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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The murder trial of a woman accused in the stabbing death of her husband, a UCF executive, is set to resume Monday morning.
Danielle Redlick, 48, faces charges of second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in the death of 65-year-old Michael Redlick, who worked as director of external affairs and partnership relations at the University of Central Florida’s DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program.
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The first witness Monday was Peter Diebel, who became close friends with Michael Redlick while coaching a baseball league together. He said Danielle Redlick “seemed off” during a practice on Jan. 11, 2019, and that Michael Redlick acted as if something was bothering him.
The next person to take the stand was Tarolyn Tucker, an investigator with the Department of Children and Families, said she met with Danielle Redlick about her two children. Tucker said Danielle Redlick told her they had “a rough year due to infidelity” and said he pushed her head against the stove when he took a knife from her and “started doing a stabbing motion to himself.”
Tucker said she was told by Danielle Redlick that she had ran into the bathroom and when she came out, she saw a trail of blood and him lying there. She was then told Danielle Redlick tried to do CPR before collapsing on the floor and falling asleep. When asked whether Tucker noticed any bruises or blemishes on her face, Tucker replied, “No.”
During testimony Friday, a dating app and an email were at the center of the trial. A police detective took the stand and read an email Danielle Redlick sent to her husband months before his murder, a copy of which was found in his office at UCF in a folder with divorce documents.
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The owner of a dating app, called “Meet Mindful,” also testified and said Danielle Redlick signed up for the app in 2018, listing her status as separated. Prosecutors said Danielle Redlick was unhappy in her marriage and that she waited 11 hours to call 911 after her husband’s death. During that time, they accuse her of accessing the dating app.
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Her attorney claims she stabbed her husband in self-defense and said Michael Redlick was violent with his wife on several occasions.
Frederick Copland, a mental health technician with Central Florida Behavior Health, then took the stand to discuss what Redlick told him happened upon being Baker Acted.
“She was in the shower, her husband came in with her phone and began yelling at her. She told him to get out. When she came out of the bathroom, he was lying there dead, saying that he must have stabbed himself,” Copland said.
Danielle Redlick’s daughter, Jadyn Redlick, testified Monday, saying she knew her parents weren’t getting along in the year leading up to Michael Redlick’s death
In Jadyn Redlick’s testimony, she said her father moved out of the family’s home around April 2018 and moved back in at about October of the same year. She added that her father was upset about the family not living together during his time away.
“I remember certain times where he would come by and bring her flowers and little gifts while they weren’t living together,” Jadyn Redlick said.
Jadyn Redlick also said that her father was excited about moving back in, and it seemed like her parents were getting along better than before.
However, Jadyn Redlick stated that on Jan. 10 — the day before Michael Redlick’s death — her mother warned her that there was an issue.
“My mother told me, I believe it was the day before he passed away, that she and my dad had been arguing that he found a message on her phone from another man and that things might be off when he gets home from work,” she said.
According to Jadyn Redlick, she could sense “tension” between her parents when her father came home, as he was “distant” and “not super talkative.”
Jadyn Redlick then recounted her father drinking and arguing with her mother.
“At one point they were arguing, and I got in-between them... and I grabbed the bottle of liquor he was drinking and threw it in the dumpster outside,” she said.
Afterward, Jadyn Redlick said she went to stay the night at her friend’s house, and her father apologized to her the next day, saying he loved her and wished she hadn’t witnessed the argument — the last time he ever spoke to her before he died Jan. 11.
The state said they will be resting their case tomorrow, June 14. They said they will be calling one last witness, a janitor at the school.
Due to a court order regarding testimony by children, certain sections of today’s trial have been omitted from News 6 coverage.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Florida Forest Service officials responded to a wildfire which closed State Road 46 near at Seminole Ranch Conservation Area for hours Monday afternoon.
The “Expressway Fire” resulted in possible smoke impacting SR-46 in Volusia County, according to a tweet issued by Florida Forest Service.
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Troopers said SR-46 between Morgan Alderman and Hatbill roads in Mims was closed for hours. SR-46 has since reopened, according to fire officials.
According to fire officials, the Expressway Fire’s was estimated at 15-plus acres near SR-46, resulting in the road closure, and has since been 95% contained at 19 acres.
Troopers warned drivers about potential smoke in the area and cautioned that they may close the road if visibility becomes too poor.
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BOISE, Idaho — There are still many unanswered questioned about the events that led to 31 members of a white nationalism group being arrested near a pride event in North Idaho. The group ‘Patriot Front’ is the primary organization associated with the events on Saturday. Experts on the topic of growing political and religious extremism said there should be no surprise that the group showed up with alleged plans to sabotage a pride event with a planned riot.
One group, The Western States Center, observes and researches inclusive democratic movements and societies rooted in justice and equity.
Part of that is tracking extremist groups, like those that planned on harming the pride event in Coeur d'Alene.
KTVB spoke with Kate Bitz, Program Manager with Western States Center.
Bitz spends time working with communities to organize against white nationalism and other bigoted ideologies, like Patriot Front.
“We had certainly been watching some of the chatter around Coeur d’Alene Pride in the park leading up to this event for about the past month. Certainly, it was interesting that Patriot Front in particular decided to show up. This is a white nationalist group that formed following the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017 in Charlottesville. And they, in order to do that, they broke off from the neo-Nazi organization Vanguard America. So one of Saturday's arrests is Patriot Front's founder, Thomas Russo. He's someone who led Vanguard America members during the Unite the Right, including James Alex Steele Jr, who's the young man who was convicted of murdering the anti-racist protester, Heather Heyer,” Bitz said.
Bitz says Patriot Front and groups like it have a history of organizing actions that turned violent.
“I think it was a big relief to everyone to see that in this case, they were quickly arrested. Apparently, according to the Coeur d’Alene Police, on the tip of an ordinary citizen who saw 30 guys getting into the back of that U-Haul and realized that something was very wrong. So great quick action by the community and by local law enforcement in this instance to forestall something that I don't think we quite know how it could have turned out,” Bitz said.
The attempt at disrupting a pride month event, possibly with violence, is part of a growing trend of LGBTQ hate that is not just trolling online.
“Certainly we are seeing a rise in homophobia and transphobia as one of the excuses for organizing, I guess you might say, on the part of bigoted groups. And we should point out that Panhandle Patriot is not Patriot Front, these are separate groups. One is locally based, whereas Patriot Front it very much appears that only some of those 31 arrestees was actually from our region,” Bitz said. “We do see an institutional environment that kind of enables and encourages this view of the LGBTQ community as somehow dangerous. You know, instead of just people living our lives and treating our community as something of an outlet of outside influence,” Bitz said.
In the span of about one week, Idaho saw pride flags, that are very famously placed in downtown Boise, ripped down and destroyed, clips went viral of a Boise church leader basically calling for the extermination of the LGBTQ community, and an out-of-state group showed up in Coeur d’Alene to ‘take on’ a pride festival. Bitz says the pattern is telling in Idaho, but so is the actual pride event hosted on Saturday.
“Idaho, we do see as a bellwether state. Idaho often tells us where the rest of the country may be headed in terms of how anti-democracy groups are going to try to build power, but also in terms of how effectively communities are able to push back and to blunt this kind of bigoted organizing. So, I mean, the excellent work of North Idaho Pride Alliance in putting together a really broad coalition, working with local government, with law enforcement, with civil society and North Idaho to successfully put on an event that, from everything I've heard from people in Coeur d'Alene, was fun, joyful, positive. That also shows us that Idaho is a state of standing up to this kind of bigotry,” Bitz said.
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The Boise City Council will review reconsideration requests Tuesday on its decision to allow Interfaith Sanctuary’s relocation.
In April, the council overturned the Planning & Zoning Commission’s denial, allowing the homeless shelter a conditional use permit to open in the former Salvation Army site at 4306 W. State St.
One of the opposed neighborhood groups, the Veterans Park Neighborhood Association, said on Facebook this was the first step towards taking the issue to court.
“VPNA submitted a request for reconsideration today and, if denied, is committed to seeking judicial review under the Local Land Use Planning Act (LLUPA) to challenge this approval,” the association wrote.
An individual, Attorney Scott Rose, also submitted a request for consideration, according to city documents.
{p dir=”ltr”}”We’re just letting that process happen and we don’t really have any comment right now,” said Jodi Peterson-Stigers, executive director of Interfaith Sanctuary.
Rose’s request focused on State Street traffic dangers. The Veterans Park Neighborhood Association’s request alleged the decision to approve the shelter is unlawful. The request also included printed emails from a real estate agent who notified a seller that the buyers were withdrawing their offer because of the new shelter. The agent told the Idaho Press on Monday the shelter was part of their decision.
The home in question is less than a half-mile from the shelter and, according to Zillow, has a pending offer.
The requests do not require a public hearing, according to a city memo. The council will decide if the reconsiderations go forward, and if they do, a public hearing will take place. The council can reconsider a decision “for good cause,” including if the requesting party has relevant information that was not previously available or brought up at a previous hearing.
The Boise Planning & Zoning commission in January denied Interfaith Sanctuary’s conditional use permit at the State Street location, the Idaho Press previously reported. The commissioners said the shelter would “place an undue burden on public facilities,” was not a compatible use with the neighborhood and would adversely affect other property in the vicinity.
The Boise Police Department remained neutral, though both Boise police and fire departments said some calls for service would move with the shelter.
However, city of Boise Planning and Development Services staff wrote in a March memo that the commissioners had made mistakes.
Interfaith Sanctuary has been attempting to move from its downtown location for quite some time. The shelter filed an application for a conditional use permit in April 2021.
In April 2022, city council members voted 4-2 to approve the permit, though the council placed 30 conditions on the shelter’s operations.
The conditions include an 8 feet perimeter screen wall, limited evening check-in and no outdoor speakers and amplified music at night.
Read the final list of conditions here:
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Originally published June 13 on KTVB.COM.A man who police say killed two people and injured four others during a shooting spree in October 2021 killed himself, according to the Ada County Coroner’s office in records obtained in a public records request by KTVB.
Jacob Bergquist, 27, fired gun shots throughout Boise Town Square mall and continued shooting at officers outside the mall last October. According to the Boise Police Department, an officer who fired back at Bergquist watched him hide behind a dumpster and later heard a shot fired; but it was unclear who fired the shot, and Bergquist’s cause and manner of death were not released to the public.
Bergquist died by suicide via a gunshot wound to his head, the coroner’s report says.
Bergquist died at the hospital on Oct. 26, 2021, one day after the shooting.
Jo Acker, a 26-year-old security guard at the mall; and 49-year-old Roberto Padilla Arguelles, who was shopping at the mall, were killed by Bergquist, police said.
Background
Boise Police, Boise Towne Square security, and Idaho State Police were all familiar with the gunman before the deadly rampage, according to law enforcement records.
Bergquist was convicted of felony retail theft in Illinois and had a misdemeanor drug possession charge in Wisconsin. On his now-deleted YouTube channel, Bergquist posted videos about how he was a felon who owned guns and strongly advocated for the restoration of felons’ firearms rights. He also described himself as disliking Hispanics.
On March 7, 2021, police received a call for service from Walmart in Meridian about Bergquist carrying a firearm in the store.
Bergquist, an employee at the Walmart, was openly carrying a gun while shopping at the Fairview Avenue store, Meridian Police Department spokeswoman Kelsey Johnston said.
“A manager at Walmart requested that Bergquist remove his firearm per store policy and Jacob became verbally abusive to the manager and then left the store,” Johnston said in a statement.
Staff at the Walmart called Meridian police to report the incident, and a responding officer found Bergquist in a nearby parking lot. Bergquist was not arrested or charged, but was given a warning and told not to return to the Walmart, police said.
Boise police also recorded multiple interactions between law enforcement and Bergquist while he was openly carrying a gun in Boise last spring.
At least two officers referred police reports to the Ada County Prosecutor’s office to determine whether Bergquist, a felon, was allowed to possess a firearm. ISP also asked the prosecutor’s office to look into Bergquist after a trooper came into contact with him at the Statehouse in April.
According to a police report, Bergquist walked into the Capitol with a gun, and told people he was a convicted felon but was allowed to own guns in Idaho. He requested to interview Gov. Brad Little to get his thoughts on felons owning guns.
The Ada County Prosecutor’s Office said the office could not take any action against Bergquist for carrying a firearm because the Illinois theft was not on the list of felony convictions that prohibit firearm possession under Idaho law, as outlined in Idaho Code Section 18-310.
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BOISE — Idaho voters amended the state Constitution in 1946 to remove the power to commute sentences from the governor and hand it to a commission, and amended it again in 1986 to authorize the Legislature to regulate the commission.
Now the planned execution of Gerald Pizzuto for two brutal murders in 1985 is bringing into question what lawmakers and voters intended, what the current wording in the Constitution really means, and who should be making those life-and-death decisions.
Citing the Idaho Constitution, attorney Jonah Horwitz of Federal Defender Services of Idaho told Idaho’s Supreme Court justices Monday morning, “Under that plain language, it is the parole commission that has that power. It is regulated power, but it is still the parole commission that exercises that power.”
The question hanging in the balance is whether Pizzuto should be executed right away, or not; Gov. Brad Little and the state contend he should. He’s exhausted all other appeals. The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole voted 4-3 in December to commute Pizzuto’s two death sentences to life without parole. Pizzuto, 66, is terminally ill and has been under hospice care for two years. Little reversed the commission’s decision the same day it was issued, saying Pizzuto’s crimes merited execution.
In February, a lower court overturned Little’s decision, ruling that the Idaho Constitution gives that decision to the commission, not the governor.
After the 1986 amendment passed, the Idaho Legislature passed a law in 1988 saying in death penalty or life-in-prison cases, the governor has final authority over clemency decisions. The February ruling found that state law unconstitutional.
The Idaho Constitution, even after the 1986 amendment, grants the power of commutation only to the commission, not the governor. The governor is given the power to grant temporary “respites or reprieves,” effective only until the commission next meets. The 1986 constitutional amendment specified that the commission’s commutation powers are “only as provided by statute,” bringing them under the regulation of the Legislature.
LaMont Anderson, deputy Idaho Attorney General and chief of the Attorney General’s Capital Litigation unit, told the court that both the Legislature and the voters intended to strip the commission of its power to commute sentences.
“There was an uproar about what the Idaho Commission on Pardons and Parole was doing at the time,” he said. “They were granting parole too early for really bad people. They were granting pardons and commutations for really bad people. The citizens of this state were enraged, the Legislature was enraged, and there were judges that were enraged. And that was the genesis of this amendment.”
Said Anderson, “The Legislature intended to divest the commission of any power whatsoever, when it came to commutations and pardons.”
Jim Jones, who was Idaho attorney general at the time, advocated for the change, which was debated in a legislative interim committee. “It was my intent to give the governor the final say-so on a commutation or pardon, on a serious offense,” Jones told the Idaho Press in an interview on Monday. “And I think there was some reluctance to present it exactly like that to the people. … So there was a little compromise that put it in the Legislature’s hands, to determine whether the governor had to give his sign-off.”
Jones said he wanted a constitutional amendment placing the governor in charge “because that gives some accountability. But the Legislature, I think, in their infinite wisdom, decided they didn’t want to do exactly that, but they would go part of the way.”
“The Legislature said, ‘Well, we’re going to do it our way,’” Jones said. “OK, fine.”
It was the same time that then-Idaho Senate President Pro Tem Jim Risch was pushing successfully for major sentencing law reforms, including fixed terms before parole eligibility and elimination of time off for good behavior.
“There was a lot of ferment back in those days about law and order,” Jones said.
Justice Robyn Brody asked Anderson, “Could the Legislature enact a statute that says there is no right of commutation … in the state of Idaho?”
“I would say yes,” he responded, “because the clause is ‘only as provided by statute.’” He argued that once the 1986 constitutional amendment passed, the commission had no power other than what the Legislature specifically authorized for it through state law.
“But it’s an interesting prospect to have a statute give the governor a power that the Constitution doesn’t give him,” Brody remarked.
Anderson said, “The issue is not whether the Legislature intended to grant the governor the power. … The issue is whether the Legislature intended to divest the commission of any power to grant commutations and pardons unless it was subsequently granted by the Legislature.”
Horwitz countered, “The Constitution, by assigning that power to the commission alone, requires the commission to be the one that’s making those decisions.”
“The purpose of the ‘as provided by statute’ clause was to give the Legislature the ability to impose more substantive restrictions on the parole commission’s use of its power,” Horwitz told the justices. In other states, he said, that’s taken the form of laws directing that certain types of offenders aren’t eligible for commutations, or that only certain types of arguments for commutation can be considered.
What it didn’t do, he said, was “deprive the commission of power and give that power to another actor.”
“The governor and the parole commission are separate constitutional entities. They’re both referred to within the text of the Constitution,” Horwitz said.
He added, “We know from the historical documents that the Legislature understood that it could have proposed a constitutional amendment that removed the parole commission … altogether. … The Legislature did not propose that to the people.”
Justice Greg Moeller remarked, “We have two very reasonable attorneys here making two very reasonable arguments that the statute means exactly opposite things.”
The original version of the constitutional section in question, as established at Idaho’s 1889 constitutional convention, vested commutation power in a “board of pardons” to consist of the governor, secretary of state and attorney general.
Two proposed constitutional amendments to grant commutation powers just to the governor were defeated by Idaho voters in 1942 and 1944.
On the eve of the arguments, Deborah Czuba, supervising attorney for the Capital Habeas Unit of Federal Defender Services of Idaho, said in a statement that Idaho citizens voted in 1946 to remove the governor from commutation decisions “to keep politics out of the clemency process,” as well as to put it in the hands of commissioners “hand-picked by governors themselves” for their expertise.
She expressed hope that the outcome of the appeal will “vindicate the will of the people and leave these difficult decisions in the hands of the experienced professionals who are best equipped to handle them without political motivations.”
Little, in a statement issued Friday evening, said he’d followed the Constitution and state law. “The severity of Pizzuto’s brutal, senseless, and indiscriminate killing spree strongly warrants against a reduced sentence,” Little said. “The state must have the ability to fully carry out the just sentences as ordered by the court in this case.”
Though the statute in question has been on the books since 1988, this is the first time it’s being tested in court, because it’s the first time a governor has opted to overrule a clemency recommendation from the commission. The only previous time the commission recommended commuting a death penalty, for Donald Paradis in 1996, then-Gov. Phil Batt agreed and the sentence was commuted.
The justices took the case under advisement and Chief Justice Richard Bevan said they will issue their written ruling “in due course.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/execution-or-reprieve-who-decides-justices-weigh-arguments-in-idaho-murderers-case/article_9721977b-62e2-52ef-b9d0-3bf721fcebb3.html | 2022-06-14T01:05:53 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/execution-or-reprieve-who-decides-justices-weigh-arguments-in-idaho-murderers-case/article_9721977b-62e2-52ef-b9d0-3bf721fcebb3.html |
Idaho’s gas prices took another big jump last week, surging over the $5-per-gallon threshold.
The state’s average gas price increased 20 cents in one week and was $5.10 per gallon as of Monday, June 13, according to a AAA press release.
This time last year, Idaho’s average gas price was $3.29.
“Crude oil supplies are tight, summer fuel demand is on the rise, and drivers are stuck in the middle,” AAA Idaho public affairs director Matthew Conde said in the release. “With no immediate relief in sight, Idaho families continue to be under enormous pressure to find ways to make long-awaited vacations, and in some cases, the daily commute and regular errands, possible.”
Idaho’s gas is the 12th-most expensive in the U.S., and the Gem State is one of 22 states, plus the District of Columbia, whose gas is at least $5 per gallon.
The national average is $5.01.
The least-expensive gas in Idaho can currently be found in the southeastern past of the state. Drivers in rural parts of Idaho, where fuel is delivered longer distances by tanker truck, are paying the most, the AAA release says.
“As temperatures soar, one way to stretch your fuel budget is to use your car’s air conditioner sparingly, and park in shaded areas to reduce your cooling needs when you drive again,” Conde said. “Keep your tires inflated, and ditch anything heavy that you don’t need in or on your vehicle.”
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The family of a Dallas transgender woman who died in police custody is speaking out, expressing their concerns over how police and paramedics responded.
Family and advocates are demanding a thorough investigation into the May 26 death of Dee Dee Hall.
Her family, an advising attorney and community advocates gathered in Downtown Dallas to address the media over their concerns and demands. They revealed Hall battled mental health problems but that she lived her true identity and was loved by many.
“Dee Dee was absolutely amazing,” said cousin Robbi Reed. “The light of all of our lives.”
On June 8, the Dallas Police Department released a 38-minute video with body-worn video and provided a narrative of the deadly encounter in East Dallas.
An employee at a car dealership called 9-1-1 to report a woman acting erratically. She was yelling and falling down.
The caller said it appeared as if the woman was under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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In the video, officers responded and found Hall outside near the car lot. One official asked if she was ok. Hall didn't verbally respond but nodded
She then became upset and mumbled something about being left behind by someone. From there, she proceeded to walk away from the officers, grabbing at her clothing appearing to try to remove her dress. Officers then stopped her, and a struggle ensued that ended with her being restrained on the ground.
Officers also placed a spit guard around Hall’s head.
Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics were called to the scene to transport Hall to the hospital for a mental evaluation, according to DPD.
Video shows an officer inside the ambulance with a medic as Hall continues to thrash and scream.
Family members revealed Hall was bipolar schizophrenic. She also had diabetes and wore hormone patches.
The family’s attorney did not want to discuss what may have led up to the initial encounter.
“What led up to this person experiencing a mental health episode being at this place causing a disturbance I don’t think that’s really important,” said Dallas attorney Justin Moore. “We have folks who experience mental health episodes daily, who end up where they shouldn’t be, and they need to be treated with care.”
Hall’s family did not want to speak to any legal issues related to the encounter saying they do not want to prematurely give authorities an opportunity to find justifications.
They are, however, questioning how Hall was treated.
“The way the process was handled, how she didn’t receive what I believe was humane treatment at this time,” said Reed. “[They] almost treated Dee Dee as a thing instead of a person.”
Reed and other family members are upset that first responders are heard on video addressing Hall by the wrong pronouns like, ‘sir’ or ‘bud.’
“If Dee Dee lives her life being called a ‘she,’ that’s what she should be called and it’s not a joking matter,” said Reed. “It shows great disrespect not only to the individual but the community at large.”
A paramedic can be seen on the officer’s body camera video looking down at a cell phone, and the family is upset at moments when it appears first responders are joking around or laughing.
“The jokes were some of the most disheartening things to watch,” said Reed. “It’s not a joking matter.”
At one point in the video, first responders notice Hall has stopped moving or screaming.
“She says: ‘I’m dying. I’m dying,’ and the last words she says is: ‘I’m dead,’ and there’s no response from the medic or police,” said Moore.
A paramedic then checks Hall and begins life-saving measures. The 47-year-old later died at Baylor Medical Center. Autopsy and toxicology results are pending.
It is a death that Hall’s family and attorney believe was "100% preventable."
“We need better. We demand better and we will fight for better,” said Moore.
Moore said the family is not considering legal action at this time, but they will conduct their own investigation and seek an independent autopsy.
DPD declined to speak about the case on camera but responded to NBC 5’s questions.
The preliminary investigation shows the officers involved followed policy and procedure, according to a department spokesperson Kristin Lowman.
The officers involved in the encounter are on active duty. The paramedics are on active duty as well, but DFR’s spokesperson Jason Evans tells NBC 5:
‘Upon learning of the death in custody, a medical review of the response was initiated by Dallas Fire-Rescue EMS and the Office of the Medical Director, as is standard. Both paramedics have had their paramedic credentials temporarily suspended pending the outcome of a complete and thorough investigation of the incident.’
The family has expressed concern over all of the officers and paramedics not being taken off the streets pending the results of investigations.
DPD also told NBC 5 body camera video was not released within 72 hours of the incident, as is policy, because the department wanted the victim’s family to watch the body-worn camera video first, which the family confirmed they did.
The city’s Police Community Oversight Board is also investigating the case and has been in contact with the family, according to Moore.
The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office is conducting its own investigation and has reviewed body-worn cameras, according to DPD. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-of-transgender-woman-who-died-in-dallas-police-custody-speak-out/2991447/ | 2022-06-14T01:06:02 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/family-of-transgender-woman-who-died-in-dallas-police-custody-speak-out/2991447/ |
BOISE — The Interfaith Equality Coalition, a group of local faith leaders, sent a letter to the Idaho Press signed by its members responding to an article printed June 10 regarding Pastor Joe Jones from the Shield of Faith Baptist Church.
The letter pointed to a recent sermon given by the pastor around four weeks ago that had gone viral. The sermon, recorded on video, was rife with hate speech against the LGBTQ+ community including statements from Jones saying that “sodomites are reptilians,” and to “put all queers to death.”
It was posted on YouTube and gained significant traction online last week after it was shared by a Treasure Valley TikTok user.
In the response letter from the Interfaith Equality Coalition, the group referred to a number of biblical quotes that espouse love over hate.
“We as faith leaders of many different traditions find our hearts broken hearing that a faith leader here in Boise has said such dehumanizing things about LGBTQIA+ people, people who are humans with sacred worth and dignity,” the letter stated.
It continued, “What we say matters, and how we say it matters, too. We understand that some faith leaders have different interpretations of Scripture; we can discuss, dialogue, and disagree all day long. But dehumanizing language is reprehensible. Death threats and calling LGBTQIA+ people ‘reptilian’ is contemptible and disgusting, and to do so in the language of God and faith is abhorrent, false, and blasphemous.”
