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It’s not only bringing visitors and tourism dollars, the Sunseeker Resort is bringing hundreds of jobs to Southwest Florida.
As construction wraps up within the next year, the resort will be hiring 1,200+ people for jobs like housekeeping, dining and even irrigation techs for the golf course.
“We’re going to be opening in 11 months,” HR director Jenny O’Brien said, “and it seems like a long time but it really isn’t.”
Sunseeker Resort has less than a year until guests are staying in their rooms for the first time. Before that can happen, they need to have a staff.
“Some of the positions we’ll be looking to fill will include front desk services, housekeeping, food and beverage, management positions, culinary, spa, fitness, finance just to name a few,” O’Brien said.
Economists report that filling many positions could be a challenge in a tight, competitive market.
“We have all these businesses trying to hire talent which makes the cost of employees increase,” Dr. Amir Neto said, Director of the Regional Economic Research Institute at FGCU.
O’Brien said being backed by Allegiant gives anyone working at Sunseeker a perk they can’t find anywhere else.
“One of the best benefits that we have as sunseeker employees and being part of Allegiant air is to be able to offer flight benefits for our team members. They will have an opportunity to fly Allegiant air to over 100 destinations within the US,” O’Brein said. “We are looking for some unique talented individuals that want to be themselves but really what’s important here is one that they want a sense of culture, that’s what we’re trying to build is a culture, and taking that culture to make memorable experiences for our guests.”
Right now only director positions are available online for arenas like security or catering. O’Brien says to expect more postings online later this year and early into 2023. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/sunseeker-resort-projected-to-bring-at-least-1200-jobs-to-swfl-next-year/ | 2022-06-17T01:33:07 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/sunseeker-resort-projected-to-bring-at-least-1200-jobs-to-swfl-next-year/ |
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Crisfield man convicted of murder in 2021 Salisbury fatal shooting
On June 15, Levonte Javar Martin, 30, was convicted of first-degree murder, second-degree murder and other charges in a fatal shooting in Salisbury.
Jan. 29, 2021, Levonte Martin traveled from his home in Crisfield to the Parkside Apartment complex located off of Glen Avenue in Salisbury. Once at the complex, he remained in the shadows for more than an hour while he awaited his victim’s arrival, according to prosecutors.
At about 10 p.m., Devonta Fagans arrived at the complex and parked his car in front of Building 506. When the victim exited his vehicle, Levonte Martin emerged from the shadows and ambushed Fagans, shooting him multiple times, according to prosecutors.
Following the shooting, Martin fled to a neighboring apartment complex, where he obtained transportation back to Crisfield. Fagans succumbed to his injuries during the early morning hours of Jan. 30 while at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional.
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Martin was also convicted of first-degree assault, conspiracy to commit first-degree assault, second-degree assault, firearm possession with felony conviction, illegal possession of a regulated firearm, handgun on person and firearm use in a crime of violence.
“Gun violence plagues our community," said Wicomico County State’s Attorney Jamie Dykes said. "My Office will always work tirelessly with our law enforcement and community partners to reduce violent crime and remove those who commit such violence from our community. This conviction will ensure that this defendant is never again a threat to the citizens of Wicomico County.”
Sentencing was postponed pending a presentence investigation. Dykes has previously filed for a sentence of life without parole. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/16/crisfield-man-convicted-murder-2021-salisbury-fatal-shooting/7651055001/ | 2022-06-17T01:39:45 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/16/crisfield-man-convicted-murder-2021-salisbury-fatal-shooting/7651055001/ |
Princess Anne police chief, Ocean City man injured in Route 90 crash
Princess Anne Police Chief Robert Wink was injured in a crash Thursday morning on Route 90 in Worcester County, Maryland State Police report.
Police said the accident happened at about 10 a.m. on Route 90 at Route 113 in Berlin.
According to a preliminary investigation, a white Lexus ES sedan driven by Bruce Albany, 75, of Ocean City was traveling west on Route 90 and tried to make a U-turn in front of an unmarked Princess Anne Police Department patrol vehicle, driven by Chief Wink.
Wink was traveling eastbound on Route 90 at the time of the incident.
Albany was flown by Maryland State Police helicopter to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center for treatment, while Wink was taken to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury for treatment, police said.
Assistance at the scene was provided by the Showell Volunteer Fire Department, Ocean Pines EMS and the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office. The Maryland State Police Crash Team is investigating the incident.
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More: Legendary Ocean City DJ Mike 'DJ Batman' Beatty dies after bout with cancer | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/16/princess-anne-police-chief-ocean-city-man-injured-route-90-crash/7650589001/ | 2022-06-17T01:39:51 | 1 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2022/06/16/princess-anne-police-chief-ocean-city-man-injured-route-90-crash/7650589001/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — An accident involving a car and train has left one person dead in Birmingham.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service Battalion Chief Sebastian Carrillo confirmed one fatality as a result of an Amtrak train and an unidentified car colliding at the 900 block of 17th Street SW. He also reported no injuries on the train and did not identify the deceased person.
This accident is under investigation by BFRS. Stay with CBS 42 as this is developing story. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/1-person-dead-after-train-collides-with-car-in-birmingham/ | 2022-06-17T01:42:53 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/1-person-dead-after-train-collides-with-car-in-birmingham/ |
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (WIAT) — The Vestavia Hills Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one person dead and two more people injured at a church Thursday night.
According to VHPD Captain Shane Ware, police responded to the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in the 3700 block of Crosshaven Drive just after 6:20 p.m. on reports of an active shooter.
Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the area. Authorities initially confirmed that “multiple people” were injured in the shooting but did not disclose how many or the severity of the injuries. It was later announced that one person was killed and two others were transported to a local hospital to be treated for undisclosed injuries.
A suspect has been taken into custody and authorities say there is no threat to the community at this time.
According to the church’s Facebook page, there was a potluck scheduled at the church Thursday evening.
The Mountain Brook Police Department says they are assisting with the investigation and are asking residents to avoid the area.
No other information has been released. Stay with CBS 42 as this is a developing story. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/heavy-police-presence-outside-of-vestavia-hills-church/ | 2022-06-17T01:42:59 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/heavy-police-presence-outside-of-vestavia-hills-church/ |
The Flagstaff Cinema Series is taking an "indefinite hiatus."
The the Sedona Film Festival, which had managed the Flagstaff Film Series, recently made the announcement in a press release.
"It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I write this email to let you know that we can no longer sustain presenting the Flagstaff Cinema Series and will be taking an indefinite hiatus," said the press release from Executive Director Patrick Schweiss, and the board and staff of the Sedona International Film Festival. "Unfortunately, the pandemic has made it challenging to get audience members back to the theatre with the numbers we need to make it affordable for us to present the series. Since we are a nonprofit organization, every dollar is important to continue our programs. Sadly, theatre attendance has not bounced back since the pandemic, and we are losing money every month. It is not a sustainable business model for our nonprofit. Therefore, we had to make the painful decision to end the series."
The Flagstaff Cinema Series in 2011 started its showing of screenings every second Wednesday of the month normally at the Harkins 16, offering acclaimed films from around the world that sometimes don't always make headlines.
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The Sedona Film Festival encourages film lovers and supporters to visit Sedona for showings.
"We hope you will venture down the hill and through Oak Creek Canyon to come to our films at our Mary D. Fisher Theatre, and soon our new Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre ... ," the release said. "In addition, we hope you will continue to join us at our annual Sedona International Film Festival the last week of February." | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-cinema-series-takes-indefinite-hiatus/article_cd26df02-edad-11ec-b9fd-1f378d2d12a2.html | 2022-06-17T01:45:50 | 1 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-cinema-series-takes-indefinite-hiatus/article_cd26df02-edad-11ec-b9fd-1f378d2d12a2.html |
Containment on the Pipeline and Haywire fires grew Thursday, as additional residents were allowed home and new closures were announced on nearby national forests.
The Type 1 Great Basin Incident Management Team (IMT) 2 assumed command of the incident Thursday morning after their arrival Wednesday.
Both fires had grown a little overnight. On Thursday morning, InciWeb reported that the Pipeline Fire was at 24,815 acres and 27% containment -- the containment number was down slightly from a day earlier because of burnout operations, fire information officer Mike Reichling said. The Haywire Fire was at 5,372 acres and 11% containment.
“A smoke inversion and minimal winds caused a decrease in overall fire behavior across the Pipeline and Haywire fires,” a Thursday morning InciWeb update noted. “Crews were able to take advantage of the lighter winds and continued a burning operation to lock off the northern progression of the Pipeline Fire.”
The fires are now largely driven by fuels and terrain rather than the wind, according to the update.
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Additional residents were allowed home Thursday after several evacuations had lifted the day before. A few areas remain at the Go and Set statuses due to the fires, including around U.S. 89 north of Wupatki Trails, as "the Pipeline Fire is still very active in this area and is in close proximity to private land and the Medicine Valley residences,” according to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office.
Actions on the fires Thursday included completing direct and indirect lines to protect watersheds and the Kachina Peaks wilderness and planning for potential spread on the Haywire Fire. If direct containment efforts continue to be successful, their plan is to shift focus to holding and securing perimeter lines.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday declared a state of emergency because of the fires and allocated $200,000 to the state emergency management department to help respond and recover from the blazes. This allows the state forester and other agencies to provide other assistance as needed and provide disaster relief.
“For a community still recovering from the path of the Tunnel Fire in April, this new blaze is a reminder for all Arizonans to be vigilant and safe this wildfire season,” Ducey said.
Also on Thursday, a second hearing was held for Matthew Riser, the main accused of lighting a fire on the Coconino National Forest this weekend, 80 yards from where the Pipeline Fire started. He remains in detention following the hearing, and will reappear in court next Tuesday.
Highway 89 reopened Thursday with continued lane restrictions, as tall, blackened trees lined the highway, some of which fell over from the fierce winds that fueled the wildfire in the first couple of days, Reichling said.
“It wasn't scorched earth, but it was burnt,” Reichling said. “It cleaned up the forest on the understory, so hopefully a lot of those trees will bounce back.”
Meanwhile, the Coconino and Kaibab national forests announced additional closures due to concerns about fire danger and public safety.
The closure of much of the Coconino National Forest north of I-40 continues to be in effect, with the addition of the Bill Williams Mountain area Friday and the areas around Pumphouse Wash/Kelly Canyon and Fisher Point/Walnut Canyon Saturday.
These closures will remain in place until hot, dry conditions are no longer expected to continue and until “the forest receives enough widespread precipitation to lower fire danger.”
Forest officials said more extensive or even full forest closures could come if conditions worsen. Campfires aren't allowed anywhere in the forests under current restrictions.
The rest of the national forests remain in Stage 2 fire restrictions, with the City of Flagstaff set to go into Stage 3 restrictions Friday.
Beginning Friday, this weekend is forecast to bring increased moisture, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms highest on Saturday. A wind advisory was issued Thursday afternoon and will continue until 8 p.m. on Friday. Flooding and dry lightning that could spark new blazes also are concerns.
“If gusty and erratic winds develop with these storms, there could be several days of more aggressive fire behavior,” according to the InciWeb page. “There should be an increase in humidity, so if the winds stay moderated, the changing weather conditions could be beneficial."
More about the fires is available at coconino.az.gov/2926/Pipeline-FireHaywire-Fire.
Felicia Fonseca with the Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pipeline-and-haywire-fires-still-burning-thursday-additional-closures-announced/article_bcff51c4-edd8-11ec-bfcc-7b1087725a30.html | 2022-06-17T01:45:57 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/pipeline-and-haywire-fires-still-burning-thursday-additional-closures-announced/article_bcff51c4-edd8-11ec-bfcc-7b1087725a30.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point — the largest increase since 1994. It’s an effort to slow the economy and fight back against rapid inflation which is running at a 40-year high.
Ultimately, the Fed hopes an interest rate increase will help to lower prices, but by raising the federal funds rate, borrowing money will become more expensive.
For one, it'll cost more to buy a home in a market with already-high housing prices.
"Housing really stands out ... the sharp rise in mortgage rates to almost six percent is really a big change in that market," said University of Oregon economics professor Tim Duy. "It's making housing more unaffordable for a bigger group of people."
Duy said that with already-high housing prices and surging mortgage rates, some people may wait to buy a house until interest rates or home prices fall.
As for other individual impacts, people could see car loan monthly payments or credit card interest rates rise.
"If inflation does not start to fall, the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates and hold interest rates high even as economic activity slows," Duy said.
As a byproduct of this, the Fed projects the unemployment rate will steadily grow, either through pauses in hiring or layoffs. ECONorthwest senior project director Bob Whelan said businesses will respond to a tightening economy.
"When demand goes down, prices will go down — that’s the hope, you’re slowing the economy and it will bring up the unemployment rate some, so find a job you like and keep it," Whelan said.
Banks may also be more careful about who they lend to due to increasing interest rates, so you may need a higher credit score in some cases.
Outside of the goal of lowering prices and curbing inflation, Whelan said the hike could have another positive effect.
"What it is good for is it will improve the return people get on their savings, which is important for a large segment of the population," he said.
The Fed projects it will raise interest rates multiple more times this year, which Duy said could create a high risk of a recession.
"They don’t intend or aren’t attempting to induce a recession, however it’s increasingly likely and I think they know it," Duy said. "Something of a rough patch is ahead of us."
Duy and Whelan both said the Federal Reserve waited too long to increase interest rates, and people should manage their money with the expectation that some savings may be needed later this year.
"Keep money in the bank, just build a little cushion for yourself to protect yourself just in case this does fall into a recession," Whelan said. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/federal-reserve-raises-interest-rates-oregon/283-c7852ad9-ca12-4194-b259-d25b2eb7cd93 | 2022-06-17T01:47:46 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/federal-reserve-raises-interest-rates-oregon/283-c7852ad9-ca12-4194-b259-d25b2eb7cd93 |
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The rumbling of passing cargo trains filled a tiny home neighborhood on the west side of Vancouver off Lakeshore Avenue Wednesday morning.
Fruit Valley Terrace is Clark County’s first tiny home rental community built for people transitioning out of homelessness.
“Once they move in, they can stay in,” said Chris Thobaben, executive director of Community Roots Collaborative, the nonprofit leading the low-income housing project.
There are 21 tiny homes and 39 people living there.
“The community itself is built around the concept that if everybody is sympathetic or empathetic to their neighbors, it would be an opportunity for them to heal and grow,” he said.
This approach to the housing crisis is different from what’s happening across the river in Portland.
As Portland's Safe Rest Villages begin to open, tiny home communities are also being built in Clark County. They’re transitional places people can go when they leave Safe Rest Villages or other low-barrier shelters.
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There are no background checks but tenants must be sober, make below 30% of the median income and be exiting homelessness.
“It’s a nice place to be,” said one of the tenants, James Walls. He moved into his tiny home about seven months ago. Before, he was living in his car and struggling to find a home in his budget.
“Rents have just gone sky high and I didn’t have any rent history,” he explained.
Now, he pays $650 a month for his own space.
“I have my nice comfortable chair right across from the TV,” he said, as he showed KGW around his living room.
Walls said a number of people at in the tiny home community have faced similar situations as him. They've struggled not because of drugs or crime, but because of other circumstances.
“The nice part is everyone has a unique little area to create and make their own,” said Derek Huegel, who runs Wolf Industries, the company that builds the 10-foot by 30-foot homes. “You feel like a normal citizen living in one of these houses."
The homes take about three months to build, and Huegel said his company can make up to 100 of them per year.
“It feels good to know that the system’s working,” he said.
“It’s just perfect for me,” added Walls.
Community Roots Collaborative has two more properties in the works and hopes to have about 23 more tiny homes completed by spring of next year.
The monthly cost for one tiny home is the lowest base rent for a one-bedroom in all of Clark County. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/tiny-homes-clark-county-help-people-street/283-056eac1b-089a-4c33-85b6-972e6078e2cc | 2022-06-17T01:47:49 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/tiny-homes-clark-county-help-people-street/283-056eac1b-089a-4c33-85b6-972e6078e2cc |
TRI-CITIES, Tenn./Va. (WJHL) – Frontier Health says the dire situation facing foster care in our region looks like children sleeping at social services offices while others are shuffled between homes and cared for on a night-to-night basis.
This comes as the number of children entering the system far outweighs the number of foster homes available to take them in.
“They could be sleeping at an office that night or a hotel room. That’s the hard thing,” said Alex Enriquez, a Frontier Health VALUES program foster parent recruiter and trainer.
“We need to get in front of the curve instead of playing catch up, which is what we are doing,” said Enriquez.
Frontier Health operates two foster placement programs, VALUES in Virginia and TRACES in Tennessee.
The great need stems in part from the pandemic, as fewer kids were seen by adults who could report abuse or neglect at home.
“But right now, there’s an influx of kids coming into the system,” said Enriquez.
Noelle Grimes is the director of children’s continuum services at Frontier Health. She sees the need for more foster parents daily.
“When children are removed right now, there is a shortage, a vast shortage of foster homes,” said Grimes.
Frontier Health’s placement programs focus only on “therapeutic foster homes.” This means the children seeking placement have trauma to work through, developmental or behavioral needs, or require specific support from a foster home.
“We give them extra training and support, how to do behavior modification,” said Grimes.
“When kids come to us it’s because they have an extra need, they’ve been through a trauma where they need extra therapies, counseling services,” said Enriquez.
Both say they do not want this to intimidate parents. Frontier Health programs provide 24/7 support for placements and extensive training on how to respond to the child’s specific needs.
Plus, having that support in a hard time is transformational for these children.
“They are able to see role models, they are able to see the family experience so they are able to grow and heal their traumas so that those behaviors don’t continue,” said Enriquez. “Every child is just one adult away from success.”
Enriquez added that without those positive influences, many children who are removed from their families have little to no pathway to success.
“The majority of kids that do age out of the system, I’d say about half, end up homeless immediately. They have no other place to go,” said Enriquez.
She added that a common stigma of fostering is that many people think they will get too attached and not be able to let go.
“You don’t lose them. You’ve touched them, you’ve changed a part of their life,” said Enriquez. “We’ve had some amazing teens that have come through our program and to watch them be able to succeed and have success is amazing.”
Frontier Health’s two licensed child-placing agencies, TRACES, and VALUES, work with foster parents by providing access to:
- Training and guidance
- 24/7 support
- Reimbursement for providing care to children
- Links to other services required
- Access to “in-house” services for their children, such as therapy and medication management with a designated therapist and psychiatrist
To learn more or to apply to TRACES (TN) Therapeutic Foster Care, visit their website here.
To learn more or to apply to VALUES (VA) Therapeutic Foster Care, visit their website here. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/frontier-health-in-critical-need-of-foster-care-parents/ | 2022-06-17T01:59:00 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/frontier-health-in-critical-need-of-foster-care-parents/ |
Ex-Higley High School teacher arrested, accused of inappropriate relationship with students
Gilbert police arrested a former Higley High School teacher accused of engaging in inappropriate relationships with two students after conducting a months-long investigation.
Aaron Dunton, 35, was arrested on Thursday, Gilbert police said.
According to a release from Gilbert police, they began investigating in April when allegations were made that a teacher was involved in a relationship with a 14-year-old student at Higley High School.
Dunton resigned when the allegations were made.
During the investigation, police said another victim came forward. They made an allegation against Dunton from when he was a teacher at Power Ranch Elementary, which is in the same district as Higley High School. The victim was 11 when the incidents occurred, police said.
Dunton was arrested and will be booked into a Maricopa County Jail. He faces four counts of aggravated assault, one count of tampering with a witness and two counts of contributing to delinquency and dependency.
Gilbert police are encouraging any additional victims or witnesses to contact the department at (480) 503-6500.
Reach criminal justice reporter Gloria Gomez at gloria.gomez@gannett.com | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert-breaking/2022/06/16/ex-higley-high-school-teacher-arrested-accused-assaulting-students/7654579001/ | 2022-06-17T02:02:04 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/gilbert-breaking/2022/06/16/ex-higley-high-school-teacher-arrested-accused-assaulting-students/7654579001/ |
Forrest R. Norton, 80, of Bandon, died June 11, 2022 in Bandon. Arrangements are under the direction of Amling Schroeder Funeral Service, Bandon.
Allen L. Boyd, 61, of Coos Bay died June 11, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Richard "Dick" W. Biesanz, 86, of North Bend, passed away on June 9, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of North Bend Chapel, www.coosbayareafunerals.com, 541-756-0440.
John S. Burles, 74, of Coos Bay and Lakeside died June 12, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com
June "Marie" Grant, 60, of Coos Bay, passed away June 9, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Thomas Michael Blaser Jr., 56, of Coos Bay, passed away June 11, 2022 in Coos Bay. Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131 www.coosbayareafunerals.com
Ernest "Ernie" W. Payne, 89, of North Bend died June 7, 2022 in Coos Bay. Cremation rites have been held at Ocean View Memory Gardens Crematory, Coos Bay under the direction of Coos Bay Chapel 685 Anderson Ave. 541-267-3131. www.coosbayareafunerals.com | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/june-17-2022-death-notices/article_ba5784d2-e8e7-11ec-9031-b32932d4b39b.html | 2022-06-17T02:02:10 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/june-17-2022-death-notices/article_ba5784d2-e8e7-11ec-9031-b32932d4b39b.html |
INDIANAPOLIS — Would it surprise you very much to learn that Dave Calabro’s search for your good news this week took him to a local swimming pool?
It was 91 degrees when Dave stopped at the Garfield Park pool, and he found people of all ages seeking relief from the scorching temperatures.
“It’s too hot!,” said one swimmer, no doubt speaking for everyone around her.
Another young visitor summed things up quite succinctly.
“It’s good that we’re out of school, having fun, enjoying our summer out here with our friends,” he said.
Check out all of the visit to Garfield Park in the media player above, and see some archived good news stories in the links below.
Looking for more information about places where you and your family can cool off? Here's a list of city splash pads and pools. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/good-news/good-news-garfield-park-pool-calabro-positive-uplifting/531-67fef410-0e91-47dd-8b82-66f93fb34468 | 2022-06-17T02:02:37 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/good-news/good-news-garfield-park-pool-calabro-positive-uplifting/531-67fef410-0e91-47dd-8b82-66f93fb34468 |
Not long before "Every Brilliant Thing" raised the curtains at the Lincoln Community Playhouse, Ashley Kobza searched for — and found — her inner child.
It was always there, deep inside. It just needed to be unfurled. And once she reconnected with those simple things that are often taken for granted, happiness returned to her in a flood.
"All of my work in the last two years has been about reconnecting with that inner child — who you were in your purest form," Kobza said. "And just being that again."
That's the essence of "Every Brilliant Thing," a one-person show starring Kobza and an interactive audience in 75 minutes of dialogue that runs the gamut of emotions.
It's poignant. It's funny. It's sad and at times tragic. Suicide usually is. And the impact it has on loved ones, we've learned, leaves lasting scars.
That's the takeaway from this production, which will wrap up this weekend with three shows. If you're in need of some happiness, some camaraderie — some perspective — consider a trip to the Playhouse.
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Written by English playwright Duncan Macmillan, it tells the story of a 6-year-old whose mother is in the hospital following a suicide attempt.
To raise the spirits of her chronically depressed mother, the youngster made a list of everything in the world that is wonderful — from ice cream to Sam Cooke — everything that brings joy.
"One minute you're laughing and next minute you're completely vulnerable," said Kobza, a native of David City who now lives in Omaha after stops in Ohio, Chicago and San Diego.
And the girl's list, originally made to save her mother, becomes her own lifetime pursuit, a never-ending catalog of happiness.
It guides her through her mother's suicide attempts — three of them, in fact — her father's inability to articulate to a young mind how someone could be unhappy enough to want to end it all, and eventually a means for navigating her own bouts with depression as an adult.
When her life was going well, the list continued to grow because it allowed her to focus on the positive, to see the good in virtually anything.
For Kobza, this play couldn't have come at a better time, even though Morrie Enders tried — and failed — two previous times to get it on the schedule since the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak.
The pandemic did a number on most of us. Without the opportunity to gather, we neglected the importance of human interaction, the need to connect with others.
"Having been through the last couple of years, (the play is) a richer experience for me and a richer experience for the audience," she said.
"Every Brilliant Thing" doesn't gloss over the hardships in life. It doesn't attempt to make you face adversity by burying the pain and replacing it with a phony smile.
On the contrary. It's a first step toward self-care. It asks us to confront our pain, to own it, understand it, accept it and, thus, mitigate it. With this mitigation comes power, the strength to be in control of our demons and more important, our happiness.
"That was something I was really trying to work on — seeking joy in my life," Kobza said. "… It’s actually processing your pain, sitting with your pain. Only then can you recognize it and realize all the beautiful things around you, and that’s been a big part of my journey."
Kobza was masterful in her storytelling and even more adept at pulling people out of the audience to play parts of instrumental people in her journey — from her father to a grade-school counselor (equipped with a sock puppet) to a college professor to the man who would become the love of her life.
The list, much like a life that is out of control, ebbs and flows — sometimes manically, depending on her state of mind. When life is brilliant and exciting, it's not hard to find those simple pleasures — the smell of eucalyptus, for example — that makes life wonderful.
It's that list that allows her and the man she loves to finally communicate this newfound affection, which spurs on hundreds, thousands more entries.
But when the daily rigors of life — from paying the bills each month to all of the pitfalls that come with love — create roadblocks, it systemically turns off the spigot to identifying life's little treasures.
It's only after the suicidal death of her mother that she comes to terms with her anguish and allows herself to become happy.
By the time the list is complete, it's more than a million entries strong. Some — like peeing in a lake without anyone knowing — are less germane than others, but they all reveal one undisputed truth.
There are countless joys in life if you look closely enough. It's your job to find them.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — One person is dead after a Thursday afternoon crash on Interstate 65 in Tippecanoe County.
Three other people were injured.
State Police said the accident happened around 2:30 p.m. just south of State Road 38 when the driver of a car lost control, went off the road and rolled over.
A passenger in the car was pronounced dead at the scene. The name of the victim has not been released.
Three other people in the car were taken to a hospital with what police believe were non-life-threatening injuries.
During the investigation, an ISP spokesperson said they determined that the driver of the car had a suspended license. After being released from a hospital, 49-year-old Melege Johnson, Indianapolis, was arrested a preliminary charge of driving while suspended causing death, a felony. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/tippecanoe-county-crash-leaves-1-dead-3-others-hurt-traffic-fatality-isp/531-121b6e80-af86-4b90-a617-e55472affaeb | 2022-06-17T02:02:44 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/tippecanoe-county-crash-leaves-1-dead-3-others-hurt-traffic-fatality-isp/531-121b6e80-af86-4b90-a617-e55472affaeb |
The blue shirts led lines of visitors through pallets stacked with cans of Chicken of the Sea tuna, boxes of Frosted Flakes and ready-to-go bags of assorted groceries.
Overhead, industrial ceiling fans with helicopter-like blades whirled while bright skylights illuminate the expansive warehouse at the Food Bank of Lincoln's new headquarters in northwest Lincoln, where tours — led by Food Bank staff — were underway.
"It's amazing," Laura Bell, the owner of Commercial Realty, remarked in front of one of the nine docks through which millions of pounds of food will arrive in the years to come.
"It's unbelievable," said former Food Bank CEO Scott Young on another tour through some offices. "We marvel about it, and we should."
Indeed, there was much marveling to be had on a day the community celebrated the completion of the Food Bank's new 60,000-square-foot office building and warehouse at 1221 Kingbird Road in a ribbon-cutting attended by Food Bank staff, city officials and those who donated to the more than $10.3 million project.
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The two-story, tan-colored building — featuring a large glass entrance — commands 7 acres of land adjacent to the busy streets that border the Lincoln Airport, a far cry from the Food Bank's isolated location near 48th and Superior streets.
The facility serves primarily as a distribution center where food purchased nationally and donated locally is briefly stored and shipped to sites in Lincoln and 16 counties in Southeast Nebraska.
"From this big, beautiful new building — 60,000 square feet of meaningful, purposeful space — we will be able to serve more food, get meals to those who need it, connect neighbors to resources and shorten the lines," said Steph Ledbetter, president of the Food Bank board of directors.
Last year, the Food Bank handed out more than 13 million meals (equaling 14 million pounds in food), up from 11 million the year before. During the pandemic, the organization's distribution sites — like a popular one at a former Perkins and at schools over the summer — became saving graces for those suddenly facing food insecurity.
