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WASHINGTON — A California man arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh called 911 and reported he had a gun and was having suicidal thoughts, according to newly filed court documents.
Nicholas John Roske, of California, was taken into custody by Montgomery County police at 1:50 a.m. near Kavanaugh’s Maryland home.
According to court documents, U.S. Marshals stationed outside Kavanaugh’s home saw an individual later identified as Roske exit a taxi that had stopped in front of the residence just after 1 a.m. Roske was reportedly wearing black clothing and carrying a backpack and suitcase. When Roske saw the Marshals, they said, he turned and walked down the street.
A short time later, the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center received a call from someone identifying himself as Roske and saying “he was having suicidal thoughts and had a firearm in his suitcase.” The caller also said he had come from California to kill a specific U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Local police were then dispatched to the scene, where they took Roske into custody without incident.
A search of Roske’s suitcase turned up a 9mm Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammo, along with a black tactic chest rig and knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar and duct tape.
After being transported to a nearby police precinct, Roske reportedly agreed to speak to detectives, saying he was upset about the leak of the draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case pending before the Supreme Court, which could drastically reduce constitutional protections for abortion. Roske also allegedly said he was concerned that Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws and referenced the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
“ROSKE stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice’s Montgomery County address on the Internet,” prosecutors said.
Roske allegedly also told police he had purchased the Glock pistol and other items to use to break into Kavanaugh’s home to kill the justice and himself.
Roske was charged Wednesday afternoon with attempting to murder a U.S. judge – a federal felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison. The case was assigned to U.S. District Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan. As of 3 p.m., no initial appearance before the judge was listed on the court docket.
Supreme Court justices have received enhanced protection over the past month since the leak of the draft Dobbs opinion. Pro-choice protesters have demonstrated outside the homes of Kavanaugh and other Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, who also lives in Montgomery County, and Justice Samuel Alito, who lives in Northern Virginia. No one connected to those protests has been arrested or accused of making threats of violence. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-threatening-to-kill-justice-kavanaugh/65-5b8de498-d3c2-444e-a6b6-b3c910c266c4 | 2022-06-09T08:27:06 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-threatening-to-kill-justice-kavanaugh/65-5b8de498-d3c2-444e-a6b6-b3c910c266c4 |
The namesake of a bill to prevent childhood sexual abuse testified on its behalf Tuesday in the Ohio General Assembly’s last hearing before taking a several-month summer break.
Erin Merryn addressed the Senate Primary and Secondary Education Committee in support of Amended House Bill 105, “Erin’s Law,” which has been adopted in 37 states but repeatedly stalled in Ohio.
In the latest attempt, state Reps. Scott Lipps, R-Franklin, and Brigid Kelly, D-Cincinnati, introduced the bill in February 2021. It passed the House 86-8 in June 2021, then had Senate committee hearings in September and October – but not again until Tuesday.
Merryn, now a spokesperson for the National Children’s Alliance, was sexually abused for six years as a child. As an adult, she advocates for schools to teach children personal body safety. She drove from the Chicago area for what she said was her third time in seven years supporting the bill in Ohio.
“One in four girls and one in six boys will be sexually abused by the age of 18,” said Merryn, who held her infant son, Jack, as she addressed senators.
Children are regularly taught about “stranger danger,” but more than 90% of the time sexual abuse comes from someone the child knows and trusts, she said. Often the abusers are known as “upstanding citizens” — “firemen, teachers, the youth pastor,” Merryn said.
As little as one hour per year of instruction on “safe and unsafe touch, safe and unsafe secrets,” and how to report abuse can be effective, she said.
“My parents, the school, never taught me you don’t keep these secrets,” Merryn said.
Merryn said she did not object to parents having the option to decline the training.
“Often these kids that are being abused will tell their best friend, but not an adult,” she said. So even if the victim does not learn to speak up, a friend who has had the training might report it, Merryn said.
The bill would require schools each year to provide age-appropriate instruction in child sexual abuse prevention for grades K-6, and age-appropriate instruction in sexual violence prevention education for grades 7-12. Parents or guardians would be notified of the scheduled lesson and allowed on request to inspect the instructional material.
The state Department of Education would offer links on its website to help schools develop their curricula.
Schools would have to include training on recognizing and reporting child sexual abuse into their required in-service training for teachers and other professionals. Instruction in preventing abuse would have to include information on counseling and resources for children who are sexually abused.
Lipps said a major driver of his sponsorship was a Springboro abuse case. Former Clearcreek Elementary School gym teacher John Austin Hopkins was convicted in 2020 on 34 counts of gross sexual imposition involving 27 first-grade girls during the 2018-19 school year. He was accused of acting inappropriately with 88 students. Hopkins was sentenced to eight years in prison.
State Sen. Teresa Fedor, D-Toledo, who has often backed legislation against human trafficking, noted that many trafficking victims had previously been sexually abused and were targeted by traffickers.
“I’ve been trying to aim at getting to the root of the problem,” she said.
Fedor said Ohio is the only state that lacks standards for health instruction, due to opposition to sex education. She asked if Merryn had seen resistance to sex abuse prevention efforts in other states for that reason.
“There has been a little bit of confusion in some states that I clear up quickly. This is not sex education,” Merryn said. Teaching children to recognize and report abuse is a “completely separate issue,” she said.
The bill has attracted no open opposition, but Lipps has said right-wing groups including the Center for Christian Virtue have worked behind the scenes to bury it.
“I’m concerned about removing the innocence of our young children,” state Sen. Sandra O’Brien, R-Ashtabula, said in Tuesday’s hearing. She asked who would develop the curriculum for sexual abuse prevention.
“Will it be Planned Parenthood or any of their subsidiaries?” O’Brien asked.
Merryn said she wouldn’t support instruction by Planned Parenthood, and opposed such an effort in New York. Many states have worked directly with children’s advocacy centers to develop the lessons, which are typically taught by social workers or psychologists who already work within the school, she said.
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Austria say more than 100 students and teachers on a school trip from Germany had to be airlifted to safety after they followed an online map that directed them onto an unmarked and difficult trail.
Police in the western state of Vorarlberg said more than 60 rescuers — including the local mayor —took part in the rescue late Tuesday.
Police said in a statement Wednesday that the group from Ludwigshafen, Germany, became stuck on a ridge leading up to Walmendingerhorn summit after a teacher had found what was described as a “classic evening walk” using an internet search tool.
In fact, the route was partly suspended and involved sections that required climbing, firm shoes and Alpine experience, police said.
Due to slippery conditions and the fact that “not all students were wearing optimal footwear” one teacher decided to turn back. After two students slipped and suffered minor injuries, the teacher dialed emergency services, prompting the rescue operation.
Police said the 99 students — ages 12 to 14 — and eight teachers were plucked from the ridge by helicopter using ropes.
“Several students were exhausted, chilled, wet and completely distraught,” the statement said, adding that a crisis intervention team was brought in to help. | https://www.cbs42.com/local/107-students-teachers-airlifted-to-safety-in-austrian-alps/ | 2022-06-09T09:08:13 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/local/107-students-teachers-airlifted-to-safety-in-austrian-alps/ |
'We can make it better': Wicomico board selects new superintendent of schools
Wicomico County, say hello to your newly appointed Superintendent of Schools: Micah Stauffer.
The special announcement was made at West Salisbury Elementary School on Wednesday, June 8, by the Wicomico County Board of Education. Stauffer was chosen from a group of three finalists, which also included Frederick Briggs and Eric Minus.
“As I said during this entire process, a great school system always has a great team behind it,” said Stauffer. “I am reminded of something that I heard this past weekend — ‘We can make it better if we work together.’ We have a fantastic school system, amazing students, wonderful families, dedicated staff, a vibrant community and a great foundation to build from.”
The Wicomico County school system is near and dear to Stauffer’s heart.
“I’m thrilled, really humbled and honored,” said Stauffer. “I was born and raised here, went to school here and worked in the school system throughout my entire career. This is awesome. It’s definitely a privilege to be able to work with our community in this way.”
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Stauffer will be replacing outgoing Superintendent of Schools Donna Hanlin, who will formally retire from the position on June 30. He will begin serving Wicomico County on July 1.
He has served as the school system’s chief finance and operations officer since 2019, and prior to that was the director of secondary education (2014-2019). He has served as principal of Parkside High and Mardela Middle and High, and assistant principal of Mardela Middle and High and Wicomico Middle. He taught science and coached at Parkside High.
Stauffer is already itching to get to work.
“We have a great leadership team,” said Stauffer. “We have a lot of experience, a lot of knowledge, and we’ll be able to build from the great foundation that Dr. Hanlin has created for us. I look forward to getting to work.”
As noted in a news release, the meeting can be viewed on the YouTube page of Wicomico County Public Schools and the Watch Board Meetings page on the school system website.
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Sebring Police Department receives grant for officer retention
SEBRING – The village's police department received grant funding from the state to help with officer retention.
Gov. Mike DeWine awarded Sebring Village Police Department about $51,000 through the Ohio Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program.
DeWine partnered with the Ohio General Assembly in 2021 to create the program, which provides law enforcement agencies with funds to address violence and increases in crime associated with law enforcement resignations and retirements.
The program is funded through both the state operating budget and with American Recovery Plan Act, according to a news release from DeWine.
"(The funds) really will be used as a bonus for retention of our current officers," Village Manager Jack Haney said.
Other Mahoning County police agencies that received grant funds include the Austintown Township Police Department ($281,800) and the Milton Township Police Department ($18,000).
DeWine's news release says the agencies can use the money to recruit new officers and continue ongoing public safety services to prevent and investigate violent crime, too.
"By providing this support, we're helping our peace officers proactively prevent violence, and we're also helping law enforcement maintain the staffing levels they need to protect our communities," DeWine said in a prepared statement.
Haney said Sebring sought the funding so it could provide additional support to the village's law enforcement.
"We don't pay exuberant fees out here for everybody, so if we can make their lives a little easier, we want to support them," he said.
DeWine has awarded $9.6 million to 44 law enforcement across Ohio through the Violent Crime Reduction Grant Program. In total, the grant program will award $58 million to police agencies in the state over the next several months.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/09/sebring-police-department-awarded-ohio-violent-crime-reduction-grant/10004899002/ | 2022-06-09T09:30:11 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/09/sebring-police-department-awarded-ohio-violent-crime-reduction-grant/10004899002/ |
St. Philip's School and Community Center in Dallas recently celebrated the end of the school year in a majestic way.
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It's the ultimate class trip to remember for their 6th grade class.
The school has taken groups of students to the grand canyon for the last 30 years.
However, their trip was canceled for the last two years because of the pandemic.
The group of 22 students and seven chaperones, led by school headmaster Terry Flowers, trekked six miles through the canyon on the Bright Angel Trail.
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The students flew into Phoenix, went by charter bus to Williams, Arizona where they caught a train to the Canyon.
It was a perfect way for these graduating 6th graders to segue into their next chapter in life: middle school! | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/st-philips-school-in-dallas-celebrates-end-of-school-in-a-majestic-way/2987603/ | 2022-06-09T10:11:40 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/something-good/st-philips-school-in-dallas-celebrates-end-of-school-in-a-majestic-way/2987603/ |
Remember Peoria's TikTok promoter? Now she's getting national media attention
PEORIA – Peoria is getting national attention for being a great place to live, thanks to a Peoria transplant.
Angie Ostaszewski, who makes TikTok videos showing off Peoria’s affordable housing stock and other amenities, was recently featured in a BuzzFeed News article. The writer hailed Ostaszewski as a new type of mid-size internet influencer:
“She has 32,000 followers caring about the fairly niche topic of daily life in Peoria, and her posts have translated into very real-life influencing. She said she has successfully convinced a whopping 156 people to relocate in the past year and a half thanks to her TikTok account, where she’s posted dozens and dozens of videos about her life and city.”
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Ostaszewski moved to Peoria nine years ago. She and her husband, Per Ellingson – another transplant who came to Peoria to attend Bradley University – are community activists who fell in love with the community for its people and affordability. The two purchased their first home before Angie turned 30.
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“I moved to Peoria in my early 20s after meeting my husband,” Ostaszewski told the Journal Star in 2021. “He is really involved in the bike co-op here, and he is the president of Renaissance Neighborhood Association. He got me plugged in to the volunteer community. I just met so many people who have the same values and mindset as me. We want to come together and make this place better." | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/tiktok-videos-peoria-woman-promoting-city-get-national-attention/7555089001/ | 2022-06-09T10:24:42 | 1 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/tiktok-videos-peoria-woman-promoting-city-get-national-attention/7555089001/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Fire Department extinguished a fire overnight on the 12th floor of a Rainey Street high-rise.
The AFD first reported the fire around 11:49 p.m. on Wednesday from the 40 block of Rainey Street.
Officials said first responders were able to knock down the fire upon arrival with a "deck gun blitz" from the street. They then moved to the fire floor and finished extinguishing the fire on the balcony.
The AFD said there were no reports of injuries, adding that the fire was contained to the balcony. The cause was ruled accidental by improperly discarded smoking materials.
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It took a 235-ton crane, about a dozen convex steel panels, and a crew of welders unafraid of heights to handle a job in the 2300 block of White Oak Drive this morning -- installing a 500,000-gallon water tower.
As residents and city officials watched, the crew lifted pieces of the tower's tank about 15 stories in some of the final construction steps for the $3-million project on Fort Wayne's east side.
Matt Wirtz, deputy director of engineering for City Utilities, said the tower will serve both as an everyday water source for about 72,000 homes, businesses, churches and schools and also as a backup source.
The storage facility will serve customers mostly on the city's east side but also will be pressed into service during exceptionally high demand, such as prolonged hot weather, or an emergency, such as a large fire, Wirtz said. Water will be pumped from the city's filtration plant to the tower.
“The water stored at a high elevation allows us to distribute water through gravity and keeps water pressure stable to homes and businesses," Wirtz said.
About half the tower’s panels had been placed by this morning, but workers promised officials all would be placed by the end of the day, he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/additional-fort-wayne-water-tower-installed/article_1073d098-e760-11ec-9887-77ec4a00f25e.html | 2022-06-09T11:10:17 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/additional-fort-wayne-water-tower-installed/article_1073d098-e760-11ec-9887-77ec4a00f25e.html |
Every Indiana city, town and county will participate in a $507 million settlement designed to help Hoosiers struggling with the effects of the opioid epidemic, a state official said Wednesday.
“Today marks a milestone victory in our battle against drug addiction,” Attorney General Todd Rokita said in a statement “This scourge has inflicted such unspeakable pain on so many Hoosiers.”
The settlement funds will support local law enforcement efforts, drug task forces, regional treatment hubs, and early intervention and crisis support, among other programs, Wednesday’s news release said.
Achieving the participation of Indiana’s 648 political subdivisions – the cities, towns and counties – required overcoming several obstacles, which included “significant impediment” from outside attorneys, Rokita said. They initially convinced several individual communities to pursue litigation individually rather than opt into the statewide settlement.
Fort Wayne officials in March indicated they expect to receive about $7 million for the city’s share of an opioid lawsuit settlement after initially deciding to opt out.
The Allen County commissioners unanimously approved a similar settlement participation resolution in March. Laura Maser, county attorney, said more than $5 million is expected over 18 years.
“Some lawyers,” Rokita said, “seemed enticed by the prospect of big paydays. We worked with our partners in local government to make sure the opportunity to serve the public good won out over private pecuniary interests.”
Indiana technically is party to two settlements. One is with Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and marketed opioids. The other is with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – Cardinal Health, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen.
The overall arrangement is part of a $26 billion agreement settling allegations of 46 states and many units of local government against the four companies.
“No amount of money will ever compensate families for the loss of loved ones,” Rokita said. “But a settlement of this magnitude helps prevent similar types of corporate irresponsibility from ever happening again.”
The settlement framework continues to be a 50-50 split between the state and local governments.
Thirty percent of the settlement funds with “no strings attached” is split evenly between local communities and the state. That 30% can be used however local communities and the state choose to use them.
The other 70% is designated for opioid abatement efforts in local communities. State leaders decide exactly how to allocate half that amount – or 35% of the total. And Rokita said this year’s legislation now ensures that local governments decide exactly how to allocate the other half of that total.
“Local government is closest to the people and most aware of community needs,” he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ag-says-all-state-government-units-to-participate-in-507-million-opioid-settlement/article_d17d6c86-e779-11ec-933b-8f8c16930ea2.html | 2022-06-09T11:10:24 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/ag-says-all-state-government-units-to-participate-in-507-million-opioid-settlement/article_d17d6c86-e779-11ec-933b-8f8c16930ea2.html |
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Bishop to bless women’s shelter
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades will bless the St. Joseph Mission Women’s Shelter, at 3505 Lake Ave., at 10 a.m. Friday, the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese said Wednesday.
The St. Joseph Mission Women’s Shelter, a project of St. Joseph Missions, is Fort Wayne’s first emergency shelter for single homeless women that operates 24 hours a day, the release said.
The shelter offers a safe place and a structured environment to help women become self-sufficient. It is designed to provide emergency housing and resources for single homeless women, regardless of their faith, according to its website.
Plaque dedication for park’s 100 years
The city of New Haven today will host a plaque dedication for a new gazebo as it prepares for Schnelker Park’s centennial anniversary.
Mayor Steven McMichael will present a certificate of dedication to the Schnelker family. The program at the park, 956 Park Ave., is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m.
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Although Allen County has returned more than $1 million to those who lost homes to foreclosure, it’s looking for 59 others to refund more than $500,000 total.
The money is surplus from when the properties sold at the sheriff’s sale, according to a Wednesday news release. A surplus is the difference between how much someone owed to the financial institution that foreclosed and how much that property sold for.
If someone owed a bank $65,000 on a home and it sold for $70,000, the surplus would be $5,000.
The county’s effort to find those owed the money officially began in July. The initiative started in 2020 after the COVID-19 pandemic halted court proceedings, such as jury trials and mortgage foreclosures. Allen County Superior Court’s civil division staff used the time to review past foreclosures and look for surpluses.
“Superior Court has never undertaken a project like this before, so hitting the $1 million mark this soon proves the work was worth it,” said Superior Court Judge Jennifer DeGroote, who hears foreclosure cases. “But this is more than just a milestone number. In many cases, this money is enough to help people get started on a fresh path after the devastating loss of a home.”
The court reached the $1 million mark last week, returning amounts between $200 and $69,000 to 67 people or their heirs. For the remaining 59 parties that the court is trying to reach, the surplus amounts range from $145 to $50,000, according to the press release.
The court sent letters to those named in foreclosures and continues trying to contact them.
Usually, the clerk of the courts office holds the funds until they go to the proper parties. Claiming them requires a court order and could result in a court hearing.
If no one claims the money after five years, it can be turned over to the Indiana Attorney General’s Unclaimed Property Division.
Anyone who thinks they might be owed money can find a list of surplus fund foreclosures at www.allensuperiorcourt.us/foreclosure.
The list includes the amount of surplus.
However, the surpluses aren’t listed by people’s names but by case numbers. Those who don’t know their case numbers can find them at mycase.in.gov under their names.
Those who have questions about the program or the process can send an email to foreclosure@allensuperiorcourt.us, which was created for this effort. However, people can’t file any claims through that email address.
Those making a claim should send a letter to the Allen County Clerk of the Courts, 715 S. Calhoun St., Room 200A, Fort Wayne, IN 46802.
The claim letter must contain the original foreclosure case number that is on the online list. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/allen-county-returns-more-than-1-million-from-foreclosed-properties/article_e6946adc-e77b-11ec-99d3-6f3281eff973.html | 2022-06-09T11:10:36 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/courts/allen-county-returns-more-than-1-million-from-foreclosed-properties/article_e6946adc-e77b-11ec-99d3-6f3281eff973.html |
Fort Wayne officials shared features and plans for the second phase of riverfront development as they prepare to ask City Council to approve a $32 million bond.
The second phase will extend the public space from Promenade Park on the north side of the St. Marys River from Ewing Street to Clinton Street. The new construction will feature an extension of the elevated Tree Canopy Trail, boat docks for private watercraft, universally accessible bouldering mound, hammock grove, walking trails and landscaping.
“It was over a decade ago when we all sat down and said, ‘You know, we need to make downtown Fort Wayne a critical point of destination,’ ” Mayor Tom Henry said. “And it’s happening. More and more visitors are coming to our community.”
The $32 million lease rental revenue bond will be repaid by the existing revenue stream from the local economic development income tax – a financing mechanism approved by City Council in 2017. City Controller Garry Morr said the request is expected to be introduced at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
Construction on the second phase is scheduled to begin by the end of the year with completion by the end of 2024.
Nancy Townsend, director of community development, said one of the goals for riverfront development was to be a catalyst for downtown private development, which has already happened.
Promenade Park opened in 2019. Soon after, Barrett & Stokely Inc. started The Riverfront at Promenade Park project, which is an $88.7 million mixed-use residential and office building across the street from the park.
The Indianapolis-based developer plans to construct a mixed-used project called The Wedge, which will be in the northwest corner of Promenade Park on the north side of the river.
Construction is expected to begin soon on The Lofts at Headwaters Park, which is a $67.5 million mixed-use apartment building.
The city recently bought the PepsiCo facility at 1207 N. Harrison St., which will provide 6.4 acres for future private investments.
The acquisition allows the city to find a use for space that is more compatible with the public space than PepsiCo’s industrial operations, officials have said.
Townsend said she is proud that the city will offer a world-renowned public space to the community that is free for residents and visitors to use. She also touted the next phase will include universal accessibility “so it can be a place for everyone, no matter what.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/officials-discuss-next-phase-of-riverfront-development/article_8a8b5e58-e767-11ec-93fc-33aa33cf41f3.html | 2022-06-09T11:10:42 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/officials-discuss-next-phase-of-riverfront-development/article_8a8b5e58-e767-11ec-93fc-33aa33cf41f3.html |
The Allen County coroner Wednesday ruled the deaths of a baby and 21-year-old woman as unrelated homicides.
Savannah Rose Brown, 1, died Oct. 14. Jordan Young Chin, 21, died Feb. 19.
The cause of Savannah’s death was fentanyl toxicity, according to the coroner’s office. She was found unresponsive at 3 p.m. at her home in the 8300 block of Newfield Drive in Fort Wayne.
An ambulance took Savannah to an emergency room. She was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m.
Savannah is Allen County’s 49th homicide of 2021. That number ties the county’s homicide record of 49 set in 2016.
The cause of Chin’s death was multiple gunshots wounds. She was shot by an unknown person Nov. 7, the coroner said.
Chin was admitted to a hospital after the shooting and was under a doctor’s care. On Feb. 19, she was found unresponsive in an apartment in the 1200 block of Fairfield Avenue and pronounced dead by Three Rivers Ambulance paramedics, the coroner said.
Because she died this year, Chin’s death was added to 2022’s homicide total, which now stands at 11.
No one has been arrested in either death. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/homicides/two-deaths-ruled-homicide/article_de53ebce-e765-11ec-ba35-5f788aab87ea.html | 2022-06-09T11:10:48 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/homicides/two-deaths-ruled-homicide/article_de53ebce-e765-11ec-ba35-5f788aab87ea.html |
The Allen County coroner's office Wednesday ruled the deaths of a baby and a 21-year-old woman as unrelated homicides.
Savannah Rose Brown, 1, died Oct. 14. Jordan Young Chin, 21, died Feb. 19.
The cause of Savannah’s death was fentanyl toxicity, according to the coroner’s office. She was found unresponsive at 3 p.m. at her home in the 8300 block of Newfield Drive in Fort Wayne.
An ambulance took Savannah to an emergency room. She was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m.
Savannah is Allen County's 49th homicide of 2021. That number ties the county's homicide record of 49 set in 2016.
The cause of Chin’s death was multiple gunshots wounds. She was shot by an unknown person Nov. 7, the coroner's office said. She had been admitted to a local hospital, and was under a doctor's care at the time of her death.
Because she died this year, Chin's death was added to 2022's homicide total, which now stands at 11.
No one has been arrested in either death. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/shooting-drug-deaths-ruled-unrelated-homicides/article_53a2a856-e776-11ec-a187-074350682972.html | 2022-06-09T11:10:55 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/shooting-drug-deaths-ruled-unrelated-homicides/article_53a2a856-e776-11ec-a187-074350682972.html |
Multiple blunt force injuries claimed the lives of two men in separate crashes this week in Fort Wayne, the Allen County coroner’s office said Wednesday.
Matthew W. Becher, 51, of Fort Wayne, and Dustin Allen Fackler, 34, of Harlan, were identified as the victims, a news release said.
Becher was involved in a single-vehicle crash about 9:40 a.m. Monday in the 1000 block of Coliseum Boulevard West. Fort Wayne police said earlier this week they believe he suffered a medical emergency when he drove off the road and hit a motel sign at the Regency Inn. Becher was wearing his seat belt and the vehicle’s airbag deployed.
Fackler was involved in a crash about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 6200 block of St. Joe Road. He was driving a motorcycle and wearing a helmet, the news release said, but pronounced dead on the scene by Three Rivers Ambulance paramedics.
Fort Wayne police said in a news release Tuesday night that a woman driving a sports utility vehicle pulled out of the Yugo Fort Wayne Arch apartments onto St. Joe Road and a motorcyclist driving at a high rate of speed crashed into the vehicle’s rear driver’s side. The SUV driver was not identified. The motorcyclist landed in the roadway.
The news releases said the crashes remained under investigation.
Becher’s death was the 21st crash fatality in the county this year and Fackler’s the 22nd, the coroner’s office said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/two-men-idd-in-separate-fatal-crashes/article_c4944dd0-e76c-11ec-a2b2-5fa53b25a138.html | 2022-06-09T11:11:01 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/two-men-idd-in-separate-fatal-crashes/article_c4944dd0-e76c-11ec-a2b2-5fa53b25a138.html |
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Strong thunderstorms are affecting parts of Allen and five other northeast Indiana counties through 6:15 p.m., the National Weather Service said tonight.
Other counties included in the affected area are Huntington, Kosciusko, Wabash, Wells and Whitley, the weather service said.
At 5:45 p.m., weather-service radar was tracking strong thunderstorms extending from near South Whitley to near LaFontaine, moving east at 50 mph, the weather service said. It said gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations in the path of the storm include Fort Wayne, Huntington, Wabash, Bluffton, Columbia City, North Manchester, Ossian, South Whitley, Andrews, Markle and LaFontaine.
This includes Interstate 69 from Warren in Huntington County to Dupont Road in Allen County, and Interstate 469 in Allen County between the General Motors plant and U.S. 27, and near its north Interstate 69 junction.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding, the weather service said. It said motorists should not drive through flooded roadways. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/strong-storms-allen-huntington-kosciusko-wabash-wells-whitley/article_ba10aa54-e774-11ec-8cfa-d7d06df084dd.html | 2022-06-09T11:11:19 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/strong-storms-allen-huntington-kosciusko-wabash-wells-whitley/article_ba10aa54-e774-11ec-8cfa-d7d06df084dd.html |
It took a 235-ton crane, about a dozen convex steel panels and a crew of welders not afraid of heights to do a job Wednesday morning in the 2300 block of White Oak Drive – installing a 500,000-gallon water tower.