The letter closed by saying, “Our highest calling is to recognize and respect the sacred dignity of all humanity as we seek to love one another.”
In an emailed response to the Idaho Press regarding the letter, Jones wrote that he would be open to sitting down and discussing his views with the coalition if he and the coalition could agree on the fundamental aspect of being “born again.”
The coalition consists of over 25 different clergy across the Treasure Valley and includes leaders of Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Mennonite and Synagogue congregations.
The coalition wrote that all human beings have worth and are worthy of basic respect.
“To our fellow humans, especially LGBTQIA+ people, know that you are loved, that you are worthwhile, that you have sacred dignity. Hold that close to heart. Never, ever forget it,” the letter stated.
The letter was signed by the following Treasure Valley faith leaders: Reverend Kathy Abend, retired UCC pastor; Reverend Dr. Duane Anders, Cathedral of the Rockies; Pastor Joseph Bankard, Collister United Methodist Church; Reverend Gretchen J. Bingea, retired ELCA Lutheran pastor; Reverend Daryl Blanksma, Whitney United Methodist Church; Reverend Blake Coats, Episcopal Church in Weiser; Reverend Barbara Condon, retired ELCA Lutheran pastor; Pastor Laura Creech, Nampa UCC; Pastor Ben Cremer, Cathedral of the Rockies Amity Campus; Pastor Mia Crosthwaite, Kuna United Methodist Church; Pastor Christie Dahlin, Hyde Park Mennonite Fellowship; Reverend Joseph Farnes, All Saints Episcopal Church; Rabbi Dan Fink, Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel; Reverend Dr. Richard Green, retired pastor with Presbyterian Church (USA); Reverend Jim Grunow, retired ELCA Lutheran pastor; Reverend Karen Hernandez, Sage District Superintendent with the Oregon-Idaho Conference and member of the United Methodist Church; Reverend Jenny Willison Hirst, Collister United Methodist Church; Reverend Jackie Holland, Center for Spiritual Living in Boise; Reverend Dr. Andrew Kukla, First Presbyterian Church in Boise; Reverend Irene Laudeman, Cathedral of the Rockies; Pastor Meggan Manlove, Trinity Lutheran Church in Nampa; Reverend Dennis Reid, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church; Reverend TJ Remaley, Southminster Presbyterian Church; Reverend Brenda Sene, Hillview United Methodist Church; Reverend Steve Tollefson, Pastor Emeritus at Boise First United Methodist Church; Reverend Rob Tulloch, Boise First Congregational UCC; Reverend David Wettstein, retired Episcopal Church; Pastor Connie Winter-Eulberg, King of Glory Lutheran Church in Boise. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/local-faith-group-denounces-pastors-anti-lgbtq-comments/article_b7d48d03-2ec3-5f97-8656-c736a63145d2.html | 2022-06-14T01:06:06 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/local-faith-group-denounces-pastors-anti-lgbtq-comments/article_b7d48d03-2ec3-5f97-8656-c736a63145d2.html |
BOISE — A few weeks before 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested for allegedly planning to riot at a northern Idaho LGBTQ pride event, a fundamentalist Idaho pastor told his Boise congregation that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government.
Around the same time, a lawmaker from the northernmost region of the state, Republican Rep. Heather Scott, told an audience that drag queens and other LGBTQ supporters are waging “a war of perversion against our children.”
A toxic brew of hateful rhetoric has been percolating in Idaho and elsewhere around the U.S., well ahead of the arrests of the Patriot Front members at the pride event Saturday in Coeur d’Alene.
Police say dozens of men from the white supremacist group piled into a U-Haul truck wearing balaclavas and bearing riot gear, with plans to instigate a riot at the park where families, children and supporters were gathered to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
Those arrested came from 13 states, including Idaho, Oregon, Colorado, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The defendants were booked on misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot and released on bail. As of Monday afternoon, online court records did not show if the men had retained defense attorneys.
The two arrested from Idaho are Winston North Durham, of Genesee, and Richard Jacob Jessop of Idaho Falls. Those arrested ranged from 20 to 40 years old.
Thomas Rousseau, a 23-year-old from Grapevine, Texas, who has been identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as the Patriot Front founder and was among those arrested, did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment.
Jon Lewis, a George Washington University researcher who specializes in homegrown violent extremism, said outrage directed at LGBTQ people had been growing for months online, often in chat rooms frequented by members of groups like the Patriot Front.
In the same way that it mobilized against Black Lives Matter in the nation’s capital in December, the Patriot Front harnesses what’s in the news cycle — in this case, drag queen story hours, disputes about transgender people in schools, and LGBTQ visibility more broadly.
A “massive right-wing media ecosystem” has been promoting the notion that “there are people who are trying to take your kids to drag shows, there are trans people trying to ‘groom’ your children,” Lewis said.
The rhetoric has been amplified by right-wing social media accounts that use photos and videos of LGBTQ individuals to drive outrage among their followers.
Several posts have falsely sought to label teachers and librarians who accept the LGBTQ community as abusers or groomers of children. Others have lambasted pride events or drag performances as “depraved.”
One photo shared widely on social media this week falsely claimed a “Drag Queen Story Hour” performer flashed their genitals to children while reading aloud. But the photograph, from a suburban Minneapolis library in 2019, clearly shows the performer was wearing tan undergarments.
A spokesman for Hennepin County Library confirmed to The Associated Press that the performer did not expose themselves to children.
Northern Idaho has long been associated with extremist groups, most prominently the Aryan Nations, which was often in the news in the 1990s. The area drew disaffected people after white supremacist Richard Butler moved there in 1973 from California.
After the Aryan Nations’ heyday, many local officials tried to disassociate the region from extremism. But in recent years, some politicians, civic leaders and real estate agents have boasted about northern Idaho’s conservatism to draw like-minded people.
At a news conference Monday, Coeur d’Alene Mayor Jim Hammond said the city is no longer a locus of hate.
“We are not going back to the days of the Aryan Nations. We are past that,” he declared.
Scott, the northern Idaho lawmaker, did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.
At her public appearance weeks ago, she introduced two members of the Panhandle Patriots motorcycle club, who urged watchers to join them in “the fight” against LGBTQ people at the Coeur d’Alene pride celebration. They dubbed their counter-protest “Gun d’Alene.”
“Stand up, take it to the head, go to the fight. ... We say, ‘Damn the repercussions,’” the motorcycle club members said. “They are trying to take your children.”
The Panhandle Patriots later changed their event to a prayer rally, saying they are “a Christian group that stands against violence in all its forms.”
Elsewhere around the country, authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area are investigating a possible hate crime after a group of men allegedly shouted anti-LGBTQ slurs during Drag Queen Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library over the weekend. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/right-wing-extremists-amp-up-hateful-rhetoric-online/article_92dca2ac-ccb4-5f19-94dc-0c3232fa7c78.html | 2022-06-14T01:06:12 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/right-wing-extremists-amp-up-hateful-rhetoric-online/article_92dca2ac-ccb4-5f19-94dc-0c3232fa7c78.html |
BOISE — After the Boise Police Department found 35 Pride flags on Harrison Boulevard were stolen or damaged Thursday, an anonymous donor stepped up to support the Boise Pride Festival’s annual tradition.
The donor provided enough funding to cover the total cost of replacing the flags, which were stolen or damaged less than one week after Boise Pride volunteers put them up.
On Saturday, the community came together for a ‘Pride Flag Rally & Replacement’ event.
The event was organized by the North End Neighborhood Association and the Boise Pride Festival. Neighbors and friends gathered to ensure each light pole on Harrison Boulevard once again had a flag.
In a press release Thursday, BPD said officers contacted each home on Harrison Boulevard — between West Ada Street and West Bella Street — about the incident. Neighbors are reviewing footage from their surveillance cameras.
“The Boise Police Department is directing a number of resources to investigate this crime and detectives are working to identify those responsible and hold them accountable,” Boise Police Deputy Chief Tammany Brooks said. “Our officers will not tolerate any crime that targets or makes someone feel targeted because of who they are or who they choose to love.”
In June of 2021, 25 of the 29 Pride flags on Harrison Boulevard were also stolen or destroyed. The Liberating Spirit Metropolitan Community Church donated flags and the North End Neighborhood Association donated metal dowels to hold them in place following last year’s vandalism.
For questions on reporting crimes involving the LGBTQ+ community, email BPD’s LGBTQ+ Liaison Officer, Dan Lister, at dlister@cityofboise.org. For immediate assistance, call 911.
The incident is still under investigation by the Boise Police Department. Officers are asking the public for information or video of the incident. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/volunteers-gather-in-boise-to-replace-stolen-pride-flags-on-harrison-boulevard/article_0ef4ee04-c045-567a-9f3e-5a043815d023.html | 2022-06-14T01:06:18 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/volunteers-gather-in-boise-to-replace-stolen-pride-flags-on-harrison-boulevard/article_0ef4ee04-c045-567a-9f3e-5a043815d023.html |
Where does the lawsuit brought forth by David Wilson to remove Midland County District Attorney Laura Nodolf stand?
Monday, there was no change.
Nodolf still hasn’t commented publicly about the lawsuit or her representation.
Midland County leaders Monday decided to wait until Tuesday or Wednesday regarding the payment of legal fees for the district attorney in this case. The court does not have to provide representation, according to county officials, but Texas law allows the court to do so if commissioners believe it serves county purposes.
Wilson’s petition was filed in the 385th District Court. County officials said Friday that Judge Leah Robertson – the presiding judge in the 385th -- has asked the presiding regional judge — Seventh Administrative Judicial Region of Texas Judge Dean Rucker — to assign a visiting judge from outside Midland to oversee judicial proceedings, including a trial if it goes to court.
Allison Clayton, an attorney for Wilson, stated Friday that Judge Kelly Moore has been appointed in her place.
“Now that we have filed our petition, Section 87.016 of the Texas Government Code roughly outlines what could happen next,” Clayton wrote Friday. “We have requested the court issue a citation. If the judge refuses to issue the citation, the petition is dismissed, without the possibility of appeal. If the judge issues a citation, then the suit moves forward.
“At that point, (now we are in Section 87.017) the judge can (in his discretion) temporarily suspend Ms. Nodolf and appoint someone else to act in her place. The case proceeds from there with the trial for removal.”
Another thing we could learn this week is whether County Attorney Russell Malm will represent the state in removal proceedings (as pursuant to Section 87.018(d) of the Texas Government Code), it was explained the Reporter-Telegram.
“This is new ground for us, and we are still researching the issues,” Malm wrote this weekend. “My expectation is that I will file a motion to recuse myself.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/County-leaders-wait-on-decision-about-DA-legal-17239015.php | 2022-06-14T01:07:23 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/County-leaders-wait-on-decision-about-DA-legal-17239015.php |
Lawsuit against Maricopa County, sheriff over negligence in inmate beating settled for $11.75M
A lawsuit over negligence and indifference after a man was beaten unconscious at the Fourth Avenue Jail has been settled for nearly $12 million.
The Maricopa Board of Supervisors approved an $11.75 million dollar settlement to Selene Ortiz, whose son, Brian Ortiz, was brutally beaten while in a Phoenix jail.
Ortiz, 18, was incarcerated at Fourth Avenue Jail for violating his probation because of an unpaid fine when Xavier Fregoso, another inmate, beat him to the point of unconsciousness. Despite later walkthroughs by officers and a video surveillance tower, Ortiz wasn't given appropriate medical care until well over two hours after the attack, the lawsuit claims.
Tony Piccuta, a lawyer who represented the Ortiz family, said the case is just one in a long pattern of negligence by the county and Sheriff's Office. The Maricopa County jail system has a "history of providing inadequate medical care and of failing to address the serious medical needs of its inmates," he said.
Ortiz's mother sued Maricopa County and the Sheriff's Office, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs, negligence, the failure to protect Ortiz or properly train staff, and the disruption of the relationship between mother and son. The Board of Supervisors approved the settlement on May 18.
What happened to Brian Ortiz
In the early morning of May 26, 2020, Ortiz was lured into Fregoso's cell to look at something. Fregoso attacked him, kicking, punching and stomping on Ortiz's head and body almost 50 times, the lawsuit says. It's unclear from the lawsuit where officers were during this time.
Fregoso moved Ortiz to his own bed and cleaned up the blood on the floor before officers performed a walkthrough at 8:50 a.m., a full hour after the attack, the lawsuit claims. Officers in the first two walkthroughs noticed Ortiz unconscious in his bed, but made no move to check on him, the lawsuit says.
It wasn't until 9:15 a.m., however, during a third walkthrough, that officers conducting medical rounds raised the alarm. Still, despite Ortiz having seizures and bleeding from his head, officers stopped to consult each other and then restrain Ortiz's hands, placing chains on his legs and a belly belt around his midsection before carrying him to the jail clinic.
Ortiz was placed in an ambulance at 9:55 a.m. — more than 2 hours after his assault — and taken to a hospital.
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Ortiz suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and was comatose for 2 months. His mother, Selene, wasn't told about his condition until 5 days after his arrival at the hospital, by staff and not by police. Not 2 days later, she was asked for permission to take him off life support.
Ortiz is now 20 years old and learning to walk again, the Associated Press reports. He lives in a 24-hour extended living facility and will likely need care for the rest of his life.
Penzone issues apology to the family
In an emailed statement last Thursday, Sheriff Paul Penzone offered his "heartfelt apology" to the Ortiz family, but said the officers involved were not at fault, despite admitting that human shortcomings were part of the problem.
"Unfortunately, jails are inherently dangerous given many of those incarcerated are violent criminals, like the inmate who attacked Mr. Ortiz. Although MCSO meets or exceeds national best practices, the subsequent delay in our recognition of the event and engagement to provide aid occurred due to human and operational shortcomings," he said.
Penzone went on to say that the officers involved didn't violate any policies of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and that blaming them would be unfair, given that the complex nature of their jobs "do not allow for human error."
Arizona Department of Corrections data on fights and assaults by prisoners on other prisoners says there were 2,084 incidents in 2020. While the year after saw a decrease of 28%, this year's numbers appear to be on their way back up. As of April, there have been as many as 1,083 fights and assaults.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Reach the reporter at GRGomez@gannett.com
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Anti-LGBTQ activist Ethan Schmidt-Crockett arrested by DPS on Mesa warrant
The Department of Public Safety arrested Ethan Schmidt-Crockett, an anti-mask and anti-LGBTQ activist, on Saturday, June 11, for his failure to appear in court.
DPS identified Schmidt-Crockett during a traffic stop near the Arizona Capitol, said DPS media relations specialist Bart Graves. He was later turned in to Mesa Police Department custody.
The Mesa Police Department issued a warrant for Schmidt-Crockett’s arrest after he failed to appear for a scheduled court date on June 6, according to Mesa Municipal Court records. According to a court official, the June 6 hearing was regarding a charge against Schmidt-Crockett for "failure to comply with the law."
Previously, Schmidt-Crockett threatened to “hunt” LGBTQ rights supporters in a video posted to Twitter on May 21 and, in a different video, harassed Target employees about the company’s pride-themed campaign for Pride Month.
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Schmidt-Crockett also appeared at the March for Our Lives protest in Phoenix. He was seen with armed militia members, who appeared to be attending a counter-protest to the rally in downtown Phoenix, which called for stricter gun laws following recent deadly shootings in the U.S.
“They’re not going to ever take away our guns,” Schmidt-Crockett said in a video posted to Twitter while holding an AR-15 rifle.
Another video from the same thread shows Schmidt-Crockett confronting the March for Our Lives demonstrators, standing in the middle of their path with a megaphone.
The Twitter thread also includes photos of Schmidt-Crockett sitting on the edge of the sidewalk in handcuffs with a DPS trooper standing over him.
As of now, Schmidt-Crockett remains in Mesa Police custody, according to Mesa Police Department public information officer Brandi George.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-breaking/2022/06/13/ethan-schmidt-crockett-anti-lgbtq-activist-arrested/7617150001/ | 2022-06-14T01:16:17 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa-breaking/2022/06/13/ethan-schmidt-crockett-anti-lgbtq-activist-arrested/7617150001/ |
More than 90 years after he became the youngest person to be executed in Pennsylvania's history, charges have been dismissed against a Black teen who was sentenced to death by an all-white jury.
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Monday that the case against Alexander McClay Williams has been nol prossed following a successful joint motion.
“By acting to nol pros the case against Williams, today’s decision is an acknowledgement that the charges against him should never have been brought,” a spokesperson for the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office wrote.
Williams, a 16-year-old Black student at the Glen Mills School for Boys, was convicted and sentenced to death at the Media Courthouse on February 27, 1931. He remains the youngest person executed in Pennsylvania’s history.
“Sadly, we cannot undo the past. We cannot rewrite history to erase the egregious wrongs of our forebearers,” Stollsteimer said. “However, when, as here, justice can be served by publicly acknowledging such a wrong, we must seize that opportunity."
On October 3, 1930, 34-year-old Vida Robare, a white house matron at the Glen Mills School for Boys, was found murdered inside her cottage on the school grounds. Her body was discovered by her ex-husband Fred Robare, who was also an employee at the school.
Williams was arrested and charged with Robare’s murder. On October 24, 1930, William H. Ridley, the first African American lawyer to join the Delaware County Bar Association, was appointed to represent Williams.
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During the 17 days between Williams’ arrest and Ridley’s appointment, the teen signed three separate murder confessions and had been interrogated five times without an attorney or parent present.
“Williams ‘confessed’ to the crime, despite the lack of eyewitnesses or direct evidence implicating him,” a Delaware County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson wrote.
Ridley was paid $10 by the Court for expenses (the equivalent of $173 today) and had only 74 days to establish a defense for Williams, without any help from investigators, experts or resources.
The trial lasted less than two days and the all-white jury found Williams guilty in less than four hours. No appeal was ever filed.
Officials say evidence in Williams’ favor was either ignored or unexamined, including a bloody handprint from a full-grown man that was found and photographed by state police near the door of the crime scene and examined by fingerprint experts but never publicly identified or mentioned during the trial.
Officials also said Robare had divorced her estranged husband due to his “extreme cruelty” yet he was never considered a suspect in her murder.
“We certainly recognize that the actions taken in 1930 were before Miranda and Gideon became the law of the land,” Stollsteimer said. “However, this young man was entitled to the protections of our Constitution, particularly the Fifth Amendment’s protections against self-incrimination and the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel. We believe that this young man’s constitutional protections were violated in an irreparable way.”
For decades, Williams’ sole surviving sister, 92-year-old Susie Carter, as well as Sam Lemon, Ridley’s great-grandson, worked to show the inconsistencies in evidence as well as the unfair way the case was handled. Finally, in 2017, Williams’ record was expunged.
“Today’s action was only possible because of the work of Sam Lemon and his counsel, Robert Keller, Esq,” Stollsteimer said. “Mr. Lemon has spent years researching this case, and together with Mr. Keller, he has worked with our office and the courts to find a mechanism for the legal system to redress this heartbreaking miscarriage of justice. They both deserve our thanks for their tenacious pursuit of justice.” | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/charges-dismissed-for-black-teen-who-was-executed-91-years-ago/3269858/ | 2022-06-14T01:18:24 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/charges-dismissed-for-black-teen-who-was-executed-91-years-ago/3269858/ |
Police captured a man who drove across lawns during a wild chase through West Philadelphia Monday evening.
SkyForce10 was over the scene as police pursued a red SUV near 34th Street and Mantua Avenue around 8 p.m.
At one point during the chase, the SUV drove across the lawns of multiple homes as people outside ran for safety.
After several minutes, the chase ended at 52nd and Wyalusing Avenue. Pennsylvania State Police and Philadelphia Police pulled the driver out of the vehicle and placed him into custody.
Officials have not yet revealed why they were initially pursuing the driver.
This story is developing. Check back for updates. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-man-drives-across-lawns-during-west-philly-police-chase/3269870/ | 2022-06-14T01:18:30 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-man-drives-across-lawns-during-west-philly-police-chase/3269870/ |
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ELK GROVE, Calif — Orsula Hanna, from Elk Grove, is turning 105-years-old on June 14.
Orsula was born in Pennsylvania on June 14, 1917. She is the oldest, and only one remaining, of her six siblings.
At 27-years-old, Orsula began working at Westinghouse Electric where she wired motors that were used during World War II in 1945. Orsula says in her 105-years of life, this is still one of her proudest accomplishments.
While in Pennsylvania, she also met her husband Michael, who passed away in 1983. The two moved to California where they got married in San Bernardino in 1945 and had a daughter, Nadine, who they raised in Upland, Calif.
In 1983, Orsula moved to Sacramento to be closer to her daughter and family.
Three years after moving to Sacramento, Orsula began volunteering at Kaiser Permanente in South Sacramento where she volunteered until she was 100-years-old.
At 105-years-old, Orsula says she "feels no different" than when she turned 100. Orsula says she has continued to stay in good health by exercising daily and eating healthy.
"Orsula read online that blueberries were good for her, so she has been eating them almost every morning since," an Elk Grove Park Assisted Living and Memory Care staff member said. "She also makes her own bed everyday and does her own fitness routine in her room every morning."
Orsula's advice to others would be "to live day by day, be friends with others, and be helpful when you can."
The staff members at Elk Grove Park Assisted Living and Memory Care all said Orsula is a sweet, kind and patient woman.
"We love having conversations with Orsula because she is always pleasant to talk to and full of laughter," one staff member shared. "It blows my mind that she is 105 as she has an incredible memory of her past."
Those at Elk Grove Park Assisted Living and Memory Care are encouraging community members to send Orsula birthday cards.
Birthday cards can be sent to Life Enrichment Director, Stephanie Philp’s, attention at 6727 Laguna Park Drive, Elk Grove, CA 95758.
Watch more from ABC10: 'She's a true trail-blazer' | Stockton’s first Black teacher turns 102-years-old | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/elk-grove-woman-turns-105-years-old/103-0483a3d5-ac61-493f-9fb7-53b6d465c343 | 2022-06-14T01:21:12 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/elk-grove-woman-turns-105-years-old/103-0483a3d5-ac61-493f-9fb7-53b6d465c343 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A 90-day effort to rebuild and reopen Old Town came to an end this week.
Protected by the gates of the Lan Su Chinese Garden, city officials along with the Old Town Community Association gave an update on where the neighborhood now stands.
About two dozen people attended the press conference Monday morning, including several long-time Old Town residents concerned about neighborhood safety.
“We have made some critical decisions to get us started and now we must stay the course improving the process and work,” said Jessie Burke, chair of the Old Town Community Association and co-owner of the Society Hotel.
In March, Burke and city officials announced a 90-day reset plan for Old Town with the goal to reduce crime, remove graffiti, and improve overall safety.
Since then, more than 18,000 square feet of graffiti has been removed and permanent trash crews are dedicated to cleaning up the area.
“The Old Town neighborhood has been disproportionately affected by the crisis’ that are impacting Portland today,” said Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler.
The city also increased the number of camp removals and placed 87 people into shelters. In April, the city removed 137 homeless encampments and another 206 in May.
Within the past 45 days, the city has also dedicated 92 beds in two new shelters for people who camped in old town.
“I’m proud to say we are turning the tide,” Mayor Wheeler said.
But neighbors such as Earl Reeves and his wife, who have lived in Old Town for 20 years, aren’t convinced.
“Maybe they are making an attempt, but I’m not seeing it yet; the tents get wiped out, two days later the tents are back,” Earl Reeves said.
"I wouldn’t go outside at night period to cross the street; it’s that dangerous,” added Sheila Reeves.
Longtime resident Kevin Guinn echoed the Reeves' concerns.
“We can’t walk down the streets; we are unsafe," he said. "I’ve been assaulted on the streets. I don’t even call the police… You regularly have to clear out people who are smoking meth and we have to ask for private security in order to be able to get home at night.”
Residents living on the streets told KGW that camp removals aren’t a long-term solution.
“Once they get swept, they just go and get more equipment because you can’t just leave people with nothing,” said Vern, who’s lived in Old Town for 13 years. He’s experienced homelessness but now gets housing through Central City Concern.
A rise in violent crime also continues to plague the neighborhood, including a recent string of brutal homicides. Before praising the work that’s been done to repair the area, Portland’s Police Chief Chuck Lovell named each of the four victims who recently lost their lives due to violence nearby.
“There’s still work to do... I’m confident that continued efforts will lead to improved livability and reduced crime," he said.
“We’re here every day. We deserve to have the safety that other people take for granted,” said Guinn.
Homelessness is a problem facing the entire city, and the Wheeler said he plans to bring the same tactics employed in the Old Town 90-day reset plan to bear on other neighborhoods. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/city-gives-update-old-town-90-day-reset-plan/283-b35462c3-df46-4cfa-8a89-f0f227b16066 | 2022-06-14T01:29:20 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/city-gives-update-old-town-90-day-reset-plan/283-b35462c3-df46-4cfa-8a89-f0f227b16066 |
With Juneteenth and Father’s Day falling on the same day this year, "Juneteenth NY" is hosting a celebration that will highlight both holidays.
The organization was designed to celebrate and empower the Black community while educating others on how to change the narrative about Black history.
There will be a summit, festival and concert spanning across three days. Each event is free for participants and caters to people of all ages.
Health & Wellness Day “Mind, Body & Soul” is the first event when the celebration kicks off its virtual summit on June 17. Attendants can participate in panel discussions and engage in cooking classes, yoga and nutrition sessions.
The remaining days of the festival will be in-person events. On June 18, the festival will take place at Linden Park from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and feature 100 vendors, at-home products and community talents.
All events for Father’s Day are set to take place in Prospect Park. The day will start off with games, exercise sessions, a fashion show and end with the live concert.
