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A Bismarck man jailed and awaiting trial for allegedly assaulting a law officer is accused of hiding a razor blade inside a deck of cards in his cell during a previous stint behind bars.
Jason Antelope, 38, could be sent to prison for 10 years if convicted on the felony charge of being an inmate in possession of a weapon. He’ll enter a plea on July 25 and is scheduled for an Oct. 13 trial, court documents show. An attorney isn’t listed for him.
Jail officials in an affidavit say they found a piece of a razor blade in Antelope’s Burleigh Morton Detention Center cell in January. Antelope allegedly admitted to removing the blade from a protective casing, breaking it and hiding it so he could use it to alter his clothing. Authorities found an intact razor blade in a deck of cards during a search of Antelope’s cell and property, according to the affidavit. Formal charges were filed this week.
Detention center officials issue inmates disposable-type razors under a check-in and check-out system, according to Maj. Jim Hulm of the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department. Officers inspect the razors when they're collected and then discard them.
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Antelope is back in jail, scheduled for trial on Oct. 6 on felony charges of simple assault on a police officer and fleeing police stemming from a June 9 incident in Bismarck, court records show. He allegedly drove away from a traffic stop and then scuffled with a police officer who found him in a convenience store parking lot.
Antelope in an April 2017 incident on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation allegedly struck a woman with a one-liter glass vodka bottle “until it completely shattered,” according to an affidavit. She suffered a broken nose, arm and hand, and possibly a traumatic brain injury, the document states. Antelope pleaded guilty in federal court and in March 2018 was sentenced to three years in prison and three years on supervised release.
Federal authorities in January filed a report that Antelope violated the conditions of supervised release. He was sentenced to two months in prison and two years on supervised release.
Reach Travis Svihovec at 701-250-8260 or Travis.Svihovec@bismarcktribune.com | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/officials-accuse-inmate-of-hiding-razor-blades-in-cell/article_a7cf809a-f24b-11ec-9e9c-bf0e902e6a1d.html | 2022-06-22T21:23:10 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/officials-accuse-inmate-of-hiding-razor-blades-in-cell/article_a7cf809a-f24b-11ec-9e9c-bf0e902e6a1d.html |
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WJHL) — Bruton Smith, founder and executive chairman of Speedway Motorsports, died Wednesday of natural causes, according to a press release from the company. He was 95 years old.
Smith founded Speedway Motorsports in December 1994. The company currently owns and operates 11 motorsports facilities, including Bristol Motor Speedway and several other NASCAR race tracks.
In 1959, he partnered with NASCAR driver Curtis Turner to build Charlotte Motor Speedway, which opened the following year with a 600-mile race.
Smith founded Speedway Children’s Charities in 1982 in memory of his son who died at a young age. The charitable arm of Speedway Motorsports has raised millions to support children’s charities around the country.
Speedway Motorsports purchased Bristol Motor Speedway from Larry Carrier in 1996 for $26 million.
Smith was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2016.
Funeral arrangements have not yet been announced.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bruton-smith-founder-of-speedway-motorsports-dies-at-95/ | 2022-06-22T21:25:10 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bruton-smith-founder-of-speedway-motorsports-dies-at-95/ |
KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) – A section of the Greenbelt in Kingsport will be closed starting Thursday, June 23.
The Clinchfield Street to Cherokee Village Drive section of the Greenbelt will be closed due to resurfacing and sidewalk repairs. The estimated time of the closure is weather permitting and can take up to 15 days. A detour for users will be accessible.
Upon completion, a smoother, easier transition from the paved section of Greenbelt to the sidewalks along Cherokee Village Drive will be in place. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/section-of-greenbelt-to-be-closed/ | 2022-06-22T21:25:16 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/section-of-greenbelt-to-be-closed/ |
CALDWELL, Idaho — An unidentified person was pulled from a creek in Caldwell and has been turned over to the coroner, police said on Wednesday.
Lt. Damon Rice of the Caldwell Police Department told KTVB that they don't know if the person fell or was pushed into Indian Creek.
They cannot confirm how long the body has been there, he said, but stated it was "pretty unidentifiable."
The person may be a male, Rice said, and has possible identifiable tattoos.
"We're continuing the investigation because we just don't know," Rice said.
A spokesperson for the Canyon County Sheriff's Office said they are assisting with a drone over the scene.
The incident remains under investigation with Caldwell PD.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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BLOOMINGTON — What happens when you combine a quality band at a wedding with a family that likes to have fun?
“Pure magic,” said Joe Palma, vocalist and band manager Style in Stereo. “People go nuts for it, and we love it.”
This Saturday, the lively eight-piece act will be ringing in the return of this summer’s first Saturdays on the Square concert, sponsored by Pantagraph Media and The Castle Theatre. And Palma said he’s pumped up to perform for a large, outdoor audience.
His band will be joining several other talented acts that have graced the Saturday concert series. Kalu and the Electronic Joint was the most recent band in September, following the North Mississippi Allstars in August.
At the end of July last year, Great Peacock jammed out Americana styles with fellow Nashville group the Cordovas. And, there was Althea Grace, who headlined earlier that month following an opening set by another former "American Idol" contestant: Leah Marlene.
Style In Stereo showcases covers by artists people already know and love, said Palma, ranging across genres like pop, dance, country, rock, and funk. Some of those artists include Carrie Underwood, Doja Cat, Shakira, Kenny Chesney, and the Black Eyed Peas.
They put on a highly-animated and rehearsed performance. Palma said they’re providing an experience people haven’t seen in a while, since show bands were a thing.
“We're hopefully bringing some of that back and spreading some good cheer,” he said.
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The band formed in 2019 just months before the coronavirus pandemic froze the live music world. Palma said they took that time an opportunity to focus in and build their image and music up.
The band grew out of his business, Palma Entertainment, which Palma described as the “mothership” of the whole operation. From the start, he said their primary goal was to play weddings.
“I didn’t see the bar community really supporting this band, because it costs a lot of money to put this thing together every time we play,” he said, adding many bars in town can’t meet their budget.
Instead, he said they’ve found success putting on their shows for larger events, like weddings, where they don’t have to worry about bringing out a crowd. And that helps them relax a bit.
“We just have to focus on doing a good show for this bride and groom,” he said.
In addition to being musically talented, Style In Stereo is also proficient at bringing everybody out on the dance floor. With the help of his two other vocalists, Kimberly Wright and Ed Campbell, he and his band can hype up an audience and get feet moving without breaking a sweat.
Palma believes that happens because he lets “the music speak for itself.” Additionally, being loud and energetic on the microphone comes to him naturally.
You can have faith each of the three vocalists will be dancing along too. Matching their peppy emcee vibes with a killer band is just serendipitous, Palma continued.
“Everything's just the right time in the right place for all of us, because I have some of the best musicians — hands down — in this community,” he said.
So when the bass drum gets kicking, and those hearts pumping, Palma said, energy just flows and he feels the love of being on stage.
“It’s kind of like a lifeline for me,” he said.
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Saturday’s concert will be their biggest one yet, he said, adding you can trust them with an audience of any size.
Palma said that’s “because we are 100% focused on making people move and spewing good vibes.”
He’ll be joined by his brother and guitarist, Mike Palma, drummer Kendall Johnson, and keyboardists Christopher Lakey and Isaac Phillips. Tommy Miles takes up the bass guitar and the keybass, along with their musical director role.
Wright, Joe Palma and Campbell act as stage performers and vocalists, with Campbell serving as their performing arts director, taking charge of visual elements and choreography.
Another goal of Joe Palma's is ensuring band members are paid enough to financially support themselves. He added the Style Stereo will be stepping it up on Saturday with two new surprise dancers.
Now that Style In Stereo has built some support and followers, he said they’re working on recording some originals, which includes, pop, dance and country tunes. They’re also hoping to take the show on the road for more weekends in the coming months. Joe Palma said they have a “mini-tour” scheduled in the Mackinac Island in Michigan and they’re looking at dates in Florida.
The Palmas previously played together in a Los Angeles rock group Sistine. Joe Palma said they started doing originals from the start, but found it was super tough to get traction that way.
Joe Palma also said he was celebrating eight years of sobriety last week. To him, getting booked for the outdoor Bloomington show culminates his journey of transitioning from a party lifestyle to a cleaner, more professional approach to working in music.
“We're at this point where like, we have arrived,” he said. “Personally and spiritually speaking, I feel like I have arrived, and my team is there right behind me.
“And, we're all ready to rock this thing.”
Contact Brendan Denison at (309) 820-3238. Follow Brendan Denison on Twitter: @BrendanDenison | https://pantagraph.com/entertainment/local/style-in-stereo-brings-jams-dancing-for-first-saturdays-on-the-square-show/article_cf1a0b60-f25b-11ec-ad83-9fc453250a9c.html | 2022-06-22T21:29:24 | 0 | https://pantagraph.com/entertainment/local/style-in-stereo-brings-jams-dancing-for-first-saturdays-on-the-square-show/article_cf1a0b60-f25b-11ec-ad83-9fc453250a9c.html |
A New Jersey man is facing an animal cruelty charge after allegedly killing one of his girlfriend's toy poodles earlier this month following an argument.
Nicholas Winter, 35 and of Asbury Park, was charged with third degree animal cruelty resulting in death and abandoning a domestic animal (a disorderly persons offense), Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced Wednesday.
If convicted on the more serious charge against him, he would face up to five years in state prison.
Attorney information for Winter was not immediately known.
A joint investigation by the Asbury Park Police Department and the Monmouth County SPCA found that after an argument, Winter allegedly texted his girlfriend repeatedly and threatened the welfare of her dogs while she was at work.
Prosecutors say that shortly before 4 a.m. on June 4, the Asbury Park Police Department responded to a residence on Locust Drive and found a dead 12-year-old male dog named Bentley.
Sophia, the girlfriend's other dog, a 14-year-old female, was initially reported missing, but found several hours later.
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A subsequent necropsy performed on Bentley determined that the dog died from blunt-force trauma.
“We take animal cruelty cases extremely seriously in Monmouth County. Taking the life of a defenseless animal as a means to emotionally traumatize its owner is reprehensible and tragic,” Linskey said. “We thank the joint efforts of the Asbury Park Police Department and the SPCA for their work on this case and their compassion for the canine victim in this case.” | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-jersey-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriends-dog-after-argument-prosecutor/3745288/ | 2022-06-22T21:35:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/new-jersey-man-accused-of-killing-girlfriends-dog-after-argument-prosecutor/3745288/ |
In an effort to deal with the lifeguard staffing shortage New York is currently facing, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday pay increases for state lifeguards.
The governor directed starting pay rates for lifeguards at upstate facilities to increase 34 percent -- from $14.95 to $20 an hour -- and 21 percent for lifeguards at downstate facilities -- from $18.15 to $22 an hour.
The measure has the end goal of enticing more individuals to apply for lifeguard positions as the state grapples with a lifeguard shortage at New York State Park beaches and pools at 70 parks across the state, as well as 17 beaches operated by the Department of Environmental Conservation campgrounds and day use area beaches.
"All New Yorkers deserve the opportunity to safely enjoy our public beaches and pools this summer," Hochul said in a statement. "With a lifeguard shortage threatening access to swimming facilities, we are aggressively recruiting more lifeguards to ensure safe access to outdoor recreation during the summer months."
The new pay rates will be implemented immediately for lifeguards at Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the Department of Environmental Conservation swimming facilities. This will also include lifeguards employed by SUNY and CUNY.
The pay rates will also increase for lifeguards with more than two seasons of experience, ranging from five to 30 percent -- depending on their location and experience.
"New York State Park lifeguards are vital to protecting the millions of swimmers at State Park beaches and pools each year...As a former Harriman State Park lifeguard, I know first hand that lifeguarding is a great way to earn money, gain valuable job experience, and serve the public," said State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid.
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The national lifeguard shortage has already impacted a number of NYC Parks swim safety programs.
NYC Parks tweeted last week that a number of their swim programs at their outdoor pools are canceled this summer due to not having enough lifeguards.