As residents and city officials watched, a crew lifted pieces of the tower’s 500,000-gallon tank about 15 stories in some of the final construction steps for the $3 million project.
Matthew Wirtz, deputy director of engineering of City Utilities, said the tower will serve both as an everyday water source for about 72,000 homes, businesses, churches and schools and also as a backup source.
The storage facility will serve customers on the city’s east, southeast and northeast sides but also will be pressed into service during exceptionally high demand, such as prolonged hot weather, or an emergency, such as a large fire or power outage, Wirtz said.
Water will be pumped from the city’s filtration plant to the tower, he said.
“The water stored at a high elevation allows us to distribute water through gravity and keeps water pressure stable to homes and businesses,” Wirtz said.
About half the tower’s panels had been placed by Wednesday morning, but workers promised officials all would be placed by the end of the day, he said.
That would mark the end of a process that began in March. The tank, 50 feet in diameter, won’t be operational until the end of the year, after being painted and filled, fed by a 24-inch main, said Frank Suarez, city public works spokesman.
Wirtz said it was nice to point out a water-related project that can be seen. Most pipes and drains are below ground, he said.
The work going on Wednesday morning – about 145 feet up – could be seen for blocks by those driving toward Lake Avenue on Hobson Road.
Several welders from Caldwell Tanks, Louisville, Kentucky, working on a narrow platform around the belly of the tank, looked like specks from ground level.
City Utilities has nine water towers in its system, with the latest, the Lafayette Meadows tower, constructed in 2006. So long as towers are properly painted, they can last decades, as they do their heavy work, Wirtz said.
That would be holding 3.75 million pounds of water at a time, he said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/water-tower-gets-assembled/article_5ddf0a6a-e75f-11ec-88fb-8f787ce4aa77.html | 2022-06-09T11:11:26 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/water-tower-gets-assembled/article_5ddf0a6a-e75f-11ec-88fb-8f787ce4aa77.html |
PVDFest 2022 all you need to know: What to see, eat and where to park
PROVIDENCE -- PVDFest is back after a two-year pandemic-induced break. That means music, art, food, fun and, as Mayor Jorge Elorza puts it, "a lot of dancing in the streets."
Wondering what to do and where to go? We've got you covered.
When is PVDFest?
The party kicks off downtown on Friday at 5 p.m., and runs until 10 p.m. Saturday's festivities start at 12 p.m. and run until 8 p.m., and Sunday, the final day, will run from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Who will be performing at PVDFest?
Elorza's administration has sought out musical acts straight from New Orleans to bring the Big Easy's iconic flair to Providence. The includes the Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band and jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, who will headline day one alongside the local Big NAZO Intergalactic Creature Band, decked out in alien heads and space suits.
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Day two will host another Grammy-winner, Eddie Palmieri and his 11-person salsa orchestra, along with a multitude of other acts from belly dancers and a drum troupe to a magician and a mime.
Lima indie band Hit La Rosa will headline day three, which will also feature the Rhode Island National Guard's brass band, a Chicago dance crew, and other acts.
A full schedule of events and performers is available on pvdfest.com.
I'm hungry. What's there to eat?
You're in luck. A food truck village in Kennedy Plaza will offer local favorites from Blount Clam Shack, Haven Brothers, Newport Creamery and much more. Be sure to check the festival website for a full list of food as options will change each day. However, we do know Del's will be there every day. Of course.
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Where is PVDFest and how do I get there? What about road closures in Providence?
If you plan to drive, be aware of street closures which will occur throughout the festival. A full list is available on PVDFest's FAQ page under "where can I park?" Additionally, see GoProvidence.com for tips on where to leave your car.
The city is encouraging visitors to use alternative modes of transit to get there. For those using public transit, be sure to check RIPTA's list of relocated bus stops and detoured routes online. Attendees are also welcome to bike to the event, though the city has asked that bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters not be ridden through the festival during operational hours because of heavy pedestrian traffic.
What about COVID-19 precautions?
At this point, that will be up to visitors. The city has said that "in accordance with state and local guidelines, there will be no vaccination, testing or masking requirements." That means wearing a mask will be a personal decision. That being said, COVID-19 is still out there. As of Wednesday, Providence and the state as a whole were in medium transition of the virus, according to the Rhode Island Department of Health.
For those interested, a testing and vaccination booth organized by RIDOH and Asthenis Pharmacy will be located to the right of City Hall Stage where the city is offering free rapid tests and vaccines on Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., no appointment needed. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/pvdfest-2022-what-see-what-eat-where-park-providence-ri-arts-festival/7552995001/ | 2022-06-09T11:15:12 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/pvdfest-2022-what-see-what-eat-where-park-providence-ri-arts-festival/7552995001/ |
100 years ago
June 9, 1922: Congressman Frank H. Funk spoke to the Bloomington Rotary Club, sharing "close-ups of Washington." Funk described President Warren G. Harding as one of the most charming men he had ever met. He said Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes was perhaps the man of greatest brainpower in Washington, among other observations.
75 years ago
June 9, 1947: Douglas L. Edmonds, associate justice of the California Supreme Court, spoke at Illinois Wesleyan University's 88th annual commencement. "No one is truly educated who has not learned how to work with others," Edmonds said during the event, at which 85 degrees and five honorary degrees were conferred.
50 years ago
June 9, 1972: W.H. Gronemeier, a newspaper editor, businessman, church leader and founder of the Young Men's Club of Bloomington, died at age 87. Earlier in life, he had been city editor of the Daily Bulletin, which was absorbed by The Pantagraph. An avid swimmer, Gronemeier was not grounded by losing a leg in 1967.
25 years ago
June 9, 1997: Descendants of C.H. Moore donated his home and grounds to the DeWitt County Museum Association, which had been caring for them since 1967. Moore was DeWitt County's first attorney and a contemporary of Abraham Lincoln. He died in 1901, but his estate had been held in trust.
Compiled by Pantagraph staff | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-congressman-shares-close-ups-of-washington-with-bloomington-rotary/article_eb8936bc-e74e-11ec-9f05-1b4fd787af4f.html | 2022-06-09T11:43:11 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/100-years-ago-congressman-shares-close-ups-of-washington-with-bloomington-rotary/article_eb8936bc-e74e-11ec-9f05-1b4fd787af4f.html |
Tax rate changes in the works. Four things to know about the Manatee County budget
Manatee County's proposed $1.867 billion total budget is the second prepared by County Administrator Scott Hopes and his staff. It represents a net of $1.026 billion in revenue and includes a $343 million capital improvement plan.
But cuts to the tax rate may be looming as commissioners seek to ease the strain on residents. The county will meet again next week to continue the discussion.
Here are four things to know about the proposed annual budget as it stands:
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Tax rate cut in the works, maybe
The budget, as proposed by Hopes and his staff on Wednesday, included a recommendation for a .15 millage increase from last year's budget. The increase would bring the county's millage to 6.5326.
However, county commissioners made clear they intend to cut the rate for the second year in a row in an effort to help residents in the face of inflation and rising property values.
"We are not increasing this millage by any stretch of the imagination," Commissioner George Kruse said. "Housing prices and values are going through the roof. If we think we are increasing millage at a time when people are going to get just slammed by increased taxes on top of increased insurance on top of increased water and electricity, there's zero chance that's going to happen."
In response, Hopes said the increase stems from the county's environmental land conservation fund tax, which would be levied for the first time this year, and that it would be up to commissioners to reduce the millage throughout the budgeting process.
New environmental lands tax
Although county commissioners seem keen on a tax rate reduction, the cut could be offset by a new environmental land conservation fund tax that could be levied for the first time this year.
Manatee County voters approved the creation of an environmental land conservation fund tax in November 2020, with 71% of voters supporting the referendum.
Manatee County voters can expect the new tax to be implemented for the first time this year since county commissioners voted to not levy the tax last year. Instead, they earmarked $5.7 million in existing funds toward the effort while staff prepared ways to implement and leverage the new tax revenue.
It remains to be seen how the implementation of the environmental lands tax will impact the county's tax rate as budget workshops continue.
Budget priorities
The budget highlights $343 million in capital improvement projects and a total of $1.166 billion worth of capital improvement spending over the next five fiscal years.
The majority of those funds would address road and infrastructure construction, funding for the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, cyber security, initiatives to address homelessness, as well as the county's community paramedicine program, and prescription assistance.
The budget also focuses on workforce retention. Manatee County has seen 587 staff members leave their jobs as of May 20 and has recruited over 800 new employees since Hopes was hired.
"When we look at inflation that is exceeding 10%, we have to understand that we have a large segment of our workforce in our Manatee County family that are feeling the brunt of that," Hopes said. "They are feeling the brunt of gas prices that are pushing $5 a gallon, they are feeling the brunt of the cost of basic groceries to feed their families, and most of all they are feeling the impact of the cost of housing."
Last year's tax rate reduction
Manatee County reduced its tax rate last year to an operating millage rate of 6.3826, which represented a .05 reduction from the previous year's rate.
Commissioners approved the $2.2 billion budget last September with $923 million in net spending as a part of the county's capital improvement plan, which focused on major investments in transportation, infrastructure and public safety.
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The tax rate cut was offset by significantly reducing the county's hefty financial reserves and stabilization funds, as well as the use of low-interest credit lines to pay for major projects. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/manatee-county-florida-budget-almost-2-billion-possible-tax-cuts-environmental-tax-priorities/7553039001/ | 2022-06-09T11:52:06 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/manatee-county-florida-budget-almost-2-billion-possible-tax-cuts-environmental-tax-priorities/7553039001/ |
North Port commissioners ask for details on affordable housing options
NORTH PORT – After being presented with a combination menu of options to ease the affordable housing crunch, North Port city commissioners directed staff to bring back more information on everything – basically ordering a sample platter of the entire menu.
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Options include everything from allowing for tiny homes and container homes within the limits, to establishing inclusionary zoning in the city’s land development code as well as a list of incentives to prompt developers to build affordable, instead of market rate, homes.
The next step for City Manager Jerome Fletcher will be a June 22 roundtable discussion with area developers ranging from Mattamy Homes in Wellen Park to Pat Neal of Neal Communities, to gauge their appetite for building affordable housing – specifically the type of incentives that would prompt them to use density bonuses provided through inclusionary zoning.
Fletcher will be joined by Vice Mayor Barbara Langdon, though she would be relaying the consensus of thought from the City Commission and not her personal views.
An opening presentation on the need to foster the development of affordable workforce housing by Jon Thaxton, Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s senior vice president for community investment, dovetailed with one made by city Neighborhood Development Services Director Alaina Ray, who covered a 57-page staff report.
Thaxton stressed that “the priority needs to be for low-income affordable stock,” and later added that the commissioners must think about affordable housing as it does roads, bridges and parks.
Given that North Port covers 105 square miles, Commissioner Jill Luke was only half joking when she said she favored trying all options, but not in any one place.
While the City Commission could not make formal decisions in the workshop, here’s what you need to know about the board’s thoughts on some of the various solutions.
Tiny homes
Ray noted that the typical 12,000-square-foot city lot could easily be broken up into three 4,000-square-foot home sites that could accommodate a tiny house. Tiny homes anchored to a foundation on a lot would allow homeowners to build equity and access financing like conventional home ownership. She then cautioned that those same homes on wheels would not help owners build equity and would actually depreciate.
Commissioners Jill Luke and Debbie McDowell noted that they could get behind locating tiny homes in single-family lots or in appropriately zoned communities.
Mayor Langdon said she favored exploring a development where cottages are clustered around communal open space – just as the Family Promise of South Sarasota County established for its Pathways Home program, when it purchased the 10-unit Parkside Cottages development in Venice.
Shipping container homes
Container homes, which start at 160 square feet and can increase in size based on the number and type of containers used, offer similar plusses to tiny homes. Emrich voiced concerns about the safety of container homes during hurricane season.
Accessory dwelling units
The prospect of allowing accessory dwelling units of about 650-square feet on a single-family lot garnered considerable support, in part because Sarasota County and the city of Sarasota have adopted codes to foster development of those units. Currently North Port allows for the construction of guest houses on a single-family lot 20,000 square foot in size or larger but those cannot be rented out by the primary homeowner. As an incentive for construction of accessory dwelling units, the city could consider novel approaches such as omitting the value of those units on the tax rolls – when the accessory unit is rented out at an affordable rate.
Inclusionary zoning and incentives
Board members are interested in pursuing inclusionary zoning – where developers would receive additional density to build that would be rented or sold at an affordable price to someone whose income could be anywhere from 60% of the area median income and up.
The sticking point could be in finding incentives that would make sense to developers.
McDowell voiced the general mood of the board when she said she was not fond of giving back potential revenue streams.
That stance would reduce fee reductions though it does leave the door open for expedited permitting for affordable homes.
Earle Kimel primarily covers south Sarasota County for the Herald-Tribune and can be reached at earle.kimel@heraldtribune.com. Support local journalism with a digital subscription to the Herald-Tribune. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/north-port-florida-tiny-homes-affordable-housing-options/7541905001/ | 2022-06-09T11:52:12 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/north-port-florida-tiny-homes-affordable-housing-options/7541905001/ |
United Way Suncoast commits to longer grants, adding stability to Sarasota-Manatee nonprofits
The United Way Suncoast has announced a shift in the way it will aid dozens of agencies that help thousands of local residents amid crises in housing, education, child care and food costs.
Instead of requiring a time-consuming grant application each year, the United Way Suncoast is committing $18 million to agencies over a three-year period – freeing up staff efforts at those nonprofits to focus on programs while allowing longer data-collecting spans to help see what works.
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The $18 million commitment will go to 88 nonprofits running 101 programs in United Way Suncoast’s five-county region – including Sarasota, Manatee, DeSoto, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. The programs address things like early childhood learning, financial stability, food security, housing and workforce education for tens of thousands of area residents.
The change comes in response to feedback from the agencies on better ways to plan strategically and have a bigger impact for the communities, families and individuals they serve, said United Way Suncoast CEO Jessica Muroff.
“It’s important to us to be that committed partner,” she said. “The big challenges within our communities aren’t going to be solved in just one year.”
Breaking with 98 years of history, the three-year commitment, she added, will remove administrative burdens on the nonprofits, which previously have needed to apply for grants every year. The longer commitment will help deepen the impact of their programs while allowing more time to collect data to measure what is working – information that in turn strengthens their abilities to tell stories of success and to fundraise.
“We want to make sure that our community and our community leaders know about the return on these investments,” Muroff said.
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For the agencies that rely on United Way Suncoast grants to serve their communities, the change makes an enormous difference.
The three-year commitment provides strategic stability, said Ashley Brown, CEO of the Women’s Resource Center.
“It gives us consistency with staffing and not having to wonder about funded staff positions,” she said of her center, which serves both Manatee and Sarasota counties, providing career planning support, skills training, and educational scholarships.
The 3-year commitment will help her staff deepen programs like Pathways to Success – which supports women and their families in their educational goals.
“Without the worry of disruption of funding, it helps us focus on building the programs for those participants,” she said.
“There’s that peace of mind being able to strategically plan for three years versus one year at a time,” Brown added. “The year goes really quickly.”
This story comes from a partnership between the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Saundra Amrhein covers the Season of Sharing campaign, along with issues surrounding housing, utilities, child care, and transportation in the area. She can be reached at samrhein@gannett.com. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/06/09/more-stability-sarasota-manatee-florida-nonprofits-united-way-suncoast/10003121002/ | 2022-06-09T11:52:18 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2022/06/09/more-stability-sarasota-manatee-florida-nonprofits-united-way-suncoast/10003121002/ |
One person was in custody late Wednesday after a driver struck the side of a Kenosha Police Department squad car belonging to a sergeant and his police dog.
The incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the 7900 block of 30th Avenue, according to police. Neither Sgt. Dusty Nichols, nor Ace, his German shepherd police dog, was inside the vehicle when the crash occurred, according to Sgt. Ryan Alles. Authorities described the police vehicle as a "take home" squad car that is used by the department's K-9 units.
"It was unoccupied, our squad car. Somebody did crash into it," he said. Alles said Nichols was getting ready to go to work when the crash occurred.
"If it would've been a couple minutes later, he very well could've been in the car," he said. The crash is currently under investigation.
Meanwhile, following the initial incident, the Kenosha County Sheriff's made an arrest of at least one person believed involved in the crash, according to Lt. Keith Fonk. The individual was reportedly in custody on suspected operating while intoxicated.
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Fonk said the suspect had reportedly "sideswiped" the police vehicle and left the scene of the crash. Immediately afterward, authorities began fielding a number of calls, including those reporting the crash and then the suspect's disorderly conduct associated with it. He said the person had been allegedly engaged in an argument with other people "stemming from the hit-and-run aspect of it."
"So ultimately we got called in and we ended up taking the case for the city (police)," Fonk said.
Despite their specially outfitted squad car being out of commission, Nichols and Ace were not. Alles said the they were able to secure an alternate work vehicle.
"We have a K9 car currently in the basement that's not being used," he said.
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KENOSHA — An outdoor German-style Biergarten -- featuring Hofbräuhaus Bier from Munich -- is "popping up" on Downtown Kenosha's lakefront, in Celebration Place.
The biergarten will be open 3 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 16-17, and noon to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 18.
Visitors can enjoy German and U.S. beers, along with hard cider, sausage and pretzels, food and live music. There will also be children's activities and stein-hoisting contests.
Organizers said authentic steins and drinking boots will add to the traditional German atmosphere at the event.
The new event, hosted by Milwaukee-based BrewFest Partners, has free admission and is designed to be family friendly.
The schedule includes:
- Thursday, June 16: Live music by the Twin Lakes Polka Band from from 5 to 9 p.m. and "a visit from Elvis." Food trucks and vendors, from 4 to 8 p.m., include Specialty Nacho Queen, Rollin' Smoke, Capt. Mike's, Shriners Pretzels, Cut Stone Foods, Kona Ice and RockiTacos.
- Friday, June 17: Live music by Duo Sonic, with food trucks and vendors from 4 to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, June 18: Live music by the Listening Party Live at 6 p.m., with food trucks and vendors. A display of Pirsch firetrucks, which were made in Kenosha, is noon to 4 p.m. There will be several antique firetrucks, along with their owners. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/german-style-biergarten-popping-up-in-kenosha-june-16-18/article_25a1f15a-e5e1-11ec-bce5-1bab6b153e5d.html | 2022-06-09T11:56:48 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/german-style-biergarten-popping-up-in-kenosha-june-16-18/article_25a1f15a-e5e1-11ec-bce5-1bab6b153e5d.html |
It’s Donald Duck Day, celebrating one of the most iconic characters of the Disney franchise. It’s also the perfect excuse to trot out your best “Donald Duck voice” impression today. We hope someday to clear up a longstanding Donald Duck mystery: Why does Donald, who doesn’t wear pants, put a towel around his wait after after showering?
All aboard! Kenosha’s Downtown electric streetcars are running seven days a week again, offering wonderful lakefront views. The streetcars run 11:05 a.m. to 6:35 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10:35 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The fare is $1 for ages 13 and older and 50 cents for kids ages 5-12 (free for kids age 4 and younger). An all-day pass is $3.50.
“Mamma Mia!” — the global hit musical crafted using songs by the Swedish pop group ABBA — continues with a 7 p.m. performance tonight at the Racine Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave. Tickets can be purchased by calling 262-633-4218 or online at racinetheatre.org.
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Looking for live music tonight? The Blues Disciples are performing in Burlington as the 10th season of B-Town Sounds starts. The free concerts are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every other Thursday (through Aug. 18) in Echo Park, 589 Milwaukee Ave. Food and beverages are available for purchase. Audience members should bring chairs and/or blankets.
The new season of “Music & More” concerts starts today. The free concerts are noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays in Racine at First Presbyterian Church, 716 College Ave. For more details, see the story in today’s Get Out & About entertainment section. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-thursday-june-9/article_a33c8798-e6c1-11ec-b44c-1fd11495c0f5.html | 2022-06-09T11:56:54 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-events-for-thursday-june-9/article_a33c8798-e6c1-11ec-b44c-1fd11495c0f5.html |
Middle-schoolers go behind the camera at Alliance's media camp
ALLIANCE – A group of middle schoolers stood behind large production cameras in Alliance High School's media arts classroom. They donned headsets as they prepared for their mock newscast to begin.
"Slate," one of the students behind the cameras said, referring to the black-and-white clapper commonly used in film and video productions.
"Got it," another boy replied as he stepped in front of the news anchor's desk and snapped the clapper.
Six middle school students from Stark County participated in Alliance High School's media arts film camp this week. The three-day program teaches students about various aspects of media production, including stop-motion videos, drones and three-camera productions.
The campers also get an opportunity to film a video segment at the Alliance business Hot Pots, where they also do crafts on the final day of camp.
"It introduces students to career options," media arts teacher Chelsea Shar said.
Shar said the camp was created roughly 10 years ago by Spectrum Channel 1022 Director Kyle Schwarz. Its purpose is to teach prospective media arts students about the high school's program and give them a sense of the career opportunities available in the media industry.
Spectrum Channel 1022 staff members assisted with the program. Shar said it typically brings attracts between five and 12 middle school students from Alliance and other school districts in the county.
Freshmen and sophomores at Alliance High School can take an introductory course that teaches them about the industry and then enroll in the media arts career program during their junior or senior year.
Shar said several students over the years have enrolled in the media arts program after participating in the summer camp.
"This year's group is really interested and engaged in the process," she said.
Eleven-year-old participants Jarrett and Ethan Deuble heard about the summer camp from their aunt, who works for Alliance City Schools.
The boys will be entering sixth grade at Perry Local Schools in the fall. They said they have always been interested in cameras and frequently watch YouTube videos about camera work.
Both said they were "really excited" to learn about video production. Some of their favorite parts were filming a fake broadcast and making stop motion videos.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/09/middle-schoolers-gain-video-experience-alliances-media-camp/7534566001/ | 2022-06-09T11:58:15 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/09/middle-schoolers-gain-video-experience-alliances-media-camp/7534566001/ |
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Bills banning the sale or possession of a wide variety of semiautomatic firearms in Delaware and prohibiting anyone under age 21 from buying a firearm are headed to the House floor after clearing a Democrat-led committee Wednesday.
The bills are part of a package of gun restrictions Gov. John Carney and fellow Democrats are pushing to pass by the end of this month in the wake of recent mass shootings in other states.
The ban on what lawmakers described as “assault weapons” targets more than 60 specific models of semiautomatic rifles, pistols and shotguns, as well as “copycat weapons.” That term applies to any semiautomatic rifle that can accept a detachable magazine and has two additional features, such as a folding stock or pistol grip, and to any semiautomatic shotgun with a folding stock.
The legislation, sponsored by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst and scheduled for a floor vote Thursday, is similar to other bills Democrats have tried unsuccessfully to pass in recent years.
During a public hearing Wednesday, Longhurst rejected the notion that her bill bans any weapons, suggesting it simply bans future sales.
“This isn’t a ban. It’s a discontinuation,” Longhurst said. “You will not be allowed to purchase going forward.”
Longhurst said the intent of the legislation to make sure the next mass shooting does not happen in Delaware.
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“This is a weapon of war. It’s not a weapon to have on the streets,” said Longhurst, who claimed “assault rifles” were responsible for 85% of fatalities in shootings involving four or more deaths.
The bill would not prohibit the possession, or the transport or transfer to a family member, of a targeted firearm that was lawfully possessed or bought before the law’s effective date. It would, however, restrict possession to the gun owner’s property, other private property with that property owner’s consent, and to shooting ranges.
It also includes an exception for attendance at “any exhibition, display, or educational project” sponsored or authorized by a law enforcement agency or recognized entity that promotes education about firearms. It’s unclear whether that exception would allow the display of legally owned firearms at gun rights rallies or other public venues.
The bill also includes exemptions for law enforcement, federal government and military personnel acting within the scope of official business, as well as retired police officers and armored car guards.
Opponents argued the bill violates gun ownership rights enshrined in the state constitution and will do little to stem gun violence in Delaware, where almost all shootings involve handguns.
“Ask any police officer, it’s not the rifles,” said Jeff Hague, president of the Delaware State Sportsmen’s Association, a gun rights advocacy group and Delaware’s official NRA state affiliate.
Hague accused gun control advocates of alienating too many people instead of working with gun rights advocates on solutions to gun violence and of trying to take advantage of recent tragedies “to make a political statement.”
One things lawmakers from both parties seem to agree on is that the fight over gun control will wind up in the courts.
“That’s probably where it’s going to end up,” Longhurst acknowledged, a sentiment echoed by House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf.
“Maybe it’s time we have a court decision, a ruling on the assault weapons bill, and this bill,” said Schwartzkopf, chief sponsor of the age-restriction bill. “Instead of all of us wannabe lawyers, including me, sitting around saying, ‘It’s unconstitutional, it’s not unconstitutional.’ ... There are two sides to this argument, and neither one of us knows which one is right.”
Schwartzkopf’s bill raises the minimum age at which a person can legally possess or purchase any rifle, or firearm ammunition, from 18 to 21, the same age requirement for handguns. The bill does not apply to shotguns or muzzleloaders and allows possession of a firearm by a person under 21 for hunting or other recreational activity while under the direct supervision of a person 21 or older.
It also exempts police officers, active members of the military, and holders of concealed-carry permits. That means, for example, that a 19-year-old airman stationed at Dover Air Force Base could go to a Delaware gun shop and buy a rifle, but a 19-year-old working at a local business could not.
Supporters of the bill note that 21 is also the minimum age to buy cigarettes or alcohol, or to place a bet at a casino.
Opponents argued that if teenagers can’t be trusted with firearms because their brains are not fully developed, as the legislation suggests, perhaps they should also be prohibited from voting, serving in the military or getting married. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/democrats-advance-gun-control-bills-in-del-legislature/3265148/ | 2022-06-09T12:04:36 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/democrats-advance-gun-control-bills-in-del-legislature/3265148/ |
In this photo from 2021, concert goers enjoy the annual Summer Sunset Series in Ole Miss' Grove. There are three concerts left occurring on each remaining Sunday in June.
The annual Summer Sunset Series kicked off in Oxford on Sunday, June 5. Each remaining Sunday in June will see performances from musical artists in Ole Miss' Grove. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs and picnic lunches.
In this photo from 2021, concert goers enjoy the annual Summer Sunset Series in Ole Miss' Grove. There are three concerts left occurring on each remaining Sunday in June.
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The annual Summer Sunset Series kicked off in Oxford on Sunday, June 5. Each remaining Sunday in June will see performances from musical artists in Ole Miss' Grove. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs and picnic lunches.
OXFORD • Oxford's annual Summer Sunset Series debuted on Sunday, June 5, but the show's far from over.
Throughout June, Sunday's will offer a series of free, live musical performances in the Grove on the University of Mississippi campus. This weekend's concert is headlined by local jazz outfit the Bill Perry Quintet.
Music starts at 6 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chairs and picnics to enjoy the live music experience.
The series will continue with a performance from fiddle-led funk and jazz band Alice Hasen and the Blaze on June 19 event; Aaron Hall will close out the series on June 26.
Visit Oxford Marketing and Sales Manager Nadia Thornton is excited to welcome concert-goers back to Oxford for the summer series of community concerts.
"We've been doing it for quite a while in collaboration with other community partners," said Thornton.