In 2020, the organization saw over 20,000 attendees for their remote event. They are now expecting more than 25,000 people for this year’s weekend of events.
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Providence city councilors divided on new tax rates, worried about housing crisis
PROVIDENCE — City Council members, some frustrated with proposed property tax rates, passed Mayor Jorge Elorza’s proposed budget on Monday. However, it wasn’t without a fight.
“I feel like a broken record, but I can’t support this budget due to the lack of process and transparency,” said Councilwoman Helen Anthony as the meeting began. “This year in particular, the budget process was rushed. Some might say it was because there wasn’t much to talk about. I beg to differ.”
Providence tax rates
Anthony, who wanted a public hearing on the budget, pointed to soaring home values, which will leave residents paying more in taxes even though rates would be cut. Last week, the council’s finance committee moved to cut rates even further than first proposed by Elorza, putting the residential rate at $17.80 per $1,000, though not everyone agrees that they’re low enough.
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Councilman John Goncalves noted his “reservations” about the levy, particularly as the committee moved to increase the commercial tax rate from Elorza's proposal, which shifted some of the burden. That rate, if passed by the council, would be $35.40 per $1,000.
Goncalves stated that in his ward and others, there are “commercial properties that are inhabited by renters and a higher commercial tax rate is going to make our city more unaffordable for those renters who want to live in the city.”
Housing crisis
“We’ve got a housing crisis in our city, and this could make it worse where rents continue to skyrocket and people are being displaced from their neighborhoods,” Goncalves said. He told a story about a Fox Point resident who wishes to remain in the area but is suffering from a $600 rent increase triggered by the city’s revaluation and its proposed levy.
Councilwoman Nirva LaFortune echoed Goncalves’ point, describing the dilemma of a Providence teacher who is renting out a house that she purchased.
“She said, ’Nirva, the people who are renting from me, they don’t make a lot of money,’” LaFortune recalled. “‘I’m a teacher. I’m going to have to transfer that cost on them, and they will not be able to afford to live in the house.’ That’s happening throughout the city.”
LaFortune also noted that there are racial disparities in homeownership, with more white families owning homes than Black families.
Councilman Nicholas Narducci took issue with this point.
“Not every white person is rich,” he said. “Not every white person owns a home. In my neighborhood, it’s the same. I sit here and I hear how it affects Black families. No it doesn’t. It affects all families. Let’s make that perfectly clear. I’ve had it. I’m done being labeled a privileged white guy from opponents in my neighborhood.”
Ultimately, both the budget and the finance committee's proposed tax cuts passed, the budget on a 9-5 vote while the taxes passed more narrowly on an 8-6 vote.
Councilwoman Jo-Ann Ryan, who chairs the Finance Committee, took issue with Anthony’s argument that the process was rushed, stating that she and her colleagues found “whatever cuts we possibly could.”
“We ran many, many, many modules, and we had many discussions in committee,” Ryan said. “The reality is this budget, in a difficult budget year, we were able to pass on a reduced tax burden for over 32,000 families — single family property owners, multi-family property owners.”
The budget and tax rates will need a second council vote of approval. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/13/providence-city-council-tax-rate-disagreement-housing-crisis-budget-vote/7616785001/ | 2022-06-14T01:36:40 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/13/providence-city-council-tax-rate-disagreement-housing-crisis-budget-vote/7616785001/ |
Dale Hoffman, 93, of North Bend, formerly of Myrtle Point, died June 9, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are pending with Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service - Coquille Chapel, 541-572-2524
Larry Sabin, 83, of Bandon, died June 9, 2022 in Bandon. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder Funeral Service, Bandon.
Tommy E. Clark, 69, of North Bend, passed away on June 6, 2022 in North Bend. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
Edward Pride, 90, of Myrtle Point, died June 9, 2022 in Myrtle Point. Arrangements are pending with Amling/Schroeder Funeral Service - Myrtle Point Chapel, 541-572-2524 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/june-14-2022-death-notices/article_260aaf5a-e81c-11ec-84c0-631d874cb304.html | 2022-06-14T01:42:25 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/june-14-2022-death-notices/article_260aaf5a-e81c-11ec-84c0-631d874cb304.html |
A Celebration of Life for Betsy Ann Leep Henry, 62, of Myrtle Point, will be held on Saturday, June 18, 2022 between 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Coquille Valley Elks, 54942 Maple Heights Rd., Coquille. The family invites you to this casual gathering of remembrance.
A memorial service for Jessie L. Pickett, 82, of North Bend, will be held at 11 am, Saturday, June 18, 2020 at the Harbor Assembly of God, 2050 Lincoln Street in North Bend. Arrangements are under the Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com
A graveside service for William C. "Billy" Hill, 73, of Lakeside will be held Friday, June 17, 2022 at 2:00 PM at Sunset Memorial Park 63060 Millington Frontage Road Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/june-14-2022-service-notices/article_60fdb892-e370-11ec-a59a-1f85ab47fcb8.html | 2022-06-14T01:42:34 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/june-14-2022-service-notices/article_60fdb892-e370-11ec-a59a-1f85ab47fcb8.html |
CLINTON COUNTY, Pa. — At least one person is dead after a multi-vehicle crash that has closed Interstate 80 Westbound.
The crash happened around 7 p.m. at mile-marker 186.8 near Green Township.
Five commercial vehicles were involved including a fully loaded charter bus.
This is a developing story, please check back for more updates.
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PINE GROVE, Pa. — Pine Grove Area Pathway is a brand new food pantry in Schuylkill County that just opened in May and with inflation, they're seeing new issues families are facing to make ends meet.
"We had such an explosion of people that came on the first and second night, we realized, unfortunately, we had to put a higher limit on the items you could take," said Sara Barra, Pine Grove Area Pathway President.
After seeing a need in the Pine Grove community Sara Barra has worked with her friends and family to create a food pantry that's available to everyone without an income requirement.
"The number of people we are serving is much higher than we anticipated. We really did not anticipate to have the turnout and the number of families that we have. And we believe that's because of the current economic environment," said Barra.
Sara and the other volunteers have been working since November to stock the shelves with food, cleaning, and hygiene products to help families through these hard times.
"We get things from Mission Central in Mechanicsburg and this month for the first time we had to contemplate is it worth driving all that way because of gas prices to go pick up the donations," said Barra.
To keep on providing such an essential service to Schuylkill County Pine Grove Area Pathway Is asking the local community for any monetary or item donations.
"We are supplementing the donations that we get through monetary donations. Every penny that we have to spend on gas is a penny less that we have to spend on food," said Barra.
If you would like to volunteer or donate to Pine Grove Area Pathway head to their Facebook page by clicking here.
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It seems many across the nation are agreeing with Kenosha County area residents
That Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department law enforcement dog Riggs is a hero, and deserves to be recognized it.
More than 400,000 votes from animal lovers across the country have helped name the Top 21 semifinalists from a pool of nearly 400 candidates competing in the 2022 American Humane Hero Dog Awards, and Riggs is one of them.
It is an annual, nationwide competition that searches for and recognizes America’s Hero Dogs, often ordinary dogs who do extraordinary things, whether it’s saving lives on the battlefield, lending sight or hearing to a human companion, or helping people achieve their goals while contributing to their well-being.
Riggs was seriously injured in the line of duty last year.
In October 2021 deputies were dispatched in an attempt to locate a stolen vehicle where the operator was believed to have been involved in two homicides in the Chicago area. Riggs was on scene with his handler Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Terry Tifft, who deployed Riggs.
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Riggs was shot by Chicago homicide suspect Allan Brown, as Tifft and other deputies tried to take him into custody during a standoff outside the Benson Corners convenience store and gas station, 2000 75th St., Bristol.
When Brown attempted to flee on foot, Tifft released his partner, who took the defendant to the ground, but was then shot in the head. The bullet entered Riggs’ forehead and went through the muscle along his skull, before it exited through the back.
Riggs was transported to a level one trauma center and miraculously survived. He eventually returned to duty and continues to serve with the department.
The friendly and highly-inquisitive K9 is also the proud owner of both a Purple Heart and a Silver Star, which are the fourth- and second-highest awards, respectively, presented by the Sheriff’s Department.
The semifinalist round of voting is now open to the public to establish the seven finalists who will be participating in this year’s competition. The public is encouraged to visit www.HeroDogAwards.org through July 22 to vote once per day in each of the seven Hero Dog categories.
Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department law enforcement dog Riggs is a semifinalist for the 2022 merican Humane Hero Dog Award. Department Deputy …
After voting concludes, the top winner in each category will be honored at the American Humane Hero Dog Awards gala in Palm Beach on Nov. 11. One canine will be honored as this year’s American Hero Dog.
The 2022 Hero Dog Awards categories include: Law Enforcement and Detection Dogs; Service Dogs; Therapy Dogs; Military Dogs; Search and Rescue Dogs; Guide/Hearing Dogs; and Shelter Dogs. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-county-sheriffs-dept-k9-officer-riggs-named-national-award-semifinalist/article_c98d0706-e80b-11ec-8736-efa352545bf0.html | 2022-06-14T01:46:52 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-county-sheriffs-dept-k9-officer-riggs-named-national-award-semifinalist/article_c98d0706-e80b-11ec-8736-efa352545bf0.html |
As the weather gets warmer and people start working on their gardens, nature restoration non-profit Root-Pike Watershed Initiative is encouraging residents to choose native plants for their yards and landscapes.
Nan Calvert, program director for Root-Pike WIN’s “Respect Our Waters” public outreach and education program, said native plants had numerous benefits for the local ecology.
“They provide habitat for other native species. That can be birds, insects, mammals, amphibians, reptiles,” Calvert said. “They’re the key to life, essentially.”
And with their deep and “very robust” root systems, Calvert said they can have practical benefits.
“What happens underground is extremely important,” Calvert said.
The root systems create a “highway” for water to travel into underground aquifers, which also helps filter the water. And opposed to water that flows off impervious surfaces like roads, roofs and parking lots, the water is retained in the ground, rather than flooding storm water sewer systems.
Calvert said there’s over 200 native plant species for people to choose from. There’s flowers and grasses, of course, but also sedges, rushes, trees and shrubs.
“We can find a plant for almost every homeowner or business owner who wants to install a native landscape,”
In her own personal garden Calvert said she has May Apples, which look like “little tiny green umbrellas,” and Spring Ephemerals, which bloom in early spring.
“Spring Beauty is a really good one. There’s Hepatica, Virginia Bluebells, oh there’s so many,” Calvert said excitedly as she listed off native plants. Area plant nurseries can help work with residents to find selections.
At Parkside, researchers and school officials are starting to reap the rewards of a massive, 200-acre native plant restoration project that has been underway for several years at the school’s cross country course.
Last year, researchers spotted the federally endangered rusty-patched bumble bee. And while Calvert said it takes about three years for a native landscape to mature fully in terms of water retention, the course has seen some reduction in flooding already.
Quiz: Can you identify this tree from its leaf?
Quiz: Can you identify this tree from its leaf?
Do you think you have a good handle on identifying trees by merely looking at their leaves? Do you know the difference between coniferous and deciduous, or can you tell the difference between pines, beeches, and dogwoods? If so, Stacker has put together a quiz for you. The quiz features 25 trees commonly found in the United States from forestry and landscaping sites.
Each clue slide comes with information about the texture, size, and color of the trees’ leaves, as well as where in the country they can be found. While some trees are evergreen, they can be distinguished by the hardness of their needles and whether they grow in groups or individually.
Many of the trees included in this quiz are valuable for lumber or as pulpwood. One tree is highly sought after by musical instrument makers for its durability and tonal quality. The bark of another tree is waterproof, making it a prime candidate for the building of canoes. Other trees are useful sources of food for birds and mammals, providing roosting and shelter in colder climates.
Tree location ranges throughout the country, and one tree type once accounted for nearly a quarter of all the trees in the Appalachian Mountains. However, diseases beginning in the 1800s have rendered it all but extinct.
Several state trees and one of the most massive trees in the country like the Boogerman, which extends 191 feet above the forest floor, are also featured in this quiz, as is a tree that is part of the largest living thing on Earth: a grove in Utah that spans over 100 acres and includes 50,000 trees from a single root system.
Read on to see if you have the tree chops to identify the leaves of these 25 trees.
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Clue: Tree #1
This tree’s leaves can be found in the Pacific Northwest, stretching from California to as far north as Alaska, with Oregon being its primary location. Its shiny, green leaves turn reddish-brown in the fall and can measure 12 to 24 inches when fully grown. The tree is the largest of its species, growing between 50 and 100 feet and living up to 300 years, with wood that is highly sought after by musical instrument makers for its sound quality and durability.
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Answer: Tree #1
Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum )
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Clue: Tree #2
These dull, green leaves grow to around 8 inches in length and have forward-facing teeth and a lance-shaped tip. In the fall, they turn a light brown and become hard and brittle, and the nuts it produces once fed billions of birds and animals . The tree thrived on the East Coast, accounting for nearly a quarter of the trees in the Appalachian Mountains, but a series of diseases beginning in the early 1800s have rendered it almost extinct.
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Answer: Tree #2
American chestnut (Castanea dentata )
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Clue: Tree #3
on_/Lodgepole_pine_Pinus_contorta/">, from the Black Hills of South Dakota across to Baja, California, and is among the first to return following a fire.
Native people relied on the tree as lumber for building, used its cones in medicines, and ate its inner bark in the spring as a sweet treat.
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Clue: Tree #4
These four-petaled leaves are mostly seen in the eastern United States or northern Mexico, producing vibrant white or pink flowers in the spring. The tree grows between 15 and 30 feet with a canopy equally as wide and is used primarily as an ornamental tree in landscaping. In the summer, petals turn green before turning a deep purple in the fall, producing a bright red fruit that should never be eaten raw .
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Answer: Tree #4
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida )
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Clue: Tree #5
This evergreen tree is partly named for the color of its sharp needles and can grow up to 100 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Found primarily in the Rocky Mountains, it is an important part of the ecosystem at high elevations, providing nesting and coverage areas for birds. Smaller versions are used for landscaping and Christmas trees because of their ability to hold heavy ornaments without losing their needles.
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Clue: Tree #6
This evergreen is native to the eastern part of North America, with flat, green needles that produce flowers in the spring and ripening cones in the fall. This state tree of Pennsylvania can grow up to 160 feet and live up to 1,000 years. Since the late 1980s, it has been plagued by the woolly adelgid, an invasive species from Asia that feeds on the tree’s sap, threatening its existence in the next 20 to 30 years.
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Answer: Tree #6
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )
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Clue: Tree #7
Native to the southeastern United States, this evergreen tree’s leaves are shiny and leathery on top, with a dull underside. In the early summer, large white flowers bloom, giving off a strong, pleasant fragrance, yielding fruit that is sought after by birds, squirrels, and even wild turkeys. President Andrew Jackson transplanted one of these trees from his home near Nashville onto the White House grounds in 1828, but it was cut down in 2017 after multiple attempts to save it.
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Answer: Tree #7
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora )
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Clue: Tree #8
Star-shaped leaves that change from green to yellow, purple, and red in the fall adorn this tree, which grows between 60 and 70 feet. Growing throughout the United States, most varieties produce spiky, gumball-sized fruit that can be painful to the touch. The tree, which can live to 400 years, draws its name from the brownish-yellow sap that oozes when the bark is cut.
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Answer: Tree #8
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua )
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Clue: Tree #9
Pointed leaves that grow up to 10 inches long distinguish this tree from other varieties in the same family. Leathery, green leaves in the summer turn a brilliant shade of red, orange, or yellow in the fall, before browning in the winter. Unlike most deciduous trees, this 70-plus footer keeps its leaves in the winter to protect it from disease, shedding in the spring as new buds appear.
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Answer: Tree #9
Red oak (Quercus rubra )
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Clue: Tree #10
Dark green leaves turn brilliant shades of yellow, orange, and red in the fall, and they feature five lobes with pointed edges. Native mostly to the northeastern part of North America, the sap from this tree is a popular pancake topping , with 40 gallons of sap producing 1 gallon of syrup. Using a baseball bat made from this tree rather than a traditional ash tree, Barry Bonds broke the record for home runs in a season in 2001.
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Clue: Tree #11
Stiff, green, leathery leaves with sharp points adorn this tree that's popular for Christmas decorations. This evergreen tree can be found on the East Coast of the United States, growing between 15 and 30 feet. The bright red berries the tree produces is a valuable source of food in winter for birds and small mammals, while the thorns are conductors of electricity, drawing lightning strikes away from other trees.
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Answer: Tree #11
American holly (Ilex opaca )
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Clue: Tree #12
Peeling white bark with streaks of black and pink highlight the trunk of this tree, and the leaves are triangular with serrated edges. The green leaves sprout yellow catkins in the late spring, before turning yellow in the fall. Native to northern climates, this tree’s bark is naturally waterproof and was used in the construction of canoes.
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Answer: Tree #12
Paper birch (Betula papyrifera )
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Clue: Tree #13
This tree draws its name from its soft, green (yellow in the fall), spade-shaped leaves, which tremble in even the lightest breezes. The most widely dispersed tree in North America , it grows from Alaska to Mexico, with the only exception being the mountainless Southeast. The largest known living thing on Earth is a grove of this tree in Utah, with 50,000 trees covering over 100 acres from a single root system.
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Answer: Tree #13
Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides )
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Clue: Tree #14
Dark green, triangular leaves with pointed tips mark Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming’s state tree, which typically grows 80 to 100 feet in the wild. Native to the Midwest, it is the fastest-growing tree in North America, adding up to 6 feet each year, with the largest standing at 88 feet with a 108-foot canopy in Beatrice, Nebraska . The emerald green leaves change to bright yellow before falling off in the fall.
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Answer: Tree #14
Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides )
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Clue: Tree #15
Oblong leaves with double-serrated edges sit at the tip of this tree, which reaches 60 to 100 feet on average. The tree was once a top choice for landscapers for its vase-like shape and flowers that bloom in late winter or early spring. However, disease in the early 1900s made planting more difficult . The tree is famous in American history, most notably with George Washington taking control of the Continental Army under one in Massachusetts.
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Answer: Tree #16
Red maple (Acer rubrum )
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Clue: Tree #17
This evergreen tree is the largest tree in the eastern part of North America, with thin, feathery needles that grow in clusters of five. Serving as the state tree of Maine and Michigan, it can reach over 100 feet in height, with the Boogerman registering at 190-feet tall , the largest tree east of the Rocky Mountains. The branches spread out like a wagon wheel called a whorl, with a gap in between as the tree adds a new whorl every year .
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Answer: Tree #17
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus )
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Clue: Tree #18
Primarily found in the southeastern U.S., this state tree of Florida and South Carolina grows roughly 60 feet tall. The long trunk leads to a series of green fan-shaped leaves on top that grow directly from the trunk and can reach several feet in length. For conservation purposes, harvesting the heart of this tree , which many enjoy eating, is frowned upon in Florida.
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Answer: Tree #18
Sabal palm (Sabal palmetto )
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Clue: Tree #19
The leaves of this tree turn green with age after emerging yellow and folded, and they feature four distinct lobes with rounded notches in between. Yellow and orange flowers help give the tree its name, while its leaves turn bright yellow in the fall. The state tree of Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee is among the largest hardwoods in North America, with a straight trunk anchoring a tree that typically grows between 80 and 100 feet.
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Answer: Tree #19
Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera )
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Clue: Tree #20
This tree can grow up to 100 feet tall and draws its name from both the white underside on its leaf and its wood color when first cut. The leaves are roughly 5 inches long, with rounded, finger-like lobes that change from blue-green to a deep red in the fall. It is the state tree of Maryland, Connecticut, and Illinois, while the acorns it produces are a valuable source of food for a variety of wildlife.
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Clue: Tree #21
a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=fagr">anywhere from 50 to 80 feet. Younger trees sport bright green leaves with a layer of hair while older leaves are dark green and hairless. This tree’s
soft bark is a favorite for carving initials into since it cannot heal itself and will preserve markings forever.
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Answer: Tree #21
American beech (Fagus grandifolia )
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Clue: Tree #22
This tree is among the fastest-growing pine trees in the Southeast, drawing its name from mud puddles it’s known to grow in. The dark bluish-green needles group in sets of three, between 6 and 10 inches in length, while the tree itself typically reaches 50 to 80 feet in height. The tree is used as pulpwood and lumber and is drought- and fire-resistant. It can also grow in areas other trees can’t.
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Answer: Tree #22
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda )
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Answer: Tree #23
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia )
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Answer: Tree #24
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii )
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Clue: Tree #25
Native to the cooler climates in the northern United States, this evergreen features shiny leaves and needles with rounded tips. Its cone shape and aroma make it ideal for use as a Christmas tree and in wreaths, and its commercial uses include pulp and construction, with its sap being used in the production of turpentine. The tree yields purplish cones that are roughly 2 to 4 inches long, with seeds that are an essential food source for animals in colder climates.
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Answer: Tree #3
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta )
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Quiz: Can you identify this tree from its leaf?
Do you think you have a good handle on identifying trees by merely looking at their leaves? Do you know the difference between coniferous and deciduous, or can you tell the difference between pines, beeches, and dogwoods? If so, Stacker has put together a quiz for you. The quiz features 25 trees commonly found in the United States from forestry and landscaping sites.
Each clue slide comes with information about the texture, size, and color of the trees’ leaves, as well as where in the country they can be found. While some trees are evergreen, they can be distinguished by the hardness of their needles and whether they grow in groups or individually.
Many of the trees included in this quiz are valuable for lumber or as pulpwood. One tree is highly sought after by musical instrument makers for its durability and tonal quality. The bark of another tree is waterproof, making it a prime candidate for the building of canoes. Other trees are useful sources of food for birds and mammals, providing roosting and shelter in colder climates.
Tree location ranges throughout the country, and one tree type once accounted for nearly a quarter of all the trees in the Appalachian Mountains. However, diseases beginning in the 1800s have rendered it all but extinct.
Several state trees and one of the most massive trees in the country like the Boogerman, which extends 191 feet above the forest floor, are also featured in this quiz, as is a tree that is part of the largest living thing on Earth: a grove in Utah that spans over 100 acres and includes 50,000 trees from a single root system.
Read on to see if you have the tree chops to identify the leaves of these 25 trees.
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Clue: Tree #1
This tree’s leaves can be found in the Pacific Northwest, stretching from California to as far north as Alaska, with Oregon being its primary location. Its shiny, green leaves turn reddish-brown in the fall and can measure 12 to 24 inches when fully grown. The tree is the largest of its species, growing between 50 and 100 feet and living up to 300 years, with wood that is highly sought after by musical instrument makers for its sound quality and durability.
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Answer: Tree #1
Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum )
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Clue: Tree #2
These dull, green leaves grow to around 8 inches in length and have forward-facing teeth and a lance-shaped tip. In the fall, they turn a light brown and become hard and brittle, and the nuts it produces once fed billions of birds and animals . The tree thrived on the East Coast, accounting for nearly a quarter of the trees in the Appalachian Mountains, but a series of diseases beginning in the early 1800s have rendered it almost extinct.
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Answer: Tree #2
American chestnut (Castanea dentata )
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Clue: Tree #3
The tips of this tall, skinny tree consist of bunches of pointed needles twisted in a spiral. It grows in a wide variety of climates in the western half of North America, from the Black Hills of South Dakota across to Baja, California, and is among the first to return following a fire. Native people relied on the tree as lumber for building, used its cones in medicines, and ate its inner bark in the spring as a sweet treat.
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Answer: Tree #3
Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta )
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Clue: Tree #4
These four-petaled leaves are mostly seen in the eastern United States or northern Mexico, producing vibrant white or pink flowers in the spring. The tree grows between 15 and 30 feet with a canopy equally as wide and is used primarily as an ornamental tree in landscaping. In the summer, petals turn green before turning a deep purple in the fall, producing a bright red fruit that should never be eaten raw .
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Answer: Tree #4
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida )
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Clue: Tree #5
This evergreen tree is partly named for the color of its sharp needles and can grow up to 100 feet tall and 25 feet wide. Found primarily in the Rocky Mountains, it is an important part of the ecosystem at high elevations, providing nesting and coverage areas for birds. Smaller versions are used for landscaping and Christmas trees because of their ability to hold heavy ornaments without losing their needles.
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Clue: Tree #6
This evergreen is native to the eastern part of North America, with flat, green needles that produce flowers in the spring and ripening cones in the fall. This state tree of Pennsylvania can grow up to 160 feet and live up to 1,000 years. Since the late 1980s, it has been plagued by the woolly adelgid, an invasive species from Asia that feeds on the tree’s sap, threatening its existence in the next 20 to 30 years.
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Answer: Tree #6
Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis )
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Clue: Tree #7
Native to the southeastern United States, this evergreen tree’s leaves are shiny and leathery on top, with a dull underside. In the early summer, large white flowers bloom, giving off a strong, pleasant fragrance, yielding fruit that is sought after by birds, squirrels, and even wild turkeys. President Andrew Jackson transplanted one of these trees from his home near Nashville onto the White House grounds in 1828, but it was cut down in 2017 after multiple attempts to save it.
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Answer: Tree #7
Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora )
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Clue: Tree #8
Star-shaped leaves that change from green to yellow, purple, and red in the fall adorn this tree, which grows between 60 and 70 feet. Growing throughout the United States, most varieties produce spiky, gumball-sized fruit that can be painful to the touch. The tree, which can live to 400 years, draws its name from the brownish-yellow sap that oozes when the bark is cut.
