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The death of a Chesterfield County fire recruit who collapsed during a 2-mile run with his academy class has all the characteristics of exertional sickling, a life-threatening condition resulting from the sickling of red blood cells during intense exercise, said an expert in the field who tracks such deaths nationally and has studied the condition for 35 years.
“This is a classical exertional sickling,” Dr. Randy Eichner, professor emeritus of medicine of the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, said after reviewing a 150-page report released Thursday by Chesterfield Fire & EMS into the July 2021 death of fire recruit TyVaughn Eldridge, 26.
A multidisciplinary and multijurisdictional “fatality review team,” which included fire officials from Richmond, Henrico and Hanover, spent months examining Eldridge’s death and the events leading up to it. He died on his 26th birthday.
Eldridge was the fifth line-of-duty death in the department’s history and first that occurred during training activities.
During his academy’s first physical training exercise on July 1, 2021, Eldridge was with fellow recruits running a 2.15 mile course with a 9 minute and 44 second pace at 8 a.m. that day. The temperature was 79 degrees. He began to falter at the 1.4-mile mark and fell to the ground shortly thereafter, according to the report.
Although he said he wanted to continue, Eldridge was unable to walk or stand on his own. His level on consciousness soon decreased and he was taken to CJW Medical Center, where he was admitted into intensive care. He died two days later, on July 3, 2021.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy and determined Eldridge’s cause of death to be “complications related to hyperthermia,” or an abnormally high body temperature.
Following the incident, Eldridge’s fellow recruits were interviewed and asked to rate the intensity of the physical training on the day Eldridge collapsed. The class rated the run an average of 5-6 on 1-to-10 scale. “They rated the pace of the run as either average or moderate,” according to the report.
‘Long family history’ in the fire service
Eichner and colleagues in his field of study track non-traumatic exertional deaths, mainly in athletes, but also in the military and in police and firefighter academies.
They are aware of the deaths of at least eight fire recruits and one firefighter who had sickle cell traits and died of exertional sickling during training exercises dating to 1988. Eichner said his group is working to confirm 3-4 others, including Eldridge’s death and that of another firefighter recruit who died during Wednesday during a pre-employment fitness exercise in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Eldridge’s collapse and death that followed a timed, paced run is indicative of exertional sickling, Eichner said.
“It was a conscious collapse, classical for exertional sickling,” Eichner said. “He complained of leg pain and was unable to stand on his own even after a few minutes rest, with the [fire instructor] saying he was responsive and denied chest pain or shortness of breath upon collapse.”
Eldridge told the instructor that he just needed a minute to collect himself and that he wanted to finish the run. But he “failed to improve” after a few minutes of rest, so fire officials called an ambulance.
Eichner said what’s missing from Chesterfield’s report are Eldridge’s medical and hospital records, which with some help from detailed EMS records could provide more answers as to the underlying causes of the recruit’s death.
The fatality review team noted high in the report that their investigation had limitations and lacked access to Eldridge’s completed medical records and history beyond the pre-employment medical records that were in Chesterfield’s possession.
“Moreover, neither the investigative team nor Chesterfield Fire & EMS had the authority or resources to require additional post-mortem testing for which to draw definitive conclusions of pre-existing medical conditions or causal factors that may have precipitated or contributed to the medical emergency Firefigher Recruit Eldridge suffered and his ultimate death,” the report states.
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Eldridge was 25 when hired by Chesterfield with a “long family history” in the fire service. He expressed from an early age his desire to continue in that tradition as a career firefighter, according to the report.
He was active in may sports but preferred baseball and was involved in the Henrico Police Athletic League as a participant and later as a counselor/mentor for other youth in the league. On his pre-employment questionnaire, Eldridge indicated he engaged in regular physical activity and worked out at the gym five times a week, the report said.
On Nov. 5, 2020, Eldridge successfully completed the Chesterfield Fire & EMS physical ability test, which consists of eight skill stations that represent the common physical tasks required of firefighter-EMTs, according to the report. After being offered employment in April 2021, Eldridge was sent an email the following month with an orientation letter that noted recruit school “will be very physically demanding.”
“For most of you, this will be the most difficult thing you have ever done,” the letter stated. “If you have not already done so, I would suggest you start to train on your own and be prepared to run at least 2 miles, two days a week at a pace of 9 minutes per mile. You will be performing many anaerobic and strength training exercises.”
Medical evaluation for employment
As a condition for employment, Eldridge was required to complete a medical evaluation performed by a physician that is based on recommendations from the National Fire Protection Association. Chesterfield Fire & EMS’s operational medical director reviewed Eldridge’s medical evaluation and concurred he met the established requirements. There was no exclusionary findings in his evaluation.
Eldridge’s family could not immediately be reached for comment on the report. A Chesterfield fire spokesperson reached out to the family at the request of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and provided a reporter’s number to call if they desired to speak.
"We are still trying to put this one together," police said. "We do not have any (definitive) suspect or lead information at this point."
Supporting documents attached to the report shows that Chesterfield fire officials notified Virginia Occupational Safety and Health authorities about Eldridge’s hospitalization and death within the required timeframe, and after an investigation and inspection of the department’s workplace, VOSH did not find any violations.
In a September letter to Chesterfield that included a “health narrative,” the agency wrote that Chesterfield Fire & EMS has policies and procedures to reduce strenuous physical activity during emergency incidents and training. And the policy specifically requires determining the weather for the day, the need for hydration and the physical and mental rest of employees that are training.
Based on interviews VOSH conducted, the agency determined that fire instructors followed the policy as required. They checked the heat index that day and provided recruits with water and the ability to rest and stop
“The employer had in place and utilized procedures to address heat stress and physical strain,” the agency said. “No violations of standards were observed.”
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The Virginia Department of Health is redefining the length of time a COVID infection can be considered "recent," diverging from the definition used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The length of time since infection is important because it factors into whether a person should quarantine after becoming exposed to another with the disease. Quarantining can impact the number of students appearing in school or a daycare's ability to remain open.
Under the new guidance, a person who contracted COVID in the past six months has a recent infection, State Health Commissioner Colin Greene announced Thursday. The CDC defines a recent infection as one occurring within the past three months.
A person vaccinated or having a recent infection doesn't need to quarantine following an exposure.
"It is time to revisit some of our practices for groups that are at low risk for severe COVID-19 disease, especially those whose side effect is a significant limitation of access to daycare, school or work," Greene said.
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Infections and quarantining caused an increased number of school absences this past winter.
In high-risk environments, such as hospitals, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities and homeless shelters, the state health department still advises people to follow the CDC's three-month guideline.
Generally, the Virginia Department of Health has followed CDC guidelines for COVID-19. Greene, nominated by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, became the department's leader in January.
After assuming office, Youngkin reversed multiple COVID policies made by the previous governor, Ralph Northam, working to make masks optional in schools and making vaccines optional for state employees, college students and most businesses.
It's unclear what triggered the change in policy Thursday and why the state is diverging from the CDC. Greene was traveling and unable to answer questions about the announcement, a department spokesperson said.
As new variants emerge, experts' understanding of reinfection has evolved. Before the omicron variant, reinfection was uncommon.
But according to recent studies, reinfection from different omicron subvariants can occur in a few months or a few weeks. Generally, second infections are less severe than first infections.
The level of immunity gained by a recent infection is hard to predict, the CDC has said. Patients who were hospitalized with COVID had better immunity than patients with moderate symptoms. There isn't enough data to determine the level of response from mild or asymptomatic cases.
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines generally provide a better initial immune response than previous infection, but vaccine immunity wanes significantly over time, according to a University of Virginia study. It's unclear how much immunity is needed to ward off disease.
A combination of vaccination and infection might provide the strongest immunity, experts say.
More than 75% of children and 90% of adults have some protection from COVID either from vaccination or previous infection, the CDC estimates. | https://richmond.com/news/local/va-health-department-redefines-recent-covid-exposure-diverging-from-cdc/article_82ecbb3a-3d1e-573a-97b2-1bcb7fe339a9.html | 2022-06-16T22:55:59 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/va-health-department-redefines-recent-covid-exposure-diverging-from-cdc/article_82ecbb3a-3d1e-573a-97b2-1bcb7fe339a9.html |
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RADNOR, Pa. — It was worth the wait.
Area standouts led the Tri-Cape all-star baseball team to a 5-1 victory over Chester County in a Carpenter Cup Classic first-round game Thursday at Archbishop John Carroll High School.
Tri-Cape, which features top players from the Cape-Atlantic League and Tri-County Conference, captured its first Carpenter Cup title in 2021. The 36th edition of the Carpenter Cup began Monday.
The game was initially scheduled for Tuesday at FDR Park in Philadelphia, where most of the games in the single-elimination tournament are held. But the game was postponed to Thursday due to weather. Thursday morning's start time was changed to later due to rain. After some heavy downpours, the game was moved from FDR Park to the Radnor high school about 30 minutes away.
But that delay did not hold back Tri-Cape.
Holy Spirit High School senior Trevor Cohen went 4 for 4 with a double, a run and an RBI. Mainland Regional senior Cole Campbell went 2 for 3 with an RBI. St. Augustine Prep senior Ryan Taylor hit a two-run triple. Egg Harbor Township pitchers Justin Sweeney and Cameron Flukey each pitched three shutout innings and struck out five.
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All five are committed to NCAA Division I programs.
"I was hitting pretty good during the high school season, so I just kept it going," said Cohen, who will play baseball next year at Rutgers University. "We looked really good in the infield turning double plays. We talked a lot. The chemistry is really good, so I hope we can pull through and win another championship."
The Carpenter Cup is a single-elimination tournament that started with over 400 players and 16 teams from the tri-state area. Tri-Cape will play Delaware South in the second round 9 a.m. Friday at FDR Park.
"It is exciting," said Campbell, who will play baseball next season with the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "This is our last time together. We just want to have fun and play it out in our way. We ended up winning 5-1. We all swung the bat well. So, we can't complain."
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Cohen doubled with one out. Millville's Wayne Hill grounded out, but advanced Cohen to third. Campbell hit an RBI single to send home Cohen to give Tri-Cape a 1-0 lead. Even though these players just started playing with each other Thursday, there seemed to be good chemistry and camaraderie among the players, especially those from the CAL.
Tri-Cape extended their lead to 2-0 in the sixth inning after Owen Davenport (Highland Regional) doubled in Anthony Charles (Clearview Regional), who singled.
"I think (the game) went well," said Flukey, a junior who is committed to Coastal Carolina University. "We started out a little slow with the bats, but we figured it out and put up (five runs) and I think out pitching really held it down."
The pitching really was phenomenal.
Sweeney started the game, allowing just one hit in three innings and struck out five. The junior is committed to Rutgers, where his brother and EHT graduate, Jordan, plays. Flukey entered the game next, allowing just two hits in three innings and struck out five. The junior earned the win.
The two EHT pitchers were able to fight out of some jams in the game. In the top of the fifth, a Chester runner tried stealing home after a passed ball but Campbell tossed the ball to Flukey, who tagged out the runner. Sweeney had bases loaded with one out in the third, but was able to end the threat.
Joey Fanelli (Kingsway Regional) allowed three hits, and Christian Coppola (Cedar Creek) allowed a hit and a run for Tri-Cape. Chester had just seven hits compared to 13 for Tri-Cape.
"Me and (Sweeney), we have been pitching well for EHT all season," Flukey said.
Tri-Cape only featured 20 players on the roster Thursday as some player were missing due to graduation, including Ocean City's Tommy Finnegan. But the team did have St. Augustine players Taylor and Ryan Weingartner, who would not have played Tuesday because their season was not completed. The Hermits lost 5-0 to Don Bosco Prep in the state Non-Public A championship Wednesday.
Taylor struck out twice and grounded out in his first three at-bats. In the eighth, he hit a two-run triple that gave Tri-Cape a 5-0 lead. Taylor, along with the rest of team, hope to carry this momentum into Friday's game.
"The first two at-bats, I felt a little uncomfortable," said Taylor, who will play baseball next season at the University of Pennsylvania. "I made an adjustment late in the game and felt good my last at-bat.
"It was a good victory for is." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/cal-stars-shine-in-tri-capes-win-over-chester-county/article_bd3d5122-edb0-11ec-9289-cf3ea11449b6.html | 2022-06-16T23:11:05 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/cal-stars-shine-in-tri-capes-win-over-chester-county/article_bd3d5122-edb0-11ec-9289-cf3ea11449b6.html |
There’s a small fishing area located in the Woodford Memorial State Forest called Chittning Pond. The 60 year-old dam that holds the water in the pond was in need of repairs, so the Department of Environmental Conservation commissioned the work to begin about a year ago. DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos talked about why the work had to be done.
"We recognize that the dyke and the embankment, the dam here on the pond was in a state of disrepair, and needed to put some resources into solving some long-term problems. So we had to clear vegetation, increase the sort of shoreline protections in putting stone and revetments down, and improving some of the sleuth ways to allow water to safely exit the pond itself."
State and local representatives cut a ribbon to officially reopen the pond. The improvements included a new fishing pier, and spillway. The project came in at about $1.5 million, but the pond will last for generations with better accessibility.
"Anytime we make investments in recreation resources outside, we know that we need to start and finish the work quickly so that people can get back out to enjoy nature. This pond is an important recreation resource for the people in Oneida County."
The water level in the pond had to be lowered during the work phase, but the efforts at the pond will now make a difference downstream.
"The system also provides some downstream flood controls. That’s important. We’ve seen more intense storms in the last few years that have really significantly impacted communities all across Western New York, Northern New York, all across the State frankly, so we needed to make sure we’re making the investments in those flood control structures so that communities are protected, and we also get the benefits of recreation as a result."
You can find Chittning Pond on the North side of State Route 20 roughly ½ way between Bridgewater and Sangerfield. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/improvements-complete-at-chittning-pond/article_69992210-eda8-11ec-b8b4-b3b4e655d0ae.html | 2022-06-16T23:13:35 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/improvements-complete-at-chittning-pond/article_69992210-eda8-11ec-b8b4-b3b4e655d0ae.html |
Children’s day camps: Attend at your own risk; ‘nobody is watching over these camps’
As summer kicks off, more than a million California children are gearing up for horseback riding, swimming, archery, computer coding, and hip-hop day camps. As parents scout out fun activities for their kids, most are likely unaware of the risks.
Unlike child care facilities and schools, children’s day camps are not required to conduct employee background checks, be licensed by the state, require CPR certification or report injuries or deaths to the state. No state agency conducts inspections for child safety, audits lifeguard certifications or reviews safety plans for activities that include zip-lining, swimming and shooting guns.
Doug Forbes and his late wife Elena Matyas didn’t know this when they dropped their daughter Roxie off at the Summerkids camp in Altadena one morning in June of 2019.
Less than an hour later they were racing toward the same hospital in Pasadena where Roxie was born. Their daughter had drowned in the camp pool. She was 6 years old.
Only as the couple sought answers about her final minutes of life did they discover the lack of oversight for children’s day camps in California. They filed an ongoing lawsuit against the camp for wrongful death and began advocating for state officials to mandate regulations. The camp denies that it was negligent.
“What we found out was that nobody is watching over these camps,” Forbes said. “Millions of children are at operations that are completely unlicensed.”
There are no statistics on how many camps there are or how many children attend each year. There also is no data on how many kids are injured, abused or die at day camps because the camps do not have to report those statistics.
The American Camp Association, a camp membership organization, estimates there are more than 700 day camps in California that enroll more than 1.2 million kids each summer. Day camps run for weeks or months during the summer and sometimes during school breaks. Many also offer before and after care to accommodate parents’ work schedules.
Regulations proposed
At the end of May, the state Assembly passed Assembly Bill 1737 to create some oversight for day camps — legislation carried by Pasadena Democratic Assemblymember Chris Holden in response to what happened to Roxie. Its fate is now in the Senate.
California can’t have a group of “children who are susceptible to great bodily injury and potential death,” Holden said. “It would be totally irresponsible for us to continue operating this way as a state knowing what we know and the great harm that has happened to children.”
California is one of about a dozen states that do not regulate day camps, according to Holden’s office. Most states, including New York, have regulations in place and some cities require camp operators to attend city-run orientations and follow extensive rules.
Holden’s bill would require all day camps to register with the state Department of Social Services, conduct background checks for all staff and require staff be trained as “mandated reporters,” people legally required to report suspicions of abuse. It would also require non-government camps with certain activities like ziplining, archery, river rafting and riflery to submit their operational and emergency plans.
Under the bill, the Department of Social Services would also conduct random, unannounced inspections of all children’s camps annually. The bill exempts government-run camps from most requirements.
Currently, the proposal places oversight responsibility with the California Department of Social Services, which oversees child care throughout California. Originally, oversight of day camps was going to fall under the Department of Public Health but that was changed last week. Holden said neither agency wants to take this on.
Both agencies refused requests for interviews. In email responses, both departments said they don’t oversee day camps because day camps are not defined in state statute. State law only defines “organized camps,” which are overnight camps where kids stay five nights or more. These fall under the purview of the state Department of Public Health, which leaves oversight to local counties. The state does not require the counties to report anything about the camps.
Originally, Holden’s bill included licensing, regular inspections and a designated health supervisor. Those requirements were removed from the bill after lobbying by camp advocates and organizations representing county officials, as well as after meetings with the state departments of Public Health and Social Services. Now, the bill includes registration, random inspections, background checks for all staff and, depending on the type of activities a camp offers, the submission of operational and emergency plans.
“It’s very complicated trying to find who will be the regulator of this,” Holden said. “Everybody says this needs to happen but no one wants to take hold of it.”
Holden said he intends to try to strengthen the law in future years if this bill is enacted.
When Roxie drowned, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reports show that the lifeguards who were poolside didn’t see her until another camp counselor outside the pool area yelled at them that Roxie was floating face down in the shallow end of the pool.
The family’s lawsuit alleges that the camp was negligent and that the camp’s lifeguards were not trained properly.
“We both jumped in the car that morning with her, went to camp, kissed her on the lips, said ‘Goodbye, I love you sweetheart.’ And boom, she’s gone,” Forbes said. “A six-year-old was left in a pool in need of help and nobody helped her.”
In the response to the lawsuit, the camp argues that none of the actions that day were “performed with the requisite malice, oppression, or fraud” for the camp to pay punitive damages.
Numerous unlicensed camps in California
While there are no regulations for day camps the state has extensive regulations for child care facilities. At times, the distinction between the two types of businesses is not clear.
After Roxie’s death, the Department of Social Services received two unrelated complaints that the Summerkids camp was operating as an unlicensed child care facility. The agency inspected the camp, determined it was operating an illegal child care program and cited the owners.
The state attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against the camp on behalf of Social Services. It alleges the camp fits the definition of a child care and does not fall under any of the regulatory exclusions, which include health care facilities, cooperative agreements between parents, and public recreation programs. Neither Social Services nor the attorney general’s office would comment on the case, which is ongoing.
Despite the lawsuit, Summerkids is still operating and opened this week for summer camp. The Department of Social Services had asked a judge to shut it down as part of the ongoing lawsuit, but said its request was rejected.
Summerkids camp owners are declining interviews because of the pending litigation, said attorney Steve Madison, who is representing the owners in the attorney general’s lawsuit.
“Summerkids very much denies that it was negligent in any way or caused the tragic death of Roxie,” said Madison, who is also a member of the Pasadena city council. He added that the camp maintains it “paid for the appropriate CPR training” for staff.
He said the camp is not a day care facility and never has been. Madison said day care sites are usually indoors and required to have a certain number of kids per square footage and are staffed by certified teachers. Summerkids is held outdoors and is staffed by college kids and alumni campers, he said.
“There are numerous day camps in California that are not licensed as day care facilities under the statute that the AG has sued on,” Madison said. “They seem to be saying now that to be a recreational day camp you have to become this square peg in a round hole and apply to be a licensed day care facility.”
State law defines child care as providing “nonmedical care to children under 18 years of age in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual on less than a 24-hour basis.”
The Department of Social Service would not provide a more detailed description of the differences and whether differences have to do with the age of the children, the activities, the hours of the program or how parents view camps for their children. However, in a video on the agency’s website about understanding licensed and unlicensed care, a narrator explains that one of the exempt groups from child care licensing is “public and non-profit programs designed to provide recreation on a part-time basis.”
Cathy Barankin, executive director of the California Collaboration for Youth, said she believes there is a vast difference between child care and day camps. Her organization represents the American Camp Association, Girl and Boy Scouts, and the Western Association of Independent Camps.
Barankin said child care facilities operate during the school year, focus on child development and taking care of kids while parents are working, and are conducted mainly indoors by teachers. Day camps, she said, usually happen when kids are out of school, emphasize outdoor activities and are led by camp counselors who are usually college students.
Mike Stillson, president of the Western Association of Independent Camps and a camp operator in Los Angeles County, said the differences are also based on the activities of the camp and the duration.
“Unfortunately, there is not much clarity from the oversight bodies,” he said.
Within weeks of Roxie’s death, her parents started the Meow Meow Foundation, named after Roxie’s favorite stuffed animal. The mission: to increase awareness about drowning prevention and improve day camp safety.
The foundation recently pulled its support from Holden’s bill because it no longer requires licensing and regular inspections, and allows for the American Camp Association to potentially be involved in how day camps report to the state.
This is the second time the foundation and the family have withdrawn support for similar proposed regulations — the same thing happened two years ago after a bill was watered down and shelved by its author.
Forbes encourages parents to be wary of camps and ask questions. Roxie was born with a rare autoimmune disorder that kept her parents vigilant about her safety. So, he said, when they selected Summerkids, they asked a lot of questions about the protocols and workings of the camp — assuming state licensing and oversight was required.
Critics of proposed day camp regulations
Some camp operators say they welcome safety regulations but are opposed to the current proposal.
“We want to be regulated to make sure as an industry that we are able to provide the safest programs for children,” said Stillson, executive director of Valley Trails Summer day camp in Castaic and Tarzana. “Right now anyone who wants to set up a camp and call themselves a camp can do it, and no one is out there to tell them they can’t.”
Even so, Stillson vehemently opposes the bill. He believes the Department of Social Services is not the right agency to oversee day camps, that the bill is too broad and that it should include city- and government-run camps, which serve thousands of children each summer, and that the state should recognize accreditation by the American Camp Association
The California Collaboration for Youth also opposes the bill, saying it is too broad and onerous.
“Day camps should be narrowly defined and overseen, not open to every single program that services children in the entire state,” she said.
Instead, Stillson and Barankin say camps belong under the purview of Public Health, which already oversees and inspects “organized camps.”
Forbes is still watching the bill closely.
His wife, Elena Matyas will not see the work the foundation has been doing lead to meaningful change. In March, she died after a second bout with breast cancer, Forbes said — adding that he believes his wife was more susceptible to a recurrence because of her intense grief.
So now he lives alone in the home the couple had once been renovating with their daughter in mind. Roxie would be 10 this year.
“I live with ghosts. The silence is deafening,” said Forbes, as the family pool glistened unused beyond double glass sliding doors off the dining room. “What I do every day is a constant reminder of despair, but I have to do this work and I don’t want to.”
Three days after Roxie died, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health inspected the pool at the camp and found nine violations. It shut the pool down until those violations were fixed. Counties do oversee public pools but do not regulate day camps.
“If (they) would have gone out to inspect Summerkids’ pool before the camp season started, my daughter may be alive right now,” Forbes said. “We must manage each day knowing our little girl’s death could and should have been prevented.”
Madison, Summerkids’ attorney, said that the camp tried to get a county permit after Roxie died, but it is exempt from licensing because it is not considered an organized camp. That may change.
Last year the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to create an ordinance that would regulate both day and overnight camps. At the end of June, the board is expected to approve the detailed regulations.
Counties are Forbes’ new focus, given the obstacles to strict statewide legislation. He’s got a list of California counties and he’s working his way through it, starting with the most populous.
“The camp world is the wild, wild west,” Forbes said. “They want the kids to let loose, but there are consequences.” | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/california/2022/06/16/childrens-day-camps-summer-camp-attend-at-your-own-risk-california-lack-safety-regulations-ab-1737/7648249001/ | 2022-06-16T23:15:04 | 1 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/california/2022/06/16/childrens-day-camps-summer-camp-attend-at-your-own-risk-california-lack-safety-regulations-ab-1737/7648249001/ |
No injuries were reported from a house fire in Bismarck on Thursday afternoon.
Firefighters responded to the 2700 block of North Fourth Street about 2 p.m. and found smoke coming from the open garage door.
