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CROWN POINT — Taste of Crown Point will return next month.
According to a city news release, the annual event will take place at Bulldog Park, 183 S. West St., on July 15 from 5 to 11 p.m. and July 16 from noon to 11 p.m.
Taste of Crown Point will showcase a wide array of local restaurants and will include live music, a beer garden, a splash pad and face painting.
There will be free concerts both nights. On Friday, July 15, Kasim and Josh will take the stage from 5 to 6 p.m. They will be followed by Mr. Funnyman, who will perform from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., and Echoes of Pompeii, who will perform from 8-10:30 p.m. On Saturday, July 16, Zodiac will play from 4:3 to -6 p.m., Nawty will play from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. and the Women of Motown will close out the night, performing from 8:30 to 10:45 p.m.
Featured vendors will include Annie’s Kettle Creations, Carriage Court Pizza, Crown Creamery, Crown Point FOP No. 176, Culver’s of Crown Point, Gelsosomo’s Pizzeria, Jax’s Crown Town Grill, La Quesadilla Mexican Grill, Main Squeeze, One13 North, Provecho, Ricochet Tacos, Skin Colour Events, Square Roots and True BBQ & Whiskey.
There is limited space for additional vendors. Interested businesses can contact Crown Point Entertainment Superintendent Diana Bosse at dbosse@crownpoint.in.gov.
There is no entry fee to attend the event, and food and drink will be available for purchase.
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Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran and clerk treasurer Dave Benson embrace at the Crown Point State of the City address.
Mayor David Uran is joined by his family, from left, son Ben, daughters Julie and Hailey, wife Katie, and daughter Nicole as they watch a video at the mayor's final State of the City address.
Mayor David Uran is joined by his family, from left, son Ben, daughters Julie and Hailey, wife Katie, and daughter Nicole as they watch a video at the mayor's final State of the City address.
Mayor David Uran and clerk treasurer Dave Benson embrace at the Crown Point State of the City address.
John J. Watkins The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran delivers his final State of the City address Tuesday at the Franciscan Health Pavilion at Bulldog Park.
John J. Watkins The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran is joined by his family, from left, son Ben, daughters Julie and Hailey, wife Katie, and daughter Nicole as they watch a video at the mayor's final State of the City address.
John J. Watkins The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran delivers his final State of the City address Tuesday at the Franciscan Health Pavilion at Bulldog Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran is joined by his family, from left, son Ben, daughters Julie and Hailey, wife Katie, and daughter Nicole as they watch a video at the mayor's final State of the City address.
John J. Watkins The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran delivers his final State of the City address Tuesday at the Franciscan Health Pavilion at Bulldog Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran delivers his final State of the City address Tuesday at the Franciscan Health Pavilion at Bulldog Park.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran delivers his final State of the City address Tuesday at the Franciscan Health Pavilion at Bulldog Park.
John J. Watkins The Times
Crown Point State of the City address
Mayor David Uran delivers his final State of the City address Tuesday at the Franciscan Health Pavilion at Bulldog Park.
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/taste-of-crown-point-returns/article_1aa0353e-dbff-5687-a65a-7c89049aa697.html | 2022-06-14T17:37:45 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/taste-of-crown-point-returns/article_1aa0353e-dbff-5687-a65a-7c89049aa697.html |
CROWN POINT — When Mark Baumgardner Jr. and Ryan Cusack were sworn in as full-time firefighters by then-Mayor David Uran in 2008, the Crown Point Fire Rescue responded to about 2,500 calls a year. As the two longtime coworkers begin to lead the station, that number has more than doubled.
As Crown Point's population and the size of the department continues to grow, Baumgardner and Cusack are tasked with navigating an industry that has changed drastically over the past decade.
Though both agree the department's service and response time continues to be seamless, Crown Point is not immune to the national trend of serious employee shortages, supply chain woes and the mental toll of being a first responder.
The city has also faced a lot of changes in recent months. Baumgardner was appointed acting chief after Chief Dave Crane died April 1, then he was officially made chief by Uran. On June 1, Cusack was named assistant fire chief, and then the next day, Uran completed his last day in office after being selected as the next president and CEO of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority.
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Former Crown Point Police Chief Pete Land was caucused to replace Uran and quickly appointed Baumgardner chief.
“I got two certificate of appointments all within a couple weeks of each other from two different mayors,” Baumgardner said, pointing to a box containing both framed certificates.
Despite the rapid change, deep-rooted connections with city staff have eased the many transitions.
Baumgardner "quite literally grew up in a firehouse." His father, Mark Baumgardner Sr., was a paramedic and firefighter with the city for 34 years, serving as fire chief from 2006 to 2007.
“He would bring me to the station, point at the couch, turn on cartoons or something, tell me to sit there and not move until he comes back," Baumgardner recalled. “It’s pretty wild to sit back and remember being a little kid running around here with some of the other firemen that are now officers who were also little kids, and we would play tag on the fire trucks, and now here we are in charge of the place.”
Both Baumgardner and Cusack also worked closely with Land during his 34 years in the police department — a relationship that Baumgardner said will help the fire department overcome potential barriers.
A growing department
Built in 1989, the Crown Point firehouse was designed to accommodate four-person shifts. The department now has 39 firefighters and shifts consist of 13 people — Crown Point still only has one station.
With the city's rising population, the department would ideally hire about 15 more staff, but the current station "physically cannot hold any more people," Baumgardner said.
Though the department has made some creative changes — renovating the kitchen and turning a garage into a gym — the station is still "bursting at the seams," Baumgardner said.
Rumors of a second fire station have swirled for decades, but Baumgardner said plans for a new station will likely be finalized "in the very near future."
"When other people hear that we are running over 5,000 calls out of one station, that usually raises an eyebrow,” Cusack said.
With the new station, Baumgardner would like to increase shift sizes to 15. However, while the department looks to grow, supply chain issues and inflation may make budgeting for the growth more difficult.
Delays with ordering equipment began during the pandemic and "have not gotten better," Baumgardner said. A fire engine that would usually take one year to arrive now takes 21 to 24 months. That means the department has to plan orders out far in advance, making budgeting difficult as costs skyrocket.
The department recently ordered a new engine, and in the year it took to finalize designs, the cost increased 18%.
Rising gas prices are also an issue as the department uses historical spending to budget fuel costs.
“No matter what the fuel prices are, we still have to go on calls,” Baumgardner said. "We are facing the same exact problems with rising gas prices as everyone else, only we are tax-based.”
Employee wellness
Some national trends impacting the firefighting field may actually present opportunities for growth.
For years, police, fire and paramedic shortages have put a strain on smaller departments. As the number of volunteer firefighters drop, departments like Crown Point are looking to candidates with little to no experience.
Baumgardner was one of about 30 other volunteer firefighters when he started with Crown Point in 2002. Now the department has under 12. Both Baumgardner and Cusack began to notice the drop in the 2010s.
“I remember sitting in the fire engine, the duty officer was in the other seat, and we’d be waiting for the volunteers to get in and come on the engine so we could go, and I remember having some awareness that it seemed like it was taking longer and longer, or fewer and fewer people were showing up,” Cusack said.
Nationally, increased training and certification requirements and busier lives have made it harder for people to join fire departments on a volunteer basis, Baumgardner explained. The past two rounds of hiring were the first times Crown Point Fire Rescue accepted applicants with zero experience.
After the department hires someone, "you're looking at two and a half to three years of training, and that’s two and a half to three years that they aren’t going on calls," Baumgardner said. "It is a lot of investment of time and money to get them trained and hopefully they pass everything.”
Though the lack of experience requires more of an investment on the department's end, Cusack said it also "gives us different opportunities to get different people in the door, which is really cool.”
As the department grows over the next few years, Baumgardner and Cusack are putting wellness first.
Mental and physical health have historically taken a back seat in the highly stressful field of first responders. However, when a few of Crown Point's firefighters started to get more involved with physical fitness, the department started a wellness initiative.
Though it has only been in place for a few weeks, exercise is now part of the station's daily routine. Shift members work out together, with some members even leading rehabilitative exercises. Physical fitness can help reduce workplace injuries and improve overall performance Baumgardner explained.
The department is also learning more about nutrition, working with a chef from Square Roots who will show them a few healthy meals they can prepare at the station.
At the same time, Baumgardner and Cusack hope to open up a dialogue around mental health.
"Whether it is depression or something on a call that haunts you, ... we (firefighters) are really good at suppressing that for a really long time and eventually for everyone, it is going to come back up,” Baumgardner said. “The whole idea of the wellness program is we invest maintenance into our equipment, we do maintenance on the building, but now it is time to do maintenance on ourselves.”
While the department has always "done a great job of providing service to the city," Cusack said, he and Baumgardner are focused on maintaining that service while ensuring "our people are taken care of" as the department grows. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/watch-now-crown-point-fire-rescues-new-leadership-prepares-for-continued-growth-while-prioritizing-employee/article_8b43b691-7889-5d2a-ae9d-e4ddf70b1df0.html | 2022-06-14T17:37:51 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/crown-point/watch-now-crown-point-fire-rescues-new-leadership-prepares-for-continued-growth-while-prioritizing-employee/article_8b43b691-7889-5d2a-ae9d-e4ddf70b1df0.html |
GARY — The Gary City Council plans on using American Rescue Plan Act funding to lead cleanups throughout the city.
Last week, the City Council unanimously voted to approve an ordinance that will move $75,000 of ARPA funds to the council's 2022 operating budget. Councilwoman Tai Adkins, D-4th, said the money would go towards council-led cleanups and dumpster days held throughout the summer.
"There are a lot of community projects that we would like to do and need to do, certainly this (funding) will allow us to do that," Council President William Godwin, D-1st, said.
The City Council voted to suspend the rules and consider the ordinance on all three readings during their June 7 meeting.
During the meeting the council also unanimously voted to award the Gary YWCA $1.5 million in ARPA funds.
The money will go towards a long list of needed-improvements, including modernizing the indoor pool, replacing the aging roof, installing new LED lights, repaving the parking lot and renovating both the day care and front desk.
Gary was awarded a total of $80.3 million in ARPA funds. So far the city has appropriated the money for a number of projects, including premium pay, improving the city's broadband, a summer youth employment program and a guaranteed income initiative.
In November work began on a 15,000 square-foot expansion which includes two new dance studios, an outdoor sensory courtyard and a new gymnastics center. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/gary-sets-aside-arpa-money-for-council-led-cleanups/article_b95b91d8-be4b-5984-ae9e-2b94e54fd204.html | 2022-06-14T17:37:57 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/gary/gary-sets-aside-arpa-money-for-council-led-cleanups/article_b95b91d8-be4b-5984-ae9e-2b94e54fd204.html |
Lauren Lanham and Darshan Patel, a member of the foundation, decided to host the event because Molley had been drawn to butterflies since they were kids.
Lauren Lanham recalled how her sister would raise butterflies every summer when they were younger.
"We want to build a space here today and release our butterflies," Lauren said.
Tina Shipe, Molley Lanham's best friend, spoke about how the tragedy uprooted her life. She discussed how the grief sits with her even now.
"I continue to be inspired by the empathy, compassion and individuality I learned from Molley throughout our friendship," Shipe said. She said her healing journey has opened her life to others who have experienced similar traumas.
Stacey Spejewski, Molley Lanham's mother and founder of the foundation, then discussed the foundation's mission to raise awareness about gun violence in the Region. Spejewski collected newspaper clippings over the last month depicting incidents of gun violence in Northwest Indiana and showed how many people were directly harmed in only a short period of time.
"Every day, more than 300 people are directly impacted by gun violence in the United States," Spejewski said. She said that her daughter was killed by someone who should not have had access to a firearm, as he was underage.
She said it saddens her to see how many people are impacted by gun violence just in Indiana.
"Gun violence has lasting and a profound impact on the individuals it unfortunately touches. There is not a day that goes by that I don't relive what has happened and miss Molley with every beat of my heart," Spejewski said.
Beth Byrd, a family friend of the Lanhams, described her own experience with gun violence. When Byrd was a child, her father was killed when he entered his home while burglars were present.
"You never forget, and you always think about your loved ones. I am never going to forget my dad," Byrd said. "There's no playbook, nobody tells you how to get through this."
After the rain subsided, everybody present was able to release butterflies. Lauren Lanham said she ordered 80 from Florida, but they were safe for Indiana and not considered invasive.
The foundation has been active for a year now and plans to host additional events this fall. They will have a golf outing fundraiser Aug. 5 and plan to hold a memorial event sometime between Thanksgiving and the end of 2022.
Lauren Lanham said it was important to the foundation to be involved in the Region, as Northwest Indiana has a higher rate of gun violence than the nation's average.
She said the issue of gun violence continues to grow every day, and it is important to have a space for those who are affected by it. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/region-residents-release-butterflies-to-spread-gun-violence-awareness/article_c3ae5332-8b24-5a16-9d3b-a6e6b107e2ad.html | 2022-06-14T17:38:03 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/hobart/region-residents-release-butterflies-to-spread-gun-violence-awareness/article_c3ae5332-8b24-5a16-9d3b-a6e6b107e2ad.html |
MERRILLVILLE — Personnel is a priority in Merrillville as the Town Council examines ways to fill positions and retain employees.
Town Council President Rick Bella, D-5th, said the Police Department is often affected when an officer retires or leaves for a position elsewhere.
He said it’s common for officers to accrue substantial comp time, vacation hours and overtime throughout their careers, which can result in them “getting paid for, in some cases, months” after they leave Merrillville.
Bella said positions remain empty while officers remain “on the books,” and Merrillville is examining possible funding sources so the town can hire officers earlier “so you don’t have a gap in service.”
This comes as Merrillville is losing two officers. Bella said one officer is taking a position with another area municipality. The other will be working with a federal agency.
“Really, a nice advancement for them, so we’re happy for them, but we sure hate to lose our officers like that,” Bella said.
One way to keep positions filled is to retain employees, Bella said. That’s why the council also is reviewing potential raises for municipal workers in the 2023 budget.
Although the council recently finalized a one-year deal with the Merrillville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 168, Councilman Jeff Minchuk, D-3rd, said work will soon begin on the next contract with the FOP. Those efforts could begin within the next month.
Officers are receiving a $4,000 raise and a $4,000 bonus this year through the one-year agreement. The next contract is likely to be a multi-year deal, and wages will be discussed.
“We certainly want to do a three-year contract,” Bella said.
Providing raises will require prioritizing where money is spent. Bella said Merrillville officials have placed a stronger emphasis on town beautification efforts and community events, but it’s become “a judgment call and a balancing act” to determine how much to spend on those items when there are personnel needs.
“That’s our toughest challenge is where to spend limited funds to provide good service yet still build community and offer beauty to attract developers, as we have, to our town,” Bella said.
He said Merrillville tries to be creative with its finances by using tax increment financing district dollars and other funding methods when possible to reduce the burden on the general fund.
“You can’t just live off the general fund in our budget. It just won’t work, and every city and town struggles with this,” Bella said.
Gallery: Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
Merrillville High School students plant community garden
The Town Council will soon meet with the Code Enforcement Department to discuss instances in which existing ordinances aren’t strong enough and issues that aren’t currently covered in town code.
The Town Council had been contemplating a $5 million bond issue that could have been used for a new public safety facility to serve the south side of town as well as infrastructure work.
The school seeks to educate individuals 18 and older to become a certified nurse assistant (CNA) and eventually a nurse, Merrillville Planning and Building Director Sheila Shine said.
If the ordinance advances, the town would establish a fund for money to be deposited, and HOAs would determine how money would be spent in common areas.
Merrillville Town Council President Rick Bella, D-5th talks with Merrillville Patrolman Sean Leto, president the Merrillville Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 168. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-wants-to-fill-positions-faster-retain-staff/article_67eb7190-0c87-5646-99c1-84cf7120c83b.html | 2022-06-14T17:38:10 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/merrillville/merrillville-wants-to-fill-positions-faster-retain-staff/article_67eb7190-0c87-5646-99c1-84cf7120c83b.html |
PITTSVILLE, Md. — The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office is mourning the loss of one of their own, while Maryland State Police have made an arrest in the case.
A 16-year veteran was shot and killed while attempting to apprehend a suspect on Sunday, the sheriff's office said. Wicomico County Sheriff’s Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard, 42, was trying to arrest a suspect who was wanted on multiple felony warrants in several jurisdictions, police said.
Maryland State Police have since arrested and charged the man wanted in the murder of the deputy. A 20-year-old man, Austin Jacob Allen Davidson, from Delmar, Maryland, is charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and the use of a firearm in the commission of a violent crime, police said.
Deputy Hilliard located Davidson just before 8:30 p.m. in the area of Talbot Street Apartments in the 7400 block of Gumboro Road in Pittsville, Maryland. According to police, Davidson was wanted for four outstanding arrest warrants.
A preliminary investigation by MPD revealed Hillard began to pursue the suspect on foot and Davidson shot Deputy Hilliard with a handgun before escaping the scene.
Medics arrived to the location, and Deputy Hilliard was taken by ambulance to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in Salisbury, Maryland, where he was declared dead.
The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office said in a social media post, "Deputy Glenn Hilliard was a son, a husband and a father to three beautiful children, a brother to those he worked with, and an exemplary public servant to the citizens of Wicomico County and to the State of Maryland."
After an extensive manhunt by dozens of law enforcements including local, state, and federal agencies across the region; finally, after two hours, Davidson surrendered to law enforcement without incident.
The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit is the lead in this investigation with the help from the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office.
The departments and agencies who assisted in the search for the suspect are as follow:
- Maryland State Police
- Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office
- Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
- Dorchester County Sheriff’s Office
- Talbot County Sheriff’s Office
- Caroline County Sheriff’s Office
- Fruitland Police
- Salisbury Police
- Berlin Police
- Princess Anne Police
- Ocean City Police
- Ocean Pines Police
- Pocomoke City Police
- Maryland Natural Resources Police
- Delaware State Police
- ATF
- DEA
- U.S. Marshal’s
He is being held without bond at the Wicomico County Detention Center. According to authorities, there is no further threat by the suspect to the community.
Condolences
Tributes from elected leaders, government agencies, and organizations are pouring in following the death of Deputy Glenn Hilliard.
Governor Larry Hogan
Governor Larry Hogan released a statement expressing his condolences:
Both American flags and Maryland flags flied at half-staff to honor Deputy 1st Class Glenn Hilliard.
Attorney General of Maryland Brian Frosh
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski
Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman
Comptroller Peter Franchot
Chief of Police for the City of Bowie
Senator Chris Van Hollen
Maryland State Police
FBI Baltimore
Anne Arundel County Police Department
Baltimore County Police Department
Maryland Natural Resources Police
ATF Baltimore
Park Police MC
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Hilliard worked in several different departments within the Sheriff's Office. Recently, he was transferred back to patrol upon request, police said.
He would have celebrated his 42nd birthday next Wednesday, June 22nd.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Eligible company- and government-owned vehicles can now use digital license plates, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday.
The department, under state law, is allowed to offer digital plates to commercial fleet as well as government vehicles. Digital plate manufacturer Reviver will serve as the provider for the tech-based plates.
According to Reviver's website, a battery-powered digital plate, called RPlate, allows for personalization and in-app vehicle registration renewal. A hard-wired RPlate offers additional features such as a vehicle locator and tracking for trips and mileage. Both types of RPlates are tamper-proof and resistant to water, heat and freezing temperatures.
The website also states that companies with commercial fleets can manage their digital plates through a software called RFleet.
“Texans rely on commercial vehicles for the safe and efficient movement of goods and services that are crucial to supporting the state’s economy,” TxDMV Executive Director Daniel Avitia said in a press release. “Offering digital license plates to commercial fleets is part of our ongoing commitment to streamline and modernize motor vehicle services.”
Battery-powered RPlates currently sell for $19.95 a month for 48 months or $215.40 for four years on Reviver's website. Hard-wired RPlates sell for $24.95 a month for 48 months or $275.40 for four years.
Texans interested in purchasing a digital plate must have their vehicle registered in the state and pay an annual administrative fee of $95.
"The metal license plate is a 19th-century feature of 21st-century life," Reviver co-founder Neville Boston said on the company's website. "The ability of our platform to deliver greater utility, convenience and innovation to everyone across the ecosystem of vehicle ownership is unprecedented. Over time, the data and patterns generated through our unique platform has the opportunity to help evolve our transportation infrastructure and be an important tool to make travel safer, smarter, and more efficient.”
Digital plates from Reviver are already available in Arizona, Michigan and California.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Everything is bigger in Texas... including the public service announcements.
Music superstar Joe Jonas has partnered with TxDOT for new PSA's on their 'Don't mess with Texas' campaign... and he is finding out that lassoing litter may be his biggest challenge yet.
In the commercials, the former Westlake resident takes an over-the-top approach to keeping our great state free of litter and encourages Texans to do the same.
“Joe understands the pride that we have in our state and in keeping it clean for everyone to enjoy its beauty, now and in the future” said Becky Ozuna, coordinator for the Don’t mess with Texas campaign. “We are thrilled to have Joe join us in bringing attention to our litter-free message through his comedic talent and timing.”
As the newest celebrity to partner with Don’t mess with Texas, the second-born Jonas Brother will appear in TV and radio PSAs that will run on networks and digital platforms across the state beginning in June. TxDOT hopes the campaign resonates with Texans – young and old – and results in litter being properly disposed of in a trash can each and every time.
Jonas joins the likes of other Texas celebrities who have lent their support to the campaign including George Strait, Willie Nelson, Black Pumas, Eva Longoria, Erykah Badu, the Randy Rogers Band, Las Fenix, Grupo Fantasma and Oscar winner and Minister of Culture/M.O.C. Matthew McConaughey.
Don’t mess with Texas has been educating Texans about litter prevention since 1986.
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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:
Carolyn Komatsoulis covers Boise, Meridian and Ada County. Contact her at 208-465-8107 and follow her on Twitter @CKomatsoulis. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-city-council-to-review-interfaith-reconsideration-requests-tuesday/article_7a7a1d13-1e04-53b5-bdb9-16e438d7222b.html | 2022-06-14T17:46:05 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-city-council-to-review-interfaith-reconsideration-requests-tuesday/article_7a7a1d13-1e04-53b5-bdb9-16e438d7222b.html |
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Crews battle fire at building on Woodward in New Center area
Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Detroit — Firefighters are battling a blaze at a building on Woodward in the city's New Center area.
Detroit Fire Department Chief of Community Relations James Harris told WXYZ-TV the three-alarm fire is in a commercial building in the 6000 block of Woodward near Harper.
Firefighters received a call about the fire at about 11 a.m., he said.
Crews have evacuated the building and are working to evacuate people from the nearby buildings, the chief said.
Harris said so far no injuries have been reported.
The fire has also prompted officials for the QLine, the streetcar loop that runs on Woodward from downtown to the New Center and the North End, to shut down the transit system, they said in a tweet. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/14/crews-battle-fire-building-woodward-new-center-area/7622681001/ | 2022-06-14T18:00:50 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/14/crews-battle-fire-building-woodward-new-center-area/7622681001/ |
Man accused of trespassing, carrying gun at Selfridge Air National Guard Base charged
Harrison Township — A 25-year-old Ypsilanti man accused of hopping a fence onto the Selfridge Air National Guard Base and carrying a gun last week has been charged, officials said.
Curtis Cunningham was arraigned in 41-B District Court in Clinton Township on Thursday and charged with carrying a concealed weapon, a felony, carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor, and trespassing, also a misdemeanor.
A magistrate set his bond at $10,000.00 and scheduled his next court appearance for June 21.
If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison for the concealed weapon charge.
Macomb County sheriff's deputies were called at about 6 a.m. on June 8 to the base for a trespassing complaint.
Military security personnel detained a man and turned him over to deputies. They said they found a firearm registered to him, but it was not loaded and had no magazine.
Deputies who spoke to the man determined he was intoxicated but otherwise unhurt. During questioning, he told deputies he had been a passenger in a vehicle and got into an argument with the driver. He got out of the vehicle and started walking, he said.
Unsure of where he was, the man saw the base's lights and hopped the fence to find shelter.
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Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/06/14/man-accused-trespassing-carrying-gun-selfridge-air-national-guard-base-charged/7622913001/ | 2022-06-14T18:00:56 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/06/14/man-accused-trespassing-carrying-gun-selfridge-air-national-guard-base-charged/7622913001/ |
Two 2-year-olds die after being found in Otsego County pond
Two 2-year-old children were found face down and unresponsive in a northern Michigan pond Monday, Michigan State Police said.
Troopers with the state police's Gaylord Post were called at about 4:30 p.m. Monday about two missing children from a home in Hayes Township, according to authorities. Hayes Township is in Otsego County about 11 miles south and west of Gaylord, and about 239 miles northwest of Detroit.
Troopers who spoke to the children's family learned the toddlers had been missing for about 40 minutes.
Troopers began a search and found the children face down in a pond at a residence across the street from the home at about 5 p.m. Both children were unresponsive and troopers began administering life-saving measures.
Medics pronounced one of the children, a boy from Elmira, dead. The other child, a girl from Gaylord, was pronounced dead later.
Investigators said they do not suspect foul play at this time.
Correction: There are two Hayes Townships in Michigan, in Clare County and in Otsego County. The children drowned in a pond in Otsego County. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/two-2-year-olds-dead-drown-found-otsego-county-pond-michigan/7620452001/ | 2022-06-14T18:01:04 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/two-2-year-olds-dead-drown-found-otsego-county-pond-michigan/7620452001/ |
Q: My brother brought his dog over to my house for the weekend, and it got into a tussle with my dog. They both have a few puncture wounds and scratches, but I am unsure if they need medical attention. Should I take them to get checked out?
A: It is common to see more dog fight injuries once the weather is nice as everyone is out and about and getting together for outdoor activities with their dogs.
Although most scuffles can be stopped quickly before significant injury occurs, there are times when the trauma is much more severe.
A dog can inflict the most trauma when they bite down and then shake and pull the other dog, as this causes significant soft tissue damage to the underlying tissues. You might only see mild injuries to the skin where the dog bit down, but under the skin, there can be severe trauma.
It is important to recognize this because it can take a few days to see the damage to the tissue. It might look superficial initially, but the tissue can die and get infected leading to a severe medical issue that will need more aggressive treatment.
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It can also be challenging to evaluate the extent of the injuries if your dog has a lot of fur covering the area. If your dog sustains injuries from tussling with another dog, it is always a good idea to have your veterinarian check out those injuries.
The injured area will be shaved, cleaned, and evaluated closely for punctures and underlying pocketing. For the most part, puncture wounds are left open to allow for drainage from the underlying tissue; however, sometimes, drains need to be placed to address the underlying pocketing.
Even with immediate medical attention, if there is significant soft tissue trauma, it can still take a few days for the extent of the damage to fully develop. Because of the possibility of severe underlying tissue trauma from a dog bite injury, it is essential to have the injuries thoroughly evaluated and addressed as soon as possible.
Q: My cat is getting older. What are some medical issues that I should be watching out for as she ages?
A: Cats are tricky as they are talented at hiding their medical issues until they are very sick, so it is important to monitor them closely as they age.
