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FORT WORTH, Texas — Kelly Masten is in her eighth week at the ICU at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth — but her family says she shouldn’t have ended up there are all, and new body camera footage obtained by WFAA reveals how police officers' critical misspelling on a document may have Masten's started the path there in the first place.
"There were several days where we thought we were going to lose her," says Masten's sister, Kristina Salinas. "That’s kind of what was being relayed to us — so, it’s been an emotional rollercoaster, to say the least."
Masten suffers from a rare epilepsy disorder called Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome, which leads to her suffering from seizures one to three times per day. Her family also says the 38-year-old has the mental capacity of a 5 year old.
On April 11, Masten's grandmother called 911 after Masten bit her. WFAA obtained body camera video of her ensuing arrest for assault-bodily injury through an open records request. That footage shows the concern Masten’s family had for how Masten would be treated in jail, and how they'd further expressed hope that she’d be taken to the hospital’s mental health unit.
"My main thing is her being scared, frightened, not knowing what’s going on," her mother is heard saying in that footage.
The video also features police assuring the family how Masten would only be at the jail for a matter of hours.
"Will someone be around her?" her grandmother can be heard asking on the video.
"Yes, at all times," an officer answers. "There’s 1,000 cameras down there."
From April 11 to April 21, though, Masten was behind bars in jail, and not in the hospital unit. And her family says she continued to seize in the cement jail, injuring herself in the process.
On April 13, her family says, jailer eventually took Masten to JPS Hospital to be treated for her injuries — but medical records indicating that she has severe seizures were never found.
Her family says that's because her name had been spelled "Maston" instead of "Masten" on police documents.
"That’s initially what started her being here in ICU for eight weeks, just the simple misspelling of her name," Salinas says.
The body camera footage shows that Masten’s family spelled her last name correctly two different times to police, and that they even corrected an officer who said her name was "Masterson" at one point.
In a statement Wednesday, police admitted they got Masten's name wrong.
"The arresting officer did misspell Ms. Masten's name," the statement read. "However, the officer documented Ms. Masten’s medical conditions on the jail intake paperwork when he took Ms. Masten to the FWPD jail. Due to the Medical Texas Privacy Act we are unable to elaborate further on the medical conditions.”
The Tarrant County Detention Center said in a previous statement that the name and birthday they used were what was given to them in a police report.
Even though Masten’s neurologist works at JPS Hospital, her records and her need for treatment could not be found because of the wrong name listed on her paperwork.
“She was treated for the injuries that she had, that they could see — and sent back to Tarrant County jail," Salinas says.
For eight more days after that first hospital visit, Masten continued to seize and injure herself in her jail cell, according to her family. She was not moved to the jail’s medical floor until April 19.
The Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department says Masten was checked on 20 times during her jail stint, but added that policy prevents them from forcing someone to take medicine.
"She doesn’t have the mental competence to explain in words," Salinas says. "So we’ll never know, but the emotional and physical pain that she must’ve went through for all of those days and had no one to help..."
Photos taken by the family at JPS Hospital show Masten's arms, legs and face severely bruised and cut. Salinas says the entire system failed her sister, and denied her civil rights to both health and safety.
“Why was Kelly only taken to the hospital one time, when it was very obvious just from looking at her physically that there was something seriously wrong?” Salinas asks.
In the roughly one hour and 45 minutes of video WFAA obtained, there are 61 redactions totaling about 30 minutes of muted video. Despite requests over the past two weeks, police have so far not explained the reasons for the redactions, or why they are permitted under open records law.
Salinas and her family have also requested records from Fort Worth and Tarrant County, and they say they’ve been told that both are asking the state attorney general’s office for an opinion, which will likely delay getting the records for around 45 days — if they receive them at all.
The video includes a segment where family members ask to be informed of when Masten is released from jail. Salinas says the family was given a time range on when she might get out on April 21 after they were able to post her bond. She and her husband stayed out in front of the jail on that day, and made repeated checks inside, but weren’t told Masten had been taken out a back entrance and transported to JPS Hospital until an hour and a half after she’d arrived.
"Common sense should’ve taken place," Salinas says. "Someone, somewhere, whether it was a jailer or the staff, should’ve said 'Hey, we’re doing everything according to policy or procedure, but it’s not working,'" Salinas says.
The Tarrant County District Attorney’s office has since dropped the charge against Masten. Her family says that her condition is improving too, that she is now working towards breathing and eating on her own.
Their focus now is squarely on Masten's recovery and fixing what went wrong in the system that brought her to this point.
"To try to get these policies and procedures changed so that no one with a mental disability ever has to go through this again," Salinas says of her goal.
But it's not just those with mental health issues who have struggled in Tarrant County custody in recent years. In three years — from 2016 through 2018 — the Tarrant County Detention Center recorded just three in-custody deaths, but that number spiked from to 36 deaths from 2019 through 2021, according to data obtained from an open records request. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/body-cam-footage-fort-worth-police-critical-misspelling-prevented-hospital-from-finding-inmate-records/287-c7f254dd-ef51-4443-9b19-9f5b91807952 | 2022-06-09T00:49:17 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/body-cam-footage-fort-worth-police-critical-misspelling-prevented-hospital-from-finding-inmate-records/287-c7f254dd-ef51-4443-9b19-9f5b91807952 |
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Strong storms that produced confirmed tornadoes knocked out power to thousands of customers, with the majority in Clark County.
More than 3,800 were without power Wednesday evening in Clark County, according to Ohio Edison’s online outage map, and AES Ohio reported additional outages of more than 2,100 in Miami County.
The outages follow reports of a confirmed tornado north of Springfield, and also near Tipp City, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.
Following are outages reported as of 8:50 p.m. by AES Ohio, Ohio Edison, Duke Energy and Darke Rural Electric.
Clark County: 3,824
Miami County: 2,154
Warren County: 469
Greene County: 126
Champaign County: 98
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Butler County: 20
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A suspected tornado caused major damage early Wednesday evening to a Meijer Distribution Center in Miami County.
Other damage was reported in Clark and Darke counties, potentially from the same storm system.
The roof and back wall on the northwest corner collapsed at the Meijer facility off South County Road 25A in Tipp City.
“I did see a funnel cloud in the area. I did see debris coming off Meijer’s roof,” said Tipp City police Sgt. Corey Rismiller.
It’s not clear how many workers were inside, but there were no confirmed reports of injuries.
“I just thought it was a big storm … heavy rains and stuff” said Meijer employee Cheryln Spealman of Dayton.
During the storm, she said the lights went on and off a few times in the facility.
“After that we heard a big boom and then a bunch of debris started blowing around,” Spealman said.
It was not until workers went outside that they noticed part of the building had collapsed.
Spealman said she does not work in the area that sustained the significant damage, but said she is thankful it appears no one was hurt.
Employees were sent home for the rest of their shift, and Spealman said she has no idea whether workers will be able to return to work Thursday.
Houses behind the warehouse also were damaged and a portion of the roof was reported blown off another Tipp City business, Repacorp Inc. on Industry Park Court.
“Everything is to the northern part of the city, is where all the damage is,” Rismiller said.
There were no reports of injuries associated with the Wednesday evening storms, according to the Miami County Sheriff’s Office.
Tipp City officials were asking people to stay off the roads in the areas of damage, including County Road 25A and Kessler-Cowlesville Road near the Meijer Distribution Center.
In a Facebook posting, the city also asked people to check on neighbors and to stay safe.
A potential tornado was first reported shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday in Darke County near the Ohio and Indiana line.
The system continued into Miami County, through the Tipp City area, and into Clark County, where potential tornado damage is suspected north of Springfield.
The Clark County damage happened near 7 p.m., nearly two hours and more than 60 miles from the Darke County area where the storm initially was reported.
In Clark County, a tree fell onto a house on Balsam Drive, but the family residing there reportedly was uninjured.
Trees reportedly were downed in the Fox Hollow Road area, initial reports said.
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Two people are in the hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon after a fire broke out at an apartment complex near Power and Broadway roads.
Det. Richard Encinas, a spokesperson for the Mesa Police Department, said responding officers found a 42-year-old man and 30-year-old woman with serious burns and they were treated by fire and medical personnel before being taken to the Maricopa County Burn Unit.
Encinas said investigators remain at the scene and a cause behind the fire has yet to be determined.
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SAN ANTONIO — Survivors of the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers are pleading to lawmakers for change, including more security at schools.
With questions surrounding security in Uvalde, KENS5 broadened the scope, with a look at all school districts in San Antonio, raising the question of who is protecting the students and how are they trained.
“I told her that we need help and to send the police,” a survivor, Miah Cerillo said in a video testimony to Congress Wednesday.
As the grim details of what happened inside Robb Elementary School two weeks ago emerge, the world is hearing directly from students. ‘Safer’ is the message.
“[I want to] have security,” Cerillo said. “I don’t want it to happen again.”
KENS5 wanted to know, as it stands, how are other districts protecting our children and teachers? We learned, not everyone is protected the same.
Northeast Independent School District is among the districts with its own police force.
The district is made up of 60,000 students across 70 campuses, a spokesperson told KENS5.
Its police force is comprised of 70 officers at full staffing, led by Police Chief Wally McCampbell.
The officers are undergo 40 hours of the state mandated TCOLE training every two years, an active shooter course and Stop the Bleed training.
Harlandale Independent School District’s police force encompasses 26 officers, led by Police Chief Adolfo Hernandez, protecting 11,000 students across 23 campuses.
A spokesperson for the district confirmed four of the district officers still need Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training, also known as ALERRT training, the same training Gov. Greg Abbott requested all Texas school district undergo Monday.
Alamo Heights Independent School District uses school resource officers, or SRO, for security.
The resource officers are Alamo Heights police officers, a spokesperson for the district said but did not elaborate on any additional active shooter training.
Alamo Heights ISD has 4,800 students throughout five campuses.
Both Lackland Independent School District and Fort Sam Houston Independent School District told KENS5 the districts rely on military base forces as their security.
“There is a value to having a school-based police officer, whether that’s a school resource officer or a district police officer to be the first responder,” President of National School Safety and Security Services, Ken Trump said.
Trump elaborated by saying there are layers to security, adding that districts not only have to be staffed and trained, but also prepared.
“The question often arises whether or not they have the skill set the training the experience to handle major crime,” Trump said. “There is a difference between being trained and implementing that training.”
The importance of making sure your teachers and staff are as well trained was stressed by Trump too, urging districts to not put the proper training with the proper time on the back burner.
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SAN ANTONIO — The Uvalde shooting has brought grieving into the forefront for many, from the families affected to members of the community
The grieving process is a normal human response to a loss of life. It is emotional and often comes in waves. Those who are grieving often just try to get through each day, one at a time.
"It's all a part of loving somebody. When you lose them or are worried about losing them, then then it pulls at you and it weighs on you and it disrupts your entire life," said Dr. Jason Morrow who is a palliative care and clinical ethics specialist at University Health and UT Health San Antonio, as well as the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics.
He says you can experience grief whether the loss is personal, or in your community. Dr. Morrow told us, "When it's the loss that's personal, we really need to be mindful of giving space to let people process on their own terms. Those opening weeks and months or so personal that the best we can do is to help ensure that others know that they are not alone."
Five stages of grief are often used as the most common: Denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and eventually acceptance. Dr. Morrow says the best thing you can do, is just be there if that person needs you. He said, "The best we can do for those people suffering personal and intense loss is to just be available and remind them that we remain available."
When it comes to children, most often they'll come to you when they're ready. Dr. Morrow added, "Taking time to sit down and to listen, to ask open ended questions like...What worries you? What questions do you have? How are you feeling? becomes an invitation for them to share what they're feeling."
Dr. Morrow also says a good way to talk to your child is to turn off the TV and do some type of activity. That could make it easier for you to ask the questions, and easier for them to open up.
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BOISE — Idaho House and Senate Democrats are calling on GOP Gov. Brad Little to call the Legislature into special session to suspend the state’s gas tax for six months, in light of skyrocketing gas prices now poised to hit a historic high of $5 per gallon.
“The state has the money, and working Idaho families have the need,” wrote Sen. David Nelson, D-Moscow, and Rep. James Ruchti, D-Pocatello, in a letter delivered to Little on Wednesday. Pointing to the state’s huge budget surplus, projected at $1.3 billion, the two wrote, “The only thing that remains is the will to do it.”
Five states already have temporarily suspended their state gas tax so far this year in response to the soaring prices, and several more are considering it. Idaho’s state gas tax is 32 cents a gallon.
Little’s office issued a statement Wednesday saying he received the letter “and he is reviewing the request.”
The minority Democrats estimated a six-month gas tax holiday would save Idahoans $180 million in gas taxes, which otherwise would go largely to road maintenance and construction.
Little pointed to moves by legislative Republicans this year that “championed immediate and ongoing historic tax relief for working individuals and families to help offset soaring inflation and gas prices, problems created by President Joe Biden and the Democrats’ mishandling of the economy.” This year’s Legislature approved both one-time rebates and permanent cuts in state corporate and individual income taxes; Democrats opposed the major tax-cut legislation, saying it largely benefited the wealthy.
“Governor Little clearly stated last month he plans to cut taxes even further with the state’s budget surplus, to build on three straight years of unprecedented tax relief for Idahoans,” the governor’s office statement said.
This year’s income tax cuts were the largest in state history, breaking a record set by similar corporate and individual income tax cuts the previous year.
States that have taken action to suspend gas taxes this year are Maryland, Georgia, Connecticut, New York and Florida. Maryland’s 30-day suspension ran from March 18 to April 16. Georgia in March approved a 10-week suspension running through May 31. Connecticut has approved a three-month suspension from April 1 to June 30.
New York’s suspension lasts from June 1 to the end of 2022. Florida’s newly approved gas tax holiday will be for 30 days, running from Oct. 1-31.
“My constituents are feeling the pinch,” Nelson said in a news release. “They are paying more to drive to work and the grocery store. And when they get there, the groceries are more expensive.”
Ruchti, who has served three terms in the House and now is running for the Senate, said, “This is considerable tax relief to Idahoans that is well within the state’s budget. It’s time we get this done.”
Under the current requirements of the Idaho Constitution, only the governor can call a special session of the Legislature, and only the governor can specify the topics the special session will address. The minority Democrats said their proposal is for a session to consider just one bill, “with the intent of giving Idahoans tax relief at the pump during this difficult time.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/democrats-propose-6-month-gas-tax-break-little-is-reviewing-the-request/article_a348f577-d5ba-5892-9e1f-88d3f9a0c5da.html | 2022-06-09T01:20:59 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/democrats-propose-6-month-gas-tax-break-little-is-reviewing-the-request/article_a348f577-d5ba-5892-9e1f-88d3f9a0c5da.html |
BOISE — Should the Idaho Legislature be able to call itself into special session, rather than waiting for a call from the governor?
Two-thirds of lawmakers, all of them Republicans, said yes to that question in 2021, so a proposed constitutional amendment will be on the November ballot for voters to decide. But on Friday, legislative leaders couldn’t agree on the wording for the official arguments for and against the measure, so they’ll meet again to settle that next week.
Legislative staffers drafted the official pro-and-con arguments after gathering public input and suggestions. It’s up to the Legislative Council, a group of legislative leaders that meets periodically when the Legislature isn’t in session, to finalize the language.
Sen. Melissa Wintrow, D-Boise, pointed out that the proposed argument in favor began with the words, “This constitutional amendment is needed to correct an imbalance of power,” while the argument against began, “This constitutional amendment could result in the Idaho legislature losing its characterization as a part-time citizen legislature.”
“Why not match the language a little bit?” she asked other members of the Legislative Council when they reviewed the draft on Friday. “If we say ‘it’s needed’ in one, the other argument could say, ‘It’s not needed because.’” Wintrow said it’s important to make sure the arguments are fair and balanced.
Sen. Grant Burgoyne, D-Boise, agreed. “I do think that the statements against need to be beefed up a little bit,” he said.
Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder, R-Boise, suggested adding a section about how concerns over the governor’s emergency powers during the coronavirus pandemic prompted the proposal.
“Part of this comes about because of what the people’s outcry was during that time of emergency,” he said. “I think we just need something there that reminds people why this was brought forward.”
The Idaho Constitution specifies that only the governor can call a special session of the Legislature, and only the governor can specify which topics are addressed during a special session. Idaho is one of just 12 states in which the Legislature can’t call itself into special session under any circumstances. Just four special sessions have been called in the last 22 years: in 2000, 2006, 2015 and 2020. The 2020 special session lasted three days; the other three were just one day apiece.
The amendment would allow lawmakers to meet in special session whenever 60% of the members of each house sign a petition for it; the petition would specify the topics that could be addressed. It doesn’t have any limits on the length or frequency of self-called legislative special sessions. The amendment also formalizes in the Constitution the Legislature’s longstanding practice of convening an organizational session every two years, after new members are elected, to elect leadership and appoint committees. That brief organizational session typically occurs in early December.
The proposed constitutional amendment, SJR 102, passed the House on 54-15 vote, which comes to 77% of the House, and the Senate, 24-11, which barely met the two-thirds requirement; with one fewer vote in the Senate, it would have failed. It had no Democratic support in either house and a smattering of Republicans in each house opposed it.
Winder said the change would address the situation that occurred in 2021 when the Senate attempted to adjourn for the year, formally adjourning sine die, or without a day, but the House refused, instead recessing indefinitely. As a result, the Legislature stayed in session into November; legislative sessions convene in January and more typically end by March or early April.
“When the House wouldn’t sine die, we in the Senate passed a resolution saying they couldn’t get per diem,” Winder said, referring to the daily expense reimbursements lawmakers are paid during sessions. “The House went along with it, but there were a lot of the ultra-right that didn’t go along with it. … But we did restrict any per diem, so there wasn’t any ongoing expense as if we were in session. So we tried to deal with that as best we could. But there isn’t anything in the Constitution that requires us to sine die, other than we have to sine die before the next session can start.”
Winder said some lawmakers were wary of adjourning, for fear the governor wouldn’t call them back into special session for things like new federal funding arriving in the state. That was a top concern of dissident lawmakers in 2000, when the state received hundreds of millions in federal aid related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This would allow us to avoid what happened last year when the House would not sine die,” Winder said.
Wintrow told the Idaho Press, “They wanted more say. But I think it was probably because they politically disagreed and didn’t like his decisions, vs. the process. I think the process was fine.”
“I don’t know that the Legislature has demonstrated that they’re trustworthy to practice restraint on calling themselves into session, and I think the majority of folks are happy with the way it is,” she said. “I think it’s about politics, it’s not about policy. I think that’s a shame.”
Opponents of the constitutional amendment from both parties raised fears that it could open the door to a full-time Legislature. But Winder said that’s already a possibility now, given the House’s refusal to adjourn in 2021.
The amendment at least would specify in advance which topics could be addressed in a special session, he said, rather than leaving that open-ended. “You can’t do anything other than that,” he said.
“There are very few that I think would ever want a full-time Legislature,” Winder said. “I don’t hear anybody beating the drum on that one.”
But he said lawmakers should be free to call themselves into session when the governor won’t. An extreme example, he said, would be to consider impeachment of a governor. That’s a power the Constitution grants to the Legislature, with the chief justice of the Supreme Court presiding.
“We’re still at the mercy of the executive branch, and I don’t think the founding fathers ever intended that,” Winder said.
He said he believes Idahoans will support the amendment, “if they think it through and if they understand the balance of power.”
Wintrow disagreed. “I think most of Idaho’s voters are reasonable, common-sense folks,” she said. “I think we’re seeing extremism infiltrate our government. … I think that folks do not want this Legislature to be full-time.”
To amend the Idaho Constitution, the measure would need majority support from voters in the November election. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/lawmakers-debate-arguments-for-against-special-session-amendment/article_a8a4129a-9cdc-5fcc-8963-f497cd59b6f6.html | 2022-06-09T01:21:06 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/lawmakers-debate-arguments-for-against-special-session-amendment/article_a8a4129a-9cdc-5fcc-8963-f497cd59b6f6.html |
A motorcyclist has died after crashing into two vehicles in midtown Tucson on Monday.
On June 6, Alexandre Anakin Thomas, 22, was riding a blue 1992 Yamaha FJ1200 motorcycle east on Grant Road when he approached the intersection at North Stone Avenue, where the traffic signal was red for east-west traffic, Tucson police said.
Witnesses said Thomas was traveling well above the posted speed limit and applied hard braking, traveling into the intersection against the traffic signal, police said. A Mercedes-Benz coupe then struck Thomas, who was also struck by a second northbound vehicle.
Both drivers stopped and cooperated with the investigation, police said. It was also determined that both drivers were not impaired at the time of the crash.
Thomas was taken to Banner-University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, police said. Both drivers sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene. On Wednesday, June 8, Thomas died from his injuries, police said.
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Tucson City Council took action Tuesday to prevent arrests for abortion-related offenses as the Supreme Court is set to release a consequential decision that could leave abortion rights up to the states.
The council voted unanimously to authorize Tucson Police Chief Chad Kasmar to revise the police department’s general orders to reflect “no physical arrest will be made by an officer for an alleged violation” of state laws limiting abortion rights if the Supreme Court overturns a landmark abortion ruling.
In response to a leaked decision suggesting the Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, a 1973 ruling that established federal protections of abortion rights, the council voted on a proactive measure that “is not just words” but “has some teeth in it,” Mayor Regina Romero said. The official Supreme Court decision is expected to come in late June or early July.
“I, as the mayor, and my colleagues on the council feel as though we have a say to be able to protect people’s constitutionally protected rights, at least for the last 50 years. To be able to say to our community, ‘We’re not going to sit by, we’re going to do something to protect your autonomy,’” Romero said.
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Gov. Doug Ducey recently signed a law banning abortions in most circumstances after 15 weeks, which the Supreme Court is deciding the constitutionality of in its consideration of a similar 15-week abortion ban in Mississippi.
The Arizona law states physicians can only provide abortions after 15 weeks in medical emergencies, and not in cases of rape or incest. Physicians violating the law could face a felony and one year in prison.
Arizona’s oldest abortion law, passed in 1901, makes abortion at any gestation period illegal unless necessary to save a pregnant person’s life and punishes abortion providers with 2 to 5 years in prison if found guilty. It’s unclear which state abortion laws would take effect if Roe is overturned.
The resolution passed Tuesday says Tucson’s mayor and council “denounce and oppose the implementation” of Arizona’s laws prohibiting and criminalizing abortions, as well as any Supreme Court actions overturning federal abortion rights.
The actionable portion of the motion, however, is its authorization for Kasmar to revise the Tucson Police Department’s general orders regarding abortion-related arrests.
City Attorney Mike Rankin said a detective or officer will present the case to a prosecuting agency that will issue the charge instead of an officer making an arrest at the scene of the alleged offense.
“It’s actually the more common way of issuing charges, especially felony charges,” Rankin said. “So the detective would take the case over to the county attorney’s office for them to review for issuing.”
The general orders will also direct TPD to refer any alleged abortion law violations to the Arizona Department of Health Services, which is the department charged with handling licensing under Arizona’s 15-week abortion ban and is set to decide whether or not to take action against physicians.
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said it’s too early to comment on the specifics of the matter but expressed gratitude to City Council on Tuesday.
“I want to thank personally, each one of you for doing everything possible and looking for every solution possible to keep all of our people healthy and safe,” she said. “I would like to add with your leadership, and with your welcomeness to collaboration, I am pleased to add that my Pima County partners are looking to do the same in good spirit with each of you.”
It’s unclear what kind of actions Pima County may take regarding abortion-related arrests.
Sheriff Chris Nanos said he’s heard about the city’s actions but has other more pressing concerns about public safety “with our violent crime situation, our gun violence situation or active shooters at schools.”