Occupants had gotten out of the house safely, and firefighters rescued a dog from inside before extinguishing the blaze that had started on the stove top in the kitchen. Fire damage was limited to the immediate area of the stove top, and there was light smoke damage throughout the main floor of the home. The fire was deemed accidental. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-bismarck-house-fire/article_3b46390e-edc4-11ec-9894-334a1d0b50b5.html | 2022-06-16T23:22:35 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/no-injuries-in-bismarck-house-fire/article_3b46390e-edc4-11ec-9894-334a1d0b50b5.html |
Pancheros Mexican Grill has opened a restaurant in south Bismarck.
It's the latest to open in the Kirkwood Mall area, joining Chick-fil-A, Blaze Pizza and a Five Guys burger joint.
The new Pancheros is one of more than 70 across 12 states.
Pancheros Mexican Grill has opened a restaurant in south Bismarck.
It's the latest to open in the Kirkwood Mall area, joining Chick-fil-A, Blaze Pizza and a Five Guys burger joint.
The new Pancheros is one of more than 70 across 12 states.
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A Bismarck man who pleaded guilty to eluding police and attempting to take an officer’s gun has been sentenced to three years on probation.
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Two Midas auto repair centers in Tucson are facing a consumer fraud lawsuit over claims they charged undercover state agents posing as customers hundreds of dollars for work that was unneeded or was not performed.
The two shops at 6740 E. Tanque Verde Road and 333 W. Valencia Road, which have the same owners, were targets of a sting carried out two years ago and made public this week by the Arizona Attorney General's Office.
In a June 15 news release, the office said it sent undercover investigators to the two locations in 2020 with car troubles. The vehicles they brought in for service has been certified ahead of time by experts who documented their mechanical condition, the agency said.
The Valencia Road shop charged a state investigator around $400 for unnecessary work including spark plug replacement, a three-part fuel system service kit and throttle body service that was not performed. "The manager also told our agent the vehicle drove 'great' on a test drive when no test drive was completed," the news release said.
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At the Midas on Tanque Verde Road, an assistant manager said the vehicle needed a new serpentine belt and the air conditioning system needed refrigerant removed and recharged. Midas charged $300 for the work, none of which was actually done, the agency's lawsuit said.
Both Midas locations are run by Arizona corporations jointly owned by Pima County resident Christopher Conforti and by Nicholas Conforti of Collier County in Florida, who could not be reached for comment. A phone message left with an employee at the Tanque Verde Road location was not returned 24 hours later.
The state lawsuit, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, seeks restitution for consumers who were defrauded and requests up to $10,000 in civil penalties against the companies for each violation of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act. The state is also seeking an injunction to prevent the firms from engaging in illegal business practices in the future.
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Arizona’s jobless rate remained unchanged in May at 3.2% as the state and nation wait to see the effect of a sharp hike in interest rates on the economy.
The private sector added a mere 1,200 jobs, less than a tenth of 1%. Overall employment is up by 99,000 in the past year — and by 390,000 since the bottom dropped out in April 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic.
Overall employment now is 15% higher than it was just before COVID.
The growth has been led by the state’s leisure and hospitality industry, with 4,900 new jobs in May offsetting losses elsewhere.
Overall employment in the sector, dominated by bars, restaurants and hotels, is up 10.6% since last year. But Doug Walls, the labor market information director for the state Office of Economic Opportunity, said that is not surprising given how hard these businesses were hit during the pandemic.
There are other bright spots in the report.
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Arizona manufacturers added another 400 jobs in May, bringing the year-over-year increase to 9,600. That is the largest annual gain since June 1995.
But there are other signs that could portend future difficulty.
In April, the most recent figures available, there were just 4,757 permits issued for new single and multi-family homes. That not only is a nearly 30% drop from the prior month but is close to 16% less than last year.
Walls said some of that could be due to a spike the prior month, with companies possibly starting new construction ahead of the anticipated jump in interest rates.
“Or this could be from slowing demand from around the state,” he said.
Higher interest rates also could figure in that demand.
Even before Wednesday’s announcement by the Federal Reserve Board it was raising interest rates by 75 basis points — 0.75% — the average contract rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 5.65%. Reuters reports that’s the highest level since late 2008, toward the end of the Great Recession.
And the Fed hinted there would be an identical rate hike later this year.
There are other indications of effects on the housing market.
As of last month, the inventory of homes on the market in the Phoenix metro area, the only one for which Walls had data, hit 6,952. That’s up by 2,500 from April and is 67% higher than the same time a year ago.
There are other indicators of economic changes to come.
The most recent data shows the consumer price index for the Phoenix area is up 11% over last year, a figure even higher than the national average.
That’s being led by a 32.6% increase in energy prices, driven largely by spiking gasoline prices. But there also was a 17.4% hike in transportation costs, essentially what consumers pay for new and used vehicles.
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Majority opinion among Arizona's voters is pretty clear.
So is majority opinion among Arizona legislators.
They want a significant boost in ongoing funding for the state's public schools, probably in the range of $500 million to $1 billion per year. Now we even have the money to do so without raising taxes.
Yet it is doubtful that majority opinion will hold sway as the Legislature grinds slowly toward a state budget. That's because this majority opinion in the Legislature is held by all the Democrats and a few Republicans in each chamber.
Since Republicans are the majority party in both houses, even though it's a slim one-person margin, they have control. So they're trying to find a budget that most Republicans will support, not one that necessarily reflects majority opinion in the bodies as a whole.
"There’s this rule that the majority goes off of," said Rep. Morgan Abraham, a Tucson Democrat. "It’s the 'majority of the majority.' You have to have the majority of the majority caucus in order for something to move forward."
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"I know for a fact that there is a majority of members in the House who would sign on to a massive investment in K-12 beyond what Prop. 208 would have done," he said.
But it might not win the support of the majority of Republicans, so the idea is languishing.
Prop. 208 is the 2020 ballot initiative that would have imposed a surcharge on incomes above $250,000 for single people or above $500,000 for married people. Legislative staff projected it would have raised about $800 million per year for education.
The initiative passed by a 52% to 48% margin, but a Maricopa County Superior Court judge struck down the law this year.
That initiative, of course, included a tax increase — now, due to the state's strong financial position, about the same amount of money is potentially available without raising taxes.
In an April survey of likely Arizona voters conducted by the Center for the Future of Arizona, 82% supported increasing funding for schools, and 65% of the total supported the idea strongly. It's a majority view among all political affiliations.
In the upper chamber, Republican Sen. Paul Boyer has asked for a "grand bargain" on education funding that replaces the Prop. 208 money with increased state funding. He has said he won't vote for a budget without it.
But he's not the only Republican in that chamber who would go for increased spending on that scale. Sen. T.J. Shope, a Republican from Coolidge, said Wednesday, "I think it’s maybe a half dozen" of the Senate's 31 Republicans who would go for such a proposal.
He said he liked a proposal circulated last week that would have raised spending on education by $250 million to $300 million, but he would happily go higher, too.
"If there’s (budget) capacity on an ongoing basis, we should go ahead and do more," he said.
Rep. David Cook, a Globe Republican, said he is more interested in paying down money still owed by the state to school districts after the 2008-2009 financial crisis. He's thinking in the $600 million area, but on a one-time basis.
"Let's pay off the money we owe them," he said. "Then we’ll be in a better position next year."
Rep. Michelle Udall, a Mesa Republican, has said she wants the Legislature to fund "a pretty big chunk" of the $900 million Boyer is proposing.
Instead, though, the latest proposal passed in a House committee is to expand vouchers again and make increased funding contingent on expanding vouchers. The voucher proposal is similar to a 2017 bill that passed the Legislature only to be referred to the ballot and rejected by voters by a 65% to 35% margin in 2018.
So, in order for the majority of state voters to get a part of the funding increase they want, they are being asked to swallow an expansion of vouchers that they have rejected thoroughly before.
Trump endorses in AG race
As former President Donald Trump reels off endorsements in Republican primaries around the country, he reached his decision in the Arizona attorney general's race this week.
Trump endorsed Abraham Hamadeh, a former Maricopa County prosecutor who has had perhaps the most uninhibited rhetoric claiming that Trump won the 2020 presidential election in Arizona. (He didn't.)
"Abe Hamadeh knows what happened in the 2020 election and will enforce voting laws so that our elections are free and fair again," Trump said in his endorsement announcement.
"Being endorsed by President Trump is the honor of a lifetime, and I will not let him down," Hamadeh said in a statement.
Five other Republicans are running for the party's nomination to replace current Attorney General Mark Brnovich: Lacy Cooper, Rodney Glassman, Andrew Gould, Dawn Grove and Tiffany Shedd.
Gould said in a subsequent statement: "I am aware of President Trump’s recent endorsement of my opponent. My campaign and I are not going to get side-tracked by this announcement."
Watkins files complaint on Rogers
The fact that they both occupy the wacky right wing of Arizona politics doesn't mean they get along.
Ron Watkins, the candidate for Congress implicated in managing the QAnon conspiracy theory, filed an ethics complaint June 10 against state Sen. Wendy Rogers. He asked the ethics committee "to determine whether she is fit for service to the people of Arizona due to a pattern of behavior that is unbecoming a senator."
He noted a range of incidents but only one involving him: Rogers, who has already faced ethics complaints this session, posted on her online Telegram channel in February, "Dear Groyper army, please hit Ron Watkins. Love, Wendy."
"Groyper Army" is a name for a loose association of online white supremacists, far-right nationalists and provocateurs whom Rogers has embraced. Watkins and Rogers had been feuding over election issues.
He said in his complaint that the comment amounted to a threat against him. Of course, as the Arizona Mirror noted, Watkins has repeatedly associated with prominent Groypers himself. And Rogers said in response that Watkins had been friendly with her in recent months until she endorsed his rival Eli Crane in the Congressional District 6 race.
Watkins is best known for being deeply involved with, and possibly writing, the posts by "Q," an apocryphal federal employee who accused Democrats and "globalists" of being part of a Satanist pedophile ring.
Sen. Sine Kerr, the chair of the Senate Ethics Committee, dismissed the complaint Wednesday.
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HERSHEY, Pa. — Hershey Gardens is celebrating National Rose Month with a variety of events and specials.
There are currently around 3,000 roses representing 115 varieties blooming in the 3.5 acre Historic Hershey Rose Garden. To further celebrate the occasion, guests named "Rose" will receive free admission for the whole month of June.
The Gardens hosted their annual Hershey Horticulture Society (HHS) Flower Show on June 16. This year's theme was "The Way It Was." The event featured displays, flower specimens and arrangements from HHS members.
"It's wonderful to see so many members coming out and bringing their own personal specimens from home,” Rebecca Lawrence, manager of education and public programs at Hershey Gardens, said. “There was certainly a boom in gardening at home during the pandemic, and here at Hershey Gardens, we are wonderful place to learn about horticulture and share that with the public."
The HHS Flower Show was judged by the National Garden Club.
Hershey Gardens is also offering music performances throughout the summer. These performances are free with the price of admission.
Dads get free admission to the Gardens on June 19 when the Elegant Airs Flute Quartet perform from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Music in the Gardens is on July 1 from 6 to 8 p.m. where the Hershey Symphony “Garden Band” will perform “Songs You Can Sing Along To.”
Hershey Gardens is open for extended summer hours from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. starting Saturday, May 28, through Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. For a complete listing of all activities, you can visit HersheyGardens.org. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/hershey-gardens-national-rose-month-free-admission-flowers/521-0388b3ff-d258-407d-b651-061c9f05676a | 2022-06-16T23:25:38 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/hershey-gardens-national-rose-month-free-admission-flowers/521-0388b3ff-d258-407d-b651-061c9f05676a |
YORK, Pa. — Now that the heat is rising, calls for air conditioning services are on the rise.
One Way Mechanical worker, Andrew Darby, often replaces AC units on the job. He says he will get hundreds of calls for this specific repair job over the summer.
However, the process to fix all AC units these coming months will be more difficult compared to years past, largely due to supply chain issues.
Darby says his company is dealing with a backlog of components needed to keep AC units running, causing increasingly longer wait times.
“You see it at the grocery store, you see it with everything, AC parts are no different," explained Darby. “A couple years ago, you used to be able to go to the supply house and get things the same day. Now we’re looking at wait times of a week, two weeks, sometimes a few months.”
At Blik’s Auto Collision in Camp Hill, AC parts, like radiators and compressors, are readily available for cars they service. However, smaller components can be harder to find, according to Michael Blik.
“It’s the more mechanical aspect like hoses and different coolers that can be tricky to get," said Blik.
According to Blik, if auto parts stores and warehouses are low on AC supplies, then they’re on a national backlog.
As for home AC units, Andrew Darby urges customers to get their AC maintenance done as soon as possible in order to avoid delays in service.
“The biggest thing I would say is don’t wait, get it done early, that way it’s not 100 degrees outside and you have no AC," advised Darby. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/supply-chain-air-conditioning-unit-repairs-york-pennsylvania/521-38a2c11a-71de-4b15-8241-f1ad00c2dd60 | 2022-06-16T23:25:44 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/supply-chain-air-conditioning-unit-repairs-york-pennsylvania/521-38a2c11a-71de-4b15-8241-f1ad00c2dd60 |
Oakland Co. prosecutor: "...the public and victims have a right to the truth"
Pontiac — Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald asked a judge Wednesday to keep the trial of the parents of the Oxford High School mass shooting suspect in Oakland County and to deny other requests to quash evidence from James and Jennifer Crumbley.
The couple's son, Ethan, 16, is charged with killing four students and wounding seven others, including a teacher, in the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School. The parents are char
The couple's attorneys Shannon Smith and Mariell Lehman have filed various requests to Judge Cheryl Matthews asking that the case against their clients be dismissed because they are unable to get a fair trial in Oakland County due to pretrial publicity by McDonald.
McDonald countered with her own accusations Wednesday.
“From the moment I learned about the Oxford shooting, my focus and attention has been on holding those responsible accountable, and on advocating for our victims,” McDonald said in a statement.
“We intend to prove the allegations we’ve made against the shooter’s parents beyond a reasonable doubt at trial. The responses we filed today make clear that we will continue to be zealous advocates for all of the Oxford victims, and that we will not be distracted from that mission.”
In court filings, McDonald said “the defendants have important rights, but so do victims and the public.
“Victims have a right to a zealous advocate on their behalf,” she wrote. “The public has a right to know what happened and to try and to prevent future shootings. Above all else, the public and victims have a right to the truth.”
James and Jennifer Crumbley are both charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter because prosecutors said they purchased a handgun for their son and failed to recognize warning signs, his pleas for help and how he presented a danger to others.
The parents met with school officials on Nov. 30 about their son’s behavior, including violent bizarre drawings and searching for ammunition on his phone at school. Officials asked the parents to remove him from school and get him into some counseling but they refused, saying they had to get back to their jobs that day. Ethan Crumbley was permitted to remain in school with a backpack that officials believe contained the handgun he used less than two hours later to go on a shooting rampage.
Defense attorneys have asked the parents’ trial be moved to another county or that jurors from outside the county be brought in to hear the evidence against the Crumbleys at trial.
Attorneys also believe jurors could be unfairly swayed if they hear the contents of Ethan Crumbley’s 22-page personal journal; his texts to friends; torture-killing of baby birds; personal political and Internet habits. None of the behavior was known to his parents, attorneys insist, and described it as inadmissible hearsay which violates their clients’ rights to confrontation and would deprive them of a fair trial.
Defense attorneys also want the prosecutor's office to not discuss the Crumbleys' infidelity, horseback riding hobby and their use of marijuana and alcohol.
McDonald said all those issues show the couple was more concerned with their own selfish pursuits which contributed to their negligence of their son.
Defense lawyers don't think Ethan Crumbley's personal habits — including keeping a bird's head in a jar in his room for months and an attraction to violent video games — should also be put before the jury. McDonald said both "fueled his violent proclivities." The parents also did not monitor their son's Instagram photos or posts or question the teen about a Nazi coin he kept in his room.
"The coin and other tell-tale signs would have alerted an ordinary person that he was disturbed ..." McDonald wrote.
"The defendants' motion is consistent with the conduct that brings them before the court — they are only concerned about themselves," McDonald wrote. "The rights of the public, the prosecution and victims are inconvenient for the defendant. The truth is also inconvenient: the truth will not set the defendants free."
Defense attorneys have objected to McDonald being interviewed by the news media or making statements about the case.
McDonald said the defendants have no right to "muzzle" her over a case that raises many questions of public importance, including teen mental health; Ethan Crumbley's alleged desire for notoriety and the training of school staff and counselors in recognizing threats.
"This case is different," she wrote. "The fundamental issues are the defendants' decision to buy this disturbed son a gun, to leave it where he had ready access and then not to look for the gun or disclose its existence when they knew there was an imminent threat of great harm..."
Matthews will hold a hearing on the defense motions on June 27. Besides legal points of law, defense attorneys are asking Matthews to direct McDonald not to make public statements about any of the Crumbleys, the evidence against them “or opinions about their intentions, knowledge or guilt and to have her instruct other prosecutors or law enforcement to similarly refrain.”
The Crumbleys remain jailed on $500,000 bonds and a trial date has been set for Oct. 24. If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison.
Ethan Crumbley’s trial is scheduled for Sept. 6. He is being held without bond in isolation in the Oakland County Jail and faces up to life in prison. His attorneys have indicated they will seek an insanity defense.
After the shooting investigators found the teenager’s backpack in a school bathroom containing a journal with detailed plans on committing a mass murder at the school. Attorneys said the journal also contained writings of his parents’ actions and statements; criticisms of school officials and his parents; and other disturbing entries, including how he hoped the shooting he planned would lead to President Joe Biden’s impeachment.
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A Kenosha Unified School District joint standing committee held a budget workshop Tuesday to identify aspects of the budget it would like to have analyzed for reductions.
"We're collecting community input and feedback before we make our recommendations," said chief financial officer Tarik Hamdan."The workshop was to get feedback as we make recommendations to the school board about budget cuts, who will ultimately make the final decisions."
Earlier reductions to the budget were done by reducing 100 staff through attrition, KUSD superintendent Bethany Ormseth said. The district took into consideration the necessity of the position, retirements, letters of appointment and class size when reducing staff.
“These reductions that we did were initial,” Ormseth said. “And it’s these next two and three layers that are really going to have to have input.”
Hamdan said 80% of the budget is tied to something related to staffing, salaries and benefits.
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The suggestions during the workshop came with the direction that core academics, extracurricular activities, classes for college credit, gifted classes and special education classes not be cut first. And, it was asked that the district not max out kindergarten through third grade class sizes.
Ormseth said topics such as gifted classes, classes for college credit and special education classes are required by the state.
Programs not geared toward the classroom, administration employee reductions and school consolidation were all given as areas to analyze for reductions. A member of one of the tables of people working on the suggestions also asked the district to define “waste” in its budget.
“When we start getting into this structural deficit, you are looking at programs, you are looking at structures of benefits — you are looking at everything,” Ormseth said.
When KUSD staff were asked about their priorities within the budget via ThoughtExchange, there were a variety of responses to different areas of the budget. Some responses included, "Start charging families for damaged Chromebooks instead of KUSD taking on the cost," "Close schools with enrollment at or below 150 students," and, "Offer buy-out deals for staff considering retirement."
Reductions are “going to have to be thoughtfully done, it’s going to have to have more eyes and more voices, because it’s not going to be as easy,” Ormseth said. “We did what was easy this year; what was obvious this year; and what was natural this year.”
Hamdan said the budget conversations are ongoing as the school board does not officially adopt the next fiscal year's budget until October. A preliminary budget will be presented to the public in September, according to Hamdan.
Until October, the district will consider staffing numbers and projection, and look to get class sizes within its policies.
"The budget discussion is going to continue," Hamdan said. "You're going to keep hearing about it pretty much at every school board meeting from now until October." | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crunching-numbers-kenosha-unified-school-board-committees-eye-ways-to-cut-to-balance-budget/article_17f30e7c-ec44-11ec-8448-bfde9ad1e5a2.html | 2022-06-16T23:44:24 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crunching-numbers-kenosha-unified-school-board-committees-eye-ways-to-cut-to-balance-budget/article_17f30e7c-ec44-11ec-8448-bfde9ad1e5a2.html |
Bethlehem Temple Church of Kenosha is holding a Community Day offering food, clothing, games, music and more to residents to offer support to the community, both spiritual and practical Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to around 3 p.m.
The event will be held in the church parking lot, 2528 Roosevelt Road.
“I’ve always said, we have to get out in the city. We’re in the neighborhood and people need to know,” said the Rev. Galen Nelson, chairman of the church’s outreach and evangelism missionary team.
The event is open to everyone of all ages, and Nelson. He added that the church also welcomes anyone open to partnering or volunteering for the event or in the future. They can contact him at the church.
“Bring your kids, have fun,” Nelson said.
More information about Bethlehem Temple Church can be found online at btckenosha.com, or by calling 262-658-4462, or emailing kbethlehemtpl@gmail.com. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenoshas-bethlehem-temple-church-community-day-saturday/article_bb4079a0-eceb-11ec-a945-7b21ce27ff44.html | 2022-06-16T23:44:30 | 0 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenoshas-bethlehem-temple-church-community-day-saturday/article_bb4079a0-eceb-11ec-a945-7b21ce27ff44.html |
ATLANTA — For many blood banks in Atlanta, summer is the time of the year when donations start to decrease and they struggle to keep their shelves stocked.
On Saturday, LifeSouth Community Blood Bank will host its annual Badges for Life Blood Drive to honor both first responders and sickle cell anemia patients, and they are asking the public to come out and make a donation.
“During this summer is a really difficult time for blood collections and there's a lot of accidents happening, a lot of first responders going out to the scene. And accidents do happen every day, so we want to make sure that there's blood on our shelves so that we can account for those accidents,” LifeSouth's District Community Development Coordinator, Kyla Harris said.
Unfortunately, summer is also the time when there is an increase in trauma injuries - especially with first responders, medical experts say. This drive is to also ensure that there is enough blood to help with those injuries which is why the event will also be dedicating the drive to two fallen Clayton County police officers who lost their lives in 2021.
One of them is Officer Henry Laxson who was fatally shot last December while responding to a domestic violence shooting in Rex, Georgia.
Officer Armondo Mendoza will also be honored. He was with the Clayton County Police Department for more than a year before he passed away after succumbing to injuries from a car accident in April of last year.
Harris said that just one donation can help save three lives and on Saturday, LifeSouth hopes to reach a goal of 35 donors - to save at least 105 lives.
The event is also raising awareness for sickle cell anemia patients. The drive is sponsored by Anika Smith the founder of the Adam A. Smith Legacy Sickle Cell Foundation and Harris says this is a chance for donors to save both sides.
"You just never know when someone will need the blood, especially if it will affect you in your life. So we just want to encourage everyone to come out, donate and just feel good about what you're doing," she said.
The donations will go to various local hospitals including Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta Medical Center and Emory Hospital.
LifeSouth’s Badges for Life Blood Drive will take place at Lovejoy Regional Park from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. Saturday.
While supplies last, donors will be able to receive a free $10 e-gift card, a water bottle or a Badges for Blood t-shirt. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lifesouth-hosts-blood-drive-honoring-first-responders/85-c03bb162-2b8e-423c-bf2e-90ebb719a928 | 2022-06-16T23:51:16 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lifesouth-hosts-blood-drive-honoring-first-responders/85-c03bb162-2b8e-423c-bf2e-90ebb719a928 |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating after a dog was found safe and sound after an SUV was stolen by “despicable thieves” last weekend.
Cuddlebutt, a half-Husky and half-Newfoundland dog, was inside his owners’ Nissan Pathfinder when it was taken last weekend. The stolen vehicle was recovered, but the Sheriff’s Office updated the community because “we all know what everyone was really concerned about.”
According to TSCO, Cuddlebutt does indeed live up to his name, and he provided many kisses and hugs to one of his rescuers, Deputy Chris Rondeau.
“When we got to him in the car, he needed to urinate badly, that was the first thing he did when he was released from the vehicle,” Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Corporal Chris Barnett. “Then, he drank all of the water from my water bottle. Then he thanked us. He is definitely a lover.”
Investigators say they have possible identities of the two suspects, described by authorities on Facebook as “despicable thieves,” who stole the vehicle – including another car earlier that day — and are continuing the investigation.
Arrests are expected soon, added the Sheriff’s Office. | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/cuddlebutt-the-dog-rescued-after-despicable-thieves-stole-suv-with-him-inside/ | 2022-06-16T23:52:55 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/cuddlebutt-the-dog-rescued-after-despicable-thieves-stole-suv-with-him-inside/ |
A former employee of a Lincoln tattoo shop is in jail after he threw a handful of used needles at his boss's face and later threatened his boss with a hatchet upon his firing, police said in court records.
