Henrico County. It remains the location today.
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police stables
In November 1970, a Richmond officer rode his horse by the police bureau’s new stables, which were under construction. The facility near Brook Road and Chamberlayne Avenue included eight stalls, a scrub area, a horseshoeing area and a tack room. The bureau had been looking for an established home for its horses since the mid-1960s, when the Virginia National Guard moved from the Richmond Howitzers downtown armory, where the horses had been stabled for two decades.
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City Council
In March 1971, a crowd estimated at several hundred waited outside City Council chambers at City Hall in downtown Richmond. Residents of the recently annexed Broad Rock area were protesting the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority’s proposal for low-rent public housing in the area.
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draft
In November 1948, Army Lt. Charles D. Smith Jr. administered the oath to the first set of postwar draftees processed at the Richmond induction station at First and Broad streets. Several of the men were immediately sent to Camp Pickett in Blackstone.
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Richmond Glass Shop
In December 1938, Richmond Glass Shop had a new home at 814 W. Broad St., site of the old Ashland Railway Station. The shop, run by brothers Frank R. and A.G. Bialkowski, had glass of many types, and offered bath and kitchen installation, storefront construction and paint products.
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State Pen
In March 1979, corrections officer Howard Alexander held the homemade rope used by convicted murderer Michael Irwin Cross to escape from the State Penitentiary, then located along Spring Street in downtown Richmond. Cross was captured two months later after attempting to free a fellow convict who was being treated at Medical College of Virginia Hospital.
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Mr. Newspaper
In June 1986, “Mr. Newspaper” greeted a young girl and her mother at a Richmond-area mall. The RTD mascot often traveled around town promoting the newspaper.
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Cape Charles
In July 1951, Alonzo Moore, 74, walked down a street in Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore and blew his horn, alerting locals to his sale of the fresh catch of the day.
TIMES-DISPATCH
Bomb Shelter
In July 1960, the Schellenberg family of Highland Springs prepared to have a bomb shelter installed in their yard, one of Virginia’s first privately owned radiation fallout shelters. The enclosure was designed to accommodate up to six people during a nuclear attack. The horizontal steel tank (rear) was 7 feet in diameter and 16 feet long. Once installed, the only elements aboveground would be a domed entrance and air filter and exhaust pipes.
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Kanawha Plaza
In June 1979, Terry Woo set bricks for a walkway as construction of Kanawha Plaza in downtown Richmond continued. The $4 million dollar city-financed plaza linked the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond building and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. building.
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Cape Charles
In July 1951, two women enjoyed the white sand beach of Cape Charles on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
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boilers
In June 1968, workers welded boilers at Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp., located on Belle Isle under the Lee Bridge in Richmond. At the time, Old Dominion’s owner was interested in expanding operations, and the city was interested in using the island as part of a James River park. The company’s history on Belle Isle spanned from before the Civil War to the 1970s.
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Belle Isle
In November 1972, after the remnants of Hurricane Agnes had washed out a bridge, a barge carried vehicles and workers across the James River from Tredegar Street toward Belle Isle in Richmond. A day earlier, a welder for Old Dominion Iron and Steel Corp. drowned after a boat carrying him and others capsized on the same route.
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Roaring Twenties Roadhouse
This December 1973 photo shows the front counter in Roaring Twenties, a new restaurant and nightclub on state Route 10 in the Hopewell area. It was designed to resemble a 1920s speakeasy, with features including an antique cash register, a diving girl and even a dining table from Al Capone’s Florida home.
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John Marshall Cadet Corps
In October 1969, cadets at John Marshall High School in Richmond posed with their ribbon-bedecked sponsors after an awards ceremony. The school’s Corps of Cadets was established in 1915 — it was the first military training program in a public school in Virginia — and disbanded in 1971.
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Newspaper fire
In May 1989, a transformer exploded under the sidewalk on the Fourth Street side of the Richmond Newspapers Inc. building downtown. The ensuing fireball charred two cars parked on the street and sent flames up the side of the building. No one was hurt in the nighttime explosion, and delivery of the next morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch (which was printed in the building) was only slightly delayed.
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Silent Sam
In August 1972, motorists approaching construction on Interstate 64 south of Bryan Park in Richmond were greeted by a robot signalman waving a bright red flag. “Silent Sam,” as the decoy was nicknamed, was used by the state Department of Highways to slow drivers as they neared workmen building an I-195 interchange and bridge near the Acca rail yards.
Henrico Fire units were called to the 5800 block of Staples Mill Road for a residential structure fire. Two juveniles and one adult were treated at the scene and sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. | https://richmond.com/news/local/6-dogs-rescued-from-henrico-county-house-fire/article_61505ccb-a07b-577a-902a-67aebbfbc549.html | 2022-06-08T21:57:13 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/6-dogs-rescued-from-henrico-county-house-fire/article_61505ccb-a07b-577a-902a-67aebbfbc549.html |
The owner and occupants of a Chester home where a graduation party was overrun by teens and young adults that ended with six people being shot, one fatally, are not culpable for the chaos and violence and won’t be charged criminally, a county police official said Wednesday.
The host of Friday’s high school graduation party had sent invitations “to a select group of [10] people,” said Chesterfield County police Capt. Michael Breeden, an investigations supervisor.
Then without the approval or authorization of the host, someone posted an invitation about the party on Instagram, “and that’s when everybody showed up,” Breeden said. “Somebody just put it out there. People just kept showing up and obviously it got out of hand.”
The Instagram message didn’t include an address, but the person who posted it indicated they could provide a location to those interested, police said.
Between 50 and 100 revelers arrived, many of whom were underage.
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“We don’t see where anyone at the house did anything to perpetuate [what transpired], or did anything that would lead to any sort of criminal-type charges,” Breeden added. “There’s no indication of [wrongdoing] from the people out at the house. Nothing like that.”
Breeden said a woman was at the home that evening and that her grandson, also an adult, was hosting the graduation party for a Thomas Dale High School student. The grandmother approved of the limited gathering of 10 people but not of the uninvited mass gathering of revelers. When a crowd began to gather, she went outside and announced they had to leave.
“She has been extremely cooperative with us,” Breeden said of the grandmother in the days since the incident.
A barrage of gunfire rang out around 10:21 p.m. outside the house in the area of Stephey and Weybridge roads, fatally wounding Taborri J. Carter, 20, of the 21100 block of Baileys Bridge Road in southern Chesterfield.
Carter, who Breeden said was struck twice by gunfire, died at the scene. The captain said he didn’t know whether Carter had been invited to the party or showed up on his own. It also wasn’t clear whether Carter got into an altercation with someone at the party or was an innocent bystander.
Police said they found out afterward that prior to the shootings, there were two separate “fights or disturbances” between females. One was broken up, and then soon afterward another fight started.
“And then very shortly after that is when the shots fired call came in,” Maj. Brad Badgerow said during a Saturday news briefing of the incident. Police later determined that more than 50 shots were fired; four different calibers of cartridge casings were identified.