As your cat ages, its weight is an excellent indicator of underlying health. Any drastic weight loss is a good indicator of a medical issue in a cat.
If you have a fluffy cat, make sure you are petting them regularly to monitor for weight loss since the extra fur makes it more challenging to see its body.
Any significant changes in appetite are also good indicators of potential issues. If your cat suddenly does not want to eat or becomes suddenly picky about its food, it can indicate a problem. If they start to eat more ravenously as if they are constantly hungry, that can also indicate medical issues.
Some of the most common medical issues in older cats are kidney disease, hyperthyroidism (an overactive thyroid), diabetes, dental disease, and intestinal problems.
If your cat starts to exhibit changes that might indicate an issue, then it is vital that you take it to your veterinarian for a thorough exam and senior bloodwork.
If caught early, most medical issues that senior cats develop can be medically managed over the long term, which can lengthen their lives. Another underdiagnosed issue in senior cats is arthritis. If your cat is not jumping or running as it usually would, then a senior checkup is in order!
Dr. Julianne Miller is a Flagstaff veterinarian. She can be reached at drmiller@canyonpet.com | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-how-to-deal-with-animals-after-a-fight/article_4b02cc7c-eb62-11ec-abae-337faf9a720a.html | 2022-06-14T18:07:11 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/ask-the-vet-how-to-deal-with-animals-after-a-fight/article_4b02cc7c-eb62-11ec-abae-337faf9a720a.html |
Neunder resigns Venice council seat; board plans to leave it vacant until general election
VENICE – Joe Neunder resigned his seat on the Venice City Council effective Tuesday morning, with slightly more than 20 weeks remaining in his term in Seat 6.
Neunder is also a Republican candidate for the District 4 seat on the Sarasota County Commission.
Earlier: Neunder declares candidacy for Sarasota County Commission
Neunder, 45, is one of two Republicans hoping to succeed incumbent Alan Maio, who is precluded by term limits from seeking re-election.
Neunder, a Pine View School graduate who operates a solo chiropractic practice as Sarasota Spinal Mechanics, declared his candidacy for the County Commission in May 2021.
Related: Candidates have until June 17 to qualify for election
So far one Democrat, Daniel Kuether, has filed to run, but the deadline to qualify for this election cycle is noon Friday.
Neunder said in a Tuesday morning interview that he resigned to avoid a potential conflict between the two elected offices, since state statute forbids a public official from holding two offices at once.
The city of Venice is scheduled to certify results from the Nov. 8 election on Nov. 29, while the swearing in ceremony for two new members of the County Commission is scheduled for Nov. 22.
Neunder said the conflict issue first came up Friday.
“As we researched it, I understood I needed to do it immediately,” Neunder said. “Today was the first day I had the opportunity to get the letters together; we had to send it to the governor’s office, the Department of State, so today was the day to get it done.”
Neunder said his other concern was to make sure his qualifying papers are all on order.
He submitted a resignation letter to City Clerk Kelly Michaels Tuesday morning and said he would spend the rest of the day sending certified letters to state officials.
His abrupt decision leaves the seven-member council looking at operating with only six members until after the next election cycle, in which city voters will choose four new council members. The occupant of Seat 2 will serve one year, to fill out the unexpired term won by Brian Kelly in November, 2020.
After Kelly resigned in December 2021, the council picked Rachel Frank to fill the unexpired seat. But rather than run for one year in that seat, Frank opted in April to run for a full three-year term in Neunder’s seat.
Earlier:Frank files to for Seat 6 on Venice City Council
Seats 5 is occupied by Vice Mayor Nick Pachota while the mayor slot, Seat 7, is held by Ron Feinsod.
Pachota filed to run for mayor in January while Feinsod has not announced whether he will seek a second term.
Qualifying week for the Venice City Council race is Aug. 22-26.
Related:Venice city clerk retools candidate page
Venice City Attorney Kelly Fernandez explained that the city charter calls for the council to appoint someone to fill Neunder’s seat in 30 days, or default to a special election in 60 days.
Previous communications with the Sarasota County Supervisor of Elections office established a 120-day timeline to conduct a special election.
Though the city must still receive confirmation from the supervisor of elections about the impracticality of a special election, they arrived at a consensus that the seat would be left vacant.
Council Member Mitzie Fielder, who noted that since the council takes a break from July 13 to Aug. 22, said it would be best to leave the seat vacant since a new member would only serve for five meetings.
Frank, based on her own experience, agreed.
“Having been appointed and going through the process, I am in agreement with Dr. Fiedler that for five meetings it would be rather difficult to be caught up to speed,” Fran said, “unless it was a seasoned council member who served before and had that education and background.”
Earle Kimel primarily covers south Sarasota County for the Herald-Tribune and can be reached at earle.kimel@heraldtribune.com. Support local journalism with a digital subscription to the Herald-Tribune. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/sarasota-county-commission-candidate-joe-neunder-resigns-venice-city-council-seat/7620566001/ | 2022-06-14T18:16:25 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/sarasota-county-commission-candidate-joe-neunder-resigns-venice-city-council-seat/7620566001/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Charleston Mayor Amy Goodwin has announced she has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Goodwin made the announcement on her Facebook Page today, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. She says she is symptomatic and is working with her doctor to manage her symptoms and quarantining.
The mayor says she has had both doses of the Pfizer vaccine as well as a booster dose. In her Facebook post, Goodwin said she “can’t imagine” what her symptoms would have been like without the vaccine, and encouraged others to get their vaccines and booster.
Goodwin says while in quarantine, she will be working from home through conference calls and Zoom meetings.
As of Tuesday, June 14, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed 508 new cases of the virus statewide within the past 24 hours. Kanawha County currently has 156 active cases of COVID-19 and is in yellow on the state’s county alert system map, with a percent positivity rate of 5.21%. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charleston-mayor-diagnosed-with-covid-19/ | 2022-06-14T18:17:01 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/charleston-mayor-diagnosed-with-covid-19/ |
NEW BOSTON, OHIO (WOWK) — A candlelight vigil will be held for 4-year-old Zsailynn Amari Conley, who was fatally shot shortly before midnight on Sunday in Portsmouth, Ohio.
The vigil will be held at Millbrook Park in New Boston, Ohio, on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
“We are devastated at the loss of Zsailynn Amari Conley. Please pray for his family, the workers here, along with all the children who are affected by this tragedy. A candlelight vigil will be held at the New Boston Park, Wednesday, June 15 at 8pm.
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All are welcome to attend.” | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/vigil-on-wednesday-for-4-year-old-zsailynn-amari-conley/ | 2022-06-14T18:17:08 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/vigil-on-wednesday-for-4-year-old-zsailynn-amari-conley/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – The woman charged with providing a firearm to a felon in connection to a deadly shootout in Nicholas County appeared in federal court this morning.
Melanie Clodfelter waived her preliminary hearing and will remain in South Central jail without bond. United States Magistrate Judge Dwane Tinsley said Clodfelter should be moved to a drug treatment facility as soon as possible.
Clodfelter will remain detained, awaiting trial until a treatment facility is selected. The date of the trial is not set.
According to the criminal complaint, Clodfelter admitted to purchasing an assault rifle for Richie Holcomb, the man who allegedly shot and killed Nicholas County sheriff deputy Thomas Baker and wounded Corporal Joshua Ellison.
The shootout happened Friday, June 3, in the Birch River area when the two deputies, Baker and Ellison, were responding to a domestic disturbance.
Holcomb was killed in the shootout that also took the life of Sheriff deputy Thomas Baker and wounded Corporal Ellison.
Holcomb was prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a felony committed in 2014 for unlawful wounding in Webster County. The criminal complaint said Clodfelter admitted to being aware of Holcomb’s previous conviction and that he was unable to buy a firearm himself.
Clodfelter awaits trial for these charges. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/woman-charged-in-connection-to-nicholas-co-shooting-waives-preliminary-hearing/ | 2022-06-14T18:17:14 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/woman-charged-in-connection-to-nicholas-co-shooting-waives-preliminary-hearing/ |
HERKIMER, N.Y. – The owner is trying to salvage the apartment building on North Main Street in the village of Herkimer that caught fire in early May leaving 21 people without a home.
Four departments were called to the building the night of May 4 and firefighters worked for six hours to put out the fire.
According to officials from the village, the owner received court approval to try and remove the third floor of the building and has the necessary permits to move the debris to the landfill. The owner has also hired a contractor to move the large equipment down the Thruway and that contractor is in the process of getting the required permits.
Fire Chief Michael Moody says after the third floor is removed, the building will have to be reevaluated.
“...he is going to have another structural engineering report done to determine whether the first two stories will support a roof structure, once the third story is gone. So, the Supreme Court judge allowed him to do that with an order saying that if the structural engineer determines that the remaining two stories cannot support a roof structure then the rest of the building will have to be demo’d.”
The section of North Main Street in front of the building remains closed to traffic. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/owner-attempting-to-salvage-apartment-building-in-herkimer-following-fire/article_a2e89ee8-ec03-11ec-8318-a3250318a69d.html | 2022-06-14T18:26:18 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/owner-attempting-to-salvage-apartment-building-in-herkimer-following-fire/article_a2e89ee8-ec03-11ec-8318-a3250318a69d.html |
NORTH WILDWOOD — Nicholas Long will serve as city administrator following Ron Simone's resignation from the position, according to a resolution approved by City Council during its meeting last Wednesday.
Simone is taking an administrative role with Cape May County government.
Simone had been a city employee since 2007. He assumed the administrator role in 2019, City Clerk Scott Jett said.
Long fills Simone's seat after serving as qualified purchasing agent and deputy chief financial officer, Jett said.
— Eric Conklin | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/long-replaces-simone-as-north-wildwood-administrator/article_b6baa4a8-eb58-11ec-a3be-3b29896f7522.html | 2022-06-14T18:39:45 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/long-replaces-simone-as-north-wildwood-administrator/article_b6baa4a8-eb58-11ec-a3be-3b29896f7522.html |
Three South Jersey women want to create an area children's choir of elementary- and high school-aged girls and boys that would benefit both the participants and the spectators.
Henrietta W. Shelton, Beverly Vaughn and Claire Collins are among the people behind the effort to establish the Children's Choir of Southern New Jersey.
"I have seen how music changes a child, how it can become a respite for a child," said Collins, director of performance arts and music department chairperson at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon.
The choir will be open to those between the ages of 8 and 18. Auditions will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Fannie Lou Hamer Event Room at the John F. Scarpa Academic Center on the Atlantic City campus of Stockton University.
There is no cost to parents or children to be in the choir, Shelton said.
Since coming to this community more than 35 years ago, Vaughn has dreamt of creating a children's choir. Vaughn, a professor of music and the vocal/choral program coordinator at Stockton, said a boys choir did exist once in Atlantic City, and she wants to bring the idea back and then some.
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"The growth in children is beyond just singing. The discipline and camaraderie can help with school," Vaughn said. "Now especially, it's an important time for children to embrace something positive."
Word about the auditions for the children's choir will be spread through the schools, churches, boys and girls clubs, and social media, Shelton said. She is the president of the Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation in Atlantic City.
The foundation offers free music lessons for Atlantic City youth in voice and instrumental music, runs a three-week summer jazz camp for the resort's students and a free summer concert series in the city's Kennedy Plaza with nationwide jazz performers.
Auditions are scheduled for one weeknight and a Saturday afternoon to give parents a choice as to when to bring their children, Shelton said.
Collins had the experience of working with a children's choir at Blessed Sacrament Church in Margate. There is a pure tone, beauty and innocence to a young child's voice between the ages of 8 and 11, she said, but this choir also will have the power of harmony that high school-age student voices can contribute.
The total number of choir spots that will be filled through the auditions was not revealed in the information released about this project. The performance or select choir could range anywhere from as small as eight to 10 members to as large as 20 members.
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"You want a number that gives a full, balanced sound," Vaughn said.
The formation of the Children's Choir of Southern New Jersey will be a team effort that will also include Robert Manning, formerly of the Manning Institute of Music in Atlantic City, and Dianna Hughes, who is retired from Pleasantville High School, along with Collins, Vaughn and Shelton.
"We know the sound we want to go for," Collins said. "We want to incorporate more jazz into the repertoire along with the traditional repertoire."
Making every child feel their worth will be part of the process of creating the choir, Collins said. The idea is to also establish a training choir for children, who want to join the performance choir but might not be ready for it yet, she said.
The children who make it through the audition process will be invited to a boot camp from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25.
"The boot camp will be to let the kids know each other," Collins said. "Rehearsals will start in the summer."
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Collins began putting out feelers about the idea of a children's choir. She has received positive feedback from her private students and the adults in the Blessed Sacrament Choir.
Once the choir is underway, Shelton can see it performing at Stockton, area high schools and possibly the Atlantic City Boardwalk, she said.
Stockton and South Jersey Cultural & Heritage Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, are sponsoring the choir's formation. South Jersey Cultural & Heritage Affairs will reimburse the choir's music directors for their time, Shelton said.
"Music has incredible healing power in it," Collins said. "With music, you are using both sides of the brain to achieve success." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/south-jersey-women-establish-childrens-choir-hoping-kids-can-embrace-something-positive/article_a2582142-e749-11ec-b7a0-734ad798629c.html | 2022-06-14T18:39:51 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/south-jersey-women-establish-childrens-choir-hoping-kids-can-embrace-something-positive/article_a2582142-e749-11ec-b7a0-734ad798629c.html |
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — A student teacher recognized by the state Department of Education credits her mentor at Southern Regional High School for the accomplishment, preparing her for when she has her own classroom someday.
“She (Kathleen Cornelius) has truly inspired me to continue to learn and reflect on my work so that I can be the best teacher that I can be for my students,” said Jalynn Pagano, who graduated summa cum laude in May from Stockton University, with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics.
Pagano, of Bayville, Ocean County, was one of 15 student teachers honored last Wednesday during the New Jersey Distinguished Clinical Intern of the Year ceremony, a part of a collaborative program between the New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Department of Education.
The program highlights top graduates at New Jersey's 25 colleges and universities preparing to become the state's future educators. Each school, since 1985, delegates its top three student teachers, and 15 are chosen by an independent board of educators and named distinguished clinical interns, Stockton said Tuesday.
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The university's other nominees this year were Erin Flynn, of Beach Haven Crest, and Chelsea Williams, of Millville.
Flynn earned her certification in Early Childhood Education and worked with mentor Katelyn Micek, a second-grade teacher at Beach Haven School. Williams worked at the Fairfield Township School to earn her certification in Elementary Education. Her mentor was Shawna Beals-Rivera, a 2005 Stockton graduate, who also earned her master’s degree in Holocaust and Genocide Studies from the university in 2009.
“We are extremely proud of Jalynn and all of our nominees,” said Claudine Keenan, Stockton’s dean of the School of Education. “This is a very competitive achievement, as it also includes graduate education students. This continues to be a challenging time for educators, and we appreciate the dedication of our student teachers, their teaching mentors and our partner school districts in helping guide the next generation of educators.”
Cornelius adored having her "true math geek" instruct her students. Pagano said the Southern Regional teacher exemplified the importance of building relationships with students and supporting them inside and outside the classroom, something Pagano may not have learned until she was given control of the chalkboard.
“I won the lottery when Jalynn was assigned to me,” Cornelius said. “She is enthusiastic, driven, smart, responsible, professional and most important – she cares deeply about kids and their educational experience.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/stockton-student-teacher-among-new-jerseys-distinguished-clinical-interns/article_dd38182c-ec02-11ec-a3a2-2b1fdebf0866.html | 2022-06-14T18:39:57 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/stockton-student-teacher-among-new-jerseys-distinguished-clinical-interns/article_dd38182c-ec02-11ec-a3a2-2b1fdebf0866.html |
Atlantic County taxpayers will continue benefiting from strong bond ratings, especially when inflation remains at a 40-year high, county officials said Monday.
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings gives the county an AA stable rating, while Moody’s Investors Service has assigned it an Aa2 stable rating. The county has maintained both ratings for the past 14 years, county Executive Dennis Levinson said in a news release.
Given the strong bond ratings, county taxpayers won't face burdensome interest rates to pay for capital improvements and county purchases, Levinson said.
Levinson said the news is especially important because inflation continues to yield soaring prices for goods and gas prices consume increasing amounts of Americans' budgets.
“I am extremely proud of our fiscal team for the outstanding job they do,” Levinson said. “This is our financial report card. It’s a methodical examination of our financial practices and policies. And by all accounts, we have earned another A.”
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S&P and Moody’s, in their recent ratings, both underscored the county's productive management team, institutional framework and efforts to grow its tax ratable base through several development endeavors, including its investment in aerospace technology and offshore wind energy, county officials said.
“The stable outlook reflects our expectation that, given management’s strong track record and detailed planning, the county’s finances will continue the historical trend of remarkable stability,” Moody’s said in its report.
S&P called the county's credit management "sophisticated and well-embedded," which it said should contribute to lower interest rates in the coming years.
The county’s strong liquidity, low debt and strong reserves were also cited by both agencies, officials said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/strong-bond-ratings-continue-to-provide-atlantic-county-with-low-interest-rates/article_31f5a40e-eb51-11ec-8cab-2b1995850857.html | 2022-06-14T18:40:03 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/strong-bond-ratings-continue-to-provide-atlantic-county-with-low-interest-rates/article_31f5a40e-eb51-11ec-8cab-2b1995850857.html |
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Police Department arrested a "dangerous subject" on the school's downtown campus Tuesday afternoon after urging students and residents to avoid the area.
The person was seen near Howard Hawks and Seaton Halls, around 15th and U streets, shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday, the department said on Twitter.
Four minutes after warning residents to stay away from the area, the department announced the person was arrested.
It's unclear what the man was doing, or why police considered him dangerous. Assistant University Police Chief Marty Fehringer did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
This is a developing story. Stay with JournalStar.com for updates.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
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.
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.
The jogger, a 23-year-old woman, was running near 33rd and Apple streets around 6:30 a.m. Friday when she was struck on the head, knocked to the ground and robbed of her phone and headphones, police said.
Police took two men into custody before finding a .40 caliber handgun, drug paraphernalia, $2,994 in cash, 197.5 grams of marijuana and 488 various pills.
Officers responded shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday to the area, where they found the 22-year-old gunshot wound victim in a parking lot. The victim refused treatment at the scene, police said.
Officers arrested the 18-year-old Thursday evening after a brief foot pursuit near 70th and Adams streets, police said. The department's gang task force had identified him as the suspect in a May 18 shooting.
Surveillance footage showed a masked man exit the truck that he had used as a battering ram before grabbing the keys to a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and leaving in that truck.
"The smoke covered everything," The Oven's general manager said, as he and other company employees tried to sort through the ash-covered restaurant the fire left behind.
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. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-police-arrest-dangerous-subject-on-campus/article_ddfaac9a-2100-5326-b1a4-05d8dae2ef09.html | 2022-06-14T18:41:52 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-police-arrest-dangerous-subject-on-campus/article_ddfaac9a-2100-5326-b1a4-05d8dae2ef09.html |
New soul food restaurant moves into Rose Court in downtown Muncie
MUNCIE, Ind. — If you mourned the loss of soul food from downtown Muncie at the end of May, good news; soul food is back already — and in the very same storefront.
Barely more than a week after Mama Bond's Soul Food closed over Memorial Day weekend, Mama and Son Soul Food opened in the Rose Court space at the corner of Charles and Mulberry streets.
The "Mama and Son" of the title are Connie Nixon, who had managed Mama Bond's for the past six months, and Dominique Isom, a former Muncie Central High School athlete who later shifted from sports to a career in the restaurant business after an injury kept him from trying out for the Colts.
Both Muncie natives, Nixon and Isom welcomed the opportunity to start their own restaurant together after having worked in food service at others' eateries. Isom was planning to open a restaurant elsewhere when his mother proposed taking over the spot being left by Mama Bond's departure, and he jumped at the chance to do so in Muncie, Nixon said.
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On a recent evening, as to-go orders for dinner were being fixed and picked up, Nixon said having their own restaurant up and running was "awesome ... We love it."
Chicken and cornbread dressing are among their specialties on the regular dinner and lunch menu — "This is our grandmother's recipe," Nixon noted — but the menu includes plenty of other familiar dishes, including collard greens, fried fish, mac and cheese and fried ribs. The restaurant also offers varied daily specials announced on its Facebook page.
Separate menus are offered for Saturday breakfast, including biscuits and gravy, chicken and waffles and combo meals, and specials for Sunday dinner, including meatloaf and smothered pork chops.
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The operation is a family one, Nixon said, noting they were "blessed with a huge family," members of whom help to cook and staff the operation as needed. Mama and Son's Soul Food Restaurant plans to offer catering and also find ways to give back to the community, she added.
The restaurant at 125 E. Charles St. is open noon-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday (serving breakfast until 11 a.m.), 1-6 p.m. Sunday and closed Monday.
Contact content coach Robin Gibson at ragibson@gannett.com or 765-213-5855. Follow her on Twitter @RobinGibsonTSP. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/mama-and-son-soul-food-restaurant-muncie-moves-into-rose-court/7573820001/ | 2022-06-14T18:50:57 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/mama-and-son-soul-food-restaurant-muncie-moves-into-rose-court/7573820001/ |
Students get their summer reading through United Way's Summer Book Give-Away
MUNCIE, Ind. — Nearly 1,200 Muncie students got to choose and take home 12 books each to keep and read over the summer through Heart of Indiana United Way’s Summer Book Give-Away program
In its fifth year, the program doubled by serving preschool through fifth-grade students at South View, Longfellow, and Grissom elementary schools, according to a release.
"United Way is on a mission to grow a love of reading amongst students and their families,” local United Way President and CEO Jenni Marsh said in the release. “Having access to books and words in the home over the summer not only helps achieve that, but it helps kiddos maintain and even gain in their reading skills.”
Developed after a research-based program out of Atlanta, Summer Book Give-Away is like a book fair, only all the books are free of charge to students and their families. Two of the key components of the program that help students maintain and improve their reading skills are that they select their own books and that they receive a minimum of 12 books.
“With these books, students can read on their own, or share with siblings and adults which means they are more likely to keep turning pages. We have seen the impact in how they come back to school in August. They are ready to read more and have a successful school year.” Marsh explained.
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The Summer Book Give-Away program was funded by a grant from the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation, with in-kind support from Northwest Bank and Classroom Connections of East Central Indiana. Volunteers assisted a the giveaway event.
Anyone interested in supporting Summer Book Give-Away in the future can donate to “Summer Book Give-Away” at heartofindiana.org/donate.
Henry County concert series starts Friday
NEW CASTLE — The Henry County Concert Series “Live @ the Arts Park” will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, at the Arts Park Pavilion.
Following opening act John Thompson, Josh Kaufman, Season 6 winner of "The Voice" and a pop, rock, folk, jazz, and soul singer, will take the stage at 7 p.m.
All ages are welcome to attend and there is no admission fee, but donations are accepted. Lawn chairs are encouraged and coolers are allowed. Local nonprofits will have concessions available for sale during the concert to benefit the community.
Next month's concert will feature Henry Lee Summer with Lydia Ferguson opening.
Send news items to The Star Press at news@muncie.gannett.com. | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/students-get-their-summer-reading-united-way-book-give-away/7620222001/ | 2022-06-14T18:51:10 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/students-get-their-summer-reading-united-way-book-give-away/7620222001/ |
A Chesterfield County motorist was shot and wounded Monday night while driving on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County, state police said. The shooting occurred about one-half mile from the Petersburg city line.
Police said a 2013 Cadillac sedan was traveling south on I-85 about 11:14 p.m. when the driver reported several shots were fired at his vehicle. The driver then exited the interstate and drove to a gas station off Cox Road in Dinwiddie to call 911.
The 29-year-old motorist from Chesterfield, who was not identified, was taken by ambulance to Southside Regional Medical Center in Hopewell for treatment of a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, police said. There were no passengers in the victim's vehicle.
The suspect vehicle was described as a small black car that fled the scene.
The shooting remains under investigation and Virginia State Police urged anyone with information to contact them at (804) 609-5656 or #77 on a cell phone. Information can also be emailed to questions@vsp.virginia.gov.
Michael Dennis Pollock was given a week's reprieve before facing sentencing to allow him to attend his son's graduation, according to the plea agreement.
Two years after the police killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests, a collection of residents who participated in local demonstrations or monitored the police response to them as journalists or observers say that police unlawfully attacked and arrested them on "bogus" charges in violation of their constitutionally protected rights in various incidents. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chesterfield-driver-shot-while-driving-on-i-85-in-dinwiddie/article_19d3eae6-b68b-5e47-9bc8-07125f3d2444.html | 2022-06-14T18:52:24 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/chesterfield-driver-shot-while-driving-on-i-85-in-dinwiddie/article_19d3eae6-b68b-5e47-9bc8-07125f3d2444.html |
Virginia Tech will keep tuition flat for in-state undergraduates and raise it 3% for everyone else this fall, a reaction to swelling inflation and stagnant wages. The decision comes weeks after Gov. Glenn Youngkin urged state schools not to increase their costs.
Next fall, Tech undergrads from Virginia will pay about $14,000 in tuition and fees and $11,000 for room and board. The total cost of attendance will rise about 3%. A board of visitors executive committee unanimously approved the measure Tuesday in Richmond.
"Everything we can do to help our students will be much appreciated by them, and it's certainly supported by the board," said Letitia Long, head of the Virginia Tech board of visitors.
Tuition costs in Virginia remain a mixed bag. Some schools have raised their prices, citing new expenses and an inability to maintain quality without charging more. Others have kept their tuition flat, acknowledging the inflation burden students already face.
Some universities have decided tuition hikes were unavoidable -- Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Virginia, James Madison University and others have raised tuition at least 3%.
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A few have managed to keep their tuition flat - William & Mary and Virginia State University aren't raising tuition, but they are increasing fees. For students and families, the big picture is that most state schools are raising the cost to attend.
Initially, Virginia Tech considered a 3% tuition increase. Like all state schools, Tech must raise the salaries of most employees about 5%. Electricity, insurance and leasing costs have risen, too.
But in the past week, administrators opted to fund a scholarship that would cover the cost of an increase for in-state undergraduates. The school reallocated $7 million to fund it for one year.
Wages haven't risen to meet rising costs, president Tim Sands said, meaning students need more help. Keeping tuition flat "will help Virginia Tech avoid passing on the full extent of inflationary costs to our students and their families," he said.
The tuition freeze doesn't apply to the 30% of undergraduates who live outside the state, and it doesn't apply to graduate students. But the majority of grad students work for the university, and the cost of their tuition is covered.
Helping Tech's financial situation was a generous contribution by the state, which allocated $15 million per year toward affordability and almost $11 million in financial aid. Altogether, Virginia Tech will spend nearly $40 million on financial aid this year.
The decision to keep tuition flat for most students comes about a month after Youngkin urged schools not to raise their costs.
Asked how much influence Youngkin's remarks had, Tech spokesperson Mark Owczarski said, "The board is charged with setting tuition. We're very pleased with the amount of state support this year. Today's decision reflects the decision to maintain our value with grateful support from the state."
Non-academic fees, like athletics and transportation, will go up $133. Room and board will rise $500.