"Due to the national lifeguard shortage, unfortunately we will not be hosting swim programs, including lap swim, senior swim, and Learn to Swim, at our outdoor pools this summer," the tweet read in part. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-announces-pay-increases-for-state-lifeguards-amid-national-shortage/3745232/ | 2022-06-22T21:35:21 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/ny-announces-pay-increases-for-state-lifeguards-amid-national-shortage/3745232/ |
PORTLAND, Maine — How much thought does the average person put into picking up something off the floor? If the answer is "not much," that's not uncommon. The folks at The Form Lab in Portland want to change that.
The gym officially opened its doors in February. Since then, trainers have been teaching clients how to improve the way they move their bodies. The goal is to incorporate those movements into everyday life to help get the most out of each workout and minimize long-term aches and pains.
Andrew Blais, co-founder of The Form Lab, said even something as simple as picking up an object off the floor the wrong way can lead to problems down the road over time
"What we do is break those bad habits and create new ones that we practice outside of our time at the gym," Blais said.
With more people enjoying the warm weather and taking advantage of at home workouts, Blais wanted to offer tips on how to perfect your plank. He said the key is to focus on your core.
"If you can strengthen not just the abs but the actual trunk and the entirety of the core, your exercises in the gym or your exercises at home are going to get a lot stronger," Blais said.
It's easy for people to do an entire workout and not get anything out of it if they aren't focusing on their form, Blais said. The "bird dog" exercise and a simple plank is a great way to focus on core muscles. Check out the segment above for a full demonstration.
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PORTLAND, Maine — Who leaves Portland in June to go to Key West? And who does it by riding a bicycle?
Patricia McNeal does, and as some might expect, there’s a story that goes with her. About a decade ago when she was in her early fifties, she suffered a stroke. It left her, she said, “knowing what it meant to be helpless.”
Strokes ran in her family. She lost her father, mother, and sister to them, and after she had recovered substantially from her own scare, she took up bicycling.
Her first epic trip was a ride from Florida to California. She followed up with one from Seattle to southern California.
“They make me feel alive,” McNeal said of the journeys. “If I stopped riding, or if I just stopped moving, I might rust.”
A wife, grandmother, and resident of Florida, McNeal hoped to raise awareness of strokes through her latest ride and bring attention to her nonprofit called Heels on Wheelz.
She is a free spirit, unconcerned about what people might think of her, and untroubled by the challenges that may arise on the road.
She acknowledged that when she pedaled from Florida to California, she didn’t even know how to change a tire on her bike. Then, she added with a laugh, “I still don’t.” | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/what-a-stroke-survivor-hopes-to-accomplish-by-bicycling-from-maine-to-florida-exercise-fitness/97-871ac720-a9a1-4a50-8939-6d0524525735 | 2022-06-22T21:42:42 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/207/what-a-stroke-survivor-hopes-to-accomplish-by-bicycling-from-maine-to-florida-exercise-fitness/97-871ac720-a9a1-4a50-8939-6d0524525735 |
TAMPA, Fla — In the midst of the Stanley Cup playoffs, you may not think the city of Tampa and Denver would be the best of pals. Ice hockey rivalries aside, when it comes to the urban development of downtown, Denver is a city Tampa looks to.
On Wednesday, the Tampa Downtown Partnership, a non-profit that partners with city leaders to advance the downtown area, celebrated its 36th anniversary with a luncheon. The keynote speaker, Tami Door is the CEO of contemporary development firm Q Factor in Denver.
According to Brookings, Denver ranks 16th in the nation for standard of living. Tampa Bay comes in at 44.
"Denver grew very rapidly," Door said.
Sound familiar? It's what is happening in the Tampa Bay area right now. You may notice it in the rising housing prices, the added traffic during rush hour or something as simple as a longer wait at your go-to restaurants.
"Some of the things we know we still need to work on our transportation initiatives and also our affordable housing," Lynda Remund, the president of Tampa Downtown Partnership, explained.
Conversations surrounding urban development are ongoing now so the city is ready for the new residents trickling in. Remund says they're looking to Denver to take note of what is working and learn from what isn't.
"When you're growing as a city, it's not just the great things that grow," Door said. "Everything grows. Have a plan, work the plan."
"Looking at crime, for instance, when you have that influx of people, other things happen within your city," Remund said. "You become a big city all of the sudden." | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/downtown-tampa-partnership-celebrates-36-years/67-29bba087-3b03-4597-816a-cf99b17c662a | 2022-06-22T21:42:43 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/downtown-tampa-partnership-celebrates-36-years/67-29bba087-3b03-4597-816a-cf99b17c662a |
MAINE, USA — The U.S. Department of Justice reported that the state of Maine violates the Americans with Disabilities Act in a news release Wednesday.
The announcement lands on the 23rd anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v. L.C., the 1999 court case that ruled "unjustified segregation of persons with disabilities constitutes discrimination in violation of title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act," according to the ADA website.
The news release states that Maine unnecessarily segregates children that have mental health, as well as developmental, disabilities.
The segregation reportedly takes place in psychiatric hospitals, the state-operated juvenile detention facility, Long Creek Youth Development Center, and residential treatment facilities, the release says.
The Justice Department received a complaint from Disability Rights Maine, a protection and advocacy agency that advocates for people with disabilities, especially those who have been treated unjustly.
DRM reported unjust treatment to the Justice Department "on behalf of a group of children with disabilities, alleging that these children cannot access needed community-based services, resulting in their institutionalization or risk of institutionalization in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Supreme Court’s decision in Olmstead," the news release says.
The DRM complaint launched a full investigation into Maine's care for children with disabilities conducted by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division Disability Rights Section assisted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine, and a letter was sent to Gov. Janet Mills and Attorney General Aaron Frey revealing the findings, according to the release.
The findings report that Maine's children with disabilities face multiple barriers when trying to access proper behavioral health services, including "lengthy waitlists, an insufficient provider network, inadequate crisis services, and a lack of support for foster care parents who provide specialized care to children with behavioral health needs," the release states.
Children with disabilities who live in rural areas are especially at risk for not receiving the proper care or treatment they need.
"Many children with disabilities in Maine, especially those in rural areas or with more intensive needs, are unable to live at home with their families due to a lack of community-based behavioral health services," the news release says. "These services can include assistance with daily activities, behavior management, and individual or family counseling."
The release reports that the implementation of community-based behavioral health services from the state of Maine can help prevent children with disabilities from becoming institutionalized.
"Community-based behavioral health services also include crisis services that can prevent a child from being institutionalized during a mental health crisis," the release says. "Absent these services, Maine children with disabilities enter emergency rooms, come into contact with law enforcement, and remain in institutions when many of them could be at home if Maine put in place sufficient community-based services."
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division states that children with disabilities deserve to grow up in their homes with the proper support they need, rather than being subject to institutionalization.
"Children with disabilities deserve the opportunity to live at home with the services they need and grow up in the community alongside their nondisabled peers,” Clarke said in the release. “With the increase in children’s mental health needs during the pandemic, it is more important than ever to provide support to children and families."
U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee for the District of Maine hopes the findings by the Department of Justice allow for change to be made in Maine to better support children with disabilities.
“Access to local community-based services for children with mental health and/or developmental disabilities is a critical need for families across Maine,” McElwee said in the release. “I hope that the violations identified by the Justice Department can be remedied so that these children and their families are able to obtain quality services in their own communities.”
"We look forward to bringing Maine into compliance with federal law and achieving a resolution that will benefit children with disabilities across the state,” Clarke added in the release. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-violates-ada-us-justice-department-reports-law/97-72254484-64b8-49e9-9e9b-a7099a7c8f13 | 2022-06-22T21:42:48 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/maine-violates-ada-us-justice-department-reports-law/97-72254484-64b8-49e9-9e9b-a7099a7c8f13 |
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County Commissioner George Kruse will be charged with a count of driving under the influence after crashing into a tree in a subdivision near his home earlier this spring.
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office had earlier released deputy body camera video to the public following the April 20 crash. Kruse was not arrested at the time but had faced a citation for careless driving. That was dropped in exchange for attending traffic school by mid-August.
But the State Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday that he will be arraigned on a single count of DUI for July 19.
The office released the following statement to the media:
"Due to the public interest shown in the case and in response to our frequent media inquiries about the status of this case, today the State Attorney’s Office announces that an Information is being filed charging George K. Kruse with a single count of Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
"The arraignment is scheduled for July 19, 2022, and in accordance with applicable Florida law, a summons will be issued for George K. Kruse. Please bear in mind all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The State Attorney’s Office will not be making any comments while this case is pending."
Kruse, 46, and his wife can be seen on body camera video sitting in the back of an SUV and talking to a deputy questioning them about what happened. Kruse told the deputy he crashed his Ford F-150 into a tree around 7:30 p.m.
Kruse was slurring his words while responding to the questions being thrown at him, according to investigators. An incident report described the county commissioner as confused and having "glassy eyes, slurred speech, clammy wet skin, and droopy eyelids."
"He’s drunk,” the responding deputy is heard saying in the video. “I just can’t do a DUI because no one can put him behind the wheel. When I got here, he was in his wife’s car.”
The incident reports state two different reasons were given for the crash. Kruse originally told law enforcement he was trying to avoid a crash with another driver, but authorities say Kruse told his insurance company he swerved to avoid an animal. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/manatee-county-commissioner-george-kruse-dui-crash/67-0537f66e-25e2-49ae-8a26-042876a4a866 | 2022-06-22T21:42:49 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/manatee-county-commissioner-george-kruse-dui-crash/67-0537f66e-25e2-49ae-8a26-042876a4a866 |
SARASOTA, Fla. — Eight former students at Ringling College of Art and Design are plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the school alleging negligent supervision and retention, breach of implied contract and breach of fiduciary duty.
The students, including Megan Ruiz, allege the college failed to provide a safe campus environment by mishandling reports of student-on-student sexual assault, sexual harassment, threats of violence and stalking.
Ruiz spoke on behalf of the plaintiffs telling 10 Tampa Bay, "I was harassed, belittled, mocked and intimidated by my boss."
Ruiz said she worked as a resident assistant while attending Ringling College but was intimidated and fearful of her boss. She was most concerned by her supervisor's alleged tendency to spread personal and private information about other students, which Ruiz says violated several laws the resident assistants were trained on prior to employment.
"When a student tells you their information, say they’re queer, they have health problems, a disability — that information stays with you unless there’s an emergency," Ruiz said.
A spokesperson for the school said, "The safety of our students and the entire Ringling College community is and always has been a top priority. As a practice, however, the College does not comment on pending legal matters."
Shortly after she graduated, Ruiz said she filed a formal human resources complaint with the university about her experiences, which she believes were ultimately ignored.
A few years later, she took to social media to warn people about her former supervisor and the culture she experienced while attending Ringling.
"It made me sick to my stomach that someone would choose to go to Ringling because they looked up to me and I never gave them the full story," she said.
Ruiz said her social media posts were met with a wave of people describing similar experiences that went far beyond one supervisor: "Dozens of people, alumni, former students, current students, former faculty members, people who still work at the college reaching out to me about their concerns with the college."
She and seven other plaintiffs decided to file a lawsuit when they noticed an alleged trend of mishandling reports of misconduct and covering them up.
"My goal was always to make sure I was helping in any way I could to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students in the Ringling community," Ruiz said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/ringling-college-assault-lawsuit/67-8bbbc743-b458-469f-b605-cb83cea7e7ea | 2022-06-22T21:42:55 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/ringling-college-assault-lawsuit/67-8bbbc743-b458-469f-b605-cb83cea7e7ea |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The Daytona Beach Police Department is seeking to identify two men believed to be involved in an aggravated assault incident.
Police said the incident occurred last weekend on Seabreeze Boulevard.
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Anyone with information on these suspects is encouraged to contact Daytona Beach Police Department Detective Mary Talluto by calling 386-671-5220 or emailing tallutomary@dbpd.us in reference to Case No. 220010581.
No other information has been provided at this time. Check back here for updates.
Do you know who they are?
— Daytona Beach Police (@DaytonaBchPD) June 22, 2022
This is in connection to an aggravated assault case over the weekend on Seabreeze Blvd.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – After a few roadblocks and no solutions, Orange County commissioners are hoping for a different outcome during Thursday’s special work session on rent control.
