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HOUSTON — A simple car ride can have deadly consequences if you forget about what's in the backseat.
An average of nearly 40 children a year die nationwide in hot cars. This is why automakers are promising all new vehicles will have rear seat safety alarms by 2025.
How they work
One alarm system will allow your vehicle to sense when a backseat seatbelt is locked. A display will appear on the dash when the car starts, indicating a seatbelt was locked. When the car comes to a stop, an alarm will go off, signaling to check the backseat.
Cell phone providers are also assisting with rear seat safety alarms by allowing drivers to connect a plug-in device into the computer of their vehicles. It's a mirror image of your car, so if your car has an alert to check your backseat, your phone will also alert you to check your backseat.
Other, more sophisticated alarms, sense actual motion in the backseat after a driver leaves.
According to the KHOU 11 Weather Team, the heat will be sticking around for the next several days, with no relief in sight until maybe Monday or Tuesday of next week.
Amber Rollins, with the nonprofit Kids and Car Safety, said Texas has the highest number of hot car deaths in the country. Nationwide, 56% of hot car deaths happen when a child is accidentally left in a car. Twenty-six percent when a child gets in themselves and can’t get out.
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It doesn’t take long for a car to become an oven.
"Most people don’t realize that the majority of the increase in temperature inside of a car happens within the first 10 minutes," Rollins said. “Their little bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult.”
Rollins says kids should know three things:
- How to honk the horn
- How to turn on flashers
- How to unlock a front door if they can’t get out of a back one
Additionally, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said kids should know how to unbuckle their car seats. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/rear-seat-alarm-installed-new-vehicles-by-2025/285-a8456fb6-861c-49c7-91a9-14bb4143adbc | 2022-06-22T16:40:45 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/texas/rear-seat-alarm-installed-new-vehicles-by-2025/285-a8456fb6-861c-49c7-91a9-14bb4143adbc |
TEXAS, USA — Recent Texas power grid changes intended to prevent a crisis like what the state experienced in February 2021 have cost $685 million to $860 million for just the first five months of this year, according to a report from KVUE's media partners at the Austin American-Statesman.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) contributes to this cost estimate through its increased acquirement of reserve power within the state's electric grid, which ERCOT operates. ERCOT is also working to make such power available quicker.
Another factor in the cost estimate is the effects of policy changes that push for a quicker online connection among more generators and an initial increase in wholesale electricity costs, according to the Statesman.
The Statesman reports that Carrie Bivens, ERCOT's independent market monitor, estimated the million dollar prices by valuing increased reserve purchases from Jan. 1 to May 31 at $210 million to $385 million. She valued "the impact of the policy-induced changes to wholesale prices at about $475 million over that time."
To keep an increased amount of reserves prepared through the end of May — and taking into consideration costs from the latter half of 2021 — Bivens estimated a price of at least roughly $425 million, according to the Statesman.
The Statesman reports that in a meeting Tuesday with ERCOT board members, Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas that oversees ERCOT, said Texans are benefitting from the greater reliability stemming from improved management of the power grid.
This all comes after the power grid broke a demand record Monday with a peak demand of more than 76,600 megawatts.
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Some Plainfield Township residents on Tuesday evening blasted a plan to expand the Grand Central Sanitary Landfill in their Northampton County community, complaining about odors, increased traffic and noise concerns.
But representatives of WM Grand Central, owner of the landfill, gave no indication the company would end or pull back efforts to have 211 of 325 acres in the township rezoned for a planned expansion of the waste dump.
Residents who gathered at the Plainfield Township Volunteer Fire Company hall expressed their objections to the expansion plan, which Grand Central officials proposed in early 2020. It would rezone the land from farmland and forest to solid waste processing and disposal.
The rezoning would be part of an overall 325 acres added to the 110-acre property. The land, bordering Pen Argyl and Delabole roads, would include about 80 acres for waste disposal, 52 acres for “support activities,” and 192 acres of wooded and wetland buffer.
WM Grand Central representatives cited population increases in the Lehigh Valley, a lack of air space for landfills, increased affordable waste options, and environmental impact reduction as reasons for the expansion.
However, resident Jeff Berger, complained about odors, “pigsty” roads, increased truck traffic and noise disturbances from the existing landfill, and he feared an expansion would only increase those nuisances.
“Honestly, I lived in this area for over 30 years. I can’t even go down (Route) 512 at Berkeley in my car because it looks like a pigsty going down here,” Berger said. “When honestly, I know that you have the ability to clean the roads. I’ve seen it demonstrated before, but it’s not robust and it’s not done enough times.”
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Millie Beahn, another resident, said she — like many others in the community — hopes the landfill will close as scheduled in 2028, as opposed to any expansion of the site.
“I know that many other community members will agree with me when I say I want this landfill to close in its allotted six years,” Beahn said. “We’ve had enough in this area; I can’t even leave church without smelling trash and you can’t even see anything but trash anymore, and now you’re saying you want to expand, and that is just simply unacceptable.”
Grand Central representatives said they do their best to maintain the conditions of the road and have received very few complaints about traffic or road conditions.
WM Grand Central representatives made no statement on whether they will consider amendments to their plan in order to address the residents’ concerns.
Punya Bhasin is a freelance writer for The Morning Call. | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/nazareth/mc-nws-grand-central-expansion-20220622-q4epr4amivbhpcm5462yldlvbq-story.html | 2022-06-22T16:41:21 | 1 | https://www.mcall.com/news/local/nazareth/mc-nws-grand-central-expansion-20220622-q4epr4amivbhpcm5462yldlvbq-story.html |
BLAKELY, Pa. — "You are not alone." — That's a message all of these moms needed to hear at one point.
- "I myself lived with postpartum depression and anxiety," Katie Spencer said.
- "I had postpartum very badly after baby number four," Kelly Gibson said.
- "I also suffered from postpartum depression after I had my daughter," Tiffany Carroll said.
- "I had postpartum with my son, and it took me six years to speak up," Kristen Miller-Hahn said.
But these Lackawanna County moms are on a mission. They don't want other women to be afraid to ask for help.
Kristen Miller-Hahn, a mother of three, now knows speaking up can change everything.
"When I shared my story online, the amount of messages and people that are coming forward sharing their stories has been overwhelmingly humbling, powerful, and just beautiful to hear."
She and Katie Spencer are bringing an international fundraiser to northeastern Pennsylvania for the first time.
It's called Climb Out of The Darkness – a darkness Spencer knows firsthand.
"I felt very ashamed and, you know, not wanting to speak up. The communication with my husband with family, it just kind of diminished."
According to Postpartum Support International, one in five new moms suffers from some form of perinatal mood or anxiety disorder. It's common but often not obvious from the outside.
"It's super isolating, and it's taboo to talk about. You can't admit that once you have a baby," Tiffany Carroll, owner of The Salted Pixie, said.
"You're supposed to be very happy, you know, here's this new little one that you just gave birth to, and everything is supposed to be sunshine and rainbows, and it's not," Kelly Gibson, owner of Kel's Kraftiness, said.
Tiffany and Kelly are taking part in this weekend's event as vendors but also as moms with their own postpartum stories, hoping to spread awareness.
Climb Out of the Darkness is planned for Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Blakely Borough Recreation Complex.
After a walk, there will be live entertainment, yoga, and plenty of family-friendly activities like balloon art and face painting.
It's free for the community.
Watch Healthwatch 16 stories on YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/climb-out-of-the-darkness-moms-helping-moms-through-difficult-times-postpartum-blakely/523-51c0c7e6-f672-44fc-ac69-2606e6f2442a | 2022-06-22T16:41:46 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/climb-out-of-the-darkness-moms-helping-moms-through-difficult-times-postpartum-blakely/523-51c0c7e6-f672-44fc-ac69-2606e6f2442a |
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STROUDSBURG, Pa. — State and local police have been out in the Stroudsburg area looking for a missing woman.
Investigators say Dana Smithers, 45, was last seen on May 28.
A video camera shows her leaving the home of a friend in Stroudsburg.
If you have any information on where Smithers may be, you are asked to call Stroud Area Region Police.
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Police are searching for a woman shown on video walking out of a bar, then passing a man before apparently reaching into her purse, turning around and shooting him on a Philadelphia street.
Several surveillance cameras captured the suspect’s movements before and during the shooting, which police said happened earlier this month in the Kensington neighborhood.
One video showed the woman seemingly agitated and apparently arguing with someone inside a bar. Another video showed her walking out and crossing the street.
A third video then captured her walking toward the victim as he stood on the sidewalk. The man has his head turned toward the woman as she approaches. He steps aside as she apparently directs some words toward him.
As the man turns away from the suspect, she appears to reach into her purse. She turns around toward him, which is when the video captures one – possibly two – muzzle flashes as the man collapses.
The woman then causally walks away as the man writhes on the ground.
The Philadelphia Police Department said SEPTA Police Department officers found the man and rushed him to Temple University Hospital for a gunshot wound to his abdomen.
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The shooting happened a little before 3 a.m. on June 6 on the 1800 block of E. Wishart Street, according to the PPD.
The suspect is wanted for aggravated assault. She is described as being between 40 and 50 years old. She has multiple tattoos on her chest, is of medium build and has shoulder-length black hair, the PPD said.
During the shooting, she was wearing a striped, red, white and blue jacket over a tan dress, the department said. She was last seen in a silver Dodge Magnum.
Anyone who spots her is asked to immediately call 911 or send an anonymous tip by calling or texting 215-686-TIPS (8477). They can also submit an anonymous tip online.
There are additional resources for people or communities that have endured gun violence in Philadelphia. Further information can be found here. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-woman-shoots-man-casually-walks-away-in-philadelphia/3278027/ | 2022-06-22T16:42:09 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-woman-shoots-man-casually-walks-away-in-philadelphia/3278027/ |
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Supreme Court of Georgia has reversed the conviction in a high-profile hot car death from 2014.
Justin Ross Harris' conviction for murder and other crimes related to the death of his toddler son, Cooper, was reversed because the jury “heard and saw an extensive amount of improperly admitted evidence.”
The parts of his conviction related to sex crimes against a 16-year-old girl - which were used at trial as evidence against him in support of the murder charge - were upheld and he will remain in prison.
The Georgia Supreme Court, however, ruled that the evidence to support the sex crimes convictions were not relevant to the murder charge and should not have been presented in the same trial.
Cooper, who was 22 months old at the time of his death, died of hyperthermia on June 18, 2014, after Harris left him strapped into a rear-facing car seat in the back of his SUV. It was parked outside his office building.
A Cobb County grand jury later indicted Harris for five crimes related to Cooper’s death.
His trial was relocated to Glynn County where a jury found him guilty of all charges in November 2016. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Harris was also charged with three sex crimes against a 16-year-old girl, that were alleged to have occurred between March and June 2014. He was sentenced to 12 years for those - the Supreme Court did not overturn the convictions on that matter.
The Supreme Court said the basic facts of the murder case in Cooper's death were "undisputed" - it was Harris' fault - but the issue at trial was "what was going through Harris' mind when he left the vehicle and walked into work that morning."
“The State’s theory was that Appellant [Harris] intentionally and maliciously abandoned his child to die a slow and painful death trapped in the summer heat, so that Appellant could achieve his dream of being free to further his sexual relationships with women he met online. The defense theory was that Appellant was a loving father who had never mistreated Cooper and simply but tragically forgot that he had not dropped off the child on that particular morning. During Appellant’s trial, substantial evidence was presented to support both theories,” Chief Justice Nahmias writes. “But the State also presented a substantial amount of evidence to lead the jury to answer a different and more legally problematic question: what kind of man is Appellant?”
The Supreme Court's majority opinion said there was no relevant connection between the evidence that Harris was a bad person and the question of whether he intentionally murdered his son.
The Court found that a "large amount of the evidence of... sexual activities had minimal probative value in showing his alleged motive (to kill Cooper) and was needlessly cumulative or highly prejudicial."
Outside of some communications presented in court from the day Cooper died, which "offered insight into Harris' activities and state of mind shortly before leaving Cooper in the SUV and while the child was dying," most of the other evidence shown in court "did not speak directly to Harris' possible motivation to kill his son as much as it demonstrated his 'repugnant character.'"
“[T]he State convincingly demonstrated that Appellant was a philanderer, a pervert, and even a sexual predator,” Chief Justice Nahmias wrote in the opinion. “This evidence did little if anything to answer the key question of Appellant’s intent when he walked away from Cooper, but it was likely to lead the jurors to conclude that Appellant was the kind of man who would engage in other morally repulsive conduct (like leaving his child to die painfully in a hot car) and who deserved punishment, even if the jurors were not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he purposefully killed Cooper."
The evidence, the Court explained, that Harris may have had a "sex-crazed double life" was not "relevant to show his motive for murdering Cooper."
The evidence for that claim - that Harris intentionally left Cooper to die - was "far from overwhelming."
The Court found the trial court "abused its discretion" by not severing the murder case from the case related to sexual communications with a minor.
"We cannot say that it is highly probable that the erroneously admitted sexual evidence did not contribute to the jury’s guilty verdicts," the opinion concludes.
In a statement to 11Alive, the Cobb County District Attorney's office said they plan to file a motion for reconsideration in the case.
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Union survey shows dissatisfaction with Bradenton Police Department leadership
A union survey of Bradenton Police Department officers shows rumblings of dissatisfaction with Police Chief Melanie Bevan and department leadership.
The survey was conducted in April by the agency's union, the Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Police Benevolent Association. It was directly mailed to 102 law enforcement officers who are members of the organization, and 57 responses were received.
The department's health and life insurance, and retirement plan benefits received the most favorable scores, with a majority of officers giving them good or excellent scores.
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However union president Mike McHale said results show morale problems, and of the 57 officers who responded, 79% gave poor review score to salary rates and 56% a poor review score for promotional opportunities.
"It's a result of numerous complaints," McHale said. "Instead of an up or down vote of no confidence on the chief and administration, we thought it would be fair to have a variety of issues that they could comment on."
"I think we are in a crisis mode, as far as the employee morale, and more importantly the ability to retain the professional officers that currently exist," he said.
A spokesperson said the department has known about the survey for a couple of months, and Bevan — who has served in the role since 2016 — issued a statement stating that she will continue to demand accountability from her officers.
"As the Chief of Police, I have the responsibility of making difficult, and at times, unpopular decisions to meet the needs of both employees and the community," Bevan said. "I will not be deterred from, nor influenced in those decisions by anonymous comments intended to tarnish the credibility of the agency and its members.
"I will continue to be committed to working collaboratively with our employees to hear and resolve their concerns to the best of my ability, while still putting the policing needs of our community first," Bevan said.
Officers submitted written responses to questions in the survey, and many of them criticized Bevan in their anonymous comments.
"The morale is at an all-time low," one officer wrote. "The people in the agency are hopeless to the idea of the agency getting better. The administration has created a toxic work environment for the employees. There is no trust in the administration (moral ethics, fairness, etc.) or the city council to make it better going forward unless major changes are made."
Another officer criticized promotions under Bevan's direction.
"Chief Bevan has made it impossible for any senior officer to be promoted unless they have a college degree, yet she does not make it a requirement to get hired," wrote. "She promotes officers with only a couple of years' experience, just because they have a college degree. While passing by an officer who is well respected and worked in the agency for 10+ years all while having excellent yearly evaluations from many different supervisors."
The union is negotiating a new contract with the city, and the current agreement expires at the end of September. But McHale said the survey did not have anything to do with the ongoing negotiations, and instead was a response to numerous reports to the union by employees.
He said the survey was "completely separate."
"I think immediately, those who are in charge should reflect on how they could start managing and directing in a different direction," he said. "The association hopes that not only does the management of the police department, to include the chief, but also the management of the city in general, including elected officials, take a closer look as to the sentiment of the men and women of the agency, and make attempts to make adjustments." | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2022/06/22/police-union-members-cite-problems-bradenton-police-department-survey/7686360001/ | 2022-06-22T16:56:27 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/manatee/2022/06/22/police-union-members-cite-problems-bradenton-police-department-survey/7686360001/ |
HAMMOND — U.S. Rep. Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, recently toured Korellis Roofing in Hammond, meeting with union workers there.
Mrvan, Chief of Staff Mark Lopez and Legislative Director Jamie Spitz visited the roofing company as a follow-up to Roofing Day in Washington, D.C., in which roofing professionals descended on the capital to advocate for investment, education and immigration reform.
Korellis Director of Operations Mike Christensen and Estimator Mike Hernandez went to the nation's capital on behalf of the Hammond-based contractor to advocate for the roofing industry. They invited Mrvan to come see the Korellis headquarters and training center in Hammond.
“Leading up to Roofing Day in D.C., I was admittedly nervous about meeting members of Congress,” said Hernandez. “When we sat down with Congressman Mrvan, I was immediately impressed by the way he gave us his complete and full attention. The formality of the meeting was no longer at the forefront of my thoughts, and I realized what a genuine person he was.”
Mrvan later met with office and yard team employees at Korellis to talk about his efforts to advocate for the construction industry and the Region economy. He also talked with union roofers, sheet metal workers and masons training there.
“I enjoyed meeting with your team and touring your outstanding facility," he said. "Grateful for your essential economic services for our region and commitment to safety and the Northwest Indiana workforce."
Korellis built the training center during a $2 million renovation in 2018 that also includes exterior upgrades, new office space and more material storage. It trains apprentices in their trades, also allowing Korellis to offer in-house training to its employees when the weather is indisposed.
“There have been great uncertainties faced by many businesses during the past few years; it is great to hear your state Congressman speak the same beliefs about getting through it,” Korellis President John Ziolkowski said. “As a team and as a region, we will continue to adjust, maneuver and execute through times like this.”
Korellis is a 100% employee-owned contractor that's been in business since 1960. It's one of the largest roofing contractors in Northwest Indiana and also does roofing, sheet metal, carpentry and masonry services.
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"It's gratifying to be able to help a military family, especially at a time when people in this country say 'thank you for your service' as lip service."
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Lane changes are in store Thursday night through the construction zone along Interstate 94 from the Illinois state line east to Cline Avenue, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation Northwest District.
Westbound traffic will continue to have four lanes of travel during the daytime hours, but with lane shifts, INDOT said.
"The left inside lane will be directed down a counter flow lane, and the second lane from the left will be directed down a chute lane," highway officials said.
The two left lanes will not have access to Cline Avenue, Kennedy Avenue, southbound Indianapolis Boulevard or northbound Calumet Avenue, according to INDOT.
"Motorists going westbound on I-80/94 will need to be in the right two lanes prior to Burr Street to access these exits," the state said.
"Motorists should be prepared for changing traffic patterns on eastbound and westbound I-80/94 through the life of the project, as well as nightly lane closures in both directions," the state said. "All work is weather dependent, and the schedule is subject to change."
"This $31.99 million concrete pavement restoration project is set for completion in May 2023, with major work wrapping up late this year."
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The man was shot about 11:35 p.m. Sunday outside the Save gas station in the 3200 block of West Fourth Avenue in Gary, according to the Lake County coroner's office and police.
Lane changes are in store Thursday night through the construction zone along Interstate 94 from the Illinois state line east to Cline Avenue, according to the Indiana Department of Transportation Northwest District. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lane-changes-restrictions-coming-thursday-to-i-94-work-zone-state-says/article_cc26ee1b-95ad-5fc9-a873-b54919a1b446.html | 2022-06-22T16:59:37 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lane-changes-restrictions-coming-thursday-to-i-94-work-zone-state-says/article_cc26ee1b-95ad-5fc9-a873-b54919a1b446.html |
UNION TOWNSHIP — A local resident said she was vacuuming her house when a man dressed in blue Best Buy shirt with a Geek Squad emblem on it opened her door without her knowledge, Porter County police say.
It was only later, after receiving a notification from her doorbell surveillance camera, that the woman learned of the incident, she reportedly told police.
The woman said neither she nor her neighbors were expecting any deliveries from Best Buy or Geek Squad services, and store officials said their Geek Squad employees wear black collared shirts, according to police.
Police said they were called out at 11:10 a.m. Monday to the home in the 300 block of Railroad Avenue. The 27-year-old female resident showed them a video of the unidentified man knocking on the door around 10:07 a.m. that day and then opening it and closing it before walking away.
He was described as Hispanic, somewhere in his late 40's or early 50's, with dark colored hair and wearing glasses and a brace on his left wrist, according to the incident report.
The resident said she did not see any Best Buy or Geek Squad vehicles in the area.
Police confirmed the contents of the surveillance video and said the man never entered the house.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Porter County Jail
Antoine Whiting
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 49
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number: 2202362
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Terry Markwell
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 30
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202361
Charges: Possession hypodermic syringe or needle, felony
Gloria Maxon
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 50
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number: 2202368
Charges: Theft, felony
Trent Nicholas
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202371
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Ryan Malarik
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202357
Charges: OWI, felony
Gary Bolcerek
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 48
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202375
Charges: Burglary, felony
Stefan Colville
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 34
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202358
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob Henn
Arrest date: June 10, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number: 2202359
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Haley Greco
Arrest date: June 9, 2022
Age: 30
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number: 2202350
Charges: Possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, felony
Junice Busch
Arrest date: June 9, 2022
Age: 64
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number: 2202352
Charges: Fraud, felony
DeVante White
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202345
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Timothy Szparaga
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 52
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202335
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Agustin Rios Guzman
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2202346
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Henry Scaggs
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2202334
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Spencer Marsh
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2202337
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Carlos Castillo
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202336
Charges: OWI, felony
Ronald Epting
Arrest date: June 8, 2022
Age: 23
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202343
Charges: Possession legend drug, felony
Michael Swienconek
Arrest date: June 7, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number: 2202320
Charges: Theft, felony
Gregory Devetski
Arrest date: June 7, 2022
Age: 73
Residence: Chesterton, IN
Booking Number: 2202324
Charges: OWI, felony
Jamey Goin
Arrest date: June 7, 2022
Age: 43
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202321
Charges: Theft, felony
Michael Miller
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 59
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202316
Charges: OWI, felony
Nicholas Cervantes
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2202318
Charges: Resisting law enforcement, felony
Josip Markovich
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202317
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Bianca Martin
Arrest date: June 6, 2022
Age: 26
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number: 2202315
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Kevin Zaragoza
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 43
Residence: Porter, IN
Booking Number: 2202314
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Travis Ridge
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202305
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Maurice Russell Jr.
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number: 2202310
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jewel Summers
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202309
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Crystal Jenkins
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number: 2202308
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob Nimon
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202311
Charges: OWI, felony
Kenneth Clasen
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202307
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jacob Furlow
Arrest date: June 5, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number: 2202306
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Tyler King
Arrest date: June 15, 2022
Age: 28
Residence: Westville, IN
Booking Number: 2202437
Charges: OWI, felony
Daniel Brubaker
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 40
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202399
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Bryan Burke
Arrest date: June 14, 2022
Age: 36
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202420
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Patrick Navarro
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 49
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number: 2202406
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Christina Creech
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 36
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202391
Charges: Theft, felony
Debra Veatch
Arrest date: June 15, 2022
Age: 68
Residence: Westville, IN
Booking Number: 2202438
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Rafael Rodriguez
Arrest date: June 14, 2022
Age: 58
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number: 2202419
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Rudolph Carrillo III
Arrest date: June 15, 2022
Age: 41
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202448
Charges: Battery, misdemeanor
Isiaha Gonzalez
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 24
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202400
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Nancy Becker
Arrest date: June 13, 2022
Age: 64
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202408
Charges: Domestic battery, misdemeanor
Nathaniel Guzman
Arrest date: June 16, 2022
Age: 21
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number: 2202457
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Benjamin Wright
Arrest date: June 14, 2022
Age: 32
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202424
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Robert Carter Jr.
Arrest date: June 15, 2022
Age: 39
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202439
Charges: Possession of paraphernalia, felony
Nicholas Hadarich
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 22
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202402
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Nicole Culpepper
Arrest date: June 13, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202418
Charges: Maintaining common nuisance, felony
Sandra Isom
Arrest date: June 16, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202453
Charges: Domestic battery, felony
Tylor Ahrens
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 27
Residence: Stanwood, MI
Booking Number: 2202403
Charges: Battery, felony
Jeremy Hostetler
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 35
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202393
Charges: Theft, felony
Cheryl Pittman
Arrest date: June 13, 2022
Age: 51
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202415
Charges: Battery, felony
Amanda Kesler
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 49
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202392
Charges: Habitual traffic offender, felony
Sierra Gentry
Arrest date: June 15, 2022
Age: 31
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202446
Charges: Intimidation, felony
Anthony Peek
Arrest date: June 16, 2022
Age: 27
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202454
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Robert Brown
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 38
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number: 2202405
Charges: Theft, felony
Susanne Morgan
Arrest date: June 12, 2022
Age: 57
Residence: Harvard, IL
Booking Number: 2202398
Charges: OWI, misdemeanor
Jared Struss
Arrest date: June 16, 2022
Age: 25
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number: 2202456
Charges: OWI, felony
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For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
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For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
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For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
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For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
CHESTERTON — For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
The latest incident occurred around 8 p.m. Tuesday when a truck hauling bricks tipped on to its driver's side while merging on to westbound Interstate 94 from northbound Ind. 49, the town said.
"This crash occurred only six hours after a semi overturned while trying to merge onto eastbound I-94 from southbound Ind. 49," according to town officials.
The truck driver in the latter rollover was reportedly treated at the scene by emergency medical officials.
The truck was lying over three lanes of the busy stretch of highway before being hauled off to the north side to free up traffic, the town said. The bricks were removed before the truck was stood back up.
Shortly before noon June 15, a trucker westbound on the nearby Indiana Toll Road overturned his vehicle while attempting to exit at Ind. 49, according to the town.
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The man was shot about 11:35 p.m. Sunday outside the Save gas station in the 3200 block of West Fourth Avenue in Gary, according to the Lake County coroner's office and police.
For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting.
For the second time in one day and fourth time in eight days, a semi-truck spilled its load on a local stretch of highway, the town of Chesterton is reporting. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/yet-another-semi-truck-rollover-along-porter-county-highway-officials-say/article_5ca84a40-ce8a-5d60-a14e-80f1018549ee.html | 2022-06-22T16:59:49 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/yet-another-semi-truck-rollover-along-porter-county-highway-officials-say/article_5ca84a40-ce8a-5d60-a14e-80f1018549ee.html |
Newly appointed Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land gives his first Tuesday Talks session.
CROWN POINT — Ryan Patrick will officially take over as Crown Point's new police chief.
Formerly the operations commander, Patrick took over as acting chief when Pete Land was selected to replace David Uran as mayor at the start of June. Land introduced Patrick during Land's first "Tuesday Talks" monthly forum, which was held at the Lincoln Office furniture store in Crown Point.
Land spent 34 years with the Crown Point Police Department, 17 of those as chief. Uran was selected as the next president and CEO of the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority at the end of April. A little over a month later, Land was caucused in.