The gunfire that killed Carter also injured five other young people, all males ages 16 to 21. They were from Richmond, Chesterfield, Hopewell, Dinwiddie and Prince George. None of their injuries was considered life-threatening.
Police located one of the victims in a restaurant parking lot and another in the Thomas Dale High School parking lot a couple of miles from the party. Two other victims showed up at the Tri-Cities Emergency Center in Prince George and at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell.
Two other revelers were injured when they were struck by vehicles as they fled the shooting.
Carter formerly attended Richmond Christian School in Chesterfield and played on the school’s basketball team.
Breeden said investigators are making headway in the case, “but we’re not close to making any charges. We’re still trying to get all the facts, talk to all the people. We’re still trying to track everyone down, speak with them and get stories of what happened and put things together that we don’t know.”
“It’s our intention to try and speak with everybody that we know of that was there,” he added. “We got a whole lot of people to talk to.”
Police urged anyone with information to call them at (804) 748-1251 or Crime Solvers at (804) 748-0660. Information can also be provided through the P3 Tips app.
Richmond police said a body found at a city waste management site has been identified.
Richmond police on Wednesday released the identity of the man shot in Gilpin Court Tuesday. Authorities say the victim is Jermarcus Taylor, 37…
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A man was killed and another was charged with his murder following a shooting early Wednesday near Fort Harrison in eastern Henrico County.
Henrico police received a call at 2:57 a.m. from a person who indicated he had shot someone.
The shooting occurred along Picnic Road near Battlefield Park Road, which leads to Fort Harrison.
Upon arrival, officers located the victim and provided first aid; a man believed involved in the shooting was detained.
The victim suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
Later Wednesday, police identified the victim as Brandon Keith Temple, 36, of Henrico.
Robert Martin Seward, 21, of Henrico was charged with second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Police did not disclose he circumstances of the fatal shooting. They said no one else is being sought.
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Because the shooting occurred on U.S. National Park Service property, Henrico police will conduct an investigation while coordinating efforts in conjunction with the park service, said police spokesman Lt. Matt Pecka.
Fort Harrison, part of the Richmond National Battlefield Park, was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the Civil War.
Anyone with information is urged to call Henrico police Detective Ensor at (804) 501-5794 or Crime Stoppers at (804) 780-1000. Tips can also be submitted at P3Tips.com.
Hector Ruiz, 29, rented a room in a South Richmond house and served as the "main accountant" for the drug trafficking proceeds, authorities said.
A man was killed in an early morning shooting in Gilpin Court, police said.
Three people were killed and one was critically injured after a shooting in Portsmouth on Tuesday morning, according to police.
A 26-year-old man from Chesterfield County was killed Monday after the truck he was driving ran off the road and overturned in Henrico County,…
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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — The man who resigned as Greeneville High School’s principal May 31 had tweeted a photo last November of three female students and a reference to “Bringing Sexy Back One Track Suit at a Time,” personnel records show.
Martin McDonald, who had been a successful principal or assistant principal for 15 years prior to taking the Greeneville job in 2020, allegedly continued to make “inappropriate comments” after being disciplined over the November tweet, according to a March 25 corrective action plan.
McDonald was rehired in May 2021 for the school year that just ended with a congratulatory letter from Superintendent Steve Starnes. But on Nov. 9 he was reprimanded for the tweet. Records show the formal reprimand instructed McDonald to “refrain from making any verbal comments or any social media or similar posts which depict students in a negative or inappropriate light.”
The reprimand cited three violations of the Teacher Code of Ethics/Educator’s Obligation to Students. Educators are expected to not intentionally expose students to embarrassment or disparagement and not engage in any sexually related behavior with a student, with or without consent.
The code states that can include making sexual jokes or remarks and encompasses verbal, written, physical or electronic behavior. The third violation listed was a failure to maintain a professional approach with students at all times.
The school system sent a report of the reprimand’s details to the state board of education.
The only other negative item in McDonald’s file is the March 25 plan of corrective action. It lists two areas of concern/deficiencies. The first is a three-part citation under “neglect of duty and incompetence.”
The items include failing to follow through “with important tasks such as addressing major personnel issues;” not immediately addressing personnel issues when they arise; and not following through on commitments to faculty and staff in a timely manner.
The other, under unprofessional conduct, says “incidents of inappropriate comments continue to be reported to Administration.”
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The “goal” for that item was to “exhibit behavior expected of a Greeneville City School’s leader.” Strategies included assessing situations before making statements, “know your audience,” and refrain from inappropriate comments to others.
Successful completion of the goal would be marked by “(r)eports of unprofessional conduct will cease.”
In his written resignation form McDonald listed no reason for his departure. Superintendent Starnes told News Channel 11 the system had no comment on the resignation. The system has already begun its search for a replacement.
McDonald came to Greeneville with a glowing recommendation letter from a Washington state school superintendent who had been executive director of teaching and learning for Oak Ridge Schools while McDonald was Oak Ridge High’s principal from 2016-2020.
She wrote that if she could convince McDonald to relocate she would “hire him in a second.” She listed both programmatic achievements at the school and “personal efforts toward his students,” calling him “a student-focused leader.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ex-greeneville-hs-principal-had-tweeted-about-female-students-later-made-inappropriate-comments/ | 2022-06-08T22:03:52 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/ex-greeneville-hs-principal-had-tweeted-about-female-students-later-made-inappropriate-comments/ |
MARION, Va. (WJHL) — Flames from a burning tire spread to a trailer hauling vehicles in the northbound lane of I-81 Tuesday night.
Officials with Marion Fire and EMS revealed that the driver pulled over near mile marker 44 and unhitched his tractor from the trailer, pulling it away from the fire as the blaze engulfed six out of seven vehicles on the trailer.
Responders stated in a Facebook post that crews responded at 7:27 p.m. and extinguished the flames as Virginia State Police (VSP) closed the interstate and directed traffic as lanes reopened.
The fire department responded with Chief 1, Medic 1, Tanker 1 and 2 and Quint 1, according to the post.
Crews did not return to the station until 9 p.m., and responders did not report any injuries during the incident. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/flames-devour-car-hauling-trailer-on-i-81-in-marion/ | 2022-06-08T22:03:58 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/flames-devour-car-hauling-trailer-on-i-81-in-marion/ |
TRI-CITIES, Tenn./Va. (WJHL) – Some local school systems are planning to raise their price per school lunch anywhere from ten cents to a quarter more per meal this fall.
Kingsport City Schools Nutrition Supervisor Jennifer Walker said their school system will be among those with a price increase and that’s due to food and labor costs increasing.
Unfortunately, the cost increase also comes just as the federal program making school food free during the pandemic for all kids expires as well.
“The USDA is closing the door on that,” Walker said. “It’s been really nice for many reasons, and we hoped to be able to continue.”
Walker said since the last time parents have paid for school lunches there’ve been a lot of changes.