They’re set to discuss a plan proposed by Commissioner Emily Bonilla that calls for a rent hike cap of 5% (or the rate of inflation) over a 1-year period. If commissioners move forward, the plan would go on the ballot in November to be decided on by Orange County voters.
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But Bonilla’s proposal won’t be the only thing commissioners are discussing.
“We will be discussing not only rent control, but also programs to provide assistance to renters who are struggling,” said Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings. “We want to have a balanced conversation to make sure that we are considering the needs of the property owners as well as the renters.”
Commissioner Emily Bonilla said she plans to present a draft ordinance at that meeting with research that she believes supports why the county’s rent situation is a housing emergency. It includes data that says rent increased by 25% in 2021 and by 29% as of March of this year. Read the draft ordinance below.
“If you look at the evictions, the number of children and families living on the streets, the rent increases, we have seen an extraordinary jump in those numbers,” said Commissioner Bonilla. “This rent cap will provide an immediate solution to the problem.”
An independent study that cost the county $60,000 found that the rent situation does not qualify for declaring an emergency and that a rent cap alone is among the least effective.
Many landlords like Matt Zaccarino say rent control is not the answer.
“The demand continues to increase, while the supply becomes constricted,” said Zaccarino.
May Beck said she was forced to move back home with her parents because her rent was rising too much.
“I was paying about $1,250. And it was going to go up to about $1,550 and that was just out of my range. I couldn’t do it,” said Beck with Orlando Tenant Power.
Thursday’s work session will not incorporate any public comment.
Orange County leaders sent this statement to News 6 Wednesday: “Commissioners and Staff will deliberate how the County wishes to move forward with potential Rent Stabilization measures. This is a continuation of the June 7, 2022 BCC discussion. Commissioners will determine what their next steps will be.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/rent-control-up-for-discussion-at-special-orange-commission-meeting/ | 2022-06-22T21:43:54 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/rent-control-up-for-discussion-at-special-orange-commission-meeting/ |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – The first segment of what will be the Starship launch tower is now visible at the bottom of a massive crane next to the Kennedy Space Center’s 39A launch pad.
With a spaceship taller and twice as powerful as NASA’s new rocket, SpaceX is building the launch pad that could help achieve Elon Musk’s dream of making life multiplanetary.
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At Starship’s production site in Texas earlier this year, Musk announced Florida will likely become the home base for launches and landings.
This month, Musk said Starship’s first orbital flight could be in July. However, there have been explosions during testing.
With the new pad now being built just a thousand feet from a pad for astronaut missions, Space Florida said there are concerns.
“If it blows up on the pad, you’re right next to where we put our U.S. astronauts into space,” Dale Ketcham said.
Ketcham said a solution may be to move astronaut launches to SpaceX’s pad at launch complex 40.
Like with the company’s Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX said Starship could also launch Starlink satellites in addition to crewed missions to the moon — and later Mars.
“There’s no question, this is the first big step, and we’re happy to help them bring it about,” Ketcham said.
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BRADENTON, Fla. – A woman was arrested at a hospital in Bradenton early Wednesday morning after staff notified police she was trying to load a gun inside her purse, according to the Bradenton Police Department.
Officers arrested Jamekeyra Ulisa Levertt-Chapman, 37, of Sarasota, at Blake Hospital around 2:24 a.m.
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Police said hospital staff noticed the woman on a security camera trying to load the gun while in the emergency room.
Officers said a security guard approached the woman and questioned her. The guard was able to remove the gun from her purse as police entered the emergency room and took her into custody without incident, according to a news release.
Police said the woman had a handgun with a laser sight. The woman also had a drum-style magazine, which has a 50-round capacity, according to the release. The magazine had 36 bullets loaded, police said. They also said the woman had two additional loaded magazines as well as several loose rounds.
Witnesses said the woman appeared to be loading rounds into the high-capacity magazine, records show.
Levertt-Chapman faces charges of bringing a firearm into a hospital and having a concealed weapon without a permit. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/watch-florida-woman-tried-to-load-gun-with-high-capacity-magazine-inside-hospital-police-say/ | 2022-06-22T21:44:06 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/watch-florida-woman-tried-to-load-gun-with-high-capacity-magazine-inside-hospital-police-say/ |
Henrico Police said three individuals have been arrested in connection with a homicide that occurred on May 19.
Police arrested and charged one juvenile male a day after the crime occurred. In a statement Wednesday, police said they arrested a second juvenile male and Martel Marrow, 18, of Henrico.
Officers responded to the initial incident around 4 p.m. along Interstate 64 on the Shockoe Valley Bridge. A Virginia State Trooper was assisting a disabled vehicle when a second vehicle pulled alongside them and the driver requested help, police said.
Police discovered that a juvenile female passenger was suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. A trooper and a Virginia Department of Transportation Safety Service Patrol officer aided the girl, who was transported to the hospital where she later died, police said.
Detectives determined the shooting occurred on Byron Street near the Glenwood Farms community, according to division spokesperson Karina Bolster.
On May 20, Henrico police arrested and charged one juvenile boy in connection with this incident. He faces several charges including attempted robbery and murder.
The second juvenile was arrested Tuesday and faces several charges, including second degree murder, robbery and use of a firearm. Both juveniles are being held in the Henrico County Juvenile Detention Home.
Marrow was arrested Monday and charged with accessory after the fact. He's being held in the Henrico County Jail without bond, police said.
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Since March 2020, Richmond Public Schools has purchased 36,783 Chromebook laptop computers for a total of $12.6 million, according to the division’s financial records system.
“The administration maintains that the purchase of 36,783 Chromebooks since March 2020 is fully appropriate,” according to an audit memo presented to the School Board Tuesday night.
This month, an internal audit discovered roughly 20,000 division laptops are sitting idle and about 1,750 former students are still in possession of a Chromebook. The audit also found current and former students have multiple laptops, some as many as five.
The audit’s results raised questions about how many Chromebooks the division purchased and about its inventory. During Tuesday’s School Board meeting, at roughly 10 p.m., the School Board received answers regarding the finances for the pandemic laptop purchases.
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RPS fronted the $12.6 million for the 36,783 laptops through a variety of funds including federal pandemic relief ($6.9 million), state funding ($1.46 million), Virginia Public School Authority ($1.2 million), general fund ($1 million), miscellaneous donors ($1 million), Title I funding ( $825,000), and Perkins Act funding ($100,000), the memo states. (Federal Perkins Act funds are meant to boost career and technical education programs.)
The $12.6 million covered the devices and “add-ons:” anti-theft, technology vendor’s base fee, licenses, asset tags, warranty and more.
While the quantity of purchased Chromebooks slightly differs between the financial records system, the inventory system and the division technology vendor, the memo states: “We believe that AS400 (financial records system), provides the most accurate number of Chromebooks purchased given the connection to specific purchase orders. Tempest (inventory system) has incomplete data entry and it is likely some devices were delivered directly to schools during the pandemic and never were logged by TIG (technology vendor).
The statement in the memo walks backs a previous comment from Milton Parker, RPS senior internal auditor, who said earlier this month: “I just want to be clear for the record that Tempest is the source of truth,” to determine the division’s Chromebook inventory.
Ninth District School Board member Nicole Jones asked for clarification as to why earlier this month the district said it had 44,781 Chromebooks on hand and Tuesday’s number was 36,783 laptops. Tuesday night RPS staff only discussed the Chromebooks purchased since March 2020, because prior to the pandemic, RPS had a laptop inventory, according to Michelle Hudackso, RPS chief of staff.
Of the 36,783 pandemic laptops purchased, approximately 31,000 covered the division’s 1:1 device program (providing a device to every RPS student). While RPS has an enrollment of roughly 22,000 students, the division purchased an additional 20% laptops based off enrollment for the loss/damage device rate, instead of the “typical” 10% during the pandemic according to the audit memo.
“... Given it was not a typical time during the pandemic, RPS accounted for a loss/damage rate of approximately 20%,” the memo states.
The division purchased the remaining 5,600 devices or so for school and classroom-based computer labs.
There is a policy in place that requires students to pay the cost for any school property, including computers, that they either damaged, destroyed or defaced.
“It is on us to carry it [the policy] out now,” Parker, the senior internal auditor said Tuesday night. “That has to be carried out in the schools.”
While RPS extended grace to students who damaged Chromebooks during the pandemic, if RPS abided by its own policy, students would pay $285.51 per damaged laptop, Parker said.
School Board Vice Chair Kenya Gibson, who represents the second district, doesn’t fault RPS for not sending home invoices with students. However, an alternative plans needs to be in place where a student who damages a Chromebook loses the privilege of having one.
“We have a student body that understandably is not necessarily in a place that they can pay 200 some odd dollars to reimburse the cost of a Chromebook,” Gibson said Tuesday night.
Hudackso said protocols were in place during the virtual learning year, including if students repeatedly damaged Chromebooks they received a tablet instead and/or were encouraged to attend the facilitated learning center and not take a Chromebook home.
School Board Chair Shonda Harris-Muhammed echoed Gibson Tuesday saying, “Proper accountability ... some accountability has to placed on our children, on our young people, just like in the workplace. It may not be financial, it may mean other means." | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/rps-spent-12-6-million-on-nearly-37-000-student-laptops-board-chair-wants-proper/article_a24fb790-2324-556d-8678-684e6f2ca329.html | 2022-06-22T21:44:24 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/education/rps-spent-12-6-million-on-nearly-37-000-student-laptops-board-chair-wants-proper/article_a24fb790-2324-556d-8678-684e6f2ca329.html |
A 54-year-old Lincoln man was arrested over the weekend for his alleged role in a stabbing that hospitalized a 46-year-old man who was walking in central Lincoln last week, police said in court records.
The victim told police he was walking east on E Street near 20th Street shortly after 11 a.m. June 15 when he saw Robert Lowell Jr. running up behind him, Lincoln Police Officer Lance Maxwell said in an affidavit for Lowell's arrest.
The victim told police he tried to evade Lowell but was stabbed twice in the back. The man was transported to Bryan West Campus, where he identified Lowell to police as his attacker.
Lowell's ex-girlfriend, who lives in the area, is a friend of the victim and Lowell suspected they were dating, Maxwell said.
Three days later, Lowell was found in the same block of E Street where the attack occurred. He was arrested and later charged with second-degree assault.
Tom Casady's list of the 10 most infamous crimes in Lincoln history
Crimes of the times
This is simply one man’s perspective from the early 21st century (first written in 2010). I had to make a decision about crimes that occurred at locations that are inside the city today, but were outside our corporate limits at the time they occurred. I chose the latter.
Before beginning, though, I have to deal with three crimes that stand apart: the murders of three police officers in Lincoln. I’m not quite sure how to place them in a list. They all had huge impacts on the community, and on the police department in particular. Because these are my colleagues, I deal with them separately and in chronological order.
Patrolman Marion Francis Marshall
Shot in the shadow of the new Nebraska State Capital, Gov. Charles Bryan came to his aid and summoned additional help.
Lt. Frank Soukup
Marion Marshall was technically not a Lincoln police officer, so Lt. Soukup was actually the first Lincoln police officer killed on duty. One of his colleagues who was present at the motel and involved in the gunbattle, Paul Jacobsen, went on to enjoy a long career and command rank at LPD, influencing many young charges (like me) and leaving his mark on the culture of the agency.
Lt. Paul Whitehead
In the space of a few months, three LPD officers died in the line of duty. Frank Soukup had been murdered, and George Welter had died in a motorcycle crash. Paul Whitehead's partner, Paul Merritt, went on to command rank, and like Paul Jacobsen left an indelible mark at LPD and the community.
No. 1: Starkweather
The subject of several thinly disguised movie plots and a Springsteen album, the Starkweather murders are clearly the most infamous crime in Lincoln’s history — so far. One of the first mass murderers of the mass media age, six of Charles Starkweather’s 11 victims were killed inside the city of Lincoln, and the first was just on the outskirts of town. I didn’t live in Lincoln at the time, but my wife was a first-grader at Riley Elementary School and has vivid memories of the city gripped by fear in the days between the discovery of the Bartlett murders and Starkweather’s capture in Wyoming.