Born in Hebron, Patrick joined the Crown Point Police Department in 1999. He served as a patrol officer, patrol shift supervisor, detective and detective supervisor before becoming operations commander in 2016.
"Ryan was an easy choice," Land said. "He is a great officer. He has served this community for many years. ... The police department is in very good hands."
Patrick is a graduate of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield and was selected to attend the 10-week-long FBI National Academy in 2019.
The badge pinning ceremony during which he will officially become chief will occur at the next Board of Works meeting July 6.
"I am glad to be a part of the city leadership," Patrick said. "We have a lot of things that we are planning."
Patrick went on to share some updates on the department. He said they currently have about 51 officers and are looking to hire around three replacements.
He then highlighted the Crown Point K-9 Unit with the help of Bandit the Dutch Shepard.
Bandit is one of three police dogs on the force. Started in the late 1970s, the K-9 unit helps sniff out narcotics, locate missing persons and even apprehend suspects.
Patrick also warned residents about an increase in telephone scams. He urged residents to contact police before giving out any personal account information. Because most of the calls are made from somewhere overseas, they are very difficult to trace.
"If you ever have an issue where you get a phone call like that, just call us and we'll tell you if it's legit. The bank's not going to call you on the phone and ask you for your account number," Patrick said. "We've noticed a big increase ... in the last week — we've had four of five different fraud cases."
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Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Newly appointed Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his first Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
Newly appointed Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
Newly appointed Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his first Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Newly appointed Crown Point Police Chief Ryan Patrick, left, and Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. join Mayor Pete Land, right, at his Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land gives his first Tuesday Talks session.
John J. Watkins, The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land gives his first Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land gives his first Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land gives his first Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
John J. Watkins The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point police Sgt.Jeff Eldridge and "Bandit" give a drug sniffing demonstration at Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks.
John J. Watkins The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point police Sgt.Jeff Eldridge and "Bandit" give a drug sniffing demonstration at Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks.
John J. Watkins The Times
Mayor Pete Land's Tuesday Talks
Crown Point Mayor Pete Land gives his first Tuesday Talks session at Lincoln Office in Crown Point.
As Crown Point's population continues to grow, Fire Chief Mark Baumgardner Jr. and Assistant Fire Chief Ryan Cusak are tasked with navigating an industry that has changed drastically.
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A 77-year-old Bronx woman has pleaded guilty to illegally collecting more than half a million dollars in Social Security and Human Resources Administration benefits for decades -- spending the majority of that money at a casino, according to the prosecutors.
Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark announced Wednesday that Carmen Soto, who is also known by other aliases including Gloria Sanchez and Carmen Maldonado, was sentenced to five years probation. She pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny on May 11.
The case stems from an investigation by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office and the Office of the Inspector General that found that Soto defrauded the city’s Human Resources Administration of $266,479.40 and the United States Social Security Administration of $388,322.24.
“This sentencing should stand as a warning to those who are thinking of defrauding the Social Security Administration to receive benefits – we will hold you accountable. The Office of the Inspector General will continue to work to ensure the
integrity of SSA’s programs, which provide a critical safety net for those who qualify,” Sharon MacDermott, Special Agent in Charge of the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General, New York Field Division, said in a statement.
The probe found that in 1960, Soto was issued three Social Security numbers, under the names Carmen Soto, Gloria Sanchez, and Carmen Maldonado.
Soto was approved in 1994 under the Sanchez and Maldonado aliases after she applied for Social Security under all three names. She also obtained driver's licenses or non-driver IDs under all of the names, according to the district attorney's office. Additionally, the probe found that between Nov. 4, 1993 and April 1, 1996, Soto applied for and received HRA benefits under the multiple identities.
According to the district attorney's office, Soto also opened two separate bank accounts and two PO boxes to receive the Social Security payments. She also applied for an obtained passports under her name and aliases. Soto was caught after the DMV used facial recognition software when she went to renew one of her driver's license and her multiple identities were revealed.
“The defendant collected money under three different names, and carefully orchestrated a scheme to collect benefits she was not entitled to. The defendant was caught after she attempted to renew her driver’s license, and the Department of Motor Vehicles’ facial recognition software determined the defendant had multiple identities,” Clark said in a statement.
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Looking for a summer job? We're officially a full day into the season and it's not at all too late to get started. There are more than 15,000 openings on the table in New York.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a record number of summer job opportunities across multiple industries in each of the state's 10 regions as she launched the Seasonal Job Bank on Wednesday. More jobs are expected to add to the thousands up there now.
Whether interested in amusement parks or restaurants or summer farms and camps, or just looking to see what's out there, the free New York State Department of Labor resources allows job-seekers to browse part-time and seasonal jobs by location, company and job title. They can also search by keyword. Here's the full database.
Businesses can list their openings at any time. Online guides are available to help young New Yorkers learn about applying to jobs and what works on applications. The guides are broken down by ages 14 to 17 and 18 to 24 and cover important topics like getting working papers, proper identification, interview preparation and more.
"Employers are hiring in record numbers and there are so many great opportunities available to New Yorkers looking to gain valuable experience and make some extra money over the summer," Hochul said in a statement on the program Wednesday.
"With such an active job market, there is a wide variety of options to explore across the state," the Democrat added. "I encourage all job seekers to use the many resources the New York State Department of Labor offers to guide them to a job they love." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/need-a-summer-job-here-are-15000-up-for-grabs-in-ny-now/3744727/ | 2022-06-22T17:00:30 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/need-a-summer-job-here-are-15000-up-for-grabs-in-ny-now/3744727/ |
TUPELO • An attempt to secure a private bathroom for the mayor was stalled after elected officials aired “concerns” with the administration.
President Ward 5 Councilman Buddy Palmer said he spoke with various members of the council and the administration about the project, which had $50,000 allocated to it in a recent budget amendment that included a myriad of other projects.
“I haven’t ruled (the project) out; we just have a few more questions,” Palmer said.
The administration did not completely scuttle the project, according to Chief Operations Officer Don Lewis, who said it would bring up the project in the next fiscal year.
“We are revisiting the project. We are not scrapping it completely,” he said.
The money for the project came from excess funds in the budget, which the city traditionally uses for capital improvement. Multiple officials noted that the project was not likely to reach the allotted $50,000. The private bathroom would be located between the mayor’s and chief operations officer’s offices, cutting a nook out of the communications director’s office. It would also be adjacent to the public restrooms.
Ward 2 Councilman Lynn Bryan said his issue was less the bathroom’s cost and more that the mayor did not bring it to the council through the capital plan. He said he expected the administration to propose the revised project in the capital plan during the budgeting season.
“There is a need for it because there is not a shower in city hall,” he said, adding that a shower would be useful for the administration as a whole in the event of an emergency that forces employees to work around the clock.
Ward 3 Councilman Travis Beard said he didn’t believe the council did its “due diligence” on the project when it came up and was glad to see it settled.
“What was proposed to us was out of line,” he said, noting that when it came back up, his decision to move it forward would depend on a few factors, including the price tag.
Jordan was out of town and could not be reached for comment. He previously told the Daily Journal that he requested the shower be installed because he was outside a lot with his duties, and he liked to freshen up before meetings later in the day. Adding the bathroom with a shower, he said, would save time having to drive home and then back to the office.
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The online customer review site Yelp has released its list of the top 100 restaurants in the state and Central Florida businesses make up nearly a fifth of the list.
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The restaurants cover a wide swath of Central Florida, stretching from Kissimmee to Palm Coast. They also represent a wide variety of cuisine, from Turkish cuisine to hot chicken and more.
Yelp compiled the list and rankings based on the volume of reviews and ratings given by customers, according to its website. Yelp added, “When available, all businesses on this list have a passing health score as of April 20, 2022.”
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Here are the Central Florida restaurants that made the cut and their ranking:
- No. 2: Selam Ethiopian & Eritrean Cuisine, Orlando
- No. 9: Kadence, Orlando
- No. 11: ShouFi MahFi Mediterranean Grill, Orlando
- No. 13: The Red Bud Cafe, Daytona Beach
- No. 25: Happy Snapper Seafood Restaurant, Orlando
- No. 33: Haeorum Foods, Ocala
- No. 35: Nic & Luc Scratch Kitchen and Commissary, Longwood
- No. 43: Mee Thai Restaurant, Orlando
- No. 53: J Crab House, Kissimmee
- No. 64: Southern Charm Cafe, Cape Canaveral
- No. 65: Craft & Common, Orlando
- No. 71: Millie’s Restaurant and Catering, Daytona Beach
- No. 74: Nonno’s Italian Restaurant, Altamonte Springs
- No. 77: Zeytin Turkish Cuisine, Orlando
- No. 78: Mangia & Bevi Pizzeria Napoletana, Cocoa Beach
- No. 81: Chicken Fire, Orlando
- No. 82: Paul’s Italian Deli and Restaurant, Kissimmee
- No. 87: Santorini Greek Cuisine, DeLand
- No. 100: La Creperie Kafe, Palm Coast
Click here to see the full list from Yelp.
Some of the restaurants on this list were also recently recognized by the Michelin Guide. Click here to find out which ones.
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LEESBURG, Fla. – The 911 call made by a Leesburg man who shot one of two burglars who broke into his home was released Wednesday.
Police said they responded to the home on Flora View Lane around 7:30 a.m. Monday after the homeowner called saying two men entered his residence and he shot one of them.
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“I need an ambulance here, and I need a police officer immediately. Somebody just broke into my house. He got shot. Please hurry,” the homeowner told the 911 operator.
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The man then went on to say there were two people “inside of the house” and he shot one with his pistol.
“They fell out the back of the house through the sliding glass door. He’s on my back porch,” the homeowner said in the 911 call. “There’s somebody else here, too, ma’am. I don’t know which way he went.”
The homeowner then told the operator he walked outside to the front of the house “with the pistol in (his) hand” with his dog.
“I’m gonna set (the pistol) out on the ground, is that OK?” the 911 caller asked the operator. “It’s still gonna be loaded, but it’s on the ground.”
The homeowner can be heard telling the operator to “please hurry” again.
“I’m not sure if the man’s dead or not ... he’s back there screaming, rolling,” he said over the 911 call.
The man was flown to the hospital where he underwent surgery. The homeowner was uninjured, police said.
According to the man, his house was broken into the day prior to him catching and shooting a burglar Monday and he filed an incident report.
The Leesburg Police Department said the men likely believed the home was abandoned after a tree fell on it a few days ago.
Police said officers are searching for the second suspected burglar who is described as having a slim build. He is about 5 feet, 8-9 inches tall and was last seen wearing a black hoodie and tan shorts.
Anyone with surveillance video or information is asked to call the Criminal Investigations Division at 352-728-9862. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/hes-back-there-screaming-leesburg-homeowner-calls-911-after-shooting-burglar-police-say/ | 2022-06-22T17:09:55 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/hes-back-there-screaming-leesburg-homeowner-calls-911-after-shooting-burglar-police-say/ |
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. – A man admitted to slashing his wife’s throat and then holding her hand while she died in a bathtub, according to Altamonte Springs police.
Police arrested Xichen Yang, 21, at his home on Ballard Street Tuesday. Seminole County Public Schools confirmed Yang is a 2019 graduate of Oviedo High School.
Officers said they received a call from a man who claimed he called his employee, Yang, and the worker said he had just killed his wife and was in the process of cleaning up the scene.
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When police arrived at Goldelm at Charter Pointe Apartments, they got a key from the leasing office and entered Yang’s apartment, records show
Inside, officers said they found the victim — Nhu Quynh Pham — in the bathroom laying in a pool of blood with her throat slashed. Investigators said they also found disinfectant and rubber gloves used for cleaning.
When police questioned Yang, he admitted to slashing the woman’s throat, according to the arrest report. Yang said the woman began crawling away after the attack, so he placed her in the bathtub, records show.
Yang said he then put on his wife’s favorite music and held her hand for about 10 minutes as she died, according to police.
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Officers said Yang told them he could have stopped short of killing his wife but that was “not how he was raised” and he always “goes all the way.”
Police questioned Yang’s employer who explained he had called the accused killer when the man failed to show up to work, according to the report.
The employer said Yang claimed he was upset with his wife because she had burned his passport, according to police. The employer began chastising Yang for not being responsible, and that is when Yang admitted to doing “unspeakable” things and had killed his wife, records show.
Yang faces charges of first-degree murder and tampering with evidence. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/man-slashed-wifes-throat-held-her-hand-while-she-died-altamonte-springs-police-say/ | 2022-06-22T17:10:02 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/man-slashed-wifes-throat-held-her-hand-while-she-died-altamonte-springs-police-say/ |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County leaders marked the grand opening of a new senior affordable housing community in Pine Hills on Wednesday.
During a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Hawthorne Park, Mayor Jerry Demings spoke about how the $27 million project is part of a larger effort to improve affordable housing availability in areas that need it.
“When government is able to leverage investment of tax-payer dollars in these types of projects, there’s a return on that investment,” Demings said. “We’re able to keep the rent well below the market rate and that’s what makes it affordable.”
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With 120 one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, the complex is designed for residents 55 and older with income levels as low as $21,024 per year and as high as $39,840 per year.
The development came through a partnership with Wendover Housing and was built near the corner of Silver Star Road and Pine Hills Road.
“We were able to come in and apply some entitlements to it and switch the use with Orange County’s help from a commercial use to allow for apartments,” Managing Director of Development Ryan von Weller said.
Managers of the complex said more than half of the units have been filled by residents who are seeking relief from soaring rent prices.
Deirdre Treleaven is on a fixed income and moved into the community in April.
“Rent prices are crazy everywhere else. This place is pretty good. It’s affordable,” Treleaven said.
According to Hawthorne Park, rent for a one-bedroom unit is $876 per month and rent for a two-bedroom unit is $1,045 per month.
For details about how to apply to become a resident, visit hawthorneparkapts.net. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/orange-county-cuts-ribbon-on-new-affordable-housing-in-pine-hills/ | 2022-06-22T17:10:08 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/orange-county-cuts-ribbon-on-new-affordable-housing-in-pine-hills/ |
EUSTIS, Fla. – An Orlando man turned himself in to the Lake County Jail on Tuesday after being suspected of stealing 393 gallons of gas, according to an arrest affidavit.
Gonzalo V. Almanza, 28, is one of two men suspected of stealing $1,854 worth of gas from a Circle K in Eustis back in April.
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Eustis police were looking for two men, one being Almanza, and four vehicles.
The vehicles were at a pump for an extended period of time at the store on 19516 State Road 44, reports showed. The store manager noticed that the pump was going very slow when a Ford pickup truck was there.
She went outside and attempted to confront the pickup truck’s driver, but the driver left, according to the report.
Posted by Eustis Police Department on Tuesday, April 12, 2022
The manager noticed that the tamper tape was removed from the pump and that an unauthorized device was inside of it, according to the report.
The Eustis Police Department released photos of the four vehicles in April as well as photos of the two suspects.
Almanza is facing five charges and a total bond amount of $42,000. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/orlando-man-suspected-in-stealing-393-gallons-of-gas-turns-himself-in/ | 2022-06-22T17:10:14 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/orlando-man-suspected-in-stealing-393-gallons-of-gas-turns-himself-in/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Body camera video of police responding to a 911 call in Titusville that led to the fatal shooting of a man will be released Thursday by the department.
James Lowery, 40, was fatally shot in December by Officer Joshua Payne, one of several officers who responded to a 911 call reporting that a man was attacking a woman along South Deleon Avenue, police said.
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The department said police will hold a news conference Thursday about the body camera video.
The man’s family retained well-known civil rights attorney Ben Crump after Lowery’s death.
“(When we got involved with this case) it was clear to us that a shot to the back of the head, nothing else needs to be said,” Crump said during a news conference earlier this month. “That is unjustified. That is unjustified. You can’t justify shooting a man in the back of the head as he’s running away from you. You’re no threat, running away from an officer.”
Payne claimed Lowery looked similar to the suspect — though it was later determined Lowery was not even involved — and the officer attempted to question him, according to the Brevard-Seminole State Attorney’s Office. When Lowery ran away, Payne tried to stop him by using his Taser, but it was ineffective, the state attorney said.
Lowery managed to climb a fence, at which point Payne grabbed his gun and tried to climb the fence while also holding his Taser, the release said. The officer fired a single shot in the process, which killed Lowery, records show.
Crump called on the state attorney during the news conference to release the body camera video from the shooting.
“We still haven’t seen the video. They had that video Day 1, but it took almost six months for them to finally bring charges against this officer,” he said.
The state attorney announced Payne faces a manslaughter charge in Lowery’s death. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/titusville-police-to-release-body-camera-video-in-fatal-shooting-of-man/ | 2022-06-22T17:10:20 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/titusville-police-to-release-body-camera-video-in-fatal-shooting-of-man/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón is set to recognize commendable officers at the department’s Quarterly Awards Ceremony Wednesday afternoon.
The ceremony will be held at 1 p.m. in the Orlando Police Department Headquarters’ community room.
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“This awards ceremony highlights the best of the best of the Orlando Police Department and of community members and businesses who have demonstrated their deep commitment to keeping the city of Orlando, our city beautiful, a safe community for all,” Rolón said in a statement.
Rolón will be handing out the Good Citizenship Award, Unit Citation and Life Saving Award.
News 6 will stream the ceremony live in the media player above. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/watch-live-orlando-police-chief-to-recognize-outstanding-officers-at-awards-ceremony/ | 2022-06-22T17:10:26 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/watch-live-orlando-police-chief-to-recognize-outstanding-officers-at-awards-ceremony/ |
SALEM, Ore. — Officials at the Oregon Department of Human Services are considering a move that would make it harder for the public to access child abuse investigations.
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports similar records in the past have helped reveal systemic child abuse.
The state agency is considering narrowing the type of abuse records that can be accessed for children who are placed in care outside of a home, such as a boarding school, a wilderness facility or some other kind of residential program.
The rule change being proposed would allow agency leaders to largely deny most public records requests, blocking any details of substantiated or unsubstantiated abuse.
In 2018, the state started quietly increasing the number of children placed in foster care who were sent to facilities in other states.
Initially, child welfare officials didn’t alert the public or lawmakers. OPB reports they often delayed responding to public records requests in a timely fashion, including revealing the names of the facilities where children were sent.
Two years later, after a protracted battle to get the agency to turn over relevant records it was evident most of the youth being abused were being sent to facilities owned by one company.
That company has now been forced to close its residential treatment facilities across the nation. and Oregon leaders have pledged to no longer send children out of state.
Sen. Sara Gelser Blouin, D-Corvallis, who has a reputation for watchdogging the state agency and relied on records to uncover abuse herself, said she’s worried the proposed rule protects adults, not vulnerable young people.
“Confidentiality should protect children and families and not the state and people who are paid to take care of children and have harmed them,” Gelser Blouin said.
The Oregon Department of Human Services tried to convince legislators to make this change in 2021, but lawmakers refused.
Now, the agency is trying to accomplish the same goal through the rulemaking process.
Jake Sunderland, a spokesman with Oregon Department of Human Services, said the effort began when an employee within the department’s Office of Training, Investigations and Safety (OTIS) noted their belief that the level of information being disclosed in Oregon could conflict with federal child welfare privacy laws.
“There is a lack of clarity whether that is actually an issue,” Sunderland said, adding the agency is now planning on a comprehensive analysis to determine whether that is the case.
Sunderland said the agency is going to extend the public comment period of the rulemaking process to allow for further discussion. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-dhs-wants-make-harder-access-records/283-44d1cce3-1b21-465d-97a7-c519394ac347 | 2022-06-22T17:10:53 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-dhs-wants-make-harder-access-records/283-44d1cce3-1b21-465d-97a7-c519394ac347 |
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Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed "reparative therapy" to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States."
But now the GOP platform in the country's largest red state -- long an ideological wish list that even the most conservative Texans knew was mostly filled with pipe dreams that would never become policy -- has broken new ground in its push to the far right.
Approved by 5,000-plus party delegates last weekend in Houston during the party's biennial convention, the new platform brands President Joe Biden an "acting" commander-in-chief who was never "legitimately elected."
It may not matter who the president is, though, since the platform takes previous language about secession much farther -- urging the Republican-controlled legislature to put the question of leaving the United States to voters next year.
The platform also says homosexuality is "an abnormal lifestyle choice" and rejects bipartisan legislation in Congress seeking to raise the minimum age to buy assault weapons from 18 to 21, saying Texans under 21 are "most likely to be victims of violent crime and thus most likely to need to defend themselves."
Though non-binding, the platform illustrates just how far Texas Republicans have moved to the right in the past decade -- from championing tea party ideals in 2012 to endorsing former President Donald Trump's continued lies about nonexistent widespread fraud costing him an election he actually lost by more than 7 million votes.
"The platform reflects the direction that party activists believe the party should take," said Matt Mackowiak, a Republican strategist based in the Texas capital of Austin.
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He said that, rather than deciding elections or dictating legislative action, the platform is more relevant as a signal of "where primary voters are and what they care about."
Mackowiak said items like considering succession won't be taken seriously, but "Trump's policy agenda is here to stay." He said that, as the former president continues to question 2020 election results, he will continue to find a receptive audience in the Texas GOP.
"Are people really in doubt that Republicans have concerns about how the election was conducted?" Mackowiak asked.
Matt Rinaldi, a former state lawmaker who now chairs the Texas GOP, said state Republicans "rightly have no faith in the 2020 election results and we don't care how many times the elites tell us we have to."
"We refuse to let Democrats rig the elections in 2022 or 2024," Rinaldi said in a statement.
Democrats haven't rigged anything. An Associated Press r eview of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by Trump has found fewer than 475 -- a number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election.
Meanwhile, Texas' 2020 election was a romp even by the standards of Republicans who have dominated the state for decades. The party's candidates topped Democrats in key congressional and statehouse races as Trump easily carried its electoral votes.
But that didn't stop the former president from praising the party's 2022 platform, posting Tuesday: "Look at the "Great State of Texas and their powerful Republican Party Platform on the 2020 Presidential Election Fraud."
"Such courage," he wrote, "but that's why Texas is Texas."
Trump was cheering language declaring, "We reject the certified results of the 2020 presidential election, and we hold that acting President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was not legitimately elected." That was a departure from as recently as 2014, when the Texas GOP platform questioned Barack Obama's "commitment to citizens' constitutional rights," but at least recognized him as president.
This year's platform also says that "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States, and the Texas Legislature should be called upon to pass a referendum consistent thereto."
Ed Espinoza, executive director of the advocacy organization Progress Texas, said some of the adherence to open discriminatory language might have receded if not for the rise of Trump -- who has demonstrated "he could double down on the crazy and not suffer a consequence yet."
"Normally what happens is, when there's crazy in a party, people try to soften it," said Espinoza, former Western States Director of the Democratic National Committee. "In this case, they saw it worked for Trump so they think it'll work for them."
Texas was an independent republic for nearly a decade until 1845. With the coronavirus pandemic raging, the 2020 Texas Republican Party convention was held virtually and degenerated into a leadership struggle. But it also featured platform language declaring, "Texas retains the right to secede from the United States should a future president and congress change our political system from a constitutional republic to another system."
That caveat about governmental system was dropped in the 2022 edition, which seeks a referendum for voters "to determine whether or not" their state "should reassert its status as an independent nation."
Texas' rightward push was clear in ways beyond the party platform. Delegates booed Republican Sen. John Cornyn -- who has held his seat for 20 years and got more 2020 votes statewide than Trump did -- for working on bipartisan legislation seeking to impose modest limits on guns. Those efforts began following last month's mass shooting in the Texas town of Uvalde, which killed 19 elementary students and two teachers.
Still, such state convention outbursts also aren't new. Republican Gov. Rick Perry was booed in 2012 for praising fellow GOPer and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who was then locked in a primary battle for an open Senate seat with Ted Cruz. Some delegates also in the past walked out of a speech by then-Republican Texas House Speaker Joe Straus.
"It shows you how much QAnon may not be an outlier in the Republican Party," Espinoza said. "Some people are very susceptible to conspiracy theory, and that appears to be a higher percentage the deeper you go into the Republican Party of Texas." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-gops-swing-to-far-right-cemented-with-party-platform/2997886/ | 2022-06-22T17:11:08 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-gops-swing-to-far-right-cemented-with-party-platform/2997886/ |
ABILENE, Texas — A 13-year-old boy died early Wednesday morning after being ejected from a car that crashed into a traffic pole. Abilene Police say the car was stolen earlier Wednesday morning.
The APD's Traffic Division is investigating the fatal crash involving the stolen car and four teenagers, one of whom died after being taken to the hospital.
At 3:09 a.m. Wednesday, a 2018 Audi S5 coupe was reported to have been involved in a crash by the car’s Bosch system (similar to OnStar), which showed the crash was in the 1300 block of Ross Avenue, but responding officers were unable to find the car.
At approximately 3:40 a.m., a concerned parent reported their son and others were livestreaming on social media in a stolen Audi. It was believed the teens were headed to the Dallas area.
At approximately 3:50 a.m., the owner of the stolen Audi called to report his car missing from his home on Highland Avenue.
At approximately 3:57 a.m., the Callahan County Sheriff’s Office reported a theft at a Clyde convenience store, where it was believed the teens in the stolen Audi were involved. At that time, the last known direction of travel was westbound towards Abilene.
At approximately 4:07 a.m., Abilene Police officers found the occupied car at a north side hotel near Highway 351 and Interstate 20. The car hit an unoccupied patrol vehicle. A second officer at the scene activated the vehicle’s emergency lights in an attempt to stop the stolen car. The driver did not stop and left the hotel's parking lot, going westbound on Highway 351 toward Ambler Avenue.
Officers did not actively chase the stolen car, which was reportedly last seen westbound on Ambler Avenue.
At approximately 4:09 a.m., the Audi was involved in a major vehicle crash at the intersection of Ambler Avenue and Treadaway Boulevard. The car was reportedly traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed - hitting a traffic pole.
The officers and MetroCare, who were nearby, immediately started rendering aid, extracting the injured and fire suppression.
The APD said there were four teenagers in the car:
• 13-year-old boy, who was driving the vehicle
• 13-year-old boy, who died after being ejected from the vehicle (reported runaway)
• 14-year-old boy
• 15-year-old boy (reported runaway)
The 13-year-old driver of the stolen car faces multiple felony charges and the APD said there may be other charges related to the incident, pending the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the department’s Investigations Bureau at 325-676-6610.
The Abilene Independent School District released a statement Wednesday morning regarding the death of one of its students:
"The Abilene ISD Family is incredibly saddened by the death of one of our students who passed away early this morning in an off-campus accident. Our deepest condolences go out to this student’s family and friends. Our thoughts and prayers are also with the families and friends of three other students who were injured in this accident.
Abilene ISD crisis response staff and guidance counselors will be available to provide support to those affected by this tragedy at two summer school campuses, Clack and Craig middle schools, until 3:00 p.m. today and tomorrow. We also encourage our parents to take this opportunity to support and talk with your students about what happened and to listen to feelings they may have.