For out-of-state students, who don't get the scholarship, the cost of education rises 3% to roughly $35,000 annually. Their total cost of attendance is nearly $46,000.
Tuition and fees make up about 70% of the school's $880 million education budget. The state covers most of the remaining costs. Altogether, Virginia Tech will have a total budget of $1.9 billion, which the board approved Tuesday.
Among the 15 public colleges in Virginia, Tech's costs are 10th highest. | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/virginia-tech-will-keep-tuition-flat-for-in-state-undergrads-raise-it-3-for-everyone/article_8e07f0ec-bb6e-5904-8db0-0d84763dbc55.html | 2022-06-14T18:52:30 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/virginia-tech-will-keep-tuition-flat-for-in-state-undergrads-raise-it-3-for-everyone/article_8e07f0ec-bb6e-5904-8db0-0d84763dbc55.html |
The name of the man who opened fire inside the Duncanville Field House Monday as 250 kids attended summer camp has been identified.
Duncanville Police and the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed the man was 42-year-old Brandon Keith Ned, of Dallas.
"Due to the ongoing investigation being conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, Duncanville Police Department will not be releasing any additional information about the suspect or the shooting incident at this time," Duncanville Police said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
The gunman, police said Monday, was shot by officers during an exchange of gunfire in the gymnasium. Ned was transported to an area hospital where he later died.
Police were called to the field house at 8:43 a.m. after a report of gunfire. Officers arrived within two minutes and soon after confronted a man armed with a handgun.
Officials said 250 children between the ages of 4 and 14 were attending camps inside the building at the time. None of the children were injured.
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Naomi Rodgers, an 18-year-old camp counselor working at the field house, told NBC 5 Monday that the gunman came to her room and fired a shot through her door, shattering the glass.
"He said if we didn't let him see who he wanted to see he was going to shoot the place up," Rodgers said. "The glass started to fall and I just started to pray then because that's all I could do. I know what happened at Uvalde … and I was like this cannot happen. Not today. Not today." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gunman-who-opened-fire-inside-duncanville-field-house-identified/2992043/ | 2022-06-14T18:54:22 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/gunman-who-opened-fire-inside-duncanville-field-house-identified/2992043/ |
Veteran Marine Trevor Reed filed a petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Monday asking them to begin the process of holding the Russian government accountable for his imprisonment.
The 13,000-word petition said Reed was illegally and inhumanely imprisoned for nearly three years and during that time was subjected to horrific living conditions, solitary confinement, malnutrition and physical abuse.
The petition also requests a declaration that Russia must compensate Reed for its violations of his rights.
Reed's spokesperson said the petition is an important first step in bringing Russia to justice.
WHAT HAPPENED TO REED?
After an honorable discharge from the Marines, Reed returned to college at the University of North Texas in Dallas in 2017 and studied international relations and Russia — the native tongue of his girlfriend. Two years later, he traveled to Moscow for a summer of learning the language and visiting her family.
A week before he was scheduled to return home, Reed attended a party where his family said he was encouraged to drink a large amount of vodka. He became nauseous while sharing a ride home, got out of the car and began running around a busy street, prompting a call to the police.
Reed was charged with assaulting the officers who picked him up. Russian authorities alleged he grabbed the arm of the officer driving him to a police station, causing the officer to swerve into another lane, and that he elbowed another officer who tried to intervene. The then-28-year-old was jailed in Moscow for nearly a year before going on trial in 2020.
TREVOR REED
Russian investigators didn’t give Reed’s defense team video that was recorded inside the police car and his parents expressed other concerns about the case, citing what they said was missing evidence and contradictory accounts by the officers. After Reed was sentenced to nine years in prison, the U.S. ambassador visited him behind bars.
“He’s been detained and convicted on evidence that is laughable,” U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan said in 2020.
According to the petition, Russian officials in Moscow seized Reed after learning about his U.S. citizenship and prior military service.
Reed's petition said he was convicted in a trial using fabricated and contradictory stories. A key piece of exculpatory evidence -- police surveillance tapes -- was found to have been erased with zero explanation.
Reed's 985-day imprisonment ended in April, the result of an unexpected U.S.-Russia prisoner swap with the U.S. trading a convicted Russian drug trafficker for Reed. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trevor-reed-files-petition-with-un-to-hold-russia-accountable-for-his-detention/2991273/ | 2022-06-14T18:54:28 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trevor-reed-files-petition-with-un-to-hold-russia-accountable-for-his-detention/2991273/ |
SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Police are investigating after a 75-year-old man was hit and killed by a pickup truck while he was crossing a Shelbyville street.
According to police, 75-year-old David Elliott was crossing a street in the 1600 block of East State Road 44 just before 2 p.m. Monday when he was hit by a pickup truck, which was traveling west.
Elliott died from his injuries in the crash. The driver of the truck, a 75-year-old man, stayed at the scene and cooperated with police, according to the Shelbyville Police Department.
The driver also submitted to a blood draw, which is procedure for a driver involved in a serious bodily injury or fatal crash. At this time, police said they have no reason to believe drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
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INDIANAPOLIS — United Way of Central Indiana is distributing $8.3 million to 63 organizations around the area.
The organizations getting the money help meet basic needs of people and families with accessing food, housing, health care and transportation.
The grants will range from $40,000 to $320,000.
"To achieve stability, people must first have their basic needs met," said Mary Jones, United Way's senior director of basic needs. "These funds support services that help people with life’s essentials."
The organizations chosen serve people in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan and Putnam counties.
The organizations are:
- Alternatives Inc – $100,000
- American Cancer Society – $40,000
- The Arc of Greater Boone County, Inc. – $50,000
- Boone County Senior Services, Inc. – $60,000
- Bosma Enterprises – $60,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Boone County – $80,000
- Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville – $60,000
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis – $100,000
- Burmese American Community Institute – $100,000
- Catholic Charities Indianapolis, Inc. – $320,000
- Christamore House, Inc. – $60,000
- CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions – $225,000
- Community Alliance of the Far Eastside – $200,000
- Concord Neighborhood Center – $125,000
- Damien Center – $225,000
- Easterseals Crossroads – $225,000
- Edna Martin Christian Center – $225,000
- Family Promise of Hendricks County – $100,000
- Fathers and Families Center – $100,000
- Fay Biccard Glick Neighborhood Center – $125,000
- Firefly Children & Family Alliance – $320,000
- Flanner House of Indianapolis, Inc. – $225,000
- Foster Success – $60,000
- Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana – $225,000
- Hancock County Senior Services – $60,000
- Hawthorne Community Center – $175,000
- Hendricks County Senior Services – $150,000
- Horizon House, Inc. – $200,000
- HVAF of Indiana, Inc. – $80,000
- Indiana Legal Services, Inc. – $80,000
- Indiana Youth Group – $125,000
- Indianapolis Legal Aid Society – $125,000
- Indianapolis Urban League – $200,000
- John Boner Neighborhood Centers – $225,000
- The Julian Center – $100,000
- La Plaza, Inc. – $150,000
- Little Red Door Cancer Agency – $150,000
- Lutheran Child and Family Services – $150,000
- Martin Center Sickle Cell Initiative – $50,000
- Martin Luther King Community Center – $175,000
- Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center – $200,000
- Meals on Wheels of Central Indiana – $175,000
- Meals on Wheels of Hancock County – $50,000
- Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic – $40,000
- New Hope of Indiana – $80,000
- Noble, Inc. – $225,000
- PrimeLife Enrichment – $50,000
- Public Advocates in Community Re-Entry (PACE) – $100,000
- Reach For Youth – $60,000
- The Salvation Army Indiana – $320,000
- Second Helpings – $225,000
- Sheltering Wings – $150,000
- Shepherd's Center of Hamilton County – $100,000
- Southeast Community Services – $125,000
- St. Mary's Early Childhood Center – $50,000
- Stability First – $40,000
- Sycamore Rehabilitation Services – $80,000
- Tangram, Inc. – $150,000
- TeenWorks, Inc. – $50,000
- The Villages of Indiana, Inc. – $50,000
- Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana – $225,000
- WellSpring – $50,000
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Tennis enthusiasts throughout North Iowa will be meeting at The Court of Dreams in Charles City this July.
International tennis star Madison Keys will be making her way back to the Midwest to be part of the 20th anniversary, named The Madison Keys Court of Dreams Celebration of Tennis.
“I grew up in Iowa and I’ve always felt so inspired to try to come back to where I’m from and play tennis and bring tennis more into the community” said Keys of the event.
The Court of Dreams is one of few pure-grass tennis courts in the world. Keys said it is "truly one of the most special and unique courts in the world." Keys will be playing an exhibition match against a player to be named on July 15 at the Court of Dreams in Charles City. The event kicks off at 1 p.m.
“Any time you can have somebody of Madison’s stature come into an area like Iowa… it’s unbelievable the impact that that has. The ability to inspire a generations of kids in an afternoon… This event really highlights that and the ability to bring people together.” said Ryan Knarr, tournament director.
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Keys will be joined by additional tennis players, including New Zealand's KP Pannu and Australia's Nathan Healey, for a juniors clinic on July 14 at the Clear Lake Athletics and Wellness Center at 2 p.m. Pennsylvania and Iowa's tennis state champions are also expected at the events.
The clinic will include a mental health panel, at which the athletes present. Keys spoke in a press conference about the importance of balancing her profession with her life outside the sport and with herself personally. Keys' openness about the importance of mental health is apparent in her foundation, Kindness Wins.
Keys' foundation Kindness Wins is sponsoring this weekend in conjunction with All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club. Kindness Wins is an organization which funds and rewards acts of kindness, on and off the court.
“It felt really important to me to do something positive with that” said Keys. Keys and her partners started the foundation during the pandemic to promote kindness and provide space for people to be open and honest about the hardship everyone was experiencing.
It is likely these topics will be included in the mental health panel, though details have not been released.
Mark Kuhn, owner and operator of the Court of Dreams and the All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club, expressed his excitement for this event at the press conference and thanked Keys for being part of the celebrations.
In 1960 Kuhn and his grandfather found tennis by overhearing a Wimbledon broadcast on the radio. In 1962 Kuhn was doing chores and had a vision to build a grass court. “Well it took 40 years to do that. It took 50 years to get to Wimbledon but it’s been an amazing journey and it’s really a part of my family’s legacy now.” Kuhn said at the press conference.
This two-day event series, created to promote positive self-esteem and mental health awareness, is a ticketed event. More information and ticket purchase can be found at https://courtofdreams.org/.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
Christina Cedillo has a sticky note on her computer, reminding her what buttons to press when she calls California’s employment department with questions about disability benefits.
But at this point, she doesn’t need it. After calling hundreds of times, she can recite the whole phone tree from memory.
Cedillo, who works as a bartender, gave birth to a girl in October 2021 and immediately filed for disability benefits, which cover pregnancy. By mid-December, though, the payments stopped.
She couldn’t find anything on the department’s website that explained why, so she started calling. The worker she reached said many payments had been delayed due to fraud, but that they should restart soon, Cedillo recalled.
When they didn’t, Cedillo estimates that she called the department between 300 to 500 times in late 2021 and early 2022. She would sit and redial, often while nursing, sometimes 40 times in one day.
She wasn’t alone. Less than half of unique phone numbers calling the Employment Development Department’s disability insurance branch call centers were answered on average between November 2021 and April 2022, according to department data. That’s down from about 80% between May and October of 2021.
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Without wages coming in, Cedillo put more charges on her credit card.
“I had budgeted for this and I knew that I was going to not get very much from the state anyways,” said Cedillo. “And then to not even have that — and I was depending on that — was really, really frustrating.”
In February, Cedillo got a letter from the department asking her to fill out a form and send back documents to verify her identity. She sent the form and documents the next day, she said. Weeks went by. In April, she got another payment. She thinks she’s still owed $168, but, she said in a June interview, “now I feel like I’ve just given up.”
Employment department flooded with calls
The deluge of calls began in late 2021. In December, the department said it was taking action to halt “suspected organized criminal elements filing false disability insurance claims.” California’s disability insurance replaces some wages for people who are unable to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy, and medical providers certify the existence of a disability.
The agency had experienced a massive surge of new medical provider accounts and suspected many were fraudulent, said department spokesperson Gareth Lacy in an interview with CalMatters. Typically, the department received 70 new medical provider registrations per week, but during four weeks from late November to early December, they received about 30,000, Lacy wrote in an email.
To sift through the influx of claims, verify medical provider and claimants’ identities, and answer an uptick in calls, the roughly 1,000 staff in the disability branch worked 22,000 hours of overtime per month from December 2021 to May 2022. That’s ten times the normal monthly overtime average, according to Lacy. The disability branch also borrowed 133 employees from other branches of the department, and brought back nine retired employees to help with the additional work, according to Lacy. To confirm the identities of claimants and doctors, staff sent out emails and letters, he said.
In January, the department said it had suspended approximately “27,000 suspicious medical provider registrants and 345,000 claims associated with those providers or other suspicious activity.”
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Meanwhile, the number of calls to the disability insurance branch call centers, which also handle paid family leave, was swelling. In January 2022 alone, the call centers received about 5.7 million calls, after receiving an average of about 443,000 per month for May through October of 2021, according to data the department provided to CalMatters. The vast majority of those calls, Lacy said, were regarding disability benefits.
“Generally, when we have to pause payments to separate out fraud then we’ll see an increase in calls to the call center in response to that move,” said Lacy. Also driving the increase were calls from people with questions about the emails and letters the employment department sent to verify people’s identities.
“When the verification process adds extra layers of review and it slows down the system that people normally experience to be quite quick and responsive, then people will call in to find out: ‘Why is this taking longer than what I’m used to?’” Lacy said.
The department increased staff to the disability insurance call centers, from 134 on average in November of 2021, to 228 in February 2022, according to the department.
Difficult to respond
Some call center surges are predictable; Black Friday, for example, is likely to be extra busy for retailers.
Call centers should also be able to handle unexpected surges, at least of a certain scale, “without going to pieces,” said Keith Dawson, vice president of Ventana Research, where he leads customer experience research.
But, when it comes to a more than twelve-fold surge in call volume, like the employment department experienced, “there’s no possible way that they can be prepared for something of that magnitude,” said Dawson.
One strategy centers can use when faced with an increase in volume is to give callers more information, either online or in an automated message, so that they can get their question answered without talking to a human, Dawson said. But, he said, that approach is less effective if people are calling with questions unique to their specific situation. Another option is to rapidly increase staff — which is difficult — or outsource some of the calls to a contractor, which is costly and requires training, said Dawson.
But the recent surge isn’t the first time callers have had difficulty getting through to a human. From May 2021 to October 2021, before the spike in calls, about 80% of unique phone numbers calling eventually got an answer, according to department data — meaning that about 20% of callers never did.
The difficulty of getting through to a person has always been an issue with both disability insurance and paid family leave, said Katherine Wutchiett, a staff attorney at Legal Aid at Work, a nonprofit that helps low-income workers and runs a hotline for questions about people’s rights to take leave or get accommodations. The organization has “always heard from folks who are having a hard time getting just that one-on-one, you know, ‘What is the answer to this question? I’m confused. I’m running out of money. What can I do?’” Wutchiett said.
Answering all the calls that come in is the goal of any call center, said Dawson. “If you’re not answering all your calls, you’re doing something wrong,” he said.
Fixing it?
As the Legislature and the governor tussle over how California spends its money next year, the employment department made some budget requests to boost its fraud prevention and investigation efforts and modernize its operation.
One request, for $23.6 million in the coming budget year, focuses on fraud and includes an advertising campaign to raise awareness about how to prevent identity theft. The department also wants 13 new staff positions to work on fraud prevention, including in the disability insurance and paid family leave programs, and funds to support local law enforcement’s prosecution of fraud. The Legislature rejected that request, but did include $136 million for the first year of a multi-year modernization project.
That project would, among other things, reconfigure the keypad teleprompter process, add multilingual functionality, redesign forms to make them easier to complete, and establish a new customer experience team to conduct user research and design and test new features.
The Legislature also approved $10.2 million for the coming year to improve cybersecurity, assist with fraud mitigation, and improve suspicious event monitoring, as well as $96.3 million for a bevy of contracts, including several aimed at fraud prevention.
Though the Legislature passed a budget Monday, the deal isn’t final; as negotiations continue with the Governor’s office, changes could be made via additional bills.
In the meantime, Californians who struggled to get their questions answered are left frustrated.
Manar Hassan, who lives in the coastal city of Pacific Grove, applied for disability benefits shortly after giving birth in late February. She could see on the department’s website that her doctor had certified her claim in early March, but when the payments still hadn’t begun arriving two weeks later, she began calling.
One of two things would happen: She’d get a message saying the maximum number of callers had been reached, instructing her to call back later. Or, she said, “it would just hang up.”
“I just felt like: What do I need to do to get a hold of somebody? I can’t just sit on the phone all day, I have to take care of a child,” she said.
A friend who was also a new mother mentioned that the department sends letters to employers to confirm the last day of work, Hassan said, and she had a hunch that was the holdup.
In mid-April, following advice she found on YouTube about how to get through to a human at the department, she connected first with someone who couldn’t help her, and then, seemingly with a stroke of luck, with someone who could send another letter to her company. Then the process moved relatively swiftly; her employer responded to the letter and the benefits began flowing in late April.
“I take pride in living in California,” said Hassan. “I always tell my friends about how progressive California is.
“But when you’re trying to actually get paid, and you basically have to beg for your money, it’s just — it’s hard.” | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/calls-overwhelm-disability-call-centers/509-0188929d-30fe-49f3-b169-24497b6bbf42 | 2022-06-14T18:57:47 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/calls-overwhelm-disability-call-centers/509-0188929d-30fe-49f3-b169-24497b6bbf42 |
DAVIS, Calif. — UC Davis is offering graduates a regalia refund of $58 after some students did not get to get to walk across the graduation stage.
On Friday, UC Davis stopped the ceremony because of the heat. According to Kat Kerlin with UC Davis, six people were taken to local hospitals after first responders received 35 medical calls due to the heat at Friday's commencement ceremony.
The University invited students who did not get to walk at Friday's graduation to the separate ceremonies on Saturday and Sunday. During Saturday morning's ceremony, graduates walked the stage in spite of the University's previous update indicating that students would not be allowed to do so.
Following this weekend's events, UC Davis told graduates who were not able to walk across the stage on Friday or Saturday that they would be offering them a regalia refund of $58 to cover the cost of their cap, gown and tassel.
Many students and their families took to social media to express their frustration with the decision.
What led up to the decision to cancel Friday's commencement amid the ceremony?
In a statement, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May explained the decision-making process behind canceling Friday's ceremony.
"Commencement did not go as planned, and while we did our best to mitigate against the rising temperatures on Friday morning, I know it was not enough," May wrote in a statement. "I apologize for the pain, anger and frustration many of you have experienced and expressed."
May says this was the first time the university held commencement at the UC Davis Health Stadium as they felt it was "a more appropriate setting" to hold an event of this size.
May says the university recognized that it can be extremely hot in Davis in June, which is why they had planned to start commencement at 8 a.m. and end it earlier to avoid the hottest part of the day. The university says as they became aware of the extreme heat forecasted on Friday, they enhanced their safety plan by adding more cooling stations, misters, shade tents, water stations and cooling buses.
"The temperature in the stadium on Friday rose earlier than expected," May says. "We were informed at about 11:30 a.m. that conditions had deteriorated significantly and reached a point when it was unsafe to continue."
Following Friday's commencement, UC Davis changed the plans for Saturday's commencement ceremony.
"After we shared that update with you, we heard from many of you about how important it was that you could cross the stage and have your name announced, so we listened and changed the program early Saturday morning based on your feedback," May says. "Because of the revisions we made to Saturday and Sunday’s ceremonies, we made it possible for everyone who attended either ceremony to be recognized on stage."
Additionally, the university will be sending a survey to impacted students, gathering their feedback about a potential makeup commencement.
"We know this is one of the most exciting & rewarding days in students’ lives, and sharing in your joy in meeting this milestone is very meaningful," UC Davis says. "We do not take the weekend’s outcomes lightly and are undertaking a comprehensive review of the events with campus stakeholders to ensure that we do better in the future."
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AUSTIN, Texas — Eligible company- and government-owned vehicles can now use digital license plates, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles announced Tuesday.
The department, under state law, is allowed to offer digital plates to commercial fleet as well as government vehicles. Digital plate manufacturer Reviver will serve as the provider for the tech-based plates.
According to Reviver's website, a battery-powered digital plate, called RPlate, allows for personalization and in-app vehicle registration renewal. A hard-wired RPlate offers additional features such as a vehicle locator and tracking for trips and mileage. Both types of RPlates are tamper-proof and resistant to water, heat and freezing temperatures.
The website also states that companies with commercial fleets can manage their digital plates through a software called RFleet.
“Texans rely on commercial vehicles for the safe and efficient movement of goods and services that are crucial to supporting the state’s economy,” TxDMV Executive Director Daniel Avitia said in a press release. “Offering digital license plates to commercial fleets is part of our ongoing commitment to streamline and modernize motor vehicle services.”
Battery-powered RPlates currently sell for $19.95 a month for 48 months or $215.40 for four years on Reviver's website. Hard-wired RPlates sell for $24.95 a month for 48 months or $275.40 for four years.
Texans interested in purchasing a digital plate must have their vehicle registered in the state and pay an annual administrative fee of $95.
"The metal license plate is a 19th-century feature of 21st-century life," Reviver co-founder Neville Boston said on the company's website. "The ability of our platform to deliver greater utility, convenience and innovation to everyone across the ecosystem of vehicle ownership is unprecedented. Over time, the data and patterns generated through our unique platform has the opportunity to help evolve our transportation infrastructure and be an important tool to make travel safer, smarter, and more efficient.”
Digital plates from Reviver are already available in Arizona, Michigan and California.
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RENO COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — An 18-year-old and a five-year-old have suspected serious injuries after a crash Monday evening near Pretty Prairie.
Dietrich Ensz, 18, of Inman, was driving a semitractor-trailer for harvest. He was northbound on Kansas Highway 14, a couple of miles west of Cheney Lake when the truck veered off the road to the right. The Kansas Highway Patrol said Ensz tried to correct it, but the truck struck a culvert and crashed.
The 18-year-old and his passenger, five-year-old Beckham Ensz of Inman, were both taken to the hospital in Hutchinson. There is no update on their conditions. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/2-injured-in-kansas-wheat-harvest-crash/ | 2022-06-14T19:00:37 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/2-injured-in-kansas-wheat-harvest-crash/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Tulsa-based QuikTrip on Tuesday closed the convenience store located at 730 N. Broadway, at Murdock. The store has been sold to Jump Start Stores, Inc which will reopen the location Wednesday afternoon.
QuikTrip sent KSN News this statement following the closure.
“We are constantly reviewing all the stores that we have in all markets, and there are some throughout the course of years that just no longer fit our model or expectations. We have decided to close the 730 N. Broadway St. location and sell to Jump Start Stores, Inc,” Aisha Jefferson-Smith, QuikTrip’s corporate communications manager, said.
Shortly after the closure, workers were already taking down the sign outside and working on removing gas pump components.
The store has been in the downtown area for years and is near Ascension Via Christi St. Francis. The store was rebuilt as a new Gen 3 store, and before construction started in 2015, QuikTrip moved an older home from the area to make way for the expansion.
The former QuikTrip location has been the site of two deadly shootings in its history. On May 5, 2021, Will Robinson, a security guard working at the store, was shot following a disturbance. It happened while he was escorting a man out of the store. Back in March 2006, 17-year-old clerk Brian Hall was shot in the head by Anthony Barnes. Barnes was later convicted.
Jump Start said the store will begin transitioning immediately and will reopen tomorrow. The transition will be completed in July.
“We are excited at the opportunity to bring our brand to the heart of Wichita,” said Kristin Ghere, marketing and corporate development director for Jump Start. “Customers will soon see our new state-of-the-art touch screen pumps at this location. We will reopen on June 15th and plan to maintain the current food service offerings provided at the Broadway store while introducing our popular offerings. In addition to our technology and 93-Octane or Flex Fuel fuels, customers will also be introduced to our $1 fountain drinks and coffee bar menu.”
It will be Jump Start’s 20th location in Wichita.
“When my wife and I sought out to build the company six years ago, we saw an opportunity to be the only locally owned convenience store chain in the Wichita area. We take pride in being local and bringing quality products and services to the areas we serve. The new Broadway location supports a broad scope of our community. As a new neighbor we have been working with various community partners in the area,” Phil Near, owner and president of Jump Start Stores, Inc., said.
Jump Start said they worked closely with city council members, the Wichita Police Department’s Homeless Outreach Team, Comcare, and the Union Rescue Mission to best serve the diverse population of customers in the downtown area. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/quiktrip-closes-north-broadway-store-sells-to-jumpstart/ | 2022-06-14T19:00:44 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/quiktrip-closes-north-broadway-store-sells-to-jumpstart/ |
BELTON, Texas — Editor's Note: The video above was published in March
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor announced that it will be naming the field at Crusader Stadium after longtime head football coach Pete Fredenburg.
Coach Fredenburg started with UMHB in 1998 and won national championships in 2018 and 2021. His tenure saw 17 postseason appearances and a perfect 15-0 season. Fredenburg was also a five-time national coach of the year and has been inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
A press release from the university states that "Fredenburg Field" will appear on the walls behind both endzones and plaques will be put up in recognition of his accomplishments.
In the release, Fredenburg is quoted as saying, "Wow! What an incredible honor and tribute to all the players, coaches and staff who sacrificed and dedicated themselves to hard work and the pursuit of excellence. Our successful journey would not have been possible without them and the support and guidance of our faculty, staff and administration. Our football program is also indebted to the many parents and fans who believed in us over the last 24 years. I will always be humbled and grateful for this recognition and our wonderful years at Mary Hardin-Baylor.”
“Pete Fredenburg arrived on the UMHB campus from day one with a plan to develop a football program and take it to national prominence,” Vice President for Athletics Dr. Mickey Kerr said in the release. “He nurtured this program and guided it to unprecedented success. Going forward, Fredenburg Field will always serve as a reminder of the goals set for the Cru Football program and a tribute to the coach who built it.”
The field will be officially named Fredenburg Field in a ceremony on Saturday, September 17th. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/umhb-to-name-football-field-after-famed-coach/500-abf46850-fe62-41ae-a3fe-fdc88b9eac92 | 2022-06-14T19:03:23 | 0 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/umhb-to-name-football-field-after-famed-coach/500-abf46850-fe62-41ae-a3fe-fdc88b9eac92 |
After being ranked as the second-best pediatric hospital in the country for three consecutive years, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia fell to No. 4 in U.S. News and World Report's most recent rankings, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported.
The nation's oldest pediatric hospital still holds the top spot in the Mid-Atlantic region and the state of Pennsylvania, according to the 2022-2023 Best Children's Hospitals list released Tuesday.
Boston Children's Hospital continued its streak as the best pediatric hospital in the nation, topping the U.S. News list for the ninth straight year. CHOP was surpassed by Texas Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital for the second and third spots, respectively.
Read more about CHOP and the best children's hospital rankings at PBJ.com.