“Would I support any measure to not enforce these laws? I don’t know what the law is going to say, and even then it’s kind of like the mask mandate when those came out. We’re not the mask police, I don’t have the time to deal with those things,” Nanos said. “And I clearly am not going to be the abortion police.”
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Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
Abortion rights protest in Tucson
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BOISE, Idaho — Sometimes finding the pulse of the people, a big thing everyone seems to be talking about, is pretty easy to find. These days the electronic numbers at the gas station are the big table talker. Just ask Idaho Rep. James Ruchti, who found it easy to hear the voice of the people while out at breakfast in Pocatello.
“I sit close enough to the counter that I can hear what people are talking about at the counter. And this week and last week, it's gas. Gas prices and how much it costs to fill up that gas,” Ruchti said.
AAA reports that the national average for a gallon of gas is $4.95. The average across Idaho is about $5.03. Both averages are up in recent days. So, Democrat Rep. James Ruchti and his colleague Senator David Nelson sent this letter to Governor Little, proposing an idea.
“Senator Nelson and I are proposing that we do a special session. We meet for the sole purpose of considering a gas tax holiday piece of legislation,” Ruchti said.
A special session can only be called by Governor Little. If he did call a special session in response to the proposal, Ruchti says Democrats only want one bill considered. This bill would essentially pause Idaho’s tax on gasoline for 6 months. The current gas tax in Idaho is 32 cents a gallon, meaning Idahoans would get some relief at the pump.
“It’s a great way to get money back in pockets of Idahaons who are just they're going to go spend it on the economy. You would think of it as a targeted tax break,” Ruchti said.
Idaho’s gas tax goes towards Gem State roads and maintenance, the proposed gas tax holiday would cost the state about $180 million that would go towards that. Ruchti and Nelson point to the state’s budget surplus as a solution to making that fund whole.
“We would just use a small portion of that budget surplus to pay for roads because that's where the gas tax money goes,” Ruchti said.
Ruchti says a big plus for him in the proposal is the concept that the gas tax will help all Idahoans who fill up the tank.
“The thing I like about this gas tax holiday is, Idaho families of all shapes and sizes are going to be able to use it. Small businesses will benefit, if you have a fleet of cars or even if your employees have to travel the state, this will save your business money,” Ruchti said.
If Little calls a special session and this draft idea does pass, Ruchti said the concept would take a little time to setup. With no sign of gas prices going back towards the $3.00 mark, the belief is that the tax holiday would still be greatly beneficial.
“Might take us about three months to figure out how to actually get everything in place before it's implemented. But that's the idea, every time you go fill up a gallon of gas, you're going to save $0.32,” Ruchti said.
Even with the 32 cent a gallon break, as of Wednesday gas prices would still be in the neighborhood of $4.50. Ruchti says nobody should pretend his proposal is the end all be all fix. But, simply a start.
“I don't pretend that this is the only thing that can be done. But when Idahoans need help, this is a great way to show that government is listening and the Governor can call a special session. I think it'll get bipartisan support because in every district, legislative district throughout Idaho, you've got families that are dealing with this. So, there's a lot of incentive for us to act,” Ruchti said.
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BOISE, Idaho — Following Nampa’s School Boards work session on Monday, many are left wondering what the next steps in their book challenging process.
"There was some processes in place for this challenging book process, personally, I didn't see all of it at one time written down, something that I could hand to a parent in the community who would ask what is the process for challenging books?" said Chairman of the board, Jess Kirkman.
During the meeting, board members who were in favor of banning the books spoke up.
“I just believe some of those books should not be in the library because I know how kids are, they are going to go find those books and look at what's in there and I just think schools ought to be a safe place,” said one board member.
Nancy Finney has been the librarian at the Nampa High School for 24 years. She was invited to attend Monday's workshop to share thoughts and ideas on how to move forward. According to Finney, schools are a safe place, and removing books could potentially be harmful to a child’s education.
"Not everyone is going to like every book that's ever written, I haven't and I think that I am a pretty avid reader,” Finney said. “In our day and age, what so many people are living through is not necessarily a pretty, flowery happy time, some people are living through some pretty bad things and there needs to be ways to cope with it.”
Finney said a way to cope with life challenges, is being exposed to realistic situations by reading and learning about them. She added that not many know the work that goes on behind the scenes when it comes to selecting books for her library’s shelves.
“We look at age appropriateness, we look at award winners, I look at what the kids ask me to get, I look at a lot of different things before I determine which books to put In the library,” Finney said.
Brian Coffey is an English teacher at Nampa High School and president of the Nampa Education Association. According to Coffey, when the board decided to pull the long list of books there was already a process in place for challenging books if that were to happen.
“The new procedure that was being used on a trial basis involved creating a group of stakeholders that included parents, administrators, and certified staff, to actually review any book that was challenged and the idea was to have this working group read the books to know what was happening, summarize them and make a recommendation to the board so that the board wouldn't have to read every single book,” Coffey said.
However, the board chairman decided the current procedure wasn’t straightforward and that they shall collaborate on a new one.
“There’s more to this story than just the idea that there's some visceral language that is controversial or arguably inappropriate or challenging.”
“The suspicion because of how these things are playing out in other states, is that what it is really about, is anti-trans, anti-LGBTQ, cultural war issues anti-BIPOC author issues and I think people are savvier now, they know that they can't come out and say you should ban this book because the author is black, that's not going to be publicly actionable so instead you call it pornography," Coffey said.
The work session was meant to discuss and listen to different perspectives. While no changes we made, no books were brought back, both Coffey and Finney are hopeful that someday the books will return.
“I hope that people would not just look at a list of most objected to books and say 'oh this must be a bad book,' until you read it you don't know,” Finney said.
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Is Gainesville thriving? Survey shows more pessimism than consultants believe is warranted
Is Gainesville a thriving city?
Does Gainesville aspire to thrive?
What does a thriving city even look like.
“What is a thriving city and who is it thriving for?” posed Ty Buckman. “That has to be defined by the people who live in the city. What thriving means for Gainesville might not mean the same thing as it means for Portland, Ore.”
Buckman, director of the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture, was at the Cade Museum on Wednesday to talk about the Gainesville Thriving Project, an initiative launched by the Community Foundation of North Central Florida in collaboration with UVA’s Thriving Cities Lab.
Work on the initiative began earlier this year when Lab personnel surveyed 106 community leaders, stakeholders and others involved in aspects of Gainesville’s cultural, economic and social life.
And from those surveys, follow-up discussions and related research, the Lab was able to draw several preliminary conclusions regarding prevailing attitudes about Gainesville.
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• People who have lived here for a long time have a more positive view of the city than those who arrived more recently. White residents give Gainesville a higher grade than minorities do. Similarly, those living on the west side tend to view east Gainesville in a more negative light then do the people who actually live on the east side.
“A tale of two cities is a common thread” in survey results, said Ed Hasecke, a political science professor affiliated with the lab.
• People in the city generally don’t know how to talk to people at the University of Florida when it comes to confronting community challenges, and vice versa. UF “has the resources but are frustrated because they can’t figure out how to move things forward,” said Hasecke. He said discussions with UF leaders ran toward “We have a plan, we’re going forward” with or without the community.
• Gainesville has significant problems with housing affordability — more than half of residents say living here poses a financial burden — low third-grade reading scores, high child care costs and employment diversity. “The industries you have now favor people who are well educated,” Hasecke said.
• There is a general lack of confidence in Gainesville’s elected/civic leaders. “Gainesville is at present a city that is difficult to lead,” Hasecke said. He pointed to one years-long controversy that is still having a negative impact on public confidence in government.
“The biomass plant: you are still haunted by that,” he said. “People talk about it like it happened six moths ago.”
• People are wary of changes in the city being brought about by growth and new development. “There is a high level of anxiety that you are going to lose something essential to what’s important to you,” he said.
Report card shows few get top marks
Based on the surveys and interviews, the Lab also issued a sort of report card for Gainesville institutions.
In the education sector, UF received a B+ and the county school system got a C-. Only Santa Fe College merited an A. “Santa Fe College got the highest score of anything in the survey,” Hasecke said.
The city’s parks, museums and performing arts venues all got B or B+ ratings. But downtown got a C- on the beauty scale.
Local government and social services agencies got a C-, while law enforcement came in at B- and utilities received a C.
“Our impression in March (when the surveys were done) was that Gainesville saw itself as being stuck, that things aren’t happening, not moving forward,” said Buckman. But he added that such pessimism may not be wholly warranted.
“When we came here it looked like things were happening all over the city,” he said. “What looked to you like being stuck looked to me like ‘man, this town is on fire!’”
From the surveys and discussions conducted so far, Buckman concluded: “First and foremost what you want is a safe and economically prosperous city. You think about things like equity a lot. You are concerned about a diverse community, with sharing resources equitably. You want a creative community and a collaborative community.
“This vision of what you want is reflective of what you want to overcome,” he added.
What's next
Phase 2 of the initiative, beginning later this summer and continuing into next year, will involved more in-depth interviews, community discussions and focus groups aimed at identifying available resources, unique challenges and specific projects that may help move Gainesville closer to thriving city status.
“Our focus is to help local leaders thrive in a period of change, help the city work for all of its citizens and represent the interest of the city for the long term thriving of Gainesville.” Buckman said. “We want to identify projects that help build the capacity to take on even more difficult projects.”
By way of example, he pointed to Depot Park as a project that earned considerable public approval and cleared the way for a South Main Street revival.
“Depot Park used to be a superfund site,” he said. Even so, Gainesville managed to build it “without UF writing a check for you.” | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/survey-gainesville-stakeholders-finds-few-give-city-top-grades/7553372001/ | 2022-06-09T01:24:27 | 1 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/survey-gainesville-stakeholders-finds-few-give-city-top-grades/7553372001/ |
PACIFIC CITY, Ore. — There have been orca sightings reported along the Oregon Coast over the past week with people sharing photos and videos on social media. One boat captain who captured some video of a pod of orcas earlier this week said an encounter with one of the males came a little too close for comfort.
Dan Rocha, a charter boat captain out of Pacific City, said he spotted five orcas while he was taking a crew fishing about 5 miles north of Cape Kiwanda off Sand Lake. A few minutes after taking the video, Rocha said one of the male orcas started swimming in the direction of his boat and swam right underneath it.
"Three cows — a calf and a bull — and they were big," Rocha said. "My boat is 23 feet long and when he swam under the boat there was fish on both ends of the boat at the same time. So he was big."
Bob Pitman, a retired Marine biologist who worked 40 years for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said the orcas seen in this video are transient whales, pretty common off the Oregon Coast.
"In higher latitudes, killer whales become prey specialists," he said. "Quite often they are fish eaters and mammal eaters. They don't interact generally."
Pitman said they generally reach 25 to 30 feet.
"They are the biggest apex predator we have probably," he said. "There hasn't been anything like them since the dinosaurs walked the earth."
Rocha said he thinks the orca that came under his boat was about 30 feet long.
"Very spooked," Rocha said of the close encounter with the orca. "I didn't like that at all. And then once he went away, we relaxed a little bit."
The Newport Police Department shared a couple photos of orcas this week in Yaquina Bay in Newport.
"Orcas don't hang around our bay very long, but they do visit a few times each year," the department wrote on the Facebook post.
Social media groups dedicated to whale watching have been posting videos, photos and information about sightings of orcas over the past week, from Depoe Bay to Lincoln City to Pacific City to Boiler Bay to Florence.
According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), orcas are most often seen off Depoe Bay and Newport but can be spotted up and down the Oregon Coast. There are usually an average of 30 orca sightings in Oregon per year, according to the Whale Watching Center.
Typically, orcas only stick around for a couple weeks around this time of year. The best places to spot them are from high vantage points, including the Yaquina Bay lighthouse, the Yaquina Head area, Don Davis Memorial Park in Nye Beach, Cape Foulweather and the sea wall at Depoe Bay. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/animal/orca-encounter-oregon-boat-captain/283-8ac0e7d1-90b7-4117-8046-3ee9c276431c | 2022-06-09T01:24:35 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/animal/orca-encounter-oregon-boat-captain/283-8ac0e7d1-90b7-4117-8046-3ee9c276431c |
PORTLAND, Ore. — After two and a half years of construction, the Blumenauer Bridge has an opening date. Portlanders eager to take their first stroll or ride across the new bike and pedestrian crossing can do so on July 31.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation announced the official debut date Wednesday, along with plans for a formal ceremony, pop-up parties and local vendors along nearby streets and community-led bike rides.
The $13.7 million crossing is named for U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, a longtime cycling advocate, who will speak at the ceremony along with Portland commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who oversees PBOT.
The bridge spans Sullivan's Gulch at Northeast 7th Avenue, crossing Interstate 84 and a Union Pacific Railway line to connect the Lloyd District and the Central Eastside. It will have a 10-foot-wide pedestrian path and a 14-foot-wide bike path.
The crossing is car-free, although it's built to be seismically resilient and able to carry emergency vehicles as a backup route if a major earthquake renders other nearby bridges unusable, according to PBOT's webpage for the project.
The bridge is also a key piece of Portland's Green Loop, a six-mile "linear park" envisioned in the Central City 2035 plan that would circle through downtown and the Central Eastside.
The bridge was prefabricated offsite and assembled on a two-block stretch of 7th Avenue to the south of the crossing location. In October 2021, crews closed the freeway for an overnight operation to slide the bridge into place atop a temporary support tower, which was later removed after the bridge's arch was completed.
Construction began in November 2019, and the bridge was originally scheduled to be installed across the freeway in the summer of 2020 and be completed in the spring of 2021, but there were multiple delays along the way.
The installation across the freeway was at one point rescheduled for the summer of 2021, but difficulties in coordinating the operation with the Oregon Department of Transportation and Union Pacific forced PBOT to push the timing back again, eventually settling on October. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/blumenauer-bridge-opening-july-31/283-28416260-965f-4bf0-8657-1943016acf7a | 2022-06-09T01:24:41 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/blumenauer-bridge-opening-july-31/283-28416260-965f-4bf0-8657-1943016acf7a |
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Police have launched a death investigation following the discovery of an unidentified body in an open field on the northern outskirts of Hillsboro on Tuesday afternoon.
Hillsboro police received a report of "suspicious circumstances" in a field near Northeast 25th Avenue and Northeast Beacon Court shortly after 2 p.m., not far from the Hillsboro Airport and Intel's Jones Farm Campus. Officers found the body of an unknown person in the field, and detectives responded to investigate.
In addition to the crime scene investigation, police said that the Washington County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team responded to help look for evidence. The team is made up of teens and young adults between the ages of 14 and 21 years old, and is the primary ground search team for Washington County.
"Led by experienced and highly trained sheriff's office staff, the Search and Rescue members are often actively involved in missions involving lost people, down aircraft, and looking for evidence in major crimes," Hillsboro police said in a news release.
The scene remained an active death investigation as of Tuesday afternoon, and Hillsboro police said that they would not release any further information for the time being.
Regardless, anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to contact Hillsboro police Detective Megan Townsend at 503-681-5329 or email Megan.Townsend@hillsboro-oregon.gov about HPD case #22-11148. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/hillsboro-body-found-field-death-investigation/283-7a03e215-798f-4fa9-9542-75e99e238063 | 2022-06-09T01:24:47 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/hillsboro-body-found-field-death-investigation/283-7a03e215-798f-4fa9-9542-75e99e238063 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Vancouver police are warning of a social media hoax circulating online that claims four teenage girls were murdered over the weekend.
"The post claims that several teenage girls were murdered in Vancouver WA. This is a hoax," the Vancouver Police Department said in a Tuesday Facebook post. "We we are attempting to stop the spread of this erroneous information."
Police spokeswoman Kim Kapp said she does not know where the information came from or why someone would make something like that up. She said police want ensure that people who've seen the rumor know the claim is false.
"Just be cautious about sharing posts where you aren't sure if it's a rumor or really true," Kapp said. "I think that's a good practice to always have when you're online."
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Daniel Faltesek, a professor of social media at Oregon State University, said a lot of people can be vulnerable to online misinformation.
"Some of the things that really help when you're fighting misinformation is to check-in with reputable news sources regularly," Faltesek said. "We know people who don't use regular media, who disconnect and go into secondary sources, they lose their ability to tell the difference between fake and real news.
Faltesek said fact checking is key.
"If a reliable sources aren't saying it, it probably didn't happen," Faltesek said. Look for red flags. Red flags are especially absurd claims or someone trying to get you to a new source or website."
Faltesek says in the age of misinformation, it's important to report or flag social media posts you know to be untrue. He said a lot of misinformation on social media can lead to scams, so people should be very cautious. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vancouver-police-debunk-social-media-rumor/283-73732756-8db9-458b-98f8-edf9cab9fdd3 | 2022-06-09T01:24:54 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/vancouver-police-debunk-social-media-rumor/283-73732756-8db9-458b-98f8-edf9cab9fdd3 |
The roundabout project for the intersection at Fourth Street, Cedar Avenue and Lockett Road is moving forward with a design footprint that was approved on a 5-1 vote during Tuesday’s Flagstaff City Council meeting.
The approval was contingent upon updated plans for the roundabout that included new pedestrian safety features.
Under the approved footprint, the city has been granted the right of way to acquire property necessary for construction of the intersection, including a residential corner lot and a parcel of land from the Pine Forest charter school.
Safety was the initial impetus for the roundabout project, which is designed to reduce the high frequency of collisions in the existing intersection. Nonetheless, throughout the design process many public commenters expressed extended safety concerns about the roundabout design, particularly in regards to the high volume of pedestrian schoolchildren who utilize the intersection. The concerns spurred the city council to request additional safety features within the design, including flashing pedestrian beacons, “Z-crossings” that encourage pedestrians to stop and look toward oncoming traffic, and raised crosswalks to slow vehicle speed.
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City staff on Tuesday presented research about the projected cost and feasibility of the added features. Trevor Henry, from the city’s capital improvements section, reported that including flashing pedestrian beacons on each of the roundabout’s four legs would cost a total of about $400,000 -- including design, construction and fees from the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), a partner organization in the project.
Z-crossings on three of the four legs would also be feasible at a negligible cost, but a fourth Z-crossing would alter the existing project footprint and restart much of the process.
“That would set us back quite a bit,” Henry said.
The final requested feature — raised crosswalks — were “not recommended due to drainage impacts, and operational and maintenance considerations.” Engineering staff explained that drainage and maintenance needs, especially with the ice and snow of winter conditions, end up creating more hazards and costs than they’re worth.
Incorporating the feasible safety features — four sets of flashing pedestrian beacons and three Z-crossings — would be possible within the existing footprint, would not drastically change the construction schedule and could be accomplished for about $500,000, Henry said.
“Keep in mind, everything would be fronted by the city,” he said.
Council was generally supportive of moving the project forward with these safety features. Even members of the public who originally opposed the project were pleased with the added safety elements.
“We’re supporting [the roundabout] with Z-crossings and the beacons,” said Cindy Roe, executive director of the Pine Forest School, which will lose some its schoolyard to the project.
Roe also urged Council to be proactive about how project construction would impact the charter school’s attractiveness and enrollment in a time when they are still recovering from a decreased number of students due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Arizona is 49th in school funding,” Roe said. “We’re not rich. We want to survive. We’re concerned this will take down our enrollment.”
The added safety features are “a real step forward,” said Councilmember Adam Shimoni, but he retained concerns for how the project would affect the Pine Forest School.
“Do I think it’s enough to justify the property acquisition tonight? I don’t,” Shimoni said.
He voted “nay" for moving the project forward, but the other councilmembers were satisfied with the added safety features.
The next update will come from staff later in the year after they affirm the new designs under an amended intergovernmental agreement with ADOT. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-city-council-approves-footprint-for-fourth-street-cedar-lockett-roundabout/article_0c741346-e755-11ec-94c6-5331956bbb13.html | 2022-06-09T01:29:41 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-city-council-approves-footprint-for-fourth-street-cedar-lockett-roundabout/article_0c741346-e755-11ec-94c6-5331956bbb13.html |
Five Northern Arizona University track athletes are set to participate in the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, which began Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon.
George Kusche (1,500-meter), David Dunlap (200m) and Abdihamid Nur (10,000m) were all set to race on Wednesday to open competition for the men.
The women begin their events Thursday.
Jessa Hanson returns to the NCAA championship meet for the second consecutive year to run the women's 10K.
Last year Hanson finished 11th with a personal best time of 32:55.24. Mercy Chelangat of Alabama, who earned silver last year, is in the mix once again, while Haley Herberg of Washington and Grace Forbes from Rice, who respectively placed fifth and seventh, respectively, are the only other two competitors who placed above Hanson in 2021.
This season, Hanson ranked 18th (33:13.14) in the NCAA, and just posted an eighth-place finish (33:47.21) in the West Region meet to qualify for the national meet.
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On Friday, the 1500m and 200m event finals will commence, while Nico Young prepares to make his outdoor nationals debut in the men's 5000m final.
Earlier this year, Young made his indoor NCAA championship debut with a bronze medal performance in men's 5K (13:21.23) and a seventh-place finish in the men's 3K (8:00.83), contributing eight points to the ultimate fourth-place podium finish of the men's team.
A year ago, Young narrowly missed the qualifying mark with a 17th-place finish (14:03.91) to cap his freshman season.
The Lumberjacks raced at the Sound Running Track Meet earlier in the season, where Young clocked a 5K time of 13:11.30 to become third all-time in collegiate history. The meet was not sanctioned by the NCAA, meaning that his time can not be used to compile season rankings.
Two weeks ago, Young ran 13:29.37 to place fifth in the regional race and secure his ticket to nationals. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-five-to-compete-at-national-championship/article_f8a63952-e74a-11ec-9a55-3f7b6959f3d2.html | 2022-06-09T01:29:48 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/nau-roundup-five-to-compete-at-national-championship/article_f8a63952-e74a-11ec-9a55-3f7b6959f3d2.html |
The Flagstaff Star Chasers’ first game of their inaugural season didn’t end perfectly, but there were bright spots despite the new collegiate summer baseball team’s 11-8 home loss to the Havasu Heat in the Northern Arizona League opener at Coconino High School on Tuesday.
Many of the players arrived in Flagstaff the past few days, getting their jerseys Monday and meeting many of their teammates for the first time just hours before the first pitch of the summer. Despite a late loss, manager Dave Deutsch said there was a lot to be proud of.
“It was good. We’re still literally getting to know everyone’s names, just trying to feel out our entire roster. We’re putting guys in new spots, sometimes they’ve never even played there. You saw that a little bit today, but we competed pretty well. We came up short just a little, but it’s going to be a long summer,” he said.
Tied 8-8 after seven innings, the visiting Heat scored a run on an error with two outs to take a 9-8 lead in the top of the eighth. They followed up with a two-RBI triple in the top of the ninth.
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Errors haunted the Star Chasers at points, making it difficult for them to end innings. There was some uneasiness that may have contributed to the errors, due in part to a completely new squad and many of the players trying out new places on the field.
“A couple guys were out of position, but we’re about development and some guys need to develop on their secondary position as much as their primary, so that’s what we’re going to work on to provide those opportunities,” Deutsch said.
Star Chasers shortstop Collin Curry reached second base in the bottom of the ninth inning as his team tried to cut into the lead and extend the game. But he was stranded there, as Flagstaff flew out to end the contest.
The scoreless ninth was the fifth consecutive inning the Star Chasers went without a run.
However, they started off strong.
Second baseman Taylor Gill led off at the top of the first inning, reaching on a single on the first at-bat. Two batters later, he scored when designated hitter Roberto Garza-Nunez drove him home on a single.
“It feels good seeing some history marks for a new franchise,” Garza-Nunez said of hitting the team’s first RBI. “I will try to do whatever I can to help the team win, and to do that was nice.”