Nicholas Yager, 42, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of terroristic threats and misdemeanor criminal mischief for his alleged role in the incident, which played out at a central Lincoln tattoo parlor June 4, according to the affidavit for his arrest.
Yager's former boss, a 25-year-old man, told police he terminated the 42-year-old after about three months of employment due to Yager "constantly causing issues and threatening him and other employees," Lincoln Police said in the affidavit.
When the 25-year-old did fire Yager, he became irate, according to the affidavit, throwing needles at his boss' face and spilling tattoo ink throughout the business before moving outside.
Once there, the 25-year-old man told police Yager chugged a glass bottle of Mike's Hard Lemonade before swinging the bottle at his boss, according to the affidavit. Yager eventually retrieved a hatchet from his backpack and threatened to harm his boss, the police said.
A witness who had been at the tattoo parlor, near 27th and S streets, corroborated the 25-year-old's account of events.
Lancaster County Sheriff's deputies arrested Yager in Hickman around 10 p.m. Wednesday. He is being held at the Lancaster County jail on a $10,000 percentage bond. He must by $1,000 to be released.
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Four minutes after warning residents to stay away from the area near 15th and U streets, the school's police department announced the person was arrested.
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.
As the 5-year-old dog charged officers, knocking one to the ground, a second officer retreated backward and fired his gun, striking the dog, the police department said. The dog, Diva, was ultimately euthanized.
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.
The complaint — filed by two shareholders in Superior Court of the State of Washington, where Costco is based — involves an undercover investigation into Lincoln Premium Poultry last year.
"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.
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.
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The Nebraska State College System will hold tuition flat for in-state students for the second consecutive school year and will reduce the per-credit hour rate for out-of-state students.
Under the change, approved by the system's Board of Trustees on Thursday, undergraduates at state college campuses in Chadron, Peru and Wayne will pay $186 per-credit hour during the 2022-23 school year.
Graduate students from Nebraska will be charged a per-credit hour rate of $232.50, while nonresident students can expect to pay $465 for each credit hour they are enrolled.
Monte Kramer, the vice chancellor for finance and administration, said the state college system received "strong support from the state" for both faculty salaries and scholarships, but will face some budgetary challenges this year.
Administrators indicated they wanted to move forward with the tuition freeze and will adjust their budgets to do so, Kramer told the board.
"The campuses wanted to do that to hold the line on tuition," he said.
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Kramer also explained that a review of the state law determined that there was nothing preventing the state college system from charging the same amount to both in-state and out-of-state students.
That led to the cut in the undergraduate credit hour rate.
"It was determined that we do need to have a rate, but as far as it being the same or different was up to the board," Kramer said.
While tuition will remain flat or go down for state college students, the cost of attendance will increase slightly after the board approved a series of fee hikes across the system.
Kramer said the hikes were necessary to cover increased costs of operations of campuses services, but were kept at a minimum.
For a full-time student enrolled in 30 credit hours, a Chadron State student can expect to pay $121 more to attend next year, a 1.58% increase, while students at Peru State will pay $178.50 more (2.3% increase) and Wayne State students will pay $234 more (3.15% increase) beginning this fall.
Chancellor Paul Turman said the state college system continues to keep affordability as one of its highest priorities at the same time it seeks to improve degree attainment in Nebraska.
"As Nebraska's designated open-access institutions, it is vital that Chadron State, Peru State and Wayne State continue to be affordable for all students who dream of continuing their education," Turman said in a statement.
Board Chair Jess Zeiss said the vote by the board keeps a college education affordable for Nebraskans.
"At a time when students and their families are seeing rising inflation rates and living increases, the Board of Trustees is seeking to ease that burden by managing our costs rather than raising tuition," Zeiss said.
In other business:
* The board gave the state college system’s top administrators a two-year contract extension, and approved the salaries for the 2022-23 school year. Turman will earn a salary of $295,129; Chadron State President Randy Rhine and Peru State President Michael Evans will each make $244,800; and Wayne State President Marysz Rames will earn a salary of $286,466.
* Both Turman and Rames will also receive a housing stipend of $35,849. Rhine and Evans are provided homes through the state college system.
* Two new programs – health care business and certified management accountant – will be added to the business administration major at Peru State.
The health care option will provide students skills to work in careers such as clinic data analyst, billing and information systems manager, or hospital or nursing home administrator.
The certified management accountant certification, which is often listed as a requirement or preference for accountant positions, is geared at training students for entry-level accounting positions in both government and private industry.
Evans said both programs were added to meet demonstrated needs from Nebraska-based employers.
“These programs will help students launch meaningful careers in high-demand fields,” he said. “A win for them, and a win for Nebraska.”
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BLOOMINGTON — Rivian Automotive received its final property tax abatement from McLean County, as county board members approved the electric vehicle maker’s $1.25 million tax reduction at Thursday’s board meeting.
Rivian’s 2021 property taxes, payable in 2022, were abated under its five-year project development agreement with the county and other local governments.
The tax incentive came in exchange for Rivian having invested at least $40.5 million in project expenses prior to 2021 and having employed at least 500 workers before 2022.
Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council CEO Patrick Hoban recommended the tax break to the county board, saying Rivian has exceeded both requirements. He said the automotive company currently has more than 5,000 full-time employees.
Solar farms approved
A California company’s plans for two solar farms in McLean County gained county board approval on unanimous votes.
Developers will next need to obtain construction permits from the McLean County Building and Zoning Department to begin the projects. Construction for each facility would take about 12 to 16 weeks.
Cypress Creek Renewables sub-companies Towanda Solar LLC and Breezewood Solar LLC intend to construct a 5-megawatt and a 2-megawatt solar farm southwest of Bloomington and in south Bloomington, respectively.
Towanda Solar expects to spend $7 million, with about $4 million invested locally, on the 28-acre facility near the corner of Scottsdale Avenue and County Road 1075 East in Dale Township. The solar panels will generate enough energy to power 800 homes annually, developers said.
Breezewood Solar plans to spend $3.9 million, with about $2.3 million invested locally, on the 28-acre solar farm at the northwest corner of the Route 51 and Interstate 74 interchange in south Bloomington. The facility is expected to power 300 to 400 single-family homes in a year, developers said.
Mike Raikes, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which represents roughly 350 electricians, spoke in support of the solar projects during Thursday’s meeting.
“This is a community project. Residents will be able to subscribe to their community solar projects, which will lower their electric bill and improve the reliability of their powering grid,” Raikes said. “The projects will create valuable construction jobs and pay wages and benefits to local construction workers in our community.”
If constructed, the two solar farms would give McLean County three of such facilities.
McLean County’s current operating solar farm is a 2-megawatt farm about 2 miles east of Downs.
County to hire additional nurses for jail
County board members also ratified a three-year, $2.18 million deal with Advanced Correctional HealthCare to hire contracted nurses for the McLean County jail to address a nursing shortage there.
The Tennessee-based company will provide on-site nursing for all hours of the week at a schedule to be determined by the county. The county will hire one manager nurse to work 40 hours a week, while the number of nurses dividing the 168 hours per week will vary.
An ordinance amending the county budget said “there is a shortage of nursing staff and nursing staff applicants” and that “contracted agency medical staff is needed to meet required medical services” at the jail.
Contracted nurses will provide medical services such as conducting health assessments when a person is booked into the jail, answering sick calls from inmates and emergency care.
“With this contract, they would be taking over the skilled care for all nursing within the department,” McLean County Administrator Cassy Taylor said.
She also said contracted nurses will have two options for continued employment after the contract is terminated: Advanced Correctional HealthCare has shown interest in recruiting the nurses, or nurses could have an opportunity to work in another county department.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Summer time has come early, and with the summer comes one thing we all dread -- the heat. Your A/C unit has probably had to work overtime to keep up right now, and it's definitely not the only one that has been doing so.
"Right now we are as busy as we can possibly be," Dan Chapman, owner of Chapman Service Inc. said.
For Chapman, it's been harder than ever to keep up. He said that when the heat first hit, his company was taking around 100 calls a day. Now they're finally down to about 65 calls a day.
"Obviously we can't get to everyone, we try to take care of our service customers first and then help everyone else out," he said.
It's not for lack of trying, though. Chapman said that he and all the other companies have been trying their best to handle the summer wave of calls, but things have been tough.
It certainly hasn't helped that it feels as though summer came early this year.
"We saw it coming about a month and a half early, and we're usually doing our spring checkups right now," Chapman said. "We don't have time to do as many spring check ups as we are taking care of no air conditioning at all."
Their industry has recently seen shortages, both on parts and people.
"I talked to 30 or 40 companies at a time, and everyone is having a shortage of workers," he said. "They're just not out there for the trades."
Chapman said that they have had to schedule people for further out, just so they can be seen. In the meantime, he says they have offered window units to people to at least keep them cool from the summer sun.
If you have found yourself in a spot where you could need A/C work this summer, Chapman recommends a couple things.
He said that you should get service from the first person that you can find.
They may not be the best person, but they could service you in the meantime until you are able to schedule an appointment with an expert. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-air-conditioning-repair-expect-delays-on-service/91-a12a6173-b4ce-4ea5-84b3-fe3239324268 | 2022-06-16T23:54:56 | 0 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/arkansas-air-conditioning-repair-expect-delays-on-service/91-a12a6173-b4ce-4ea5-84b3-fe3239324268 |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Fayetteville Police Officer was awarded for using Narcan to save an overdose victim, the department announced in a Facebook post on Wednesday, June 15.
The Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) awarded Officer Parrish Diaz a Naloxone Life Saving Award.
Toward the end of April, Officer Diaz and his trainee responded to an accidental overdose, FPD said. When the two officers arrived at the scene, he administered two doses of Narcan— a nasal spray that is used in emergency situations to treat someone experiencing an opioid overdose, to the overdose victim— The person was in a stable condition until the fire department and EMS arrived.
FPD says they have administered Narcan 15 times this year and a total of 52 times since they started carrying Narcan in 2018.
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Douglas County District Attorney Rick Wesenberg and Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin held a press conference June 8 to discuss the officer involved shooting that occurred on Wednesday, May 25, at 638 Weaver Road, near Myrtle Creek. They were was joined by Myrtle Creek Police Chief Jonathan Brewster, Oregon State Police Detective Tina Nibblett and Senior Deputy District Attorney Allison Eichmann. The press conference was held in the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, in Roseburg.
Wesenberg provided a detailed account of the two separate events leading up to the officer involved shooting of the suspect, 60-year-old Spencer Cassanova Heckathorne. Wesenberg’s presentation cited that; immediately after the event, the Douglas County Major Crimes Team was activated. The MCT, under the direction and supervision of Oregon State Police Sergeant First Class Eric Fisher, conducted an immediate, thorough and exhaustive investigation into the events that ultimately led to the shooting. Subsequently, on Tuesday June 7, 2022 the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office convened a grand jury to conduct its own investigation. The grand jury was also thorough and exhaustive. The grand jury heard sworn testimony from six eyewitnesses. After careful and thoughtful deliberation, the grand jury concluded that the use of deadly physical force by the officer involved was justified.
“Not only was it extremely justified, based on the deliberate and intentional actions of Spencer Cassanova Heckathorne, it was unavoidable,” stated Wesenberg.
Wesenberg said the efforts of Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Taylor Vian (who is also a member of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiating Team), Myrtle Creek Police Chief Jonathan Brewster and his team of officers, Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brent Everett and Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputy Brian Melvin, ultimately prevented Heckathorne from taking the life of another.
“These officers, these brave men, reacted with great skill, professionalism and restraint. All the officers involved these two separate encounters acted with great skill, professionalism and restraint. They did everything in their power to bring this situation to a peaceful resolution. It was not to be,” the DA said.
After his presentation, Wesenberg introduced Hanlin. Sheriff Hanlin commended the responding officers for their response and attempt to de-escalate the situation without the use of force.
“To the involved law enforcement officers; I commend you for acting with great professionalism and restraint while attempting to de-escalate,” Hanlin said. “You acted according to the laws of this state, and in accordance with policies, procedures and your training.”
Hanlin addressed Heckathorne’s family and friends as well saying “I assure you that his death is not the outcome the law enforcement officers wanted in this situation. My agency wishes to express their deepest sympathies for your loss.” | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/grand-jury-officer-involved-shooting-was-justified/article_5a5fefea-ea9c-11ec-8154-c33c297a77a4.html | 2022-06-16T23:59:53 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/grand-jury-officer-involved-shooting-was-justified/article_5a5fefea-ea9c-11ec-8154-c33c297a77a4.html |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Johnson City is Tennessee’s top-ranked small city for small businesses in a just-released “Go Verizon” report that ranked nearly 400 cities.
“We have a lot of independent businesses here,” Johnson City Washington County Chamber of Commerce CEO Bob Cantler said Thursday after learning of the ranking. “We have a lot of independent restaurants, and I think it just adds to the vibe and the flavor of Johnson City, and so we’re excited when we see new people moving here and bringing new businesses.”
A Verizon business partner, Go Verizon’s ranking used a methodology that took into account six main factors among nearly 300 cities with populations between 50,000 and 75,000. Percent of residents with a bachelor’s degree, travel time to work and per capita income each counted 15%. Broadband access counted for 10% of total score, loans per business (loan availability) was 20% and tax score was tops at 25%.
Johnson City ranked 64th overall, and more than half the states had top cities that ranked lower than that while several states put between five and 10 cities in the top 50.
The methodology “has as much merit as any of these type of rankings that are published,” Milligan University economist David Campbell said. “To their credit they are reasonably explicit about what is included and how it impacts the ranking.”
Campbell said he found it interesting that the study “seems to be looking for a highly educated yet inexpensive workforce.”
The Chamber’s Cantler said Johnson City has a rich supply of access to business services for would-be entrepreneurs, from East Tennessee State University’s Innovation Lab and Small Business Development Center to “co-starter” classes through the Chamber and an independent group, Founder’s Forge, that’s helping entrepreneurs.
“We’re seeing a lot of people leave companies saying, ‘I want to be my own business owner,'” Cantler said.
“We hear from the bankers and the financial institutions saying they’re getting more activity in terms of small business loans.”
Campbell agreed and said he wasn’t surprised to see Johnson City high on the list.
“It has long had an active entrepreneurial community through organizations like the ETSU Innovation lab, but recently the community has really started to evolve due to organizations like Founders Forge and Spark Plaza working to develop an effective startup network,” Campbell said.
Cantler said the business climate seems to be helping fuel Johnson City’s recent population growth.
“A lot of people have moved into the community and they’re bringing their business plans and concepts here,” he said. “We’re looking forward to what new opportunities are coming down the road.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jc-top-small-tennessee-city-for-small-businesses/ | 2022-06-17T00:03:37 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jc-top-small-tennessee-city-for-small-businesses/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The effort to get John Sevier Center (JSC) residents into new housing passed a crucial checkpoint Wednesday when Johnson City Development Authority (JCDA) learned the building had passed an important inspection.
Inspectors for HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) conducted the JSC’s first REAC inspection in more than five years Monday and Tuesday. Without a passing score of 60 or higher, JCDA, which has owned the 11-story building since 2019, might have been prevented from transferring the rental assistance contract — a necessity for the company planning to build new apartments along South Roan Street.
JCDA Executive Director Tish Oldham learned Wednesday that inspectors had given the nearly century-old high-rise a 69. She said that passing score, which is far higher than the 46 the building earned in its last inspection in early 2017, gives the new housing developer, LHP, a level of assurance it didn’t have before.
“In order for them to be able to take the housing assistance program credits and move those and utilize this financially, in order to make the project work, this had to pass,” Oldham told News Channel 11.
That’s because JSC’s owner receives “fair market rent” for the 150 apartments in the JSC when they’re occupied, which is usually a much higher amount than residents pay out of pocket. Assisted housing residents typically pay 30% of monthly income. If that’s $250, for instance, and the fair market rent is $600, HUD supplies the other $350.
Oldham said inspectors visited random apartment units on the building’s interior Monday, then conducted an exterior inspection Tuesday.
“If this hadn’t happened, it would have been a considerable delay, and having to go back and redo,” she said. “Everything would have had to have been reassessed.”
While the passing score was a relief in terms of LHP’s ability to continue moving forward on the new project, which it hopes to complete by the end of 2025, Oldham said she had other reasons to want a passing score.
“My initial reaction really is for those who are residents of the building,” she said. “That is my first thought, in having some of that assurance that someone else besides LHP, someone else besides JCDA, has come to observe that based upon a set of standards, and I think that’s really important.”
The publicly funded JCDA has plowed more than $500,000 into repairs and upkeep at the building since borrowing $4.6 million to purchase it nearly three years ago. And just last week, city commissioners approved a $400,000 emergency request for money to completely overhaul the building’s two elevators, one of which has not been working for months.
JCDA has also requested more than $300,000 for additional capital projects for the building. Added up, it’s more than $1 million total, all representing public money that adds to the expense of a massive undertaking meant to improve the residents’ living conditions long term and free up the iconic former hotel for sale to and redevelopment by a private buyer.
Oldham said it’s important that everyone involved, from LHP and the JCDA to the Johnson City government and the residents themselves, recognize the end goal is the same.
“The whole essence is to give an opportunity for quality affordable housing in Johnson City,” she said. “I think you can go back and see what Mayor (Joe) Wise said, what commissioner (Aaron) Murphy said, is that we have a certain expectation for how we care for our people in our community, and do that and want to have a place where someone can be proud to call home.
“In doing that, the John Sevier was not the best opportunity to meet that goal, and where they’re living and what they’re doing at the time.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/john-sevier-center-passes-crucial-hud-inspection/ | 2022-06-17T00:03:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/john-sevier-center-passes-crucial-hud-inspection/ |
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A mental health resource in Dallas-Fort Worth reports an increase in the number of people seeking mental health help in recent years, some for the first time.
The spike includes people from all walks of life and different backgrounds, including Black Americans, according to Catherine Richardson, licensed professional counselor and regional director of counseling at Connections Wellness Group.
Richardson has noted younger generations have not only sought out help with mental health struggles, but they are helping break generational taboos surrounding mental health.
“They’re talking to their parents about it and their grandparents and their aunts and their uncles, and that's actually opening up very interesting conversations that are happening in the Black community of, ‘oh, wait, you went through this?’ ‘Yeah, your grandmother struggled with depression,’” she said. “It is creating a really, really helpful and good conversation amongst our communities because we need to talk about those things.”
Richardson explains that to understand this generational apprehension to speaking out about such personal struggles, one must understand African American history.
“Thirty, 40, 50 years ago, if you were a Black person in America, who already kind of had a scarlet letter on them, to now add on the piece of you have this mental illness, maybe a fear of that makes you unfit for society,” said Richardson. “That stamp of mental illness, many Black people thought, ‘well, that's going to make me feel even less than that I already feel as a black person to have this, this label on myself. So, I just don't want to touch it at all.’”
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“Most mental health clinicians tend to be of the majority culture, majority culture clinicians who may not understand or may feel uncomfortable to ask questions in regards to race in regards to sexuality,” she said. “But so many therapists these days are getting trained in cultural competency, in culturally responsive care.”
And availability often does not equal accessibility, she adds.
“I think that that is on practitioners to be really creative in offering virtual appointments, in creating offices that are in neighborhoods that maybe people wouldn't typically go to, offering sliding scales, offering maybe vouchers or services for people who don't have insurance or who are not all the way insured,” said Richardson.
Addressing mental health in children is also vital, said the mental health expert, especially when some have witnessed traumatic events unfold on TV or in person.
“Helping kids to understand it's OK to identify disappointment, feeling nothing, feeling numb, feeling terrified. So really broadening that vocabulary for them,” said Richardson.
Parents and loved ones are discouraged from questioning why a child is crying, instead “your role in that is just to help them stay regulated, help them to stay calm, comfort them and then post that, that's when you have the conversation. So, a better question instead of ‘Why are you crying?’ is ‘What came up for you in that moment,’” she said. “As Black people, we need to pay a lot of attention to our kid’s interests, the messages that they're taking in about themselves, about the world around them… They're already carrying around a lot of stress, a lot of just underlying microaggressions that maybe other kids aren't dealing with.” | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-mental-health-resource-sees-more-demand/2994404/ | 2022-06-17T00:06:26 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-mental-health-resource-sees-more-demand/2994404/ |
At least 13 people were injured in a crash involving an NJ Transit bus and a car in Absecon, New Jersey.
The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on Route 30 and Shore Road. SkyForce10 was over the scene which showed the bus and a heavily damaged car.
A spokesperson for NJ Transit said 13 people on the bus suffered non-life-threatening injuries. The spokesperson could not confirm how seriously the driver of the car was hurt.
This story is developing. Check back for updates. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/at-least-13-hurt-in-crash-involving-nj-transit-bus-and-car/3273593/ | 2022-06-17T00:06:29 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/at-least-13-hurt-in-crash-involving-nj-transit-bus-and-car/3273593/ |
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Amid the carved busts and collectible coins at Heritage Auctions in Dallas, there's a painting on the wall that fans of hip hop will recognize in their CD or record collections.
The painting shows the late Tupac Shakur on a cross. It was used as the album cover art for Tupac's (a.k.a. Makaveli) last album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory.
"I'm the original artist that painted it in 1996," said Ronald "Riskie Forever" Brent. "Tupac's whole thing was that he wanted to convey was basically his pain and everything he was going through."
The painting is a map of that pain. Brent used a Thomas Guide map in the cross and highlighted cities of significance. One of them, Dallas.
"And now look where I am," Brent said. He now lives in North Texas. "I never thought that I would ever see my work being auctioned at this magnitude right now."
Brent was an in-house cover artist for Death Row Records when he painted Tupac's album cover.
"You know, I presented this painting to him and he was shot the next day," Brent said. "I have just this small piece of his legacy, so whenever people think about Tupac, they think about this."
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"I just wish that would have never happened to him and that he would have had the opportunity to still be here today," Brent said. "It's a different thing to have in your portfolio, or your story to life, you know what I mean?"
Brent's painting, which is signed 'By Riskie / Death Row / Art Dept. /1996' is going up for live auction on Saturday. On Thursday evening, pre-bidding was up to $90,000.
"I feel like this is one of my greatest works," Brent said. "But I don't feel like I've created my greatest yet." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/painting-used-for-tupac-shakur-album-cover-art-up-for-auction-in-dallas/2994388/ | 2022-06-17T00:06:40 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/painting-used-for-tupac-shakur-album-cover-art-up-for-auction-in-dallas/2994388/ |
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Residents in Bedford and Euless are able to once again use water normally, including using sprinkler systems, after being asked to conserve water earlier this week due to a broken water line at a Trinity River Authority treatment plant.
According to Bedford, the TRA said a 48-inch main at a treatment plant in Euless ruptured.
While the main was repaired, both Bedford and Euless put out a call to water customers to conserve water by curtailing the use of sprinkler systems.
Because there were no reports of any outages associated with the break and no loss of pressure, a boil water advisory was never required. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/water-main-fixed-bedford-euless-residents-can-resume-normal-use/2994469/ | 2022-06-17T00:06:46 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/water-main-fixed-bedford-euless-residents-can-resume-normal-use/2994469/ |
PORTLAND, Maine — Three individuals claiming Catholic priests and officials sexually abused them decades ago are suing the Maine diocese.
They’re believed to be the first cases brought since a state law, which took effect in October of 2021, removed the statute of limitations for childhood victims of sexual abuse to sue those they believe are responsible.
Attorney Mike Bigos, of the form Berman & Simmons, represents each alleged victim in their individual suits and told reporters Thursday the law makes a major difference for victims who could not seek justice before it.
"The three suits being filed this week represent survivors who can bring their claims forward now that the Maine legislature has changed the law, allowing those suits to come forward," Bigos said. "And gives those survivors an opportunity to seek justice and validation in bringing their claims and, for many, help with their healing."
Dave Guthro, spokesperson for the diocese, replied to a request for comment Thursday, saying the diocese doesn’t comment on pending litigation and will proceed in accordance with the court’s rules in due course.
One of the suits, brought by a man who wished to remain anonymous, alleges a priest at the former St. Andre church in Biddeford molested and abused him when he was 15 years old in 1981.
It’s not the first time in the past year an alleged victim had come forward to accuse leadership at this specific church of abuse.