Get all of your business news at the Philadelphia Business Journal. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/chop-falls-in-rankings-of-top-childrens-hospitals-after-3-years-as-nations-no-2/3270491/ | 2022-06-14T19:04:49 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/chop-falls-in-rankings-of-top-childrens-hospitals-after-3-years-as-nations-no-2/3270491/ |
PORTLAND, Maine — A local man has died following a single-vehicle crash in Palermo.
Louis Miller, 57, was traveling northbound on Plummer Road on Sunday when he reportedly failed to negotiate a turn, causing his vehicle to leave the roadway, strike a tree, and roll, according to a news release issued by the Waldo County Sheriff's Office.
Miller was reportedly ejected from the vehicle as a result of the crash and died from his injuries, the release states.
Miller was the only person involved in the crash, which remains under investigation.
Deputy Lucas Potts and Cpl. Jeff Rice responded to the crash, which was reported at about 1:30 p.m. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/palermo-man-57-dies-in-crash-on-sunday-june-12/97-225afc95-b07a-43d0-b6e0-89dd7e0994ca | 2022-06-14T19:09:08 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/palermo-man-57-dies-in-crash-on-sunday-june-12/97-225afc95-b07a-43d0-b6e0-89dd7e0994ca |
PORTLAND, Maine — A Searsport man has died following a motorcycle crash in Frankfort.
The Waldo County Sheriff's Office received a report about a crash at about 4:45 p.m. Saturday, June 11.
After arriving at the scene, deputies determined that Mitchell Philbrook, 23, was traveling southbound on Main Road North when his motorcycle reportedly left the roadway, the news release states.
Personnel with the Winterport ambulance service, which transported Philbrook, told deputies the man had died from the injuries suffered in the crash.
The crash remains under investigation, but excessive speed is believed to have been a factor, the release states.
Philbrook was the only person involved in the crash. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/searsport-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-on-main-road-north-in-frankfort/97-028aa764-833d-4eb4-82b1-fc99d5ed0dfe | 2022-06-14T19:09:14 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor/searsport-man-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-on-main-road-north-in-frankfort/97-028aa764-833d-4eb4-82b1-fc99d5ed0dfe |
RINDGE, N.H. — A New Hampshire man's body was recovered from a pond hours after his dog was discovered swimming alone in the water, officials said.
The body of Benjamin Dabuliewicz, 38, of Warner, was recovered early Saturday evening from Pool Pond, officials said.
Family members had been trying to reach him after his dog was spotted alone in the water and was returned to shore. Personal belongings were found on a nearby beach, according to police.
The body was recovered about two and a half hours after police were notified at 3 p.m. that the man was missing.
Multiple agencies including New Hampshire State Police-Marine Patrol, New Hampshire Fish and Game, Rindge Police Department and Rindge Fire and Rescue assisted in the search and recovery. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/body-of-warner-new-hampshire-man-recovered-after-dog-was-found-swimming-alone-at-pool-pond/97-da6b514a-7658-44f0-8ffa-ab74358b13d0 | 2022-06-14T19:09:20 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/body-of-warner-new-hampshire-man-recovered-after-dog-was-found-swimming-alone-at-pool-pond/97-da6b514a-7658-44f0-8ffa-ab74358b13d0 |
Events on Delmarva to support law enforcement, pray for Glenn Hilliard's family
After the tragic shooting death of Wicomico County Sheriff's Deputy Glenn Hilliard on Sunday night, multiple events have been planned on Delmarva to honor his memory and show support for law enforcement.
Hilliard, a 16-year veteran law enforcement officer, was injured in a shooting at the Talbot Apartments in Pittsville on Sunday night, according to the town and the sheriff's office, and later died from his injuries.
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Shortly after the shooting, the sheriff's office released information asking for the public's help in locating a man identified as Austin Jacob Allen Davidson, and police said he was located and taken into custody.
Here's a look at events that are planned.
'Enough is Enough' Rally
This event to show support for the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office is set for Tuesday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the sheriff's office.
The event is organized by Hogs And Heroes Foundation America.
Pittsville prayer service
A prayer service for Deputy Hilliard is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at Ayres United Methodist Church at 7515 Gumboro Road in Pittsville.
Prayers will be offered for Hilliard's wife and children, his brothers in blue, and all law enforcement officers and first responders.
National Day of Prayer for Police
The National Day of Prayer for Law Enforcement Officers, first organized by Wives Behind the Badge Inc. in 2011, is observed on the third week of June, this year on Friday, June 17.
How to help out monetarily
The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 111 has created a memorial fund for Glenn Hilliard at the Bank of Delmarva. Donations can be mailed directly to the Bank of Delmarva or the FOP.
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Make check payable to:
Memorial Fund for Glenn Hilliard, c/o FOP Lodge #111, 814 Albert St.,, Salisbury, Md. 21804
Or directly to the bank at: Memorial Fund for Glenn Hilliard, c/o Bank of Delmarva, 921 Eastern Shore Drive, Salisbury, Md. 21804. Attn: Katie
There is a Paypal Account that accepts credit cards through Operation We Care at: https://www.operationwecare.org/donate.
Click on Donate and use the drop-down to select "DFC Glenn Hilliard Family"
The community rallies in support
A vigil to support the Hilliard family in this trying time was held Monday night outside Perdue Stadium in Salisbury.
Here are images from the event. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/14/events-support-law-enforcement-support-glenn-hilliards-family/7624230001/ | 2022-06-14T19:13:22 | 0 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/14/events-support-law-enforcement-support-glenn-hilliards-family/7624230001/ |
If you've ever wanted to tell the MTA exactly how you feel about its services, whether you ride by bus, subway or commuter rail, and you don't want your comments lost in a heat-of-the-moment Twitter exchange, we've got some good news.
The transit agency just debuted its Spring 2022 Customers Count Travel survey online and is asking those who ride New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad and Access-A-Ride Paratransit to take it. Sign up to take it through June 24.
According to the MTA, officials will use the annual survey results to understand how people use its services now and how it can best direct future resources toward desired enhancements. As the public knows, there are likely more than a few.
If you complete the survey, your name gets entered in a drawing to win a $100 pre-paid cash gift card. Survey results will be available in September, officials said.
"We know customers are looking for safer and more reliable trips, and this survey helps us prioritize which trains and stations are on the list first for items like new LED lighting and more frequent cleanings," MTA Chief Customer Officer Sarah Meyer said. "Tell us what you want, New York, and we will do our best to make your rides more comfortable."
The MTA’s fall 2021 survey received 123,000 responses and was the first to target customers using all its modes of transit. The results of that survey found that hybrid work schedules affected ridership trends, and customers’ top concerns were related to crime and cleanliness.
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In response to those findings, the MTA says it advocated for more police on platforms and aboard trains and stepped-up safety protocols related to COVID-19. The results of the fall survey can be found here. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/the-mta-wants-to-hear-what-you-truly-think-about-service-and-heres-where-to-share/3733863/ | 2022-06-14T19:13:28 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/the-mta-wants-to-hear-what-you-truly-think-about-service-and-heres-where-to-share/3733863/ |
FRISCO, Texas (KDAF) — We know Fourth of July is weeks away but it’s never too early to plan and if you haven’t found plans yet, Frisco’s Freedom Fest may be the event for you.
Featuring one of the largest fireworks shows in North Texas, Frisco Freedom Fest has events starting July 3 and ending with a bang on Fourth of July night.
Here is the schedule of events:
Sunday, July 3
- 4:45 p.m. — Cornhole Tournament
- 7 p.m. — Dachshund Dash
- 8 p.m. — Yankee Doodle Poodle Parade
- 9 p.m. — Hotter ‘n Firecrackers 5K & Glow Run
Monday, July 4
- 3 p.m. — Taste of Frisco
- 4 p.m. — Party in the Plaza
- 10 p.m. — Fireworks Extravaganza
For more information, visit friscofreedomfest.org. | https://cw33.com/news/local/got-fourth-of-july-plans-yet-if-not-friscos-freedom-fest-may-be-the-place-for-you/ | 2022-06-14T19:17:09 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/got-fourth-of-july-plans-yet-if-not-friscos-freedom-fest-may-be-the-place-for-you/ |
The Midland City Council voted Tuesday to defer zoning changes to an area in northwest Midland where developers want to add housing and an office development.
The area is southeast of the intersection at Green Tree Boulevard and Midland Drive, and residents from Green Tree and Mockingbird Heights told the council they had issues with traffic, safety and the types of homes being planned. The main reason for the deferral was the traffic and the lack of an already-built, east-west connector from Holiday Hill Road to Midland Drive that would be an alternative to potential traffic cutting across Green Tree Boulevard.
The council listened and said they wanted staff to examine potential options for traffic created by the development – specifically what can be done to extend Mockingbird Lane from Midland Drive to Holiday Hill. The hope is that right-of-way can be secured, funding planned and construction take place while new development takes place just north of the current Mockingbird Heights development.
The project had already been approved by the City of Midland’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Development officials told the council they wanted to build upscale “garden homes” that require little maintenance. They said the homes planned would be 2,800 to 3,300 square feet. Developers expected cost per home of $550,000 to $700,000.
The deferral means that developers can come back to the city with another zone request and not have to wait a year. Scott Dufford, the councilman representing District 1 (generally north Midland), said he wants to see the development come back as a “planned district,” giving this council or future councils more control of the future development of the land and that the types of homes planned remain consistent with what developers are saying currently.
Councilman Jack Ladd Jr. was consistent during the public hearing asking about what the city could do when it came to the alternative east-west route – whether that was Mockingbird or the building of Occidental Parkway which would take place north of the Green Tree Development.
One common complaint was that the 50 to 70 homes planned and then future development would add traffic, specifically traffic of people taking children to school at Fasken Elementary. Also, residents expressed concerns about increased traffic on the Green Tree Boulevard – which is one lane each way – because of the office complex, which is planned to be built north of the housing development and southeast of Midland Drive and Green Tree Boulevard.
The council voted to defer the zone changes related to the residential development and office development and then voted down a related plat. Developers can come back immediately with a new plat when conversations with the city start again about the development. Project officials will again have to go through Planning and Zoning Commission with new requests for zone changes and a plat. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Council-defers-zoning-ruling-near-Green-Tree-17240978.php | 2022-06-14T19:22:48 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Council-defers-zoning-ruling-near-Green-Tree-17240978.php |
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Investors would be green with envy at the returns the Permian Strategic Partnership has enjoyed.
The partnership announced Monday that it has transformed $93 million in investments received from the 17 companies that comprise its membership, into $950 million in community support. That $93 million is over the three-year life of the partnership.
“We’re pretty proud of the numbers,” Tracee Bentley, the partnership’s president and chief executive officer, told the Reporter-Telegram in a telephone interview. “The rate of return is pretty remarkable.”
She explained that partnerships with other entities helped leverage that $93 million in PSP funding into $950 million. As an example, Bentley said the Abell-Hanger Foundation, Henry Foundation and Scharbauer Foundations joined PSP in raising $55 million to bring 14 IDEA schools – including IDEA Travis and a second Midland school being built – to Midland and Odessa. Other partners joined PSP in funding Midland College’s Pre-K Academy and Center for Teaching Excellence. Yet another partnership, with the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation will give 134 elementary schools in 22 Permian Basin counties fully equipped science, technology and math (STEM) centers serving more than 60,000 students and 2,000 teachers.
Partnerships have extended beyond education to partnership with, among others, the University of Texas Permian Basin, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and Midland and Odessa colleges to expand health care training and access.
Those include new or expanded nursing and pre-med training facilities at the schools and working with Texas Tech to create a new surgical and subspecialty program.
“We’ve made a lot of investments that the community will start to see and feel in a year or two,” she said of the investments in medical training programs.
Over the past year PSP has made substantial investments to support critical community needs, including:
• $34.075 million in education investments benefiting more than 100,000 students.
• $41 million in health care investments to improve access to the region's 2 million residents.
• $14.7 million to train and upskill the region's 800,000 strong workforce.
The partnership also worked to bring $600 million in state funding to address Permian Basin roads, and Bentley said the PSP will continue to serve as the Permian Basin’s voice in Austin. Investments have also been made in veterans’ programs and supporting first responders.
“I would say we’ve exceeded expectations. When we formed in 2019, we set lofty goals to be transformative,” she said. “We had a great 2019 and then 2020 hit.”
The organization was challenged to get back on track and make up lost ground, she said, adding that she and the PSP team are thrilled at how PSP performed last year. The partnership has already made substantial investments to date this year, she noted.
“The other thing that exceeded my expectations is we didn’t lose a single member in 2020 to economic conditions,” she added. “We lost some members to mergers and acquisitions.” She cited founding members Concho Resources and Shell Energy, both now part of ConocoPhillips, Anadarko, now part of Occidental Petroleum, and Parsley Energy, now part of Pioneer Natural Resources.
Residents throughout the Permian Basin – including West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico – can see PSP elevate its investments in education in order to support the young families moving into the region and looking for quality schools, she said.
There will also continue to be a laser focus on health care, she added, and on workforce development.
“I would say the PSP is going to be around for the foreseeable future,” said Bentley. “I feel we’ve only just begun. We have years and years of investments to make.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Permian-Strategic-Partnership-reports-strong-17238874.php | 2022-06-14T19:22:54 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Permian-Strategic-Partnership-reports-strong-17238874.php |
Construction Manufacturer Caterpillar is moving its headquarters to Irving, the company announced Tuesday.
Previously headquartered in a suburb of Chicago, the company currently has about 120 workers in Irving as part of its local workforce, according to our partner at the Dallas Morning News.
"We believe it's in the best strategic interest of the company to make this move, which supports Caterpillar's strategy for profitable growth as we help our customers build a better, more sustainable world," Jim Umpleby, Caterpillar and CEO said.
The company will specifically be headquartered at Williams Square in Irving, inside its west tower.
“We are excited to consolidate the Electric Power leadership and support teams together in Irving, Texas,” said Jason Kaiser, Caterpillar’s Electric Power Division Vice President. “Our new office in Williams Square will play an integral role in supporting Caterpillar’s long-term strategic goal to remain a leader in our industry. This location is home to a highly-skilled workforce and provides global access to our customers and dealers with centralized proximity to DFW and Love Field airports.”
A Fortune 100 company, Caterpillar manufactures construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.
The company will begin transitioning its headquarters to Irving this year. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/construction-manufacturer-caterpillar-to-move-headquarters-to-irving/2992055/ | 2022-06-14T19:23:51 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/construction-manufacturer-caterpillar-to-move-headquarters-to-irving/2992055/ |
A Denton County woman is under arrest, accused of murder in the shooting death of her husband.
According to Denton Police, at about 10 p.m. on April 25, a woman called 911 to say her husband had been shot.
Officers arrived at the 1100 block of E. Sherman Drive to find a crashed pickup truck occupied by an unconscious man in the driver's seat and a woman in the passenger seat.
The woman, identified by police as 30-year-old Amber Rosales, told police she and her husband, identified as 31-year-old Jeffrey McBride, stopped to speak with a man who then shot McBride from the passenger side door. Rosales said the man then tossed the gun into the truck before running away.
McBride was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died.
Police said Rosales gave inconsistent statements during their investigation and that evidence led them to believe she was the only other person present when her husband was shot.
Rosales was arrested on May 25 at her home in Sanger. She is currently being held in the Denton County Jail on a bond of $500,000. It's not clear if she's obtained an attorney. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/denton-woman-arrested-accused-of-fatally-shooting-husband/2991913/ | 2022-06-14T19:23:57 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/denton-woman-arrested-accused-of-fatally-shooting-husband/2991913/ |
1 killed in car crash near 43rd and Northern avenues in Phoenix
A Monday morning car crash ended in an overturned car, with the driver dying at the hospital.
The crash occurred around 11:15 a.m. when a four-door passenger car T-boned a SUV near 43rd and Northern avenues, according to a Phoenix Police Department press release Monday night. The impact caused the SUV to flip onto its roof.
The driver of the SUV, Adele Adwar Murad, 33, was rushed to a hospital, but she later died, police said.
The driver of the other vehicle sustained injuries that were not life threatening and was treated at a hospital, according to the release. They were not identified by police.
Based on preliminary information, it appears the car ran a red light and crashed into the side of the SUV while the SUV was making a left turn, according to the release.
While the investigation was still going on, police did not suspect impairment was a factor.
Reach breaking news reporter Sam Burdette at sburdette@gannett.com. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/06/14/1-dies-phoenix-crash-43rd-northern-avenues/7623302001/ | 2022-06-14T19:24:26 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2022/06/14/1-dies-phoenix-crash-43rd-northern-avenues/7623302001/ |
3 things to know about the murder of Landry Anglin, Shreveport teen shot inside house
On May 1 a Shreveport teen was killed inside a home on Fairfield Avenue. One month later three suspects were arrested in connection to her death.
Here's three things you need to know about the case.
More:3 arrested in connection with May killing of 13-year-old Shreveport girl shot through house
What happened?
On Sunday, May 1, Landry Anglin, 13, was shot inside her home.
Anglin, an eighth-grader at Caddo Middle Magnet was sitting with her family when a stray bullet went through the house and struck the teenage girl, killing her.
Chief Wayne Smith said that day two vehicles appeared to be chasing each other down Erie Street, during that chase they began shooting. One of the stray bullets traveled west and struck the home hitting Anglin who was inside the residence.
The shooting occurred just a little before 2:30 p.m. When first responders made it to her home on Fairfield Avenue they found the teen unresponsive with a gunshot wound to her back.
Anglin was rushed to a local hospital, but she was later pronounced dead.
Read:Crisis Walk in memory of Landry Anglin who was killed Sunday
Who was arrested?
Following Anglin's death, Shreveport Police Detectives identified two suspects, Ken Michael Ray, 23, and Gavontay Johnson, 28 of Shreveport.
They obtained warrants charging the pair with illegal use of a firearm relative to this investigation.
Ray and Johnson were taken into custody in Arlington, Texas by the U.S. Marshals Violent Offender task force on May 4. They were then extradited back to Caddo Parish.
Ray was additionally charged with one count of 2nd-degree murder.
A third person, Keara Russell, 23, of Irving, Texas, was arrested on May 7, for failure to report certain felonies and careless operations.
More:Caddo Middle Magnet principal talks about shooting death of student
What is next?
On June 6, Ray requested counsel. He is currently in the custody of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office and is awaiting a hearing set for July 19.
Johnson's attorney filed a motion for discovery and inspection on June 3, and his preliminary examination will be on June 20.
The third suspect Russell, was arrested on May 7, and a bond of $500,000 was set on May 10, by Judge Donald E. Hathaway, Jr. Her case is set for arraignment on June 20.
Read:Shreveport teen shot while inside a home on Fairfield Avenue
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/3-things-you-need-know-murder-landry-anglin/7608546001/ | 2022-06-14T19:26:29 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/3-things-you-need-know-murder-landry-anglin/7608546001/ |
Shreveport child drowns in apartment complex pool
On Monday, a Shreveport child died after she was found floating in an apartment pool.
Around 7 p.m. Shreveport Fire Department received a call to the 9000 block of Walker Road at the Southwood Village Apartment Complex. Upon arrival, they located a family member of Amelie Gray performing CPR.
Shreveport Police said that Gray was seen in the shallow end of the pool during a family pool party. Gray then began to move further down the edge to the deep end. It is believed she lost her grip and slipped to the bottom of the pool.
She died at Willis-Knighton South at 7:15 p.m.
More:10 safety tips to keep you and your family safe while at the pool
Shreveport Fire Chief, Clarence Reese encourages everyone to practice the following safety tips:
- Swim in designated areas supervised by lifeguards, always swim with a buddy never alone.
- Provide close attention to children even when lifeguards are present, Avoid distractions like cell phones.
- Never leave young children unattended near water
- Young children and inexperienced swimmers should use U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets around water.
- Keep young swimmers or inexperienced swimmers within arm’s reach of an experienced adult swimmer.
Mario Villafuerte contributed to this story.
Read:State police offer safety tips after Louisiana listed among worst roads
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/shreveport-child-drowns-apartment-complex-pool/7622241001/ | 2022-06-14T19:26:30 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/shreveport-child-drowns-apartment-complex-pool/7622241001/ |
HELENA, Mont. — Raging floodwaters that pulled houses into rivers and forced rescues by air and boat began to slowly recede Tuesday across the Yellowstone region, leaving tourists and others stranded after roads and bridges were knocked out by torrential rains that swelled waterways to record levels.
The flooding across parts of southern Montana and northern Wyoming forced the indefinite closure of Yellowstone National Park just as a summer tourist season that draws millions of visitors annually was ramping up.
Just north of the park, hundreds of people remained isolated after the Yellowstone River and its tributaries washed away the only roadways in and out of the area.
Near Gardiner, Montana, campground manager Marshall Haley said some people had evacuated before the roads washed out after being warned that the river was rising. But others stayed behind and now couldn't leave, he said. There was no word on when the roads could be repaired and re-opened.
"We're on an island so to speak," said Haley. "Most of the motels were full, and the store's going to run out of food pretty soon probably because no truck can get down here."
The towns of Cooke City and Silvergate, just east of the park, were also isolated by floodwaters.
Numerous homes and other structures were destroyed, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or fatalities.
Heavy rain on top of melting mountain snow pushed the Yellowstone, Stillwater and Clarks Fork rivers to record levels Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
Officials in Yellowstone and in several southern Montana counties were assessing damage from the storms that also triggered mudslides and rockslides. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte declared a statewide disaster.
In Livingston, low-lying neighborhoods were evacuated and the city's hospital was evacuated as a precaution after its driveway flooded.
It was unclear how many visitors to the region remained stranded or have been forced to leave Yellowstone, or how many people who live outside the park were rescued and evacuated.
Some of the worst damage happened in the northern part of the park and Yellowstone's gateway communities in southern Montana. National Park Service photos of northern Yellowstone showed a mudslide, washed out bridges and roads undercut by churning floodwaters of the Gardner and Lamar rivers.
Officials in Park County, which includes Gardiner and Cooke City, said extensive flooding throughout the county had made drinking water unsafe in many areas.
The Montana National Guard said Monday it sent two helicopters to southern Montana to help with the evacuations.
In south-central Montana, flooding on the Stillwater River stranded 68 people at a campground. Stillwater County Emergency Services agencies and crews with the Stillwater Mine rescued people Monday from the Woodbine Campground by raft. Some roads in the area are closed because of flooding and residents have been evacuated.
"We will be assessing the loss of homes and structures when the waters recede," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Cory Mottice, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Billings, Montana, said rain is not in the immediate forecast, and cooler temperatures will lessen the snowmelt in coming days.
"This is flooding that we've just never seen in our lifetimes before," Mottice said.
Scientists say climate change is responsible for more intense and more frequent extreme events such as storms, droughts, floods and wildfires, although single weather events usually cannot be directly linked to climate change without extensive study.
The Yellowstone River at Corwin Springs crested at 13.88 feet Monday, higher than the previous record of 11.5 feet set in 1918, according the the National Weather Service.
At a cabin in Gardiner, Parker Manning got an up-close view of the water rising and the river bank sloughing off in the raging Yellowstone River floodwaters just outside his door.
"We started seeing entire trees floating down the river, debris," Manning, who is from Terra Haute, Indiana, told The Associated Press. "Saw one crazy single kayaker coming down through, which was kind of insane."
On Monday evening, Manning watched as the rushing waters undercut the opposite riverbank, causing a house to fall into the Yellowstone River and float away mostly intact.
Floodwaters inundated a street in Red Lodge, a Montana town of 2,100 that's a popular jumping-off point for a scenic, winding route into the Yellowstone high country. Twenty-five miles to the northeast, in Joliet, Kristan Apodaca wiped away tears as she stood across the street from a washed-out bridge, The Billings Gazette reported.
The log cabin that belonged to her grandmother, who died in March, flooded, as did the park where Apodaca's husband proposed.
"I am sixth-generation. This is our home," she said. "That bridge I literally drove yesterday. My mom drove it at 3 a.m. before it was washed out."
On Monday, Yellowstone officials evacuated the northern part of the park, where roads may remain impassable for a substantial length of time, park Superintendent Cam Sholly said in a statement.
But the flooding affected the rest of the park, too, with park officials warning of yet higher flooding and potential problems with water supplies and wastewater systems at developed areas.
The rains hit just as area hotels have filled up in recent weeks with summer tourists. More than 4 million visitors were tallied by the park last year. The wave of tourists doesn't abate until fall and June is typically one of Yellowstone's busiest months.
Yellowstone got 2.5 inches of rain Saturday, Sunday and into Monday. The Beartooth Mountains northeast of Yellowstone got as much as 4 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
The flooding happened while other parts of the U.S. burned in hot and dry weather. More than 100 million Americans were being warned to stay indoors as a heat wave settles over states stretching through parts of the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes and east to the Carolinas.
Elsewhere in the West, crews from California to New Mexico are battling wildfires in hot, dry and windy weather. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/flooding-pummels-yellowstone-region-leaves-many-stranded/article_71f647de-4432-547f-abb9-db6e5638f826.html | 2022-06-14T19:32:01 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/flooding-pummels-yellowstone-region-leaves-many-stranded/article_71f647de-4432-547f-abb9-db6e5638f826.html |
GRANBURY, Texas — Former Marine Trevor Reed has filed a petition with the United Nations, asking the entity to recognize Russia wrongfully imprisoned him for nearly three years.
In his 13,000-word petition, Reed describes the injustices suffered, including being subjected him to phony judicial proceedings that ignored exculpatory evidence, being denied bail on spurious grounds, infringing his right to counsel and access to U.S. diplomatic assistance, and being beaten and abused in a gulag.
For 985 days, Reed was held in a series of Russian prisons, thrown in isolation cells as small as a closet for 23 hours a day, placed in a psychiatric ward and sent to a forced labor camp he described as looking and feeling like something "out of medieval times,” ABC News reported.
Reed was freed on April 27 as part of a prisoner swap agreed between the Biden administration and the Kremlin. The former Marine was exchanged for Konstantin Yaroshenko, a pilot from Russia who was sentenced in 2011 to 20 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle cocaine into the United States.
RELATED: Who is Konstantin Yaroshenko? More on the prisoner traded for Marine veteran's release from Russia
Reed's petition also asks Russia to pay him reparations.
Reed also recently has come to the defense of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was arrested in a Russian airport after officials allegedly found cannabis in her luggage.
“We need to all speak out for these Americans, because every single one of us is an American,” Reed said at a Houston rally advocating for Griner's release. “Every day that you’re in prison there, it’s like you’re waking up to a nightmare. There is no justice in Russia. Brittney and Paul [Whelan] will not receive justice in Russia... they will not receive a fair trial in Russia.”
Griner's detention was extended on June 14 through July 2, according to Russian state news. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/trevor-reed-petition-russia-wrongful-imprisonment-reparations/287-f9ea41a2-ad49-4326-8e5f-75d79309c283 | 2022-06-14T19:32:25 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/trevor-reed-petition-russia-wrongful-imprisonment-reparations/287-f9ea41a2-ad49-4326-8e5f-75d79309c283 |
BLOOMINGTON — Methamphetamine charges have been filed against a Heyworth man.