First baseman Jack Nielsen drove in two runs on a single, and third baseman Bubba Akana added an RBI single in the inning, as the Star Chasers batted all nine of their players in the order and took a 4-0 lead after the first inning.
“It was really cool to see, cool to do in front of the fans and the little kids that were here too. It was great and I don’t think we could ask for anything more to start,” Deutsch said.
The Heat responded with a grand slam in the top of the third inning to tie the score, but Flagstaff went ahead again on an RBI single by Akana in the third inning and a three-run home run by Garza-Nunez in the fourth to go up 8-4. He finished the day 3 for 5 with four RBIs, two runs and a steal.
“It’s a learning experience. It’s our first game, and only knowing each other for a couple days. We’ll build that team chemistry and get it rolling,” Garza-Nunez said.
The Star Chasers and Heat were set for a Wednesday doubleheader at Coconino High School at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/star-chasers-show-flashes-in-season-opening-loss-tuesday/article_f0efd06a-e6e1-11ec-8a4a-371d69241b81.html | 2022-06-09T01:29:54 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/star-chasers-show-flashes-in-season-opening-loss-tuesday/article_f0efd06a-e6e1-11ec-8a4a-371d69241b81.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — "We can't say anymore, 'It's not going to happen here.' It can happen anywhere," said Laura Toth.
Toth is a high school teacher in Juniata County, and she's also a gun owner.
Amid the recent wave of mass shootings in the U.S., she joined educators from across central Pennsylvania for a free situational awareness and handgun training.
“I am a gun carrier myself, so I also just want to be aware not only in the school setting but as well as outside in the public and the community," said Dawn Zimmerman, a first grade teacher.
Erika Reigner, another first grade teacher said, “I just wanted to learn educational awareness with the recent...shooting activities.”
Patrick Connaghan, the CEO and Owner of 717 Armory in Harrisburg hosted the free seminar.
His goal is to train educators on what to do if a school shooting happens.
"What better way to actually implement change by taking the people that change people's lives and making them more prepared," he said.
Conngahan set the foundation for this seminar with the model to "observe, orient, decide and act."
He discussed various scenarios and how teachers should respond to protect their students.
He also taught basic handgun 101 training.
“I know we do get training at school but I thought it’s always good to get more training," Toth said.
While Connaghan says additional gun control laws aren't the answer, he hopes this is a start to a true change.
"When people talk about ban this, ban that criminals don't care if there's one law or a million, they're going to break the law and they're going to do what they want to do one way or the other," Connaghan explained. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/gun-awareness-class-in-harrisburg-dauphin-county-school-shooting/521-57d43a6e-36ef-4e0d-acd6-e439bcf388f9 | 2022-06-09T01:30:07 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/gun-awareness-class-in-harrisburg-dauphin-county-school-shooting/521-57d43a6e-36ef-4e0d-acd6-e439bcf388f9 |
UTICA, N.Y. -- About 50 people from war-torn Ukraine have arrived in the Utica area.
“They got out of Ukraine, got to Mexico, crossed the border into the U.S. and then have joined friends and family and community here," says Shelly Callahan, executive director of The Center.
Callahan says they're not designated as refugees, but rather, humanitarian parolees.
"It's a two-year status so they have to adjust their immigration status or return to their country," says Callahan. “It's hard to imagine that people are going to be able to return in two years."
There are some challenges that come with the humanitarian parolee status.
“Refugees are eligible to work the day they arrive," says Callahan. “For humanitarian parolees, we have to apply for work authorization documents. This can take anywhere from six to nine months."
On top of that, the usual $1200 from the federal government that the center has to spend on reception and placement for each arrival, won't apply, for the Ukrainian arrivals.
“The Ukrainian program is really unique in that they're looking for sponsorship of the arrivals, so they're looking for private individuals or faith based organizations or resettlement centers or whomever to fund the cost of the folks coming,” says Callahan.
The Community Foundation set up a fund to help the center help the Ukrainian arrivals.
“….Which we have already tapped into and are using to meet some of these shortfalls and to help these folks who've already come here" so, we are receiving donations. I think we're gonna go through them pretty rapidly when the folks start to come," says Callahan.
The good news is, most of the Ukrainian people have family and friends already here. And the center is also here to help in any way they can. They're not sure how many more will arrive before the end of their year, in late September. They were slated for 300 total arrivals, from all nations, by then, and are a little past 200 right now. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/dozens-of-ukrainians-have-arrived-in-utica-area-after-fleeing-ongoing-war/article_f638392e-e770-11ec-9801-9b9b48f3e738.html | 2022-06-09T01:39:46 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/dozens-of-ukrainians-have-arrived-in-utica-area-after-fleeing-ongoing-war/article_f638392e-e770-11ec-9801-9b9b48f3e738.html |
Businesses around the Mohawk Valley are finding the need for new technologies in the workplace. Some of those technologies are happening in the virtual world. You can now use virtual technologies to learn on the job training for a variety of industries. Jonathan Pirro, the North East Regional Government Relations Manager for Transfr explains.
"Our goal at this event is to present the technology in a way where people can understand it, and begin to get the word out about how virtual reality can be a tool to immerse future professionals in these jobs."
Jonathon displayed a virtual reality machine that allows the user to experience what it’s like in a work environment without the limitations of real world hazards, but it’s not meant to replace real employees.
"It’s a workforce development tool. It’s not meant to replace reality, it’s meant to show people who wouldn’t otherwise have a chance to see what it’s like to do these jobs. Manufacturing jobs, high skilled jobs, high tech jobs."
Elizabeth Lusskin, the Executive Vice President of Small Business & Technology Development for the New York State Development Corporation believes Technology is where the future of New York is headed.
"It’s very important that companies learn about the different kind of resources and ways that they can incorporate technology into their business, or improve technology to enhance their business."
Brian Moll of Neff Automation thinks his company has the answer to the workforce shortages happening across the nation.
"We’re all here to be profitable and be successful, and automation is the key. Without the people you need automation."
There’s a demand for products in the agricultural industry that’s driving the need for automation at local company the Fountainhead Group. John Lorence is the Vice President of Manufacturing & Engineering.
"We have a demand for automation and fabrication of automated equipment, so that’s our big push right now."
You can expect to see many of the technologies featured at the FuzeHub technology conference incorporated into the manufacturing and agricultural businesses throughout the Mohawk Valley. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/technology-brings-vitality-in-the-valley/article_7d0f5ba4-e76b-11ec-82ce-0f62b75c5653.html | 2022-06-09T01:39:52 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/technology-brings-vitality-in-the-valley/article_7d0f5ba4-e76b-11ec-82ce-0f62b75c5653.html |
JONESBORO, Ga. — Violent crimes and drug overdoses have gone up in Clayton County over the past year, according to the latest data from county agencies. Now law enforcement is taking steps to try and keep the community safer by creating a new crime task force.
Clayton County Police Department and six county municipal police departments are joining forces for a new task force to crack down on crime, drugs and gangs.
"Clayton County is the third smallest county [in Georgia] but the fifth most populated," Clayton County Commissioner Chairman Jeffrey E. Turner said.
The increase in population has meant a rise in crime.
“When you see an escalation in major crimes, we’ve got to do something about it," Turner said.
Turner knows all about policing, with 23 years of experience in law enforcement, including as the former Clayton County Police chief.
“The citizens don’t care about county and city lines," Turner said. "They want to feel safe where they live, work, and play.”
The Clayton County Board of Commissioners approved the Joint Crime Suppression Task Force at its Tuesday evening meeting.
Each police agency will provide several officers for the task force. That includes departments in Jonesboro, Morrow, Forest Park, Lovejoy, Forest Park, and Riverdale. Officers will be given countywide jurisdiction and report back to the county police's TITAN unit, which will analyze the data, look for crime hot spots, and deploy the task force to those areas.
"The creation of the task force will give designated personnel an opportunity to be proactive to go to those high-crime areas, to police those areas and make sure they’re looking at the crimes being committed," Turner said. "This creation of the task force will give us that capability to be able to go after those hardened criminals.”
People who live in Clayton County said the idea of bringing several agencies together sounds beneficial for the community.
“I’m originally from New York City, and we have one of the largest police departments. Here, there’s entities, and they’re divided," Jonesboro resident Kimberly Williams said. "If they could come together and everybody work as one, I think it would be amazing. I think we’d get a lot done."
The Clayton County police agencies will meet Thursday to finalize plans for the task force. The county and municipal police chiefs didn’t want to talk until it had been in place for several weeks. 11Alive will follow up with them then and let you know how it’s going. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/crime-suppression-task-force-clayton-county/85-a3cf5749-02d9-491b-a1fb-7e34fc4d93d3 | 2022-06-09T01:40:10 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/crime-suppression-task-force-clayton-county/85-a3cf5749-02d9-491b-a1fb-7e34fc4d93d3 |
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — A popular church pastor has been suspended from his role following abuse allegations.
On Friday, in a letter to the First Baptist Church of Woodstock congregation, Pastor Jeremy Morton formally suspended Johnny Hunt’s role within the church and outlined proactive steps FBCW is taking to fight against abuse.
These steps start with employee and staff training on “social awareness” and training related to abuse prevention and reporting.
In addition, Morton wrote that FBCW will also be consulting with an outside legal firm to review and revise its current policies related to sexual abuse and mandatory reporting.
“Our goal is for our people to have assurance and trust that we are doing everything we reasonably can in every facet of every policy,” the letter stated.
In the second part of the letter, Morton said that it is within the FBCW’s best interest to suspend Johnny Hunt’s role as Pastor Emeritus in the church.
“While we are forever grateful for the supernatural work of God over the last 30+ years at FBCW, we believe this decision aligns with our biblical theology as a church regarding spiritual leaders being above reproach,” Morton wrote.
This title is given to those who retire as an honor for their years of service. It can frequently include advisory and leadership duties.
This suspension comes a week after Hunt sent a letter to his former church denying the abuse allegations against him, but apologizing for the “brief, but improper encounter” he had with his accuser. He maintains the encounter was consensual.
Last week, the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee held a virtual meeting to approve the Sexual Abuse Task Force's recommendations for the megachurch to better address sexual abuse allegations. They include hiring trained staff or independent contractors to receive reports of abuse, allocating $3 million from the budget to pay for reforms and creating a "Ministry Check" website to maintain a "record of pastors, denominational workers, ministry employees, and volunteers who have at any time been credibly accused of sexual abuse."
Next week, the SBC is expected to address Guidepost Solutions' full report at their 2022 annual meeting and pastors’ conference. At this time, messengers will vote on whether to start implementing these recommendations over the next three years.
However, they have started taking steps to mitigate issues of reporting when it comes to sexual abuse and assault within the church.
After the investigation, the company published its report last month. SBC established a permanent hotline where members of the church can report cases of abuse to Guidepost Solutions. Survivors will then be put in touch with an advocate and notified of options of care.
People can reach the hotline at 202-864-5578 or email SBChotline@guidepostsolutions.com. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fbcw-suspends-johnny-hunt-from-role/85-a724b75f-635a-475c-babf-9dc75a41c680 | 2022-06-09T01:40:17 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fbcw-suspends-johnny-hunt-from-role/85-a724b75f-635a-475c-babf-9dc75a41c680 |
ATLANTA — Attorney General Chris Carr announced a new statewide unit to combat and prosecute gang violence across Georgia Wednesday.
Fulton County Deputy Attorney Cara Convery will lead the first statewide Gang Prosecution Unit starting June 16, according to a release. Carr said Convery has established herself in the field of criminal gang prosecution. He added that she's also a "proven leader in Georgia’s legal community."
“Her years of experience handling complex criminal gang cases, her credibility in the courtroom and her rigorous pursuit of justice make her the ideal candidate to lead our new Gang Prosecution Unit," Carr said.
The gang crime-fighting unit will officially go into effect on July 1. The unit will partner with state agencies, local and federal prosecutors, and law enforcement to build these cases from investigation through trial.
"We will work every day to ensure violent criminals are aggressively prosecuted and put behind bars," Carr said.
Convery said she's excited and humbled to lead the new unit and continue to build upon the work of the Department of Law's Prosecution Division.
"I look forward to building our team and for us to immediately begin this critical work. By partnering with our local, state and federal partners, we will develop cases that attack our state’s most serious threat to public safety in dangerous criminal street gangs," she said.
Convery will lead a team of 11 attorneys and paralegals in prosecuting gang crimes across the state. She currently serves as Deputy District Attorney of the Fulton County Gang Unit, and oversees attorneys and investigators who work alongside law enforcement to prosecute "extremely violent offenses and offenders at a high volume."
Gov. Brian Kemp proposed the gang crime-fighting unit. HB1134 was supported by the House and the Senate. The bill provides the Office of the Attorney General with the jurisdiction to prosecute criminal gang activity across the state.
Georgia’s FY 2023 budget includes $1.6 million to establish the unit and it will be housed in the Attorney General’s Prosecution Division.
Gov. Kemp tweeted in part, "Gangs are fueling crime across Georgia, and we're taking the fight to them."
The new unit comes after several prominent rappers, including Young Thug and Gunna, have been indicted in connection with racketeering and gang-related charges. Both have been denied bond and are awaiting trials. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/new-unit-combat-gang-violence-georgia/85-6a1e11d0-bbb2-4569-8e01-3f0736c594ed | 2022-06-09T01:40:23 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/new-unit-combat-gang-violence-georgia/85-6a1e11d0-bbb2-4569-8e01-3f0736c594ed |
GARY — The Gary/Chicago International Airport and the private company that has been managing the airport and attempting to attract development in and around it are ending their 8-year-old partnership.
The airport authority voted Wednesday to approve a separation agreement with the airport management company Avports and its affiliate AFCO Gary, ending a "private-public partnership" that began with fanfare and bold goals in 2014.
The two sides said the separation was amicable.
"We've gotten to the point at the airport that it makes sense for us to take full control back in-house," Executive Director Dan Vicari told the authority's governing board at its Wednesday meeting.
Avports Chief Investment Officer Steve Forrer said the company understood the airport's desire to end the partnership and said it would be open to working with Gary on future projects.
Airport Chairman Pete Visclosky thanked Forrer for the company's efforts.
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"All of us here today continue to build on things that have happened since the late '40s when the airport was established," Visclosky said before the board voted to ratify the agreement. "We find ourselves here today again in a position to take that next step, and appreciate all of the help and advice we've been given by your firm."
The board voted 6-0 to approve the separation agreement, which includes a provision for Avports — the management side of the agreement — and its airport operations employees to continue at the airport through August. The economic development agreement with AFCO Gary ended with Wednesday's approval of the separation.
In the airport's official announcement of the agreement, Visclosky said officials “are pleased to be able to exit these agreements with much more robust aviation-centric infrastructure, operations and facilities in place, allowing GCIA to strongly position itself for the coming years. Years of sustained growth and investment by public and private entities alike have created strong momentum allowing the airport to move towards its long-standing objective of a locally sustainable airport, and we thank both Avports and AFCO for their contributions over the past few years to our continued success.”
The CEOs of the businesses also praised the partnership, which Avports CEO Jorge Roberts said "put GCIA into a position to control their own destiny and success."
“We are pleased to have contributed to GCIA’s growth and development and wish them continued success,” said AFCO CEO Chuck Stipancic.
The public-private partnership, championed by former Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, was unique in that it included off-airport property development, giving AFCO the right to develop real estate within the city's Airport Development Zone with a goal of $25 million in development the first three years and $75 million more by 2054.
When the 40-year deal was finalized in 2014, the airport was focused on a main runway extension that was completed a year later. Since then, it touts the opening of a U.S. customs facility, new terminals and hangars built by private fixed-base operators and tenants and the addition of UPS cargo flights.
Avports' management and operations contract was for an initial period of 10 years, with options for three 10-year renewals. It is paid $10,000 per month for managing day-to-day operations at the airport. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/gary-airport-cuts-ties-with-private-manager-developer/article_0de6e262-414a-59a8-b11e-289b7653082b.html | 2022-06-09T01:46:20 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/gary-airport-cuts-ties-with-private-manager-developer/article_0de6e262-414a-59a8-b11e-289b7653082b.html |
Safety-Kleen, which operates a re-refinery in East Chicago, is launching a new KLEEN+ brand of base oils it says reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 78% by "infinitely" recycling used oil.
The company, which runs the largest re-refinery in the world in East Chicago, said its product has the potential to lower the environmental impact of automotive and industrial lubricants, about 90% of which used in North America currently come from crude oil straight from the ground.
Safety-Kleen gathers more than 230 million gallons of used oil from more than 100,000 customers a year, turning them into re-refined oils that are sold back to the market.
“With the rollout of KLEEN+, we are communicating to the industry that re-refined base oil enables the best of all worlds – a high-quality base stock that delivers enhanced performance in end products with the additional benefit of being uniquely sustainable,” Executive Vice President of Safety-Kleen Oil Craig Linington said. “The re-refining industry, led by Safety-Kleen, has made impressive technological advancements and product enhancements since the 1980s. Our new brand represents the culmination of nearly four decades of scientific research and investment in our facilities. With KLEEN+, we have arrived to where we are now delivering a premium product that is technologically superior to, and of greater quality than, equivalent base oils derived from crude, and with a vastly smaller carbon footprint.”
A study Ramboll conducted that was commissioned by Safety-Kleen found that every gallon of re-refined oil used prevents 10 kg of carbon dioxide from being released, as base oil is one of the most processed elements to come from a barrel of crude oil.
Owned by Massachusetts-based Clean Harbors, which provides environmental services to most Fortune 500 companies, Safety-Kleen operates seven re-refineries across North America that produce about 150 million gallons of base oil a year, preventing an estimated 1.5 million tons of greenhouse gases. That's the same as having 3.7 billion fewer miles driven by cars with internal combustion engines.
Safety-Kleen's re-refineries, the biggest of which is in East Chicago, have produced more than 4.1 billion gallons of recycled oil since their inception.
The new KLEEN+ product can be produced with 1.4 gallons of used oil instead of 42 gallons of drilled crude oil.
The product has higher viscosity than traditional base oil as well as lower volatility, more thermal stability and few impurities. It can be used for engine oils, coating applications and metalworking products. It also can be blended for finished products, such as oil for cars, hydraulic fluids and heavy-duty industrial lubricants.
Safety-Kleen uses the base for its own line of commercial oils.
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"At Gary Primary, we know the future of this plant depends upon our success. Our families, the union and management depend on us. Our communities depend on us and this facility." | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/safety-kleen-launches-new-base-oil-that-reduced-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-as-much-as/article_7b4a6f5b-a8cd-502d-a1a1-1c60be7f5af6.html | 2022-06-09T01:46:27 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/safety-kleen-launches-new-base-oil-that-reduced-greenhouse-gas-emissions-by-as-much-as/article_7b4a6f5b-a8cd-502d-a1a1-1c60be7f5af6.html |
HAMMOND — School City of Hammond middle schools will operate under different hours next academic year, following approval from Hammond’s school board Tuesday.
The middle schools will be open from 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Three school board members approved, while Trustees Carlotta Blake-King and Cindy Murphy voted in opposition.
Blake-King said that this move was due to the shortage of bus drivers but that she feels like it's just a Band-Aid.
“The real issue is paying our bus drivers their worth,” Blake-King said, emphasizing the difficulty to get a license.
She said she could not support it until they made major changes toward that. However, Murphy said they are the second-highest payer of bus drivers in the county at $23.10 an hour.
Murphy said she cannot support the bell schedule change as she is more interested in a 7th- through 12th-grade bus. She also said she is concerned about walkers.
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The board also received construction updates regarding several projects going on at the schools.
Hammond Central High School received new soccer goals and field poles on its athletic field and additional turf was installed, as well as a track top.
During June, track surface and fencing will be installed before closing out the project.
Currently, Morton High School is being prepped for renovations in the administration areas and in the gymnasium. At Scott Middle School, gymnasium flooring is being installed.
At the board meeting, there was also a discussion regarding ESSER funding plans.
Through the three rounds of funding, Hammond has received more than $60 million. The district goals are used to frame how funding is allocated.
Goals include seeing a 50% decrease in the number of community complaints related to culturally insensitive practices by spring 2023, seeing 100% of SCH schools implementing a multi-tiered system of support and a 10% increase in both growth and proficiency levels on English and language arts and math state-level assessments.
The district provided updates specifically on planned uses of ESSER III funds, which totals more than $40 million.
Of those funds, roughly $9 million will go toward instructional supplies, PPE, technology and installation services. Approximately $6 million will be toward instructional programming and professional development.
Approximately $1.5 million will go toward student support services, and roughly $250,000 will go toward family and community engagement. Twenty-two million dollars will go toward creating a safe and secure learning environment, which includes cleaning and sanitation supplies, food and nutrition supplies and construction.
The presentation also addressed how Hammond is confronting learning loss. During the 2021-22 school year, several new teachers and student support specialists were hired and a district-wide tutoring program was established.
The next board meeting is June 21. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/hammond-middle-school-hours-to-change-next-year/article_fac24ee6-3cff-55fc-bd62-8a7f0d8ec7b8.html | 2022-06-09T01:46:33 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/hammond-middle-school-hours-to-change-next-year/article_fac24ee6-3cff-55fc-bd62-8a7f0d8ec7b8.html |
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Puyallup police officer K9 Ice played an integral role in catching four suspects connected to a Tacoma shooting over the weekend.
Ice and his handler officer Nate Jendrick have been partners for the Puyallup Police Department for about a year, but have already had a big impact.
"They do things that we can't do. They're able to locate suspects that we can't find. They're able to get into areas that we can't. And they're able to allow us to do our job more safely," said Jendrick.
The duo has been involved in 20 catches, including their most recent case over this past weekend. Ice and Jendrick helped Tacoma police apprehend four suspects accused of shooting at a car in the 1600 block of South 47th Street on Sunday.
"Within a matter of minutes we were able to locate them, capture them and they were certainly surprised. They always are," said Jendrick.
Ice is part of the K9 Metro Unit in Pierce County.
"Currently, Tacoma has one dog, Puyallup has two dogs, Lakewood has two dogs and Pierce County has four dogs. There's not a lot of us and it's certainly a resource we would like to have more of," said Jendrick.
Despite their differences, Jendrick said there's no one he'd rather work with every day than his four-legged partner.
"He's everything you want in a partner, he's just got four legs and he can do things a lot better than I can in some instances, so it's great to have him and makes work a lot more fun, he lets us get a lot of great work done," said Jendrick. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/puyallup-police-k9-ice-tacoma-shooting-suspects-apprehended/281-b861eee7-78e0-4f1f-a4da-e47f1c2163e6 | 2022-06-09T01:48:17 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/puyallup-police-k9-ice-tacoma-shooting-suspects-apprehended/281-b861eee7-78e0-4f1f-a4da-e47f1c2163e6 |
ALPINE, Calif. — The Lions, Tigers & Bears Sanctuary in Alpine just welcomed a new resident- a 700-pound grizzly bear named Rocky!
Rocky just arrived at his new home on Saturday from the Los Angeles area.
"He's just kinda getting used to the sights, smells, and the good food," said Lions Tigers & Bears Founder and Director, Bobbi Brink.
Right now, Rocky is in mandatory quarantine, so guests won’t be able to visit him for at least another 30-to-60 days.
That’s when he'll be moved into a more permanent habitat where he can roam and play with Cherry Bomb, another grizzly bear who lives on the property.
"Every animal that goes into Lions Tigers & Bears goes into what we call quarantine situation like this so we can make sure number one, they're healthy and they don't have any transferable diseases, and then most importantly, get to know their keepers, know the routine, know that food is coming every day," said Brink.
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For much of his life, Rocky worked in the entertainment industry and appeared in movies, though it's unclear which ones.