Please contact us if there is anything we can do to support you or your child at this time." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/13-year-old-boy-dies-after-being-ejected-from-stolen-vehicle-that-hit-a-traffic-pole/504-fd9f4edd-23bb-4c2d-9d4e-a5d823140d71 | 2022-06-22T17:12:57 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/13-year-old-boy-dies-after-being-ejected-from-stolen-vehicle-that-hit-a-traffic-pole/504-fd9f4edd-23bb-4c2d-9d4e-a5d823140d71 |
SAN ANTONIO — A deputy is in the hospital after he was attacked by three inmates at Bexar County Jail Tuesday, according to Bexar County Sheriff's Office.
Officials say the deputy was in the dayroom of high custody when three gang members attacked him. They managed to take his flashlight away from him and used it to assault him. A cadet who was with the deputy used his pepper spray to stop the attack. The three inmates dispersed and were detained.
The deputy was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for his injuries.
All three inmates will be charged with aggravated assault of a peace officer causing serious bodily injury.
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UVALDE, Texas — Senator Roland Gutierrez is suing Texas DPS for the complete records of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, saying "families deserve to know the complete, unalterable truth about what happened that day."
19 children and 2 teachers were murdered by a gunman armed with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of expensive ammunition.
In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, June 22, Sen. Gutierrez states:
"In the wake of the senseless tragedy, the people of Uvalde and Texas have demanded answers from their government. To date, they have been met with lies, misstatements, and shifts of blame."
Senator Gutierrez hopes that this lawsuit will help families get the answers they need.
This comes after Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin released a statement Tuesday saying records related to the May 24's shooting at Robb Elementary will not be released.
The statement says the Uvalde District Attorney requested the City of Uvalde not release any evidence related to the law enforcement response until all investigations are done, at which point leaders will evaluate the relevant material.
Also on Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw spoke at a Texas Senate special legislative committee hearing, saying the Uvalde District Attorney also requested DPS not release anything from the investigation yet. He believes the records will eventually be released to the public.
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BRIDGETON — The months-long search for a man wanted in an attempted murder ended Tuesday when police ran him down as he tried fleeing.
City resident Joshua Tapia, 22, is believed to have been involved in an April 13 shooting in the 100 block of Church Street in which the victim suffered a gunshot wound to his torso, police said in a news release. The man was treated at Inspira Health Center Bridgeton and released.
Tapia, who had outstanding warrants for the shooting, was found by police about 6 p.m. on Wood Street exiting his vehicle. He ran from officers when they told him he was under arrest, police said.
The officers chased down Tapia and took him into custody. During a search, they found a loaded .38 Special revolver, police said.
Tapia is charged with criminal attempt murder, aggravated assault, certain persons not to have weapons, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, unlawful possession of a weapon, resisting arrest and obstruction. He was taken to the Cumberland County jail. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-attempted-murder-suspect-arrested/article_49f82c4e-f22b-11ec-a411-2b287ea3763e.html | 2022-06-22T17:15:33 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bridgeton-attempted-murder-suspect-arrested/article_49f82c4e-f22b-11ec-a411-2b287ea3763e.html |
SOMERS POINT — A group of volunteers swore Tuesday to support South Jersey children in the foster care system by becoming official members of Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Atlantic, Cape May and Camden Counties.
The volunteers join a national network of about 1,000 programs that recruit, train and support more than 76,000 citizen-volunteers pressing for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the courtrooms of their communities, CASA said in a news release.
The new CASAs are Deborah Wilson, of Northfield; David Goetz, of Northfield; LoriAnn Romanowski, of Ventnor; Sharon Wright, of Cape May; Claudean Burke, of Northfield; Lesley Graham, of Ocean City; Jane Murtha, of Mays Landing; and Risa DeQuattro, of North Wildwood.
Volunteers typically meet with key figures in each child's case — such as teachers, coworkers and counselors — and gather information into court reports that recommend services and resources regarding the child’s education, medical needs and overall wellbeing, CASA said.
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“We are so thankful that these individuals stepped forward to take the role of advocate for children living in foster care,” said Director of Program Services Jennifer Valentine. “Their advocacy will have a profound effect on the lives of children and youth in our community. These new CASA volunteers are starting a journey that will help change the stories of the children they meet, and in the process, their lives will be changed as well.”
Anyone interested in joining CASA can attend a monthly informational session at 321 Shore Road or virtually. For more information, call 609-601-7800 or visit AtlanticCapeCASA.org. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-volunteers-become-court-appointed-special-advocates/article_10fcc6c4-f19b-11ec-b225-5b4ac0dd568a.html | 2022-06-22T17:15:40 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-volunteers-become-court-appointed-special-advocates/article_10fcc6c4-f19b-11ec-b225-5b4ac0dd568a.html |
PLEASANTVILLE — The first day of summer was a chance to bring the community together for safety, wellness and fun.
The Coalition for a Safe Community hosted its first community cookout Tuesday afternoon with support from the city of Pleasantville. Scores of residents gathered at Langston Avenue Park for food, music and the opportunity to connect with a litany of community-service and wellness providers.
Perry Mays, the Coalition for a Safe Community president, said Tuesday he was encouraged by how the event was going. He said he believed it was important for people to connect with public resources available to them after the COVID-19 pandemic had disrupted their livelihoods.
“It’s good turnout. It’s really helped the community by getting services they so desperately need,” Mays said. “With this, it gives people the opportunity to get back on track.”
People lined up at the back of the park to get free food including hamburgers, cotton candy and water ice. Several groups had set up tents advertising educational, financial, health care and legal services, providing pamphlets and talking with any interested passersby. The emcee of the event passed around a microphone to allow representatives from each group explain to the crowd what they had to offer.
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There was also a three-on-three basketball tournament being run on the court adjacent to the park, while a group of young children played an improvised game of pick-up football out back.
Among the groups at the event included Aetna, Atlantic Community Charter School, Atlantic Cape Community College, Behavioral Crossroads Community Food Bank of New Jersey, Jewish Family Services and South Jersey Family Medical Center.
Melida Castillo said the event was a good, family-friendly opportunity for adults and children to celebrate the start of summer. She said she was impressed by the lineup of service vendors who were able to come out to support those in need.
“It’s for the kids, so they can see their friends, it’s the end of the school year,” Castillo said. “I didn’t know they were going to have all the resources they have out here.”
Tyeisha Harvey, who was there with her children, said she learned about the cookout through a notice sent by a phone call from the school district. There was another, after-school celebration for the children at Leeds Avenue School on Tuesday, and she said she wanted to visit the Langston Avenue Park event, too.
“It’s very positive,” Harvey said. “Giving back to the community, I like that they have all these snacks for the kids.”
Gloradine “Gloria” Gause heard about the event earlier Tuesday. Living right behind the park, she decided to attend, citing the good she felt the gathering could do for the city. As a former employee of Pleasantville Public Schools and a 50-year city resident, Gause said she was especially hopeful events like the cookout could give children a safe outlet to have fun and learn.
“We need to all participate and be on the same page, because we need our community to be safe,” Gause said. “And the more people that show up, show that they’re advocates of something positive in Pleasantville and not the negativity.”
Much of the event was centered around improving public safety and strengthening the community's relationship with law enforcement and first responders. Pleasantville police were grilling for the event, while representatives from the Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office and Pleasantville Fire Department also were in attendance.
Police Officer Andre Graves was helping to man the grill at the cookout. He said he believes doing work to help the community is part of his duties on the force and was glad to be able to contribute.
“We’re community police officers, when they say ‘we need a hand’ we step in, we do what we can do,” Graves said. “This is what we do, we love doing this.”
“This is our bag of chips, man, we love this stuff,” added Sgt. Mike Gazo, who noted that the cookout was the first large community event since the city’s National Night Out in 2019.
In addition to the police and Prosecutor’s Office, the Hope One van from the Atlantic County Sheriff’s Office was at the park. Hope One travels to different locations across the county to treat addiction. Many of the vendors were committed to promoting different aspects of public safety and health, and the event’s emcee pointed out that there were COVID-19 vaccines available at a tent toward the front of the park.
Multiple members of Pleasantville City Council, as well as several school district officials, were present at the event.
Mayor Judy Ward said she was glad to see the city able to hold “face-to-face” events after they had been disrupted by the pandemic over the last 27 months. She also praised the depth of resources and providers at the event.
The event allowed some of the groups in attendance to learn more about the needs of the community.
Iris Ruiz was at the cookout with her children and grandchildren, taking advantage of a day off. As a patient navigator at AtlantiCare, Ruiz said the event could help her teach patients about the different mental health treatment programs available to them.
“I have a lot of patients that can benefit from this, so I’m definitely going to relay the information that I receive,” Ruiz said. “It will help me tremendously with my clients and my patients.”
Terron Oglesby was at a vendor table promoting WEHA Gospel 88.7 & 100.3 FM and had a similar view of the event. He said it helped him connect with different local community leaders and government officials that he could broadcast useful information to his audience.
Jared Thomas said the cookout was helping him learn about how his website design company, afterimagerevolution.com, can help advance causes that would help the city. He said he has talked with different politicians, religious groups and advocacy organizations about what he can do.
“An event like this is a great opportunity for me to be able to figure out how I can help the community,” Thomas said.
Tuesday's event was the first of four hosted by the Coalition for a Safe Community, which is active in Atlantic, Cape May and Salem counties, Mays said. The next one is scheduled for July 18 in Atlantic City. There will be two others in Atlantic City and Egg Harbor City whose dates are still to be determined.
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OCEAN CITY — A 21-year-old from Vineland died Friday after being pulled from the ocean at Corsons Inlet State Park, state officials confirmed Tuesday night.
Nathaniel Figueroa was pronounced dead at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point after lifeguards attempted CPR on the beach.
Figueroa was a student at Rowan College of South Jersey Cumberland Campus and a member of the college's baseball team this spring, according to his obituary, which described him as a talented softball and baseball player. Known to family and friends as “Nito,” he is survived by his parents, Holvin Jr. and Rosalie Figueroa, as well as a brother and sister, nieces and nephews and four grandparents.
State Park Police responded to the area after seeing an Ocean City firetruck entering the park, Caryn Shinske, a spokesperson for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, said in an email late Tuesday.
When Park Police arrived, members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol were administering CPR to Figueroa. He was taken to Shore, “where he later succumbed to his injuries,” Shinske wrote. “It is believed Nathaniel may have been caught in a rip current.”
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She said toxicology reports are pending.
Indianapolis typically fills 17 pools each year, but with a national lifeguard shortage exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, just five are open this summer. The American Lifeguard Association estimates one-third of pools in the United States are impacted by the shortage. It comes as much of the nation is hit by a second heat wave in as many weeks. Summer shortages aren’t unusual, but U.S. pools are also dealing with fallout from earlier in the pandemic when they closed and lifeguard certification stopped. Starting pay also lags behind many other jobs. In Chicago, Park District Superintendent Rosa Escareño attributes the scarcity in part to post-pandemic labor shortages as workers push for better hours, wages, and opportunities.
New Jersey’s Division of State Parks falls under the DEP. New Jersey State Park Police did not respond to a request for comment this week, and an employee who answered the phone Monday at Belleplain State Forest in Woodbine, which overseas Corsons Inlet, said she was not authorized to speak to a reporter on any topic.
Doug Bergen, Ocean City’s public information officer, said lifeguards from 58th Street responded to the park, and EMTs with the Ocean City Fire Department transported an individual to the hospital, but he said the incident happened in the Park Police jurisdiction, and they would handle the investigation.
Corsons Inlet State Park is a natural area at the southern tip of Ocean City and includes a small area in the north end of Strathmere on the other side of the inlet. It includes almost a mile of beach south of 59th Street.
The beaches do not have lifeguards, and state officials say no swimming is allowed in the park.
According to Shinske, Ocean City police, the Ocean City Fire Department and the Ocean City Beach Patrol responded, along with State Park Police.
Posts to an Ocean City-focused page on Facebook indicate a passerby pulled the man from the water and a nurse who was on scene began resuscitation efforts. Hundreds of commenters offered prayers for Figueroa and his family.
SATURDAY, June 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Many children missed out on potentially lifesaving swimming lessons during the pandemic, so parents should enroll them in classes as soon as possible, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends.
This has been a bad year for drownings, with more than a dozen reported throughout the state in pools, lakes, rivers and the ocean. There were three ocean drownings in the Wildwoods within eight days. They included Alfred Williams, 19, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, who was missing off the beach in Wildwood on May 31. His body was recovered days later. Three other swimmers were rescued at the same time.
Days later, Joel Green, 53, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, drowned in Wildwood Crest, and on June 8, the Wildwood Fire Department responded to the beach at Youngs Avenue to find several people rendering aid to Williams Pathy, 45, of Hillsdale in Bergen County.
There were also drownings in the ocean in Belmar and Island Beach State Park this year, and in May, a 12-year-old was hospitalized after being pulled from the ocean off 10th Street in Ocean City, along with two other swimmers who were reportedly caught in a rip current.
No update on the boy’s condition was available, and authorities did not release his name.
Beach patrols throughout the area have reported having a tough time this year recruiting new guards. Officials also have repeatedly pleaded with beachgoers to swim only at guarded beaches, citing dangerous currents, unexpected temperature changes in the water and potentially powerful waves as dangers in ocean swimming.
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Light smoke from a New Jersey state forest fire wafted over much of the great Philadelphia region on Wednesday after a shift in wind directions pushed the plume west, and some residents in Pennsylvania could see the haze and smell it too.
Much of the wildfire, which broke out Sunday in Wharton State Forest, was under control by Wednesday morning. For three previous days, the flames ripped through 13,500 acres of the little-populated Pine Barrens in Burlington County.
But winds from the southeast began early Wednesday and pushed the smoke toward populated areas around Cherry Hill in South Jersey and Philadelphia in southeast Pennsylvania. Light smoke created hazy conditions in the Manayunk section of the city's northwest.
"If the fire is to your southeast, you're going to smell the smoke," NBC10 meteorologist Bill Henley said late Wednesday morning. "The southeasterly wind is bringing the smoke inland. That wind will be with us this afternoon and tonight as well."
But Henley said stronger winds in the afternoon were expected to dissipate the smoke more. He added that no air quality alerts were issued for the Philadelphia region, so there was little concern for any health risks related to the smoke.
Meanwhile, the wildfire itself is dying out, according to aerial views by the NBC10 Skyforce10 helicopter Wednesday morning. Video shows only a small portion of the fire still burning. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service said Tuesday that firefighters had made "substantial progress" containing the flames.
Skyforce10 photographer Jeremy Haas said that even after most of the fire appeared to be out, the area of the forest that had burned the previous three days still smoldered. He said smoke still rose from the area where flames were no longer visible.
"It almost looks like a fog coming out of the trees," Haas said.
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An illegal campfire deep in the woods has been determined as the cause of the massive forest fire in New Jersey, officials said Wednesday.
While officials said they are confident they can keep it from substantial spread, residents across South Jersey can expect to see smoke for the next week as firefighters continue to put out hotspots.
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All road closures have been lifted, and the Atsion Recreation Area and Batsto Village have reopened. Hiking trails between Atsion and Batsto remain closed due to active fire activity. Kayaking and canoeing along the Mullica and Batsto rivers remains closed between Atsion and Batsto. Wharton State Forest's Mullica River Campground remains closed.
The forest fire service said the blaze is the second largest forest fire in the Garden State since 2007.
On Tuesday morning, a layer of thick white smoke could be seen covering the air above the burning forest.
The fire, which was being fueled by dry and breezy conditions, began Sunday morning just after 6 a.m. in a remote section of the forest along the Mullica River in the Pine Barrens area. Monday morning, thick white smoke and flames could be seen as firefighters continued a backfiring operation to contain the blaze, which spanned areas of Washington, Shamong, Hammonton and Mullica townships.
New Jersey's “General Forest Fire Act" requires that before having any fire within a forested area, citizens must contact the nearest forest fire service office to request a permit. They may also need a permit from the local fire official or NJ Division of Fire Safety.
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From ‘carp’ to ‘copi’: unpopular fish getting a makeover
Traverse City – You’re in the mood for fish and your server suggests a dish of invasive carp. Ugh, you might say. But how about broiled copi, fresh from the Mississippi River?
Here’s the catch: They’re the same thing.
Illinois and partner organizations kicked off a market-tested campaign Wednesday to rechristen as “copi” four species previously known collectively as Asian carp, hoping the new label will make them more attractive to U.S. consumers.
Turning carp into a popular household and restaurant menu item is one way officials hope to rein in a decades-old invasion threatening native fish, mussels and aquatic plants in the Mississippi and other Midwestern rivers, as well as the Great Lakes.
“The ‘carp’ name is so harsh that people won’t even try it,” said Kevin Irons, assistant fisheries chief with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. “But it’s healthy, clean and it really tastes pretty darn good.”
The federal Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is funding the five-year, $600,000 project to rebrand the carp and make them widely available. More than two dozen distributors, processors, restaurants and retailers have signed on. Most are in Illinois, but some deliver to multiple states or nationwide.
“This could be a tremendous breakthrough,” said John Goss, who led the Obama administration’s effort to halt the carp invasion and worked on the renaming project. “The next couple of years are very critical for building confidence and acceptance.”
Span, a Chicago communications design company, came up with “copi.” It’s an abbreviated wordplay on “copious” – a reference to the booming populations of bighead, silver, grass and black carp in the U.S. heartland.
Imported from Asia in the 1960s-70s to gobble algae from Deep South sewage lagoons and fish farms, they escaped into the Mississippi River. They’ve infested most of the river and many tributaries, crowding out native species like bass and crappie.
Regulators have spent more than $600 million to keep them from the Great Lakes and waters such as Lake Barkley on the Kentucky-Tennessee line. Strategies include placing electric barriers at choke points and hiring crews to harvest the fish for products such as fertilizer and pet food. Other technologies – underwater noisemakers, air bubble curtains – are in the works.
It would help if more people ate the critters. Officials estimate up to 50 million pounds (22.7 million kilograms) could be netted annually in the Illinois River, a link between the Mississippi and Lake Michigan. Even more are available between the Midwest and the Gulf Coast.
“Government subsidies alone will not end this war,” Goss said. “Private-sector, market-driven demand for copi could be our best hope.”
In the U.S., carp are known primarily as muddy-tasting bottom feeders. But the four targeted species live higher in the water column, feeding on algae, wetland plants and – in the case of black carp – mussels and snails. They’re high in omega-3 fatty acids and low in mercury and other contaminants, Irons said.
“It has a nice, mild flavor … a pleasant surprise that should help fix its reputation,” said Brian Jupiter, a Chicago chef who plans to offer a copi po’boy sandwich at his Ina Mae Tavern. The fish is adaptable to a variety of cuisines including Cajun, Asian and Latin, he said.
Yet it could be a hard sell, particularly because the fish’s notorious boniness makes it challenging to produce the fillets many diners expect, Jupiter added. Some of the best recipes may use chopped or ground copi, he said.
Span researchers considered a number of names – “butterfin” among them – before settling on “copi,” Irons said. It sounded catchy, a tad exotic, even fun, he said.
Span conducted surveys, interviews and focus group meetings involving more than 350 Illinois residents, design principal Nick Adam said.
The next step: Seeking approval from the federal Food and Drug Administration, which says “coined or fanciful” fish labels can be used if they’re not misleading or confusing. A familiar example is “slimehead,” which became a hit with consumers after its market moniker was switched to “orange roughy.”
Illinois also plans to register the “copi” trademark, enabling industry groups to develop quality control procedures, Irons said.
Other regulatory agencies and scientific groups have their own policies and might not go along with the switch.
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and the American Fisheries Society have a committee that lists fish titles, including scientific names in Latin and long-accepted common names. The panel never adopted “Asian carp” as an umbrella term for the four invasive species.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to stick with “invasive carp” and the four individual names, as its focus is on managing and controlling their spread, said Charlie Wooley, the agency’s Midwest director. The Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, which involves numerous federal, state, local and Canadian provincial agencies, will do likewise.
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In 2013 porch shooting resentencing, Dearborn Hts. man to serve same length of time
A Dearborn Heights man convicted of killing a woman in 2013 after she knocked on his front door was ordered by a judge Wednesday to serve the same length of time in prison he had initially received, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said.
Theodore Wafer was ordered by Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway to serve 15-30 years for second-degree murder and two years consecutively for felony firearm, officials said.
"We are pleased with the court’s resentencing of Mr. Wafer today," Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a statement Wednesday. "There were very sound reasons for the original sentence, and it was the wisest course to give the same sentence today."
The decision came about four months after the Michigan Supreme Court vacated his manslaughter conviction and ordered him to be resentenced. The high court was asked to consider whether it was improper for Wafer to be convicted of murder and manslaughter for the same death.
The justices unanimously ruled he should not have been punished for both second-degree murder and statutory involuntary manslaughter, finding that the double jeopardy clause prohibits multiple punishments for the same homicide.
In February, Wafer's attorney Jacqueline McCann argued his manslaughter conviction contradicted the murder one since that requires malice. The prosecutor's office argued the people proved his guilt on each of the crimes.
Wafer, a former maintenance worker at Detroit Metro Airport, was convicted in 2014 in the fatal shooting of Renisha McBride, 19.
Prosecutors said on Nov. 2, 2013, McBride sought help at Wafer's porch and was disoriented after a single-car accident less than a mile away.
They said Wafer shot the woman in the face through a screen door. His attorney argued Wafer feared for his life and thought McBride, who was intoxicated and was trying to break in.
Hathaway gave Wafer his original sentence on Sept. 4, 2014.
In 2018, Wafer's lawyers sought to have his conviction overturned, saying his legal rights were violated when the jury was given faulty instructions. The Michigan Supreme Court denied the request.
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PAYSON, Ariz. — Editor's note: the above video is from a previous broadcast.
Arizona is facing a fire crisis.
As fire crews battle the Pipeline Fire, Haywire Fire, and other wildfires across the state, other agencies are taking preemptive steps to defend against these devastating wildfires.
Salt River Project (SRP) is joining the U.S. Forest Service, the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management, and the Town of Payson in strategic forest thinning efforts across the East Clear Creek watershed.
Arizona's forests are increasingly at risk of serving as critical firesheds as the state continues to face severe drought conditions. Those large, forested landscapes could put communities and infrastructure in the path of a wildfire.
"The goal of this project is to reduce hazardous fuel loads, which will prevent high-intensity fires from coming in and destroying the infrastructure," said Shana Fitzpatrick, Timber Staff Officers with the Coconino National Forest.
"Work can be very expensive and complicated and partners can help provide personnel expertise and funding to help get these projects done."
In 2021, Governor Doug Ducey signed the $100 million HB 2001, which includes $25 million for the Arizona Healthy Forest Initiative.
Right now, this area is a priority for the project because of the Baker Butte Lookout tower. Not only will the thinning project remove dangerous fuel from the tower's area, but it will also give the site greater visibility to spot fires before they can grow out of control.
It's the first area to begin forest thinning efforts under the new partnerships and shows great promise as part of the SRP Healthy Forest Initiative.
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Family of Herman Whitfield III, who died in police custody, files wrongful death lawsuit
The family of a man who died in April after being tased by Indianapolis police during an apparent mental health crisis has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit against the city and several police officers, calling the use of force against him unreasonable, excessive and deadly.
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The federal lawsuit, filed Wednesday by the estate of Herman Whitfield III, seeks compensatory and punitive damages from the city and a group of police officers following the 39-year-old pianist’s death inside his parent’s home in northeast Indianapolis.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police responded to the home about 3:20 a.m. April 25 after Whitfield’s mother called 911 and asked for an ambulance to help with her son. Police officials said arriving officers were told by Whitfield’s father that his son was “having a psychosis.” The lawsuit said Whitfield was naked and wandering the home for about 10 minutes.
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Police said Whitfield then “moved quickly toward an officer,” and the officer tased him twice, with one probe striking him in the abdomen, according to preliminary autopsy results.
Whitfield collapsed to the floor due to the electrical shock and started to yell “fire, fire,” the lawsuit said.
Responding officers put Whitfield in handcuffs.
By the time medics arrived, Whitfield was unresponsive.
Israel Nunez Cruz and Richard Waples, the attorneys representing Whitfield’s family, in a news release said the police “needlessly tasered” and “crushed the breath” out of Whitfield, while “callously” ignoring his cries that he couldn’t breathe. They noted Whitfield was unarmed and non-violent.
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They further noted officers violated their training by keeping Whitfield handcuffed facedown after he was restrained in the moments before his death.
Body camera footage from that night has not been released.
The five Indianapolis Metropolitan Police patrol officers and one recruit trainee who responded to the home that night were identified as the following: Steven Sanchez, more than two years on the force; Adam Ahmad, two and a half years of experience, Matthew Virt, nearly three years experience; Dominique Clark, just under six years on the force; Jordan Bull, seven and a half years; and Nicholas Mathew, seven months on the force.
Police officials said the officers are on administrative duty.
Police Chief Randal Taylor in an unrelated news conference said he informed of the lawsuit Wednesday morning, but declined to comment. The city's Office of Corporation Counsel also declined to comment on the pending litigation.
Whitfield’s death revived calls from Indianapolis advocates for a different approach to how the city handles calls for help involving mental health scenarios – one that does not involve police officers. Community members previously told IndyStar that while the city has upgraded its response to mental health-related calls in recent years, the changes have not been enough.
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Since 2017, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department has used Mobile Crisis Assistant Teams (MCAT) consisting of an officer trained on crisis intervention and a clinician to respond to certain calls. Those teams, however, only operate on weekdays between 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Indianapolis police said the 10-hour window of time for MCAT hours is based on research showing it’s when the most mental health runs are made.
The lawsuit noted that the MCAT teams would have been unable to assist in the Whitfield’s home given their current hours of operation, and cast blame on the city’s policy for the fatal encounter.
“The City’s above policies and practices were a responsible cause of how the individual defendant officers interacted with Mr. Whitfield and the fatal result that occurred,” the suit said, concluding the units are professionally trained to handle individuals undergoing a mental health crisis without the use of force.
Taylor and leaders from the Office of Public Health and Safety told reporters they are examining a clinician-led team under MCAT that could respond at any hour. Lauren Rodriguez, director of the Office of Public Health and Safety, said they are examining how many people the team would need, the recruiting process and how the shifts would work.
Whitfield, an Indianapolis native, is remembered as a gifted pianist who attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School before enrolling in Oberlin College and Conservatory in Ohio. The school previously told IndyStar that he earned a Bachelor of Music as a double major in both Composition and Piano Performance, and a Bachelor of Arts in Politics.
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GREENSBORO — The Greensboro City Council approved a budget Tuesday night by a 7-2 vote that will mean a tax increase most for property owners.
The $688 million budget for fiscal year 2022-23 includes a tax rate of 63.25 cents per $100 of property value. This represents a 3-cent rate decrease in what was initially proposed by City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba.