Mason A. Artis, 22, is charged with unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of meth (Class 1 felony).
He is accused of having between 15 and 100 grams of meth May 23.
A warrant for his arrest was issued June 3 and returned Saturday.
Artis was jailed in lieu of posting $10,035.
An arraignment is scheduled for July 8.
Updated mug shots from The Pantagraph
Brandon E.J. Frieburg
Brandon E.J. Frieburg, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhiannan O. Keith
Rhiannan O. Keith, 23, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 100 to 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
George E. Wisehart
George E. Wisehart, 44, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver and two counts of meth possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher A. Johnson
Christopher A. Johnson, 29, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kelyi G. Kabongo
Kelyi G. Kabongo, 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession 5 to 15 grams of meth and less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver, possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth and possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyrone L. McKinney
Tyrone L. McKinney, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 1 to 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Terrance T. Jones
Terrance T. Jones, 34, of Chicago, is charged with armed robbery (Class X felony), aggravated battery causing great bodily harm (Class 3 felony), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 and 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Noel R. Castillo
Noel R. Castillo, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful vehicular invasion, aggravated battery, theft, criminal damage to government supported property and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerrigan T. Spencer
Kerrigan T. Spencer, 18, of Normal, is charged with two counts of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Austin S. Waller
Austin S. Waller, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary at a Bloomington smoke shop. He is separately charged with three counts of burglary at the Corn Crib.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob S. Upton
Jacob S. Upton, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Franklin P. Roberts
Franklin P. Roberts, 50, of Bloomington, is charged with threatening a public official (Class 2 felony) and domestic battery (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze
Ashley R. Schneiderheinze, 32, is charged with unlawful possession of:
15 to 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of cocaine (Class 1 felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony) Less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Less than 15 grams of clonazepam (Class 4 felony) 30 to 100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor) She also is charged with two counts of permitting the unlawful use of a building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brandon E. Reynolds
Brandon E. Reynolds, 35, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation for a charge of grooming.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hannah J. Jackson
Hannah J. Jackson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of cocaine and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jason M. Harris
Jason M. Harris , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated arson (Class X felony), residential arson (Class 1 felony) and two counts of arson (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael S. Parkerson
Michael S. Parkerson, 54, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (Class 2 felony) and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kerry M. Huls
Kerry M. Huls, 47, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful delivery of 5 to 15 grams of meth, unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of meth, unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of meth, and unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of meth.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Randy M. Turner
Randy M. Turner, 39, of Danville, is charged with two counts of disarming a peace officer, five counts of aggravated battery, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, attempted possession of a stolen motor vehicle, criminal damage to government supported property and driving under the influence of drugs.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Malik A. Wilson
Malik A. Wilson, 23, of Chicago, is charged with two counts of attempted armed robbery and aggravated discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates
Jaren K. Jackson-Coates, 24, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jawarren L. Clements
Jawarren L. Clements, 25, of Peoria, is charged with unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter A.W. Williamson
Hunter A.W. Williamson, 23, of Heyworth, is charged with cannabis trafficking and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mason A. Artis
Mason A. Artis, 22, of Shirley, is charged with possession of a stolen license plate, unauthorized use of a license plate and three counts of theft. He is separately charged with unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 15 to 100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta C. Chissell
Kenyatta C. Chissell, 40, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shanarra S. Spillers
Shanarra S. Spillers , 36, of Normal, is charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Enrique D. Sosa
Enrique D. Sosa, 55, of Spanish Fork, Utah, is charged with theft, financial institution fraud, wire fraud and two counts of computer fraud.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Caleb W. Collier
Caleb W. Collier, 20, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class 1 and 2 felonies). He is accused of possessing between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine and less than 1 gram of cocaine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahda R. Davis
Jahda R. Davis, 20, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Roosevelt Williams
Roosevelt Williams, 43, of Bloomington, is charged with home invasion, criminal trespass to a residence and battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Carter
Mark A. Carter, 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey B. Dowell
Corey B. Dowell , 24, of Bloomington, is charged with failure to report an accident or injury.
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Joshua V. Wilburn
Joshua V. Wilburn, 33, of Bloomington, is charged with burglary and retail theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alicia L. Rodriguez
Alicia L. Rodriguez, 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina E. Dickey
Christina E. Dickey, 37, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David L. Hendricks
David L. Hendricks, 44, of Clearwater, Florida, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenneth R. McNairy
Kenneth R. McNairy, 32, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies), and two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 and Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher Garza
Christopher O. Garza, 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
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Emmitt A. Simmons
Emmitt A. Simmons, 21, of LeRoy, is charged with indecent solicitation of a child (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua K. Wilson
Joshua K. Wilson, 39, of Normal, was sentenced to 152 days in jail and 24 months on conditional discharge after pleading guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kavion J. Anderson
Kavion J. Anderson, 18, of Hazel Crest, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He earned credit for 197 days served in jail. Anderson pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular hijacking.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Elizabeth A. Johnson
Elizabeth A. Johnson, 40, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon P. Keister
Jonathon P. Keister, 38, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony), and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of meth (Class 3 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brettais J. Lane
Brettais J. Lane, 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance in a public park and ulawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
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Jessica N. Huff
Jessica N. Huff, 35, of Peoria, was sentenced to seven years in prison. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 15 to 100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Craig O. Harrington
Craig O. Harrington , 23, of Chicago, was sentenced to 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of burglary.
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Brandon J. Black
Brandon J. Black, 33, of Decatur, is charged with child pornography (Class X felony), attempt to produce child pornography (Class 3 felony), sexual exploitation of a child and grooming (Class 4 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ricky A. Smith
Ricky A. Smith , 30, 0f Urbana, is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felonies), unlawful possession of meth and possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jesse S. Duncan
Jesse S. Duncan, 28, of Bloomington, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison. He pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property with a value of between $500 and $10,000.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rhonda L. Davis
Rhonda L. Davis , 41, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Brenden P. Cano
Brenden P. Cano , 23, of LeRoy, was sentenced to eight years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of child pornography production.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dujuan L. Enos
Dujuan L. Enos, 48, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of fentanyl.
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Chester Johnson
Chester Johnson, 69, of Chicago, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James Canti
James Canti, 48, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of heroin.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Atkinson
Justin A. Atkinson , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to one year in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Connor M. Mink
Connor M. Mink, 18, of Bloomington is charged with unlawful:
Possession of 5-15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 5 grams of meth (Class 3 felony) Possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) Possession of less than 1 gram of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 2 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony) Possession of less than 15 grams of alprazolam (Class 4 felony) Possession of 30-500 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 3 felony) Possession of 10-30 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver (Class 4 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mark A. Thrower
Mark A. Thrower, 40, of Vinton, Louisiana, is charged with:
Eight counts child pornography (Class X felonies) Two counts aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor (Class 2 felonies) Two counts grooming (Class 4 felonies) Indecent solicitation of a child (Class 3 felony) Traveling to meet a minor (Class 3 felony)
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kayala D.C. Huff
Kayala D.C. Huff, 23, of Normal, is charged with aggravated battery, domestic battery and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rebecca Y. Choi
Rebecca Y. Choi, 32, of Wheaton, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony), possession of less than 15 grams of amphetamine (Class 4 felony), and possession of drug paraphernalia (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal, 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony), possession of 15-100 grams of meth (Class 1 felony), and possession of 5-15 grams of meth (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javon T. Murff
Javon T. Murff, 19, of Normal, is charged with two counts aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felony), robbery (Class 2 felony), possession of a stolen firearm (Class 2 felony), two counts aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 4 felony), two counts reckless discharge of a firearm (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Demarcus J. Heidelberg
Demarcus J. Heidelberg, 24, of Belleville, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Deon K. Moore
Deon K. Moore, 26, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon (Class 2 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cordaiz J. Jones
Cordaiz J. Jones, 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery (Class 2 felonies), stalking (Class 4 felony) and two counts of misdemeanor resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christopher L. Anderson
Christopher L. Anderson, 40, of Downs, was sentenced to 167 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius J. Heard
Darrius J. Heard, 21, of Clarksville, Tennessee, was sentenced to six days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latele Y. Pinkston
Latele Y. Pinkston , 29, was sentenced to five years in prison. Pinkston pleaded guilty to unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Daniel Wilcox
Daniel Wilcox, 22, of New Concord, Kentucky, is charged with five counts each of criminal sexual assault (Class 1 felonies) and criminal sexual abuse, which are charged as Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kaveior K. Thomas
Kaveior K. Thomas, 32, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver (Class X felony), unlawful possession of a controlled substance (Class 1 felony), two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and violation of the Illinois FOID Card Act (Class 3 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Courtney A. Boyd
Courtney A. Boyd, 27, of Normal, is charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jodi M. Draper
Jodi M. Draper, 55, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Brian D. Stewart
Brian D. Stewart, 48, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lonnie L. Kimbrough
Lonnie L. Kimbrough , 36, of Peoria, was sentenced to 24 months on conditional discharge and four days in jail. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful cannabis possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari S. Buchanon
Amari S. Buchanon, 25, of Normal, was sentenced to 16 days in jail. She earned credit for eight days served in jail. She pleaded guilty to one count of possessing a firearm without a valid Firearm Owner's Identification Card. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donna Osborne
Donna Osborne, 52, of Decatur, is charged with two counts of burglary (Class 2 felonies) and one count each of retail theft (Class 3 felony) and theft (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Juls T. Eutsey
Julian T. Eutsey, 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 24 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual abuse.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Megan J. Duffy
Megan J. Duffy, 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 102 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of 5 to 15 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Qwonterian V. Ivy
Qwonterian V. Ivy, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied building.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Madison A. Knight
Madison A. Knight , 20, of Rutland, was sentenced to 120 days in jail and 30 months' probation for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dexter D. McCraney
Dexter D. McCraney , 38, of Normal, is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas J. Davis
Thomas J. Davis , 27, of Bloomington, was sentenced to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Christina D. Noonan
Christina D. Noonan , 42, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Wesley M. Noonan
Wesley M. Noonan , 48, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of controlled substance trafficking (Class X felonies), two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver charged as Class X felonies and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver as a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kenyatta L. Tate
Kenyatta L. Tate , 46, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of between 15-100 grams and 1-15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver (Class X and Class 1 felonies) and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Quacy L. Webster
Quacy L. Webster , 43, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felony) and unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine (Class 4 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jalen A. Davis
Jalen A. Davis , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of child pornography possession (Class X felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lazaro Flores
Lazaro Flores , 34, of Streator, was sentenced to seven years in prison for aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol causing death.
Mohamed N. Thiam
Mohamed N. Thiam , 19, of Bloomington, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorenzo Sims
Lorenzo Sims, 30, of Chicago, is charged with five counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (Class 2 felonies).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Laycell D. Wright
Laycell D. Wright , 32, of Rantoul, is charged with unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine (Class 1 felony). He also is charged with unlawful possession of 100-500 grams of cannabis (Class 4 felony) and 30-100 grams of cannabis (Class A misdemeanor).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Richard S. Bjorling
Richard S. Bjorling , 54, of Peoria Heights, was sentenced to seven years in prison for unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler D. Vidmar
Tyler D. Vidmar , 23, of Clinton, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
James E. Chase
James E. Chase , 52, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Melissa J. Piercy
Melissa J. Piercy , 38, of Normal, is charged with unlawful delivery of meth (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of 15-100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class X felony) and unlawful possession of 5-15 grams of meth with the intent to deliver (Class 1 felony).
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Charles L. Bell
Charles L. Bell , 33, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery (Class X felony), two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm (Class 1 felonies), aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (Class 2 felony), unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon (Class 2 felony), and violation of the Illinois Firearm Identification Card Act (Class 3 felony).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala
Wilmer A. Marquez-Ayala , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with six counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a minor family member (Class 2 felonies) and three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a victim under 13 years old (Class X felonies).
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Joshway C. Boens
Joshway C. Boens , 41, of Chicago, was sentenced to 143 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Seth A. Kindred
Seth A. Kindred , 31, of Ellsworth, was sentenced March 30 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver.
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Matthew D. Nunley
Matthew D. Nunley , 33, of Eureka, was sentenced to four years in prison for one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Clinton A. Page
Clinton A. Page , 29, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 24 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery of a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Loren M. Jepsen
Loren M. Jepsen , 34, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of home invasion causing injury (Class X felony). All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Calvin E. Young
Calvin E. Young , 30, of Bloomington, was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of cocaine.
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Jason R. Roof
Jason R. Roof , 46, of Heyworth, was sentenced March 28 to five and a half years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
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James L. Fields
James L. Fields , 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle and unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michelle E. Mueller
Michelle E. Mueller , 32, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of burglary. All other charges were dismissed.
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Telly H. Arrington
Telly H. Arrington , 24, of Normal, is charged with four counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Antonio R. Ross
Antonio R. Ross , 28, of Springfield, was sentenced March 24 to two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of retail theft. All other charges were dismissed. He also was ordered to pay $7,305 in restitution. Ross earned credit for previously serving 239 days in jail.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carlos L. Hogan
Carlos L. Hogan , 33, of Decatur, was sentenced to four years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 30-500 grams of cannabis. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David W. Kallal
David W. Kallal , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kent D. Johnson
Kent D. Johnson , 34, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andre D. Seals
Andre D. Seals , 37, of Champaign, is charged with aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler S. Burns
Tyler S. Burns, 31, of Chenoa, was sentenced to 170 days in jail and 30 months probation. He earned credit for the 170 days previously served in jail. Burns pleaded guilty to one count of burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Carrie Funk
Carrie Funk , 54, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of criminal neglect of an elderly person.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Anthony R. Fairchild
Anthony R. Fairchild , 51, of Bloomington, is charged with one count each of burglary and theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Inez J. Gleghorn
Inez J. Gleghorn, 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm in connection to an April 2021 stabbing in Bloomington. Other battery charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Alexis S. Williams
Alexis S. Williams, 24, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. She pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nayeon A. Teague
Nayeon A. Teague , 21, of Normal, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
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Frankie L. Hutchinson
Frankie L. Hutchinson , 21, of Chicago, is charged with one count of aggravated unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of unlawful possession of stolen vehicle parts, two counts of aggravated fleeing a peace officer and two counts of criminal damage to property.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joseph L. McLeod
Joseph L. McLeod , 40, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count each of forgery and deceptive practices.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lanee R. Rich
Lanee R. Rich , 18, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts each of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Corey K. Butler
Corey K. Butler , 19, of Champaign, is charged with possession of a stolen firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Darrius D. Robinson
Darrius D. Robinson , 29, of Normal, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jacob Z. Kemp
Jacob Z. Kemp , 32, is charged with three counts of aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan A. Jamison
Jonathan A. Jamison , 44, of Normal, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathon K. Campbell
Jonathan K. Campbell , 43, Jonathan K. Campbell, 43, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 48 months on probation. He pleaded guilty to one count of domestic battery causing bodily harm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Geno A. Borrego
Geno A. Borrego , 23, of Pontiac, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual assault.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaylin M. Caldwell
Jaylin M. Caldwell , 21, of Bloomington, was sentenced to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of 1-15 grams of cocaine. All other charges were dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Joshua D. Rials
Joshua D. Rials , 28, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of armed violence, Class X felonies, four counts of unlawful possession of a firearm and firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies. He was charged March 1 with two counts each of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and of firearm ammunition by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jamakio D. Chapell
Jamakio D. Chapell , 28, of Montgomery, Alabama, is charged with four counts of Class 2 felony aggravated battery, misdemeanor resisting a peace officer and 11 traffic charges, including driving under the influence of alcohol.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Thomas E. Dolan
Thomas E. Dolan , 22, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful possession of between 500 and 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver, unlawful cannabis possession, battery and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordyn H. Thornton
Jordyn H. Thornton , 22, of Bloomington, was convicted of first-degree murder in the Oct. 30, 2018, shooting death of Trevonte Kirkwood, 27, of Bloomington, in the 1300 block of North Oak Street in Bloomington.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ty W. Johnson
Ty W. Johnson , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with criminal sexual assault, robbery and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kyle D. Kindred
Kyle D. Kindred , 23, of Shirley, is charged with cannabis trafficking, two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of cannabis.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Lorel M. Johnson
Lorel M. Johnson , 41, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kimberlee A. Burton
Kimberlee A. Burton , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of child endangerment, Class A misdemeanors.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kevin C. Knight
Kevin C. Knight , 40, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Derail T. Riley
Derail T. Riley , 35, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and five counts of Class 4 felony domestic battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ade A. McDaniel
Ade A. McDaniel , 40, of North Miami Beach, Florida, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, a Class 1 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jahni A. Lyons
Jahni A. Lyons , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
BLOOMINGTON POLICE
Destiny D. Brown
Destiny D. Brown , 39, of Bloomington, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver, three counts of methamphetamine possession and one count of methamphetamine delivery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Billy J. Braswell
Billy J. Braswell , 39, of Wapella, is charged with three counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and four counts of methamphetamine possession.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Mitchell A. Rogers
Mitchell A. Rogers , 37, of Peoria, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to deliver and two counts of unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Matthew D. Stone
Matthew D. Stone , 22, of Normal, is charged with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tyler A. Guy
Tyler A. Guy , 25, of Towanda, is charged with one count of Class 2 felony aggravated battery.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gordan D. Lessen
Gordan D. Lessen , 36, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of domestic battery as a subsequent offense, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Steven M. Abdullah
Steven M. Abdullah , 31, of Heyworth, is charged with two counts of harassment of jurors, Class 2 felonies, 11 counts of communication with jurors, Class 4 felonies, and one count of attempted communication with a juror, a Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Ryan D. Triplett
Ryan D. Triplett , 27, of Decatur, is charged with aggravated domestic battery-strangulation, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery as a subsequent offense felony, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Pedro A. Parra
Pedro A. Parra , 40, is charged with two counts of burglary, Class 2 and Class 3 felonies, and misdemeanor theft.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Gregory A. Spence
Gregory A. Spence , 39, of Bartonville, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Justin A. Leicht
Justin A. Leicht , 41, of Downs, is charged with three counts of burglary, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Edward L. Holmes
Edward L. Holmes , 50, of Bloomington, is charged with the following:
Controlled substance trafficking of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 400 and 900 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Controlled substance trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 100 and 400 grams of a substance containing meth Unlawful possession of between 100 and 400 grams of meth with the intent to deliver Methamphetamine trafficking of between 15 and 100 grams of meth Unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of meth with the intent to deliver
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Latoya M. Jackson
Latoya M. Jackson , 31, of Bloomington, is charged with one count of possession of a stolen or converted motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Shaquan D. Hosea
Shaquan D. Hosea , 26, of Bloomington, is charged with residential burglary, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jaccob L. Morris
Jaccob L. Morris , 20, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to burglary.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontel D. Crowder
Dontel D. Crowder , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, Class 2 felonies, and harboring a runaway, Class A misdemeanor.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Donnell A. Taylor
Donnell A. Taylor , 29, of Bloomington, is charged with two counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Eric E. Seymon
Eric E. Seymon , 19, of Bloomington, is charged with eight counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aikee Muhammad
Aikee Muhammad , 19, is charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting a peace officer.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William M. McCuen
William M. McCuen , 33, of Atlanta, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Meontay D. Wheeler
Meontay D. Wheeler , 23, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and torture, a Class 1 felony, aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated domestic battery involving strangulation, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew
Fenwrick M. Bartholomew , 51, of Normal, was sentenced to three years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Javares L. Hudson
Javares L. Hudson , 21, of Bloomington, is charged in federal court with possession of a machine gun. He was initially charged in McLean County court with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon-machine gun parts. One charge is a Class X felony and the other is a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tommy L. Jumper
Tommy L. Jumper , 60, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 30 months on probation and 96 days in jail for one count of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
David S. Fry
David S. Fry , 70, of Normal, is charged with 45 counts of child pornography. Sixteen of the charges are a Class 2 felony and 29 charges are a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Logan T. Kendricks
Logan T. Kendricks , 35, is charged with two counts of aggravated domestic battery, Class 2 felonies.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Davis W. Hopkins
Davis W. Hopkins , 25, of Chenoa, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine, a Class X felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Tony Robinson
Tony Robinson , 38, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of firearm ammunition by a convicted felon, a Class 2 felony; unlawful possession of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 3 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Rochelle A. McCray
Rochelle A. McCray , 37, of Chicago, is charged with unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class X felony; unlawful possession of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine with the intent to deliver, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of cocaine, a Class 1 felony; unlawful possession of less than 15 grams of cocaine, a Class 4 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Dontae D. Gilbert
Dontae D. Gilbert , 30, of Bloomington, is charged with aggravated domestic battery, a Class 2 felony, and domestic battery, charged as a Class 3 felony for a subsequent offense.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Stefan A. Mangina
Stefan A. Mangina , 32, is charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of methamphetamine, unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Michael J. Owen
Michael J. Owen , 30, of Stanford, pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of between 1 and 15 grams of cocaine. He was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 30 months on probation.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Cedric J. Haynes
Cedric J. Haynes , 21, of Bloomington, is charged with nine counts of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jonathan Wiley
Jonathan Wiley , 30, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
Provided by Bloomington Police
Jason S. Russell
Jason S. Russell , 22, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession or sale of stolen car parts, a Class 2 felony, and resisting a peace officer, a Class A misdemeanor.
Provided by Bloomington Police
Aaron J. Zielinski
Aaron J. Zielinski, 28, of Plainfield, was sentenced to four years on probation for unlawful possession of between 15 and 100 grams of methamphetamine. A charge of unlawful possession of meth with the intent to deliver was dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Albert F. Matheny
Albert F. Matheny , 35, of Bloomington, was sentenced Jan. 10 to six years in prison. He pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than five grams of methamphetamine.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Hunter C. Kellenberger
Hunter C. Kellenberger , 24, of Pekin, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine. A meth possession charge was dismissed.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Samuel Harris
Samuel Harris , 21, of Chicago, was sentenced to 22 days in jail and 30 months on probation after pleading guilty to one count of possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jordan P. Gillespie
Jordan P. Gillespie , 27, of LeRoy, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
PROVIDED BY MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
William R. Carter
William R. Carter , 23, of Bloomington, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexual assault, attempted residential arson and unlawful restraint.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Kentre A. Jackson
Kentre A. Jackson, 26, of Ypsilanti, Mich., was sentenced to 30 months of conditional discharge. He was charged as of June 9, 2020, with unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis and unlawful possession of 500 to 2,000 grams of cannabis with the intent to deliver. The latter charge was dismissed.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Andrew L. Stanley
Andrew L. Stanley , 39, of Bloomington, was sentenced to four years on probation for one count of arson. He pleaded guilty to setting his home on fire while a woman and a teenage girl were inside. One count of aggravated arson was dismissed in a plea agreement.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Jerail M. Myrick
Jerail M. Myrick , 26, of Springfield, is charged with one count of unlawful delivery of less than 1 gram of cocaine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Amari M. McNabb
Amari M. McNabb , 23, of Country Club Hills , was sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder and mob action for his involvement in the 2019 fatal shooting of Juan Nash, 25, in Bloomington. He was found guilty in a jury trial of those charges, but the jury found him not guilty of discharge of a firearm.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Aaron Parlier
Aaron M. Parlier , 40, was sentenced Jan. 14 to 450 years in prison after he was found guilty in a bench trial of 10 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a minor and 10 counts of child pornography production.
Rebecca L. Gormley
Rebecca L. Gormley , 35, of Bloomington, is charged with unlawful delivery of less than 5 grams of methamphetamine, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Penny S. Self
Penny S. Self , 59, of Ashland, is charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, a Class 2 felony.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
Nathaniel A. Butler
Nathaniel A. Butler , 20, of Bloomington was sentenced Jan. 4, 2022, to seven years in prison. He pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm into an occupied building and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm without a valid firearm owners identification card.
MCLEAN COUNTY JAIL
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BLOOMINGTON — The local Sons of the American Revolution say that it was pure coincidence they chose state Rep. Dan Brady and wife Teri Brady as this year’s Flag Day honorees. The Bradys just had the best displayed flag they found.
The General Joseph Bartholomew Sons of the American Revolution chapter acknowledged Flag Day with a breakfast at Grace Church on Tuesday. Along with Brady, the group also acknowledged Steve Kern with a meritorious service award and Jay Cummins, Dan Leifel and Bill White with distinguished service awards.
Kern, who is chair of the chapter’s Flag Committee, said that the group had four requirements for the flags it considers for Flag Day honorees: at a private residence, prominently displayed, properly displayed and persistently displayed. The committee asks for recommendations and then visits the property multiple times to check on the flag. The counties included in the search are McLean, Woodford, Livingston and Iroquois.
After the committee chose the Bradys, Kern tried to visit several times to inform the family they had won, he said. He never had any luck and still did not know who lived at the residence.
“Only did I get the picture when I went one evening (and saw a car in the driveway …), I looked at the license plate and it said ‘House Official number six,’” Kern said.
Dan Brady said the couple had been getting calls from neighbors telling them someone was driving around their house taking pictures.
Brady is running for Illinois Secretary of State, facing opponent John Milhiser in the Republican primary on June 28.
He sees the flag as a uniting symbol that connects Americans across disagreements, he said.
“The flag means to me the symbol of our country, our freedom, our independence,” Brady said.
Later in the event, Kern shared a video from Drexel University about the history of the U.S. flag, from its roots as the striped flag of the Sons of Liberty and the starred flag flown at George Washington’s headquarters. Specifics of the flag were not fully settled until 1912. The last star was added in 1960, representing Alaska.
Flag Day is celebrated on June 14 in recognition of a resolution adopted on that date in 1777 by the Continental Congress defining the flag, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Flag Day started being celebrated across the country in the late 1800s. It was signed into law as a national observance in 1949.
The original description of the flag was "thirteen stripes of alternate red and white with a union of thirteen stars of white in a blue field, representing the new constellation."
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Maumee Avenue between McCulloch and Lillie streets and Fairfield Avenue between Southfair and Millside courts will be restricted from Wednesday to Friday during pavement repairs, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
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The city of Fort Wayne said today that pavement repairs Wednesday will limit:
- St. Joe Road between Rebecca Street and Catalpa Lane;
- St. Joe Center Road between Reed Road and Creekwood Boulevard, and;
- Maplecrest Road between Pine Meadows Lane and St. Joe Center.
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Several cooling stations have opened in northeast Indiana because of high temperatures and heat indices forecast to affect the area:
- The Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory and the Salvation Army will serve as cooling stations today through Thursday. The lobby of the conservatory, 1100 S. Calhoun St., will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. The Salvation Army, 2901 N. Clinton St., will be available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day.
- The Fort Wayne Rescue Mission will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at 404 E. Washington Blvd.
- New Haven has opened Fire Station 3 at 910 Hartzell Road from noon to 5 p.m. today; use the red door facing Indiana 930 East. The New Haven Community Center, behind the McDonald's on Indiana 930 East, will be open until 5 p.m. today.
- Northeastern REMC is open at its headquarters in Columbia City from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today.