In September of 2021, NEWS CENTER Maine reporter Vivien Leigh told the story of one of two women who came forward to accuse a different St. Andre Priest Robert Vaillancourt of sexual abuse in the early 1980s. Vaillancourt denied any wrongdoing and was placed on leave pending an investigation by the diocese. Another woman told Leigh she was considering taking action made possible by this new law.
Guthro did not respond when asked about the status of the investigation into Villancourt's alleged conduct.
Robert Dupuis is among of the three individuals filing suit through Bigos. He was 12 years old in 1961 when he alleges a priest at his Old Town Parish sexually abused him.
Dupuis wrote a statement, which Bigos read to reporters Thursday.
"There are many survivors like myself who were abused in childhood by the clergy," Dupuis wrote. "I struggled with my mental health for decades after the abuse, living a life of dysfunction and mistrust. The lawsuit gives me the opportunity to come forward and tell my story and, by doing so, to encourage other survivors to come forward.
"It's time for the church to stop minimizing the effects of sexual abuse on its victims and take full accountability for their negligence and malice," he concluded.
Maine's new law lifts the statute of limitations for victims who were minors at the time of their alleged abuse and pertains to all sexual abuse cases, not just within religious organizations. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/three-sue-catholic-diocese-under-new-maine-child-sex-abuse-law-investigation-legislation/97-95073f12-469f-4837-8ee6-912a8cd6d236 | 2022-06-17T00:07:10 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/three-sue-catholic-diocese-under-new-maine-child-sex-abuse-law-investigation-legislation/97-95073f12-469f-4837-8ee6-912a8cd6d236 |
The Iowa Board of Regents proposed a 4.25% tuition increase for all three state universities for the coming school year, following an unexpectedly low 1.1% increase in funding from the Iowa Legislature.
The board meets Monday to consider the tuition change.
With only an extra $5.5 million in state aid added to their budget, the tuition increase could have been as high as 5.6%, according to the Higher Education Price Index model used by the Board of Regents to project the effects of inflation on education. If approved, the proposed tuition increase is projected to generate $35 million in incremental revenue for fiscal year 2023, just over 2% of the current operating budget.
In-state undergraduate students at the University of Iowa would pay an additional $355 a semester, while Iowa State University students would see a $354 increase and the University of Northern Iowa’s tuition would increase by $331 under the proposal. The Iowa Board of Regents also increased tuition for Iowa public universities in 2021.
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Originally, the Iowa House passed an education budget with no additional funding for the three universities and instead proposed a $12 million scholarship program aimed at students pursuing high-demand jobs and combating the teacher shortage which ultimately failed.
The proposed increase comes after years of cuts and status-quo funding. In 2021, the state took $7 million from the Regents’ budget and left funding flat for fiscal year 2022. This year, the Regents requested an additional $15 million from the state.
Base tuition for in-state graduate and professional students would also go up by 4.25% under the proposal. Tuition for out-of-state undergraduates at the University of Iowa will go up by 1.17% while nonresident graduate students’ tuition will increase by 1.51%. Specific graduate programs at the University of Iowa and Iowa State University have also proposed increases for the board to consider. These increases are isolated and are not in addition to the 4.25% increase.
Iowa State University students would pay the highest increase in student fees, shelling out an additional $145 to cover mental health services, modernization of technology and public transportation. Meanwhile, student fees at the University of Northern Iowa would go up $27 and the University of Iowa’s would increase by $56. Generally, student fees pay for additional student services such as health care, recreational services and technology. Student fee increases are proposed by each university for the board’s consideration.
The tuition hike aims to offset rising inflation and the terms of collective bargaining. The generated revenue will cover needed maintenance for academic facilities and support student financial aid programs. The Iowa Board of Regents will meet virtually at 10 a.m. Monday for the first reading of the proposal and allow for comments from student body presidents of each university. The livestream link can be accessed from the Iowa Board of Regents website.
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Video game tunes are helping young musicians develop their skills this summer.
Nearly 100 middle school kids from area schools have been gathering this week at Clear Lake Middle School to sharpen their talents at band camp. On Friday, June 17, the young group will put what they learned to the test with a performance.
"The goal is to connect kids from other schools," said Clear Lake Band Director Holly Prier. "(The camp) also gives them exposure to some music that's probably trickier than what they've gotten in band already this year. While it is very tricky for them, a lot of them are learning new things."
Camp participants practice three hours a day for five days to get down four challenging music pieces. Practices involve time playing all together and breaking into small group sectionals to fine tune. Clear Lake has been hosting the middle school band camp since 2014.
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The band will have a performance at 6 p.m. at the Clear Lake Band Shell and the public is invited to attend. If there is inclement weather, the concert will move inside to the E.B. Stillman Auditorium.
The theme of this years music pieces revolve around popular video games and theme songs, like the intro to turn-base strategy game Civilization. Each of the four pieces they learn is conducted by four different band directors.
"The kids do go home and practice at night time too. They're very motivated to be like 'I think I can do this' or if it's a melody that they know, then they're like 'I'm very motivated and I can figure this out,'" said Prier.
Campers were working on details and crescendos in their four pieces on Thursday morning. Band camp also has theme related dress up days, like throwback Thursday and twin Tuesday. Numerous campers were decked out in their best retro apparel that morning.
Some came into camp not knowing others in their section at the start of the week. But by Thursday, many were making jokes with their new friends and helping each other understand the music.
"I've learned a lot of notes and higher notes and I have made a lot of friends here," said Garner-Hayfield-Ventura french horn player Ryan Englin.
Englin has been playing since fifth grade but started out with piano when he was four. He said he came last year to camp and returned this year because he enjoyed it so much. Englin's favorite memory from camp this year was finding out Prier is second cousins with one of the campers.
Flute player Kennedy LeDuc, who is in seventh grader at Clear Lake, is also a returner to band camp.
"It was so much fun last year and I really love playing the flute. I just decided it would be fun and that way I don't lose all my skills," said LeDuc.
LeDuc and Englin said they were a little nervous about the pieces when they received them before band camp. Now both have a better understanding of rhythm and challenging notes.
"Oh boy, this is going to be rough," said Englin about his first impression of the music.
"You see them coming in the first day and they're all kind of unsure because they're, a lot of times, sitting by kids that they don't go to school with. That's a little never wracking in itself," said Prier. "By the end of day one, they are not as nervous to be here."
Prier said camp participants nearly have everything put together compared to where they were on Monday. She added herself and the other directors feel energetic about teaching in their specialized areas and seeing the performance come together.
"It's just really awesome. You should come watch these kids and I think they would inspire you," said Prier.
Abby covers education and entertainment for the Globe Gazette. Follow her on Twitter at @MkayAbby. Email her at Abby.Koch@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/ready-player-one-clear-lake-hosts-middle-school-band-camp/article_72747a79-cb22-5ed2-b57a-28c86e0b0691.html | 2022-06-17T00:10:34 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/ready-player-one-clear-lake-hosts-middle-school-band-camp/article_72747a79-cb22-5ed2-b57a-28c86e0b0691.html |
The Stockman House will celebrate 30 years of being open to the public on Saturday.
The Stockman House, designed by the well-known architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was moved to its current location 33 years ago.
River City Society for Historic Preservation has worked by donation and grant money to restore the Stockman House to its original state by a series of photos taken of the home in 1911.
"Saving the house created a domino effect of preservation (in Mason City)" said docent and Chair of the Education Committee Joanne Hardinger. Hardinger retired back in 2009, and found herself looking for ways to help the community.
After a few years spent as a tour guide in the Historic Park Inn as it was being restored, Hardinger moved to the Stockman House and never looked back.
"My background in art connected with me" Hardinger said about the Stockman House. She credits her background to falling in love with the property.
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As she learned about the home, Prairie-style architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Dr. McCoy and the history of Mason City, Hardinger became passionate about the space.
The house, which averages 4,000 visitors each year, was designed to be an open, private home. The cube-shaped home replicates sacred geometry throughout with perfect lines throughout the space, large windows set to allow natural light in and keep nosy neighbors out, a back porch and flower boxes surrounding the home.
"Wright firmly believed that one's health and wholeness depended on a connection with nature" said Hardinger.
Wright designed this small family home with this in mind, from shapes matching the geometry of nature, to an open space matching the prairie that surrounded the house, Wright spared no detail in the Stockman House's creation.
"It's classic, it's symmetrical, it's balanced, there's so much harmony in the structure," Hardinger said of the home, "the feeling inside is what I think has been preserved in its authenticity for these last 30 years."
The Stockman House is celebrating its 30th anniversary from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday with activities suitable for all ages. The new Gallery Exhibit, "Building the Prairie", will be open for public viewing, as well as new landscaping around the McCoy Architectural Interpretive Center, where tea and other refreshments will be served.
A showing of the Moving of the Stockman House from 1989 will be shown throughout the day in the Interpretive Center, and house tours will be available. A rare collection of authentic Japanese woodblock prints have been hung in the Interpretive Center as well, so visitors can see Wright's inspiration for themselves.
Wright's connection with Japanese culture can also be experienced through an origami station, where visitors can make cubes-- the same geometrical shape as the Stockman House.
Children can also find connections to the Stockman House at Prairie Park. Prairie Park holds pieces of Prairie architecture throughout the park, and Hardinger hid 30 small red cubes throughout the playground for children to find and bring to the Stockman House to claim a prize.
At 3 p.m. on Saturday there will be a 30 question Trivia Contest, with prizes for the winners. This special anniversary celebration
The functionality and efficiency of the Stockman House is an aspect of homebuilding that is becoming increasingly important today, and the preservation of homes like this is important to learn from.
"We have preserved the past but we have inspired the future." Hardinger smiled.
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/stockman-house-holds-celebration-for-30th-anniversary/article_89336007-0631-5e71-a7ea-769e15b8ed23.html | 2022-06-17T00:10:41 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/stockman-house-holds-celebration-for-30th-anniversary/article_89336007-0631-5e71-a7ea-769e15b8ed23.html |
More than 4,000 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean's list for the 2022 spring semester. Dean's list status was earned by 714 first year undergraduates during the 2022 spring semester at Iowa, only 1,268 second year students, only 1,559 third year students, and only 2,045 fourth year students.
Guidelines for inclusion on the list are:
Undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the Tippie College of Business, and University College who achieve a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher on 12 semester hours or more of UI graded coursework during a given semester or summer session and who have no semester hours of "I" (incomplete) or "O" (no grade reported) during the same semester are recognized by inclusion on the dean's list for that semester
Undergraduate students in the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine with fewer than 12 semester hours of graded credit, if deemed appropriate by the college
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College of Nursing students participating in clinical courses who have a total of 12 semester hours of earned credit, with eight semester hours of graded credit with a GPA of 3.50 or higher
Please note that courses offered on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) or pass/fail (P/F) basis do not count toward graded credit for inclusion on the dean's list.
Samantha Gabrielle Alinea of Charles City (College of Education; Major: English Education), Emma Anderegg of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Communication Studies), Kaci Arjes of Dumont (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Pre-Occupational Therapy), Hailee Ausenhus of Hanlontown (College of Engineering; Major: Industrial Engineering), Kennedy Baker of Forest City (5College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: English), Ryan Bartling of Rockford (College of Engineering; Major: Civil Engineering), Taylor Bell of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology),Benjamin Blaha of Clear Lake (Tippie College of Business; Major: Management), Joshua Blaha of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Michelle Blaha-Polson of Algona (University College; Major: Bachelor of Applied Studies), Marcos Cervantes of Mason City (College of Education; Major: Social Studies Education), Cora Crooks of Charles City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Art), Sarah Dodd of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: History), Joshua Doucette of Charles City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Physics), Rebecca Evans of Joice (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Social Work), Carrie Field of Charles City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Open Major), Seth Alan Foster of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Computer Science), Elyse Gabor of Algona (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Journalism and Mass Communication), Alena Gabrielson of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Sociology), Grayson Gaubatz of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Computer Science), Olivia Gayther of Forest City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Speech and Hearing Science), Camre Ginapp of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Psychology), Cassidy Goodlund of Garner (Tippie College of Business; Major: Accounting), Hannah Groth of Saint Ansgar (College of Nursing; Major: Nursing), Ryann Hagen of Britt (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Health and Human Physiology), Derek Handke of Mason City (College of Nursing; Major: Nursing), Autumn Harlan of Hansell (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Speech and Hearing Science), Thomas Hart of Shell Rock (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Pre-Medicine), Dalton Hawe of Garner (College of Engineering; Major: Industrial Engineering), Joslyn Hill of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Maya Jalukar of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Ethics and Public Policy), Waroon Jalukar of Mason City (Tippie College of Business; Major: Marketing), Zayne Kelley of Rockwell (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Political Science), Lucy Kim of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Biomedical Sciences), Miles Kramer of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: History), Tara Krull of Hampton (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Health and Human Physiology), Jacob Lang of Mason City (Tippie College of Business; Major: Management),Bailey Larsen of Clear Lake (College of Education; Major: Elementary Education), Kylie Laudner of Rockwell (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Nursing Interest), Brettin Linder of Forest City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Ancient Civilization), Grace Litterer of Clarksville (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Neuroscience), Jackson Loge of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Lucero Martinez of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Psychology), Rebekah Mason of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Health and Human Physiology), Hailey McCoy-Munger of Sheffield (College of Engineering; Major: Biomedical Engineering), McKanzi McKibben of Nora Springs (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Spanish), Madison Meister of Burt (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Psychology), Macy Mixdorf of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Makayla Mostek of Mitchell (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Economics), Dalton Nesheim of Goldfield (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Actuarial Science), Sofie Nettleton of Charles City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Journalism and Mass Communication), Stephanie Nettleton of Joice (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Psychology), Bryant Nichols of Rockford (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: French), Evelyn Ocel of Northwood (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Psychology), Ava Ollenburg of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Pre-Business), Bella Parker of Clear Lake (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Halie Petersen of Parkersburg (College of Public Health; Major: Public Health), Lucas Rayhons of Garner (College of Education; Major: Elementary Education), Reese Rosenmeyer of Algona (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Neuroscience), Alexis Rozen of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Microbiology), Jasmine Sanasinh of Forest City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Global Health Studies), Makenna Schmiedel of Charles City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Nursing Interest), Maree Scholl of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Health and Human Physiology), Emma Schroeder of Belmond (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Theatre Arts), Dylan Schuchard of Clear Lake (College of Engineering; Major: Chemical Engineering), Gwendolyn Sewell of Mason City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Biomedical Sciences), Collin Sexton of Titonka (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Carson Simpson of Lu Verne (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Dance), Tori Sloan of Garner (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Sociology), Brooke Trees of Greene (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Health and Human Physiology), Dionna VanGorkom of Algona (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Dance), Ryan Wandro of Clear Lake (Tippie College of Business; Major: Marketing), Wyatt Wegener of Algona (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Health and Human Physiology), Zachary Welsher of Hampton (College of Education; Major: Mathematics Education), Sarah Wendel of Rudd (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Human Physiology), Melissa Wilson of Forest City (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Interdepartmental Studies) and Collin Yi of Algona (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Major: Journalism and Mass Communication).
Rae Burnette is a GA and Crime & Courts Reporter at the Globe Gazette. You can reach her by phone at 641.421.0523 or at Rae.Burnette@GlobeGazette.com | https://globegazette.com/news/local/university-of-iowa-deans-list-honors-north-iowa-students/article_48e9ae7b-67d5-59ce-9924-5f24e424bdb2.html | 2022-06-17T00:10:47 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/university-of-iowa-deans-list-honors-north-iowa-students/article_48e9ae7b-67d5-59ce-9924-5f24e424bdb2.html |
The US Geological Survey reported Thursday a 3.5-magnitude earthquake in northwest Howard County.
According to the USGS, the quake was reported at 2:56 p.m. northwest of Big Spring at a depth of 5.8 miles. A 4.0 magnitude quake hit northwest of Big Spring on June 7.
There have been 224 quakes in the past 30 days and 2,323 in the past 365 days in West Texas, according to earthquaketrack.com. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/3-5-magnitude-quake-reported-near-Big-Spring-17247085.php | 2022-06-17T00:12:45 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/3-5-magnitude-quake-reported-near-Big-Spring-17247085.php |
Just a month into his job as director of the East Idaho Vet Center, Rex Thornley thought a celebratory BBQ to mark both the U.S. Army's birthday and Flag Day would be a good way to introduce himself to more local veterans.
The vet center, which relocated from Pocatello to Idaho Falls last fall, focuses on readjustment counseling for combat veterans and their families.
Veterans can come in to the center on the third floor of the Joseph A. Clark building at 1000 Riverwalk Drive, suite 350, for counseling for conditions such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and the psychological effects of military sexual trauma.
The center also refers veterans to other treatment centers and community resources if they are experiencing suicidal thoughts, drug addiction or substance abuse.
The center's services, which are available to veterans and service members as well as their families, are confidential, free and are not held in a medical setting.
To put on Tuesday's event Thornley enlisted help from the Phoenix Quick Response Force,a support group for veterans in Idaho Falls, as well as American Legion Post 56 and VFW Post 2146. Representatives from the Behavioral Health Crisis Center also attended to show support for the area's military veterans.
About 150 people attended the BBQ in support of the Army birthday and of each other as well, said Thornley, an Army veteran and a licensed clinical social worker.
"Rex gave me a call and we were talking about wanting to do a little barbecue get together for the Army birthday and I said absolutely," Jake Versteeg, commander of Phoenix QRF, said. "It sounds like an amazing idea."
Thornley took over as director of the vet center in May, succeeding Darshan Soske, who is now the associate deputy director for the veterans affairs fifth district. Soske was director for about four years and has been with the vet center for a total of 13 years.
"Rex has done a fantastic job taking over as the new East Idaho Vet Center director," Cody De Los Reyes, veterans outreach specialist said. "Rex, being a retired Army officer, has worked and been a part of the military for over 20 years. He has deployed to the Middle East, knowing first hand what our local veterans have experienced in a war zone. He has started multiple new groups for women veterans, Vietnam-era veterans and the younger population of vets."
Thornley said he loves his new job. Before becoming the vet center director, he was a readjustment counselor at the vet center for a year.
"Being the vet center director also means I get to be a vet center counselor and that has really been my favorite part," Thornley said.
While the barbecue gave Thornley a chance to meet more of the region's veterans, it also gave the veterans a chance to interact with others who'd shared their experiences. The feeling of comradery and familial bonds between the veterans throughout the event was palpable.
"Comradery is what we are all about," Roy Miller, first sergeant of Phoenix QRF, said. "Bringing the veterans back together and reminding them of the brotherhood and sisterhood we all shared helps us all."
This event attracted generations of veterans.
"Veterans have been coming in and out all day with their families," Versteeg said. "We've had a great turnout, good food, and an amazing time. It's been so nice. We've had veterans from WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and even Afghanistan"
For more information about the East Idaho Vet Center, go to va.gov/east-idaho-vet-center. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/new-vet-center-director-organizes-bbq-as-part-of-outreach-effort/article_9de5ab35-7ecb-54db-bff8-3742f06f380a.html | 2022-06-17T00:13:10 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/new-vet-center-director-organizes-bbq-as-part-of-outreach-effort/article_9de5ab35-7ecb-54db-bff8-3742f06f380a.html |
Yellowstone National Park closed Monday due to dangerous flooding conditions, and Idaho Falls felt its direct effect.
The park closed all entrances and evacuated more than 10,000 visitors. Some entrances could reopen as early as this weekend. However, with complete road and bridge failures, the park's North Entrance will not reopen this season.
Many Yellowstone visitors fled to neighboring tourist cities such as Jackson, Wyo., West Yellowstone, Mont., and Idaho Falls. During a typical summer tourism season, the Eastern Idaho Visitor Information Center, partnered with the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce, helps up to 20,000 tourists.
When asked if the center's usage has seen an uptickdue to the Yellowstone closure, Manager Jen Emery said, "It definitely has. I can tell you that much."
Chip Schwarze, CEO and President of the Greater Idaho FallsChamber of Commerce, said the visitor centerstore's traffic has increased by 50% this week.
"People are coming into the store that were at Yellowstone, and they are wondering where to go," Schwarze said. "They want to know how to finish their vacation."
Schwarze said that there are many places that he advises these tourists to visit. Locations he mentioned included the Museum of Idaho, Heise Hot Springs, Kelly Canyon and Yellowstone Bear World.
"There are a lot of people that come to this area with all kinds of interests. We tell them about the Art Museum as well as areas to hike so they can finish their trips," Schwarze said.
Schwarze spoke with officials atthe West Yellowstone Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday to discuss lodging solutions for visitors forced to evacuate the park. Schwarze worked with the West Yellowstone Chamber to find hotels in Idaho Falls as well assurrounding campgrounds where the Yellowstone evacuees could stay.
Hotels in Idaho Falls, especially along the River Walk, reported simultaneously experiencing last-minute cancellations from tourists whose plans to visit the park were disrupted and reservations from those who were already in the area but couldn't stay in the park. Springhill Suites recorded many new reservations in the last few days. However, it isn't experiencing overbooking as just as many guests are cancelling their trips.
At other hotels, such as the Hilton Garden and Hampton Inn, guest numbers also stayed relatively the same as reservations and cancellations reached an equilibrium.
The Idaho Falls Regional Airport recorded few canceled flights due to the Yellowstone closure. | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/yellowstone-closures-affect-idaho-falls-tourism/article_06684016-3575-57dd-a704-3260f9457913.html | 2022-06-17T00:13:16 | 0 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/yellowstone-closures-affect-idaho-falls-tourism/article_06684016-3575-57dd-a704-3260f9457913.html |
A local man is accused of running over a woman with an SUV, leaving her in a puddle of blood and with life-threatening injuries.
Drew R. Dent, 25, of the 5900 block of Bellechase Boulevard, was charged Tuesday with felony leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death or catastrophic injury. The charge carries a sentence of two to 12 years.
The case is still filed under miscellaneous criminal in online court records. That could mean more charges would be coming.
After police arrested Dent, he posted $10,000 bail on Tuesday but was scheduled to be held 72 for hours. He has a hearing at 10:30 a.m. Friday.
Emergency workers were called to Spy Run and Baltes Avenue about 10:21 p.m. May 7. Members of the Fort Wayne/Allen County Crash Team found the unnamed victim face down in a pool of blood in the far right lane of Spy Run. The woman had extensive damage to her face and “possibly all of her teeth missing,” according to the probable cause affidavit.
At a hospital, medical personnel intubated her because of a collapsed airway, and the doctor designated her condition as critical and life-threatening. Hospital personnel diagnosed her as having facial fractures, a broken jaw and lung contusions with blood on her lungs, court records state. During the week of May 16, the woman underwent surgeries for reconstruction of her face and to have a feeding tube removed.
A witness informed police that a black Dodge Durango with red lining on the rims and tinted windows struck the woman and fled on Spy Run. There were tire marks in a parking area and through a puddle on the south side of Baltes, court documents state. They show the vehicle continued west and turned north on Spy Run, where the woman was found.
A pair of crushed prescription glasses were in the tire tracks on Baltes and a pair of white Crocs were found north of where police found the woman. The woman later identified them as hers.
A detective found the 2016 Durango in an apartment parking lot half a mile from the scene, off Tennessee Avenue. It was registered to Dent.
The SUV’s engine area gave off a lot of heat, indicating recent use, and there was mud splattered on the vehicle that was consistent with the Baltes puddle, court documents said. Police also found smeared fingerprints and handprints near the driver’s door and on the rear, driver-side window.
According to the probable cause affidavit, the woman and Dent had been at two breweries that night and had gotten into a fight that turned physical. Police found Snapchat video from Dent showing one of the breweries.
Dent’s glasses were knocked off during the fight. He told two people over the phone that the woman grabbed and hung on to the vehicle as he drove away, court records state.
A witness who saw the woman lying in the street told police a gray vehicle with a paper license plate was parked in the street. It left when police flashed their lights, according to the witness.
Dent’s car had a paper plate when police found it. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-man-arrested-charged-with-may-hit-and-run/article_2ae89d50-ed91-11ec-8781-b352f31b43d0.html | 2022-06-17T00:17:17 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/fort-wayne-man-arrested-charged-with-may-hit-and-run/article_2ae89d50-ed91-11ec-8781-b352f31b43d0.html |
AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan have recently settled here in Austin, as their country was taken over by the Taliban. But moving your family from another part of the world and trying to find a job in a new country can be difficult.
Global Impact Initiative is a non-profit in Austin that helps refugees get settled and find jobs. They offer English language classes, help with resumes, have academic mentors for kids, and much more. Most recently, they just launched a new program to help people get their CDL, or commercial driver's license.