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Thornton emphasized that the concert series is free to the public and located in the heart of Oxford, Ole Miss' Grove. Which means, of course, that Grove rules apply during the concerts.
Vendors will be set up as attendees pitch their chairs and enjoy live music in one of America's most famous college towns.
Just as each Sunday will see different performers, each week's event is sponsored by different community partners every week.
Thornton said that the first installation of the 2022 Summer Sunset Series on June 5 celebrated the anniversary of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council and Thacker Mountain Radio Show. Since both celebrated milestone years in 2022, the celebration was dually festive.
Other upcoming Oxford events include the yArt Sale and Linen on the Lawn with Oxford Juneteenth on June 11 at the Old Armory Pavilion. The Oxford Juneteenth Festival will happen one week later on June 18 at Oxford Intermediate School. | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/oxford-ushers-in-summer-sunset-series/article_9f9f6061-0542-5fc4-86a8-6691961cff6b.html | 2022-06-09T12:18:01 | 1 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/oxford-ushers-in-summer-sunset-series/article_9f9f6061-0542-5fc4-86a8-6691961cff6b.html |
TUPELO • Citizens are once again limited in the number of times they can address Tupelo City Council about the same issue.
On Tuesday, the Tupelo City Council voted 6-1 to reinstate a 2017 rule barring citizens from addressing public officials about a single topic more than once within a three-month period. Ward 7 Councilwoman Rosie Jones voted against the measure, calling it a fix to a problem that did not exist.
“People should be able to say what they want to say,” she said. “If people come to the council, you explain to them what is going on and the city’s process, then there isn’t any need for (the amendment) unless it becomes a problem.”
The rule is an amended version of one first approved by the council five years ago, during the previous administration. In its original form, the ordinance prohibited citizens from speaking to the council about a specific topic more than once within a six-month span.
When it took over in 2021, the current council voted to approve the rule with no changes. However, it was later discovered a clerical error had omitted the time limit, effectively nullifying the policy.
During their May 17 meeting, the council addressed the six-month rule and its reinstatement, but stopped short of voting to reimplement it.
On Monday, during the regular pre-council meeting, council members tackled the topic again, this time discussing whether to keep or cut the current six-month limit.
Ward 6 Councilwoman Janet Gaston argued that the six-month limit was too long and suggested changing it to twice in six months.
“I don’t think it has been abused by any number of people,” Gaston said. “I think six months is a long time. … I would say maybe twice in a six-month period. If there is something that needs to be taken care of and it hasn’t, that falls on us.”
Most of the council was receptive to both Gaston’s suggestion and the original proposal, although city officials admitted it was not a common issue, although it has come up.
Ward 2 Councilman Lynn Bryan said the city needed guard rails for topics that were out of the council’s hands.
“This was put in place for bigger issues that people want a major forum to talk about,” he said, pointing to the state flag, which was a hot-button topic for decades before being changed last year. “They can still come up here and talk to us 24 times, just not about the same subject."
Jones was the councilperson most staunchly against the rule. She said in order for her to vote in favor of it, she would have needed a guarantee baked into the ordinance that the city would follow up with the resident and make sure it addressed their concerns.
“I don’t see a problem with coming back to get an update,” she said. “If it can’t be resolved, simply state there is nothing we can do about it.”
Chief Operations Officers Don Lewis said if a resident addresses the council, the administration routinely follows up with them after the meeting. He also noted multiple citizens could speak on the same topic within the three-month period.
“If they come before the council and bring a concern, whether it is directed at you, the mayor or a department head, we are going to follow up on that, and you should get an answer as the council,” he said.
State Open Meetings laws forbids municipalities from barring citizens from attending meetings, but municipalities can set rules on how and when residents can address the council during these public meetings.
“We are trying to put reasonable limits on (public comments),” City Attorney Ben Logan said, adding the Mississippi Ethics Commission has ruled that municipalities have the right to set guidelines for public commentary. | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/tupelo-city-council-approves-public-comment-limit-in-split-vote/article_0d76bfef-f16c-5462-969b-68c8fa5d2444.html | 2022-06-09T12:18:07 | 0 | https://www.djournal.com/news/local/tupelo-city-council-approves-public-comment-limit-in-split-vote/article_0d76bfef-f16c-5462-969b-68c8fa5d2444.html |
Arrest warrant gives new details about Wichita Fall teen’s murder
An arrest warrant gives new details about allegations connected to a teenager’s murder in Wichita Falls this month.
A 16-year-old juvenile was taken into custody, and Isiah Rey Sims, 17, was arrested in connection with the death of Andrew Gable-Triche, the city's fourth murder of the year.
Sims and the juvenile are both charged with capital murder in connection with the 15-year-old's shooting death June 1 in a drug deal gone south.
The juvenile's bond has been set at $1 million, according to police.
Sims was being held Wednesday in the Wichita County Law Enforcement Center on a $1.5 million bond, online jail records show.
According to allegations in Sims' arrest warrant: On June 1, Wichita Falls police responded to 23rd Street at Holliday Road for a report of gunshots.
The suspects were described as males, one wearing a red shirt and the other wearing a black hoodie.
Another caller said her friend had been shot, and they were taking him to the hospital.
Officers went to the United Regional Health Care System where they found Gable-Triche had died from gunshot wounds.
Gable-Triche was shot in a vehicle at 23rd at Grace Street. Two females in the vehicle witnessed the shooting.
They told police they went to that location to sell marijuana. Two people approached the back passenger side of the vehicle where Gable-Triche was seated.
More:Police arrest second suspect in Gable murder
More:A suspect in Wichita Falls' latest homicide in police custody
A witness said the suspect wearing the red hoodie pulled a black semi-automatic handgun from his pocket, pointed it at the victim and yelled something.
Both witnesses told police they knew Gable-Triche was being robbed. The suspect fired the gun multiple times at the victim, striking him twice.
One witness said the suspect grabbed a plastic bag containing marijuana from the victim, and both suspects fled the scene.
An eyewitness across the street said they saw a car parked with two male subjects standing near the passenger side.
The witness said one of the subjects held a handgun in his right hand, and then he heard what he believed were two gunshots.
The witness said the two males ran east and the vehicle drove away.
Police identified one of the suspects during their investigation and took him into custody.
More:A suspect in Wichita Falls' latest homicide in police custody
That suspect identified the second suspect as Sims.
Sims told police he and the other suspect made plans to meet the victim to buy marijuana.
He said during the process of trying to get the marijuana, the other suspect shot the victim. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/arrest-warrant-gives-new-details-teens-murder-wichita-falls/7555746001/ | 2022-06-09T12:26:03 | 0 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/arrest-warrant-gives-new-details-teens-murder-wichita-falls/7555746001/ |
SYLACAUGA, Ala. (WIAT) – As more rain falls throughout the night, people in Sylacauga are cleaning up after Wednesday morning’s round of wet weather. The city has felt some of the worst flooding in the last 24 hours.
One driver on Highway 21 was forced to swim out of those waters.
Trailwares is one of several businesses downtown that had to shut its doors because the water swept up and destroyed dozens of shoes and coats when it happened.
Owner Nancy Willis said she saw the whole thing on her surveillance cameras and rushed in to see what she could salvage. This, after her next-door business owner neighbor Jacintha Hay from Cup of Grace Coffee said the water was getting high.
The water got high enough to knock racks on their sides. Willis said this isn’t the first time they’ve been flooded.
“Here we go, I’m losing sales again, not to mention the amount of merchandise I lost this time,” Willis said. “Last time it was minimal, this time, it’s bad.”
Willis is still determining a cost of products lost. She said one rack of coats is at least $20,000 and she also lost dozens of shoes. She called ServePro to help with the cleanup efforts. Willis said they said she will have to close her business for at least two to three days.
“We don’t know what to do,” Willis said. “We don’t know who to reach out to because it’s not an issue that just happened. Yes, we just got a lot of rain, but this is an issue that happens over and over again.”
Meanwhile at the little league fields, sink holes have opened up on the Tony McEwen Field. This breaks Sylacauga City Councilwoman Laura Barlow Heath’s heart.
Barlow Heath said the city will be looking at declaring a state of emergency to help all of these people who are not in a flood plain.
“Times are hard, and I hate to see anybody go through that,” Barlow Heath said. “I don’t have an answer of why it’s flooding, but I will proactively work to find a solution because it’s not right for them to continuously suffer every time it rains.”
Tuesday night, Sylacauga City Council approved funds to have a third-party company to come in and put cameras in the sewers to see what may be causing the flooding issues that Barlow Heath says have gotten worse in the last year or so.
Cost assessments for damage are still being determined. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/floodwaters-close-sylacauga-businesses-destroy-little-league-field/ | 2022-06-09T12:31:19 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/floodwaters-close-sylacauga-businesses-destroy-little-league-field/ |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania is currently the only state in the country that doesn’t allow local police departments to use radar guns to catch speeding drivers.
A group of public officials and law enforcements groups are rallying today at the State Capitol to expand radar use.
Currently under Pennsylvania law, Pennsylvania State Police are the only law enforcement agency in the state allowed to use “electronic devices such as radio-microwave devices, commonly referred to as electronic speed meters or radar… only as part of an automated speed enforcement system.”
House Bill 606 would open radar usage to local police departments as well. Proponents of the bill describe a “perfect storm” of factors affecting road safety.
First, speeding fatalities are up 5 percent nationally from 2020 to 2021, according to data from the National Highway Association. Pennsylvania already had the third most speeding deaths in the country, according to a study by Value Penguin, an insurance company.
Second, police departments have been forced to use old technology to monitor driving speed, such as the VASCAR device invented in 1966. Since newer equipment has since replaced most demand for these devices, parts are now harder to find and more expensive.
“It doesn’t make any sense for municipal police not to be able to use what is probably the most accurate, less expensive speed-timing device,” said Jim Nowalk, mayor of Whitehall Township and president of the Pennsylvania State Mayors Association.
HB 606 has been sitting in committee for more than a year. Nowalk is one of the speakers leading a rally Thursday morning to encourage lawmakers to move the bill forward before the current legislative session ends in less than a month.
“No one has ever come into a council meeting and said, ‘You’re enforcing the speed too much,’” he said. “But many people have come in and said, ‘They’re speeding on my street. I’m concerned about my children.’ The general populace is concerned about speeding and they want it to be controlled.”
Other groups supporting the bill include the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Commissioners and the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.
Opponents such as the National Motorists Association have come out against the bill, saying it would lead to more speed traps and unnecessary traffic tickets.
The rally begins at 9 a.m. on the Capitol steps. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-police-departments-radar-speeding-drivers-tickets/521-809e2d15-ef47-4fa8-8b9d-3905dbf9b0f0 | 2022-06-09T12:34:49 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/pennsylvania-police-departments-radar-speeding-drivers-tickets/521-809e2d15-ef47-4fa8-8b9d-3905dbf9b0f0 |
HOUSTON — Missing for more than 40 years, the daughter of a murdered couple has been found alive and well, according to investigators.
The new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit with the Texas Attorney General’s Office made the announcement Thursday morning.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from the identities of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse were confirmed using advanced DNA techniques.
A press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. which can be streamed in the player above, the KHOU 11 app and YouTube channel.
Holly Marie Clouse had last been seen by her family in late 1980. Her parents, Dean and Tina Linn Clouse, were found murdered in rural Houston on January 12, 1981 with no sign of the infant.
The couple’s identification using advanced DNA techniques underwritten by podcast producer audiochuck was announced earlier this year on the 41st anniversary of their discovery.
Aided by counterparts in three states, a search for records of the child, who was born Holly Marie Clouse, by Texas investigators resulted in her surprising discovery.
The investigation into the deaths of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse remains open.
The Clouse and Linn families said they would like to thank Texas AG’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit, Lewisville Police Department, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the collaborative and coordinated efforts that resulted in their reunion with Holly.
“I am extremely proud of the exceptional work done by my office’s newly formed Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. My office diligently worked across state lines to uncover the mystery surrounding Holly’s disappearance. We were successful in our efforts to locate her and reunite her with her biological family.” Texas Attorney General Paxton said.
Holly Marie Clouse is now a mother of five in Oklahoma
“It’s one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever been a part of,” Det. Steve Wheeler, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, said. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing to play even a small part in reuniting a family after 40 years.”
OAG Senior Counsel Mindy Montford and Det. Craig Holloman with Lewisville Police Department, where the young family went missing, arrived at Holly’s place of employment Tuesday, on what would have been her father Dean’s 63rd birthday.
Just hours later, the Oklahoma mother of five was reunited online with her family on both sides.
In an effort to help locate Holly after her parents were identified, FHD Forensics launched the Hope For Holly DNA Project in her honor and became the custodian of the genetic profiles of several of Holly's family members.
“The whole family slept well last night. The Hope For Holly Project was a success thanks to the Texas Cold Case Unit,” Cheryl Clouse, Holly’s aunt, said.
“I believe Tina is finally resting in peace knowing Holly is reuniting with her family,” Sherry Green, another aunt, said.
Green dreamed of her sister Tina after meeting her long-lost niece in the video meeting hosted by Montford and her team.
Founder of FHD Forensics and one of the genealogists involved in identifying Holly’s parents, Allison Peacock praised her family for never giving up.
“They’ve spent the past six months with me digging through records, gathering photos for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s age progression portrait, and documenting memories of Holly and her parents in an effort to help law enforcement,” Peacock said.
“Allison is forever our angel in helping us through this whole heartbreaking experience,” Donna Casasanta, Dean’s mother, said.
Due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing criminal investigation, additional information about Holly’s childhood and separation from her parents is not available at this time.
“What matters is that Holly was found happy and alive and now knows that she has a huge extended family that has loved her for decades,” Peacock said.
Anyone with information about the disappearance and murder of Dean “Junior” Clouse and his wife, Tina Linn Clouse is asked to contact Sgt. Rachel Kading at the Texas Office of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit at coldcaseunit@oag.texas.gov or 512-936-0742. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 | 2022-06-09T12:39:51 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 |
ATLANTA — The more than 100 participants in the City of Atlanta's Midnight Basketball program have played a role in reducing crime in the area.
The initiative aimed to curb crime by reaching 18 to 24-year-old men, a demographic that reportedly commits crime at the highest rate in the city according to Ramondo Davidson, director of recreation for the City of Atlanta and Midnight Basketball league commissioner.
"The police alone can’t stop crime in the city," Davidson said. "It’s just not possible, and that’s in any city. What we have to do is give them support.”
Davidson said many of the players have a criminal past or a less than stellar academic history. But in discovering a passion that intersects entertainment and sports, he said the players can get back on track. Midnight Basketball featured 10 teams this season, and the teams averaged about 10 players each.
"Their backgrounds may have been affected to where they don’t have the same access or opportunities as people that haven’t actually been involved in those scenarios," Davidson said. "We want to give them a second chance. I think a second chance can save lives.”
Marqui Olds, the league's leading scorer, played Wednesday night in the championship game. Olds, 21, said the competitiveness on the court keeps players engaged. The league started in late March and met every Wednesday since.
"It's keeping everybody out of trouble," Olds said. "If they weren’t in here, there’s no telling what they’d be doing right now. It’s a good way for every Wednesday, at least you’re not out there doing anything else.”
Davidson said the city invests about $6,000 a week in staff and security to operate Midnight Basketball. He called it a drop in the bucket compared to the community. Before the program started, there were 17 crimes reported in the Adamsville and Collier Heights neighborhoods on Wednesdays from January to March. Since the league started in April, only six crimes have been reported on Wednesdays, though none were reported when games were being played.
A large group of fans and supporters, including Atlanta Interim Police Chief Darin Schierbaum, Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat and several Atlanta City Councilmembers, sat courtside for the championship. C.T. Martin beat MLK in the final game 54-52 to take home the winner's trophy and a set of rings.
“It’s just a real cool experience for them to come out and display their talents and for other people who may never get to see it," coach Chris Polycarpe said. “It’s very important that this grows to get more people involved with what the city has going on, because this is a very good program.”
Davidson said the league is growing, and more teams will join this summer. The Midnight Basketball League will also have new seasons starting every few months.
“The sky’s the limit," Davidson said. "We’re going to continue to do this, and we’re going to continue to save lives as long as we need to. We’re going to do it until we change what’s happening in our city.” | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/midnight-basketball-crime-atlanta/85-761261bb-a526-40d0-a187-20393c03ebe1 | 2022-06-09T12:59:31 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/midnight-basketball-crime-atlanta/85-761261bb-a526-40d0-a187-20393c03ebe1 |
One of the most important Air Force major commands will welcome a new commander Monday.
Lt. Gen. Duke Z. Richardson will succeed Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr. as commander of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
The event is not open to the public, but the command said the ceremony will be livestreamed on You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/c/AFMC.
Other museum galleries will be open to the public as normal, the command said. The museum opens at 9 a.m.
Headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, AFMC manages more than one-third of the Air Force budget, managing and dispersing funds across multiple installations, supporting research and development and many other tasks. The command includes more than 87,000 uniformed and civilian Airmen at bases around the world.
Wright-Patterson is the largest single-site employer in Ohio, with more than 32,000 military and civilian employees.
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., Air Force chief of staff, is scheduled to preside at the change of command, and other senior Air Force and Space Force leaders are expected to be on hand.
Bunch will retire immediately after the ceremony, AFMC said. He and his wife Caroline will return to native Tennessee where Bunch will become Director of Hamblen County Schools.
Richardson serves at the Pentagon as Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
He will pin on his fourth star during a private ceremony with family members before assuming command, becoming a full general.
According to his Air Force bio, Richardson’s career started in 1983 with his enlistment as an avionics technician. He earned an electrical engineering degree under the Airmen’s Education and Commissioning program and attended Air Force Officer Training School where he earned his commission as a second lieutenant in September 1989.
His career in acquisition and materiel brought him to Wright-Patterson for the first time in 1997 where he supported the F-15 System Program Office. He also served in a number of leadership roles in the Aeronautical Systems Center and Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson, including as AFLCMC vice commander.
Richardson hails from Tucson, Ariz. He and his wife, Dede, have four children and six grandchildren.
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A couple of potential redevelopment projects got the green light Wednesday from the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission.
The commission recommended approval of a zoning change for an apartment complex on more than 2 acres at 48th Street and Aylesworth Avenue and also that the developer's plan to use tax-increment financing conforms to the city-county Comprehensive Plan.
Minneapolis-based Schafer Richardson, which along with Lincoln's Greenleaf Commercial Real Estate developed the Square at Forty-Eight apartments at 48th and Holdrege streets, wants to build a similar complex next door on the site of a former garden center.
The proposed five-story complex would have 115 apartments and amenities such as a fitness center, conference room, bike stations, package lockers and a dog wash.
The estimated cost of the project is $20 million, including nearly $3.2 million in TIF, which would allow the developer to use future property taxes the redevelopment generates to pay for certain upfront costs.
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The commission also Wednesday voted to recommend that declaring the city's Aging Partners building at 1005 O St. as surplus property conforms with the Comprehensive Plan.
Aging Partners plans to leave the building as well as its other downtown location at Ninth and J streets when it moves to the Victory Park development on the Veterans Administration campus near 70th and O streets, likely sometime in October.
The 35,000-square-foot building at 1005 O St. has an assessed value of $1.6 million and is in a location that is likely to be attractive to potential developers. Declaring it surplus will allow the city to put it up for sale.
Both projects will now move forward to the City Council.
Directions 2022: Changing times in Lincoln
Explore all of the articles, videos and photos in this year's Directions section here.
Several residential projects in or near downtown, including the 250-foot-tall Lied Place Residences, will open to residents this year.
Delta Nelson's entire life has been rooted in the auto industry, so it only made sense when she decided to open The Mechanix Garage in Lincoln.
Downtown Lincoln's population is expected to reach 10,000 in 2025 — a 730% increase since 2010.
The history, culture and DNA of the Cornhusker state are woven throughout the Scarlet, which is scheduled to open this spring.
Robin Eschliman's annual review of restaurants in Lincoln found more dining options opened in 2021 than shut down.
Over $2 billion worth of inventory was sold online through HiBid in 2021, and there are typically anywhere from 700,000 to 1 million items listed on the site at any given time.
Assurity's Jack Douglas moved with his wife from South Carolina in 2020, the height of the pandemic.
What started as an ambitious vision in 2015 has nearly come to fruition for Speedway Properties and Nelnet, which partnered together and bought more than a dozen properties in the once-blighted area in the 2010s.
Union Bank & Trust executive vice president Doris Robertson attributes the bank's recent success in part to the innovations the company made during the early days of the pandemic.
Before Boxcar BBQ officially served its first slab of ribs to a paying customer in October, the staff experimented with hundreds of pounds of meat and dozens of tweaks to their recipes.
Even when the work is hard and frustrating, Jayne Ellenwood says it fills her bucket to be a part of Bryan's response to the community.
The golf club that opened in 2001 has gone private and among its new features will be a 250-foot-long lazy river, an adults-only pool with a swim-up bar and a six-lane competition lap pool.
"I wrote thank-you cards to anyone that spent money with us. … I wrote hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of cards," owner Laurie Frasier said, even if someone only spent a few dollars.
With the South Beltway set to open next year, some developers worry the city isn’t thinking aggressively enough about spurring growth in an area still largely unserved by sewer and other infrastructure.
Jason Ball returns home to lead the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce with determination to "keep the ball rolling" for Lincoln as the city develops and grows.
CHI Health plans to open a new clinic at 40th Street and Yankee Hill Road, while Bryan Health will wrap up a multiyear expansion and renovation at its East Campus hospital.
Directions 2022: Growing chickens for Costco a link to origins of five-generation Seward County farm
Each of the eight Schulz Poultry barns holds 45,000 birds, which arrive at just a couple hours old and spend the next 42-44 days in the barns before going to Fremont for processing.
Jada Picket Pin said she enjoys serving first-time visitors to the Green Gateau, as well as regulars who return for the excellent food and quality service.
Christina Melgoza has seen big changes in Lincoln during her eight years as director of lot sales at Kreuger Development. She spoke to the Journal Star about Lincoln’s growth, the housing market and more.
Since CompanyCam's inception, more than 400 million photos have been stored and 15 million projects created largely by contractors looking to better document their work.
Monolith led a record year for investment in Lincoln-based companies, which collectively raised nearly $300 million in venture capital in 2021.
Many employees moved to remote work during COVID-19, a trend that's likely to stick around, experts say. But other pandemic effects, such as labor shortages and pay increases, are likely to be short-term changes.
A fundraising campaign brought in more than $10.3 million for the 7 acres of land near the airport and the 60,000-square-foot new office building and warehouse, almost doubling the Food Bank's current space.
Watch Now: Veteran coach and broadcaster Derrick Pearson brings a new sports radio vision to Lincoln
Jay Foreman, Erick Strickland and Vershan Jackson have shows on the The Ticket, which also has programs featuring 22 current Nebraska athletes.
The Journal Star invited businesses and other offices celebrating an anniversary divisible by five this year to share their history with readers.
The Journal Star invited readers to share honors that businesses or employees received as best of state, region or nation. Also included is a recap of the major awards presented by business organizations locally.
In June, the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce resumed ribbon-cutting events to mark new businesses, businesses with new owners, relocated and renovated businesses, business anniversaries and ground-breaking ceremonies.
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NORMAL — Six years after his sleight of hand earned him a “golden buzzer” on “America’s Got Talent,” professional footballer turned magician Jon Dorenbos is coming to amaze Bloomington-Normal.
The American Red Cross of Central Illinois announced Thursday that not only will Dorenbos be the keynote speaker for the 2022 Evening of Stars, but he will be giving a full magic show.
“I can’t wait to be there with you, as we celebrate a night together for a great cause,” Dorenbos said.
The Red Cross fundraiser is scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 9 in the Brown Ballroom at Illinois State University’s Bone Student Center.
Ticket sales begin June 27. Those interested in sponsorship opportunities should contact the local Red Cross at 309-275-3515.
Dorenbos is a two-time NFL Pro Bowl player, having spent 14 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles where he shares the record for most consecutive games played in Eagles history. He was also the Ed Block Courage Award and Eagles’ Walter Payton Man of the Year recipient in 2016.
Before he retired from the NFL having been diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition that required emergency surgery, Dorenbos began his journey in magic, a skill he had been working on since childhood.
In 2016, he competed and finished in third on “America’s Got Talent,” earning the coveted “golden buzzer” pass to the quarterfinals from guest judge Ne-yo. Dorenbos later brought his magic back for “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.”
As suggested by the title of his memoir, “Life is Magic,” Dorenbos says he uses his skills as a magician to share his life story, inspiring and encouraging audiences.
“We are thrilled to have Jon perform at Evening of Stars,” said Lyn Hruska, Central Illinois chapter executive director. “His energy, positive message and excitement factor will make this a can’t-miss event and we look forward to seeing you in Normal this fall.”
The Evening of Stars, the largest fundraiser of the year for the Red Cross in the Bloomington-Normal area, funds disaster response, blood donation, training services and support for military members and families.
“The American Red Cross is an organization that puts a high priority on helping others, and I am glad to have the opportunity to be a part of it, during Evening of Stars. I look forward to sharing my story and providing some entertainment through magic, in the process,” Dorenbos said.
"If you told me a year ago that I'd be looking out at a sea of thousands of people right now ... I would have never, in a trillion, billion, kajillion years, believed you."
The 27th annual American Red Cross Evening of Stars gala, this year featuring country music icon Trace Adkins, has been postponed because of concerns regarding the spread of the new strain or coronavirus. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/ex-nfl-player-magician-jon-dorenbos-to-headline-evening-of-stars-in-bloomington-normal/article_066b1fae-e781-11ec-bc96-c3d330a63b4f.html | 2022-06-09T13:31:24 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/ex-nfl-player-magician-jon-dorenbos-to-headline-evening-of-stars-in-bloomington-normal/article_066b1fae-e781-11ec-bc96-c3d330a63b4f.html |
Wildwood Crest police said a 53-year-old man drowned while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean off the Jersey Shore town Tuesday afternoon.
Officers and members of the rescue team were called to the area of Syracuse Road and the beach around 4 p.m. for a report of a drowning, police said.
Joel Green was out in the water when nearby swimmers noticed he was unresponsive and pulled him to shore, officials said.
A beachgoer performed CPR until emergency responders arrived to continue life-saving measures, the Wildwood Crest PD said. Green was then taken to Regional Medical Center. He died a short time later.
Police said Green was from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the western part of the state.
In Wildwood Crest Police Department's release, they extended their condolences and reminded bathers to swim at protected beaches while lifeguards are on duty. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-drowns-off-wildwood-crest-beach/3265692/ | 2022-06-09T13:35:50 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-drowns-off-wildwood-crest-beach/3265692/ |
SAN ANTONIO — A fire broke out at a sign business on the city's west side.
The San Antonio Fire Department responded to the scene around 3:50 a.m. on Thursday on Culebra Road near North Hamilton Avenue.
At one point, 20 units were called to assist; the fire was so difficult to put out, multiple first responders had to be called to cycle in and out so crews could get a break.
When KENS 5 arrived to the scene around 5 a.m., our crews witnessed heavy flames coming from the roof of the building. However, at 6 a.m., our crews witnessed authorities containing the flames, only seeing smoke coming from the business.