In Southeast Nebraska alone, there are 57,000 people who face food insecurity. To them, Food Bank President and CEO Michaella Kumke said, food has turned into a combination of questions: Is there any? Is there enough?
"This facility and every thoughtful element involved in making it a reality brings us one step closer to helping answer some of those questions," Kumke said.
The spiffy new warehouse — named the Scott Young Hunger Solutions Center — features nearly three times more freezer and cooler space. There are nine docks, including three dedicated for semis, that will alleviate traffic jams that plagued the old spot, where there were only four docks total.
"We used to have semis waiting to unload," said John Mabry, vice president of fundraising and engagement.
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The skylight system in the warehouse provides energy-efficient, natural lighting, while south-facing office windows let in plenty of sunlight.
All 30 of the Food Bank's employees — who moved in in early May — have their own designated workstation, while volunteers have dedicated spaces to sort through donations and package food. There are also spacious break rooms and conference spaces with inviting green-and-white walls.
A capital campaign that kicked off in the fall of 2019 raised more than $10 million from 1,660 donors to fund the land purchase and design and construction, led by Sinclair Hille Architects and BIC Construction.
Marilyn Moore, a former longtime associate superintendent at Lincoln Public Schools, spearheaded the fundraising charge as committee chair for the Raising our Response to Hunger campaign.
To raise millions of dollars from more than 1,600 donors is extraordinary at any time, Moore said, but it was especially so in a pandemic framed by economic uncertainty.
"And yet, it's sadly those forces that illustrate the need for this building and this organization," she said.
The Food Bank touches many families through its Backpack Program, which sends food home with students in Lincoln and surrounding towns. Board of Education member Kathy Danek saw firsthand the need for space just by the demand.
"They needed this space so badly," Danek said during a tour. "This is truly the greatest gift we could give our community."
The grand opening drew many from the community: city council members, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, Chamber of Commerce President Jason Ball.
While it was a moment to celebrate, the ribbon-cutting was also a time to look forward.
"This building represents more than what the Food Bank of Lincoln has done in the last 40 years," said Ledbetter. "It truly represents what the Food Bank of Lincoln will do in the decades to come."
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Manchester city pools will open a week earlier than normal so pandemic-weary children can jump right into summer.
Manchester will open its pools today [Friday]. Concord will open on Sunday.
Concord will open only four of its seven pools to start the season after 16 lifeguards quit or failed their certification tests in the past week.
Amid a reported national shortage of lifeguards, Manchester Parks and Recreation was able to hire about 25 lifeguards to staff two pools, two splash pads and Crystal Lake, all of which will open for daily use today.
A third of the nation’s more than 300,000 public pools are impacted by struggles to hire lifeguards, either reducing hours or closing pools altogether, according to the National Lifeguard Association.
“We felt like it was a good year to offer the pools right after school,” said Janet Horvath, Manchester’s recreation and enterprise manager. “We are not out of the woods, but I feel like people are feeling the pandemic is starting to be behind us.”
Nashua has three full-size public swimming pools, two wading pools and one splash pad. A soft opening will take place Thursday, June 23, with a full opening later that weekend.
Bedford Memorial Pool will open on Sunday.
Manchester was able to fill all of its seasonal positions, which parks chief Mark Gomez attributed to “extraordinary recruiting efforts.” The city pays lifeguards $14.40 an hour.
The Hunt Memorial Pool on Maple Street, in one of the city’s most densely populated neighborhoods, will not open this year “due to ongoing mechanical problems,” according to the city website. The pool was shut down after being used for a half day.
“Together with consultants, we are putting together a proposed design for a replacement pool,” Gomez said. “However, this will be an expensive undertaking and no funds have been allocated yet for its construction.”
Lifeguard shortage
Concord will open Rollins, Keach, Merrill and Rolfe pools, with hopes of opening more once more certified lifeguards can start, said David Gill, parks and recreation director. The pools were selected based on popularity.
Typically, the city hires 40 lifeguards. Right now, it has 24. The city pays between $12 and $14 an hour, based on experience.
“Everybody is trying to hire,” Gill said. “I think people are choosing not to apply for seasonal jobs or they are focused on doing other things. COVID has kind of changed the work environment and people’s expectations ... and we have to take some time to figure that out.”
Last year, the city could operate only five pools because of lack of staffing. Gill remembers a time when the department had to turn away lifeguards looking for work.
He said lifeguard training classes weren’t taking place at the height of the pandemic and still aren’t drawing the numbers of interested candidates as before the pandemic. Certification is done through the Red Cross, which the city pays.
“We lost a whole year of young staff becoming lifeguards,” Gill said.
Concord is not alone in its struggle to find lifeguards. Signs outside Water Country in Portsmouth and local YMCAs are also advertising for lifeguards.
At Water Country, recruitment started in December because the water park opened in time for Memorial Day weekend for the first time in 30 years.
The hiring never stops.
“We want to build a team all summer long,” said Kathryn Nedelka, assistant general manager. The goal is to train lifeguards who will return each year.
To entice workers, the park bumped its wages to $20 an hour. The training requires lifeguard training through Jeff Ellis & Associates, Inc., which the company covers. Lifeguards must be at least 15 years old.
“We have a lot of people who this is their first job,” Nedelka said.
Besides rehiring from past summers, the recruitment efforts include a referral bonus program and paid training.
Water Country lifeguards rotate among the park’s 20 pools, slides and play areas.
“We keep you moving,” Nedelka said. “It is different every day. It is not the same attraction and you work with different people.”
The park has filled 80% to 85% of its 300 summer jobs.
“As school releases, we have a pickup” in applications, she said.
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Concord’s Gill expects the pools to be busy this summer. The city’s pools have been running since the 1930s.
“They are free for Concord residents. You don’t need to pay to get in. It is part of your taxes,” Gill said. “A lot of municipal pools you have to pay a small fee. It just adds to the quality of life. Every neighborhood has a pool.”
The activities include swim lessons and neighborhood swim teams.
“I think people are staying local with inflation and the prices of everything from gas to food,” he said. “We anticipate more people will stay close to home and use the parks more than they would.”
The pools in Manchester become a place where many children learn how to swim, Horvath said.
The city runs a Fun in the Sun summer program, which includes group swim lessons, and holds private lessons at Livingston Park.
“Pools definitely bring out the happiness in people,” she said. “I think from a health and wellness standpoint they are sort of essential in the summertime.” | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/cities-town-get-ready-to-open-pools-lifeguard-shortages-cause-some-closures/article_78957234-c9c6-589d-955d-1120f57391cc.html | 2022-06-17T02:02:48 | 1 | https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/cities-town-get-ready-to-open-pools-lifeguard-shortages-cause-some-closures/article_78957234-c9c6-589d-955d-1120f57391cc.html |
GREENSBORO — A divided Guilford County Board of Commissioners approved an $861 million budget Thursday night that will mean higher tax bills for most property owners.
By a vote of 6-3 along party lines, the board approved the fiscal year 2022-23 budget with a tax rate of 73.05 cents per $100 of taxable value. The revenue neutral tax rate — where the board would raise the same amount of money as in fiscal year 2021-22 — would have been 59.54 cents.
For the average median home valued at $241,750, the property tax bill would increase by $418 under the current tax rate when compared with the revenue-neutral rate.
The county’s real property tax base rose by 31% as a result of the recent reappraisal process, which means most property owners will pay more because the value went up.
The approved budget includes nearly $255 million for Guilford County Schools. That figure includes a $3.2 million increase over what County Manager Michael Halford had recommended to boost supplemental pay for principals and assistant principals.
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Other budget-related items include:
• $2 million to provide a 5% 401(k) benefit contribution to all non-sworn eligible county employees with no required employee matching funds. Sworn law enforcement officers were already receiving this contribution.
• $550,000 to reinstate longevity pay for employees hired after July 1, 2011.
• $360,000 for the County Attorney’s Office, including three new positions.
• A $1,000 increase in the previously approved $4,000 retention bonus program for law enforcement, detention and emergency services. The budget expands the positions eligible for this bonus in the latter two areas.
• $19.7 million for GTCC, a $1.6 million increase over fiscal year 2022 for operating and capital needs.
• $50 million for future education capital needs based on the $1.7 billion voter-approved bond referendum passed on May 17.
• $2.6 million for the county’s rainy day fund to cover unexpected emergencies.
The budget includes 51 new positions, some of which are partially or fully funded by state and federal tax dollars.
The budget also removes funding for economic development organizations and the International Civil Rights Center & Museum to ensure compliance with state law in cases where commissioners are on nonprofit boards. That funding and an additional $270,000 will go to such organizations as Cure Violence, the African American Atelier, East Greensboro Now (formerly East Market Street Development Corp.), Crimestoppers and Senior Resources of Guilford.
The board also approved spending $98,000 from the county’s $104 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to expand an eviction court clinic that supports people facing an eviction.
“I think that the people in our community have elected us to make an investment in our community and this budget absolutely does that,” said Commissioner Mary Beth Murphy, a Democrat.
Her GOP counterparts on the board disagreed.
“This budget includes the largest tax increase in the history of Guilford County at a time where many people are struggling more than ever to put gas in their vehicles, food on the table and a roof over their heads,” Republican Commissioner James Upchurch said.
Fellow Republican Commissioner Alan Perdue added: “There's a lot of things in here that could have been put off as we have to do in our personal budget sometimes."
The new fiscal year begins July 1.
In other news, the board unanimously voted to hire Andrea Leslie-Fite as the new county attorney. Leslie-Fite most recently served as Shelby's city attorney and will start Aug. 22. She will get a $225,000 annual salary and $10,000 for moving expenses.
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VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — Three people were shot inside a church in Vestavia Hills, AL on Thursday evening and a shooting suspect has been taken into custody, police said. The latest report is that two people are hospitalized and one has died. The identities of the victims has not been released, nor has the name of the suspect.
There is no additional threat to either the community of Vestavia Hills or the neighboring community of Melton, according to police.
The shooting took place at Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills on Thursday. A police statement said authorities received a call reporting an active shooter at 6:22 p.m. at the church and rushed to the scene.
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PHOENIX — Stacey Champion is trying to prove a point.
She and other fellow advocates took to the sidewalk Thursday afternoon with temperature guns to try and highlight the difference between pavement and shaded areas.
"We as a society and as a city, county, state tend to be incredibly reactive versus proactive," she said. "We know it’s going to be scorching hot every single year."
She's calling on local governments to do more to provide access to cool spaces, especially for the homeless population. Her concern is that heat-related deaths in Phoenix will continue rising after an already record-breaking year in 2021.
Data from Maricopa County shows 338 heat deaths in 2021. Of that number, 125 deaths were considered to be people experiencing homelessness.
So far this year Maricopa County data shows one heat death and at least 29 under investigation and this is just the start of summer.
"These are preventable deaths," Champion said.
She planned her press conference Thursday in front of the gated-off Carnegie Library in Phoenix, just a block away from the city's largest homeless encampment. She wants to see spaces like that open up to increase access to shade and greenspace.
The City of Phoenix said it's taking steps to try and combat heat deaths, especially among the unsheltered population.
"We know that heat-related death is higher in that population," said David Hondula. "Two to three hundred times higher."
Hondula helms the city's new Office of Heat Response and Mitigation.
The city has been working with partners to add more cooling shelters and now caseworkers help with outreach to better connect people to resources.
Hondula said a lot of his efforts have been focused on outreach. He said some people, especially those new to homelessness, aren't aware of what resources are currently out there.
"We’ve got a lot of work to do to get the word out and we think boots on the ground is a really important way to do that," Hondula said.
He also added that the city is offering free rides to cooling stations, thanks to a grant from APS. The new service is available to anyone and residents can get a free ride to a cooling station by calling 211.
The city is also working to identify more properties that can be turned into shade or shelter, a move Champion thinks will be necessary to reduce heat-related deaths.
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PHOENIX — Summer in Arizona is known for its high temperatures, monsoon storms, and mosquitoes. A new Maricopa County website is aimed at helping residents "Fight the Bite."
The new website has different tips about ways residents can protect themselves from bites and how to reduce the mosquito population around the Valley.
Not only are mosquito bites irritating, but they can also lead to disease or become fatal. For example, the West Nile Virus is transmitted through a mosquito bite, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About one in five people will feel symptoms such as a fever. Most people do not feel sick if infected, but some serious cases could lead to severe symptoms and sometimes death.
In Maricopa County, more than 1,400 cases of the virus were reported last year, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
In order for residents to "fight the bite," the site encourages people to remember the four Rs:
- Repel
- Remove
- Repair
- Remind
Residents can navigate through the site and learn how to protect themselves from mosquito-borne diseases.
Here are some of those tips:
- Use an EPA-registered repellent if going outside during dusk or dawn
- Getting rid of any standing water to prevent mosquito breeding
- Always telling family and friends about ways to prevent mosquito bites
The website also provides information regarding mosquito surveillance data compiled by Maricopa County Environmental Services. Residents have access to mosquito-borne disease surveillance data as well as seeing where mosquito traps are in their area.
Even though mosquitoes are active year-round in Arizona, they are more abundant between October and March, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. Arizona is home to over 40 species of mosquitoes, but only some of them spread disease to humans.
For more information and prevention tips visit: fightthebitemaricopa.org.
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PHOENIX — Being a lifeguard is more than just sitting on a highchair, telling kids to walk and not run around the pool and soaking up some sun.
“This job is a very big responsibility, and it has a lot of life lessons that you’ll carry on for a long time,” said Ashley Brown, a lifeguard and swim instructor for the City of Phoenix.
Brown has been a lifeguard for three years and recommends it to any teen looking for a great first job. Teens interested in becoming a lifeguard here in the Valley are in luck because the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation is offering a free lifeguard certification program.
The program is sponsored by Cigna Healthcare and is designed to teach teens water safety, CPR, and leadership skills.
The Junior Lifeguard Program is open to 14- and 15-year-olds. The Lifeguard Academy program is for teens 15 through 17 years of age. The main difference between the two programs is that Lifeguard Academy teens can become lifeguard certified.
Both programs will start on June 20. The Junior Lifeguard Program will end on July 23, while the Lifeguard Academy teens will be able to get formal certification training and end on Aug. 7. There are still some spots open and teens can register here.
“They get to work on their swimming skills, they get to work on treading water, they get to work on learning how to do a rescue,” said Becky Kirk, aquatics supervisor with the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department. “The three times they meet during the week is really geared at giving the participants the taste of what it’s like to be a lifeguard.”
Kirk said teens need to be 15 years old in order to get certified. Even though the younger teens in the junior program won’t get certified, they are still gaining valuable water safety lessons, Kirk said.
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There are some prerequisites that teens need to pass before they can take the lifeguard course, Kirk said. Teens need to swim continuously for 300 yards (about 12 laps in a 25-yard pool), tread water for 60 seconds without using their hands and bring up a 10-pound brick from the bottom of the pool.
Kirk said after they successfully complete these tasks, the Lifeguard Academy teens will take the lifeguard training class which is about 28 hours. Eight hours of this training is dedicated to online/blended learning where teens “learn really everything about lifeguarding,” Kirk said.
“Then, there’s a 20-hour hands-on in the water physical practicing skills, CPR, first aid, learning how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator). And then of course all the water rescue skills,” Kirk said.
The training might sound overwhelming, and Brown said she felt nervous going through hers. Even though there is a lot of information and some tests to get through, Brown is glad she stuck to it.
“I know [so] many people have started the training and then they stop, or they get certified and don’t apply to be a lifeguard,” Brown said. “I would just say don’t back out and keep going. It’s very worth it.”
Brown has become friends with the other guards and enjoys snacking on popsicles and playing some pool games with her work friends when there is downtime. She said she used to look up to the guards when she was little and taking swim lessons. Now, she gets to help kids feel more comfortable swimming and rescue them if something goes wrong.
“This is probably one of the best jobs a teenager could have,” Kirk said. “It teaches them skill sets they need for whatever career they decide to choose [and] whatever path they decide to go on.”
Teens who get certified in August can apply to become a lifeguard for the summer 2023 season starting in November. For more information about the programs visit: phoenix.gov/pools.
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A truck fire caused delays and multiple lane closures Thursday on Interstate 95 in Richmond.
The incident started at about 1 p.m. near the Maury Street ramp, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation.
A traffic camera showed the front of a tractor-trailer engulfed in flames and black smoke coming from the freeway shoulder.
The northbound center, right lane and right shoulder were closed as first responders assessed the scene, causing a 4-mile backup in the afternoon.
Authorities gave the all clear around 2:40 p.m.
No injuries were reported, according to VDOT.
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Jubilation in June
Friday-Sunday
Richmond celebrates Juneteenth all weekend starting 8 p.m. Friday with R&B cover group Legacy Band performing at Dogwood Dell; on Saturday, local students perform in the theater production “Journey to Freedom” at 17th Street Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and on Sunday, the festivities wrap up with a festival and fireworks near Rocketts Landing at Intermediate Terminal, 3101 Wharf St., beginning at 4 p.m. The festival will feature the Elegba Folklore Society, local artist Bee Bouiseou, and The Hamiltones performing from their album “1964.” Fireworks start at 9:15 p.m. Free. www.rva.gov/parks-recreation/dogwood-dell
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Method Man & Redman
Saturday
Art of Noise RVA presents East Coast-based rappers Method Man and Redman on Brown’s Island. Gates open at 4 p.m.; show starts a 6 p.m. Entrance is at Fifth and Tredegar streets. $30-$75. https://thebroadberry.com
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"The Jimmy Dean Musicale"
Saturday
Country artist and entrepreneur Jimmy Dean, now deceased, is known for his music and breakfast foods. His life story from childhood to an extensive career is brought to life with singer Ronnie McDowell (below), Donna Meade and the popular Old Dominion Barn Dance. 7:30 p.m. at Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education, 11810 Centre St., Chester. $50. www.perkinsoncenter.org
Bill Vaughn
Diamond Flea Market
Sunday
The Diamond Flea Market returns with the theme “Dad at The Diamond.” The market features over 100 vendors, and in honor of Juneteenth, 75% of vendors will be Black-owned businesses. The Diamond Flea Market, held once a month on Sundays, is hosted by local shops The SPOT and Rotate VA. Vendors will sell everything from vintage clothing and sneakers to home goods and custom accessories. Noon to 6 p.m. The Diamond, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. Admission is free. www.diamondfleamarket.com
Malique McFarland
Juneteenth Festival Celebrating Fathers
Sunday
The Hanover NAACP and the town of Ashland are hosting their first Juneteenth Festival with live music, food trucks, wine tasting and vendors. The event will feature Bubba Johnson & The Gospel Gents, jazz by Glennroy Bailey, Robbie Cunningham performing an Al Jarreau set, line dancing with Kemel Patton, and more. There will be an interactive “Histories not told in the history books” from Black Hanover residents, Black authors reading their books and a kid-and-father project from Ace Hardware. To celebrate Father’s Day, all dads will receive a free gift. Noon to 7 p.m. Ashland Town Hall Square, 121 Thompson St., Ashland. Free. www.facebook.com/hcbnaacpva
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — The Little Rock Police Department is unveiling a brand new app, YourLRPD, which is available to download for iOS and Android devices.
With the rollout of the new app, Little Rock police become the first public safety agency in Arkansas to crowdsource tips and evidence in real-time.
The app is designed to streamline communication between citizens and the city's police department, with leaders excited for what the application could mean for the area.
Mayor Frank Scott Jr. called the app a one-stop-shop for resources and information connected to LRPD. He also said they invested in the app to foster better communication between the public and Little Rock police.
"As we talk about technology, we talk about transparency. We talk about more information for Little Rock residents, more information for our media as it's related to Little Rock, our capital city," said Mayor Scott.
The app partnered with Atlas One, which is a digital communications platform helping governments and public safety authorities across the U.S.
According to Atlas One representative, Jamieson Johnson, the platform has similar apps like YourLRPD in 10 other cities.
"App users will be able to view calls of service submitted to LRPD within a 12-hour window. More importantly, users may prefer to set up push alerts for specific areas of interest like your home, your work place, or your children's school," said Mayor Scott.
So when police receive a specific call within the areas that you've set up push alerts for, you'll be notified of the incident through the app.
Alongside the push alerts, users can also use the online messaging system within the app to submit crime tips. Furthermore, users can send pictures, video, and audio in real time if they are at the scene of an incident or have important evidence to share.
So, with all of that in mind-- how exactly does the app work? Here's a step-by-step look of what to expect:
- Download the free YourLRPD, on Apple App Store or Google Pay Store.
- Create an account and profile within the app.
- You can share your location or add favorite places that you want to track.
- If an alert occurs near your current location or any of the places you'd like track, the app will send out a push notification alert.
- If you have a crime tip or evidence, you can easily share texts, photos, audio, and videos with LRPD through the app.
If you'd like to remain anonymous when sending tips, you can use the hide identity slide that's available during messaging.
As for the inner working of the app, Maj. Casey Clark said the real-time data comes directly from their Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system that works alongside the AtlasOne programming.
"Our hope is simple. The more information we can give citizens, the more information they can give back to us in hopes of making a safer city and community [and] helping us solve crimes," said Maj. Clark.
He shared that people can report anything from illegally parked cars to crimes that they just witnessed.
They app allows them to send this info directly to an on-duty officer. This provides to the public with opportunity to see that the officers are being attentive and and know exactly who's responsible for responding to the calls people have.
The app tracks from 7 a.m. until midnight, which means you can get real-time responses from law enforcement through the app during those hours.
Current Interim Chief Crystal Young-Haskins spoke during the app's launch, for what she said was the last time in a public forum, as she's set to leave the department on Friday, June 16, 2022.
"This started with Chief Humphrey as a brain child of his. He brought it to the team and gave the task to Maj. Clark to be the gold champion for our department," said Young-Haskins. "We collaborated with the IT department, they did all the heavy lifting."
She said the benefits of the project comes in the form of increased accessibility and transparency, but above all, it aligns with their mission to build legitimacy and trust in the community.
"I hate that Chief Humphrey retired before it was brought into fruition, but this is just another testament to how progressive the City of Little Rock and your police department are in trying to make sure citizens have the information that they need," said Young-Haskins.
YourLRPD is another step in the city's commitment towards improving public safety and reducing crime in Little Rock.
If you download the YourLRPD app the privacy policy notes that the app automatically receives info "from your web browser or mobile device." This includes the name of the website "from which you entered our [app]...as well as the name of the website you'll visit when you leave our [app.]"
The info the app collects may also include your IP address and "data about your browsing activity" when using the app.
The application also collects data about location including GPS and IP tracking.
The app is free for download in the Apple App Store and Google Pay stores. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock/what-to-know-about-new-lrpd-mobile-app/91-f2710fdc-f497-4a94-aec8-08098bcbd6b8 | 2022-06-17T02:16:29 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/little-rock/what-to-know-about-new-lrpd-mobile-app/91-f2710fdc-f497-4a94-aec8-08098bcbd6b8 |
SALINE COUNTY, Ark. — On Thursday, leaders debuted a new five-acre solar facility in Saline County with hopes of being able to save tax payers a bit of money.
Three years ago, Saline County Judge, Jeff Arey and the Quorum Court stopped, and asked themselves what they could do to improve buildings across the county in an efficient way.
"That challenge by the quorum court setting that vision and then giving us the tools to be able to do that is really what started the idea for the project," Arey said.
He and others were able to 'flip the switch' and they officially made the Saline County Detention Center, a solar powered building.
Judge Arey said, the more than $6 million project will allow for future improvements to the jailhouse.
"Roofing needs that needed to be repaired to equipment for the detention center here in Saline County," Arey said.
Taxpayers didn't foot the bill for this project. The funds actually came from money that was saved because they used existing solar and water energy within the county, which allowed for them to be better able to save.
Alex Ray, Director of Business Development for Johnson Controls International, Sustainable Infrastructure in Arkansas said there are seven other solar facilities in Saline County and each of them have had a big economic benefit.
"We take them 100% renewably powered, [and] we are fixing their cost of electricity for the lifecycle of the solar facility," Ray said.
The solar array is made up of 1,482 solar ground panels with a 30-year power output warranty.
There are also roof mounted arrays on top of the Detention Center that have a 25-year power output warranty.
In total, the project will be able to offset 1.6 million kilowatt hours.
Buildings like schools and jailhouses traditionally use the taxpayer's dollars to power them.
Ray said that he's noticed, there have been more people interested in transitioning to solar energy.
"We are seeing that demand across the country and across the state," Ray said.
While the latest project has continued to save the people who live in Saline County tax money, Judge Arey said he is optimistic that in the future, this could help the Natural State become a solar energy leader.
"Arkansas can be a top producer in solar just because of where we are at in the country and how we work in the sun," Arey said.
The project also includes system upgrades throughout various county properties such as LED lighting, water conservation measures, HVAC systems and energy management controls. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/solar-energy-help-improvements-saline-county-detention-center/91-7139854b-1bd2-4da4-8d16-40badbe9c400 | 2022-06-17T02:16:35 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/solar-energy-help-improvements-saline-county-detention-center/91-7139854b-1bd2-4da4-8d16-40badbe9c400 |
MINNEAPOLIS — Inflation and supply chain woes are being blamed for driving up prices and driving down availability for products that millions of people use every month: tampons.
According to Bloomberg, the average price for a pack of menstrual pads rose 8.3% this year through May 28, while the price of tampons went up 9.8%.
Across the country, customers have reported seeing a shortage of tampons. In a Facebook post from June 14, the organization I Support the Girls shared photos of empty shelves in Washington, D.C., Denver and Kensington, Maryland.
"I wish this were a conversation that people were having more," said Dr. Rose Marie Leslie with Allina Health. "I think that we tend to avoid conversations around things like periods because it makes some people feel uncomfortable to talk about, but this is a really big deal."
On TikTok, Dr. Leslie has become a well-known source for relevant and relatable medical information. Her account, with a following of more than 900,000 people, has videos on topics from COVID-19 vaccines to vaping to reproductive health – even safety tips for getting eyelash extensions.
Talking about the public health effects of a tampon shortage, Dr. Leslie likened the issue to the recent baby formula shortage that left families across the country scrambling.
"I want to really emphasize that menstrual products are health care products. They're something that are absolutely necessary. They're not like a choice or something that's like just bought for fun," she said. "This is a needed health care product for half of the population [one week] per month."
In a statement to NBC News, Procter & Gamble, which makes both Tampax tampons and Always pads, acknowledged that some consumers may currently be unable "to find what they need" and called the current situation "temporary."
"The Tampax team is producing tampons 24/7 to meet the increased demand for our products," the company said. "We are working with our retail partners to maximize availability, which has significantly increased over the last several months."
A Walgreens spokesperson confirmed the pharmacy chain is currently dealing with a shortage, writing in a statement to KARE 11, "Walgreens works diligently with our suppliers to ensure we have supply available. However, similar to other retailers, we are experiencing some temporary brand-specific tampon shortages in certain geographies. While we will continue to have products at shelf and online, it may only be in specific brands while we navigate the supply disruption."
There are other menstrual products women can use instead of tampons, things like pads, menstrual cups or moisture-absorbing underwear. But making the switch isn't always the easy, preferred or best option.
Not finding the right size tampons can also pose problems.
"It's really important to have not only the size that fits you the best, but also to have different sizes if you need them, depending on how heavy your flow is," Dr. Leslie said.
So what can you do to avoid getting stuck without a tampon? If you're expecting your period, Dr. Leslie suggests buying tampons in advance instead of waiting until the moment you need them. You can buy online from a reputable site in the event your preferred products aren't on store shelves, but avoid buying from sites like eBay or other places where it's hard to verify what you're getting.
Also, don't use homemade tampons. Tampons are "made out of materials that are made for the vagina, rather than being made out of things that are potentially irritating for the vagina," Dr. Leslie explained.
Using things like toilet paper or sponges as a replacement for tampons can lead to bacteria growth and infections.
Finally, it's important to only wear tampons for the recommended amount of time, about 6-8 hours maximum, depending on your flow. Wearing a tampon for too long increases your risk for Toxic Shock Syndrome, a rare but life-threatening complication.
"I have talked with some people who have expressed a bit of concern about the fact that there aren't tampons that are available to them, or maybe the ones that they need aren't available, but it's not a conversation that I see [happening] as much on a broader scale," said Dr. Leslie. "And I think that problematic. We should be talking about it more because it really does impact people's health."