"If we take the CDL class, we can make more money to support our family and that'll be really good,” said Sardar Mahmood, who relocated to Austin from Afghanistan with his family in 2020.
Mahmood is one of 42 refugees, nearly all from Afghanistan, taking part in the new CDL training program.
"I think, as we all know, there's a shortage in this country of qualified drivers,” said Bob Ewigleben, the Director of the GII CDL Program.
Ewigleben said that during the two-week course participants will learn the theory or knowledge portion needed to get their CDL. Then GII will help them to find places to take the driving part of the course and are working with trucking companies to hopefully help find them employment.
"It’s an avenue for them to explore and hopefully, for some, to ultimately obtain employment within the trucking industry,” said Ewigleben.
Mahmood is hoping this can lead to higher pay, compared to his current job as an Uber driver. He has four kids and said that other refugee families have many more kids, and it is very difficult to find housing in Austin.
"In Austin now, rent is really high,” said Mahmood. “You should not approve for the low incomes. That's a real challenge for us. We have to work hard. So that's why I came here to start the course."
This course is completely free to participants, like Mohammad Masood, who came to Austin from Afghanistan in 2019 with his family, including five kids.
He said Afghan refugees, like himself, have a lot of skills that can be used in the community, but they don't have some of the certifications needed in the U.S. or face a language barrier.
"Some of them are doctors, some engineers, some from universities, some people are drivers,” said Masood, speaking of the jobs people had when they were in Afghanistan.
Both Masood and Mahmood said they are thankful for this opportunity and hope to see more programs like this become available for refugees in Austin and across the country.
“This is a very good opportunity for us,” said Masood. “A free opportunity for the people who came from abroad, so I want to get a benefit from this program.”
Just this year, Global Impact Initiative has helped 111 refugees land full-time jobs and helped 369 get part-time jobs in various industries.
If you want to help their cause, you can volunteer, donate on their website, or donate to their GoFundMe they set up for their CDL program.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Capital Metro will be participating in "Dump the Pump Day" on Friday, a movement spearheaded by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) to help the environment by encouraging people to ditch their personal cars for public transit.
The push comes as the national gas price average is reached $5.
"So many people in our community are feeling the impacts of inflation, whether it’s at the grocery store, a restaurant, and especially at the gas station," said interim President and CEO Dottie Watkins. "Our services are an affordable and safe transit option for Central Texans to get to wherever they need to go. National Dump the Pump Day is all about taking public transit and we encourage our community to use our services not just on June 17, but every day."
Three lucky customers Friday will win a free month, week or single-day bus pass, along with Capital Metro swag bags. To be entered to win, customers only need to post a photo of themselves on public transit and post it to Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, tag Capital Metro and use #DumpThePump and #DumpThePumpATX. The winners will be selected by random drawing next week.
"For customers looking to find the best route to get them from Point A to Point B, CapMetro provides an online Trip Planner," Capital Metro said in a press release. "The agency also offers a free mobile app to help customers plan their route and buy their pass with ease."
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/capital-metro-urging-austinites-dump-the-pump-june-16/269-3f557f76-e04b-46d5-b982-05074644ce61 | 2022-06-17T00:19:35 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/capital-metro-urging-austinites-dump-the-pump-june-16/269-3f557f76-e04b-46d5-b982-05074644ce61 |
AUSTIN, Texas — An officer has been cleared after he fatally shot a suspect who was firing at officers and subsequently set his home on fire in 2021.
A Travis County Special Grand Jury on Thursday concluded its review of the Oct. 27, 2021, incident, choosing not to return an indictment for Austin Police Officer Eric Strnad.
That day, Code Compliance Officers for the City of Austin went to the Pinkney Lane residence to clear the weeds. The officers knocked on Robert Richart's door, stating that they had a signed order to trim his yard. The man did not open his door but responded through the window.
As they began to work in the yard, shots were fired from inside the home at the code officers, neighbors and police who were overseeing the cleanup. The SWAT team was then called to handle the situation. As they surrounded the home, he continued to shoot.
Officials eventually sent in a robot, which discovered there was a fire inside the home. Soon after as smoke began finding its way outside, Richart opened his garage door, coming out with a rifle and pistol, officials said. That is when he was shot by Officer Strnad, who fired six times. Richart died on the scene.
“The District Attorney’s office takes the work of presenting all facts and evidence to a grand jury very seriously,” said District Attorney Jose Garza. “In this case, an independent group of members of the Travis County community heard the evidence and law and decided that Officer Strnad’s conduct was not unlawful.”
PEOPLE ARE ALSO READING: | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/officer-cleared-fatally-shooting-austin-man-set-home-fire/269-f33f2def-16b9-4094-8fec-25d7cfaef78d | 2022-06-17T00:19:41 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/officer-cleared-fatally-shooting-austin-man-set-home-fire/269-f33f2def-16b9-4094-8fec-25d7cfaef78d |
Staff at the Franciscan Health Michigan City hospital and volunteers stuffed backpacks with school supplies to prepare students for the return to the classroom this upcoming school year.
Volunteers from the hospital filled brand-new backpacks for hundreds of schoolchildren in Michigan City.
Doctors, nurses, other medical personnel and other volunteers prepared 600 backpacks in the Blessed Maria Theresia Bonzel Community Room at the 123-room hospital at 3500 Franciscan Way, just northwest of the Franklin Street exit off Interstate 94.
Franciscan Health Michigan City's Mission Fund bought 500 backpacks and supplies that will be distributed at the Michigan City Area Schools Back to School Rally. Another 100 backpacks were prepped to be donated to the St. Stanislaus School in Michigan City.
"Meanwhile, Franciscan Health Michigan City is aiming to help even more children with its annual Backpack Drive among its staff," Franciscan Health said in a press release. "These backpacks will be donated to Sandcastle Shelter and Stepping Stones Shelter."
The general public can help out with the project to prepare kids for the new school year. They can fill backpacks with school supplies and bring them to the volunteer services desk at Franciscan Health Michigan City, which will accept donations until July 13.
"Outside donations are welcome," Franciscan Health said in a press release. "They should include a new, gender-neutral backpack filled with the following supplies: one package of pencils, one package of filler paper, one package of pens, one box of crayons, one package of markers, one ruler, two glue sticks, one package of erasers, one pair of scissors, one pencil case and two folders."
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Nothing Bundt Cakes, Basecamp Fitness, Northwest Health doctor's office opening; Fresh to Order closed
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Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military.
Giant life-sized dinosaurs, including colossal T-Rexes and Brontosauruses that stand up to 14 feet tall, will soon invade Harvest Tyme at 17904 Grant St in Lowell.
The revived Lynn’s Furniture & Mattress plans to open a big-box store in the Highland Grove Shopping Center about a mile north of where it used to have a store in Schererville.
A drive from Gary east along the South Shore Line, where "we are in full-bore construction mode" provides the most evident example of the confluence of several efforts in 2022. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/franciscan-health-michigan-city-staff-stuff-backpacks-for-school-kids/article_63809879-c5ca-50ee-b193-64c84456e9b7.html | 2022-06-17T00:19:55 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/franciscan-health-michigan-city-staff-stuff-backpacks-for-school-kids/article_63809879-c5ca-50ee-b193-64c84456e9b7.html |
Great Lakes shipping to ports like the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor in Porter County and the Port of Chicago on the far South Side totaled 149 million tons last year.
That's up 7% over the previous year, marking progress in the pandemic recovery, according to a new report by the Chamber of Marine Commerce.
“This report paints a clear picture that the bi-national Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System supported the economic recovery and growth of many of our key industries in both Canada and the U.S. The navigation system delivered critical raw materials and products without any of the delay or disruption seen in other global markets,” said Bruce Burrows, President and CEO of the Chamber of Marine Commerce. “In today’s high-inflation business environment, it’s more important than ever that we focus our attention and investment on this unique inland marine highway as part of the solution to many of our national transportation and supply chain problems.”
The report found that iron ore feeding steel mills was the most traded commodity on the Great Lakes, accounting for roughly a third of total cargo tonnage last year. Stone, cement and steel also were in high demand.
U.S.-flag ships carried a total of 74.2 million tons last year, a 16.8% increase over the previous year. Total cargo rebounded to 99% of its five-year average. Iron ore shipments rose 12.4%, while coal shipments were up 43%.
Canadian-flag ships moved 63.2 million tons of cargo, which was down 1.3% compared to the previous year. That was partly due to a 10% decrease in grain that followed a smaller prairie harvest.
Foreign-flag ships carrying cargo through the St. Lawrence Seaway moved 11.6 million tons of cargo, roughly the same as the previous year. They brought in project cargo and specialty steel from Europe while exporting grain abroad.
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Nothing Bundt Cakes, Basecamp Fitness, Northwest Health doctor's office opening; Fresh to Order closed
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WATCH NOW: Riding Shotgun with NWI Cops — Patrolling Lowell with Cpl. Aaron Crawford
Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military.
Giant life-sized dinosaurs, including colossal T-Rexes and Brontosauruses that stand up to 14 feet tall, will soon invade Harvest Tyme at 17904 Grant St in Lowell.
The revived Lynn’s Furniture & Mattress plans to open a big-box store in the Highland Grove Shopping Center about a mile north of where it used to have a store in Schererville.
A drive from Gary east along the South Shore Line, where "we are in full-bore construction mode" provides the most evident example of the confluence of several efforts in 2022. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/great-lakes-shipping-rose-by-7-last-year/article_af4712d7-3a17-58d3-8baa-daeea5269112.html | 2022-06-17T00:20:01 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/great-lakes-shipping-rose-by-7-last-year/article_af4712d7-3a17-58d3-8baa-daeea5269112.html |
Journeyman Distillery in Southwest Michigan won three of the top honors at the 2022 ASCOT Awards in an unlikely upset that's being heralded as historic.
The distillery's win was considered a landmark because a wheat, not a traditional corn-based, whiskey prevailed in the contest created by renowned spirits personality Fred Minnick. Industry experts like author Martin Cate, Bourbon Women founder Peggy Noe Stevers and bourbon columnist Susan Reigler judged submissions from around the world in a blind taste test.
“This is like a minor-league team beating the Yankees at the World Series … this is Rich Strike winning the Kentucky Derby,” Minnick said. “For the first time in any major spirits competition, a wheat whiskey was judged to be best.”
Journeyman Distillery's Corsets, Whips and Whiskey single-grain, cask-strength wheat whiskey won Double Platinum, Best Wheat Whiskey, and Best in Class: Whiskey of the Year at the competition. Journeyman’s Silver Cross Four Grain Whiskey also earned a Gold Medal.
Corsets, Whips and Whiskey, named after the historic corsets and whips factory Journeyman occupies in Three Oaks, bested more than 800 submissions for Best in Show at the contest. It outshined bourbon, scotch, Irish whiskeys and Tennessee whiskeys from some of the world's top distilleries.
"Journeyman started in 2010 and was built on the core principle of 'always a journeyman.' A mindset of never a master but always in pursuit of distilling excellence," said Bill Welter, founder of Journeyman Distillery. "It's amazing to have competed with some of the true masters of the trade and to have fared so well."
Journeyman sources its wheat from Michigan and water from an aquifer flowing under it. It's one of the few certified organic and kosher distillery in the country.
The distillery at 109 Generations Drive plans to celebrate with a Corsets, Whips and Whiskey Summer Celebration from June 23-26. Welter will host a multi-course dinner. There also will be distillery tours, live music and a backyard barbecue.
Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military.
Giant life-sized dinosaurs, including colossal T-Rexes and Brontosauruses that stand up to 14 feet tall, will soon invade Harvest Tyme at 17904 Grant St in Lowell.
The revived Lynn’s Furniture & Mattress plans to open a big-box store in the Highland Grove Shopping Center about a mile north of where it used to have a store in Schererville.
A drive from Gary east along the South Shore Line, where "we are in full-bore construction mode" provides the most evident example of the confluence of several efforts in 2022. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/journeyman-distillery-wins-top-honors-at-ascot-awards-in-unlikely-upset-win-for-a-wheat/article_b048c22c-29bc-520f-a08e-3127ae8c7605.html | 2022-06-17T00:20:07 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/journeyman-distillery-wins-top-honors-at-ascot-awards-in-unlikely-upset-win-for-a-wheat/article_b048c22c-29bc-520f-a08e-3127ae8c7605.html |
An in-store Sephora beauty store will open inside the big-box department store at 1601 Southlake Mall in Hobart. A grand opening celebration is planned for next Wednesday.
The 2,500-square-foot Sephora at Kohl's will look like a freestanding Sephora store and employ trained beauty advisers who will provide consultations and offer help finding products. Customers can try out makeup, skincare, hair and fragrance products at testing and discovery zones.
Wisconsin-based Kohl's has already opened 200 Sephora at Kohl's stores, including at the Highland Grove Shopping Center in Highland. It plans to open 400 more Sephora at Kohl's locations this year.
“We’re thrilled to be bringing Sephora at Kohl’s closer to millions more of our customers nationwide through this 400 store expansion,” said Doug Howe, Kohl’s chief merchandising officer. “The quick and vast rollout of Sephora at Kohl’s is a testament to how much we believe in this partnership and making prestige beauty more accessible to people everywhere. We’re excited to grow and bring this elevated beauty experience to more of Kohl’s existing and new customers this year.”
The goal is to have 850 Sephora at Kohl's in-store stores by 2023 in order to bring in new customers, especially younger and more diverse customers than Kohl's has traditionally served.
Sephora at Kohl's has been adding new brands and products at a variety of price points. New additions to the product roster include Murad, Clarins, Jack Black, Living Proof, Versace and Voluspa.
“Since our partnership with Kohl’s began, we’ve always had the intention to keep the Sephora at Kohl’s beauty assortment as relevant and similar to our freestanding Sephora stores as possible. We want every customer who comes to Sephora at Kohl’s to be able to discover new brands and find their favorites, just like they do at our other Sephora stores,” said Artemis Patrick, Sephora’s executive vice president and global chief merchandising officer. “The additions of these new brands to Sephora at Kohl’s demonstrate how we are continuing to bolster the assortment to bring the best experience to all of our new and existing customers.”
NWI Business Ins and Outs: Nothing Bundt Cakes, Basecamp Fitness, Northwest Health doctor's office opening; Fresh to Order closed
Coming soon
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'A lot of visibility'
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Coming soon
Now open
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WATCH NOW: Riding Shotgun with NWI Cops — Patrolling Lowell with Cpl. Aaron Crawford
Joseph S. Pete is a Lisagor Award-winning business reporter who covers steel, industry, unions, the ports, retail, banking and more. The Indiana University grad has been with The Times since 2013 and blogs about craft beer, culture and the military.
Giant life-sized dinosaurs, including colossal T-Rexes and Brontosauruses that stand up to 14 feet tall, will soon invade Harvest Tyme at 17904 Grant St in Lowell.
The revived Lynn’s Furniture & Mattress plans to open a big-box store in the Highland Grove Shopping Center about a mile north of where it used to have a store in Schererville.
A drive from Gary east along the South Shore Line, where "we are in full-bore construction mode" provides the most evident example of the confluence of several efforts in 2022. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/sephora-at-kohls-opening-at-southlake-mall/article_47aa7597-6188-5e1e-b1e4-8505d06de860.html | 2022-06-17T00:20:13 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/sephora-at-kohls-opening-at-southlake-mall/article_47aa7597-6188-5e1e-b1e4-8505d06de860.html |
CROWN POINT — Officials are seeking the family of a 64-year-old woman found dead late last month along a stretch of Interstate 80/94 in Munster.
The woman, who could not initially be identified, has since been identified as Dorita Ordonez, also known as Dorita Manuel or Dorita Ordonez-Manuel, the Lake County coroner's office said.
Her body was found shortly before 10 p.m. May 23, officials said.
Her last known addresses were in Chicago, the coroner's office said.
Anyone with information is encouraged to the county coroner's office at 219-755-3265.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Porter County Jail
Antoine Whiting
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202362
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Terry Markwell
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 30
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202361
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Gloria Maxon
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 50
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number: 2202368
Charges: Theft, felony
Trent Nicholas
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202371
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Ryan Malarik
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202357
Charges: OWI, felony
Gary Bolcerek
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 48
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202375
Charges: Burglary, felony
Stefan Colville
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202358
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob Henn
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2202359
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Haley Greco
Arrest date: June 9, 2022
Age: 30
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2202350
Charges: Possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
Junice Busch
Arrest date: June 9, 2022
Age: 64
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2202352
Charges: Fraud, felony
DeVante White
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202345
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Timothy Szparaga
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 52
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202335
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Agustin Rios Guzman
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2202346
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Henry Scaggs
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2202334
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Spencer Marsh
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2202337
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202336
Charges: OWI, felony
Ronald Epting
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202343
Charges: Possession legend drug, felony
Michael Swienconek
Arrest date: June 7, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number: 2202320
Charges: Theft, felony
Gregory Devetski
Arrest date: June 7, 2022
Age: 73
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2202324
Charges: OWI, felony
Jamey Goin
Arrest date: June 7, 2022
Age: 43
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202321
Charges: Theft, felony
Michael Miller
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 59
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202316
Charges: OWI, felony
Nicholas Cervantes
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2202318
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Josip Markovich
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202317
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Bianca Martin
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number: 2202315
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Kevin Zaragoza
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 43
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202314
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Travis Ridge
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202305
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Maurice Russell Jr.
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2202310
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jewel Summers
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202309
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Crystal Jenkins
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202308
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob Nimon
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202311
Charges: OWI, felony
Kenneth Clasen
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202307
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob Furlow
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202306
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
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One small backpack. Some toiletries. A few clothes. A passport.
These are the only belongings Sergiy Chube has left from his home in Kharkiv.
Located on the eastern side of Ukraine, Kharkiv was one of the first cities attacked by Russians when they waged war on the country in late February.
Chube’s home was only 30 miles from the Russian border.
Rockets and shellings have nearly destroyed the once high-rise residential area, leaving just a few homes standing. A week after the invasion, Chube fled the area with his father and daughter to live with relatives on the west side of Ukraine.
It’s been over 100 days since then.
Russia is now hyper-focused on attaining the eastern part of Ukraine, specifically neighboring cities Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, according to media reports. If seized, Russia would control the Luhansk region and would be in a better position to advance into other parts of the country.
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This week, Chube and his family fled again, this time to live with his other daughter, Dasha Chube, in Greensboro.
Dasha Chube moved to the United States in 2004 and has been living in Greensboro for 15 years. She is the manager of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Greensboro and one of seven Ukrainians who teach dance there.
Starting next week, the studio will also be sponsoring Ukrainian refugees to come to Greensboro. Dasha Chube said a total of 15 professional dancers will arrive by August and they will all teach lessons at the studio.
“Since the war started, we, like many other Ukrainians who live elsewhere, felt helpless,” she said. “We wanted to do something to help our country, to help our other Ukrainians.”
The dancers and their families will be coming into the U.S. under the Uniting for Ukraine program. It offers refugees fleeing Ukraine humanitarian parole to stay and work in the U.S. for two years.
In preparation for their arrival, the studio has been gathering items like clothes, furniture, and baby strollers for the dancers and their families. They’ve also found three apartments for them to live in, two of which dancers will rent and one that will be free.
Dasha Chube said without a support network like this, many Ukrainians fleeing to the U.S. simply wouldn’t make it.
“Having a group of Ukrainians here and two of them being owners of the studio is the only reason these people are able to come,” Dasha Chube said. “Without a sponsor, this program does not work. Not everybody can leave.”
And many don’t. Men 18-60 aren’t allowed to leave the country because they are needed to fight, according to media reports. There are mothers who don’t want to leave their sons and husbands, relatives with elderly family members who can't get on planes and many others who Dasha Chube said have no choice other than to stay.
Over 13 million Ukrainians have had to leave behind their homes. Eight million are still in the country and nearly five million have fled to neighboring European areas, according to the United Nations.
To help people still in and around Ukraine, the Fred Astaire Dance Studio will be volunteering at the Piedmont Triad Supports Ukraine benefit on Saturday. Dasha Chube said the studio plans to offer rumba and swing dance lessons at the event to get the crowd up and moving.
The benefit was organized by one of their students, Susan Black, to support Ukrainians both fighting in the war and those fleeing for their safety. She said the event is an opportunity to bring the entire family together, especially during a time when many families are being ripped apart.
“It (fleeing the war) seems as though it’s a multigenerational family problem,” Black said. “So, it’s not a formal, black tie fundraiser; it’s a family event. A happy, good time that’s going to benefit a worthwhile cause.”
The benefit is from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Deck in Jamestown. In addition to dance, the event will be filled with Ukrainian culture through traditional art vendors, local crafts and homemade Ukrainian desserts.
There will also be a silent auction where people can bid on prizes like a weekend in the Blue Ridge mountains, a $6,000 orthodontic package, fly fishing lessons and decorative accent items.
Black said 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the World Central Kitchen.
Every day, the World Central Kitchen provides almost 1 million meals to 290 cities and towns in Ukraine and seven other countries with Ukrainian refugees, the group said on its website. The organization runs solely on contributions and said it has served over 44 million meals since starting in February.
“People can’t function without food,” Black said. “They can’t fight a war, they can’t defend their homeland unless they have food to survive.… This is one event of many events throughout the U.S., and if a lot of us get involved it all adds up to something that’s important.”
Dasha Chube’s mother is baking pierogies; her father, sister and grandfather are folding boxes to put cakes in and Dasha Chube has been gathering flowers to make Ukrainian wreaths to sell at the benefit. The funds they raise will add to the ticket sales, donor sponsorships and silent auction to help those still in Ukraine.
“It’s our country,” Dasha Chube said. “Those are our fellow countrymen. We’ve been watching what’s been going on for three months now.
"Our heart breaks for not being able to do anything there. So giving people a chance to be in a better situation, it definitely makes us feel like we’re helping. We’re doing what we can do.”
Contact Brianna Atkinson at 336-373-7312. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/watch-now-dancing-for-ukraine-how-a-greensboro-studio-is-aiding-ukrainian-refugees-through-dance/article_85600792-ebfb-11ec-ab12-1f8fc22859c8.html | 2022-06-17T00:27:52 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/watch-now-dancing-for-ukraine-how-a-greensboro-studio-is-aiding-ukrainian-refugees-through-dance/article_85600792-ebfb-11ec-ab12-1f8fc22859c8.html |
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Three men were arrested Thursday in connection with a fatal shooting that occurred in Kissimmee over a month ago, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said Omar Yasser-Mohamed Abdelaal, 20; Mordlin Zache Docline Darryl, 21; and Joyshon Blasie, 18, are all facing murder, robbery with a firearm and armed burglary conveyance charges.
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According to investigators, the shooting initially occurred May 4 in the parking lot of Vans Beauty Salon located at 4402 S. Orange Blossom Trail in Kissimmee.
Upon arrival, deputies said they found two victims and transported them both to the hospital. One of the victims, identified as Windlyn Montilus, later died from his injuries, according to deputies.
Deputies issued arrest warrants for Abdelaal, Darryl and Blasie on Thursday and they were later arrested and booked into Osceola County jail, the sheriff’s office said.
All three suspects are being held on no bond. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/3-men-arrested-over-a-month-after-fatal-shooting-in-kissimmee-parking-lot-deputies-say/ | 2022-06-17T00:32:31 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/3-men-arrested-over-a-month-after-fatal-shooting-in-kissimmee-parking-lot-deputies-say/ |
FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – The fourth suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old earlier this year in Bunnell was arrested Thursday, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said Terrell Sampson, 18, was found by deputies after a few days in hiding and faces an attempted murder charge in the homicide of Flagler Palm Coast High School student Noah Smith, who was shot to death in January.
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In addition, 30-year-old Russell Hillard was also arrested and faces a charge for harboring Sampson.
“Today, Sampson has joined his accomplices behind bars alongside six other key players in the many incidents that occurred throughout the six-month-long investigation,” Sheriff Rick Staly said in a news release. “He thought he could run and avoid facing the consequences for his actions, but I never break a promise. I warned him that we would get him, and we held strong to that.”
Three other men—Tyrese Patterson, 20, Stephen Monroe, 23, and Devandre Williams, 18—were previously arrested in connection to the shooting and another shooting which killed 16-year-old Keymarion Hall.
In a news conference Tuesday, Staly said the shootings happened due to a “beef between two groups,” during which Sampson was the intended target both times.
The investigation into Smith’s death has been months in the making, with a possible $15,000 reward being offered for information about the shooting back in May.
Hillard and Sampson were taken to the Flagler County jail, where Sampson is being held without bond. A bond amount was not disclosed for Hillard.