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Answer: Tree #8
American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua )
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Clue: Tree #9
Pointed leaves that grow up to 10 inches long distinguish this tree from other varieties in the same family. Leathery, green leaves in the summer turn a brilliant shade of red, orange, or yellow in the fall, before browning in the winter. Unlike most deciduous trees, this 70-plus footer keeps its leaves in the winter to protect it from disease, shedding in the spring as new buds appear.
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Answer: Tree #9
Red oak (Quercus rubra )
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Clue: Tree #10
Dark green leaves turn brilliant shades of yellow, orange, and red in the fall, and they feature five lobes with pointed edges. Native mostly to the northeastern part of North America, the sap from this tree is a popular pancake topping , with 40 gallons of sap producing 1 gallon of syrup. Using a baseball bat made from this tree rather than a traditional ash tree, Barry Bonds broke the record for home runs in a season in 2001.
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Clue: Tree #11
Stiff, green, leathery leaves with sharp points adorn this tree that's popular for Christmas decorations. This evergreen tree can be found on the East Coast of the United States, growing between 15 and 30 feet. The bright red berries the tree produces is a valuable source of food in winter for birds and small mammals, while the thorns are conductors of electricity, drawing lightning strikes away from other trees.
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Answer: Tree #11
American holly (Ilex opaca )
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Clue: Tree #12
Peeling white bark with streaks of black and pink highlight the trunk of this tree, and the leaves are triangular with serrated edges. The green leaves sprout yellow catkins in the late spring, before turning yellow in the fall. Native to northern climates, this tree’s bark is naturally waterproof and was used in the construction of canoes.
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Answer: Tree #12
Paper birch (Betula papyrifera )
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Clue: Tree #13
This tree draws its name from its soft, green (yellow in the fall), spade-shaped leaves, which tremble in even the lightest breezes. The most widely dispersed tree in North America , it grows from Alaska to Mexico, with the only exception being the mountainless Southeast. The largest known living thing on Earth is a grove of this tree in Utah, with 50,000 trees covering over 100 acres from a single root system.
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Answer: Tree #13
Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides )
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Clue: Tree #14
Dark green, triangular leaves with pointed tips mark Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming’s state tree, which typically grows 80 to 100 feet in the wild. Native to the Midwest, it is the fastest-growing tree in North America, adding up to 6 feet each year, with the largest standing at 88 feet with a 108-foot canopy in Beatrice, Nebraska . The emerald green leaves change to bright yellow before falling off in the fall.
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Answer: Tree #14
Eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides )
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Clue: Tree #15
Oblong leaves with double-serrated edges sit at the tip of this tree, which reaches 60 to 100 feet on average. The tree was once a top choice for landscapers for its vase-like shape and flowers that bloom in late winter or early spring. However, disease in the early 1900s made planting more difficult . The tree is famous in American history, most notably with George Washington taking control of the Continental Army under one in Massachusetts.
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Answer: Tree #16
Red maple (Acer rubrum )
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Clue: Tree #17
This evergreen tree is the largest tree in the eastern part of North America, with thin, feathery needles that grow in clusters of five. Serving as the state tree of Maine and Michigan, it can reach over 100 feet in height, with the Boogerman registering at 190-feet tall , the largest tree east of the Rocky Mountains. The branches spread out like a wagon wheel called a whorl, with a gap in between as the tree adds a new whorl every year .
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Answer: Tree #17
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus )
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Clue: Tree #18
Primarily found in the southeastern U.S., this state tree of Florida and South Carolina grows roughly 60 feet tall. The long trunk leads to a series of green fan-shaped leaves on top that grow directly from the trunk and can reach several feet in length. For conservation purposes, harvesting the heart of this tree , which many enjoy eating, is frowned upon in Florida.
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Answer: Tree #18
Sabal palm (Sabal palmetto )
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Clue: Tree #19
The leaves of this tree turn green with age after emerging yellow and folded, and they feature four distinct lobes with rounded notches in between. Yellow and orange flowers help give the tree its name, while its leaves turn bright yellow in the fall. The state tree of Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee is among the largest hardwoods in North America, with a straight trunk anchoring a tree that typically grows between 80 and 100 feet.
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Answer: Tree #19
Tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera )
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Clue: Tree #20
This tree can grow up to 100 feet tall and draws its name from both the white underside on its leaf and its wood color when first cut. The leaves are roughly 5 inches long, with rounded, finger-like lobes that change from blue-green to a deep red in the fall. It is the state tree of Maryland, Connecticut, and Illinois, while the acorns it produces are a valuable source of food for a variety of wildlife.
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Clue: Tree #21
Distinguished by its smooth, light gray bark, this tree contains elliptical leaves that can reach 6 inches long with ridges along the sides . This tree is native to the eastern half of the United States and grows anywhere from 50 to 80 feet . Younger trees sport bright green leaves with a layer of hair while older leaves are dark green and hairless. This tree’s soft bark is a favorite for carving initials into since it cannot heal itself and will preserve markings forever.
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Answer: Tree #21
American beech (Fagus grandifolia )
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Clue: Tree #22
This tree is among the fastest-growing pine trees in the Southeast, drawing its name from mud puddles it’s known to grow in. The dark bluish-green needles group in sets of three, between 6 and 10 inches in length, while the tree itself typically reaches 50 to 80 feet in height. The tree is used as pulpwood and lumber and is drought- and fire-resistant. It can also grow in areas other trees can’t.
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Answer: Tree #22
Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda )
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Answer: Tree #23
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia )
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Answer: Tree #24
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii )
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Clue: Tree #25
Native to the cooler climates in the northern United States, this evergreen features shiny leaves and needles with rounded tips. Its cone shape and aroma make it ideal for use as a Christmas tree and in wreaths, and its commercial uses include pulp and construction, with its sap being used in the production of turpentine. The tree yields purplish cones that are roughly 2 to 4 inches long, with seeds that are an essential food source for animals in colder climates.
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Don Guerra, owner of Barrio Bread, 18 S. Eastbourne Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. places loaves of bread into baskets on June 2. Guerra won the James Beard Award for outstanding baker on Monday.
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Don Guerra, owner of Barrio Bread, 18 S. Eastbourne Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. puts the finishing touches on the heritage loaf before baking on June 2. Guerra won the James Beard Award for outstanding baker on Monday.
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A loaf of bread lays on a rack after baking by Don Guerra, owner of Barrio Bread, 18 S. Eastbourne Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. on June 2. Guerra won the James Beard Award for outstanding baker on Monday.
Tucson baker Don Guerra won the prestigious James Beard Award for outstanding baker on Monday, June 13, during ceremonies held in Chicago.
This was the third try for Guerra, the baker/owner of the popular Barrio Bread at 18 S. Eastbourne Ave., who had been nominated for the prestigious honor — think foodiverse's Academy Awards — in 2019 and in 2020.
In addition to the bakery, Guerra is a partner in Barrio Charro, 3699 N. Campbell Ave., and downtown's The Monica, both of them ventures with El Charro's Flores family.
Guerra and his bread, made from locally sourced heritage grains, was recently featured in the New York Times in a story written by James Beard Award-winning food author John Birdsall.
“I feel pretty good about” the nomination, said Guerra earlier this year, who in addition to his bakery and restaurant ventures also runs Barrio Grain, where Guerra creates blends of flours using heritage wheats and ancient grains that he uses in his bakery and supplies to other local makers.
“I think I have accomplished a lot since last year and it’s really staying true to my mission to build and strengthen the local grain economy,” he said.
Boca Tacos y Tequila chef-owner Maria Mazon and Tito & Pep chef-owner John Martinez were semifinalists in this year's James Beard contest.
Both Guerra and Mazon were recently featured in the "Top Chef: Houston" finale, filmed in Tucson.
Photos: Don Guerra, of Barrio Bread, wins James Beard Award for outstanding baker
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Contact reporter Cathalena E. Burch at cburch@tucson.com. On Twitter @Starburch
Cathalena has covered music for the Star for more than 20 years. She's a graduate of Arizona State University has worked at Sedona Red Rock News, Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, New York; and USA Today.
Today, Don Guerra of Barrio Bread took home the James Beard Award for outstanding baker. In February, two Tucson chefs, Maria Mazon and John Martinez, were named semifinalists. Though they didn't make it to the finals, here's a bit more about them.
If he wins, Don Guerra will be the first Tucsonan to take home a James Beard award since the owner of Tucson's El Guero Canelo landed the honor in 2018.
Don Guerra, owner of Barrio Bread, 18 S. Eastbourne Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. places loaves of bread into baskets on June 2. Guerra won the James Beard Award for outstanding baker on Monday.
Don Guerra, owner of Barrio Bread, 18 S. Eastbourne Ave. in Tucson, Ariz. puts the finishing touches on the heritage loaf before baking on June 2. Guerra won the James Beard Award for outstanding baker on Monday.
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A Tucson man was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for possessing a machine gun, federal authorities said.
Anthony Michael Brumfield, 24, was sentenced to 57 months in prison followed by three years of supervised released. He had pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a machine gun, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Arizona.
Brumfield posted a video on his snapchat social media account showing him in possession of two conversion devices, which are design to convert Glock pistols into automatic firearms. The conversion devices are defined as machine guns under federal law. Brumfield also sold one of the conversion devices to another individuals, the office said.
This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice’s violent crime reduction efforts.
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A man was shot and killed during an argument with two other men at an east-side apartment complex early Sunday, Tucson police said.
Officers went to the complex, located in the 6200 block of East Pima Street, near North Wilmot Road, after receiving reports of a shooting at about 12:30 a.m. Officers found a man with gunshot wounds on a sidewalk at the complex. They began administering first aid and the man was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The man was identified as Carl Wynegar, 37,
Officers made contact with two men who said they were involved in the shooting and had called 911. They were detained by officers and were cooperative with the investigation, police said.
Detectives determined that Wynegar and the two men were involved in an argument. All three men lived in the complex and were armed with guns, police said. The argument escalated and shots were fired, with Wynegar being struck by the gunfire.
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WAYNE COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — A man was arrested Monday evening after a vehicle pursuit on US-52 in Wayne County.
According to the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from their Drug Enforcement Unit tried to catch a driver going southbound on US-52. They say the driver started to go faster and then began passing other vehicles while driving fast.
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Several Bedford residents are rallying to save the last public green space in the town’s historic district, protesting a proposed plan by town officials to turn the spot into a large parking lot.
At the center of the debate is the Bedford Public Library, located at 3 Meetinghouse Road, and a proposed plan to nearly double the number of parking spaces the library has, currently about 60.
Since early 1995, the library’s board of trustees has been pushing for more parking, which they argue is needed to accommodate library and town center events.
“Since Bedford does not have a traditional downtown where residents may gather with their neighbors, the historic center — including Town Hall, the Library, BCTV, and the Bedford Village Common — serve that purpose,” the library trustees stated in a letter to the town council, which was read at a May 11 town council meeting.
Currently, the library “limits large community group gatherings in its meeting rooms, because parking does not allow for simultaneous events,” the library trustees stated.
According to town records, the first blueprint for the parking lot expansion was produced in 2002, but funds have never been available to move the project forward.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and the federal American Rescue Plan Act was passed, which in spirit was intended to provide funding to cash-strapped towns for essential services.
In November 2021, Bedford’s town council voted to reserve approximately $250,000, or 10%, of the town’s ARPA funds, for the library’s parking lot expansion, in addition to the $159,375 in capital reserves the town already had earmarked for the project, according to its 2022 municipal budget summary.
News of the parking lot expansion plans caught many residents off guard.
“No one really voted on this,” said Deirdre Menard, whose property abuts the library.
While residents had a chance to vote on the issue at the town’s annual meeting on March 9, a day after the town’s election, they weren’t informed about it, she said.
Library abutters were only made aware of the plans through notification of a Historic District Commission meeting on April 5, when the Department of Public Works presented the preliminary plans for constructing the lot, Menard said.
But the town has been clear it essentially can do what it wants, because the plans are being presented under zoning ordinance RSA 674:54. Municipal property constituting “governmental use of land,” doesn’t require the Town Council to receive approval from the town’s zoning board, planning board or historic district commission.
Town Councilor Kathleen Bemiss, who voted against the parking lot expansion, said if the matter had to go before those three boards for approval “it would never pass.” She suggested that the ARPA funds be spent in a “more fruitful way,” such as on the fire or police station.
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The total construction costs don’t account for the costs of maintaining the additional pavement, including plowing, sealing the surface, lighting and more, opponents said
“Those are all variable costs that are going to add significantly to the taxpayer burden,” said David Clark, who has lived in Bedford for 40 years and opposes the plan.
But the biggest concern expressed repeatedly by several residents who have appeared at numerous meetings over the past several weeks is that the lower and upper levels of the library parking lot are hardly ever full and often are empty.
Supporters of the plan disagreed, saying the lot often is full and that the current parking situation for the town’s center is inadequate. The library’s trustees have not produced any data showing how often the parking lots are at capacity.
Carol Davis, president of the Craftworkers Guild, located at the library’s bottom lot, commented at one meeting that producing the data isn’t so simple: “How do you quantify what is not happening because of programs that are not being offered, or meetings that are not being held, because of the parking issue and COVID?”
Many compromises have been discussed, including holding large gatherings at other public spaces like Bedford High School, using the empty parking lot that abuts the library as overflow parking, or implementing a shared event-scheduling system.
“The library is a beautiful facility and has served the town of Bedford very well, but the proposed doubling of the parking area is a waste of taxpayer money, unneeded and will destroy the charm of the Bedford Historic District,” Clark said.
The green space is all that is left of the “historic heart of Bedford,” Menard said. “The original plan did not include any trees at all. There is nothing that would screen the street view from Route 101 beneath it.”
The library trustees said they have consulted with a landscape architect and will ensure the changes made to the parking area are “aesthetically pleasing.”
Concerned residents said there are no guarantees.
“Most importantly, there are grave environmental concerns that need to be considered,” Clark said. That much pavement not only will “raise the temperature substantially in Bedford Center,” but also create rainwater runoff contaminated with automotive leaked pollutants, sweeping them into nearby wetlands. “None of these environmental concerns have been vetted in any of the meetings I’ve attended,” he said.
“We need to make preservation and protection of our heritage and history a priority,” Elaine Tefft, a Bedford resident, said at the April 5 Historic District Commission meeting.
Tefft described how many enjoy the green space today — children playing, people picnicking, a class field trip learning about the environment.
“Please, don’t pave paradise and put in a parking lot,” she said, alluding to the song “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell.
In response to residents’ concerns, the Department of Public Works submitted to removing 10 parking spaces. Its preliminary plan was to add 60 more, but it has not landed on a final number.
For now, concerned residents are keeping up the fight. On May 27, a group of residents attended the Library Board of Trustees Meeting. “They told us they would walk the site with us, so we walked down the field they’re proposing to pave over,” Menard said.
Of what was discussed at the meeting, she said, “It was pretty contentious. They just aren’t listening to the concerns of the residents.” | https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/local/bedford-residents-rally-to-save-historic-district-green-space/article_b9f60c5b-bd61-5470-bd52-ba81bf733efc.html | 2022-06-14T01:58:35 | 0 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/politics/local/bedford-residents-rally-to-save-historic-district-green-space/article_b9f60c5b-bd61-5470-bd52-ba81bf733efc.html |
Teen charged in fatal shooting of Detroit girl, 11
A teen has been charged in connection with a shooting in Detroit this month that left an 11-year-old girl dead, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.
The 17-year-old has been charged with intentionally discharging a firearm at a dwelling or occupied structure causing death; careless, reckless or negligent use of a firearm causing death and felony firearm, investigators said in a statement.
Her name was not released.
A preliminary hearing was held Saturday. The teen was given a $50,000 bond and a tether.
Her next court date is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. June 29 in the Lincoln Hall of Justice.
The teen is the second person charged in the shooting reported June 4 in the 20290 block of Goulburn Avenue.
The victim has been identified as Saniyah Pugh.
Police Chief James White told reporters the shooting appeared to take place during a sleepover where other children were in the home, and Pugh's grandmother called 911 to report the gunfire.
Prosecutors allege the 17-year-old girl was with William Dickerson, 21, "who provided a handgun that they both shot outside in the backyard. A stray bullet entered through the back of the Goulburn home fatally striking Ms. Pugh in the back."
Officers called to the scene found the victim inside her bedroom with a gunshot wound. Medics pronounced her dead.
The 17-year-old and Dickerson were both arrested soon after.
Dickerson was arraigned Friday in 36th District Court on multiple charges, including second-degree murder; involuntary manslaughter; discharge at a building causing death; and four counts of felony firearm, officials said.
A magistrate scheduled his next court appearance, a probable cause conference, for June 24. A preliminary examination in the case was set for July 1.
If convicted, Dickerson faces up to life in prison for the second-degree murder charge.
Meanwhile, a vigil was held for Saniyah Pugh on Sunday, Fox 2 reported.
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Shooting on I-94 in Detroit leads to gunfire at hospital, police say
Michigan State Police are investigating a shooting Monday on Interstate 94 in Detroit that was followed by more gunfire as the victim was being treated at a city hospital.
Soon after a witness called the agency's Detroit Regional Communication Center to report a shooting on the freeway near Chalmers, the victim arrived at Ascension St. John Hospital on Moross, representatives said in a statement on Twitter.
The man reported he had been driving in that area "when a white sedan pulled along the side of his vehicle and began shooting," according to the post. "The suspect vehicle was in the left lane and the victim was in the center lane."
The man was struck in the ankle. He pulled off to the shoulder and let his passenger drive him to the hospital, state police said.
While he was inside the hospital, "a dark-colored vehicle arrived at the hospital and began shooting at the victim’s vehicle," MSP reported. "During that secondary shooting, the victim’s father was near the vehicle and was shot in the ankle."
The Detroit Police Department, which is now involved in the investigation, said two suspects were sought. They released surveillance images of the vehicles each drove.
One was described as driving a black Chevrolet Equinox, license plate: ELV-9422.
The other was in a white Chevy Impala, license plate EMG-6198.
Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Crime Stoppers of Michigan at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
Meanwhile, the eastbound I-94 lanes were closed at Conner for hours as troopers searched for evidence, including shell casings, MSP said.
The road reopened around 9:30 p.m., the Michigan Department of Transportation reported. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/06/13/interstate-94-closed-conner-detroit-probe-alleged-shooting-michigan-state-police/7617784001/ | 2022-06-14T02:02:08 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2022/06/13/interstate-94-closed-conner-detroit-probe-alleged-shooting-michigan-state-police/7617784001/ |
Firefighters searching for adult and two children last seen in south side drainage ditch
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Crews with the Milwaukee Fire Department are looking for two children and one adult who were last seen in a rain-swollen south side drainage ditch with a fast-moving current.
The incident took place near South 27th Street and West Loomis Road and that is where the three people were last seen.
This story will be updated | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/13/firefighters-searching-adult-and-two-children/7618109001/ | 2022-06-14T02:03:02 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2022/06/13/firefighters-searching-adult-and-two-children/7618109001/ |
COVINGTON, Ga. — A restaurant in Covington is temporarily closing its doors after a small piece of ductwork fell on five people while they were dining Monday.
According to Covington Police, the incident happened at the Mystic Grill restaurant. Two people were taken to Piedmont Newton Hospital with very minor injuries, police said.
Covington Police said the restaurant will be closed until at least Tuesday. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/covington/5-people-injured-covington-restaurant-mystic-grill/85-d1d8d239-51df-49ee-a39e-b83ce1878186 | 2022-06-14T02:04:10 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/covington/5-people-injured-covington-restaurant-mystic-grill/85-d1d8d239-51df-49ee-a39e-b83ce1878186 |
ATLANTA — One Atlanta organization is desperately calling on its community for help.
Giving Grace, an organization that focuses on helping families, on the verge of homelessness or those experiencing homelessness, has partnered up with The Grocery Spot to help feed Atlanta families in need.
"We have families that are hungry, families that don't have access to fresh food. That's why we have partnered here with The Grocery Spot because it's a free grocery store that's open three days a week," Giving Grace Founder Christy Betts said.
With kids now being out of school for summer vacation and Georgia's pandemic food stamp benefit ending May 31, Betts explains that food donations are crucial as people panic about how they're going to feed their families.
The Grocery Spot currently helps feed around 203 people every day and relies mostly on food purchased through donated funds and food donations to stock their shelves. Betts urges the community to help in any way they can.
"Anybody in any circumstance can come help us. You know, if you don't have funds to donate, can donate your time. If you don't have time, donate funds or bring food that you may have at your home that's not expired that you're not going to eat," she said.
Betts explains that there are no requirements needed for families looking to use The Grocery Spot.
"People can come here and get whatever they need, no questions asked," she said.
Food donations that are being accepted include non-perishables, fresh produce and dairy products. To find out how to donate to The Grocery Spot click here. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/outreach/atlanta-nonprofit-giving-grace-needs-food-donations/85-a52b12f7-31a4-4061-9e65-c2a182b121ae | 2022-06-14T02:04:16 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/outreach/atlanta-nonprofit-giving-grace-needs-food-donations/85-a52b12f7-31a4-4061-9e65-c2a182b121ae |
DALLAS — North Texas boxer Errol Spence Jr. has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in a 2019 crash that left him seriously injured, officials said.
Spence, a world champion boxer who recovered and returned to fighting, crashed his Ferrari in the early-morning hours of Oct. 10, 2019, on South Riverfront Boulevard in Dallas.
He had been drinking with friends before deciding to drive home. His car veered over the median and flipped several times, a crash captured by nearby surveillance cameras.
Video showed Spence's Ferrari flipping several times.
Spence was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from his car. He was taken to an intensive care unit, where he was treated for serious injuries.
In a statement released through his attorneys Monday, Spence expressed regret for drinking and driving.
"As I recovered, I thought of how much I could have lost and how blessed I was to have a second chance at life, but I also know with this platform I can spread a very powerful message," Spence said. "Don’t drink and drive. Not one drink. It’s not worth it."
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot praised Spence for speaking out about drinking and driving.
"While it would have been easier to hide from the truth, it is refreshing to see this world-class athlete step up and use his lapse in judgment as an opportunity to spread the message that it is never okay to get behind the wheel of a vehicle while intoxicated," Creuzot said.
Spence, who is from DeSoto and competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, is 28-0 as a pro.
He won the IBF welterweight world title in 2017 and has retained that title over six fights. He won the WBC welterweight title in 2019, shortly before his crash, and won the WBA welterweight title in a fight at AT&T Stadium in April. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/boxer-errol-spence-jr-pleads-guilty-to-dwi-in-2019-ferrari-crash-dallas/287-9141d82e-8a7e-4ddf-8032-c9381ddf7a5e | 2022-06-14T02:09:38 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/boxer-errol-spence-jr-pleads-guilty-to-dwi-in-2019-ferrari-crash-dallas/287-9141d82e-8a7e-4ddf-8032-c9381ddf7a5e |
CRAWFORD, Texas — Crawford ISD announced that it will be putting a Guardian team in place this upcoming school year following the deadly Uvalde school shooting in May.
Superintendent Dr. Kenneth Hall made the announcement in a long letter, where he expressed the Guardian team is in response to the shooting where two teachers and 19 students died at Robb Elementary on May 24.
Hall explained that the Guardian team will consist of members in the district who are trained in active shooter situations. He added that some of them will also be authorized to carry concealed weapons on campus during the day. Their names will remain confidential, he said.
"The unfortunate position that we find ourselves facing in public education is that we have to confront needs other than those of traditional subject areas," Hall wrote. "The fact is, we cannot effectively teach core areas and grade levels without doing everything possible to also try to ensure the safety of our staff and students. Trying to find a response to evil actions is going to be an ongoing task."
The Guardian team will train this summer with local and county law enforcement and undergo response training to emergency or crisis situations or drills.
"As we move forward, our community is going to have to work together to try to stay in front of that next senseless criminal act aimed at our children," he said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/crawford-isd-implement-guardian-team-some-carry-concealed-weapons-at-schools/500-78774e48-f9ab-4c95-953e-a61440cd601e | 2022-06-14T02:09:44 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/crawford-isd-implement-guardian-team-some-carry-concealed-weapons-at-schools/500-78774e48-f9ab-4c95-953e-a61440cd601e |
DALLAS — Some residents in the City of Dallas are waiting and watching to see what the future may hold for the city manager, T.C. Broadnax.
City council members have requested a special meeting on Wednesday, June 15. The council is expected to discuss Broadnax’s job performance and future as a city leader.
“If a third or more of my Council comes to me and says they want to have a discussion about something, I don’t stymie the discussion,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said as he addressed questions about the looming meeting.
Johnson said the closed-door meeting could also include discussions about performance recommendations, contract termination or the possibility of Broadnax’s resignation.
In a tweet published on Sunday, council member Cara Mendelsohn mentioned many council members are citing the permitting process as a main reason to fire the city manager.
Mendelsohn wrote, “That is a big one, but my top concern is tech. How IT data loss was handled & resulting awareness of problems is shocking.”
The Dallas Fire Fighters Association is also chiming in with criticism. In a letter, the organization’s leaders are blasting Broadnax.
“His tenure has been pockmarked by missteps and failures that have put a strain on all firefighters,” wrote Jim McDade, president of Dallas Fire Fighters Association, IAFF Local 58.
The letter goes on to call out the alleged deplorable conditions at several fire stations and faulty equipment.
“Years of red tape, permitting issues, and delays from every city department who is involved in the process have caused areas of the City of Dallas to lack Fire and EMS coverage endangering citizens and visitors,” McDade explained.
Some other council members have pointed out concerns about the city manager’s response to 911 calls, homelessness, public safety and other areas they allege have not shown improvement.
Broadnax did not respond to requests for comment on Monday.