SAFD said there are homes and other businesses nearby. However, they were not affected and no one had to evacuate. They said there was difficulty, however, getting inside the building due to the construction taking place.
The building is reportedly older with multiple layers, and crews had to force their way into the business to extinguish the flames.
Authorities said they were having difficulty getting a hold of the business owners. The cause of the fire has not been reported. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fire-crews-battled-heavy-flames-san-antonio-sign-business/273-3b3e06c8-6634-45a1-9357-3d41d1da0062 | 2022-06-09T13:58:45 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/fire-crews-battled-heavy-flames-san-antonio-sign-business/273-3b3e06c8-6634-45a1-9357-3d41d1da0062 |
HOUSTON — Missing for more than 40 years, the daughter of a murdered couple has been found alive and well, according to investigators.
The new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit with the Texas Attorney General’s Office made the announcement Thursday morning.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from the identities of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse were confirmed using advanced DNA techniques.
A press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. which can be streamed in the player above, the KHOU 11 app and YouTube channel.
Holly Marie Clouse had last been seen by her family in late 1980. Her parents, Dean and Tina Linn Clouse, were found murdered in rural Houston on January 12, 1981 with no sign of the infant.
The couple’s identification using advanced DNA techniques underwritten by podcast producer audiochuck was announced earlier this year on the 41st anniversary of their discovery.
Aided by counterparts in three states, a search for records of the child, who was born Holly Marie Clouse, by Texas investigators resulted in her surprising discovery.
The investigation into the deaths of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse remains open.
Due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing criminal investigation, additional information about Holly’s childhood and separation from her parents is not available at this time.
The Clouse and Linn families said they would like to thank Texas AG’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit, Lewisville Police Department, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the collaborative and coordinated efforts that resulted in their reunion with Holly.
“I am extremely proud of the exceptional work done by my office’s newly formed Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. My office diligently worked across state lines to uncover the mystery surrounding Holly’s disappearance. We were successful in our efforts to locate her and reunite her with her biological family.” Texas Attorney General Paxton said.
Holly Marie Clouse is now a mother of five in Oklahoma
“It’s one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever been a part of,” Det. Steve Wheeler, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, said. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing to play even a small part in reuniting a family after 40 years.”
OAG Senior Counsel Mindy Montford and Det. Craig Holloman with Lewisville Police Department, where the young family went missing, arrived at Holly’s place of employment Tuesday, on what would have been her father Dean’s 63rd birthday.
Just hours later, the Oklahoma mother of five was reunited online with her family on both sides.
In an effort to help locate Holly after her parents were identified, FHD Forensics launched the Hope For Holly DNA Project in her honor and became the custodian of the genetic profiles of several of Holly's family members.
“The whole family slept well last night. The Hope For Holly Project was a success thanks to the Texas Cold Case Unit,” Cheryl Clouse, Holly’s aunt, said.
“I believe Tina is finally resting in peace knowing Holly is reuniting with her family,” Sherry Green, another aunt, said.
Green dreamed of her sister Tina after meeting her long-lost niece in the video meeting hosted by Montford and her team.
Founder of FHD Forensics and one of the genealogists involved in identifying Holly’s parents, Allison Peacock praised her family for never giving up.
“They’ve spent the past six months with me digging through records, gathering photos for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s age progression portrait, and documenting memories of Holly and her parents in an effort to help law enforcement,” Peacock said.
“Allison is forever our angel in helping us through this whole heartbreaking experience,” Donna Casasanta, Dean’s mother, said.
“What matters is that Holly was found happy and alive and now knows that she has a huge extended family that has loved her for decades,” Peacock said.
Anyone with information about the disappearance and murder of Dean “Junior” Clouse and his wife, Tina Linn Clouse is asked to contact Sgt. Rachel Kading at the Texas Office of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit at coldcaseunit@oag.texas.gov or 512-936-0742. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 | 2022-06-09T13:58:49 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 |
WASHINGTON — A California man arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly threatening Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh called 911 and reported he had a gun and was having suicidal thoughts, according to newly filed court documents.
Nicholas John Roske, of California, was taken into custody by Montgomery County police at 1:50 a.m. near Kavanaugh’s Maryland home.
According to court documents, U.S. Marshals stationed outside Kavanaugh’s home saw an individual later identified as Roske exit a taxi that had stopped in front of the residence just after 1 a.m. Roske was reportedly wearing black clothing and carrying a backpack and suitcase. When Roske saw the Marshals, they said, he turned and walked down the street.
A short time later, the Montgomery County Emergency Communications Center received a call from someone identifying himself as Roske and saying “he was having suicidal thoughts and had a firearm in his suitcase.” The caller also said he had come from California to kill a specific U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Local police were then dispatched to the scene, where they took Roske into custody without incident.
A search of Roske’s suitcase turned up a 9mm Glock 17 pistol with two magazines and ammo, along with a black tactic chest rig and knife, pepper spray, zip ties, a hammer, screwdriver, nail punch, crowbar and duct tape.
After being transported to a nearby police precinct, Roske reportedly agreed to speak to detectives, saying he was upset about the leak of the draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case pending before the Supreme Court, which could drastically reduce constitutional protections for abortion. Roske also allegedly said he was concerned that Kavanaugh would vote to loosen gun control laws and referenced the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and two adults dead.
“ROSKE stated that he began thinking about how to give his life a purpose and decided that he would kill the Supreme Court Justice after finding the Justice’s Montgomery County address on the Internet,” prosecutors said.
Roske allegedly also told police he had purchased the Glock pistol and other items to use to break into Kavanaugh’s home to kill the justice and himself.
Roske was charged Wednesday afternoon with attempting to murder a U.S. judge – a federal felony that carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in prison. The case was assigned to U.S. District Magistrate Judge Timothy Sullivan. As of 3 p.m., no initial appearance before the judge was listed on the court docket.
Supreme Court justices have received enhanced protection over the past month since the leak of the draft Dobbs opinion. Pro-choice protesters have demonstrated outside the homes of Kavanaugh and other Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, who also lives in Montgomery County, and Justice Samuel Alito, who lives in Northern Virginia. No one connected to those protests has been arrested or accused of making threats of violence. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-threatening-to-kill-justice-kavanaugh/65-5b8de498-d3c2-444e-a6b6-b3c910c266c4 | 2022-06-09T13:58:49 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-threatening-to-kill-justice-kavanaugh/65-5b8de498-d3c2-444e-a6b6-b3c910c266c4 |
SAN ANTONIO — A man was walking down a sidewalk when he was hit by a car, the San Antonio Police Department said.
The incident happened around 11 p.m. on Wednesday on UTSA Boulevard.
The man reportedly told police the driver lost control and hit him, but then took off. The victim was taken to a local hospital with a broken leg and minor injuries.
Investigators are now looking for video to identify the driver.
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DALLAS — On Thursday, the third flight of Operation Fly Formula will touch down in Texas.
The FedEx Express MD-11 charter flight is coming from Cologne, Germany and is packed with Nestle baby formula.
The plane is expected to land during the lunch hour at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The precious cargo includes 110,000 pounds of Nestle NAN SupremePro Stage 1 infant formula.
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the 63,504 cans will be available across the country through Nestle/Gerber distribution channels.
KHOU 11’s Tiffany Craig will be at DFW when the flight arrives and will get an opportunity to ask HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra about the operation and specifically where this shipment will be distributed. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/baby-formula-plane-lands-texas/285-905ba7ae-fc8b-4b89-88a4-338547a44292 | 2022-06-09T13:59:04 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/baby-formula-plane-lands-texas/285-905ba7ae-fc8b-4b89-88a4-338547a44292 |
SAN ANTONIO — A tow truck helping with a rollover was hit by a San Antonio Police Department officer responding to the call, authorities say.
The crash happened around 3:40 a.m. on Thursday at Northwest Loop 410 near Rolling Ridge.
Police said a driver and his son were helping render aid to two adults and a child who were involved in a rollover.
The tow truck, which was coming from another car accident, stopped and blocked traffic to help with the rollover.
While traffic was blocked, SAPD said the officer responding to the incident was driving at high speeds over a hill when they crashed into the tow truck.
Several people were evaluated for injuries, but everyone is reportedly expected to be okay. Authorities said they will investigate the officer crash. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tow-truck-rollover-hit-san-antonio-police-officer-northwest-loop-410/273-0a972aa7-37ec-4628-8165-22219bdc1e9d | 2022-06-09T13:59:11 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/tow-truck-rollover-hit-san-antonio-police-officer-northwest-loop-410/273-0a972aa7-37ec-4628-8165-22219bdc1e9d |
SAN DIEGO DE ALEJANDRÍA, Jalisco — Authorities in Mexico are investigating another drug tunnel that runs from Tijuana to the United States. It’s the second tunnel authorities have uncovered in the same area in less than a month.
Mexican authorities said the nearly 800-foot tunnel ran from a home in Tijuana, underneath the border, to a home in San Diego. The tunnel was equipped with rails, lighting and a ventilation system.
Investigators traveled about 80-feet into the tunnel and learned it had collapsed, according to authorities.
Multiple agencies worked together to secure the home in Tijuana and the connecting one in the U.S.
CBS 8 reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office for comment and for more information on the tunnel and where it connected in San Diego, but they would not confirm the reports coming out of Tijuana about a new tunnel being discovered.
Just three weeks ago, officials found a tunnel that connected to an Otay Mesa warehouse. The tunnel stretched under the border and was more than 1,700-feet long.
The tunnel was found during surveillance of a home in National City previously used to smuggle drugs.
Investigators noticed people coming and going which led them to the warehouse in Otay Mesa.
Cocaine, meth, and heroin worth $25 million was seized during that investigation.
“I’m very happy to report that there is no light at the end of this narco tunnel. We and our agency partners will continue to work zealously to take down every subterranean route and other means that drug traffickers use to bring drugs into our community," said United States Attorney, Randy Grossman.
There have been at least 90 tunnels found in southern California over the past 30 years.
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"...I came alive in Arizona..."
This quote from Tad Nichols, a student at Arizona’s first ranch school, describes his reaction to experiencing Arizona’s unending adventures -- so different from life in his native Connecticut. He so appreciated his unique high school days that he spent his remaining days in Arizona.
The school, El Pueblo Bonito, opened in 1902 near Mesa for the fall and spring terms, and it offered a one-month summer session in Flagstaff. Students, usually teenage boys from wealthy Eastern families, gained the experience of rural Arizona under the guidance of Headmaster H. David Evans, an Englishman who had emigrated to the U.S. in 1898. The school featured excellent academics, time to explore and rustic accommodations.
Each student was assigned a horse to tend to and learned riding, roping and rodeo. Additionally, they milked cows and sheared sheep. Unchaperoned weekend camping trips taught common sense and self-reliance, and offered the opportunity to learn about the desert environment.
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The first optional horseback summer session in Flagstaff took place in 1903. Not long after, Evans purchased land in Flagstaff to accommodate the summer term each year. After the 10-day horse ride from Mesa to Flagstaff, about 12 students would rest at the summer headquarters known as Evancoyd, then, on horseback, explore the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Grand Falls and other northern Arizona points. They also prepared for the college entrance exams at Flagstaff High School.
Evancoyd was near today’s City of Flagstaff Fire Station No. 3 and Lockett House (aka Grand Canyon Trust) across the Rio de Flag on Fort Valley Road. After this monthlong session, most students went home to await anxiously their return for the fall term; happy to be cowboys before beginning careers in family businesses, politics or higher education.
One of the favorite teachers was Lionel F. ”Major” Brady (1880–1963), who began with the school in 1910. He earned the title of “Major” from his service in the Boer War. Energetic and enthusiastic just like the students, Brady was interested in everything: botany, geology, archaeology and paleontology, and shared this fervor with his students.
Brady became manager, along with A.D. Carlisle, of the Mesa location after Evans began another school near Tucson called the Evans Ranch School. The Mesa location became the Mesa Ranch School. Evans sold Evancoyd in 1928 and then sold his other Arizona properties and left the state.
Brady opened a new Flagstaff summer location in 1927 on a site near Elden Spring. The site included cabins, kitchen, barns and corrals. The group left Mesa for Flagstaff about May 1 and they, too, traveled to various northern Arizona points: at the Grand Canyon, their desert-bred horses bucked and reared while going down narrow Grandview Trail, and the students wisely dismounted and walked their horses down to the Colorado River.
They also participated in geological and archaeological expeditions, and during a journey through the Navajo reservation, they camped in an arroyo. When a nearby trading post owner commented upon the students’ unawareness of flash flooding, his wife answered, “It’s not their fault, they were born and raised in the East.”
Brady met Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) co-founders Harold and Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton early on. The Coltons spent every other summer in the southwest, usually renting a Flagstaff property, including Evancoyd in 1921. Upon the Coltons' relocation to Flagstaff in 1926, they became involved with a committee to enlarge the existing museum -- which led to the opening of MNA in 1928.
Brady became a member of the MNA staff for several decades and the MNA Geology building is named in his honor. He introduced Colton to Mesa Ranch student and eager birder Randolph “Pat” Jenks, whom Colton encouraged and subsequently made an MNA researcher. (Subsequent Ask a Ranger columns will tell more tales of the lives and careers of Pat Jenks and Tad Nichols.)
The 1930s depression, followed by World War II, precipitated a decline in the enrollment of Mesa School students and the school closed. Brady transferred the Mesa property to the Episcopal church and the site later served as a POW camp for Italian soldiers. The Flagstaff property also served as an Episcopal church camp and later a camp for deaf children, until it was razed in 2004.
Susan Deaver Olberding is a Flagstaff historian and has published five books on local history.
The NPS/USFS Roving Rangers volunteer through a unique agreement between the Flagstaff Area National Monuments and the Coconino National Forest to provide Interpretive Ranger walks and talks in the Flagstaff area each summer.
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Welcome back to the College Corner, where we provide updates on homegrown athletes who compete collegiately in NCAA, NAIA and JUCO sanctioned sports across the country.
In our fourth and final installment of the College Corner for the 2021-22 sports season, we highlight spring sport athletes who recently wrapped up their seasons and include a list of recent graduates who have committed for the 2022-23 campaign.
Athlete names were provided by local coaches, athletic directors and parents. Did we miss someone? Please notify Rory Faust via email at rory.faust@nau.edu.
Spring athletes
Lilly Anderson (FHS, softball, Embry-Riddle): Hit .417 with a home run, three doubles and 12 RBIs for the Eagles, who went 41-5 and won the Cal Pac Conference and advanced to the NAIA national tournament.
Kaelynn Ashley (CHS, track and field, Paradise Valley CC): Rostered for the spring track season; no results available.
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Jordan Brockman (CHS, track and field, Colorado Mesa University): Placed fourth in the heptathlon and 10th in the 100 hurdles at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships this spring.
Christian Casados (CHS, baseball, Cal State LA): Posted a 2-0 record and a 9.68 ERA in 10 appearances. Struck out 29 batters in 30 2/3 innings for the Golden Eagles, who finished 21-29.
Kyle Casados (CHS, baseball, Phoenix College): Infielder hit .265 with seven doubles and five RBIs in 40 games for the Bears, who won the Region I tournament and advanced to the NJCAA World Series.
Maddy Christopher (FHS, track and field, University of Arizona): Set a PR with a 4:28.74 in the 1500m while placing 17th at the Pac-12 Championships in May. Placed fourth in the 1500m at the ASU Invitational in March.
Sylas Clerry (FHS, baseball, Phoenix College): Infielder hit .121 with a home run, triple and eight RBIs in 11 games for the Bears, who won the Region I tournament and advanced to the NJCAA World Series.
Angel Curley (FHS, track and field, Fort Lewis College): Set a PR of 19:03.41 with a fifth-place finish in the 5000m at the Maverick Invite in April. Placed 11th in the 5000m and 21st in the 1500m in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships.
Max Davis (FHS, track and field, BYU): Rostered but has not competed for the Cougars.
Andi Elliott (FHS, softball, Paradise Valley CC): Hit .337 with four doubles and 16 runs for the Pumas, who finished 6-38.
Nathaniel Flores (CHS, baseball, Wheeling University): Hit .125 with an RBI and a walk across eight at-bats for the Cardinals, who finished 22-27 overall and 18-14 in the Mountain East Conference.
Grant Hagaman (CHS, track and field, Grand Canyon University): Pole vaulter placed seventh in the Desert Heat Classic in April, tying a person best 4.85 meters.
Hana Hall (FHS, track and field, Grand Canyon University): Posted personal best of 18:09.96 with a second-place finish in the 5000m at the Desert Heat Classic and a personal best of 36:36.82 in the 10,000m while placing eighth in the Bryan Clay Invitational.
Justin Hanson (FHS, baseball, Yavapai College): Left-handed pitcher appeared in 12 games, starting two, and notched a 6.59 ERA with 28 strikeouts across 13 2/3 innings.
Megan Hicks (CHS, beach volleyball, Park University): Earned honorable mention All-Cal Pac Conference. Teaming up with fellow freshman Annika Wallace, the pair tied for most wins on the team with 10, including a sweep of Arizona State.
Riley Human (FHS, track and field, NAU): Set a PR by running the 1500 in 3:57.20 while placing 21st at the Baldy Castillo Invitational. Also placed 10th in the 1500 at the Desert Heat Classic.
Chloe Painter (FHS, track and field, NAU): Placed 13th with a time of 10:37.10 in the 3000 at the Sun Angel Classic and finished 18th with a time of 4:51.07 in the 1500 at the Desert Heat Classic.
Kenzie Palmer (CHS, beach volleyball, Carson-Newman): Tallied a 6-7 match record for the Eagles, who finished 15-14 overall.
Dana Parker (CHS, beach volleyball, University of Arizona): Posted a 19-12 match record for the Wildcats, who also finished 19-12 as a team.
Sam Schmitz (FHS, baseball, Doane University): Played on the Tigers’ junior varsity team; no statistics available.
Makenna Snodgrass (FHS, softball, Wilson College): Hit .222 in nine at bats and also pitched seven innings in three games, tallying five strikeouts for the Phoenix, who went 24-13-1 overall and advanced to the NCAA Division III Regional Championships.
Landon Tinsman (FHS, baseball, Southwestern College): Catcher hit .263 in 57 at bats with a double, home run and nine RBI for the Moundbuilders, who finished 17-31.
Madeline Wilson (FHS, track and field, NAU): Earned silver in the 200 at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships with a time of 23.81. Also placed fourth in the heptathlon with a personal best score of 4956 points and sixth in the 100 hurdles, helping NAU win theconference title. Set personal best long jump mark of 5.67m at the Desert Heat Classic.
2022-2023 commitments
Lianna Albert, FHS soccer, Adams State
Alondra Carbajal-Pettry, CHS soccer, Ottawa University (Kansas)
Morgan Caslin, FHS soccer, NAU
Collin Doucette, FHS football, Fort Lewis College
Katina Furhmann, FHS soccer, Bluefield State
Wynter Huskie, CHS basketball, Yavapai College
Tor Jacobsen, FHS golf, South Mountain CC
Tanner Johnson, CHS baseball, GateWay CC
Anthony Lucero, FHS/CHS baseball, Chandler-Gilbert CC
Nick Morrow, FHS football, University of California
Xavier Nakai, CHS football, College of the Canyons
Elyce Palmer, volleyball, Montana Western
Andy Ruiz, CHS football, NAU
Rufus Rusholme-Cobb, CHS basketball, Franklin Pierce University
Mayrin Soto, FHS soccer, Webster College
Maggie Wesche, FHS diving, NAU
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7 Day Forecast
PHOENIX — Scorching temperatures are in store for the southwestern U.S. over the next several days, with cities like Phoenix, Las Vegas and Palm Springs in California expected to top 110 degrees.
It's expected to reach 106 in Tucson today and 110 degree temperatures are expected here Saturday and Sunday.
Parts of New Mexico and Texas also will see triple-digits.
Heat is part of the normal routine of summertime in the desert, but weather forecasters say that doesn't mean people should feel at ease. Excessive heat causes more deaths in the U.S. than other weather-related disasters, including hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined.
“Though weather conditions are going to be nice, you have to limit your outdoor activities significantly," said Gabriel Lojero of the National Weather Service in Phoenix.
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The temperatures forecast through Monday are the highest yet this year. Scientists say more frequent and intense heat waves are likely in the future because of climate change and a deepening drought.
The effects of spiking temperatures are felt most acutely among vulnerable populations, including people without homes and workers who labor outside. Homeless people are about 200 times more likely to die from heat-associated causes, said David Hondula, a climate scientist who leads the city of Phoenix's Office of Heat Response and Mitigation.
At least 130 homeless individuals were among the 339 people who died from heat-associated causes last year in Maricopa County. Phoenix already is considered the hottest big city in the United States. A heat wave last summer pushed temperatures up to 118 degrees.
Most everyone in central and southern Arizona, southern Nevada and southeast California will be at risk for heat-related illness if they don't take proper precautions, Lojero said. Those include wearing light-colored clothing, staying hydrated and seeking shade if they need to go outside.
Temperatures are expected to tie or break records, even at night when it's cooler, before dropping overall early next week.
Phoenix and Yuma are forecast to be just shy of 115 degrees on Saturday when the heat peaks across the region. Blythe and El Centro in California will be at or above that temperature. Las Vegas will top out at 111 degrees during the heat wave, the National Weather Service said.
Phantom Ranch at the bottom of the Grand Canyon also will see triple-digit temperatures — a reminder that the weather changes drastically from the canyon's rim to its inner depths. Heat was a factor in the June 2 death of a woman who was hiking back up the popular Bright Angel Trail after reaching the Colorado River the same day — something the park advises against doing, especially during the hottest times of the day, said Angela Boyers, the chief ranger.
Thomas De Masters, a seasonal ranger at the park, wears a sun-protective hoodie under his shirt, a hat and soaks his clothing whenever he passes a water station. He spends much of his time talking to visitors to get a sense of whether they're prepared for what they've planned and whether it's safe. Among the tips he offers is resting in the shade for an hour and aggressively cooling down with water if the heat becomes too much.
“It's very hot, no doubt about that,” he said Wednesday. “There's almost always a week like this in June. We just hope we can get out there and talk to people enough.”
Some places in New Mexico also are expected to see temperatures that could break records over the weekend. Thunderstorms over the next couple of days could cause flash flooding in areas that have been scorched by wildfire, forecasters said.
While temperatures had cooled this week in Texas, the heat is building through the weekend.
The sizzling numbers come ahead of the annual rainy season in the Southwest, known simply as the monsoon, that starts in mid-June and runs through September. Weather experts say the phenomenon has equal chances of being above, below and normal this year in Arizona.
9 hiking tips to help keep you safe during Tucson summers
Bring the essentials
Ten essential items to carry on a hike:
- Navigation: map, compass, GPS
- Sun protection: hat, sunscreen, long sleeves
- Insulation: extra clothing such as jacket, fleece
- Illumination: headlamp, flashlight
- First-aid kit
- Fire: matches, lighter
- Repair kit and tools: multi-tool, whistle, signal mirror
- Nutrition: extra food
- Hydration: extra water
- Emergency shelter: large plastic bag, space blanket
In an emergency, call 911
In the event of an emergency, call 911 or send someone to get help.
Check your water
Bringing water with you should be a given. But it's important to turn around before half of your water is gone.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department recommends bringing along around one liter of water for each hour you'll be hiking.
Communicate
It's always important to communicate with your friends and family. Tell a responsible person where you are hiking and when you expect to be back.
Do not hike alone
It's always best to hike with other people. Plus, it's more fun to venture into hiking trails when you have friends or family with you.
Bring your phone
Take a fully charged cell phone with you. Turn your phone off or place it in airplane mode to save its battery life. You never know when you'll need it.
Your cell phone may not work in the back country. You may have to move to a higher or more open location to place a call.
Check the weather beforehand
Plan your hike so you are not hiking during the hottest part of the day or when monsoon storms are likely to cause heavy rains, lightning, and flooding. Always check the day's weather before leaving for your hike.
Know your limits
Hike within your ability. Know what's within reasonable distance or elevation for you.
Stay away from wildlife
While on a hike, you're bound to see some animals.
The Pima County Sheriff's Department recommends keeping a safe distance from desert wildlife.
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The city of Tucson is looking to make it easier for electric-vehicle drivers to charge up on the go in the future, with proposed new requirements for “EV readiness” for new apartments and commercial development.
Business and landlord groups say they support EVs, but the city may be moving too far, too fast with the rules, which include requirements that larger retail businesses devote 10% of their parking spaces to a combination of charging stations and EV-ready power outlets.
The proposed building-code amendments — recommended to the City Council in April and expected to come up for a possible vote in July — would require new commercial property developments to include minimum EV infrastructure ranging from EV-capable prewiring to EV charging stations, depending on each development’s intended land use.
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Developments featuring retail stores, bars, food service, entertainment and personal and technical services with 100 or more parking spaces would be required to install EV charging stations providing service within 6 feet of at least 5% of their parking spaces, while another 5% of spaces would be required to have “EV Ready” plug-in outlets.
Such developments with fewer than 100 required parking spaces would be exempt from the EV equipment requirements.
New developments for other land uses would not be required to install any EV charging stations but would be required to meet minimum requirements for EV-ready outlets and conduit.
Apartment and other multi-family housing developments and hotels would be required to install EV-ready power outlets accessible to at least 10% of their parking spaces and make 15% of their spaces “EV Capable” — pre-wired with conduit suitable for later installation of EV charging equipment.
And new commercial developments for administrative and professional, medical and research and development uses would have to be 5% EV-ready and 15% EV-capable.
Roadmap for EVs
The proposed EV requirements are part of the the city’s “EV Roadmap,” a 10-year plan adopted in April 2021 to boost electric-vehicle usage as part of the city’s larger plan to address climate change.
The city council voted last June to require every new single-family home or duplex to have one 40-amp circuit and outlet near a parking space for EV charging.
The proposed commercial parking EV requirements were developed after two stakeholder meetings last fall and were unanimously recommended to the council by the Tucson Planning and Zoning Commission in March.
The city council at its April 26 meeting voted to hold off on a decision until additional public-comment meetings could be held. The city held two additional meetings in May, and the matter is expected to go before the council again on July 12.
A city planner said the EV requirements are intended to help drive EV adoption equitably across the city, while avoiding the much higher cost of retrofitting parking lots with EV charging stations.
“Part of the reason why a regulation like this is necessary is just so there is equitable placement of those chargers throughout the city,” said Dan Bursuck, section manager for code development for the Tucson Planning and Development Services Department.
“What you’re seeing now is, there are some developments that are including it,” Bursuck said. “But you end up having those charging facilities in certain areas, but not in other areas, and if you want to see widespread (EV) adoption, you need to assure proper coverage.”
As an incentive to developers, the city’s proposal would allow developers to reduce the number of parking spaces required under its standard size-based formula by one space for each space created beyond what is mandated in the EV infrastructure ordinance.
That would save developers $5,000 or more per space based on current costs, Bursuck said.
Too far, too fast?
While local business groups including the Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce say they support EV adoption, they contend the proposed EV requirements far outpace local demand.
In a letter to the mayor and council, the Chamber cited the city’s relatively low EV adoption rate of less than 1%, and they are concerned about the EV rules driving up development costs.