The case caused quite an uproar. There was intense criticism of the police department and sheriff’s office for not capturing Starkweather earlier in the week after the discovery of the Bartletts' bodies. Ultimately, Mayor Bennett Martin and the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners retained a retired FBI agent, Harold G. Robinson, to investigate the performance of local law enforcement. His report essentially exonerated the local law officers and made a few vanilla recommendations for improving inter-agency communication and training.
Now I know that many readers are mumbling to themselves “how obvious.” Hold your horses, though. It’s not quite as obvious as you might think. I had two experiences that drove this fact home to me. The first was a visit by a small group of journalism students. Only one member of the class had any idea, and her idea was pretty vague. You need to remember that the Starkweather murders were in 1957 and 1958 — before the parents of many college students were even born.
The second experience was a visit by a Cub Scout den. I was giving the kids a tour of the police station one evening. We were in the front lobby waiting for everyone to arrive. As I entertained the boys, I told the moms and dads that they might enjoy looking in the corner of the Sheriff’s Office display case to see the contents of Starkweather’s wallet — discovered a couple of years ago locked up in the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office safe. After a few minutes, one of the confused fathers asked me who Starkweather was, and why it was significant.
No. 2: Lincoln National Bank
On the morning of Sept. 17, 1930, a dark blue Buick carrying six men pulled up in front of the Lincoln National Bank at the northwest corner of 12th and O streets. Five of the men entered the bank, while a sixth stood outside by the Buick, cradling a machine gun. Observing the unusual events, a passerby called the police. The officer who responded, Forrest Shappaugh, was casually instructed by the machine-gun-toting lookout to just keep going, which he wisely did. Returning with reinforcements, he found that the robbers had already made good on their getaway, netting $2.7 million in cash and negotiable securities.
Ultimately, three of the six suspects were arrested. Tommy O’Connor and Howard Lee were convicted and sentenced. Jack Britt was tried twice but not convicted by a hung jury. Gus Winkeler, a member of Al Capone’s gang, winged a deal with County Attorney Max Towle to avoid prosecution in exchange for orchestrating the recovery of $600,000 in bearer bonds. The following year, Winkeler was murdered in Chicago, the victim of a gangland slaying. The final two robbers were never identified.
The Lincoln National Bank robbery stood as the largest cash bank robbery in the United States for many decades. It precipitated major changes at the Lincoln Police Department. Chief Peter Johnstone was rapidly “retired” after the robbery, the department’s fleet was upgraded to add the first official patrol cars, the full force was armed and a shotgun squad was organized. Forty-four years later when I was hired at LPD, the echo of the Lincoln National Bank robbery was still evident in daily bank opening details, and in the Thomspon submachine guns and Reising rifles that detectives grabbed whenever the robbery alarm sounded at headquarters.
No. 3: The Last Posse
My first inkling about this crime came when I was the chief deputy sheriff. One of my interns, a young man named Ron Boden (who became a veteran deputy sheriff), had been doing some research on Lancaster County’s only known lynching, in 1884. I came across a reference in the biography of the sheriff at the time, Sam Melick, to the murder of the Nebraska Penitentiary warden and subsequent prison break. Melick had been appointed interim warden after the murder and instituted several reforms.
Several years later, a colleague, Sgt. Geoff Marti, loaned me a great book, Gale Christianson’s "Last Posse," that told the story of the 1912 prison break in gory, haunting and glorious detail.
To make a long story short, convict Shorty Gray and his co-conspirators shot and killed Warden James Delahunty, a deputy warden and a guard on Wednesday, March 13, 1912. They then made their break — right into the teeth of a brutal Nebraska spring blizzard. Over the course to the next few days, a posse pursued. During the pursuit, the escapees carjacked a young farmer with his team and wagon. As the posse closed in, a gunfight broke out and the hostage was shot and killed in the exchange, along with two of the three escapees.
There was plenty of anger among the locals in the Gretna-Springfield vicinity about the death of their native son, and a controversy raged over the law enforcement tactics that brought about his demise. Lancaster County Sheriff Gus Hyers was not unsullied by the inquiry, although it appears from my prospect a century later that the fog of war led to the tragedy.
Christianson, a professor of history at Indiana State University who died earlier this year, notes the following on the flyleaf:
“For anyone living west of the Mississippi in 1912, the biggest news that fateful year was a violent escape from the Nebraska state penitentiary planned and carried out by a trio of notorious robbers and safe blowers.”
Bigger news on half the continent than the sinking of the Titanic during the same year would certainly qualify this murder-escape as one of the most infamous Lincoln crimes in history.
No. 4: Rock Island wreck
The Aug. 10, 1894, wreck of a Rock Island train on the southwest outskirts of Lincoln was almost lost in the mist of time until it was resurrected in the public consciousness by author Joel Williams, who came across the story while conducting research for his historical novel, "Barrelhouse Boys."
The wreck was determined to be the result of sabotage to the tracks, perhaps an attempt to derail the train as a prelude to robbery. Eleven people died in the crash and ensuing fire, making this a mass murder, to be sure. G.W. Davis was arrested and convicted of the crime but later received a full pardon. The story was told in greater detail earlier this year by the Lincoln Journal Star.
A historical marker is along the Rock Island Trail in Wilderness Park, accessible only by foot or bike from the nearest trail access points about a half-mile away at Old Cheney Road on the north, or 14th Street on the south.
Here’s the big question that remains unanswered: Was there really significant evidence to prove that George Washington Davis committed the crime, or was he just a convenient scapegoat? The fact that he received a gubernatorial pardon 10 years later leads me to believe that the evidence must have been unusually weak. If he was railroaded, then my second question is this: who really pried loose the tracks with the 40-pound crowbar found at the scene?
No. 5: Commonwealth
On Nov. 1, 1983, the doors to Nebraska’s largest industrial savings and loan company were closed and Commonwealth was declared insolvent. The 6,700 depositors with $65 million at stake would never be fully compensated for their loss, ultimately receiving about 59 cents on the dollar for their deposits, which they all mistakenly believed were insured up to $30,000 through the Nebraska Depository Insurance Guaranty Corporation, which was essentially an insurance pool with assets of only $3 million.
The case dominated Nebraska news for months. The investigation ultimately led to the conviction of three members of the prominent Lincoln family that owned the institution, the resignation of the director of the State Department of Banking and the impeachment of the Nebraska attorney general and the suspension of his license to practice law. State and federal litigation arising from the failure of Commonwealth drug on for years.
At the Lincoln Police Department, the Commonwealth failure led to the formation of a specialized white-collar crime detail, now known as the Technical Investigations Unit. At the time, municipal police departments in the United States had virtually no capacity for investigating financial crime and fraud of this magnitude, and we quickly became well known for our expertise in this area. The early experience served LPD very well in the ensuring years.
No. 6: Candice Harms
Candi Harms never came home from visiting her boyfriend on Sept. 22, 1992. Her parents reported her as a missing person the following morning, and her car was found abandoned in a cornfield north of Lincoln later in the day. Weeks went by before her remains were found southeast of Lincoln.
Scott Barney and Roger Bjorklund were convicted in her abduction and murder. Barney is in prison serving a life term. Bjorklund died in prison in 2001. Intense media attention surrounded the lengthy trial of Roger Bjorklund, for which a jury was brought in from Cheyenne County as an alternative to a change of venue. I have no doubt that the trial was a life-changing event for a group of good citizens from Sidney, who did their civic duty.
I was the Lancaster County sheriff at the time, involved both in the investigation and in the trial security. It was at about this time that the cellular telephone was becoming a consumer product, and I have often thought that this brutal crime probably spurred a lot of purchases. During my career, this is probably the second-most-prominent Lincoln crime in terms of the sheer volume of media coverage.
No. 7: Jon Simpson and Jacob Surber
A parent’s worst nightmare unfolded in September 1975 when these two boys, ages 12 and 13, failed to return from the Nebraska State Fair. The boys were the victims of abduction and murder. The case was similar to a string of other murders of young boys in the Midwest, and many thought that these cases were related -- the work of a serial killer. Although an arrest was made in the case here in Lincoln, the charges were eventually dismissed. William Guatney was released and has since died.
No. 8: John Sheedy
Saloon and gambling house owner John Sheedy was gunned down outside his home at 1211 P St. in January 1891. The case of Sheedy, prominent in Lincoln’s demiworld, became the talk of the town when his wife, Mary, and her alleged lover and accomplice, Monday McFarland, were arrested. Both were acquitted at trial. The Sheedy murder is chronicled in a great interactive multimedia website, Gilded Age Plains City, an online version that builds upon an article published in 2001 by Timothy Mahoney of the University of Nebraska.
No. 9: Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks
The bodies of these two friends were found in a Northeast Lincoln duplex in August 1977. Their murderer, Robert E. Williams, was the subject of a massive Midwest manhunt during the following week. Before his capture, he committed a third murder in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, and raped, shot and left for dead a victim who survived in Minnesota. He is the last man to be executed in Nebraska, sent to the electric chair in 1997.
No. 10: Judge William M. Morning
District Court Judge William Morning was murdered in February 1924. He was shot on the bench by an unhappy litigant in a divorce case. His court reporter, Minor Bacon, was also shot, but a notebook in his breast pocket deflected the bullet and saved his life.
Many other crimes
Choosing Lincoln's 10 most infamous crimes was a challenge. Although the top two were easy, the picture quickly became clouded. We tend, of course, to forget our history rather quickly. Many of the crimes I felt were among the most significant are barely remembered today, if not completely forgotten.
Some readers will take issue with my list. In choosing 10, here are the others I considered, in no particular order. They are all murders:
-- Mary O'Shea
-- Nancy Parker
-- Charles Mulholland
-- Victoria Lamm and Janet Mesner
-- Martina McMenamin
-- Regina Bos (presumably murdered)
-- Patty Webb
-- Marianne Mitzner
I also thought about the five murder-suicides in which a mother or father killed multiple family members before taking their own life. Though tragic, these crimes did not command the same kind of attention as the others, perhaps because there was no lengthy investigation, no tantalizing whodunit, no stranger-killer, nor any of the details that come out in the coverage of a major trial. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-charged-in-stabbing-that-hospitalized-one/article_1613a497-8b1a-5a44-bbbf-012853cefe05.html | 2022-06-22T21:46:26 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-charged-in-stabbing-that-hospitalized-one/article_1613a497-8b1a-5a44-bbbf-012853cefe05.html |
How many times can a scab be ripped away before the wound goes numb, leaving an angry scar as a constant reminder — or worse, gets badly infected, causing pain and discomfort to the rest of the body?
The scab in Beatrice, Nebraska — population 12,669 — has been torn off too many times to count since February 1985, when 68-year-old Helen Wilson was raped, tortured and killed in her apartment.
What's left is a small American town that could serve as the landscape for a Stephen King novel, a "nice enough town," as one person said in the opening of HBO's six-part series, "Made for Murder," which premiered with its first episode on Monday, but make no mistake, a town "with a weird undercurrent."
Where else would the community playhouse turn perhaps the town's most divisive and devastating tragedy ever into an on-stage production? Too soon or not, there's no denying the truth is often stranger than fiction — even in the theater business.
There are some things that can't be made up.
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Beatrice's "weird undercurrent" stems from a confluence of investigatory mishaps that have been well-documented by the media, a case that has been litigated by the highest courts in the land and, ultimately, a reversal of the verdict against a group now known as the Beatrice Six that nearly bankrupted a county and has torn apart a population about what really happened, about whether justice was really served from the start.
"There's a mixed reaction," said Lincoln attorney Richard Schmeling, who represented James Dean, one of the Beatrice Six, and will be featured later in the documentary. "… I think the people who went through it here would be split in their opinion."
And the play, an attempt by the Beatrice Community Players to heal the town, plays an integral role — a prevailing theme — to the documentary.
The story is compelling. It's captivating. It's heart-wrenching and teeth-gnashing. It's a gut punch and a cold slap of reality that our justice system is rigged against those without the intelligence or financial means to fight it.