In a statement last week, Broadnax said, “I am proud of the hard work which has lead to accomplishments of many goals related to the City Council’s eight strategic priorities.”
Mayor Johnson said he wouldn’t go into detail about specific concerns, citing personnel matters. He said the meeting would be conducted professionally.
“We are all going to get in a room and we’re going to have a discussion about the actual progress that’s been made or not been made on the issues that have been expressed by that board to that executive…and we’ll see what happens,” Johnson explained.
Dallas city council’s special meeting about Broadnax’s job performance is scheduled for Wednesday, June 15, at 12 p.m. in the council briefing room of Dallas City Hall. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/critics-blast-dallas-city-manager-performance-special-council-meeting/287-2a92b2f8-150b-435e-b766-6d8f8f2416ff | 2022-06-14T02:09:50 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/critics-blast-dallas-city-manager-performance-special-council-meeting/287-2a92b2f8-150b-435e-b766-6d8f8f2416ff |
DALLAS — A woman died en route to a Dallas hospital after police restrained her during an incident outside of a business last month, police announced Wednesday, releasing information and body camera footage of what happened.
DeeDee Hall, 47, died May 26. Her cause of death has not been determined.
Police had responded to a disturbance near a car lot along the 12000 block of Garland Road, in northeast Dallas.
A 911 caller had reported that a woman, identified by police as Hall, was causing a disturbance inside the business. The caller reported that the woman appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Two officers responded and found Hall outside of the business in an apparent "altered mental state," police said. She was initially not responding to officers when they asked her questions, the video showed. She then collapsed while talking with Dallas Fire-Rescue paramedics.
Hall then stood up, yelled at police and paramedics and began taking her clothes off, police said. At that point, police tried to restrain her and took her to the ground, where she continued to "thrash about and scream," Deputy Chief Terrence Rhodes said.
Crews then put her on a stretcher and into an ambulance. On the way to Baylor hospital, Hall "became quiet and started to lose vital signs," Rhodes said.
Crews performed CPR, but Hall died shortly after the ambulance arrived at Baylor.
The police department's Special Investigations Unit is investigating Hall's death. Detectives have met with her family to review the body camera footage.
Rhodes said the medical examiner's office is awaiting toxicology reports before determining Hall's cause of death.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this article referred to Hall by a name other than the one she went by at the time of her death. This story has been updated to more accurately and appropriately identify her.
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DALLAS — Professors like SMU's Michael Davis liken being an economist right now to being a TV weatherman in the middle of a hurricane. And, much like a meteorologist who is warning people about the misery yet to come, the audience might not like much of what he has to say either right now.
"We're seeing these massive dark clouds on the horizon," Michael Davis, PhD. said of the current economic climate in the United States. "And we're seeing the barometric pressure drop by a lot. So, it sure looks like there's a hurricane coming."
On Monday the Dow Jones Industrials dropped more than 874 points or 2.79%. According to AAA, gasoline is averaging $4.66 for a gallon of regular in Texas, $5.01 nationwide and $6.43 in California. Inflation, as measured by the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics reached a 40-year high of 8.6% in May.
"I think you've got to be very modest about what we know about this inflation process," said Mohamed El -Erian, chief economic advisor at Allianz. "And I fear that it's still going to get worse. We may well get to 9% at this rate."
Amid this financial hurricane the Fed meets this Wednesday, deciding whether to raise a key interest rate a half percent or a more urgent three-quarter percent and flirt with fueling a full blown recession.
"We're kind of in uncertain territory," said SMU's Mike Davis. "But historically, when the economy gets to a point like where it is now, recessions follow."
As for looking for any silver linings in this financial storm, economists point to the unemployment rate: according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics extremely low at 3.6%, not what Davis says you would normally see in a recession.
"We have to be very clear here. This inflation is having a huge impact on a number of households, sadly mostly lower income households, but at least they're mostly keeping their jobs," added Davis. "If the lower income households were experiencing inflation, and all of a sudden a bunch of people start losing their jobs, that's when it becomes a real crisis."
A crisis and a hurricane not yet showing signs of fading away. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/economist-likens-current-inflation-crisis-looming-hurricane/287-2580798a-165d-4b47-b76f-c2288729ccd5 | 2022-06-14T02:10:02 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/economist-likens-current-inflation-crisis-looming-hurricane/287-2580798a-165d-4b47-b76f-c2288729ccd5 |
HOUSTON, Texas — Arrests in Idaho have led organizers of Houston's own Pride event to take a closer look at their security plans.
Pride Houston 365 hosts the third largest pride event in the country. With less than two weeks until their biggest event of the year, organizers are in the final stretch of planning, which, after this weekend’s arrests, includes heightening their security plans.
“We met with the city immediately and we took action to make sure we heightened security, and that we had an emergency response plan in place," Chief Consultant with Mad Hat Haven & Pride Houston 365, Heather J. Taylor said.
Pride Houston backs a number of events throughout the month of June, but it all culminates in a big pride festival and parade on June 25.
“This is a party. This is a celebration. People are screaming, throwing beads, having a good time. The last thing we want anybody to worry about is that there’s not someone watching out for them," Taylor said.
They say the event’s emergency response plan will include uniformed and undercover officers from all different agencies – including Houston police, Harris County Precinct One, Homeland Security and even private security.
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And they’ll have watch towers for HPD SpecialOps to keep an eye on everything from above.
“Of course, anything that happens nationally that is coordinated like they just thwarted in Idaho, it always gives you a little extra push about how important planning is," Precinct 1 Constable Alan Rosen said.
Rosen says his officers are in charge of securing all of the smaller pride events throughout the month, but they’ll also have officers on the ground for the big festival.
“You’re going to see things, visually, people are going to see a law enforcement presence, and then there’s a lot of things happening behind the scenes that nobody ever sees," Rosen said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/pride-houston-heightens-security/285-711094db-78b2-4257-a109-93410c1d7d84 | 2022-06-14T02:10:08 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/pride-houston-heightens-security/285-711094db-78b2-4257-a109-93410c1d7d84 |
The city of Richmond will partner with a California-based nonprofit group to launch a gun buyback program later this year.
As the city continues to grapple with shootings and a rise in homicides, Mayor Levar Stoney and other city officials are hoping the program will reduce the number of firearms on the street by allowing gun owners to surrender weapons they own in exchange for gift cards.
The council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt the grant contract with The Robby Poblete Foundation.
Under the terms of the grant agreement, the city will allocate $83,050 to the foundation to administer the program.
While the Richmond Police Department will be responsible for taking the firearms, the foundation will use $67,500 to buy the gift cards. The agreement does not say how much will be paid for each firearm. A spokeswoman for the city administration said the amount will depend on the type of firearm, but did not specify a range.
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While the council approved the grant contract along with other ostensibly non-controversial items in a single bloc vote, a few council members said they were still unsure of how it would work and whether it can efficiently reduce violent crime.
Ninth District Councilman Michael Jones said he fears that they could “be on the hook” if it does not, and that it would open them to public accusations of inaction.
Reva Trammell, who represents the city’s 8th District, questioned whether the gift cards could be used to buy new guns. Chief Administrative Officer Lincoln Saunders said participants will not be able to do so with the cards that are purchased.
A few officials spoke in favor of the ordinance, which was expected to pass as five of the nine council members had already signed on as co-patrons ahead of Monday’s meeting.
“We know that there is no silver bullet solution to the gun violence epidemic ... including this gun buyback program,” said Councilwoman Ann-Frances Lambert. “But if executed properly, we can save lives.”
A man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in a May 6 crash near the National Theater downtown that fatally injured a pedestrian.
The Robby Poblete Foundation, founded by the mother of a man slain in Vallejo, Calif., in 2014, has worked with a handful of communities on gun buyback programs. The organization’s website says it has collected nearly 1,400 guns at buyback events in Augusta, Ga.; San Francisco; and other California localities.
Stoney and other officials have said gun violence prevention is a top priority for the city.
The funding for the grant contract will be drawn from $500,000 the city has allocated from its federal American Rescue Plan Act allotment for “gun buy back events and responsible gun ownership education,” according to a memo from the mayor’s office.
The city has also allocated $1 million from the COVID-19 pandemic aid package to the nonprofit NextUp to support after-school programs.
Although politicians nationwide have been discussing new violence prevention efforts and gun control measures after the school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Stoney first announced the city’s plans for the gun buyback program in his State of the City address in February.
In addition to Richmond, the city of Portsmouth is planning to hold its own gun buyback event on June 25.
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I am Oreo. I am a very loving but crazy girl. I came from a family living on the reservation. Sadly they no longer wanted me -- due to no fault of my own. I was an outside dog, so I don't have many manners yet, but I am still learning. I am very dog selective so if you have a dog, please let's do a meet and greet. If it doesn't work out, that's OK -- it's good practice to meet new people and new dogs. If you come into the shelter to look for me, please ask staff because I'm not on the main adoption floor because of my manners. I'm very loving and a bit crazy, but I'd love to find my forever home. Please come to Coconino Humane Assoc. and adopt me today! See other adoptable pets online at coconinohumane.org.
EDITOR'S NOTE: No High Country Humane pet this week because they've evacuated due to the fires. As always, both organizations need your support to foster animals and make room for others that may come in. Visit https://www.facebook.com/HighCountryHumane for more information, and thank you to all the folks with CHA, HCH and beyond that have helped in this time of need. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pet-of-the-week-oreo/article_b3dd1a08-eb77-11ec-9998-1fbec9ac7a5d.html | 2022-06-14T02:32:25 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pet-of-the-week-oreo/article_b3dd1a08-eb77-11ec-9998-1fbec9ac7a5d.html |
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Pipeline Fire near Flagstaff has burned more than 5,000 acres. Police arrested a man Sunday and charged him with violating the forest's fire ban.
He told police that he had, indeed, set something on fire in the forest: His dirty toilet paper.
Deputies arrested Matthew Riser, 57, after his Chevrolet pickup truck was seen driving away from the Pipeline Fire, the office said. They located Riser after pulling over the truck and interviewing him.
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Riser, who is homeless and was camping in the area, reportedly admitted to deputies that he burned his toilet paper and placed it under a rock. He said he didn't think his "[expletive] paper" would smolder all night and said he tried to put out the fire with his sleeping bag afterward.
"Riser showed me the location where he defecated and burnt his toilet paper near his campsite," a deputy said. "I located Riser's pile of human feces under the rock he described and directed me to."
Riser told police that he saw a fire 80 yards from where he was. It is not clear from documents if that is where he defecated and burned the toilet paper.
Deputies asked Riser if he had seen any of the "no campfires" signs or had heard any of the other warnings about the fire restrictions in place. Riser reportedly said no.
Authorities booked Riser into Coconino County Jail under the charge of building, maintaining, attending or using a fire during a fire restriction, occupying or using a residence on forest service lands and possession of a controlled substance (marijuana).
On Monday, attorney Dan Kaiser was appointed to represent Riser in the U.S. District Court in Flagstaff.
"There's been no evidence put forward yet to suggest that Mr. Riser is the one that caused this fire," Kaiser said.
The official cause of the Pipeline Fire is currently under investigation. The Coconino National Forest said in a release Sunday night that Riser was arrested in connection with the Pipeline Fire.
"From my understanding, there was no signs of anything burning around the area where the toilet paper was," Kaiser said. "And to think that that fire could have started a day later from that is highly unlikely."
Riser is expected back in federal court on Thursday morning. Riser is currently being detained by the U.S. Marshall Service.
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A delivery driver shot a teen Chick-fil-A employee during an argument over a milkshake, Philadelphia Police said.
Shortly before 8:30 p.m., police responded to a reported shooting outside the Chick-fil-A restaurant along the 800 block of Adams Avenue.
When police arrived they found a 17-year-old Chick-fil-A employee suffering a gunshot wound to the left leg. The teen boy was taken to Einstein Hospital where he is in stable condition.
Investigators said the teen had been working at the Chick-fil-A earlier that night when he met with a delivery driver who was picking up food for an online order outside the restaurant. Witnesses told police the two began arguing over a milkshake the driver thought was missing from the food order. The argument escalated and the delivery driver got out of his vehicle, pulled out a gun and shot the teen in the leg before fleeing the scene.
Police found a spent shell casing outside the Chick-fil-A. They also said surveillance video captured the shooting. The gunman was driving a white Mercedes Benz and had a neck tattoo, according to investigators.
“We’re pretty confident we’ll be able to identify not only the vehicle, but the shooter involved in this incident,” Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/delivery-driver-shoots-teen-chick-fil-a-worker-police-say/3269922/ | 2022-06-14T02:45:47 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/delivery-driver-shoots-teen-chick-fil-a-worker-police-say/3269922/ |
CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — A property value assessment notice showing a 60% increase to the property value is not uncommon in Canyon County, according to County Assessor Brian Stender.
However, just because a property value appreciated does not mean the tax bill will increase by the same percentage, according to Canyon County Assessor Brian Stender. In some cases, an appreciating property won't see an increase to their tax bill at all.
Alma Driesel lives in Nampa and experienced sticker shock when the assessor notified her of a 36% property assessment increase. Property tax documents dating back to 2018 shows her homes value increased from $240,700 to $508,900.
Initially, she saw her taxes increase too. However, in recent years Driesel is paying less despite her home's rapid appreciation, according to documents from the Canyon County Assessor's Office.
"'I'm very surprised," Driesel said.
From 2019 to 2021, Driesel's property increased in value by $100,000. Her property tax bill over the same span moved as follows:
- 2019: $1,892.28
- 2020: $1,889.56
- 2021: $1,886.42
"Ya know, it doesn't surprise me," Stender said. "Depending on what happens within those budgets, it can have a large impact on your tax bill."
The Assessor's Office determines the value of a property. It's the local tax districts who ultimately decide the budgets and how much property owners pay.
Driesel's property is outside Nampa city limits; therefore, the property does not pay into the city's property tax district. Additionally, the maximum homeowner's exemption also increased in 2021 by an additional $25,000.
Both of these factors assisted in keeping Driesel's property tax bill down, according to Stender.
"I'm not gonna say the value isn't a major component. It is. But there is more than just the value," Stender said.
But Driesel still believes the value of her home is too high; she’s unsure how much further she can stretch a dollar if her luck runs out.
"When this house can start out at 500-thousand, I just don't understand that," Driesel said. "You don't know until you're there. Pay one thing, and then try to pay another."
The Idaho State Tax Commission will activate a web link to help homeowners estimate their upcoming property tax bill, according to Public Tax Policy Specialist Kathlynn Ireland. This estimation should accurately reflect the real property tax bill within 1-2%, Ireland said.
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CHESTERTON — A 20-year-old Ohio man faces a felony count of assisting a suicide in the Monday morning shooting of a 19-year-old woman at the Best Western Indian Oak hotel at 558 Indian Boundary Road, according to Chesterton police.
The woman, who sustained a gunshot wound to the face, was taken to the nearby Northwest Health-Porter hospital and then flown by helicopter to an Illinois hospital, the department said.
"At the time of this press release, the female victim is still being treated at an Illinois hospital," police said early Monday night. "Her prognosis at this time is unknown."
Police said they were called to the hotel around 10:33 a.m. and directed to a room where they found the injured woman.
The 20-year-old man, who was present in the room when the shooting occurred, was taken to the Chesterton Police Department.
Investigators with the county were called in to help process the scene and interview witnesses. The decision was made to charge the man after police reviewed the case with the county prosecutor's office.
No further details will be released until charges are filed, police said.
Police said earlier Monday there is no ongoing risk to the public.
"Chief (Tim) Richardson thanks the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the Porter Police Department, Porter County Sheriff’s Department and the Porter County Prosecutor’s Office for their assistance today with this on-going investigation," the department said.
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Police ordered 17-year-old Joshua J. Hughes and a 16-year-old, who were both wearing caps and gowns, to lie facedown in the stadium parking lot because they were each carrying handguns, records show.
The U.S. Justice Department named Gary in fall 2021 as one of 10 National Public Safety Partnership sites, which gave the city access to more federal law enforcement resources.
Erik W. Schneider, 44, is accused of accepting payments from customers of Hometown Appliances but later failing to deliver the merchandise they believed they were buying.
Dawn Carden encouraged her son's friends to call her "Mama D," gave them drugs and guns, and took advantage of the trust they placed in her, a deputy prosecutor said. That trust cost them their lives.
The residents have been temporarily displaced due to the damage. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Matt Djukic at 219-322-5000, extension 2315. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-man-faces-charge-in-porter-county-hotel-shooting-victim-flown-to-illinois-police-say/article_2cca2e6e-6e1c-527b-9583-2dc3dec816ba.html | 2022-06-14T02:49:34 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/update-man-faces-charge-in-porter-county-hotel-shooting-victim-flown-to-illinois-police-say/article_2cca2e6e-6e1c-527b-9583-2dc3dec816ba.html |
CROWN POINT — Crown Point will continue with an 11 a.m. start time for this year's Fourth of July Parade.
The city moved up the start time last year; historically, the parade started at 2 p.m. According to previous Times reports, Crown Point Entertainment Superintendent Diana Bosse said the main reason for the time change was high temperatures, which often reach 90 degrees or higher on July 4.
"The community response to the time change last year was overwhelmingly positive and made a drastic difference not only for the city staff but parade participants and attendees," a city news release stated.
The parade will take place along South Main Street from 125th Street (Burrell Drive) to Goldsborough Street at the Tank.
Crown Point is currently looking for parade entries and volunteers. To get involved contact Bosse at 219-662-3290 or visit cpjuly4.com.
There will also be a fireworks display at the Lake County Fairgrounds at about 9 p.m.
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Newly elected mayor Pete Land signs his oath of office with Lake County Circuit Court Judge Marissa McDermott after he was elected in a caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran Thursday evening.
City council member Dawn Stokes with fellow candidate Pete Land, left, and Lake County Democratic chairman Jim Wieser, right, addresses the audience before voting during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran.
Crown Point city councilman Andrew Kyres gives newly sworn in Mayor Pete Land a thumbs-up during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran Thursday evening.
Lake County Circuit Court judge Marissa McDermott administers the oath of office to newly elected mayor Pete Land during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran at the Moose Lodge in Crown Point Thursday evening.
Lake County Democratic chairman Jim Wieser, right, announces Pete Land, second from left, as the new mayor of Crown Point by a vote of 13-8 over Dawn Stokes, second from right, Thursday evening.
Candidates Pete Land, and Dawn Stokes react as Lake County Democratic chairman Jim Wieser introduces them both during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran on Thursday evening.
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Newly elected mayor Pete Land signs his oath of office with Lake County Circuit Court Judge Marissa McDermott after he was elected in a caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran Thursday evening.
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City council member Dawn Stokes with fellow candidate Pete Land, left, and Lake County Democratic chairman Jim Wieser, right, addresses the audience before voting during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran.
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Crown Point city councilman Andrew Kyres gives newly sworn in Mayor Pete Land a thumbs-up during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran Thursday evening.
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Pete Land addresses the audience before voting during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran on Thursday evening.
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Candidates Pete Land, and Dawn Stokes react as Lake County Democratic chairman Jim Wieser introduces them both during the caucus to replace outgoing mayor David Uran on Thursday evening.
As Crown Point's population continues to grow, Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. and Assistant Fire Chief Ryan Cusak are tasked with navigating an industry that has changed drastically. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/crown-point-will-keep-early-start-time-for-fourth-of-july-parade/article_c76f3559-3035-5a51-a24b-82e5f296a9ed.html | 2022-06-14T02:49:35 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/crown-point-will-keep-early-start-time-for-fourth-of-july-parade/article_c76f3559-3035-5a51-a24b-82e5f296a9ed.html |
OGUNQUIT, Maine — Wildlife Biologist Laura Williams had good news to share, on a foggy June morning at Ogunquit Beach.
The piping plover – a small migratory bird considered threatened by the United States and endangered by the state of Maine – was back in full force.
After returning north from their winter habitats (as far south as South Carolina) in April, Williams and her colleagues with Maine Audubon counted 140 nesting pairs from Ogunquit to Georgetown; up from 125 in 2021.
Plovers like to nest in sand dunes, just out of reach of the changing tides. Though small, that makes them relatively easy to spot while walking along any of the beaches within their nesting range in Maine.
That also means they face a lot of potentially negative interactions with humans and pets. Dogs are not allowed on Ogunquit Beach, and wandering into the nearby dunes carries a $200 fine. Trespassers face much stiffer penalties if their actions injure or kill a plover or disturb its nest.
That kind of legal protection requires enforcement. Lieutenant Neal Pawlik is Ogunquit Police Department's lead plover monitor. Now that tiny chicks are scurrying around the beach, part of his job is educating visitors.
"We try to be understanding in our enforcement of everything," Pawlik said, explaining that he wants to focus on conversations with beachgoers instead of resorting to fines. "Obviously, the beach is for everyone to share. It’s for families to enjoy, and, whether that family is a human family or a plover family, we try to make sure it’s a shared space for everybody."
Despite the police detail and their diminutive stature, the tiny birds are resilient.
"The adults are here in April," Williams said. "They’ve been snowed on, hailed on before, and they just tough it out, they sit on their eggs, they wait for their chicks to hatch, and then they raise them."
After spending 28 days incubating in their eggs, plover chicks can walk and forage for small insects within hours of hatching. They can begin flying within 25 days.
We watched with Williams as a mother plover swapped roles with her mate, the male sliding onto the nest and squatting on a pair of eggs. The mother left to forage nearby, revealing that she had one leg. She hopped toward an insect.
Williams smiled and said one of the group's volunteers had named the bird Peggy.
"I like her odds; they’re good," Williams said, almost immediately after seeing the bird hop around. "It’ll be easier especially, too, because she’s only got two eggs, so, she’ll only have two chicks to worry about and chase after."
Plovers can lay up to four eggs in a season. Williams said Peggy should be to migrate south with the other 140 nesting pairs, as well as the hundreds more that will pass through Maine from points north.
Before leaving, Williams said having plovers nest on your beach is a sign you have a healthy ecosystem.
And like most healthy ecosystems, she said, all we need to is get out of the way and it will thrive. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/endangered-birds-hatch-chicks-on-maine-beaches-environment-wildlife-piping-plovers-ogunquit-beach-maine-audubon/97-b76c61ef-16f4-4a9a-9021-64f2eafa80bc | 2022-06-14T02:53:55 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/endangered-birds-hatch-chicks-on-maine-beaches-environment-wildlife-piping-plovers-ogunquit-beach-maine-audubon/97-b76c61ef-16f4-4a9a-9021-64f2eafa80bc |
The stormwater pipe maintenance project at the intersection of South 56th Street and Old Cheney Road originally scheduled to begin Tuesday has been rescheduled to June 20, according to the Lincoln Transportation and Utilities Department.
The intersection is expected to reopen June 28.
Access to businesses will be maintained, but StarTran Route 53-Southpointe will shut down during this time. Digital signs will alert travelers of construction along the roadway.
Drivers are encouraged to seek alternate routes at transit.lincoln.ne.gov or call 402-476-1234 with any questions.
Lincoln Police say the motorcyclist was traveling northbound on 84th Street at about 9:45 p.m. when they struck an SUV that was heading southbound and turning east onto Augusta Drive.
Adventure Golf Center co-owner Dylan Bohlke will appear on the fourth season of the extreme putt-putt show "Holey Moley." The program will air on ABC Tuesday at 7 p.m. and play for the public on the Railyard's big screens.
Keith Doering had been riding his 2015 Yamaha YZFR6 motorcycle north on 84th Street around 9:50 p.m. Saturday when a southbound Jeep turned left onto Augusta Drive, crossing into Doering's path, the police said in a news release.
Kyvell Stark turned himself into police Tuesday morning, and Police Chief Teresa Ewins said he would be charged with two counts of manslaughter and two counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
The stretch of Nebraska 2 that runs through the city will be called Nebraska Parkway when the South Beltway opens; and the old Muny Pool bath house is getting a mini-facelift.
Investigators alleged Terran McKethan, 43, posed as a 17-year-old on Snapchat while meeting young girls and offering them marijuana in exchange for sex acts. He won't be parole eligible until 2072.
Asked about the ruling, Courtney Lawton said Friday: "I was denied justice and I still believe that my First Amendment right to freedom of expression was violated." | https://journalstar.com/news/local/closure-of-south-56th-street-and-old-cheney-road-intersection-delayed-to-next-week/article_2862e33f-0a29-584f-a132-f8e577e2aaf2.html | 2022-06-14T02:56:42 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/closure-of-south-56th-street-and-old-cheney-road-intersection-delayed-to-next-week/article_2862e33f-0a29-584f-a132-f8e577e2aaf2.html |
Developers want to turn the old Shopko that anchored the Bishop Heights shopping center at 27th Street and Nebraska 2 for years into new commercial space, possibly with a 150-room hotel.
That’s part of the redevelopment plans for the now nearly vacant center that will ultimately include 230 luxury apartments, new office space and some significant trail enhancements along bike trails that run along the east and north portions of the property.
“The vision for the site is to create a revitalized pedestrian-oriented neighborhood destination providing a mix of amenities for nearby residents,” DaNay Kalkowski, the attorney representing three developers involved in the project, told the City Council Monday.
The council is considering zoning changes and whether the redevelopment plan conforms to the Lincoln-Lancaster County Comprehensive Plan. They will vote at the June 20 meeting.
The shopping center has remained nearly vacant since Shopko closed in 2019 and the retailer declared bankruptcy. A Wells Fargo bank branch and an Arby’s remain there, and the fast-food restaurant is interested in updating the building.