- Kendallville has opened City Hall, 234 S. Main, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday. The Kendallville YMCA, 700 Garden St., will be open from 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. today and Wednesday. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/several-cooling-stations-open-today/article_7541c1dc-ec02-11ec-899c-afa638e72b01.html | 2022-06-14T19:55:07 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/several-cooling-stations-open-today/article_7541c1dc-ec02-11ec-899c-afa638e72b01.html |
Washington Center Road at its intersection with Homewood Drive will be restricted from Wednesday to June 21 during pavement repairs, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, dial 311.
Washington Center Road at its intersection with Homewood Drive will be restricted from Wednesday to June 21 during pavement repairs, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
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...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of southwest Georgia, including the following
county, Dougherty.
* WHEN...Until 545 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas. Ponding of
water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 346 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of
rain have fallen in the last 1 Hour.
- Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are expected
over the area. This additional rain will result in minor
flooding.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Albany, Putney, East Albany, Turner City, Marine Corps
Logistics Base, Walker, Southwest Ga Regional A/P, South
Albany, Radium Springs, Williamsburg, Lockett Crossing and
Pecan City.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.
&&
Weather Alert
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
367 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
BEN HILL BERRIEN COLQUITT
COOK IRWIN LANIER
TIFT TURNER WORTH
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
BAKER CALHOUN CLAY
DOUGHERTY EARLY LEE
MILLER MITCHELL QUITMAN
RANDOLPH TERRELL
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBA, ADEL, ALBANY, ALFORDS,
ARLINGTON, ASHBURN, ASHTON, BABCOCK, BAGBY STATE PARK,
BANNOCKBURN, BARNEYVILLE, BELLVIEW, BENEVOLENCE, BERRIEN CO A/P,
BLAKELY, BOWENS MILL, BOYKIN, BRANCHVILLE, CAMILLA, CENTERVILLE,
CHULA, CLARKS MILL, COLES, COLQUITT, COMMISSARY HILL,
COOK CO A/P, COOKTOWN, CORDRAYS MILL, COTTLE, COTTON, COURTHOUSE,
CROSSROADS, CUBA, CUTHBERT, DAWSON, DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P,
DAYS CROSSROADS, DICKEY, DOUGLASVILLE, DOVEREL, EARLY CO A/P,
EAST ALBANY, EDISON, ELMODEL WMA, ENTERPRISE, FITZGERALD,
FITZGERALD MUNICIPAL A/P, FORRESTER, FORT GAINES, GAMMAGE,
GEORGETOWN, GORDY, GRAVES, GREGGS, HARDING, HATCHER, HAWKINSTOWN,
HEROD, HOBBY, HOGGARD MILL, IRWINVILLE, ISABELLA, IVEYS MILL,
JONES CROSSING, LACONTE, LAKELAND, LEESBURG, LOCKETT CROSSING,
MASSEE, MAYHAW, MILFORD, MITCHELL CO A/P, MOORES CROSSROADS,
MORGAN, MOULTRIE, MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P, NASHVILLE, NEWTON,
OCILLA, PALMYRA, PECAN, PELHAM, PETERSON HILL, PINE VALLEY,
PRETORIA, QUEENSLAND, RED ROCK, RED STORE CROSSROADS,
RICKS PLACE, SHIVERS MILL, SMITHVILLE, SOUTHWEST GA REGIONAL A/P,
SPENCE AIRPORT, SPRINGVALE, SPRINGVALE STATION, SUNSWEET,
SYLVESTER, SYLVESTER AIRPORT, TEETERVILLE, TIFTON, TURNER CITY,
UNION, WALKER, WATERLOO, WEBER, WESTWOOD, WILLIAMSBURG,
WIRE BRIDGE, WORTH, AND YEOMANS.
Weather Alert
The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Miller County in southwestern Georgia...
Dougherty County in southwestern Georgia...
Mitchell County in southwestern Georgia...
Baker County in southwestern Georgia...
Eastern Calhoun County in southwestern Georgia...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 351 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Albany,
moving southwest at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Colquitt, Newton, Albany, Pelham, Putney, Camilla, Baconton, Leary,
East Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Walker, Sale
City, Babcock, Iveys Mill, Flint, Radium Springs, Lockett Crossing,
South Albany and Southwest Ga Regional A/P.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will send your report to the National Weather Service
office in Tallahassee.
&&
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Weather Alert
...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of
Dougherty, eastern Randolph, Lee, northeastern Calhoun, Terrell
Counties in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Worth Counties in
south central Georgia through 415 PM EDT...
At 322 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Terrell, Lee, and Dougherty counties. These
storms were nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Dawson, Leesburg, Putney, Shellman, Leary, Smithville, East
Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Walker, Sasser,
Bronwood, Parrott, Stocks, Radium Springs, Dawson Municipal A/P,
Chambliss, Neyami and Chickasawhatchee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EDT for
south central and southwestern Georgia.
&&
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN;
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT
/7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory today, heat index values between
105 and 111. For the Heat Advisory tomorrow, heat index values
between 107 and 112 expected. Areas in the southeast Big Bend
may see locally higher heat index values tomorrow afternoon.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, south central and
southwest Georgia and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida.
* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
this evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from noon EDT /11
AM CDT/ to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT
/7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory today, heat index values between
105 and 111. For the Heat Advisory tomorrow, heat index values
between 107 and 112 expected. Areas in the southeast Big Bend
may see locally higher heat index values tomorrow afternoon.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, south central and
southwest Georgia and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida.
* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
this evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from noon EDT /11
AM CDT/ to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
ALBANY – Albany Mayor Bo Dorough recently helped 10 Albany Utility customers trim their monthly bill by $100 ... literally.
Dorough drew 10 names in the the Utility's "Push to Portal" initiative that offers Albany Utility customers the opportunity to win $100 in the form of a credit to their account, a gift card or a check. Customers who pay their bill on time and through the online portal are entered into the drawing the following month.
The May winners included:
• Judith Sullivan
• Debbie Parker
• Lex Dorminey
• Tiffany Wilson
• Shanta Oliver
• Elizabeth Pardo
• Ruby Avato
• Robert Mitchell
• Annalita Fernandez
• Keith Brotherson
Interested persons can watch the June 9 Utility Board Meeting during which the winners were drawn at https://www.albanyga.gov/meetings.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
367 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
BEN HILL BERRIEN COLQUITT
COOK IRWIN LANIER
TIFT TURNER WORTH
IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA
BAKER CALHOUN CLAY
DOUGHERTY EARLY LEE
MILLER MITCHELL QUITMAN
RANDOLPH TERRELL
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABBA, ADEL, ALBANY, ALFORDS,
ARLINGTON, ASHBURN, ASHTON, BABCOCK, BAGBY STATE PARK,
BANNOCKBURN, BARNEYVILLE, BELLVIEW, BENEVOLENCE, BERRIEN CO A/P,
BLAKELY, BOWENS MILL, BOYKIN, BRANCHVILLE, CAMILLA, CENTERVILLE,
CHULA, CLARKS MILL, COLES, COLQUITT, COMMISSARY HILL,
COOK CO A/P, COOKTOWN, CORDRAYS MILL, COTTLE, COTTON, COURTHOUSE,
CROSSROADS, CUBA, CUTHBERT, DAWSON, DAWSON MUNICIPAL A/P,
DAYS CROSSROADS, DICKEY, DOUGLASVILLE, DOVEREL, EARLY CO A/P,
EAST ALBANY, EDISON, ELMODEL WMA, ENTERPRISE, FITZGERALD,
FITZGERALD MUNICIPAL A/P, FORRESTER, FORT GAINES, GAMMAGE,
GEORGETOWN, GORDY, GRAVES, GREGGS, HARDING, HATCHER, HAWKINSTOWN,
HEROD, HOBBY, HOGGARD MILL, IRWINVILLE, ISABELLA, IVEYS MILL,
JONES CROSSING, LACONTE, LAKELAND, LEESBURG, LOCKETT CROSSING,
MASSEE, MAYHAW, MILFORD, MITCHELL CO A/P, MOORES CROSSROADS,
MORGAN, MOULTRIE, MOULTRIE MUNICIPAL A/P, NASHVILLE, NEWTON,
OCILLA, PALMYRA, PECAN, PELHAM, PETERSON HILL, PINE VALLEY,
PRETORIA, QUEENSLAND, RED ROCK, RED STORE CROSSROADS,
RICKS PLACE, SHIVERS MILL, SMITHVILLE, SOUTHWEST GA REGIONAL A/P,
SPENCE AIRPORT, SPRINGVALE, SPRINGVALE STATION, SUNSWEET,
SYLVESTER, SYLVESTER AIRPORT, TEETERVILLE, TIFTON, TURNER CITY,
UNION, WALKER, WATERLOO, WEBER, WESTWOOD, WILLIAMSBURG,
WIRE BRIDGE, WORTH, AND YEOMANS.
Weather Alert
...A cluster of strong thunderstorms will impact portions of
Dougherty, eastern Randolph, Lee, northeastern Calhoun, Terrell
Counties in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Worth Counties in
south central Georgia through 415 PM EDT...
At 322 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Terrell, Lee, and Dougherty counties. These
storms were nearly stationary.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Albany, Dawson, Leesburg, Putney, Shellman, Leary, Smithville, East
Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Turner City, Walker, Sasser,
Bronwood, Parrott, Stocks, Radium Springs, Dawson Municipal A/P,
Chambliss, Neyami and Chickasawhatchee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
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This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
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* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory today, heat index values between
105 and 111. For the Heat Advisory tomorrow, heat index values
between 107 and 112 expected. Areas in the southeast Big Bend
may see locally higher heat index values tomorrow afternoon.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, south central and
southwest Georgia and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida.
* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
this evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from noon EDT /11
AM CDT/ to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
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Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
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...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ TO 8 PM EDT
/7 PM CDT/ WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory today, heat index values between
105 and 111. For the Heat Advisory tomorrow, heat index values
between 107 and 112 expected. Areas in the southeast Big Bend
may see locally higher heat index values tomorrow afternoon.
* WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama, south central and
southwest Georgia and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida.
* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/
this evening. For the second Heat Advisory, from noon EDT /11
AM CDT/ to 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ Wednesday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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New AGC Georgia President Lyndy Jones accepts the leadership gavel from outgoing President David Moody.
ATLANTA – The Associated General Contractors of Georgia, the leading statewide association for the construction industry, recently elected Lyndy Jones as its chapter president.
Other officers joining AGC Georgia’s board of directors include Brian Newsome of Albion as vice president, Joe Tuggle of Tuggle Construction as secretary and Mike Macon of Balfour Beatty Construction as treasurer.
Jones is the founder and president of JCI Contractors, a firm based in his hometown of Moultrie. JCI Contractors provides construction management, design-build and general contracting services to a diverse clientele across Georgia. JCI Contractors has worked on many high-profile projects including Lowndes High School, Colquitt County High School, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine South Georgia, Southern Regional Technical College Health Sciences and numerous educational institutions.
“I’m incredibly honored and humbled to represent my colleagues and industry at AGC Georgia during my term,” Jones said. “With the support of the other 34 members of the board who are from all over the state, we will elevate the voice of Georgia’s construction industry and our top issues, including work force development.”
The Georgia construction industry veteran grew up working with his father in the gunite pool business. After graduating from Auburn University with a degree in civil engineering, Jones spent several years working for a general contractor in central Georgia before moving home to establish JCI Contractors with his father in 1989.
Throughout Jones’ career, he has played an active role in the industry and in his community. He is an active member of the First Baptist Church of Moultrie, and for 17 years, Jones has served on the Ameris Bank Board of Directors in Moultrie. He is a member of the Georgia State Finance and Investment Commission Advisory Board and has served on the AGC Georgia Board of Directors for 11 years. In addition to his role as president of JCI Contractors, he manages Craftwood Farms, a family-owned pecan farming operation.
He will begin serving his term June 13.
For more information about AGC Georgia, visit www.agcga.org.
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NAMPA, Idaho — This article originally appeared in the Idaho Press.
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.
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A 71-year-old woman was found dead inside a Long Island home following a fire early morning Tuesday, Suffolk County Police said.
Colleen Jalbert was found dead inside her West Babylon home after officers responded to a fire at her home on Little East Neck Road at around 3:30 a.m.
Firefighters battled the heavy flames shooting out of the second floor of the home as thick black smoke filled the immediate area, making it difficult for first responders to look for survivors.
“I tried to run up the stairs and get upstairs but once I got to the top of the stairs it was just a cloud of black smoke," survivor Alex Arahovitis said.
Arahovitis, who lives on the lower level of the home, was awaken by his stepfather after he heard commotion upstairs, where Jalbert lived with her daughter.
“The daughter made it out and was downstairs. She fell down the stairs I guess form the smoke she couldn’t see," Arahovitis said, adding that he tried to run upstairs to help his neighbor, but the smoke was too suffocating.
"You couldn't see anything. It was horrible," he said.
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Jalbert was pronounced dead at the scene after the fire was extinguished. Her 48-year-old daughter was taken to an area hospital for minor injuries.
Suffolk County Police Lt. Kevin Beyrer said Jalbert just couldn't escape the fire that apparently started in her room while she was in bed.
"The mother has some health issues," he said. "She was in bed. It appears the fire started in her room. Unfortunately, she was unable to escape."
A preliminary investigation found that the cause of the fire to be non-criminal, however, the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad and Arson Section detectives are continuing to investigate the blaze to determine how it started. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/it-was-horrible-71-year-old-li-woman-dies-after-fire-breaks-out-in-her-bedroom/3733936/ | 2022-06-14T20:03:38 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/it-was-horrible-71-year-old-li-woman-dies-after-fire-breaks-out-in-her-bedroom/3733936/ |
The New York City Sheriff's office seized at least a dozen trucks operating for Weed World Candies, which may or may not be shopping more than CBD products, for outstanding parking tickets totaling a half-million dollars, officials said Tuesday.
Twelve trucks were towed from the area of 45th Street and 12th Avenue in Manhattan Tuesday morning and officials said more were expected to be towed from an area near 38th Street and 10th Avenue later in the day. The amount of parking ticket debt in judgment right now is $316,000, though the total outstanding debt is $504,000.
Some of the vehicles towed Tuesday were towed because their tickets were in judgment, while others were towed just because they were parked illegally. The sheriff's office says commercial vehicles aren't allowed to park in the areas where they were or will be seized. In the 45th Street case, they allegedly were parked there overnight.
A Weed World spokesperson said the company was aware of "some unpaid parking tickets" and in the process of addressing the situation. The spokesperson said the company was in the process of doing so last week, before Tuesday's seizure, to manage tickets stemming from employees who are no longer with the company.
"It's like the responsibility was left on the company because it was really the responsibility of the contractors who didn't make good on the tickets," the Weed World representative said. "So they just left on the company to take that burden, that's it."
According to its website, Weed World Candies launched in 1999 with the goal to get marijuana and hemp legalized and industrialized.
"We tour the country in a fleet of 'loud' vehicles promoting the legalization and decriminalization of the cannabis plant and all its components," it says.
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It's not clear what the so-called "weed trucks" were selling in Weed World's name. The website lists only CBD products, which lack THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and says its campers sell "lollipops." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/weed-world-trucks-towed-over-nyc-parking-mayhem-half-million-bucks-in-ticket-debt/3733962/ | 2022-06-14T20:03:50 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/weed-world-trucks-towed-over-nyc-parking-mayhem-half-million-bucks-in-ticket-debt/3733962/ |
ATLANTIC CITY — B Prime, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa's new steakhouse, is scheduled to open June 23.
“We created B Prime as a modern alternative to the classic steakhouse,” Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa Vice President of Hospitality Anthony Caratozzolo. “From tableside presentations to high-quality steak cuts and beverage offerings, the restaurant will provide guests a first-class culinary experience from the moment they arrive until the conclusion of their evening with us.”
The restaurant will be led by Executive Chef Howard Stilianessis.
Diners will have a wide selection of curated steak cuts, which are sourced from New Jersey, Japan, Idaho and Texas. The hand-selected menu options will consist of a 42-ounce B Prime Tomahawk for two; 18-ounce Wagyu Chateaubriand; and the “Taste of Japan” Steak Flight, one of the menu’s unique offerings, including A5 Kobe Beef, executives said.
Those looking to wash their entrée down with an original beverage can choose from a long list, including original drinks featuring shots of vodka and whisky, executives said.
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B Prime is located on the casino floor adjacent to the BetMGM Sports Book and will be open from 5 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, and Friday and Saturday from 5-11 p.m.
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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — A student teacher recognized by the state Department of Education credits her mentor at Southern Regional High School for the accomplishment, preparing her for when she has her own classroom someday.
“She (Kathleen Cornelius) has truly inspired me to continue to learn and reflect on my work so that I can be the best teacher that I can be for my students,” said Jalynn Pagano, who graduated summa cum laude in May from Stockton University with a bachelor's degree in math.
Pagano, of Bayville, Ocean County, was one of 15 student teachers honored last Wednesday during the New Jersey Distinguished Clinical Intern of the Year ceremony, part of a collaborative program between the New Jersey Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the Department of Education.
The program highlights top graduates at New Jersey's 25 colleges and universities preparing to become teachers. Each school, since 1985, delegates its top three student teachers, and 15 are chosen by an independent board of educators and named distinguished clinical interns, Stockton said Tuesday.
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The university's other nominees this year were Erin Flynn, of Beach Haven Crest on Long Beach Island, and Chelsea Williams, of Millville.
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Flynn earned her certification in early childhood education and worked with mentor Katelyn Micek, a second-grade teacher at the Beach Haven School. Williams worked at the Fairfield Township School to earn her certification in elementary education. Her mentor was Shawna Beals-Rivera, a 2005 Stockton graduate, who also earned her master’s degree in Holocaust and genocide studies from the university in 2009.
“We are extremely proud of Jalynn and all of our nominees,” said Claudine Keenan, Stockton’s dean of the School of Education. “This is a very competitive achievement, as it also includes graduate education students. This continues to be a challenging time for educators, and we appreciate the dedication of our student teachers, their teaching mentors and our partner school districts in helping guide the next generation of educators.”
Cornelius adored having a "true math geek" instruct her students. Pagano said the Southern Regional teacher exemplified the importance of building relationships with students and supporting them inside and outside the classroom, something Pagano may not have learned until she was given control of the chalkboard.
“I won the lottery when Jalynn was assigned to me,” Cornelius said. “She is enthusiastic, driven, smart, responsible, professional and most important — she cares deeply about kids and their educational experience.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/education/stockton-student-teacher-among-new-jerseys-distinguished-clinical-interns/article_dd38182c-ec02-11ec-a3a2-2b1fdebf0866.html | 2022-06-14T20:10:50 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/education/stockton-student-teacher-among-new-jerseys-distinguished-clinical-interns/article_dd38182c-ec02-11ec-a3a2-2b1fdebf0866.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — Actress and singer Mandy Moore's tour will stop in the city for a show at the Music Box at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa on Saturday.
The remaining seats available through Ticketmaster start at about $54.
Moore's show in Atlantic City comes after the actress, for a final time, reprised her role as Rebecca Pearson in NBC's hit drama "This Is Us." The show's final season ended last month.
Her role as Pearson, a mother of three, in which audiences witnessed the character at different ages, earned Moore a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2019.
Moore's tour and the Atlantic City show have both been postponed for more than two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moore's newest album, "In Real Life," can be streamed on platforms including Spotify and Amazon Music. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/this-is-us-star-mandy-moore-performing-in-atlantic-city-on-saturday/article_e0ec99ec-eb5e-11ec-ac96-cb2b8e4bc2b7.html | 2022-06-14T20:10:56 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/this-is-us-star-mandy-moore-performing-in-atlantic-city-on-saturday/article_e0ec99ec-eb5e-11ec-ac96-cb2b8e4bc2b7.html |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — After Monday night’s severe storms, the West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning people faced with damage to be cautious about scammers.
In a press release, Morrisey says people facing hard times need to know who they are hiring as contractors to make repairs.
He says the scammers may go around damaged neighborhoods and give deals that seem too good to be true. They may also pressure you into paying right there without work being completed.
It says state law allows a consumer to break a roofing contractor within five days of the consumer’s receipt of the insurance notice, without penalty for any portion of repairs not covered by an insurance policy.
Morrisey says the cancellation must be in writing and sent through email, letter or the return of the company’s notice of cancelation.
The Attorney General gave tips on how to not get scammed. These include:
- Evaluate the size and scope of the project.
- Get written estimates from multiple companies.
- Research companies that repair storm damage.
- Ask for references to verify the contractor’s prior work.
- Look for reviews of the company on trusted websites.
- Check to see if the contractor has a valid license by contacting the West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board at 304-558-7890.
For questions or to report a potential scam, call the Consumer Protection Division at 800-368-8808 or the Eastern Panhandle Consumer Protection Office at 304-267-0239. You can also file a report online by clicking here. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-attorney-general-warns-of-severe-storm-scammers/ | 2022-06-14T20:14:19 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/wv-attorney-general-warns-of-severe-storm-scammers/ |
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — It was food pick-up day at the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard, and dozens of people drove through the distribution line. The cupboard relies on donations and received a big one from Bloomsburg University.
"We have a lot of nonperishable goods. There's a lot of canned soups as well as juices, some paper products, peanut butter," John Scheers said.
At the end of each school year, Bloomsburg University students have the option to donate their unused campus dining dollars. This year, nearly $4,000 in unused cash was donated to the Bloomsburg Food Cupboard to buy food and household supplies.
The donations will be used for the cupboard's backpack program, which benefits the Bloomsburg Area School District.
"We average about 250 backpacks a week. They go home usually on a Friday for the children to have a on a weekend. We include cereal, a dinner item, snacks, fruit," said Lynn Smith, the program coordinator.
Backpacks are given out every week between August and June. Smith says it is especially helpful now with the rising cost of food.
"I'm sure it's a big help for families to have a little bit more food on their table and not spend their own money as the cost of everything is certainly increasing," Smith said.
"We're just grateful for the generosity of the Bloomsburg University student body and their willingness to contribute and feed the members of the Bloomsburg community," Scheers said.
According to Bloomsburg University, its students have donated more than $20,000 to the food cupboard over the last several years.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/columbia-county/bloomsburg-university-donates-to-food-pantry-cupboard-school-district-students-backpacks/523-1263647a-200b-4830-a237-07a2b0de91e1 | 2022-06-14T20:18:42 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/columbia-county/bloomsburg-university-donates-to-food-pantry-cupboard-school-district-students-backpacks/523-1263647a-200b-4830-a237-07a2b0de91e1 |
SALEM TOWNSHIP, PA — Coins and patches can be found all over the office of Salem Township Police Chief Michael McNeal – some of which he's designed and sold to raise money for community events.
"We did well with our other coins," said the chief. "And then when the invasion of Ukraine came up, we all were feeling helpless about it, and we decided to sell the coins as a fundraiser."
So far, they've raised more than $5,000 selling coins and morale patches.
"On the patch, we have President Zelenskyy with his famous quote, when our President Biden asked to evacuate them. He said, "I don't need a ride, I need ammunition."
The department gives the money to current Bloomsburg resident and Ukrainian native Kristina Martyniuk.
"My family's still there – my brother, my uncles, aunties, cousins, everyone, families, and friends," said Martyniuk.
Martyniuk uses the money to buy things needed on the front lines.
"Because the volunteer I'm working with in Ukraine, he is getting requests from the divisions, different divisions, and we need money for that. So ... government is helping, but there are people that still need help," she added.
Then, because Martyniuk says the mail takes too long, she takes bags of gear and equipment to Poland herself.
"I had 30 bags, 23 kilograms each, with helmets, the body armor, and a lot of a lot of different stuff, medications, supplies," she explained. "And then it is difficult to deliver. It's cost a lot, and it takes forever to go, so with me, I only took the stuff that guys did on the frontline. So we went to Poland for a couple days, dropped it there to my volunteers."
If you would like to buy a coin or patch to help with this effort, you can find contact information for the Salem Township Police Department on its website by clicking here.
See more videos on our area’s connection to the Crisis in Ukraine. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/coins-patches-raise-money-for-ukraine-salem-township-police/523-8eb37a2c-21cd-4e31-9497-fafff1726a43 | 2022-06-14T20:18:48 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/coins-patches-raise-money-for-ukraine-salem-township-police/523-8eb37a2c-21cd-4e31-9497-fafff1726a43 |
NK Town Council 'sickened' by judge's report on Aaron Thomas fat testing
NORTH KINGSTOWN — At the end of her report to the Town Council detailing how school officials mishandled complaints the conduct of former high school coach Aaron Thomas with students, retired Superior Court Judge Susan McGuirl wrote: “It is time for the School Department to admit their failings, make changes and move on.”
The School Committee has been seen as reluctant to admit such shortcomings, as Chairman Gregory Blasbalg acknowledged last month at a meeting before frustrated parents.
Because the committee and its members are under scrutiny in continuing investigations and named in two civil suits pertaining to Thomas’s conduct, Blasbalg said the committee could not comment in detail about the allegations.
But Town Council members on Monday night said they were astonished, sickened and angered by the findings in McGuirl’s report, which was requested by the council to review a controversy that has rocked the community for most of this school year.
The report:Naked fat testing of NK basketball players was 'open secret'. What a blistering report says
In her 80-page report, released to the public two hours before Monday’s council meeting, McGuirl criticized school officials for creating an unsafe culture of acceptance that allowed Thomas for 20 years to perform his body fat tests on disrobed students who were alone with him.
“There are so many failures that have taken place,” said Town Councilwoman Kerry McKay, “that it is hard to point the finger of blame” at particular individuals.
“What do we do?" McKay asked. "First and foremost, there is never, ever, ever in this community to be allowed to have one single teacher with one single student alone in a room ever again.”
Half of the students involved underwent the tests naked, McGuirl reported, after Thomas asked if they were shy or not shy. Those who said they were not shy took off their underwear, allowing Thomas to make skin measurements in the upper thigh area beside their genitals.
In court:A second former student has sued North Kingstown schools over a coach's 'fat tests'
Town Council President Greg Mancini said what astonished him the most was that McGuirl found no evidence of any student ever reporting fat testing to a teacher, coach or administrator.
“Sadly, based on what I know, I can also add parent to that list,” Mancini said.
McGuirl said Thomas’s fat testing was an "open secret" among students and the community, and had become so “normalized” it was seen as a rite of passage for those athletes hoping to join the successful basketball program.
Councilwoman Katherine Anderson said “reading this report, I was sickened. I think we need to acknowledge the seriousness of what is before us.”
“A culture, a system was allowed to flourish where this sort of misconduct was normalized,” Anderson said. “We have our work cut out for us – in this body, with the School Committee, as a community – to make sure that these sorts of behaviors are never normalized again.”
The fallout:Misconduct allegations prompt changes in NK athletics, training in sexual harassment
Councilwoman Mary Brimer called for directing portions of the School Department’s budget surplus to settle any liability claims resulting from the actions of Thomas, as well as to pay for counseling for anyone “victimized by this.”