Schmeling said he thought he was doing his part to ensure that his client would receive the best counsel afforded him by his constitutional rights.
He handled Dean's case through the plea agreement and sentencing, and appealed the case before the Nebraska Supreme Court.
And when it was determined several years later that the police investigation was a sham, and that five confessions were coerced by the threat of the death penalty, Schmeling took on a new role: witness in the civil trial against the government.
And that made him a good source for the folks at HBO.
"A lot of the questions they asked me about were if the county attorney played straight with me or did he withhold information," Schmeling said Monday, just hours before the show aired for the first time. "Unfortunately, he withheld information that could have helped me in the defense of the case."
Schmeling didn't know it in real time. He only learned of how deep the corruption was when he was preparing to testify in the civil suit.
"There was a lot of information that I was not aware of at the time I was doing the criminal end of things," he said.
For example, psychologist Wayne Price was acting under the theory that the crime was horrific enough to cause everyone involved to have repressed memories of the details.
Meanwhile, Schmeling said that Burt Searcey, the former Beatrice cop who started investigating the case privately before joining the Gage County Sheriff's office, was feeding his client information about the case.
"My guy suddenly — miraculously — started remembering," Schmeling said. "They did that with all six defendants essentially."
But how? How does a man with no ties to a crime cop to it?
James Dean was "marginally" mentally disabled, Schmeling said. "He kind of floated around with the scum down there in Beatrice and he wasn’t very sophisticated at all."
Investigators feasted on that. More important, they scared each defendant with threats of the death penalty, Schmeling said.
"They hammered everybody in the case with the death penalty," he said. "You better tell us what you know, you better come clean, or you’re going to end up in the electric chair.
"That was frightening to my guy."
Eventually, they started playing the six against each other. When one guy agreed to testify, they all caved — all but Joseph White, who went to trial and was found guilty.
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In 2008, DNA evidence proved that Bruce Allen Smith, a suspect at the start, had actually done the crime.
The documentary is worth a watch. It leaves no stone unturned in its delivery. And yet, there's something that makes it cringeworthy.
Maybe it just hits too close to home.
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COVID-19 weekly update: Cases increase by 15,373 as 24% of weekly tests return positive
Arizona again reported a high number of COVID-19 cases and a climbing test positivity, according to the state's weekly COVID-19 update.
On Wednesday, health officials added 15,373 new COVID-19 cases and 52 new known deaths over the weeklong period ending June 18. That's the second-highest case report since Arizona switched to weekly updates at the start of March.
Cases reported from tests done during the past week were slightly lower than the week prior, which was the highest in four months, state data shows. Case counts are still far below the winter. Case numbers in recent months likely are not showing the full picture of infections as many more people have used at-home test kits and may not report positive results to county health departments.
Reported cases since the pandemic began are at over 2.1 million. Known deaths in Arizona are 30,452.
Wednesday marked the 17th of the weekly updates to the state's data dashboard, instead of daily updates that Arizonans became accustomed to following for the latest data on infections, illnesses and deaths.
The previous week's update added 16,334 cases and 28 deaths, compared with 14,677 cases and 40 deaths, 13,042 cases and 33 deaths, 11,498 cases and 40 deaths, 7,204 cases and 29 deaths, 5,490 cases and 41 deaths, 3,911 cases and 238 deaths, 2,350 cases and 99 deaths, 2,377 cases and 29 deaths (low because of a processing error), 2,777 cases and 142 deaths, 6,840 cases and 413 deaths, 10,143 cases (high because of a reporting catch-up) and 385 deaths, 4,566 cases and 336 deaths, 5,153 cases and 457 deaths, 6,549 cases and 382 deaths, and 9,647 cases and 449 deaths the 15 weeks prior.
This week's update shows the differences between data reported for the week of June 12-18 and June 5-11.
Health officials say weekly updates match how public health monitors trends and other disease reporting.
Case numbers generally were relatively lower in the past couple of months, and public health experts estimate cases of the highly contagious omicron variant peaked in Arizona around mid-January.
The state data dashboard no longer shows key hospitalization information since Gov. Doug Ducey ended the COVID-19 emergency declaration on March 30. State health officials said hospitals are no longer required to report some COVID-19 surveillance data to the state, meaning certain graphs showing weekly hospitalization levels for the disease and bed usage by COVID-19 patients are no longer updated.
At the time that data reporting stopped, hospitalizations for the disease had dropped steadily since late January.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still reports state hospitalization data for Arizona and showed a 1.3% increase in the seven-day average of COVID-19 hospital admissions during June 13-19 compared with June 6-12. Hospital admissions last week were down 80.1% from the peak seven-day average in early January 2021.
The number of known deaths in the state was at 30,452 as of Wednesday, after passing 30,000 known deaths in the May 4 update, 29,000 deaths in the March 30 update, 28,000 deaths in the March 9 update, 27,000 deaths on Feb. 10 and 26,000 deaths on Jan. 28. The state surpassed 25,000 deaths on Jan. 13. Deaths are now reported with a four-week lag.
Arizona's overall pandemic death rate since early 2020 is the third-highest nationwide.
Update on COVID-19 vaccine:Could be available for Arizona kids under 5 years next week
State data on breakthrough infections
The state in December began publicly disclosing data on breakthrough COVID-19 infections, and state officials say the data underscores the effectiveness of the vaccine — especially for people with booster doses.
Data from May show that 25.6% of cases, 24.9% of hospitalizations and 19.2% of COVID-19 deaths were among fully vaccinated people without a booster, with much of the rest among unvaccinated people. Fully vaccinated people with a booster made up 36.4% of reported cases, 31.5% of hospitalizations and 26% of deaths in May.
The COVID-19 virus' disproportionate impact on older adults, who are also more likely to have a booster dose, could help explain why a higher percentage of people who were fully vaccinated and boosted died of COVID-19 in April than those who were fully vaccinated and not boosted. The effectiveness of boosters also appears to wane after several months. But the precise explanation for those percentages of deaths is unclear.
Looking at the proportions of deaths by vaccination status does not tell the risk, though. State health officials recommend considering the rates of death among boosted individuals versus unvaccinated individuals, which show significantly lower death rates in vaccinated and boosted individuals compared with unvaccinated individuals.
Health officials emphasize the best protection against severe illness from COVID-19 is to remain up to date with recommended vaccinations, including second booster doses for those 50 and older and people who are immunocompromised.
Unvaccinated people 12 and older in Arizona had a 1.8 times greater risk of testing positive for COVID-19, 8 times greater risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 and 21 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 in May compared with fully vaccinated people with a booster, according to a state analysis.
Unvaccinated people had a 3.4 times greater risk of testing positive, 6.6 times greater risk of hospitalization and 15 times greater risk of dying from COVID-19 compared with individuals who were fully vaccinated without a booster.
As of June 1, there had been 1,948 breakthrough deaths in fully vaccinated individuals, according to state health officials’ preliminary data, which works out to a breakthrough death rate of 0.04% among fully vaccinated people.
Case rates and death reports
The omicron variant and other versions of omicron are still contributing to many of the cases in Arizona, according to results from sequencing labs.
Percent positivity, which refers to the percentage of COVID-19 diagnostic tests that are positive, varies somewhat based on how it's measured. It was high in the winter months, a sign of more community spread. Then it was much lower but has been climbing upward since April.
For most of December, Arizona's percent positivity for COVID-19 testing was at 11%-13%, before rising to 22% for the week of Dec. 26, 29% for the week of Jan. 2, 32% for the week of Jan. 9, 34% for the week of Jan. 16, 29% for the week of Jan. 23, 22% for the week of Jan. 30, 16% for the week of Feb. 6, 11% for the week of Feb. 13, 7% for the week of Feb. 20, 4% for the week of Feb. 27, 3% for the week of March 6, 3% for the week of March 13, 3% for the week of March 20, 3% for the week of March 27, 3% for the week of April 3, 4% for the week of April 10, 5% for the week of April 17, 6% for the week of April 24, 9% for the week of May 1, 11% for the week of May 8, 16% for the week of May 15, 18% for the week of May 22, 22% for the week of May 29, 22% for the week of June 5 and 24% for the week of June 12. The percentages are now for all diagnostic tests conducted, rather than for unique individuals tested, following a change to the state dashboard.
A positivity rate of 5% or less is considered a good benchmark that the disease's spread is under control.
The state's overall COVID-19 death and case rates since Jan. 21, 2020, still remain among the worst in the country.
The COVID-19 death rate in Arizona since the pandemic began is 417 deaths per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC, putting it third in the country in a state ranking that separates New York City from New York state. The U.S. average is 303 deaths per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC.
New York City has the highest death rate, at 483 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by Mississippi at 419.
Arizona's first known death from the disease occurred in mid-March 2020.
Many of the reported deaths occurred days or weeks before because of reporting delays and death certificate matching.
A total of 2,109,053 COVID-19 cases were identified across the state through June 18.
Vaccination update
Arizonans ages 6 months and older are eligible for the Pfizer vaccine, while the Moderna vaccine is approved for children ages 6 months to 5 years and people 18 and older. The CDC has recommended the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on a more limited basis for people 18 and older. Many individuals are eligible for booster doses, too.
The state reported over 5.1 million people in Arizona — about 71.7% of the total state population — had received at least one vaccine dose through June 18, with more than 4.4 million residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The state’s data dashboard now separates out doses administered to Arizona residents versus all doses administered in the state.
Arizona's rate of fully vaccinated people out of the total population is 62.3%, which is behind the national rate of 66.8%, according to the CDC as of Tuesday.
Out of people ages 5 and older, 66.2% of those in Arizona are fully vaccinated, compared with 71% at the national level, CDC data shows.
Health experts strongly recommend booster shots for those eligible, especially with the omicron variant spreading. About 46.6% of fully vaccinated Arizonans over the age of 18 had received a first booster shot as of Tuesday, below the national rate of 50.6% for that same age group.
What to know about latest numbers
Reported cases in Arizona: 2,109,053, as of June 18.
Cases by county: 1,334,889 in Maricopa; 267,665 in Pima; 137,156 in Pinal; 63,250 in Yuma; 59,268 in Mohave; 50,157 in Yavapai; 45,964 in Coconino; 39,699 in Navajo; 32,872 in Cochise; 23,426 in Apache; 17,832 in Gila; 16,998 in Santa Cruz; 12,246 in Graham; 5,362 in La Paz; and 2,269 in Greenlee, according to state numbers.
The rate of cases per 100,000 people since the pandemic began is highest in Navajo County, followed by Apache, Gila, Santa Cruz, Graham and Coconino counties, according to state data. The rate in Navajo County is 35,186 cases per 100,000 people. By comparison, the U.S. average rate since the pandemic began is 25,955 cases per 100,000 people as of Tuesday, according to the CDC.
The Navajo Nation reported 56,245 cases and 1,804 confirmed deaths as of Tuesday. The Navajo Nation includes parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.
The Arizona Department of Corrections reported 15,082 inmates had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, including 2,467 in Tucson, 2,280 in Eyman, 2,235 in Yuma, 1,770 in Lewis and 1,348 in Phoenix; 56,553 inmates statewide have been tested. A total of 5,142 prison staff members have self-reported testing positive, the department said. Sixty-two incarcerated people in Arizona are confirmed to have died of COVID-19, with 17 additional deaths under investigation.
The race/ethnicity breakdown of cases since the start of the pandemic in 2020 is 40% white, 29% Hispanic or Latino, 5% American Indian, 4% Black and 2% Asian/Pacific Islander. Race/ethnicity of positive cases since the onset of the pandemic is unknown in 14% of cases and listed as other race in 6% of cases.
Of those who have tested positive in Arizona since the start of the pandemic, about 21% were younger than 20, 42% were 20-44, 13% were 45-54, 11% were 55-64 and 12% were age 65 or older.
Laboratories had completed 19,892,664 total diagnostic tests for COVID-19 as of June 18, 12.2% of which have come back positive. That number includes both PCR and antigen testing.