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Editor's note: The video above is from a previous report on Oct. 22, 2021.
A Tarrant County Grand Jury indicted a former Arlington police officer for the fatal shooting of an Addison man in October of last year.
The officer, Robert Phillips, was indicted on a charge of murder, a Tarrant County District Attorney's Office press release stated. That charge is punishable in Texas by five to 99 years or life in prison.
Phillips was fired from the Arlington Police Department two days after the incident, the release added.
In dashcam footage, Phillips is seen shooting through the windshield of Jesse Joseph Fischer's white Jeep SUV, killing the 40-year-old.
Arlington Police Chief Al Jones said he terminated Phillips' employment because he violated multiple department orders that include not shooting at a moving vehicle and only using deadly force when "protecting yourself or someone else."
The incident started after a 911 caller reported seeing a driver, Fischer, slumped over in an SUV in the middle of Pioneer Parkway. Police said the call came in as a medical emergency.
Body-worn video first shows a different Arlington police officer, who hasn't been identified, commanding Fischer to turn off his car and telling him "do not move this car" three times before Fischer drove off.
Phillips drives after Fischer, who stops again at Daniel Drive and Arkansas Lane.
At the intersection, Phillips tells Fischer - whose hands are visible hanging outside the window - more than 10 times to either throw his keys out of the car or drop his keys, which Fischer does not do. At one point in the video, Phillips can be heard saying, "This is not going to end well for you if you do not drop those keys."
Phillips also told Fischer he was "under arrest at this point."
After the two continued to exchange words and interact for a brief time, Fischer again drives away, followed by Phillips.
Fischer eventually drove to Carla Court, where the road ran into a dead end at a cul-de-sac.
At this location, police said Fischer made a U-turn and began traveling in the direction of Phillips.
The video shows Phillips stopping his car, getting out of the vehicle near his open door and pointing his gun at Fischer, who is driving his vehicle at a low speed towards Phillips' police car.
This is when the video shows Phillips shooting Fischer through the windshield multiple times. Phillips can be heard saying, "don't you do it," as he fires his weapon.
Police said the second officer arrived on the scene around the time of the gunshots and both began performing life-saving measures on the driver until paramedics arrived.
No officers were hurt, according to Arlington police. Arlington firefighters were also on the scene.
The second officer, who was not identified by police, was placed on administrative leave for witnessing the shooting, which Jones said is standard protocol.
No court date has been set at this point. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/former-arlington-police-officer-indicted-murder-charge-2021-shooting/287-72e0fda3-fba9-4e26-8b20-1e746d3a28f1 | 2022-06-17T02:23:09 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/former-arlington-police-officer-indicted-murder-charge-2021-shooting/287-72e0fda3-fba9-4e26-8b20-1e746d3a28f1 |
An investigation is underway after a man attacked three women in South Philadelphia in an incident that was captured on video.
The video shows three women walking along the 1200 block of Morris Street around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday as an unidentified man follows them. The man then attacks the three women and repeatedly punches them as they scream and call for help. The man then walks away after saying something to the victims. It’s unclear what he says in the video.
All three women appeared to be conscious and were walking after the attack. Officials have not said if they were hospitalized or how seriously they were injured.
Philadelphia Police told NBC10 they are investigating the attack. A Philadelphia resident said the man in the video later attacked another woman that night and was eventually arrested. Police have not confirmed a second attack however. They also have not yet revealed whether or not the man is in custody.
This story is developing. Check back for updates. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-man-attacks-3-women-in-south-philly/3273697/ | 2022-06-17T02:25:58 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-man-attacks-3-women-in-south-philly/3273697/ |
VALPARAISO — Porter County Prosecutor Gary Germann said his office will take another shot next month at convicting Porter resident Elon Howe on rape and incest charges after this week's effort ended Thursday in a mistrial.
"When there are trials there is always a risk of a mistrial," Germann said.
"It is unfortunate, but we do plan to retry the case," he said.
A new trial is scheduled for July 18.
An explanation for the mistrial was not readily available Thursday afternoon, and defense attorney Mark Chargualaf declined comment.
The case was being tried this week before Porter Circuit Court Judge Mary DeBoer, and closing arguments were scheduled for Thursday morning.
Jurors watched Wednesday morning as Howe told a detective during a videotaped interview how he attempted to have sexual intercourse with an intellectually disabled family member.
While describing how the adult woman "liked attention," Howe, 58, took blame for his actions.
"I'm the bad person," he told Porter police Detective Sgt. Tawni Komisarcik during the July 29, 2019, interview.
Komisarcik testified during this week's trial that her department was alerted to the accusations on July 10, 2019, and went to the local Fairhaven Baptist Church where the pastor told them a church member had been told of the abuse by the alleged victim.
The church member told police the alleged victim was helping out with day care at the church on July 7, 2019, when she mentioned she was Howe's "belated birthday present," court documents state. It was at that point that she described the sex acts and the pain it causes her.
"He stated that she (his wife) has not been giving him attention," police said. "Howe did not deny the allegations and said that he would try to be a better (family member)."
Komisarcik said the woman's responses reminded her of a 5-year-old child.
DeBoer ruled last month that the woman, who reportedly has an IQ of 48, which places her in the severely intellectually disabled range, is not competent to testify during the trial.
"It's been a gradual build up for a year or two," Howe said during his police interview.
When asked if his wife knew about the alleged abuse, Howe responded, "I'm not going to talk about that."
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Porter County Jail
Porter/LaPorte County Courts and Social Justice Reporter
Bob is a 23-year veteran of The Times. He covers county government and courts in Porter County, federal courts, police news and regional issues. He also created the Vegan in the Region blog, is an Indiana University grad and lifelong region resident. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mistrial-in-porter-county-rape-incest-case-prosecutor-said-he-will-retry-in-july/article_178e06f3-d297-505f-a307-5443cc747d81.html | 2022-06-17T02:30:10 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/mistrial-in-porter-county-rape-incest-case-prosecutor-said-he-will-retry-in-july/article_178e06f3-d297-505f-a307-5443cc747d81.html |
Around 6 p.m. first responders had North Main Street shut down between West 97th Place and Birch Street for the crash.
CROWN POINT — A crash involving a Lake County Sheriff Department’s squad car and a civilian vehicle shut down a stretch of Main Street on Thursday evening.
Around 6 p.m. first responders had North Main Street shut down between West 97th Place and Birch Street for the crash.
A police car was wrecked in the parking lot of Taco Bell at 1483 North Main St. A second civilian vehicle was in the center of Main Street nearby, with debris scattered on the road.
The police car had front-end damage and appeared to have crashed into a utility pole. The driver’s side of the civilian vehicle showed significant damage.
Lake County sheriff’s police, Crown Point police, Crown Point firefighters and Indiana State Police were on scene. ISP Sgt. Glen Fifield said state troopers are taking the crash report. The conditions of those involved are unknown.
Police have not yet released details of the incident as the investigation is ongoing. Drivers should avoid Main Street from the area of the Jewel-Osco to the Taco Bell.
2 teen brothers in caps and gowns returned fire at shooter outside graduation, court records say
Intoxicated driver asleep at busy intersection was on way to work, Porter County police say
Gary mayor orders immediate closure of night club where six people were shot, including two who died
County cops release mugs of all OWI arrests in May
Law enforcement officials arrest 46, clear 58 arrest warrants during Operation Washout, authorities say
Man accused of stealing from appliance store customers close to accepting plea, attorney says
Pavilion Grill & Restaurant brings lakefront dining, rooftop libations to Indiana Dunes
Man airlifted following injury at Chesterton Urschel plant, firefighters say
Veteran Sin City Deciples member pleads guilty to drug, racketeering charges
School Town of Munster approves new principal for middle school
Vehicle smashes through Schererville home in hit-and-run crash; police seeking suspect
14-year-old missing from Hammond, police say
Giant, life-sized dinosaurs, volcano to come to Harvest Tyme Family Farm in Lowell
1 in custody after brief standoff in Porter, police say
Accused identified in Porter County hotel shooting; status of victim updated
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Derek Gleeson
Age : 39
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204716
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Jusko
Age : 25
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204708
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dorothy King
Age : 57
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204713
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Theodore Kritikos
Age : 49
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204700
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; WEAPON - USE - POINTING A FIREARM; DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Miller
Age : 42
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204704
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rufus Balentine
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204719
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Brown
Age : 31
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204714
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Delores Dehler
Age : 46
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armond Earving
Age : 19
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204696
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Helen Amore
Age : 52
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204715
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Snead
Age : 31
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204816
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE - < $750; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Valerie Tuinstra
Age : 52
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204802
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Willie Wilbon
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204818
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davion Cotton
Age : 22
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204817
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keyara Green
Age : 22
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204805
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Harkabus
Age : 56
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204819
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Curtis Howard Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204804
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darrel Brown
Age : 65
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204810
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Blue
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204803
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Thomas
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204775
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Risner Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204780
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Erik Rodriguez
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204788
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Lisa Rosmanitz
Age : 57
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204792
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Santiago
Age : 30
Residence: Lockport, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204785
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Negrete
Age : 35
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204790
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dominic Pitzel
Age : 68
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204787
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Sharee Johnston
Age : 37
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204778
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jeffrey Francis
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204768
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jamey Goin
Age : 43
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204779
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Walter Evans
Age : 57
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204781
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ann Aquino
Age : 40
Residence: Westchester, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204773
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vanessa Ruelas
Age : 38
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204743
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: felony
Brooklyn Meeks
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204750
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roy Owens Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204741
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Guy Parks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204731
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deon Reed
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204759
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clarence Laurence III
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204733
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Phillip Lundy
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204730
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tania Madrigal
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204765
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kentrell Marsh Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204738
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Phillip Dyniewski
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204761
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Homan
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204755
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stacy Jones
Age : 30
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204740
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Giovonnie Kemp
Age : 23
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204751
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Katanya Cannon
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204752
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Warren Dixon
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204763
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERIN
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
John Hicks
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204753
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyatta Branch
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204764
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tammy Brown
Age : 61
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204739
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shawn Dalton
Age : 42
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204726
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Shea
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204746
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Antione Anderson Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204729
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Delta Wilder
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204734
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Silva
Age : 47
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204745
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Wilson
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204725
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ziemkiewicz Jr.
Age : 51
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204748
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Damien Ventura Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204694
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Walter Perez
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204724
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Katrina Reillo
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204723
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fred Parker
Age : 46
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204698
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Regino Torres
Age : 55
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204918
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Turpin
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204925
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Schueren
Age : 55
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204927
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stephanie Scott
Age : 34
Residence: Benton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204921
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryant Stratton
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204924
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Howard Sweet Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204947
Arrest Date: June 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Sanchez
Age : 25
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204933
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Theodora Koktsidis
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204936
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hector Mays Sr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204916
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Espinoza
Age : 25
Residence: Goshen, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204914
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dandre Hall
Age : 40
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204930
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE - CONSPIRACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cory Horton
Age : 24
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204937
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Hunter Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204929
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anna Craig
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204928
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joe Carter III
Age : 56
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2204923
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Julie Castillo
Age : 39
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204946
Arrest Date: June 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Imari Clark
Age : 20
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204920
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerard Coates
Age : 31
Residence: Tinley Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204950
Arrest Date: June 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adrian Wells
Age : 29
Residence: Springfield, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204894
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brittany Washington
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204893
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Benjamin King
Age : 37
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204897
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nikolus Morris
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204892
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ahdezjia Smith
Age : 26
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204886
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Herrera
Age : 65
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204888
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Keck
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204911
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kathleen Donaldson
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204908
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204868
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - BODILY WASTE; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Davierre Sanders
Age : 35
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204864
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dante WIlliams
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204863
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobby Quinn Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204865
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ramirez
Age : 24
Residence: Westville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204858
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Henderson
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204875
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE IV
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alex Moreno
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204856
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Earner
Age : 51
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204854
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER FAIL TO POSSESS INDIANA DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Ellis
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204866
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Philitpa Harper
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204867
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latoya Boyd
Age : 37
Residence: Hazel Crest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204873
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rollie Crawford III
Age : 67
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204861
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kelly Crowe
Age : 39
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204880
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dwight Moore
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204833
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ladarris Ramsey
Age : 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204838
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Roberto Soto Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204844
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tonesha Lewis
Age : 42
Residence: Kokomo, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204842
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Liggett
Age : 33
Residence: Loveland, OH
Booking Number(s): 2204841
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marta Marquez
Age : 47
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204843
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tristan Grant
Age : 24
Residence: Monee, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204837
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Korry Allen
Age : 34
Residence: Calumet Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204831
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Holly Anderson
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204835
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diana Davis
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204830
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone McKee
Age : 59
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204813
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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Ssssssssssay, did you know Illinois has a sssssssssstate ssssssssssnake?
Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation Thursday designating the eastern milksnake as the official snake of Illinois, following a campaign at the General Assembly led by Gentry Heiple, a 7th grader at Carterville Junior High School.
"I couldn't be prouder of our young Illinoisans, like Gentry Heiple, who have gotten involved in our state's legislative process," Pritzker said.
"I am honored to sign this bill into law declaring the eastern milksnake the official snake of Illinois. Gentry, may you continue to use your voice to advocate for change — making our state better one bill at a time."
According to the governor's office, the eastern milksnake is found throughout Illinois. It lives in fields, woodlands, rocky hills and river bottoms.
The milksnake ranges from 24 to 36 inches in length and has smooth scales, large blotches with brown or black borders and a y- or v-shaped mark on its head. It's not poisonous, and some even are bred as pets.
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The snake designation in House Bill 4821 was approved 104-0 in the House and 54-2 by the Senate.
State Sens. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, and Chapin Rose, R-Mahomet, were the only lawmakers to vote no.
The eastern milksnake is the second new Illinois symbol designated this year following dolostone as the official state stone.
Indiana does not have a state snake. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-adopts-new-sssssssssstate-ssssssssssymbol/article_1b00357d-5a1c-546a-8a64-ae8931a00496.html | 2022-06-17T02:30:22 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-adopts-new-sssssssssstate-ssssssssssymbol/article_1b00357d-5a1c-546a-8a64-ae8931a00496.html |
PHOENIX — State lawmakers lashed out Thursday at the state health director after a report said his department has failed to ensure that patients in nursing homes are kept safe.
They were particularly angry that none of the recommendations made by state Auditor General Lindsey Perry 30 months ago to fix the problems has been implemented.
In fact, it came to the point where lawmakers asked auditors whether the failure to investigate reports of abuse and neglect rose to the point of being criminal.
"That's a tough question,'' Perry responded to the special House-Senate committee reviewing the report.
On one hand, she said she found no evidence of actual criminal wrongdoing.
But Perry said it appears the health department had purposely put a system in place so that many high priority complaints — things like pressure sores, residents being left soiled for long periods of time, and abuse and neglect — were not investigated within the 10 days required, or not investigated at all.
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That was enough to get Rep. Kelli Butler, D-Paradise Valley, to have the committee direct Perry to consult with the Attorney General's Office to determine whether the failure to comply with the timelines to investigate high-priority complaints rose to the level of criminal neglect.
Perry said the question of whether that was done intentionally "would be up to a jury.''
Thursday's hearing gave Don Harrington, the acting director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, the first chance to explain to the legislative panel what has gone wrong — and what his department is doing to fix the problems. But his answers to Perry's report left several lawmakers less than satisfied.
"Tell me, since you guys are failing to do this correctly, why shouldn't we privatize this, take this money away from you and privatize that function?'' asked Rep. Steve Kaiser, R-Phoenix.
"I can understand your point,'' Harrington responded. But he said the department is "quite on our way to accomplishing'' the recommendations that Perry's office first made in 2019 to fix the system.
Harrington also said it was the departments "internal goal'' to fix the problems by the end of this month. And he said that every "high priority'' complaint that has come in since Jan. 1, 2021 has been investigated on time.
That response did not satisfy Rep. Joanne Osborne, R-Goodyear, however.
She pointed out that the follow-up report — issued last month — said the department inappropriately changed virtually all of its open high-priority complaints to lower priorities. That artificially extended the time for the health department to respond to those complaints from the required 10 days to a full year.
Osborne told Harrington that "it's going to have to be proven to us'' that ADHS actually did the investigations as required within the 10 days and was not simply finding paper solutions by reclassifying them to lower priority.
Perry told lawmakers that what Harrington told them is incorrect. She said her auditors found that a majority of high-priority complaints made even after Jan. 1, 2021 were, in fact, reclassified.
It is that issue of failing to promptly investigate that most bothered lawmakers.
High-priority complaints, those that are required to be investigated within 10 days, are one step below those classified as "immediate jeopardy,'' meaning there is an immediate and serious threat to health and safety. The latter have to be checked out within two days.
High priority, by contrast, is defined to include actual harm that impairs a resident's mental, physical or psycho-social status. It also includes hazards to health and safety that may exist and are likely to cause a significant problem in care and treatment.
Perry said the follow-up audit to the 2019 report found that 73% of the high-priority complaints the health department received still were not investigated within the 10-day window as required.
"There's lots of cases that are not being looked at,'' said Sen. David Livingston, R-Peoria. And he said this requires immediate attention.
"The residents in these facilities, some have parents who live here, some have children who live here, and some don't,'' Livingston told Harrington.
"Your department's responsible to make sure they're safe,'' he continued. "And if you're not out there doing even an initial review, that means you do not know.''
He was not alone in saying the health department is failing Arizonans.
"When they put these family members and these loved ones in the care of the state, they do not deserve to get the treatment that we're currently giving them,'' said Rep. Cesar Chavez, D-Phoenix.
Butler said the issues raised in Perry's report are about more than what happens going forward.
She asked Harrington what his department is doing to go back, look at all complaints that were not investigated, and make sure that the nursing homes where they originated are, in fact, safe. That means making sure the public reports on each of these facilities, which family members use to determine where to put loved ones, are up to date and have the full information.
Harrington, whose department oversees about 150 nursing homes, said the lion's share of the complaints at issue involve just four facilities, which he did not name. And he said his staff is reviewing those cases.
"So when can we expect this fixing for the public on this website?'' Butler asked. "What's the time frame, what's the goal of trying to have that done by?''
"I don't have a specific date on that,'' he responded.
That answer did not satisfy Osborne. "We need a date,'' she shot back. But Harrington said it isn't that simple.
The panel did agree that the health department should look into the issue of contracting out for nurses and others who can investigate complaints in a timely fashion. That would address staff shortages.
But Rep. Amish Shah, D-Phoenix, said it might not address the underlying problem: properly classifying the complaints as they come in.
"They still have to take that information and act on it in a way that only AzDHS can,'' he said.
"I want to make sure that even if we offer that solution (of contract investigators) it's not a complete solution,'' Shah said. "There still has to be proper processing of that.''
Chavez said there's another issue. He said he wants to be sure that whomever Gov. Doug Ducey taps to permanently fill the health director position understands that fixing the problem is part of their job.
But there may not be a permanent director.
Harrington has been interim chief since last August when Cara Christ quit to take a job in the private sector. Gubernatorial press aide C.J. Karamargin said the position has been posted, though he could not immediately say if anyone has been interviewed for it in the past 10 months.
But Ducey's term is up at the end of the year.
The health director serves at the pleasure of the governor, meaning whoever replaces Ducey could bring in their own choice. That could make recruiting difficult, if not impossible.
Karamargin said the lack of an official director, who would require Senate confirmation, is irrelevant, saying Harrington "has the full authority the position confers'' even without the title. | https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-lawmakers-was-lax-nursing-home-oversight-criminal-neglect/article_58bdb540-eddb-11ec-abb3-07f16db0ebf6.html | 2022-06-17T02:31:26 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-lawmakers-was-lax-nursing-home-oversight-criminal-neglect/article_58bdb540-eddb-11ec-abb3-07f16db0ebf6.html |
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LOS ANGELES — A Southern California regional passenger rail service announced Thursday that is testing technology that will use the West Coast's earthquake early warning system to automatically slow or stop trains before shaking begins.
The five-county Metrolink system said the technology is an advancement of a previous version deployed in September 2021 that sends automated messages instructing train crews to slow or stop but does not have automated braking.
The new technology is an interface between earthquake warnings from the ShakeAlert system and a system called Positive Train Control that is designed to prevent train-versus-train collisions, derailments due to excess speed and other dangerous situations.
"The combination of ShakeAlert and PTC is a true game-changer for Metrolink," railroad CEO Darren Kettle said in a statement.
ShakeAlert, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey, universities and other partners, uses a sensor network to detect the start of a significant earthquake and send alerts to the affected area before shaking arrives so that people and systems can take precautions.
The system's coverage area includes California, Oregon and Washington.
Positive Train Control uses GPS, radio and computers to monitor the positions and speeds of trains. It was designed to reduce accidents involving human error by automatically braking.
In addition to stopping trains that could collide or are going too fast, the system can prevent trains from entering tracks undergoing maintenance or heading in the wrong direction because of switching mistakes.
Metrolink said the new technology is being tested on its route between the cities of Riverside and Perris, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Los Angeles.
Metrolink operates on 538 miles (866 kilometers) of track in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. It had 12 million annual boardings prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
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.
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 weekfor 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.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/childrens-day-camps-california/509-225914b2-f5cf-4c8d-9fe2-563d77cf6e61 | 2022-06-17T02:32:20 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/calmatters/childrens-day-camps-california/509-225914b2-f5cf-4c8d-9fe2-563d77cf6e61 |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and six labor unions have struck a deal to give up to $50,000 in bonuses to keep juvenile prison workers on the job, as first reported by CalMatters in March.
Between now and next year, California taxpayers will pay about $54.5 million for the incentive payments, according to estimates by the Department of Finance.
The contracts represent one of the largest retention bonuses the state has ever offered to employees.
A finance department spokesperson said the agreements estimate that 1,019 direct care and 211 non-direct care employees will meet the criteria for some amount of bonus.
The Division of Juvenile Justice, which is overseen by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, is hoping the payments will help stave off worker shortages that have beset the agency since Newsom announced the division’s dismantling. All of California’s youth prisons are expected to close by June 30, 2023, sending youth offenders to county detention centers. The division is working to place juvenile justice employees in other state jobs inside the department.
“The stipends … are part of a thoughtful and purposeful process to ensure consistency and public safety throughout the transition,” Vicky Waters, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told CalMatters in an email.
The labor agreements will “support (the division’s) operations and the delivery of programming and treatment to youth…” wrote Erika Li, chief deputy director for the finance department, in a letter to state lawmakers.
The taxable bonuses have been in the works for months.
The money will be prorated and divided among those who work directly with imprisoned youth and those who mostly work for headquarters in Sacramento. Direct care employees — youth prison guards, plumbers, teachers and chaplains — could receive the full $50,000 if they continue working for the division until the planned closures. Non-direct care employees — deputy directors, executive assistants and nursing consultants, for instance — could receive up to $25,000.
The Division of Juvenile Justice has four facilities set to close, with most employees working in Stockton and Camarillo. In Stockton, where the median household income is $58,393, about 400 prison employees are eligible for the cash infusion to themselves and the local economy.
By law, if the agreement is more than $1 million in net costs per bargaining unit, the Legislature would have to approve it. The contracts are divided by fiscal year, and the first installment is only up to $5,000 per person.
However, next year, the bonuses will tally $52 million, requiring legislative approval.
“Some of the $5,000 stipends are already being disbursed to eligible staff,” Waters said. “They will continue in the following months.”
All of the unions representing youth corrections employees in the bonus negotiations made donations to stop Newsom’s recall last year. The largest contributor was the California Correctional Peace Officers Association, which gave $1.75 million, according to the Secretary of State’s website.
In a letter to the Department of Finance, Nancy Skinner, chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, said the new budget will require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to issue reports to the committee on how many employees qualify for the payments for each installment period, vacancy rates and the costs.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The dollar isn’t going as far as it used to, and that fact is hitting families on their bottom line. Food Banks in Sacramento, Yolo and Placer counties are reporting major increases in the number of people seeking their services.
Sacramento County’s largest non-profit human services provider, the Sacramento Food Bank, directly blames rising costs associated with inflation on the increased number of people seeking their services.
Low-income families spend roughly one-third of their monthly budget on food, said spokesperson Kevin Buffalino with the Sacramento Food Bank.
“Our neighbors are hurting and turning to our organization and our network of over 120 partner agency food closets for groceries during this difficult time,” the Sacramento Food Bank said in a statement.
The Sacramento Food Bank said it’s seen a 40% increase of those seeking services since March. Their partner agencies are experiencing the same, Buffalino said.
Costs are rising for these agencies as well to both purchase and move food. Grocery prices have increased 2.5 times since the pandemic began and gas now costs the Sacramento Food Bank 40% more since last July, Buffalino said.
The highest demand for the Salvation Army in Sacramento County is food, but the non-profit has also seen a major increase in those seeking rental assistance as well, said Captain Larry Carmichael, with the Sacramento Salvation Army.
Food banks rely heavily on charitable donations from individuals, businesses, and other partner agencies, Carmichael said. Fortunately, many continue to give and officials are still able to meet the growing demand.
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STOCKTON, California — A once, basic green-colored basketball court at North Stockton's Dentoni Park is now bursting with reds, yellows, greens and more.
Jacksonville, Florida artist Jason Tetlak was commissioned by the City of Stockton to transform the North Stockton court into a bright and bold piece of art.
"When I'm out here painting, people from the community stop by. I get to interact with them. I get to see people's reactions as I'm working, so it's real fun, like it's a whole different experience," Tetlak said.
Formerly working in graphic design for five years, he has created murals across the country. Two weeks ago, he painted a wall mural in Corpus Christi, Texas.
He also holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the "largest anaglyph 3D mural" done in Jacksonville, Florida featuring the musical group "The Beastie Boys."
His work has been featured on ESPN for a mural he did in Cleveland about NFL quarterback Baker Mayfield.
However with Dentoni Park, it's the first time he has painted a mural in California. It's also the first one he has ever done that is on a ground surface.
The theme of the mural is "California," including palm trees and the ocean.
Tetlak plans out his designs in advance on his computer.
"My wife makes fun of me all the time. She calls what I do paint by numbers. So, I come out and I draw everything out and then just basically go and fill in the colors," Tetlak said.
A number of curious onlookers stopped by to check out the mural Thursday, and all were impressed.
"The fact he's out here restoring it for the kids is amazing," said Elexys Lincoln.
Longtime neighborhood resident Jan Lagorio said the mural was "something that we all need."
Despite the amount work that goes into the mural, Tetlak isn't worried about mural's future once he leaves.
"I kind of just came to grips with the idea (that) nothing's permanent. Once I walk away, they can decide they don't like this and that they want to paint over it next week," he said.
Tetlak started his painting Tuesday, and he plans to finish it Friday morning.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-based electric car maker Tesla is facing yet another lawsuit, this time alleging a "toxic workplace culture grounded in racist and sexist abuse and discrimination against its own employees."
The lawsuit was filed Thursday by Tesla stockholder Solomon Chau of New Jersey. It also comes after the company has been hit with numerous complaints from former employees claiming reports of sexual harassment and racist abuse.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division, the suit claims California officials conducted a 3-year long investigation into workplace harassment and discrimination at the company, finding evidence that a factory in Fremont was racially segregated and that Black workers were subjected to racial slurs and discrimination.
It also cites a recent uptick in lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny regarding its treatment of employees amid an ongoing investigation.
"Equally troubling is Tesla's apparent refusal to cooperate with regulators by failing to produce complete and accurate employment and personnel records despite being required to do so by law," the suit states.
It also claims that CEO Elon Musk has directly advised Tesla employees to be "thick-skinned" when it comes to workplace harassment.
"Through the same channels he has used to announce Tesla products, relay corporate changes to the public, and comment on the financial status of the Company, defendant E. Musk has also made numerous sexually objectifying statements that multiple complainants have cited as direct influences on the culture of harassment they endured at Tesla," the suit continues. "Critically, it also appears from the Company's production of the Section 220 Documents that, even when presented with widespread claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination at its manufacturing facilities, the Board itself did little to address the misconduct."
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ODESSA, Texas —
Following hoax reports of an active shooter situation on Thursday, the Odessa Police Department is reminding the public what is at stake when a person makes a false emergency report.