He recently retired, at which point his owners reached out to Brink asking if he can spend the rest of his life here.
"Grizzly bears can live 30 years or a little bit more in captivity, so he still has a lot of good life left here,” said Brink.
Caring for Rocky and other grizzlies, however, comes at a steep cost.
"Some of our biggest expenses with these animals of course they have to have keepers, the habitats are outrageously expensive, and then of course I'm sure you can imagine how much food a grizzly bear eats," said Brink.
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Despite that, Brink says she's happy to welcome Rocky, saying this is where he should be.
"A lot of times, animals used in the entertainment industry disappear, or they're put down or they're housed in a tiny little cage for life and we don't know what happens to most of them. Rocky is gonna have a happy retirement here at Lions Tigers & Bears," said Brink.
The sanctuary is raising money to care for Rocky and build him a climbing wall.
If you would like to donate, click here. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sanctuary-welcomes-newest-resident-a-700-pound-grizzly-bear/509-79d1ecd3-82b3-4dd4-b988-694b127eb339 | 2022-06-09T01:55:45 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sanctuary-welcomes-newest-resident-a-700-pound-grizzly-bear/509-79d1ecd3-82b3-4dd4-b988-694b127eb339 |
STOCKTON, Calif. — After one week on the job, Stockton’s 50th Police Chief, Stan McFadden, spoke to ABC10 Wednesday outlining what he hopes to see in the department under his leadership and describes a police force in the city that he says is “bleeding.”
For McFadden, a longtime San Joaquin County resident who most recently served as a Deputy Chief with the San Jose Police Department, Stockton is not an unfamiliar city.
“My first draw to Stockton was coaching in Stockton,” McFadden said. “From there, I've established friendships in Stockton and have met some community members in Stockton and its challenges.”
As a youth fastpitch softball coach, McFadden said he was exposed to the work and challenges of the Stockton Police Department.
“It's not only the crime challenges but there's internal challenges. We need to boost morale in the department,” McFadden said.
One of the most critical issues is the revolving door of Stockton Police officers which has left the city nearly 40 officers short of the 445 police officers authorized as of Wednesday, according to McFadden.
“It's of no surprise, we're losing officers, and I need to stop the bleeding. We need to tourniquet what's going on here,” McFadden said. “My officers know they're the lowest paid, but they still suit up every day, they still come out and do incredible work. They're still here in my office, emotional about their ties to Stockton.”
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McFadden said he would like to see police officer salaries become more competitive with other local agencies. He also said he hopes to introduce more organizational wellness initiatives, prioritizing the mental health and wellbeing of officers, dispatchers and staff members.
“If they're not well, if they're not feeling good about themselves, then they're not going to be effective on the streets,” McFadden said. “It’s important that their supervisors, myself, we support them and that we ensure they're always known as people behind the badge, not just the badge.”
Recruiting and retaining officers will be key for McFadden, who hopes to launch new initiatives aimed at preventing crime and developing relationships with community members.
“My goal for each neighborhood is a micro-policing plan,” McFadden said. “Every community is unique. Every community has different challenges, so by having strong relationships, you know what resources need to be in what neighborhood.”
In addition to his micro-policing plan, tailoring police resources and response to particular neighborhoods, McFadden said he also wants to do physical walk-arounds.
“I’m going to be walking in every neighborhood myself. I want to hear from the community members myself; I want to respond and address the issues myself,” McFadden said. “We’ll hit the four corners, and ensure I can establish a good deployment model to where we can be more visible in those areas.”
On his first day as chief Thursday, results were announced from an operation led by the Stockton Police Department in conjunction with county, state and federal partners.
The operation netted 88 arrests and took 58 guns off the streets. Among those arrested and allegedly found with weapons were teenagers.
“It's very concerning,” McFadden said about the age of some of those arrested in the operation. “Something I'll be starting soon is my youth advisory board team, which I've chosen from all over Stockton.”
In addition to his youth advisory team, McFadden said he hopes to see more activities and after-school programs for youth.
According to McFadden, working with youth and community partners will help shape the narrative surrounding crime in the city of Stockton.
“I know the part I have in making the city of Stockton a success,” McFadden said. “Not only when it comes to crime prevention, reduction and building relationships, but the new vision of the of the city of Stockton, Stockton moving forward, Stockton changing the narrative.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/stan-mcfadden-shares-goals/103-012d393f-bd34-41d8-aa43-a548d815a661 | 2022-06-09T01:55:51 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/stan-mcfadden-shares-goals/103-012d393f-bd34-41d8-aa43-a548d815a661 |
A Brooklyn teen was charged in a fatal crash at a former New York City airfield that left 3 people, including an 11-year-old and two other teenagers, dead as he allegedly was trying to do high-speed stunts, the district attorney said.
Tamirlan Abylknov was indicted on three counts of criminally negligent homicide, as well as second-degree assault, speeding, reckless endangerment, reckless driving and operating without a license for the July 2020 crash, according to Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. The 18-year-old from Homecrest faces up to four years in prison if convicted on the top count he faces.
According to an investigation, Abylknov and a group of friends were at the North 40th Runway in Floyd Bennet Field, a decommissioned airfield near the Rockaways that is open to the public and is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area, around 8:30 p.m. on July 11, 2020.
Abylknov, who was 16 years old at the time, was driving a Toyota Camry, while 16-year-old Emil Badlov was driving a Kia Forte. The two were allegedly racing fast, doing donuts and other stunts before they collided, the DA said.
Abylknov was driving about 70 mph when he t-boned Badlov, whose 18 year-old girlfriend Margarita Sigdiyayeva, her 11-year-old brother Daniel Sigdiyayeva and another 16-year-old, were also in the car. All but the 16-year-old died, while Abylknov and his two passengers, an 18-year-old and an 11-year-old, were injured.
Abylknov was released without bail, and is next scheduled to appear in court on July 21. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-indicted-in-crash-at-former-brooklyn-airfield-that-killed-11-year-old-and-2-teens/3726207/ | 2022-06-09T02:01:26 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-indicted-in-crash-at-former-brooklyn-airfield-that-killed-11-year-old-and-2-teens/3726207/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The view of how Portland has grown is no more evident than on 82nd Avenue.
When the first pavement was laid on the roadway, it was on the outskirts of the city — a four-lane highway connecting the north and south of the city, predating the interstates that have since been the primary connectors.
Portland Bureau of Transportation spokesperson Dylan Rivera says for that reason, it made sense for the city to take the road over from the Oregon Department of Transportation.
“We need to treat it as the urban main street that it is, not the rural highway it once was,” Rivera said.
On June 1, PBOT took over SE 82nd Ave. from ODOT jurisdiction to address the changing environment. Rivera says the city has a design team with an understanding of urban streets, rather than the state’s freeway-focused designs.
SE 82nd Ave. is a congested stretch of tarmac that comes with safety concerns. Nineteen people have been killed in 15 years on the road, according to Rivera — one of whom died after being struck by a car on Monday night.
“We’re planning, identifying, designing, and implementing critical fixes for safety and maintenance that the community has already identified,” he said.
The changes will come in two phases, both starting in some form this year. Rivera says, knowing the change was coming, the city had already designed some changes around pedestrian crossings, lighting and traffic changes.
Phase one is “critical fixes” to bring SE 82nd Ave. up to PBOT standards. For example, less than 10% of crosswalks along the road meet the city’s standards. The goal is to bring 75% of crossings up to snuff.
The first of the crossing improvements will come later in 2022, with the painting of crosswalks. In 2023, more substantial construction of lighted, flashing crosswalks will begin. Half a dozen crosswalks, including four medians with trees planted, will be constructed overall.
The need for pedestrian safety is major, as the city’s busiest bus line, Line 72, runs on SE 82nd. PBOT has a “mission to zero” traffic-related fatalities, and Rivera says SE 82nd Ave. is a “really big part of that” as the road is one of the high-crash corridors in the Rose City.
Officials say $80 million from the American Rescue Plan will fund that phase of the project. Phase two begins this summer when PBOT will hold meetings and send out surveys to the community to see what the more substantial transformation of 82nd avenue will look like.
The options are wide open right now, including considering bike transit, public transit or other changes.
“[We’re] really thinking big about what the future of 82nd avenue should look like, if we have the money to transform it, to make the kind of investments that people are really hoping for that can be transformative in terms of every dimension of what the neighborhood should look and feel like,” Rivera said.
Rivera says a schedule of events for community input will be released soon, as well as a survey for people living near the road. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/city-of-portland-pbot-focusing-on-critical-fixes-for-82nd-avenues-safety-maintenance/ | 2022-06-09T02:04:29 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/city-of-portland-pbot-focusing-on-critical-fixes-for-82nd-avenues-safety-maintenance/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — After the Austin City Council in April voted to move forward with plans for a jet fuel storage facility in southeast Austin, a group of neighbors is now suing.
According to documents obtained by KVUE on Wednesday, the organizations suing include "Southeast Austin Residents and Neighbors Organized for Environmental Justice" and "People Organized in Defense of the Earth and Her Resources." The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Billy Nolan, its acting administrator, are listed as plaintiffs.
An environmental assessment provided by the airport found "no significant impact" from the fuel tanks, a finding approved by the FAA in an order on April 8, 2020. The lawsuit is asking the court to set aside that FAA order and asks for a new FAA review of the project.
The FAA website says proposed actions and decisions by FAA officials are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
"Once the FAA determines that NEPA applies, it needs to determine the appropriate level of review," the website says. "The types of review differ based on FAA's determination of the potential for significant impacts."
The lawsuit alleges the current environmental assessment does not meet NEPA requirements.
"Petitioners further request this court require FAA to prepare an EA [environmental assessment] to cure all violations of NEPA," the lawsuit says.
"An example would be an analysis of alternatives to the proposed project's location. Taking a hard look at other possible alternatives," Marisa Perales, one of the attorneys representing the residents, told KVUE's media partners at the Austin American-Statesman. "There's no environmental justice analysis included there. There was no public outreach. Those are things that are required by NEPA, and those are things that we've pointed out in the past and that the residents have pointed out in the past that were missing from the environmental assessment."
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AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a wanted fugitive.
Police said 36-year-old Jason Alex Latzko has a prior record with APD and now has an outstanding arrest warrant for strangling his ex-girlfriend. Latzko’s ex-girlfriend is alive and recovering.
Latzko owns property on Eagle Rising Cove and Saddleridge Cove in West Austin, according to police. He is known to frequent bars on East Sixth Street, including Lit Lounge, Friends Bar and Darwin’s Pub.
Police said Latzko is known to carry firearms and is considered dangerous. He drives a silver Trans Am and a 2016 black Chevrolet Colorado with Texas plate number HTN0267.
He is described as 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, with brown hair, facial hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact APD at atip@austintexas.gov or contact Crime Stoppers anonymously at 512-472-8477.
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GREENSBORO — A former police officer accused of manslaughter turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday morning, officials said.
Matthew Hamilton, who was fired from the police department on Monday after he was indicted in Joseph Lopez's death, met State Bureau of Investigation agents at the Guilford County Magistrate's Office and turned himself in, according to an SBI spokeswoman.
A 15-year veteran of the police department, Hamilton was released on $100,000 unsecured bail. His next court date is July 13.
Hamilton was among 10 officers responding to a "wanted person call" when he fatally shot Lopez in a storage shed behind a Cloverdale Drive address in north Greensboro. His attorney, Amiel Rossabi, said that just prior to the shooting, Lopez turned toward Hamilton with an object in his hand that resembled a gun. It was later discovered that Lopez wasn't holding a firearm.
Lopez's father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the the city on behalf of his son's estate.
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Meanwhile, the body camera video from police officers who responded the night Lopez was shot and killed was released late Wednesday night. Greensboro City Attorney Chuck Watts said a shortened compilation of the footage was being compiled by the city and will be released along with the full footage.
The hours-long footage covers the tense standoff between Lopez and police officers from the time they came on the scene until EMS personnel arrived and attempted to revive Lopez, who was shot in the head.
Greensboro interim Police Chief Teresa Biffle on Monday requested a judge's permission for the footage to be released.
Superior Court Judge William Wood signed the order, which includes wording that compilation video must be "reviewed and approved by counsel for Officer Hamilton before it can be released to the general public or anyone."
This wording spurred concern at Tuesday night's City Council meeting, where several people commented on Lopez's killing and Hamilton's indictment during the public comment portion of the meeting. Those who spoke included City Council candidate Katie Rossabi, Amiel Rossabi's wife, who said Hamilton was "indicted for doing his job."
Hester Petty, a frequent critic of the police department, said "once again police chose to use excessive force rather than de-escalation."
Watts initially said Amiel Rossabi would participate in the process of developing the compilation video, prompting an outcry from some in the audience. "(Rossabi) wants to make sure that the compilation is not biased against his client," Watts said.
He later read directly from the judge's order indicating Rossabi would only review and approve the compilation.
"It was not our position going before the judge that this would be allowed, but this was a contentious point in what was otherwise an agreed upon consent order," Watts said.
Rossabi, who also represents the Greensboro Police Officers Association, said Wednesday afternoon that he had almost no involvement in the compilation video.
"I went by and reviewed it and I said it sounds like it’s a fair and accurate representation," he said. "When they said they wanted to do a compilation, I wanted to make sure the compilation was fair.
"We want full release of (the footage) without any edits, without any taking out of context."
Contact Kenwyn Caranna at 336-373-7082 and follow @kcaranna on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lopez-shooting-ex-greensboro-officer-turns-himself-in-bodycam-video-released/article_8b4fe704-e790-11ec-b1b7-57ba9c38fd5b.html | 2022-06-09T02:08:36 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lopez-shooting-ex-greensboro-officer-turns-himself-in-bodycam-video-released/article_8b4fe704-e790-11ec-b1b7-57ba9c38fd5b.html |
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A woman and teen girl are accused of leaving a toddler and two babies inside a hot car with the windows closed for 45 minutes while they shopped at a New Jersey Walmart.
On Wednesday around 2:45 p.m., police responded to the Walmart shopping center at the Oak Tree Plaza in Egg Harbor Township for a report of three crying young children locked inside a vehicle. The temperature at the time was approximately 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
When police arrived, they found a 3-year-old child, 1-year-old baby and 5-month-old baby locked inside a vehicle that was not running with all of the windows closed.
The officers used a lock out kit to unlock the doors. The children were immediately turned over to Egg Harbor Township EMS for treatment. They were then taken to Atlantic City Medical Center and are expected to be okay. The Division of Child Protection and Permanency also responded to the hospital.
Investigators determined through security footage that a woman, identified as Cyndie Jourdain of Galloway Township, as well as a 17-year-old girl, had been inside the Walmart for 45 minutes while the children were inside the vehicle. Both women were arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child. They were processed and then released pending a court appearance.
Police have not revealed Jourdain’s relation to the three children. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/woman-accused-of-leaving-3-kids-in-hot-car-while-shopping-a-nj-walmart/3265372/ | 2022-06-09T02:12:24 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/woman-accused-of-leaving-3-kids-in-hot-car-while-shopping-a-nj-walmart/3265372/ |
Hero dog that defended Trinity County owner from mountain lion dies: ‘I owe her my life’
DAVIS, Calif. — A dog credited with defending her owner from a mountain lion attack last month in Trinity County unexpectedly died Wednesday.
Eva, a 2½-year-old Belgian Malinois, began having seizures last weekend at home in Trinity County, her owner, Erin Wilson reported.
The dog was taken to the animal hospital at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, but her condition deteriorated.
“She just never woke up,” Wilson told a Sacramento newspaper.
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In mid-May, Wilson, 24, was walking with Eva along the Trinity River between Big Bar and Del Loma when a mountain lion lunged and scratched Wilson.
“I yelled ‘Eva!’ and she came running,” Wilson said in a subsequent interview. “And she hit that cat really hard.”
Eva and the mountain lion fought briefly until the cougar clamped its jaws on Eva’s head. Wilson and another woman beat the lion and finally got it to flee by using pepper spray.
“They battled for a few moments until I heard her cry,” Wilson said in a social media post in May. “The cat had her by the left side of her head. I tried everything I could to free her.”
Wilson drove to Redding for medical treatment for her own injuries after she took Eva to a vet.
Eva suffered skull fractures and other injuries, but was released from a veterinary clinic several days later.
“My dog is my hero and I owe her my life,” Wilson posted.
On Wednesday, Wilson updated a GoFundMe page she had started to raise money for the vet bills.
“We said goodbye,” she wrote. “We love you Eva. You’re my whole world.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/california/2022/06/08/dog-defended-california-owner-mountain-lion-attack-dies/7560793001/ | 2022-06-09T02:38:34 | 1 | https://www.redding.com/story/news/local/california/2022/06/08/dog-defended-california-owner-mountain-lion-attack-dies/7560793001/ |
HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) — A person that was hit by a vehicle in the 2100 block of 5th Avenue in Huntington was taken to the hospital.
Cabell County dispatchers say this happened just after 9:40 p.m.
They say one person was taken to the hospital. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time.
The Huntington Police Department, the Huntington Fire Department and Cabell County EMS all responded. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/person-hit-by-vehicle-in-huntington-taken-to-hospital/ | 2022-06-09T02:47:28 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/person-hit-by-vehicle-in-huntington-taken-to-hospital/ |
BOISE, Idaho — The Boise Police Department is investigating after responding to reports of Pride flags missing from Harrison Boulevard on Wednesday, less than one week after volunteers with the Boise Pride Festival put them up.
An estimated 21 flags are missing from the street, according to a Boise Police spokesperson. Officers are asking for information or video of the incident from the public.
The Boise Pride Festival has been putting up flags and banners around Boise during Pride month for the past six years. The festival's volunteers put up this year's flags Saturday, June 4.
In June of 2021, 25 of the 29 Pride flags on Harrison Boulevard were also stolen or destroyed, after Boise Police responded to reports of a theft.
Officers were immediately able to find the suspect following last year's incident, who was ultimately charged with misdemeanor petit theft.
A Pride Flag rally was organized in the North End following the damage last summer. Dozens of people came by to donate flags, march down Harrison Boulevard, climb ladders to reinstall flags and replace what was stolen.
Hanging the Pride flags in Boise's North End has become an annual tradition for organizers of the Boise Pride Festival. The flags hang through the end of Pride month each year.
This year's Boise Pride Festival is scheduled for Sept. 9 - Sept. 11 at Cecil D. Andrus Park.
Wednesday's incident is still under investigation by the Boise Police Department. KTVB is working to gather more information.
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KUNA, Idaho —
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
After several decades, a rodeo is coming back to Kuna.
The Kuna Rodeo has been in the works for the past four years — and discussed frequently multiple years prior to that — but the biggest roadblock city officials faced was lack of a venue.
That all changed last summer when Lini and Cody Chytka offered their farm and concert venue, Crooked 8, to the city.
“We were sitting here about a year ago, it was July, and Cody’s like, ‘We should have a concert out here. That would be cool.’ And the shop was loaded with tractors and tools. And we’re like, ‘OK,’” Lini Chytka said. “So he called Chris to see if there was anything special we need to do for a semi-private event because it was basically everybody we knew. And that’s how Chris was like, ‘Wait a minute, you have a rodeo arena? We need to talk.’”
Chris Engels, Kuna’s city clerk, has been the city’s point-woman on the rodeo project. She said thanks to the Chytkas and her committee, the Kuna Rodeo is coming to fruition.
“Finally, we are able to bring a rodeo back home to Kuna,” Engels said. “It’s busy, but it’s just been wonderful.”
There’s been no shortage of work in preparation for the rodeo set to take place on Sept. 2 and 3.
Cody had to get a group together and rotate the entire arena, removing each post and panel singularly and putting it back together, so that it faced a different way. When stadium seating proved not to be an option, the Chytkas also set out on building a berm for seating. The dimensions of the berm should be 15 feet tall with a base of 120 feet by 250 feet when it’s complete.
By building a berm, the Chytkas hope to seat more people in a more comfortable way. The admission goal for the rodeo’s first year is 2,500 people over its two days.
The dirt for the berm and rodeo arena has all been donated by different contractors in the area. While there is a decent amount that’s piled up at Crooked 8, Cody said they still need about 150 to 200 more truckloads to finish.
“There’s a lot of work,” Cody said.
But according to Lini, the family is fully committed to the project, not only for the event, but for what it could bring to the kids in the community.
The Chytkas’ daughter Payton is the president of the Kuna High School rodeo club. According to Payton, when she started out, there were 20 members. Now, there’s only 10.
“There’s like all this interest that these kids out here have in it. But there’s no outlet,” Lini said. “We’re hoping that this sparks a whole ‘nother generation so that this rodeo, you know, the rodeo world and rodeo family doesn’t die.”
Engels also sees the value of what the rodeo could bring to Kuna’s community. She said the reason so many people have been invested in the rodeo and volunteering their time and resources is because people “care about Kuna.”
“People are fired up. They’re excited. They want to come. They want to participate. They want to know about it,” Engels said. “It’s just all about that community event that everybody’s gonna look forward to every year. You’re gonna see your neighbors, you’re gonna see your friends, you’re gonna bring your friends and you’re gonna share your hometown with others.”
General admission to the rodeo is $20 for tickets purchased in advance and $25 at the gate. Patrons can purchase tickets in advance online on the city’s website or in person at the clerk’s office. Children 5 years old and younger are free. VIP tickets are also available, more details are available on the city’s website.
This story originally appeared in the Idaho Press. Read more at IdahoPress.com
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BEAUMONT, Texas — It's summertime. Children are out of school, and ready to play outside.
This is the perfect opportunity for a trip to the park, but this June heat doesn't just apply to the air we breathe.
Hot temperatures can show up on playground equipment as well.
Over the next few days, we'll be feeling the heat, so it's a good time to be thinking about heat safety.
"We like to come to the park,” said grandmother Sandy Davis.
But with temperatures nearing triple digits, safety is a concern.
"For kids? It's a little bit tougher because if they're playing outside, they won't want to stop playing most of the time so they will push themselves until they're exhausted," said family medicine physician Dr. William Pickard with CHRISTUS Health Systems.
Pickard said you have to get them out of the heat for breaks.
"After they're out there for a while, then I make them come in and get in the shade for a while and drink something so they stay hydrated and cool off for a little while," Davis said.
The number one key is hydration.
"Water, Gatorade, cool cups that I have, just something to keep them hydrated," said mother Seunesha Pitre.
Pitre even started making her own Kool-Aid “kool-kups” to keep her kids hydrated.
How do you know when it's time to get in the shade?
"They can get dizzy, too. They may not feel very well and maybe feel nauseous and those are signs that they need to get in the cool and start drinking more water," Pickard said.
In terms of what slide you're going to want to avoid, it's this green one and the dark blue one.
We used a thermometer gun around a playground, taking the temperature of the different colored equipment.
The green equipment came out to be at 148.6 degrees.
A blue slide came in right behind at 140.7 degrees, and the yellow at 114.8 degrees.
The coolest piece of equipment you're probably going to find on a playground is a light pink slide. It’s still 110 degrees.
But the best place to stay is going to be in the shade, and when the sun isn't at its peak yet.
"Starting at like 10:30 in the morning, it starts to get pretty hot. Around here. So, I would say at least from like 11 really until six o'clock," said Pickard.
Pickard also recommends drinking 64 ounces or 8 cups of water every day, even when you're not thirsty.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark — What would you do in an active shooting situation?
This is a question that many of us have considered, especially after recent mass shooting events. It's one that a Little Rock church is addressing head on through hands-on training.
The Church at Rock Creek held an active shooter presentation dedicated to staff that was also open to the public.
"Our campus is covered with security cameras and we have staff that monitors when we have services," said Nick Burt with The Church at Rock Creek. "We have a security team on staff that are off-duty police officers, so when we have services or major events we have security on site."