“We just want to make sure what’s being required is reflective of the EV demand that we’re seeing and that’s projected in Tucson,” said Alexa Scholl, director of government affairs for the Tucson Chamber.
Scholl said that city staff patterned the proposed EV requirements after Salt Lake City as a “peer city,” but that city has a much higher EV adoption rate at 2.5%, with a much higher median income and lower poverty rate.
Tucson looks a lot more like Albuquerque, which has a 2% EV ownership rate and requires new developments with 200 or more parking spaces to have EV chargers available at 2% of their spaces, she said.
Citing a correlation between higher income and EV ownership, Scholl noted that the greater concentration of EVs is outside limits in the Catalina Foothills, and there 59% of EV owners own Teslas, which have their own nationwide, proprietary charging network.
But Bursuck said the proposed rules are designed to be forward-looking and EV prices are expected to come down in cost in the next few years as automakers are scheduled to roll out more than 100 new EV models, and over time that will create a supply of lower-cost, used electric vehicles.
Lower-income Tucson residents can benefit from overall lower cost of ownership of EVs versus gas-burning cars, he added.
The Tucson Chamber also contends that the city has underestimated the cost of complying with the proposed EV building codes, especially for ongoing maintenance and the cost of vandalism.
The group said local restaurant Culinary Dropout recently faced thousands of dollars in damages to replace three vandalized EV charging stations.
In a proposal to mayor and council, the Chamber proposed removing any mandates for installing EV charging stations, while scaling back the parking percentage requirements for EV-ready outlets and EV-capable wiring for some development uses.
For example, instead of being required to install any EV charging stations, developments required to install EV chargers under the proposed parking-code changes, such as bars and restaurants, would instead be required to make 5% of their parking spaces EV-capable with conduit for later charger installations. The 5% requirement for EV-ready outlets would remain the same under the Chamber’s proposal.
The Tucson Chamber, which has about 1,500 members, also contends that the city’s proposed parking-space offset for developers who exceed the EV equipment standards is inadequate.
The group suggested a laundry list of “compelling” incentives for developers to encourage them to install EV equipment, including construction sales-tax offset or credits and an allowance for bonus signage.
Other incentives would essentially allow developers to sidestep the proposed EV parking-code requirements by letting them pay an “in lieu fee” that would help fund public EV chargers, set up EV equipment at an offsite development, demonstrating carbon dioxide reductions consistent with the EV requirements, phasing in EV requirements for mixed-use developments and alternatively working to support EVs as part of a public-private partnership.
“We feel that this is something that should be market-driven, and incentivized with some actual incentives that are appealing,” Scholl said.
Meanwhile, the Arizona Multihousing Association, the state’s biggest trade group for apartment owners, opposes the EV equipment requirements, contending they are premature and are too costly for landlords and tenants alike amid the current housing shortage.
“It is abundantly clear that we need more inventory,” association spokesman Ben Buehler-Garcia told the city council at its April meeting. ”Therefore it is contradictory to be considering an ordinance that will make the construction of new multifamily housing more expensive.”
“Mandating EV infrastructure on new projects will force all Tucsonans and who wish to lease in these complexes to pay the price, whether they drive an EV or not,” he added.
The city planning staff in its EV proposal noted that Tucson Electric Power is offering generous rebates to commercial customers who install EV charging equipment.
TEP is offering rebates of up to $4,000 or 75% of the project cost per EV charging port for workplaces that install at least two EV Level 2 chargers. Multi-family housing customers can get up to $5,400 per charging port or up to 85% of the cost, while commercial customers that install DC “fast chargers” can get up to $20,500 or 75% of the project cost.
TEP business customers that install EV chargers in “disadvantaged communities” are eligible for even higher rebates, including up to $6,000 for workplaces and $9,000 for multi-family housing.
The federal government offers a 30% non-refundable tax credit for EV charger installation costs.
The Tucson Chamber called such incentives and rebates “inconsistent, unreliable” and outside the control of property owners and the city, noting that TEP reduced its maximum incentive levels on June 1.
Parking changes
The proposed amendments to the city’s Uniform Development Code also include changes to allow affordable housing projects, restaurants and bars to apply for optional “Individual Parking Plans” instead of following the city’s standard parking code, which could allow them to reduce parking.
Those changes were criticized by neighborhood advocates who said the measure could negate efforts to control an ongoing problems of overflow parking in neighborhoods near hotspots like Fourth Avenue.
The city’s Bursuck said to get an Individual Parking Plan, applicants must conduct parking studies to prove there will be no impact on residential neighborhoods, and the parking plans can be amended or revoked following a public process.
City Council member Steve Kozachik said those proposed parking-plan changes are a big issue and he will be asking to separate them from the proposed EV amendments for consideration by council.
“Asking a multifamily development to add some EV-ready parking slots is a different conversation than reducing parking requirements for bars and restaurants when they take up some of the parking to accommodate outdoor seating,” Kozachik said in an email.
Kozachik said bars and restaurants were explicitly excluded from the Individual Parking Plan process for a variety of factors, including patron dwell time, hours of operation and intensity of the use as it relates to parking.
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The Iran nuclear deal is on life support and, along with it, the chances of peacefully resolving our standoff with Tehran over its nuclear program. Unfortunately, Arizona Sens. Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema are doing little to support President Joe Biden’s efforts at diplomacy, paving the way for another war of choice in the Middle East.
When the Obama administration signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, it put Iran’s nuclear program in a box and made the world a safer place. That is, until then-President Donald Trump tore up the deal, leading Tehran to significantly advance its program and bringing us to the brink of war.
Biden is currently working on a return to the deal, which would remove nuclear-related sanctions on Iran in exchange for Tehran severely limiting its nuclear activities. With the JCPOA in effect, it would be possible to have a further dialogue with Iran about other key issues of concern. On the other hand, failure to reseal the deal will result in pressure by U.S. opposition groups to ratchet up sanctions against Iranians and even engage in a military strike.
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As Arizonans, many of us have friends or neighbors who are Americans of Iranian descent. They’re our doctors, our colleagues, our college classmates. They’ve been severely impacted by the continuation of Trump’s sanctions — locked out of their American bank accounts because of their heritage, unable to send mail to their loved ones, victims of hate crimes.
A friend of mine in Phoenix has repeatedly tried to send care packages (toiletries, band aids, etc.) to his family in Iran. After paying for the shipping, his packages are always returned, damaged and with a message stating that they can’t be shipped due to sanctions — with no reimbursement of his shipping costs. He now has no alternate way to assist his family given that financial relief through wire transfer is also forbidden.
Another friend shared with me how his mother was traumatized by what she witnessed in Iranian hospitals while visiting the country to help care for her ailing mother. Due to the economic impact of crippling sanctions, families must care for patients at the hospital, changing bed linens and bringing them food because hospital staff are very limited and do not have the resources to do so themselves. As long as our crippling sanctions remain, Iranian Americans’ families will have to endure economic despair alongside government repression.
By returning to the JCPOA, we can put an end to this suffering while also strengthening our national security. The Biden administration is at a true crossroads: Either see diplomacy all the way through or risk war. So why is it that both Kelly and Sinema have voted in favor of inflexible demands on Iran that will complicate the talks and risk derailing negotiations during the most critical phase? With so much at stake in the nuclear negotiations, Congress should be doing everything in its power to support Biden’s diplomatic efforts, not sabotage them.
With a war raging in Europe, and tensions with Russia at a fever pitch, we must do all we can to eliminate other threats to our national security. We should expect our senators to do all they can to save another generation of Arizona’s young men and women from dying in yet another Middle East war.
Jazz Mimoun is a member of the Leadership Council for the Arizona Chapter of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/arizona-opinion-why-you-should-care-about-the-iran-nuclear-deal/article_f48f9242-e1d6-11ec-93b9-6f3313e43e33.html | 2022-06-09T14:22:09 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/arizona-opinion-why-you-should-care-about-the-iran-nuclear-deal/article_f48f9242-e1d6-11ec-93b9-6f3313e43e33.html |
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As a local restaurant operator, having the ability to serve the general public has always been one of my favorite parts of my job. It gives me an up-close perspective of our community at the street level. Unfortunately we are in the midst of a very serious issue: a massive fentanyl epidemic.
In 2021, fentanyl overdose was the leading cause of death for youths in Pima County. There are now PSA’s running on the radio warning of the dangers of fentanyl. The Pima County Health Department wants to partner with businesses like mine to keep Narcan on hand to reverse potential fentanyl overdoses. This is nowhere near a solution and can be dangerous for employees because often times addicts become aggressive if they are pulled out of a high.
Fentanyl pills seized in Arizona doubled from 2020 to 2021, and 2022 is on track to be a new record. The reason this is occurring is due to the relationship between human trafficking, drug smuggling and the failed policies of the U.S. government at the southern border.
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A few weeks ago, I accompanied congressional candidate Juan Ciscomani to the southern border to work a detail on the “Safe Streets Task Force” with the Cochise County Sheriffs Department. At the briefing before we went into the field, Sheriff Dannels and Commander Watkins disclosed to Ciscomani and me what law enforcement on the border are seeing. The cartels are moving so many undocumented aliens (UDA’s) across the border that they are now targeting high school age kids through social media to recruit them as transportation paying up to $2,000 per person.
The cartels are strategically using their human trafficking operations to give cover and distract law enforcement so that they can move drugs through the desert and our ports of entry. Once the drugs are in the U.S., the cartels are selling fentanyl on social media like Snapchat, for a price of $1-$2 per pill, mailed directly to your home. An astonishing 42% of these pills contain a lethal dose of fentanyl and are made to look like pharmaceutical-grade pills to give users a false sense of security.
As we were on patrol that night, I had a defeated feeling. With the current policies in place, there is no end in sight and things in our community are getting worse by the day.
Last year, the cartels profited an estimated $3 billion in human trafficking alone, this money is then reinvested into the drug trade and other criminal enterprises. The federal government is spending $3.12 billion per year on care for the UDA’s. Pima County alone is receiving $1.6 million per month. Taxpayers are now paying for Narcan, treatment programs and education in relation to the fentanyl epidemic. In short, the failed Biden/Harris border policies are aiding in destroying lives while handing the American public the bill. This has got to end.
To reduce this harm, a solution must be multifaceted. We must start by enforcing laws, modernizing the antiquated portions of the physical border and ports of entry by utilizing the latest technology to reduce the influx of people and drugs coming into the country illegally.
If the Pima County Board of Supervisors want to help their constituents they need to stop enabling the federal government and start pushing back, demanding a solution. Commander Watkins is calling for deeper partnerships with social media companies to flag illegal activity so that human trafficking and the sale of fentanyl are forced back into channels where our law enforcement officers have a better chance of stopping the illegal activities.
Lastly, we need people in office like Ciscomani, that know Southern Arizona, will work side by side with law enforcement to fight for the resources, equipment and personnel they need to be successful. We need impactful action now.
Josh Jacobsen is a family man, a lifelong operator in the restaurant industry and an advocate for small business. He lives in Tucson. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-fentanyl-black-market-boiling-over-into-everyday-business/article_71601954-e28b-11ec-bb91-dbd6ab7407ce.html | 2022-06-09T14:22:15 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-fentanyl-black-market-boiling-over-into-everyday-business/article_71601954-e28b-11ec-bb91-dbd6ab7407ce.html |
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Worries about critical race theory, global citizenship and out-of-date content were threaded throughout public comment at Monday's meeting of the Coeur d'Alene School Board, as reported by our news partners, the Coeur d'Alene Press.
The trustees unanimously voted to adopt new secondary social studies curriculum resources as well as new and updated curriculum for middle school family and consumer science, middle school computer coding, high school engineering technology/shop, high school medical terminology and high school computer programming and software development.
Trustees did move to not include supplemental social studies materials in the adoption after multiple people raised alarm regarding content in certain workbooks and field journals.
Trustee Heather Tenbrink said all but one of her children are in secondary schools in the district.
"I feel like my kids have had robust social studies instruction," she said. "When there are controversial topics, my children have rarely to never felt like the teacher is telling them what to believe about the controversial topic. They approach it, and offer differing viewpoints, and when my kids have to write an essay they write an essay with what they agree with there … And it's good for them. It's how they develop critical thinking skills."
Nearly 50 community members reviewed the classroom resources in the past 30 days. The majority of the reviews were favorable. Some expressed they were in favor of the adoption but also offered mixed or negative reviews.
"CRT. I can almost feel the eye rolls from some people in the room every time these three letters are mentioned during public comment," meeting attendee Meagan Slawson said when she approached the mic. "Despite the repeated denial of any critical race theory being part of the current curriculum and teaching in the Cd'A School District, there is still a concern among the community."
Slawson called out the district for not providing a definition for critical race theory.
"If you haven't defined it, how do you know what to look for within the curriculum?" Slawson asked. "Was the committee that chose the new social studies curriculum given a definition, or even a guideline of what to look for regarding CRT when researching textbooks, workbooks, teaching guides and resource material?"
Critical race theory is generally defined as an academic framework dating to the 1970s that centers on the idea that racism is systemic in the nation’s institutions and that those institutions maintain the dominance of white people. The theory is a way of analyzing American history through the lens of racism. It has become a catch-all political buzzword for any teaching in schools about race and American history, and how schools address diversity and inclusion.
Anne Seddon shared her concerns about an economics book with out-of-date content.
"They are 7- to 12-year-old graphs and will not give students a perspective on economic conditions in a more modern time," she said. "I believe the purchase of an economic book should be delayed until one is found that is more relevant to the actual lives of these students."
She also objected to the concept of students being "global citizens" in a sixth-grade supplemental workbook.
"I believe the board should set a policy that states the goal of teaching history is to provide students with an understanding of historic world events, cultures and countries," Seddon said. "It should not teach students there is a 'global citizenship.' There is only national citizenship. Empathy and identification with lives and conditions of others is an appropriate subject with the understanding there are no global citizens."
Grant MacLean, of Dalton Gardens, said he hasn't always agreed with district policy decisions, but he's grateful for the quality of public education in Kootenai County.
He said he wanted to refute the assertion that studying truthful history makes for uncomfortable and depressed students.
"Sadly, there has not only been abusive and dehumanizing behavior on the part of many of our leaders and citizens throughout history toward Africans, Asians and Native Americans to name a few, but there's also been a large-scale denial and refusal to take responsibility for that behavior," MacLean said.
He said some people are quick to point out that their own ancestors didn't arrive from Europe until slavery had been abolished, the Trail of Tears had already been taken and the internment camps had been emptied.
"Those folk would do well to reflect on the advantages economic and otherwise that they all enjoy as a result of the oppression of those who happened to have had a different skin color and what it might take to correct the imbalance that continues today," he said. "Winston Churchill was right when he said, 'Those who don't study history are condemned to repeat it.'"
MacLean said America has done much for which the country can be proud.
"There have also been shameful episodes that demand to be recognized if we are to heal from the divisions that those episodes caused," he said. "Our teachers are skilled and dedicated and able to teach all of our children the whole history of our nation in ways that will not demean but will help our children understand and address the discrimination that has been too long repeated."
Curriculum director Katie Graupman, who presented the review findings to the board, said the district doesn't have the licensing to post all the content online. However, parents are welcome to use their child's login information and password to view all the digital information to which their child has access.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A baby girl who went missing 40 years ago after her parents were found dead in a wooded area in Houston was found “alive and well,” according to a release from the Office of the Texas Attorney General.
Baby Holly is now 42 years old. Her parents, Tina Gail Linn Clouse and Harold Dean Clouse Jr, were victims of an apparent homicide in 1981 and couldn’t be identified at the time of their death. Holly was not found with her parents, the release said.
In 2021, Identifinders International used genetic genealogy to identify the bodies of the Florida couple, the release said.
The Linn and Clouse families searched for answers after they last heard from the family in 1980 and Identifinders International identified Tina and Dean Clouse last year.
Holly has been notified of her biological parents’ identities and has been in contact with her extended family, the release said.
“It was so exciting to see Holly. I was so happy to meet her for the first time. It is such a blessing to be reassured that she is alright and has had a good life. The whole family slept well last night,” Holly’s aunt Cheryl Clouse said in the release.
The investigation into the murders of Tina and Dean Clouse is ongoing. If anyone has information about their deaths, please contact the Texas Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit at coldcaseunit@oag.texas.gov, the release said.
The cold case and missing persons investigation was done in collaboration with the Texas Attorney General’s Office Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit, the Lewisville Police Department, the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida, the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the release said. | https://cw33.com/news/local/baby-missing-from-texas-woods-found-alive-and-well-40-years-later/ | 2022-06-09T14:28:00 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/baby-missing-from-texas-woods-found-alive-and-well-40-years-later/ |
ABINGDON, Va. — A Virginia-based hospital system has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle claims that it committed multiple violations of the Controlled Substances Act between 2017 and 2020, according to officials.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said the settlement was the third largest civil penalty ever secured from a hospital system under the act and the largest ever in the Fourth Circuit.
The claims centered on Sovah Health’s failure to have effective controls in place to prevent diversion of powerful painkilling prescription opioids, the news release said. From 2017 to 2019, a Sovah Health employee diverted more than 11,000 Schedule II controlled substances from Sovah Health.
From January to May 2020, a second Sovah Health worker tampered with Fentanyl vials and hydromorphone injectables by replacing the controlled substance with saline and diverting the controlled substance, officials said.
Sovah Health has campuses in Danville and Martinsville, which united to form the system in 2017. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/health-system-pays-to-settle-us-claim-of-violations-of-act/2022/06/09/075bf76a-e7f6-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html | 2022-06-09T14:28:28 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/health-system-pays-to-settle-us-claim-of-violations-of-act/2022/06/09/075bf76a-e7f6-11ec-a422-11bbb91db30b_story.html |
The United Steelworkers union is gearing up for contract talks this summer with Northwest Indiana's biggest steelmakers.
The current contracts were reached four years ago with U.S. Steel and ArcelorMittal USA, which will be replaced at the bargaining table with Cleveland-Cliffs, which bought most of its U.S. assets and assumed the labor agreement already in place.
Now the two sides of labor and management will again hammer out deals that will affect wages, benefits, working conditions and workplace safety. The outcome of the collective bargaining will affect more than 10,000 steelworkers in Northwest Indiana, the steel capital of North America with half the nation's blast furnaces.
Contract talks between union locals and steel mill management kicked off this week.
National contract talks are slated to start July 11, USW District 7 Director Mike Millsap said. The United Steelworkers union is in the process of surveying its members about what they want out of the next deal.
"I can't tell you what the main issues are yet," Millsap said. "I can tell you we want a fair and equitable agreement."
The last round of contract talks in 2018 was often contentious with steelworkers threatening the largest strike in decades after threatened clawbacks of health care benefits. After months of negotiations, workers finally ratified four-year contracts with U.S. Steel and ArcelorMittal USA with cumulative raises of 14% over four years, improved benefits and stronger contract language.
Thousands of steelworkers rallied for a fair contract in Burns Harbor, Gary, East Chicago and Crown Point during the previous round of talks in 2015, when contracts still typically ran three years.
Steelmakers, who were financially struggling amid of surge of cheap imports at the time, were asking for pay freezes and for workers to pay thousands of more dollars a year in out-of-pocket expenses for health insurance. The unions fought to save the benefits they attained through generations of collective bargaining.
"I hope they don't try anything this time," Millsap said. "They haven't indicated what they're going to do."
This time, steelmakers have benefited from stronger tariffs, improved marketed conditions and relatively elevated prices for the last few years. Both of Northwest Indiana's Big Two steelmakers posted record profits and other financial metrics last year.
The USW will go to the bargaining table with both U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs, which has been the first to reach an agreement with the steelworkers during recent rounds of talks.
Cleveland-Cliffs Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves has often said he views the union as partners with shared goals for a prosperous steel industry, middle class and Midwest, where much of the company's business is concentrated.
"Out of respect for the bargaining process, we do not discuss specifics of our labor negotiations," Cleveland-Cliffs spokeswoman Patricia Persico said." Cleveland-Cliffs and the USW have successfully negotiated equitable agreements for decades, and we share several common goals. Our relationship at both the local and national levels are respectful and based on these common goals. We look forward to begin discussions and plan to bargain in good faith with the goal to reach an equitable agreement with the USW."
The USW also is negotiating on behalf of 10,000 steelworkers nationwide employed at U.S. Steel. It will seek a new contract for workers in production, maintenance, plant protection, security, emergency services and office and technical at 13 locations around the country.
The deal will include Local 1014 and Local 1066 at Gary Works, Local 6103 at the Midwest Plant and Local 2695 at Gary Works and the Midwest Plant.
The USW will send bargaining teams to reach a master contract with both Cleveland-Cliffs and U.S. Steel. Union locals will also simultaneously hash out agreements with local management on site-specific issues like parking, bathrooms and lunch rooms.
Once a tentative preliminary agreement is reached, a detailed summary will be mailed to all union members in good standing with their dues. They will get to vote to either ratify or reject the deal.
"We're looking for better pay, more health insurance and better pensions," Millsap said. "It's the same thing workers always want."
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TRAIL CREEK — A local stretch of U.S. 20 is expected to remain closed for an extended period Thursday morning following a crash involving a semi-truck, Trail Creek police said.
The rollover crash occurred in the area of the Michigan City Municipal Airport, police said.
The roadway is closed to allow for cleanup, according to police.
"Please avoid the area," officials said.
Indiana Dunes National Park sells new passes to visitors
Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes as visitors adjust to new entrance fees
Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes as visitors adjust to new entrance fees
Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes as visitors adjust to new entrance fees
Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes as visitors adjust to new entrance fees
Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes as visitors adjust to new entrance fees
Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes as visitors adjust to new entrance fees
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All local lanes of U.S. 20 are expected to remain closed for an extended period Thursday morning following a crash involving a semi-truck, Trail Creek police said. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/truck-crash-closes-stretch-of-u-s-20-police-say/article_ee62fbb5-c8d6-512d-ba61-2e6f3c83a09d.html | 2022-06-09T14:36:45 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/truck-crash-closes-stretch-of-u-s-20-police-say/article_ee62fbb5-c8d6-512d-ba61-2e6f3c83a09d.html |
The Indiana Dunes National Park has sold thousands of passes so far as visitors adjust to its new entrance fees, sometimes grumbling about now having to pay.
The National Park that stretches along 15 miles of the Lake Michigan lakeshore is focusing less on enforcement and more on educating people about the change in policy at a park that's always previously been free to visit outside of the popular West Beach.
"So far, it is going very well. We have fee collectors working daily at the visitor center, at the West Beach entrance station and, until it closed temporarily due to an issue with the pedestrian bridge, at the Douglas Center," Indiana Dunes National Park Supervisory Ranger Bruce Rowe said. "In addition, quite a few people are buying passes online at Recreation.gov. Our first big test was over the busy Memorial Day weekend, and things went pretty well despite occasional backups at West Beach waiting to buy a pass at the entrance station."
Thus far, the park has sold 5,786 Indiana Dunes National Park seven-day passes, 3,191 Indiana Dunes National Park Annual Passes, 586 Senior Lifetime Passes, 427 Annual Senior Passes and 1,174 Federal Annual Passes. It's also handed out 661 free Veterans/Military passes. The veterans, senior lifetime, annual senior and federal annual passes can be used at all National Parks.
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People can now buy the passes at Virk's Dunes Mart at 2 E. Dunes Highway in Beverly Shores, Porter Quick Stop at 20 E. U.S. Highway 20 in Chesterton, the Marathon Gas Station at 5865 U.S. Highway 12 in Ogden Dunes, the Schoolhouse Shop & Antiques at 278 East CR-1500 North in Chesterton and the Dig the Dunes Trail Stop at Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk Pavilion at 100 Riverwalk Road in Portage.
"We sold a ton over Memorial weekend. Most people are getting the annual, but we sold quite a few one-to-seven-day passes too," Dig the Dunes owner Eve Wierzbicki said.
"For the most part, people are not real happy about having to pay at first, but once they get used to the idea they are okay with it," Wierzbicki said. "The beach was still really busy Memorial weekend. Last weekend was a little slower, but still plenty of people — and the weather wasn’t ideal. People are still extremely confused about them though, so the more info that gets out that explains the difference between the national pass and the state, the better."
So far, many locals have been buying the passes as tourism is only now starting to pick up, said Roy Krizek, who owns the Schoolhouse Shop with James Ruge.
"There's been a bit of confusion over how does this work?" he said. "People ask if it works in the state park, but they're two different entities. They also ask about Washington Park in Michigan City, which is a municipal park. There's a lot of confusion."
Sales of the seven-day passes and annual passes have been steady, Krizek said. They've been picking up since Memorial Day.
"Locals have said they never had to pay to get in," he said. "But then you explain 90% of the money stays in our National Park for projects. That's a good thing."
People get passes they can dangle from their rearview mirror. It must be displayed at the more than two dozen sites scattered across Porter, LaPorte and Lake counties, including beaches, bogs, trails and dunes.
"Since the word on the new entrance fee is still getting out, we are concentrating on education, not enforcement this year," Rowe said.
"Our fee staff has been patrolling parking lots and placing bright green fee information notices on car's windshields if they haven't purchased a pass online (we can check online), or if they aren't displaying a physical pass that they purchased here or at another national park location," he said. "I do know that at least one ticket has been written for someone who refused to pay the entrance fee after being informed of it by a law enforcement ranger."
People now have to pay $25 for a seven-day pass, $45 for an annual pass, $20 for an annual senior pass and $80 for a senior lifetime or federal annual pass.
"The vast majority of people understand the need for a new entrance fee for a park that has seen its attendance increase from 1.7 million in 2018 to over 3.1 million a year after our name change to the national park," Rowe said. "We have received some complaints from people who have been coming here for many years and who do not like paying a fee for something that had mostly been free in the past. But, even most long-term users of the park understand the need for the new fee."
The revenue will go to fund improvements at the park.
"When somebody buys the $25 week-long pass or the $45 annual pass for Indiana Dunes National Park, at least 90% of that money stays here and will pay for maintenance projects and other improvements at this park," Rowe said. "There is a 10% handling fee for passes bought on Recreation.gov."
Indiana Dunes Tourism Executive Director Lorelei Weimer said the tourism agency is explaining the rates to the public through various methods, including its popular information brochures.
"We created a rack card that is distributed at our hotels and at the visitor center explaining the rates," Weimer said.
"We have this in our Activities Guide as well," she said. "We also created an informational video. More than likely we will be purchasing TV monitors to show the pricing in the visitor center. The goal is to explain the pricing for both parks to better assist the visitors and residents."
It's not known yet what impact the fees will have on tourism and visitation to the Indiana Dunes.
"We won’t really know the impact on tourism until the end of the year when we have the full visitation data," Weimer said. "However, if there is a decline in visitation it will be difficult to know the exact cause because there are so many external factors that we can’t control, such as weather, gas prices and inflation. These also will impact travel."
The National Park Service also is working to ensure the 15,000-acre park remains accessible.
"Also, if someone can't afford the full price of a pass, please be on the lookout for an announcement from a support group of ours," Rowe said.