Hillard faces multiple charges, including for felony accessory and resisting an officer without violence.
Sampson faces an attempted second-degree murder charge.
Additional charges may be pending, deputies said. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/4th-man-arrested-in-connection-with-bunnell-shooting-that-killed-16-year-old-deputies-say/ | 2022-06-17T00:32:38 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/4th-man-arrested-in-connection-with-bunnell-shooting-that-killed-16-year-old-deputies-say/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Culver’s is bringing a special food truck to 17 stops across the U.S., handing out free frozen custard and cheese curds in support of nonprofits, and it is making a stop in Central Florida.
Culver’s is bringing its “From Wisconsin With Love” food truck to Wekiva Springs State Park from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, according to the company.
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The event is part of a $10,000 donation the fast-food chain will be giving to ELEVATE Orlando, which looks to provide at-risk children with mentorship and educational and professional development programs.
“We look to really support the ongoing mission of preparing kids in school for success in their communities,” said Allison Demmer, Culver’s Marketing & Public Relations Manager. “And we realized that ELEVATE did that so well for the students in the greater Orlando community.”
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The owner of the Culver’s in Casselberry, Luke Ryva, will be working with the “From Wisconsin With Love” food truck to supply the cheese curds and custard for the event, according to Demmer.
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Some of the children who take part in ELEVATE will be shadowing the Culver’s team as well.
“The ELEVATE students will be shadowing our Culvers team members who will be on-site at the event to help show them what their role looks like in the restaurant when we think about teaching them hospitality and how to treat guests with kindness and be a part of the community,” Demmer said.
The Wekiva Springs stop is the last Florida location on Culver’s tour, which is set to wrap in September. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/culvers-giving-out-free-custard-cheese-curds-to-support-orlando-nonprofit/ | 2022-06-17T00:32:44 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/culvers-giving-out-free-custard-cheese-curds-to-support-orlando-nonprofit/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – FIFA announced the venues it will partner with for the World Cup soccer matches, though Orlando’s Camping World Stadium will not be among those selected.
While the Orlando-based stadium was originally up for consideration with 16 other venues, FIFA brought forth the official listings for its selected venues Thursday, choosing the following host cities:
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- Vancouver, Canada
- Seattle, Washington
- San Francisco, California
- Los Angeles, California
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Dallas, Texas
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Houston, Texas
- Monterrey, Mexico
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Toronto, Canada
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Miami, Florida
- New York, New Jersey
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by three countries, including the United States, Canada and Mexico. The three countries were announced as World Cup hosts back in 2018.
Furthermore, 2026 will mark the first 48-nation World Cup — up from the 32-team format used since 1998 — with 16 groups of three nations. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/fifa-announces-world-cup-host-cities-for-2026/ | 2022-06-17T00:32:50 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/fifa-announces-world-cup-host-cities-for-2026/ |
CELEBRATION, Fla. – Disney Cruise Line has shared new details about the Marvel themed restaurant onboard its all-new ship, the Disney Wish.
The Wish is set to sail into Port Canaveral on June 20 with a debut and christening scheduled for June 29 at 11 a.m.
One of the incredible all-new shows guests will get to experience onboard the ship is “Avengers: Quantum Encounter” at Worlds of Marvel restaurant.
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“‘Avengers: Quantum Encounter’ is Disney Cruise Line’s most ambitious dining experience ever,” said Danny Handke, senior creative director of Walt Disney Imagineering. “We’re doing something that’s never been done before in a restaurant, developing an exclusive Avengers adventure that will immerse our guests in the action through sophisticated technology and innovative storytelling. It’s the perfect complement to the incredible menu of story-driven dining aboard the Disney Wish.”
Joining in on all the action in the show is Ms. Marvel, the newest superhero to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in a new series on Disney+.
“Throughout dinner, guests take part in a hands-on demonstration of the latest and greatest Pym Tech, the Quantum Core, hosted by Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne (Ant-Man and The Wasp). But this tech is so advanced that it attracts a very unwelcome visitor to the Disney Wish: Ultron, voiced by actor Ross Marquand, eager to get his hands on this powerful quantum technology,” Handke said.
Ant-Man and The Wasp will need all the help they can get to save the day, calling on Captain America, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and the brave diners of the Disney Wish for backup.
“We are so excited to be the first Disney vacation experience to feature Iman Vellani in this groundbreaking role. Ms. Marvel adds even more humor, heart and heroics to our already action-packed show, and we can’t wait for guests to experience it for themselves in just a few short weeks when the Disney Wish officially sets sail,” Handke explained.
The Worlds of Marvel restaurant will take families on a flavorful tour of the real and fictional settings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with dishes inspired by legendary locales like African Wakanda, Eastern European Sokovia and the Avengers’ home base of New York City.
Every table at Worlds of Marvel will feature an interactive Quantum Core, a brand-new device that can cause objects to shrink and grow remotely.
The Disney Wish will have a number of other dining experiences including Arendelle: A Frozen Dining Adventure, 1923, Palo Steakhouse, Enchanté by Chef Arnaud Lallement and The Rose.
The Disney Wish will sail its maiden voyage on July 14, followed by a season of three-and four-night cruises to Nassau, Bahamas, and Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Surveillance video released by Orlando police on Thursday shows the moment when a suspect sets a historic ice cream shop on fire.
Police released a picture of a masked man they are now calling a suspect in the May 20 arson that heavily damaged Goff’s Drive In ice cream shop on Orange Blossom Trail near Church Street around 6:13 a.m.
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Police said this is the same man seen in surveillance video shot outside of Goff’s that night, which showed a man taking fuel from a bus parked behind the building. The man then appears to pour the fuel into the building, light something up and throw that into the building, causing a burst of flames that the man runs from.
Orlando police said they need help identifying the suspected arsonist.
The Orlando Fire Department said it never received any calls regarding another such incident last month, though its Arson Bomb Commander has no reason to believe the two cases are unrelated.
The historic ice cream shop turns 74 years old this month. The owner set up a GoFundMe to help get the family-run business rebuilt.
If you have any information leading to the arrest of the arson suspect, please call Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS (8477) to report it anonymously. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/orlando-police-video-image-shows-suspect-set-goffs-ice-cream-fire/ | 2022-06-17T00:33:02 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/orlando-police-video-image-shows-suspect-set-goffs-ice-cream-fire/ |
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Two men are facing charges after a pair of teens said they were attacked and threatened while driving through a neighborhood in Sanford.
According to an arrest report from the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, the men hit the rear-passenger door with an orange cone and shattered the window with a stone.
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The 16-year-old driver, Jermaine Jones, posted video of the confrontation on social media, which is now going viral.
Video shows the teen’s encounter with a group of neighbors in the Lake Forest subdivision after his car was damaged. In an interview with News 6 Thursday, Jones said he started recording because he feared for his life.
“It didn’t even feel real,” said Jones. “I actually had to take my shirt off because I had glass all over. The backseat, there’s glass everywhere. My friend had glass all over him too,” Jones continued.
The video shows the stone sitting in the back seat, surrounded by shards of glass. Neighbors can be heard saying, “Get out of this neighborhood. You don’t belong here.”
Deputies later arrested Donald Corsi and Howard Hughes, according to Seminole County court records. Corsi was charged with property damage and a weapons charge for throwing a “missile” into a vehicle. Hughes also faces a property-damage charge, along with battery. According to an arrest report, one teen was hit in the stomach with the cone.
Jones admits the confrontation happened after he was speeding through the gated neighborhood Tuesday on the way to visit a friend’s house.
“When we got into the neighborhood we turned on to the street. I guess the people that lived on that street, they didn’t like the way I turned the corner,” said Jones.
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said surveillance video from a neighbor’s home is now part of their investigation. It appears to show Jones peeling out, with a passenger hanging out of the window.
“I can admit when I’m wrong,” said Jones. “I was speeding a little bit, but either way, I don’t think it was justified for them to throw a rock through my car rather than just call the police.”
Jones’ mother, Niko Jones, said her son called her and told her what happened while she was cooking dinner Tuesday night. She said her heart dropped.
“My son could have gotten seriously hurt,” said Jones. “They threw a boulder, a brick, at a moving vehicle.”
Niko Jones said she would like to see additional charges filed in the case.
“There are kids, I was told, who speed through that neighborhood all the time, but they are not of his color. So I’m pretty sure that all of this happened because my son is Black,” Jones said.
The arrest report obtained by News 6 shows there were two teens in the car — Jones and his friend, who is White.
News 6 reached out to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office and asked if race is a factor in their investigation.
A spokesperson said they believe this was initiated by Jones’ speeding. They are consulting with the State Attorney’s Office, who will decide if any additional charges should be filed.
Court records show Corsi and Hughes have both bonded out of jail and will appear in court for an arraignment scheduled for August 16th. News 6 reached out to both men for comment, but our attempts to speak with them have been unsuccessful. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/two-men-arrested-after-throwing-missile-at-teens-vehicle-records-show/ | 2022-06-17T00:33:08 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/16/two-men-arrested-after-throwing-missile-at-teens-vehicle-records-show/ |
Juneteenth Celebrations across Central Texas
Here are different events that will be celebrating Juneteenth across the region.
Juneteenth is a day for Texans to commemorate the African-American struggle for southern independence. A Texas Major General conveyed news that the Civil War had finished and enslaved Africans were now "free" on June 19, 1865, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Here are some events that will be celebrating black southern culture and creativity.
Temple Celebrations Temple
Juneteenth Open Mic
Saturday, June 18, 2022
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Open mic, poetry and vendors will be available at the event. (Virtual Event) More information about the virtual event here.
Al Edwards Juneteenth Association Celebration
Saturday, June 18, 2022
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Ferguson Park, 1203 E Adams Ave
Come celebrate Juneteenth with a parade in the park! Line up at MLK and Little flock road. More information including map directions here.
Killeen Celebrations Killeen
Juneteenth Day of Freedom
Pageant - June 17 | The Central Texas College at the Anderson Campus Center will be crowning Mr. and Misses Juneteenth.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Parade | Grand Marshall will be crowned Miss Juneteenth! The event will feature different floats from volunteers and leaders in the community. Information here.
Juneteenth Festival (Family Fun Day)
Saturday, June 18, 2022
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Killeen Community Center, 2201 E Veterans Memorial Blvd
This is a city event that will feature food trucks, Juneteenth 5K and live entertainment. More information here.
Waco Celebrations Waco
94.55 | The Beat Juneteenth Celebration
June 18
4 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Gates Open at 2 p.m.
LIVE Performances By Big Rob, Tony! Toni! Tone!, & Michel'le At Brazos Park East. Buy tickets here.
Belton Celebrations Belton
Passing on the Legacy/ 140 Years
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Belton's first African American school will celebrate the 140th anniversary of its opening. It will start at 9:30 a.m. with a proclamation by the mayor. Information here.
Harker Heights Celebration Harker Heights
Juneteenth: Food Tasting Soul
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will be vendors, fashion show and entertainment. There will also be a Father's Day Salute and food tasting at the event. More information here. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/black-history/juneteenth-celebrations-central-texas/500-1bbd25d7-121f-4b48-8c51-81e1396c08d6 | 2022-06-17T00:33:39 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/black-history/juneteenth-celebrations-central-texas/500-1bbd25d7-121f-4b48-8c51-81e1396c08d6 |
AUSTIN, Texas — One person was injured Thursday afternoon after a small plane crashed into Lady Bird Lake in Downtown Austin.
The Austin Police Department reported that the crash occurred around 2 p.m. west of Interstate 35.
The plane was a 2009 Cessna T-206. The sole occupant got out of the plane on his own and was helped to the shore by a nearby paddleboarder.
The APD, Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS all responded.
According to ATCEMS, the pilot was transported to Dell Seton with potentially serious injuries. No injuries to bystanders were reported.
A spokesperson for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed that one of its game wardens was involved in the crash, providing the following statement:
"The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is aware that a Game Warden pilot was involved in a plane crash today in Austin on Lady Bird Lake. We are gathering more information about the status of the pilot and the airplane."
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, TPWD said the pilot was conducting a test flight after routine maintenance on the plane and he reported having problems before crashing.
A spokesperson for the department said they would work out a plane to remove the plane from the lake at a later time.
Officials were able to drag the plane to shore after 7 p.m.
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TEMPLE, Texas — Anthony Turner Jr., 19, was identified as the man who died after being hit by a vehicle Wednesday morning while running from police across the southbound lanes of I-35 in Temple, according to the Temple Police Department.
In a press release, Temple Police released in-depth detail of the chronological order of the events. You can read it below.
7:48 a.m. - An officer received a call to the 1200 block of Allegiance Bend in reference to a suspicious person.
7:57 a.m. - The officer identified Turner as he matched the description provided by the caller.
8:01 a.m. - After speaking with the complainant and subject, the officer advised the subject that he was not supposed to be at that location until after 4 p.m., and the officer told him to leave. The subject then left the premises. The officer returned to their patrol vehicle and found that the subject had a warrant for his arrest.
8:02:43 a.m. - The officer drove towards the subject, who had walked several houses away. The officer told the subject that he had a warrant, and he was being detained. The officer took hold of the subject’s right arm. The officer advised dispatch that they had one detained subject and requested a second unit. The subject stated that he did not have a warrant and began to pull away. The officer told the subject to not resist. The subject pulled his arm out of the officer's grasp and fled on-foot towards a backyard in the 1200 block of Allegiance Bend. The subject then jumped over a fence and out of the officer’s sight. The officer did not pursue the subject.
A perimeter was set up by other Temple police officers. Shortly after the perimeter was set up, K-9 officers started a track from the last spot the officer saw the subject.
8:52 a.m. - A Temple police lieutenant observed a patrol vehicle with the lights on stopped in the middle of General Bruce Dr. The vehicle was identified as a Bell County Sheriff's Department vehicle. The lieutenant then saw the subject run across the road, in front of the vehicle, and toward the interstate.
8:55 a.m. - The lieutenant made contact with the subject from the overpass at Nugent Ave. and told him to get off of the interstate. Additionally, the lieutenant instructed police units to slow down all interstate traffic and block northbound traffic.
8:56 a.m. - The lieutenant reiterated his instruction for police units to slow down traffic on northbound and southbound Interstate 35 over the radio.
8:56:14 a.m. - An officer arrived at General Bruce Dr., saw the individual on the interstate and positively identified him as the subject. The officer verbally called to him, telling him to come over and get some water. The subject refused and continued running north.
8:58:35 a.m. - The subject ran on the top of the inside retaining wall on the interstate. A sergeant paralleled him with his vehicle and, over the PA system, advised him to get off the interstate. The subject was then observed running in traffic, with vehicles passing him on his left and right side. Officers advised the subject to get back to the center wall so he did not get hit by a vehicle.
8:58:55 a.m. - The officer neared the subject on the interstate. The subject ran northbound near the southbound retaining wall, and the officer directed (but did not discharge) their taser at the subject. The subject started moving westward, entering the southbound lanes of traffic, where the subject was struck by a vehicle.
The officer immediately called for Emergency Medical Services and started performing CPR on the subject.
This is an active investigation. If anyone has information related to this incident, they are asked to call the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or the Texas Rangers at 254-247-0849. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/temple-police-release-more-information-on-man/500-06f94509-d455-4989-a972-d2b39d45aff7 | 2022-06-17T00:33:51 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/temple-police-release-more-information-on-man/500-06f94509-d455-4989-a972-d2b39d45aff7 |
A Richmond jury on Thursday found Kevin Degraffenreid guilty of murdering his roommate, Anthony Tobey, and then abducting Tobey’s 7-year-old son, eventually leaving the boy in a Southside alleyway off Hull Street.
The boy was found unharmed, but prosecutors say he saw Degraffenreid shoot his father, then was held by the man for hours while the boy’s hysterical mother called and called, not knowing what happened.
Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorneys Caitlin Kelly and Allison Linscott couldn’t offer the jury a motive as to why — though Degraffenreid tried.
Degraffenreid, 43, testified Thursday morning saying that he shot Tobey, whom he considered a friend, in self-defense. On the evening of Feb. 26, 2021, Tobey had confronted him about stealing, Degraffenreid told the jury.
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Laquita Tobey, the boy’s mother, had previously testified that her ex-husband had complained about his roommate drinking his liquor and replacing the liquid with water, among other thefts.
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During the altercation, Degraffenreid said, Tobey pulled the gun he always carried, and as the two men fought, the gun fell. Degraffenreid picked it up and pointed it at Tobey, who charged at Degraffenreid. He fired one bullet that hit Tobey in the top of the head, killing him instantly.
Degraffenreid’s lawyer, Leonard McCall, argued that his client acted in self-defense, which means he should be acquitted, or in the heat of passion, which means he should face a lesser degree of murder.
The jury didn’t agree, convicting him of first-degree murder. The panel of nine men and three women also convicted Degraffenreid of a gun charge.
McCall also unsuccessfully argued that Degraffenreid didn’t intend to kidnap the boy, rather to return him to his mother. But the boy didn’t remember where he lived, and Laquita Tobey had already called the police. Degraffenreid heard them during the last phone call they’d had before he turned off all their phones. So, Degraffenreid took the boy to a convenience store he frequented and told him to go inside, which meant crossing the busy road at night in the rain by himself.
“There was no force. There was no deception,” McCall said. “The ultimate goal was to get the boy back to his mom.”
In her closing, Kelly said: “The suggestion that the defendant didn’t abduct [the boy] just because he didn’t otherwise hurt him is ridiculous.”
Laquita Tobey went for hours not knowing where her son was. It was supposed to be a happy occasion for them. He was supposed to be visiting his dad’s apartment for the first time. Though they had been separated for five years, Laquita Tobey said she and Anthony Tobey were on good terms.
After killing Anthony Tobey around 8:30 p.m., Degraffenreid attempted to clean the scene. He hid Anthony Tobey’s body in the shower, an attempt — he claimed — to spare the boy from seeing his father dead. He was interrupted, however, when the boy’s phone rang. It was his mother returning the boy’s call after the loud noise he’d heard and seen his dad fall to the ground.
Degraffenreid took the boy’s phone. That’s when Laquita Tobey knew something was amiss. Degraffenreid also took Anthony Tobey’s phone, which Laquita called and spoke to Degraffenreid, though she had no idea who he was. Degraffenreid also took Tobey’s gun, more ammunition and keys.
Degraffenreid told the boy to get in his dad’s car, and he would take him home. That never happened.
After 11 p.m., police were called to a convenience store in the 300 block of Hull Street, under 3 miles from Tobey and Degraffenreid’s apartments, where a bystander found the boy.
Around 3:30 a.m. the next morning, Degraffenreid was pulled over in Tobey’s car, his shoes soaked with Tobey’s blood. Tobey’s gun was in plain view.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for October. Degraffenreid faces between 21 years in prison and a life sentence for the murder charge, up to 10 years for the abduction and three to five years for the gun charge. | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/richmond-man-guilty-of-murdering-father-abducting-7-year-old-son/article_be1d86db-eb50-5e0e-8d64-a7b870c8b2af.html | 2022-06-17T00:40:41 | 1 | https://richmond.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/richmond-man-guilty-of-murdering-father-abducting-7-year-old-son/article_be1d86db-eb50-5e0e-8d64-a7b870c8b2af.html |
Another former member of the Delta Chi fraternity at Virginia Commonwealth University has admitted wrongdoing in connection with the death of Adam Oakes.
Colin Tran, 20, pleaded guilty Thursday in Richmond Circuit Court to misdemeanor charges of hazing and providing alcohol to a minor.
As part of a plea agreement, Tran received no jail time. He must perform 100 hours of community service as well as give four hazing prevention presentations to the Live Like Adam Foundation and remain in good conduct for a year.
If he fulfills the terms of the agreement, the state can dismiss the charges.
Tran is the fourth former Delta Chi brother to plead guilty. None has received time in jail.
Oakes was a 19-year-old freshman at VCU when he died of alcohol intoxication following a Delta Chi initiation party in February 2021. Several months later, authorities charged 11 students with hazing. Seven of the defendants haven’t resolved their cases yet.
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Tran was a “big brother” of another pledge who helped provide alcohol that night, said Courtney White, Oakes’ cousin.
Thursday’s hearing was emotional, White said. Judge Bradley Cavedo seemed shaken by the events described in court, causing him to call a recess. After a brief pause, the hearing resumed.
Tran did not speak during the hearing and did not respond to a request for comment.
Unlike the previous three defendants who pleaded guilty, Tran is the first who could have his charges dismissed.
“It’s always a bitter pill when you think of what happened to Adam that night,” said Eric Oakes, Adam’s father. “There’s no justice for Adam.”
The Oakes family has pushed to make hazing a felony. Currently, it’s a misdemeanor, punishable by no more than one year in prison.
A bill that would have upgraded the offense to a Class 5 felony, carrying up to 10 years in prison, failed to reach consensus in the General Assembly.
A separate bill pushed by the Oakes family did become law and takes effect July 1. It requires student organizations at colleges to conduct hazing prevention training. The Oakes family has developed a curriculum it hopes to implement at schools and colleges.
“We’re trying every single route for change,” White said. “It’s going to take more than just the law to get things to really change. That’s why we’re coming at this from every single angle.” | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/fourth-former-fraternity-brother-pleads-guilty-in-hazing-death-of-adam-oakes/article_5c70692a-6a27-528e-9a06-c409e02efba3.html | 2022-06-17T00:40:47 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/fourth-former-fraternity-brother-pleads-guilty-in-hazing-death-of-adam-oakes/article_5c70692a-6a27-528e-9a06-c409e02efba3.html |
Museum director, not county manager, rejected Confederate monument arrest photo
The museum director, not the Gaston County manager, decided not to display a photograph of a protester being handcuffed near the Confederate monument.
In a statement, the county said that County Manager Kim Eagle didn't know the photograph had been submitted to the museum.
"Upon conversation with staff, it was discovered that the museum director had decided against displaying the photo as part of the ‘Into the Darkroom’ exhibit. There were numerous submissions for the exhibit, and this was one of many that did not make the final cut for display," the county said.
The photo was swept into a public controversy after news surfaced that the county had pulled a different photo — one of two men kissing — from the museum exhibit. The county said in a statement that the decision to pull the photograph of the men kissing was Eagle's, but museum director Jason Luker chose not to display the photograph taken near the Confederate monument.
Photojournalist Grant Baldwin, who shot both photos, said that after the county released its statement Thursday morning, he spoke with museum staff who confirmed this account. He says he misunderstood what he was told when the photograph was rejected from the exhibit.
"The responsibility for that misinformation falls on me," he said.
Baldwin said that when he submitted the photograph, he was told that it wouldn't be displayed. He thought the decision not to display it was coming from the county, but it was actually Luker's decision.
Luker didn't want to put it up because the photograph had county employees in it and because it was taken near the monument at the courthouse, which is the subject of a lawsuit between the NAACP and the county.
"That was my misunderstanding. That was something I actually misunderstood from the beginning. That was the director's decision of the museum and not the county itself," Baldwin said. "After talking to him and going back over our conversation, I'm the one that made that mistake."
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ODESSA, Texas — John Gillian is a member at Connection Christian Church. With the situation in Odessa right now, he's decided to became a volunteer for his church's water delivery service.
“It’s nice to be able to help out my neighbors. I lived in Odessa most of my life and I like being part of the community this way," said Gillian. "I went to five different homes yesterday all the way from East Odessa to the west side of Odessa."
For the past two days now, 30 church volunteers have been hand-delivering waters to Odessans in need, like the elderly or those who are disabled who can't get waters themselves.
“We feel like we’re blessing our community when we do these things. Help the folks that need the help," said Gillian.
He said everyone who he delivers to shows nothing but gratitude.
“Everyone was very grateful and thankful. Most of them, I think all of them said 'God bless,'" he said.
Blessing the people with these waters is something Pastor Dawn Weaks said they're been happy to do.
"We have seen the disparities in our community this week, we have seen those living in very difficult circumstances and it has been a joy just to make it a tiny bit easier for them in the name of Christ," said Weaks.
"When they call the number we simply ask their address and name and get their phone number and then our volunteers go out in the name of Jesus to share water," she said.
Because for Gillian, being able to serve his community this way is just the right thing to do.
“I think part of being a human is to help people and so really happy to have that opportunity yesterday and today," he said.
If you are in need of help with water, you can 432-332-2954 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. for assistance. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/connection-christian-church-delivering-waters-elderly-disabled-odessa/513-66b364ea-403d-4db6-b44f-e3edc05b0261 | 2022-06-17T00:41:14 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/connection-christian-church-delivering-waters-elderly-disabled-odessa/513-66b364ea-403d-4db6-b44f-e3edc05b0261 |
FOLSOM, Calif. — On Friday, the California State Park and Recreation Commission is holding a public hearing to discuss changing the name of a day-use area in the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area.