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RED Development, which owns the building that used to house Shopko and other businesses, plans to demolish it and develop either 70,000 square feet of commercial space with retail shops, restaurants and offices, or 50,000 square feet of commercial space and a hotel.
EPC Real Estate Group, an Overland Park, Kansas-based company plans to build a five-story, 230-unit luxury apartment complex.
White Development Co. owns the former U.S. Bank branch building on the northwest part of the site, which it plans to demolish and develop into one larger office building or two smaller ones, with a maximum of 45,000 square feet of space.
Two bike trails run adjacent to the land, and Kalkowski told the council developers have plans to make significant trail upgrades.
Kalkowski said because the development has 1,474 lineal feet along the trails, there will be some parking lots abutting those trails, but the developer will include berms as barriers. Developers also will encourage tenants to add patios and decks.
Trail improvements include adding three new sidewalk connections to both the Helen Boosalis and Rock Island trails from the apartments and commercial areas, additional landscaping and building shared trailhead parking stalls and installing bike racks along the south side of the property, where the Rock Island trail runs along Nebraska 2.
Some neighbors have expressed concerns about the potential for increased traffic, but a traffic study submitted with the plans shows that while traffic would increase in the morning, it would drop by 28% in the evening and by 18% overall.
Developers also hope when the South Beltway opens it will reduce truck traffic along Nebraska 2, Kalkowski said. The existing 27th Street -- which has never been widened -- creates a situation the developer must work around.
"I think we’re just dealing with an existing situation and there’s not a lot that can be done at this stage to make it better," she said. "We’re working within a built environment and community decisions made to keep it that way."
The cost of the development is estimated at nearly $90 million, with nearly $78 million coming from the developers and anywhere from $9 million to $11 million coming from the city in the form of tax-increment financing, which allows developers to use future property taxes generated by projects to pay for certain upfront costs.
The City Council previously approved a blight designation for the center, which makes it eligible for TIF, and the Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission voted unanimously to find the plan in conformance with the city-county Comprehensive Plan.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7226 or mreist@journalstar.com.
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The City Council on Monday rescinded the fairness ordinance -- a broad update to city code that extended protections to include sexual orientation and gender expression.
Councilman Bennie Shobe, who was the only council member not to talk publicly about where he stood on the hotly debated ordinance, sided with those who wanted to rescind the ordinance, leading to a 4-3 vote.
Shobe was joined by Tom Beckius, James Michael Bowers and Richard Meginnis.
Council members Sändra Washington, who introduced the ordinance earlier this year, Jane Raybould and Tammy Ward voted against rescinding it.
The ordinance was a broad update to the city's Title 11, the portion of city code that deals with equal opportunity in housing, employment and public accommodation.
It added other protections too, including those to military veterans. All the changes are now gone.
After the council passed the ordinance in February, opponents gathered more than enough petitions to require the council either to let voters decide or rescind the ordinance.
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Meginnis introduced the motion to reconsider the ordinance because, he said, he thought it was too divisive for the community right now. Beckius and Bowers worried supporters were sufficiently prepared to win at the ballot box, and because the transgender community would be targeted by opponents.
Shobe, who is African American, talked about growing up in a segregated community in Kentucky where he's convinced had people been asked to vote on the protections granted by the courts and Constitution, he and his parents would have been denied those rights.
"Today's action is essentially a reset back to February 2022," Shobe said. "A do-over, which will give me time to talk with the community and to explain the legal rights the federal government granted to LGBTQ residents of this country."
The council also rescinded the first Fairness Ordinance passed in 2012, which was also the subject of a successful referendum, though the council never took any further action, leaving it in limbo for a decade. Washington and Raybould voted against rescinding that ordinance.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7226 or mreist@journalstar.com.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) — Washington County, Tennessee Schools is seeking community members’ input as it looks to improve aging school buildings.
The county’s school board has hired a construction company to assess the conditions of its schools.
Monday night, community members gathered at a forum to share what renovations they would like to see.
“Tonight they’re most interested in getting that insight from community members that know their schools and just from that really receiving that input to help them finish out the last stages of the study before they present it to the board of education,” Superintendent Jerry Boyd said.
The next public forum is set for Wednesday at Daniel Boone High School starting at 6 p.m. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/forum-held-on-washington-co-schools-improvements/ | 2022-06-14T02:59:35 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/forum-held-on-washington-co-schools-improvements/ |
Police report 'shots fired' near Salem transit mall, 1 injured; streets reopened
This story was updated at 6:15 p.m.
One person was shot near the Cherriots Transit Mall Monday afternoon after an altercation between two groups of men.
The victim was shot in the abdomen and had a “life-threatening injury,” according to Salem Police. He was transported to Salem Health by ambulance and is being treated at the hospital.
The shooting took place near Columbia Bank at 550 Center St., according to a police radio broadcast and a witness to the shooting.
According to Salem Police, the incident took place at about 2:45 p.m.
Police located and arrested several subjects involved in the shooting.
The area around the transmit mall was cordoned off for about two hours while police investigated the incident and surrounding streets were reopened to traffic about 5:30 p.m.
Salem Police say people with information about the incident should contact the Salem Police Tips Line at 503-588-8477.
Another shooting took place in the same vicinity in March.
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St. Joseph’s Catholic School was on lockdown briefly after reports of the shooting. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/13/salem-oregon-police-report-shots-fired-downtown-cherriots-transit-mall-1-injured/65360634007/ | 2022-06-14T03:00:44 | 1 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/13/salem-oregon-police-report-shots-fired-downtown-cherriots-transit-mall-1-injured/65360634007/ |
DALLAS — Dallas council members will be holding a special meeting to determine the future of city manager T.C. Broadnax, and whether that future is aligned with the city's.
The council meeting will "consider taking appropriate action related to the performance of the City Manager including discipline or removal," said a memo sent to WFAA, which was signed by council members Paula Blackmon, Cara Mendelsohn and Gay Donnell Willis.
Broadnax was asked to resign last week, council members confirmed, but declined, necessitating the need for the special meeting Wednesday.
The divide between the city manager and council members goes back to early 2019, when the Dallas Police Department was consistently missing their hiring goals. Department data from the time shows the Dallas Police Department had lost 98 officers and only hired 42 to replace them.
More tension came last June, when Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson asked Broadnax to fix the city's 911 call center staffing shortage.
"We expect him to fix this problem. He's ultimately in charge of every city employee," said Johnson at the time.
Problems began ramping up in 2022, when city officials reported more than 22 terabytes of data, more than 8 million records, were lost by the city. The loss was attributed to "inadequate" protocols among IT staff. A report on the data loss criticized the IT staff's lack of training and encouraged more "depth of job functions" for their tasks.
Further tension came in March as the city saw a huge backlog of permit delays, frustrating residents and costing the city business.
“There is a serious economic issue that’s at hand,” said District 9 Council Member Paula Blackmon at the time. “It’s problematic, especially from a city who makes money on property taxes. That’s how we fund services.”
Johnson wrote in an email discussing the upcoming meeting that the requisite sense of urgency needed on the operational side of city government has been conspicuously absent.
"These are not just 'PR problems,' as this city manager recently described them," Johnson wrote in the email. "These are real issues that affect the lives of this city’s families. This is about your safety, your streets, your crucial services, your city’s economic vibrancy, and your quality of life. This is about the basics, such as your ability to get a permit to renovate your home."
Johnson said he would be voting in favor of terminating Broadnax's contract at the meeting Wednesday. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/timeline-rift-between-dallas-city-manager-council/287-a932b572-7c18-484b-b5d1-f5a1fb285181 | 2022-06-14T03:05:27 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/timeline-rift-between-dallas-city-manager-council/287-a932b572-7c18-484b-b5d1-f5a1fb285181 |
A jury on Monday convicted a man of murder in connection to a 2019 store robbery that led to the death of a New York City police officer hit by crossfire from other officers' guns.
Jagger Freeman, 28, faces 25 years to life in prison when he is sentenced on June 30, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.
Prosecutors said he and Christopher Ransom, 30, set off a chain of events that led to New York Police Department Detective Brian Simonsen being killed in February 2019 after officers responded to a Queens store that was being robbed by the two men.
Simonsen was shot in the chest in as he and six other officers opened fire on Ransom during the robbery at a T-Mobile store in the Richmond Hill neighborhood. Another sergeant was wounded.
Authorities said officers fired after they thought a real gun was being pointed at them by Ransom, with 42-year-old Simonsen ending up fatally shot and another officer wounded.
NYPD officers discharged a total of 42 rounds at the scene within 11 seconds, investigators have said.
Freeman was convicted of murder, robbery, assault and other charges for his role in the deadly shooting. Police said he acted as lookout during the robbery. His lawyer declined to comment.
Ransom pleaded guilty in October to aggravated manslaughter and robbery and was sentenced to 33 years in prison.
Ransom, who police say was pointing a fake handgun, had said the shooting stemmed from a "prank gone horribly wrong." He said he returned the workers' money -- a claim that investigators deny -- but police were already responding.
"I am the author of the chain of events that led to the death of Detective Simonsen and for that I am deeply sorry," Ransom said at his sentencing. "I would like forgiveness but I would no dare as of it, I would not put that burden on the late detective's loved ones."
Even if he had asked for forgiveness, Simonsen's widow said at the time that she would not have offered any.
"I know the correct and the Christian thing to do was to look you in the eye and forgive you, but today I can't and I don't," said Leanne Simonsen.
A 19-year veteran of the NYPD, Simonsen was known since childhood as "Smiles" for his bright, welcoming nature, colleagues and friends said.
In an interview after his arrest, Ransom said he was "not a monster" and didn't anticipate what happened. Police described him as a career criminal with more than two dozen arrests prior to this case; friends called him an eccentric prankster.
Ransom, who has 25 prior arrests including one for impersonating a police officer, was shot eight times on that winter day in 2019. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-found-guilty-in-2019-robbery-that-led-to-nypd-detectives-friendly-fire-death/3732687/ | 2022-06-14T03:06:34 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-found-guilty-in-2019-robbery-that-led-to-nypd-detectives-friendly-fire-death/3732687/ |
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on a count of making false alarms after Central State University locked down its campus Saturday.
Making false alarms is a first-degree misdemeanor, and the man is being held in the Greene County Jail. The Dayton Daily News generally doesn’t identify misdemeanor defendants.
In a 911 call released Monday, a caller can be heard speaking to a 911 dispatcher. The caller told the dispatcher there was a shooter on Central State’s campus in the cafeteria, but when the dispatcher asked how he knew there was a shooter, the caller hung up.
The university’s police department activated the campuswide emergency alert system around 9 a.m. Saturday after receiving a call from county emergency dispatch about the active-shooter report, Central State said in a press release Saturday.
On social media, Central State’s administration sent a warning saying there was an active shooter on campus and to “run, hide, fight.” Multiple other Greene County police agencies responded with officers. Central State ended the lockdown at about 11:48 a.m.
Central State officials said Monday that CSU Officer Kole Patterson was the first to respond, and praised him for running into what he believed was an active shooter situation without backup.
Central State Sgt. Jason Robison, who was off-duty at the time, returned to campus to monitor the surveillance system. CSU Police Chief Stephanie Hill said Robison was able to determine what unfolded during the incident, and after that, Patterson found the suspect hiding in a bathroom and arrested him
“These officers are to be commended for the courage and fearlessness they displayed during this situation,” said Central State University President Jack Thomas. “Our officers train for scenarios such as this, but no amount of training can make people act.”
Aimee Hancock contributed to this report.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Employees found a bullet hole in the window on the 12th floor of the Ruan Center in downtown Des Moines Monday.
Des Moines Police Department's Sgt. Paul Parizek said it is unknown when the bullet was shot, but that employees at the building spotted it around 8:30 a.m. He also said the shot was likely fired before employees arrived for work.
No one was injured, police said. It is currently unknown if the building was targeted or if it was a stray bullet.
DMPD are still investigating. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/bullet-hole-discovered-in-12th-floor-window-of-ruan-center-shooting-des-moines-downtown/524-0b036254-eb08-43e9-a878-277c4b0ff86b | 2022-06-14T03:18:02 | 1 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/bullet-hole-discovered-in-12th-floor-window-of-ruan-center-shooting-des-moines-downtown/524-0b036254-eb08-43e9-a878-277c4b0ff86b |
Arizona lottery numbers, June 13
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Monday:
Pick 3
0-1-9
Fantasy 5
05-11-19-27-33
The Pick
01-07-12-22-23-41
Triple Twist
03-30-31-35-39-41
Estimated jackpot: $395,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $247 million
Powerball
Estimated jackpot: $243 million | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/13/arizona-lottery-numbers-june-13/7619106001/ | 2022-06-14T03:18:04 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2022/06/13/arizona-lottery-numbers-june-13/7619106001/ |
Sun City fireman dies on duty at Fire Station 131
Haleigh Kochanski
Arizona Republic
Sun City Fire Department announced Monday that 36-year-old Shane Godbehere, a 15-year veteran of the department, died while working on duty Saturday at Fire Station 131.
According to officials, Godbehere's cause of death is yet to be determined upon results from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office.
Memorial services are being finalized.
"At this time, the Sun City Fire and Medical Department is focused on grieving and supporting Shane's family and our members," said Sun City Fire Department in a statement.
Reach breaking news reporter Haleigh Kochanski at hkochanski@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @HaleighKochans.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark — Summer is right around the corner, but the temperatures have been continually rising despite it not being summer just yet. This has left people to find various ways to try and beat the heat.
Some local Arkansans have found that one way they can stay cool is by heading to the splash pad in the River Market.
Delano Whitfield said that the splash pad is his favorite way to make sure that his children,10-year-old Delani and 8-year-old Jayce, can stay out of the heat.
"It's real important. I told her today to not wear pants, but she did anyway but we still came out and got wet so just as long as you're making sure they're hydrated," said Whitfield.
His daughter said she drinks plenty of water to keep hydrated and loves to swim in order to stay cool. His son mentioned he likes to drink cold beverages and stay in the shade.
Experts said that doing all of those things is certainly recommended.
With the rise in temperatures, first responders are prepared to treat heat related emergencies such as possible heat exhaustion or even heat strokes.
Capt. Chaundra Hegwood serves as the clinical manager and community paramedic for MEMS. She said that last month alone, MEMS responded to 32 different heat related emergencies.
"Heat exhaustion mainly. I haven't seen a heat stroke yet, but if we are getting hotter everyday, we can expect we will," said Hegwood.
She mentioned that if you find yourself dealing with a heat related emergency, you should stay inside an air conditioned building. You should also drink plenty of water to help minimize the crisis before dispatchers arrive.
First responders not only have to assure that the public has been staying hydrated, but they also need to be sure that their medics are well hydrated.
They should also be aware of heat advisories and make sure their ambulances are kept cool with air conditioning.
Ken Kelley with the Arkansas Ambulance Association and President and CEO of ProMed Ambulance Inc. said the elderly as well as young children are the ones most prone to heat exhaustion.
"When we get that call for nausea, vomiting, dizziness and that sort of thing we're always thinking is that heat related illness," said Kelley.
He said that heat related exhaustion could very quickly lead to an emergency.
"Take very proactive steps to wear you know light clothing, try to stay in the shade as much as possible. Perform work in small increments. Don't try to over do it. Stay hydrated with water. Don't guess. Call EMS," said Kelley.
By staying vigilant, and aware of all the signs of heat exhaustion you could potentially save your own life, or the lives of others.
As Kelley said, if you were to ever find yourself in a potential situation dealing with heat exhaustion, "don't guess, call EMS." | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/first-responders-prepare-for-heat-related-emergencies/91-0f7e41ea-ca9f-4655-b717-c2cf55bc4b4c | 2022-06-14T03:20:12 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/first-responders-prepare-for-heat-related-emergencies/91-0f7e41ea-ca9f-4655-b717-c2cf55bc4b4c |
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — We all know that the summer heat can be brutal. And while we have all dealt with high temperatures in the 90's for most of the week, you may have been left thinking that it's time to head inside, and stay inside.
For tow truck operators like Tim Moody, vice-president at JHook Towing and Recovery, high temperatures mean that his work has just begun.
"This is going to be my 41st year, August will be my 41st."
"That's where we're going to be busy, and we're going to run a lot more calls than we normally do," Moody said.
His years of experience are a great benefit – he knows that this time of year is typically busier than most, and for a good reason.
When you step outside, you'll run straight into what has caused that – the heat.
"If you've got anything that's breaking down that you don't know of, it's gonna break down," Moody said, speaking on how the heat can affect your car.
While the heat can cause a lot of issues, Moody said that they have seen a new problem pop up. With the price of gas so high, many people have decided to go as long as possible before they decide to fill their tank.
Moody said, that's not such a great idea.
"That they can't afford the gas," he said. "They just try to buy enough gas to get from Point A to Point B, which I can understand but... that just don't work."
Within the past couple weeks, Moody said that they've probably responded to at least ten calls for help. All for the same thing -- people that just needed a gallon of gas to make it home.
AAA spokesperson, Nick Chabarria said that statewide, that number has also gone up.
"Some of our AAA clubs have seen an increase from April to May in calls for service for fuel," Chabarria said.
Chabarria said the heat can certainly cause problems, but being left without gas could cause even more.
"If you're stuck out in 90 degree plus weather, that's going to be an uncomfortable wait and potentially even hazardous for you," he said.
Both Chabarria and Moody recommend doing a couple of things.
They said that despite the high gas prices, you need to get gas. And you need more than just a quarter tank. They also recommend that you keep an eye on your fluids and tires.
While breakdowns can cause more business for Moody and others in his business, he said that you should do what you can to prevent them. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/rising-temps-gas-prices-cause-business-local-tow-trucks/91-a24fe636-1e3f-41b8-97d7-bdaeb7c161a6 | 2022-06-14T03:20:18 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/rising-temps-gas-prices-cause-business-local-tow-trucks/91-a24fe636-1e3f-41b8-97d7-bdaeb7c161a6 |
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — More information is coming to light about the shooting early this month near Walmart in Pittston Township. The Luzerne County District Attorney confirmed to Newswatch 16 an armed citizen was just yards away when the first shots rang out.
Chaos unfolded outside Envy Nails in Pittston Township on the first of the month. State Police said it began when 37-year-old New York resident Christopher Carmona was captured on security cameras pushing a shopping cart and looking into vehicles in the parking lot.
"Reportedly, he was going through her vehicle and she came out and confronted him," said Sam Sanguedolce, Luzerne County district attorney. "That is what lead to the gunfire."
Investigators said Carmona shot a 20-year-old woman twice in the back with a handgun, alleging the victim and shooter did not know one another.
For the first time, officials confirm a bystander then engaged the alleged shooter, wielding a gun of his own.
"An armed citizen was present at the nail salon. He was legally carrying a sidearm. He had his family members there at the salon and heard the gunshots. He exited the nail facility and confronted the gunman, fired what we believe to be three shots," Sanguedolce said. "He aimed at the assailant, but did not strike him with any rounds."
Carmona was arrested after an hours long search; found walking along Route 309 with two pistols and a pocket full of bullets. While the district attorney did not endorse the bystander's actions, he said the citizen was protected by PA's Stand Your Ground laws.
"When someone displays what appears to be a deadly weapon, you can presume that they intend deadly force or serious bodily injury, in which case you would be authorized to use your weapon to in defense of yourself or others," he said. "It's very dangerous. I would be very hesitant to give anyone advice to start engaging in gunfire."
When we asked the DA why the armed citizen's shots were initially left out of official records, he said police refrain from publishing information when actions are justified.
"It has a tendency to, number one, chill the effect of someone who may be a witness in our case, and number two, could bring, you know, public derision, if you will, or protest to their attention, when they've done nothing wrong," Sanguedolce said.
Carmona was charged with attempted homicide and is in Luzerne County prison.
A Go Fund Me page, set up for the victim in the case, has now raised close to $15,000 of a $20,000 goal.
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NAMPA — Before Michelle Tanberg retired from teaching in the Nampa School District, she decided to "go out with a bang" — joining a committee to review challenged books in the district.
For 17 years, Tanberg taught English in the Nampa teen parents program, and most recently at the Nampa Online Virtual Academy, or NOVA, she said. In the teen program, most students would have "one degree of separation or less with all the problems that are mentioned in these scary, scary, dirty banned books," Tanberg said, referring to concerns that have been raised about the more than 20 books marked for removal from the district's library shelves last month.
Tanberg shared her thoughts at a read-in organized by the Nampa Banned Books Fan Club, which took place Monday evening on the lawn of the school district headquarters.
Tanberg said it can be useful for students to read books that discuss difficult circumstances that they have experienced first-hand, or heard about second-hand.
"I think it's very empowering for people in those situations to see, 'Oh. They told. Maybe I should tell,' or, 'This happened to them. Here's what they did,'" she said.
About 30 people gathered at the beginning of Monday's event.
Participants were encouraged to bring a picnic dinner, and could spend an evening out with family and friends reading books, said Lance McGrath, an academic librarian at the College of Idaho and founder of the Nampa Banned Books Fan Club, by phone ahead of the event.
Jacqueline Martinko, who teaches at the NOVA, had brought several books to the read-in, including "Kite Runner," by Khaled Hosseini, a "heartbreaking" story about friendship between two boys amidst "the tragic sweep of history" in Afghanistan, according to Amazon.com.
That book, along with others teachers see educational value in are often "the ones that ELs kind of identify with because they've got some of that trauma in the background as well," Martinko said, referring to students who are English learners.
McGrath said the Nampa Banned Books Fan Club is in the early stages of defining its role in the community.
“This is a fledgling effort,” McGrath said of the group. He formed the group following the Nampa School Board’s May vote. Over the past month, he has been reached out to by people interested in reading the books, looking for book recommendations, and teachers and librarians looking for advice on how to support student reading, he said. Students have reached out to those teachers and librarians asking for advice on forming book clubs, he said.
McGrath has made connections with people at Rediscovered Bookshop, which organized a book distribution event in Nampa earlier this month, as well as with reading advocacy groups from across the country who have reached out to provide input and moral support, he said.
“We’re all about supporting reading,” McGrath said. “Whatever people are wanting to get into and read … (it’s a) good idea to consider different viewpoints and ideas. Whether it’s fiction, non-fiction, keep reading.”
McGrath called the board's initial decision to remove the books “reactive” and “not well thought-out.”
“Students do have First Amendment rights, even minors, and public school officials have to be cognizant of First Amendment rights of minors when they are making decisions about library resources, about curricular decisions, and materials that go in the library, like books,” he said.
A student’s First Amendment rights include “the right to receive information,” according to a document produced by the American Library Association entitled “Do Minors Have First Amendment Rights in Schools?” One result of this is that “attempts to censor access to materials in the school library will not be permitted unless the restricted materials can be demonstrated to be educationally unsuitable,” the document says.
The Supreme Court heard the case Board of Education v. Pico after a school "attempted to remove" library books, the document said. The court found that though removing the books had not violated the students’ right to expression, it was not appropriate to remove the books because, “the right to receive ideas is a necessary predicate to the recipients’ meaningful exercise of his own rights of speech, press, and political freedom.”
That said, school boards have a right to remove books if they can "objectively” demonstrate that the material is “educationally unsuitable,” as opposed to basing the decision on “subjective disapproval or disagreement with the content,” the document says.
Rediscovered Bookshop was also at the event distributing books.
The fan club will hold another read-in this Thursday at 6 p.m., ahead of the board’s Thursday evening meeting. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nampa-banned-books-fan-club-hosts-read-in-on-school-district-lawn/article_7073cd2e-9f26-5309-8059-e4162dd66da5.html | 2022-06-14T03:37:43 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/nampa-banned-books-fan-club-hosts-read-in-on-school-district-lawn/article_7073cd2e-9f26-5309-8059-e4162dd66da5.html |
ASHLEY, Pa. — Police in one part of Luzerne County are investigating reports of slashed tires.
Police in Ashley have received several reports of slashed tires between Sunday and Monday.
Officials say the incidents have happened in different parts of the borough and happen at night.
Residents are asked to call 911 if they see or hear anything unusual in their neighborhoods.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — With powerful storms coming through, you may wonder where the most power outages are? You can view here what county has the most.
AEP is reporting these counties have more than 200 power outages as of 9:44 p.m. on Monday, June 13: | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/where-are-the-most-power-outages-in-the-tri-state/ | 2022-06-14T03:55:17 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/where-are-the-most-power-outages-in-the-tri-state/ |
Russell Kavalhuna, who was named the new chancellor of Virginia's 23 community colleges, is no longer expected to take the job, a surprising turn of events following a tumultuous hiring process and interference from Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
Douglas Garcia, vice chair of the board, wrote in an email to the community college presidents Monday night that Kavalhuna is negotiating an agreement to remain with Henry Ford College in Michigan. In his absence, the State Board for Community Colleges named Sharon Morrissey its interim chancellor.
"The board will move forward with our duty in selecting the next chancellor, one who will share the governor's and the board's strong passion for developing the talent that Virginia's businesses need to thrive and the types of credentials that allow Virginians to have better lives," Garcia wrote in the email, which was obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
In March, the board named Kavalhuna its new chancellor, replacing Glenn Dubois, who will retire at the end of this month. Kavalhuna is president of Henry Ford College, a Michigan community college.
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His appointment came days after Youngkin asked the board to restart its hiring process and include the governor's office in the process. Youngkin said the board lacked transparency and was neglecting community colleges' greatest needs. Jobs remain unfilled in Virginia, and community college enrollment has plummeted 27% in the past decade.
“While there are outstanding individual schools, Virginia needs an entire system that supports all Virginians in the pursuit of gaining skills, furthering their academic goals and equipping them with the tools they need to succeed in an ever-competitive world,” a spokesperson for the governor said at the time.