For the average median home in Guilford County valued at $241,750, the city’s property tax bill would increase by $210 under the current tax rate when compared with the revenue-neutral rate.
The city’s tax base growth is projected at 23.8% for all property and nearly 26% for real property compared to last year, which means most property owners will pay more because the value went up.
The revenue-neutral rate — the rate at which the city would collect the same amount of money as the current fiscal year — is 54.56 cents per $100 of assessed value.
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The latest budget represents an increase of slightly more than $68 million over the fiscal year 2021-22 budget approved last year.
The budget includes 15 more firefighters for a new company to service an annexed area of the city. Also approved were new positions in the Minority and Women Business Enterprise Office, the City Manager’s Office, as well as transportation, water resources and parks and recreation departments, among others.
It also includes increases in starting pay for fire and police personnel of 9% and 7.4%, respectively. Sworn fire and police personnel will also receive market adjustments averaging 7.4% and 5.7%, respectively.
The city also will implement an updated step program for employees, effective in May 2023, which will increase the value between individual steps to 4%. Employees in the merit system also will receive an average 4% pay adjustment at that time.
The budget also includes increases in taxes in the following special districts based on tax rates for $100 of property value:
• College Hill Historic District: 1 cent (revenue-neutral rate 0.86 cents).
• Dunleath Historic District: 5 cents (revenue-neutral rate 4.79 cents).
• Business Improvement District: 9 cents (revenue-neutral rate 7.77 cents).
The city’s water and sewer fees will increase 4.5% under action taken at Tuesday night’s meeting. The monthly solid waste fee also would increase $1 to $3.50 and household hazardous waste monthly fee would increase from 60 cents to 97 cents.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Councilman Justin Outling, who face each other in the July 26 mayoral election, both voted against the budget while praising its increased pay for emergency personnel.
“I am concerned about just taking advantage of a reevaluation,” Vaughan said. “We have people who had their taxes also increased by the county commissioners, there's the talk of going into a recession, we have higher gas prices, and so I won't be voting for the budget.”
Outling had similar comments. “Given the size of a tax increase and the burden that it places, especially on those persons who are low income, it simply doesn't accomplish enough to warrant certainly my support,” he said.
Both noted that the budget includes $6 million for five upcoming city bond referendums, which voters will consider passing on July 26.
However, Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Johnson said including the funding for those bonds is important.
“I think it's good for people to know upfront when they go in that booth,” Johnson said.
Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter said a big reason she supported the budget is the increases for public safety personnel.
“We spend $80,000 to $100,000 on each public safety personnel — whether it's fire or police — to train them,” she said. ”And then a year later, another city takes them and gives them $10,000, $20,000 more a year. … This gives substantial raises to our public safety personnel.”
Councilwoman Nancy Hoffmann noted that many of the city's public buildings and facilities are "really in deplorable condition.”
Councilman Hugh Holston cited the need to ensure services are available.
“A lot of the responsibilities that we have are to the citizens of Greensboro,” Holston said, “to make sure that the services that they expect, with the growth that we plan for, is going to be there when they need it when times are good and when times are challenging."
In other action, the council authorized:
• $2 million for The Nussbaum Center for the Steelhouse Project to support N.C. A&T's machine operator training facility. The goal of the project is to provide business education and resource access for entrepreneurs to grow and scale a sustainable business.
• $300,000 for a disparity study by Griffin & Strong.
• An $8.9 million contract with State Utility Contractors for the Sandy Creek Sewer Lift Station Project for the Greensboro/Randolph County megasite.
Contact Kenwyn Caranna at 336-373-7082 and follow @kcaranna on Twitter. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-greensboro-oks-688-million-budget-and-tax-increase-for-most-property-owners/article_187f88d4-f18a-11ec-8b0f-dbe5bfc46dcb.html | 2022-06-22T17:33:29 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-greensboro-oks-688-million-budget-and-tax-increase-for-most-property-owners/article_187f88d4-f18a-11ec-8b0f-dbe5bfc46dcb.html |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University was awarded a trademark on the word "THE" by the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week.
The university received the trademark for "THE" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels. Those products include hats, baseball caps and t-shirts.
"THE has been a rallying cry in the Ohio State community for many years, and Buckeye fans who purchase official Ohio State gear support student scholarships, libraries and other university initiatives," a university spokesperson said.
The university said it brings in more than $12.5 million a year from its trademark and licensing program.
Ohio State filed a trademark application in August 2019. A month later, the application was denied.
Josh Gerben, a prominent trademark lawyer, explained on Twitter Wednesday why the process of getting approved took so long.
"The USPTO refused Ohio State's trademark application for the word "THE" on Sept 11, 2019, for two reasons," he said. "1. The trademark was 'merely ornamental.' 2. The clothing company Marc Jacobs had filed an application for 'THE' several months earlier."
According to Gerben, the university responded by saying it was not using the trademark in a merely ornamental manner and opposing Marc Jacobs' trademark application.
The attorney said the two entities were able to settle their dispute.
"While the terms of the settlement agreement were not disclosed, USPTO records indicate that Ohio State and Marc Jacobs agreed that they could BOTH own a registration for the word 'THE'," Gerben tweeted.
The school has previously secured other trademarks, including the names of football coaches Woody Hayes and Urban Meyer.
Full Statement from The Ohio State University:
"Ohio State is pleased to have received a trademark for THE on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels. THE has been a rallying cry in the Ohio State community for many years, and Buckeye fans who purchase official Ohio State gear support student scholarships, libraries and other university initiatives. Like other institutions, Ohio State works to protect the university’s brand and trademarks because these assets benefit students and faculty, and support our core academic mission of teaching and research. Ohio State’s trademark and licensing program generates an average of over $12.5 million annually in revenue for the university, which funds student scholarships and university programs.
"The university’s initial trademark filing in 2019 was prompted by apparel designer Marc Jacob’s application to trademark THE. In 2021, the university was pleased to reach an agreement with Jacobs that allows both parties to register THE branded products for continued use and license." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 | 2022-06-22T17:37:09 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 |
UVALDE, Texas — Senator Roland Gutierrez is suing Texas DPS for the complete records of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, saying "families deserve to know the complete, unalterable truth about what happened that day."
19 children and 2 teachers were murdered by a gunman armed with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of expensive ammunition.
In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, June 22, Sen. Gutierrez states:
"In the wake of the senseless tragedy, the people of Uvalde and Texas have demanded answers from their government. To date, they have been met with lies, misstatements, and shifts of blame."
Senator Gutierrez hopes that this lawsuit will help families get the answers they need.
This comes after Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin released a statement Tuesday saying records related to the May 24's shooting at Robb Elementary will not be released.
The statement says the Uvalde District Attorney requested the City of Uvalde not release any evidence related to the law enforcement response until all investigations are done, at which point leaders will evaluate the relevant material.
Also on Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw spoke at a Texas Senate special legislative committee hearing, saying the Uvalde District Attorney also requested DPS not release anything from the investigation yet. He believes the records will eventually be released to the public.
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YARMOUTH, Iowa — Crews are still searching Wednesday for an employee who was lost after a grain silo collapsed Tuesday morning near Yarmouth, according to the Des Moines County Emergency Management.
The Yarmouth Fire Department responded to the collapse at 23400 205th Avenue in Yarmouth at about 8:08 a.m, according to the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office. The building is owned by Agri-Way Partners LLC.
Des Moines County EMA Coordinator Gina Hardin said crews are still treating the scene as a rescue on Wednesday. There are now 15 agencies working to find the individual.
On Tuesday, News 8's crew at the scene learned that a grain silo made of concrete collapsed in the incident.
On Wednesday, the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office said the collapsed silo still remains partially standing. It has also caused structural damage to nearby silos, creating "an extremely volatile environment for the rescue and recovery of the missing individual."
News 8 also learned two individuals were there at the time of the collapse and both are employees at the facility. The individual who made it out was confirmed to be safe. The sheriff's office confirmed these details via press release on Wednesday.
Tuesday, area rescue crew members worked 10-minute shifts in the heat to dig through the wreckage. A Heat Advisory was in effect for the county until 7 p.m. News 8 witnessed search dogs looking through the area as well.
Iowa Task Force 1 was at the scene as well. The task force is an urban search and rescue team based out of Cedar Rapids.
We will update this breaking news story as more information is made available. Download our app and subscribe to our YouTube channel for updates.
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PECOS, Texas — A Marfa man was found guilty by a federal jury in Pecos last week for Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.
63-year-old Stephen Brunson was stopped for a traffic violation and arrested for Class C offenses involving the license plate and temporary permit displayed on the vehicle he was driving according to court documents.
When Brunson was searched, several knives and brass knuckles were found as well as over 27 grams of methamphetamine.
There is no official sentence date yet, but Brunson could face up to 20 years in prison. He has been in federal custody since his arrest in February of 2022.
We will continue to update this story as we receive more information. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/marfa-man-found-guilty-on-meth-possession-charges/513-7d7349f8-b29e-4984-a5e3-3ad63dd4ac74 | 2022-06-22T18:08:29 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/marfa-man-found-guilty-on-meth-possession-charges/513-7d7349f8-b29e-4984-a5e3-3ad63dd4ac74 |
TEXAS, USA — Recent Texas power grid changes intended to prevent a crisis like what the state experienced in February 2021 have cost $685 million to $860 million for just the first five months of this year, according to a report from KVUE's media partners at the Austin American-Statesman.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) contributes to this cost estimate through its increased acquirement of reserve power within the state's electric grid, which ERCOT operates. ERCOT is also working to make such power available quicker.
Another factor in the cost estimate is the effects of policy changes that push for a quicker online connection among more generators and an initial increase in wholesale electricity costs, according to the Statesman.
The Statesman reports that Carrie Bivens, ERCOT's independent market monitor, estimated the million-dollar prices by valuing increased reserve purchases from Jan. 1 to May 31 at $210 million to $385 million. She valued "the impact of the policy-induced changes to wholesale prices at about $475 million over that time."
To keep an increased amount of reserves prepared through the end of May – and taking into consideration costs from the latter half of 2021 – Bivens estimated a price of at least roughly $425 million, according to the Statesman.
The Statesman reports that in a meeting Tuesday with ERCOT board members, Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas that oversees ERCOT, said Texans are benefitting from the greater reliability stemming from improved management of the power grid.
This all comes after the power grid broke a demand record Monday with a peak demand of more than 76,600 megawatts.
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One Knoxville silences Asheville City to claim the Smoky Mountain Series
It was like walking into a boiling cauldron.
For 90 minutes off the field, Asheville City supporters at Memorial Park stirred the pot, ceaselessly blasting sirens, sounding trumpets, and shouting through megaphones at One Knoxville’s players and coaching staff.
On the field, it was no friendlier. Words exchanged between players from both sides were as bruising as their tackles; at the final whistle, nine yellow cards had been handed out to One Knoxville (8-1-1), including a second that saw club captain James Thomas red-carded from the bench in second-half added time. Asheville City (7-1-2) which entered the match in first place in the USL League Two’s South Central Division, received two.
But it was the visitors, thanks to goals from Yannick Kranz, Buster Sjoberg, and, deep into second-half added time, Stephen Afrifa, who claimed the 3-1 victory.
In doing so, One Knoxville leapfrogged Asheville into first place, on 25 points, and claimed the Smoky Mountain Series title, awarded to the team who, over two legs, had the most points.
“It was very hostile,” said One Knoxville head coach Mark McKeever. “The fans were talking about the players' mothers. Players’ families, I think is a little bit much. But it is what it is. If that's their style, then so be it. The whole plan coming in was to shut them up by the product on the field and between the lines, from the starting whistle to the to the final whistle. So we shut them up.”
In One Knoxville’s inaugural game on May 14 at Austin-East Magnet High School, the first meeting between the two teams, Asheville claimed a 2-1 victory off a late penalty kick. Throughout that game, McKeever’s team failed to capitalize on several scoring opportunities. Undefeated since, he and his coaching staff challenged players to be relentless and ruthless.
“And I think we did that tonight,” McKeever said. “I said to the boys at the end there, ‘We added a third one tonight.’ And it was to be very resilient. We gave them nothing. It was a great performance. We'll take it all day long.”
After a chippy first half that saw few scoring opportunities for either side, Kranz, a German midfielder who players at nearby Carson-Newman University, opened the scoring in the 51st minute.
McKeever had made nine changes to the starting 11 he played against Peachtree City, opting for size and strength up top: 6-foot-5 Sebastian Andreassen, the team’s leading goal scorer (7), joined 6-foot-4 Max McNulty in attack. Kranz was one of only two players to retain his starting spot.
On a long throw-in by Moses Mensah, the second-ranked prospect in the league, Asheville deflected the ball back outside its box toward Kranz, who caught the deflection and hit a powerful one-time shot into the far corner past goalkeeper Ryan Bilichuk.
“I saw the ball coming to me, and I had to take it,” Kranz said. “I had to take the risk. And luckily it went in.”
With that goal, the game finally opened up. Off an inch-perfect corner kick by Thomas 10 minutes later, 6-foot-3 center-back Buster Sjoberg scored at the far post on a stiff header. As soon as the ball went into the net, the captain and a handful of One Knoxville substitutes warming up nearby jumped into the arms of the dozen or so supporters who traveled across the mountains and were cheering and waving flags behind the barricade nearest to the goal.
In the 87th minute, after a foul by Andreassen, Asheville’s Quentin Huerman pulled a goal back from a curling free kick just outside the box.
Then, five minutes into added time, Stephen Afrifa, on as a second-half substitute, took a ball to the corner flag. Initially, he was looking to waste time until the final whistle. “I saw I was 1-v-1 with the defender and said, ‘Might as well take it,” Afrifa said.
The Canadian, who plays for Florida International University, dribbled around the first man toward the endline before cutting inside past another defender and shooting to the near post, leaving Bilichuk frozen.
“It’s one of the best feelings I’ve had in a long time,” Afrifa said. “So glad I scored that to get the three points and take the series.”
Before the game started, McKeever said the rivalry was immaterial. He told his players: what’s most important, in a 14-game regular season, is accumulating wins, regardless of the opponent, in order claim the division title and qualify the team for the Southern Conference playoffs. One Knoxville will look to do so 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Maryville College when it welcomes Tennessee Soccer Club (2-3-3).
But with a trophy at play – local blacksmith artist, Alex Magnuson, who plays college soccer at East Tennessee State University, designed a golden hiking boot that will remain with the winner of the series – there was an added element of drama, particularly for The Scruffs, the club’s supporters group. After the final whistle, the players invited the fans onto the field to celebrate with them as they danced and sang, holding the boot high in the air.
“I don't think that one's for the players,” McKeever said. “That one's for the fans, obviously to drive here over the over the mountains and come and support us the way they did: I love the Scruffies. I love them.”
Brian Gabriel Canever is a soccer writer and co-host of the Knox Soccer Podcast. | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/22/one-knoxville-silences-asheville-city-claim-smoky-mountain-series/7701652001/ | 2022-06-22T18:09:03 | 1 | https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/local/2022/06/22/one-knoxville-silences-asheville-city-claim-smoky-mountain-series/7701652001/ |
ARUNDEL, Maine — You run into a lot of automotive enthusiasts at the Maine Classic Car Museum, so it’s not surprising to see a man in front of a drawing of an elegant 1950s American car discussing its aesthetic appeal.
“The bumper, the taillights, the treatment on the side, the treatment on the windows,” he said, pointing to details in several of the stylish exterior features. Then comes the kicker: “That was all my idea.”
Rod Williams isn’t boasting. From 1954 to 1960, he worked in Detroit as a designer, first for Ford, then Chrysler.
It was a remarkable leap for a young man who grew up in Millinocket during the Depression, had no industrial design education, and had entered the military to get a college education under the G.I. Bill. When he arrived at Ford two weeks after being discharged from the Navy, he found himself in a roomful of designers whose training and experience easily surpassed his own.
“I felt like I was really behind the eight ball,” he recalled. “These other people had gone to college for three, four years.”
Hard work ended up being a great equalizer. So did raw talent. Williams turned out beautiful designs, some of whose features were adopted in classic models such as the Ford Fairlane and Thunderbird.
Williams, who is 93 and living in Biddeford, is delighted that many of his designs are now on display at the Maine Classic Car Museum in Arundel. Interestingly, though, he was never a big fan of the tail-finned, chrome-studded, attention-getting automobiles coming out of Detroit when he worked there in the ‘50s.
“They were a little too flashy, a little artificial,” he said. “I wanted things to be cleaner, simpler forms.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/raised-on-a-maine-farm-in-the-1930s-he-went-on-to-help-design-some-classic-american-cars-rod-williams-biddeford-ford-chrysler/97-6458dc12-15ef-4b47-93f0-540e0eed1f58 | 2022-06-22T18:09:15 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/raised-on-a-maine-farm-in-the-1930s-he-went-on-to-help-design-some-classic-american-cars-rod-williams-biddeford-ford-chrysler/97-6458dc12-15ef-4b47-93f0-540e0eed1f58 |
PORTLAND, Maine — The housing authority in Maine, MaineHousing, estimates that Maine is between 20,000 and 25,000 affordable units short of what we need. That estimate is based on a couple of things, including the waiting list for Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) tenants and an annual survey of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, which does a state-by-state breakdown.
A celebration will take place Wednesday, June 22, at the new Deering Place in downtown Portland. The development will bring 75 new homes to the city in response to the growing affordable housing crisis.
The event is free and open to the public. The grand opening celebration will be held at 510 Cumberland Ave. and will feature guest speakers, refreshments, giveaways, and more.
A mix of affordable and market-rate units, Deering Place consists of three apartment buildings located on contiguous lots in the historic Parkside neighborhood: 63 Deering St., a new building; 61 Deering St., a renovated apartment building; and 510 Cumberland Ave., an adaptive reuse of an existing building with a new addition and enclosed parking. Construction on all three buildings utilized sustainable design practices for maximum energy efficiency.
"At a time when housing costs are soaring to record heights in Maine, we are proud to provide safe, quality, affordable homes in the heart of the state's largest city to a diverse population," Dana Totman, Avesta Housing president and CEO, said. "Deering Place exemplifies our mission that everyone deserves a place to call home."
Specific Maine Housing details can be found on this website.
Twenty-three affordable housing developments being financed by MaineHousing are under construction in Maine.
MaineHousing communications director Scott Thistle said this represents 570 new affordable units that are being built with an additional 187 affordable units being preserved.
These developments include work in Hancock, Penobscot, Somerset, Franklin Kennebec, Androscoggin, Cumberland, and York counties.
The current MaineHousing development pipeline, which includes projects under construction and being underwritten, includes 57 developments and 1,396 new affordable units, and 653 affordable units preserved.
Here is a link to MaineHousing's available rental programs.
Mark Wiesendanger, MaineHousing's development director, said Maine Housing has a historic amount of affordable units in its development pipeline, the largest number in the past 30 years. He said COVID-19 and new people coming to live and work in Maine have contributed to the housing crisis Maine is seeing.
Amanda Gilliam is the director of property management for Avesta Housing. She said Avesta is working on multiple projects throughout the state to help alleviate the housing crunch in the state. Avesta Housing is making sure to develop affordable housing units within the projects they have in the works.
Avesta reports applications for affordable housing rose significantly from 2020 to 2021, with more than a third coming from people who identified as being homeless.
• Total applications for affordable housing increased by 32 percent (6,231 vs. 4,715)
• More than a third of all applicants (34 percent) identified as being homeless
• Avesta added 179 new homes to its property portfolio, but it was able to house just 7.8 percent of all applicants, a decrease from 9.2 percent in 2020
To address the growing crisis, Totman urged the Maine Legislature to pass LD 2003, a new bill that would reduce barriers to more affordable housing in the state. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/avesta-housing-mainehousing-affordable-housing-units-open-at-heart-of-portland/97-f9c175be-9748-4a03-b0ef-116482d95a9a | 2022-06-22T18:09:21 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/avesta-housing-mainehousing-affordable-housing-units-open-at-heart-of-portland/97-f9c175be-9748-4a03-b0ef-116482d95a9a |
PHIPPSBURG, Maine — A Maine Marine Patrol investigation is underway after a Phippsburg man was found dead Tuesday morning on a speedboat in Casco Bay.
Vincent Wells, 37, was found aboard a 25-foot Yamaha Jet Boat that had run aground on Flag Island, Maine Department of Marine Resources spokesperson Jeff Nichols said Wednesday in a release.
Officials were alerted to the vessel by a fisherman who reported it around 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The boat was recovered by Sea Tow and will be examined by Maine Marine Patrol as part of its ongoing investigation.
For the latest breaking news, weather, and traffic alerts, download the NEWS CENTER Maine mobile app. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/phippsburg-man-vincent-wells-found-dead-aboard-speedboat-flag-island-harpswell-maine-marine-patrol/97-35ff4eda-52e1-4b30-b115-064ac22063a6 | 2022-06-22T18:09:27 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/phippsburg-man-vincent-wells-found-dead-aboard-speedboat-flag-island-harpswell-maine-marine-patrol/97-35ff4eda-52e1-4b30-b115-064ac22063a6 |
HOUSTON — A simple car ride can have deadly consequences if you forget about what's in the backseat.
An average of nearly 40 children a year die nationwide in hot cars. This is why automakers are promising all new vehicles will have rear seat safety alarms by 2025.
How they work
One alarm system will allow your vehicle to sense when a backseat seatbelt is locked. A display will appear on the dash when the car starts, indicating a seatbelt was locked. When the car comes to a stop, an alarm will go off, signaling to check the backseat.
Cell phone providers are also assisting with rear seat safety alarms by allowing drivers to connect a plug-in device into the computer of their vehicles. It's a mirror image of your car, so if your car has an alert to check your backseat, your phone will also alert you to check your backseat.
Other, more sophisticated alarms, sense actual motion in the backseat after a driver leaves.
According to the KHOU 11 Weather Team, the heat will be sticking around for the next several days, with no relief in sight until maybe Monday or Tuesday of next week.
Amber Rollins, with the nonprofit Kids and Car Safety, said Texas has the highest number of hot car deaths in the country. Nationwide, 56% of hot car deaths happen when a child is accidentally left in a car. Twenty-six percent when a child gets in themselves and can’t get out.
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It doesn’t take long for a car to become an oven.
"Most people don’t realize that the majority of the increase in temperature inside of a car happens within the first 10 minutes," Rollins said. “Their little bodies heat up 3 to 5 times faster than an adult.”
Rollins says kids should know three things:
- How to honk the horn
- How to turn on flashers
- How to unlock a front door if they can’t get out of a back one
Additionally, the Harris County Sheriff's Office said kids should know how to unbuckle their car seats. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rear-seat-alarm-installed-new-vehicles-by-2025/285-a8456fb6-861c-49c7-91a9-14bb4143adbc | 2022-06-22T18:09:34 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/rear-seat-alarm-installed-new-vehicles-by-2025/285-a8456fb6-861c-49c7-91a9-14bb4143adbc |
PORTLAND, Maine — A yacht that caught fire near the mouth of the Piscataqua River on Saturday, forcing its occupants to jump to safety, was still leaking an unknown volume of diesel fuel as of Tuesday, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection said in a news release.
The 72-foot boat, called TOO ELUSIVE, caught fire Saturday afternoon.
Three passengers and two dogs jumped overboard to safety when the yacht became engulfed in flames, and nearby boaters rescued them all. They were taken to nearby Portsmouth Hospital, where they were treated and released, an earlier NEWS CENTER Maine story reported.
The yacht eventually drifted into Maine waters, where it sank about two hours from the initial 911 call.
The Maine DEP issued an update on the possible environmental impacts of the wreckage Wednesday, noting that the vessel burned in approximately 80 feet of water just outside the main shipping channel.
"The vessel owner was issued a Notice of Federal Interest by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the owner has contracted a local commercial salvage company to survey the wreck site and develop a salvage plan to ensure any further environmental and/or navigation impacts are properly mitigated," the release states.
Diesel fuel sheen was visible in the area throughout the weekend, but the sheen had not reached the shoreline as of Tuesday. Based on surveillance of the area, the Maine DEP did note that the sunken yacht was continuing to leak fuel but is "expected to continue to dissipate naturally," the release states. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/yacht-that-caught-fire-saturday-sinking-off-maine-coast-of-piscataqua-river-mouth-continues-to-leak-diesel-fuel/97-92967b9f-d7e6-4c38-891d-bedeb760e9f5 | 2022-06-22T18:09:40 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/yacht-that-caught-fire-saturday-sinking-off-maine-coast-of-piscataqua-river-mouth-continues-to-leak-diesel-fuel/97-92967b9f-d7e6-4c38-891d-bedeb760e9f5 |
The schedules for Anderson and Washington pool have been updated, with staffing limitations meaning more off days than usual.
Weather and sufficient staff permitting, Washington pool and Anderson pool will be open Wednesday and Thursday this week. In addition, Washington Pool will be open Friday and Saturday. Anderson pool will be open Sunday, June 26.
Splashpads will be operational daily at Roosevelt and Schulte Parks and at the lakefront. The splashpad at Anderson will be open on pool days only.
The following is the updated pool schedule for the week of June 20:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Anderson Open / Washington Open
Wednesday: Anderson Open / Washington Open
Thursday: Anderson Open / Washington Open
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The City continues to seek enough lifeguards to run pools at full capacity. Lifeguard salary is $12.58-$14.15 per hour. The City of Kenosha will reimburse up to $125 for lifeguards who complete and pass the American Red Cross Lifeguard Certification or recertification and complete 30 working days. Please note that employees must sign the Lifeguard Recertification Agreement prior to being reimbursed.
For further details on lifeguard positions, visit the employment page of the City web site: www.kenosha.org.
If you would like to check information about the status of the pools on the City website, go to the City of Kenosha website and on the Public Works page click parks, locations & amenities, then swimming pools.
The City will update the page regarding operations, including feature closures, capacity limitations or pool closures. Regular pool hours are 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays. The pools are closed on Mondays, including the Fourth of July.
Daily pool fees are $5 for individuals, age three and up, and $3 for adults over 60. The daily fee for a non-swimming adult is $3. Children age two and younger are admitted free with a paid adult (maximum of three children per adult) | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenoshas-city-swimming-pools-update-schedules/article_767301c6-f236-11ec-9839-7b81a6f173db.html | 2022-06-22T18:11:20 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenoshas-city-swimming-pools-update-schedules/article_767301c6-f236-11ec-9839-7b81a6f173db.html |
PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Lake Andrea Beach has four new four-seater electric watercrafts due to donations by the Pleasant Prairie Convention and Visitors Bureau. The boats aim to add another level of safety for all lake event participants as recreation staff utilize them during open water races, practice swims and triathlons.
RecPlex Aquatics Manager Steve Frye thanked the PPCVB and its board of directors for investing into the crafts.