Percent positivity was at 24% for the week of June 12, the highest it's been since January. The state numbers leave out data from labs that do not report electronically.
The state Health Department includes probable cases as anyone with a positive antigen test, another type of test to determine infection. Antigen tests (not related to antibody tests) use a nasal swab or another fluid sample to test for current infection. Results are typically produced within 15 minutes.
A positive antigen test result is considered very accurate, but there's an increased chance of false-negative results, Mayo Clinic officials said. They say a doctor may recommend a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test to confirm a negative antigen test result.
Arizona as of Tuesday had the 14th highest overall case rate in the country since Jan. 21, 2020. Ahead of Arizona in cases per 100,000 people since the pandemic began are Rhode Island, Alaska, North Dakota, Kentucky, Tennessee, New York City, Utah, Guam, South Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Delaware, according to the CDC.
Arizona's infection rate is 28,764 cases per 100,000 people, according to the CDC. The national average is 25,955 cases per 100,000 people, although the rates in states hard hit early in the pandemic may be an undercount because of a lack of available testing in March and April 2020.
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Reported deaths in Arizona: 30,452
Deaths by county: 17,449 in Maricopa; 3,877 in Pima; 1,676 in Pinal; 1,473 in Mohave; 1,228 in Yavapai; 1,185 in Yuma; 913 in Navajo; 615 in Apache; 577 in Cochise; 480 in Coconino; 386 in Gila; 232 in Santa Cruz; 179 in Graham; 144 in La Paz; and 38 in Greenlee.
People age 65 and older make up 21,602 of the 30,452 deaths, or 71%. About 16% of deaths were among people 55-64 years old, 8% were 45-54 and 6% were 20-44 years old.
While race/ethnicity was unknown for 4% of deaths, 56% of those who died were white, 26% were Hispanic or Latino, 7% were Native American, 3% were Black and 1% were Asian/Pacific Islander, the state data shows.
The global death toll as of Wednesday was 6,322,850. The U.S. had the highest death count of any country in the world, at 1,014,247, followed by Brazil at 669,390 and India at 524,903, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Arizona's 30,452 deaths represent about 3% of COVID-19 deaths in the United States.
Republic reporter Stephanie Innes contributed to this article.
Reach the reporter at Alison.Steinbach@arizonarepublic.com or at 602-444-4282. Follow her on Twitter @alisteinbach.
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Be clever in 3 lines: ADOT seeking witty messages as traffic safety sign contest returns
The Arizona Department of Transportation is accepting submissions for its Safety Message Contest, with the winners to be displayed on the electronic overhead signs on Arizona's highways.
Previous winning messages include "Drive like the person your dog thinks you are" and "Drink & drive? Meet police and see new bars."
This is the sixth year the department has welcomed messages submitted by the public.
Message submissions must fall within three lines, with space for 18 characters per line. The messages cannot include web addresses, hashtags, phone numbers, or emojis.
Entries must be submitted by June 28. Applicants can submit an unlimited number of messages.
Those who are interested can submit their messages at azdot.gov/safety-message-contest.
“This contest can inspire thousands more people to think and talk creatively about driving safely,” ADOT Director John Halikowski said in a written statement.
“Each year, the contest entries get better and better. We look forward to what 2022 has in store for seeing a real, live message from a member of the public on ADOT’s highway message boards.”
Once the deadline has passed, ADOT staff will pick 10 messages as finalists and allow the public to vote for their favorite. The two messages with the most votes will be displayed on the highway signs.
Reach the reporter Perry Vandell at 602-444-2474 or perry.vandell@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @PerryVandell.
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HAMPTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – The bear that caused Carden’s Bluff Campground to be closed has been captured, and the campground is set to reopen on Thursday, June 23.
On June 16, an “aggressive” bear was reported at Carden’s Bluff Campground.
U.S. Forest Service officials are warning visitors to look out for black bears and be BearWise.
The Cherokee National Forest’s current Forest Order prohibits possessing or leaving food unless it is properly stored. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bear-captured-cardens-bluff-reopened/ | 2022-06-22T21:57:58 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/bear-captured-cardens-bluff-reopened/ |
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.5newsonline.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 | 2022-06-22T22:00:55 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.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 |
HENSLEY, Ark — After the passing of her mother just over a year ago, Tracey Turner decided to have her laid to rest on March 4, 2021 at Rest in Peace Cemetery in Hensley, Arkansas.
As if it wasn't already enough to be dealing with the loss of a loved one, Turner said her troubles with the management began when the cemetery wouldn't give her a date on when her mother's headstone would be mounted.
Turner said she paid $1,800 for the headstone, and for about a year now, it has just sat outside of a shed in the cemetery field, along with dozens of others.
The company who created the headstone offered to mount it for free, but when Turner reached out to Rest in Peace Cemetery to ask they could do it, they said they wouldn't allow it.
"The manager mounts it himself. He said I owed him $236. Which I have no problem with that. I asked him to give me a receipt and a tentative date and he's not willing to do either one," said Turner.
Turner ran into yet another issue in May, when she was having her brother buried next to her mother's grave. She noticed that her mother's casket was partially exposed and it was also damaged.
When questioned regarding the headstone situation, and the various allegations of neglect, Percy Webb, management operator for Rest in Peace cemetery said that most of the people who have complained, don’t own property at the grave yard.
He also mentioned that the cemetery was once in a corrupt court order receivership which was overseen by the Arkansas Cemetery Board.
"I’m not concerned about my reputation or the peoples money where this is concerned. This is by no means a reflection on the current board that our current governor restructured into what we have now. Thank God for governor Hutchinson for his an his staff wisdom," said Webb.
In regards to Turner's allegations with her mother's casket, Webb said that it's common without a burial container, and that what happened has been out of his control.
Despite what has happened, she still has a right to disinter with the proper paperwork. Turner said she wants Rest in Peace cemetery to pay for the disinterment, but management has not been on board.
There have been many negative reviews online regarding the cemetery, including social media posts about the deplorable conditions.
"I came out to visit my parents grave. He (Webb) had covered up the whole row with fresh dirt. So I called him and asked when was he going to dig those graves back up so you can see the headstones and his remarks were 'If you want it done, come dig it up yourself," said Cheryl Yancy.
She, along with other families, decided to create a grass roots petition to hold Webb and the company that owns the property responsible.
"It's now actually in the law's hand, because the commission board has turned it over to the legal attorneys now," said Yancy.
The Arkansas Insurance Department said that the actual owner of the cemetery operates out of New Jersey, and that they've received numerous complaints.
Consumers are encouraged to file a complaint, and once received, it will be forwarded to the cemetery for a response. The response is then received and reviewed.
Yancy said that all families who have had complaints, should fill out a form so that they can be held accountable.
Meanwhile, Turner mentioned she'll be back and forth between Atlanta and Arkansas until there's a resolution, and that she won't stop until something is done. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/woman-moves-loved-ones-cemetery-neglect/91-d61cd5ca-6be5-4ea6-ac74-d225488f4a44 | 2022-06-22T22:01:01 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/woman-moves-loved-ones-cemetery-neglect/91-d61cd5ca-6be5-4ea6-ac74-d225488f4a44 |
Chaos has engulfed Operation Rebuild Hope, a North Bend nonprofit that works to provide housing to homeless veterans,
After a co-founder and executive director of the nonprofit, Patrick Wright, was arrested following an incident with Coos Bay police, the board of directors met June 16 and voted to ask Wright too voluntarily step down for 60 days.
Rather than comply, it appears Wright terminated several employees who also serve as board members, changed the locks at the organization’s office to keep those employees out and is attempting to maintain control of the operation.
The conflict began when Wright was involved in an altercation at Front Street Provisioners near downtown Coos Bay when he attempted to stop a fight. The altercation escalated after police arrived, and officers took Wright into custody.
He was transported to the county jail on charges of assault IV, disorderly conduct II and resisting arrest before being released. As of June 20, no official charges have been filed by the district attorney's office.
According to information released to The World, the board of directors at Operation Rebuild Hope called an emergency board meeting June 16 to discuss the issue. According to the board documents, the organization had been contacted by members of the media. The board members also were concerned that if something was not done about Wright, Operation Rebuild Hope could be in danger of losing grants it needs to operate.
At the meeting, the board's attorney said it was in danger of losing "all" grant funding if nothing was done. The board then voted 7-0 with two members abstaining to ask Wright to step down for 60 days. In addition, Wright was asked to undergo counseling for alcohol and drug abuse as well as his own mental health.
According to the terms the board approved, during the 60 days he was supposed to be away from the organization, Wright would have no access to the agency’s properties, work email, computers, cannot contact clients and must abstain from Operation Rebuild Hope's social media accounts.
In addition, he will be required to check in with the board bi-weekly, and cannot retaliate against any employee, clients or family members. Failure to comply with the terms will results in the immediate termination, the report reads.
But it appears Wright rejected the terms. A social media posting released on Operation Rebuild Hope’s Facebook page Tuesday reads, “Operation Rebuild Hope is aware there are individuals currently acting as employees and on the behalf of ORH. These individuals have been terminated as of last week. Patrick Wright is the current executive director. Secondly, board members have been asked to adhere to their signed non disclosure agreement. Thirdly and most importantly, please know all grant funding is secure and above all so is the safety of our veteran clients.”
Operation Rebuild Hope was started by Wright as a nonprofit helping homeless veterans find housing. Through the years, it has successfully found homes for dozens of veterans and provided services to many more.
ORH runs Bryan's Home, a short-term shelter for homeless veterans, and recently used a Project Turnkey grant to renovate a North Bend hotel into additional veteran's housing.
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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting that left a 16-year-old injured in Catalina on Tuesday night.
On June 21 shortly after 11:30 p.m., deputies were sent to a shooting in the 3500 block of Silver Buckle Place, near East Secretariat Road, after a 911 caller said his friend was shot at the park and he was taking him to a hospital.
The 16-year-old victim is currently hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
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Three North Iowa entrepreneurs took home wins from the 2022 University of Iowa Venture School Launch Day on June 9.
Five finalists from across the state of Iowa competed in the pitch competition, held at EntreFEST, a two-day entrepreneurial conference in Iowa City according to a press release. Three of the five finalists were graduates of the North iowa Venture School program hosted by the NIACC Pappajohn Center.
Billie Asmus of Silicon Studios won the third place prize of $5,000. Dr. Tara Nichols of Masters of Comfort and Josh Jeske of TerraForm Tillage each took home an honorable mention prize of $1,500.
Asmus, founder of Silicone Studios, participated in the Fall 2021 NIACC Venture School says the release. Silicone Studios is a company that creates reusable silicone paint tray liners and lids. By providing reusable painting supplies, it helps cut overall cost and time to the consumer when completing projects while reducing landfill waste and build-up.
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Nichols, founder of Maters of Comfort, participated in the Spring 2022 NIACC Venture School. Maters of Comfort is private practice pain management and a prototype for other advance practice nurses interested in going into private practice according to the release. The focus is on three principles: maximizing comfort, improving function, and maintaining safety. These principles are achieved by establishing a clinician-patient relationship, developing a shared understanding of pain, and maximizing non-opiod treatment options.
Jeske, founder of Terraform Tillage, participated in the Spring 2022 NIACC Venture School. Terraform Tillage provides innovative and sustainably focused technologies to farmers according to the release. By integrating their proprietary systems, farmers can expect to increase their operational efficiency while mitigating environmental impacts.
“EntreFest is such a great culminating event to celebrate the best Venture School graduates and really celebrates the spirit and culture of entrepreneurship in Iowa. Our participants did a fantastic job pitching their business ideas and representing North Iowa and the culture of entrepreneurship of our region,” said Director of the NIACC Pappajohn Center Candi Karsjens.
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You may have noticed firework vendors where they weren't in years past.
That's because of recent state legislation.
During the last legislative session, the Legislature passed and Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill allowing the sale of fireworks in any location in the state zoned for commercial or industrial purposes.
This bill invalidated Mason City's law that restricted sales from temporary structures to the Z6 Industrial District, according to a memorandum from Director of Development Services Steven Van Steenhuyse.