With four buildings on location and worship services that bring in hundreds every week, making sure everyone stays safe is a top priority for them.
Alongside cameras and a security team, church has other plans and safety strategies in place. Burt said the staff is always staying up to date on safety plans, so this training is just part of that continuous preparation.
"Obviously with current events this was something that popped up being top of mind right now," said Burt.
With the sense of urgency in place, church leaders brought in Ed Monk with Last Resort Firearms Training to provide a presentation.
Monk is a retired Army officer, has law enforcement experience, and is also a former high school teacher. His presentation focused on combating an armed intruder.
"Each individual has three options. That's fight, flee or, barricade," said Monk.
He said training against a potential threat isn't political, it's a matter of protecting oneself.
It's something that's been studied for decades as research from the last 30 years has shown him that an active shooter is more likely to be a young male.
"I put fight first because fight is best for humanity. The quicker we fight him [active shooter] and stop him, the lower the victim count will be," said Monk.
Using visual aids from recent mass shootings, he gave play-by-plays of different scenarios the church could see.
These hypothetical situations posed by Monk in turn prepare the church against a potential threat.
Monk said changing their policies from reacting passively is what can help a lot of organizations during an incident.
"Passive, which is what most organizations are, they hunker down [and] eventually call 911 and wait for somebody to come stop this thing. Change it to active, when we identify there's a shooter and we will immediately counter attack," said Monk.
Burt said it's sad that these types of measures have to be put in place, but if that's what it takes to keep everyone safe they're prepared to do so. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock-church-staff-active-shooter-training/91-5bcd852f-5dbf-4747-8e86-ec584fca27c8 | 2022-06-09T03:02:36 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock-church-staff-active-shooter-training/91-5bcd852f-5dbf-4747-8e86-ec584fca27c8 |
SAN ANTONIO — The Uvalde shooting has brought grieving into the forefront for many, from the families affected to members of the community
The grieving process is a normal human response to a loss of life. It is emotional and often comes in waves. Those who are grieving often just try to get through each day, one at a time.
"It's all a part of loving somebody. When you lose them or are worried about losing them, then then it pulls at you and it weighs on you and it disrupts your entire life," said Dr. Jason Morrow who is a palliative care and clinical ethics specialist at University Health and UT Health San Antonio, as well as the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics.
He says you can experience grief whether the loss is personal, or in your community. Dr. Morrow told us, "When it's the loss that's personal, we really need to be mindful of giving space to let people process on their own terms. Those opening weeks and months or so personal that the best we can do is to help ensure that others know that they are not alone."
Five stages of grief are often used as the most common: Denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and eventually acceptance. Dr. Morrow says the best thing you can do, is just be there if that person needs you. He said, "The best we can do for those people suffering personal and intense loss is to just be available and remind them that we remain available."
When it comes to children, most often they'll come to you when they're ready. Dr. Morrow added, "Taking time to sit down and to listen, to ask open ended questions like...What worries you? What questions do you have? How are you feeling? becomes an invitation for them to share what they're feeling."
Dr. Morrow also says a good way to talk to your child is to turn off the TV and do some type of activity. That could make it easier for you to ask the questions, and easier for them to open up.
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Redevelopment bond voted down — then resurrected — after council president, mayor spar
MUNCIE, Ind. — The Muncie City Council meeting took an odd turn Monday night as two usually affable city leaders, council President Jeff Robinson and Mayor Dan Ridenour, found themselves in a quarrel over commentary the mayor had written for The Star Press.
The argument dominated debate concerning a $3.5 million Muncie Redevelopment bond to provide money for various city projects, including Markets on Madison, the Columbus Avenue and Walnut Street intersection upgrade, City View Homes developments and the creation of Tillpond Park. Much of the money was to be used to match grants available for the projects.
The spat continued until the vote came and the four Democrats on council, including Robinson, and Republican Troy Ingram voted the bond issue down, 5-4.
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Then, as council was moving on to the next issue, Robinson abruptly declared that he wanted to take back his vote against the bond issue.
"I'm a bigger man than that," he said aloud, apparently to himself.
After checking with council attorney Jason Delk, the issue was brought back and Robinson then moved bond issue be tabled. During the process of doing that, Robinson and Ridenour restarted their conversation, which again began deteriorating into an argument until Ridenour suggested they stop talking about their differences at the pubic meeting, and Robinson agreed.
At the previous council meeting in May, the bond issue was introduced and Robinson questioned why the mayor was seeking to borrow money rather than pay for the developments as money became available, as he had done with other projects.
Ridenour told Robinson at the May meeting it would take five years to finish the projects without borrowing and that he did not think the developer of one project, the Markets on Madison, would want to wait on the effort to renovate the former Southway Plaza into a new office and retail complex at the south end of the city.
Robinson told Ridenour at the May meeting that he favored staggering the project over two or three years and paying cash rather than borrowing.
Mayor's op-ed
On June 2, The Star Press published a commentary on bond issue submitted by the mayor in which he argued for approving the bond issue.
"I personally believe that the Southside and Muncie Central are worth investing in — and it’s time to keep our foot on the gas," Ridenour wrote.
The mayor alluded to Robinson in one paragraph:
"Our city council president has said he would prefer to take things one project at a time and pay in cash," Ridenour wrote. "This means we would lose $830,000 in matching funds, and it would take five years to complete these projects."
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The opinion piece went on to say, "It is easy to delay progress but we must consider those who live in a neighborhood with sub-standard parks, roads and housing. When your child doesn’t have a safe sidewalk to bike on or an ADA accessible park, five years is too long to wait. These projects have a real impact on real people, and we have received letters of support from both the Southside and McKinley Neighborhood Associations."
On Monday, while Ridenour was answering questions from council members about the bond issue, Robinson told the mayor he had read his op-ed.
"There were some misrepresentations in that op-ed I want to make sure I clarify," the council president said. "I've gone through the minutes, I went back and watched the meeting. You said in your op-ed, 'Our city council president has said he would prefer to take one project at a time and pay in cash.' I never said that."
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Robinson told Ridenour he was asking questions to better understand but that he never said he wanted to pay cash. He went on to say the city appeared to have enough money coming in to pay for the projects without borrowing.
"I never said I was opposed to this bond," Robinson said. "As I sit sit here now, I still don't know."
The council president told Ridenour, "You know I'm a fair guy, I'm just trying to understand why this is the best route"
He then went on to tell the mayor that he would have preferred the mayor called him rather than write an op-ed.
"I was really disappointed to see this," Robinson said. "I'm not going to be a rubber stamp for any mayor, whether it's you or whether it's a Democrat."
He then went on to say, before Ridenour could offer a reply, that being a rubber stamp was not his job on the council. His job was "to ask questions, to seek answers, to make the most informed decision that I can make."
Robinson then told Ridenour, as the mayor stood listening, that the mayor was once on city council representing the same district that had elected Robinson.
"You asked some of these same questions of the previous administration …" he went on. "To be vilified for doing my job is incredibly frustrating … I'm not opposed to this, I'm not opposed to this. I think all these projects are worthy projects. And when you say in the newspaper that kids aren't going to be able to ride their bikes down the sidewalks or down the streets, they aren't going to have ADA assessible parks because I don't want that for them …"
"You were not the focus of the article," Ridenour replied.
Robinson noted again that the article referred to the president of the council.
"In one sentence," Ridenour said. "I don't think you were the focus of the article. I wasn't saying your were personally responsible for keeping kids from having ADA-compliant parks."
He told Robinson that he appreciated that the council president said he wasn't opposed to the bond, and went on to explain that much pf the money that might appear available to the Muncie Redevelopment Commission for project is already obligated.
Robinson said he would have appreciated having the discussion over the phone or at breakfast one morning "in the last five weeks." Ridenour said he would have enjoyed such an invite from Robinson in that regard as well.
'I'm reading the minutes'
At that point Republican council member Aaron Clark asked Robinson what it was that the mayor claimed in his op-ed that Robinson had not said. The minutes of the May meeting, Clark said, reported Robinson discussed "kicking the projects down the road two or three years" and that Robinson said he "can't wrap his head around around why we need this right now."
"Yeah, Those are all good questions," Robinson said.
Clark then said that during last year's budget hearing, Robinson was wanting to drain the Rainy Day Fund.
"What's the change all of the sudden?" Clark asked Robinson.
"I don't understand the question," Robinson replied.
"You heard the question," Cark said.
Clark then asked Robinson what accusation had been made against him in the op-ed.
Robinson then repeated the line from the article that the council president would prefer to take things one project at a time and pay in cash.
Clark then read those very words from Robinson that were in the May minutes.
"I'm reading the minutes," Clark said as a smattering of applause began rising from the audience. "You said you couldn't wrap your head around it and you said your didn't know why we couldn't do this over the next two to three years."
Robinson said those were his questions for the mayor.
Council Member Brad Polk then interrupted with a point of order asking that council move on from "he said, she said" issues.
A roll call on the bond issue was called for. The four Democrats, including Robinson, along with Republican Troy Ingram, voted against the bond issue. The four other Republicans voted in favor and the bond issue failed.
Robinson started to move on to the next resolution, stopped consideration and then asked the council attorney if they could go back and revote on the bond issue since the council was still in the same meeting.
"I don't want to vote off of anger," he said. "I'm a reasonable man."
Delk said the matter could be reconsidered at the same meeting if requested by the prevailing side.
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Robinson said he wanted to do what was best for the community and that he didn't agree with the way this bond would be paying for these projects.
"I'm willing to revote … and table the resolution." he said.
Robinson then told the mayor that he wasn't opposed to the bond but he would like to have some more conversation to see if they could collaborate and "find a better way."
He said that none of them had had conversation enough to know if there is a better way.
The resolution vote was rescinded, then brought back and tabled unanimously.
'Two-way street' for communication
Robison then went on to say he believed in a "two-way street" for communication. He said the council were buyers in this situation and the mayor was the seller.
"It is incumbent on him to reach out and try to have these conversations," Robinson said.
The council president then said he was tired of "political crap" and being called out in the newspaper because he has a difference of opinion.
The mayor then asked if each of the council members received an email and a phone call he had made to each on the subject of the bond issue. Some of those calls were not returned, he said. Very few took or returned the call.
"Did I?" Robinson asked.
"No" said Ridenour.
"I didn't?"
The two then started to discuss a call between them when Robinson was at Crew Car Wash on a Saturday.
"My point was, you implied I didn't communicate," Ridenour said.
The mayor went on to say he was fine with the no vote on the bond issue.
"That's OK," he said. "It's a two-way street both directions. It has to be."
Ridenour then apologized to Robinson that the council president felt "called out" in the article.
"And it's not just that," Robinson told the mayor.
Ridenour said it wasn't a conversation that should be continued at the meeting.
Robinson agreed and the council meeting moved on.
The next council meeting is 7 p.m. on July 11 at City Hall.
David Penticuff is the local government reporter at the Star Press. Contact him at dpenticuff@gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/muncie-council-president-mayor-argue-over-redevelopment-bond/7542613001/ | 2022-06-09T03:09:55 | 1 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/08/muncie-council-president-mayor-argue-over-redevelopment-bond/7542613001/ |
Rialzo's return raises $470,000 for addiction, recovery programs
MUNCIE, Ind. – Meridian Health Services’ Rialzo XI charity gala in May drew more than 700 attendees and raised more than $470,000, according to a release.
Held in a new venue this year, at the Scheumann Family Indoor Practice Facility on Ball State University’s campus, this year's event on May 14 marked its return after being canceled for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Profits from the Kentucky-Derby-themed event will help support Meridian’s Addictions and Recovery Centers (ARC), Maternal Treatment Program (MTP), Women’s Recovery Home, Home with Hope, and other Meridian Addictions and Recovery programs.
“There was a renewed focus on our purpose this year due to the increased need for Addictions and Recovery programs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Hank Milius, Meridian’s president and CEO, said in the release.
During the Rialzo XI program, Governor Eric Holcomb was awarded the Rialzo Spirit of Meridian Award, in recognition of proactive actions in promoting healthier communities.
Second Harvest offers Poverty Simulation experience
MUNCIE — Second Harvest Food Bank this month will offer its Poverty Simulation to the general public for the first time. Previously, this experience was limited to groups, but on June 25, it will be available to the public at no cost, according to a release.
A program of Second Harvest's community learning initiative, Forward STEPS, the program is "a three-hour transformative, role-playing experience that demonstrates what life is like during a given month for families experiencing poverty," according to the release.
Poverty Simulation will take place 1-4 p.m. June 25 at Second Harvest Food Bank, 6621 Old Ind. 3, Muncie. It is open to all members of the public at no cost. Registration is open at curehunger.org/simulation.
"Each participant is given a persona to role-play throughout the experience," Carol Bradshaw, Forward STEPS Manager at Second Harvest, said in the release, "and each persona has a set of barriers that you must try to overcome with the limited resources available.
"We hope that participants will leave the Poverty Simulation with a better understanding of our neighbors. They live in the tyranny of the moment, facing food and resource insecurity every day. Things we take for granted, like having a car and bank account make our live easier. We want our community to understand what it is like not having those resources so they can be more empathic to those who don’t have resources and evoke social change."
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Tornado watch issued across Indiana, including Muncie, Richmond
Robin Gibson
Muncie Star Press
East Central Indiana counties are included in a tornado watch lasting 2:30-10 p.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service has announced.
Delaware, Henry, Randolph, Wayne and Union counties are among those listed in the watch, which means tornadoes are possible in the area during that time.
A hazardous weather outlook also issued by the NWS warns of a slight risk for severe thunderstorms Wednesday — potentially including damaging winds, large hail, brief heavy rain, lightning and an isolated tornado — with the greatest chance 2-8 p.m.
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Behind the black curtain: Republic reporter describes 'surreal' Frank Atwood execution
On June 8, Arizona completed the state's second execution since the botched execution of double-murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood in 2014. Reporter Jimmy Jenkins was a witness, but not as a media pool reporter. What follows is his account of what he saw.
I have witnessed life. And I have witnessed death. But nothing could have prepared me for the surreal spectacle I witnessed during the execution of Frank Atwood. People told me I might experience shock, but watching the state of Arizona put Frank Atwood to death for the kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson did more than stun me — it changed me, fundamentally, as a person.
A large group of people gathered outside the state prison in Florence to be processed through a security checkpoint early Wednesday morning, hours before the scheduled execution. It was not unlike the airport: provide name and ID, take off belts and put watches into a plastic tub. Walking through a malfunctioning metal detector, getting wanded and proceeding along.
We were separated into groups. The Arizona Republic was once again denied a request to be a media witness for the execution, so I asked Atwood’s attorney if he would consider listing me as one of his witnesses. He agreed and so I was with the rest of Atwood’s witnesses throughout the day. However, because I was not an official media witness, I was not allowed to bring a pencil or paper. Nevertheless, the details of the day remain clearly and vividly imprinted in my mind.
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'It was not a physical relationship, but a deeply spiritual one,' says Frank Atwood's wife
His wife, Rachel, was there in a black dress, red hair pouring down her face along with a steady stream of tears. Also present were two spiritual advisers wearing long black, flowing robes who had known Atwood for many years. Two members of his church were also present, as well as several of his attorneys.
Prison officials kept Atwood’s witnesses separate from other witnesses and ushered us into a sparse visitation room in the Florence Prison Central Unit where we waited for almost an hour.
As we waited, prison officials brought in an ice chest full of bottled water and dragged in some chairs, which we circled around Rachel and listened to her talk about the more than three decades she knew Atwood.
Rachel visited her husband in prison for 35 years. They had been married for 30. She said she reached out to him after watching his trial and they began exchanging letters.
She talked about how she spent years typing out his handwritten correspondence into work that would eventually become his thesis, as well as several self-published books.
She said she learned about the Greek Orthodox faith through his letters, and she eventually converted to the faith herself. “It was not a physical relationship, but a deeply spiritual one,” she said.
Members of Atwood’s congregation talked about how the press in Greece and other parts of the world seemed to be paying more attention to his case than the media in the U.S.
They said there were hundreds of members of their congregation gathered at their church praying for him and many more across the country and world.
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Entering the execution chamber
When it was time to leave the visitation room and go to the execution chamber, we lined up at the doorway. Prison officials tried to prevent Atwood’s attorneys from taking pencils and paper. They refused, saying they needed them to take notes on the timing of the execution, and they were finally allowed to bring them after our handler contacted someone else who approved. While published protocols of executions specifically note that media witnesses should be allowed paper and pencils, they do not specify whether others should be allowed writing materials.
The walk from the visitation to the execution chamber took 10 minutes. Bookended by prison officials, our group walked the path through the recently decommissioned Florence prison. It was more than 100 degrees out as the Arizona sun baked down upon us. We walked past empty guard towers, empty medical units, and empty warehouses that were once filled to the brim with prisoners.
All we could hear were our footsteps and Rachel’s sobs. We passed a solemn group of saguaros standing guard in the middle of the prison yard.
When we arrived at Housing Unit 9, the building that contains the execution chamber, a prison administrator opened the door and ushered us into the observation room.
We walked to the far wall and I climbed a set of risers, sitting in a spot against the wall where I could see into the execution chamber through the glass. Three media witnesses arrived next, followed by witnesses for the prosecution, law enforcement officials and the victim’s family, including Vicki Lynne's mother, Debbie Carlson.
We were all repeatedly instructed against speaking or making any outbursts. From where I was seated, I could not see the victim's family or their reactions.
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Surrounded by instruments of death
There were three monitors above the window into the chamber, which was covered with a drawn black curtain. Two of the monitors displayed the same top-down view of the gurney. The third monitor showed a view from above of the execution drug vials and the instruments used to push them into the tubes that would be connected to Atwood’s body.
We did not see Atwood enter the execution chamber, as is required by a federal court injunction. The curtain parted as the execution team lifted his frail body onto the gurney, presumably from a wheelchair.
The black curtain to the execution chamber was pulled back revealing a side view of Atwood as he lay on the gurney. He was surrounded by four execution team members wearing black shirts, black hats, black gloves, black masks hiding their faces, and black sunglasses.
We watched on the monitors as the execution team restrained him. A pillow was placed under his head to help him deal with pain brought on by an ongoing spinal condition. He was shackled in several places, arms spread out on either side of the gurney.
Atwood was wearing a black head covering called a skoufo in the Greek Orthodox faith with a red cross on it. As the execution team unbuttoned his orange prison jumpsuit to place a heart monitor on his body, a black cross was revealed to be hanging from his neck.
I braced myself, mentally for what I was about to see, and physically against a cold steel wall next to me, which I realized was the recently refurbished gas chamber. I was quite literally surrounded by instruments of death.
Prisoner tells executioners where to place IV
Like Clarence Dixon, because of when his crime was committed, Atwood had a choice of dying by gas or lethal injection. Atwood requested to be put to death by nitrogen gas, but Arizona Department of Corrections protocols call for cyanide. His request was determined, legally, to be a non-selection, and therefore the state’s default method of lethal injection was used.
Two men in blue medical gowns and hair nets entered the room pushing a disorganized cart full of medical supplies necessary to insert IVs into Atwood's body.
The IV insertion process for Dixon, the most recent man executed in Arizona, took more than 40 minutes, and resulted in the team having to cut into his femoral vein. This time, they started with Atwood's left arm, swabbing his skin and feeling for a vein.
After a few minutes and what appeared to be several attempts, the execution team inserted an IV and catheter into Atwood's left arm. Then they wheeled the cart to the other side of his body, and told him they were going to insert an IV into his femoral vein.
"Why?" Atwood asked. "They draw blood from my right arm with no problem all the time," he told the team.
Atwood already appeared to be grimacing and in some pain from the time spent strapped to the gurney, appearing to not want the process to go on longer.
The team members did not say why they wanted to put the second line into his femoral vein in his groin area. But they told Atwood they would try and insert it into his right arm — as he had suggested.
“My god,” I thought to myself, “the execution team is taking direction from the man they are attempting to execute.”
Atwood, who has continually maintained his innocence, spoke softly to the execution team members. He seemed somewhat frustrated, but continued to offer guidance to the men working to take his life away.
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The execution team tried and failed to get the IV into his right arm several times. One of the execution team members shook his head in frustration. "I don't understand," Atwood said, "they've never had this problem before."
Again the execution team suggested going into Atwood's groin to put the second IV into his femoral vein. "Could you try the hand?" Atwood suggested, nodding to his restrained right hand and wiggling his fingers. "They have been able to go in there before as well."
The IV team members looked at each other, looked at Atwood, looked at each other again, and said "Sure, we'll give that a try."
Arizona Department of Corrections protocols require that several members of the IV team have some kind of experience, licensure or medical training. They are supposed to practice the procedure at least once before the execution. Whether these two men had any formal training is unknown, but I could not get over their willingness to drop the plan they had apparently been practicing in favor of Atwood’s suggestions.
I thought of the former Arizona Department of Corrections executioner Jim Klein, who told me they used a prosthetic arm to practice on before lethal injections, before eventually inserting IVs into one another.
Klein said execution team members were told the prison medical staff did not participate in executions because they had taken the Hippocratic oath. That meant the complex task of performing the executions was left up to a group of prison employees who usually had no medical background whatsoever.
Atwood’s suggestion to find a vein in his right hand proved effective. They were able to get the second IV in and secure the catheter. They taped everything down, attached the tubes that connect to the drugs, and left the room. By my estimate, the process took about 30 minutes.
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'I pray the Lord will have mercy on all of us'
At this point, Atwood’s Greek Orthodox spiritual adviser, Father Paisios, was allowed to enter the execution chamber. Paisios’ presence, a first for executions in Arizona, was the result of an agreement between Atwood and the state. Execution protocols previously only allowed a spiritual adviser to be in another room; however, Atwood’s attorneys said this violated his constitutional rights, and demanded Paisios be able to be in the chamber during the execution.
Like Atwood, Paisios wore a black skoufo and a long grayish-white beard. He placed a piece of ceremonial cloth called a epitrachelion over Atwood’s head, and held it in place with his hand. Paisios leaned close to Atwood’s face and talked to him in hushed tones. Atwood smiled and nodded his head and seemed comforted by Paisios’ presence.
A Department of Corrections official entered the chamber and read Atwood’s warrant of execution, and invited Atwood to make his last statement.
Atwood looked at the gallery with a peaceful and knowing countenance.
Atwood thanked his wife, Rachel, his legal team and his spiritual advisers, who he said had brought him "here to the edge of paradise.”
"Thank you, precious Father, for coming today and shepherding me into faith,” Atwood said. “I want to thank my beautiful wife who has loved me with everything she has. I want to thank my friends and legal team, and, most of all, Jesus Christ, through this unfair judicial process that led to my salvation. I pray the Lord will have mercy on all of us and that the Lord will have mercy on me.”
The DOC official left the room, and on one of the monitors, we could see an execution team member begin to push a syringe of pentobarbital into the tubes connected to Atwood’s body.
Atwood almost immediately turned his head toward the gallery, closed his eyes and began exhaling loudly, making a snoring, snorting sound.
His breathing became more shallow, and then totally inaudible.
Paisios kept his hand on Atwood’s head the entire time. He seemed to shake his head in sadness at one point, looking at the drugs as they flowed into Atwood’s body, and then looking away.
“The inmate is sedated,” a DOC official said after entering the room again a few minutes later. More time went by, and Atwood was completely motionless. Entering the room again, the DOC official pronounced, “The execution is complete.”
As the black curtain began to close, the two elderly men in religious garments — one alive and one dead — were framed against the white background of the execution chamber, slowly exiting from public view.
Witnesses were escorted from the chamber in groups, in reverse order from before, leaving Atwood’s witnesses to sit longest with what they had just witnessed.