"There are multiple events hosted at Lake Andrea throughout the summer that have a positive economic impact, bringing competitive athletes and tourism to the area," said Frye. “The four watercraft are a wonderful upgrade that will enhance the safety of athletes who travel to the area and compete on Lake Andrea.”
Each of the four Encore Electric Watercraft have a weight capacity of 628 pounds and are made by Nauticraft of Norton Shores, Mich. They are constructed out of a molded polyethylene material. The battery-powered electric trolling motor can travel approximately four mph. The boats weigh about 400 pounds, are about 14 feet long, and are nearly five feet wide. They sit low on the water, and the limited speed ensures they don’t create a disturbing wake for competing swimmers.
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The Recreation Department at RecPlex hosts numerous nationally recognized and high-level competitive events at Lake Andrea each year, bringing competitive athletes to the area throughout the summer. In addition, Lake Andrea serves the local community by providing opportunities for swimming, fishing, kayaking, open water swim training, recreation and more. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/lake-andrea-beach-in-pleasant-prairie-gets-four-electric-watercraft-for-event-safety/article_62a631f0-f23a-11ec-bdd3-4ba46f570c92.html | 2022-06-22T18:11:26 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/lake-andrea-beach-in-pleasant-prairie-gets-four-electric-watercraft-for-event-safety/article_62a631f0-f23a-11ec-bdd3-4ba46f570c92.html |
BURLINGTON — The Randall School District Board of Education is reminding all residents in the district to take the recent community survey that was mailed to homes earlier this month.
The Board wants to hear from the community as they look at ways to address the remaining building challenges facing the district, such as school safety and security, academic classrooms and support areas to support hands on learning, early learning classrooms, building systems and infrastructure, and a bus maintenance garage.
The School Board is working with School Perceptions LLC, an independent Wisconsin firm specializing in school district surveys. All information will remain confidential and anonymous.
Surveys will be made available through Monday, June 27. Residents can take the survey on or before that date two ways:
Online: Log on to www.survey2000.com and enter the survey access number printed on the mailing to every district household. Residents are encouraged to take the survey online to reduce handling costs to the district.
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Paper: A hard copy of the survey was mailed to every household in the district, complete with a postage-paid return envelope. Once completed, please use the enclosed return envelope to mail it directly to School Perceptions.
In an attempt to make the survey accessible to all, let the district know if you need the survey in a different language or have a disability that makes it difficult to read and or take the survey. To obtain additional surveys for other adults in a household, call the district at 262-537-2211.
Results from the community survey will be presented at the School Board meeting on July 13. Results will also be available on the district website at: randall.k12.wi.us.
For more information on the community survey process, or the proposed facility planning, contact Robert Antholine, Randall School District administrator, at 262-537-2211. | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/whats-next-for-randall-school-district-reminds-residents-to-fill-out-out-facilities-survey-before/article_a50452a2-f0dc-11ec-9b70-970ebddfbd72.html | 2022-06-22T18:11:32 | 1 | https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/whats-next-for-randall-school-district-reminds-residents-to-fill-out-out-facilities-survey-before/article_a50452a2-f0dc-11ec-9b70-970ebddfbd72.html |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University was awarded a trademark on the word "THE" by the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week.
The university received the trademark for "THE" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels. Those products include hats, baseball caps and t-shirts.
"THE has been a rallying cry in the Ohio State community for many years, and Buckeye fans who purchase official Ohio State gear support student scholarships, libraries and other university initiatives," a university spokesperson said.
The university said it brings in more than $12.5 million a year from its trademark and licensing program.
Ohio State filed a trademark application in August 2019. A month later, the application was denied.
Josh Gerben, a prominent trademark lawyer, explained on Twitter Wednesday why the process of getting approved took so long.
"The USPTO refused Ohio State's trademark application for the word "THE" on Sept 11, 2019, for two reasons," he said. "1. The trademark was 'merely ornamental.' 2. The clothing company Marc Jacobs had filed an application for 'THE' several months earlier."
According to Gerben, the university responded by saying it was not using the trademark in a merely ornamental manner and opposing Marc Jacobs' trademark application.
The attorney said the two entities were able to settle their dispute.
"While the terms of the settlement agreement were not disclosed, USPTO records indicate that Ohio State and Marc Jacobs agreed that they could BOTH own a registration for the word 'THE'," Gerben tweeted.
The school has previously secured other trademarks, including the names of football coaches Woody Hayes and Urban Meyer.
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"Ohio State is pleased to have received a trademark for THE on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels. THE has been a rallying cry in the Ohio State community for many years, and Buckeye fans who purchase official Ohio State gear support student scholarships, libraries and other university initiatives. Like other institutions, Ohio State works to protect the university’s brand and trademarks because these assets benefit students and faculty, and support our core academic mission of teaching and research. Ohio State’s trademark and licensing program generates an average of over $12.5 million annually in revenue for the university, which funds student scholarships and university programs.
"The university’s initial trademark filing in 2019 was prompted by apparel designer Marc Jacob’s application to trademark THE. In 2021, the university was pleased to reach an agreement with Jacobs that allows both parties to register THE branded products for continued use and license." | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 | 2022-06-22T18:12:15 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 |
UVALDE, Texas — Senator Roland Gutierrez is suing Texas DPS for the complete records of the school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, saying "families deserve to know the complete, unalterable truth about what happened that day."
19 children and 2 teachers were murdered by a gunman armed with an assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of expensive ammunition.
In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, June 22, Sen. Gutierrez states:
"In the wake of the senseless tragedy, the people of Uvalde and Texas have demanded answers from their government. To date, they have been met with lies, misstatements, and shifts of blame."
Senator Gutierrez hopes that this lawsuit will help families get the answers they need.
This comes after Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin released a statement Tuesday saying records related to the May 24's shooting at Robb Elementary will not be released.
The statement says the Uvalde District Attorney requested the City of Uvalde not release any evidence related to the law enforcement response until all investigations are done, at which point leaders will evaluate the relevant material.
Also on Tuesday, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw spoke at a Texas Senate special legislative committee hearing, saying the Uvalde District Attorney also requested DPS not release anything from the investigation yet. He believes the records will eventually be released to the public.
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A new type of convenience store appears headed for Lincoln.
According to a building permit filed this week, DoorDash plans to open a DashMart at 4630 Y St., which is the former home of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
DoorDash officials could not be reached for comment, but according to the delivery company's website, DashMarts are "a new type of convenience store, offering both household essentials and local restaurant favorites."
The stores offer delivery and customers can order online and pick up items. There is no in-person shopping. The stores carry around 2,000 items, including fresh and frozen grocery items, cleaning supplies, pharmacy items and pet food.
The DashMarts also employ full-time workers, with some of the stores having as many as 50 employees. It's not clear how many people the company will hire in Lincoln.
DoorDash started the concept in August 2020 in a few larger cities. It has since expanded across the country into smaller markets, including Des Moines and Wichita but not Omaha, which means the Lincoln location will be the first one in Nebraska.
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 airport needs to reconstruct its nearly 13,000-foot main runway, but the Federal Aviation Administration will likely only be willing to pay for something shorter.
Seward officials held a groundbreaking Monday afternoon for WCR Inc., which will open a 27,500-square-foot plant to employ approximately 20 people doing fabrication repair of heat exchangers.
CHI Health is notifying patients that one of its vendors had a "cybersecurity event" that may have exposed some patients' protected health information.
The expansion will include a 46,000-square-foot hangar and an additional two-floor wing comprised of 56,000 square feet, which will be used for storage and shops.
In an internal announcement dated June 1, Michael Foods said it determined there was “excess capacity across our dried egg network that would not be utilized by current demand or the anticipated growth in this category.” | https://journalstar.com/business/local/doordash-convenience-store-coming-to-lincoln/article_9924f1a1-55fa-59b9-a385-a3f05e8ea664.html | 2022-06-22T18:14:28 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/business/local/doordash-convenience-store-coming-to-lincoln/article_9924f1a1-55fa-59b9-a385-a3f05e8ea664.html |
A feud between two groups gathering signatures for petitions in north Lincoln on Tuesday landed one man in jail after he threatened another with a knife, according to police.
Nicolas Salas, a 24-year-old Nebraska man, arrived at the Dollar Tree near 27th Street and Folkways Boulevard at around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, where his group encountered another group gathering petition signatures, Lincoln Police Capt. Todd Kocian said.
An argument ensued between the two groups before Salas wielded a 9-inch knife and threatened to assault a man as he chased him, Kocian said.
Police arrested Salas at a nearby hotel a short time later. He was booked into the Lancaster County jail on suspicion of terroristic threats and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony.
Kocian said it's unclear what petition either group was gathering signatures for.
"Could have been the same, could have been opposite sides of the fence," he said. "I have no idea."
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
The 38-year-old man was driving north on County Road 800 at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when he began to cross the railroad tracks near U.S. 6, according to the Saline County Sheriff's Office. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-threatened-petition-signature-gatherer-with-knife-in-lincoln-police-say/article_13782b7d-7db1-5336-84b3-ef2fdd95cb74.html | 2022-06-22T18:14:29 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-threatened-petition-signature-gatherer-with-knife-in-lincoln-police-say/article_13782b7d-7db1-5336-84b3-ef2fdd95cb74.html |
A 38-year-old Seward County man died on Tuesday after his Ford F-150 was struck by a train while crossing tracks near Friend, according to the Saline County Sheriff's Office.
Aaron Rathje was driving north on County Road 800 at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday when he began to cross the railroad tracks near U.S. 6, the sheriff's office said in a news release.
As Rathje entered the railroad crossing, his 2017 Ford was struck by an eastbound BNSF train, the sheriff's office said. Rathje was pronounced dead at the scene.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021.
Avid drag racers said they have no place race and are scapegoats for problems on O street, and residents frustrated by the noise and speeding cars expressed their frustrations at a town hall meeting.
The 35-year-old man told police he had started talking with an unknown man at Cooper Park early Thursday morning, but the conversation devolved into a disagreement, and later, into a shooting.
The pursuit began near 56th and O, where a trooper saw two motorcycles without license plates and attempted a traffic stop, according to the State Patrol. Both motorcycles fled eastbound at a high rate of speed.
Assistant City Attorney Rick Tast was acquitted of a misdemeanor trespass charge after prosecutors failed to prove he acted with criminal intent when he entered a northeast Lincoln home last May.
The complaint — filed by two shareholders in Superior Court of the State of Washington, where Costco is based — involves an undercover investigation into Lincoln Premium Poultry last year.
The 22-year-old fled officers and ran into a residential neighborhood where he was later arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and tampering with physical evidence, police said.
Everette O'Neal is set for sentencing next month, where he is likely to face at least 25 years in prison, given that prosecutors have alleged he is a habitual criminal.
Nebraska State Patrol was made aware that the 13-year-old girl might be driving through Nebraska in a Ford F-150 with a man. Troopers quickly located the vehicle and found the girl hiding inside. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/seward-county-man-killed-while-crossing-train-tracks-near-friend-authorities-say/article_f2648128-5e29-51db-8da3-c05dc1bb59a3.html | 2022-06-22T18:14:31 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/seward-county-man-killed-while-crossing-train-tracks-near-friend-authorities-say/article_f2648128-5e29-51db-8da3-c05dc1bb59a3.html |
The Lincoln South Beltway is a 4-lane freeway under construction near the city of Lincoln, NE. It will eventually link US Highway 77 in the west and Nebraska Highway 2 in the east. The project is being built by Hawkins construction and is being substantially funded by the Nebraska Department of Transportation.
Construction began in March of 2020, and is scheduled to be open to traffic in April of 2023. In this video, you can see that traffic has been diverted onto the new Saltillo Road bridge over US-77. Additionally, US-77 traffic has been diverted onto the permanent southbound lanes. The 54th Street bridge has also been opened to traffic, and the bridge decks at 27th St and Nebraska Parkway have been poured!
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Work on the west interchange of the South Beltway will force all traffic off U.S. 77 during overnight hours this weekend.
The Nebraska Department of Transportation said it will close all lanes of U.S. 77 southwest of Lincoln at 9 p.m. Sunday, with traffic to resume at 5 a.m. Monday, weather permitting.
The detour route will follow Saltillo Road, South 54th Street and Roca Road. Anyone traveling those routes while U.S. 77 is closed should use extra caution.
Earlier this month, construction officials said paving is complete on 53% of the South Beltway. The 11-mile route is to open in May of next year.
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Members of a pride color guard perform their routine during the second-ever Star City Pride Parade at the Capitol on Saturday, June 18, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Campers participate in drills during the Nebraska football camp on Friday, June 17, 2022, at Memorial Stadium. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Jake Owen performs alongside his band during a performance at the Pinewood Bowl in Pioneers Park on Thursday, June 16, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Nebraska freshman guard Callin Hake gets a high five from head women's basketball coach Amy Williams during practice on Thursday, June 15, 2022, at Hendricks Training Complex. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Former Husker Jordan Larson does a demonstration during a volleyball camp, Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at Kinetic Sports Complex. JUSTIN WAN, Journal Star
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Trent Claus, a VFX supervisor and animation art collector, reminisces with some of his art on a couch for watching Saturday morning cartoons at the Eisentrager/Howard Gallery in Richards Hall on the UNL campus on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Daniel Bartek lounges by the waters of Holmes Lake after a long day of work on Friday, June 10, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Carpet Land’s Caden Cetak (left) slides for home as Judds Brothers’ Chase Blanchard tags him out during the annual Mike Peterson/Coach K Legion tournament championship game Sunday, June 11, 2022, at Den Hartog Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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New Kids on the Block perform Saturday, June 11, 2022, at Pinnacle Bank Arena. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Nebraska offensive linemen Kevin Williams Jr (center) huddles up with campers before taking a break during a football camp held at the Lincoln Sports Foundation field on Saturday, June 11, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Spectators watch as purebred pigs are showcased Saturday, June 11, 2022, at the Cornhusker Classic Swine Show at Saunders County Fairgrounds in Wahoo. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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A bicyclist peddles uphill past a field of wildflowers on a section of the Mopac bike trail near Vine Street on Friday, June 10, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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Union Bank’s Reese Kortum pitches the ball against a Millard North batter during a Mike Peterson/Coach K Legion Tournament game on Friday, June 10, 2022, at Densmore Field. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Anderson Ford's Braeden Sunken bats in the third inning of a Mike Peterson Tournament legion baseball game against Millard North on Friday, June 10, 2022, at Densmore Park. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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The flyover bridge that will connect U.S. 77 to the South Beltway has steel beams laid the entire west to east distance on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. GWYNETH ROBERTS, Journal Star
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Lincoln Salt Dogs left fielder Randy Norris dives but misses the catch after a long ball hit by Chicago Dog's Grant Kay ( not pictured) in the second inning at Haymarket Park on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star
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A rancher takes a load off while waiting for an auction during the annual Cattlemen’s Ball of Nebraska at the Cass County Fairgrounds on June 4 in Weeping Water. The annual fundraiser moves around the state, and is held in a new location each year.
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North’s Kamden Dusatko (middle) and his teammates celebrate their win over South in the Shrine Bowl on June 4 at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium in Kearney.
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Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost speaks with recruits to wrap up the Friday Night Lights camp at Memorial Stadium on Friday, June 3, 2022. JAIDEN TRIPI, Journal Star
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Tire marks mar the surface of the parking lot of Kohls, at the corner of 84th and O street, in this aerial view on June 2.
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A memorial to victims of a crash that occurred May 29 is set up on O Street at the site of the crash on June 2.
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A family-style seafood boil, tossed in butter and Cajun seasonings, is complimented by New Orleans-style beverages at Bourbon Street by Single Barrel, located in the Haymarket in Downtown, on June 1.
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Lincoln Police Officer and CSI instigator Jason Hellmuth talks about using various lights to inspect crime scenes during Bridging the Gap on June 1.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)—A spokesperson for West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin confirmed to 13 News that Manchin will vote against President Joe Biden’s proposed gas tax holiday.
Biden is expected to call on Congress Wednesday afternoon to suspend federal taxes on gas and diesel for three months.
This would cut $0.18 per gallon on gas and $0.24 on diesel for drivers.
The average gas price in West Virginia is $4.903 per gallon, according to AAA. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/joe-manchin-to-vote-against-president-bidens-proposed-gas-tax-holiday/ | 2022-06-22T18:17:59 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/joe-manchin-to-vote-against-president-bidens-proposed-gas-tax-holiday/ |
The Valentine Museum unveiled Wednesday the statue of Jefferson Davis that used to reside on Monument Avenue as a part of its "This is Richmond, Virginia" exhibition. On loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, the statue will be on display at The Valentine for six months.
“This is the great first step in beginning the conversation about ‘what’s next?’” said Valentine director Bill Martin. “What is next not only the monuments and for Monument Avenue, but what is next for this conversation.”
Originally unveiled in 1907, the Jefferson Davis statue stood on Monument Avenue in Richmond for over 100 years. Along with Robert E. Lee, J.E.B. Stuart and Stonewall Jackson, the Davis statue was constructed during the Jim Crow era.
The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months. Here, the statue is unveiled during a media preview on June 22, 2022.
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Edward Valentine, the artist and namesake of the museum, crafted the statue of Davis. Before his death Davis came to Valentine’s studio, which is also on display, in anticipation of his monument.
“Valentine, as our first president, used his clout and his artistic skills to promote the Lost Cause, that effort after the Civil War to deny slavery as the central goal of the conflict and glorify Confederates as heroes,” Martin said.
On June 10, 2020, Black Lives Matter protesters pulled down the statue.
Today, the statue is displayed intentionally in its "2020 state." From falling, the head is dented and the arm is torn. Bubble gum pink latex paint is splattered down Davis’ body and on the podium, and flakes of a toilet paper noose are still stuck to the collar of the statue.
The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months. Here, remnants of a paper noose that was tied around the statue's neck are seen during a media preview on June 22, 2022.
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“This damage along with that pink paint that is decorating it really is that layer, that 2020 layer,” Christina Vida, curator and project manager, said. “The Valentine has a lot of works by Edward Valentine; we do not have a lot of work that represent the social justice protest movement that took place in the summer of 2020. For us to have this additional layer on this work, I think is truly important for the institution and is going to help us tell this much broader story about what has been going on in Richmond.”
The statue was installed Monday after being scanned and thoroughly documented. Notably the statue is laying down like it was on the street in 2020.
“We thought this display technique was critical in making sure folks understand this object not as a man standing up looming over passersby on Monument Avenue, but as an object and storyteller for the social justice movement that took place in Richmond in 2020,” Vida said.
This is the first time the statue is on display in a museum after being in storage for two years.
“We are very excited and terrified,” Martin said. “I have always been honest. I think that the prospect of this is important for us. 2020 was an important moment for the city, and we hope to, in the next six months, try to capture that moment and all the feelings and all the events.”
Martin said the public’s opinion was a leading factor in deciding to display the statue.
“We know that about 80% of Richmonders, according to our survey, want these monuments in museums,” Martin said. “'What does that mean?' We are about to find out.”
Bill Martin, director of The Valentine, stands in the Edward Valentine Sculpture Studio, where the Jefferson Davis statue was created by the museum's first president. The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months.
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To continue including Richmonders in the conversation, The Valentine has a feedback survey and comments box next to the exhibit. On Wednesdays, the museum is offering free admissions “to give all Richmonders an opportunity to participate in this conversation.”
Co-curator Josh Epperson said he believes objects like the Davis statue belong in museums where people can consent to seeing them with the proper context.
“These objects are so powerful and were made for a very particular intention, for a group of people to try and convey their dominance over other free Americans" he said. "These objects are very, very powerful, and they can be very painful for a lot people. To have them off of public streets where you can’t consent, to into a public institution of education and learning, to me is only natural.”
Epperson said displaying them in important to convey the complete history of Richmond.
“I don’t think we should forget them,” Epperson said. “I think if they stayed in storage a child born today may not have any idea about how bad it really was. Someone could tell the story about ‘it never happened.’ It is possible; this is why object in these places are so important.”
Conveying his personal experience Epperson shared that for the Black community the removal of these statues is impactful.
“These objects were not built for people like me,” Epperson said. “They were built specifically to make people who look like me feel inferior to the people portrayed in these objects.”
“You could assume that these are just heroes on horses,” Epperson said. “If you have the context, the real story is illuminated.”
For more information about The Valentine visit their website: thevalentine.org
PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis statue from Monument Avenue on display at The Valentine
The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months. Here, the statue is unveiled during a media preview on June 22, 2022.
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The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months. Here, remnants of a paper noose that was tied around the statue's neck are seen during a media preview on June 22, 2022.
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Bill Martin, director of The Valentine, stands in the Edward Valentine Sculpture Studio, where the Jefferson Davis statue was created by the museum's first president. The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months.
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The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months. Here, Christina Vida, Elise H. Wright curator of general collections and project manager for the Valentine Studio Project, leads a media preview of the statue on June 22, 2022.
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The Valentine is debuting a temporary exhibit of the Jefferson Davis Statue that was erected on Monument Ave. in 1907 and pulled down by protesters on June 10, 2020. The statue is on loan from the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia and will be a part of the Valentine's exhibit "This is Richmond, Virginia" for at least six months. Here, visitors are encouraged to write down how the statue makes them feel.
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PHOTOS: Jefferson Davis Monument, then and now
This was the scene when the Jefferson Davis memorial on Monument Ave. was dedicated in 1907.
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01-16-1954 (cutline): Arrow indicates curbing on Davis Monument, proposed for paint job.
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06-01-1953 (cutline): The Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue, Richmond, is topped by symbolic figure representing his vindication of treason charges.
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06-03-1952 (cutline): AND TODAY--The United Daughters of the Confederacy hold their annual memorial service at the Jefferson Davis monument. With flowers in front of the monument are (left to right) Mrs. Leith Bremner, Dr. W. Leigh Ribble, Mrs. James Thomas Avery, Mrs. Wallace Sauners, Miss Eva Michaels and Mrs. Julia M. Hill.
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11-17-1965 (cutline): Jefferson Davis Memorial might be relocated under proposal. This view is from Branch Memorial House at 2501 Monument Ave.
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This was the scene when the Jefferson Davis memorial on Monument Ave. was dedicated in 1907.
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MONUMENT AVENUE STATUE SERIES: PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARK GORMUS Wed., June 10, 1998 --- Jefferson Davis
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Detail of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave
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Detail of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave
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Detail of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave
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Detail of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave
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In March 1966, Peter Moore was in Richmond on behalf of artist Salvador Dali to study the site of a proposed statue of Confederate hospital operator Sally Tompkins along Monument Avenue. Accompanying Moore, Dali’s right-hand man, at the Jefferson Davis statue was Dali’s playful pet ocelot, Babou. Dali’s vision for the statue was deemed too radical to fit in among the avenue’s other stately monuments, and it was rejected.
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A stuffed leopard sits on the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue Friday Aug. 4, 2017.
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A stuffed leopard sits on the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue Friday Aug. 4, 2017.
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A stuffed leopard sits on the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue Friday Aug. 4, 2017.
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A stuffed leopard sits on the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue Friday Aug. 4, 2017.
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The Jefferson Davis, Confederate President, statue on Monument Avenue.
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Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
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Detail of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave
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Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave. Photo taken 5/16/93
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Detail of the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Ave
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Richmond police respond to a report of vandalism at the Jefferson Davis Monument on Monument Avenue, Wednesday 9/6/2017.
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Richmond police respond to a report of vandalism at the Jefferson Davis Monument on Monument Avenue, Wednesday 9/6/2017.
NED OLIVER
Derek Rhule, L, and Cameron Dicken joined fellow VCU friends on Monument Ave. at Davis to play a little ladderball enjoying the warm temperatures Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
JOE MAHONEY
The Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue will be a will be a turning point on the Junior Men/Women and U23 Men Road Race for the Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships. Feb. 25, 2014.
P. Kevin Morley
David Powers (left) and Tom Kujawski reading the paper and taking advantage of the hot weather on what they call 'Davis Beach' the median on Monument Ave at Davis
CLEMENT BRITT
During an outing, the Gilmore Family posed for a snapshot at the Jefferson Davis Monument on Monument Avenue.
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Sidney Lester, member of The Virginia Flaggers, holds a Confederate flag Thursday, June 25, 2015, by the Jefferson Davis monument after it was defaced.
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Cyclists turn at the Davis statue on Monument Avenue during the Mens Under 25 Road Race of the UCI World Championships Friday, September 25, 2015.
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The USA Cycling team makes a turn on Monument Avenue at the statue of Jefferson Davis as they try the course, Oct. 23, 2014, in preparation for the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
P. Kevin Morley
Rosalyn Zylkowski of Washington State University passes by Jefferson Davis Monument on Monument Ave. during 2014 Collegiate National Championship Female Division 1 Individual Time Trial in Richmond on Friday, May 2, 2014.
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Elite Women riders make the turnaround on Monument Ave. at Davis Ave. and head back in the direction of downtown Richmond during the Women's Elite Road Race Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015.
Bruce Parker
The pelaton moves past the Davis Mounment on Monument Avenue toward Davis Street and the Men's Elite Circuit during the UCI Road World Championships Sunday 9/27/2015
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Tricia Pearsall measures the base of the Jefferson Davis monument in Hollywood Cemetary Monday, September 11, 1995, as part of the Save Our Outdoor Sculpture project. CEMETERY
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Tricia Pearsall takes notes on the Jefferson Davis monument in Hollywood Cemetary Monday, September 11, 1995, as part of the Save Our Outdoor Sculpture project. CEMETERY
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The Jefferson Davis Memorial at Davis and Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has just stated that he thinks the monuments to Confederate figures should be removed from the historic street.
BOB BROWN
Graffiti stating "Your vote was a hate crime" was sprayed on the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. The vandalism had occurred the previous night.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis Memorial at Davis and Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has just stated that he thinks the monuments to Confederate figures should be removed from the historic street.
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The Jefferson Davis Memorial at Davis and Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has just stated that he thinks the monuments to Confederate figures should be removed from the historic street.
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The Jefferson Davis Memorial at Davis and Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has just stated that he thinks the monuments to Confederate figures should be removed from the historic street.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis Memorial at Davis and Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has just stated that he thinks the monuments to Confederate figures should be removed from the historic street.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis monument overlooking Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Monday, July 2, 2018. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's Monument Avenue Commission recommended the removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument from Monument Avenue and the addition of signage to the other four statues honoring the Confederacy, according to a report released Monday.
BOB BROWN
Richmond mayoral candidate Joseph Morrissey, with his wife Myrna at his side, called for removing the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va. at a news conference held at the monument on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016.
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A Richmond city worker removes a small wooden plaque noting the civil rights battle of Barbara Johns that was attached with bolts to the fence around the Jefferson Davis statue on Dec. 16, 2011.
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The Jefferson Davis monument overlooking Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Monday, July 2, 2018. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's Monument Avenue Commission recommended the removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument from Monument Avenue and the addition of signage to the other four statues honoring the Confederacy, according to a report released Monday.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis monument overlooking Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Monday, July 2, 2018. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's Monument Avenue Commission recommended the removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument from Monument Avenue and the addition of signage to the other four statues honoring the Confederacy, according to a report released Monday.