"The Friends of Indiana Dunes, Inc., are working on a program where they will purchase annual passes and offer them at a discount to people who otherwise couldn't afford them," he said. "All the details haven't been finalized yet, but we expect an announcement from the Friends before the end of June about the program." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/indiana-dunes-national-park-has-sold-thousands-of-passes-as-visitors-adjust-to-new-entrance/article_68c5752c-657c-567a-92a3-8017de0c3d96.html | 2022-06-09T14:36:51 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/indiana-dunes-national-park-has-sold-thousands-of-passes-as-visitors-adjust-to-new-entrance/article_68c5752c-657c-567a-92a3-8017de0c3d96.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin City Council will be meeting Thursday and, this week, there are many important items on the agenda.
They will set a public hearing to consider renaming Confederate Street to Maggie Mayes Street. Back in February, the council gave the renaming the green light.
The new name will honor former educator Maggie Mayes, who founded the first school in Clarksville.
The council is also set to approve a CROWN Act ordinance, which will change city code to prohibit discrimination based on Black hairstyles in housing, public accommodations and employment by city contractors.
Council members are also set to approve increased safety measures for Sixth Street in Downtown Austin.
Sunday will mark one year since a shooter opened fire in the popular bar, killing Doug Kantor and injuring many others. Since then, the City of Austin has looked for ways to make the popular street safer.
On Thursday, they will vote on the Safer Sixth Street Resolution, which follows the shooting of Kantor last summer, in addition to several other shootings along Sixth Street within the year.
Two parts of the Safer Sixth Street Resolution have already passed. Now, City Council Member Kathie Tovo is pushing to pass the third part, adding 13 HALO cameras for around $200,000 along Sixth Street, making it a total of 60 in the Sixth Street area. The resolution also looks to see if businesses along Sixth would want metal detector wands to check people at the door.
Two others parts of the resolution passed that include working with business owners to add lighting to their property, especially in alleys, and encouraging bar owners to create written safety plans and train door staff.
Click here to check out the entire Austin City Council agenda.
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HOUSTON — Missing for more than 40 years, the daughter of a murdered couple has been found alive and well, according to investigators.
The new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit with the Texas Attorney General’s Office made the announcement Thursday morning.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from the identities of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse were confirmed using advanced DNA techniques.
A press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. which can be streamed in the player above, the KHOU 11 app and YouTube channel.
Holly Marie Clouse had last been seen by her family in late 1980. Her parents, Dean and Tina Linn Clouse, were found murdered in rural Houston on January 12, 1981 with no sign of the infant.
The couple’s identification using advanced DNA techniques underwritten by podcast producer audiochuck was announced earlier this year on the 41st anniversary of their discovery.
Aided by counterparts in three states, a search for records of the child, who was born Holly Marie Clouse, by Texas investigators resulted in her surprising discovery.
The investigation into the deaths of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse remains open.
Due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing criminal investigation, additional information about Holly’s childhood and separation from her parents is not available at this time.
The Clouse and Linn families said they would like to thank Texas AG’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit, Lewisville Police Department, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the collaborative and coordinated efforts that resulted in their reunion with Holly.
“I am extremely proud of the exceptional work done by my office’s newly formed Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. My office diligently worked across state lines to uncover the mystery surrounding Holly’s disappearance. We were successful in our efforts to locate her and reunite her with her biological family.” Texas Attorney General Paxton said.
Holly Marie Clouse is now a mother of five in Oklahoma
“It’s one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever been a part of,” Det. Steve Wheeler, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, said. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing to play even a small part in reuniting a family after 40 years.”
OAG Senior Counsel Mindy Montford and Det. Craig Holloman with Lewisville Police Department, where the young family went missing, arrived at Holly’s place of employment Tuesday, on what would have been her father Dean’s 63rd birthday.
Just hours later, the Oklahoma mother of five was reunited online with her family on both sides.
In an effort to help locate Holly after her parents were identified, FHD Forensics launched the Hope For Holly DNA Project in her honor and became the custodian of the genetic profiles of several of Holly's family members.
“The whole family slept well last night. The Hope For Holly Project was a success thanks to the Texas Cold Case Unit,” Cheryl Clouse, Holly’s aunt, said.
“I believe Tina is finally resting in peace knowing Holly is reuniting with her family,” Sherry Green, another aunt, said.
Green dreamed of her sister Tina after meeting her long-lost niece in the video meeting hosted by Montford and her team.
Founder of FHD Forensics and one of the genealogists involved in identifying Holly’s parents, Allison Peacock praised her family for never giving up.
“They’ve spent the past six months with me digging through records, gathering photos for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s age progression portrait, and documenting memories of Holly and her parents in an effort to help law enforcement,” Peacock said.
“Allison is forever our angel in helping us through this whole heartbreaking experience,” Donna Casasanta, Dean’s mother, said.
“What matters is that Holly was found happy and alive and now knows that she has a huge extended family that has loved her for decades,” Peacock said.
Anyone with information about the disappearance and murder of Dean “Junior” Clouse and his wife, Tina Linn Clouse is asked to contact Sgt. Rachel Kading at the Texas Office of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit at coldcaseunit@oag.texas.gov or 512-936-0742. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 | 2022-06-09T14:37:36 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 |
HOSTYN, Texas — The Fayette County Sheriff's Office Thursday morning shared photos showing a dramatic fire at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Hostyn, Texas.
Officials first reported the fire around 7:30 a.m., stating that FM 2436 was completely shut down. They were asking the public to avoid the area so first responders could work.
According to the church's website, the current building has been in place since 1966. It is the fourth site for the church, the first being built in 1869. The second church was built in 1888, but it too burned in 1907. The third was constructed in 1908.
Hostyn is located about six miles south of La Grange.
Click here for more history about the church.
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No one was hurt at the Tipp City Meijer distribution facility struck by a suspected tornado Wednesday afternoon and most of the complex is operating today, a spokesman for the grocery company said Thursday.
A suspected tornado caused major damage to a Meijer center and several other sites in Miami County. At the Meijer facility off South County Road 25A in Tipp City, the roof and back wall on the northwest corner of one building collapsed.
“The damage from the storm affected one building in our complex,” Meijer spokesman Frank J. Guglielmi told this news outlet in an email. “I don’t have the number of team members who were in that specific building, but all team members in the complex were accounted for last night and there were no injuries.”
There is more than one building in the complex, he said. He did not give a specific number of buildings.
“Our team did a great job executing our severe storm/tornado safety protocol,” Guglielmi said. “When notified of the incoming storm, the team activated a shelter in place and ran their severe weather plans. Their quick actions undoubtedly helped ensure the safety of our team members, contractors and visitors at the complex, and for that we are grateful.”
“Most” of the complex is operating today, and Meijer does not anticipate any noticeable disruption to stores, he also said. The company is speaking with employees on changes that would affect their schedules, he added.
Follow-up questions were sent to the company.
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The Texas House of Representatives Investigative Committee on the Robb Elementary Shooting is holding a hearing on Thursday morning.
The committee will hear testimony from law enforcement authorities regarding the mass shooting in Uvalde.
The committee was established by House Speaker Dade Phelan last week to conduct an investigation into the school shooting.
According to Rep. Burrows' office, all of the testimony is expected to take place in Executive Session, meaning it will not be made available to the public.
Members of the committee may make remarks at the start of the hearing and following the closed door testimony, officials said.
Rep. Burrows' office said representatives form Texas DPS will be testifying, but a list of names has not been released. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/law-enforcement-officials-testify-before-texas-house-on-uvalde-shooting/2988540/ | 2022-06-09T14:46:20 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/law-enforcement-officials-testify-before-texas-house-on-uvalde-shooting/2988540/ |
The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is holding a press conference to provide a district update after the mass shooting that took place at Robb Elementary School.
According to district officials, the district will provide information about grade-level alignment, safety and security, counseling, and upcoming district updates.
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Fred Cleveland, Susan Sigler join Spencer Hathaway in New Smyrna Beach mayoral race
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Two more residents have joined the race for city mayor and will face off against Spencer Hathaway in November.
Fred Cleveland, 65, and Susan Sigler, 51, recently announced their bids to replace Mayor Russ Owen, who said on May 6 he would not seek a third term.
Cleveland is originally from Ormond Beach and has lived in New Smyrna Beach for about seven years.
“My goal as mayor is to implement strategies that will sustain our community now and into the future,” he said in an interview last week. “All with a bias for action.”
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Cleveland is a former United States Navy captain, where he served for almost 30 years before landing in executive positions at American Eagle Airlines and American Airlines.
He grew up in the greater Daytona Beach where he was a “YMCA kid” and an Eagle Scout; he also attended Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach.
“Through the YMCA, through the Scouting and through my mother’s leadership, I learned about the sacrifices of others and the value of community,” Cleveland said.
He added that while growing up and spending a lot of time outdoors, he also learned about “the love for nature, and how fragile it can be, and how important it is that we protect the environment that we have.”
While in college, Cleveland was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1975, where he “learned a set of core values that stood me in great stead both in government service — for my nearly 30-year career — and in the private sector.”
Cleveland added that he owes the U.S. Navy for the skills he learned as a team player and “good follower,” which later helped him further develop his leadership skills.
“I’m a team builder,” he said. “Team building has been something that I have been able to use as a brand successfully.”
Now retired, he plans to put these skills to use to address the main issues he sees are facing New Smyrna Beach, where he has live since 2015.
“My concern is that through the uncontrolled growth and suburban sprawl that has been going on from decisions that were made decades ago, my job is to contain the impact of that growth and to follow ordinances and city regulations that are already in place and that prevent the ruining of such an environmentally sensitive town,” he said.
Cleveland, who has no previous political experience, said there are three main courses of action he will focus on if elected. The first will be to protect the city’s environmental infrastructure “immediately, and especially by restoring our ailing Indian River Lagoon, ensuring sustainable potable water, protecting our tree canopy and historic footprint, which residents value so much.”
The second course of action would be help the city “evolve.”
“Our biggest growth-related challenges must be addressed through collaboration and persistence,” he said.
Cleveland added that he plans to seek the help of county and other state government entities as the city seeks solutions to its parking and traffic problems. He said that continuing to promote affordable housing and eco-tourism projects can also help the city evolve.
The third course of action would be to “unite.”
“I believe we can strengthen our city through a unification of purpose,” he said. “Ideas that I have for this would include empowering citizen-run boards to obtain tangible results on significant city issues, establishing a small business desk at City Hall dedicated to the issues that are facing our local business owners, and inspiring greater local patronage to those local business.”
Cleveland has also received Owen’s endorsement, who said he “hoped” Cleveland would run.
“For him being willing to step out of retirement and take the time to dedicate back to our city, I’m absolutely elated,” Owen told The News-Journal.
Sigler, a 25-year resident, ready for the next challenge
Sigler has been a New Smyrna Beach resident and a high school biology teacher for more than 25 years.
Sigler teaches at DeLand High School and has been with the Volusia County Schools for 24 years.
A graduate of New Smyrna Beach High School, she majored in education and minored in biology at the University of Central Florida.
After graduating college, she and her husband returned to New Smyrna Beach to raise their children, during which time Sigler started teaching.
“Now I need a new challenge,” Sigler said in an interview. “Now my kids are grown and I am ready to do something else. I feel like I’ve put all of my time into my kids, raising them, and now I just want to want to turn from that to helping the community and trying to put my head into the political realm.”
Sigler said she does not have any political experience, and is more of an “educator.” But being a teacher, she said, makes one a “lifelong learner.”
“You are constantly learning, you’re changing and you’re flexible, and especially in the last few years with teaching in the pandemic, which was crazy,” she said. “I have definitely learned to be extremely flexible and very open-minded.”
She said that her background as an educator could help her tackle issues related to education in the city if she is elected as mayor.
“We have such a wonderful community, and I want to build on and help sustain our economic base to where these kids can come and go to school here, get good degrees and be able to stay and be able to afford to be here.”
She said her daughter chose to move out of town because she found more job opportunities elsewhere in the state, a situation Sigler said she hopes won’t happen with other local kids.
“I hope to bring some kind of collaboration between the county, the city,” she said. “I think everybody does a great part part, but I think it would be great if we could pull things together. I don’t think the relationship has been super, so I hope that I can bring a great relationship between the school board, the county and the schools.”
Another point of concern for Sigler is the environment as the city continues to grow.
“I hope to use my background, my biology degree, information and people that I know in the school system, volunteers to help with environmental protection,” she said.
She will start dedicating a lot of time to campaigning now in the summer, as she will have a lot of time off. If elected, Sigler said she plans to continue teaching but not the same full time hours.
“I’ll do my best to get out there and figure out what I can do best for our community,” Sigler said.
She added: “It’s a wonderful community here. I’ve lived here almost all my life. Throwing my hat into the ring here will be a new journey for me. I have a lot of experience (as a teacher) and I have a lot of things to offer to our community. I’m pretty excited.”
In addition to the mayoral race, New Smyrna Beach voters will also elect new Zone 1 and Zone 2 city commissioners. Election Day is Nov. 8. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/06/09/new-smyrna-beach-mayoral-race-heats-up-with-two-more-candidates-fred-cleveland-susan-sigler/7478313001/ | 2022-06-09T14:49:29 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/06/09/new-smyrna-beach-mayoral-race-heats-up-with-two-more-candidates-fred-cleveland-susan-sigler/7478313001/ |
HOUSTON — Missing for more than 40 years, the daughter of a murdered couple has been found alive and well, according to investigators.
The new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit with the Texas Attorney General’s Office made the announcement Thursday morning.
EDITOR'S NOTE: The video above is from the identities of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse were confirmed using advanced DNA techniques.
A press conference is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. which can be streamed in the player above, the KHOU 11 app and YouTube channel.
Holly Marie Clouse had last been seen by her family in late 1980. Her parents, Dean and Tina Linn Clouse, were found murdered in rural Houston on January 12, 1981 with no sign of the infant.
The couple’s identification using advanced DNA techniques underwritten by podcast producer audiochuck was announced earlier this year on the 41st anniversary of their discovery.
Aided by counterparts in three states, a search for records of the child, who was born Holly Marie Clouse, by Texas investigators resulted in her surprising discovery.
The investigation into the deaths of Dean and Tina Linn Clouse remains open.
Due to the sensitive nature of the ongoing criminal investigation, additional information about Holly’s childhood and separation from her parents is not available at this time.
The Clouse and Linn families said they would like to thank Texas AG’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit, Lewisville Police Department, Harris County Sheriff’s Office, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the collaborative and coordinated efforts that resulted in their reunion with Holly.
“I am extremely proud of the exceptional work done by my office’s newly formed Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit. My office diligently worked across state lines to uncover the mystery surrounding Holly’s disappearance. We were successful in our efforts to locate her and reunite her with her biological family.” Texas Attorney General Paxton said.
Holly Marie Clouse is now a mother of five in Oklahoma
“It’s one of the most meaningful things I’ve ever been a part of,” Det. Steve Wheeler, Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, said. “It’s a once in a lifetime thing to play even a small part in reuniting a family after 40 years.”
OAG Senior Counsel Mindy Montford and Det. Craig Holloman with Lewisville Police Department, where the young family went missing, arrived at Holly’s place of employment Tuesday, on what would have been her father Dean’s 63rd birthday.
Just hours later, the Oklahoma mother of five was reunited online with her family on both sides.
In an effort to help locate Holly after her parents were identified, FHD Forensics launched the Hope For Holly DNA Project in her honor and became the custodian of the genetic profiles of several of Holly's family members.
“The whole family slept well last night. The Hope For Holly Project was a success thanks to the Texas Cold Case Unit,” Cheryl Clouse, Holly’s aunt, said.
“I believe Tina is finally resting in peace knowing Holly is reuniting with her family,” Sherry Green, another aunt, said.
Green dreamed of her sister Tina after meeting her long-lost niece in the video meeting hosted by Montford and her team.
Founder of FHD Forensics and one of the genealogists involved in identifying Holly’s parents, Allison Peacock praised her family for never giving up.
“They’ve spent the past six months with me digging through records, gathering photos for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children’s age progression portrait, and documenting memories of Holly and her parents in an effort to help law enforcement,” Peacock said.
“Allison is forever our angel in helping us through this whole heartbreaking experience,” Donna Casasanta, Dean’s mother, said.
“What matters is that Holly was found happy and alive and now knows that she has a huge extended family that has loved her for decades,” Peacock said.
Anyone with information about the disappearance and murder of Dean “Junior” Clouse and his wife, Tina Linn Clouse is asked to contact Sgt. Rachel Kading at the Texas Office of the Attorney General’s Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit at coldcaseunit@oag.texas.gov or 512-936-0742. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 | 2022-06-09T14:50:24 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/holly-marie-clouse-found-alive-after-parents-murdered-more-than-40-years-ago/285-f14cb891-43d8-4703-bd62-397b62f22cf4 |
(WJHL) — Tennessee Education Commissioner Dr. Penny Schwinn is set to visit multiple school districts across the Tri-Cities region on Thursday, June 9.
According to a news release from the Department of Education, Schwinn’s stops at Greene County Schools, Greeneville City Schools, Washington County Schools, Carter County Schools and Elizabethton City Schools are part of the Accelerating TN 2022 Tour.
The initiative spans 50 school districts in three weeks to highlight summer learning opportunities in different school systems. These summer programs stem from the Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act and Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act, which is the first update in over 30 years to the way the state funds public education.
Schwinn’s tour in the Tri-Cities will include the following:
- Greene County Schools (Moshiem Elementary and West Greene Middle School from 9:15-10 a.m.)
- Greeneville City Schools (Hal Henard Elementary School from 10:30-11:15 a.m.)
- Washington County Schools (Boones Creek Elementary from 12:15-1 p.m.)
- Carter County Schools (Central Elementary from 1:45-2:30 p.m.)
- Elizabethton City Schools (Elizabethton High School from 2:45-3:30 p.m.)
“Tennessee has led the nation in implementing innovative and student-focused strategies to accelerate student achievement and outcomes,” Schwinn stated in a news release. “The Accelerating TN 2022 bus tour will support the essential work continuing this summer—highlighting best practices, facilitating key discussions on strategic initiatives and the new TISA public school funding formula, and connecting the many stakeholders who want to help all Tennessee students succeed. By engaging, listening and learning during the tour, we can help ensure Tennessee continues to lead on behalf of our children.”
The tour also includes Reading 360 Early Reading Training and roundtables in each location to talk about strategies to accelerate student learning and achievement. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tn-education-commissioner-visiting-several-tri-cities-school-districts/ | 2022-06-09T14:56:25 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tn-education-commissioner-visiting-several-tri-cities-school-districts/ |
First probable case of monkeypox identified in Rhode Island
The first probable case of monkeypox has been detected in Rhode Island.
The Rhode Island Department of Health announced on Thursday morning that a male resident of Providence County in his 30had tested positive for an orthopox virus, and confirmation for monkeypox was pending testing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The case "is believed to be related to travel to Massachusetts," a news release from the Department of Health said.
The Health Department is conducting contact tracing to identify individuals who may have been exposed to the patient while he was infectious. Those individuals will be monitored for three weeks after their last day of exposure.
No further information is being provided in order to protect the patient's privacy, the Health Department said.
"While monkeypox is certainly a concern, the risk to Rhode Islanders remains low – even with this finding," interim Health Director James McDonald said in a statement. "Monkeypox is a known – and remains an exceedingly uncommon – disease in the United States. Fortunately, there is a vaccine for monkeypox that can be given before or after exposure to help prevent infection."
Monkeypox symptoms
According to the Centers for Disease Control, early symptoms of monkeypox include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and exhaustion. Within one to three days of developing a fever, patients typically develop a rash that turns into fluid-filled bumps.
How do you get monkeypox?
The virus "spreads between people primarily through direct contact with infectious sores, scabs, or body fluids," according to the CDC.
Anyone who suspects they may have the virus "should call their healthcare provider before going to the office for an appointment," the Health Department said. "Let them know you are concerned about possible monkeypox infection so they can take precautions to ensure that others are not exposed" | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/monkeypox-rhode-island-first-case-identified-virus-outbreak/7566214001/ | 2022-06-09T15:05:07 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/monkeypox-rhode-island-first-case-identified-virus-outbreak/7566214001/ |
Skyrocketing home values mean Providence city councilors want to cut property taxes
PROVIDENCE — City councilors are pushing to lower property taxes initially floated in Mayor Jorge Elorza's fiscal year 2023 budget.
On Wednesday night, the finance committee moved to cut the rate from the proposed $18.50 per $1,000 to $17.80.
The mayor has touted his plan as a tax cut, as the current rate stands at $24.56, however, skyrocketing home values mean residents will end up paying more anyway. According to the city's internal auditor, Providence's residential properties have increased in value by an average of 46%.
More:Mayor Jorge Elorza unveils Providence budget proposal with 4% increase in tax levy
"Our families are faced with rising inflation costs, from groceries to gas. And while we all appreciate increased home values, it was important for the Council to crunch the numbers and lessen the tax burden on our single-family, multi-family, and elderly homeowners without sacrificing city services," Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan, who chairs the committee, said.
On the other hand, the committee moved to increase taxes on commercial properties, which have seen a far more modest increase in value, averaging 15%. Committee members moved to boost rates from Elorza's proposed $33.85 per $1,000 to $35.40. The current rate is $36.70.
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Another change to the budget? Cut funding for the Providence fire chief
In considering the remainder of Elorza's budget, the committee also moved to cut funding for the fire chief, a position that has long been without a permanent employee, though Public Safety Commissioner Steven Paré, who has been serving in an acting capacity, has been collecting the salary.
As a result, the committee has moved to defund the position, wishing to fund it at a salary of no more than $175,000 if and when a full-time and qualified individual is hired.
City Treasurer James Lombardi noted that there has been no permanent fire chief since July 2015, though the city charter states an individual may only serve in an acting role for 90 days.
According to Lombardi, Paré makes about $165,000 as fire chief -- about $33,000 more than the ordinance yet substantially less than his commissioner's salary of $132,000.
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"As you know, it not only adds to his salary but his future pension," Lombardi said. "I've raised these objections to the administration on the 90-day rule, and there has not been any resolution to that. The administration can't bend the rules for one individual. It's wrong. It's against the charter. It needs to be corrected."
Councilman Nicholas Narducci, echoing those criticisms, said he is "disgusted with this whole issue."
The Providence Journal has reached out to Paré for comment.
The budget will now go to the full council for final approval. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/providence-city-councilors-considering-cutting-property-taxes-home-value/7565180001/ | 2022-06-09T15:05:13 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/09/providence-city-councilors-considering-cutting-property-taxes-home-value/7565180001/ |
Union Bank and Trust is set to spend $1.5 million to aid in the construction of Lincoln Public Schools' new stadium which will bear the bank's name.
The Lincoln Board of Education will vote to accept the gift at its regular meeting on Tuesday, the district announced in a news release Thursday.
As a part of the deal, the stadium near Northwest High School will be named Union Bank Stadium for 20 years, the school district said. Northwest is set to open this fall at 4901 W. Holdrege St.
"Over the years, Union Bank and Trust has repeatedly invested in our schools to aid us in our mission of providing more opportunities for Lincoln's children," Superintendent Steve Joel said in a news release announcing the agreement.
Joel, who is set to retire at the end of this month, thanked the bank for its continued support of district programming and athletics.
Jason Muhleisen, the bank's executive vice president, said Union Bank and Trust looks forward to "welcoming fans of all ages to the modern new stadium in a vibrant, growing area of Lincoln."
Lincoln Northwest will play its inaugural football game at the field against Ralston High School on Aug. 26.
Breaking down Lincoln's public schools: Enrollment, test scores and more
Adams
Adams Elementary: 7401 Jacobs Creek Drive
Enrollment : 776 students
77.9% white, 2.3% Black or African American, 9.6% Asian, 4.9% Hispanic/Latino, 5.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 8.6% free, 2.3% reduced
Gifted students: 10.4%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 73 language arts; 76 math
LPS
Arnold
Arnold Elementary: 5000 Mike Scholl St.
Enrollment: 742 students
57.1% white, 1.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 8.4% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 19.2% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 46.7% free, 12.7% reduced
Gifted: 2.8%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 32 math
LPS
Beattie
Beattie Elementary: 1901 Calvert St.
Enrollment: 368 students
73.6% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.3% Black or African American, 1.1% Asian, 8.2% Hispanic/Latino, 13.3% two or more races
Free or reduced-price lunch participation: 25.3% free, 8.2% reduced price
Gifted: 6.0%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 59 language arts, 55 math
LPS
Belmont
Belmont Elementary: 3425 N. 14th St.
Enrollment: 829 students
42.4% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 15.7% Black or African American, 2.2% Asian, 26.9% Hispanic/Latino, 11.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 67.5% free, 11.0% reduced
Gifted: 3.7%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 34 math
LPS
Brownell
Brownell Elementary: 6000 Aylesworth Ave.
Enrollment: 320 students
65.9% white, 4.9% Black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 14.8% Hispanic/Latino, 14.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 45.2% free, 10.5% reduced
Gifted: 2.3%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 50 language arts, 37 math
LPS
Calvert
Calvert Elementary: 3709 S. 46th St.
Enrollment: 361 students
62.9% white, 1.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 7.1% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 12.0% Hispanic/Latino, 15.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 45.7% free, 6.7% reduced
Gifted: 11.3%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 47 language arts, 31 math
LPS
Campbell
Campbell Elementary: 2200 Dodge St.
Enrollment: 591 students
46.6% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 14.3% Black or African American, 11.3% Asian, 16.6% Hispanic/Latino, 10.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 59.4% free, 10.5% reduced
Gifted: 4.2%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 38 language arts, 34 math
LPS
Cavett
Cavett Elementary: 7701 S. 36th St.
Enrollment: 580 students
77.0% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.9% Black or African American, 4.0% Asian, 8.9% Hispanic, 6.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 10.4% free, 3.6% reduced
Gifted: 13.3%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 70 language arts, 69 math
LPS
Clinton
Clinton Elementary: 1520 N. 29th St.
Enrollment: 392 students
39.2% white, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 24.3% Black or African American, 4.7% Asian, 21.0% Hispanic/Latino, 10.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 81.2% free, 10.5% reduced
Gifted: 3.6%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 30 language arts, 30 math
LPS
Eastridge
Eastridge Elementary: 6245 L St.
Enrollment: 291 students
72.9% white, 1.0% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.5% Black or African American, 1.4% Asian, 10.3% Hispanic/Latino, 10.0% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 25.8% free, 10.0% reduced
Gifted: 7.9%
Statewide test scores (percent who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 51 math
LPS
Elliott
Elliott Elementary: 225 S. 25th St.
Enrollment: 383 students
23.3% white, 1.8% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.7% Black or African American, 12.8% Asian, 33.7% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 14.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 76.4% free, 6.3% reduced
Gifted: 4.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 42 language arts, 35 math
LPS
Everett
Everett Elementary: 1123 C St.
Enrollment: 374 students
27.8% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.5% Black or African American, 9.9% Asian, 40.4% Hispanic/Latino, 7.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 73.7% free, 8.7% reduced
Gifted: 5.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 37 language arts, 24 math
LPS
Fredstrom
Fredstrom Elementary, 5700 N.W. 10th St.
Enrollment: 437 students
74.0% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.7% Black or African American, 3.6% Asian, 9.7% Hispanic, 10.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 22.3% free, 6.3% reduced
Gifted: 7.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 52 language arts, 54 math
LPS
Hartley
Hartley Elementary, 730 N. 33rd St.