Brimer also noted how the School Department had purchased a “body composition analyzer” to perform body fat tests when complaints about Thomas by former students first came to light, starting in 2017. Brimer said the purchase for $5,000 “was conveniently under the radar” of the threshold requiring that purchases go through the public bidding process.
Councilwoman Kimberly Ann Page said reading the report “also made me a little sick,” as she sat on the School Committee from 2006 to 2014 “and we didn’t know ... that this went on.”
“This is a community problem,” Page said. “We need to come together as a community and decide how we all will solve this problem.”
McGuirl made several recommendations in her report, including some that the School Department has already begun implementing. They include: banning all school employees from communicating with students outside school-sanctioned channels, requiring that all coaches receive additional training in recognizing and reporting sexual misconduct and what constitutes appropriate boundaries with students, and requiring annual background checks of all coaches.
The Town Council agreed to send McGuirl’s report to the School Committee and ask for a formal response to her recommendations.
Email Tom Mooney at: tmooney@providencejournal.com | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/north-kingstown-high-school-fat-testing-report-town-council-reaction/7621814001/ | 2022-06-14T20:20:50 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/14/north-kingstown-high-school-fat-testing-report-town-council-reaction/7621814001/ |
ESCONDIDO, Calif. — A dog was safely removed from inside of a gorilla enclosure at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Sunday. The scary moment was captured on camera by CBS 8 viewers visiting the park.
After entering the enclosure, the shepherd was quickly spotted by a gorilla inside the exhibit. Desteniey Pickett told CBS 8 her family noticed the dog running around distressed as the gorilla began to chase it around the enclosure.
Picket said no zookeeper was around when they noticed the dog, and guests began to seek help. She said visitors began to gather around the enclosure and yell the gorilla's name, attempting to distract it from the scared dog.
Robert Robles couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he caught part of the action on camera.
“They just started chasing after him and that was pretty nerve wracking,” he said.
On his video, you can hear park visitors screaming in fear. Employees called out to the gorillas, but at first they were too distracted by the unexpected visitor.
Fearing the worst, families at the park were then told to leave.
“A lot of employees showed up from the zoo and they literally kicked us out,” Robles said.
A few minutes later, the gorillas followed orders to leave the area, prompting this statement from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, “Wildlife care specialists successfully recalled the two gorillas out of the habitat so the dog could be removed. Recall training is a part of the regular safety procedures at the Park."
With the gorillas safely away, the San Diego Humane Society rescued the dog. Samantha Clark says she used a calm, friendly voice to coax over the petrified pooch.
“He just wanted to go out,” she said with a laugh. Clark believes he's a year and half old shepherd mix. The dog, named Mighty Joe Young by Humane Society staffers, is calm now, but his demeanor Saturday was very different.
“Nervous, afraid, understandably so,” Clark said. “He was in a new environment with new smells. Obviously getting chased by a gorilla would make him nervous.”
It's not clear how the dog got into the gorilla enclosure, but apparently he's been spotted in the area before. Park employees have spotted him hanging out in the past with a few buddies near the back of the park's property. No animals or people were injured during Saturday’s frightening incident, but Clark knows this could have ended much worse.
“I would imagine the gorilla was probably more just trying to get the intruder out of their area, but I'm sure if he had put up a fight - he was probably ready to.”
Unfortunately, the dog isn't micro-chipped so he's currently on a stray hold with the hope the owner will come forward. That said, he won’t be at the San Diego Humane Society long. In fact, he already has interest from people wanting to adopt him, including one of the Safari Park's employees.
WATCH RELATED: Four riders arrested after causing gondola ride at the San Diego Zoo to be stuck for hours (Feb. 2022). | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/dog-removed-after-entering-gorilla-enclosure/509-f53b50df-2c25-4288-8c17-6d502c7b4a22 | 2022-06-14T20:27:18 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/dog-removed-after-entering-gorilla-enclosure/509-f53b50df-2c25-4288-8c17-6d502c7b4a22 |
GUADALUPE COUNTY, Texas — Guadalupe County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that deputies shot and killed a man who shot his wife.
Officials said it all started around 12:30 a.m. with a call for a domestic disturbance in the 900 block of Stagecoach Road.
Deputies say when they arrived, they witnessed the man pull out a handgun and shoot his wife. That is when deputies fired on the man.
The woman was airlifted to BAMC and is in stable condition. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two deputies involved in the shooting were placed on administrative leave. The Texas Rangers are taking over the investigation. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/guadalupe-county-deputies-kill-man-who-shot-his-wife-administrative-leave/273-f7f6ea12-1aab-46ef-b02e-3c81d413b339 | 2022-06-14T20:27:24 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/guadalupe-county-deputies-kill-man-who-shot-his-wife-administrative-leave/273-f7f6ea12-1aab-46ef-b02e-3c81d413b339 |
ATASCOSA, Texas — A woman lost her leg after jumping off a moving train in Atascosa, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.
It happened around 9 a.m. at the intersection of Pearsall Road and Wheeler Road. Authorities said the woman and several others were riding on the train and decided to jump off. Her right leg was caught under the train's wheel, and it cut off her leg.
Medics responded to the scene and provided care, and the woman was airlifted to University Hospital in San Antonio for treatment.
This is a developing story. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/woman-loses-leg-after-jumping-off-moving-train/273-410786e4-df8c-4c22-a72e-74113a425e2b | 2022-06-14T20:27:30 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/public-safety/woman-loses-leg-after-jumping-off-moving-train/273-410786e4-df8c-4c22-a72e-74113a425e2b |
SAN ANTONIO — Problems with supply chains continue to plague our country and the latest product to fall victim is one that impacts women on a very personal level. Would you believe tampons?
Online, people all over the country are posting about the lack of tampons in stores. One woman tweeted: “Now there's a tampon shortage?? We can't have anything!”
"There's a few things happening in the industry. There's higher demand, there's a shortage in cotton, due to drought issues in India, China and the U.S.," said industry expert Mona Powell.
The shortage has sparked a series of online jokes, but Powell says it's a serious issue, especially as it relates to equity.
"Feminine hygiene products, menstrual care products are a necessity. We need it to go to work, to school, to function," said Powell.
The Texas Diaper Bank wants you to know that they are ready to help and have pre-packaged tampons available for pick-up by individuals in need.
The packages are available for pickup in the front office of their headquarters, located at 1803 Grandstand Drive, Suite 150. You can pick them up Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. until the end of the month while supplies last.
You are limited to two packages per person.
If you’d like to donate so we can help even more women, you can drop off feminine hygiene products any time in the blue bins behind our facility or donate money to texasdiaperbank.org.
The Texas Diaper Bank says they distributed 240,000 period products last year, helping over 11,100 women. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas-diaper-bank-giving-away-free-feminine-hygiene-products-san-antonio-tuesday-students-tampon-shortage/273-416aa343-f805-4ca6-989c-647de680f297 | 2022-06-14T20:27:37 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas-diaper-bank-giving-away-free-feminine-hygiene-products-san-antonio-tuesday-students-tampon-shortage/273-416aa343-f805-4ca6-989c-647de680f297 |
COVINGTON, Ga. — A grandmother is fighting for her life, after a gunman shot her and killed her daughter, then killed her one-year-old granddaughter over 40 miles away.
Newton County officials called it a case of domestic violence that escalated. Frederick McClurkin lives next door to the neighbors he considers family.
"The mother would take them every day and pick them up from school," McClurkin said. "That’s how defensive and protective she is. She protected her kids, but the end result is she couldn’t protect herself.”
Newton County deputies said Darian Bennett went over to the Covington home, shot both Keshawn Washington and her mother, Peggy Burns, then abducted his baby daughter Jaquari.
Washington was killed, while Burns went to the hospital. Deputies said Washington's two other kids were inside the home but were able to hide and were not hurt.
"They may be ruined for life if you understand what I’m saying, this traumatic thing that happened," McClurkin said. "Their mom is dead, grandma is in the hospital.”
Bennett then allegedly drove 40 miles to Riverdale with Jaquari, where he called police before killing the little girl and himself. Newton County deputies said Bennett was previously jailed in April on charges of harassment and making terroristic threats and actions.
As a bond condition, deputies said, Bennett was not to have contact with Washington. The two had been in several fights over the years. Family said at one point, Washington planned to get a temporary protective order.
"He was very good at talking to people," McClurkin said. "That’s what’s so crazy about it because there was a dark side.”
McClurkin said Burns is facing surgery later this week, as she fights for her life. Deputies said she was stable. McClurkin said Burns had just gotten off chemo treatment earlier this week and has been battling cancer for three years.
As part of the investigation, Newton County deputies said a ballistics report showed Bennett had two weapons on him. It's still unclear why Bennett reportedly drove to Riverdale before killing his baby and himself. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/deadly-amber-alert-father-kills-baby-grandmother-hospitalized/85-4abc695f-2493-4889-abba-a9ae639433fd | 2022-06-14T20:29:44 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/deadly-amber-alert-father-kills-baby-grandmother-hospitalized/85-4abc695f-2493-4889-abba-a9ae639433fd |
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — A three-vehicle wreck has injured four people and closed Cumming Highway in Cherokee County, officials said Tuesday.
Director J. Baker in the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office said one of the vehicles involved was a crane truck, and that it happened around 2 p.m.
The incident occurred just east of Arbor Hill Road. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cumming-highway-closed-cherokee-county-3-vehicle-wreck/85-5a3a9313-3d5c-4923-b8e3-868c12830f49 | 2022-06-14T20:29:44 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/cumming-highway-closed-cherokee-county-3-vehicle-wreck/85-5a3a9313-3d5c-4923-b8e3-868c12830f49 |
INDIANAPOLIS — A retired firefighter's home was struck by lightning Monday, causing severe damage to the home and displacing the firefighter and his family.
Doug Bish and his wife, Grace, were with their daughter and a cat at their home on the northeast side of Indianapolis when lightning struck during Monday's storms.
Grace told firefighters she heard and felt the lightning strike hit the chimney and her electronics all "zapped." That's when Doug, who served with the Indianapolis Fire Department for 25 years before retiring in 2016, found himself on the flip side of the coin.
According to IFD, the lightning strike traveled from the chimney to the basement, causing extensive damage to several floors.
By the time firefighters arrived at the home, located in the 8000 block of Cardinal Cove just south of East 82nd Street, it was engulfed in flames.
IFD said the home was significantly damaged. Thankfully, no one was injured in the fire.
The family said they were all packed and ready to leave for a much-anticipated vacation. They're now working with IFD Victims Assistance and their insurance for shelter and to secure the house.
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CARLISLE, Pa. — Editor's note: The above video is from June 2021.
For more than a century they were buried far from home, in a small cemetery on the grounds of the U.S. Army War College.
Now they're heading home.
The Army began disinterring the remains of eight Native American children who died at a government-run boarding school at the Carlisle Barracks, with the children's living family members poised to take custody.
The disinterment process, which began over the weekend, is the fifth at Carlisle since 2017. More than 20 sets of Native remains were transferred to family members in earlier rounds.
The children had lived at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, where thousands of Native children were taken from their families and forced to assimilate to white society as a matter of U.S. policy — their hair cut and their clothing, language and culture stripped. More than 10,000 children from more than 140 tribes passed through the school between 1879 and 1918, including famous Olympian Jim Thorpe.
“If you survived this experience and were able to go back home, you were a stranger. You couldn't even speak the language your parents spoke,” said Rae Skenandore, of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. She is a relative of Paul Wheelock, one of the children whose remains will be disinterred.
The off-reservation government boarding schools — Carlisle was the first, with 24 more that followed — “ripped apart tribes and communities and families," said Skenandore, adding she lost part of her own culture and language as a result. “I don’t know if we can ever forgive.”
She and her mother, 83-year-old Loretta Webster, plan to make the trip to Carlisle later this month. Webster said her own father ran away from a similar boarding school in Wisconsin when he was 12.
"It was like a a prison camp, what they were putting these little kids in," Webster said. “It's a part of our history that’s really traumatic and still affects the community today.”
The children to be disinterred came from the Washoe, Catawba, Umpqua, Ute, Oneida and Aleut tribes. The sex and approximate age of each child will be verified, according to Renea Yates, director of the Office of Army Cemeteries, with archeological and anthropological support from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
“We conduct a very dignified disinterment of each child … and then we do a very dignified transfer ceremony, sending the children back with their families,” Yates said.
The small cemetery has been enclosed with privacy fencing during the disinterment process, which is expected to conclude in July. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/native-american-children-remains-laid-to-rest/521-8172c115-3cb0-424d-bd9a-961a7d94b545 | 2022-06-14T20:31:27 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/native-american-children-remains-laid-to-rest/521-8172c115-3cb0-424d-bd9a-961a7d94b545 |
Kenosha’s lakefront and Downtown areas will be brimming with a host of newly approved activities and attractions throughout the summer with events this weekend that include 5K and 10K runs and the annual Juneteenth celebration.
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Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer Sunday as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road as the parade moves from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Dan Seaver, President of Kenosha Pride, speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration before they march from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Tanya McLean of Leaders of Kenosha, leads a cheer as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march long Sheridan Road Sunday as the parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Robin Neeson, left, her daughter, Kennedy Nelson, and Karen Wilbanks chant Sunday as the march with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road.
Steven Ratz and Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, along with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration, cross Sheridan Road Sunday as they parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park.
IN PHOTOS: Check out the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration and march
Kenosha Pride 2021 was observed on Sunday, Aug. 22, starting with the annual Pride March in Library Park, 711 59th Place, in Downtown Kenosha.
The Kenosha Pride event grounds in Veterans Memorial Park, featured both the Stonewall Stage and Pulse Stage. The festival also featured a marketplace, a Health and Wellness/Non-Profit area and a Beer Tent. There was also a Children’s area and a Pet Area.
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Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer Sunday as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road as the parade moves from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver photos, the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Ben Dominquez makes a sketch as he waits for the start of the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade Sunday in Library Park
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Dan Seaver, President of Kenosha Pride, speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration before they march from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Molly Clark claps as she listen to a speaker Sunday before the start of the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Tanya McLean of Leaders of Kenosha, leads a cheer as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march long Sheridan Road Sunday as the parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Volunteers from Spirit Alive Church hands out water Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Robin Neeson, left, her daughter, Kennedy Nelson, and Karen Wilbanks chant Sunday as the march with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
A couple holds hands Sunday in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Devynn Johnson raises her hand as horns are honked as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Kayla Bacewicz cheers while participating in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road;
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Steven Ratz and Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, along with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration, cross Sheridan Road Sunday as they parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
At separate meetings, the city’s Parks Commission and Public Works Committee unanimously approved permits Monday night for the Kenosha Lakefront Run, sponsored by 5Kevents.org, for the use of sidewalks and multi-use paths at Simmons, Kennedy, Eichelman, Pennoyer, Alford and Wolfenbuttel parks. Additionally, the event will use Celebration Place and HarborPark and will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. The event is being held in conjunction with the three-day Pop-up German Biergarten and Food Truck Rally, which was approved in December, and begins on Thursday.
The two city panels also approved the use of 13th Court between 52nd and 54th Streets for the 2022 Juneteenth Festival & Kenosha Market that take place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the grounds south, across the street from Boys and Girls Club of Kenosha.
The all-day Juneteenth celebration, coordinated by Education Youth Development Outreach, the Regimen Barber Collective and other community organizations, will also include a 2-mile cancer walk that will start at 9 a.m. at Pennoyer Park and conclude on the Juneteenth festival grounds.
Other events approved by the Parks Commission include:
The Lemon Street Gallery’s use of the Southport Marina Park parking lot for the Winter Dance Party Sculpture unveiling from 4:30 to 5 p.m. on June 21.
Kmack Productions’ Harmony Fest from 5:30 to 9 p.m., June 24 at the Pennoyer Park Band Shell. The event includes a music concert and vendors to promote harmony and diversity. Headliners are musician Shamarr Allen and Underdawgz and is a fundraiser for Kenosha COR and the Kenosha Education Foundation.
Kenosha Mammoth’s Rugby Football Club request for the Harborfest 7s rugby tournament from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., July 9 at Kennedy Park.
Kids from Wisconsin “Big Bang Boom Tour”, from 1 to 5 p.m. at Pennoyer Park and the park’s band shell. The free event will include a two-hour performance from the iconic group.
Love Your Community’s Beach Front Arts fest from noon to 10 p.m. July 31 at Pennoyer Park, including the use of the band shell and concessions kiosks.
Kenosha Creative Space Inc.’s 2nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Fest (Festival Orgullo Hispano) from noon to 11 p.m. Sept. 17 and from noon to 5 p.m., Sept. 18 at Pennoyer Park and the band shell. Featuring a celebration of Hispanic heritage with art vendors, music, dancing and ballet folklorico
Spirit Alive church ELCA Night of Worship from 3 to 7 p.m., Sept. 25 at the Pennoyer Park band shell. The event is fundraiser for the ELCA Outreach Center of Kenosha.
The Public Works Committee also approved the following festivals:
Kenosha Make Music Day 2022, from noon to 11 p.m., June 21, at 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The event will consist of free live music with concerts on the streets, sidewalks and parks across the city on the longest day of the year.
Keep Kenosha Beautiful – Garden Walk including Union Park, My Little Garden, Firemen’s Park, 1866 Lighthouse, Tot Park and Lunch Bunch Triangle from 5 to 7 p.m., July 14.
Kenosha Creative Fest 2022, from noon to 11 p.m., July 23, at 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, featuring free art festival and live music.
Mary Lou & and Arthur F. Mahone Fund’s HarborPark Jazz Rhythm & Blues music event, 12:30 to 10 p.m. Aug. 20, at Celebration Place including the closure of Italiana Circle at Calabria Way.
Kenosha Rock N’ Roll Circus 2022, from noon to 11 p.m., Aug. 20, at 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues, featuring a free concert and art festival.
Cheese-A-Palooza, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sept. 3-4, at HarborPark along 54th Street from Sixth to Third Avenues. The two-day festival celebrates everything cheese.
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Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer Sunday as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road as the parade moves from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Dan Seaver, President of Kenosha Pride, speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration before they march from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Tanya McLean of Leaders of Kenosha, leads a cheer as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march long Sheridan Road Sunday as the parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Robin Neeson, left, her daughter, Kennedy Nelson, and Karen Wilbanks chant Sunday as the march with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road.
Steven Ratz and Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, along with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration, cross Sheridan Road Sunday as they parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park.
IN PHOTOS: Check out the 2021 Kenosha Pride Celebration and march
Kenosha Pride 2021 was observed on Sunday, Aug. 22, starting with the annual Pride March in Library Park, 711 59th Place, in Downtown Kenosha.
The Kenosha Pride event grounds in Veterans Memorial Park, featured both the Stonewall Stage and Pulse Stage. The festival also featured a marketplace, a Health and Wellness/Non-Profit area and a Beer Tent. There was also a Children’s area and a Pet Area.
1 of 12
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, left and Tanya McLean, right, of Leaders of Kenosha, lead a cheer Sunday as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road as the parade moves from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver photos, the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Ben Dominquez makes a sketch as he waits for the start of the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade Sunday in Library Park
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Dan Seaver, President of Kenosha Pride, speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration before they march from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Molly Clark claps as she listen to a speaker Sunday before the start of the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz speaks Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Tanya McLean of Leaders of Kenosha, leads a cheer as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march long Sheridan Road Sunday as the parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park, for the rest of the pride celebration that featured entertainment, a children’s area and a marketplace with vendors.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Volunteers from Spirit Alive Church hands out water Sunday to participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Robin Neeson, left, her daughter, Kennedy Nelson, and Karen Wilbanks chant Sunday as the march with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
A couple holds hands Sunday in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Devynn Johnson raises her hand as horns are honked as participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration march along Sheridan Road.
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Kayla Bacewicz cheers while participating in the Kenosha Pride Celebration Parade along Sheridan Road;
Gregory Shaver for the Kenosha News
Kenosha Pride Celebration 2021
Steven Ratz and Miss Kenosha Pride Abigail Beverly Hillz, along with other participants in the Kenosha Pride Celebration, cross Sheridan Road Sunday as they parade from Library Park to Veterans Memorial Park. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/city-parks-public-works-panels-approve-kenosha-lakefront-run-juneteenth-and-a-whole-slew-of/article_fb474a10-eb9c-11ec-a051-d75cf2cb7af2.html | 2022-06-14T20:36:46 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/city-parks-public-works-panels-approve-kenosha-lakefront-run-juneteenth-and-a-whole-slew-of/article_fb474a10-eb9c-11ec-a051-d75cf2cb7af2.html |
On Tuesday, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson and the Dallas Park and Recreation Department announced that they are giving away Teen All Access passes that will allow teens free access to select attractions beginning in July.
In the second year of the Teen All Access program, the City of Dallas will make 10,000 passes available only to Dallas residents on a first-come, first-served basis, the city said.
The city said the Teen All Access Pass provides complimentary admission in July for teens ages 13-17. Individuals can bring up to three friends or family members to 12 signature Dallas museums, the Dallas Zoo, Bahama Beach Waterpark and more.
Starting June 27, teens can obtain a pass at a City of Dallas recreation center. The pass will become active on July 1. The full list of attractions and recreation centers can be found at DallasParks.org.
In the Tuesday press conference, Johnson said that "the Teen All Access is one of [his] favorite programs."
"Through this remarkable partnership, we are allowing children across Dallas to learn and grow during the summer months - while also highlighting our city's outstanding parks, cultural offerings, and entertainment venues."
Dallas Park and Recreation joined with the City of Dallas last year, issuing just over 7,000 passes. This year, three additional partners offering free admission include the African American Museum at Fair Park, Golf Dallas and the Perot Museum of Nature and Science.
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Dallas Park and Recreation Director John D. Jenkins is excited about the new partnerships, saying that they "help create more equitable and accessible leisure opportunities for all families and communities." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-teens-can-get-free-all-access-passes-to-select-attractions-this-summer/2991917/ | 2022-06-14T20:37:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-teens-can-get-free-all-access-passes-to-select-attractions-this-summer/2991917/ |
Do you remember the creepy spotting in Amarillo that sent social media into a frenzy?
On May 21, the Amarillo Zoo surveillance cameras captured footage of a peculiar figure outside its gates.
Unsure of what it was or where it came from, the zoo took to social media to help crack the case. The silhouette resembled several things but, to date, remains unidentified.
Well, it turns out that the world of unidentified objects is getting a little bigger as other zoos in Texas join in on the fun.
The San Antonio Zoo shared a remarkably similar photograph showing a "mysterious creature" they'd like help identifying.
And it doesn't stop there.
In another similar scene, there was a suspicious - or debatably adorable - creature spotted in North Texas at the Fort Worth Zoo.
"Something strange is happening in Texas," the Fort Worth Zoo said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-san-antonio-zoos-share-mysterious-photos-after-amarillo-sighting/2992029/ | 2022-06-14T20:37:58 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/fort-worth-san-antonio-zoos-share-mysterious-photos-after-amarillo-sighting/2992029/ |
TRI-CITIES, Tenn. (WJHL) – Record heat and temperatures that feel like over 100 degrees are expected in the region this week.
Heat like this isn’t entirely typical for this region, but it is possible.
Storms early Tuesday morning helped cool off the region for the day, but on Wednesday, temperatures in the mid-90s are likely to return, according to Storm Team 11.
While many may seek refuge from the heat in pools or indoors soaking in some cold air conditioning, others are staying outdoors.
Many jobs take place outside and need to get done, no matter the temperature. Construction crews across Kingsport are pushing through this heat wave to complete projects across the city. One ongoing project is re-paving in the Jersey Street area off Lynn Garden Drive.
According to Lee Daniels, the training coordinator for the City of Kingsport, city workers have an app run by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that monitors the heat. He said if it gets into extreme temperatures, they will work on other assignments that day, not outdoors.
However, he said Tuesday the weather is doable for his crews as long as they remember to hydrate and rest in the shade.
“Staying hydrated is the most important thing you can do to stave off any heat illness, taking regular breaks which they do about every two hours or so, and making sure those breaks are in the shade,” said Daniels.
Other jobs, such as airport maintenance also operate partially outdoors.
While Tri-Cities Regional staff can’t speak for the airline employees, they sent News Channel 11 this statement regarding the heat and safety measures in place:
“Tri-Cities Airport Authority employees that are mainly outside are our maintenance team. To help protect them during extreme summer temperatures, planned or scheduled outdoor duties [are set] to begin at 7 AM and end by noon or 1 PM. We ensure they have plenty of fluids, sunscreen, and protective hats. We also have air conditioning in a number of the tractors used on the airfield.”
Kristi Haulsee, Airport Spokesperson
While certain jobs require work outdoors, this summer, kids are choosing to be outside, but that doesn’t mean they’re immune from this record-breaking heat.
At The Boys and Girls Club of Washington County and Johnson City, each child is issued a water bottle that stays at the facility, ensuring constant hydration throughout the day. Robin Crumley, the President and CEO, said they’ve also adjusted the times when campers are outside.
“We keep our outside activities kind of limited to early morning, for us that’s 7:30 to 11 to try and stay ahead of the afternoon heat,” Crumley said.
At Science Hill High School, sports practices will be taking place throughout the summer. Head football coach Stacy Carter said constant hydration is a requirement for each practice. They will also consider even more safety measures, should the temperatures rise even more.
“We’re constantly on our kids and saying how important hydration is, but water stations are a big thing. We’ve changed a lot in the last 20 years in terms of doing it the right way to ensure our kids are hydrated,” Carter said. “We’ll go what we call shell-less which is just shoulder pads and helmets so there are ways to do that, and you’ve just got to be really aware and, of course, our trainers will check the heat temps, there are certain things we have to get shut down for when it gets so hot.”
If you plan on being outside during this heat wave for extended periods of time, health officials can’t stress enough the importance of hydration. They say to drink more water than you think you need. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/handling-the-heat-outdoor-workers-say-hydration-is-key-this-week/ | 2022-06-14T20:53:11 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/handling-the-heat-outdoor-workers-say-hydration-is-key-this-week/ |
BUCHANAN COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — Authorities are investigating a fatal crash that happened Monday evening in Buchanan County.
According to the Virginia State Police, a Ford Ranger was traveling along Horn Mountain Road around 5 p.m. when it ran off the side of the road and went down an embankment, overturning several times.
State police say the adult male driver was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene. The man’s name has not been released.
The crash remains under investigation. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-investigating-fatal-crash-in-buchanan-county/ | 2022-06-14T20:53:14 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-investigating-fatal-crash-in-buchanan-county/ |
SCOTT COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – Police are investigating after a car crash left a teenager dead this weekend.
According to a press release from Virginia State Police (VSP), officers were called to the scene of a crash around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
When they arrived at a property in the 300 block of Flatwoods Road, investigators found that a Geo Tracker had been driving down a gravel driveway before it ran off the road and flipped over an embankment.
The release said that the driver, a 15-year-old male from Clintwood, died at the scene.
Since the crash occurred on private property rather than a public road, the VSP release said no crash report will be completed on the incident. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-saturday-crash-kills-15-year-old/ | 2022-06-14T20:53:16 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vsp-saturday-crash-kills-15-year-old/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Those who will be riding the Rampage rollercoaster at Alabama Adventure at 1 p.m. Thursday will be part of what is being billed as the “World’s Largest Coaster Ride” at 21 theme parks across the country.