The department said they think the false call made Thursday was part of a trend called “swatting,” in which a person makes a prank call to emergency services just to draw out officers to a location.
It is illegal to make false emergency calls, and breaking that law can carry serious consequences.
According to OPD, it could be treated as a class A misdemeanor, and possibly up to a 3rd degree felony, if it results in injury to an officer or emergency responder.
A 3rd degree felony could carry punishment of 2-10 years behind bars and a fine of up to $10,000. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/opd-reminds-public-about-consequences-of-false-emergency-reports/513-f85e444a-4f82-46f7-9222-6d549582b362 | 2022-06-17T02:48:37 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/opd-reminds-public-about-consequences-of-false-emergency-reports/513-f85e444a-4f82-46f7-9222-6d549582b362 |
POLK COUNTY, Iowa — The Polk County Sheriff's Office said a man drowned at Saylorville Lake Thursday.
They said the scene was near the Cherry Glen Beach area.
First responders said they received a call before 7:00 p.m. of somebody who had gone underwater and did not resurface.
Sheriff's deputies said the victim, an adult man, was a swimmer.
First responders did not release the victim's identity.
Stay with Local 5 on this breaking news story. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/drowning-reported-at-saylorville-lake-thursday-man-near-polk-city-iowa-sheriffs-office-deputies-water/524-4b38ae41-541a-4115-8c70-8e7a76664fd7 | 2022-06-17T02:49:42 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/drowning-reported-at-saylorville-lake-thursday-man-near-polk-city-iowa-sheriffs-office-deputies-water/524-4b38ae41-541a-4115-8c70-8e7a76664fd7 |
Florida artists are trading in their paint brushes for a computer mouse as they explore a new technology that lets them spread their art to a wider audience.
Juliana Anca picked up a paintbrush after seeing her sister do the same, and she never looked back.
Anca, a Romanian native who now lives in Orlando, specializes in large scale pieces for her clients.
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“In my opinion, art is meant to be seen,” she told News 6. “[Art owners] should have the opportunity to see that any point in time.”
That is, in part, why Anca is interested in a new digital technology that would allow access to art at any time.
But Anca would have to trade her paint brushes for a computer mouse, since digital art can be appreciated by anyone with an internet connection.
“Seeing artwork on the computer, it is just a different concept for me,” she said. “I am still trying to grasp the value of it.”
The tech? It’s called non-fungible tokens or NFTs.
“An NFT is a digital image that cannot be duplicated because it has, attached to it, a certificate of authenticity,” said Samuel Armes, the founder of the Florida Blockchain Business Association.
“For some people, it might be difficult to understand the value of a non-fungible token…but what if that image was your digital driver’s license?
“Something that could never be copied or duplicated or, more importantly, never stolen. This is what NFTs can bring to the world, and right now artists are at the forefront of exploring this new tech.”
Artists like Bari Lynn, who specializes in cubism fine art and currently sells most of her work through Instagram — but recently decided to give NFTs a try.
“I saw that the crypto and NFT space was really booming, and I knew I need to try it,” she said.
Lynn’s first NFT sold after a bidding war.
“It was super, super exciting,” Lynn told News 6 investigator Merris Badcock. “Then I made another one and the person who bought my second one was from Hong Kong, which is so crazy, because that was the whole point of me creating these NFTs: to reach different people all over the world.”
The trend is already catching fire. Artists have sold NFTs for millions.
“I met this artist…. he told me he made a few hundred dollars here and there and was barely making anything. Well, he started creating NFTs, and he made over a million dollars that year through NFTs.”
And while we can view it here on the TV screen, the actual image belongs to the person who bought it.
It’s kind of like looking at a picture of the Mona Lisa in a text book, versus seeing it in person at The Louvre in Paris. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/17/florida-artists-trade-paint-brush-for-computer-mouse-with-new-technologies/ | 2022-06-17T02:51:27 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/17/florida-artists-trade-paint-brush-for-computer-mouse-with-new-technologies/ |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings hosted a celebration Thursday evening for the upcoming Juneteenth holiday, which seeks to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States.
The Orlando event featured live entertainment, free give-aways and food trucks to celebrate the occasion.
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Demings met with members of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Initiative to celebrate freedom, equality and progress in Central Florida, also signing a proclamation announcing the creation of Juneteenth Celebration Day.
“I’m able to stand here as the fifth elected mayor of Orange County because I stand on the shoulders of many others,” Demings said. “Juneteenth not only recognizes the freedom of African-Americas, but it also promotes continuous self-development and respect for all cultures and ethnicities.”
Juneteenth Celebration Day will be recognized county-wide on June 16 going forward, according to the proclamation. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/17/orange-county-mayor-celebrates-juneteenth-signs-juneteenth-proclamation/ | 2022-06-17T02:51:29 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/17/orange-county-mayor-celebrates-juneteenth-signs-juneteenth-proclamation/ |
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The state of Washington started its Juneteenth celebration a little early.
Complete with food, music, speeches and poetry, state employees and community members marked the first state celebration of the newest paid holiday on the Capitol campus Thursday.
“This is an achievement. This is what we fight for,” said state Rep. Melanie Morgan, D-Pierce County.
Morgan was the prime sponsor of the 2021 bill making Juneteenth a paid holiday for state workers.
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day slaves in Texas got word they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier.
Morgan first introduced the legislation naming it a state holiday in 2020, but it did not pass until 2021.
Morgan said initially a number of lawmakers opposed the move over potential costs to the state. Adding a new paid holiday would cost the state an estimated $7.5 million, the governor's budget office estimated.
”When is it going to be cheap enough for us to celebrate those who have gone before us in these atrocities that were committed against them?” said Morgan.
During her speech at the official state celebration, Morgan noted Gov. Jay Inslee signed the bill months before President Joe Biden authorized the legislation making Juneteenth a federal holiday.
Washington is one of only 18 states offering its state employees pay for the day off. Others include Oregon, Colorado and Texas.
Morgan said she hopes that number increases by next year’s Juneteenth.
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BANGOR, Maine — Flipping a giant tire can seem like a crazy workout to most people, but doing it for a mile brings it to a whole different level.
Mike Laliberte plans to flip a 400-pound tire for one mile and hopes to beat his personal record of two hours and 30 minutes.
Some might be thinking Laliberte is a crazy man, but he’s actually doing it to support the Maine Veterans Project.
Up until July 4, Mike will be accepting donations for Maine Veterans Project with the goal of raising $22,000 in honor of the 22 veterans lost to suicide each day.
“To lose 22 veterans a day just to suicide, that’s not acceptable. We have to try to do better than that. Help out the best we can. My dad served in Vietnam. I have a bunch of good friends that have served. I’m just trying to do my part.” Laliberte said.
Laliberte will be flipping the tire down Maple Street in Bangor on June 25.
Donations can be made at the event or through his Facebook page. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-man-plans-to-flip-a-tire-for-one-mile-for-maine-veterans-community-charity/97-c3fe72cd-f6cf-448f-bfab-12ac70314acb | 2022-06-17T02:56:11 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/bangor-man-plans-to-flip-a-tire-for-one-mile-for-maine-veterans-community-charity/97-c3fe72cd-f6cf-448f-bfab-12ac70314acb |
Euless police are investigating a dangerous street “takeover” in which young drivers burned rubber, did donuts and spun out of control within feet of a crowd of spectators -- and officers seized video from one of the participants.
It happened about 2:15 a.m. Monday at the intersection of North Main Street and Midway Drive.
"You can see the dangerous side of that and the potential for what could happen,” Euless police Sgt. Scott Peterson said. “Innocent people who could be injured or killed is something we can't stand for at all."
When officers arrived, they say someone started shooting off bottle rockets.
One officer was hit in the head but wasn't seriously injured.
Similar street takeovers have taken place in other cities but police say this is the first time in Euless.
They don't want a repeat performance.
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"We will do what we can to seek justice and make these people answer to what's going on,” Peterson said.
Officers were able to arrest one 17-year-old. They seized his cellphone which contained video of the stunt.
Investigators say they'll use it to try to identify those involved.
"Just watching the video of what happened I was just in shock and awe that this is going on in Euless,” Peterson said.
Other cities like Dallas and Fort Worth have toughened the law, allowing for participants' cars to be seized.
At a “takeover” event in Fort Worth last year, police made 55 arrests and towed 30 cars. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/euless-police-seize-video-of-dangerous-street-takeover/2994524/ | 2022-06-17T03:00:08 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/euless-police-seize-video-of-dangerous-street-takeover/2994524/ |
A former North Texas police officer was indicted Thursday on a murder count in the fatal shooting of a suspect after a slow-speed vehicle chase.
The Tarrant County grand jury indicted former Arlington police officer Robert Phillips in the Oct. 20 fatal shooting of Jesse Fischer of Addison.
Phillips could be sentenced to five to 99 years or life in prison if convicted. It was unclear from jail records if he had an attorney.
Phillips was fired two days after the shooting for violating Arlington Police Department policy.
Phillips violated policy limiting when officers may put themselves in the path of a moving vehicle and when they may shoot at a moving vehicle, Police Chief Al Jones said.
Fischer had twice driven away from officers during traffic stops when he drove onto a dead-end street and turned his vehicle around, police said. Phillips stopped his vehicle, got out, then fired as Fischer drove toward him.
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Following the firing, 54% of officers in the Arlington Police Department signed a no-confidence petition against Jones.
In a statement, the Arlington Police Department directed questions about the case to the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/grand-jury-indicts-fired-arlington-officer-on-murder-charge-in-2021-shooting/2994604/ | 2022-06-17T03:00:14 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/grand-jury-indicts-fired-arlington-officer-on-murder-charge-in-2021-shooting/2994604/ |
Michigan State Police release more details on fatal I-75 multi-vehicle crash
Michigan State Police have released more details about a driver killed in a multi-vehicle crash Wednesday on Interstate 75 in southwest Detroit that prompted a lengthy road closure.
A 74-year-old man from Cadillac was in a pickup that caught fire after it was hit by a double gravel hauler near Schaefer, the agency said on Twitter.
His relatives have been notified, MSP reported.
His name and other details were not released Thursday.
The crash was first reported around 1:55 p.m. Wednesday on southbound I-75.
MSP said their preliminary investigation found the hauler first hit the pickup then struck a semi-tanker. The impact caused the tanker’s trailer to detach and topple onto a Dodge Charger that was on the freeway shoulder.
The Charger driver had a minor injury, while the two semi drivers were not hurt, investigators said.
As authorities tended to the scene, the highway was closed for nearly eight hours, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/16/cadillac-man-killed-interstate-75-multi-vehicle-crash-detroit/7655020001/ | 2022-06-17T03:00:27 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/16/cadillac-man-killed-interstate-75-multi-vehicle-crash-detroit/7655020001/ |
Detroit police seek suspect in fatal shooting on Outer Drive
Detroit police are working to find a suspect in a fatal shooting early Thursday in a neighborhood on the city's northwest side.
Witnesses told authorities they heard a gunshot near a home in the 4400 block of West Outer Drive around 6:30 a.m. They came outside to find a victim shot, police said in a statement.
A medic unit pronounced the victim dead at the scene.
"This is an ongoing investigation," the police department said Thursday night. "We have no further information at this time."
Fox 2 reported the victim, believed to be in his 50s, was shot in his vehicle while pulling out of the driveway and heading to work.
The station reported he worked for Wayne County.
Representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday night.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Detroit Police Department Homicide Unit at (313) 596-2260. Crime Stoppers of Michigan accepts anonymous tips at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/16/detroit-police-seek-suspect-fatal-shooting/7655091001/ | 2022-06-17T03:00:33 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2022/06/16/detroit-police-seek-suspect-fatal-shooting/7655091001/ |
SCRANTON, Pa. — The latest supply shortage to hit stores across the country is impacting women who menstruate.
There's a good supply of feminine products at Gerrity's on Meadow Avenue but some bare spots on certain brands.
"Women have their needs, we need them. They need to be here. It's a once-a-month thing. It's got to be taken care of.," said Rebecca Vargas, Scranton.
According to the Washington Post, officials say the shortage is because of inventory issues stemming from the high costs of cotton, rayon, and plastic.
Avianna Watts from Scranton says she learned about the shortage after seeing a post on social media.
"I saw it on Facebook. I didn't know about it until I saw that other stores with shelves completely empty. I heard that CVS went completely empty, too," said Avianna Watts, Scranton. "Luckily I stored up a couple months ago so I'm good for now but I don't know what I am going to do."
While many women can drive around to find the products that they need, some others aren't as fortunate.
"Period Poverty" refers to the lack of access to the necessary menstrual health products.
According to case workers at Catherine McAuley Center on Pittston Avenue, the issue affects one in five women.
"In our world, there is always a shortage of period products. Our women are often choosing between food and products," said Brooke Gunza, Catherine McAuley Center. "We have kids who miss school because their families can't afford the period products. We have women who miss work. It's our reality all the time."
Grunza says the center runs a program called the "Period Project."
It helps provide products and materials for women in need.
Grunza says the center has enough supply for a few months, but the fear is that donations will slow down because of the shortage.
"I just hope that when this is no longer an issue for the majority of the community the donations will continue flowing in. Whether it's monetary, so we can provide not only disposable products but also the reusable ones," she said.
Catherine McAuley Center case managers say if you find yourself stressed out by the feminine product shortage or the cost, give the center a call at (570) 342-1342.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/period-products-in-short-supply-period-poverty-period-project-catherine-mcauley-center/523-88393133-bb8b-4d8b-b59f-5ded69858ee4 | 2022-06-17T03:04:48 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/period-products-in-short-supply-period-poverty-period-project-catherine-mcauley-center/523-88393133-bb8b-4d8b-b59f-5ded69858ee4 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The ongoing struggle amid rising costs of food and gas is why Gov. Wolf is pushing for $2,000 in direct payments to Pennsylvanians.
"People are still struggling in all communities of our commonwealth," said Meg Snead, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth.
This money would come from the $500 million Wolf's Pa. Opportunity Program funded through American Rescue Act dollars.
"This money could be used to cover necessary expenses for essential items and services like housing, transportation, food, utilities, broadband and health care," Snead explained.
According to Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester County), Pennsylvania is sitting on more than $2 billion in ARP funds to help Pennsylvanians.
"For one of the first times ever, Pennsylvania is entering budget negotiations with a multi-billion-dollar budget surplus. I've heard numbers above $9 billion," she said.
However, House Republicans aren't on board with this $2,000 payout plan.
"This is the same bad policy coming from another Democrat to artificially prop up the economy that's led to the same inflation problems that we've seen across the country," said Jason Gottesman, PA House Republican Caucus Spokesperson.
Gottesman says they need more long term policy changes to drive real natural growth across the commonwealth.
"We need to make sure that we are spending in strategic areas and making smarter investments in Pennsylvania," he explained. "We need to make sure that we are saving that money to deal with these future economic uncertainties and we're returning tax payer investment into the commonwealth." | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wolf-administration-2000-direct-payments-inflation-harrisburg/521-0fa632bb-234d-40ed-ab9c-6a879682fa6b | 2022-06-17T03:04:54 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/wolf-administration-2000-direct-payments-inflation-harrisburg/521-0fa632bb-234d-40ed-ab9c-6a879682fa6b |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A celebration of diversity, on two fronts, will come to Portland this weekend as the city’s Juneteenth and Pride festivals are taking place on both sides of the river.
Both events will be on Saturday and Sunday, with more gatherings leading up to the weekend. Pride Northwest will be held at Tom McCall Waterfront park and Juneteenth at Lillis-Albina Park.
The events come with a common purpose.
“It’s a time for community and unity and for everyone to come together,” said Fatima Brotherson-Erriche, the crowned Ms. Juneteenth for 2022.
While African-Americans have commonly celebrated the holiday for years, 2022 marks the second Juneteenth recognized as a federal holiday, officially on June 19.
Still, Brotherson-Erriche says many people may not know Juneteenth marks the day when the last slaves were freed in Galveston, TX in 1865.
“I like to call it the real independence day of America,” Brotherson-Erriche said. “The entire nation wasn’t free until June 19, 1865.”
Pride Northwest returns to the riverfront for the first time in two years, delayed during the pandemic. Executive Director Debra Porta says, she worried for the safety of people in the community, as Pride can signal a visibility for people who aren’t in a safe situation to be out with their sexuality.
This year, the shadow from Coeur d’Alene, ID looms over the event after 31 white nationalists were arrested ahead of a pride event there, authorities believe they intended to antagonize and riot.
“Our community lives with the potential of threat every single day,” Porta said, “and Pride experiences some sort of push back, threat, or something, every single year.”
Juneteenth organizers tell KOIN 6 they have a security plan in place and are working with the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office to keep tabs on the event. It is similar with Pride NW and the Portland Police Bureau.
“We look really hard at the intelligence, the indicators, anything that would point us towards a significant threat and we respond accordingly,” said PPB Chief Chuck Lovell.
Lovell has been challenged with low staffing in the bureau for weekends where events needed additional security. He says they are staffed to cover the event, as well as what else may arise in the city.
“We want to make sure that we’re staffing those appropriately but, we still have to think about the city at large too. It’s a lot of flexibility, officers are working really hard with a lot of overtime,” Lovell said.
For the first time, the Bureau of Emergency Management is coordinating with Pride NW. Porta says, historically, coming together has always been a point of safety and that goes for this weekend as well.
“We have each other and there’s power in our togetherness. That’s where a lot of our strength comes from, and that’s never changed.” | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/power-in-togetherness-security-measures-planned-for-juneteenth-pride-fests/ | 2022-06-17T03:08:25 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/power-in-togetherness-security-measures-planned-for-juneteenth-pride-fests/ |
Man dies in third fatal car accident on Shreveport's Colquitt Road
A crash on Colquitt Road left a driver dead and the road blocked off Thursday afternoon.
This is the third death on this road this year.
Just after 2:20 p.m., Shreveport Fire Department received a call to the 3200 block of Colquitt Road. Upon arrival, first responders located a two-vehicle crash.
One person was found dead.
Over 11 fire units were dispatched to the wreck.
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It is unknown on how many occupants were involved in the crash.
On Monday, March 28, Joseph L. Jones, 42, was killed just before 8:30 p.m. after he was involved in a multi-vehicle crash on the same road.
On Wednesday, April 1, Jatavion Lewis, 23, died in a crash on Colquitt Road as well.
Shreveport Police Department is currently investigating this crash.
More:FBI offering reward for the identification of the suspect in the murder of Shreveport teen
Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times. Contact her at mboucher@gannett.com. | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/16/third-fatal-crash-colquitt-road-2022/7653695001/ | 2022-06-17T03:08:55 | 0 | https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2022/06/16/third-fatal-crash-colquitt-road-2022/7653695001/ |
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How long has it been since it rained in Las Cruces?
Editor's note: This story was up to date as of 7 p.m. Thursday. It'll be updated Friday morning.
LAS CRUCES - Rain clouds spat on parts of Las Cruces for a bit Thursday evening, enough for meteorologists to measure a trace amount.
The few raindrops, mixed with decent winds, were good news for area car wash owners, but the mere taste of moisture wasn't nearly enough to satiate the drought-ridden Mesilla Valley.
Still, the eight-hundredths of an inch measured at a site near the Organ Mountains about 5:30 p.m. was officially rain — the first rainfall here since March 22, when a few tenths-of-an-inch of rain fell near the Organs and rainfall measuring in the hundredths-of-an-inch fell closer to the city limits.
Eleanor Dhuyvetter, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Santa Teresa, said the 86 days between rainfall was the 12th longest period between rain in Las Cruces history.
The longest Las Cruces has gone without rain has been 126 days, in 2008, Dhuyvetter said.
Rain in the forecast
Dhuyvetter said Las Cruces can expect more relatively dry afternoon thunderstorms, and wind, through Sunday evening.
More:New Mexico's weather monitoring system is expanding. Here's what this means for the state.
The weather pattern will change heading into Monday, however, with stratiform clouds making their way into southern New Mexico.
Meaning?
"You could get clouds and light rain most of the day," Dhuyvetter said, warning that the forecast could, of course, change.
If we all wash our cars this weekend, maybe — just maybe — that forecast will hold.
Lucas Peerman can be reached at lpeerman@lcsun-news.com or @LittleGuyInATie on Twitter. | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2022/06/17/how-long-has-it-been-since-it-rained-in-las-cruces/65361574007/ | 2022-06-17T03:13:10 | 0 | https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2022/06/17/how-long-has-it-been-since-it-rained-in-las-cruces/65361574007/ |
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As part of the 35th annual National Cancer Survivors Day Celebration of Life, cancer survivors and their supporters around the world united on June 5 to recognize cancer survivors, raise awareness of the ongoing challenges cancer survivors face and celebrate life.
Gifts of Hope in Midland hosted National Cancer Survivor Day for the Permian Basin community at the Hope House -- 2006 W. Tennessee Ave. The event included a local cancer survivor speaker, Mallany Gray, as well as complimentary treats and refreshments donated from various businesses. Each survivor left with a donated plant from Casa Verde nursery.
With nearly 17 million people living with and beyond cancer in the U.S. today – and more than 43 million cancer survivors worldwide – everyone knows someone whose life has been touched by cancer, Gifts of Hope officials stated.
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Online: | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gifts-of-Hope-in-Midland-celebrates-life-17246782.php | 2022-06-17T03:13:59 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Gifts-of-Hope-in-Midland-celebrates-life-17246782.php |
Eight Midland ISD campuses will bring in an additional $7.7 million in state funding, according to the district.
The schools are Young Women’s Leadership Academy, IDEA Travis, Sam Houston Collegiate Preparatory Academy, Carver Center, Ben Milam International Academy, Bunche Elementary School and Goddard Junior High.
They are referred to as 1882 schools, a reference to Senate Bill 1882, which was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2017. The Texas Education Agency states that SB 1882 “provides incentives for districts to contract to partner with an open-enrollment charter school, institutions of higher education, non-profits, or government entities.”
Some campuses are partnerships with out-of-district entities like Young Women’s Preparatory Network (YWLA), IDEA Public Schools (IDEA Travis) and Third Future Schools (Sam Houston Collegiate Prep).
Others are district-run programs in other schools like Carver Center, Ben Milam International Academy, Bunche Elementary School and Goddard Junior High.
During budget workshops, Midland ISD board members learned about the expense of running those schools. MISD reports $37.426 million will be spent on “partnerships,” which is up from $35.902 million from projected end-of-year activity in 2021-22. Midland ISD reported the increase in expenditures is based on increasing numbers of students in partnerships. That includes grade levels being added at IDEA Travis and YWLA. MISD also reported an increased number of students in sixth grade and other classes at Sam Houston.
“The estimated expense line item for the partnerships is the total of salaries, contracted services, supplies and other operating expenses,” MISD reported. “Most school budgets are 75-80% salaries and the rest to operate the school/campus. The district provides a revenue estimate based on ADA (average daily attendance). The partnership then builds the budget for their campus. Once their board approves the budget, it is submitted to MISD.”
For the upcoming year, the 1882 funds account for 20.57 percent of the expenditures set aside for the partnerships.
Midland’s total proposed budget calls for $437 million in total expenditures, including $190.246 million on salaries and benefits, $153.944 million on recapture and $41.795 million spent on departments across the district. The partnerships line item is the fourth largest. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/MISD-budget-calls-for-37M-to-be-spent-on-17246968.php | 2022-06-17T03:14:05 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/MISD-budget-calls-for-37M-to-be-spent-on-17246968.php |
On Thursday, there were reports on social media of an active shooter situation in Midland, the possible shooting of law enforcement officials and even reports that people might want to avoid Midkiff Road.
As it turned out, those reports from the community were entirely false, according to the Department of Public Safety and Midland County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement officials responded to questions about the reports online, saying it was a hoax – the product of false calls by a man who could be “mentally ill.”
“All troopers and deputies are accounted for,” DPS Sgt. Steven Blanco told the Reporter-Telegram. “There is no active shooter or hostage situation. This is a complete hoax.”
Midland County and DPS officials provided more detail later about a person who called in a report of kidnapping and fired shots Thursday morning and was later taken into custody. The events included:
- Around 9:58 AM, a call was received reporting a kidnapping and shots fired.
- Additional calls were made stating troopers and deputies had been shot near the intersection of State Highway 349 and West County Road 320.
- Deputies from the Midland County Sheriff’s Office, DPS and other local agencies responded to the scene near WCR 320 and SH 349.
The Department of Public Safety later reported that calls stated the shootings took place near the intersection of SH 349 and West CR 320. The area, according to Google Maps, is near the town of Midkiff and in the vicinity of the Targa Legacy Gas Plant (not Midkiff Road in Midland).
The investigation, which included the Texas Rangers, revealed that there was no kidnapping, no shots fired, nor a threat to the public and the original caller – Lawrence Holley, 72 -- was taken into custody, charged with a false report inducing an emergency response, which is a class A misdemeanor, according to the county.
“All calls regarding both incidents are false," according to Blanco. "In addition, further information posted to social media regarding an active shooter or hostage situation are false. All law enforcement officers from the responding agencies involved have been accounted for."
DPS asked the Reporter-Telegram and other news media Thursday to help spread the word of the “hoax” to try to alert residents who had seen inaccurate reports. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Officials-Report-of-shootings-active-shooter-17247198.php | 2022-06-17T03:14:11 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Officials-Report-of-shootings-active-shooter-17247198.php |
The average gas price across the state increased 7 cents this week.
The story was not the same in Midland.
AAA Texas reported Thursday that the average in Midland dropped 1 cent this week. The end result was an average in Midland ($4.50 a gallon) that was not only 19 cents lower than the state average ($4.69) but tied for the sixth lowest of the 27 larger metropolitan areas AAA Texas surveys.
Last week, Midland’s average was the eighth lowest.
“The pace of pump price increases slowed this week, but price records were set in many areas,” AAA Texas stated in its weekly report. “Higher gas prices are due to continued strong demand along with persistent concern over tighter global crude oil supplies with the ongoing war in Ukraine, and the world cutting off Russian oil. Market analysts are watching how pressure from sky-high inflation and record fuel prices will impact demand in the coming weeks, noting it is possible that the recent interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve could slow demand and in turn cause gas prices to drop.”
West Texas was home to some of the lowest averages in the state with Odessa ($4.46) and San Angelo ($4.47) coming in with the fourth and fifth lowest averages, respectively. Midland and Lubbock are tied for sixth. The lowest average in the state this week was found in McAllen ($4.41).
Midland was one of nine larger metropolitan areas to show a decrease this week. Its average is up $1.53 compared to a year ago. That increase was the second lowest increase of the 27 larger markets (Odessa was first at $1.49). The state average was up $1.93 in the last year.
Other averages from across the region included $4.59 in Amarillo, $4.64 in Abilene and $4.82 in El Paso.
The national average was $5.01.
Lowest averages in Texas
(inside 27 of the largest metropolitan areas)
This week
McAllen $4.41
Laredo $4.43
Brownsville-Harlingen $4.43
Odessa $4.46
San Angelo $4.47
Lubbock $4.50
Midland $4.50
Last week
Lubbock $4.42
San Angelo $4.46
Brownsville-Harlingen $4.48
McAllen Edinburg $4.48
Odessa $4.48
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8. Midland $4.51
Source: AAA Texas | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Report-Midland-gas-prices-19-cents-below-state-17246321.php | 2022-06-17T03:14:18 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/Report-Midland-gas-prices-19-cents-below-state-17246321.php |
SEGUIN, Texas — Seguin City Manager Steve Parker announced that Jason Brady will serve as the city's next police chief.
“I am so pleased to announce the hiring of Seguin’s next Police Chief,” Parker said. “My goal with this search was to find a servant leader with strong leadership skills and attributes, that would carry on the reputation that our Police Department has worked so hard to build. It is humbling to see the respect that the Seguin community has for Public Safety and I did not want to do anything to tarnish that respect."
Brady has served in law enforcement for nearly three decades, most recently as Chief of Police and Emergency Manager in Rollingwood, Texas. Before assuming that role in 2019 he spent 26 years with the Corpus Christi Police Department, reaching the rank of Captain and serving as Patrol Captain, Hostage Negotiations Commander, and Public Information Officer.
He will take command of the 62-officer department starting in mid-August.
"I am honored to be selected to lead the exceptional men and women of the Seguin Police Department,” said Brady. “I am inheriting an agency with a reputation for integrity, professionalism, and a high level of community engagement. I intend to continue that tradition and strive to be worthy of the trust of our citizens and officers in this diverse and growing community."