BOB BROWN
Long-time friends Barry Isenhour, 57, and James S. Haymes, Jr., 67, sit on the steps of the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The two have been coming to the monument for the last several months to show support for preserving the Civil War monuments and have noticed more signs similar to the ones they hold appearing in the Fan District where they both live.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis monument overlooking Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Monday, July 2, 2018. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's Monument Avenue Commission recommended the removal of the Jefferson Davis Monument from Monument Avenue and the addition of signage to the other four statues honoring the Confederacy, according to a report released Monday.
BOB BROWN
Arai Berry, 4, and her father, James Berry, attend a rally to protect the President Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Sunday, August 19, 2018.
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A Richmond Police vehicle pauses in front of the Jefferson Davis Memorial at Davis and Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney has just stated that he thinks the monuments to Confederate figures should be removed from the historic street.
BOB BROWN
Runners pass the Jefferson Davis Monument during the 2019 Monument 10K
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Helen Marie Taylor, 94, who lives on Monument Avenue, Richmond, holds signs, "Preserve-Protect-Defend Our Monuments," as supporters of Confederate heritage group hold a rally to protect the President Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Sunday, August 19, 2018.
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James Berry, right, and other supporters of Confederate heritage group, attend a rally to protect the President Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Sunday, August 19, 2018.
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Justin Greenlee of Richmond holds a sign, "Tear Them Down," as supporters of Confederate heritage group hold a rally to protect the President Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond on Sunday, August 19, 2018.
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Under the statue of Jefferson Davis, participants in the Confederate Heritage Parade walk east on Monument Ave. on 4/6/03.
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Arai Berry, 4, and her father, James Berry, right, attend a rally to protect the President Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., on Sunday, August 19, 2018.
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Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
JOE MAHONEY
Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
JOE MAHONEY
Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
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Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
JOE MAHONEY
Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
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Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue.
JOE MAHONEY
The stone memorial to Jefferson Davis remains on Monument and Davis Avenues without his statue and a statue of "Vindicatrix," also known as "Miss Confederacy" Sun., July 12, 2020. Protesters took down Davis' statue on Wednesday night, June 10, 2020, and the City of Richmond took "Vindicatrix" down on Wed., July 8, 2020.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
"Black Lives Matter" was written on the west side of the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue. Photo taken Thursday, June 25, 2015.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Spray paint marking the Jefferson Davis Monument along Monument Ave. in Richmond VA Tues. Jan. 7, 2020.
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Spray paint marking the Jefferson Davis Monument along Monument Ave. in Richmond VA Tues. Jan. 7, 2020.
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Spray paint marking the Jefferson Davis Monument along Monument Ave. in Richmond VA Tues. Jan. 7, 2020.
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A cyclist pauses in front of the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Sunday, May 31, 2020. Protesters the night before had defaced this and the other statues on the historic street.
BOB BROWN
Michael McLean talked to people by the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue Saturday, June 6, 2020. They carried blank white poster board to promote "education on both sides" of the issue, McLean said. He and his nephew Kevin Avery came dressed like the Blues Brothers.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue is covered in paint Saturday, June 6, 2020.
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Jefferson Davis memorial: Aerial photo of confederate monuments in Richmond, Va., on Friday, June 5, 2020.
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The Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue is covered in graffiti Saturday, June 6, 2020.
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The Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue is covered in graffiti Saturday, June 6, 2020.
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An anonymous letter to Richmond was placed at the Jefferson Davis statue on Monument Avenue Saturday, June 6, 2020.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The graffiti-covered Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Friday, June 5, 2020, a day after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam authorized the removal of the state-owned statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Ave. and approves of Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's plan to remove all other monuments to Confederates along the historic avenue.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis Memorial is covered in paint and graffiti Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
A U.S. flag hangs at the Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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Graffiti covers the Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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Graffiti covers a section of the Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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Graffiti covers the Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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Graffiti covers the Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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A man takes a photo of graffiti on the Jefferson Davis Memorial Sunday, June 14, 2020.
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Graffiti covers the Jefferson Davis Memorial on Monument Avenue Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
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People take photos at the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond VA Wed. June 10, 2020.
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The paint-splattered statue of Jefferson Davis on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Friday, June 5, 2020, a day after Virginia Governor Ralph Northam authorized the removal of the state-owned statue of Robert E. Lee from Monument Ave. and approves of Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney's plan to remove all other monuments to Confederates along the historic avenue.
BOB BROWN
People gathered at the Davis monument on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
Workmen remove the pedestal Jefferson Davis formerly stood on in front of the Davis monment on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
The pedestal that Jefferson Davis formerly stood on in sits in the street in front of the Davis monument on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
The pedestal that Jefferson Davis formerly stood on in sits in the street in front of the Davis monument on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
The empty platform that Jefferson Davis formerly stood on in front of the Davis monment on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
The empty platform that Jefferson Davis formerly stood on in front of the Davis monument on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
Crew from Envirowash clean off the spray paint marking the Jefferson Davis Monument along Monument Ave. in Richmond VA Tues. Jan. 7, 2020.
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Using a special mix of chemicals that removes the graffiti without damaging the surface of the monument, James Robertson removes graffiti from the Jefferson Davis monument, June 26, 2015.
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Robert Lett took a selfie with "Black Lives Matter" that was written on the west side of the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue. The letters did not fully come off after the city washed the monument Thursday, June 25, 2015. Lett planned to post the image on Facebook. He said, "I've always hated these statues," and "they need to go."
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A Richmond police officer takes a picture of "Black Lives Matter" that was written on the west side of the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Avenue. The letters did not fully come off after the city washed the monument Thursday, June 25, 2015.
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A woman takes a photo of the Davis monument on Monument Ave. Thursday morning, June 11, 2020 after the statue of Jefferson Davis was pulled down by rioters the night before.
BOB BROWN
The Jefferson Davis Memorial is covered in paint and graffiti Tuesday, June 9, 2020.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
A workman guides the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument onto a flatbed truck after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The figure was atop a 65 foot tall Doric column topped by a bronze figure called Vindicatrix, also known as Miss Confederacy, is the work of Edward Virginius Valentine.
BOB BROWN
A workman guides the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument onto a flatbed truck after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The figure was atop a 65 foot tall Doric column topped by a bronze figure called “Vindicatrix,†also known as “Miss Confederacy,†is the work of Edward Virginius Valentine. 7/9/2020: A workman guides the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument onto a flatbed truck after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The figure was atop a 65 foot tall Doric column topped by a bronze figure called "Vindicatrix," also known as "Miss Confederacy," is the work of Edward Virginius Valentine. BOB BROWN A workman guides the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument onto a flatbed truck after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The figure was atop a 65 foot tall Doric column topped by a bronze figure called "Vindicatrix," also known as "Miss Confederacy," is the work of Edward Virginius Valentine. BOB BROWN Workers removed the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument Wednesday at Libby Hill Park in the city's Church Hill neighborhood. BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH Workers removed the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument Wednesday at Libby Hill Park in the city's Church Hill neighborhood. BOB BROWN/TIMES-DISPATCH A crowd gathered in Libby Hill Park on Wednesday to watch the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument's statue be lifted off its base. BOB BROWN/Times-Dispatch A crowd gathered in Libby Hill Park on Wednesday to watch the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument's statue be lifted off its base. BOB BROWN/Times-Dispatch A crowd gathered in Libby Hill Park in the Church Hill section of Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020 to watch the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Memorial statue be lifted off its base. BOB BROWN A crowd gathered in Libby Hill Park in the
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The statue from the Jefferson Davis monument, background, stands on the median after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
The statue from the Jefferson Davis monument, left, swings from a crane after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020. The figure was atop a 65 foot tall Doric column topped by a bronze figure called Vindicatrix, also known as Miss Confederacy, is the work of Edward Virginius Valentine.
BOB BROWN
The statue from the Jefferson Davis monument, background, stands on the median after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
The statue from the Jefferson Davis monument is separated from its base as it was removed from the pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
The statue from the Jefferson Davis monument appears to be reaching for the hook that removed it from the pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
The statue from the Jefferson Davis monument appears to be reaching for the hook that removed it from the pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
A workman guides the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
The Stars and Bars adorn the shield of the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument as it rests on the street after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
A workman guides the statue from the Jefferson Davis monument onto a flatbed truck after it was removed from its pedestal on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
BOB BROWN
Workmen remove a plaque from the Jefferson Davis monument on Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA Wednesday, July 8, 2020.
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People look at the Jefferson Davis monument after it was cleaned Sun., Aug. 9, 2020. A Fan resident saw people cleaning it this morning.
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People look at the Jefferson Davis monument after it was cleaned Sun., Aug. 9, 2020. A Fan resident saw people cleaning it this morning.
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People come to the Jefferson Davis monument after it was cleaned Sun., Aug. 9, 2020. A Fan resident saw people cleaning it this morning.
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"De" appears to have been painted over leaving "Fund RPD" on the Jefferson Davis monument. Photo was taken on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.
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Chelsea Higgs Wise stands in front of the Jefferson Davis monument Friday, July 23, 2021.
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Workers guide a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument as a crane lowers it onto a truck bed on Monument Ave. in Richmond, Va. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A worker prepares a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so it can be lifted by a crane to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A worker prepares a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so it can be lifted by a crane to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers guide a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument as a crane lowers it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A worker prepares a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so a crane can lift it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Women push children by the Jefferson Davis Monument as workers dismantle it Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers prepare a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so a crane can lift it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers prepare a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so a crane can lift it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Part of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on a truck bed being readied for transportation Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Part of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on a truck bed being readied for transportation in Richmond, Va. Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers stand by a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument that was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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One of the pieces from the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on the street as the monrument is being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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One of the pieces from the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on the street as the monument is being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A time capsule was found below where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue Wednesday, February 16, 2022.
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A black tarp covers a time capsule found at the Jefferson Davis Monument Wednesday, February 16, 2022. A capstone, lower right, covered the capsule that is located where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue.
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A black tarp covers a time capsule found at the Jefferson Davis Monument Wednesday, February 16, 2022. A capstone, below, covered the capsule that is located where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue.
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A black tarp covers a time capsule found at the Jefferson Davis Monument Wednesday, February 16, 2022. A capstone covered the capsule, that is located where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue.
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Michael Spence, construction supervisor for Team Henry Enterprises LLC, measures a time capsule found below where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue Wednesday, February 16, 2022.
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This capstone covered a time capsule that was found Wednesday, February 16, 2022, below where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue.
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A black tarp, at top, covers a time capsule found at the Jefferson Davis Monument Wednesday, February 16, 2022. A capstone, at bottom, covered the capsule, that is located where the statue of Jefferson Davis once stood on Monument Avenue.
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Michael Spence, construction supervisor for Team Henry Enterprises LLC, measures a time capsule found Wednesday, February 16, 2022, below where the statue of Jefferson Davis stood on Monument Avenue.
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Crews work to add dirt to where the Jefferson Davis monument once stood Tuesday, February 22, 2022.
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Monument Avenue is shown looking west to where the Jefferson Davis Monument once stood. Photo was taken on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
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Trees and plants were placed where the Jefferson Davis monument once stood. Photo taken on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.
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A garden has been created where the Jefferson Davis monument once stood on Monument Avenue. Photo taken on Monday, May 2, 2022.
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PHOTOS: Workers dismantle Jefferson Davis Monument
Workers guide a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument as a crane lowers it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A worker prepares a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so it can be lifted by a crane to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A worker prepares a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so it can be lifted by a crane to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers guide a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument as a crane lowers it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A worker prepares a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so a crane can lift it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Women push children by the Jefferson Davis Monument as workers dismantle it Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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A crane lowers a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument to a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers prepare a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so a crane can lift it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers prepare a piece of the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument so a crane can lift it onto a truck bed. The monument was being dismantled Tuesday, February 8, 2022.
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Part of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on a truck bed being readied for transportation Thursday, February 8, 2022.
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Part of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on a truck bed being readied for transportation Thursday, February 8, 2022.
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Workers stand by a piece of the column from the Jefferson Davis Monument that was being dismantled Thursday, February 8, 2022.
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A piece from the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond sat on the street as crews continued work to dismantle the structure Tuesday.
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One of the pieces from the column on the Jefferson Davis Monument sits on the street as the monrument is being dismantled Thursday, February 8, 2022.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansans who want to take advantage of a new aviation tax credit are getting some help from Wichita State University Tech’s National Center for Aviation Training (NCAT).
The $5,000 tax credit was created to get more people to work in the Kansas aerospace industry. The credit is good for qualified aviation employees during the taxable year and four succeeding employment years.
WSU Tech says it can help people join the aerospace industry through its tuition-free Wichita Promise programs this fall.
“This is a transformational program for anyone in our community to start their career in aviation,” Dr. Sheree Utash, president of WSU Tech, said in a news release. “The winning combination of The Wichita Promise and the Aviation Tax Credit creates a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for individuals to receive a scholarship that removes barriers that hold them back from pursuing a career in aviation, plus it sets them up to receive a $25,000 tax credit over the next five years of employment.”
The Wichita Promise offers eight-week to one-semester training schedules in high-demand careers and guaranteed job interviews. Classes begin in August. WSU Tech says successful students will get a certificate and job opportunities and have no college debt.
Eligible aviation and manufacturing programs for the Fall 2022 semester Wichita Promise scholarship include:
- Composite fabrication
- Aviation sheet metal assembly
- Process mechanic (paint)
- CNC Operator
If you want to learn more, WSU Tech is holding aviation information sessions at the NCAT campus, 4004 N. Webb Road. The sessions will include more details about the tax credit, scholarships and the enrollment process. Click here to register for one of the sessions.
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HERNANDO COUNTY, Fla. — Firefighters and deputies responded to a deadly diving incident Wednesday at Buford Springs, located north of Weeki Wachee, in Hernando County.
Hernando County Fire Rescue confirmed there were two divers involved, and one has been pronounced dead. A spokesperson said a search was underway for the second diver.
No further details were immediately released.
"We are aware of this incident and assisting the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office," an FWC spokesperson said.
There are underwater caverns in the area, which is a common spot for divers.
Buford Springs is located inside the Chassahowitzka Wildlife Management Area.
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TAMPA, Fla. — After winning the 2022 Voice of TPA contest, a local woman will be heard by thousands who come into the Tampa International Airport for the month of July, a news release explains.
Coretta Youmans told airport leaders she loved Tampa International and after hearing the recorded voice of Mayor Jane Castor during a shuttle ride while at the airport, she said she also wanted her voice to greet passengers.
“I looked at my friend and I said, ‘I would love to do that one day,’ and he told me, ‘you will," Youmans said in a statement.
Youmans' wish was granted when the airport hosted the Voice of TPA back in May and she won.
She told airport officials when she learned of the news, “I was sitting at a counter stool and almost fell off."
When Youmans finally recorded her voice, she told airport leaders that she felt right at home.
“I felt so comfortable when I was in there," she said in a statement. "I felt like this is where I belong.”
She said she had a dream of using her voice to help others, whether it was in corporate training or audiobooks. This contest was helping her dream come true, Youmans explained.
“Tampa is a city of unity, a city of love and togetherness," Youmans said. "It’s developing and hundreds of thousands of people come in and out of this Airport, just to visit this city because it is so beautiful and has so many things to do.
"I’m extremely grateful for the opportunity and there’s no better place to come home to than Tampa Bay.” | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/woman-wins-voice-contents-for-tampa-international-airport/67-733840e0-fac6-403f-b2cc-563d4459a356 | 2022-06-22T18:22:31 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/woman-wins-voice-contents-for-tampa-international-airport/67-733840e0-fac6-403f-b2cc-563d4459a356 |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University was awarded a trademark on the word "THE" by the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week.
The university received the trademark for "THE" on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels. Those products include hats, baseball caps and t-shirts.
"THE has been a rallying cry in the Ohio State community for many years, and Buckeye fans who purchase official Ohio State gear support student scholarships, libraries and other university initiatives," a university spokesperson said.
The university said it brings in more than $12.5 million a year from its trademark and licensing program.
Ohio State filed a trademark application in August 2019. A month later, the application was denied.
Josh Gerben, a prominent trademark lawyer, explained on Twitter Wednesday why the process of getting approved took so long.
"The USPTO refused Ohio State's trademark application for the word "THE" on Sept 11, 2019, for two reasons," he said. "1. The trademark was 'merely ornamental.' 2. The clothing company Marc Jacobs had filed an application for 'THE' several months earlier."
According to Gerben, the university responded by saying it was not using the trademark in a merely ornamental manner and opposing Marc Jacobs' trademark application.
The attorney said the two entities were able to settle their dispute.
"While the terms of the settlement agreement were not disclosed, USPTO records indicate that Ohio State and Marc Jacobs agreed that they could BOTH own a registration for the word 'THE'," Gerben tweeted.
The school has previously secured other trademarks, including the names of football coaches Woody Hayes and Urban Meyer.
Full Statement from The Ohio State University:
"Ohio State is pleased to have received a trademark for THE on branded products associated with and sold through athletics and collegiate channels. THE has been a rallying cry in the Ohio State community for many years, and Buckeye fans who purchase official Ohio State gear support student scholarships, libraries and other university initiatives. Like other institutions, Ohio State works to protect the university’s brand and trademarks because these assets benefit students and faculty, and support our core academic mission of teaching and research. Ohio State’s trademark and licensing program generates an average of over $12.5 million annually in revenue for the university, which funds student scholarships and university programs.
"The university’s initial trademark filing in 2019 was prompted by apparel designer Marc Jacob’s application to trademark THE. In 2021, the university was pleased to reach an agreement with Jacobs that allows both parties to register THE branded products for continued use and license." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 | 2022-06-22T18:22:37 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/ohio-state-trademark-awarded/530-0c1e9330-9ac7-459d-ad4e-c2a1e0724a86 |
Originally published June 21 on KTVB.COM.
Since a leaked Supreme Court decision in May, Americans have waited to hear about the fate of abortion rights. The U.S. Supreme Court is nearing an end of their current session, with Tuesday and Thursday of this week marked as opinion issuance days. With no decision Tuesday, Thursday looks like a strong possibility for the abortion opinion.
"We're continuing to provide abortion care in Idaho for obviously as long as we are legally able to," Idaho State Director for Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, Mistie DelliCarpini-Tolman said.
While there is a possible scenario where the Supreme Court pushes its decision to next week, Planned Parenthood in Idaho is already transitioning its coverage to adapt to a strict Idaho trigger law on abortion rights.
"Idaho's trigger ban would go into effect 30 days after the Supreme Court's decision," DelliCarpini-Tolman said.
A state law passed in 2020 effectively outlaws abortions in Idaho pending a reversal of Roe v. Wade; medical emergencies are the major exceptions. This means abortion would be outlawed 30 days after a Supreme Court ruling.
The quick action catches some women at a time when they are seeking an abortion as laws are changing. DelliCarpini-Tolman said they are closely working with patients.
"Our patient navigators work one-on-one with each patient to make sure that they will understand and really know how the Supreme Court decision will impact their appointments and work with them to either schedule an appointment in Idaho, or get them access to out-of-state care," DelliCarpini-Tolman said. "Once that 30-day time period is over, as of today, all of our scheduled appointments will be able to go ahead as planned, and we don't have any appointments scheduled beyond 30 days, as of right now."
Women seeking an abortion a month from now could be in a tricky spot.
In response to the leaked Supreme Court opinion on abortion, Planned Parenthood decided to close its Boise location to better distribute resources across the region. The Boise location merged with an existing Meridian office.
"Two things are simultaneously true: One is that we know that the upcoming ruling is going to be devastating no matter what, no matter how narrowly or broadly they give their decision," DelliCarpini-Tolman said. "The second thing that I really want to stress is that we're prepared for this moment and ready to help patients get the care they need, even in a state as hostile as Idaho, either here in Idaho as long as we can, or in our bordering states, who are continuing to provide care after that decision."
Planned Parenthood said it will continue to work with the Idaho community, but their care might look different than in years past.
It's important to note there are other Idaho health care options for pregnancy care that do not offer abortions. Planned Parenthood will continue to take care of patients in the Treasure Valley, but that care will likely look different.
"You know, obviously it's not going to be without added barriers. Like, that's just what this decision is going to do, is force Idahoans to flee their state to access the care that they need. We know that and we're here to try and make as few of those barriers there as possible," DelliCarpini said. "So, hand-in-hand with our patients, making sure they can get the access to care that they need out of state if they have to and then come back to their home state in the communities that care for them, in the places where they live and make sure they get the follow-up care that they need."
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The page-turner centered on the future funding of the Hellertown Area Library continues, seemingly without a storybook ending in sight.
Negotiations continue, according to officials from the library and Lower Saucon Township Council. That council in January voted 4-1 — with Priscilla deLeon dissenting — not to renew its agreement with the library, an agreement that had been pegged at $500,000 over five years.
Instead, council voted to make a $50,000 donation to the library and contribute another $50,000 to Southern Lehigh Public Library. Neither library has accepted the money.
Ken Solt, president of the Hellertown Area Library board, said Wednesday that Lower Saucon — which, with Hellertown, has funded the library since 2014 — recently pledged in a letter to allocate $82,000 to the library through Dec. 31; the $50,000 contribution plus $32,000, which the council calculates is the amount of state funding for residents.
Come 2023, according to Solt and minutes from township council’s May meeting, Lower Saucon would stop being part of the library.
Township residents continue to have access to the Hellertown library services and programs for free, according to Solt. A majority of residents who have spoken out at council meetings have urged the township to keep funding the library.
“They don’t have any interest in going someplace else,” Solt said of the township’s residents. “They wish that the township would fund the Hellertown Area Library and quit screwing around.”
B. Lincoln Treadwell Jr., the Lower Saucon attorney, said most members of council prefer the library become a regional learning hub, extending beyond the Saucon Valley as a way to be part of a larger library system, instead of remaining a smaller, independent library. He noted that Bucks County’s libraries operate as a county library system.
“Everybody involved would need to discuss it, but I think Hellertown [library] has said they are not interested,” Treadwell said of regionalization.
Treadwell also said township officials are discussing library services with other parties, but he declined to provide specifics.
Solt said the library board has been seeking clarifications from the township and wanted to be placed on the agenda for council’s June 15 meeting.
“There’s been no response,” he said.
The library board is also concerned about a possible lawsuit against the library by the township if access to service is denied to Lower Saucon residents. “We don’t want to get sued, is what it comes down to,” Solt said.
Meanwhile, Lower Saucon officials renewed an earlier effort with the attempted donation of $50,000 to Southern Lehigh Public Library, with officials from the township, library and Southern Lehigh School District in discussions.
The matter came up during a June 13 Southern Lehigh School Board meeting, since the school district provides funding to the public library. It is set Monday to vote on an approximate $70,000 allocation to the library as part of its 2022-23 budget, school Superintendent Michael Mahon said.
But Bruce Eames, president of the Southern Lehigh library board, said the board doesn’t meet again until July 19, and no decision has been made regarding Lower Saucon’s proposed funding.
“We have made it publicly known that we got sucked into this thing,” said Eames, who earlier this year stressed the library had no intention of looking to expand.
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Treadwell said the library didn’t turn down the money; “they put it on hold.”
Hellertown library’s board is scheduled to meet Tuesday, Solt said. Its meetings are livestreamed; the link is available from the library’s website and social media page.
While the library has yet to accept compensation from the township, Hellertown officials earlier this year approved $75,000 in emergency funding on top of nearly $60,000 the borough paid for 2022, for a total of around $135,000. Library officials had sought about $107,000 from Lower Saucon, meaning the two communities’ outlay was to be nearly $170,000 this year.
Solt said library director Noelle Kramer is trying to be “extra frugal” with operations, and that no programs or services have been cut.
In another development, Jennifer Zavacky, who served as Lower Saucon council liaison to the library, announced her resignation last month. Elected last fall, Zavacky cited personal and professional commitments.
The Hellertown library serves the borough and Lower Saucon Township, but it does not receive funding from the Saucon Valley School District, which, like the library, encompasses both communities. The district population is around 16,500.
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A 75-year-old serial killer serving a life sentence in New Jersey state prison for murdering women over a decades-long span now is accused of strangling a woman in a Long Island mall parking lot more than 50 years ago, Nassau County prosecutors say.
Richard Cottingham was indicted by a grand jury in the February 1968 killing of Diane Cusick, prosecutors said Wednesday. Cusick was a 23-year-old dance teacher and mother of one when she was found beaten, raped and duct-taped in her car in Valley Stream's Green Acres Mall parking lot that year. It was two days after Valentine's Day.
Cottingham allegedly pretended to be a security guard or police officer to get Cusick -- and others -- to go with him, Det. Captain Steven Fitzpatrick said at a news briefing. Fitzpatrick said authorities had reviewed all homicides of women in the area at the time Cusick was killed and may have found other cases linked to Cottingham.
They have at least five open cases they have submitted for DNA testing, he added.
Cottingham pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge in Cusick's case on Wednesday and was remanded. He faces another life sentence if convicted.
“Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old mother, called her parents on the night of February 15, 1968, to tell them she was going to the mall to purchase shoes. She never returned home," Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in announcing the indictment. "Cusick was allegedly bound and murdered by Richard Cottingham."
"It was only through advances in DNA technology that the NCDA and our partners at the Nassau County Police Department, could solve this 54-year-old cold case and identify a suspect in Ms. Cusick’s tragic death," Donnelly added. "We make a promise to her surviving daughter today: we will bring her mother’s killer to justice."
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Cusick had gone to the mall the day she died to get some dance shoes. Her parents reported her missing when she didn't come home. They were the ones to find her car at the mall parking lot -- and they were the ones to find her body in the backseat.
But it was Cusick's daughter, Darlene Altman, who stood alongside law enforcement Wednesday as they announced the indictment.
"I never thought I would see this day but all these people got justice for my mom," daughter Darlene Altman said. "It was overwhelming to see him on video in court with a dead stare."
One of New Jersey's most notorious serial killers, Cottingham was nicknamed "The Torso Killer" because he was known for dismembering his victims, according to NorthJersey.com. He has admitted to killing at least a dozen women since the 1960s.
Most recently, Cottingham pleaded guilty last year in New Jersey to the 1974 murders of two teenage friends who went to the mall one day for bathing suits and never returned.
The teenagers, 17-year-old Mary Ann Pryor and 16-year-old Lorraine Marie Kelly, were among at least a dozen victims linked to Cottingham over the years. He admitted to murdering nine women in the 1960s and 70s but the death toll is thought to be higher.
In the early 1980s, Cottingham was convicted of killing five women — three in New York and two in Bergen County — and in 2010, he confessed to killing a woman in northern New Jersey in 1967. He has been jailed since 1981.