In an act of defiance, the board hired Kavalhuna without delay, against Youngkin's wishes. Now the board expects Kavalhuna to resign, even though he never started.
Morrissey, the interim chancellor, serves as vice chancellor for academic services and research for the community college system.
She "is a seasoned leader who is well positioned to guide us in preparing for our next great leader and in helping to provide stability in a turbulent time," Garcia said.
The board will restart the process of hiring a permanent chancellor as soon as possible, Garcia said. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/russell-kavalhuna-hired-to-lead-virginias-community-colleges-isnt-taking-the-job-after-all/article_69b3624c-5d44-53c3-be81-2008bd05cd33.html | 2022-06-14T03:55:36 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/russell-kavalhuna-hired-to-lead-virginias-community-colleges-isnt-taking-the-job-after-all/article_69b3624c-5d44-53c3-be81-2008bd05cd33.html |
For its third year in a row, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho will host its summer movie fundraiser at the Idaho Falls Motor Vu Drive-In.
At the Drive-In, anybody can bring their family and friends to watch "Jurassic Park," among other movies, three different times throughout the summer. For $30 at the gate, or $20 at rmhcidaho.org/movieseries, carloads can see "Jurassic Park" and "Jaws" at 7 p.m. this Thursday. The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho will continue to sell drive-in tickets for three more Thursday movie nights.
The Drive-In will show "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" and "Back to the Future" on July 14, "Jurassic World" and "Back to the Future Part II" on July 28 and "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" and "ET" on Aug. 11. The gates open each movie night at 7 p.m. with the screening beginning 30 minutes after sunset.
Along with the "Jurassic" screenings followed by big classics, the fundraiser will provide concessions, bouncy houses, a GRIT League obstacle course, glitter stencils, raffles, scavenger hunts and Kahoot trivia. The additional activities include prizes and gift bags for the first 100 cars to attend the event.
All the money from movie and raffle ticket sales will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho, along with 10% of the money from concession sales.
"This event for us has been really successful in the past" said Lori Priest, the charities' director of community engagement. "During COVID it gave families a safe space. We've had different themes like Harry Potter and animated films, but this year, with the new 'Jurassic World' release, we wanted to show some of the classics."
The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Idaho oversees three programs: The Ronald McDonald House in Boise, Happy Wheels Hospitality Carts in both Boise and Twin Falls and the Family Room in Idaho Falls.
According to a news release, The Ronald McDonald House of Charities of Idaho is "an Idaho-based nonprofit that supports families of ill or injured children by keeping them together in times of medical need."
"The Family Room in Idaho Falls is inside EIRMC just down the hall from the NICU," Priest said. "It is a home away from home for those with children in the hospital. It is of no cost to the families and provides a place to shower, nap and just replenish without leaving your kids."
The Family Room consists of four bedrooms and bathrooms, with a kitchen and living room. The room hosts families that can not or do not want to leave their children's side when they are in the hospital.
"With the fundraiser, our goal is to really just raise awareness that we have a place for support for these families," Priest said. "It provides basic needs like a meal just steps away from your kids."
Parents Brent and Brittney McCosh are currently staying at the Family Room. With a baby in the NICU for the past 11 days, the McCosh family has found refuge there.
"It is just fantastic. The biggest help is that my husband can continue to work. He works from home right now, and the Family Room gives him a space to take meetings without constant beeping in the background or nurses and doctors always coming in. We have more kids at home, so this gives us a space for them to visit if they are struggling," Brittney McCosh said.
"We never expected to be in this situation. But the Family Room is truly amazing. It really is quite incredible," McCosh said. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/jurassic-park-showings-help-raise-money-for-ronald-mcdonald-house-charities-of-idaho/article_bbd7d8f9-b362-5ec5-889b-c5ef9f70af7d.html | 2022-06-14T03:57:06 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/jurassic-park-showings-help-raise-money-for-ronald-mcdonald-house-charities-of-idaho/article_bbd7d8f9-b362-5ec5-889b-c5ef9f70af7d.html |
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WIAT) — Tuscaloosa Police and the FBI are looking for whoever is responsible for breaking into a local bank.
Captain Kip Hart from Tuscaloosa Police says someone broke into the Tuscaloosa County Credit Union sometime during the weekend and stole an undetermined amount of money.
“When employees arrived at the credit union [Monday], they noticed it had been forcibly entered,” Hart said. “At this time, we are trying to calculate the damage and what was taken.”
The credit union is located on 7th Street in downtown Tuscaloosa, one block away from the Sheriff’s Office and the County Courthouse. As the Commander of the Criminal Investigations Division, Hart says the suspects may have started a fire inside during the burglary.
“There is evidence that some kind of flame was involved,” Hart said. “But we don’t know if it was a fire or some sort of electrical problem.”
Credit Union customer Donna Hallman wants whoever committed the crime to be held responsible.
“People should be held accountable for everything they do,” Hallman said. “Crime has really taken over this town and it’s becoming a big issue”.
Anyone with information on the case can call Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777 or Tuscaloosa Police. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tuscaloosa-police-and-fbi-investigate-bank-burglary-in-downtown/ | 2022-06-14T03:58:14 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/tuscaloosa-police-and-fbi-investigate-bank-burglary-in-downtown/ |
NORTH PORT, Fla. — For the first time since being rushed to the hospital for an alligator bite, the North Port man who mistook a 7-foot-long alligator for a dog is finally out of the hospital.
“It was like a GRRRRR, a rumble, a deep deep rumble. I thought it was a pitbull, like a really upset pit bull,” said 49-year-old Raymond Schott, describing the moment he stepped outside for a smoke late Monday night.
“I just stepped outside for a Cigarette, thought I heard some kids screaming. I just stepped out to smoke, and took a little walk around the courtyard or whatever, but uh, mister alligator changed my plans a little,” Ray said.
What began for him as a quick walk outside for a smoke, quickly turned into a nightmare, as he was bitten by a 7-foot-long Alligator.
“I knew if I fell, I was going to get the rest of what he had for me. I didn’t want to stick around for that,” he said.
Fortunately, Ray managed to flag down a nearby deputy who called Paramedics, and helped to tie off his bleeding leg.
“Im not a blood kind of guy, but it was just gore. If I look at it I’m going to pass out,” Ray added.
After 5 days in the hospital, including surgery and 30 staples later, he’s walking.
“I feel very lucky to have my leg. Very lucky to have my leg. I told my surgeon do everything you can to save my leg. He’s like anything? I said I’d do whatever it takes on my end. Do you smoke? Yes. He says thats number 1. Quit Smoking,” Ray added. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/13/motel-gator-bite-victim-details-attack-that-nearly-cost-him-his-leg/ | 2022-06-14T03:59:17 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/13/motel-gator-bite-victim-details-attack-that-nearly-cost-him-his-leg/ |
Storms leave thousands without power in Michigan
More rain is expected overnight after storms swept across Michigan on Monday evening, bringing wind, rain and sparking power outages.
The storms accompanied a warm front moving into the region, the National Weather Service said.
Wind gusts near 70 mph were reported on the state's south side, including St. Joseph County, followed by snapped tree limbs in some areas, according to the weather service's website.
Lines were down in Benton Harbor, trees reportedly toppled on cars in communities like Hartford, and shingles blew off in Hillsdale, the weather service said.
Hail also was reported in Stevensville, near Lake Michigan. More than an inch of rain fell in Centreville in under 40 minutes, according to the agency.
The conditions led to at least 11,100 Consumers Energy customers being without power late Monday, mostly near Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Coldwater.
DTE Energy reported about 3,000 outages, with many near Dundee.
Storms were continuing to develop over Wisconsin and moving toward the state's west side, the weather service said.
Showers were likely to end before 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Highs were expected to rise into the mid 80s Tuesday then drop into the 70s at night.
The next day, much of the state is expected to face summery heat.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat watch for Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, Washtenaw, Wayne, Lenawee and Monroe counties from Wednesday through Thursday.
Temperatures are expected to rise into the mid- to upper 90s on Wednesday. The heat index could hover near 105 degrees, the weather service said.
"Extreme heat and humidity will significantly increase the potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities," according to the watch.
The warmth is forecast to linger on Thursday, with the mercury climbing into the low 90s.
The average high for this time of year is around 80. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/13/storms-michigan-power-outages-high-winds-heavy-rain/7619015001/ | 2022-06-14T04:04:05 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/13/storms-michigan-power-outages-high-winds-heavy-rain/7619015001/ |
Public Safety in Dallas is top of mind as we enter the summer months.
On the heels of large parties that turned violent, the city’s Public Safety Committee said it will likely move to place an ordinance on the June 22 agenda with new rules for event promoters.
Dallas Police Deputy Chief Teena Schultz presented a report to the committee with data supporting the proposed ordinance for party and event promoters.
“There’s been an increasing number of events occurring without plans in place to ensure adequate crowd management, crowd control and security,” said Schultz.
Throughout the process, the Public Safety Committee has relied on the police department, the city’s Convention and Event Services and community input to address safety concerns and gaps at large events.
During the months of May and June, 10 community forums were held during to answer questions and clear up specifics about the proposed ordinance.
“The ordinance is designed to ensure that responsible commercial promoters and venue operators plan events with risk management in mind,” Schultz said.
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If adopted, those in violation of the ordinance could face a $2,000 fine.
Police response times were also discussed at length during Monday’s meeting. Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia acknowledged the need for improvement.
“Calls for service have dramatically increased. Priority one calls that life and death calls have increased as well,” Garcia said.
Priority 1 calls for service have increased by more than 5% over the year. Response times have increased by more than 10%.
“This is really important because, on average, there are about five officers required for each one of these scenes,” said Robert Uribe, 911 administrator for the Dallas Police Department.
The police department presented options it hopes will improve the time it takes for officers to arrive at serious calls. One is to divert calls to an online phone reporting system or to other city departments when applicable. Another option is civilian response teams.
“The second option that we're presenting today is a little bit out of the box for us,” Uribe said. “But what we would prefer is that we create a civilian unit to respond to these low priority type calls.”
Ultimately, the committee, while it agrees there should be a solution to response times, expressed concerns about the options presented. Garcia said he will continue to explore and refine solutions.
“These are just options that other departments have tried,” Garcia said. “What’s right for our city may not be right for ours.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/event-promoters-police-response-times-reviewed-in-dallas-public-safety-meeting/2991568/ | 2022-06-14T04:05:27 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/event-promoters-police-response-times-reviewed-in-dallas-public-safety-meeting/2991568/ |
A Dallas man is facing federal gun trafficking charges after being accused of buying and selling illegal guns, prosecutors say, including one that was reportedly used in an Arlington killing last year.
In a news release, the United States Justice Department said 31-year-old Demontre Antwon Hackworth avoided federal background checking measures by using his Texas license to carry to purchase weapons which he later sold illegally.
Prosecutors said Hackworth bought more than 90 guns before reselling them without a license or conducting background checks.
Investigators recovered 16 guns Hackworth allegedly purchased that were connected to crimes in Texas, Maryland and Canada, the release said.
One of the weapons Hackworth sold was used in the killing of Kier Solomon, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman from Dallas who was found in her car shot in the chest in an apartment complex parking lot, according to our partners at The Dallas Morning News.
"Illegal firearms trafficking is not a victimless crime," Jeff Boshek, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Dallas Field Division. "There are real consequences when individuals illegally engage in the business of buying and selling firearms."
Hackworth was arrested Friday and currently faces 35 years in prison.
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Hackworth appeared in federal court Monday morning, The News reported, which said his attorney, Wesley Spencer, said that neither he nor his client would comment. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/justice-department-catches-dallas-man-who-illegally-bought-and-sold-weapons/2991528/ | 2022-06-14T04:05:33 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/justice-department-catches-dallas-man-who-illegally-bought-and-sold-weapons/2991528/ |
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At Corsicana City Hall, there was a show of support Monday night for Terry Garner and Keith Dowler, a couple who returned home on June 2 to find 10 burned pride flags in their front yard.
“Burning a flag on someone’s front porch is atrocious,” Kimberlee Walters said at Monday’s meeting.
Garner and Dowler replaced the flags but days later, they say two more flags were stolen.
“Really and truly my thought was hell no, we're putting up more flags, and we ordered 10 more flags,” Garner said.
More pride flags are being spotted across the city.
At Monday's city council meeting, Garner asked council members to declare the rest of June as Pride Month in the city and to create a department of inclusion and diversity.
After the meeting, one council member told NBC 5 that Garner's requests will be “evaluated and considered.”
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Corsicana Police Chief Robert Johnson says patrols are being stepped up around the home and that the vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime.
“Terry and his family are just wonderful people and if you were to spend just a few minutes sitting down you'll come away with that same attitude,” said Chief Johnson.
Anyone that may have information about the case is asked to contact the Corsicana Police Department at 903-654-4900. Tips can also be received via the Corsicana Police Department Facebook page Messenger App, said Chief Johnson. They may remain anonymous. A reward of more than $1,300 is being offered. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/pride-flag-vandalism-in-corsicana-being-investigated-as-hate-crime/2991523/ | 2022-06-14T04:05:46 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/pride-flag-vandalism-in-corsicana-being-investigated-as-hate-crime/2991523/ |
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BRYAN, Texas — One person was arrested and another was injured following an apartment shooting during a drug exchange in College Station Monday, according to the College Station Police Department.
Police were called to Vintage at College Station apartments at 1101 Southwest Parkway around 1:44 p.m.
While investigating, police learned a person was attempting to buy drugs and a robbery took place, they said. The person started firing their gun at the car they were attempting to buy drugs from, police added.
One person was injured and taken to Joseph Hospital Emergency Room in College Station. Their condition isn't known at this time.
The alleged shooter was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon.
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PORT NECHES, Texas — The mother of a teenage boy who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a junior varsity football game is calling for change in hopes to prevent another family from feeling the pain hers felt.
Noah Jackson suffered a traumatic brain injury during a junior varsity football game in October of 2021. The teen was put in a medically induced coma and has had what doctors described as a "miraculous" recovery.
Noah Jackson and his mom, Kim Jackson, appeared at a Port Neches-Groves Independent School District board meeting in hopes of preventing injuries like Noah Jackson's in the future.
Kim Jackson said she does not like public speaking, but on Monday night, she felt she had no choice. The mother does not want anyone else to experience what her son and her family went through.
“I just want to say hello and thank you for allowing me to speak to you this evening,” Kim Jackson said during the school board meeting.
Kim Jackson spoke directly to the Port Neches-Groves ISD board as she recounted one of the scariest days of her life, when her teenage son was injured during the game.
"At the time Noah could not walk straight, and he was slurring his words badly,” Kim Jackson said. “By the time we got him to the cart and got him up on it, he was out."
Kim Jackson asked district officials to improve training for coaches and trainers and to consider having ambulances at all games regardless of skill level.
"Because our kids do deserve to have medical attention right there at the time because minutes do count," Kim Jackson said. "We found that out the hard way."
According to Kim Jackson, it took an ambulance close to half an hour to arrive.
"And when he did get to us, he saw the extensive injury he had, and he noticed immediately, and called directly to life-flight to have them come meet us at the airport that night,” Kim Jackson said.
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Noah Jackson can no longer play the game he's loved his whole life.
"She doesn't want that to happen to any other people because she doesn't want another parent to feel the pain she did, to see their kid on the cart like that,” Noah Jackson said.
Protocol does not require for an ambulance to be at every game. Kim Jackson hopes the board will consider it.
"I ask that you take my considerations to heart, parent to parent ,and please put our children first,” Kim Jackson said. “That's it thanks for letting me talk to you, thank y'all.”
Noah Jackson is doing well. He can't play football again, but he is working out everyday with plans to compete in powerlifting next fall.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Members of Austin’s Animal Advisory Commission approved a "no confidence" vote for leadership at the Austin Animal Center (AAC), the City-run shelter. The issue now goes to the Austin City Council.
One of the issues the commission touched on was violations of a mandatory three-day hold period for sheltered pets. The purpose of that policy is to give owners time to find lost pets if they're at a shelter.
But Chief Animal Services Officer Don Bland told the commission last week that some animals have been adopted out or sent to other shelters early.
Some commissioners worried that the City could be held liable if any pet owners come to claim those pets.
On Monday night, commissioners said staff at the shelter are talented, but there are problems at the top.
If you find a loose pet, AAC says the best thing you can do is to try to find its owner by walking around the neighborhood and posting on Nextdoor and Facebook. Most pets are found very close to their homes and have a higher chance of being reunited with their families if they stay in the community. More tips can be found here.
If someone finds a sick or injured pet on a Sunday or believes their pet is at the shelter, they can call 311 or 512-974-2000 to be connected to an animal protection officer.
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ROUND ROCK, Texas — Every week recently, city officials and neighbors near Brushy Creek receive an email from resident Martin Milner about the creek or the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant.
"Round Rock has been working hard," Milner said on Monday in a follow-up interview about Brushy Creek's water quality. "They're doing the dead level best to create this improvement as quickly as they could."
For the past year-and-a-half, Milner has done research on the wastewater treatment plant, presented his findings to Round Rock City Council, and kept in regular contact with city officials, county officials and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. While he is thankful the waterway has visibly improved, he says there is still work to be done.
"I got one thing on the list left and that's let's validate the measurements and then going forward somehow assure us that they're valid – valid measurements and a commitment to operate as one of the better plants in Texas, not just meet the minimum requirements," Milner said.
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Milner added Round Rock's regional plant mostly meets the TCEQ requirements for contaminants in the water. The City notified the public in March when the facility went above permitted levels for E. coli and volume of water.
"They correctly state they have been below limits. So what scares all of us so much is, how could that pollution occur? And yet they're below limits according to the measured data. That's what really bothers me the most, because that's what protects us going forward," Milner added.
Over the past few weeks, the water of Brushy Creek has gone from murky with a visible amount of floating solids to nearly totally clear. Milner said that's significant, positive change, but he wants to see the City make strides in transparency and testing too.
Round Rock first reported problems at the regional wastewater treatment facility March after discovering a dozen leaks in pipes across the system that lead to the treatment plant. Most of those leaks have since been fixed while upgrades continue to take place at the facility.
Before the leaks, the Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant could handle approximately 21 million gallons per day. Earlier this spring, the City brought the Brushy Creek West Wastewater Treatment plant back online to handle an additional 3 million gallons per day. Since then, the City has also brought another 5 million gallons per day because of the upgrade and expansion efforts at the regional facility.
Round Rock also keeps the public updated regarding the issues and fixes at the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant online.
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BLOOMINGTON — Bloomington City Council members unanimously approved spending $150,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money to help fund a mobile health clinic dedicated to underserved areas of McLean County.
The mobile health unit will be similar to a “doc-in-a-box” on wheels that can be able to offer almost every health service outside of dental health, which is something being looked into for future endeavors said Jeff Tinervin, director of Tinervin Family Foundation, a nonprofit foundation focused on improving the quality of life for underserved families, programs and other opportunities.
“The fact you can do blood screenings, complete chemistry scans, CBC (complete blood count) differentials all on the spot … there’s nothing more important than preventative care and I think this mobile unit will provide that,” said Ward 2 Alderwoman Donna Boelen.
The McLean County Mobile Health Clinic is a project in partnership with Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Tinervin Family Foundation, United Way of McLean County and Laborers International Union of North America.
The vehicle is expected to cost about $750,000, Tinervin said. The unit, which will be about the size of a recreational vehicle or tour bus, has been ordered and is expected to be constructed and operating within the next 12 months.
ARPA money will be contributed to the Carle Health Center for Philanthropy as a restricted gift for partial funding of the mobile health clinic, which will address the lack of health services across the county and ensure health services are provided to areas with limited or no access.
The city received approximately $13.4 million in ARPA funds to be used for various purposes, including but not limited to addressing systemic public health and economic challenges and funding government services hit by revenue losses.
David Taylor, president and CEO of United Way of McLean County, said various community needs assessments have identified access to services as one of the key gaps in the Bloomington community and county as a whole, dating back to the late 1990s and early 2000s.
The opportunity to create a mobile health unit came about through conversations he and others have had with Carle Health about bringing behavioral health services to rural school districts, and they proposed the idea of creating a county specific unit, Taylor said.
“Imagine being able to go to Danvers or Colfax or Bellflower and be able to bring Carle clinicians, their nurse practitioners, doctors and others out there,” Taylor said, describing the unit as a way to address "deserts for services like medical care."
Tinervin said his foundation, the Laborers and United Way each have pledged $100,000 toward beginning construction of the mobile health unit. They also are recruiting people in the community to help donate the remaining funds needed.
“We think this is the beginning of this partnership (and) we’re going to be announcing some pretty exciting things and other ways we’re going to bring health care to the west side,” Tinervin said.
Restrictions on the funding say the unit will operate only in McLean County and the partnership of donors will work with Carle Health Community’s Health Initiative’s team to determine where and when the unit operates.
The clinic will include primary family care and integrated services, wellness care and checkups, nonurgent walk-in care, school physicals and vaccinations, chronic condition screenings and education, and basic lab testing.
It also will be wheelchair accessible and include two exam rooms, which is similar to the existing mobile health unit that is shared by Champaign, Vermillion and McLean counties but has limited availability locally due to its high usage in other counties.
Ward 4 Alderwoman Julie Emig said she enjoyed touring the unit along with other councilmembers and was impressed by the amount of clinicians and equipment available on hand, but she asked how many residents the unit serves, just for the sake of understanding the scope of it.
Tinervin said the current mobile health clinic provides care to around 2,000 people each year and sees almost 20 to 30 patients each day. Students also need school checkups and vaccinations across across Bloomington District 87 and McLean County Unit 5 schools.
They have also seen this type of service succeed at Wood Hill Towers, 104 E. Wood St., Bloomington.
They have had the current unit operating in Bloomington for about 15 months, which has given them a better understanding of where and when to schedule the service locally, Taylor said.
“This is one of those projects that could have been envisioned and really was envisioned with the American Rescue Plan Act in mind,” said Ward 1 Alderman Grant Walsch.
“I’m gonna call it the ice cream truck going down the street," hed added. "I mean we know we had issues getting vaccines, getting needles in arms with COVID, and I could see something like this, being able to drive down the street playing ice cream truck music saying come out for jab.”
All costs of operations, staffing and medical supplies will be covered by Carle-BroMenn, and the unit will be under the direction of Carle medical professionals.
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In other news, Bloomington police Officers William Shelton and Ronald Fryman were presented their commission certificates upon the completion of their 18-month probationary and training period, which consists of 14 weeks at the Illinois Police Training Academy and 18 weeks of field training with the Blooming Police Department.
Shelton, who is originally from Normal, served with the Army National Guard and Fryman, who is originally from Clinton, served with the U.S. Marine Corps. Both were hired onto the force on Sept., 9, 2020.
There also were 11 appointments and reappointments made to city boards and commissions that include:
Jay Groves reappointed to the Airport Authority Board
Daniel Freburg reappointed to the Citizens’ Beautification Committee
Greg Koos reappointed to the Historic Preservation Commission
Catharine Crockett reappointed to the John M. Scott Health Care Commission
Elaine Hardy reappointed to the John M. Scott Health Care Commission
Jacqueline Beyers appointed to the Planning Commission
Betty Middleton reappointed to the Housing Authority Board
Scott Rathbun reappointed to the Police Pension Board
Arron Pirtle appointed to the Technology Commission
Gary Neumayer reappointed to the Technology Commission
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WACO, Texas — Jillian Ohriner has bounced around to different cities, and says she was always particularly worried about moving to Waco.
Being bisexual and Jewish, she wasn't sure if she would be accepted in Central Texas for living her truth. Her experience in her three years thus far, has been one of love rather than hate, she said.
"Of all the cities I've lived in, Waco has been one of the loudest and proudest, most supportive places," Ohriner, founder of We Grow the Co, said. "Which really surprised me because I was really worried when I moved here."
Ohriner says she is outspoken for the LGBTQ+ community for a number of reasons. Over the weekend, she was given another.
A group of 30 white nationalists were arrested in Idaho for planning to disrupt a Pride event. Ohriner says these scare tactics are meant to send a message to stay in hiding.
"Definitely an intimidation tactic. It's to remind people to stay in their place to stay in the closet to stay you know, quiet, whatever it is," Ohriner said. "And that's historically how it's always been."
Before that, just a few days prior, Ohriner took to Instagram on her company's page to voice their support for LGBTQ+ businesses in the area, "as a company, we kind of take the stance of being very loud and proud about all of our values, being LGBTQ friendly, embracing diversity."
That support was met with hate comments from a group on Instagram called Waco Conservatives. The group claims Waco rejects gays and Pride month is a sin.
Ohriner said that won't deter her or her colleagues from voicing their support. If anything, their support will only get louder, she said.
"I don't mind pissing people off of my existence, because like, there's some people that don't want to see a bisexual Jewish woman who is loud and proud about the things that she believes in," she said.
Because for her, spreading love, is much more important than giving in to hate.
"I saw a really great quote that said be the type of adult that you needed as a kid. And that's something that I take really seriously like, I, you know, try really hard to be loving and accepting and embrace diversity and embrace different lifestyles," she said. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/waco-business-owner-showing-love-others-spread-hate-during-pride-month/500-d57b7421-6069-41b8-a39b-293578cc8602 | 2022-06-14T04:29:46 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/waco-business-owner-showing-love-others-spread-hate-during-pride-month/500-d57b7421-6069-41b8-a39b-293578cc8602 |
The Pipeline Fire was reported about 6 miles north of Flagstaff at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday morning and rapidly grew to consume thousands of acres near Schultz Pass and the San Francisco Peaks Wilderness.