“What we’re noticing is an average of a 10% food increase, if not more,” Walker said. “Our chicken nugget went up 25%.”
Walker said on Tuesday, Kingsport City Schools also approved a 10% pay increase to help retain staff.
“Our food and labor expenses that are going up over 10%,” Walker said. “We are raising, it’s about an average of a 6% increase, which doesn’t even match that, but we’re hoping to offset that with federal reimbursements.”
Previously, lunch for a high school student cost $2.75 a day, but that will go up to $3.00. For the 178 days school is in session, the total is $534. So, parents will pay $44.50 more this coming school year than in previous years.
Kingsport City Schools is not alone, other school districts around the region are also raising prices.
Washington County Schools plans to go up 10 cents per lunch for all students, and Johnson City Schools plans a 10 to 15 cent increase for middle and high school student lunches.
“It was unfortunate to have to raise our meal prices based on the fact that food and labor costs are increasing,” Walker said. “You never want to have to do that, but it just seems to be what’s happening in our economy right now.”
Free and reduced lunches will still be available for eligible children.
Walker said an application for the coming school year can be filled out in July. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-schools-raising-meal-prices-this-fall/ | 2022-06-08T22:04:04 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-schools-raising-meal-prices-this-fall/ |
BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — A person was fatally struck by a train Wednesday afternoon near Bristol.
According to the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office, it happened near the intersection of Vance Tank Road and Broyles Lane.
The identity of the person is unknown as of 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The sheriff’s office is investigating.
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The United Auto Workers union, which represents thousands of workers in the Calumet Region, boosted its weekly strike pay to $400.
The Detroit-based union is increasing strike pay for its members from $275 per week to $400 per week. The benefit kicks in on the eighth day of a strike.
The UAW International Executive Board also voted to eliminate a provision that a member cannot receive union strike benefits if they collect unemployment benefits from the government.
“UAW members who strike are fighting to hold their employers accountable,” UAW President Ray Curry said. “Our striking members and their families deserve our solidarity, and this increased benefit will help them hold the line.”
The union represents about 5,700 of the 5,810 workers at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant on the far South Side, and about 1,180 of the 1,290 workers at Ford's Chicago Stamping Plant in Chicago Heights. It also represents most of the 900 workers at the Lear Corp. seat factory in Hammond, which supplies the Explorers, Aviators and Police Interceptors made just across the state line.
Lear workers secured higher wages after walking off the job and going on strike in Hammond in 2014.
The UAW had more than 400,00 members and more than 580,000 retired members in North America. It has more than 600 locals representing workers at auto plants, factories, state and local governments, colleges, hospitals and nonprofits.
The union has more than 1,150 contracts with more than 1,600 employers in a number of sectors, ranging in size from huge multinationals to local governments. Founded in 1935, it claims to be one of the biggest and most diverse unions in the United States.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Crown Point Burger King reopens this month; Buffalo Wild Wings closes, SerenDIPity Ice Cream Parlor; Lucky Hatchet and Sunset Grille opening
Reopening soon
You will soon again be able to have a flame-grilled Whopper your way.
The Burger King in Crown Point will at long last reopen its doors this month. The fast-food restaurant at 1137 N. Main St. just north of downtown closed nearly two years ago after a fire. It's now hiring as it ramps up to reopen.
Manager Denise Marie said it should finally come back in a few weeks.
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'Middle of June'
"We are optimistic middle of June," she said. "Possibly sooner."
A fire broke out in the early morning hours in October 2020. The Burger King has been shuttered since then and has been one of the most inquired about businesses in the history of this retail column. Construction work was long-delayed but Burger King has done extensive renovation work to the restaurant building, including a new exterior and signage that's both more modern and a throwback.
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Closed since fire in Oct. 2020
A grand opening ceremony is planned, Marie said.
Burger King, the perennial Pepsi to McDonald's Coke, the Avis to its Hertz, has burgers, fries... you already know this.
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Closed
Buffalo Wilds Wings closed in Michigan City.
The chain sit-down restaurant at 5000 Franklin St. by the Meijer superstore served chicken wings with a wide variety of sauces and seasonings in a sports bar environment.
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Multiple locations remain
The chain has multiple other Region locations, including Merrillville, Portage, Hammond, Schererville, LaPorte, Crown Point, Valparaiso, Lansing and Calumet City.
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Coming soon
After a long delay, SerenDIPity is going to bring something sweet to downtown Griffith.
Shari Nowatzke and Andres Hernandez have been working to open the ice cream parlor and doughnut shop at 120 N. Griffith Boulevard since signing a lease to take over a former hair salon last July. Nowatzke, a former Baskin Robbins employee whose friends own Bubbles Ice Cream Parlor in Michigan City, has always wanted to have an ice cream shop of her own.
"It's always been a dream of mine to own an ice cream store," she said. "Ice cream makes everything better. I don't even eat it that much. It's just a fun environment to work at."
SerenDIPity will serve Hershey's ice cream, both soft-serve and hard dip. It will have chocolate, vanilla and swirl soft serves and 24 varieties of hard dip like Blue Moon, Superman, Cookies and Cream, Rainbow Sherbet and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough.
SeredDIPity also will have Dole Pineapple Whip.
"My friends in Michigan City sell a ton of it," she said. "It's nostalgic because Disney has it. The state fair has it."
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Customizable doughnuts
Customers also can order cake doughnuts, which are customizable. They can pick the frosting, topping and drizzling. Eventually, SerenDIPity plans to offer concessions like burgers, dogs, Polish sausages and walking tacos. It also will have paninis, Pepsi products and ice cream floats.
The 1,400-square-foot store seats 25 people and will have an icre cream-themed bench and picnic table out back. It also has a life-sized camel statute as its mascot.
"The co-owner Andre works the Hollywood Casino Amphitheater where someone left a camel backstage," she said. "It was there for a few years and then they asked him if he wanted it. He took it as kind of a joke, driving a life-sized camel on a trailer. We knew we had to make it part of the store. We came up with a whimsical name. I've always loved the word serendipity. So we named the camel Mr. Dipity. We have a few items named after him, including a sundae that uses a cut-in-half donut instead of a banana. We call our little pup cup the Snoop Dipity Dog."
They decided to open in Griffith because they liked the town and all the growth downtown.
"We saw an empty corner spot," she said. "We love Griffith. I live three miles from Griffith. It's such a great community, one that patronizes locally owned places. That's not even mentioning all the festivals and markets."
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'Who doesn't like ice cream?'
It's a family-run business where several family members work. It will employ around 20 overall.
The owners plan to focus on a single location but plan to eventually roll out a food truck.
"Who doesn't like ice cream, right?" she said. "We designed it to have a very whimsical feel. It's a fun place to bring kids they can take pictures with Mr. Dipity."
SerenDIPity will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
For more information, call 219-237-2372 or find SerenDIPity on Facebook.