Since 2018, California State Parks has been working to address residents' requests to change the name of the Negro Bar State Recreation Area in Folsom.
According to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, "the historical use of the name appears in reference to Black miners during the gold rush including from an 1850 newspaper article noting Black miners finding gold at this location in 1848."
Many are in favor of changing the name of the day-use-area "given the perception that the place name is derogatory and does not reflect a modern view of inclusion and acceptance of all Californians," according to the state parks website.
"The majority of local interested parties prefer a name change that would still include the historic reference to the Black miners’ era in the name, and propose the name be changed to Black Miners Bar," the state parks website says.
California State Parks encourages anyone who would like to address commissioners about changing the name of Negro Bar to attend the virtual commission hearing on Friday at 9 a.m.
For more information about the hearing, click HERE.
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FOLSOM, Calif. — On July 1, the city of Folsom is launching its Organics Recycling Program to comply with the new state law requiring organic food waste to be composted.
In 2016, the state passed SB13-83 requiring residents and businesses to recycle organic waste. The new state law was designed in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to Cal Recycle, starting in 2022, all cities and counties that provide trash services are required "to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses."
In coordination with the new state law, the city of Folsom plans to launch its Organics Recycling Program on July 1, 2022. The program requires residents to collect food scraps and food-soiled paper in their homes, bag it in clear or compostable bags and place the bags into their green waste containers.
Here is what is "green bin approved"
- All food scraps including meat, bones, cheese, bread, pasta, fruit, vegetables and eggshells
- Food-soiled paper including napkins, coffee filters and tea bags
- Wood scraps
- Bagged food scraps and food-soiled paper in any compostable or clear plastic bag
Here is what is not "green bin approved"
- Styrofoam or plastic containers
- Coated paper or cups
- Dirt or rocks
- Diapers or pet/human waste
In an effort to help residents with this change, the city's Waste and Recycling Division will be answering questions and providing free kitchen pails for composting at various local events.
City help and free kitchen pails
Here is a list of local events where city officials will be answering questions and providing free kitchen pails.
- June 18, 2022: Historic Folsom Farmer's Market from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
- June 24, 2022: Composting Workshop at Lew Howard Park from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
- June 28, 2022: Drive-thru Pail Pickup at Lembi Park from 3-6 p.m.
- July 5-9, 2022: Pail Pickup at Folsom Public Library from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.
FAQs on composting
If I already have a green waste container, what is the major change?
While most Folsom residents already have a green waste container at their home to collect yard waste, the major change is that beginning July 1, residents will be required to add their bagged food scraps in with their yard trimmings.
How often will my green bin be serviced?
According to the city, the green organics bins will be serviced every week, rather than every other week like before. The city says residents' blue recycling bins will continue to be serviced every other week.
What if I do not have all three waste containers?
According to the city, if residents do not already have a gray trash bin, a blue recycling bin, and a green organics bin, then they will automatically receive them after the Organics Recycling Program begins on July 1.
Where can I view my waste collection schedule?
According to the city, a resident can view their waste collection schedule on their website or on the Folsom Waste Collection app.
For more information about the city of Folsom's Organic Recycling Program, click HERE.
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PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — The Placer County Board of Supervisors are aiming to boost affordable housing in the county with a series of recently approved policy changes.
At Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, Placer County supervisors approved zoning changes which would increase the affordability and the types of housing in the county's developed unincorporated areas.
The areas where the county is focused on for more infill development include the already developed areas in North Auburn, Penryn, New Castle, Granite Bay, Sheridan, Alpine Meadows and Northstar.
Patrick Dobbs, the county's Senior Planner, said these changes would bring the county in line with state requirements meant to address California's growing housing affordability crisis.
“The state’s approach to housing has challenged us by removing a good deal of our local regulatory authority, though we share the goal of making housing affordable to more of our community members,” said Board Chair and District 5 Supervisor Cindy Gustafson.
During a time where the current median price of a home in Placer County is $737,800, residents are faced with housing challenges with homes becoming too expensive for most to afford.
At the Board of Supervisors meeting, Dobbs said nearly 8,570 low-income Placer County renter households do not have access to an affordable home due to the average monthly cost of rent in the county being $1,692.
Placer County says the approved changes, which go into effect on July 14, allow for new housing types including moveable tiny homes and co-housing or "cottage home" developments.
“It creates housing that’s more affordable for more of our residents and reflects a growing demand for housing options closer to transit and community amenities from so many of our community members,” said Shawna Purvines, deputy director of Placer’s Community Development Resource Agency.
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PORTOLA, Calif. — A man in Plumas County wanted for suspected arson and attempted homicide is believed to have been found dead in the remains of his crime.
A fire began on the porch around of Christian and Kevin Taylor's home around midnight, according to Plumas County Sheriff's Office. When deputies and fire crews arrived Christian Taylor, her child and nearby residences were safely evacuated.
Christian Taylor told deputies that her husband had started the fire in a homicide attempt. However after allegedly setting fire to his home, attempting to kill his estranged wife and child, Kevin Taylor was no where to be found, according to the sheriff's office.
Following an investigation of the property, crews found an unidentifiable body burned under the rubble of the front porch, where the fire had allegedly started.
After being unable to find Kevin Taylor in the surrounding area, officials believe the body found may be his.
The incident is still being investigated and an upcoming autopsy of the body will confirm whether deputies have found the suspect.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After being extradited from Las Vegas, 28-year-old Mtula Payton was arraigned in court Thursday in connection to the K Street shootout. His attorney set up expectations that Payton might have grounds to claim self defense.
The judge read out several charges including murder, illegal firearms possession and fraud.
Payton appeared relaxed with his hands crossed behind his back as he leaned against the bars. At one point, he glanced behind him to the row of TV cameras.
Michael Wise, his attorney, is in the process of getting retained. He described Payton as remorseful, scared and overwhelmed. He said based on his initial review of the case, his client may have a valid case for self defense.
"Just because someone runs away doesn’t mean they’re guilty — but you're still scared because you're in the mix of it," Wise said.
Wise said his client was friendly with the other defendants in the shootout, the Martin brothers, and had no bad blood with anyone involved.
In addition to charges surrounding the shooting, Payton is also facing fraud charges. ABC10 found he collected over $36,000 in small business COVID-relief money in 2021, including one payout for a barbershop and another as a lawn and garden contractor. Payton does not appear in any barber or contractor license databases from the state.
Payton and the Martin brothers are all facing murder charges and are scheduled to appear in court June 21, Wise said.
The K Street shooting victims were identified as Johntaya Alexander, 21; Melinda Davis, 57; Yamile Martinez-Andrade, 21; Sergio Harris, 38; Joshua Hoye-Lucchesi, 32; and De’vazia Turner, 29.
Documents filed April 15 by Sacramento County District Attorney’s office show that Hoye-Lucchesi, Harris, and Turner were affiliated with gangs.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — Stockton police announced on Wednesday they made an arrest in a deadly January 2022 shooting.
Police detained 38-year-old Rosantito Castaneda over his suspected connection to the death of a 42-year-old man on Jan. 16. The shooting took place near Funston Avenue and Bradford Street in Stockton.
Castaneda was booked into the San Joaquin County Jail. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/stockton-police-arrest-suspect-in-january-deadly-shooting/103-2cf09cd4-55bf-4455-a986-6e9ebf595251 | 2022-06-17T00:45:30 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/stockton/stockton-police-arrest-suspect-in-january-deadly-shooting/103-2cf09cd4-55bf-4455-a986-6e9ebf595251 |
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Pa. — The state Attorney General has stepped in to resolve disputes between a contractor that abruptly closed up shop and clients who say they were left out in the cold.
More than a dozen clients of Vision Home Builders in Columbia County filed complaints with the A.G.'s office.
They say Vision closed without notice, leaving their projects unfinished.
One of those homeowners, Amber Bradshaw, was left with just a foundation and a sub-floor.
She received a letter this week saying the AG's office is at an impasse.
Bradshaw won't be getting any money back, she says she paid close to $200,000 to Vision Home Builders.
The contractor says rising costs caused by the pandemic forced them to close.
There are 12 other clients who have filed complaints with the state no word yet on whether any of them have received a resolution.
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STOCKTON, Calif. — A new 13-bed respite center in downtown Stockton is aiming to help those facing substance use disorder. The ribbon was cut Thursday at the Stanislaus Street facility operated by Community Medical Centers.
The respite center, staffed 24 hours a day, features an 8-bed men's unit and a 5-bed women's unit. At the center, patients will detox for up to 14 days while receiving services including group and individual counseling and medical treatment.
"Our respite center is a combination of what we always do in all of our health centers, we provide medical care," said Christine Noguera, CEO of Community Medical Centers. "But it's also about treatment for substance use disorder and we are calling this a center with no wrong door; that people can come on their own, they can be referred, they can be brought by a family member."
The center has been open for outpatient care for several months, a service which will still be offered once the residential wing opens, Noguera says. Inpatient services are expected to begin within the next two weeks.
"We are going to meet (patients) with empathy and respect so that they can finally make that first move into treatment," Noguera said. "It gives a safe place to sober up and begin to have that conversation around are they ready, are they ready to start treatment? And with a very supportive group."
The new respite center is one of California's three substance use disorder treatment facilities that are operated by a Federally Qualified Health Center.
According to Noguera, the center's services are much needed in the Stockton area as long-term substance use disorder treatment facilities often require patients to be sober for up to two weeks.
"There was a total gap in services," Noguera said. "This gives a good place to spend those two weeks with supportive staff. There's still group counseling, individual counseling, and medical treatment so it helps support them through really their toughest time of the treatment, the first two weeks."
The center is partially funded by money from the California Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, the Homeless Emergency Aid Program, and from San Joaquin County Behavioral Health Services.
Part of the goal of the center will be to provide services to unsheltered homeless people in San Joaquin County, 33% of whom report a problem with substance abuse, according to a report released by the county Wednesday.
"We're just really excited with the turnout today," Noguera said shortly after Stockton's mayor cut the ribbon Thursday, opening the facility. "There is obviously a real knowledge of the needs of these services."
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ABSECON — A NJ Transit bus was involved in a motor vehicle accident late Thursday afternoon that left at least 13 people injured, 6abc.com reported.
The accident occurred just before 5:30 p.m. at South Shore Road near the White Horse Pike.
Authorities told 6abc.com a vehicle collided with the bus, injuring 13 people aboard. Victims were taken to Shore Medical Center, AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Mainland Campus and City Campus with injuries authorities said were not life-threatening.
The condition of the people inside the vehicle that struck the bus was not immediately known.
Ohio Avenue remained closed from Shore Road to Station Avenue at 8 p.m. Thursday. Eastbound traffic on Ohio Avenue was diverted at Station toward Route 30. Shore Road was closed from Route 30 to East Illinois Avenue.
NJ Transit did not respond to a request for comment. Absecon police deferred comment to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office, which in turn deferred back to Absecon. The Prosecutor's Office did say it was assisting Absecon police in the investigation.
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PLEASANTVILLE — Mail-in votes were pivotal in the city's Democratic primary elections, according to newly released counts.
Cory Young seems to be on his way to winning the Democratic nomination for the 1st Ward City Council seat in Pleasantville. Young received 239 votes, nearly 53% of the 453 votes cast in the three-candidate primary race. He appears to have defeated James Barclay, who had 137 votes, and Rick Norris, who had 77. There was no incumbent in the race. The results are still unofficial.
Barclay had been leading in the election-day count with 86 votes to Norris’ 51 and Young’s 61. That 25-vote lead evaporated with a rush of 255 mail-in ballots, the lion’s share of which, nearly 70%, went to Young.
Young did not respond to a request for comment sent to his Facebook page Thursday.
Norris, a former member of the Pleasantville Board of Education, said he was not surprised by the results. He said he intended to run again and that he would work to establish a stronger election-day operation to match other candidates’ mail-in-ballot support.
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“I got to hit the ground harder and sooner,” Norris said.
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Barclay — another former member of the school board, a former project manager for the U.N. Monrovian Sanitation Program and a leader at Full Gospel Church International in Pleasantville — could not be reached for comment Thursday. He struck a positive tone when talking with The Press of Atlantic City before the mail-in votes were counted, saying he wanted to promote democratic participation in local government. He added he would work with the Atlantic City branch of the NAACP to help give immigrants an opportunity to get involved with the organization.
“No matter what the final result will look like, I will continue working for the people of Pleasantville,” Barclay said previously.
The deadline for voters to submit mail-in ballots to the post office or to the Atlantic County Board of Elections was June 7, the day the primary was held. The deadline for the receipt of postmarked mail-in ballots by the county board was June 13, while the deadline for the receipt of mail-in-ballots without a postmark was June 9.
While not resulting in a lead change, mail-in votes also changed the course in the 2nd Ward race.
Councilman Victor Carmona seems to have comfortably won the Democratic nomination to run for reelection come November. He received a total of 306 votes, more than 63% of the 485 votes cast in the race. School board member Julio Sanchez received 179 votes.
The race had been tight when only election-day ballots had been counted, with Carmona holding just a seven-vote lead over Sanchez. That margin widened when the 208 mail-in votes were counted, of which Carmona won 164, good for nearly 79% of the mail-in total.
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Carmona did not respond to a request to comment sent to him via email Thursday.
Sanchez, a retired firefighter and Army veteran, congratulated Carmona on his victory Thursday.
The results are all still unofficial. The Atlantic County clerk is scheduled to canvass the primary election votes Monday.
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DALLAS — Before the NBA Finals were able to finish, the Dallas Mavericks got a jump start on the team's offseason by acquiring Houston Rockets big man Christian Wood.
The Mavs traded this year's first-round draft pick and four players to the Rockets for 26-year-old center. This was first reported by the Athletic's Shams Charania.
According to the report, Dallas is sending Boban Marjonovic, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss to Houston, along with the No. 26 overall pick in next week's NBA Draft.
While Wood has shown flashes of being a dominant frontcourt player while in Houston, he's had a unique and winding path that has led him to the Mavs.
Starting on the west coast
Christian Wood was born in Long Beach, California on Sept. 27, 1995. While he started his high school basketball career in California, he eventually transferred to Findlay Prep in Nevada right before his final high school season.
Wood played ay UNLV from 2013 to 2015, earning first team All-Mountain West honors during his second year with the program. In his final season, he averaged 15.7 points, 10 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in 33 games played.
In April 2015, Wood declared for the 2015 NBA Draft.
Bouncing around the league
It took a while for Wood to find stability in his NBA career. After going undrafted in the 2015 NBA Draft, Wood joined the Rockets for the 2015 NBA Summer League, a team that would later trade for him.
While Wood played for many summer league teams throughout the first part of his career and also had a couple of stints in the NBA G League, he only played in 51 games for four NBA teams from the 2015-16 season through the 2018-19 season. Those teams included the Philadelphia 76ers, Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans.
In August 2017, Wood signed a contract with the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association. He never ended up playing a game with the team before coming back to play for the 76ers' G League affiliate team.
Breaking out in Detroit and Houston
Wood started to get more national recognition when he was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Pistons in the summer of 2019. The 6-foot-11-inch big man averaged 13.1 points and 6.3 rebounds per game on 56.7% shooting during 62 games with the Pistons.
The very next season, Wood was signed-and-traded to the Rockets. In his very first game with his new team in December 2020, the versatile big man had 31 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and one block in a 128-126 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.
While in Houston from 2020 to 2022, Wood knocked down 38% of his 3-pointers on five attempts per game. During these two regular seasons, there were only six NBA players to average 19 points and 9 rebounds per game on 50% shooting from the field:
- Giannis Antetekounmpo
- Joel Embiid
- Nikola Jokic
- Karl Anthony-Towns
- Domantas Sabonis
- Christian Wood
Strengths and weaknesses
Wood will bring the Mavs a unique skill set as he is able to roll to the rim for lobs from Luka Doncic, but he also spaces the floor. Whether it be a pick-and-roll or pick-and-pop, working with Doncic will give the Mavs' new big man the chance to become even more efficient from the field offensively.
Wood has struggled on the defensive side of the court during his career, whether it comes from his effort or his strength against bigger centers. There have also been issues that have arisen from time to time related to his attitude.
In January 2022, the Rockets suspended Wood for one game without pay because of "poor behavior."
However, Wood has never had a legitimate role in a winning atmosphere yet. He will likely become the Mavs starting center, supported by a coaching staff that drastically improved the team's defense last season.
Wood is also in the last year of his three-year, $41-million contract, meaning he will likely be motivated and playing for his next contract while in Dallas.
If the Mavs get an engaged, defensive player in Wood ready to build a two-man game with Doncic, this is a somewhat risky but winning move made by a franchise looking to make another deep playoff run in the upcoming NBA season. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/christian-wood-dallas-mavericks-background/287-b525622c-c11c-4c53-8f96-ab991b163a99 | 2022-06-17T00:45:54 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/christian-wood-dallas-mavericks-background/287-b525622c-c11c-4c53-8f96-ab991b163a99 |
AUSTIN, Texas — One person was injured Thursday afternoon after a small plane crashed into Lady Bird Lake in Downtown Austin.
The Austin Police Department reported that the crash occurred around 2 p.m. west of Interstate 35.
The plane was a 2009 Cessna T-206. The sole occupant got out of the plane on his own and was helped to the shore by a nearby paddleboarder.
The APD, Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS all responded.
According to ATCEMS, the pilot was transported to Dell Seton with potentially serious injuries. No injuries to bystanders were reported.
A spokesperson for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed that one of its game wardens was involved in the crash, providing the following statement:
"The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is aware that a Game Warden pilot was involved in a plane crash today in Austin on Lady Bird Lake. We are gathering more information about the status of the pilot and the airplane."
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, TPWD said the pilot was conducting a test flight after routine maintenance on the plane and he reported having problems before crashing.
A spokesperson for the department said they would work out a plane to remove the plane from the lake at a later time.
Officials were able to drag the plane to shore after 7 p.m.
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ARLINGTON, Texas — After what happened in Uvalde and Duncanville, these incidents have some summer camps across the Dallas-Fort Worth area thinking about doing active shooter training drills.
At some of the busiest summer camps in Arlington, kids will start doing drills as early as this week.
At the East Library and Rec Center in Arlington, kids are not only learning to play basketball, but, starting this week for the first time, they will be doing an active shooter training drill.
“We’ve never encompassed the campers into the training. So that’s going to be new,” said Dr. Venera Flores Stafford, the assistant director of Parks and Recreation in Arlington.
It's new because of what happened at the Duncanville Fieldhouse this week.
“It’s Duncanville. Being so close to home, you hope it won’t be there, but with Uvalde, and Duncanville, these kids need to understand,” said Flores.
On Monday morning, Duncanville police say Brandon Keith Ned walked into the main lobby at the Fieldhouse and managed to shoot into a classroom packed with children.
Moments later, police say he ran to the gym where there were kids, and by that time, police shot and killed him.
His family says Ned was looking to get help after he was having a paranoid episode from being bipolar.
In case something like that happens at any of the five recreation centers in Arlington with summer programs, officials want the kids to be prepared.
“It’s unfortunate, but that’s the world we’re living in right now,” said Flores.
Part of the training, kids will not only learn about the safe spaces in the classroom, but also safe spaces in and around the rec centers.
“It’s a matter of knowing the retreat area and how to be quiet if something is going on like that. Making sure you’re looking around, observing your surroundings, and unfortunately it’s how do I exit safely,” said Flores.
The main goal is to keep the precious kids safe. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/summer-camp-arlington-rec-centers-start-active-shooter-training-drills/287-c1fe444a-b478-4efd-a8b4-7531406e4e82 | 2022-06-17T00:46:06 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/summer-camp-arlington-rec-centers-start-active-shooter-training-drills/287-c1fe444a-b478-4efd-a8b4-7531406e4e82 |
What does Juneteenth mean to you? Here's how 6 Greenville residents answered
Greenville and the nation are preparing to honor Juneteenth with a federal holiday, for a second time.
That day commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received news of their freedom, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
The meaning of Juneteenth today is marked by many names: Jubilee Day, Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, etc. We asked six Greenville residents what Juneteenth means to them. Here's how they answered:
London McClain, 12, participant of Pleasant Valley Connection Teen Center program
"To me, it's a reminder, a celebration about the freedom of slaves and how we all just got to come together. It's a reminder of how grateful we should be that we all have a chance today to not be separated because of our race, and all the great things that have been accomplished over the years."
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Antoine Marshall, 50, of Greenville, a military veteran studying health information management at Greenville Technical College
"Long overdue, talking about the holiday. It's celebrating a day when Black folks didn't know that they were free. I mean, just think about the time they were enslaved for that period of time. Other people knew they were free, but they didn't. So, it's a time of reflection for thinking about what happened then until now.
"It's a sense of freedom. It's like our July Fourth. July Fourth is supposed to be the liberty day and all that other stuff, but really we weren't free at that time. Juneteenth is our July Fourth.
"What I would hope people will get out of Juneteenth is a day of remembrance rather than just a day of cooking out. July Fourth is cooking out, fireworks. Juneteenth should be a little bit more than that."
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Kia Keyton, of Greenville, director of the African American Male Scholars Initiative at Greenville Technical College.
"One thing that I've really tried to look at in the last few years, especially as Covid hit in 2020, is this idea of joy. Especially as Juneteenth has become a recognized holiday, we get to see the joy that our people have. It is like July 4th. It's an exciting time. We can celebrate, we can have cook-outs, we can get together with friends.
"Oftentimes when we look at our past, we have such sadness, many kinds of trials and tribulations of the Black experience. This (Juneteenth) is something we can actually celebrate and be excited about. So, that's what I think of when I think of Juneteenth. This is the joy that our people have in us and we get to show it to the rest of the nation and the world."
Ansilee Smith, 20, student majoring in marketing and art at Greenville Technical College
"It means a lot of the hard work from people that sacrificed their lives, their careers and stuff, is finally paying off. It's also like the right step for everybody having equality and being equal, and separation coming to an end. I have a lot of friends that are white, Black and Hispanic. I look at them like they're family. Juneteenth is like a coming together for everybody. You don't have to be Caucasian or Black. You can just be people. I think that's what it really means.
It also gives like a spotlight to us because we never really had a holiday. We have Black history month and whatever, but Juneteenth is really more than that. It's celebrating the accomplishments for everybody that wasn't able to be here. It's really a coming together of everybody. I think we should celebrate it, going forward, putting more emphasis on it and telling people who are growing up the reality of what happened, being honest with ourselves knowing there's still a lot of change to come, but this is like the right footnote."
Louise Coltson, 57, of Greenville, a dining room associate
"From research, what I found out what Juneteenth means. It was during the time when we had slavery in America. This was the time that a group of slaves went forth to free themselves — not by the President, not by Congress, not by none of them. People still believe that (President Abraham) Lincoln did this on his own. But the slaves freed themselves. That's why we celebrate Juneteenth. For me, it's just to give homage to the people who was brave enough and willing to go do what was right."
Bruce Wilson, 12, a rising seventh-grader and participant of the Pleasant Valley Connection Teen Center
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A zoning debate in a neighborhood near Dallas Love Field where big new homes tower over little old ones could set precedent for other parts of the city.
The plan includes height limits for new construction, which some long-time residents support but opponents say could reduce future property value for those families.
Dallas Plan Commissioners Tuesday took a bus tour of the Elm Thicket Northpark neighborhood which is bounded by Lemmon Avenue, Lovers Lane, Inwood Road and Mockingbird Lane.
Bessie Davis lives in a small single-story home that is now surrounded by giant new ones. A 5-unit, 3-story townhome building is on one side of her home and a large two-story home on the other.
“It cut off the view, all the way to Lover’s Lane. And I could see all the way down. And you can see they’re tall, you can’t see over them,” she said.
Elm Thicket Northpark Association leader Jonathan Maples was smoking brisket Thursday for the big Juneteenth celebration in the neighborhood Saturday.
His was traditionally an African American neighborhood that is changing fast from a place of smaller affordable homes to the much larger new ones that also boost surrounding tax values for existing residents.
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“We want to have a say, a simple say in what this neighborhood looks like. We were told to live here, so don't come and say, 'Well we want it now so you guys go find someplace else to live,'” Maples said.
Maples supports the zoning case that could limit the height of new construction to 25 feet.
Opponents of the restriction that could affect more than 1,700 Elm Thicket properties say it would be the largest down zoning in Dallas history.