Several were sobbing; others seemed to be in a state of shock.
“The love of my life is dead,” Rachel Atwood said, collapsing into the arms of an attorney.
The true nature of capital punishment
As we walked back into the sunlight and across the prison yard, I tried to process what happened.
The Department of Corrections protocols ensure that few people see an execution, and there is little public awareness of this most serious and final act of justice. The death penalty is presented as a clean, sterile, administrative procedure carried out flawlessly and by the book. Now I know what they were trying to hide.
I have looked behind the curtain of capital punishment and seen it for what it truly is: a frail old man lifted from a wheelchair onto a handicap accessible lethal injection gurney; nervous hands and perspiring faces trying to find a vein; needles puncturing skin; liquid drugs flooding a man’s existence and drowning it out.
I have written extensively about Atwood’s case. I listened to the victim’s family talk about the pain and suffering the murder of Vicki Lynne, and subsequent court case, caused them — the generational trauma it left with their family and the community of Tucson. I talked with every attorney I know about the process and asked questions about what I was about to witness.
But I was not prepared to see the act of capital punishment carried out in front of me.
The state of Arizona conducts executions in all of our names. I thought I understood the weight of that process, but now I feel the reality of it. We killed a man today. I killed a man today. And I will live with that realization for the rest of my life.
Have a news tip on Arizona prisons? Reach the reporter at jjenkins@arizonarepublic.com or at 812-243-5582. Follow him on Twitter @JimmyJenkins.
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Police seek suspect in fatal shooting in central Phoenix neighborhood
Phoenix police are seeking a suspect for a fatal shooting that left a man dead in a central Phoenix neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
Sgt. Philip Krynsky, a Phoenix Police Department spokesperson, said officers responded to the area of 22nd Avenue and Heatherbrae Drive at around 7:30 a.m. after receiving calls about a shooting where they found a man in his early 30s lying on the ground with a gunshot wound.
The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Krynsky said the suspect fled the area on foot and officers weren't able to locate them.
Krynsky said police are asking for the public's help and identifying and locating a suspect in the shooting and ask that anyone with information call Phoenix police at 602-262-6151. Those who wish to report anonymously can call Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS or 480-TESTIGO for Spanish speakers.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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SEATTLE — Neighborhoods around Seattle Tacoma International Airport have to deal with the sound of planes flying over every day.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Port of Seattle, which oversees the airport, have spent millions installing home insulation to help reduce the roar of engines. However, many of those systems are now 20 to 30 years old and failing.
Debi Wagner can name the planes flying by, just by their sound. She originally moved to Des Moines in 1979 and said at the time, the airport wasn't that busy.
She noticed a change in the 1990s. One night, the sound of a cargo plane jolted her awake.
"It didn't normally occur and it was frightening and I had children and I wondered what would happen if something occurred or an accident."
She ended up moving again and again, each time under a new flight path.
Her home was insulated through a program funded by the FAA and the Port of Seattle. Some of the homes helped by the program now have insulation that's 20 to 30 years old.
"I started hearing from homeowners in the district that they were having troubles, these packages were no longer working, they were having trouble sleeping at night, the noise was unbearable," said state Rep. Tina Orwall.
Wagner eventually moved to Idaho, but her son still lives in this Des Moines home.
"The sound infiltrates the walls. It's quiet enough at night that it still disturbs us," said Wagner.
Orwall, Congressman Adam Smith and the Port of Seattle have all worked to fix homes. A bill was passed to fix the insulation in houses built after 1990. Now, they're looking for funding.
"When people can't sleep at night, that leads to health impacts -- chronic stress, hypertension, cardiovascular disease. It impacts kids and their learning," said Orwall.
Sea-Tac was a leader in its insulation programs. Since 1985, the Port of Seattle has spent $300 million insulating more than 9,000 homes. Currently, it's expediting the process and doing the insulations before it receives grant money, Port officials said.
"We understand the impact that an airport has on the area communities and we support anyway in which to give us more tools, resources, and flexibility to help in any way that we can," said Perry Cooper with the Port of Seattle.
A hurdle for all of these agencies is the lack of federal rules, something the FAA says it is making changes to.
Meanwhile, Wagner said she wants answers, "We know it's not safe but we know it's long term. Are the health impacts immediate or are they down the road? We don't know." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mitigate-flight-noise-sea-tac-airport-neighborhoods-home-insulation/281-e5bad4f0-2d08-4d23-adaf-6bc3c5ba6f5f | 2022-06-09T03:26:01 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/mitigate-flight-noise-sea-tac-airport-neighborhoods-home-insulation/281-e5bad4f0-2d08-4d23-adaf-6bc3c5ba6f5f |
TACOMA, Wash. — Several Tacoma elementary schools were gifted learning gardens from the Captain Planet Foundation this week after winning the Project Learning Garden Grant contest.
The gift includes five raised garden beds, soil, plants, literacy and instructional materials, teacher training, gardening supplies and a mobile cooking cart. The gardens help kids develop interests and an affinity for natural systems, connect them to their food and help develop a palate for fresh fruits and vegetables at an early age. Delta Airlines is a community sponsor for the program.
“The current mission is still to empower and engage young people to be problem solvers of the planet, we believe that school gardens are just one of the tools that can do that,” said Project Director Ashley Rouse.
Second-grade teacher Rachael Sukola said she entered the contest to give her students a boost with outdoor learning opportunities.
“I was a kid that grew up on Captain Planet. I had my lunchbox in first grade and to be able to bring it full circle with these guys, we are so lucky!” Sukola said.
Second graders from Roosevelt Elementary School worked alongside volunteers from Delta Airlines to assemble the raised garden beds on Wednesday, add soil and plant things like tomatoes and beans.
“The kids will get so much from this learning experience and they get to take food home so it becomes a family discussion and we are so excited about that and it wouldn’t be possible without these community partnerships,” Sukola said.
The Captain Planet Foundation also gifted learning gardens to Sheridan Elementary and Helen B. Stafford Elementary in Tacoma. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-elementary-schools-gifted-learning-gardens-from-captain-planet-foundation/281-387e23d4-dd87-44a5-bd4d-215f3a84a922 | 2022-06-09T03:26:07 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/tacoma-elementary-schools-gifted-learning-gardens-from-captain-planet-foundation/281-387e23d4-dd87-44a5-bd4d-215f3a84a922 |
SOLANO COUNTY, Calif. — Three students were hurt after being attacked by another student with a shard of glass, the Solano County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
Deputies said the attack happened at Tolenas Academy in Fairfield. Staff at the school were able to disarm and isolate the 14-year-old suspect but not before he allegedly stabbed one student and cut two others.
The cut students are about 13 years old, and the stabbed student is 14 years old. There were no life-threatening injuries.
Deputies took the suspect into custody and said they determined the event to be an isolated incident. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/students-attacked-fairfield-school/103-334e71bb-f524-4373-9617-766adbea7b34 | 2022-06-09T03:30:02 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/fairfield/students-attacked-fairfield-school/103-334e71bb-f524-4373-9617-766adbea7b34 |
PHOENIX — Graciela Zejudo was at work on Saturday when it turned into what she said was the scariest thing that's happened since the business opened.
A woman from a nearby business ran into Zejudo's store covered in blood and pleaded for help to call 911.
“She was crying and she had a lot of blood on her face. We just started calling police and I locked the door because I was really scared I thought he was going to come in after her,” Zejudo said.
"He" is 33-year-old Michael Cook, the suspect accused of brutally beating and robbing the woman at the phone store where she worked near 43rd Avenue and Bethany Home Road.
Cook is now facing a $100,000 bond. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said they are investigating whether he should have been out at all.
Phoenix police released surveillance video from the store showing the incessant attack. The video showed Cook walking into a Cricket store and instantly attacking the employee.
In the clip, Cook can be seen punching and kicking the woman repeatedly in the head. The victim falls to the ground and screams for help for nearly 60 seconds. Then, Cook walks to the back of the store, where police said he stole two phones and the victim's phone before taking off on foot.
“We called the police because actually, we saw him because he left and was walking like normally. I was actually crying because I was so scared, I didn't know maybe he was going to come back, I just wanted to leave in that moment,” Zejudo said.
After the horrific video circulated on social media, Phoenix police got a call from the suspect's sister-in-law identifying the man. Officers arrested him Tuesday, not far from the store.
The victim and her manager said they had seen him and worked with him before but a week before the attack, the phone store manager told police he threatened to kill her.
Now Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said she learned Cook had a previous case submitted to their office, which the previous administration declined to prosecute.
“Let me be very clear, people who commit heinous and violent attacks on members of our community will be held accountable,” Mitchell said.
12 News learned Cook has been convicted for violent crimes in the past and police say this most recent attack may have involved drugs and mental illness. According to the police report, Cook may have been hearing voices when he attacked the store employee.
Police say, the victim is still recovering but was relieved to hear the suspect was arrested.
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EAST CHICAGO — A Hammond man flipped his car after hitting a bicyclist in East Chicago on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
East Chicago police officers responded to reports of a hit-and-run at 919 West Chicago Ave at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Police found 65-year-old Rudy Conyers, of East Chicago, laying face down in front of 909 West Chicago Ave. Officers also found a white 2002 Yukon that was flipped over a few blocks away.
A witness standing near the flipped Yukon told officers he saw the driver crawl out of the car and start walking away. The witness pointed out the driver, Ronald V. King, who was about 100 yards away from the wreck.
Officers approached King, 39, and noticed he had a ripped left sleeve and was bleeding from his shoulder. Police then arrested King.
Police said City of East Chicago surveillance cameras showed King driving eastbound on Chicago Avenue, going in and out of traffic and traveling into oncoming traffic in a "reckless manner." Footage showed King hitting Conyers who was crossing the street on his bike. King then fled the scene and flipped his car a few blocks later.
Conyers was flown out to Advocate Christ Medical Center and was in "serious condition," police said.
King has been charged with failure of duty and reckless driving.
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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/lake/east-chicago/man-arrested-after-injuring-bicyclist-in-hit-and-run-police-say/article_355d006f-6e5a-5a51-afb8-f5f7abe0c3e7.html | 2022-06-09T03:30:38 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/east-chicago/man-arrested-after-injuring-bicyclist-in-hit-and-run-police-say/article_355d006f-6e5a-5a51-afb8-f5f7abe0c3e7.html |
GARY — A Gary man has been arrested after leading police on an early morning go-kart chase Tuesday, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Department.
Just after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, an officer with the Lake County Sheriff's Department saw 37-year-old Raymond J. Sons lying in the middle of the southbound lane of Grant Street Between Ridge Road and 37th Avenue. The officer approached Sons and saw that he had rolled his go-kart and was now trying right-side it.
The officer parked his car and activated his emergency lights to block southbound traffic.
As the officer exited his squad car, Sons drove off in the go-kart. According to the sheriff's department, Sons drove "at a high rate of speed," traveling eastbound on 37th Ave.
At 39th Ave, the go-kart motor stopped and Sons tried to restart it. The officer told Sons to exit the go-kart and lie on the ground, warning him that he would be tased if he did not comply.
Sons continued to try to restart the go-kart. The officer then stunned him with a Taser and arrested him.
Sons was treated for minor injuries, including scrapes to his face, and is now in custody at Lake County Jail. He has been charged with resisting law enforcement with a vehicle.
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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/lake/gary/man-arrested-after-leading-police-on-go-kart-chase-police-say/article_ecc3f78c-b2fc-569e-8793-190418a9c759.html | 2022-06-09T03:30:44 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/man-arrested-after-leading-police-on-go-kart-chase-police-say/article_ecc3f78c-b2fc-569e-8793-190418a9c759.html |
Two teenage brothers drowned at a New Jersey school's indoor pool, school officials confirmed.
The drownings occurred at the Lincoln Community School on Avenue E in Bayonne, School Superintendent John Niesz said in a statement Wednesday night. The facility, also known as Public School No. 5, has an indoor pool.
First responders administered CPR as the teens were rushed to Bayonne Medical Center, but they were unsuccessful in reviving the two teens, who were later pronounced dead.
"Our hearts and prayers go out to the family and to all of our community," Niesz said. He added that crisis and guidance counselors will be available at all Bayonne schools on Thursday.
Official sources said initial information showed that the two brothers were 19 and 16 years old. The elder brother was a recent graduate of Bayonne High School, while the younger brother was a junior at the school.
It was not immediately clear how or why the teens were in the school Wednesday night, if there was some sort of extracurricular event or another reason. Niesz said that the pool will be closed until further notice.
The medical examiner was called in to the scene. An investigation by Bayonne police is ongoing. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-brothers-drown-at-nj-schools-indoor-swimming-pool-sources/3726346/ | 2022-06-09T03:37:18 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/teen-brothers-drown-at-nj-schools-indoor-swimming-pool-sources/3726346/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger has announced plans for a new location in Roseburg, Oregon.
The restaurant noted the new location is in initial stages of construction and has not released an opening date. However, In-N-Out said that it takes seven to eight months to finish building the restaurant and open for business, once they break ground for a new location.
The restaurant said that the 2-acre site will feature 71 parking spaces, seating for 74 customers inside and 72 seats for outdoor dining. | https://www.koin.com/local/in-n-out-burger-announces-plans-for-new-roseburg-location/ | 2022-06-09T03:40:09 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/in-n-out-burger-announces-plans-for-new-roseburg-location/ |
A 43-year-old Lincoln man and registered sex offender will serve decades in prison after being convicted of five felonies for offering marijuana to teenage girls in exchange for sexual favors.
A Lancaster County judge Tuesday sentenced Terran McKethan to 100 to 125 years in prison for the acts, which took place between October 2020 and February 2021, when a 15-year-old girl told the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services she had been communicating with McKethan on the social media app Snapchat.
McKethan had pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of attempted child enticement with an electronic communication device. Those charges were amended as a part of a plea deal that saw a sixth charge dropped.
In court records, Lancaster County Sheriff's Office investigators alleged McKethan, a convicted sex offender, posed as a 17-year-old on Snapchat while meeting young girls and offering them marijuana in exchange for sex acts.
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The 15-year-old who reported McKethan told investigators he picked her up in his car in December 2020 and drove around before parking and telling the teen, "You won't get the weed until the job is done," Deputy Tyler Loos said in the affidavit.
The teen said she then committed sex acts in exchange for the marijuana, said Loos, who was among a handful of local Special Victims Unit investigators who watched McKethan's sentencing via Zoom on Tuesday.
McKethan, who was sentenced to 20 to 25 years on each of the five counts, will serve the sentences consecutively, Judge Kevin McManaman ruled.
With credit for 138 days served, McKethan won't be eligible for parole until 2072.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7223 or awegley@journalstar.com.
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MARIETTA, Ga. — Cobb County Fire battled a blaze at a Marietta home Wednesday night.
Fire officials said it happened at a home on Broward Drive shortly before 8:45 p.m. When firefighters arrived, they saw heavy flames and smoke coming from the back of the home. They also saw flames shooting up from the roof.
Cobb Fire said they were able to get the fire extinguished about 20 minutes later around 9 p.m. 11Alive had a crew on scene where you can see part of the home's roof is scorched.
Fire officials said it started in the basement and there was a collapse on the second floor. They have not said yet what started the fire.
"The homeowner and pet were already out of the home on arrival, and there are no injuries to report," Cobb Fire said.
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ATHENS, Ga. — Athens is making history and hosting its first Pride parade, according to organizers.
Georgia's famous college town will host its first-ever Pride parade event, welcoming a milestone for the state's northeast LGBTQ+ communities.
The parade will take center stage in downtown Athens on Sunday, June 12. It will also celebrate the merging of two local queer organizations: Athens Pride and Athens Queer Collective.
Athens Pride and Queer Collective (APQC) will make its debut during the city's first parade which will also serve as a march to bring awareness and visibility to the issues affecting those who identify with the LGBTQ+ communities, organizers said in a news release.
"Athens has made great progress over the last few years in regards to advancing the rights of LGBTQ+ people. Meaningful policy change is important, and coupling those policy changes with public visibility for our diverse queer communities also plays a vital role in remembering and honoring the history of our people," Cameron Jay Harrelson, president of APQC said in a prepared statement.
The parade, which will mark six years since the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting that killed 49 people and wounded 53, will also pay homage to lives taken in the name of homophobia and hate.
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"The shooting at Pulse Nightclub in my hometown of Orlando shook me. I'm queer, I have queer family members, and I have queer friends I grew up with still living in Orlando. It was this sequence of events that led to my joining the Athens Pride board," Amber Barnhardt said, alluding that the nightclub known to be a hub and safe space for the LGBTQ+ communities affected people even in Georgia.
"I am looking forward to this historic moment," she said about the parade.
Athens' first Pride parade will kick off at 2 p.m. The route will travel on Hull Street and end at Thomas Lay Park.
Paradegoers can also enjoy the "BBQueer" cookout, community resources, vendors, fellowship and food. The event will not permit the consumption or sale of alcohol "in an effort to provide more sober spaces for queer people to find community," organizers said.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Schools in Johnson City are changing their grading scale to align with recent legislation.
According to a release from Johnson City Schools, the new grading scale will be implemented in grades 3-12 and be on a 10-point scale instead of a 7-point scale. The scale will be as follows:
- A: 90-100
- B: 80-89
- C: 70-79
- D: 60-69
- F: 0-59
The move was made in an effort to provide more access to scholarships and align the high school grading scale wore with colleges and universities, according to the release.
“This new 10-point grading scale will not affect advanced coursework offering additional rigor points, as it will still be calculated with additional percentage points to calculate the semester average,” the release states.
The city Board of Education voted to change the city school system’s grading scale to align with legislation that was recently unanimously passed in the Tennesse legislature, SB 388 and HB 324. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-schools-announces-adjustment-to-grading-scale/ | 2022-06-09T03:51:32 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-schools-announces-adjustment-to-grading-scale/ |
Protests are planned in cities nationwide this weekend to demand action to stop gun violence.
March For Our Lives was founded by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting in Parkland, Florida in 2018.
The organization says hundreds of marches are planned for Saturday in dozens of states.
Naz Soysal one of the teenagers organizing the demonstration in downtown Dallas.
“I've spent my entire childhood practicing lockdown drills, knowing where I can exit a public place in the event of a mass shooting, and for me, my childhood has been filled with that and I think it is our duty to make sure that the children of the next generation don't have to go through these same things. No kid should have to worry about mass shootings,” said Soysal.
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COVID-19 Cases in North Texas are slowly on the rise, but experts say we’ve got a way to go before we call it a surge.
It’s safe to say North Texans are not rushing for COVID tests or vaccines. But the reopening of a site at Ellis Davis Field in Dallas comes at a time when the region is seeing a slight uptick in cases.
Stephen Love, President and CEO of the DFW Hospital Council, said COVID-19 hospitalizations currently sit at 273.
“Now that’s certainly not a surge, nothing like what we’ve had in the past,” Love said. “But we have noticed the case counts going up and little bit and hospitalizations this week gradually inching up.”
To put the number into perspective, those 273 patients make up just 2% of the region's bed capacity.
Love said 10% would be cause for concern. While we’re not there, he still urges people to be proactive.
“Last week we had more people to test positive than people who got vaccines in North Texas,” he said.
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According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, some 78% of eligible Texans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breaks down those numbers further.
According to the CDC, in Dallas County, roughly 74% of eligible people over age 5 have received at least one dose. 64% are fully vaccinated. In Tarrant County, 69% got at least one shot and 61% are fully vaccinated. For Denton County, 74% of those eligible have one shot. 66% are fully vaccinated. And in Collin County, 82% have received at least one shot, and 72% are fully vaccinated.
As for positive cases, Love said home testing kits must also be considered.
“Thankfully they’re not sick enough to have to be hospitalized,” he said. “So, if anything we’re probably understating the positive cases.”
As we enter summer, the numbers will be monitored closely for any signs of a slight uptick becoming a bona fide surge.
The testing and vaccination site at Ellis Davis Field is open Tuesday – Saturday, from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dfw-hospital-council-president-on-covid-19-increase-i-wouldnt-call-it-a-surge/2988303/ | 2022-06-09T03:57:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dfw-hospital-council-president-on-covid-19-increase-i-wouldnt-call-it-a-surge/2988303/ |
The CDC is working with Mexican health officials after doctors there announced this week that a Dallas man infected with monkeypox first developed symptoms while vacationing in Puerto Vallarta.
In a release issued yesterday, Mexican health officials said the man visited the hospital in Vallarta after a doctor back in Texas urged him to seek medical attention for a cough, chills, aches and lesions on several parts of his body.
Doctors there told him to isolate himself. Instead, they say he fled, packed his bags and got on a flight back to the United States.
Mexican Health Officials and Doctors here at home have not released the name of the patient.
Still, Dallas County officials have confirmed a patient who traveled to Mexico was the first person to test positive for monkeypox in Texas.
"We're working with the individual, and that person is cooperating with our department, with the state and federal authorities and is in isolation. So, again, we have compliance from that individual to do what's necessary to prevent further spread of the infection,” said Dallas County Health Director Phillip Huang.
While Dallas County works with both state and federal health officials to find people who were on the patient's flight, experts said he likely won't face legal charges.
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UNT Health Science Center epidemiologist Dr. Shane Fernando said there are still consequences for those who knowingly expose others.
“There should be ethical implications for this, right? If you know that you are infected with something that can hurt someone else, whether it be a cold, the flu or COVID, you must make all attempts to protect those around you,” he said.
Mexican authorities said the patient had previously traveled to Berlin and was at various celebrations during his time in Vallarta, including at Mantamar Beach.
Though they continue to look for close contacts and monitor them, they said no one else has shown symptoms.
There have been 1,200 cases of monkeypox confirmed globally and 40 nationwide.
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BOISE, Idaho — Discussion around a project looking to improve safety for bicyclists traveling to Downtown Boise from the North End continues. Ada County Highway District's (ACHD) 8th Street Improvement Project aims to create multi-modal transportation along 8th Street from Franklin Street to Union Street.
"What that's looking at is providing a connection between residents of the North End and people going in the foothills all the way down to the river and the Boise Greenbelt," said Tom Law, a planning supervisor for ACHD.
The project is a joint effort between ACHD, the City of Boise and Capital City Development Corporation (CCDC). Law said it is still undergoing a concept study.
"For these projects that have quite a few different alternatives and require quite a bit of public engagement [we need] to understand the pros and cons of the different alternatives," Law said.
ACHD originally came up with three different concepts for the street project. Law said after a few meetings, public outreach and surveys. After consideration, ACHD staff recommended Concept A which would create two protected bike lanes on both sides of 8th Street that go in opposite directions. ACHD's latest modification of the plan would also eliminate 45 parking spots and one of the two-car lanes on the street.
ACHD's Bicycle Advisory Committee and Boise City Council also support Concept A.
CCDC has a similar project that would extend the redesigns from State Street to Franklin Road.
"One of the scarier things about streets is the multi-lanes in the same direction, and so anytime you have one lane in a direction you just feel more comfortable," said Clancy Anderson, an advocate for Concept A.
Anderson has been living in the Boise North End since 1998 and said he rides a bike for both transportation and recreation. He bikes to work on 6th Street and Main Street in Downtown Boise everyday.
"I'm a pretty confident bicycle rider and so I have different routes I take, generally I don't take busy routes," Anderson said.
While Anderson feels confident in his abilities he knows many others who don't and said they feel unsafe.
"Somebody said, 'I'd just rather ride the sidewalk' and I go, 'Well that's actually what this project is trying to help. It will provide a safe connection to downtown so you don't have to ride on the sidewalk or against traffic,'" Anderson said.
While there are current streets around North End and Downtown that are more bike-friendly, Anderson said 8th Street connects to more existing facilities.