Enrollment: 339 students
37.5% white, 2.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 17.5% Black or African American, 3.6% Asian, 25.9% Hispanic/Latino, 1.0% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 71.5% free, 9.4% reduced
Gifted: 3.2%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 38 language arts, 28 math
LPS
Hill
Hill Elementary , 5230 Tipperary Trail
Enrollment: 449 students
72.2% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.8% Black or African American, 5.3% Asian, 10.3% Hispanic/Latino, 7.0% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 24.0% free, 5.0% reduced
Gifted: 10.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 70 language arts, 59 math
LPS
Holmes
Holmes Elementary , 5230 Sumner St.
Enrollment: 393 students
70.7% white, 3.5% Black or African American, 3.5% Asian, 10.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 37.1% free, 7.0% reduced
Gifted: 11.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 61 language arts, 47 math
LPS
Humann
Humann Elementary, 6720 Rockwood Lane
Enrollment: 564 students
78.8% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.2% Black or African American, 1.3% Asian, 5.9% Hispanic/Latino, 9.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 23.9% free, 4.0% reduced
Gifted: 16.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 72 language arts, 67 math
LPS
Huntington
Huntington Elementary , 2900 N. 46th St.
Enrollment: 370 students
45.0% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 12.0% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 24.6% Hispanic/Latino, 16.2% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 67.0% free, 14.1% reduced
Gifted: 4.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 23 math
LPS
Kahoa
Kahoa Elementary, 7700 Leighton Ave.
Enrollment: 537 students
78.8% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.9% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 6.7% Hispanic/Latino, 7.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 22.9% free, 7.3% reduced
Gifted: 6.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 66 language arts, 64 math
LPS
Kloefkorn
Kloefkorn Elementary, 6601 Glass Ridge Drive
Enrollment: 488 students
83.7% white, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.5% Black or African American, 4.4% Asian, 5.3% Hispanic/Latino, 4.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 6.2% free, 2.0% reduced
Gifted: 11.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 77 language arts, 72 math
LPS
Kooser
Kooser Elementary, 7301 N. 13th St.
Enrollment: 821 students
63.5% white, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.6% Black or African American, 11.9% Asian, 11.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 7.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 30.0% free, 8.3% reduced
Gifted: 2.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 49 math
LPS
Lakeview
Lakeview Elementary, 300 Capitol Beach Blvd.
Enrollment: 400 students
53.0% white, 0.8% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.3% Black or African American, 3.8% Asian, 22.8% Hispanic/Latino, 10.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 57.0% free, 9.5% reduced
Gifted: 1.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 35 language arts, 29 math
LPS
Maxey
Maxey Elementary, 5200 S. 75th St.
Enrollment: 683 students
75.9% white, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.2% Black or African American, 13.5% Asian, 3.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 5.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 10.6% free, 3.4% reduced
Gifted: 10.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 70 language arts, 69 math
LPS
McPhee
McPhee Elementary, 820 Goodhue Blvd.
Enrollment: 304 students
26.8% white, 1.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 16.3% Black or African American, 12.7% Asian, 35.9% Hispanic/Latino and 6.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 77.2% free, 6.9% reduced
Gifted: 4.0%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 22 math
LPS
Meadow Lane
Meadow Lane Elementary, 7200 Vine St.
Enrollment: 620 students
72.1% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.8% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 13.8% Hispanic/Latino, 8.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 33.6% free, 8.1% reduced
Gifted: 8.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 51 language arts, 39 math
LPS
Morley
Morley Elementary, 6800 Monterey Drive
Enrollment: 421 students
78.1% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.8% Black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 7.4% Hispanic, 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 9.7% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 20.2% free, 5.5% reduced
Gifted: 15.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 69 language arts, 56 math
LPS
Norwood Park
Norwood Park Elementary, 4710 N. 72nd St.
Enrollment: 238 students
68.0% white, 4.4% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 18.9% Hispanic/Latino, 6.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 46.6% free, 15.0% reduced
Gifted: 4.9%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 43 language arts, 30 math
LPS
Pershing
Pershing Elementary, 6402 Judson St.
Enrollment: 430 students
57.5% white, 0.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.6% Black or African American, 3.3% Asian, 20.6% Hispanic/Latino, 11.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 54.5% free, 12.7% reduced
Gifted: 4.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 49 language arts, 50 math
LPS
Prescott
Prescott Elementary, 1930 S. 20th St.
Enrollment: 492 students
44.9% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.8% Black or African American, 7.3% Asian, 18.8% Hispanic/Latino, 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 13.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 51.2% free, 9.5% reduced
Gifted: 7.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 52 language arts, 36 math
LPS
Pyrtle
Pyrtle Elementary, 721 Cottonwood Drive
Enrollment: 454 students
78.9% white, 1.9% Black or African American, 2.6% Asian, 10.0% Hispanic/Latino, 6.7% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 17.3% free, 3.6% reduced
Gifted: 17.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 68 language arts, 60 math
LPS
Randolph
Randolph Elementary, 1024 S. 37th St.
Enrollment: 428 students
61.4% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 5.6% Black or African American, 3.7% Asian, 16.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.5% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.4% two or more races
Free and reduced-lunch participation: 45.6% free, 8.9% reduced
Gifted: 3.0%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 53 language arts, 40 math
LPS
Riley
Riley Elementary, 5021 Orchard St.
Enrollment: 321 students
49.5% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.9% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 22.7% Hispanic/Latino, 16.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 55.1% free, 10.0% reduced
Gifted: 5.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 42 math
LPS
Roper
Roper Elementary, 2323 S. Coddington
Enrollment: 803 students
53.5% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.9% Black or African American, 6.9% Asian, 21.2% Hispanic/Latino, 8.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 40.0% free, 10.4% reduced
Gifted: 6.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 44 language arts, 46 math
LPS
Rousseau
Rousseau Elementary, 3701 S 33rd St.
Enrollment: 531 students
72.9% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.0% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 7.0% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12.2% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 22.7% free, 8.4% reduced
Gifted: 14.7%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 68 language arts, 63 math
LPS
Saratoga
Saratoga Elementary, 2215 S. 13th St.
Enrollment: 235 students
48.5% white, 1.5% American Indian or Alaska Native, 7.8% Black or African American, 3.4% Asian, 26.2% Hispanic/Latino, 12.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 61.7% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 5.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 25 math
LPS
Sheridan
Sheridan Elementary, 3100 Plymouth Ave.
Enrollment: 407 students
86.0% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 1.5% Black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 4.9% Hispanic/Latino, 6.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 12.0% free, 5.2% reduced
Gifted: 17.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 74 language arts, 64 math
LPS
West Lincoln
West Lincoln Elementary, 630 W. Dawes Ave.
Enrollment: 505 students
37.0% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.7% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 41.2% Hispanic, 9.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 72.1% free, 10.3% reduced
Gifted: 3.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 29 math
LPS
Wysong
Wysong Elementary, 7901 Blanchard Blvd.
Enrollment: 684 students
89.9% white, 0.1% Black or African American, 2.2% Asian, 3.8% Hispanic/Latino, 3.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 3.9% free, 1.5% reduced
Gifted: 7.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 75 language arts, 68 math
LPS
Zeman
Zeman Elementary, 4900 S. 52nd St.
Enrollment: 440 students
63.0% white, 0.9% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.8% Black or African American, 3.0% Asian, 16.1% Hispanic/Latino, 12.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 29.5% free, 9.3% reduced
Gifted: 3.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 58 language arts, 49 math
LPS
Culler
Culler Middle School, 5201 Vine St.
Enrollment: 708 students
39.4% white, 1.0% American Indian or Alaska Native, 14.7% Black or African American, 7.1% Asian, 27.3% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 60.9% free, 9.3% reduced
Gifted: 8.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 30 math
LPS
Dawes
Dawes Middle School, 5130 Colfax Ave.
Enrollment: 398 students
55.0% white, 0.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 8.3% Black or African American, 2.3% Asian, 19.8% Hispanic/Latino, 14.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 53.3% free, 13.1% reduced
Gifted: 10.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 37 language arts, 32 math
LPS
Goodrich
Goodrich Middle School, 4600 Lewis Ave.
Enrollment: 818 students
42.9% white, 1.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 13.0% Black or African American, 4.0% Asian, 29.5% Hispanic/Latino, 9.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 61.6% free, 11.1% reduced
Gifted: 9.7%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 38 math
LPS
Irving
Irving Middle School, 2745 S. 22nd St.
Enrollment: 910 students
62.7% white, 0.8% American Indian or Alaska Native, 6.5% Black or African American, 3.2% Asian, 14.3% Hispanic/Latino, 12.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 35.4% free, 8.1% reduced
Gifted: 26.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 49 math
LPS
Lefler
Lefler Middle School, 1100 S. 48th St.
Enrollment: 558 students
57.9% white, 0.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.5% Black or African American, 4.7% Asian, 15.8% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 43.7% free, 12.0% reduced
Gifted: 13.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 45 language arts, 45 math
LPS
Lux
Lux Middle School, 7800 High St.
Enrollment: 789 students
80.0% white, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.7% Black or African American, 3.8% Asian, 7.2% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 6.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 10.5% free, 6.3% reduced
Gifted: 28.3%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 66 language arts, 68 math
LPS
Mickle
Mickle Middle School, 2500 N. 67th St.
Enrollment: 719 students
70.9% white, 0.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Asian, 11.8% Hispanic/Latino, 12.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 34.9% free, 9.5% reduced
Gifted: 17.1%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 55 language arts, 53 math
LPS
Moore
Moore Middle School, 8700 Yankee Woods Drive
Enrollment: 646 students
86.4% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.6% Black or African American, 4.3% Asian, 3.4% Hispanic/Latino, 4.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 7.0% free, 2.3% reduced
Gifted: 27.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 69 language arts, 78 math
LPS
Park
Park Middle School, 855 S. Eighth St.
Enrollment: 833 students
41.2% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 11.9% Black or African American, 6.7% Asian, 30.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 9.2% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 55.8% free, 10.4% reduced
Gifted: 9.8%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 37 language arts, 37 math
LPS
Pound
Pound Middle School, 4740 S. 45th St.
Enrollment: 700 students
67.6% white, 0.6% American Indian or Alaska Native, 4.6% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 12.4% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 12.3% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 25.7% free, 8.6% reduced
Gifted: 22.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 59 language arts, 60 math
LPS
Schoo
Schoo Middle School, 700 Penrose Drive
Enrollment: 898 students
63.9% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 7.2% Black or African American, 5.0% Asian, 12.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 30.3% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 15.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 50 language arts, 48 math
LPS
Scott
Scott Middle School, 2200 Pine Lake Road
Enrollment: 1,182 students
77.7% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.2% Black or African American, 4.6% Asian, 7.2% Hispanic/Latino, 7.1% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 13.1% free, 4.3% reduced
Gifted: 30.1%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 65 language arts, 70 math
LPS
East
East High School, 1000 S. 70th St.
Enrollment: 2,250 students
78.7% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.2% Black or African American, 4.6% Asian, 8.4% Hispanic/Latino, 5.8% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 14.6% free, 5.3% reduced
Gifted: 24.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 59 language arts, 58 math, 63 science
LPS
Lincoln High
Lincoln High School, 2229 J St.
Enrollment: 2,320 students
42.6% white, 1.7% American Indian or Alaska Native, 11.9% Black or African American, 8.9% Asian, 23.3% Hispanic/Latino, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 11.5% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 47.5% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 15.5%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 36 language arts, 34 math, 34 science
LPS
North Star
North Star High School, 5801 N. 33rd St.
Enrollment: 2,243 students
54.9% white, 0.4% American Indian or Alaska Native, 8.7% Black or African American, 6.5% Asian, 21.5% Hispanic/Latino, 7.9% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 42.1% free, 9.7% reduced
Gifted: 10.1%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 29 language arts, 31 math, 34 science
LPS
Northeast
Northeast High School, 2635 N. 63rd St.
Enrollment: 1,869 students
59.4% white, 1.3% American Indian or Alaska Native, 9.7% Black or African American, 2.4% Asian, 17.1% Hispanic/Latino, 0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 10.0% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 49.9% free, 10.8% reduced
Gifted: 10.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 32 language arts, 30 math, 34 science
LPS
Southeast
Southeast High School, 2930 S. 37th St.
Enrollment: 1,980 students
73.4% white, 1.1% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.8% Black or African American, 1.2% Asian, 10.6% Hispanic/Latino, 0.3% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 9.6% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 25.1% free, 7.6% reduced
Gifted: 22.6%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 49 language arts, 48 math, 53 science
LPS
Southwest
Southwest High School, 7001 S. 14th St.
Enrollment: 2,196 students
76.8% white, 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native, 3.9% Black or African American, 3.8% Asian, 9.6% Hispanic/Latino, 5.7% two or more races
Free and reduced-price lunch participation: 17.7% free, 5.1% reduced
Gifted: 24.4%
Statewide test scores (percentage who meet or exceed standards): 62 language arts, 58 math, 64 science
LPS
Reach the writer at 402-473-7223 or awegley@journalstar.com .
On Twitter @andrewwegley
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200-bed shelter near airport offers heat relief, more
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A new model: Shelter near Sky Harbor offers heat relief for the unhoused, and much more
A new shelter for people experiencing homelessness is now open in a formerly vacant city-owned building just north of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
The 200-bed shelter, at 28th and Washington streets, came about through a partnership between Phoenix and Maricopa County, which each contributed roughly $2 million in federal relief money to fund the shelter, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, who will run the day-to-day operations.
The shelter is available at a time when metro Phoenix’s scorching summer temperatures can turn deadly, especially for people who are unhoused.
Last year, more than 300 people in metro Phoenix died of heat-related causes. Almost half of them were people who were experiencing homelessness, according to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health.
“The summer heat’s real bad,” said resident Kevin Gagen, who has lived at the shelter since mid-May.
Officials hope the shelter will be more than a place to escape the heat, though. Residents have access to three meals a day, snacks, showers, laundry and an umbrella of social services including mental health support and help finding employment.
They can also stay as long as they need. The bed they are assigned to is their own until they can find permanent housing.
“The shelter program is their home,” shelter manager Jennifer Morgan said. “One of the big moments of relief for residents is when you explain to someone that they won’t be awoken in the morning and asked to leave.”
Beds have filled up fast since the shelter opened May 13, said Jessica Berg, the chief program officer at St. Vincent de Paul. The hope is that with the right support and environment, residents can move easily into permanent housing and free more spots.
Shaeleh Sherman has been unhoused on and off for nine years. She emphasized the importance of having a peaceful environment in order to get back on track, having stayed at temporary shelters she didn’t feel comfortable or supported in.
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“If you’re trying to regroup or do as much as you can even in this situation, you basically need to have as less stress as possible,” she said. So far, she’s found the shelter to be a professional and calm place to stay.
“I’ve only been here since yesterday, but so far it seems to be structured and very mindful of people who are here,” Sherman said Friday.
The shelter is a closed campus, meaning residents are referred to the shelter through partner agencies. It doesn’t take walk-ins and requires residents to check in and out.
Priority is given to people experiencing homelessness in the surrounding area. Community Bridges Inc., a behavioral health agency, is one of the partners that will be conducting outreach in the area.
The center at 28th and Washington is a test run for a slightly different model of shelter services in the Valley, Berg said.
The idea is to serve people experiencing homelessness in the neighborhoods they live in, with smaller shelters that offer more permanent stays and comprehensive services. They also partner with nearby businesses to provide job opportunities to residents or to cater meals.
“We really wanted to create something that wasn’t just a heat relief shelter but was a model that could be replicated in other parts of the city and county,” Berg said.
The opportunity to try the new model came earlier this year from the Phoenix, which identified a vacant Aviation Department building that could be repurposed into a shelter.
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The building was going to sit vacant for the next three years, said Scott Hall, special projects administrator for the city’s Homeless Services Division, which opens up the possibility the shelter could remain open beyond the summer.
The property needed to be rezoned to be used as a shelter, so the city and several partner agencies went through a series of community meetings and door-to-door outreach to inform neighbors about the project and build support.
Shelters planned elsewhere in the city, like in the Sunnyslope community, have faced significant backlash from neighbors.
“We did a tremendous amount of communication for the first two months prior to the project,” Hall said.
As part of its community engagement efforts, the shelter also entered a “good neighbor agreement,” promising to enforce a curfew, provide Phoenix police officers, 24/7 security guards, and set up an advisory committee with local leaders to keep them informed about the shelter, according to Berg, who says the agreement is still being finalized.
“The heat was an excellent reason to get this up and running, but the whole community knows that at the end of summer, there’s still going to be people who need support,” Berg said.
Another $16 million in federal relief money to keep the shelter open year-round through at least December 2024 was approved Tuesday by the City Council.
If successful, Phoenix wants to replicate the shelter model in more places across the city.
“We’re trying to be diverse in putting these in every area of the city,” Hall said. “Our unsheltered population continues to rise, and we need more shelter and housing opportunities for people.”
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Those interested in filing for a seat on the Reedsport City Council, including mayor, for the November 8, election may obtain an information packet from the city recorder at Reedsport City Hall, 451 Winchester Ave. Reedsport. The Reedsport City Charter requires a one year and continued residency and a nomination petition. The deadline for filing the completed, unverified petitions is Thursday, August 18.
Keep in mind that candidacy requires gathering of 25 signatures. Please read the instructions carefully, State Election Laws require that a blank petition, filled out and signed by the candidate must be filed with the city recorder prior to gathering signatures.
Mayor and the city council are the legislative body for the city of Reedsport.
They are responsible for setting all the policies and regulations for the city. They also serve on the city Budget Committee, Urban Renewal District Budget Committee and Urban Renewal District Agency. They make most of the final decisions on the city’s financial activities. The city council also appoints a city manager, city attorney and municipal court judge.
The following positions on the city council will be up for election: Mayor, two-year term, elected at large; Council positions #4, #5 and #6, four-year terms. Terms begin January 2023. For information, contact Courteney Davis, deputy city recorder at (541) 271-1989. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/reedsport-candidate-packets-available/article_d818d08a-e503-11ec-af4e-332e21d171a0.html | 2022-06-09T15:26:54 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/reedsport-candidate-packets-available/article_d818d08a-e503-11ec-af4e-332e21d171a0.html |
Small sea otters could cause big problems for Oregon and West Coast fisheries – and the seafood industry and other ocean stakeholders are not confident their concerns are being taken seriously.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) was expected to produce a cost and feasibility study considering the reintroduction of sea otters to the West Coast by the end of last year. Recently, USFWS staff provided an overview of the study to key West Coast seafood industry leaders while the study is being finalized. Based on that conversation, representatives from the West Coast Seafood Processors Association (WCSPA), Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA), and the California Sea Urchin Commission anticipate the feasibility study will be released in the coming weeks. While the specific content of the study is unclear, the overview provided did nothing to alleviate concerns expressed by the fishing industry.
“We remain very concerned that the issues we identified in our letter last year will not be adequately addressed in the Fish and Wildlife Service’s cost and feasibility study,” West Coast Seafood Processors Association Executive Director Lori Steele said. “For example, in the cost analysis, it’s clear the study will not account for net impacts associated with losing economically and culturally important fisheries like the Dungeness crab fishery and the California sea urchin fishery.”
The groups, along with 21 other port, fishing, and seafood organizations in Washington, Oregon, and California, sent a detailed letter to the USFWS in August 2021, requesting specific issues be addressed in its cost and feasibility study. This letter was sent in response to a provision included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, mandating the USFWS to “…study the feasibility and cost of reestablishing sea otters on the Pacific Coast of the contiguous United States, and to report to Congress on the results of such a study within one year of passage of this bill.” Congress passed the bill on Dec. 21, 2020, and it was signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020.
USFWS staff indicated that its study will conclude that reintroducing sea otters to the West Coast is feasible from a biological, socio-economic and regulatory perspective, but that more in-depth, site specific analysis will be required to address and potentially mitigate negative socio-economic impacts and losses to fisheries.
“Assuming that feasibility is found, we expect that lessons learned from similar efforts in Southeast Alaska will be incorporated here. We must not forget that local ecosystems have evolved without sea otter presence and absent careful and thoughtful planning, there is a very real concern about dire impacts to the commercial fishing industry,” PCFFA Executive Director Mike Conroy said.
Careful consideration must be given to the reintroduction of sea otters, a keystone species protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act; those in California and Southwest Alaska are currently listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Consequently, their presence in the ocean, bays and estuaries could affect more than just commercial landings and recreational fishing activities.
Port projects and infrastructure maintenance, oyster aquaculture operations, renewable offshore energy projects and shipping could all see changes due to the presence of sea otters. Additionally, unintended legal and enforcement consequences from sea otter reintroduction could result in changes to fisheries regulations, large fines for individuals or companies and more.
Seafood industry members are wary that the USFWS study will give the green light to politicians, fisheries managers and existing groups pushing for sea otter reintroduction to move forward expeditiously and without proper planning. However, many critical questions are likely to remain unanswered.
Sea otters are voracious eaters, and they love to eat sea urchins, clams and other bivalves, and of course, Dungeness crab. Their introduction to areas of the West Coast where sea otters have been absent for many years (primarily Oregon and Northern California) could result in significant losses to commercially and recreationally important fisheries and coastal communities.
“There is no doubt reintroducing sea otters will have significant impacts on fisheries, ports, and other industries,” California Sea Urchin Commission chairman Dave Rudie said. “We’ve seen it happen already in California. Look at what happened to Pismo clams in Pismo Beach and the loss of the abalone fishery in Morro Bay and Monterey in the 1960’s and 1970’s.”
“Experience with the San Nicolas translocation of sea otters in Southern California in 1986 resulted in mismanagement and broken promises made to Congress, the sea urchin industry and the public,” California Sea Urchin Commission Executive Director David Goldenberg said. “The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has done nothing to prove they can avoid the mistakes of the past. It was obvious to industry representatives they failed to consider the economic losses to the seafood industry, fishermen, endangered and threatened seafood species, including abalone, and the loss of locally harvested seafood to California citizens in the near – and long-term future.” | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-s-sea-otter-reintroduction-study-needs-more-work/article_6c9083ca-e504-11ec-bce9-2ba3a5b8186b.html | 2022-06-09T15:27:01 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-s-sea-otter-reintroduction-study-needs-more-work/article_6c9083ca-e504-11ec-bce9-2ba3a5b8186b.html |
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is searching for a missing 12-year-old.
Kaiden Carter was reported missing by a family member on Wednesday, June 8. Police say he was last seen in the 5500 block of Birnie Circle on Thursday, June 2. Kaiden was wearing black jeans with a white and black Nike shirt, according to police.
No other information has been released at this time.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact FSPD at 479-709-5000 or 911 if it's an emergency.
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BLOOMINGTON — Area residents may see some smoke and fire at Central Illinois Regional Airport on Friday and Saturday but should not be alarmed, as the airport is holding its required emergency training.
The plan includes a live fire training on Friday starting at 10 a.m. and a “full-scale emergency drill” on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Both trainings are expected to generate smoke and fire that may be visible from surrounding areas, a press release from CIRA said.
The drill on Saturday will include more than 27 emergency response agencies, area organizations and private businesses and more than 50 other volunteers, the release said. It will be simulating an aircraft incident.
The airport is required to do a full-scale drill once every three years, and the McLean County Disaster Council is joining in to do a community-wide test of emergency responses.
CIRA is on the east side of Bloomington south of Empire Street, which is also Illinois Route 9.
McLean County is now at a high community level for COVID-19, meaning there is potential strain on the health care system, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington; Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal; and Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, are each charged with burglary (Class 2 felony).
A vehicle collision injured three people Monday and closed the intersection of East Empire Street and North Hershey Road for several hours, police said.
The Bloomington Gold Corvettes USA car show is making a return to Normal for is 50th annual celebration this Friday and Saturday at Illinois State University.
Bloomington firefighters and those from other departments attack a simulated aircraft fire during training at Central Illinois Regional Airport, Monday, May 16, 2011. CIRA is holding its 2022 training on Saturday. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-airport-to-host-emergency-trainings-friday-and-saturday/article_5e7b063e-e7f2-11ec-97b2-23acbd26bae8.html | 2022-06-09T15:50:51 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/bloomington-airport-to-host-emergency-trainings-friday-and-saturday/article_5e7b063e-e7f2-11ec-97b2-23acbd26bae8.html |
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A sideshow in West Sacramento was broken up in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to the West Sacramento Police Department.
Video submitted to ABC10 shows several vehicles blocking the streets at the intersection of Southport Parkway and Ramos Drive. Officers responded to reports of a sideshow around 12:15 a.m. on Thursday.
Several people can be seen gathered near the sidewalks and fireworks were being set off in the street in the video.
More than 50 cars were in the area, according to the West Sacramento Police Department. There were no charges and no arrests, the people at the sideshow were told to leave the area and they dispersed within 10 minutes. No injuries have been reported.
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Man shot, killed after confrontation near Interstate 17 in north Phoenix
A man was shot and killed after a confrontation Wednesday near Interstate 17 and Bell Road, according to Phoenix police.
Around 8:30 p.m. officers responded to a shooting and found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wounds outside a restaurant, police said in a news release. He was taken to a hospital where he later died.
The identity of the man, who police said was in his early 30s, was not released.
Witnesses told police the shooter left the area on foot. An air unit and officers conducted a search but didn't find leads.
The shooter was believed to be a man in his late 20s, according to police. Police did not release any further identifying details.
Anyone with information is asked to 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.
Because of the investigation, Bell Road would remain closed in both directions between I-17 and 29th Avenue for "the next few hours," police said.
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FORTY FORT, Pa. — It's time to fuel up for a flight at the Wyoming Valley Airport in Forty Fort.
Dom Monteleone is a pilot from Ocean City, New Jersey, here on a banner tow assignment.
"The company I work for, we kind of just do tours all over the place, and usually it's just on the weekends down by the shore, but today Lehigh Valley Health Network wants their billboard flown around the Scranton, and that's what I'm here for," said Monteleone.
And if we learned anything from his performance on the runway today, it's that practice makes perfect. But that practice is getting more expensive.
"What we're dealing with at the pump is a substantial increase in the price of fuel, which that eventually is passed along right to the consumer," said flight instructor Gib Spradlin. "So the cost of learning to fly has gone up significantly in the past six months."
"It's only going to cause more people to not be able to get the training they need," added Monteleone.
Jordan Marzolf just graduated from Marywood University and wants to become a commercial pilot. He says the rising costs associated with getting his necessary flight hours in is not ideal.
"It's all included with the cost of tuition. Obviously, that goes up because if the prices are up down here for the rental fees, just because of your prices now, it's kind of up over $10 an hour, and I still have to drive a car to go fly a plane, you know, so it's hitting the pockets either way pretty hard right now and trying to keep up with it. It's getting tough," said Marzolf.
The rise at the pump isn't only hurting aspiring pilots but current pilots too, as some travelers choose alternatives.
"They don't fly as much, which drives our prices even higher because we have to compensate for that," added Spradlin. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/aviation-industry-affected-by-gas-prices-gasoline-fuel-planes-pilots/523-a2379ca1-d4a7-4715-a2ce-93b333dce973 | 2022-06-09T16:16:18 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/aviation-industry-affected-by-gas-prices-gasoline-fuel-planes-pilots/523-a2379ca1-d4a7-4715-a2ce-93b333dce973 |
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CARLISLE, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from Dec. 21, 2021.