Cottingham has claimed to be responsible for up to 100 murders. Pryor and Kelly were found five days after they went missing — their nude, battered bodies discovered facedown in the woods of northern New Jersey. Kelly was reportedly found with a beaded bracelet and a necklace that read “Lorraine and Ricky,” a reference to her boyfriend. Pryor was discovered with a gold cross, a gift from her godfather.
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ADAMS COUNTY, Pa. — The Adams County Coroner has been dispatched to a deadly crash in Hamilton Township early Wednesday afternoon.
The crash occurred on Pine Run Road, east of Berlin Borough, according to emergency dispatch.
Reports state that three are dead from the crash. There are allegedly other occupants in critical condition, but no additional information has been released. None of the names or ages of anyone involved has been released.
The cause of the crash is still unknown.
Police are advising drivers to take an alternative route if possible. The scene is still active.
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CARLISLE, Pa. — Note: The video is from May 24, 2021.
The suspect in a 2021 barbershop shooting in Carlisle has been added to the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 Most Wanted List, the U.S. Marshals Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday.
Michael Baltimore, 39, is accused of shooting and killing Kendell Jerome Cook and injuring another man at the GQ Barbershop on North Hanover Street on May 22, 2021, the agency said.
Cook owned the business, and Baltimore worked for him until 2019, according to the agency.
Baltimore was featured in several episodes of the television reality series "90 Day Fiancé," according to U.S. Marshals.
The agency said it is now offering a reward of $25,000 for information leading to Baltimore's capture -- a significant increase over the $5,000 U.S. Marshals Service offered in January.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has also offered a reward of up to $10,000, and Cumberland County Crime Stoppers has offered $2,000, according to the agency.
Baltimore has an extensive criminal history and is known to be violent, the agency said. He should be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
“Michael Baltimore poses a serious threat to the community," said U.S. Marshals Service director Ronald Davis. "By placing him on the 15 Most Wanted list, we have made his capture a top priority of the U.S. Marshals Service."
Anyone with information on Baltimore’s location should call the United States Marshals Service at 1-877-WANTED2 (926-8332). Anonymous tips may also be submitted via the U.S. Marshals Tip App, and tips may be sent to Cumberland County Crime Stoppers at contact@cumberlandcrimestoppers.net or by calling (855)-628-8477.
The U.S. Marshals-led Middle Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force combines the efforts of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to locate and arrest the district’s most dangerous fugitives.
The U.S. Marshals established the 15 Most Wanted Fugitive Program in 1983 to prioritize the investigation and apprehension of high-profile offenders considered to be some of the country’s most dangerous fugitives – typically career criminals with histories of violence who pose a significant threat to public safety.
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The man behind the wheel of the car that barreled through crowds of pedestrians in Times Square five years ago, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, was cleared of responsibility Wednesday because of mental illness.
The Manhattan jury accepted an insanity defense claiming Richard Rojas was so psychologically disturbed he didn’t know what he was doing.
The judge has said the finding would qualify Rojas for an open-ended “involuntary mental commitment” instead of a lengthy prison term.
Rojas, 31, was accused in an attack that injured more than 20 people and killed Alyssa Elsman, 18, of Michigan, who was visiting the tourist destination with her family.
The jury was instructed that if it found prosecutors had proven their case, it also had to decide whether or not he “lacked responsibility by reason of mental disease or defect.”
Rojas was fighting murder, assault and other charges at a trial unfolding in the shadow of mass shootings across the country and the political debate in which gun-control opponents have sought to blame the violence on failures in mental health care.
Following the verdict, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg issued a statement.
“We are grateful to the jury for its service," Bragg said. "Our condolences continue to be with the family, friends and loved ones of Alyssa Elsman, who suffered a terrible and tragic loss, and all of the victims of this horrific incident. I thank the prosecutors, detectives, analysts and staff members for their hard work and dedication on this long case.”
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During the trial, prosecutor Alfred Peterson told a Manhattan jury that Richard Rojas was well aware of the carnage he was causing by plowing through helpless tourists in 2017 visiting the popular destination known as “the crossroads of the world.”
It was “impossible for him not to know exactly what was happening,” Peterson said. “But he didn’t stop.”
After Rojas finally crashed his car, his first words to a traffic agent were, “I wanted to kill them all,” the prosecutor added.
Meanwhile, defense attorney Enrico DeMarco said during the trial that Rojas had a history of mental illness that made him unable to understand the consequences of his actions that day.
“This a case about a 26-year-old who lost his mind,” DeMarco said.
Prosecutors conceded Rojas had some mental challenges and that a motive for the attack is not clear cut. But they also argue that the defendant had led a mostly normal life — serving in the military, getting a real estate license, making friends — and that he doesn’t meet the insanity standard needed to clear him of responsibility. They say he had several chances to stop his car on a bustling day in Times Square but ruthlessly kept going until he crashed.
PROSECUTION FOCUSED LARGELY ON VICTIMS' ACCOUNTS
The prosecution case that ended late last month focused largely on harrowing accounts of victims who survived the carnage in Times Square.
It was “like somebody just floored it. … It was so loud,” Jyll Elsman told the jury. “That is the last thing that I remember before everything went black.”
When Elsman came to her senses, she desperately searched for her teen daughters only to find a mother’s nightmare. One of her children was dead and another severely injured — carnage left by a driver who plowed through pedestrians on what had begun, for a Michigan family, as a mundane tourist outing in Times Square in 2017.
Elsman, her daughters Ava and Alyssa, and a family friend were seated on the red bleachers in the middle of Times Square moments before tragedy struck.
The group was walking and “just looking around, kind of eyeballing someplace to eat,” when a car mounted the sidewalk, Elsman said. She testified she felt herself getting knocked down by the car, briefly going blank and then pulling herself up to look for her daughters.
The mother found Ava, then 13, on the ground but still alert. She then rushed around to look for Alyssa, who was 18. What she found was devastating.
“I looked at her eyes and I just knew she was dead. They were fixed. They weren’t looking around,” she said. “All I could do was scream.”
Thomas Patterson, an actor on his way to a rehearsal that day, took the witness stand to recall vivid memories of the mayhem.
“I saw somebody being thrown 25 feet into the air, people being knocked around. It was an intense sight,” Patterson said.
On impulse, “I ran after the car,” he said. “I’m not super proud of that. I don’t know what I was thinking.” He said he gathered himself and stopped to call 911.
Michael Elias, a tax lawyer, testified about seeing “bodies flying, pandemonium, people screaming, jumping out of the way.”
The first responders would find a survivor named Wissam Issa, a social worker who testified he felt the full impact of the runaway Honda. Issa said he took a hit on “my whole left side of my face, my whole left side of my body, my back, my arm with the windshield.”
Ava, the younger Elsman daughter, was mowed down in a similar way. She recited her injuries for the jurors: broken ribs, collapsed lung, a compound leg fracture and other harm that kept her off her feet for months.
She said a deeper injury occurred in the hospital, when she asked her mother about what happened to her older sister. She was answered with silence.
Her mother’s “face dropped,” she said. “And with no words, I knew exactly what had happened.”
The survivors' harrowing stories were central to the ongoing trial of Rojas.
ROJAS' MENTAL STATE WAS KEY DEFENSE
Meanwhile, the defense drilled down on Rojas’ troubled past to try to convince the jury he was too sick to know what he was doing.
Rojas' mental state at the time of the horrific incident was also a central topic during the trial.
After Rojas was kicked out of the Navy, he began sharing disturbing thoughts that were coursing through his head — that cars were following him, that aircraft were dusting him with chemicals, that his meals were poisoned.
At the outset, state Judge Daniel Conviser floated the possibility of a paradoxical outcome in the Rojas case: Jurors could find Rojas guilty, while at the same time deciding that he “lacked responsibility by reason of mental disease or defect.” The judge said the finding would qualify him for an open ended “involuntary mental commitment” instead of a lengthy prison term.
An uncle, Ramon Reyes, said Rojas offered a self-diagnosis: “You know that I’m crazy. And they’re not giving me the help that I need.”
Whether Rojas was correct about his mental condition was at the crux of the trial in New York.
A key defense witness has been Ziv Cohen, a psychiatrist on the faculty at Weill Cornell Medical College and at Columbia University, who diagnosed Rojas as schizophrenic. Unlike more common psychological disorders, schizophrenia is “a brain disease, so it’s a chemical imbalance in the brain” that made Rojas prone to hallucinations, Cohen testified.
While in the Navy, Rojas began to hear voices, the doctor said. In particular, he was hearing from “James” — a “supernatural, God-like figure who had special information,” he testified.
On the day of the rampage, his imaginary guide told Rojas he needed to crash his car into “spirits” around him in order to send them to heaven and to release Rojas “from the torture that he is experiencing as part of his psychosis,” he testified.
“At a certain point, the psychosis becomes so severe that he can’t control his behavior anymore,” he said.
Family members testified about their despair over seeing Rojas disintegrate after he was discharged from the Navy in 2014 — the result of a court martial stemming from an arrest for beating a cab driver.
A brother, Wilmer Veras, took the witness stand to recall how a delusional Rojas was obsessed with keeping tape over his phone and laptop camera lenses in case he was being watched. When out in the world, he would “look for things that weren’t there” and “say people were following him around.” He even accused Veras of “doing voodoo on him.”
At that point, “I told him he really needed to get help; that he was really losing it,” Veras said.
The uncle, Ramon Reyes, recounted a phone call a few days before the Times Square crash in which Rojas asked for help. Reyes told him to come by his home the next day so he could take him to a doctor, but “he never showed up,” he said.
When a relative contacted Reyes saying she saw a TV report about an arrest that had images of someone who looked like Rojas, the uncle began frantically calling his nephew hoping it wasn’t him, he testified. The uncle was asked if Rojas ever picked up.
“No,” the witness responded, then wept. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-finds-man-behind-wheel-in-deadly-2017-times-square-rampage-not-responsible/3742761/ | 2022-06-22T18:34:57 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/jury-finds-man-behind-wheel-in-deadly-2017-times-square-rampage-not-responsible/3742761/ |
A substitute teacher at two high schools in Juniata and Perry counties has been charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Wednesday.
Peyton Harris, 20, of Mifflintown, served as a substitute teacher at Newport High School in Perry County and Juniata High School, Shapiro said. Harris was also an assistant manager for the Juniata High School track team in the last school year, according to Shapiro.
He is accused of hosting a party at his home, where he allegedly furnished alcohol he acquired with a fake ID to minors, Shapiro said.
During that party, Harris allegedly took photos and videos of minors engaged in sexual activity without their knowledge or consent and shared some of the images on social media, according to Shapiro.
"Mr. Harris was trusted to take care of and empower minors, and instead he exploited them,” said AG Shapiro. “These charges are very disturbing. My office has a zero tolerance policy for abuse of children, and will prosecute the defendant to the fullest extent of the law.”
Due to his regular contact with minors through his employment, any individual with any information regarding this case or any other incidents related to Harris are encouraged to contact Trooper Micheal Short, Pennsylvania State Police Lewistown, at 717-320-1010.
Harris is charged with Sexual Abuse of Children – Photographing, Sexual Abuse of Children – Dissemination, Sexual Abuse of Children – Child Pornography, Invasion of Privacy, Corruption of Minors, Furnishing Alcohol to a Minor, and Carrying a False Identification Card.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Attorney General Kristyne Crist. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/juniata-county/peyton-harris-arrest-child-pornography-juniata-perry-counties/521-84715ad5-aa09-46ff-bb34-478930a5e2dc | 2022-06-22T18:34:59 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/juniata-county/peyton-harris-arrest-child-pornography-juniata-perry-counties/521-84715ad5-aa09-46ff-bb34-478930a5e2dc |
A Brooklyn man was arraigned and charged with a litany of crimes in connection with abducting and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old boy who was on his way home from school earlier last month, according to the district attorney's office.
Christopher Fiesco, of East Flatbush, is facing charges of predatory sexual assault, criminal sexual act, kidnapping, luring a child, sexual abuse, unlawful imprisonment and other charges, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Wednesday.
Fiesco was ordered held without bail. His next court appearance is scheduled for Aug. 10.
Attorney information for Fiensco was not immediately known.
The charges stem from an investigation that allegedly found that on May 2 at around 3:50 p.m., Fiesco, who was wearing a ski mask, approached a 13-year-old boy in the area of Winthrop Street and East 98th Street in East Flatbush, grabbed the child's arm, allegedly asking him for the time. However, when the boy tried to leave, Fiesco threatened him at knifepoint, told him not to scream, and took him to a building at 87 E. 53rd St., according to the district attorney's office, citing the probe.
Allegedly, Fiesco subsequently forced the boy to climb a fire escape and enter an apartment through a window. Once inside the apartment, Fiesco told the boy to shower before repeatedly sexually assaulting the child, according to the district attorney. After the alleged attacks, Fiesco let the child leave.
The boy then went home and reported the assault to his family, who called 911. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-man-charged-with-kidnapping-sexual-assault-of-teen-boy-walking-home-from-school-da/3744801/ | 2022-06-22T18:35:03 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-man-charged-with-kidnapping-sexual-assault-of-teen-boy-walking-home-from-school-da/3744801/ |
WAPITI, Wyo. — Hundreds of cars, trucks and recreational vehicles were backed up in long lines at entrances to Yellowstone National Park as it partially reopened Wednesday morning following record floods that reshaped the park's rivers and canyons, wiped out numerous roads and left some areas famous for their wildlife viewing inaccessible, possibly for months to come.
Park managers raised the gates at three of Yellowstone's five entrances for the first time since June 13, when 10,000 visitors were ordered out after rivers across northern Wyoming and southern Montana surged over their banks following a torrent of rainfall that accelerated the spring snowmelt.
Some of the premier attractions at America's first national park will again be viewable, including Old Faithful — the legendary geyser that shoots towering bursts of steaming water almost like clockwork more than a dozen times a day.
But the bears, wolves and bison that roam the wild Lamar Valley and the thermal features around Mammoth Hot Springs will remain out of reach. The wildlife-rich northern half of the park will be shuttered until at least early July, and key routes into the park remain severed near the Montana tourist towns of Gardiner, Red Lodge and Cooke City.
It's unknown how many visitors will show up in the flooding's immediate aftermath, but the lines indicate many tourists stuck to their plans despite uncertainty last week on when it would reopen. License plates at the east entrance near Wapiti, Wyoming, indicated they were from Indiana, Arkansas, Ohio, Colorado, British Columbia in Canada and other places. The first visitors going through didn't have to contend with other traffic, but they had to watch for marmots on the road.
Park managers had been bracing for throngs as the park celebrated its 150th anniversary a year after it tallied a record 4.9 million visits.
Muris Demirovic, 43, of Miami, and his 70-year-old mother arrived at the east entrance at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and were second in a line of dozens of cars. He and his mother, who is from Bosnia, were on a cross country trip visiting national parks and Yellowstone was at the top of their list.
However, when they arrived, it was closed due to flooding. Demirovic and his mother toured Cody, Wyoming, went to a rodeo, walked some trails and visited a museum. They had planned to leave the Yellowstone area on Monday, but stayed when they learned the park would re-open this week.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime trip for me and my mom, so I had to make sure she sees this," he said.
To keep visitor numbers down while repairs continue, park managers will use a system that only allows cars with even-numbered last digits on their license plates to enter on even days, while vehicles with odd-numbered last numbers can come on odd days.
Groups of visitors traveling together in different cars are exempt from the license plate system as well as people with reservations at campgrounds and hotels in the park.
If traffic along the park's 400 miles of roads becomes unmanageable, Sholly said officials will impose a reservation system to enter the park.
Before the park opened, dozens of RVs, trucks and cars were stacked up at the East Entrance.
The reopening comes as officials in Yellowstone are still tallying the scope of the damage. Based on other national park disasters, it could take years and carry a steep price tag to rebuild. It's an environmentally sensitive landscape with a huge underground plumbing system that feeds into the park's geysers, hot springs and other thermal features. Construction season only runs from the spring thaw until the first snowfall, a narrow window that means some roads could receive only temporary fixes this year.
That's turned some Montana communities into dead ends instead of being gateways to Yellowstone, a blow to their tourism-dependent economies. They're also still struggling to clean up damage to several hundred homes and businesses that were swamped by flooding on the Yellowstone, Stillwater and Clarks Fork rivers.
In Red Lodge, one of those gateway towns cut off from the park, most businesses are open even as flood cleanup continues. The Montana Department of Transportation is beginning repairs to the road between Red Lodge and the scenic Beartooth Highway and the National Park Service is working to restore access to some areas in the northern part of the park.
"We have to remain optimistic, but we also have to remain realistic that there's a lot of things going on and a lot of moving pieces to make it happen," said Tim Weamer, who does marketing for the Red Lodge Chamber of Commerce.
"We're optimistic that we'll survive," he said. "We're not going to have the summer we were hoping for."
For others the rebound may come faster. Yellowstone tour guide Derek Draimin said he's fully booked up Wednesday with four groups that will be headed into the park.
"I think there will be cars stacked up trying to get in, to be the first people to enter the park after the thousand-year flood," he said Tuesday.
Draimin lost about 25 tours because of the flood and says fewer visitors might come thinking that the park is badly damaged. But with most of the park expected to be accessible within weeks, Draimin said it's also possible business could get a bump as tourists who can't get in through the park's northern entrances get funneled through West Yellowstone, where his company, Yellowstone Adventure Tours, is based.
"I have no idea what to expect," he said. "I could see both things happening." | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/yellowstone-park-reopens-after-changes-wrought-by-flood/article_fb5a7415-e4ff-5fb1-b9c1-560f95c51716.html | 2022-06-22T18:35:04 | 1 | https://www.postregister.com/news/local/yellowstone-park-reopens-after-changes-wrought-by-flood/article_fb5a7415-e4ff-5fb1-b9c1-560f95c51716.html |
A New York woman was rescued from a hostage situation Sunday after sending a note to a restaurant through a Grubhub delivery order, according to police and a statement from the restaurant.
"Please call the police his going to call me when u delivered come with the cones please don't make it obvious," the woman wrote in the "Additional Instructions" portion of her order to The Chipper Truck in the Bronx, according to a Facebook post on the restaurant's page.
The post said she ordered before 5 a.m. "I’ve often heard of this happening but never thought it would happen to us. Thankfully we were open and able to help her," it said.
The New York City Police Department said officers responded to the scene at about 6:20 a.m.
Read the full story here on NBCNews.com | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-rescued-from-hostage-situation-after-sending-note-with-grubhub-order/3744961/ | 2022-06-22T18:35:09 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-rescued-from-hostage-situation-after-sending-note-with-grubhub-order/3744961/ |
NORMAL — Illinois State University is glad to see recent legislation that aims to address equity at the state's public higher education institutions, the university's diversity and inclusion lead said.
“We really welcome this plan, and a lot of the elements we are already implementing,” said Doris Houston, interim assistant to the president for diversity and inclusion.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 5464 — the Higher Education Omnibus Bill — on June 7. The legislation requires Illinois’ public universities and community colleges to create equity plans to address disparities for historically underrepresented groups, including students of color, adult students, students from rural areas, women and students with disabilities.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board will manage the rollout of the plans.
IBHE will help analyze institutions' current situations, then develop a framework for the schools to work on to create their own plans, said the agency's executive director, Ginger Ostro.
"There isn't a one-size fits all," she said.
Illinois State University progress
One area where Illinois State will be glad to have IBHE support and advice is in setting benchmarks to measure improvement, Houston said. The benchmarks will give the school interim goals, but it can be difficult to decide where to set them.
In other areas, she said, the university is well set as it implements equity programs. The university has been collecting data on topics like retention rates and parsing data to look at specific colleges, departments and even classes that seem to pose challenges, Houston said.
Part of that process includes a five-year review of ISU’s 2017 Campus Climate Task Force Plan, which Houston presented to the Academic Senate. The review pointed towards improvements in increasing diversity in the student body and more supports for students and employees from historically underrepresented backgrounds. But it also noted there was still work to be done, especially on graduation rates and recruiting faculty and staff from underrepresented backgrounds.
Houston hopes to hold another campus climate survey, which had been planned for 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic.
The bill was passed with IBHE support and will help the state’s public universities and colleges progress towards the goals laid out in that agency's latest strategic plan, Ostro said.
“Key in that plan, there’s three goals. The first is to close equity gaps for students who have been historically left behind,” she said.
The equity plans will be unique to each school, Ostro said. The challenges and solutions at one school might not apply at another.
“I think it’s an opportunity to build on what schools have been doing on their own,” Ostro said.
Houston said that the statewide strategic plan provided a model for schools to follow, while also adding in their own needs and challenges. The university will also be looking at the equity plans developed by the 25 members of the Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative.
“There really is a structure and an outline for the equity plan,” she said.
Other changes
Under HB5464, community colleges will also have to develop equity plans.
Heartland College is waiting for the Illinois Community College Board to review existing plans at the state’s public community colleges, spokesman Steve Fast said. The school does not anticipate having more details from ICCB until the fall.
Heartland is in the process of rolling out some of its large-scale equity plans, including implementing it Workforce Equity Initiative grant which is helping historically marginalized groups pay for Heartland programs and associated costs.
The state’s fiscal year 2023 budget makes an important investment in equity and financial help for higher education students, Ostro said. That includes a more than $120 million increase in funding for the Monetary Award Program, which provides grants for Illinois students to attend college.
Tied into those goals are two other bills signed by Pritzker earlier this month. House Bill 4201 requires the state's public universities and community colleges to designate a staff member as a “benefits navigator” to help students apply for federal, state and local aid programs they qualify for. Senate Bill 3991 amends the Illinois Higher Education Savings Program to allow the state treasurer to increase the deposits for children from financially insecure backgrounds.
The Illinois Higher Education Savings Program will provide an initial deposit of $50 in a 529 College Savings account for every child born in the state starting Jan. 1, 2023. Similar savings funds have led to a threefold increase in children who go on to attend college and a four-fold increase in children who go on to graduate from college, the governor’s office said.
Ostro said the investments included in the budget and recent legislation will help grow the state's economy.
“A core idea here that we keep coming back to are that educational equity and Illinois’ economic growth are inseparable,” Ostro said.
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Supreme Court of Georgia has reversed the conviction in a high-profile hot car death from 2014.
Justin Ross Harris' conviction for murder and other crimes related to the death of his toddler son, Cooper, was reversed because the jury “heard and saw an extensive amount of improperly admitted evidence.”
The parts of his conviction related to sex crimes against a 16-year-old girl - which were used at trial as evidence against him in support of the murder charge - were upheld and he will remain in prison.
The Georgia Supreme Court, however, ruled that the evidence to support the sex crimes convictions were not relevant to the murder charge and should not have been presented in the same trial.
Cooper, who was 22 months old at the time of his death, died of hyperthermia on June 18, 2014, after Harris left him strapped into a rear-facing car seat in the back of his SUV. It was parked outside his office building.
A Cobb County grand jury later indicted Harris for five crimes related to Cooper’s death.
His trial was relocated to Glynn County where a jury found him guilty of all charges in November 2016. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Harris was also charged with three sex crimes against a 16-year-old girl, that were alleged to have occurred between March and June 2014. He was sentenced to 12 years for those - the Supreme Court did not overturn the convictions on that matter.
The Supreme Court said the basic facts of the murder case in Cooper's death were "undisputed" - it was Harris' fault - but the issue at trial was "what was going through Harris' mind when he left the vehicle and walked into work that morning."
“The State’s theory was that Appellant [Harris] intentionally and maliciously abandoned his child to die a slow and painful death trapped in the summer heat, so that Appellant could achieve his dream of being free to further his sexual relationships with women he met online. The defense theory was that Appellant was a loving father who had never mistreated Cooper and simply but tragically forgot that he had not dropped off the child on that particular morning. During Appellant’s trial, substantial evidence was presented to support both theories,” Chief Justice Nahmias writes. “But the State also presented a substantial amount of evidence to lead the jury to answer a different and more legally problematic question: what kind of man is Appellant?”
The Supreme Court's majority opinion said there was no relevant connection between the evidence that Harris was a bad person and the question of whether he intentionally murdered his son.
The Court found that a "large amount of the evidence of... sexual activities had minimal probative value in showing his alleged motive (to kill Cooper) and was needlessly cumulative or highly prejudicial."
Outside of some communications presented in court from the day Cooper died, which "offered insight into Harris' activities and state of mind shortly before leaving Cooper in the SUV and while the child was dying," most of the other evidence shown in court "did not speak directly to Harris' possible motivation to kill his son as much as it demonstrated his 'repugnant character.'"
“[T]he State convincingly demonstrated that Appellant was a philanderer, a pervert, and even a sexual predator,” Chief Justice Nahmias wrote in the opinion. “This evidence did little if anything to answer the key question of Appellant’s intent when he walked away from Cooper, but it was likely to lead the jurors to conclude that Appellant was the kind of man who would engage in other morally repulsive conduct (like leaving his child to die painfully in a hot car) and who deserved punishment, even if the jurors were not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that he purposefully killed Cooper."
The evidence, the Court explained, that Harris may have had a "sex-crazed double life" was not "relevant to show his motive for murdering Cooper."
The evidence for that claim - that Harris intentionally left Cooper to die - was "far from overwhelming."
The Court found the trial court "abused its discretion" by not severing the murder case from the case related to sexual communications with a minor.
"We cannot say that it is highly probable that the erroneously admitted sexual evidence did not contribute to the jury’s guilty verdicts," the opinion concludes.
In a statement to 11Alive, the Cobb County District Attorney's office said they plan to file a motion for reconsideration in the case.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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2 found dead of gunshot wounds in Cumberland home
CUMBERLAND — Two adults with gunshot wounds were pronounced dead at a home on Birchwood Drive on Wednesday morning.
Cumberland police went to 28 Birchwood Drive at 6:40 a.m. to find the two adults with gunshot wounds, according to Police Chief Matthew J. Benson.
A preliminary investigation suggests that both people knew each other and the shooting was an "isolated incident," Benson said in a news release.
"All other residents were found to be unharmed inside the home," Benson said, emphasizing that there is no danger to the community.
Benson said he had no additional information he could provide.
"The Cumberland Police Department offers its thoughts and prayers to the family, friends and loved ones of those who were affected by this tragedy," says the release. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/22/cumberland-rhode-island-shooting-two-found-dead-gunshot-wounds-birchwood-drive/7699309001/ | 2022-06-22T18:39:42 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/22/cumberland-rhode-island-shooting-two-found-dead-gunshot-wounds-birchwood-drive/7699309001/ |
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Four men were arrested after burglarizing and trying to steal vehicles at an AutoNation location in Longwood, according to the Longwood Police Department.
Police said officers responded to AutoNation Auto Auction Orlando at 650 N. U.S. Highway 17-92 around 5:20 a.m. Sunday.
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The department said Keyaurus Gibson, 19; Naquan Williams, 19; Timothy Chiles Jr., 20; and Treyon Perkins, 20, were at the location possibly trying to steal cars.