A press release from the City stated that Brady earned a bachelors degree in criminology from Ottawa University, and a Master of Public Administration degree with an emphasis on Criminal Justice from Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi.
“I truly believe that Mr. Brady will continue to lead this organization in a positive and collaborative trajectory," Parker said. "In addition to his leadership capabilities, his operational experience in Corpus Christi and Rollingwood truly made him stand out as a top-tier candidate. We are proud to welcome Chief Brady, his wife and kids to our Seguin family.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/city-of-seguin-announces-jason-brady-next-police-chief/273-3944d8c6-4468-46c4-b6fd-9a42f945885f | 2022-06-17T03:22:31 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/law-enforcement/city-of-seguin-announces-jason-brady-next-police-chief/273-3944d8c6-4468-46c4-b6fd-9a42f945885f |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — It's been almost a year since millions of Philips CPAP machines were recalled. People who use the machines to sleep at night say it's been a nightmare to navigate and say they're still not getting a lot of answers.
FOX43 Finds out why it's taking so long to fix the problem and how many people may have died because of it.
Christopher Taylor used a Philips CPAP machine every night for about 7 years.
"I have this overwhelming fear of 'is today the day I'm going to find out that machine killed me?'" he said recently.
Taylor stopped using the machine last June, when his device and millions of others were recalled.
At the time, Philips said the noise-canceling foam inside the machines can break down. Those particles and gases from the foam can cause issues if they're inhaled.
Taylor said, "I had to go six months, maybe seven, without CPAP machine, waking up not breathing all the time, just scared to sleep you know."
He has a new machine now but is still fearful that using his old machine for years caused damage that he may not be able to see.
Since April of 2021, the FDA received more than 124 reports of deaths suspected to be related to the foam breakdown in the devices.
While the FDA investigates, people like Taylor have decided to take legal action against the company. He joined a class-action lawsuit.
"I'm going to take this all the way to the courts because my voice needs to be heard," he said.
There are reports of hundreds of lawsuits against the company and claims that Philips knew about the issue long before the recall.
Philips says "we're working as fast as we can."
FOX43 Finds Out Reached out to Philips about the recall and how customers are not satisfied.
We were sent the following statement:
"Please let me start by saying that we regret the concern and inconvenience that the June 2021 recall notification for specific CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilator devices may have caused for patients and care providers, and we apologize for that. This is one of the largest field actions in the medical technology industry, and we take the remediation very seriously.
We have established a dedicated team of 1,000 colleagues working under direct supervision of Philips' Executive Committee. We have taken a systematic approach to addressing the unknowns and expand production capacity. In an average year, Philips Respironics produces and distributes around one million sleep devices. In the meantime, we have scaled up production by a factor of 3, but inevitably it still takes time to remediate over 5 million devices. While we are working as fast as we can, we acknowledge that this is taking an inevitable amount of time, which has been worrying for patients.
More information on the recall notification, as well as instructions for customers, users, and physicians can be found at www.philips.com/src-update. Patients with affected devices currently in use are requested to register their products on this website to facilitate the repair and replacement program.
With regard to the latest FDA report that you reference, please see our most recent statement here."
Taylor says he has yet to be contacted by Phillips.
"We trusted in that company to give us a product from dying in our sleep that could kill us in 30 different ways or more," he said.
The FDA has been in contact with Philips since the recall, and right now it seems like the priority here is for Phillips to Issue an Order for Device Repair, Replacement, or Refund.
If you have a story you want Jackie De Tore to look into, FOX43 wants to find out. Send her a message on Facebook or send an email to FOX43FindsOut@FOX43.com. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/one-year-after-a-cpap-recall-people-say-there-is-still-not-fix-for-the-issue/521-1e77e7b5-96d6-4f9b-a907-5add674e1f48 | 2022-06-17T03:22:37 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/one-year-after-a-cpap-recall-people-say-there-is-still-not-fix-for-the-issue/521-1e77e7b5-96d6-4f9b-a907-5add674e1f48 |
SAN ANTONIO — Fire crews are working to contain a large brush fire on the far south side on Thursday night, according to the San Antonio Fire Department.
The fire is in a hay field on Roosevelt Ave. near 410 and 281, and crews are working to prevent it from spreading to nearby neighborhoods and businesses. Fire officials said that crews had surrounded the fire, but they will be on the scene for a long time as they contend with windy conditions.
The Nu Star Energy Terminal nearby stores 220,000 barrels of ethanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. The wind is blowing away from the facility, and flames are not visible from that location.
A spokesperson for SAFD said it was too early to determine a potential cause.
This story will be updated as it develops.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — The ongoing struggle amid rising costs of food and gas is why Gov. Wolf is pushing for $2,000 in direct payments to Pennsylvanians.
"People are still struggling in all communities of our commonwealth," said Meg Snead, Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth.
This money would come from the $500 million Wolf's Pa. Opportunity Program funded through American Rescue Act dollars.
"This money could be used to cover necessary expenses for essential items and services like housing, transportation, food, utilities, broadband and health care," Snead explained.
According to Senator Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester County), Pennsylvania is sitting on more than $2 billion in ARP funds to help Pennsylvanians.
"For one of the first times ever, Pennsylvania is entering budget negotiations with a multi-billion-dollar budget surplus. I've heard numbers above $9 billion," she said.
However, House Republicans aren't on board with this $2,000 payout plan.
"This is the same bad policy coming from another Democrat to artificially prop up the economy that's led to the same inflation problems that we've seen across the country," said Jason Gottesman, PA House Republican Caucus Spokesperson.
Gottesman says they need more long term policy changes to drive real natural growth across the commonwealth.
"We need to make sure that we are spending in strategic areas and making smarter investments in Pennsylvania," he explained. "We need to make sure that we are saving that money to deal with these future economic uncertainties and we're returning tax payer investment into the commonwealth." | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/wolf-administration-2000-direct-payments-inflation-harrisburg/521-0fa632bb-234d-40ed-ab9c-6a879682fa6b | 2022-06-17T03:22:43 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/wolf-administration-2000-direct-payments-inflation-harrisburg/521-0fa632bb-234d-40ed-ab9c-6a879682fa6b |
SAN ANTONIO — After months of cancelled concerts and a prolonged strike by musicians, the San Antonio Symphony will soon be no more—making the Alamo City the biggest in the U.S. without an official symphony or philharmonic group.
It had been in operation since 1939, operating out of multiple local venues over that time, but most recently the Tobin Center downtown.
In a Facebook post Thursday night, the organization – beset by labor negotiations that were never able to find a middle ground – announced its "dissolution," saying the "absence of a labor contract has effectively forced the Symphony to shutter its operations." It plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Mary Ellen Goree, chair of the musician's union which has continued to put on performances in San Antonio since the fall, said she and her colleagues received the news the same way the public did, while also disputing that there was no existing contract.
According to her, an existing agreement ratified by both sides in August of 2019 wasn't set to expire until later this summer.
“For them to claim there is no collective bargaining agreement is false," Goree said. "This situation is entirely of their own making.”
“It was very clear the board was not going to take the actions that the musicians believe – and continue to believe – would have preserved the Symphony Society as a professional orchestra in San Antonio," she added, saying their focus now turns to the potential of a "successor organization" to keep the music going on a more stable basis.
The impasse was declared in September between musicians and symphony board members, launching the strike following a season in which performers agreed to take an 80% pay cut to finish the scheduled performances. Symphony leaders had put forward what they called "their last, best offer," which would have reduced the group from 72 full-time musicians down to 42 while slashing their salaries by one-third. They would have been accompanied by a contingent of 26 part-time musicians.
The musician's union rejected that offer, even as the symphony's executive director said it was part of a long-term plan to make the organization more sustainable. A stalemate ensued.
"We send heartfelt thanks to all of the many volunteers, former board members, and donors who have served our organization and community," the symphony's board of directors said via a longer statement posted on the organization's website, which has been scrubbed of any other information. "Your powerful support over the years has meant the world to all of us."
The news was met with messages of heartbreak online, where one Facebook user replied the post saying, "There are some wonderful musicians who are great people impacted, and the cultural loss of music and art is heartbreaking." Another user said it marked "a tragic day for the arts and the San Antonio community."
Mayor Ron Nirenberg added his voice to the chorus of disappointment, while also saying a "sustainable financial foundation" is integral to having a "full-size, world-class orchestra."
"I have faith that our community is up to the challenge of determining what that structure will be," he added.
Since September, musicians held rallies outside the Tobin Center and organized silent protests outside the homes of symphony directors, while at the same time conducting private lessons and playing with orchestras across Texas.
Meanwhile, agreements remained elusive in recent meetings between union representatives and symphony leaders, and in May the plug was pulled on the remainder of the 2021-'22 season.
Meanwhile, the Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony plans to continue playing.
“I’m excited for the future," Goree told KENS 5. "I’m not happy about the events of today, but I am optimistic for the future.” | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-symphony-bankruptcy-union-musicians-texas/273-1ae55701-f8e0-4f11-899d-1cedc107d3e2 | 2022-06-17T03:22:43 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-symphony-bankruptcy-union-musicians-texas/273-1ae55701-f8e0-4f11-899d-1cedc107d3e2 |
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A silent protest was held at the Hawkins County Board of Education meeting Thursday evening in support of a woman who has filed a lawsuit against the school system claiming her son faced racially-motivated harassment and retaliation from school administrators.
The lawsuit was filed last month by the mother of a Church Hill Middle School eighth-grader.
Supporters who showed up at the meeting said they want families of bullying victims to know they are not alone.
“Well, the things that are going on are actually happening in a lot of surrounding counties in East Tennessee,” said Shavon Lovell, president of the Hamblen County NAACP. “Right now we’ve attended multiple sit-ins in a lot of counties, it’s a lot of racial issues that our children are facing.”
Hawkins County Schools Director Matt Hixon told News Channel 11 last month that the school system is aware of the lawsuit and denied the allegations. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sit-in-protest-held-during-hawkins-county-boe-meeting/ | 2022-06-17T03:29:37 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sit-in-protest-held-during-hawkins-county-boe-meeting/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — A crash resulted in damage to several vehicles at a local car dealer.
It happened Thursday morning at HD Motors in Kingsport.
The owner told News Channel 11 that a vehicle went off the road and damaged nine vehicles in the dealership’s lot.
News Channel 11 has reached out to Kingsport police for more information. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vehicles-damaged-in-crash-at-kingsport-auto-dealer/ | 2022-06-17T03:29:43 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/vehicles-damaged-in-crash-at-kingsport-auto-dealer/ |
Arizona Mission of Mercy will be coming to Fort Tuthill this weekend to provide free dental care to northern Arizona residents.
The event is set to take place Friday and Saturday and, according to its website, has not been impacted by the fires happening to the north of Flagstaff.
Mission of Mercy is in its 10th year of providing free dental care to people across Arizona. They’ve seen nearly 17,000 patients in that time and provided a total of nearly $18 million so far in free dentistry.
“We knew that a lot of Arizonans were falling through the cracks and were not getting regular dental care,” said Dr. Ann Blue, adding that about 21% of adults and 31% of children don’t have regular dental checkups.
The event, known as AZMOM North, will be Mission of Mercy’s second in Flagstaff, after its first Fort Tuthill event in the summer of 2019. In bringing the event north of its annual event in Phoenix, the organization hopes to expand access to dental care to other parts of the state, including those in rural communities.
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“We want to access those patients out there that may not have a ride down to Phoenix in December [for the annual event],” Blue said. “... We know that people in northern Arizona need us as well.”
The 2019 event provided about 600 patients with $1 million in free dental care. The hope is for this year to be even bigger, Blue said -- they are hoping to serve 800 patients and provide another million dollars of free dental care.
Among the services provided at this event will be medical screenings, dentures, extractions, fillings and cleanings.
Anyone who lives in Arizona is welcome to come, especially patients who would otherwise be unable to afford healthcare. This includes people with a dental issue or pain that they’d like addressed as well as those seeking a checkup or additional information. There are no eligibility requirements.
“Our goal is to get patients who are in pain out of pain and start restoring those smiles,” Blue said.
Appointments are first come, first serve, so Blue recommended getting there as early as possible, especially for those who know they need a specific treatment. The Fort Tuthill Commercial Building will be seeing patients from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 17 and 18.
The visits will start with a medical clearance screening, involving a blood pressure check and health history form (knowing“a list of their medications is always good,” Blue said), followed by some patient education. This will be followed by the care itself, with a focus on the "most urgent needs" such as infection and pain.
Over 600 volunteers are signed up for this weekend event, including dentists from central and northern Arizona -- enough to support between 45 and 50 chairs.
“We want to fill it up, we want to provide care,” Blue said. “... We’ve found that with the pandemic, there is a pent-up need. We know people have not been getting their check-ups, they haven’t been going to see the dentist as much for of reasons and so our goal is just to provide as much care as we can in the two-day period.”
They were still in need of volunteers–both dentists and laypeople with no experience in the field to assist with other (unrelated) tasks. Events like these require a lot of volunteers, Blue said.
More about Arizona Mission of Mercy, including information for both patients and volunteers, is available at azmom.org/azmomnorth. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mission-to-mercy-providing-free-dental-care-in-flagstaff-this-weekend/article_e4755f64-eced-11ec-beda-1f831da0066d.html | 2022-06-17T03:30:09 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/mission-to-mercy-providing-free-dental-care-in-flagstaff-this-weekend/article_e4755f64-eced-11ec-beda-1f831da0066d.html |
A Flagstaff Star Chasers teammate jokingly called Taiga Sato -- a utility player who can play most any position in the infield and outfield -- “Shohei Ohtani” while warming up at practice on the Coconino High School baseball field. Sato smiled in response, as he always does.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim star pitcher and hitter is about the highest form of what players from Sato’s part of the world can aspire to be.
Players came from around the United States to play with the Star Chasers in the Northern Arizona League, a collegiate summer baseball league consisting of teams from around the northern part of the state. But Sato definitely has made the longest trip, coming to Flagstaff all the way from Japan by way of Oregon.
After growing up in the Eastern Hemisphere, Sato always had the goal of coming across the world to play baseball.
“The first time I saw the MLB, I liked it. I was really interested in baseball in the U.S. I wanted to know the difference,” he said.
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He had to stay in Japan longer than intended following his high school days, due to COVID-19. But eventually he got in contact with Dave Deutscschman -- the manager of the Star Chasers and also the Southwestern Community College baseball team -- through an agency that places Japanese players on American rosters.
Sato played a year with the Lakers, where he got exposure both to the U.S. and four-year schools to compete for a scholarship.
He now is committed to New Mexico Highlands University.
“It was amazing,” Sato said of his experience with Southwestern. “It was great coaches and teammates, and everybody respected each other and enjoyed baseball, so I loved it.”
In his time in the United States, Sato has allowed teammates and opponents to see a way of playing less common in this part of the world.
“My baseball style is very Japanese. I do bunting, small baseball. So I want to show them how Japanese players play,” Sato said.
Deutschman, seeing videos of Sato succeeding at home, felt his talents would be a fit for both the Lakers and Star Chasers. The staff in Oregon was impressed with his skills.
“Like a typical player from Japan, he’s very fundamentally sound. We play a ton of small ball in a wood bat conference. He can really handle the bat, and he’s a pretty good shortstop and a good second baseman. He’ll probably play outfield for us here (in Flagstaff), and we want to get him as many at-bats as we can this summer,” Deutschman said.
Sato has yet to play for the Star Chasers in their first four official games, rehabbing an arm injury. When he is able to take the field again, he will add depth to the roster with his skills.
But, even while out of the lineup, Sato has been a positive influence on the Star Chasers, both with his teammates from southwestern Oregon and relatively new ones in Flagstaff. He is an example of what effort and talent can do for an athlete’s journey. And his fellow players clearly enjoy his presence.
“I think he’s a wonderful kid. He’s really appreciative of the opportunity he’s gotten here in the United States,” Deutschman said.
He added: “And he came to us ready, and he’s mature. English is his second language, but he understands everything and communicates great. He’s also really infectious. No matter if it’s been a good or bad day, he’s always smiling and the guys rally around that.”
Sato is working to make his first start soon, as the Star Chasers are set for a road trip to Show Low over the weekend.
He is aiming to develop his game more in Flagstaff this summer before making the trip to New Mexico Highlands in the fall. He, like his idol Ohtani, wants to continue his path on this side of the globe as long as possible.
“I really think about staying in the U.S. I want to work with English and use Japanese too, using both languages. And I want to play baseball anywhere I can,” he said. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/eye-of-the-taiga-star-chasers-player-comes-from-japan/article_d85e03b0-ed98-11ec-af4f-8b004700db74.html | 2022-06-17T03:30:15 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/eye-of-the-taiga-star-chasers-player-comes-from-japan/article_d85e03b0-ed98-11ec-af4f-8b004700db74.html |
ROUND ROCK, Texas — The Round Rock ISD Board of Trustees approved a $518 million budget for the school district at its meeting Thursday night.
The new budget boosts teacher and librarian pay by 5% and pay for other staff members will go up by at least 3%. The minimum wage for the RRISD was raised to $15 an hour. It directs $18.3 million toward increasing pay.
The budget also includes half a million dollars dedicated to supporting staffing at sever campuses to provide additional staff to support student needs, according to a release. In addition to staffing, the campuses will also receive financial support for additional professional development and resources.
Considerations for the budget included an estimated $72.6 million in recapture payments the district will submit to the state, a reported increase of $57.7 million from last year's adopted budget.
The school board will vote on a tax rate in September, with the projected rate decreasing by 6.54 cents from $1.1339 to $1.0685 per $100 valuation, the district said.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-based electric car maker Tesla is facing yet another lawsuit, this time alleging a "toxic workplace culture grounded in racist and sexist abuse and discrimination against its own employees."
The lawsuit was filed Thursday by Tesla stockholder Solomon Chau of New Jersey. It also comes after the company has been hit with numerous complaints from former employees claiming reports of sexual harassment and racist abuse.
Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division, the suit claims California officials conducted a 3-year long investigation into workplace harassment and discrimination at the company, finding evidence that a factory in Fremont was racially segregated and that Black workers were subjected to racial slurs and discrimination.
It also cites a recent uptick in lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny regarding its treatment of employees amid an ongoing investigation.
"Equally troubling is Tesla's apparent refusal to cooperate with regulators by failing to produce complete and accurate employment and personnel records despite being required to do so by law," the suit states.
It also claims that CEO Elon Musk has directly advised Tesla employees to be "thick-skinned" when it comes to workplace harassment.
"Through the same channels he has used to announce Tesla products, relay corporate changes to the public, and comment on the financial status of the Company, defendant E. Musk has also made numerous sexually objectifying statements that multiple complainants have cited as direct influences on the culture of harassment they endured at Tesla," the suit continues. "Critically, it also appears from the Company's production of the Section 220 Documents that, even when presented with widespread claims of sexual harassment and racial discrimination at its manufacturing facilities, the Board itself did little to address the misconduct."
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Johnson City officials are preparing for the city to grow in population and geographical size as several developers look to build new homes.
The new developments would push forward the city’s growth and address high demand for housing, but city leaders want to tread carefully to avoid complications with population growth.
City Manager Cathy Ball said enough annexations are in the works to increase the city’s population by as much as 10 percent.
“We have seven in place right now that have come to us and said we want to annex,” Ball said. “If the developments are built out, that would add an additional 5,100 people to the city.”
Johnson City commissioners moved forward with two of those annexation requests at a meeting Thursday night.
On second reading, they approved annexation and an R-4 (Medium Density Residential) re-zoning on a 7.72-acre property near Cherokee Elementary School.
They also initiated the annexation process for what is currently planned as a 58-acre subdivision along Boones Station Road near Boones Creek.
The latter would still require Planning Commission approval after an analysis of the plan of services for the subdivision.
Both will also need three approvals from commissioners to join the city.
Commissioners were set to consider a third annexation request, a subdivision off Carroll Creek Road, but the developer requested it be withdrawn as they were not quite ready to move forward with their plans.
Mayor Joe Wise said the recent shift in the housing market and demand for the region has spurred the developer interests.
“Market forces, population, where people want to be, where people can be now with things like 10 gig internet, have really changed the fundamentals.”
That population increase would mean more revenue for the city, but city services have to be able to handle more people.
“On one hand that’s more revenue for the city, but we have to invest that back into the community to make sure that we can provide services,” Ball said.
The city planning commission analyzes how the city can provide its services like trash, law enforcement, schools and utilities to new developments.
Wise said if the city grows too quickly, the quality of service could decline city-wide.
“You’re potentially delivering utilities. You’re expanding potential school-aged children populations. There’s calls for service from police and fire,” Wise said. “At some point, that growth begins to have consequences across the delivery of services across the entire city.”
Ball said the city also has to consider the feelings of its current residents, and the complications new housing can create for everyone.
She experienced a similar problem during her tenure as assistant city manager in Asheville, North Carolina during its housing boom.
“What I’ve seen happen is an explosion of folks moving into an area without that level of preparedness for it,” Ball said. “It creates a lot of frustration from citizens.”
Wise said the city would take a conservative approach to the annexations. He said it would be handled on a case-by-case basis.
“We look at the consequences of that growth and make a decision based upon each one of those on their merits,” Wise said.
Wise said the city must also consider the affordability of new housing. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-looking-to-expand-moves-forward-with-two-annexations/ | 2022-06-17T03:54:02 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-looking-to-expand-moves-forward-with-two-annexations/ |
ARLINGTON, Texas — The 13-year-old girl whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert on Thursday morning was found safe in an Arlington apartment about 100 miles from Honey Grove, Texas - her hometown.
“I feel a big relief,” said Nikki McKinney, the teenage victim’s aunt. “It’s like something came off my heart, like somebody glued it back together.”
Police charged a 31-year-old man with harboring a runaway in the case.
McKinney said she was home in Maumelle, Arkansas, when she got a call that her niece was missing.
She immediately drove to Honey Grove.
When police there tracked the girl’s phone to Arlington, she and the rest of the family made the hour-and-a-half drive themselves.
McKinney said she worked with Arlington police, calling and texting her niece so investigators could pinpoint her exact location.
On Thursday morning, they located the teen at The Vine apartments in north Arlington, near River Legacy Park.
McKinney and Arlington police say the suspect and victim met online.
“We are talking about a grown man dealing with a 13-year-old,” said McKinney.
She said police in Honey Grove initially considered the girl a runaway.
An Amber Alert was issued more than 24 hours after her family first contacted police.
McKinney questions that delay and wants other families to use what happened to her niece as a warning.
"Watch everything your kids are doing on social media and online," she said.
When McKinney spoke with WFAA on Thursday evening, she had not yet seen her niece and predicted she might cry when she finally did.
“I might get on my knees and say, God is good,” she said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/man-charged-arlington-harboring-13-year-old-runaway-amber-alert/287-2f05b307-575b-4e49-b0cc-ee8f4def1c7f | 2022-06-17T03:58:32 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/man-charged-arlington-harboring-13-year-old-runaway-amber-alert/287-2f05b307-575b-4e49-b0cc-ee8f4def1c7f |
FORT WORTH, Texas — People lined up as far as the eyes can see at the parking lot that surrounds Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on Thursday evening.
They sought help with something we all need: food.
Rising food and gas prices have left parents like David Scott of Fort Worth feeling the pinch of record-high inflation. The nation’s inflation rate rose to 8.6% in the month of May.
“It’s a struggle,” Scott said. “It’s really kind of tough, cause you wanna have everything provided, food… but everything is so high.”
That’s why Tarrant Area Food Bank has stepped up and hosted several food distribution events this week. On Thursday, it was TAFB’s first-ever Dinner for Dads food distribution.
The food bank helped families with essential food items needed to host a Father’s Day cookout. A similar event for moms was held ahead of Mother’s Day.
At Thursday’s Dinner for Dads event, long lines of cars waited underneath the scorching sun for a chance to receive food assistance.
TAFB CEO Julie Butner told WFAA she had never witnessed such long lines at any event in the past.
“To have lines like this just indicates that the need is really high right now, and it is. We’re feeling it,” Butner said.
According to TAFB, 1,600 families received food at a Wednesday food distribution event. On Thursday, 1,230 families received food assistance at the Dinner for Dads event, surpassing the food bank’s anticipation of 1,000.
“We’re right back at where we were during the pandemic,” Butner said. “People are really trying. They’ve gone back to work, but things are so expensive, their household budgets are pinched again.”
Fort Worth resident Bard Therrell went to the Dinner for Dads event and received food. He planned to cook for his neighbors on Father’s Day.
“It’s a real tough time, I don’t know how we’d do it without this,” Therrell said.
Scott told WFAA he hoped to grill for his son at home with the food he received. He told WFAA that putting food on the table has become difficult.
“At times, it gets to be too much,” Scott said. “I guess the word would be overwhelming.”
But on Thursday, he drove away from Dickies Arena with a trunk full of food. It was one less thing for him to worry about. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/thousands-given-food-distribution-events-fort-worth/287-23d1acca-fc2f-4469-bf81-09cc9eae139c | 2022-06-17T03:58:38 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/thousands-given-food-distribution-events-fort-worth/287-23d1acca-fc2f-4469-bf81-09cc9eae139c |
Tucson Electric Power may be able to install at least parts of a proposed high-voltage transmission line overhead through much of central Tucson, under amendments to the city building code approved by the Tucson Planning Commission.
The commission voted Wednesday night to approve a new list of “special exceptions” to the city’s Uniform Development Code, which otherwise bans overhead power lines along city-designated scenic and gateway corridors.
The amendments now will be presented as a recommendation for final approval by the Tucson City Council. If they are approved, TEP would still have to request specific exceptions through a public process before a zoning examiner.
TEP is seeking to build a 138-kilovolt transmission line — with metal poles from 75 to 110 feet tall — from a substation at South Kino Parkway and East 36th Street up Kino to a new substation next to the Banner University Medical Center, and then up Campbell Avenue to a substation at its DeMoss-Petrie power plant just east of Interstate 10 off West Grant Road.
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TEP says the new line is needed to increase capacity and reliability amid growing demand and to serve the University of Arizona, which has agreed to buy 100% renewable power from the utility.
Neighborhood activists and some city council members objected, citing potential visual blight and lost property values in neighborhoods in or near the line and the city ordinances intended to protect Tucson’s Gateway Corridor Zone and Scenic Corridor Zone.
But TEP says installing the line underground would cost more than 10 times the cost of overhead lines and opposes paying for the extra cost estimated at up to $60 million through ratepayer revenues.
A city zoning officer rejected TEP’s request for a variance for the new substation last year, saying it could not be approved without a plan for the entire roughly 7-mile-long line.
TEP’s proposed transmission line route ran afoul of a general prohibition on overhead transmission lines along scenic and gateway corridors, which include North Campbell as a Gateway Corridor.
Special exceptions
On Wednesday, the Planning Commission approved an amended set of possible special exceptions to the scenic- and gateway-corridor ordinances to allow the installation of overhead transmission lines under certain conditions, like in areas already zoned for industrial uses.
That will give TEP the opportunity to win zoning approval to install at least part of the Kino-DeMoss Petrie transmission line overhead, though the question of who would pay for undergrounding in other areas remains as TEP is still opposed to recovering the cost through rates.
Existing city ordinances had allowed special exceptions for utility installations including water and phone lines and neighborhood-level power distribution lines but had no provision for high-voltage transmission lines, which are installed on much taller towers.
The code amendments, initially developed by city staff with input from TEP, were amended after stakeholders including neighborhood advocates said they would essentially gut the overhead-line protections by giving the utility too much leeway in meeting the required criteria.
The amendments would allow a zoning examiner to approve special exceptions for overhead power line installations if a proposed project meets at least two of a list of a dozen criteria, including that a project is deemed compatible with surrounding zoning and land uses, would have “minimal impact on residential areas,” or it is designed and built to be “as unobtrusive as possible.”
But TEP could also qualify under other criteria allowing overhead lines if a transmission-line replacement project is no more than 25% larger than equipment it replaces, if an overhead line is needed to serve Davis-Monthan Air Force Base or other national-defense assets or if it is consistent with “unless it is technologically impossible and/or clearly financially cost prohibitive.”