“ACE (American Coaster Enthusiasts) have asked us to participate in an event that is happening across North America to have the most people riding a roller coaster at the same time,” Alabama Adventure marketing manager Alex Ramsey said. “This means that at exactly 1 p.m. local time, nearly every roller coaster in the country will start at the exact same time.”
The American Coaster Enthusiasts have organized the ride with 21 parks across 12 states to celebrate the 138th anniversary of La Marcus Thompson’s Switchback Railway, the first modern American rollercoaster that was built on Coney Island, New York.
Elizabeth Ringas, communications director for ACE, said the ride was initially supposed to happen in 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Rampage first opened in 1998 and stands 120 feet high, covering 3,500 feet with cars reaching top speeds of 56 miles per hour.
More information on the “World’s Largest Coaster Ride” can be found here. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-adventure-taking-part-in-worlds-largest-coaster-ride-thursday/ | 2022-06-14T20:53:48 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/alabama-adventure-taking-part-in-worlds-largest-coaster-ride-thursday/ |
LOS ANGELES — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to extend food assistance benefits to some undocumented immigrants. But advocates say it’s not enough.
The budget bill the state legislature passed Monday includes a proposal by Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow immigrants age 55 and older who are currently shut out of food stamps programs to receive the benefits.
Advocates of the Food4All campaign — a coalition pushing for expanded food assistance to all immigrants, regardless of age or status — say that while the proposal is a step towards their long-term goal, it leaves a majority of low-income, undocumented immigrants behind.
“We need to be able to cover a whole family unit. It’s not the equitable thing to do to exclude some family members from food assistance,” said Betzabel Estudillo, senior advocate with Nourish California, an Oakland-based nonprofit.
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The expansion will occur in the California Food Assistance Program, or CFAP, a state-funded version of food stamps that helps income-qualified immigrants who are not eligible for the federally-funded CalFresh program.
CFAP provides an average of $165 a month in food benefits to about 35,000 immigrants with legal status, primarily recent green card holders, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. Undocumented immigrants, those brought to the country illegally as children and those granted temporary legal status because their countries experienced war or disaster, don’t qualify for the program.
First in the nation
“The governor’s proposal will result in California being the first state in the nation to remove exclusions from food assistance programs for undocumented residents over the age of 55,” said Benyamin Chao, a health and public benefits analyst with the California Immigrant Policy Center.
A February analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Analysts’ Office shows the age-restricted food assistance expansion reaching about 75,000 people by 2025-26.
The Legislature on Monday passed a 2022-23 budget that includes $35 million to prepare for the expansion, which may grow to $113.4 million by 2025-26. It could take several years for benefits to reach all eligible immigrants.
Last month Senate President Toni Atkins’ office backed a plan to use $284 million to expand benefits to immigrants of all ages in the 2023-24 budget year, after the state Senate passed a bill in 2021. But that bill stalled in the Assembly, and the full expansion didn’t make it into the budget agreement legislative leaders reached.
While lawmakers and Newsom will continue negotiating some differences in their budgets, the age restriction is likely to stay.
“I am heartbroken to know that this proposal will continue to exclude undocumented children and adults under the age of 55, who are increasingly struggling to afford nutritious food for their families amid skyrocketing food costs and baby formula shortages,” Chao said this month.
A spokesperson for the governor’s office did not respond to questions this month about whether he would consider expanding CFAP to undocumented people of all ages, instead the spokesman emailed that California has made “historic investments” for immigrant families.
“Governor Newsom is building on these investments by proposing to expand Medi-Cal to everyone eligible, regardless of immigration status, and extending food assistance to all eligible individuals 55 and older,” the spokesperson wrote.
Advocates noted the state’s nearly $100 billion budget surplus.
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“We were disappointed to not see any further allocation, considering that we have a record budget surplus,” said Estudillo.
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According to a report by the ‘Food4All’ coalition, 45% of all undocumented immigrants live in food-insecure households. Children are especially at risk.
Food insecurity is higher among those who are 26 and under, who would not qualify for food benefits under the likely expansion.
Nourish California estimates that a full expansion of CFAP would have allowed between 690,000 to 840,000 additional Californians, including individuals over 55, to be eligible for food assistance. That would have cost close to $550 million a year, the coalition estimates.
“We want to make sure that people are able to feed themselves and their families and not have to make difficult decisions (about) whether they pay rent or fill up their car with gas or feed their families,” Estudillo said.
Not everyone agrees that expanding CFAP benefits to undocumented Californians is the best approach to addressing food insecurity.
Susan Shelley, vice president of communications of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, said in a statement that food insecurity is a symptom of failed policies.
“California has the highest poverty rate of any state when the cost of living is taken into account,” she said. “The governor and state lawmakers should be held accountable for all the laws, regulations, policies and taxes that are driving job-creating businesses out of the state or preventing them from locating in California in the first place.”
Shelley added that drought would cause less food insecurity if the state built the water storage projects voters agreed to fund in 2014.
‘We just need to do it’
The Food4All coalition says it will continue to push for full expansion of food benefits.
“Our work will never end until everyone has access to a nutrition safety net, regardless of immigration status,” said Estudillo.
Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, a Democrat whose district includes Downtown and East Los Angeles, said this month he’s “still optimistic” the state will fully expand the program in the future.
That could happen in steps, he said, similar to the expansion of Medi-Cal, the state’s health program for the poor. In May the state extended Medi-Cal coverage eligibility to immigrants age 50 or older. Another proposal included in both Newsom’s budget proposal and the legislative budget deal allows immigrants ages 26 to 49 to sign onto Medi-Cal beginning in 2024.
“There’s a general sense of support” in the Legislature for full food benefits expansion, Santiago said.
Last year Assembly and Senate leaders included the full expansion of food benefits in their budget agreement, but it did not make it into the final budget.
“The good news is it’s a step in the right direction,” Santiago said. “This is definitely a years-long fight.”
This article is part of the California Divide project, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/californias-food-assistance-to-undocumented-residents-leaves-some-out/509-ed11254e-cc75-4897-99c8-363755647cdc | 2022-06-14T20:54:03 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/californias-food-assistance-to-undocumented-residents-leaves-some-out/509-ed11254e-cc75-4897-99c8-363755647cdc |
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — A gas station manager in Rancho Cordova was fired after he misplaced a decimal point at a gas station pricing premium gas for just 69 cents a gallon, according to ABC7.
Hundreds of drivers ended up getting the cheap gas for several hours before the mistake was discovered costing the gas station $16,000, according to ABC7.
The manager, John Szczecina, at the Shell gas station accidentally moved the decimal point to the wrong spot.
Szczecina told ABC7 he's worried about getting sued by the station owners, so his family has started a GoFundMe to help re-pay the lost revenue.
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SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. — A vegetation fire started Tuesday afternoon in San Joaquin County, according to Cal Fire.
The Cord Fire started near Cord Road and East Acampo Road in Clements, according to Cal Fire's Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit. The fire was at 20 acres at around 1 p.m.
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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.
If you live in a wildfire-prone zone, Cal Fire suggests creating a defensible space around your home. Defensible space is an area around a building in which vegetation and other debris are completely cleared. At least 100 feet is recommended.
The Department of Homeland Security suggests assembling an emergency kit that has important documents, N95 respirator masks, supplies to grab with you if you’re forced to leave at a moment’s notice. The agency also suggests signing up for local warning system notifications and know your community’s evacuation plans best to prepare yourself and your family in cases of wildfires.
Some counties use Nixle alerts to update residents on severe weather, wildfires, and other news. To sign up, visit www.nixle.com or text your zip code to 888777 to start receiving alerts.
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BLOOMINGTON — Gracie's Tacos and Wings, 1414 1/2 S. Main St. in Bloomington, is this week's pick for Eats of the Week.
Gracie's opened on June 7, 2020, and is owned by Graciela Kellie, who moved to the Central Illinois area from Arizona in 2005. She enjoyed cooking at home and wanted something to do for herself.
Kellie's children and her husband came up with the idea to combine Mexican food and wings into one restaurant.
"I used to cook for the kids all the time for parties or when friends would come over," Kellie said. "They would be like, 'Oh, Mrs. Kellie, you need to open a restaurant, you cook so good, we would eat there.'"
Kellie leased the space for the restaurant from the Carniceria La Mexicana grocery store, which is next door. In the early days, the restaurant only offered pickup orders because of restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The same customers who have come in since Day 1 are still returning, Kellie said, and the restaurant is doing a lot better now. She said she loves seeing people happy eating her food, which is all homemade.
"I make everything just like I would make them at home," she said, "and I want to stick to that. No one has my tortillas."
Handmade tortillas are Gracie's specialty, along with barbacoa and birria tacos. Other popular items include the lengua tacos and the honey hot wings.
Restaurant specials are posted on its Facebook page. Some offerings have included chicken or beef soup, tamales, mole, and a ribs plate with salsa, rice and beans. They also recently tried breakfast and it went pretty well and said it is something they may continue.
Kellie hopes to either open a second location or expand the current store, and add delivery in the future as well.
Gracie's Tacos and Wings is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday; and closed Monday. They offer dine-in and takeout services.
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Contact Olivia Jacobs at 309-820-3240. Follow Olivia on Twitter: @olivia___jacobs | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-bloomingtons-saving-grace-tacos-wings/article_0d9507c0-ec01-11ec-9444-dffb5b3e5959.html | 2022-06-14T20:57:15 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/watch-now-bloomingtons-saving-grace-tacos-wings/article_0d9507c0-ec01-11ec-9444-dffb5b3e5959.html |
Copeland Oaks residents celebrate Flag Day with parade
SEBRING – Golf carts, bicycles and motorized scooters decked in American flags and red, white and blue balloons and streamers rolled through Copeland Oaks retirement community during Tuesday's Flag Day parade.
About 100 residents of the senior living community participated in the patriotic event organized by the Copeland Oaks Villas Association. Others sat in lawn chairs along the sidewalk, waving American flags and enjoying the warm weather.
Meanwhile, the steady beat of drums echoed across the grounds thanks to drummers from Alliance High School.
Flag Day celebrates the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777.
The parade was one of Copeland Oaks' first large-scale events since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, said Chelsea Venables, Copeland Oaks' director of marketing. The retirement community has still held its summer concert series outdoors.
"We have a very active social committee," said Sally Kindsvatter, secretary and social chairman of the Copeland Oaks Villas Association.
Kindsvatter has lived at Copeland Oaks for about one year. She said the villas association plans to hold four outdoor events this year.
The group has held parades in years past, she said, but none to the size and scale of the Flag Day parade. The villas organization focused on promoting the event and managed to get many people to help decorate golf cars and other vehicles.
Following the parade, residents gathered on the back patio for ice cream treats provided by Copeland Oaks. Many attendees wore red, white and blue. Several dogs were even dressed for the festivities, sporting bows and costumes.
Longtime resident Dick Bashore drove his Corvette in the parade. He said he was happy to have a reason to take the vehicle for a spin. He has never seen an event like the Flag Day parade at Copeland Oaks, he said, and hopes it becomes an annual event.
"It's great to get around the community," Bashore said.
Kindsvatter said she was grateful for everyone involved in the event, particularly the Alliance High School students who performed. She said turnout was great, and the event was larger than expected.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/14/copeland-oaks-holds-flag-day-parade/7620334001/ | 2022-06-14T21:00:51 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/06/14/copeland-oaks-holds-flag-day-parade/7620334001/ |
North Canton's Jaycee Fair celebrates 70th year
NORTH CANTON — The North Canton Jaycee Fair kicked off its 70th annual festival this week with carnival games, rides and the chance to soak local officials in a dunk tank.
"The community always comes out supports us very well," said Abigail Tanner, vice president for community development for the Jaycees. "Last night was a wonderful night, on par with last year and crowds are looking good for the whole week."
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Usually, Tanner said, the fair brings in about $15,000 to support the Jaycees' other events, including its safety fair, Easter egg hunt, July 4th fireworks show and Special Olympics.
"A lot of our vendors have been with us through it and some of them have been since the start, whether it was someone in their family and now they're taking over for them," Tanner said. "We use everything from the fair to put on our community events throughout the year."
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The dunk tank is a favorite feature of the event. This year, fair-goers will have the chance to dunk Hoover High School coaches, North Canton Councilman Jamie McCleaster and Mayor Stephan Wilder, among other local business and community leaders.
In addition to fair rides and carnival games, the fair stage will feature live music from Whiskey Bound and Scenic Route on Friday and Saturday.
The fair, located across from Dogwood Pool on 7th St NE, runs daily from 6 to 11 p.m. through Saturday. Parking and entry are free, with ride tickets available for $1 or $10 for 12 tickets. Unlimited wristbands are $20 per day.
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Abortion rights supporter removed after Eastpointe church service disruption
A protester who appeared to be using fake leaves as clothing and chanted support for abortion rights was escorted out of a Catholic church in Eastpointe after disrupting Sunday Mass, a video posted to social media shows.
The video, originally posted on TikTok before being taken down, shows a woman standing among seated parishioners at St. Veronica Church. The protest comes weeks after a draft opinion leaked in May that signalled the Supreme Court was primed to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion across the country.
The woman appears to be wearing tree leaves as underwear, evoking paintings of Adam and Eve, and can be heard chanting "Overturn Roe? Hell, no!" and "abortion without apology" before she is pushed and pulled down the aisle and removed from the church. Another woman behind her is escorted out as she chants similar support for abortion rights.
The protester's name does not appear on the TikTok account that shared the video, and attempts to reach the Twitter user were unsuccessful.
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"We are sad to see protesters disrupt a liturgical celebration and disrespect those who were gathered in prayer," said Ned McGrath, director of public relations for the Archdiocese of Detroit, which oversees Catholic churches in Metro Detroit. "All religious communities should be free to worship without fear."
Protests in favor of abortion rights gained steam across the country and in Michigan last month after the Supreme Court leak. Abortion supporters, often accompanied by lawmakers, rallied in Detroit, Ann Arbor and in the Michigan House in Lansing in the days following the publication of the draft opinion.
The Supreme Court's decision in the case is expected to be released by the end of June, when the justices term for the year ends and they break for the summer.
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Detroit opens cooling centers for relief amid excessive heat warning
With oppressive heat in the forecast, the city of Detroit and the health department are taking steps to prepare residents for scorching temperatures.
Detroit is offering temperature relief by turning recreation centers and libraries into cooling centers through the heat advisory, which is from noon Wednesday to 8 a.m. Thursday.
"Young children, older adults and those living with chronic medical conditions are especially vulnerable. The Detroit Health Department is working closely with Parks & Recreation Department to provide a safe space that is accessible to all residents," Chief Public Health Officer Denise Fair Razo said in a release.
Sweltering heat is one of the most fatal weather-related conditions, according to the National Weather Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Some of the best ways to avoid injury or illness is to slow down and stay cool, according to the NOAA.
The Detroit Health Department is recommending residents limit outside activities during 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and look out for signs of heat exhaustion. DHD said in a release that these signs can include nausea, confusion, and a slowed or rapid heart rate.
List of cooling centers in Detroit:
Cooling centers are open and operational until the extreme heat advisory is lifted.
- Adams Butzel Complex, 10500 Lyndon (M-F, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Farwell Recreation Center, 2711 E. Outer Drive (M-F, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; not open Saturdays)
- Lasky Recreation Center, 13200 Fenelon (M-F, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; not open Saturdays)
- Patton Recreation Center, 2301 Woodmere (M-F, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Kemeny Recreation Center, 2260 S. Fort (M-F, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
- Crowell Recreation Center, 16630 Lahser (M-F, 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.; not open Saturdays)
- Heilmann Recreation Center, 19601 Crusade (M-F, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
The Detroit Public Library will also offer relief from extreme temperatures. All library branches are open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays.
Due to COVID-19, time spent in a library cooling center is limited to two hours and 50% capacity.
Detroit Public Library cooling centers:
- Main Library, 5201 Woodward
- Campbell Branch, 8733 W. Vernor Highway
- Edison Branch, 18400 Joy
- Jefferson Branch, 12350 E. Outer Drive
- Parkman Branch, 1766 Oakman
- Redford Branch, 21200 W. Grand River Ave.
- Wilder Branch, 7140 E. Seven Mile
Residents who utilize public cooling centers are required to follow COVID-19 safety protocols.
"High-touch areas and restrooms will be disinfected every two hours and maximum capacity limits at each site have been lowered. PPE and bottled water will also be provided," Razo said.
Tips on managing extreme heat
- If you're outdoors, dress lightly with loose fitting clothing that reflect heat and sunlight.
- If you're working outside, take frequent breaks in the shade. It can decrease the chances of experiencing heat exhaustion.
- Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated and avoid heat exhaustion.
- It can make a difference to eat light foods, like fruit, to support easy digestion and health during extreme temperatures.
- Take cold baths and showers to cool your body temperature down.
- Check on your family members with an increased vulnerability to heat exposure. Keep them safe in spaces with constant temperature relief.
- Do not leave anyone in a vehicle during extreme heat
--it can leave a person or animal at risk of developing hyperthermia. - If you have the opportunity, spend time in the coolest places possible. Take advantage of air conditioned malls and libraries as a relief. It is also an opportunity to stay inside and use air conditioning or electrical fans around the house.
"I encourage all Detroiters to protect themselves from the heat. Check on your neighbors, and don’t forget to take care of pets," Razo said in a release. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/cooling-centers-detroit-due-extreme-heat-weather/7622839001/ | 2022-06-14T21:07:31 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/cooling-centers-detroit-due-extreme-heat-weather/7622839001/ |
James Craig sues petition circulators; Perry Johnson meeting with lawyers to file suit
Lansing — Two Republican gubernatorial hopefuls disqualified from the August primary ballot because of a wave of fraudulent petition signatures plan to sue the companies and individual circulators accused of forging thousands of signatures.
Former Detroit police Chief James Craig filed his suit in Kent County Circuit Court Monday and Bloomfield Hills businessman Perry Johnson said he is meeting with lawyers to sue the groups that managed his signature-gathering effort.
Craig and his main petition circulating company, Vanguard Field Strategies, filed suit against In Field Strategies and 18 circulators listed in a Michigan Bureau of Elections report as signature-gatherers suspected of forging signatures. The complaint said the Craig campaign agreed to pay circulators $13 a signature.
Craig told reporters on Tuesday he believes the signature forgeries were performed by petition circulating firms several times removed from Vanguard through subcontracts.
"It appears that this group of folks are the ones that committed the fraud," Craig said. "But also the other equally troubling is how did that group not only do petitions for me but ... circulate petitions for other gubernatorial candidates? How does that happen?
"...I'm optimistic that this lawsuit will open the doors to what really took place," Craig said.
During an interview in downtown Lansing on Tuesday, Perry Johnson said he's moving forward with plans to file lawsuits over his petitions. He met with attorneys on Monday and was scheduled to meet with them again on Tuesday.
Johnson said five petition circulating companies that worked on behalf of his campaign were hired through his consultant John Yob, a longtime figure in Michigan politics.
But Johnson said he had no problem with Yob's performance.
"I would never have had the chance to be where I was without John Yob," Johnson said. "I went in there not having any idea what I'm doing. And I am supposed to be quality guru. If I didn't hire a guy who knew this business, I certainly wouldn't be a quality guru, I'd be an idiot out there trying to reinvent the wheel."
Yob quit Craig's campaign last fall before becoming Johnson's general campaign consultant. Last week, Craig suggested Yob is the "common denominator" in his and Johnson's signature-gathering failures.
Craig announced his lawsuit at the Secretary of State's Office, where he submitted paperwork Tuesday to run as a write-in candidate on the August primary ballot.
"I'm not going to sit here and tell you it's going to be easy," Craig said of his write-in campaign. "It's not. It's an uphill battle."
Craig said fundraising would be a challenge in the coming weeks as his team worked out the best strategy to increase name recognition and instruct voters on how to enter a write-in candidate on the primary ballot, including instructions on the correct spelling of Craig's name.
He also said he would "pare down" his operation, including eliminating some staff, in order to invest in the campaign over the next several weeks.
"Money is the oil that keeps that engine running," Craig said of campaigns.
The Bureau of Elections determined more than 6,000 of Johnson's signatures were believed to be fraudulent and caused Johnson to fall short of the 15,000-signature threshold needed to qualify for the ballot.
The bureau found Craig's campaign had turned in 11,113 invalid signatures, including 9,879 signatures from "fraudulent petition circulators." Only 10,192 of the 21,305 signatures were deemed "facially valid," causing Craig to fall nearly 5,000 signatures short of the minimum.
Johnson's challenge of the bureau's determination and the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked vote keeping him off the August ballot were dismissed by the Michigan Supreme Court and a federal district judge.
On Monday, a federal judge denied Johnson's request to halt the printing of ballots for the primary in a last-ditch effort to get his name on the Aug. 2 ballot.
Craig was denied placement on the ballot by the Michigan Supreme Court, which told him he would have to first appeal in lower courts where other candidates had been unsuccessful.
In his Monday lawsuit, Craig alleged In Field Strategies had promised Vanguard a high validity rate — about 70% — while collecting signatures but "secretly" and "recklessly" subcontracted with a company run by Shawn Wilmoth who "used another man as its 'front'" named Willie Reed.
"That front man served as In Field's 'Michigan manager,' and it was the Wilmoth organization's cadre of circulators who committed the fraud," the complaint said.
The suit alleges breach of contract, breach of warranty and common law fraud and seeks a monetary judgment in favor of the campaign and Vanguard.
Wilmoth, who leads First Choice Contracting, pleaded guilty to two counts of election fraud in 2011, according to a Florida TV station. At least one other candidate disqualified from the Republican gubernatorial primary ballot, Michigan State Police Capt. Michael Brown, said he also used Wilmoth's group to gather signatures.
In Field Strategies was supposed to check the validity of the signatures before delivering them to Vanguard at one of several locations, including one in Kent County, according to Craig's lawsuit.
The company also was banned under contract from collecting for other gubernatorial candidates, the Craig campaign said.
In Field submitted petition pages to Vanguard on a weekly basis with a report on validity it said it determined based on a comparison between the signatures and the Michigan qualified voter file, the Craig campaign lawsuit said.
The company told Vanguard its validity rate was between 75% and 78%, according to the lawsuit.
The group submitted a total of 14,310 signatures for Craig's campaign, of which about 9,879 were fully examined to show they were not valid — leaving Craig's campaign with a 30% validity rate.
eleblanc@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/james-craig-sues-petition-circulators-perry-johnson-meeting-lawyers-sue/7623003001/ | 2022-06-14T21:07:37 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/james-craig-sues-petition-circulators-perry-johnson-meeting-lawyers-sue/7623003001/ |
Swim-up bars now allowed at Michigan pools after Whitmer OKs liquor law change
Lansing — Swimmers at Michigan resorts and hotels will be able to drink and eat from swim-up bars under bills Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed into law Tuesday.
In a statement Tuesday, Whitmer's office said the bills would "create entrepreneurial opportunities that allow public pool operators to maximize business heading into a Pure Michigan summer."
The Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth was among those businesses supporting the change in state liquor laws.
“This will enable hospitality business operators the opportunity to provide a new experience for their guests which will boost the Michigan tourism industry,” said the Bavarian Inn's Michael Keller Zehnder.
The poolside food and drink laws were signed the same day Whitmer signed a bill allowing 17-year-olds to serve alcohol at bars and restaurants in an effort to ameliorate the state's labor shortage. Previously, alcohol service was limited to individuals over the age of 18.
The new swim-up bar rules allow hotels, parks, schools or resorts offering pool access to seek a $350 annual permit from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission to serve alcohol and food in pools if they're served in plastic, non-breakable containers.
The bills were sponsored by Reps. Rodney Wakeman, R-Frankenmuth, and John Cherry, D-Flint.
"I'm proud to work with my colleagues to offer these new opportunities for economic expansion, giving a boost to mid-Michigan businesses," Cherry said in a statement.
The laws require pools seeking to serve food or drink at a swim-up bar to have a lifeguard on duty and prohibit food and beverages in an area of the pool containing a slide, spray feature or diving board.
The rules also require the serving and prep areas to be made with nonabsorbent, easily sanitized material and separated from the pool by a service counter to protect the food or drink from splashes.
The laws mandate that the swimming pool area where the food or beverage will be located have blunt edges and for the water to be monitored with an electronic chemical control monitor.
Under the law allowing 17-year-olds to serve alcohol, the minor would only be able to serve alcohol if there is a supervisor over the age of 18 present and if the 17-year-old has been server-trained, which includes instructions on how to check IDs and how to deal with unruly customers.
Rep. Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton, sponsored the bill.
eleblanc@detroitnews.com | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/swim-up-bars-now-allowed-michigan-pools-after-whitmer-signs-off/7626660001/ | 2022-06-14T21:07:43 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/14/swim-up-bars-now-allowed-michigan-pools-after-whitmer-signs-off/7626660001/ |
Reward offered for information on Pontiac murder suspect
Pontiac – Oakland County sheriff’s detectives are asking for tips to find a Pontiac man accused in a Friday fatal shooting. Authorities warn the man may be dangerous.
A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered for information leading to the whereabouts of Tony Fong Woo III, 22, of Pontiac. He is charged in the death of Jaquan Garrett, 29, of Pontiac.
“We would appreciate the public’s help in locating this dangerous suspect,” Sheriff Michael Bouchard said in a news release. “Do not approach. Call the tip line and help us hold him accountable.”
On Friday, deputies were sent to the area of Firelite Lane and Cherry Hill Drive about 10:30 p.m. on a report of shots fired. Deputies found bystanders performing CPR on Garrett, who had been shot once in the head. Deputies rushed him to the hospital in a patrol car. The shooter, who witnesses identified as Woo, ran from the scene.
Police believe the two men argued before shots were fired. Woo is named in a not-in-custody warrant with assault with intent to murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
On Monday, detectives learned Garrett had died and say they will ask prosecutors to amend the charges against Woo to murder. Woo has two prior convictions for domestic violence and one for driving while unlicensed.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts are asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK UP and tipsters can remain anonymous
mmartindale@detroitnews.com
(248) 338-0319 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/06/14/reward-offered-information-pontiac-murder-suspect/7625538001/ | 2022-06-14T21:07:49 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2022/06/14/reward-offered-information-pontiac-murder-suspect/7625538001/ |
DALLAS (KDAF) — The Texas heat is here and it is just as relentless as expected. There are plenty of ways to keep yourself safe from the heat, but one often neglected aspect of the heat is pet safety.
That’s why the City of Plano has released these pet safety tips on Twitter.
“Hot dogs are perfect for summer, but hot dogs are not,” officials tweeted.
Here are their tips:
- Always provide fresh water
- Never leave animals in a parked car
- Beware of hot asphalt
- Limit long midday walks
- Monitor for signs of overheating | https://cw33.com/news/local/keep-your-dog-happy-healthy-in-this-summer-heat-with-these-tips-from-city-of-plano/ | 2022-06-14T21:10:05 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/keep-your-dog-happy-healthy-in-this-summer-heat-with-these-tips-from-city-of-plano/ |
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