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Coming soon
The Lucky Hatchet in Michigan City has added a retro arcade section and expanded to a second location in Granger.
The ax-throwing and entertainment venue opened a few years ago at 2050 E. U.S. 20 in Michigan City. It recently added vintage arcade consoles like Ms. Pac Man, Donkey Kong and X-Men Vs. Street Fighter. It also added a large gaming section with board games like Settlers of Catan.
"These are our loves. We're big nerds," said Brandon Rector, one of the owners.
The business has boomed since opening about a half year before the coronavirus pandemic struck.
"It's an evening of super cheap fun and good times," he said.
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Retro arcade games
The Lucky Hatchet is now opening a second location in a 4,600-square-foot space in a shopping center where TopGolf was located. It will offer hatchet, throwing, old-school video games and classic board games.
“We wanted to bring something for everyone to Granger Our gaming section will have arcade games like Pac-Man and The Simpsons as well as some of the old school Nintendo, Sega and GameCube games," said Jonah Stromer, one of the owners.
The second location will also include a full restaurant and a bar serving craft burgers, appetizers and beer. It's bigger and more immersive.
“We will have 13 total hatchet-throwing lanes that people can come and rent where everything is provided to them and throwing instructions are given in detail. We will have leagues running throughout the year as well as tournaments and our glow throw night is a can't-miss event that we do once a month," said Michael Domkowski, one of the owners.
It's now hiring for the Granger location. A grand opening is slated for June 10.
For more information, visit TheLuckyHatchet.com or TheLuckyHatchet@Gmail.com .
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Open for the season
The Sunset Grille reopened for the season on the Washington Park beach in Michigan City.
It has a concession stand for beachgoers on the first floor and a rooftop bar overlooking Lake Michigan on the second floor. The menu includes burgers, hot dogs, Italian beef and ham and cheese sandwiches.
"It’s going to be the hottest place to be this summer," Manager Peter Djuvik said. "The sunsets are incredible."
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Open through Labor Day
The Sunset Grill invested in improvements over the summer, including decorative wind sails and more lighting. It has a full bar with local craft beers like Zorn and Burn 'Em. It has live music on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
"It's one of the few places to eat on the beach," he said. "People just come to chill and relax and enjoy the sunsets. The view is beautiful. It's stunning. It's the best in the Region."
It's open 4-11 p.m. daily through Labor Day.
If you would like your business to be included in a future column, email joseph.pete@nwi.com .
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CROWN POINT — A man charged in a series of home invasions and a rape in late 2019 and early 2020 in Hammond accepted a plea agreement Wednesday that calls for a 13-year prison sentence.
Jahmal Sanders, 26, of Hammond, previously rejected a plea deal negotiated by a public defender that called for him to admit to similar charges and receive a 20-year sentence.
Standing alongside his new attorney, Lonnie Randolph III, Sanders pleaded guilty Wednesday to rape and burglary, both level 3 felonies, in two separate cases.
Lake County Deputy Prosecutor Tara Villarreal told Lake Criminal Court Judge Salvador Vasquez the U.S. attorney's office in Hammond took over prosecution of a third case.
Sanders was expected to be brought before a U.S. District judge after his case in Lake Criminal Court is decided, she said.
Federal court records showed Sanders was charged last year with being a felon in possession of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of marijuana.
The charges stem from the execution of a search warrant in 2020 at a woman's Hammond home. Sanders later admitted in an interview with police that a gun found in the woman's home belonged to him and that he knew he could not legally possess it because he was a felon, court records state.
Sanders previously has served two different prison sentences for burglary and robbery.
In the two cases before Vasquez, Sanders admitted he broke into a woman's home Nov. 5, 2019, in the 7500 block of Magnolia Avenue, pulled her off a bed and punched her in the face before leaving with her jewelry.
He also admitted to raping a woman Dec. 30, 2019, after breaking into her home in Hammond.
If Vasquez accepts Sanders' plea agreement, Sanders would be required to register as a sex offender after completing at least 75% of his 13-year sentence.
He would receive a significant amount of credit time toward his sentence because he's been incarcerated since early 2020 while his cases were pending.
Vasquez scheduled Sanders' sentencing for July 6.
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Alexander Wilderness III
Booking Number(s): 2204672
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quiana Wilderness
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204673
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Ramirez
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavert Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204687
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Manuel Valente
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204688
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Moore
Booking Number(s): 2204679
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dayanna Majewski
Booking Number(s): 2204684
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle McDaniel-Burgess
Booking Number(s): 2204660
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tzaddi Mingo
Booking Number(s): 2204681
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zachary Greenwood
Booking Number(s): 2204692
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasheedah Echols
Booking Number(s): 2204693
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Elzinga
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204670
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Gonzalez
Booking Number(s): 2204655
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Derrick
Booking Number(s): 2204686
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Bennett
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204662
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Guy Blessing
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204690
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tremaine Conley
Booking Number(s): 2204664
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delores Dehler
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ethan Baker
Booking Number(s): 2204691
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angel Roman
Booking Number(s): 2204644
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephen Rucker
Booking Number(s): 2204648
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jesus Sanchez
Booking Number(s): 2204646
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ja Mire Wayne
Booking Number(s): 2204650
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Ford
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204642
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Henderson
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204639
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Perkins Jr.
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204652
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Carey
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204647
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Fisher Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204641
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Bonhama
Booking Number(s): 2204653
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Turner
Booking Number(s): 2204617
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Mills
Booking Number(s): 2204630
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Ramon
Booking Number(s): 2204636
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martin Salinas
Booking Number(s): 2204628
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Viron Lewis
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204623
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacey Martin Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204635
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristen Meadows
Booking Number(s): 2204624
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vanuvito Johnson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204629
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - BODILY WASTE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204583
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mauro Rodriguez Salinas
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204602
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barbara Rose
Booking Number(s): 2204588
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Wagster
Booking Number(s): 2204595
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY - (SIMPLE ASSAULT)
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Josephine Olvera
Booking Number(s): 2204609
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheyenne Hits
Booking Number(s): 2204601
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte McFarland
Booking Number(s): 2204585
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessie Gomez
Booking Number(s): 2204579
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dane Grivicic
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204598
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Campos
Booking Number(s): 2204593
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Donelson
Booking Number(s): 2204600
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Fischer
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204606
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shantell Alexander
Booking Number(s): 2204612
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Glennard Anglemyer
Booking Number(s): 2204591
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Boyd
Booking Number(s): 2204587
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darnell Bradley
Booking Number(s): 2204597
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ward
Booking Number(s): 2204560
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Williams
Booking Number(s): 2204551
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Yepez
Booking Number(s): 2204573
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dandre Spears
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204562
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Saragossa
Booking Number(s): 2204547
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomas Quijano
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204550
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Ownby
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204557
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Timothy Montson
Booking Number(s): 2204545
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - FORCIBLE FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yokeca Mitchell
Booking Number(s): 2204559
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Jasean McMillon
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204578
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shiquan Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204553
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnathan Haag
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204565
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Holt-Chaney
Booking Number(s): 2204554
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hillary Hutchins
Booking Number(s): 2204552
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Gutierrez
Booking Number(s): 2204575
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lashay Funchess
Booking Number(s): 2204561
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Misti Franco
Booking Number(s): 2204558
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Booking Number(s): 2204549
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Berlanga
Booking Number(s): 2204548
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Blane
Booking Number(s): 2204566
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Burns
Booking Number(s): 2204568
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasiel Portes Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204483
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Ranta
Booking Number(s): 2204480
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xzaviar Rayford
Booking Number(s): 2204482
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabrielle Paiva
Booking Number(s): 2204472
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-in-series-of-home-invasions-rape-agrees-to-13-year-prison-sentence/article_348debd5-7254-5639-9be6-ab45777572f0.html | 2022-06-08T22:04:25 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-charged-in-series-of-home-invasions-rape-agrees-to-13-year-prison-sentence/article_348debd5-7254-5639-9be6-ab45777572f0.html |
CEDAR LAKE — A Portage woman and a 12-year-old Portage girl were identified as the two people killed in a two-vehicle crash June 4 on U.S. 41, the Lake County coroner's office said.