In 2017, the state adopted laws permitting sales and use of consumer fireworks. The original legislation allowed cities and counties to regulate the use of fireworks but not their sale.
Mason City's ordinance to keep temporary structures like fireworks tents in the industrial district was passed in 2018. The area in question is near the cement plant, Smithfield and the older industrial park along 15th Street Southwest.
Mason City Council held its first reading of the amended ordinance June 7 and a second reading Tuesday night. The council is scheduled to have a third and final reading July 5. The amended ordinance allows sales from temporary structures in the Z4 Multi-Use District, Z5 Central Business District, and the Z6 Industrial District.
"The code change is only to clean up the fact our code has been nullified by the state code superseding it," said City Administrator Aaron Burnett via email Wednesday morning.
With the new language stating sales will be limited to "property containing commercial or industrial forms and functions," sales from temporary structures will not be permitted in residential areas. This prevents the use of apartment parking lots or other parts of a multi-family property for sales of consumer fireworks.
Since the legislation passed, fireworks vendors already have submitted plans for temporary sales from stores to the Development Review Committee for approval.
"Regrettably, our hands are tied in this situation," said Mayor Bill Schickel.
July 3 and July 4 between 6 and 11 p.m. remains the timeframe in Mason City when people can light fireworks. Fireworks must be 200 yards away from hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes. In addition, lighting fireworks on public property, in parks or at schools is not permitted.
There is a $250 fine for violations that local law enforcement can cite as a misdemeanor, according to Schickel.
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Photos: 2018 PGI Convention fireworks in Mason City | https://globegazette.com/news/local/state-legislation-is-changing-mason-city-firework-ordinance/article_8688be7d-b44c-58b6-98e3-3a8abe03c2ab.html | 2022-06-22T22:16:28 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/state-legislation-is-changing-mason-city-firework-ordinance/article_8688be7d-b44c-58b6-98e3-3a8abe03c2ab.html |
The University of Illinois landed a $3.5 million grant from the Department of Energy to study carbon capture at U.S. Steel's Gary Works as part of an "aggressive decarbonization" push to fight climate change.
The United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory chose the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Prairie Research Institute for a research project on new technologies aimed at removing carbon dioxide from the ambient air around the integrated steel mill. Gary Works burns coke to forge iron while making the steel that goes into cars, washing machines and countless other products.
The university will study a new direct air capture and utilization system larger than any existing system. If successful, it should be able to remove 5,000 metric tons per year of CO2 from the air and turn it into concrete products.
“We’re excited to bring together a strong team of academic and industry collaborators to accelerate effective, economical carbon capture and use,” said Dr. Kevin O'Brien, the project’s principal investigator and leader of PRI’s Illinois Sustainable Technology Center.
CarbonCapture Inc. developed the direct air capture technology that will be tested. It will use the steel mill's existing waste heat and energy to minimize energy and transportation costs and make it more cost-efficient.
“U.S. Steel is committed to progressing our efforts described in our Climate Strategy Report to decarbonize and accelerate towards a lower carbon future, but we know that one company’s actions are not enough,” said Rich Fruehauf, senior vice president and chief strategy and sustainability officer at U.S. Steel. “Achieving our goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 is going to take unprecedented innovation and collaboration.”
After CO2 emissions are captured from the air around Gary Works, the liquified gas would be taken to Ozinga ready mix concrete plants nearby.
Ozinga, which has operations in Gary and across Chicagoland, will inject the CO2 into the concrete while it is being mixed, locking it away so it never returns to the atmosphere.
“Permanent CO2 storage is a crucial component of carbon removal. As the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change makes clear, the permanent storage of ‘centuries or more’ that carbon mineralization in concrete provides is a critical component of durable carbon removal,” said Robert Niven, chair and CEO of CarbonCure Technologies. “CarbonCure is excited to contribute to this crucial research to help scale the solutions we need to ensure our climate future.”
The feds said the technology could play a major role in "aggressive decarbonization in combatting the climate crisis."
“Ozinga’s purpose is to make a positive impact, and embracing innovation in concrete sustainability is key to ensuring a better environment for generations to come,” said Ryan Cialdella, vice president of innovation and market development at Ozinga. “We believe early collaboration is important to find the best solution for reduction of carbon emissions, and our development and testing of lower embodied CO2 mix designs has made participating in this important study a great fit.”
Visage Energy Corp. will assess the findings of the study to determine what effect it will have on jobs, the economy and social justice. It's part of a global effort by governments, businesses and other stakeholders to attain net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
“We’re very excited about participating in this groundbreaking study,” said Adrian Corless, CEO of CarbonCapture Inc. “Direct air capture is particularly effective when energy costs can be reduced via the use of waste heat and the captured CO2 can be permanently stored in concrete. At scale, we think this solution will lead to the removal of massive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere.”
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Giant life-sized dinosaurs, including colossal T-Rexes and Brontosauruses that stand up to 14 feet tall, will soon invade Harvest Tyme at 17904 Grant St in Lowell. | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/net-zero-university-of-illinois-lands-3-5-million-to-study-carbon-capture-at-gary/article_95efaa68-aacd-526e-9475-d0e2e197ac49.html | 2022-06-22T22:17:07 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/net-zero-university-of-illinois-lands-3-5-million-to-study-carbon-capture-at-gary/article_95efaa68-aacd-526e-9475-d0e2e197ac49.html |
UPDATE: (5:50 P.M. June 22, 2022) – The Federal Aviation Administration says a Bell UH-1B helicopter crashed around 5 p.m. this evening, June 22, 2022, near Route 17 in Logan County.
FAA officials say it is not known at this time how many people were on board the helicopter. The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA will investigate the cause of the crash and provide updates as available.
LOGAN COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — A helicopter crash has been reported at the top of Kelly Mountain in Logan County.
Sheriff Paul Clemens confirms that two department units are on the scene with more headed that way.
13 News is working to get more information about the crash.
This is a developing story. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/helicopter-crash-reported-in-logan-county/ | 2022-06-22T22:17:15 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/helicopter-crash-reported-in-logan-county/ |
KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – Kanawha County Schools’ says a total of just over 6 million free school meals were provided to students in the 2021-2022 school year.
Officials say that number breaks down into 3,593,174 free lunches and 2,422,326 free breakfasts throughout the school year. KCS says making sure all students have a nutritious meal is important to their education.
“We know that students’ bellies must be full in order to learn,” KCS officials said in a Facebook post. “Thank you to our incredible KCS cooks and Child Nutrition staff for making this possible.”
KCS says their efforts to make sure students in need have access to nutritious meals will continue throughout the summer. Earlier this month, Kanawha County Schools told WOWK 13 News that as grocery prices go up and kids are eating more meals at home now that school is out for the year, the KCS’s feeding programs are seeing an increase in need.
According to KCS, there are 33 locations available from June to August for students 18 years old or younger to get a healthy, free meal throughout the summer. KCS officials say the meals must be eaten on-site.
The list of locations includes:
- Central Elementary
- 900 Helene Street, St. Albans
- June 1 – Aug. 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Elk Elementary
- 3320 Pennsylvania Ave., Charleston
- June 1- Aug 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:00-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:00-12:00pm
- Flinn Elementary
- 2006 McClure Parkway, Charleston
- June 1- Aug 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Kanawha Valley Enrichment Center
- 261 Staunton Ave., Charleston
- June 1- Aug 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Damous Center
- 218 D. Street, Charleston
- June 1- Aug 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Overbrook Elementary
- 218 Oakwood Rd., Charleston
- June 1- Aug 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- William C Raglin Head Start Center
- 142 Marshall Ave., Dunbar
- June 6-June 30,2022
- Monday-Thursday only
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Alban Elementary
- 2030 Harrison Ave., St. Albans
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Marmet Elementary
- 408 94th St., Marmet
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Bridgeview Elementary
- 5100 Ohio St., South Charleston
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary
- 100 Florida St., Charleston
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Midland Trail Elementary
- 200 Ferry St., Diamond
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Pinch Elementary
- 300 South Pinch Rd., Elkview
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30- 12:00pm
- Point Harmony Elementary
- 5312 Big Tyler Road, Cross Lanes
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Sissonville Elementary
- 8324 Sissonville Dr., Charleston
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Weberwood Elementary
- 732 Gordon Rd., South Charleston
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- DuPont Middle School
- 1 Panther Way, Belle
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 am
- Lunch: 11:30- 12:00pm
- Dunbar Middle School
- 325 27th St., Dunbar
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- July 11- July 15, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:00-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:00-12:00pm
- Ben Franklin Career Center
- 500 28th St., Dunbar
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- George Washington High School
- 1522 Tennis Club Rd., Charleston
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- Capital High School
- 1500 Greenbrier St., Charleston
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00 am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- July 18-July 22, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:00-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:00-12:00pm
- Nitro High School
- 1300 Park Ave., Nitro
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:00-9:00 am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00 pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- Herbert Hoover High School
- 5096 Elk River Rd., Elkview
- June 6-June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- Sissonville High School
- 6100 Sissonville Dr., Charleston
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- South Charleston High School
- 1 Eagle Way, South Charleston
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- Saint Albans High School
- 2100 Kanawha Terrace, St. Albans
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- Riverside High School
- 1 Warrior Way, Belle
- June 6- June 30, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:30-12:00pm
- Monday- Thursday only
- Aug 1- Aug 12, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:00-12:00pm
- East Bank Middle School
- 1st Ave & Brannon St., East Bank
- July 25-29, 2022 & August 1-5, 2022
- Breakfast: 8:30-9:00am
- Lunch: 11:00-11:30 a.m. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kanawha-county-schools-provides-over-6m-free-meals-in-2021-2022-school-year/ | 2022-06-22T22:17:21 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/kanawha-county-schools-provides-over-6m-free-meals-in-2021-2022-school-year/ |
LAWRENCE COUNTY, OH (WOWK) – A Lawrence County, Ohio woman will spend then next four and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to child sex crimes.
According to Lawrence County Prosecutor Brigham M. Anderson’s Office, Jodi Ridenour, 35, of Willow Wood, Ohio pleaded guilty on Tuesday, June 21, to one count of Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor – a third-degree felony.
Ridenour was indicted on two counts of Unlawful Sexual Conduct with a Minor in January following an investigation by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, Anderson says. According to court documents, Ridenour knowingly engaged in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old person at least twice between November 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.
“We believe with this sentence today justice has been served for the victim, the victim’s family and the community as a whole. I will continue to work everyday to assure that people who harm children are brought to justice,” Anderson said.
Anderson says the sentencing hearing was contested, with his office requesting the maximum 60 months and the defendant requesting community control. The judge ruled on a sentence of 54 months, which equals 4.5 years, in prison. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/ohio-woman-sentenced-to-4-5-years-for-child-sex-crime/ | 2022-06-22T22:17:27 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/ohio-woman-sentenced-to-4-5-years-for-child-sex-crime/ |
UNION TOWNSHIP — A 21-year-old Hobart woman, nabbed driving drunk at a speed topping 105 mph along a local stretch of Ind. 130, explained to an officer she has a "lead foot," Porter County police said.
The officer said he was patrolling in the area of Ind. 130 and Ind. 149 at 2:42 a.m. Wednesday when a westbound silver Hyundai Elantra sped by at a high rate of speed, police said.
The officer said he was driving 105 mph and failing to gain ground on the speeding vehicle.
After turning on his overhead lights, the officer said the speeding vehicle eventually pulled over and the driver, Courtney Murphy, acknowledged she was speeding but could not say by how much, the incident report says.
The officer said he smelled alcohol on Murphy, and she was later found to have a blood alcohol concentration of .104, which exceeds the legal limit for driving of .08, police said.
Murphy was taken into custody on several counts of operating while intoxicated.
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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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GARY — Two men were killed and five others — including a mother and her two children — were wounded in shootings between Sunday and Tuesday, police said.
Jeremiah Williams, 19, of Merrillville, was found shot to death about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 4600 block of Grant Street, according to the Lake County coroner's office and Gary police.
Officers responded to the area for a report of shots fired and found Williams lying on his back in the street unresponsive, police Cmdr. Jack Hamady said. Coroner's investigators pronounced him dead at the crime scene.