After the original proposal was amended at the request of commissioners to remove or alter several criteria sought by TEP, the 13-member Planning Commission passed the amended proposal Wednesday on a 7-1 vote, with one member recusing himself and four members absent.
The development-code amendments are expected to be presented to mayor and council at its July 12 meeting, said Dan Bursuck, section manager for code development for the Tucson Planning and Development Services Department.
“Our discussions with the City of Tucson have been productive and we’re pleased with last night’s vote,” TEP spokesman Joe Barrios said. “We look forward to continuing our work together as we prepare for the current and future energy needs of our community.”
The special-exceptions proposal was amended in response to comments from the Tucson Underground Coalition, a group including about a dozen neighborhood associations in the affected areas pushing to make TEP bury the new line.
At the group’s urging, the commission cut TEP-backed special exceptions when overhead lines along the scenic and gateway routes would avoid adverse impacts elsewhere, or where existing lines, vertical structures or buildings already compromise the “viewshed.”
Lesser of two evils
Several planning commission members expressed deep misgivings over TEP’s plans and the proposed amendment package, which was adopted with the minimum number of votes needed for passage.
Commission member Abreeza Zegeer, who chairs the Westside Neighborhood Association and represents Ward 3, was the sole “no” vote on the code amendments.
“I’m still very much opposed to allowing TEP to above-ground along our scenic routes and corridors,” said Zegeer, a retired University of Arizona professor.
She cited the high-voltage transmission poles that dominant the landscape along much of West Grant Road.
“The city is looking more and more not like our little adobe home here, it’s looking like an industrial area,” Zegeer said. “Especially down Campbell Avenue there are a lot of historic districts, the University of Arizona and a lot of businesses along there... there should not be huge transmission poles running down that part of Campbell.”
Zegeer said the city should seek possible federal funding for infrastructure improvements like new sewer and water lines that can be replaced as lines are installed underground.
Other commissioners expressed similar misapprehensions but voted for the code amendments to maintain a local, public process for the special exceptions.
Ward 2 commissioner Shannon McBride-Olson said she didn’t feel comfortable with rejecting the proposed amendments because under the current process an appeal could be decided at the state level, removing local control.
The current process for relief from the code involves requesting a zoning variance, which is reviewed by the city’s Board of Adjustment and subject to appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court.
The special-exception process requires notification, a neighborhood meeting, and a public hearing with the zoning examiner, prior to a decision, which may be appealed to the mayor and council.
Commissioner Moniqua Lane, a real-estate developer who represents Ward 6, said she’s not opposed to special exceptions but she felt uncomfortable with approving the transmission-line exceptions.
“I do think this is, for lack of a better phrase, the lesser of two evils,” Lane said, adding she would have preferred that the commission has more time to further narrow the exceptions criteria.
Commission member Jay Young of Ward 5 said he was against giving TEP dispensation to build overhead lines in the city’s scenic and gateway corridors and criticized the utility for pushing for a variance “behind closed doors.”
TEP’s proposal came as a surprise to some city officials — including council members — after a zoning examiner in May 2021 denied the utility’s request for a permit to build the new substation at the north edge of the UA campus and Banner-UMC, citing the lack of an approved line route.
TEP filed an application for approval of the Kino line route with the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee last August but withdrew it in January to allow more time to negotiate with the city and stakeholders. The utility is now planning to refile its application for consideration by the line-siting panel in the first quarter of 2023.
Bursuck told the commission Wednesday that the Planning and Development Services Department got a late start on analyzing TEP’s proposal because it was originally considered by the city’s Transportation Department as a utility easement issue.
But Young ended up voting for the special-exception amendments, as did Planning Commission Chairwoman Lexy Wellott, who works as a planner and project manager at The Planning Center.
“Tucson is a special place for all of us, and honoring those scenic and gateway corridors is important,” Wellott said. “But I agree that, as utilizing the special-exception process in my day-to-day work, this is the more robust process and that it involves more of that dialogue between the public and the zoning examiner … and it’s not a political decision where dollars may speak or louder voices may be heard.”
Contact senior reporter David Wichner at dwichner@tucson.com or 520-573-4181. On Twitter: @dwichner. On Facebook: Facebook.com/DailyStarBiz | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/new-exceptions-could-allow-for-massive-power-lines-in-tucson/article_7c225564-eb50-11ec-ade1-1fc0ffb196f0.html | 2022-06-17T03:59:23 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/subscriber/new-exceptions-could-allow-for-massive-power-lines-in-tucson/article_7c225564-eb50-11ec-ade1-1fc0ffb196f0.html |
UPDATE (June 16, 2022, at 9:52 p.m.): Detective Ana Pile of the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office reports the person shot in St. Albans is said to be in critical condition.
Detective Pile had no other information at this time, as this case is being investigated by St. Albans Police Department.
It is unclear at this time if the shooting was a crime or was self-defense in response to a crime.
This is a developing story. Stay with 13 News for updates.
UPDATE (June 16, 2022, at 9:26 p.m.): Lt. Dann Wyatt with St. Albans Police Department reports one man was shot at a home on South Washington Street in St. Albans.
According to Wyatt, the man who shot the gun is cooperating with police.
The shooting apparently occurred in the garage of the home, Wyatt says. The incident reportedly involved a handgun.
There is no information on injuries at this time.
This is a developing story. Stay with 13 News for updates.
ST. ALBANS, WV (WOWK) — St. Albans Police Department reports they are on a crime scene where one person was allegedly shot at South Washington Street.
Detectives are on their way to the scene, according to police.
Police say they are still trying to figure out the alleged victim’s name in this incident.
This is a developing story. Stay with 13 News for updates. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/one-person-shot-at-s-washington-street-in-st-albans/ | 2022-06-17T04:01:39 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/one-person-shot-at-s-washington-street-in-st-albans/ |
FORT MYERS, Fla. — People in one of Fort Myers’ oldest neighborhoods are bracing for a potential new development to move in.
Two worn warehouses sit on the corner of Michigan and Palm Avenues just before entering the Historic Dean Park District.
Previously, permits were issued to the property owners to redevelop the lot, though standing ordinances prevented the owners from expanding the builds to larger than what already exists.
Current developers had planned to build a storage unit facility or even expand it to business use while meeting criteria under zoning.
Today, if one were to drive through Dean Park, signs line roadway in front of resident’s homes that read “Stop the Warehouse”.
“This type of development would totally destroy that feeling that we have here,” said Donna Ellswick, Dean Park resident and board member of the Historic District.
Sitting on the edge of Downtown Fort Myers, the neighborhood also sits on the list of National Historic Places with homes from the 1910’s and 20’s — such as the home built by early Fort Myers Mayor Virgil Robb.
“It was the first neighborhood in Fort Myers. It can’t be replicated,” said Ellswick. “For instance those windows are all the original rolled glass. So they’re almost like crystal.”
The current warehouses along Michigan Ave were supposed to hold medical records before the digital age changed that.
“Our goal is to preserve and protect Dean Park and the historic integrity of the area,” said Michelle Nugent, President of the Dean Park Historic District. “Because you put something like this in here and it destroys the integrity of the neighborhood and values start going down.”
Nugent said they’re taking donations for legal counsel. Residents are fighting the building permits given to the property owners.
Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson told me he’s met with residents of the park. In an interview with NBC2 on Thursday, Anderson noted the significance of the property being right next to a historical area.
“We can’t stop the property owner from accessing or developing his property as permitted by whatever the code is,” said Mayor Anderson. “But hopefully what we can do is work with them to develop something that has the least impact on the neighborhood as possible.”
Mayor Anderson said that if nothing is built soon, the property owners would potentially have to reapply for permits.
Meanwhile homeowners hope the property owners find something better than a warehouse.
“We’ve dedicated a lot of time and effort into preserving these houses,” said Ellswick.
“We could at least find something that wouldn’t be so detrimental to the community in terms of the traffic,” said Dean Park homeowner Tim Dennis. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/fort-myers-residents-protest-property-development-threatening-historic-sites/ | 2022-06-17T04:03:31 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/fort-myers-residents-protest-property-development-threatening-historic-sites/ |
NAPLES, Fla. – Most golfers play their whole life to make just one hole in one. That’s a piece of cake for Naples golfer Frank Kowalski.
“If you’ve seen me play golf you’d say ‘This is one lucky man,’” Kowalski said.
He might be the luckiest guy in all of Southwest Florida right now. On May 25, Kowalski sunk two aces in the same round. He did it without even taking a single practice swing.
Frank showed up fashionably late to his tee time so it was straight out to hole #7 where his group started that morning.
“The first swing of the day was with a sand wedge on this very hole here, #7,” he said.
Like a slow-motion story, his sand wedge sent the ball soaring.
“I saw it bounce in front of the hole and it was on the line.”
At 8:30 in the morning, Frank and his friends whole the whole neighborhood up cheering as the ball went in.
“They were happy for me and that’s a nice thing to have the guys that you know, that your playing with cheering in your joy. It’s cool,” he said.
Oh but wait, Frank wasn’t done yet. Fast forward to hole #15.
“The second hole, none of us actually saw the ball go in.”
He hit his five wood, which worked wonders. When he and his group got the green they didn’t see his ball.
“They had a hunch, gee, it can’t be,” he said. “I went and I looked and low and behold. When I saw that I thought ‘Oh my goodness, that’s just crazy.”
The odds of making a hole in one are 12,500 to 1, according to the PGA. But to make two in the same round is 67 million to 1. Frank beat all the odds.
“If you’re lucky twice in one day, I think you’ve used your luck up for that day,” he said.
“Two in one round, that’s amazing,” added Stan Geer, the Head Gold Professional at Vi at Bentley Village.
The word “pro” in his title means he’s a good golfer, bot not too many are as good as that.
“I’ve been fortunate to have five in my career, three here, but never come close to two in one day,” Geer said.
So we put Frank on the spot. Could he hit another one with the pressure turned up and cameras rolling?
The 74-year-old didn’t sink the Ace, but came just 3.5 feet away.
Frank: “I’d say that’s a putt I ought to make for a birdie.”
Gage: “I was going to say, you’re going to birdie that, right?”
Frank: “Well, of course.”
Gage: “You birdied it this morning, right?”
Frank: “I did.”
Some might call it luck and Frank does too. With these two holes in one, he now has a total of five in his lifetime.
But where he’s luckiest isn’t on the course.
“I think I’m lucky in a lot of ways,” Kowalski said. “To have the family that I have, the wife and child that we have.”
He can always get better at golf, but at life, Frank is living the best one. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/naples-golfer-sinks-two-holes-in-one-in-the-same-round/ | 2022-06-17T04:03:37 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2022/06/16/naples-golfer-sinks-two-holes-in-one-in-the-same-round/ |
'Labor of love': Hattiesburg, Jackson among cities honored for historic preservation
Saving historic buildings not only takes a lot of work, but it also takes creative minds to turn an eyesore into a shining star.
The Mississippi Heritage Trust recently recognized the efforts of some of those who have made a difference in their communities in the realm of preservation.
The awards also are given to leaders in education, legislation and other ways of keeping the state's history intact for future generations.
Among this year's winners is the Smith Drug Co. in Hattiesburg, one of several sites in the city's Sixth Street Museum District.
The city also was recognized for making historic preservation a priority — a commitment that has been in effect through city ordinances for nearly 40 years. The award was given by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in addition to the Heritage Trust.
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"Hattiesburg now proudly boasts six historic districts that are locally and nationally designated," Heritage Trust officials said during an awards presentation June 9. "The city of Hattiesburg cites its commitment to partnerships as the key to the strength and success of its preservation efforts."
Some of those community partnerships include the Downtown Hattiesburg Association, Visit Hattiesburg, Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art and Hattiesburg Convention Commission.
“In Hattiesburg, we believe the stories of people, buildings, neighborhoods and communities are important,” Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker said. “That belief translates into action and investment to preserve history while growing and evolving. We are honored for the recognition that these awards bring; however, we are more grateful for the people whose vision and commitment made them happen.”
Smith Drug Co. is an example of how the city's partnership with the Hattiesburg Convention Commission has made a positive impact.
The city purchased the building in 2020. The Convention Commission spent the next year restoring the building, which sits on Mobile Street, next to a historic marker that notes the roots of rock and roll are in Hattiesburg. The former pharmacy is now a museum dedicated to the legacy of the Smith family and the vibrant community that once thrived on Mobile Street.
"It is always nice to be recognized for the hard work and dedication to detail we put into the restoration of Smith Drug," said Rick Taylor, Executive Director of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission.
The drug store was at the center of Hattiesburg's African American commercial district, but it also served as "a focal point for civil rights activities in the 1960s, the Convention Commission said in a news release.
“The preservation of Smith Drug Co. was truly a labor of love and we’re honored to be recognized in this way,” said Latoya Norman, Director of Museums for the Hattiesburg Convention Commission. “We hope this recognition will entice visitors from across the state to visit this unique attraction.”
Norman was in Raymond to accept the Hattiesburg awards at The Raymond Venue, another recipient of a Hertiage Trust award.
The Raymond Venue was transformed from an "old Ford dealership" into an event space and store and has become one of the more popular wedding venues in the area.
One project in the Fondren District of Jackson that received a Heritage Trust award has ties to Hattiesburg. The renovated Capri Theater and entertainment complex "was many years in the making," the Heritage Trust said.
"Utilizing incentives including historic tax credits, developers Jason Watkins and David Pharr worked closely with (Hattiesburg) restaurateur Robert St. John and architects WBA to reinvent this place at the heart of the Jackson neighborhood of Fondren into a bustling community destination," Heritage Trust officials said during the award presentation.
“I would like to congratulate Jason Watkins, David Pharr and Robert St. John for literally changing the landscape of our city," Mayor Chokwe Lumumba said in an email. "Your efforts to redevelop certainly went through some hardships with the pandemic. But you persevered. You took a chance on Jackson and now Jackson is returning its appreciation.”
The Zoo Area Progressive Partnership was recognized for its volunteer efforts in contributing to the restoration and beautification of the Jackson Zoo and Capitol Street Corridor.
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ZAPP is an all-volunteer non-profit organization, with members donating time to support the zoo, which is one of Mississippi’s 10 Most Endangered Historic Places, according to the Mississippi Heritage Trust.
"Their community work to beautify the zoo and west Jackson is a labor of love," Lumumba said. "The city stands firmly behind these volunteers as they dedicate their free time to not only making sure the zoo stays where it is, but also ensuring it will again return to prominence.”
The 2022 Heritage Award recipients include:
Heritage Awards of Merit for Restoration
- The Banker’s House, Natchez
- Knox House Kilmichael
- Stewart House, Kilmichael
- Dunleith, Natchez
- Threefoot Building, Meridian
- Spencer Building, Senatobia
- Square View, Grenada
- The Lofts at Lee and the Lyceum at Lee, Columbus
- Hotel 27, Greenville
- Simmons House, Water Valley
- Smith Drug Company, Hattiesburg
- Bolivar Multipurpose Expo Complex, Cleveland
- Marshall County Courthouse, Holly Springs
- CCC Lodge at Percy Quin State Park
Heritage Award of Excellence for Restoration
- LaPointe-Krebs House, Pascagoula
- Heritage Award for Catalyst Projects
- Everest, Water Valley
- Pix-Capri Theater, Jackson
- The Raymond Venue, Raymond
Heritage Awards for Education
- The Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer Baughn and the late Michael Fazio authors, with contributions by Mimi Miller
Heritage Awards for Organizational Excellence
- Zoo Area Progressive Partnership, Jackson
- Byhalia Area Arts Council
- Rodney History and Preservation Society
Heritage Awards for Excellence in Stewardship of Historic Sites
- University of Mississippi Museum, Rowan Oak, Oxford
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston Campus
Heritage Awards for Distinguished Service
- Wayne Timmer
- The Honorable Isla Tullos
- Charles Sullivan
Heritage Award for Excellence in Public Policy
- The Honorable Trey Lamar
MHT-MDAH Heritage Award for Excellence in Historic District Preservation
- City of Hattiesburg
Heritage Award for the Preservation of African American History
- Phoenix Naval Stores Paymaster’s Office, Turkey Creek, Gulfport
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Thirteen businesses were honored Thursday night at Haymarket Park for being among the top places to work in Lincoln.
The 10th annual Lincoln's Best Places to Work award ceremony highlighted Lincoln businesses for their outstanding efforts to create positive environments for their employees.
The awards were given out prior to the Lincoln Saltdogs' American Association game against Lake Country Dockhounds.
Companies were awarded first, second and third places in four categories based on their number of employees.
Olsson was named the best place to work in Lincoln for the third year in a row in the extra-large category -- businesses with more than 150 employees. Nelnet was awarded second place, while Community Action and Common Wealth Electric Company tied for third.
In the large category (50-149 employees), CompanyCam was first, Edward Jones was second and UNICO Group was third.
Don't Panic Labs was awarded first place in the medium category (25-49 employees). RentVision finished second, while Region V Systems was third.
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In the small company category for businesses with 10-24 employees, Complete Hearing took the top prize for the second year in a row. Custom Blinds and Design finished second, while KidGlov came in third.
"We love the idea that we can do a program that really showcases the awesome things that employers are doing to make themselves the best places to work," said Pam Bourne, an attorney for event sponsor Woods Aitken.
Additionally, Lily Lautenschlager, a recent Lincoln East graduate, was the Honorary Community Impact Award winner for her volunteer work.
"She gives back twofold to everyone and every activity that's ever supported her," said Kevin Heim, as he presented her with the award.
Rankings were based on surveys submitted by employees that look at a number of attributes, including leadership, manager effectiveness and career development.
Quantum Workplace then takes the surveys and creates a score for each business. A total of 76 companies filled out surveys.
Reach the writer at 402-473-2657 or jebbers@journalstar.com | https://journalstar.com/business/local/best-places-to-work-in-lincoln-announced/article_93f24f83-5685-565e-ab63-63ebf9245a8f.html | 2022-06-17T04:07:46 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/business/local/best-places-to-work-in-lincoln-announced/article_93f24f83-5685-565e-ab63-63ebf9245a8f.html |
Two groups — avid drag racers and residents tired of noisy, speeding cars and motorcycles that regularly cruise O Street until the wee hours of the morning — shared their frustrations at a lively town hall meeting at the Joyo Theatre in Havelock Monday.
The town hall, a regular event held by Lincoln City Councilman James Michael Bowers, who represents northeast Lincoln, was moved from its usual spot at the Anderson Library to the old theater on Havelock Avenue in anticipation of the interest.
The theater was well over half full, and Police Chief Teresa Ewins quickly abandoned a Powerpoint presentation on the number of tickets they’d issued and grant-funded enforcement efforts they’d conducted.
Her point, that they’re issuing tickets but changing the behavior will also take education, got lost when one woman asked whether offenses could carry a bigger penalty, maybe impounding a driver’s car.
Ewin’s response — “I’d like that” — drew an angry response from a group of avid drag racers.
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“Give us somewhere to do this stuff,” said one audience member, who along with others, said they’ve sought a drag-racing course for years with no luck.
The drag racers said people who love the sport are responsible and safe — and are being unfairly blamed for the problems on O Street.
One woman said she lived in Arizona and the city blocked off streets and provided security for drag-racing events, something she thinks could be done here. Ewins said such events are typically sponsored by businesses, not the city.
The police chief said during her presentation that police weren’t trying to stop people from showing off their classic cars, but if cars are breaking the law, they’ll get a ticket, and the desire to drive fast can’t be at the expense of people’s lives.
“I know what our responsibility is,” she said. “If you violate the law, you get a ticket. I can’t solve your problem of ‘I want to go fast.’”
A crash at 52nd and O streets on Memorial Day weekend this year killed two women and injured others during an unsanctioned event to watch cars cruise O Street in what has become an annual tradition.
And it brought attention to the dangers of that weekend — and what many at the meeting said has become a nightly problem, especially on the weekends.
One of the biggest problems, said several in the audience, is cars with loud mufflers, drivers who speed down O Street, burn rubber and play their stereos so loud it rattles windows of their homes. And it’s not just happening on O Street, they said.
“It’s a quality of life issue,” said one woman. “It’s gotten worse and worse in the last five years.”
Another woman wondered if tickets were being issued for the "god-awful noise" — a question that drew applause.
Several people who live west of Kohl’s at 84th and O streets talked about the noise caused by motorists who gather in the parking lot and use the entrance off of O Street near a fast-food restaurant to turn around and race back and forth along the nearby stretch of O Street.
Ewins told the group police are looking at a number of possibilities: how they could reengineer the streets to slow people down, using cameras to record license plates and speeds, and working with businesses to keep people out of their parking lots.
Since January, she said, the department has adjusted schedules so they can monitor traffic on O Street more often. They hadn’t been ticketing people for noise violations, but have begun doing so since January, said Capt. Mayde McGuire.
Ewins encouraged people to work with the police captains in their parts of town, reporting offenses so police know where to target their efforts.
But Barb Bulow, who lives near Kohl’s, said they have reported the problem and they’ve never seen police out there.
Barb Ramsey said the meeting was a good first step, that needs to be followed by others involving police, judges, city officials and young people to find a solution.
“This is a good meeting, but it’s important to get more people at the table.”
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial.
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MEAD — Most of the residents of Mead and the surrounding have heard about AltEn and the environmental crisis created there.
Of the few hundred people who responded to a survey from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, 80% said they had heard about the plant being the source of a cocktail of pesticides that has spilled into the surrounding countryside.
But to Jesse Bell, the director of the Water, Climate and Health Program at UNMC, the next data point — even at a preliminary stage — is even more alarming.
Three-quarters of the survey respondents (38% of the 977 people sent a survey returned it) said they are worried about how AltEn might impact their lives.
“You can tell people are very concerned about cleanup of the site,” Bell said. “They are concerned about the potential exposures they are facing because of that, the smells and all that other stuff.”
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Instead of field corn — the feedstock used by nearly every other ethanol plant — AltEn used seeds treated with pesticides. While the smell was what most noticed, it was the toxic solid and liquid byproducts that leached into the environment that has drawn the most concern.
AltEn was forced to shut down in February 2021 after accruing a series of violations from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy.
A study of the effects of widespread pesticide contamination started shortly after, led by researchers at UNL, UNMC and Creighton University.
On Thursday, in front of a few dozen area residents and the media at the Mead Firehall, the team presented the preliminary results of its 2021 campaign sampling air, soil, surface and groundwater, as well as wildlife and pollinators.
Those efforts are going to continue for the next year after the Legislature appropriated $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to help keep the army of researchers scouring the countryside around Mead for evidence of lingering pesticides.
Liz VanWormer, the director of the One Health initiative at UNL, said students are continuing to collect bullfrogs and other amphibian species, as well as return to the nests of redwing blackbirds plotted on a grid last summer.
Samples from 83 tadpoles collected from bodies of water downstream from AltEn, as well as 145 eggs captured from nests along waterways and other areas near the plant, are being analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey for pesticide residues.
Students are also spending the summer looking at freshwater mussels and have plans to study nematodes in the soil, VanWormer said.
The results will be examined alongside the human health sampling as part of a holistic approach to investigating the long-term impacts created by AltEn.
“A lot of times people and animals and plants have been treated separately,” VanWormer said. “I think one of the really unique characteristics of the response here is we’re trying to make it more integrated.
“We’re trying to talk across the environmental and animal and human sampling to learn from pulling the data together.”
Eleanor Rogan of UNMC, who is leading the team of researchers, said pesticides found in high concentrations at the plant have been measured in air samples taken at Mead, including inside a home was studied.
The concentrations found were 10 to 100 times lower than the levels deemed dangerous by the Environmental Protection Agency, Rogan warned, but merit further study to determine if they are the result of living in an agricultural community or spread from AltEn.
The team assured those in attendance they intend to keep investigating the site and its surroundings, and to share those results with Mead and the residents of Saunders County.
Dr. Ali Khan, the dean of UNMC’s College of Public Health, said many on the research team donated their time and efforts to get the study off the ground, but plan to continue in the long term.
“This is about our communities and how we are responsible to our communities and you,” Khan said.
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SAN DIEGO — It’s one thing to deal with your 7-year-old daughter battling cancer and now Layla’s father has to deal with someone attempting to use his daughter’s story in order to scam their family.
"I think either this person is a social misfit or they are attempting to try and use my daughter's brain cancer for their advantage," said Shawn Mahoney, the father of Layla who is battling a rare form of brain cancer.
He started a GoFundMe page for his daughter and received a call from someone saying they wanted to help Layla.
"She called me and said she could go to local businesses and donate proceeds and she will collect cash and checks and give it to me and this is hallmark of this type of fraud," said Mahoney.
Mahoney sent text messages asking for the person’s name and social media profiles. The person replied saying they do not have social media.
"I don’t have a Master's degree or PhD, but something is telling me something is off here. Something sinister is going on here. Either of which I don’t need because my daughter is in the fight for her life which could be incurable," said Mahoney.
Mahoney contacted the police who told him to block the number.
"Its just so wrong taking advantage of someone going through hell. It's just wrong, it's just wrong. We start treatment here soon and I don’t have time for this bologna," said Mahoney.
While Mahoney has not had any fraudulent activity happen to him, he wants to warn others to be self aware before it gets that far.
"Be aware of these things. Funnel everything to one source and once source only," he says.
For right now, he wants to focus all his time and energy on Layla and her recovery.
"Having a daughter is the most incredible blessing I could ever have. Staring down the barrel of losing that is terrifying. If you told me take a bullet and she would live; where’s the gun? Where’s the gun?" Mahoney cries.
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SAN DIEGO — Frank Powell, the San Diego Association of REALTORS President Elect sold a University City 4-bedroom home with a waterfall pool and jacuzzi in a little over a week, but he's now seeing more and more homes not sell as quickly as they did earlier this year.
"Now, we're seeing days on the market at 20 days, 25 days and 30 days, that is an indication that everyone realizes that you are pricing it too high,” said Powell, who served as a San Diego lifeguard for 18 years before getting into real estate.
Financial advisor David Reyes at Reyes Financial Architecture says the interest rate hikes are increasing some homeowner monthly payments by 50%, and that interest rate is only expected to get higher in the next six months.
"With a median home price in San Diego at $1 million, and let's say you put 20% down, and you now have an $800,000 mortgage when your payment just a few months ago would've been about $3400 for the mortgage payment, not including tax and insurance, but today, with rates going from about 3% to 6.5%, which is about the average mortgage rate, you are now talking about paying over $5000 a month for the same house,” Reyes said.
Reyes says first time home buyers are getting hit the hardest since they may no longer qualify to buy a home.
"When you raise interest rates, what happens to your debt, your payments go up. Rates went from about .75 to 1% to 1.5% overnight, which is a pretty big jump,” Reyes said.
For those looking to buy a home, Reyes suggests holding off. He says it is more of a sellers’ market even if sellers aren't getting multiple offers like they used to.
“You can't look back even one month ago and say well, the house down the street sold for $200,000 above asking price, those days are gone,” Powell said.
Powell says he's seeing many sellers drop their price dramatically, but he advises don't "chase the market" but do one big drop and leave it there for a while to see what happens.
"If you were going to sell your house, I say sell it now because by all indications, seems that the interest rates are going to continue to climb and gas prices are continuing to climb and inflation is continuing to climb, and all these affect the buyer and what they can afford,” Powell said.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KNSW) — The Riverside neighborhood came together for one of its own this week – a lost pet iguana.
Aurora Mangers, the owner of Charlez, a red iguana, says she realized he was lost after she and her uncle could not find him.
“We looked everywhere in the room, and then we checked the window and there was a hole perfectly fit for him,” said Mangers. “That’s kind of when we knew that he got out.”
Charlez had escaped through a second-story screened-in window.
A post on social media looking for the lost lizard quickly caught the attention of users.
“I posted it on the Riverside Facebook page, and I posted it on my personal page, and I posted it on Wichita lost and found pets,” said Aurora’s grandma Deb Harper, who the iguana stays with. “But Riverside gave a really good response, different people were commenting and were like, ‘Well, we’ll be watching for him and maybe you know you’ll see him on a different day or something.'”
“We just kept looking and I pretty much, after all those days, I’m like were just not gonna find him,” Mangers said.
Amy Stevens would spot Charlez nine days after his escape.
“I was driving home from work downtown and as I went over the bridge I saw it on the sidewalk/walkway. I was surprised to see it so I went around the roundabout to double-check what I saw. It was indeed an iguana so I took the photo of it,” said Stevens. “It was clearly someone’s pet so I shared it on the Riverside Facebook group in hopes someone would know who to contact. Within minutes the members had tagged the owner in the post and organized a rescue/capture mission.”