The opponents argue that approving it in Elm Park could open the door to similar limits elsewhere in Dallas that limit what people can build on their property.
“The property values will go down if these zoning changes are passed and that will be a reduction in what our legacy neighbors could sell their homes for,” said opponent Jennifer Brown.
The opponents say a 25-foot limit would effectively forbid the kind of two-story homes that today’s buyers prefer.
“Shrink it down a little bit but let's not make it so you can't even build a 2-story home that an average home buyer would want to buy,” opponent Doug Brown said.
Jennifer Brown said over 600 people have joined the opposition group.
Maples said his side is also large but the case has dragged on for 5 years.
“They're the majority because this process has taken so long,” he said.
During that time, more large dwellings have been built like those that tower over Bessie Davis’ home.
“And I’m not selling,” she said. “I like this place. My husband bought it. It was a location that we liked.”
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AUSTIN, Texas — One person was injured Thursday afternoon after a small plane crashed into Lady Bird Lake in Downtown Austin.
The Austin Police Department reported that the crash occurred around 2 p.m. west of Interstate 35.
The plane was a 2009 Cessna T-206. The sole occupant got out of the plane on his own and was helped to the shore by a nearby paddleboarder.
The APD, Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMS all responded.
According to ATCEMS, the pilot was transported to Dell Seton with potentially serious injuries. No injuries to bystanders were reported.
A spokesperson for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department confirmed that one of its game wardens was involved in the crash, providing the following statement:
"The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is aware that a Game Warden pilot was involved in a plane crash today in Austin on Lady Bird Lake. We are gathering more information about the status of the pilot and the airplane."
At a press conference Thursday afternoon, TPWD said the pilot was conducting a test flight after routine maintenance on the plane and he reported having problems before crashing.
A spokesperson for the department said they would work out a plane to remove the plane from the lake at a later time.
Officials were able to drag the plane to shore after 7 p.m.
The Federal Aviation Administration will be investigating.
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SAN ANTONIO — Starting June 26, flyers passing through San Antonio International Airport will be able to take the alcoholic drinks they're sipping on out of the facility's restaurant areas and into broader terminal spaces.
City Council approved the measure on Wednesday morning, but Councilman Manny Pelaez gave a "Nay" vote. Pelaez, who represents District 8, said he's worried the loosening of alcohol consumption rules "will make it more difficult for flight attendants to keep passengers safe."
The new ordinance was approved a year after Gov. Greg Abbott signed off on permanent alcohol-to-go practices in Texas, setting into legal stone a measure that the state had temporarily allowed during the pandemic in order to help keep local restaurants afloat while indoor dining was halted.
Once it take effect, it will pertain only to drinks bought with food in the terminal; passengers remain barred from bringing alcohol through security checkpoints, and they'll have to finish their drinks before boarding.
According to a memo sent to City Council representatives, airports in Austin, Dallas and Houston, along with several major airports across the country, have adopted similar alcohol-to-go policies. It's the aviation department's hope that the change will lead to increased revenues for airport eateries.
Pelaez says he plans to sit down with airport staff for an "in-depth discussion" on the policy at some point.
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Two Milwaukee firefighters hospitalized after a stairwell collapses below them while battling a house fire
Drake Bentley
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Two Milwaukee firefighters were transported to Froedtert Hospital Thursday after a stairwell collapsed while they battled a house fire.
The Milwaukee Fire Department, in a tweet sent shortly after 6:40 p.m. said the firefighters were fighting a house fire in the 2200 block of N. 1st street when the stairwell collapsed.
The injuries are non-life threatening, the fire department said.
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Since 2017, the Casper College Veterans Club has organized annual events featuring traveling memorials. Because the tradition began with the Eyes of Freedom Memorial, it’s only fitting that the remembrance would make its return for the five-year mark.
This year, the Eyes of Freedom Memorial will return to Casper from June 19-24, featuring life-size portraits honoring the 23 fallen service members of the Lima Company 3rd Battalion 25th Marines, one of the hardest-hit units in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The boots, dog tags and letters of the Marines are displayed beneath the paintings.
“This memorial wall is just different,” veteran and Military Student Services Coordinator Dr. Nicholas Whipps said. “This memorial is just so much more intimate than other memorials because you’re standing face to face with these heroes. They call it “eyes of freedom” because you are directed to the eyes on these memorials, it just really kind of brings to life the service and sacrifice of these Marines.”
The memorial will be featured throughout three different events.
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Beginning Saturday with the company of over a hundred different vehicles and motorcycles, the memorial will first be escorted through the city to the college. Anyone interested in driving as part of the escort is welcome and is encouraged to meet at 3:30 p.m. at the Hat Six Truck Stop to start.
Following the weekend’s events, an opening ceremony is set for 5:30 p.m. Monday It will be located on the second floor of the Walter H. Nolte Gateway building, featuring Gov. Mark Gordon and Mike Strahle, a purple heart combat veteran who served alongside those honored in the memorial. The event will also highlight a flag folding and a wreath-laying ceremony.
Additionally, there will be a military appreciation BBQ at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot in front of the Gateway Center. In a partnership with the Casper Sinclair Refinery, all current and former service members will be offered their choice of a free ribeye steak, hamburger or hot dog. The event will also feature raffles sponsored by Hunting with Heroes and Project Healing Waters. Afterward, those wanting to view the memorial are welcome.
All events will be open to the public, and the community is encouraged to attend, regardless of their relation to military service.
“In my opinion, the most significant piece of bringing these memorials in is the connections that you see with service members and their families,” Whipps said. “So like you see a lot of dads or moms or grandmas, grandpas that are bringing in kids and just fostering conversations about their time and service ... it creates a bond and such a cool atmosphere that without the memorial, you don’t really see.”
Whipps said the veteran’s association is already considering potential traveling memorials for next year. Nothing is set in stone, he said, but the program plans to commemorate service members who’ve returned, following a theme of “never stop pushing forward.”
Fitting, because that’s what the Casper College Veterans Club promotes, too.
In the past year, the program was ranked the No. 1 veteran program of all small community colleges and placed as a finalist in the 2021 Student Veteran Association chapter of the year.
“It kind of just reaffirmed all of the hard work that we put into making sure that our military students are successful. And we do put a lot of work into that with all the different programs,” Whipps said. “We’ve been doing a lot of cool things and it’s kind of nice to be recognized, especially for our students.” | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/eyes-of-freedom-memorial-returns-to-college/article_8bc72c08-ece3-11ec-88c7-1f05613c7ca9.html | 2022-06-17T01:07:01 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/eyes-of-freedom-memorial-returns-to-college/article_8bc72c08-ece3-11ec-88c7-1f05613c7ca9.html |
BOISE, Idaho — Primary Election season is behind us - but don’t worry politics fans - there is still the General Election coming up in November. One of the biggest items up for vote is asking Idahoans if they want to change the state Constitution to allow Idaho lawmakers to call themselves into session. Right now, only the governor has that power.
“If a majority of the people want to amend the Constitution, we'll do it and if they don't, we won't. So, that's just how it works,” Legislative Council member and House Speaker, Scott Bedke said.
Speaker Bedke is a part of the group, the Legislative Council, that finalized language to accompany the ballot question this fall. In Idaho, voters are sent some information to help them decide how to vote, Bedke explained.
“In Idaho, the Secretary of State puts out kind of a voter's guide and it does a pro and con of the question," Bedke said. "In this case, should the state Constitution be amended to allow the legislature under certain circumstances to call itself back into session."
Idaho Democrats have spoken out in recent months, arguing lawmakers calling themselves into session is a bad idea. To add to that, Democrats say the pro/con language approved this week, which is set to be sent to voters, is not authentic to both sides of the debate.
“Republicans want this amendment to the Constitution. They want to be able to call themselves back into session. The Democrats do not," House Minority Leader, Ilana Rubel said. "They basically suppressed the Democrats statement and what the Democrats wanted to have in the statement opposing that constitutional amendment and said, 'no, we are not going to let you have your preferred statement.'"
Rubel said there are clear differences between the draft Democrats wanted and the final version that will be sent to voters. There are some differences, for example, specifically with point one and the strong statement of “This constitutional amendment is not needed,” which is left out.
There is a mirroring pro point included that says, “This constitutional amendment is needed.” Rubel said it is unfair to send out ‘con’ arguments that the ‘con’ side didn’t agree with publishing, possibly misleading voters.
“They would believe that, that is actually what the people opposing the statement think. They would not suspect that it is, in fact, has been stolen," Rubel said. "That this statement has, in fact, been crafted by the people who support the amendment."
Bedke said he thinks the language approved by the Legislative Council paints a full picture.
“I think it's all going to be OK. I think Idaho voters are going to be able to sort through it," Bedke said. "I think that they're going to understand the question and then and what you're seeing is our process in working when we don't amend our Constitution lightly and when I and when we do, there is this process."
In terms of process, the legislative council votes to approve draft language. That council has a Republican majority to reflect the majority split at the statehouse. Rubel believes the language being sent to voters is watered down while the ‘pro’ arguments include stronger language.
“To me, you know, that is a flagrant abuse of majority power, to use it to suppress debate and to use it to censor what your opponents are permitted to say, in defense of their own position," Rubel said. "So, the opposition statement that people are receiving is not, in fact, going to be the approved language of those who oppose the amendment. It is going to be a statement that effectively has been stolen and controlled by the proponents of the amendment.”
Bedke said ultimately, the decision is solely in the hands of Idaho voters.
“I think what you're seeing is your government process at work here. It doesn't happen often, but it happens every now and then," Bedke said. "There are strong feelings on both sides of this issue at the legislature, but the beauty of this process is that the people of Idaho will decide what their Constitution says."
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MERIDIAN, Idaho — The Meridian KOA turns away 8 to 12 people everyday seeking a month-to-month spot for rent at the RV park, according to Manager Ron Lundquist.
The demand for long-term spots for rent has increased in recent years at the park. Today, the Meridian KOA reserves 150 spots for monthly rates; that is roughly 40% of the park.
"This is our choice. This is what we wanted to do," traveling nurse Jennifer Willis said. "I like the minimalist lifestyle."
But while Willis' stay at the KOA is a choice, several people at the campground are living there by neccessity. A recent study by Florida Atlantic University concluded Boise, Idaho is the most overpriced housing market in the country.
"If you make $15 an hour, I don't even see how it's possible to afford housing here," Willis said.
Coincidently, Willis lives no more than 50 yards away from Richard Moorhouse. Morehouse has called the KOA home since February.
He is retired and lives on a fixed income; the housing market priced him out of apartments and rentals, Moorhouse said. He lives in his daughter's trailer.
"[To move out of the KOA] I'd have to go back to work, and I'm 76," Moorhouse said. "So, it was nice of her to do that for her dad."
Several trailers and RV's at the Meridian KOA have decks, gardens, and even home improvement projects. These are sure signs the residents aren't leaving anytime soon.
"It's pretty much been full since we've been here. As as well as all the other RV parks," WIllis said.
At the KOA, a monthly spot costs $525. A typical power bill can cost another $100, Lundquist said. In all, it's a deal Moorhouse can't find anywhere else.
"I think it's shameful. I think that I seen this coming," Moorhouse said. "Unless I get a better deal than this, no way I can leave."
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MERIDIAN, Idaho — The city of Meridian Parks and Recreation announced on Facebook that they are canceling the next Sparklight Movie Night on Friday, June 17.
Meridian said they are cancelling the event after incidents that occurred during last week’s movie night.
“General concerns centered around juveniles being loud with disruptive behavior and causing altercations,” Meridian Parks and Recreation said in the post.
Meridian said that they will notify the public if there are any changes made to the following movie night on June 24.
Initially, Meridian Parks and Recreation intended to host the 16th season of the annual Sparklight Movie Night with a new film every Friday evening from June 10 to August 19.
"Movies in the park have become a summer tradition for families. We are excited to invite our city's new community members to join us," Recreation Coordinator of Meridian Parks & Recreation, Renee White previously told KTVB.
Movie attendees can also enjoy Settlers Park's Adventure Island Playground, which includes Idaho's first universally-accessible playground area, a climbing rock, sound garden and splash pad.
Each Friday evening, the movies will be projected on a 30-foot inflatable screen. A roped-off seating area in Settlers Park will be designated for the community to set up blankets and chairs.
After dark, Settlers Park is closed outside the borders of the movie night seating area. The City of Meridian asks parents to avoid dropping youth off at the event without supervision.
The 11 free, outdoor movie nights are sponsored by Sparklight, the College of Western Idaho, Advanced Therapy Care and VCI Audio Entertainment.
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Salvation Army opens heat relief stations in Phoenix area. Here's where people can get help
With the National Weather Service's excessive heat warning in effect, the Salvation Army has activated its heat relief stations across the Valley.
The stations are organized by the Salvation Army to help those seeking refuge from the heat, with free water and access to indoor cooling. During the excessive heat warnings, locations put up canopies and help people get access to their resources on the sidewalk for anyone passing by.
"Each one of those (stations) will open up so that people can come inside and cool off," explained Maj. Tim Smith. "We also will distribute water and sunscreen or ChapStick, or sanitizer, or hats, bandanas, those kinds of things, just extra supplies when we have them so that people have something to help defend themselves from the excessive heat."
Smith is the divisional secretary for metro Phoenix for the Salvation Army.
"This is possible because we've got a number of different wonderful partners, both corporations and just private citizens who are very kind," he added.
Those partners include APS, DBP, DripDrop and Ford, which donated funding and resources like water bottles.
The Salvation Army also has mobile units giving out water to areas in the Valley with larger populations of unsheltered people.
Maj. Keith Bottjen helps run the Phoenix Citadel Corps Community Center in downtown Phoenix. He said that location passes out approximately 50 to 70 bottles of water a day, contributing to the 18,000 water bottles given out during the summer season in the metro area.
At full capacity, the building can host 50 people who are seeking refuge from the summer heat.
"Sometimes they'll come in and hang out all day, sometimes they'll just come in for a few minutes. (They) love being in here," Bottjen said.
He invites people to stop by for some water and if they have the time to help out by donating or by volunteering.
Locations for Salvation Army heat relief stations
Here are the locations where the Salvation Army will be distributing water from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily:
Apache Junction: Apache Junction Corps Community Center, 605 E. Broadway Ave.
Avondale: Estrella Mountain Corps Community Center, 11 N. Third Ave.
Chandler: Chandler Corps Community Center, 85 E. Saragosa St.
Glendale: Glendale Corps Community Center, 6010 W. Northern Ave.
Mesa: Mesa Corps Community Center, 241 E. Sixth St.
Phoenix:
Phoenix Citadel Corps Community Center, 628 N. Third Ave.
Phoenix Maryvale Corps Community Center, 4318 W. Clarendon Ave.
Ray & Joan Kroc Center Phoenix, 1375 E. Broadway Road
Phoenix Family Services Office, 2707 E. Van Buren St., Bldg. 2
Surprise: North West Valley Corps Community Center, 17420 N. Avenue of the Arts Blvd.
Tempe: Tempe Corps Community Center, 40 E. University Drive
Other organizations offering heat relief
The Heat Relief Network is a partnership of different entities in Maricopa County that have put together resources to help people stay safe.
The Maricopa Association of Governments has created a map of where you can access water at https://hrn.azmag.gov/.
How to help: Our list of organizations that help with heat and those experiencing homelessness
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Clark County Public Health issued a swim beach warning after elevated levels of E. coli bacteria were found in Battle Ground Lake during routine testing.
Officials warn the bacteria can cause serious gastrointestinal illness when the water is accidentally swallowed.
According to Clark County, test results for one of five samples collected at the lake on Monday showed elevated levels of the bacteria, while the other samples shows bacteria levels within acceptable water quality standards.
Health officials warn against swimming and wading in the water and advise those who have had contact with the water to rinse off after.
Clark County will test the water again on Tuesday, June 21. Depending on those test results, the county may lift the warning or close the beach.
In the meantime, Battle Ground Lake State Park is still open to the public. Officials noted while fishing is permitted, all fish should be thoroughly cleaned before consumption. All fishing gear should be cleaned as well.
This comes as an E. coli warning was issued for Vancouver Lake on June 10. Health officials are also monitoring a “harmful” algae bloom but said toxin levels haven’t reached high enough to warrant an advisory. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/clark-county-issues-warning-after-e-coli-found-in-battle-ground-lake/ | 2022-06-17T01:32:48 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/clark-county-issues-warning-after-e-coli-found-in-battle-ground-lake/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland’s first Safe Rest Village opened this week in Multnomah Village at the Sears Armory.
The Safe Rest location at Multnomah Village is one of six villages set to open this year, despite concern from neighbors. The goal of these Safe Rest Villages is to get homeless people in Portland off the streets. There are 30 units at the site that will house between one and two people.
The villages are part of the city’s Streets to Stability plan. Sites will offer showers, bathrooms, a cooking space and social services to give residents stability to find permanent housing.
All Good Northwest, a new startup nonprofit organization, has been tapped by Multnomah County to manage the Safe Rest Village. | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portlands-first-safe-rest-location-opens-in-multnomah-village/ | 2022-06-17T01:32:56 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/portlands-first-safe-rest-location-opens-in-multnomah-village/ |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WBBH) – Off Kismet Parkway in northeast Cape Coral, Dennis Dove slides a silver toolbox toward the back of his truck bed. He’s getting ready for a little fishing.
“Cut-resistant gloves,” he said while pulling out some equipment. “These are my tools that I use.”
That even includes a heavy-duty winch puller.
“I hook both ends to something solid,” he explained. “To help pull whatever I have in the water out.”
But Dennis’ type of fishing is a bit unique. There’s no lure – no line – and no actual fish.
On a bridge overlooking the canal, he grabs a long rope with a large magnet attached to the end. He lowers the magnet toward the water, swings it back and forth, and then lets it fly.
“Oh, we did get something,” Dennis declared, pulling the magnet out of the water and up toward himself. “Piece of metal. Maybe a signpost.”
You’re probably thinking the same thing as the people who drive by him: what the heck?
“A lot of them come up and look at me like, ‘What are you doing?’ I say, ‘I’m pulling metal out of the water and cleaning waterways.’ They say, ‘Really?’ They look at what I’m pulling up and they say, ‘Thank you,’” Dennis says, chuckling.
The hobby is appropriately called ‘magnet fishing’ and Dennis has done it at bridges all across Cape Coral.
He’s found a whole lot more than just old, corroded signpost pieces. He brought along a few of his favorite finds, including a rusted samurai sword and what he believes is an old cannonball.
“I don’t know why this stuff is in the water,” he shrugged, laughing.
Some of his GoPro footage from previous fishing trips shows him pulling up larger items: everything from bicycles to riding lawn mowers.
“I’ve pulled out safes, I’ve pulled out flat screen TVs, I’ve pulled out lock boxes,” he explained. “Everything I pull up, I wonder the story. That’s the uniqueness about what I do.”
Dennis has created a YouTube channel to showcase his discoveries called SWFL Treasure Detecting.
And he’s not the only one doing this. There’s an entire corner of the internet dedicated to magnet fishing. One Florida man has more than 17,000 subscribers. Another man who appears to be in Wisconsin has half a million people watching.
“Magnet fishing has gone so big, so fast. It’s amazing,” Dennis explains. “I think it’s the mystique — not knowing what they’re gonna pull up.”
Every once in a while, he pulls up something that really surprises him.
“22 magnum,” he described, showing off a rusted gun he recently found. “Excitement! It’s just like, oh my. A gun!”
Dennis has found six guns since just October.
Brandon Sancho of the Cape Coral Police Department said people should call them if they do find a firearm while magnet fishing. An officer will come out and check on the weapon. Dennis has called CCPD each time he’s pulled up a gun.
“Just because a weapon has been underwater, doesn’t mean it still can’t fire,” Sancho explained.
“If that weapon, or whatever the case is, still looks pretty good and we can see a serial number, we can also confirm it with our records to see if, you know, we can actually use it to possibly help convict some suspect of a crime,” he added.
Sancho warned of Cape Coal’s new city ordinance, which bans fishing under bridges where signs are posted.
“The police are not really gonna give you too much of a hard time if they see you are just fishing. If there is no signage, you should be okay,” he explained.
Dennis urges anyone who tries magnet fishing to be very careful. The magnets are strong and can be tricky to work with. He also wears a reflective vest and says it’s important to be wary of the traffic whizzing by while pulling up items.
In addition to helping clean up the canals, Dennis says he earns about $100 every couple of weeks when he turns in the scrap metal that he finds.
Most of all, he says it offers the same thing as real fishing: time to relax.
“(It’s) very peaceful,” Dennis says, casting another magnet into the water. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/magnet-fishing-is-a-growing-hobby-and-a-youtube-hit/ | 2022-06-17T01:33:01 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/magnet-fishing-is-a-growing-hobby-and-a-youtube-hit/ |
BLOOMINGTON — A retired Chenoa pilot proudly flew on Thursday an old “gas-breathing dragon” above the Twin Cities and past its electric vehicle manufacturing plant.
Bill Thacker still hasn’t hung up his wings after about 30,000 flight hours and a 35-year career. After all, he’s been passionate about flying historical planes his whole life.
“It’s all I ever wanted to do,” he told The Pantagraph.
The Experimental Aircraft Association is partnering with the Liberty Aviation Museum in Port Clinton, Ohio, to showcase the Ford Trimotor 5-AT-B and offer brief flights to the public. The EAA said it was the first aircraft to be mass produced on an assembly line.
Thacker is one of 10 pilots who flies old planes with the EAA, which has Chapter 129 based in Bloomington-Normal. Flights are available through Sunday on a walk-in basis at a hanger next to the Prairie Aviation Museum in Bloomington.
In total, 199 Ford Trimotor planes were produced before Henry Ford ordered production to be halted “at the drop of a hammer” to focus on the Model A, Thacker said. Around six still fly on the regular, he said, and another six could be air-ready after a lot of work.
He said the Ford Trimotor was first designed in 1926, and model 5-AT-B, serial No. 8, tail number NC9645, was built in 1928. It took off on Thursday afternoon from the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington and made a 15-minute loop to the west side of the city with 12 people on board, including Thacker.
Ford Trimotors have worn several livery names over the years, notably nicknamed as “The Tin Goose.” NC9645 was first titled "City of Wichita" and has since been bestowed with Port Clinton’s name following the Liberty Aviation Museum acquisition.
Thacker said the Ford Trimotor is probably one the most important planes in history, because it was the first to be specifically designed for hauling passengers. Transcontinental Air Transport purchased the plane in 1929, ferrying passengers across the country in just 48 hours.
He said the Trimotor only flew during the day on transcontinental journeys, and passengers were transferred to railcars by night. Tickets were priced around $300, which adjusted to $6,000 today after inflation.
That was at a time, he noted, when there were no airports or mechanics located across the country. Additionally, pilots navigated by land markers, such as large concrete “Lindbergh arrows” or light beacon towers. One of the latter can be found near the former Green Gables restaurant, a Lake Bloomington icon that burned down last month.
“This airplane was flown over that tower many times,” Thacker said.
To Thacker, the plane being able to hit the skies just over two decades after Orville and Wilbur Wright first took flight was an incredible feat.
He also appreciates the basic simplicities of the Trimotor and its three reliable Pratt and Whitney engines, each boasting 450 horsepower. It has ailerons but no flaps that enable lower flight speeds. He also noted the interior looks very similar to a Pullman railcar.
Thursday’s warm and sunny conditions offered ideal flying conditions. No turbulence was noticeable on the trek, which was eerily similar to a modern flight, sans air conditioning and in-flight concessions.
Rick and Jeanne Tarro, of rural Crescent City, boarded the Trimotor for the Thursday flight. Rick Tarro said it was a smooth ride for a 94-year-old airplane.
“A lot smoother than what you’d think,” he added.
Jeanne Tarro said she’d go for another flight.
Thacker said he taught his two kids how to fly at his airfield at home. His daughter Jessica was recently hired to fly for United Airlines; his son Jacob works as a aircraft technician.
Thursday’s flight lifted the Chenoa flyer into good spirits. “I’m on top of the world right now,” Thacker said post-flight.
Contact Brendan Denison at (309) 820-3238. Follow Brendan Denison on Twitter: @BrendanDenison | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/historic-ford-trimotor-flights-taking-off-this-weekend-at-cira/article_02fa29aa-edc6-11ec-b151-83a0c04371b6.html | 2022-06-17T01:33:04 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/history/historic-ford-trimotor-flights-taking-off-this-weekend-at-cira/article_02fa29aa-edc6-11ec-b151-83a0c04371b6.html |
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