Knitters, crocheters, and quilters are invited to join together in Carlisle's Letort Park Saturday to mark World Wide Knit in Public Day and remind area artisans about the Homeless Memorial Blanket Project, which will be happening again on Homeless Remembrance Night on Dec. 21.
Saturday's event will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Last year’s poignant and highly successful Central Pa. event has bloomed into a national effort slated to be positioned on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., organizers said.
Reverend Matthew Best, one of the founders of last year’s effort which provided 219 blankets to folks in need, said he is excited about this year’s larger and hopefully more impactful event.
“If the numbers from just Illinois, Massachusetts, South Carolina, and Maine, are correct, we already have more blankets pledged than last year," Best said in a press release. "We’re shooting for 500 at the Capitol building, or 9000 square feet."
"Last year’s 219 blankets covered 3,200 square feet at First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Carlisle," he went on. "We have groups from all 50 states and two territories up and running, and we’re looking forward to increasing nationwide awareness about the unstably housed, and to making hundreds of people around the nation feel like they matter, because they do."
Knitter Bernadine Rider said she has already committed to making blankets for the #memorialblanket and welcomes others to join her in the park.
"It’s not just about knitting or crocheting or quilting at home alone," she said. "Bringing folks together to create is a wonderful feeling. I’m looking forward to meeting other folks from the area working on this project.”
One of those other people is Amy Neurohr.
“Last year, I headed up the squares aspect of the blanket project," she said. "Knitters and crocheters who couldn’t make a whole blanket, just made squares. I collected all these together and connected them to make blankets. I’ll be doing that again this year."
“It isn’t just an art installation, or an attempt to help others in need," she went on. "It’s also a demonstration of what we can do as a community. We care, we act, we accomplish. People think we aren’t a community anymore, but last year’s #memorialblanket project proved that we are.”
For more information on sponsors, participants, and logistics, click here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/worldwide-knit-in-public-day-carlisle-letort-park/521-bff1bf57-1889-4d3a-821a-3f6ebc9b8f82 | 2022-06-09T16:16:59 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/worldwide-knit-in-public-day-carlisle-letort-park/521-bff1bf57-1889-4d3a-821a-3f6ebc9b8f82 |
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The superintendent of the Texas school district where 19 students and two teachers were fatally shot said Thursday that the district will hire more police officers in the fall but released no information about the investigation.
During a sometimes contentious news conference, Uvalde school district officials said they wouldn’t answer any questions about the investigation or personnel matters.
When Superintendent Hal Harrell repeated that students and staff "will not be going back to that campus in any form or fashion."
"There will be no school personnel on that campus as we move forward. As far as the future of that site, there is discussion about what that will look like as we move forward as a community," Harrell said. "We will have some community input to help determine what that looks like."
SCRUTINY OVER LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE
Harrell was asked if he still trusts the school district’s police chief, Pete Arredondo, he said, “that’s personnel.”
Critics have suggested that Arredondo, who was in charge of the law enforcement response during the May 24 attack at Robb Elementary School, waited too long before agents entered the locked classroom where the gunman was holed up and killed him.
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Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, has said Arredondo, who was in charge of the multi-agency response on May 24, made the “wrong decision” to not order officers to breach the classroom more quickly to confront the 18-year-old gunman.
Arredondo has not responded to repeated interview requests and questions from The Associated Press.
TIMELINE OF THE SHOOTING
The gunman, Salvador Ramos, spent roughly 80 minutes inside the school, and more than an hour passed from when the first officers followed him into the building and when he was killed, according to an official timeline. In the meantime, parents outside begged police to rush in and panicked children called 911 from inside.
Law enforcement and state officials have struggled to present an accurate timeline and details, and made frequent corrections to previous statements. No information about the police response has been released since the days that followed the attack.
There has also been tension between state and local authorities over how police handled the shooting and communicated what happened to the public. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/uvalde-schools-to-hire-more-police/2988547/ | 2022-06-09T16:17:38 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/uvalde-schools-to-hire-more-police/2988547/ |
AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin City Council will consider lower speed limits Thursday after 116 crash deaths made 2021 the city's deadliest year on local roads.
If approved, the measures would decrease speed limits by a maximum of 15 mph and impact almost 50 sections of road outside the urban core, including Slaughter Lane and Payton Gin Road.
According to a map from the council, most speed limits would see a decrease of 5 mph. For example, Southwest Parkway would go from a 55 mph speed limit to a 50 mph speed limit.
"Speeding kills, speeding hurts," said Eric Bollich, Austin Transportation Department managing engineer. "And just by reducing your speed by 5 to 10 miles an hour in many cases can be the difference between a major crash that somebody does not survive and one which somebody does survive."
In addition to the high number of crashes last year, a number of driveways on the affected streets and bike and pedestrian activity contributed to the discussion on lowering speed limits.
Growth also served as a factor, since many speed limits were established prior to the now-increased population and developments across the area.
In 2020, several Central Austin roads saw lowered speed limits. New speed limit signs on the proposed non-urban core roads will likely take months to install if city council approves the measures.
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THE DALLES, Ore. (KOIN) — Columbia Gorge Food Bank officially broke ground this week on a new central hub for anti-hunger efforts serving Hood River, Wasco and Sherman counties.
The “wall smashing” ceremony kicked off extensive renovations at the food bank’s new permanent home at 3525 Crates Way in The Dalles.
The expansion of access to free, nutritious food and broader anti-hunger efforts comes at a critical time for local families.
Early estimates indicated that as many as 1 in 4 Oregonians faced food insecurity as COVID-19 began to take a public health and economic toll in our communities. More than 1.7 million people sought emergency food assistance through the Oregon Food Bank Network in 2020 — roughly double the number seen in an average year — with over 1.2 million people accessing resources in 2021.
In the Gorge, demand for food assistance has remained incredibly high in the wake of new COVID-19 variants and economic disruption. | https://www.koin.com/local/food-bank-opens-in-gorge-amid-growing-demand-for-food-assistance/ | 2022-06-09T16:34:34 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/food-bank-opens-in-gorge-amid-growing-demand-for-food-assistance/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — One of Portland’s top saxophone players is teaming up with “Portland’s first lady of blues” to celebrate Juneteenth.
Eldon T. Jones and LaRhonda Steele will be putting on a concert to honor the federally-recognized holiday. The duo will perform at Alberta Rose Theatre at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 18.
Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans in the United States.
Jones joined AM Extra with a preview of his upcoming Juneteenth concert.
Tickets are on sale at the Alberta Rose Theatre Box Office’s website. More information can be found at Jone’s website and the event’s Facebook page. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/eldon-t-jones-larhonda-steele-celebrate-juneteenth-with-concert/ | 2022-06-09T16:34:40 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/eldon-t-jones-larhonda-steele-celebrate-juneteenth-with-concert/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Chet Selis didn’t always love to do laundry. But after he took a filming job to document the launch of a laundry service start-up, he became a certified washer on the side to earn a few extra bucks.
“From the moment I did my first bag I was like, oh crap! I can make a good amount of money doing this. So, I took a few bags a day for probably two years,” Selis said.
Loopie Laundry is now in several big cities, including Portland.
The start-up provide bags to customers, who leave their laundry out to be picked up, then returned clean and folded for $29.99 with a 24-hour turnaround.
Eric Lyon is the superhero star of Loopie’s advertisement and the director of operations. He says the convenience factor of Loopie is key.
“If you have the extra income, if you can use that extra time to be with your family or make a good meal or get more work done, it’s a cool opportunity for people to not have to do more laundry,” he said.
There is training and a certification process to become a certified washer with Loopie. After all, customers are sending that bag off with all of their dirty goods.
“It’s a big leap of trust and faith giving your items away to be washed, cleaned and brought back. That’s really different than a lot of the other peer-to-peer stuff,” Lyon said.
He says washers span from those wanting to make an extra buck, to retirees, to stay at home moms and dads. Employees can accept or turn down as many loads as they want.
For Selis, who’s now an operations manager, it’s changed his relationship with dirty clothes.
“I can say I’ve grown to love doing laundry now, and it’s something I previously hated,” he said.
Loopie also has relationships with homeless shelters in the Seattle area, so washers clean blankets and clothes for the people staying in the shelters.
For more information, visit Loopie’s website here. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/loopie-laundry-rolls-into-portland-with-delivery-service/ | 2022-06-09T16:34:46 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/loopie-laundry-rolls-into-portland-with-delivery-service/ |
Law enforcement agents busted a major drug operation ran by a father and son duo in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, Attorney Josh Shapiro announced Thursday.
In all, 23 people were arrested and charged in the sting, the attorney general’s office said.
Those arrests include Curtis Coates Sr. and his son Curtis Coates, Jr., Shapiro said. The father-son team is accused of "renting" city block corners to drug dealers in Kensington for profit.
The son collected the money for his father who charged dealers as much as $3,000 for a street corner per week, authorities explained.
"Like a landlord who might rent an apartment, this father-son team made their money by leasing our communities’ corners to criminals," Shapiro, a second-term Democrat, told reporters at a Thursday morning news conference.
At least 12 Kensington street corners were sold and operated to the highest bidder, the attorney general said. It's estimated Coates Sr. was making $20,000 to $30,000 a week off the "leases."
"Understand these corners aren’t meant for the drug dealers," Shapiro said. "These corners are where our children wait for buses."
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The six-month investigation, conducted by the attorney general’s Kensington Initiative, also resulted in the seizure of nearly 90,000 doses of heroin/fentanyl, 47 grams of meth, 29 firearms -- including three assault rifles -- and $179,000 in cash.
The Kensington Initiative is a partnership between local, state and federal law enforcement to track down major criminal drug activity in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.
On Wednesday, the attorney general's office said they executed their largest one-day operation since the launch of the Kensington Initiative in 2018.
Authorities from several different agencies, including Homeland Security and the FBI, executed more than 40 search warrants on affiliated properties and vehicles. No one was injured, Shapiro said. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/father-son-rented-out-kensington-corners-to-drug-dealers-ag-says/3265916/ | 2022-06-09T16:38:18 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/father-son-rented-out-kensington-corners-to-drug-dealers-ag-says/3265916/ |
HAMMOND — Investigators say a mail thief made one big mistake leading to his arrest — impersonating a mailman working on Sunday.
Nurldon Green III, 29, of DeMotte, appeared Tuesday in U.S. District Court to answer to felony charges of theft and impersonating a U.S. Postal Service employee.
Green is free on bond and set to be formally arraigned Aug. 4 on criminal charges that carry a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
U.S. Postal Inspector Brian Lambka alleges in a complaint filed Tuesday that he enlisted the help of DeMotte police to capture someone stealing mail.
He said members of the public had complained of missing mail and seen someone “dressed as a U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier” and removing U.S. mail from roadside mailboxes around DeMotte.
Lambka added the impostor was attracting attention he was out “on Sundays, traditionally a day the U.S. Postal Service does not deliver mail to residences or businesses in the United States.”
Officers arrested Green at 5:20 p.m. Sunday at an undisclosed location in DeMotte wearing an official U.S. Postal Service uniform and satchel but lacking an official mail carrier vehicle or identification.
Investigators found mail from various locations including Valparaiso, Michigan City, Demotte and communities in Illinois in Green’s satchel.
U.S. Magistrate Andrew P. Rodovich advised Green of the charges and penalties he faces and appointed a member of the court’s federal defender office to represent Green — at public expense — after determining Green is eligible for the service.
The U.S. Postal Service website stated they conducted 1,472 investigations of mail theft between the fall of 2020 and 2021, making 453 arrests and recovering more than $162,000 in stolen government checks and packages.
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Alexander Wilderness III
Booking Number(s): 2204672
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Quiana Wilderness
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204673
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
David Ramirez
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lavert Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204687
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Manuel Valente
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204688
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - ILLEGAL ALIEN W/ FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Justin Moore
Booking Number(s): 2204679
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dayanna Majewski
Booking Number(s): 2204684
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle McDaniel-Burgess
Booking Number(s): 2204660
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: COMMON NUISANCE - VISITING - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tzaddi Mingo
Booking Number(s): 2204681
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Zachary Greenwood
Booking Number(s): 2204692
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Rasheedah Echols
Booking Number(s): 2204693
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Elzinga
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204670
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Gonzalez
Booking Number(s): 2204655
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Orlando Derrick
Booking Number(s): 2204686
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Monique Bennett
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204662
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Guy Blessing
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204690
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tremaine Conley
Booking Number(s): 2204664
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Delores Dehler
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: HEALTH - LEGEND DRUG; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION - OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ethan Baker
Booking Number(s): 2204691
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Angel Roman
Booking Number(s): 2204644
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephen Rucker
Booking Number(s): 2204648
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jesus Sanchez
Booking Number(s): 2204646
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ja Mire Wayne
Booking Number(s): 2204650
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amber Ford
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204642
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daryl Henderson
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204639
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Perkins Jr.
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204652
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Carey
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204647
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ronald Fisher Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204641
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elijah Bonhama
Booking Number(s): 2204653
Arrest Date: May 31, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Turner
Booking Number(s): 2204617
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Mills
Booking Number(s): 2204630
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Ramon
Booking Number(s): 2204636
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martin Salinas
Booking Number(s): 2204628
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Viron Lewis
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204623
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stacey Martin Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204635
Arrest Date: May 30, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kristen Meadows
Booking Number(s): 2204624
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vanuvito Johnson Jr.
Booking Number(s): 2204629
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - BODILY WASTE - INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Smith
Booking Number(s): 2204583
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mauro Rodriguez Salinas
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204602
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SEXUAL BATTERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Barbara Rose
Booking Number(s): 2204588
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PERSON < 14 YEARS OLD - BY ADULT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Terry Wagster
Booking Number(s): 2204595
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY - (SIMPLE ASSAULT)
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Josephine Olvera
Booking Number(s): 2204609
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cheyenne Hits
Booking Number(s): 2204601
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204616
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donte McFarland
Booking Number(s): 2204585
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessie Gomez
Booking Number(s): 2204579
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dane Grivicic
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204598
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marc Campos
Booking Number(s): 2204593
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jennifer Donelson
Booking Number(s): 2204600
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Fischer
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204606
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shantell Alexander
Booking Number(s): 2204612
Arrest Date: May 29, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Glennard Anglemyer
Booking Number(s): 2204591
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamie Boyd
Booking Number(s): 2204587
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darnell Bradley
Booking Number(s): 2204597
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ward
Booking Number(s): 2204560
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kevin Williams
Booking Number(s): 2204551
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryan Yepez
Booking Number(s): 2204573
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dandre Spears
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204562
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Saragossa
Booking Number(s): 2204547
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tomas Quijano
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204550
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Ownby
Residence: Lake Village, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204557
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE; RESISTING - ESCAPE; BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Timothy Montson
Booking Number(s): 2204545
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - FORCIBLE FONDLING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Yokeca Mitchell
Booking Number(s): 2204559
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Jasean McMillon
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204578
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shiquan Jones
Booking Number(s): 2204553
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Johnathan Haag
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204565
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Holt-Chaney
Booking Number(s): 2204554
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hillary Hutchins
Booking Number(s): 2204552
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Antonio Gutierrez
Booking Number(s): 2204575
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Lashay Funchess
Booking Number(s): 2204561
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Misti Franco
Booking Number(s): 2204558
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Timothy Featherston
Booking Number(s): 2204549
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Berlanga
Booking Number(s): 2204548
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING - ESCAPE; POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Christopher Blane
Booking Number(s): 2204566
Arrest Date: May 27, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Burns
Booking Number(s): 2204568
Arrest Date: May 28, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Yasiel Portes Jr.
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204483
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Ranta
Booking Number(s): 2204480
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Xzaviar Rayford
Booking Number(s): 2204482
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - ALTERATION - GUN SERIAL NUMBER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabrielle Paiva
Booking Number(s): 2204472
Arrest Date: May 25, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/feds-arrest-bogus-mailman-for-violating-the-letter-of-the-law-complaint-says/article_5bbd6bd8-7e1a-5298-9dff-16ebce0950af.html | 2022-06-09T16:42:45 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/feds-arrest-bogus-mailman-for-violating-the-letter-of-the-law-complaint-says/article_5bbd6bd8-7e1a-5298-9dff-16ebce0950af.html |
HIGHLAND — A man told police he was exiting his vehicle Wednesday night in the 2300 block of Teakwood Circle when a masked gunman shot at him several times, leaving him injured, Highland Police Chief Peter T. Hojnicki said.
The injured man reportedly told officers he returned fire, yet is unsure if he struck the masked gunman and/or his vehicle as he fled the scene.
The gunman fled westbound on Teakwood and then south on Prairie Avenue, Hojnicki said.
"The subject was coherent and speaking with officers before being transported to a medical facility," according to police.
The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. in a parking lot, the chief said. The masked gunman appeared from a dark or grey-colored SUV vehicle, possibly a Dodge Durango.
"Residents and businesses in the area are asked to check any video recording devices, which may have captured the incident or suspect vehicle," Hojnicki said.
"This is believed to be an isolated incident," he said.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Highland Police Department Investigations Division at 219-838-3184.
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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 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-injured-in-ambush-by-masked-gunman-highland-police-seeking-videos-of-shooting/article_774026dc-e9b1-53aa-b25d-d6556c6dc175.html | 2022-06-09T16:42:51 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-injured-in-ambush-by-masked-gunman-highland-police-seeking-videos-of-shooting/article_774026dc-e9b1-53aa-b25d-d6556c6dc175.html |
Gov. Eric Holcomb is proposing Hoosiers receive another taxpayer refund check to help cover the rising costs of gasoline, food and myriad other products.
The Republican chief executive outlined a plan Thursday for the state to pay $225 to all adult Hoosiers in July or August, on top of the $125 payments already going out.
According to the governor’s office, individuals who received a direct deposit of $125 would get a second deposit of $225, for a total of $350. Hoosiers still waiting for a paper check with their first taxpayer refund instead would be sent a single check in August for $350, or $700 for married couples.
However, the proposal to send Hoosiers an additional $225 requires legislative approval to take effect.
Holcomb said he’s in discussions with the Republican leaders of the Indiana House and Senate about holding a special session before the end of June to make it happen.
“I’ve met with Speaker Huston and Senator Bray and have asked them to discuss getting a billion dollars back into Hoosier hands with their colleagues,” Holcomb said.
“Hoosiers have real needs right now during this period of high inflation, from the gas pump to buying groceries, and everyone should benefit from the state’s success,” he said.
That success is Indiana’s bulging budget reserve that grew by an additional $209.2 million in May as tax collections once again significantly exceeded the state’s forecast revenue for the month.
Altogether, through 11 months of the state’s budget year, tax revenue is running $1.07 billion, or 6.1%, ahead of the Dec. 2021 revised revenue forecast.
Compared to the two-year state budget plan enacted in April 2021, Indiana revenue has topped expectations by $2.75 billion, or 17.3%, according to the State Budget Agency.
Indiana already was projected to end its budget year on June 30 with a record-setting $5.1 billion budget reserve, or 26.7% of 2023 expenses.
The continuing monthly surpluses mean the state will have almost $7 billion in the bank when it closes the books on its 2022 budget year.
Sending back $1 billion to Hoosiers through the $225 per person distribution still would leave the state with its biggest budget reserve ever, records show.
The governor’s plan won quick applause from House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, and Senate President Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, who both signaled their openness to holding a special legislative session.
“Inflation is having real and negative effects on everyday Hoosiers, whether it's record gas prices or rising grocery and energy bills. That's why I fully support the governor's call for a special session to put more money directly back into taxpayers' pockets,” Huston said.
“By issuing another round of automatic taxpayer refunds, we can provide quick and substantial relief while maintaining the state's prudent reserves and providing budget flexibility moving forward,” he said.
Bray, meanwhile, said Democrats in Washington, D.C., are to blame for the nation’s inflation issues. He said he’s glad Indiana Republicans are in a position to help alleviate the pain Hoosiers are feeling.
"Thanks to Indiana's continued fiscal prudence, we can consider providing some relief to Hoosiers who are trying to adapt to today's challenges by returning some of their hard-earned money back to them,” Bray said.
Statehouse Democrats did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the governor’s proposal.
They’ve repeatedly urged Holcomb to call a special legislative session to temporarily suspend the state’s gasoline tax, which is due to rise 1 cent to 33 cents per gallon next month, and the state’s sales tax on gasoline, already 24 cents per gallon and certain to increase in July due to the higher average statewide price of fuel this month compared to last month.
Lauren Ganapini, executive director of the Indiana Democratic Party, said she’s glad Holcomb and Indiana Republicans finally recognize there are ways for state government to combat global inflation.
“That said, it shouldn’t have taken this long to get the Republicans to actually act and produce what looks like another bare-minimum Band-Aid for Indiana’s long-term problems,” Ganapini said.
Three Northwest Indiana lawmakers are calling for Gov. Eric Holcomb to suspend the state's fuel taxes until at least July to give Hoosiers a break when they fill up their tanks.
Gov. Eric Holcomb said Northwest Indiana is doing more to take advantage of its built-in resources than just about anywhere else in the state while positioning itself for unprecedented growth.
Hoosier motorists will be paying a total of 74.5 cents in taxes for each gallon of gasoline they purchase in May — the highest amount in Indiana history.
"Families continue to struggle to meet their basic needs. The Legislature has the power and the funds to provide immediate relief and ultimately invest dollars back into our economy," said state Rep. Vernon Smith.
Indiana seems to have more than enough money rolling in to cover the expanded tax cut proposal recently unveiled by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb and set for action Monday at the General Assembly.
If Gov. Holcomb's income tax proposal is fully implemented, a Hoosier earning $50,000 a year would pay $1,450 a year in state income tax, instead of $1,615 — an annual savings of $165. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/holcomb-asks-indiana-lawmakers-to-authorize-additional-225-taxpayer-refund-to-combat-inflation/article_392413a9-1c67-5adc-8d4b-b90d6a101a9f.html | 2022-06-09T16:42:58 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/holcomb-asks-indiana-lawmakers-to-authorize-additional-225-taxpayer-refund-to-combat-inflation/article_392413a9-1c67-5adc-8d4b-b90d6a101a9f.html |
MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — A Monroe County deputy is hospitalized after a chase that ended in a wreck Thursday morning.
According to a news release, the chase started around 9 a.m. when the deputy tried to stop a speeder on I-75 South near MM 193.
It says the driver refused to stop, leading to a chase onto I-475 South in Bibb County.
The release says the suspect, Sergio Flagler of Sanford, Florida, crashed into a deputy and both vehicles wrecked near Mile Marker 3 -- between Eisenhower Parkway and Hartley Bridge Road.
Flagler now faces multiple charges including speeding, fleeing, several counts of aggravated assault, and drug charges.
The sheriff's office says the deputy's injuries are not life-threatening.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE READING | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/monroe-county-deputy-injured-in-chase/93-5af3dc70-9191-48e5-afe4-279d638e9a8a | 2022-06-09T16:45:37 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/monroe-county-deputy-injured-in-chase/93-5af3dc70-9191-48e5-afe4-279d638e9a8a |
ATLANTA — A candlelight vigil is being held Thursday for a popular slain rapper from Atlanta.
Trouble, whose real name is Mariel Semonte Orr, was shot and killed at a Conyers apartment complex early Sunday morning.
It is being held at 6:45 p.m. at Coan Park off Woodbine Street in the Kirkwood neighborhood in southeast Atlanta.
An arrest warrant issued in the killing of Trouble indicates suspect Jamichael Jones shot him after finding him with his ex-girlfriend.
RELATED: Murder suspect shot rapper Trouble after finding him with his ex-girlfriend, warrant indicates
Jones, 32, turned himself in on home invasion, felony murder and aggravated assault charges at 1 a.m. Tuesday. He was later denied bond by a judge in Rockdale County Magistrate Court.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the children, loved ones, and fans of Trouble," his record label Def Jam posted on Instagram. "A true voice for his city and an inspiration to the community he proudly represented."
Trouble released his debut mixtape in 2011, called December 17th, which includes his hit "Bussin'," which has nearly 2.8 million YouTube views.
The latest death in the Atlanta rap community comes just a month after Lil Keed, a member of the YSL record label founded by Young Thug, died at the age 24 in Atlanta, according to social media posts by his brother.
>> News happens fast. Download our 11Alive News app for all the latest breaking updates, and sign up for our Speed Feed newsletter to get a rundown of the latest headlines across north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rapper-trouble-murder-candlelight-vigil/85-876a8322-aeeb-488e-ad68-3caae07934ed | 2022-06-09T16:45:43 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/rapper-trouble-murder-candlelight-vigil/85-876a8322-aeeb-488e-ad68-3caae07934ed |
ATLANTA — A trial date has been set for suspended Clayton County sheriff Victor Hill in federal court.
11Alive has learned that the trial will begin on Monday, Sept. 26 2022 in Atlanta.
New charges were brought against Hill with a second superseding indictment back in March, related to two new victims as part of a case where Hill is alleged to have violated the civil rights of inmates by using a restraint chair while detaining them.
Hill was first indicted in the case last year, later suspended by Gov. Brian Kemp and also faces a lawsuit related to alleged inmate abuse.
RELATED: New indictment brings charges from 2 new alleged victims against Clayton Co. Sheriff Victor Hill
His most recent indictment involves two new alleged victims, bringing the total number of alleged victims in the case to seven on seven total counts of violating their civil rights.
The first indictment listed four victims and a first superseding indictment brought that total to five.
The indictment lists several of the allegations against Hill, though it does not delineate between the new and old ones.
In one instance, a man who was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at two men outside his home in Jonesboro was booked into the Clayton County Jail and, when he denied the allegations against him, Hill told staffers to "put his a** in the chair" where he was left strapped for hours under the orders of Hill.
Another man was arrested at his home in Hampton for allegedly possessing drugs and illegal firearms, and was "compliant and never posed a threat to anyone" upon being taken into custody. When he told Hill he did not want to speak to him, the sheriff allegedly ordered him into a restraint chair and, similarly, he was left strapped there for hours.
Another alleged victim responded "it's a democracy" when the sheriff asked him why he was in Clayton County, according to the document. He also asked twice if he was entitled to a fair and speedy trial, to which Hill allegedly replied: "You entitled to sit in this chair, and you’re entitled to get the hell out of my county and don’t come back. That’s what you’re entitled to. You sound like a damn jacka**."
In another instance, a 17-year-old was allegedly left in the restraint chair and in one alleged incident Hill told two detainees already strapped into restraint chairs that he would "sit your a** in that chair for sixteen hours straight" if they repeated criminal behavior.
In recent months, Hill's attorneys have been working in court to have the suspension overturned and get the sheriff reinstated. His most recent appeal came in February, after an earlier appeal in December was denied.
Earlier this week, a post to his Twitter account asserted that he would "return to defend" Clayton County soon. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/trial-date-victor-hill-federal-court/85-c9574843-3667-4a02-9c57-1d848dcc1398 | 2022-06-09T16:45:49 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/trial-date-victor-hill-federal-court/85-c9574843-3667-4a02-9c57-1d848dcc1398 |
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