Police said three of the suspects were walking from the business north when officers arrived and Perkins was located after he ran south and hid in a car away from the business.
No one was injured, police said.
All four of the men face charges of burglary, attempted grand theft auto, violation of probation, possession of cocaine, possession of oxycodone and organized theft. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/4-arrested-in-burglary-at-autonation-location-in-longwood-police-say/ | 2022-06-22T18:41:09 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/4-arrested-in-burglary-at-autonation-location-in-longwood-police-say/ |
DELAND, Fla. – A new exhibition at the Museum of Art in DeLand is shedding light on cultural heritage, the environment and social justice.
The solo exhibition, called “When There Is No Frontier,” includes more than 70 masterpieces by Cuban-American artist Reynier Llanes, who with a stroke of a brush reflects on the past and present.
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“I needed to use metaphors to hide the message that I was trying to portray back in Cuba,” Llanes said from his Miami home.
Born in the small town of Pinar del Rio, Cuba where Llanes mastered his craft, he used hidden messages in his paintings to express his social and political views.
Llanes said that in Cuba, freedom of speech is prohibited by the communist government. He was concerned about his future, so in 2007, Llanes fled to South Florida on a makeshift boat where he now lives.
“(I was) trying to escape the island for six months so in that period of time I created a series of new paintings which I called it ‘Strange Visitor,’” the 36-year-old artist told News 6.
He explained he used that phrase to portray himself as a fly.
“When a fly comes into your home, you have a strange visitor. I called myself strange visitor coming to United States. I was that fly,” Llanes said.
Pam Coffman, curator of education at the Museum of Art in DeLand, explained how each piece tells a different story from a different time using animals, like cows and pigs, fruits and a coffee machine used to make Cuban coffee.
“Cow meat and milk were not allowed after the children were a certain age for the main people in Cuba so that goes back to his memories,” Coffman said. “There’s a lot of metaphors and symbols in his work. You’ll see microphones, you’ll see typewriters, you’ll see different kinds of ways that we’ve communicated technologically through time.”
The young painter comes from a family of doctors and is using his craft to give tragedy a brighter outlook, like he did with a painting portraying George Floyd.
“I did this painting not the way of portraying sadness or brutality but trying to portray it in a beautiful way,” he said.
In the painting, Floyd is dressed in white and is floating.
“Dressed in white, not pinned down, floating in the air pointing forward with this look on his face of almost an anticipation and hopefulness that there’s something better, and out of all of that tragedy, things are gonna change,” Coffman said of her interpretation of the piece.
Llanes uses watercolor, coffee and mixed media, which is a combination of different materials, to depict his thoughts.
One of his paintings is named after a piece from Cuban poet José Martí about last year’s historic protests on the island.
It’s called “I Cultivate The White Rose,” or “Cultivo una rosa blanca.”
“I do love my country. I do love the landscape of my country, I do love my people, the flavor of my food,” Llanes said. “It’s a pity because I don’t think no one wants to leave their country.”
He considers himself a journalist, too, who tells stories.
“It’s just so incredibly mystical and magical,” Coffman said. “I think the beauty of this exhibition and the magic of his work is everyone is going to go away with a story and they’re going to be touched in some way about it.”
The exhibit will be on display through August 28th at the Museum of Art in Deland.
General admission tickets are $5 and kids 12 or younger are free. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/cuban-american-artist-brings-past-present-conflicts-to-life-in-new-deland-art-exhibit/ | 2022-06-22T18:41:15 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/cuban-american-artist-brings-past-present-conflicts-to-life-in-new-deland-art-exhibit/ |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday deputies are searching for a 15-year-old girl who was last seen over a week ago in Union Park.
India McKenzie was last seen at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 11, in the area of East Colonial Drive and Murdock Boulevard, deputies said.
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McKenzie is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds with brown eyes and black hair, deputies said. She was last seen wearing a tie-dye shirt and tie-dye pants.
Anyone with information on McKenzie’s whereabouts is urged to contact the sheriff’s office at 407-836-4357.
MISSING JUVENILE: 15-year-old India McKenzie was last seen at 8:30 a.m. 6/11 in the area of East Colonial Dr. and Murdock Blvd. India was last seen wearing a tye-dye shirt and tye-dye pants.
— Orange County Sheriff's Office (@OrangeCoSheriff) June 22, 2022
If you see India or know anything about where she may be, please call 407-836-4357. pic.twitter.com/YhjFmFdtHz | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/orange-county-deputies-seek-missing-15-year-old-girl-last-seen-in-union-park/ | 2022-06-22T18:41:21 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/orange-county-deputies-seek-missing-15-year-old-girl-last-seen-in-union-park/ |
The U.S. Geological Survey reports several small earthquakes struck off the Oregon coast Wednesday morning June 15.
Eight quakes measure from 3.8 to 5.6 rumbled beneath the Pacific Ocean west of Newport and Coos Bay.
No tsunami warnings were issued.
State geologists said the June 15 quakes occurred in a region where similar small tremors have occurred over the past several years.
In early December 2021, nearly 90 tremors were recorded approximately 200 to 300 miles west of the Newport-Coos Bay area and approximately 10 kilometers deep, according to the Office of Oregon Emergency Management (OMI).
The June 15 quakes also were reported to be 10 kilometers deep.
Following the December 2021 undersea quakes, Oregon Emergency Management Geological Hazards Program Coordinator Althea Rizzo described the activity.
"The Pacific Plate is pushing past the Juan de Fuca Plate and this causes frequent fairly small earthquakes," she said. "We are in a time of increased activity, but these earthquakes don’t pose a risk to Oregonians. The area of seismicity is very far away from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, so there is no increased risk from a Cascadia event. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/multiple-undersea-quakes-off-coast/article_d0c4f0aa-f0ea-11ec-a7a6-07e818e2584d.html | 2022-06-22T18:42:01 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/multiple-undersea-quakes-off-coast/article_d0c4f0aa-f0ea-11ec-a7a6-07e818e2584d.html |
June 5, 1933 – June 14, 2022
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Dorothy M. Miller, 89, of Coos Bay, will be held on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1290 Thompson Road in Coos Bay, with Pastor Alyssa Augustson presiding. Private cremation rites were held at Ocean View Memory Gardens in Coos Bay with a private inurnment to take place at a later date at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
Dorothy was born Dorothy Mae Clark on June 5, 1933 in the Village of Walker, near Benedict, Minnesota. Her parents were Harold and Annie, and she had four siblings, Maxine, Haroldine, Lyle and Al. Dorothy graduated from Laporte High School, class of 1951 and later earned a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education at Marylhurst University. Dorothy met her husband Bob when they were both teenagers in Kabekona Corner, Minnesota. Dorothy and Bob were married on December 17, 1955. They had two children, Marla and Roger.
Dorothy worked as an elementary school teacher and substitute teacher. Dorothy and her family moved to Oregon in 1961. Dorothy and Bob owned and ran a Western Auto store for 5 years. After that, she was the Director of the Bandon Community Child Care Center for many years. She loved working with children and helping them develop. She also did extensive volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity and worked as a mediator for the municipal courts.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Marla and her husband, Jimmy and Roger and his wife, Sherry; grandchildren, David, Geoffrey, and Sarah and her husband Celso; great-grandson Leobardo; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and step-family. Dorothy was a deeply caring person who was loved and treasured by all who knew her.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Annie Clark; her husband, Bob; her sister, Maxine; her granddaughter, Amy; and her great granddaughter, Guadalupe.
Friends and family are encouraged to sign the online guestbook at www.coosbayareafunerals.com and www.theworldlink.com. Arrangements are under the care of the North Bend Chapel, 541-756-0440. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/dorothy-mae-miller/article_075c1696-f246-11ec-9e71-b7b07ec76b4a.html | 2022-06-22T18:42:07 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/obituaries/dorothy-mae-miller/article_075c1696-f246-11ec-9e71-b7b07ec76b4a.html |
The Sawdust Theatre is looking for melodrama play scripts for the 2024 season, which runs June 2024 through Labor Day 2024.
Scripts must be submitted to the Sawdust Theatre prior to the October 11 board meeting.
Physical copies can be mailed to the Sawdust Theatre, PO Box 51, Coquille, Ore 97423. Digital copies can be emailed to info@sawdusttheatre.com .
For questions regarding the play guidelines, contact Michael at 360-970-8171 (cell) or 541-396-4563 (office) or email info@sawdusttheatre.com. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/sawdust-theatre-calls-for-play-scripts-for-2024-season/article_6e574974-f1ab-11ec-92aa-dfeaf9e44695.html | 2022-06-22T18:42:13 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/sawdust-theatre-calls-for-play-scripts-for-2024-season/article_6e574974-f1ab-11ec-92aa-dfeaf9e44695.html |
On June 22, 1922, one of San Francisco's most iconic institutions opened its doors. The Castro Theatre officially celebrates its centennial anniversary today, and as a gift to loyal fans, the theater will screen five of the most iconic movies in the city's history for only a buck per ticket (plus, of course, a $.50 fee).
The programming is an interesting mix of movies, nodding to several beloved blockbusters as well as a few classic films that might be less familiar for modern audiences. Of course Robin Williams' comedic opus "Mrs. Doubtfire" is included (1:00 p.m.), as well as the gritty Clint Eastwood action flick "Dirty Harry" (3:30 p.m.). The most epic car chase in film history will also screen, with Steve McQueen's "Bullitt" playing at 8:15 p.m.
All those films could certainly be called vintage at this point, but there's also a few movies that speak to earlier days of San Francisco cinema. Released in 1936, "San Francisco" (10:30 a.m.) starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy takes place during the 1906 earthquake. "Sudden Fear" (6:00 p.m.) starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance is a classic film noir from 1956 that earned four Oscar nominations.
Although the Castro Theatre's rich cinematic history has been spotlighted this month — including the 46th annual Frameline Festival, which runs through June 26 — the venue's future as a movie house is uncertain. Concert promoter Another Planet Entertainment took over management duties in January and is leading a renovation effort, causing some community members to question whether the theater will remain committed to showing movies.
Today, the San Francisco Chronicle broke news of the Save the Castro Theatre campaign (SFGATE and the San Francisco Chronicle are both owned by Hearst but operate independently of one another). The campaign features a petition protesting plans to remove the seats on the auditorium floor in favor of tiered platforms that cater more to concerts than movies. The campaign is spearheaded by the Castro Theatre Conservancy, which has a long list of famous supporters including Martin Scorsese, Tilda Swinton, David Byrne and dozens of other notable entertainment figures.
For information and tickets for the centennial screenings, visit Another Planet's website. | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-castro-theatre-celebrates-centennial-17258247.php | 2022-06-22T18:44:29 | 0 | https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/sf-castro-theatre-celebrates-centennial-17258247.php |
PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Hurricane Agnes hit the Wyoming Valley hard in 1972, causing widespread damage and destruction.
On June 23, Newswatch 16 is marking the 50th anniversary of the Agnes floods with remote newscasts, specials and a live Q&A with Stormtracker 16.
Beginning at 4:30 a.m., Newswatch 16 this Morning will be live from the Wyoming Valley. Tune in on WNEP and WNEP+ on Roku and FireTV.
At 7:30 p.m., we look back on the destruction Anges left behind in the special, Agnes: 50 years later on WNEP+ on Roku and FireTV and WNEP2.
Finally, the Stormtracker 16 team answers your Agnes-related questions during a live Q&A session on YouTube and Facebook.
CLICK HERE to follow all of Newswatch 16's coverage of Agnes: 50 years later. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/agnes-flood-50-years-later-news-coverage-how-to-watch-live/523-00a802f3-1df9-4616-b997-b06d9dbe4bb9 | 2022-06-22T18:48:01 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/agnes-flood-50-years-later-news-coverage-how-to-watch-live/523-00a802f3-1df9-4616-b997-b06d9dbe4bb9 |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Members of the Luzerne County judiciary and members of the Superior Court gathered Wednesday at the courthouse rotunda in Wilkes-Barre to honor the first president judge in Pennsylvania.
Luzerne County native Charles Rice was elected as the state's first president judge in 1895 after serving as a common pleas judge in the county.
"The governor made the appointment of all of the judges on the newly created Superior Court, and he named Judge Rice as the first president judge, so the people of Luzerne County should be very proud of his accomplishments," said Judge Jack Panella, president judge of the PA Superior Court.
Members of the Superior Court presided at hearings in the courthouse after the observance.
The ceremony also noted the 300th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
Check out WNEP's YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/honoring-states-first-president-judge-in-luzerne-county-courthouse-rotunda-charles-rice/523-e30be41d-be5d-4f95-a33a-edcbbbe2ac62 | 2022-06-22T18:48:05 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/honoring-states-first-president-judge-in-luzerne-county-courthouse-rotunda-charles-rice/523-e30be41d-be5d-4f95-a33a-edcbbbe2ac62 |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Folks in Lycoming County can enter a sweepstakes for free tickets to the MLB Little League Classic at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport.
The special regular-season game will take place on Sunday, August 21, between the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox.
The game airs nationally that evening on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
Lycoming County residents can ENTER HERE until noon on Wednesday, June 29.
The participating players, coaches, and families of the 2022 Little League Baseball World Series will also be at the game.
Winners will be notified soon after the sweepstakes ends with instructions on how to receive their tickets.
The MLB Little League Classic presented by GEICO at Historic Bowman Field, the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the collegiate MLB Draft League, will be hosted by MLB and the MLBPA.
Watch more local sports on WNEP's YouTube channel: | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/get-your-tickets-enter-to-win-little-league-classic-tickets-mlb-red-sox-orioles-bowman-field-williamsport/523-998f829c-eaea-4fa1-99cd-5536a9876b3e | 2022-06-22T18:48:05 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/get-your-tickets-enter-to-win-little-league-classic-tickets-mlb-red-sox-orioles-bowman-field-williamsport/523-998f829c-eaea-4fa1-99cd-5536a9876b3e |
Affidavit details events that led to Scotland Park murder
A court document provides more details on a murder that occurred in Scotland Park Tuesday morning.
More:Wichita Falls Police work city's latest homicide at Scotland Park
According to allegations in the arrest report:
Wichita Falls Police were contacted about a possible shooting at Scotland Park by Jason Christopher Myers, who said he was attacked by another man and he shot him. First responders arrived and discovered Paul Day was dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
Myers was taken to the police station where he told investigators his child attends daycare at Scotland Park Elementary School. He said the child told him they weren't allowed to go outside to play because of a homeless man in the park.
Myers told police he dropped his child off at the school Tuesday and saw Day under the pavilion at Scotland Park. Myers said he pulled into the parking lot and yelled for Day to come talk to him. Myers said he told the man kids at the school can’t play at the playground because of him and asked him to leave. Myers said Day got agitated and said something to the effect of “Look, I’m here. There is nothing you can do about it.”
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Myers said he got out of his truck and asked Day if he had somewhere else he could go. He said Day hit him on the right side of his forehead. Myers said he pulled a handgun from his waistband as Day continued to come at him, so he fired two or three rounds at him. Myers said Day staggered and eventually fell.
Police asked Myers if Day had any kind of weapon. Myers said he had nothing but his balled-up fist.
Myers said he fired because he was in shock and was not expecting to get hit. He said he only wanted to have a conversation with Day.
Witnesses said they saw Myers in his truck speeding around in the area several times throughout the day as if he were looking for someone. The witnesses also said they did not see a physical confrontation before the shooting. Police noted that Myers had no injuries.
Officers asked Myers if he had been looking for Day and he said after dropping off his child on Monday he looked for Day but did not see him. He said the child texted him a couple of hours later that Day was back in the park, but Myers couldn't find him. When he went to pick up his child, he saw Day at the park but didn’t do anything because his child was with him.
Myers said on Tuesday he saw Day at the park when he arrived to drop off his child and went to talk to him.
Myers was arrested and charged with murder. His bond was set at $1 million by a judge. | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/22/affidavit-confrontation-between-dad-homeless-man-led-park-homicide/7699546001/ | 2022-06-22T18:48:13 | 1 | https://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/news/local/2022/06/22/affidavit-confrontation-between-dad-homeless-man-led-park-homicide/7699546001/ |
MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — The early morning hours at the Rio Grande Wawa turned frightening Sunday when a caller threatened to shoot everyone inside, leading to the arrests of a pair of 18-year-olds from Pennsylvania.
Police responded to the store in the 3600 block of Route 9 about 4:30 a.m. after receiving reports of an unknown caller threatening to open fire inside the store with an AR-57 rifle. The store was closed for several hours for safety, police said in a news release.
Both township police and the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office tracked down Matthew Goldstein, of Feasterville, and Joseph Vannauker, of Levittown, and found them in West Wildwood, transporting them to the county jail, police said.
Each is charged with false public alarm, conspiracy and making terroristic threats.
Neither man had weapons, police said.
West Wildwood police assisted in the investigation. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/men-arrested-after-threats-made-against-middle-township-wawa/article_e580366a-f24f-11ec-8007-ff97c3f1a68b.html | 2022-06-22T19:00:52 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/men-arrested-after-threats-made-against-middle-township-wawa/article_e580366a-f24f-11ec-8007-ff97c3f1a68b.html |
Here’s an update of the COVID-19 numbers in the state:
New positive cases: 2,111
New deaths: 20
Total positive cases: 2,092,487
Total number of deaths: 30,798
Total vaccine doses administered: 14,048,429
Rate of transmission: 0.83
CASES BY COUNTY
Atlantic: 58,912 cases, 947 deaths, 378,782 doses administered
Cape May: 11,647 cases, 259 deaths, 133,872 doses administered
Cumberland: 34,683 cases, 569 deaths, 185,821 doses administered
Ocean: 145,372 cases, 2,835 deaths, 701,443 doses administered
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Figures are as of 1 p.m. June 22
Source: N.J. Department of Health | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-2-100-new-covid-19-cases-20-new-deaths-rate/article_287f3de0-f24f-11ec-b9e3-97316d7b505d.html | 2022-06-22T19:00:58 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/new-jersey-reports-more-than-2-100-new-covid-19-cases-20-new-deaths-rate/article_287f3de0-f24f-11ec-b9e3-97316d7b505d.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — Work on renovating the city's Tennessee Avenue library, in the William K. Cheatham Building, are expected to begin Monday, leading to entrance changes for patrons.
The library will stay open throughout the process, but its doors on Tennessee Avenue will be locked. Therefore, access to the building will only be obtainable through the Atlantic County Office doors, on Atlantic Avenue, spokesperson Robert Rynkiewicz said.
Patrons will need to inform security at the doors they are visiting the library and not other government offices.
Additionally, the library’s 15-minute parking will be inaccessible, and a lane closure on Tennessee Avenue will be in place until the project has been completed, Rynkiewicz said.
Through grant money issued by the New Jersey Library Construction Bond Act, the library's first-floor restrooms will be remodeled. The building's exterior limestone façade will be cleaned, and the concrete stairs and sidewalk will be demolished, along with other improvements.
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Construction at the library, which first opened in 1985, is expected to be finished by fall and will cost $448,500. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/tennessee-avenue-library-in-atlantic-city-undergoing-construction-next-week/article_cf80900a-f243-11ec-abcc-2f5ed012564b.html | 2022-06-22T19:01:04 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/tennessee-avenue-library-in-atlantic-city-undergoing-construction-next-week/article_cf80900a-f243-11ec-abcc-2f5ed012564b.html |
The Nike Track and Field Camp will be held July 18-22 at Carey Stadium on the campus of Ocean City High School. The coed event will be for athletes aged 12 to 18 or from middle to high school.
The camp will run from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. each day. Participants receive a Nike Running camp T-shirt.
Campers will have the opportunity to learn and develop their skills in sprints, hurdles, jumps, middle distance and throws (shot put only). There will be no pole vault, javelin, hammer throw or discus.
Each day will include different training sessions and games for each event. The camp will conclude with an official track meet with awards for each event winner.
Ocean City High School girls track and field coach Tim Cook will be the camp director.
Coaches are Mainland Regional girls track and field coach Mike Colombo, former Rider University athletes Ronetta Hunter and Ed Stone, former Ocean City cross country coach Bill Moreland, Burlington Township sprinters and jumping coach Allison Stone and Delsea Regional assistant girls and boys hurdle coach Steve Mitchell.
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For additional information or to sign up, visit ussportscamps.com/running/nike/nike-track-field-camp-ocean-city-high-school. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/ocean-city-to-host-track-and-field-camp-next-month/article_54021e92-f23b-11ec-910c-e706195539fc.html | 2022-06-22T19:01:29 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/ocean-city-to-host-track-and-field-camp-next-month/article_54021e92-f23b-11ec-910c-e706195539fc.html |
The Delaware Valley may find itself "lite" on beer ahead of the 4th of July holiday. Thousands of local beer distributor workers are on strike this week.
The workers are members of the Teamsters Local 830 union. And they include employees of Origlio Beverage, Muller Incorporated, and Penn Beer Sales and Service: the big three distributors of beer in the five-county Philadelphia region.
None of the three distributors are making deliveries or taking orders during the strike.
On Saturday, the workers voted 308-40 to reject a proposed contract from the Delaware Valley Importers Distribution Association. They continue to demand better wages and better hours, and, in a unanimous decision, Teamsters Local 830 began the strike at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
“Compensation is always an issue, but what’s particularly problematic is the beverage companies’ proposed hours of work for our members - 12 hour shifts for five or six consecutive days," said Teamsters Local 830 Secretary-Treasurer Daniel H. Grace. "That’s excessive."
Delaware Valley Importing Distribution Association responded saying they were "shocked and disappointed" at what they called a "last-minute turnaround."
The union members – including drivers, warehouse and production workers, and sales and marketing personnel – have formed picket lines in Montgomery County and Northeast Philadelphia.
The strike came about two weeks out from Independence Day celebrations, and as Grace said, a time most lucrative for the alcoholic beverage industry.
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Origlio handles the distribution of brands like Coors, Corona, Blue Moon, Angry Orchard and Guinness. Muller carries brands like Miller Lite, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Yards. Penn has beer brands such as Budweiser, Busch, Michelob and Natural Light. In addition, all three carry a variety of national and local craft beers and other products like malt beverages and seltzers.
Penn is also the exclusive supplier to the Philadelphia sports complex.
Restaurant managers told NBC10 they are bracing for a possible shortage of beer ahead of the big summer holiday.
“It will affect my beer supply greatly,” Steven Holley, the beverage manager of Cuba Libre in Old City, said. “We can just increase inventory as much as possible and just hope that the strike doesn’t last long.”
In a statement, the Del-Val Association said in part, “We are committed to working through this with our union members and are hopeful we can get to a speedy resolution. As we approach the summer holidays, we have contingency plans in place to minimize any disruption to our suppliers and the market.” | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/a-dry-4th-of-july-strike-could-cause-local-beer-shortage/3278085/ | 2022-06-22T19:10:14 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/a-dry-4th-of-july-strike-could-cause-local-beer-shortage/3278085/ |
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A New York man is set to be charged with assaulting four women in two separate attacks that were captured on video in South Philadelphia.
Malcolm White faces counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, reckless endangerment and related offenses, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Jane Roh said Wednesday.
White is accused of randomly punching three women along the 1200 block of Morris Street on June 15, then attacking another one on the 1900 block of South 13th Street a few minutes later.
The first attack left a 27-year-old woman with a swollen lip, a 29-year-old with a broken nose and another 29-year-old with a swollen lip and cuts to her face, Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector Frank Vanore said last week.
Around 20 minutes later, a man matching the description of the suspect in the Morris Street attack, now identified as White – 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall with a stocky build and wearing a red jacket – went up to a woman sitting on a porch and punched her unconscious, Vanore said.
Roh said authorities also had video showing that assault.
White is currently jailed in neighboring Montgomery County. Court records show he’s charged there with aggravated assault, robbery, robbery of a motor vehicle and related counts. Vanore said last week that he had been arrested a man in Whitpain Township for attacking a woman during a carjacking.
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The court records also indicate White is from Brooklyn, New York. They do not list an attorney who can comment on his behalf. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/ny-man-to-be-charged-with-attacking-4-women-in-philadelphia/3278291/ | 2022-06-22T19:10:28 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/ny-man-to-be-charged-with-attacking-4-women-in-philadelphia/3278291/ |
No charges against Utica police officer in February video encounter
A Utica detective sergeant who was placed on leave in February after an online video surfaced of him using profanity and charging at a man during an encounter won't be charged, officials said Wednesday.
Utica police officials in February did not name the officer involved in the incident, but he was identified as Detective Sgt. Greg Morabito in the video posted on YouTube. At the time, Utica Mayor Gus Calandrino confirmed Morabito had been suspended but said he could not comment further due to the investigation into the allegations.
"The incident which occurred on February 9, 2022, was investigated by an outside agency, the Macomb County Sheriff's Department, who reported their findings to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office," the Utica Police Department said in a statement posted on its official Facebook page. "Their request for a warrant was denied."
The statement also said: "Detective Sergeant Morabito has retired from the Police Department."
According to the video, Morabito and at least two other officers responded to a Marathon gas station after a driver complained about a man filming him. The man turned out to be Steve Jones, who runs the Fricn Media channel on YouTube.
Jones and his friends initially refused to answer questions from Morabito and the other officers about whether they had weapons. They argued they hadn't been pulled over or told of any crime they allegedly committed.
Morabito and Jones argued and cursed at each other, including after the officer told Jones' friend to stay away from his police vehicle. Jones recorded the encounter and posted the video online.
Jones was heard calling Morabito a "b---" and "idiot." At one point, when Jones mentioned freedom of speech rights, Morabito was seen raising his middle finger at him and saying, "(Expletive) you. This is freedom of speech, too," before the other officers separated the pair.
Shortly after Morabito and another officer approached his friend's car and the second officer touched the trunk, Jones was heard saying, "I’m coming for your job" followed by a slur. Morabito, who had been at his police vehicle door, was filmed shutting it and rushing toward Jones while shouting: "Come for it! You think you're the only one who's come for my job before?" Morabito appears to swat Jones' iPhone, which falls to the ground, and is heard cursing.
Morabito and the officers eventually leave without issuing any tickets as Jones and his friends shout at them, warning of legal action.
The recording then shows Jones' group at the Utica police station, where they sought to file a complaint, but are told to leave. When asked for his badge number, Morabito shows it to the man filming and responds: "Can you read or are you ignorant?"
Morabito was heard warning Jones and the others they faced arrest if they didn't leave immediately. When Jones refused, Morabito said "You're done" and moved to handcuff him.
The video doesn't capture their interaction, but Jones alleged to The News that Morabito slammed and shoved him, leaving a bruise and minor laceration for which he sought treatment at an urgent care center. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/06/22/no-charges-against-utica-police-officer-february-video-encounter/7700636001/ | 2022-06-22T19:18:56 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2022/06/22/no-charges-against-utica-police-officer-february-video-encounter/7700636001/ |
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