Junemarie Voyles, 33, and Haley N. Watkins, 12, were among four people in a car that was struck by a minivan traveling north about 11:30 a.m. as the car's driver attempted to turn into Uncle John's Flea Market, 15205 Wicker Ave., according to the coroner's office and police.
Voyles and Watkins were taken to Franciscan Health hospital in Crown Point, where they were pronounced dead.
The driver of the car was flown by helicopter to the University of Chicago Medical Center, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said.
An 11-year-old girl in their car was in stable condition at a hospital after the crash, the sheriff said.
The driver of the minivan was treated and released at the scene, police said.
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Alexander Wilderness III
Booking Number(s): 2204672
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quiana Wilderness
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204673
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Ramirez
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavert Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204687
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Manuel Valente
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204688
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Moore
Booking Number(s): 2204679
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dayanna Majewski
Booking Number(s): 2204684
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle McDaniel-Burgess
Booking Number(s): 2204660
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tzaddi Mingo
Booking Number(s): 2204681
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zachary Greenwood
Booking Number(s): 2204692
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasheedah Echols
Booking Number(s): 2204693
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Elzinga
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204670
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Gonzalez
Booking Number(s): 2204655
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Derrick
Booking Number(s): 2204686
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Bennett
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204662
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Guy Blessing
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204690
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tremaine Conley
Booking Number(s): 2204664
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delores Dehler
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ethan Baker
Booking Number(s): 2204691
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angel Roman
Booking Number(s): 2204644
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephen Rucker
Booking Number(s): 2204648
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jesus Sanchez
Booking Number(s): 2204646
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ja Mire Wayne
Booking Number(s): 2204650
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Ford
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204642
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Henderson
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204639
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Perkins Jr.
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204652
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Carey
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204647
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Fisher Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204641
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Bonhama
Booking Number(s): 2204653
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Turner
Booking Number(s): 2204617
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Mills
Booking Number(s): 2204630
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Ramon
Booking Number(s): 2204636
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martin Salinas
Booking Number(s): 2204628
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Viron Lewis
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204623
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacey Martin Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204635
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristen Meadows
Booking Number(s): 2204624
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vanuvito Johnson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204629
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - BODILY WASTE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204583
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mauro Rodriguez Salinas
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204602
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barbara Rose
Booking Number(s): 2204588
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Wagster
Booking Number(s): 2204595
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY - (SIMPLE ASSAULT)
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Josephine Olvera
Booking Number(s): 2204609
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheyenne Hits
Booking Number(s): 2204601
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte McFarland
Booking Number(s): 2204585
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessie Gomez
Booking Number(s): 2204579
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dane Grivicic
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204598
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Campos
Booking Number(s): 2204593
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Donelson
Booking Number(s): 2204600
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Fischer
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204606
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shantell Alexander
Booking Number(s): 2204612
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Glennard Anglemyer
Booking Number(s): 2204591
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Boyd
Booking Number(s): 2204587
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darnell Bradley
Booking Number(s): 2204597
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ward
Booking Number(s): 2204560
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Williams
Booking Number(s): 2204551
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Yepez
Booking Number(s): 2204573
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dandre Spears
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204562
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Saragossa
Booking Number(s): 2204547
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomas Quijano
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204550
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Ownby
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204557
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Timothy Montson
Booking Number(s): 2204545
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - FORCIBLE FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yokeca Mitchell
Booking Number(s): 2204559
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Jasean McMillon
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204578
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shiquan Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204553
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnathan Haag
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204565
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Holt-Chaney
Booking Number(s): 2204554
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hillary Hutchins
Booking Number(s): 2204552
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Gutierrez
Booking Number(s): 2204575
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lashay Funchess
Booking Number(s): 2204561
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Misti Franco
Booking Number(s): 2204558
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Booking Number(s): 2204549
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Berlanga
Booking Number(s): 2204548
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Blane
Booking Number(s): 2204566
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Burns
Booking Number(s): 2204568
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasiel Portes Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204483
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Ranta
Booking Number(s): 2204480
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xzaviar Rayford
Booking Number(s): 2204482
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabrielle Paiva
Booking Number(s): 2204472
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darren Monroe
Residence: Port Huron, MI
Booking Number(s): 2204486
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/cedar-lake/woman-12-year-old-girl-identified-as-2-killed-in-u-s-41-crash/article_d0301dbd-ab63-5576-8a94-44927bb4d6dd.html | 2022-06-08T22:04:31 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/cedar-lake/woman-12-year-old-girl-identified-as-2-killed-in-u-s-41-crash/article_d0301dbd-ab63-5576-8a94-44927bb4d6dd.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland, Oregon, software company and its staffing agency will each pay $112,500 to a deaf job applicant who said they refused to hire him because he requested a sign-language interpreter at a group job interview.
Viewpoint Construction Software’s technology helps contractors plan and manage large projects. Its recruiting firm, Seattle-based CampusPoint Corp., focuses on connecting companies with job applicants just out of school.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued the firms last year on behalf of Indigo Matthew, a Portland man who applied to work as a product and pricing analyst in 2018, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
The EEOC alleged that Matthew passed an initial screening and requested an American Sign Language interpreter for a group interview at Viewpoint.
The firms refused to pay for the interpreter, according to the EEOC, because they “erroneously assumed that Matthew would need a fulltime interpreter if he was hired for the analyst position.”
The EEOC alleged he was unable to persuade CampusPoint to revisit the issue.
The settlement, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Portland, requires the firms to take steps to ensure they comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, create an appeals process if it rejects disabled employees or applicants’ requests for accommodations and other measures.