"If you're living on 7th then you have to bike down to 11th and then back to 8th Street," Anderson said. "We don't ask cars to do that so why should we ask people on bikes to do that?"
ACHD did a survey early on and most were in favor of Concept A. However, there has still has been opposition.
An earlier public hearing on the project saw opponents like, Saint Joseph's Catholic School, claim there are safety hazards by getting rid of parking spots and a car lane. Saint Joseph Principal Tammy Emerich said they use a lane as a drop-off and pick-up location for parents and students.
KTVB reached out to Saint Joseph's Wednesday but they were not immediately available for comment.
"Whatever we're proposing, whether it's leaving 8th Street as is or some of these potential treatments like Concept A, we're doing it to make it as safe as possible for all users," Law said.
ACHD Board of Commissioners met twice to discuss and approve the project, both times they deferred the vote. Commissioners voted to send the proposal back to ACHD staff for modifications because of how much feedback they got at the May 25 meeting.
Law said the commissioners will meet again to discuss the project with new recommendations on June 22.
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SHERIDAN, Ore — Investigators say two people were discovered dead at a remote property in rural Yamhill County last week, both of them having suffered gunshot wounds.
Around 7:30 p.m. on May 30, deputies from the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at a home in the 11000 block of Southwest Dupee Valley Road — a large, remote property roughly between McMinnville and the town of Sheridan.
The 911 caller reported that they'd gone to the property to check on some animals there and found two people who appeared to be dead. Deputies soon confirmed that there were two dead adults inside the home and found evidence that the scene was "suspicious in nature."
Detectives from the sheriff's office Special Investigations Unit responded to investigate further, collecting and processing evidence. Some of that evidence is still waiting on analysis at the Oregon State Police Forensic Laboratory, the sheriff's office said.
The two people were identified as Prentis "Rusty" Hale III, 80, and Karen Hansen-Pieri, 60. Both had died from gunshot wounds, and the sheriff's office said that the initial investigation concluded that the shooting happened during an episode of domestic violence.
The particulars of how the shooting happened are still under investigation, the sheriff's office said.
"There is no threat to the community and due to the necessary time needed to complete preliminary investigative work and notify next of kin who do not reside in Oregon, no previous release of information regarding this incident was made," the agency continued.
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Both Hale and Hansen-Pieri had lived at the Dupee Valley property for the past five years, the sheriff's office said, though Hale had been there for a total of about 25 years.
Deputies responded to a call at the home involving Hale and Hansen-Pieri once before, in 2020, but the sheriff's office said that it was "non-criminal in nature." | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/yamhill-county-two-shot-dead-domestic-violence/283-7618eb2f-9eca-441f-8f0e-19fa1f30cfe9 | 2022-06-09T04:53:09 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/yamhill-county-two-shot-dead-domestic-violence/283-7618eb2f-9eca-441f-8f0e-19fa1f30cfe9 |
A mother is demanding answers after her 6-year-old daughter was found crying and alone while wandering the streets about a mile from her Staten Island school, after she was supposed to be dropped off by the school bus.
"I put her on the bus every morning at 7:50," said mom Jenna Carlsen.
But she said that her daughter Jayde never made it to school on May 27. Instead she got a phone call from a stranger saying she had found her daughter, who Carlsen didn't even know was missing.
"She goes 'Oh, I have your daughter on Quintard and Mason.' I said you’ve got to have the wrong kid. My daughter don’t go to school over there," Carlsen told NBC New York.
But it was her daughter. Instead of ending up at P.S. 39 for her day of kindergarten, the young girl was a mile away, scared and alone near Ocean Breeze Park.
"She fell asleep. She’s on the back, back by the emergency exit door behind the driver," said Carlsen.
When Jayde woke up, she found herself inside a locked bus.
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"She let herself out from the back and crossed the street to this woman," said Carlsen.
That woman was Ashley Paris, a mother herself who had just dropped her 10-year-old off at school, and was driving home along the isolated side road.
"I seen a little girl hysterical crying, and as soon as I stopped at the stop sign, she ran up to my car and grabbed my car window," said Paris. "And (she) was like 'Please don’t leave me, everybody has left me.'"
Paris got in touch with Carlsen, and drove her daughter home.
"Seeing a child like that knowing that if it was my child, I’d want somebody like me to help her. It was really sad," said Paris.
As for Carlsen, she said of Paris: "I owe this woman my life." But that's where her words of gratitude end — and anger toward the bus company and driver begin. She is furious that both the driver and the bus matron allowed it to happen on a bus with fewer than 10 kids on board.
"I called the bus driver, cursed him out. Possibly everything that could come out, came out," Carlsen said. "It takes how long to go up the aisle to make sure nobody’s on the bus?...It could have went a totally different way. She could have got some crazy friggin' person that would have kidnapped her."
The driver tried to deny it initially, Carlsen said, never apologized and has since clammed up.
"The bus driver said 'Thank God she’s home safe.' Yeah thank God is right, because I’d be knocking on your front door," Carlsen told NBC New York.
Police confirmed that the irate mother has filed a complaint for child endangerment, and the incident is being investigated. The company that operates the bus, Island Charter Bus Company, no one is talking: A call to the company yielded a 'no comment' before the person hung up.
In reports, the city's Department of Education called what happened unacceptable, and said a new route and driver have been set up for Jayde. There was no word on whether they were still using Island Charter Bus Company, or if the driver and matron are still working with children.
Carlsen said she was told the two were suspended. But she said none of it does her any good, as her daughter is now terrified of going to school.
"She’s been vomiting, and before I told the pediatrician, he asked if anything was wrong, because she’s suffering post traumatic symptoms," Carlsen said. "It's sad, like I’m supposed to trust you with my kid still?" | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/6-year-old-wandered-staten-island-streets-alone-scared-after-left-asleep-on-school-bus/3726423/ | 2022-06-09T05:07:19 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/6-year-old-wandered-staten-island-streets-alone-scared-after-left-asleep-on-school-bus/3726423/ |
A FedEx driver was thrown from her truck and left pinned underneath after colliding with another vehicle in Brooklyn, police said.
The incident occurred near the intersection of East 102nd Street and Glenwood Road in Canarsie Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Witnesses said that the FedEx driver was slowing down to make a left turn, when the driver of an SUV tried to go around the delivery truck on the left.
The two vehicles crashed, sending the FedEx worker from the truck She was seriously hurt, police said, but is expected to survive. Police added that the SUV driver suffered minor injuries.
It was not immediately clear if any charges had been filed. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/fedex-driver-pinned-under-truck-following-crash-with-suv-in-brooklyn-police/3726417/ | 2022-06-09T05:07:26 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/fedex-driver-pinned-under-truck-following-crash-with-suv-in-brooklyn-police/3726417/ |
New video shows the terrifying moment a driver in the Bronx struck a 12-year-old girl in the street, sending her flying into the air — and then driving away without checking on the girl, according to police.
The incident, which was captured on camera, occurred just before 4:30 p.m. on Sunday on Boone Avenue near East 174th Street in the East Morrisania neighborhood, police said. The girl was crossing the street between cars when the dark-colored BMW sedan hit her.
The girl suffered cuts and bruises all over her body, and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where her condition was described by police as stable. She is expected to recover, police said.
Anyone with information in regard to the incident, or who recognizes the vehicle, is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-car-strike-12-year-old-girl-as-she-crossed-bronx-street-then-take-off/3726348/ | 2022-06-09T05:07:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/video-shows-car-strike-12-year-old-girl-as-she-crossed-bronx-street-then-take-off/3726348/ |
MERRILLVILLE - Betty Jane Esther Weaver, 86, of Merrillville, passed away June 7, 2022.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ray L. Weaver; her parents: Hilda Esther Maki and Erick Wilho Niemi; and her daughter, Faith C. Sanford.
Betty Jane is survived by her children: Kelly "Naomi" Casey (Kathy), Paul Weaver (Annette), Lisa (James) Cunningham, Margo (Edward) Kalinowski, Anita (Patrick) Willy, and Sandra (Edward) Cormican; 71 grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren; and her sister-in-law, Mary Jane Hart.
Friends are invited to visit with the family on Friday, June 10, 2022, from 2:00 P.M. – 6:00 P.M. at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel, 7535 Taft St., Merrillville, IN 46410. Funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. at Calumet Park Funeral Chapel. Interment at Calumet Park Cemetery to follow. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/betty-jane-esther-weaver/article_2a3394dc-7c91-5f0c-bdae-d83a28b01dcc.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:07 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/betty-jane-esther-weaver/article_2a3394dc-7c91-5f0c-bdae-d83a28b01dcc.html |
EAST CHICAGO - Carlos "Los" Elizondo, age 45, of East Chicago, IN passed away Friday, May 20, 2022 at home.
He is survived by his mother, Lupe Elizondo; three siblings: Elizabeth (Jose Angel Maldonado) Elizondo, Ruben Duran Elizondo and Arthur (Priscilla Santana) Elizondo, Jr.; three nieces: Clarissa Cecelia Maldonado, Analysse Maldonado and Mia Isabella "Mia" Elizondo; two nephews: Eric Gutierrez and Angel Maurice Maldonado; two grandnephews: Devani Walter O'Kimosh and Daniel Emiliano "Nano" Velez; numerous aunts; uncles; cousins; and friends.
Preceded in death by his father, Arthur "Elvis Lee" Elizondo, Sr.; sister, Mary Lou "Maria" Elizondo Hernandez; also his grandparents; uncles; aunts; and cousins.
Visitation at the FIFE FUNERAL HOME, 4201 Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago, IN will be from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, June 10, 2022. Family and Friends will share words from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Pastor Moises Paez will hold services at 7:00 p.m. Private cremation to follow.
Carlos was a loving, compassionate, loyal, honest, generous, sincere and respectful man. He loved God and his family very much. Carlos also loved his wrestling, fishing, music, "Da Bears" and "The Cubbies". He loved his cool hats and glasses while playing his harmonica and rocking his rosary. Carlos also loved his stand up comedy and silly funny movies with old school cartoons. Carlos also loved his drinks so much so that if he asked you for his "Rinks" and you said no, he hit you with one of his favorite lines, "NO MAMES WEY". Los was a character that was loved and will be missed deeply but never forgotten.
In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated. To share an online condolence, log on to www.fifefuneralhome.com | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/carlos-los-elizondo/article_84b0d723-7018-5cb9-8caf-b3affd9402f9.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:13 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/carlos-los-elizondo/article_84b0d723-7018-5cb9-8caf-b3affd9402f9.html |
Sept. 29, 1956 - June 5, 2022
CROWN POINT - Fredrick E. Builta, Jr. age 65, of Crown Point, IN, passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2022.
He is the beloved husband of Diane Builta (nee Hamilton) of forever; father of four children: Jason Builta, Jessica (Russell) DeWitt, Gabriel Builta and Gavin Builta; grandfather of Audrey, Olivia and Nora; brother to Donald (Carol) Builta, Russell (Jennifer) Builta, Karen Bumbales; uncle to many nieces and nephews; and good friend to many.
Fredrick was preceded in death by his parents: Fredrick and Bertha; brothers: Alan and Joseph Builta.
Fredrick was a pipefitter and a fabricator with Local #597. Before his stroke 15 years ago, he loved working, golfing and fishing. But his true love and passions were his beautiful wife, children and grandchildren. Even after the stroke and hardships over the past years, he was never a complainer and lived his life to the fullest and loved his family completely. His family wishes to thank all of their wonderful doctors and nurses over the years.
Friends may visit with the family on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre, 606 E. 113th Ave., Crown Point, IN 46307 from 2:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
Funeral Services will be at 10:00 A.M. on Monday, June 13, 2022, at the Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Mischler officiating. Interment to follow at Calumet Park Cemetery in Merrillville, IN.
Visit Fredrick's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/fredrick-e-builta-jr/article_83ebf9fe-3705-5e1c-b82d-105207b92f72.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:19 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/fredrick-e-builta-jr/article_83ebf9fe-3705-5e1c-b82d-105207b92f72.html |
Jan. 26, 1956 - May 14, 2022
HAMMOND - Ivory Jean Steele (Battle), born in East Chicago, IN, made her heavenly transition on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at 66 years old.
To cherish her life are her children: Victor Q. (Yalanda) Kilpatrick Jr., Lorrell D. Kilpatrick, and William C. Steele; step-children: Derrick Steele, Shirley Steele, Donna Collins, Carla (Marvin) Dillard, and Damon Washington; siblings: Rev. Josie (Howard) Bridgeman, Arthur Battle; and many adored nieces; nephews; cousins; and extended family.
She was preceded in death by her parents: Dan and Maggie (Williamson) Battle; siblings: Ruby Battle, Brenda Franklin, and Larry Battle; and beloved husband, William Steele Jr.
The memorial service will be Saturday, June 11, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. at Hinton & Williams Funeral Home, 4859 Alexander Ave, East Chicago, IN, 46312. Masks are required and the service will be streamed on the Hinton & Williams Facebook page. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ivory-jean-steele/article_27958bda-91d8-5bc2-8b24-df4c0b320c99.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:25 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/ivory-jean-steele/article_27958bda-91d8-5bc2-8b24-df4c0b320c99.html |
Nov. 18, 1949 - May 30, 2022
ST. JOHN - Larry Tucker, 72 of St. John, IN formerly of Hammond, IN, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2022.
He is survived by his wife, Debi (Zerkel) Tucker of 50 years; three daughters: Courtney (Tyson) Tucker Trotter, their children: Carson and Kiernan, Lindsey (Michael)Tucker Campbell, their children: Brandon, Zachary and Grayson, Meighan Tucker Wise and her children: Dylan, Tucker and Alaina; brother, Shane (Kim) Tucker; sister, Sheree Skertich; nephews: Jake Tucker and Logan Skertich; niece, Hannah Tucker. Also survived by Nancy Tucker; and her daughter, LeeAnne (Robert) Whistler.
Proceded in death by his parents: Harry and Jane Tucker; mother-in-law, Jeri Zerkel; and Kevin Tucker.
Larry served on the US Coast Guards for four years active duty and four years with the reserves. He was employed as a manager with McDonald's restaurant corporation, for ten years. He then went on to become an owner/operator of Arby's Inc. He owned franchises in Rensselaer, IN, Crown Point, IN, Logansport, IN, and Peru, IL, until he retired at the age 66.
Larry was a member of the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana Advertising Co-op and served as Director of Board for over 30 years. He was active in community and local politics. He served for 15 years as a Schererville City Town Councilman and also a Precinct Committeeman. Larry was later appointed as a Lake County Plan Commission member for 12 years. He currently was serving on the South Shore Convention Visitors Authority Board of Directions (SSCVA).
Larry was an active member of the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Schererville, IN. He was the original car guy and loved car shows. He was a member of the Calumet Corvette Club dating back to 1972, a long time member of Vintage Tin Car Club, and a part of the Highway Rodders. He enjoyed a life filled with his posse of friends and car buddies that were like his family with too many to mention but they know who they are.
Larry loved his three daughters and was the best girl dad. He loved his eight grandchildren with all of his heart. He enjoyed spending time with them from baseball games to basketball games to taking the grandkids bowling and fishing. His girl dad experience came in handy with his only granddaughter. His family enjoyed many summers at Schafer Lake learning to ski and fish. There were many family road trips all across the country. Whether in the pop-up camper, flying or driving, there were wonderful memories. Larry was an avid dog lover surprising his family with a sweet doggie he rescued as a forever pet. Larry was the sweetest, kindest man you'd ever meet. His laugh could be picked out of a crowd. He will be missed dearly and always in our hearts.
Our family would like to thank his wonderful team of Doctors: Dr. Buccelleto, Dr. Daniel Smith, Dr. Nicolas, Dr. Raymond Zimmerman, Dr. Wilks.
Friends may visit the family on Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre, 606 E. 113th Ave., Crown Point, IN 46307 from 1:30 P.M. until the time of memorial service at 5:00 P.M. with Pastor Bob Lueder officiating.
Donations to the Humane Society can be made in Larry's honor if you wish.
Visit Larry's online guestbook at www.GeisenFuneralHome.com 219-663-2500. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/larry-tucker/article_ea315279-e507-5ed6-aa2d-5c165594534e.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:31 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/larry-tucker/article_ea315279-e507-5ed6-aa2d-5c165594534e.html |
June 9, 1929 - Oct. 31, 1974
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LYDIA FELICIANO ON HER BIRTHDAY.
Love, Your Children: Hector, Myriam, Carmen, Jr., Nellie, Johnny, Michael and Families.
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LOWELL - Mark O. Wildermuth, 93, of Lowell, went to be with Jesus on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
He is survived by his loving daughters: Terri (Charles) Olthoff, Lynette Pankiewicz, Audrey (David) Sheldon and Laura (Nick) Foresta; ten grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren.
He was reunited with his beloved wife of 68 years, Loretta; parents, Mark and Minnie; siblings: Cordelia, Lena, Vera, Verna, Ruth, Ralph.
Mark was an Air Force Firefighter Veteran serving in WWII and Korean War, he was also a member of the Lowell VFW Post 6841 and American Legion Post 261. His smile and sense of humor lit up the room and lives wherever he went.
Visitation, Friday, June 10, 2022, from 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M., Funeral Service following at 12:00 P.M., all at Sheets Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 604 E. Commercial Ave., Lowell. Burial will take place in Plum Grove Cemetery. Contributions may be given to Lowell American Legion, 108 1/2 E. Commercial Ave, or Hope Community Church in Lowell. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-o-wildermuth/article_5bcbd645-148a-5e75-94cc-055a2f8135cb.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:44 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-o-wildermuth/article_5bcbd645-148a-5e75-94cc-055a2f8135cb.html |
Feb. 15, 1949 - May 31, 2022
LEWISVILLE, NC - Mark Stephen Pacholke, 73, of Lewisville, NC, formerly of Valparaiso, passed away May 31, 2022, in North Carolina. He was born February 15, 1949, in Michigan City, the son of Lee and Gladys (White) Pacholke. Mark was a US Army Veteran, a longtime employee of Bethlehem Steel and a member of the Secular Franciscan Order.
On April 11, 1970 at St. Paul Catholic Church, he married Joan Doolittle, who preceded him in death on July 10, 2018.
Surviving are his children: Aaron (Laurie) Pacholke of Tampa, FL, David (Heather) Pacholke of Lewisville, NC, and Jessica (Paul) Kavanagh of Charlotte, NC; and five grandchildren.
Mark had a deep love for his family and a vast appreciation for the arts. He was an avid music fan playing the violin and the oboe. His real passion was creating, whether it was airplane models or woodworking.
Visitation will be held Monday, June 13, 2022, 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. at St. Paul Catholic Church, 1855 W. Harrison Blvd, Valparaiso, with a Funeral Mass at 10:00 A.M. Father Leonardo Gallardo presiding. Burial will be in St. Paul Catholic Cemetery, Valparaiso. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-stephen-pacholke/article_8339348e-7eb8-5e40-bebf-b2d802f28c39.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:50 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/mark-stephen-pacholke/article_8339348e-7eb8-5e40-bebf-b2d802f28c39.html |
July 29, 1929 - June 6, 2022
CROWN POINT - Michael R. Batka of Crown Point, Indiana, died on June 6, 2022. He was 92.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 59 years, Eleanor, in 2011.
He is survived by his three children: Linda Keith, Michael A. Batka, and Elaine Goodman; and extended family.
Our father, or Dad, as we called him, said many times that he was blessed and had lived a full and rewarding life.
He was born on July 29, 1929, in the Slag Valley area of the South Chicago Deering community during the Great Depression. He grew up on Chicago's East Side, attending Gallistel Elementary School and the Bowen and CVS high schools.
He married Eleanor Gustavson on Sept. 1, 1951. They initially raised their family on Chicago's South Side, later moving to Burnham and South Holland, IL, and Crown Point, IN.
As an adult, Michael earned a bachelor's of arts degree from DePaul University and a master's of management degree from Northwestern University.
Michael spent a lifelong career in the steel industry, first with Republic Steel Corp. and then with Acme Steel, which later became Interlake Steel. His career at Acme/Interlake began as a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) foreman. He progressed through the supervisory ranks to retire in 1986 as plant manager of the Riverdale steel mill.
Following his retirement from the steel industry, Michael spent three years as a commodity option trader at the Chicago Board of Trade.
During his steel career, Michael was actively involved in the industry as a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers. He served in all offices of the local chapter and was the national chairman of the Steel Division in 1978.
Michael also served in civic capacities. He was a member of the board of directors for the Thornton Township Youth Committee and was president of the DePaul University School for New Learning Alumni Board. He also served as the president of the Thornton Township Toastmasters Club and as a reading tutor for the Dolton Library Group. He enjoyed many outdoor adventures as a member of the Sierra Club, the Fireside Ski Club and the Chicago Mountaineering Club.
Our dad considered himself to be a "people person" and liked to be in a position to influence outcomes. Throughout his life he regularly accepted leadership positions, starting as a teenager, when he was quarterback for the Wolfe Park Athletic Association football team.
His first industrial job was working for the Illinois Central Railroad. He was the locomotive fireman working in the cab of the steam engines at the Markham, IL, switching yards. He used to shovel "that coal" to keep the engines going. During one particular double shift, he actually shoveled the engine hopper empty of the 16 tons of coal.
He enlisted in the U.S. Army before the Korean War. He was assigned to the Corps of Engineers as the fire department engine operator at the Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville, PA. As the engine operator he drove the big red American LaFrance fire truck.
Our dad told us frequently that he had a really good time and a great life. We consider ourselves fortunate to have been part of his "great ride".
Visitation and funeral services are scheduled on Friday, June 10, 2022, where friends may meet with the family from 9:00 a.m. until time of service at 10:30 a.m. at the Elmwood Funeral Chapel 11300 W. 97th LN. (1/2 block west of US 41/Wicker Ave. at 97th LN.) St. John. Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. For more information 219-365-3474 or www.elmwoodchapel.com. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/michael-r-batka/article_260695ba-6269-5a78-915b-90a0dc75abf2.html | 2022-06-09T05:11:56 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/michael-r-batka/article_260695ba-6269-5a78-915b-90a0dc75abf2.html |
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The shortage of childcare workers is both a Texas problem and a national one. The pandemic shrunk that workforce by 12% in the Lone Star State, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report comparing February of 2020 and September of 2021.
Daycare owner Patricia Simpson in Brownsville knows all about the crisis firsthand.
“We're having trouble retaining staff,” Simpson said. “We're having trouble attracting people to this industry. People used to beg to work in childcare.”
Simpson says she’s been in the industry for about 35 years.
“We teach, not just babysit,” she said. “Ninety percent of my staff has been in this industry for over 10 years. And they do it because they feel like it’s a passion, not because of the money.”
Simpson told KENS 5 that if the money were better, it would help. But she couldn’t charge her parents more.
Childcare is already expensive for many, exacerbating the state’s problems when it comes to child welfare. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, an organization that provides grants to help children and communities facing poverty, Texas ranks 46th in the nation when it comes to the overall wellbeing of a child and 33rd in education.
“The middle-class families couldn’t afford what I need to charge to make a profit,” Simpson said. “If we weren't here, who's going to take care of the children?”
It’s a lingering question that worries Simpson and BriTanya Bays, a childcare provider in a small town north of Abilene and a community organizer, who earlier in May helped organize Day Without Childcare.
“We all are trying to stay open,” Bays told KENS 5. “We’re out here and we’re struggling. A lot of the parents are experiencing their childcare program getting shut down because there's not enough staff. There's not enough money in the world to support the true cost of care,” Bays told KENS 5.
Though they have more options for childcare providers, Bays said metropolitan areas are still facing challenges. Those run the gamut from low hiring rates, affordability issues faced by parents and low wages for staff.