Almost as rapidly, law enforcement apprehended and arraigned a suspect, 57-year-old Matthew Riser, on charges of igniting the wildfire.
High winds continued to drive the fire throughout Monday as thousands of households east of Flagstaff were evacuated and firefighters battled the growing blaze with no end in sight. The Pipeline Fire is currently the No. 1 fire resource priority in the nation, according to officials.
Measurements of the Pipeline Fire’s acreage on Monday were “almost worthless” as the fire continues to grow steadily, said Aaron Graeser, Type 3 Incident Commander for the Pipeline Fire. Estimates suggest that the blaze is over 5,000 acres in size and continues to grow to the north and east, following a similar trajectory as the Tunnel Fire that impacted the area less than two months ago. In this previously burned area there is less fuel for the Pipeline Fire to consume, but in some “unexpected” areas the fire encountered fresh fuel beds.
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“That is a fairly isolated incident,” Graeser said. “For the most part, it's not going to carry the same intensity through the Tunnel Fire scar as it did when it originally burned.”
Coconino National Forest public information officer Brady Smith said the burn scar has “plenty of fresh fuel” for the Pipeline Fire, including downed pine needles that have collected over the last two months. Due to the Tunnel Fire’s spotty wind-driven pattern, the scar is not likely to hinder the Pipeline Fire’s progress.
Many of the same neighborhoods that evacuated from the Tunnel Fire have been place under similar evacuation orders for the Pipeline Fire. As of Monday evening, Brett Axton of the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that 2,195 households have been evacuated and 1,584 households have been put on “Set” status to evacuate at a moment’s notice.
“We understand the incredible difficulties evacuation causes to the lives of those in our communities,” Axton said. “Especially after going through the Tunnel Fire less than two months ago.”
Evacuations were “so orderly I couldn’t believe it,” said Congressman Tom O’Halleran, who came on scene Sunday to support the first responders.
“I felt proud to know that we had such dedicated service that were helping people in this area,” O’Halleran said. “And we have some of the top incident teams in the world to fight these fires.”
Currently there are about 600 firefighters on scene and a higher-complexity incoming Type 2 Team from California. As the battle raged Monday, evacuations remained a priority as lives are the “No. 1 value at risk,” Graeser said. There have been no fatalities so far. On Sunday night, firefighters conducted a “very successful” burnout west of the Timberline neighborhood in order to slow fire progress into that area.
“That’s helped a little,” Smith said, but wind gusts recorded as high as 51 miles per hour on Monday continue to move the blaze at a rapid pace.
Between both fires, resources on the scene have so far included 21 engines, three water tenders, three Hotshot crews, one hand crew, four dozers as well as various aerial and overhead resources.
So far, there has been one confirmed structure loss. The fire continues to spread toward highly valued areas, such as the San Francisco Peaks Inner Basin.
“That is the No. 1 watershed for the City of Flagstaff for our community here,” Graeser said. “That is very much threatened right now.”
Significant burn damage in the Inner Basin could impact Flagstaff water quality and produce flooding similar to that after the Schultz Fire and Museum Fire. It is too soon to accurately predict flood risk, said Coconino County Supervisor Patrice Horstman. When it comes to flood mitigation efforts designed to prepare the community for the 2022 monsoon season, “the work is ongoing,” she said.
Firefighters are prepared to take “high risk for high benefit,” when it comes to protecting the Inner Basin, Graeser said. They are also keeping an eye on the substantial cultural resources that are threatened to the northeast.
“We know how important that is to our tribal members that live in this community and to our tribal cooperators,” Graeser said. According to Horstman, the Navajo Nation has offered support in firefighting efforts.
Firefighters can use all the help they can get. The Pipeline Fire is accompanied by the lightning-ignited Haywire Fire, which is burning approximately 1,600 acres about 8 miles northeast of Doney Park. Though substantial in size, the Haywire is affecting an area with less population density. According to officials, 281 households have been evacuated and 57 are in “Set.”
The Haywire and Double Fires are both suspected to be caused by lightning from an earlier storm. They eventually combined on Monday, becoming known simply as the Haywire Fire, which was also at 0% containment Monday afternoon.
Going into the week, structure protection in the previously impacted Timberline neighborhood and timely evacuations will remain a priority. The fire’s progress will remain largely determined by wind, said James Petit, Fire Staff Officer for the Coconino National Forest.
“Wind trumps everything,” Petit said, “wind is very difficult to predict.”
Dry weather is forecast to continue until Friday, which has a 40% chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Winds are expected to be slightly lighter for the rest of the week. Meteorologists have reported that smoke from the fire can be seen across most of Colorado.
Closures for the fire include parts of U.S. 89 and most of the Coconino National Forest north of Interstate 40.
FEMA has authorized the use of federal funds to assist the state of Arizona in combating the Pipeline Fire.
More about the fires and response can be found at coconino.az.gov/2926/Pipeline-FireHaywire-Fire. The call center is at 928-679-8525. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/thousands-evacuated-one-arrested-as-high-winds-drive-pipeline-fire-to-worst-in-nation/article_883a3772-eb87-11ec-b6a0-dbb2fb854174.html | 2022-06-14T04:34:07 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/thousands-evacuated-one-arrested-as-high-winds-drive-pipeline-fire-to-worst-in-nation/article_883a3772-eb87-11ec-b6a0-dbb2fb854174.html |
BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. — A fire in Butte County temporarily spurred calls for some people to leave their homes in the Cherokee area.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office issued an evacuation order for people living on Condor Road in Zone 531, but hat order was later downgraded to an evacuation warning. The warning was then lifted entirely Monday night.
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According to Cal Fire, the 2021 fire season started earlier than previous years, but also ended earlier, as well. January 2021 saw just under 1,200 acres burned from nearly 300 wildfires. Fires picked up in the summer when the Dixie Fire burned in five Northern California counties — Butte, Plumas, Shasta, Lassen and Tehama. The Dixie Fire started on July 13 and wasn't contained until Oct. 25, burning nearly 1 million acres. It has since become the second-largest wildfire in state history and the largest non-complex fire.
Overall, 2.5 million acres were burned in 2021 from 8,835 wildfires. Over 3,600 structures were destroyed and 3 people killed.
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TAZEWELL, Va. (WVNS) — One local animal shelter in Virginia needs help as it reaches “Code Red.”
The Tazewell County Animal Shelter is on the verge of euthanizing animals to make space for new intakes.
The director of the shelter, Jenny Dawson, said she’s thankful they haven’t had to go that route yet.
She said she needs assistance from the community
“We’re looking for good adopters to come and meet our animals and hopefully provide them a loving home,” Dawson said.
And if being in a Code Red situation isn’t enough, on Monday morning, someone dropped off 17 cats who were forced into four crates.
Since the cat kennels are full, they simply don’t have the room for them and must keep them separate to avoid infecting the vaccinated, healthy cats.
Cloie McGhee, a worker at the shelter and a student who wants to become a veterinarian, said it scares her to see what she might deal with in the workforce.
“It really angers me to see people just be so heartless, we just went Code Red, we were just full and for someone to make this harder on us sucks,” McGhee said.
Both McGhee and Dawson stress the importance of fixing your animal to ensure shelters and the community are not filled with strays.
“Anyone who is a responsible pet owner is going to encourage spay and neuter. There are medical benefits to it but most importantly we are in an area that is highly overpopulated with animals and the reason for that is the lack of spay and neuter,” Dawson said. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tazewell-county-animal-shelter-faces-a-code-red-situation/ | 2022-06-14T04:36:34 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/tazewell-county-animal-shelter-faces-a-code-red-situation/ |
DALLAS — Six weeks after a 2-year-old boy was attacked, Dallas Animal Services released a draft of a coyote management plan.
It is a move fueled by the community wondering why the city of Dallas never had a plan in place. The first public meeting was met with passionate discourse about the lack of communication and plan to deal with the attack.
More than two dozen residents showed up to the Lake Highlands North Community Center on Monday to get the first glimpse of the coyote management plan draft.
One of the first things implemented was a coyote hotline to address concerns. WFAA has learned that since early May the hotline received 275 calls within the city and 40 calls outside the city.
But Dallas Animal Services has plans for an interactive online map to track sightings. The department is working with an external city vendor to develop it.
The hope is that it would help residents and stakeholders "visualize trends within the city."
Dallas hopes to take it a step further and utilize technology and the animal services' database to coordinate 311 calls that can relay service requests.
Also in the plans is an anti-feeding ordinance to stop people from intentionally feeding coyotes.
"Neighbors are usually extremely hesitant to call out neighbors when there is a feeding issue," said one neighbor.
The department still needs to run this component of the plan by the city attorney, but fines are being discussed.
"We're really looking for compliance. We're not looking to prosecute anybody's grandmother," said Dallas Animal Services director MeLissa Webber.
Animal services is also looking to adopt a behavior and response strategy. The hope is to establish a process for when a resident reports a sighting, a pet attack or a human attack.
Each level will come with a different response -- like education, called meetings or even lethal control.
"They just don't have the support and manpower to handle I think this issue and let alone stray dogs," said a neighbor who is calling on the Dallas City Council to help the department with funding for the plan.
The coyote management plan was received relatively well at the meeting. Webber tells WFAA that it should be fully implemented "soon."
According to a presenter who spoke at the meeting, that could be in the next several months. Currently there is no online version of the draft plan.
If you'd like to report typical or concerning coyote behavior, you are encouraged to call the coyote hotline at 469-676-9813. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-animal-services-unveils-coyote-management-plan/287-f58ad997-7e42-42d5-a48a-1b9847208869 | 2022-06-14T04:40:52 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-animal-services-unveils-coyote-management-plan/287-f58ad997-7e42-42d5-a48a-1b9847208869 |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Across the nation, people's wallets are hurting.
The stock market was down again on Monday. The cost of gas, food and other necessities keep climbing.
During the month of May, the nation's inflation rate hit a record-high when the consumer price index reached 8.6%. It’s the nation's highest inflation rate in 40 years.
In North Texas, it’s half a percentage higher.
Inflation’s impact is trickling down to the Tarrant Area Food Bank (TAFB) in Fort Worth.
On Monday, there were rows of empty shelves at the donation warehouse. Six months ago, shelves were filled from top to bottom.
TAFB CEO Julie Butner told WFAA in her 10 years working with the food bank, she has never seen it so empty.
“It’s very concerning,” Butner said.
Supply chain issues and inflation have led to the shortage in food donations. The food bank relies heavily on donated food from grocers and retailers, and those donations are down 22%.
“Many of the grocery stores are hanging onto food longer before they donate it to us,” Butner said. “Typically have 3 million pounds of food that we have in here, this is less than a million.
Typically, the food bank’s warehouse is stocked with 3 million pounds of donated food to distribute to families. Now, it has less than a third of that amount, with less than one million pounds of food.
TAFB isn’t just struggling against a decline in donated food. Federal funding from the COVID-19 relief fund has expired. Butner said for the first time the food bank has begun tapping into its own funding to buy food -- money that wasn’t factored into the annual budget.
The rise in gas prices has also put a strain on the food bank. Fuel costs for running 14 food distribution trucks have doubled, according to Butner.
Less people are walking through the food bank’s doors to volunteer, and Butner thinks gas prices are part of the reason.
The challenges come as TAFB sees an increase of people in need of food assistance.
“We’re seeing the same number of people that we saw at the height of the pandemic looking for resources and support,” Butner said. “Instead of job loss, people are now faced with just really trying to make the monthly budget stretch.”
TAFB's highest month of demand was at the height of the pandemic, when the food bank distributed 6.6 pounds of food. Food insecurity is reaching that level again.
The food bank is on track to distribute 6.2 million pounds of food in the month of June.
Butner said the food bank could use the community’s help in order to continue serving the community. She encourages those who are able to provide monetary donations or volunteer their time to visit the food bank’s website.
While the food bank is struggling, it continues to step up for the community.
This week, it has planned four food distribution events. Among them is a mobile market event to combat summer hunger, called "Distribution Dinner for Dads." The event will take place Wednesday, June 15, at Clark Stadium from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
"We’re doing the best we can to try to keep up with the demand," Butner said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-area-food-bank-facing-emergency-food-crisis/287-e0977dfa-a2b6-4403-b090-054ba96da76e | 2022-06-14T04:40:58 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/tarrant-area-food-bank-facing-emergency-food-crisis/287-e0977dfa-a2b6-4403-b090-054ba96da76e |
The city no longer has a fairness ordinance that extends protections in city code to include gender expression and sexual orientation, following a narrow vote Monday by a City Council divided about how best to proceed on an issue they all said they support.
Bennie Shobe, the only council member not to say publicly how he would vote, ultimately sided with Richard Meginnis, Tom Beckius and James Michael Bowers in voting to rescind the ordinance the council passed on a 5-0 vote in February.
Sändra Washington, who introduced the ordinance, Jane Raybould and Tammy Ward all voted against rescinding it.
Meginnis made the motion to reconsider nearly four months after opponents launched a successful referendum, which means the council either had to put the ordinance to a vote or rescind it. He said now isn’t the right time to take it to a vote because it’s become too divisive.
Shobe, who is Black, said he believes it is wrong to allow one group to vote on the civil rights of another – putting him in the position of making a horrible choice.
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He talked about growing up in Kentucky, where his parents went to segregated schools and lived as second-class citizens until the Supreme Court and the Civil Rights Act guaranteed their rights under the law.
“However, if the civil rights of my parents had been put to a vote of the people I am confident they would have been denied,” he said.
The vote to rescind is a do-over, he said, and he’ll work to educate people about the legal rights the federal government granted to LGBTQ residents.
The vote illustrated the division that’s arisen among supporters.
From early on, some members of the transgender community have said they were concerned they would be targeted by the opposition and that supporters were unprepared to launch a successful campaign to win at the ballot box.
Others, including those who have worked for decades to have such rights made a part of city code, were convinced voters who elected a Democratic mayor and three openly gay council members would uphold the ordinance.
Washington, who is Black and openly gay, spoke to that division Monday, saying as maddening as opponents claims were, it was the opposition from the left that disappointed her.
She talked about the civil rights struggle, and how those Martin Luther King Jr. considered allies tried to convince him to wait.
“The journey toward the promise (of equality) was never guaranteed to be easy or short or convenient,” she said. “To the upcoming generations – to the youth of our city – I want you to know I see you. I have been where you stand now and I promise you it will get better.”
Beckius and Bowers, the other two openly gay council members, both said they voted to rescind because they didn’t feel supporters were prepared to effectively win at the ballot box.
But Beckius noted that although protections are not specifically included in city code after Monday’ vote, those protections exist because of a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that said the definition of sex in the Civil Rights Act includes sexual orientation and gender identity.
Based on that ruling, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird signed an executive order last year saying the Lincoln Commission on Human Rights would investigate and enforce protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Initially, after the ordinance passed, it appeared there was enough support on the council to take it to a vote, but the death by suicide of a transgender advocate brought momentum to a halt.
Bowers also said, moving forward, it is important to put transgender voices at the center of the discussion.
“We will win when we have the ability and resources to counteract the lies and scare tactics from those whose actions intentionally or unintentionally create lifelong harm,” Bowers said. “We will continue to push forward while shielding our community from ongoing attacks on our freedom.”
Raybould appealed to her colleagues to vote against rescinding the ordinance because it negated years of effort by many.
Ward said she rejects the argument that fear of losing means the ordinance shouldn’t proceed to a vote. She noted that Omaha passed a fairness ordinance 10 years ago “with no defeatism getting in their way" and no tragedies have followed there.
“None. Yet here we are.”
The council also voted to rescind a fairness ordinance that’s been on the books since 2012, when a different council passed a more narrow ordinance extending the same protections to gay and transgender residents. That vote passed 5-2, with Tammy Ward joining the majority as a way to clean up the old legislation.
The Nebraska Family Alliance, which led the referendum petition drive, said the City Council did the right thing, and that the ordinance they'd dubbed the "transgender bathroom ordinance" was “needlessly divisive and undermined both fairness and freedom.”
But those who have been working for decades to see such protections made a part of city code said they were devastated by Monday’s vote.
“I just feel despair,” said Kay Siebler. “I hear Sändra (Washington) saying ‘hope’ but how can you hope when the very people that you put into office to advocate for you betray you in this way.”
Council members vowed to keep working to codify such rights.
“I will continue to advocate for the full inclusion of all,” Washington said. “Our work is not yet done and I have not lost hope.”
Reach the writer at 402-473-7226 or mreist@journalstar.com.
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SEATTLE — Some graduating students at Seattle Pacific University's (SPU) commencement ceremony chose to hand the school's president pride flags instead of shaking his hand on Sunday.
The demonstration was in response to a policy that SPU's Board of Trustees recently voted to uphold that prevents the school from employing LGBTQ+ staff members. The school's employee conduct expectations require employees to refrain from same-sex sexual activity, extramarital sex and cohabitating before marriage.
Students at SPU have been protesting the board's decision for weeks, including a sit-in outside the university president's office that has been ongoing since May 24. Some graduating seniors decided they wanted to make one last statement about the policy as they walked across the stage.
"A lot of us expressed that we didn't really want to shake the president's hand," said SPU student Chloe Guillot. "So one of the ideas that came up is 'what if we just handed him pride flags instead of extending our hand, and then we took our degrees?'"
Around 50 graduating students were given pride flags to walk across the stage, and around 45 of them handed the president the flag instead of shaking his hand. Guillot said the demonstration represents the graduating class' dedication to achieving lasting change at the university.
"We just wanted to have a very visual display at graduation of how our community is still continuing to fight against these policies at SPU," Guillot said. "Just because we're graduating doesn't mean we're going to forget or stop fighting."
Students plan to continue the sit-in in front of the president's office through at least July 1, which is also the deadline organizers gave the board to re-evaluate their decision. After that, Guillot said students will pursue legal action.
"[SPU] did teach us students to stand up for what we believe in and so I think that doing a demonstration at graduation is a great encapsulation of what we've been taught here, and we're putting it into action," Guillot said.
In a statement, SPU Interim President Pete Menjares said: "It was a wonderful day to celebrate with our graduates. Those who took the time to give me a flag showed me how they felt and I respect their view." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-pacific-university-graduation-pride-flag-protest/281-98df970f-6bbf-4f82-83fb-bec950bbdee2 | 2022-06-14T05:10:42 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattle-pacific-university-graduation-pride-flag-protest/281-98df970f-6bbf-4f82-83fb-bec950bbdee2 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — Officials held a ceremonial ribbon cutting this week to mark the official opening of Vancouver Landing, part of the Port of Vancouver USA's 10-acre Terminal 1 project.
"Your hard work and commitment on this project is incredible and I am so proud of our team,” said Julianna Marler, CEO of Port of Vancouver USA.
To build Vancouver Landing, the port transformed an old concrete amphitheater at the west end of the site on the Vancouver Waterfront into a more varied and inviting public space. Along with some open and grassy areas, it’s now a walkway through history. There's information about the site on signs and even etched into the concrete sidewalk.
“Because it's honoring the history, which is very deep; not just our history here but ... the history of the tribes that have lived here for thousands of years,” said Port Commission President Jack Burkman.
Vancouver Landing is just the start of the $500 million Terminal 1 project to redevelop the waterfront. The site will include a market and other amenities for tourists and locals alike. What's to come has been compared to Pike’s Place on Seattle’s waterfront.
“And this kind of park setting, it will be a great place to come and grab some food and enjoy the outside again right down on the river,” said Port Commissioner Eric LaBrant.
He added, “It means yet more access to the waterfront, which people really want, and economic development, which means more jobs. And people want jobs too." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/vancouver-landing-terminal-1-completed/283-2c40534e-d4b1-46d3-a8a7-443216892ec6 | 2022-06-14T05:10:48 | 1 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/vancouver-landing-terminal-1-completed/283-2c40534e-d4b1-46d3-a8a7-443216892ec6 |
INDIANAPOLIS — When community organizer Chris Gonzalez wasn’t leading a handful of people down Massachusetts Avenue during the city’s first Pride march, or lobbying against hate crime at the statehouse, he worked as a volunteer counselor at the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard in Indianapolis.
Without the benefit of internet in the late eighties, queer teens throughout Indiana began using the switchboard as a lifeline to resources and support.
The many calls Gonzalez took volunteering at that hotline had a chilling effect on him. Some were as young as fourteen, calling in for advice on how to navigate their sexuality in the face of brutal ostracization from family or friends. Many struggled with the isolation that accompanied growing up queer.
Although the hotline was initially created to service LGBTQ+ youth in Indiana, kids started calling from across the country.
“People were calling in from all kinds of other states, including California, New York, et cetera, here to Indiana to get help get support, get advice from peer counselors that were also teens that were trained to do that,” said Raan DeStefano, who attended Indiana Youth Group activities in the early 1990s and is now the organization's senior director of Human Resources and Operations.
Recognizing the need for a community organization built specifically to supporting LGBTQ+ youth in the community, Gonzalez, his life partner Jeff Werner, and a handful of other Hoosiers from across Indianapolis came together to launch the Indiana Youth Group.
They envisioned a space where queer youth from across Indiana could convene in-person to build community and share resources. 35 years later, Indiana Youth Group remains one of the longest-running organizations that services queer youth in the country.
“Back then the needs were educational, mostly, and also due to the AIDS epidemic, you know, safe sex information, and just very educational. But, also social. Because, back then, it was really hard to meet someone else who was gay, or lesbian, or bisexual, or anything,” said DeStefano.
DeStefano remembers the impact the organization had on him as a young person in his mid-20s, when he attended a skating party organized by IYG.
“When I went, I had only met one other gay person and spent some time with them as a friend. And, when I went to IYG, I suddenly was in a room — or in this case, a rink — with at least 40 people,” said DeStefano.
Through the years, Indiana Youth Group said they adjusted their services based on what the actual needs of queer kids were in the community.
By 1991 they had launched the Street Outreach program to combat the problem of homelessness among kids in the community. They also chaperoned 50 youth to the 1993 March On Washington. In the early aughts, the organization increased the age of who they serviced, creating a specialized program for queer youth aged 19-24 in the city.
In October 2020, the organization had expanded services for people who are unhomed or experiencing temporary homelessness. Project Prism, an organization that services LGBTQ+ youth, is now the city’s latest provider of housing for young people in the city.
IYG said they are continuing to advance the livelihood of queer kids through four main areas. Their basic needs vertical helps connect LGBTQ+ youth with hot meals, showers or even a place to do laundry.
The organization's programming vertical organizes specialized classes or social support groups throughout Indianapolis.
Case management helps connect LGBTQ+ youth to a specific mentor who can help them navigate their specific needs. A new program launched at the start of this month focuses on improving mental health.
"It definitely has evolved over the years. At some point, we are hoping to expand to other areas of the state. So, that would be another way that we can help in the future," said DeStefano.
Chris Gonzalez died in 1995 from AIDS complications, and never lived to see the impact his organization would have on queer kids in the community. A portrait of his likeness still remains on walls that have now become refuge for thousands of kids in Indiana.
“Chris was a born leader, a true leader," said DeStefano. "I think if Chris had lived, he would have still been a leader. He was truly someone who built for the future of the LGBTQ community here in Indianapolis and the greater Indianapolis area." | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/lgbtq-youth-group-celebrates-35-years-of-service-in-indianapolis/531-188c7465-f386-40eb-a350-9a404b798d1f | 2022-06-14T05:13:10 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/lgbtq/lgbtq-youth-group-celebrates-35-years-of-service-in-indianapolis/531-188c7465-f386-40eb-a350-9a404b798d1f |
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MOUNTAIN PINE, Ark. — Just a few days after his 30th birthday, Ben Anderson drowned in Lake Ouachita after tubing without a life jacket.
This accident has now left Arkansans to mourn the loss of the University of Pine Bluff star football alumni, mentor, and friend.
Cameo Stokes, the Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Communications in Athletics at UAPB athletics, worked with Anderson during his time on the gridiron.
He spoke wonders of Anderson. And said, "We knew from day one, when he came in, we knew that he was gonna be something special."
Stokes then recalled the quarterback's HBCU championship winning play in 2012, and explained that it "came down to the last crunch of the game. [Anderson] took a 90 plus yard touchdown to Willie Young for a touchdown. And that changed everything."
But Stokes explained that Anderson's time in Pine Bluff was about way more than just "x's and o's" on the football field.
"He will always be remembered as the guy that was vocal, big smile on his face, who tried to help others," Stokes said.
After Anderson's own professional career ended, he went on to train athletes who were just getting started in their own.
That includes players like Jeremiah Lowery, a Central High School football player.
"When I started working out with Ben, it felt like I had unlocked something in myself that I had never seen before or never felt before... and now I'm just I'm a whole different athlete, because of Ben," Lowery said.
Lowery mentioned that Anderson taught him about so much more than how to play the game.
"He was a really big mentor, for me, closest thing to a father figure I had in my life, which is really why I have that like, real deep, like hole in my heart right now because he's gone," Lowery said.
Lowery made it clear that Anderson has left a lasting impact on all those he met.
He said, "I'm going to keep the drive that he gave me, the passion that he gave me for football."
UAPB has big plans for their homecoming ceremony this year.
They plan to honor not only the 10 year anniversary of the 2012 championship team, but they also want to honor their star quarterback, Ben Anderson. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/former-uapb-football-star-lake-ouachita-drowning/91-6828da38-c79b-4b8a-a218-a7134dd16b4a | 2022-06-14T05:19:57 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/former-uapb-football-star-lake-ouachita-drowning/91-6828da38-c79b-4b8a-a218-a7134dd16b4a |
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