Viewpoint declined to comment on the settlement. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/deaf-job-applicant-wins-225k-settlement-discrimination/283-a52632e7-9516-4d62-bcfb-c3637c565a58 | 2022-06-08T22:11:24 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/deaf-job-applicant-wins-225k-settlement-discrimination/283-a52632e7-9516-4d62-bcfb-c3637c565a58 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — While the pandemic surely had a detrimental impact on overall mental health, doctors are increasingly working to address the acute psychological impact of long COVID on patients.
That includes Amy Weishan, who was diagnosed with COVID twice; first in July of 2020, then again that October. Like an estimated 8 to 23 million Americans, her symptoms never went away. They lingered and evolved into persistent exhaustion and sporadic brain fog.
“I'm almost two years into this," said Weishan, 48. “I used to be really outgoing … sometimes it feels like, for me anyway, I'm just dying on the inside.”
As a side effect of all of it, Weishan’s mental health began eroding in the summer of 2021. She went on disability for 6 months. Depression replaced joy, severe anxiety replaced confidence — and last fall, Weishan tried to take her own life.
“Thankfully I didn't obviously carry it through ... but I’m still terrified that I did that,” she said.
Weishan sought help from Oregon Health & Science University's Long Covid-19 program, particularly their treatment of COVID-related mental health struggles.
“The mental health aspects of this are very real," said Dr. Jordan Anderson, a neuropsychiatrist in OHSU’s Long Covid program. “The thoughts of suicide are something that I am hearing about every day when I'm talking to my patients, unfortunately."
When it comes to long COVID, Anderson said people's inability to rebound physically can impact them mentally and emotionally, wreaking havoc on their home and work life.
“This struggle of adapting to their new limitations and sort of grieving their former life is leading to really profound depression and suicidal ideation,” he said.
Anderson added that treating these patients’ mental health cases requires extra care, given their special medical needs.
“Some of these medications can make their long COVID symptoms feel worse and we have to be careful with that,” said Anderson. “This is a new variable that we're not used to dealing with in the mental health field.”
It's all still so new, and Anderson said that this may be the most important point of all. He emphasized that long COVID patients facing mental health struggles need and deserve empathy and validation. Many, including Weishan, are finding these through therapy and within OHSU’s long COVID support groups.
“We just know that we had this collective common disaster,” said Weishan. “Working with them and hearing their stories, it's like we're all telling the same thing but none of us knew.”
For Weishan, it all points to a place where she can only hope to return to —normalcy.
“My friends are like, 'Where have you been? We miss you so much!’” said Weishan. “I'm like, I miss her, too. I miss me, too.” | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/long-covid-grief-depression-mental-health-ohsu/283-7ddbe871-9e6b-4a56-8d5f-4e0b7c3acbc0 | 2022-06-08T22:11:26 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/long-covid-grief-depression-mental-health-ohsu/283-7ddbe871-9e6b-4a56-8d5f-4e0b7c3acbc0 |
ALAMOSA COUNTY, Colo. — The family of Robert and Mary Jane Bowman is extremely concerned after the two stopped communicating with others while on a camping trip in Colorado.
The family says the couple, both in their 70s, loves to find secluded spots to camp. From Arkansas, the pair will often make the trip to one of their favorite places in the world - Colorado.
"They do these trips quite frequently, every year. This is just what they do. They're very experienced campers. They love, love, love just being in the outdoors by themselves," daughter-in-law Beth Bowman told KRDO Tuesday.
Bowman said the two travel with ATVs and usually take those out if they find a good spot.
They set off from Arkansas to Colorado in late May. They told their family they were at Great Sand Dunes National Park and were planning to head up a mountain in the area -- but they didn't specify which mountain.
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DECATUR — Business leaders from across Decatur gathered Wednesday for the Decatur Regional Chamber of Commerce’s biannual Ag Café event with featured speaker Robin Bowen, senior vice president of external affairs at the Corn Refiners Association.
Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe; Republican candidates for the 13th U.S. Congressional District Regan Deering and Jesse Reising; and a representative from the office of U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Taylorville, were also in attendance.
During the event at Decatur’s Beach House restaurant, Bowen emphasized Decatur’s importance to the agriculture industry and to the nation at large.
“An investment in a community like Decatur makes a big difference within the state, makes a big difference in the nation,” Bowen said.
An advantage Decatur has that other communities don’t, she said, is corn itself. According to Bowen, the grain is “nature’s renewable building block.”
“Food and agricultural sectors are responsible for one-fifth of the country’s economic activity,” she said. “A whole lot of folks in the Washington, D.C., area don’t know that.”
CRA, a trade association based in Washington, D.C., advocates on behalf of corn refining businesses to federal lawmakers.
Chris Olsen, vice president of community and government affairs for Primient, said the CRA is a leader in helping to solve issues facing corn refining businesses.
Primient, a joint venture between Tate & Lyle and KPS Capital Partners, produces food and other products from plant-based and renewable sources.
Agriculture is “the premier industry” in Illinois, Olsen said, but multiple issues face the industry. Supply chain shortages and inflation are of particular concern, he said.
According to Bowen, the CRA has three main focuses to help strengthen the industry: supply chain effectiveness, sustainability, and the development of new bio markets.
Investing in new technology and precision agriculture could help change the face of the industry and increase profits for farmers and agriculture-adjacent businesses alike, she said.
Bowen warned that the U.S.’s competitiveness in developing new ag technology could fade as countries in Asia begin to challenge the nation’s dominance in agriculture markets.
“There is absolutely no reason the U.S. should be falling behind” in developing new technology, she said.
Investing in new technology for corn refiners and for the larger agriculture industry is necessary because of how crucial the agriculture industry is for all Americans, Olson said.
“It’s so important to the future of our country,” he said.
Contact Taylor Vidmar at (217) 421-6949. Follow her on Twitter: @taylorvidmar11. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-cras-bowen-talks-sustainability-bio-economy-at-decatur-ag-caf/article_1ca2da14-e75e-11ec-a462-a712b34350c8.html | 2022-06-08T22:16:46 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-cras-bowen-talks-sustainability-bio-economy-at-decatur-ag-caf/article_1ca2da14-e75e-11ec-a462-a712b34350c8.html |
PHOENIX — A divided Senate voted Wednesday to require that anyone arrested for any felony provide a DNA sample to police, whether they are ever charged or not, much less convicted.
The 20-8 vote on House Bill 2102 came over objections of some lawmakers who questioned whether such an intrusion is justified. Sen. Kelly Townsend, R-Apache Junction, said she believes it violates constitutional provisions against warrantless searches.
But the majority of senators were swayed by arguments that 18 other states have similar laws, that the intrusion is minimal and that it could lead to Arizona being able to solve "cold cases'' by having a larger DNA database. They noted there are procedures for those who are not charged or convicted to have the profile removed from state records.
That didn't sway Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale.
"If you want to pass things because the ends justify the means, then that's exactly what you're going to do in this case,'' she said. "You want their DNA? Get a warrant and use the process.''