“It's all about funding,” Bays said. “If we don't have enough money invested in our childcare system in Texas, but also nationwide, we're not going to see families supported in the way that they need to get back to work.”
This is not a new problem, Bays said. It’s been going on for decades.
“When the local levels are like, ‘Oh, we will figure out the childcare program,’ they don't,” Bays said. “When the state is like, ‘Oh, we got a big budget and we're just putting some more money in there,’ it doesn't meet what it should. When the federal level is like, ‘Hey, like, we're gonna give out $400 million for childcare,’ the true cost of childcare supported from the federal, state and local levels would be transformational.”
“We need more money coming down from the federal, state and local levels, to have a mixed delivery childcare system that parents need,” she added. “Not every child is served in a school, not every child is served in a childcare center or home. It's a combination of all these things that make our childcare system work and gets our economy back up and running.”
While community organizers were on the steps of the Capitol building in Austin trying to get attention to the issue, Simpson remains in Brownsville, doing what she can every day.
“All I can do is show up,” she said. “Show up and try to make things better.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-childcare-child-welfare-economy-families/273-35923697-09b2-41e8-ba49-89e9dc13f32c | 2022-06-09T05:15:33 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-childcare-child-welfare-economy-families/273-35923697-09b2-41e8-ba49-89e9dc13f32c |
Bill Eugene Luse
May 24, 1945-May 30, 2022
MASON CITY-Bill Eugene Luse, 77 of Saint Ansgar, passed away Monday, May 30, 2022 at MercyOne Hospital in Mason City, Iowa.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at the Old Stone United Methodist Church, 1 Jackson Street in Rock Falls, Iowa, with Pastor Sue Simmons officiating.
Bill was born on May 24, 1945, to Richard and Alice (Guthrie) Luse in Mason City, Iowa. He was baptized on January 12, 1964 at Grace EUB Church in Mason City. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1964. After graduation, he attended trade school in Kansas City. On September 14, 1965, he enlisted in the US Navy where he served with squadron Combat S.A.R. Seadevil in Vietnam from 1965 to 1968. On July 29, 1971 he was honorably discharged from the United States Navy. He returned to Mason City where he was employed until his retirement in 2008. On January 16, 1970 he married Patricia Neeley. Bill and Pat divorced in 1990.
Bill loved to camp and fish. He took many yearly trips to South Dakota fishing with family and friends. He enjoyed spending time at and helping with the Britt Draft Horse Shows yearly. He was most recently active with Northland-Amateur-Communications Group. He loved to grill and cook. He will always be remembered for his shrimp dip, baked beans, and stuffing at holiday family gatherings.
He is survived by his two sons, Ricky Luse of Brainard, MN, and Raymie (Michelle) Luse of Britt, IA and their children, Ashley (Troy) Brooks, Jakob, Caleb, Peyton, Kasey; great-grandchildren Chloe, Ember, Zander, and Owen; his brother, John (Carole) Luse of Fort Myers, FL (formerly of Osage, IA); brother-in-law, Larry (Sue) Dorenkamp of Rock Falls; nieces Toni Rock, Tara Huber, Erin Faas, and nephew Dean Trebilcock.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dick & Alice Luse; a sister, Gloria Dorenkamp; and a great-grandson Ayden.
Ewing Funeral Chapel, 178 Center Street West, Britt, Iowa 50423, 641-843-3839 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/bill-eugene-luse/article_c2049afe-70ba-5b60-a941-cf08b92d2a70.html | 2022-06-09T05:20:11 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/bill-eugene-luse/article_c2049afe-70ba-5b60-a941-cf08b92d2a70.html |
Carl J. Anderson
April 16, 1973-June 2, 2022
Carl J. Anderson, 49 of Forest City, died early Thursday morning June 2, 2022 at Unity Point Health-Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa. A celebration of life will be held from 3:00 to 5:30 on June 12, 2022 at the senior center, 125 N. 7th St, in Forest City, Iowa 50436.
Carl John Anderson was born April 16, 1973 at the Forest City, Iowa Hospital to Richard and Mardelle (Bakkum) Anderson. He graduated from Forest City Community High School. He enjoyed many types of art to include but not limited to painting and drawing, also enjoyed music and played several instruments like the piano, guitar, harmonica and several others. He liked to tell jokes and laugh. Growing up he did a variety of jobs from construction, cooking, to movers. In recent years his health had deteriorated and had to be in a care facility.
Carl was preceded in death by his father Richard, Brother Kenny, grand parents, Thona and Reuben Anderson, uncles, Leonard Lawson, Frank Lawson, Howard Johnson, and Martin Lawson, aunts Hellen Anderson, Norma Webb, and Rowen Tumor.
He is survived by his mother Cecilia Mardelle Bakkum, Brother Allan Anderson, grandmother Stella Madson, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/carl-j-anderson/article_164824ca-fa13-57c3-927d-b78e7126d2ff.html | 2022-06-09T05:20:17 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/carl-j-anderson/article_164824ca-fa13-57c3-927d-b78e7126d2ff.html |
Roger L. Roberts
May 23, 1922-June 4, 2022
Roger L. Roberts, 100, of Mason City, passed away on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at MercyOne North Iowa Hospice. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 9, 2022, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N Pennsylvania Ave. A visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N Pennsylvania Ave. Interment will be held in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorials can be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, Hospice of North Iowa, or they may be given in care of the family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.
Roger was born on May 23, 1922 to Daniel and Annie (Berger) Roberts in Sioux City, Iowa. He spent the majority of his childhood years in Wells, Minnesota. As a teenager, he volunteered to join the Civilian Conservation Corps, and was stationed near Ely, Minnesota, working in the north woods. That was quite an adventure for a young man. Roger was very loyal to his family, writing letters and sending his earnings home to his mom and dad.
Roger was drafted into the United States Army in 1942, and served through the end of World War II for a total of 39 months. He was stationed in Fort Campbell and Fort Knox in Kentucky, and rose through the ranks to sergeant and often filled in as staff sergeant. Roger was a natural leader. He served as tank commander and also taught artillery. He participated in a tank maneuvering competition and won the prize of a 3 day leave. He was very proud of his service in the military.
Roger was stationed in the Philippines later in the war, and was on his way to take part in the Japan invasion when the war ended.
After a year of being home from the service, he met his future bride on a blind date. She was a farm girl from Leland, Iowa named Arlene Flugum. Roger was talking marriage within three weeks, but was willing to wait until Arlene finished her last year in high school.
They were married on December 17, 1948. They moved as a young couple to Mason City, Iowa, remaining in Mason City all of their 73 years of marriage.
Roger was a devoted husband, dad, and son, as well as deeply loving the rest of his family. He would show his love for his family in so many ways.
He enjoyed treating his kids to shopping trips, swimming at Clear Lake, camping vacations up north and out west, family bar-b-ques, picnics at East Park, fishing, baseball, golf, and sledding. He made every holiday and birthday special. He built snowmen, skateboards, go-cart, playhouse, and swing set. He played with his kids every chance he got.
Roger was a meat cutter with Deckers and Sons (Armour's) for 28 years, worked with Cornelia Furniture , and also helped his son Steve in his ceiling business until the age of 80. Roger was a hard-working man. He added on to the family home, and built many cupboards, shelves for Arlene and family. He was very mechanically inclined, working on cars throughout his life. He enjoyed humor and was well-known for his card tricks.
Roger enjoyed his many friends, especially his horseshoe buddies as well as his bowling friends. Roger was a kind and gentle man, always looking for the good in everyone. He was a devout Christian, enjoyed attending church, making sure his children grew up learning about Jesus. God blessed Roger greatly, and Roger often stated that he appreciated God's love and care.
Roger is survived by his loving wife Arlene (Flugum) Roberts, and his four children: Karen (Mike) Neuman, Rolling Hills Estates, CA.; Susan (Terry) Oetken, Northwood, Ia.; Steve (Sharon) Roberts, Leland, Ia.; and Janet (David) Crawford, West Des Moines, Ia. Also his sister Betty, Wells, Minn.; 10 grandchildren: Brian, Chris, Sherri, Kati, TJ, Shanna, Ryan, Allison, Andrea, and Austin. Also 10 great-grandchildren: Spencer, Hunter, Hazel, Mariah, Morgan, Zachary, Kaytlin, Zane, Tessa, and Charlie, plus many much-loved nieces and nephews.
Roger was preceded in death by his parents, Daniel and Annie (Berger) Roberts, 5 brothers: Marvin (Bonnie), Bruce (Lorraine), Giles (Esther), Corvin (Georgianna), and Richard (Lois).
We would like to give special thanks for the love and care given by Pastor Kathy Graves, Hospice of North Iowa, and for all of his family, friends, and caring neighbors who provided so much love and support.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/roger-l-roberts/article_f8706313-f86f-5b36-b75b-663cfad12fe3.html | 2022-06-09T05:20:23 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/roger-l-roberts/article_f8706313-f86f-5b36-b75b-663cfad12fe3.html |
Sharon Kay Nickell
September 14, 1940–June 7, 2022
Sharon Kay Nickell was born on September 14, 1940 in Guthrie Center, Iowa to Arthur and Anna Marie Sheeder, the second youngest of ten children.
Sharon married Jerome Conrad Nickell, the love of her life, on September 12, 1958. The union blessed them with six children. They shared 51 years of unconditional love, supporting each other through both good and bad times.
Sharon was a Christian woman who loved Jesus, her family, landscaping her yard, country music, jokes, and playing cards. She also enjoyed entertaining others with interesting stories of her life.
Sharon is survived by her six children, Lisa and Brian Hamilton, Ann Nickell, Nan and Terry Gibson, Nicky and Mike Williams, Jake and Deb Nickell, and Tim and Tammy Nickell; her nine grandchildren, Jody, Tom, Hanna, Jordan, Cassie, Lynnay, Tyler, Trevor, and Ashley; and twelve great grandchildren, Devin, James, Ethan, Emerson, Easton, Korbin, Oaklynne, Miloh, Charlie, Nora, Conrad, and Octavia.
Sharon passed away peacefully on June 7, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.
Arrangements are with Major Erickson Funeral Home & Crematory, 111 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City, Iowa 50401, 641-423-0924, www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/sharon-kay-nickell/article_207b2549-8707-5ca7-a149-109bd13713d1.html | 2022-06-09T05:20:29 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/obituaries/sharon-kay-nickell/article_207b2549-8707-5ca7-a149-109bd13713d1.html |
Suzanne Elizabeth Pitcher
June 14, 1975-June 4, 2022
Suzanne Elizabeth Pitcher, age 46, of Mason City, Iowa, passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022, at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center, Mason City, IA.
A Memorial Service and Gathering will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 213 N Pennsylvania Ave, Mason City, IA and will be announced at a future date.
Suzanne was born Flag Day, June 14, 1975 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin to David and Kathy (Bowers) Pitcher. She graduated from Mason City High School with the class of 1996. She moved to Comprehensive Systems Group Home in 1995 and later moved to Heritage Care Center in 2020. Suzanne loved the staff and all the friends she made no matter where she lived. She participated in Special Olympics, winning many medals. One of her fondest memories was going to the high school prom with her friend Scott Boyle.
Suzanne loved all the Scooby-Doo movies. She was watching her all-time favorite movie, Annie, at the hospital when she passed away. Outside of her love for movies, the only thing she liked more was going to Wendy's for a chocolate frosty.
Those left to cherish memories of Suzanne are her mother, Kathy; brother, Scott of Forest City, Iowa; sister, Melissa and Will Lawless of Mason City; Godmother, Janet Schroeder of Chilton, Wisconsin; Godfather, Keith Bowers of Appleton, Wisconsin; uncles, Les Bowers, Keith (Nancy) Bowers, and Wayne Bowers; aunt, Mary (Edward) Brown; cousins; Julie, Adam, Matt, Jessica, Andrew, Marcia, Joseph, Jason, Lauren, Meghan, and Marinan; and a whole world of friends and staff from Comprehensive Systems and Heritage Care Center where she spent many happy days.
Suzanne was preceded in death by her father, David; grandparents, Donald and Alice Bowers, and Merritt and Pauline Pitcher; uncle, William Pitcher; aunt, Georgia (Kasper) Bowers; and cousin, David Pitcher.
Suzanne lived life on her own terms, it was pretty much her choice or not at all. She has always been an important part of the Pitcher family. We have always felt that she came into our family for a reason. We have always looked beyond her imperfection and into the heart of this beautiful gift from God.
The family would like to give their heartfelt thanks to Comprehensive Systems Group Home and Heritage Care Center for their compassion and care for Suzanne over the years she spent with them. They would also like to thank the nurses and doctors at MercyOne North Iowa Medical Center for bringing comfort to Suzanne.
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These Arizona lotteries were drawn Wednesday:
Pick 3
2-4-9
Fantasy 5
05-11-14-27-38
Estimated jackpot: $53,000
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Hundreds gathered in Times Square Wednesday night, holding signs and using their voices to call attention to the mysterious death of Julio Ramirez, a beloved social worker who was found dead in a taxi cab more than a month ago after a night out in the city.
Demonstrators started with a candle light vigil and moment of silence outside the Ritz Bar and Lounge on West 46th Street in Hell's Kitchen. That was the last place Ramirez was seen alive back in April.
"We need to speak up and we need to look out for each other, and that’s something Hell’s Kitchen has done my entire life," said demonstrator Chris LeBron.
The 25-year-old Ramirez met up with a friend on April 20 for a night out in the Manhattan neighborhood. After night of bar hopping, their last stop was the Ritz, a popular, multilevel gay venue in the heart of the neighborhood’s Restaurant Row.
The two eventually went their separate ways. Surveillance footage from a nearby security camera showed Ramirez walking away from the venue with three unidentified men at 3:17 a.m., according to his brother, Carlos. The four men then entered a nearby taxi, a police source said, but Ramirez was alone in the backseat at 4:10 a.m. when the taxi driver approached a police officer 3 miles away in the Lower East Side to say his passenger was unresponsive.
Less than an hour later, Ramirez was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
How he died is unclear — the medical examiner’s officer says a preliminary toxicology screening found nothing of note but they need to do more testing. Ramirez was initially identified as “John Doe,” his brother said, because neither his wallet nor phone were with him when he died.
The family told NBC New York that the unknown men from the cab took Ramirez's phone, changed his password and then stole $20,000 from his bank account.
"Julio was somebody that was very loved. I think that this whole thing is suspicious. And I do hope that we get answers soon," said friend Karinina Quimpo. "To get into a cab with a bunch of strangers, to just give away his phone potentially give away his belongings, it’s just not like him."
Those at Wednesday's rally fear he was targeted at a gay bar for reasons that are disturbingly mysterious. They worry about the possibility he was victimized because he was gay.
"It's very heartbreaking," said Sam Carnicelli. "It wasn’t some random act. And I fear that there will be future targets."
Given that it is Pride Month, demonstrators want the city to be on alert and make sure the kind of nightlife danger that befell Ramirez doesn’t happen again. Police said they are still investigating, but there were no new leads in who the mystery men were in the taxi cab.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/justice-for-julio-rally-held-for-nyc-social-worker-found-dead-in-taxi-after-night-out/3726442/ | 2022-06-09T06:12:27 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/justice-for-julio-rally-held-for-nyc-social-worker-found-dead-in-taxi-after-night-out/3726442/ |
ELK GROVE, Calif. — Elk Grove City Council unanimously voted on Wednesday to adopt a new ordinance banning encampments of unhoused people near certain areas, such as schools, playgrounds and other facilities.
As stated in the text, violations of the ordinance could lead to city officials seizing the personal property of the violator.
Unhoused people in now-restricted areas would be given three days notice before taking any property, and the seized property would be held by the city for 90 days before destruction.
The ordinance adoption is part of the city's ongoing effort to address homelessness through municipal action. Though the measure passed, an initially proposed $100 fine for violation of the ordinance was ultimately dropped. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/elk-grove/elk-grove-adopts-anti-encampment-ordinance/103-61ba2db8-ac9e-4807-bfef-2f4936546b42 | 2022-06-09T06:33:37 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/elk-grove/elk-grove-adopts-anti-encampment-ordinance/103-61ba2db8-ac9e-4807-bfef-2f4936546b42 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Weeks before Independence Day, illegal fireworks can be seen lighting up Sacramento's night sky.
Surveillance video from a Sacramento County neighborhood last month shows illegal fireworks showering drought stricken lawns with embers and scorching the grass.
Fortunately, it was extinguished before it could spread to homes in the area. But with California's hot and dry summer taking hold, the Sacramento Fire Department is preparing for its busiest night of the year.
"Every year we go on multiple grassfires, one after another where we just can’t keep up with the amount of calls that are going on," said Dave Lauchner, Battalion Chief with the Sacramento Fire Department.
Last year, the Sacramento City Fire Call Center received 1,500 reports of illegal fire activity.
In one case, an Oak Park mattress manufacturer suffered major property loss. In another, a 33-year-old North Highlands father died in a fire his family suspected was sparked by illegal fireworks.
Fire prevention personnel with the Sacramento Fire Department will be enforcing the city's illegal fireworks ordinance in the weeks leading up to Independence Day. The county recently passed a similar ordinance, with violators facing fines of $1,000 to $2,500.
"Any firework that goes up in the air is not a legal firework, so we want to make sure that when people celebrate, they do it in a safe fashion," Lauchner said.
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NAMPA — Steven Navarro and AJ Kennedy, both seniors at Nampa High School, were among the first people to choose books at the Rediscovered Bookshop’s “Banned Books Giveaway” event at Flying M Coffee Garage in Nampa on Wednesday evening.
Navarro saw the Nampa School District Board’s recent decision to remove 22 books as censorship, and says the books provide exposure to a range of perspectives.
“These tell truly amazing stories that we’ve all heard great things about, and they include a broader audience,” he said. “To ban these books, it’s really horrible.”
Kennedy agreed.
“It goes against a lot of the things that I consider to be right,” he said. “People should be able to read the books that they want to read, and if you’re banning books, that just seems like a stupid thing to do.”
Each selected a copy of “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie and “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky. Kennedy also picked out a copy of “The 57 Bus” by Dashka Slater.
Over 50 people were already lined up on the edge of the coffee shop’s parking lot to receive one or more books ahead of the 6 p.m. start time, and more trickled in. Volunteers held signs with photos of the banned books’ covers. People with Nampa school ID cards could get up to three books free while the books were also available to the broader Treasure Valley community.
Members of the public had purchased the books for the giveaway following the Nampa School District Board’s decision in May to remove the books from school libraries, as previously reported.
Rediscovered Bookshop, which has stores in Boise and Caldwell, asked the public to buy books to donate to Nampa students, teachers, and staff, as previously reported. The public purchased 1,250 books for donation in one week.
The books were initially flagged for review following complaints from parents about allegedly pornographic material contained in the books. The books were in the process of being reviewed by committees of parents, teachers, and staff when the board voted to remove the books “forever.”
The event was scheduled to run until 8 p.m.
Kasey Moulton, who graduated from the district in 2020, selected a copy of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Many of the books that were removed were titles she read in upper-level English classes, or checked out from school libraries, she said.
“If you’re not reading, what are you doing?” Moulton said. “I think I turned out okay.”
Books can be used as a tool to help people leave their comfort zone, Moulton said.
“My thought is, if you’re uncomfortable, you’ve learned something,” she said.
Maryanne Sedlacek retired from teaching at Sherman Elementary School about five years ago, she said, and attended the book giveaway Wednesday, holding book signs. In addition to helping readers see new perspectives, books help foster empathy for different people’s experiences, she said.
Sedlacek disagreed with the idea that books could harm students.
“I disagree with this grooming and stuff, (the idea that) reading a book is going to change who you are,” she said. “It’s not; it’s just going to let you express who you are.”
Brittany Celusta, whose two children go to school in the West Ada School District, brought them to the event to select some books. Celusta said they believe it is up to individual parents to judge what is suitable for their children to read.
“I just really don’t think that other people should be sticking their nose in my business and my kids’ business, and if my kids want to read something and they don’t understand it, then that’s my job to tell them,” they said.
One of the books Celusta selected for their child was “It’s Perfectly Normal,” by Robie Harris, a book for children about puberty, sexuality, and other topics. Celusta said it is important for their child, who is gender non-binary, to have access to learning materials that reflect their identity.
Celusta said that though the content and illustrations in the book have been labeled offensive, the drawings are mostly anatomically-correct illustrations of bodies and processes such as childbirth.
“Watching a baby come out ... that is perfectly normal, perfectly natural,” Celusta said. “There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this ... anyone who would be uncomfortable with that is kind of silly.”
The ultimate fate of the banned books is still unwritten. During the board’s May meeting, multiple board members said they wanted to pursue the creation of a more formal review process for challenged books. On Monday, the board spent part of a special work session discussing their previous vote, as well as plans for developing a challenged books process, as previously reported. Board Chair Jeff Kirkman said he would like to see a policy in place by the beginning of the school year, and that he expected some of the books that had been banned to end up back on library shelves.
Board Clerk Krissy LaMont said she plans to arrange a board work session in the coming months dedicated entirely to discussing the challenge process.
In addition to the giveaway event, the vote to remove books also sparked the formation of the Nampa Banned Books Fan Club, which has organized a read-in outside the school district administration building at 619 S. Canyon Street, Nampa) on Monday, June 13, at 6 p.m. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/people-should-be-able-to-read-the-books-that-they-want-nampa-coffee-shop-holds/article_2ac4b65e-645e-54fa-8d32-d8f88aa20886.html | 2022-06-09T07:06:08 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/people-should-be-able-to-read-the-books-that-they-want-nampa-coffee-shop-holds/article_2ac4b65e-645e-54fa-8d32-d8f88aa20886.html |
On June 8th, Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04) voted in support of H.R. 7910, the Protecting Our Kids Act, a package of commonsense gun safety bills that would address the tragic rise in the occurrence of mass shootings and help save lives.
“I’m proud to cast my vote in support of the Protecting Our Kids Act which would do that very thing: help protect our kids from the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Mass shootings have become a uniquely American event, and it’s beyond time that Congress takes action to enact change and help save lives. Today, the House has taken strong action and I implore my colleagues in the Senate to find the courage to do the same,” said Rep. DeFazio.
“This package of bills contains critical provisions that the American people largely support such as outlawing high-capacity magazines and raising the purchasing age of semiautomatic weapons from 18 to 21. Many of the worst mass shootings in our country were committed by people under the age of 21, including the shooting at Thurston High School which occurred just two miles from my home in Springfield, Oregon. We must evolve our laws to address the needs of our communities, neighbors, and families today. Today’s vote on the Protecting Our Kids Act is a crucial step in the right direction.”
The Protecting Our Kids Act contains provisions that would:
- Raise the purchasing age for semi-automatic weapons from 18 to 21 years old (Title 1)
- Crack down on gun trafficking and straw purchases to get illegal guns off of our streets (Title 2)
- Subject “ghost gun” purchases to background check requirements (Title 3)
- Permanently close the bump stock loophole (Title 5)
- Outlaw high-capacity magazines (Title 6)
- Strengthen commonsense safe storage requirements to protect children and others from accidental shootings (Title 4)
- Require an annual report of demographic data of those determined to be ineligible to purchase guns (Title 7)
According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), guns have become the number one killer of children in America. The recent shooting in Ulvade, Texas, marked the 27th school shooting in our country this year alone. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/congressman-defazio-votes-to-pass-the-protecting-our-kids-act-to-increase-gun-safety/article_876e180e-e7bd-11ec-9b30-2b752f0b3c42.html | 2022-06-09T07:28:09 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/congressman-defazio-votes-to-pass-the-protecting-our-kids-act-to-increase-gun-safety/article_876e180e-e7bd-11ec-9b30-2b752f0b3c42.html |
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