A rescue mission was quickly put into place after Charlez was spotted.
“Multiple people met us over there, there were at least four different people, or families, that came and kind of were helping look for him,” Harper said. “One of the ladies from Riverside brought us a fishing net, cause he kept jumping in the river.”
The situation turned into a water rescue mission when Mangers decided to get into the river.
“I was like, ‘You know what? I may as well just get in.’ …took my shoes off and then got in the water,” Mangers said. “I kind of swam out farther than he was because I didn’t want him going out farther … he kept like bopping under and going under … so, I put the net in front of him and got him while he was underwater.”
(Courtesy: Deb Harper) (Courtesy: Deb Harper)
After being caught, Charlez was brought back home.
“I’m actually really happy that we found him,” said Mangers.
“He’s been pretty stressed, so we’ve just kind of left him alone in the room,” Harper said.
And if Charlez thinks about escaping again, Harper says, “Well, the windows not going to be open anymore.”
Harper says she is truly grateful for the Riverside community. She says, “I really think without Riversider’s help we wouldn’t haven’t ever found him.”
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Arizona lottery numbers, June 16
Associated Press
These Arizona lotteries were drawn Thursday:
Pick 3
0-2-5
Fantasy 5
03-16-26-36-41
Estimated jackpot: $50,000
Triple Twist
12-13-21-22-23-25
Estimated jackpot: $423,000
Mega Millions
Estimated jackpot: $273 million
Powerball
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'Real evil exists in this world': Vigil held for victims of Phoenix strip mall shooting
Dozens of community members gathered in north Phoenix to honor and remember those who were killed and injured during a mass shooting that occurred at a strip mall on June 4.
Community members, politicians and Phoenix police officers came together in the parking lot of the Sunnyslope Family Services Center, just across the street from where the shooting happened near 10th Avenue and Hatcher Road.
Officers responded to a strip mall near 10th Avenue and Hatcher Road around 1 a.m. where people were fleeing the area.
Emily Morgan,14, was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital. Eight others were injured including two with life-threatening injuries.
Across the street from the center where the vigil was hosted, an assortment of flowers was laid in the strip mall parking lot where the shooting occurred. It was unclear who placed them there.
During the vigil, Councilmember Deb Stark thanked Phoenix police for their service that day, while Desert Horizon Precinct Commander Brian Issitt made note of the "evil" that gun violence brought to the neighborhood.
"Real evil exists in this world," Issitt said, but went on to thank those present for honoring the memory of Emily. "Trust that there's nothing that can break the bonds of this community."
The city of Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department issued a notice of violation against an owner and a tenant of the strip mall for not possessing a necessary use permit for the gathering prior to the shooting.
Phoenix police said the shooting was the result of a fight at a "party promoted on social media."
Police did not comment on the ongoing investigation into the shooting.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Soccer fans and players are excited to learn the World Cup will be in their backyard.
For younger players, it’ll be a chance to be closer to their heroes than ever before.
Fans at Mud Creek Soccer Complex in Cobb County expressed their excitement after FIFA announced US host cities.
Children and teens were practicing and had no idea Atlanta won its bid to host an event in 2026. Once news broke, fans celebrated saying being a host city means more than seeing a match -- it's about seeing the future.
For some young athletes, they see more than the soccer ball in front of them, they see a circle of opportunity and how they're inching closer toward the goal.
"Soccer means everything to me," Rooby Delusma, a trainer and athlete said.
Delusma has been a fan and a player his whole life. He knows the discipline of the game.
"Soccer is the thing that keeps me out of trouble," he said.
He passes this message on to some of the smallest athletes, hoping to one day wear a pro jersey.
"Give them the tools so they can get to the next level," he explained.
He said a World Cup game played in Atlanta would make a perfect goal.
"A World Cup is a big thing," he said. "I think that will be a big opening for kids that love the game but they don't have the opportunity to see it in their faces."
Gonzalo Hurtado echoed Delusma, calling it a dream that's closer within his reach.
"I'm crazy excited," the 16-year-old said. "I would never think I'd be able to see a game, potentially, which I'll definitely try to go to one."
The soccer player and Premier League fan has been lacing up his cleats all of his life and working on his footwork to hopefully go pro. Like his teacher, he knows it takes discipline.
"There's no time off if you want to go far," he said.
Now he, and other young athletes like him will have a chance to see how far discipline can take you.
"For younger kids, like my little brothers, that's probably really big for them and motivate them more for them to see that, how close it is for home," he said.
Delusma will be there to encourage kids to catch a glimpse of the international event coming to the Peach State and help them run toward that future.
"My job (is) to help others that love the game and hopefully (they're) not just watching the game playing in Atlanta -- but they can play in the World Cup," he said.
So while a crowd of thousands will see a World Cup 2026 event, others will see all the possibilities that discipline, determination and some fancy footwork can bring. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fans-celebrate-atlanta-hosting-world-cup-event/85-7392cebc-b34a-4850-9e94-db1770c63e50 | 2022-06-17T04:16:43 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/fans-celebrate-atlanta-hosting-world-cup-event/85-7392cebc-b34a-4850-9e94-db1770c63e50 |
COMMERCE, Ga. — Pepsi officials grabbed a pair of giant golden scissors Thursday and cut a ribbon between cans to celebrate a new building that will bring more beverage products to Georgia.
PepsiCo opened its new $8.5 million warehouse and distribution facility in Commerce with its iconic red, white and blue decorating the outside of its 172,000-square-foot building.
The full-scale distribution center is expected to create at least 50 new jobs. Facility managers said around six million cases of beverages will come from the building serving Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Bubly, Aquafina and Pure Leaf throughout the year. The distribution center will supply 26 routes to customers in 28 counties, according to the company, widening its reach in areas such as Gainesville, Rome, Athens, Stone Mountain and Atlanta.
“We are excited to welcome PepsiCo, one of the leading national brands, as the newest corporate citizen of Commerce,” said Commerce Mayor Clark Hill III in a news release. “We appreciate the investment in our city and in the lives of our residents.”
This announcement builds on the $260 million expansion of Pepsi's manufacturing facility in Tucker earlier this year. In the span of three years, Pepsi has committed $268 million of capital in the State of Georgia. PepsiCo currently employs 3,450 people across Georgia, a spokesperson with the company said. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/pepsi-opens-commerce-warehouse/85-1c33d494-9846-4413-a6cf-5540b8642391 | 2022-06-17T04:16:49 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/pepsi-opens-commerce-warehouse/85-1c33d494-9846-4413-a6cf-5540b8642391 |
B and H, the initials of Braden Caldwell and Henry Warner, are encompassed by a heart in this drone photo provided by Bishop Kelly High School. Caldwell and Warner were students at the school and died following a single-car crash that happened Sunday in Boise. They were honored Wednesday with an “On the Bike” vigil at the school’s mountain biking track.
Members of the Bishop Kelly High School mountain biking team, the community, and other area mountain biking teams participate in the school’s “On the Bike” vigil Wednesday that honored two students who died following a single-car crash on Sunday in Boise.
Bikes and people are pictured in this drone photo captured Wednesday during Bishop Kelly High School’s “On the Bike” vigil that honored two students who died following a single-car crash Sunday in Boise.
B and H, the initials of Braden Caldwell and Henry Warner, are encompassed by a heart in this drone photo provided by Bishop Kelly High School. Caldwell and Warner were students at the school and died following a single-car crash that happened Sunday in Boise. They were honored Wednesday with an “On the Bike” vigil at the school’s mountain biking track.
Submitted photo/Bishop Kelly High School
Members of the Bishop Kelly High School mountain biking team, the community, and other area mountain biking teams participate in the school’s “On the Bike” vigil Wednesday that honored two students who died following a single-car crash on Sunday in Boise.
Katie Hays/Bishop Kelly High School
Bikes and people are pictured in this drone photo captured Wednesday during Bishop Kelly High School’s “On the Bike” vigil that honored two students who died following a single-car crash Sunday in Boise.
Two Bishop Kelly High School students who recently died were honored Wednesday by their teammates, classmates and community.
The school’s mountain biking team held a vigil for the two boys on the school’s mountain bike track. Led by the boys’ fathers, Mike Caldwell and Kevan Warner, the “On the Bike” vigil invited members of Bishop Kelly’s mountain biking team, the Bishop Kelly community and other mountain biking teams from around the Treasure Valley to take a ride or walk on the track.
Braden Caldwell and Henry Warner, both 16, died following a single-car crash Sunday night on Interstate 184 in Boise. They were both founding members of Bishop Kelly’s mountain biking team and, according to a school spokesperson, played major roles in starting the team and building the school’s track, as did their fathers.
Mike Caldwell, Braden’s father, is the school’s principal.
“As the BK Mountain Biking team, we have experienced a devastating loss in the passing of our friends and teammates Braden and Henry,” members of the Bishop Kelly mountain biking team wrote. “While we all grieve differently, we know that Henry and Braden’s playful and loving spirits would love for us to celebrate them as they lived.”
Today, the community gathered to honor the two Bishop Kelly High School students, Braden Caldwell and Henry Warner, who were killed in a car accident on Sunday.
In addition to the ceremonial ride, vigil attendees “spread wildflower seeds” and shared their “love for each other and our friends who have left us far too soon,” the team wrote.
The boys’ fathers rode their sons’ bikes, the school spokesperson said.
The private catholic school has provided other grief and counseling services throughout the week, including a Tuesday night mass and a Wednesday prayer service.
“We ask the greater Treasure Valley community to please pray for Braden and Henry, their parents, their siblings, grandparents, and extended family and friends,” the school said Tuesday in a press release. “Pray for our entire school community because our hearts are broken, and we know that God holds those who are suffering close.”
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Yvonne St Cyr, 53, pleaded not guilty on Thursday afternoon in U.S District Court for her alleged crimes during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C.
St Cyr is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds. She appeared in court by video.
In a criminal complaint, FBI Special Agent Matthew Gano wrote that St Cyr went into the Capitol during the riot sometime between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Jan. 6.
Gano wrote that St Cyr live-streamed video from inside the Capitol and was photographed inside the Senators Hideaway Office, as previously reported by KTVB.
In a previous interview with KTVB, St Cyr said that she was at the Capitol for a reason.
“I still feel like I did the right thing, and I still feel like God is in control, and he’s got a plan. I don’t know what it is and I’m a part of it,” she said.
In a live video that appears to have been taken in St Cyr’s hotel room following the riot, she talks about breaching the Capitol and references the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that the government is controlled by a secret cabal of Satan-worshiping Democrats and elites who sexually assault children and drink their blood.
St Cyr also repeated unfounded claims that President Joe Biden’s victory was the result of fraud.
St Cyr was previously arrested in December 2020, and was charged with trespassing after police say she entered a Central District Health building during a meeting and refused to leave.
St Cyr was one of three Idahoans charged in the riot, which occurred after a group of Trump supporters breached their way into the Capitol to protest President Joe Biden’s electoral win. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-woman-charged-in-connection-with-u-s-capitol-riot-pleads-not-guilty/article_847066bf-7e31-5de9-b7c4-22bc9d085cbc.html | 2022-06-17T04:22:56 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/boise-woman-charged-in-connection-with-u-s-capitol-riot-pleads-not-guilty/article_847066bf-7e31-5de9-b7c4-22bc9d085cbc.html |
COEUR d’ALENE — Court documents have revealed new details about the arrest of 31 men who are associated with the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front, including who bailed them out of jail.
Records show that Joshua Plotner, of Craigmont, paid more than $2,200 to bail out at least seven men facing a misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to riot.
Plotner did not return phone calls Tuesday from The Press.
It’s unclear how — or if — Plotner knows the men. The Daily Beast reported that one suspect told his mother that “anonymous donors” bailed out him and the others.
Receipts show that Plotner paid $315, plus fees, for each of the following suspects:
• Dakota Ray Tabler of West Valley City, Utah
• Wesley Van Horn of Lexington, Ala.
• Mitchell Frederick Wagner of Florissant, Mo.
• Nathaniel Taylor Whitfield of Elk Ridge, Utah
• Robert Benjamin Whitted of Conroe, Texas
• Alexander Nicholai Sistenstein of Midvale, Utah
• Jared Michael Boyce of Springville, Utah
According to court documents, 12 suspects paid their own bail. Four secured surety bonds, while four others had their bail paid by people who appeared to be relatives.
Bail information was not available for the remaining four men.
The suspects are accused of planning to incite a violent disturbance at the Pride celebration in City Park on Saturday, then continue rioting along Sherman Avenue.
It took just two minutes for the men to load their gear into the back of a U-Haul truck and then squeeze into the U-Haul themselves.
That’s what an anonymous tipster relayed to police, after reportedly witnessing the “little army” in the parking lot of the SpringHill Suites in Coeur d’Alene.
Ten minutes later, just blocks from City Park, Coeur d’Alene police stopped the U-Haul and detained its occupants.
The men reportedly had with them metal shields and “abnormally long” metal flag poles.
Their hats, emblazoned with the Patriot Front logo, were reinforced with hard plastic inserts. They carried “tactical” medical kits, as well as radios and cameras.
Even before the witness tipped off police, area law enforcement was poised to respond to conflict on Saturday.
In the weeks leading up to the Pride event, threats of an armed protest organized by the Panhandle Patriots Riding Club attracted attention, both locally and online.
A poster for the event said, “If they want to have a war, let it begin here.”
Originally dubbed “Gun d’Alene,” the event was later rebranded as “North Idaho Day of Prayer.”
Before the rebranding, a video of a club member promising to “go head-to-head” with those celebrating Pride exploded on TikTok.
On other social media sites, users expressed intentions of going to Coeur d’Alene to support the Pride event — or to join the armed protest.
Chatter indicating potential conflicts prompted a large, visible police presence in downtown Coeur d’Alene on the day of the event.
Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said Monday that he’s confident the mass arrest prevented a riot.
Among the arrestees was Thomas Rousseau, 23, of Grapevine, Texas, who founded Patriot Front after the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in 2017. The group broke off from Vanguard America, a different neo-Nazi organization.
Rousseau reportedly told police he was in Coeur d’Alene to “peacefully exercise his First Amendment rights.”
He carried with him a document detailing “call locations, primary checkpoints, drill times, prep times and observation windows,” as well as GPS coordinates for a drop point and two backup plans, according to court documents.
The document outlined a plan to form a column outside City Park and proceed inward, “until barriers to approach are met.”
Once “an appropriate amount of confrontational dynamic had been established,” the column would disengage and head down Sherman Avenue.
As part of their investigation, police seized two vehicles in addition to the U-Haul: a white Ford Ranger and a red Toyota Camry, both with Washington plates.
Police observed multiple homemade shields left behind in the bed of the white Ford, as well as a blue jacket bearing the Patriot Front logo. A similar jacket could be seen inside the Toyota, police said.
Most of the men didn’t speak to police or answer questions immediately after their arrest.
But Wesley Van Horn of Lexington, Alabama, allegedly told police he was involved with Patriot Front.
When an officer commented that Van Horn had “traveled a long way for his cause,” Van Horn reportedly replied, “We go where we’re needed.”
Spokane resident Mishael Buster also told police he was part of Patriot Front, according to court documents. His brother, Josiah Buster, was arrested alongside him.
The Spokesman-Review reported Tuesday that Mishael Buster has ties to former Washington legislator Matt Shea, who was found by a House-commissioned investigation to have planned and committed domestic terrorism.
Buster reportedly appears in a live stream of a service at Shea’s Spokane church, On Fire Ministries.
Shea spoke at the Gun d’Alene/North Idaho Day of Prayer event that occurred in protest of Pride, after participating in a “prayer walk” earlier in the day.
Those arrested come from 12 states, including Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Oregon, Illinois, Wyoming, Arkansas and Missouri.
Just two come from Idaho — Genesee and Idaho Falls, specifically — while at least two have ties to Spokane.
One of the men whose bail was paid by Plotner, Mitchell Wagner, was previously charged with defacing a mural of famous Black Americans on a college campus in St. Louis last year.
Next month, the suspects are required to appear in person before a Kootenai County judge for arraignment.
If defendants fail to appear in court for a misdemeanor citation, a judge may issue a bench warrant for their arrest. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/documents-reveal-patriot-front-plans-who-bailed-out-some-members/article_6e045307-a923-5afe-92a5-92b8670cdcc3.html | 2022-06-17T04:23:03 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/documents-reveal-patriot-front-plans-who-bailed-out-some-members/article_6e045307-a923-5afe-92a5-92b8670cdcc3.html |
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SALEM LAKES — The body of a man believed to have drowned in Silver Lake has been recovered, authorities said late Thursday.
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department was called to the lake at 12:37 p.m., along with Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue, for a report of a missing swimmer in the water. According to Lt. Keith Fonk, the man's body was recovered sometime before 9 p.m. No additional information was immediately available.
Initial reports indicated that a 5-year-old female child and a 22-year-old male were swimming after jumping into the water from a boat on the lake, according to Kenosha County Sheriff's Department media release. The male, who was not wearing a flotation device, went underwater and did not resurface.
The child was wearing a personal flotation device and was picked up by another boat that was also on the lake.
Dive teams from southeast Wisconsin and northern Illinois were called in to assist in an attempt to locate the missing male.
At about 2:40 p.m. Salem Lakes Fire Chief James Lejcar no longer considered the incident a rescue, and at that time turned into a recovery mission.
Anyone with information regarding the incident should contact the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department at 262-605-5100.
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department was called to Silver Lake at 12:37 p.m. Thursday, June 16, along with Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue, for a report of a missing swimmer in the water.
Travis Devlin, Lee Newspapers
The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department was called to Silver Lake at 12:37 p.m. Thursday, June 16, along with Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue, for a report of a missing swimmer in the water.
Travis Devlin, Lee newspapers
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department was called to Silver Lake at 12:37 p.m. Thursday, June 16, along with Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue, for a report of a missing swimmer in the water.
Travis Devlin, Lee Newspapers
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department was called to Silver Lake at 12:37 p.m. Thursday, June 16, along with Salem Lakes Fire and Rescue, for a report of a missing swimmer in the water.
Travis Devlin, Lee Newspapers
60 photos that capture summer in the ’60s
60 photos that capture summer in the '60s
A lot happened in the 1960s . The Vietnam War dominated the headlines, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon both served in the Oval Office and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights. Before the organizational power of modern social media existed, a group of students protested segregation with the first-ever sit-in, and women’s rights activists created the Women’s Liberation Movement.
War and protests may have marked the ‘60s, but it was also the era of Woodstock, miniskirts and rock ‘n’ roll. Snacks like Chips Ahoy! and Doritos made their debut, and athletes started fueling their games with Gatorade . The first man walked on the moon and innovations led to the the creation of the computer mouse and the modern internet .
In honor of summer, Stacker looked back through news archives and historical sites to remember some of the most important months in an era that shaped the country’s political, cultural and technological landscape. Click through to see some of the most exciting events and trends from a decade that left a major mark on history.
Related: Top 50 movies from the '60s.
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U.S. troops in Vietnam
The U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigade was sent on a jungle ‘search and destroy’ patrol in Phuong Tuy Province, Vietnam in June of 1966. While conflict in Vietnam began in the 50s, President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated U.S. involvement by sending combat troops over in 1965 .
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“I Have a Dream” speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. King was assassinated five years later on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
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March on Washington
Several hundred thousand Americans walk together for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom near the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963.
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Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Bob Dylan sings with Joan Baez during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28,1963. Dylan entered the music world shortly after dropping out of college in 1960, and signed a deal with Columbia Records in 1961 .
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Rolling Stones
Members of The Rolling Stones are photographed in New York in the summer of 1964. The British rock group formed in 1962 and scored their first #1 hit in America with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in June of 1965.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr., American actor, dancer and singer, uses the “Jiffy-Gym,” an elastic chest expander, in June 1968. Davis was not only a popular performer of the ‘60s, he was active in the Civil Rights Movement and participated in the March on Washington in the summer of 1963.
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Woodstock Festival
A crowd gathers at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, N.Y., on the land of farm-owner Max Yasgur in August 1969 . The festival organizers expected around 200,000 people, but close to half a million guests showed up for three days of music and mud.
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Beetle nap
Two Woodstock attendees nap on the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle.
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Voting Rights Act
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson passes Martin Luther King Jr. a pen to sign the Voting Rights Act in Washington, D.C., on August 6, 1965.
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Young love
A couple hugs one another in Greenville, Mississippi, on July 15, 1967.
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Water carriers
An August 6, 1960 photo shows girl guides from around the world at Mersham-le-Hatch, near Ashford in Kent, England. They display each culture's water-carrying methods to one another as part of an international educational camp.
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Summer camp
Two boys read comic books while attending a summer camp run by the National Association for Gifted Children on August 17, 1967. Summer camps were ushered into popular culture in 1961 with movies like “The Parent Trap . ”
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Hot dogs and baseball
Two boys eat hot dogs at a baseball game. The 1960s is referred to as the “last decade of innocence of America's favorite pastime,” when children spent summers trading baseball cards and listening to baseball games broadcast on transistor radios, writes LA Times journalist Susan King .
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Sportsmobile
Children smile as they jump rope during a visit from the Nassau County Division of Parks and Recreation Sportsmobile in 1966.
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Beach ensemble
A woman models a floral-patterned beach jacket with matching bikini in 1965.
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Do "The Twist"
Couples dance to “The Twist” on June 17, 1962, as another kiss onboard the steamer “Royal Daffodil II.” This trip across the English Channel featured 12 hours of music by 10 bands, and the resulting dance craze stormed the nation after Chubby Checker’s song by the same name appeared on Dick Clark's “American Bandstand ” in 1960.
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Surf city
Women model “young swimsuits” in an ad of the era. The song “Surf City,” which was co-written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, hit #1 on the U.S. pop charts in 1963 .
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Beach Party
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello starred in “Beach Party” in 1963 . Funicello brought the two-piece bikini into the mainstream.
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Bikini run
Several models sport bikinis on a Pensacola, Florida beach in 1969.
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Hippies in the park
Young people gather in Washington Square Park, part of Greenwich Park, in New York City in 1968. The hippie movement developeds on college campuses in large part as an opposition to the Vietnam War. They advocated non-violence, and coined the enduring phrase “Make love, not war.” Hippies often referred to themselves as “flower children.”
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Summer in the city
New York City Police Commissioner Stephen Kennedy sprays water after opening a fire hydrant on Manhattan's Hester Street, closed to traffic and designated for playing on a particularly hot July 13, 1960.
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Life in color
A woman poses in a two-piece bathing suit on a Florida beach in 1968. Polaroid introduced instant color film in 1963 .
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Coney Island
Brooklyn, New York's Coney Island Beach is filled with beach-goers in July of 1966.
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Apollo 11 crew
The Apollo 11 crew poses at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a hands-on test in preparation for the first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969. Pictured from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.
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Space walk
Before the first moonwalk took place, astronaut Edward White took the first-ever spacewalk on July 3, 1965. White was one of the three-man crew who later perished in the ill-fated Apollo 1 fire.
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First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin, walked among the moon dirt and surface rock for three hours.
NASA
Women’s Liberation Movement
Women in New York City hold up signs during a women's liberation demonstration in 1968. The National Organization for Women was founded on June 30, 1966 .
Hulton Archive // Getty Images
Equal pay conference
The fight for women’s rights took place across the pond as well as Stateside. Ford Motors machinists stood with signs at a conference on equal rights in the industry at Friends House in Euston, London, on June 28, 1968.
Bob Aylott // Keystone//Getty Images
Beauty pageant
The crowd looks on as women take the stage in one-piece bathing suits and heels at the Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island, New York in the early ‘60s. In 1968, activists protested the largest of all beauty contests: the Miss America Pageant .
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Muhammad Ali
Cassius Clay— known as Muhammad Ali — stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
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Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King, right, holds the trophy after defeating Maria Bueno. King won her first Wimbledon singles tennis match on July 2, 1966.
Douglas Miller//Keystone // Getty Images
Twiggy
English model Twiggy—whose real name is Lesley Hornby—poses for a shoot on June 12, 1966. While the model wasn’t American, she became a sixties icon and a major influence on fashion in the U.S. and abroad.
Stan Meagher//Express // Getty Images
Hugh Hefner and his bunnies
Hugh Hefner poses with some of his bunnies at one of America’s Playboy Clubs on July 18, 1962. In the summer of 1963, Show magazine published Gloria Steinem’s “A Bunny’s Tale" in two parts. Steinem went undercover as Marie Catherine Ochs to give readers an inside look at the not-so-glamorous life of a bunny at a Playboy Club.
Helmut Kretz // Getty Images
The Kennedys during summer
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and their children John, Jr. and Caroline, are pictured at their summer home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts on August 4, 1962. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 .
Cecil W. Stoughon // Wikimedia Commons
Summer fashion
An ad in BuenHogar—Good Housekeeping, the Spanish language women's magazine, shows beach fashion for the summer of 1967.
Classic Film // Flickr
Children’s fashion
Young girls model pinafores by Simplicity in the June 1996 issue of Woman’s Day.
Classic Film // Flickr
Men’s swimwear
Two models show off belted swim trunks in a summer 1967 issue of Ebony magazine.
Classic Film // Flickr
Bathing beauties
Women dressed in swimwear enjoy drinks at a bar in Las Vegas.
Three Lions // Getty Images
Marilyn Monroe's death
Marilyn Monroe has some fun on the beach while filming a movie. On August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe—born Norma Jeane Mortenson—was found dead in her hotel room .
L J Willinger // Getty Images
Black students register
Vivian Malone and James Hood, two black students, register at the University of Alabama on June 12, 1963, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On June 10, 1963 , President John F. Kennedy federalized the National Guard, deploying them to the school in order to force its desegregation.
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George Wallace stands in the way
Alabama governor George Wallace faces General Henry Graham in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on June 12, 1963, to block the enrollment of black students. Despite a federal order not to interfere with the enrollment, Wallace stood in the doorway of the administration building to prevent the students from registering. In response, President John. F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard. One hundred guardsman escorted the students to campus and Gen. Graham ordered Wallace to step aside.
AFP // Getty Images
Civil Rights Act
President John F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders at the White House on August 28, 1963. The Civil Rights Act passed the following year on July 2, 1964, ending segregation in public spaces and banning employers from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
National Archive // Getty Images
Summer of Love
San Francisco hippies encircle a tree at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. In the summer of 1967, close to one hundred thousand hippies gathered in the city's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for the “Summer of Love.”
Warren Hammond // Getty Images
Jimi Hendrix
Members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience are pictured on August 21, 1967. Hendrix took the stage during the “Summer of Love” at the Monterey Pop Festival in June of 1967.
Express//Express // Getty Images
George Harrison
The Beatles’ George Harrison is pictured on June 30, 1967. Harrison played at the Monterey Pop Festival in addition to Jimi Hendrix.
John Williams//BIPs // Getty Images
The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper
The Beatles celebrate the completion of their album, “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The LP was released on June 1, 1967.
John Pratt//Keystone // Getty Images
Democratic National Convention
A young female protester looks on at armed police officers at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the the August 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
Hulton Archive // Getty Images
Harlem riots
Widespread disorder erupts in the streets during the 1964 Harlem neighborhood race riots in New York City. The riots lasted for six days, beginning July 16.
Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons
Demonstrators in Harlem
Demonstrators carry photographs of Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan as they march during the Harlem riots, which flared up after Gilligan, a white off-duty police officer, shot and killed an African-American teenager.
Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons
Watts riots
A wounded man sits near an armed police guard during the Watts riots in Los Angeles during the summer of 1965. The riots started after a white police officer arrested a black man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, and lasted from August 11-16.
Harry Benson//Express // Getty Images
Segregation in public pools
The public swimming pool in Raleigh, N.C.'s Pullen Park was closed by the city on August 7, 1962 after four black men went swimming with two white companions. Other public pools in the city followed suit until the issue could be resolved. Swimming facilities had been segregated until then, and the city council felt the public would not accept their desegregation.
David Hoffman // Flickr
Lemonade stands
Children sell lemonade in La Cañada, California, on July 31, 1961.
George Garrigues // Wikimedia Commons
Shortened hemlines
Women model dresses for Hess Brothers Department Store in 1965. The shortened hemline—like those of the miniskirt —began to gain popularity in the mid-1960s.