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Current law requires DNA collection following conviction of crimes. It also spells out that police can collect evidence after arresting people in connection with certain specified crimes, including homicide, sex offenses, prostitution and burglary of a residential structure.
HB 2102 would extend that to any felony offense.
Sen. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, said it's no big deal because people leave their DNA everywhere. He told lawmakers that someone who wants theirs could simply take it from their papers on their Senate desks or even "follow us to the yogurt shop and grab the hundred spoons that we just dropped into the garbage can.''
All this measure does, Petersen said, is expand the use of an existing tool for law enforcement.
He said he doesn't believe there is anything special about DNA. "It's like an ID,'' he said. "It's like knowing your name or your address.''
Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, said it's no different than when police take someone's "mug shot'' and fingerprints after arresting them.
The legislation has been a crusade by Jayann Sepich, who has testified in multiple states about the 2003 rape and murder of her 22-year-old daughter, Katie, who was a graduate student at New Mexico State University.
Speaking to Arizona lawmakers earlier this year, Sepich said the only evidence in the case was the DNA left under her daughter's fingernails after she fought for her life. That evidence led years later to the arrest and conviction of a man whose DNA was on file for prior felonies, Sepich said.
During Tuesday's debate, Sen. Victoria Steele, D-Tucson, said she understands how DNA can be "misused.'' But she told colleagues this proposal makes sense.
"The fact is, every day innocent people are needlessly violated, raped, murdered, shot, knifed by repeat offenders,'' Steele said.
"We have the technology now to help prevent some of that,'' she said. "We have the technology now that will help us catch repeat offenders sooner, that will help us prevent violent crimes.''
Steele said DNA can also be used to exonerate the innocent.
Townsend, however, said all that has to be measured against the U.S. Constitution.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,'' she quoted the document. The amendment says the only way to get a warrant must be "upon probable cause.''
But Petersen said the constitutionality of DNA collection is clear, citing a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 that taking samples from a cheek swab as part of the arrest procedure is legal because it serves a legitimate state interest and is "minimally invasive.''
Townsend countered that lawmakers need to recognize people are sometimes wrongfully arrested, possibly because of "political motivation, a political hit.''
"Is any one of us at risk of being targeted politically and arrested for a felony that we are later able to prove that we are innocent of?'' she asked. "But, meanwhile, they have forcefully taken our DNA against our will simply because we've been arrested.''
Townsend wasn't impressed by Petersen's argument that people leave DNA around all the time.
"Just because you can take it off my desk doesn't mean you have a right to take it during an arrest,'' she said.
Existing law requires courts to order the removal of DNA records in cases of people who are not charged, not convicted or whose convictions are overturned.
HB 2102 would add language to specifically require any agency that collects DNA to provide both oral and written notice explaining the process, including instruction on how to ask the court to remove the evidence.
Sen. Lupe Contreras, D-Avondale, in voting for the measure, said he has to err on the side of providing a tool for law enforcement.
"I'm hopeful that my family never has to go through anything to where this is the way they find the perpetrator or anything like that,'' he said. "But if this is going to help any one of my family members, or just anyone at all in our great state ... I want to do the right thing.''
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Salisbury man, 26, dies in single-vehicle Berlin crash
Maryland State Police are investigating an early morning fatal crash in Worcester County.
The fatal crash victim was identified as James Hutson Jr., 26, of Salisbury. Hutson was pronounced dead on the scene by emergency medical service personnel. He was the driver and sole occupant of a Hyundai Genesis involved in the crash.
At about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, troopers from the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack responded to the area of Route 589 at Adkins Road for the report of a crash. The preliminary investigation indicates Hutson was traveling westbound on Route 589, when for reasons unknown at this time, he drove off of the road and struck a telephone pole and several trees.
Troopers from the Berlin Barrack were assisted by personnel from the Ocean Pines Volunteer Fire Department. Personnel from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration also responded to the scene to assist.
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Witnesses of the crash are urged to contact police at the Berlin Barrack at 410-641-3101. The investigation continues. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/08/salisbury-md-man-26-dies-single-vehicle-berlin-crash/7555355001/ | 2022-06-08T22:22:41 | 0 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/08/salisbury-md-man-26-dies-single-vehicle-berlin-crash/7555355001/ |
Ocean City's first white marlin of the season has Wrecker Sport Fishing in line for a big payday
Fishing season has arrived here on the Eastern Shore, with boats and anglers heading out into the waters in hopes of reeling in big catches. And recently, one boat out of Ocean City brought in the first white marlin of the season.
Wrecker Sport Fishing caught and released the first white marlin of the season recently, with angler Kevin Gibbs, captain Bobby Layton and mates Austin Bowden and Cody Smith making the catch, according to the Ocean City Fishing Center.
The crew of the Wrecker is set to receive a prize of over $10,000 for catching the first white marlin of the season, kicking off another summer of fishing in Ocean City,
The white marlin is the signature fish of Ocean City, and the White Marlin Open, the world's largest billfish tournament, is set to take place in Ocean City on Aug. 8-12 for its 49th year.
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Philadelphia Police are now searching for two persons of interest in the South Street mass shooting that left three people dead and 11 others injured over the weekend.
On Tuesday, police released surveillance photos and videos of one person of interest, a tall and heavy set Black teen with light to medium complexion and bushy hair. He was last seen wearing a COVID style mask and a black hooded shirt with distinctive markings.
Police initially identified him as a suspect in an email to NBC10 Tuesday night. However, during the city's gun violence press conference Wednesday, deputy police commissioner Ben Naish said, at this time, the individual is a person of interest.
On Wednesday, police released additional photos of a second person of interest who was with the teen.
Both persons of interest are considered armed and dangerous. If you have any information on their whereabouts call 215 686-TIPS(8477) with information, or the PPD Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334. You can remain anonymous.
A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. The ATF is also offering an additional $10,000 reward.
On Wednesday, the District Attorney's Office also announced they approved an arrest warrant for an unknown person for the murder of one of the two innocent bystanders killed in the shooting.
“We will not be releasing identifying information until such time as that individual is brought into custody by law enforcement,” a spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office wrote.
Investigators have not confirmed whether that warrant is for one of the two persons of interest in the surveillance photos or for a different person.
"There may possibly be another shooter, in addition to the information about the individual we put out last night," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said Wednesday.
Two people are already in custody in connection to the shooting.
Quran Garner, 18, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of aggravated assault on law enforcement officers. On Tuesday his bail was set at $2 million.
Police and U.S. Marshals also arrested a second suspect in the shooting, 34-year-old Rashaan Vereen, Monday around 7:30 p.m. along the 2300 block of Hemberger Street. Vereen is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy, violation of the uniforms firearms act, possession of an instrument of crime, tampering of evidence and obstruction of justice. Vereen's bail was set at $350 thousand on Tuesday, court dockets showed.
Neighbors told NBC10 Vereen is a youth boxing coach and described him as "friendly" and "helpful."