Public Domain // Wikimedia Commons
Jell-O
Jell-O marketed a vegetable-flavored gelatin dish in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine ad in August 1964, the same year the company released its slogan: “There’s Always Room for Jell-O. ”
Jamie // Flickr
Summer heat wave
A group of children play in the street on a hot July day in 1962.
Schafer // Getty Images
Nun fun
A nun visiting a low-income neighborhood in New York plays a skipping game with children in August 1965.
Roy Kemp // Getty Images
Marsha Hunt
Actress, singer, model and activist Marsha Hunt dons an Afro—a popular hairstyle in the 60s—on August 21, 1969.
McCarthy // Getty Images
60 photos that capture summer in the '60s
A great deal happened in the 1960s—to say the least. The Vietnam War dominated the headlines, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon both served in the Oval Office and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights. Before the organizational power of modern social media existed, a group of students protested segregation with the first-ever sit-in, and women’s rights activists created the Women’s Liberation Movement.
In honor of summer, Stacker looked back through news archives and historical sites to remember the summertime months in an era that shaped the country’s political, cultural, and technological landscape.
War and protests may have marked the ’60s, but it was also the era of Woodstock, miniskirts and rock ’n’ roll. Snacks like Chips Ahoy! and Doritos made their debut, and athletes started fueling their games with Gatorade. The first man walked on the moon and innovations led to the creation of the computer mouse and the modern internet.
Click through to see some of the most exciting events and trends from a decade that left a major mark on history.
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Schafer // Getty Images
US troops in Vietnam
The U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigade was sent on a jungle “search and destroy” patrol in Phuoc Tuy Province, Vietnam in June 1966. While the conflict in Vietnam began in the ’50s, President Lyndon B. Johnson escalated U.S. involvement by sending combat troops over in 1965.
Express Newspapers // Getty Images
‘I Have a Dream’ speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. King was assassinated five years later on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Agence France Presse // Getty Images
March on Washington
Several hundred thousand Americans walk together for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom near the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963.
Library of Congress // Wikimedia Commons
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sing during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963. Dylan entered the music world shortly after dropping out of college in 1960 and signed a deal with Columbia Records in 1961.
Rowland Scherman // Getty Images
Rolling Stones
Members of The Rolling Stones are pictured in New York in the summer of 1964. The British rock group formed in 1962 and scored their first #1 hit in America with “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” in June 1965.
William Lovelace // Getty Images
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr., an American actor, dancer, and singer, uses the “Jiffy-Gym,” an elastic chest expander, in June 1968. Davis was not only a popular performer of the ’60s, he was active in the civil rights movement and participated in the March on Washington in the summer of 1963.
Evening Standard // Getty Images
Woodstock Festival
Crowds gather at the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival in Bethel, New York, on the land of farm-owner Max Yasgur in August 1969. The festival organizers expected around 200,000 people, but close to half a million guests showed up for three days of music and mud.
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Warner Bros/Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images
Beetle nap
Passerbys look on in this picture as two Woodstock attendees nap on the roof of a Volkswagen Beetle.
Three Lions // Getty Images
Voting Rights Act
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson passes Martin Luther King Jr. a pen to sign the Voting Rights Act in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 1965.
Washington Bureau // Getty Images
Young love
A couple hugs in front of stores on a street on Nelson Street in Greenville, Mississippi, on July 15, 1967.
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Harry Benson // Getty Images
Water carriers
An Aug. 6, 1960 photo shows girl guides from around the world at Mersham-le-Hatch, near Ashford in Kent, England. They display each culture’s water-carrying methods to one another as part of an international educational camp.
Fox Photos // Getty Images
Summer camp
Two boys read comic books while attending a summer camp run by the National Association for Gifted Children on Aug. 17, 1967. Summer camps were ushered into popular culture in 1961 with movies like “The Parent Trap.”
Potter/Express // Getty Images
Hot dogs and baseball
Two boys eat hot dogs at a baseball game. The 1960s is referred to as the “last decade of innocence of America’s favorite pastime,” when children spent summers trading baseball cards and listening to baseball games broadcast on transistor radios, writes LA Times journalist Susan King .
Orlando // Getty Images
Sportsmobile
Children smile as they jump rope during a visit from the Nassau County Division of Parks and Recreation Sportsmobile in 1966.
Susan Schiff Faludi // Getty Images
Beach ensemble
A woman models a floral-patterned beach jacket with a matching bikini in 1965.
Keystone // Getty Images
Do ‘The Twist’
Couples dance to “The Twist” on June 17, 1962, as another kiss on board the steamer Royal Daffodil II. This trip across the English Channel featured 12 hours of music by 10 bands, and the resulting dance craze stormed the nation after Chubby Checker’s song by the same name appeared on Dick Clark’s “American Bandstand” in 1960.
Keystone // Getty Images
Surf city
Women model swimsuits in an ad of the era. The song “Surf City,” which was co-written by Beach Boy Brian Wilson, hit #1 on the U.S. pop charts in 1963.
Archive Photos // Getty Images
Summer stunts
Couples enjoy lake surfboarding in Cypress Gardens, Florida, in 1965. Beach-themed movies like “Surf Party,” “Beach Blanket Bingo,” and “Muscle Beach Party” hit the silver screen in the ’60s.
Keystone // Getty Images
Beach Party
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello star in “Beach Party” in 1963. Funicello helped bring the two-piece swimsuit into the mainstream.
Bettmann // Getty Images
Bikini run
Several models sport swimsuits on a Pensacola, Florida, beach in 1969.
Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images
Hippies in the park
Young people gather in Washington Square Park, part of Greenwich Park, in New York City in 1968. The hippie movement developed on college campuses in large part as an opposition to the Vietnam War. They advocated nonviolence, and coined the enduring phrase “Make love, not war.” Hippies often referred to themselves as “flower children.”
Peter Keegan/Keystone // Getty Images
Summer in the city
New York City Police Commissioner Stephen Kennedy sprays water after opening a fire hydrant on Manhattan’s Hester Street, closed to traffic and designated for playing on a particularly hot day on July 13, 1960.
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Keystone // Getty Images
Life in color
A group in swimsuits with surfboards gathers in and around a car parked on a Florida beach in 1968. Polaroid introduced instant color film in 1963.
Tom Kelley Archive // Getty Images
Coney Island
Brooklyn, New York’s Coney Island Beach is filled with beach-goers in July 1966.
Harry Benson // Getty Images
Space walk
Before the first moonwalk took place, astronaut Edward White took America’s first space walk on July 3, 1965. White was one of the three-man crew who later perished in the ill-fated Apollo 1 fire.
Corbis // Getty Images
Apollo 11 crew
The Apollo 11 crew poses at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a hands-on test in preparation for the first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969. Pictured from left to right, Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.
NASA
First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin, walked among the moon’s dirt and surface rock for three hours.
NASA // Getty Images
Women’s Liberation Movement
Women in New York City hold up signs during a women’s liberation demonstration in 1968. The National Organization for Women was founded on June 30, 1966.
Hulton Archive // Getty Images
Equal pay conference
The fight for women’s rights took place across the pond as well as stateside. Ford Motors machinists stood with signs at a conference on equal rights in the industry at Friends House in Euston, London, on June 28, 1968.
Bob Aylott // Keystone//Getty Images
Beauty pageant
The crowd looks on as women take the stage in one-piece bathing suits and heels at the Roosevelt Raceway in Long Island, New York, in the early ’60s. In 1968, activists protested the largest of all beauty contests: the Miss America Pageant.
H. Armstrong Roberts // Getty Images
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali stands on the podium after winning the gold medal in light heavyweight boxing during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Central Press // Getty Images
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King, right, holds the trophy after defeating Maria Bueno. King won her first Wimbledon singles tennis match on July 2, 1966.
Douglas Miller//Keystone // Getty Images
Twiggy
English model Twiggy—whose real name is Lesley Hornby—poses for a photoshoot on June 12, 1966. While the model wasn’t American, she became a ’60s icon and a major influence on fashion in the U.S. and abroad.
Stan Meagher // Getty Images
Hugh Hefner and his bunnies
Hugh Hefner poses with some of his bunnies at one of America’s Playboy Clubs on July 18, 1962. In the summer of 1963, Show magazine published Gloria Steinem’s “A Bunny’s Tale” in two parts. Steinem went undercover as Marie Catherine Ochs to give readers an inside look at the not-so-glamorous life of a bunny at a Playboy Club.
Ted West // Getty Images
The Kennedys during summer
President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and their children John, Jr. and Caroline, are pictured at their summer home in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, on Aug. 4, 1962. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.
Bettmann // Getty Images
Summer fashion
An ad in BuenHogar—Good Housekeeping, the Spanish language women’s magazine, shows beach fashion for the summer of 1967.
Evening Standard // Getty Images
Children’s fashion
Young girls model pinafores by Simplicity in the June 1996 issue of Woman’s Day.
Mirrorpix // Getty Images
Men’s swimwear
Four guys and a girl sit or stand next to a Barris surf car parked on a California beach while wearing the latest fashion in Jantzen bathing suits in 1966.
Tom Kelley Archive // Getty Images
Gambling in the pool
Women dressed in swimwear enjoy drinks and gambling at a bar in Las Vegas.
Photoshot // Getty Images
Marilyn Monroe’s death
Marilyn Monroe has fun on the beach while filming a movie. On Aug. 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe—born Norma Jeane Mortenson—was found dead in her hotel room.
Hulton Deutsch // Getty Images
Black students register
Vivian Malone and James Hood, two Black students, register at the University of Alabama on June 12, 1963, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. On June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy federalized the National Guard, deploying them to the school in order to force its desegregation.
picture alliance // Getty Images
George Wallace stands in the way
Alabama Gov. George Wallace faces Gen. Henry Graham in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on June 12, 1963, to block the enrollment of Black students. Despite a federal order not to interfere with the enrollment, Wallace stood in the doorway of the administration building to prevent the students from registering. In response, President John. F. Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard. One hundred guardsman escorted the students to campus and Gen. Graham ordered Wallace to step aside.
Underwood Archives // Getty Images
Civil Rights Act
President John F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders at the White House on Aug. 28, 1963. The Civil Rights Act passed the following year on July 2, 1964, ending segregation in public spaces and banning employers from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
National Archive // Getty Images
Woolworth desegregated
Young African American students perform sit-ins at the segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. Months of protests led to the desegregation of the counter on July 25 of that year.
Bettmann // Getty Images
Summer of Love
San Francisco hippies encircle a tree at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. In the summer of 1967, close to 100,000 hippies gathered in the city’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood for the “Summer of Love.”
Ted Streshinsky Photographic Archive // Getty Images
Jimi Hendrix
Members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience are pictured on Aug. 21, 1967. Hendrix also took the stage during the “Summer of Love” at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967.
Hulton Deutsch // Getty Images
George Harrison
The Beatles’ George Harrison is pictured on June 30, 1967. Harrison played at the Monterey Pop Festival in addition to Jimi Hendrix.
Bettmann // Getty Images
The Beatles release ‘Sgt. Pepper’
The Beatles celebrate the completion of their album, “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The LP was released on June 1, 1967.
John Downing // Getty Images
Democratic National Convention
A young female protester looks on at armed police officers at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the the August 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Hulton Archive // Getty Images
Harlem riots
Widespread protests erupted in the streets during the 1964 Harlem neighborhood riots in New York City. Long suffering under police brutality, Black residents rose up after a Black boy, 15-year-old James Powell, was shot and killed by a white policeman Lieut. Thomas Gilligan.
Buyenlarge // Getty Images
Demonstrators in Harlem
Demonstrators carry photographs of Lieut. Thomas Gilligan as they march during the Harlem riots. The uprisings spread to more than a dozen American cities where Black residents lived under police violence and widespread discrimination.
Buyenlarge // Getty Images
Watts riots
A wounded man sits near an armed police guard during the Watts riots in Los Angeles during the summer of 1965. The riots started after a white police officer arrested a Black man on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, and lasted from Aug. 11-16.
Harry Benson//Express // Getty Images
Segregation in public pools
The public swimming pool in Raleigh, North Carolina’s Pullen Park was closed by the city on Aug. 7, 1962, after four Black men went swimming with two white companions. Other public pools in the city followed suit until the issue could be resolved. Swimming facilities had been segregated until then, and the city council felt the public would not accept desegregation.
Bettmann // Getty Images
Beach jeers
Three Black people walk away from jeering white beach-goers on July 14, 1963, at a beach in Savannah, Georgia. While desegregation was implemented nationwide in the 1950s, many cities in the South resisted the change until long after.
Bettmann // Getty Images
Lemonade stands
Children sell lemonade in La Cañada, California, on July 31, 1961.
Denver Post // Getty Images
Shortened hemlines
Women model dresses for Hess Brothers Department Store in 1965. The shortened hemline—like those of the miniskirt—began to gain popularity in the mid-1960s.
Public Domain // Wikimedia Commons
Jell-O
Jell-O marketed a vegetable-flavored gelatin dish in a Better Homes and Gardens magazine ad in August 1964, the same year the company released its slogan: “There’s Always Room for Jell-O.”
H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock // Getty Images
Summer heat wave
A group of children play in the street on a hot July day in 1962.
Schafer // Getty Images
Nun fun
A nun visiting a neighborhood in New York plays a skipping game with children in August 1965.
Roy Kemp // Getty Images
Marsha Hunt
Actress, singer, model, and activist Marsha Hunt shows off her Afro—a popular hairstyle in the ’60s—on Aug. 21, 1969.
Hilaria McCarthy // Getty Images
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GARY — A man wanted for fatally shooting a 21-year-old in the head was captured in a rural Arkansas town, police said.
Rahmere Dunn was taken to the Calhoun County Jail in Arkansas where he is expected to face extradition proceedings before he is returned to Lake County to face charges, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Dunn is accused of a fatal shooting in November 2021 in Gary, police said.
On Jan. 28, 2022, an arrest warrant was issued in Lake County for Dunn, who faces a murder charge.
At 3:20 p.m. June 6, the U.S. Marshals Western Arkansas Fugitive Task Force found Dunn and arrested him in Warren, Arkansas. Police found a 9mm ghost gun in his possession and he was taken to Calhoun County Jail.
Around 8:40 p.m. Nov. 12, 2021 police found Jediah Perry with a fatal gunshot wound sitting in the driver's seat of a vehicle in the 5000 block of West Fifth Avenue in Gary.
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Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit Cpl. Darryl Gordon was the lead investigator in the case.
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Around 6 p.m. first responders had North Main Street shut down between West 97th Place and Birch Street for the crash.
CROWN POINT — A drug dealing investigation in a Meijer parking lot sparked a chase that caused a bag of narcotics to explode in an officer's face and led to a Crown Point crash that injured two, police said.
The suspect who triggered the chain of events has been arrested and is facing pending charges, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr. said.
At 5:26 p.m. Thursday a Lake County officer initiated an investigative traffic stop in regards to a drug dealing investigation at the Meijer parking lot at 611 U.S. 30 in Merrillville, Martinez said.
The driver and a child were told to exit the vehicle; however the driver got back into the vehicle and fled, leaving the child behind.
The chase continued through the parking lot to Merrillville Road, where a pit maneuver caused the vehicle to spin out and come to a stop. The driver fled the vehicle and ran into nearby woods, with officers in chase.
Police reported the suspect was reaching into his crotch area and tossing suspected narcotics, in which a bag of drugs was thrown and exploded in an officer's face. The officer exposed to narcotics was taken to a hospital and he was later released in good condition.
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County cops release mugs of all OWI arrests in May
Gary mayor orders immediate closure of night club where six people were shot, including two who died
Law enforcement officials arrest 46, clear 58 arrest warrants during Operation Washout, authorities say
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Man airlifted following injury at Chesterton Urschel plant, firefighters say
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14-year-old missing from Hammond, police say
Giant, life-sized dinosaurs, volcano to come to Harvest Tyme Family Farm in Lowell
1 in custody after brief standoff in Porter, police say
Accused identified in Porter County hotel shooting; status of victim updated
During this time, an officer on Main Street in Crown Point was responding to assist in the chase with lights and sirens activated, Martinez said.
As the officer drove north in the 1400 block of North Main Street, a civilian vehicle pulled out from a car wash in front of the squad and the vehicles collided, Martinez said.
Both vehicles spun out and the police car came to rest in the parking lot of Taco Bell at 1483 North Main St. The civilian vehicle was in the center of Main Street nearby, with debris scattered along the road.
The police car had front-end damage and appeared to have crashed into a utility pole. The driver’s side of the civilian vehicle showed significant damage and airbag deployment.
The officer and civilian were taken by ambulance to Franciscan Health Crown Point. The officer, who had leg and back injuries, was later taken to the University of Chicago to undergo surgery. The condition of the civilian is not known.
First responders had North Main Street shut down between West 97th Place and Birch Street for the crash.
Lake County sheriff’s police, Crown Point police, Crown Point firefighters and Indiana State Police were on scene. ISP Sgt. Glen Fifield said state troopers are taking the crash report.
"There is no worse news than two officers being injured in the line of duty," Martinez said. "Both officers are well-respected members of the department. Them and their families are in our thoughts and prayers as we hope for a speedy recovery."
The incident is under continued investigation.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Derek Gleeson
Age : 39
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204716
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Jusko
Age : 25
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204708
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dorothy King
Age : 57
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204713
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Theodore Kritikos
Age : 49
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204700
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; WEAPON - USE - POINTING A FIREARM; DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Miller
Age : 42
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204704
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rufus Balentine
Age : 64
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204719
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Brown
Age : 31
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204714
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Delores Dehler
Age : 46
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204695
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Armond Earving
Age : 19
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204696
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Helen Amore
Age : 52
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204715
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Snead
Age : 31
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204816
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE - < $750; UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Valerie Tuinstra
Age : 52
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204802
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Willie Wilbon
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204818
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Davion Cotton
Age : 22
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204817
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Keyara Green
Age : 22
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204805
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Harkabus
Age : 56
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204819
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Curtis Howard Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204804
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Darrel Brown
Age : 65
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204810
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Blue
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204803
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/MINOR INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Thomas
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204775
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Robert Risner Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204780
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Erik Rodriguez
Age : 24
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204788
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Lisa Rosmanitz
Age : 57
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204792
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Santiago
Age : 30
Residence: Lockport, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204785
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Negrete
Age : 35
Residence: Berwyn, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204790
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dominic Pitzel
Age : 68
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204787
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Sharee Johnston
Age : 37
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204778
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jeffrey Francis
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204768
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jamey Goin
Age : 43
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204779
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Walter Evans
Age : 57
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204781
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Ann Aquino
Age : 40
Residence: Westchester, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204773
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Vanessa Ruelas
Age : 38
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204743
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: felony
Brooklyn Meeks
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204750
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roy Owens Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204741
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Guy Parks
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204731
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deon Reed
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204759
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clarence Laurence III
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204733
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Phillip Lundy
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204730
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tania Madrigal
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204765
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kentrell Marsh Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204738
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Phillip Dyniewski
Age : 48
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204761
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bradley Homan
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204755
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stacy Jones
Age : 30
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204740
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Giovonnie Kemp
Age : 23
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204751
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Katanya Cannon
Age : 46
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204752
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Warren Dixon
Age : 50
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204763
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERIN
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
John Hicks
Age : 49
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204753
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: CRIMINAL RECKLESSNESS - AGGRAVATED - W/DEADLY WEAPON (SOCIETY IS VICTIM)
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenyatta Branch
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204764
Arrest Date: June 3, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tammy Brown
Age : 61
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204739
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Shawn Dalton
Age : 42
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204726
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Shea
Age : 23
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204746
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Antione Anderson Jr.
Age : 26
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204729
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - HANDGUN - W/NO PERMIT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Delta Wilder
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204734
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Silva
Age : 47
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204745
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Isaiah Wilson
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204725
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ziemkiewicz Jr.
Age : 51
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204748
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Damien Ventura Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204694
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Walter Perez
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204724
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Katrina Reillo
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204723
Arrest Date: June 2, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Fred Parker
Age : 46
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204698
Arrest Date: June 1, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Regino Torres
Age : 55
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204918
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: CASINO GAMBLING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicholas Turpin
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204925
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: CHILD MOLESTATION - STATUTORY RAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Schueren
Age : 55
Residence: Kentland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204927
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Stephanie Scott
Age : 34
Residence: Benton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204921
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bryant Stratton
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204924
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Howard Sweet Jr.
Age : 33
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204947
Arrest Date: June 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Sanchez
Age : 25
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204933
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Theodora Koktsidis
Age : 40
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204936
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Hector Mays Sr.
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204916
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION REFERENCE SAME PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaime Espinoza
Age : 25
Residence: Goshen, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204914
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dandre Hall
Age : 40
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204930
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE - CONSPIRACY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cory Horton
Age : 24
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204937
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Hunter Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204929
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anna Craig
Age : 33
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204928
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joe Carter III
Age : 56
Residence: Milwaukee, WI
Booking Number(s): 2204923
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Julie Castillo
Age : 39
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204946
Arrest Date: June 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Imari Clark
Age : 20
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204920
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gerard Coates
Age : 31
Residence: Tinley Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204950
Arrest Date: June 9, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Adrian Wells
Age : 29
Residence: Springfield, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204894
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brittany Washington
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204893
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Benjamin King
Age : 37
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204897
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nikolus Morris
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204892
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ahdezjia Smith
Age : 26
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204886
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Carlos Herrera
Age : 65
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204888
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Keck
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204911
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kathleen Donaldson
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204908
Arrest Date: June 8, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Roggenkamp
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204868
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - BODILY WASTE; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Davierre Sanders
Age : 35
Residence: Lafayette, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204864
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dante WIlliams
Age : 21
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204863
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Bobby Quinn Jr.
Age : 27
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204865
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ramirez
Age : 24
Residence: Westville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204858
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Gabriel Henderson
Age : 32
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204875
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - DEALING - SCHEDULE IV
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Alex Moreno
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204856
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
David Earner
Age : 51
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204854
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: SEX OFFENDER FAIL TO POSSESS INDIANA DRIVERS LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Eric Ellis
Age : 42
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204866
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Philitpa Harper
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204867
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latoya Boyd
Age : 37
Residence: Hazel Crest, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204873
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - OBTAINING PROPERTY - BY CREDIT CARD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rollie Crawford III
Age : 67
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204861
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kelly Crowe
Age : 39
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204880
Arrest Date: June 7, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dwight Moore
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204833
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ladarris Ramsey
Age : 38
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204838
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Roberto Soto Jr.
Age : 46
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204844
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tonesha Lewis
Age : 42
Residence: Kokomo, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204842
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Liggett
Age : 33
Residence: Loveland, OH
Booking Number(s): 2204841
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marta Marquez
Age : 47
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204843
Arrest Date: June 6, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tristan Grant
Age : 24
Residence: Monee, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204837
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Korry Allen
Age : 34
Residence: Calumet Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2204831
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - STRANGULATION; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Holly Anderson
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204835
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diana Davis
Age : 44
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204830
Arrest Date: June 5, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone McKee
Age : 59
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204813
Arrest Date: June 4, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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HEBER-OVERGAARD, Ariz. — "The calls kept coming in," Dee McCluskey said. "Do you have this? And then our neighboring departments calling us."
McCluskey was a firefighter in Scottsdale, watching a massive column of smoke rise in the mountains Northeast of the Valley. It was the Rodeo-Chediski Fire. And soon, he would be headed to fight it.
Rodeo-Chediski was actually two fires that broke out within days of each other, then grew together into a massive inferno.
The Rodeo Fire started on June 18, 2002. Leonard Gregg, an out-of-work firefighter, started it near the town of Cibecue. A few days later Valinda Jo Elliott got lost in the forest after running out of gas in her quad. She started a signal fire to get the attention of a passing news helicopter. That fire became the Chediski Fire.
"It was the first time any of us had experienced a large wildland fire," firefighter Wade Allen said. "Much less something of that magnitude."
Allen had just become a full-time firefighter for the Heber-Overgaard Fire District. Really, everyone in the district had. It was an all-volunteer district until shortly before the fires started.
“I remember the day we saw the Chedsiski column building and we kind of knew that we were going to be right between the two," Allen said.
Soon Allen and Wade would be on the same fire lines, trying to protect hundreds of homes that were in the path of the fire.
"It felt like a ghost town," Allen said. "It was just a very surreal feeling.”
Heber-Overgaard had been evacuated. People had fled to evacuation centers on either side of the fire.
“On the one side, the trees are on fire," McCluskey said. Flames, you know, 150 feet in the air raining ashes down on us."
The fires swept toward each other, merging into one large blaze. the smoke column looked like a volcanic eruption.
“We were told that everything on the south side of 260 is already written off," Allen said. Highway 260, a two-lane highway that runs through Heber-Overgaard and divides it in half, would make a natural fire break. At least, that was the hope.
“When it turns to darkness in the middle of the day, and it's smoky and it's ugly...it makes your hair stand on end," McCluskey said.
When the fire passed, 300 homes had been destroyed in the area. Much of the town had been wiped off the map.
Eventually, firefighters managed to contain it, but not before it destroyed more than 468,000 acres.
But in the aftermath, officials started the Arizona Wildland Fire Academy to train firefighters in the same methods, techniques and terminology. It's been held yearly since.
Congress passed, and then-president George W. Bush signed, the Healthy Forests Initiative which made it easier to log on the national forests to reduce fire danger.
Leonard Gregg was sentenced to 10 years in prison for starting the Rodeo Fire.
Valinda Jo Elliott was never charged for starting the Chediski Fire. Years later she was ordered to pay millions of dollars in restitution by tribal authorities.
Dee McCluskey returned to be the fire chief of the town he helped defend.
And in the 20 years since the fire devastated the area, many, if not all, of the homes have been rebuilt. the town has come back, and the fire is not the most obvious feature of the landscape anymore.
But the area is forever changed by the scar of one of the worst wildfires in Arizona history.
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The chairman of a Texas legislative committee investigating the nation’s deadliest school shooting in a decade said Thursday that it’s unclear whether the small city of Uvalde’s local police department would testify before the panel voluntarily, raising more questions about when details will come out in a case where pressure is mounting for information to be released.
Besides opening and closing statements during a committee hearing in Uvalde, the public was blocked from witnessing testimony. Committee Chairman Rep. Dustin Burrows said Uvalde school district officials — including district police — were forthcoming and transparent.
"I want to make this comment: The Uvalde CISD is cooperating," Burrows said after emerging from the closed-door testimony. "We appreciate that and look forward to their testimony. There is a question mark, however, about the Uvalde Police Department itself, about whether or not they will visit with us voluntarily. And we’ll see if they do that or not,” the Lubbock Republican said.
The Uvalde Police Department did not respond to requests for comment Thursday.
The committee does have the power to subpoena evidence and testimony. Burrows revealed nothing of the findings from Thursday’s testimony, saying a statement would come later. Another hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Questions abound about why officers waited over an hour to breach the classroom where a gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers. Steven McCraw, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety, has said the Uvalde schools police chief — who he described as the incident commander — made the “wrong decision” to not order officers to breach the classroom more quickly to confront the gunman.
Uvalde school district Police Chief Pete Arredondo later said he didn’t consider himself the person in charge and assumed someone else had taken control of the law enforcement response. Arredondo has declined repeated requests for comment to The Associated Press.
Law enforcement officials have provided little or conflicting information since the May 24 shooting, sometimes withdrawing statements hours after making them. Officials have declined to offer details, citing ongoing investigation.
Local officials, including Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin, have indicated they are frustrated with the lack of information.
The Texas Department of Public Safety is leading the investigation and has said some accounts were preliminary and may change as more witnesses are interviewed. DPS has begun referring questions about the investigation to the Uvalde-area district attorney, Christina Mitchell Busbee.
Some are concerned that Texas officials will use a legal loophole to block records from being released — even to the victims’ families — once the case is closed. The law’s exception protects information from being released in crimes for which no one has been convicted. The Texas Attorney General’s Office has ruled that it applies when a suspect is dead. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/uncertain-if-uvalde-police-will-testify-voluntarily-in-investigation-panel-chairman/2994652/ | 2022-06-17T04:36:07 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/uncertain-if-uvalde-police-will-testify-voluntarily-in-investigation-panel-chairman/2994652/ |
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