Vereen and his friend, 34-year-old Gregory Jackson, were walking along the 400 block of South Street on Saturday around 11:30 p.m. when they walked by another man, identified by officials as Micah Towns.
Investigators said words were exchanged between the men. Jackson and Vereen then attacked Towns in a confrontation that was caught on video, according to officials.
In the video, Jackson was wearing a white t-shirt, Vereen was wearing what appeared to be a blue jacket or long-sleeved shirt and Towns was wearing a black or dark-colored shirt, investigators said.
Jackson, who had a permit to carry, then pulled out a gun and shot Towns, investigators said.
Towns, who also has a permit to carry, pulled out his own weapon and fired back at Jackson and Vereen as they ran away. Jackson was shot at least once and fell to the ground while Vereen stayed with him.
Between Jackson and Towns, 17 shots were fired, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Vereen stayed with Jackson after the shooting and told responding officers he was his friend, officials said.
At the same time, police said Quran Garner, a friend of Towns, was walking nearby on South Street. Garner allegedly pulled out his own weapon and fired toward Jackson and Vereen. Garner then turned and aimed at police, investigators said.
An officer then fired several times at Garner and shot him in the hand. Garner then ran down American Street, shouting, “He shot my hand off! He shot my hand off,” investigators said.
Garner then approached police on 4th and Bainbridge streets where another shooting occurred an hour earlier and told them he had been shot. Garner was then taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and later charged in the shooting.
Philadelphia Police also said another gunman, who they have not yet identified, was on the southwest corner of South and American streets when he fired a gun into a large crowd. Another officer then fired several times at that gunman who dropped his weapon on the sidewalk and fled southbound on 600 American Street. Police are unsure if that unidentified gunman was struck in the shooting.
Vereen at some point left the scene of the shooting.
Jackson died from his injuries while Towns was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he is in critical condition.
Investigators have not yet determined a motive for the initial fight between Jackson, Vereen and Towns. They revealed during an afternoon press conference that Towns, like Vereen, is also involved in boxing though they were unsure if that played a role in Saturday's altercation.
The District Attorney's Office said Towns acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Jackson and will not face charges. However, during a press conference on Wednesday, Mayor Jim Kenney said he wants to see Towns face some sort of punishment.
"Even though it was determined that he was in self-defense or whatever, there was violence going on there, there was fists flying, there was all kinds of stuff going on and he set off, along with those other guys, a chain of events that killed two innocent people," Kenney said.
Police continue to investigate the incident and are searching through surveillance video. The officer who fired at the unidentified gunman who escaped is a three-and-a-half year veteran with the 18th District. He was placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of an investigation from Internal Affairs. It's unclear at this time whether that officer is the same one who shot Garner.
Besides Jackson, two other people, who police say were innocent bystanders, were killed during the shootings on South Street, including Kris Minners, a 22-year-old advisor for 2nd and 6th grade boys at Girard College, one of Philadelphia's oldest educational institutions.
Minners had been celebrating his birthday with family and friends on South Street prior to the shooting, according to Girard College's Interim President James Turner. Alexis Quinn, 24, was the third person killed in the shooting.
Eleven people, including Towns and Garner, were wounded by the dozens of rounds of bullets sprayed into a massive crowd gathered near 2nd and 3rd streets in the area popular for its bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
The 11 shooting victims who survived were a 17-year-old boy; two 18-year-old men; two 20-year-old men; three men aged 23, 43 and 69; two 17-year-old girls; and a 19-year-old woman. Their medical conditions ranged from stable to critical, Commissioner Outlaw said.
On Monday, crime scene investigators and members of the District Attorney's office remained along South Street, which had been shut down from 6th Street to Front Street since the incident shortly before midnight Saturday.
Several businesses on South Street captured the shootings on surveillance video, and police were attempting to gather the images to aid their investigation. Anyone with additional information should call the Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334.
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At least four guns were found at the scene, including Garner's weapon, which investigators said was a ghost gun with an extended magazine.
South Street is a popular area in Philadelphia lined with restaurants, shops and bars. It is highly trafficked among both locals and tourists. Outlaw said extra officers had been deployed to the area in anticipation of larger-than-average crowds in part due to the warm weather and "several events going on in the city at one time."
"There were hundreds of individuals just enjoying South Street, as they do every weekend, when this shooting broke out," Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace said.
"I want to emphasize that South Street is manned by numerous police officers," Pace said. "This is standard deployment for Friday and Saturday night - weekends - and especially during the summer months."
Mayor Jim Kenney said there were about 70 officers in the South Street area Saturday night. The city was expecting large crowds after the Roots Picnic and Pride festival.
One of the shooting victims was 69-year-old Rusty Crowell. The South Philly resident told NBC10 he was at the bar Dobbs on South to see a friend perform when he stepped outside shortly before midnight and heard the gunshots.
Last Tuesday, video captured the moments a woman and other gunmen opened fire on the 400 block of South Street – less than two blocks away from Saturday night's shooting. One man was injured.
"Furious. I am furious, not just for my neighborhood, for the whole country. If I hear one more time ‘thoughts and prayers’ – bull---," neighbor Maureen Long said through tears. "We cannot disagree about this. We have to do something. I don't care what your political leanings are. We can't continue to let people kill people."
The Saturday shooting in Philadelphia is just the latest in a spate of mass shootings across the country.
In Buffalo, New York, a gunman killed 10 Black people and wounded three others at a supermarket in what authorities said was a racially motivated attack. In Uvalde, Texas, another gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School. In Oklahoma, a man killed four people and wounded several others inside a Tulsa medical building. In Tennessee, a shooting near a nightclub left three dead and 14 wounded.
In Philadelphia, the toll of gun violence is not reserved to isolated mass shootings.
A gun violence tracker from the city controller’s office tallied 787 nonfatal and 194 fatal shooting victims as of June 5.
Shootings have accounted for the most killings in Philadelphia this year. As of Sunday night, there were 218 homicides in Philadelphia in 2022, down four percent from the 227 seen at the same time in 2021, which was ultimately the deadliest year in the city on record.
The recent high-profile shootings have renewed calls for stricter gun control amid rising gun violence across the country.
President Joe Biden on Thursday acknowledged there is little left for him to do through executive action and called on Congress to pass legislation to tighten gun laws. While the Uvalde shooting renewed bipartisan talks about modest gun reforms, such talks have broken down in the past.
Meanwhile, legislators in Philadelphia are barred by Pennsylvania’s preemption law from enacting gun control statutes that are stricter than state laws.
"We cannot accept continued violence as a way of life in our country. Until we address the availability and ease of access to firearms, we will always be fighting an uphill battle," Kenney said in a statement. "As Mayor, I will continue to fight to protect our communities and urge others to advocate for stronger laws that keep guns out of the hands of violent individuals."
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/police-search-for-2-persons-of-interest-in-south-street-shooting/3265183/ | 2022-06-08T22:30:20 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/police-search-for-2-persons-of-interest-in-south-street-shooting/3265183/ |
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