About 25 minutes later, Gary police were dispatched to Methodist Hospitals Southlake Campus in Merrillville after a 19-year-old Merrillville man arrived seeking treatment for a gunshot wound to his foot, Hamady said.
Detective Sgt. Kris Adams, of the Lake County/Gary Metro Homicide Unit, was investigating both shootings.
A 45-year-old Merrillville man drove himself to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus after he was shot in the neck about 3 p.m. Monday in the area of West Fifth Avenue and Lincoln Street, police said.
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Witnesses at the crime scene told police someone in an SUV fired multiple shots at a man, who ran to a vehicle and drove off.
About 10:20 p.m. Monday, a 35-year-old woman and her two children were wounded by gunfire outside Mosley Motel in the 6200 block of Melton Road, police said.
The woman and her children were inside their room when someone outside fired shots that appeared to travel through their window, Hamady said.
The woman and her 8-year-old daughter each suffered gunshot wounds to their legs. The woman's 2-year-old daughter suffered a graze wound to her arm, police said.
Detective Sgt. Douglas Drummond, of Gary's Violent Crimes Unit, was investigating Monday's shootings.
Javion Hawthorne, 20, of Gary, was shot to death late Sunday outside Save gas station in the 3200 block of West Fourth Avenue in Gary, officials said.
Gary police responded to the area about 11:40 p.m. for a report of a possible gunshot victim and found Hawthorne on the ground outside the gas station.
A woman, who had been seated in a car that was damaged by gunfire, was checked by Gary Fire Department medics for possible injuries from broken glass, police said.
Detective Sgt. William Poe, of the Metro Homicide Unit, was investigating.
Anyone with information about the homicides is asked to call the Metro Homicide Unit at 219-755-3855.
Anyone with information about nonfatal shootings is asked to the Violent Crimes Unit at 219-881-1200.
To anonymously report crime in Gary, call 866-CRIME-GP.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Salvador Casares
Age : 43
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205089
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION; THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Jonathan Colon
Age : 35
Residence: Montgomery, TX
Booking Number(s): 2205105
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daniel Swets
Age : 44
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205044
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Karen Sweet
Age : 63
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205025
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amaan Smith
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago Heights, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205033
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Anthony Smith
Age : 35
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205039
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Diandre Smith
Age : 25
Residence: Glenwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205029
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Soria
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205045
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Rogers
Age : 28
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205049
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lynn Lessard
Age : 56
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205038
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leondre Lewis
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205028
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Richard Moss
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205042
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Person Jr.
Age : 38
Residence: Steger, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205023
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Consuela Folger
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205040
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Jones Jr.
Age : 31
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205050
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ramiro Escamilla
Age : 24
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205022
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING - W/NO INTENT OF FELONY THEFT; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Matthew Evans
Age : 28
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205047
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Evan Alexander
Age : 25
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205037
Arrest Date: June 11, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Anaszewski
Age : 52
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205048
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andre Bullock
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205046
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Wilk
Age : 26
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205065
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Travis Spoolstra
Age : 21
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205064
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Stibgen
Age : 30
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205056
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Miller
Age : 21
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2205055
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tracey Spencer
Age : 47
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205070
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Haley Kniola
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205067
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyler McKenzie
Age : 23
Residence: Perry, FL
Booking Number(s): 2205072
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Noel Garabito Jr.
Age : 34
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205063
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Ebonie Byers
Age : 30
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205060
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - INSTITUTION - BANK/FINANCIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Ellis
Age : 30
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205061
Arrest Date: June 12, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Devante White
Age : 28
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204992
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FROM MACHINE OR DEVICE - $750 TO $50,000; BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
David Wszolek
Age : 52
Residence: LaPorte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205010
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sterling Walton IV
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204999
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tavares McKinstry
Age : 37
Residence: Indianapolis, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204997
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kenneth Mezydlo
Age : 54
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204993
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kaleb Wall
Age : 33
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205002
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jenifer Joy
Age : 35
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205008
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacob Kelley
Age : 19
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205007
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Madden
Age : 58
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2204994
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: WEAPON - POSSESSION - DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE (EXPLOSIVES) - W/KNOWLEDGE IT WILL BE USED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kori Arguelles
Age : 26
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205003
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rondell Christmas
Age : 23
Residence: Lynwood, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205011
Arrest Date: June 10, 2022
Offense Description: INVASION OF PRIVACY; BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Michael Tsouchlos
Age : 54
Residence: Marathon, FL
Booking Number(s): 2205206
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Vernon Walters
Age : 61
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205200
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Megan Phillips
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205202
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Antonio Steward
Age : 38
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205190
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Javante Toran
Age : 30
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205192
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kerri Olson
Age : 43
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205188
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: 2205188
Highest Offense Class: Felony
John Bowling
Age : 50
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205195
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Hunt
Age : 26
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205208
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kevin McGrath
Age : 31
Residence: Cedar Lake, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205204
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Naumoff
Age : 54
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205184
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
William Nunez III
Age : 28
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205207
Arrest Date: June 17, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Francisco Tequimila
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205163
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A SERIOUS VIOLENT FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Cheri Terranova
Age : 32
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205162
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Clevon Riley
Age : 28
Residence: Michigan City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205155
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Stephanie Sons
Age : 34
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205170
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Mauer
Age : 27
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205165
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Kirk McGuire
Age : 32
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205178
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone McKee
Age : 59
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205158
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Nicole Peterson
Age : 50
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205152
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeremy Jones
Age : 25
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205161
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Artesta Lewis
Age : 69
Residence: Harvey, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205153
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joyce Edwards
Age : 52
Residence: South Bend, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205169
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/PERMANENT INJURY OR DISFIGUREMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sarah Fox
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205179
Arrest Date: June 15, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brandon Johnson
Age : 32
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205182
Arrest Date: June 16, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Denzel Shaw
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205124
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sade Vigilant
Age : 26
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205112
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amanda Nippers
Age : 25
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205118
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Mendez
Age : 43
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205121
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: POSSESSION HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Lumsdon
Age : 54
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205134
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: PUBLIC INDECENCY - INDECENT EXPOSURE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Saivion Covington
Age : 27
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205115
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Robert Currie
Age : 28
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205113
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joseph Gutierrez
Age : 22
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205123
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - FIREARM
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Landrum Coleman Sr.
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205114
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: WARRANT - DEFENDANT IN CUSTODY; ORDER TO APPEAR; DEFENDANT AT LIBERTY; NOTICE TO APPEAR; ARREST UPON FAILURE TO APPEAR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Charles Carter Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205131
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: FAILURE TO REGISTER; RESISTING - ESCAPE
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Joseph Boatman
Age : 31
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205117
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON; POSSESSION - FIREARM - BY A FELON
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
James Burnett III
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205116
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joel Acosta
Age : 31
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205109
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - MORE THAN $50,000; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Tyree Baines
Age : 25
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205140
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcus White
Age : 37
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205107
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Daiquan McClinton
Age : 20
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205093
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Douglas Mills
Age : 37
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205085
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Latanya Snelling
Age : 54
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205099
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Malik Ward
Age : 25
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205086
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Matthew Manous
Age : 23
Residence: Munster, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205081
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE V; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Steven Heintz
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205096
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Benjamin Hynek
Age : 23
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205098
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Hynek
Age : 33
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205097
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Krystal Johnston
Age : 45
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2205101
Arrest Date: June 14, 2022
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Demarco Dillon
Age : 21
Residence: Calumet City, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205087
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Creedon
Age : 59
Residence: Crystal Lake, IL
Booking Number(s): 2205083
Arrest Date: June 13, 2022
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Times staff writer Bob Kasarda contributed to this report.
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A firefighter was injured and several people were displaced after a fire started at an apartment building and spread to multiple vacant homes in North Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon.
The fire started at a three-story apartment building on the 4400 block of North Broad Street at 2:53 p.m. The flames then spread to three vacant homes along the 1300 block of Cayuga Street.
A responding firefighter was struck by debris. He was taken to Temple University Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries. No one else was hurt in the fire.
The fire was placed under control around 4 p.m. Officials say 20 to 25 people were displaced.
The Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of the fire. A witness claimed they saw a man running from the apartment building after the fire began though investigators have not yet confirmed this. Witnesses also said squatters often stay in some of the vacant homes that were damaged.
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Philadelphia police found the Tesla in a hit-and-run that killed a young woman in the Germantown section of the city earlier this week.
The heavily damaged dark grey Tesla was found on Syndenham Street in Germantown, police confirmed with NBC10 on Wednesday. The vehicle was taken to the police impound lot. Police continue to search for the driver.
Dia Lee, 21, was crossing Germantown Avenue at Coulter Street shortly before 7 p.m. Monday when she was struck by the Tesla as the driver sped down the road.
Witnesses told police the impact launched Lee into the air and she struck a traffic light before landing about 50 feet away from the initial impact. The striking vehicle fled the scene.
Lee was found by medics unresponsive on the sidewalk. She was rushed to Einstein Hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later.
Police obtained surveillance video of the crash and described the hit-and-run vehicle as a dark grey Tesla with heavy damage to the passenger side. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/police-find-tesla-in-hit-and-run-that-killed-woman-in-germantown/3278484/ | 2022-06-22T22:21:26 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/police-find-tesla-in-hit-and-run-that-killed-woman-in-germantown/3278484/ |
American Airlines said Wednesday that customers with PreCheck can go through security checkpoints at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with a face scan and phone app instead of showing their driver’s license or passport.
The Fort Worth-based airline said that it intends to expand the test, which started Wednesday, to airports in Miami, Phoenix, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere later this year.
At DFW Airport, passengers will need PreCheck, the expedited-screening service sold by the Transportation Security Administration, and an American Airlines mobile app to use the facial-recognition technology.
To be part of the service, American passengers with PreCheck will need to:
- Download the Airside Digital Identity App on an iOS or Android device.
- Take a photo of their face.
- Scan their driver’s license or passport with the app.
- Enter their American Airlines AAdvantage number.
American said it eventually plans to roll out similar technology to kiosks, bag check and domestic boarding gates.
Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways have used biometric technology for boarding at other airports. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/face-scanning-being-tested-at-dfw-airport/2998161/ | 2022-06-22T22:24:53 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/face-scanning-being-tested-at-dfw-airport/2998161/ |
Free tickets for the annual Kaboom Town! Fourth of July celebration in Addison Circle Park are now available.
If you want to see one of the top-ranked fireworks displays in the country, there are a few things you can do to secure a decent viewing spot.
First, if you really, really want to be in the grass inside Addison Circle Park, you can get six free tickets and a neck cooling towel with the purchase of a Kaboom Town! hotel package.
If you don't want the hotel room and the seat inside the park, there are several locations nearby hosting watch parties. The watch parties vary by location and can be anything from a parking lot party to a more organized event with live music, food specials and more. A listing of those watch parties can be found here.
If you can't make it in person, the fireworks display will be livestreamed on the Town of Addison's YouTube Channel.
Addison Kaboom Town! is Sunday, July 3. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/free-tickets-now-available-for-addison-kaboom-town/2998206/ | 2022-06-22T22:25:01 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/free-tickets-now-available-for-addison-kaboom-town/2998206/ |
The North Texas Summer and Supper Council hosted its first in-person summer meals kickoff event Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic started.
The council's mission is to make sure every child has access to healthy food over the summer months when they normally rely on school meals.
The kickoff event at Beckley Saner Recreation Center in Dallas featured fun activities for more than 150 kids and volunteers sent kids home with free meals.
"Oftentimes, families do not have access to meals that would generally be free to them during school time. When school is out of session, this program really helps bridge the gap," said Ashley Douglas with the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas.
Volunteers expect to serve 70,000 kids in Dallas and Collin Counties during the summer months. Families are encouraged to call 211 to find out more about where to find free summer meals.
The North Texas Food Bank estimates that one in five kids in our region is food insecure. Research shows that events like this can increase summer meal participation, alerting families that community sites are open and offer a fun and easy way to get a nutritious meal. To find a summer meal site near you text "FOODTX" to 877-877. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-summer-and-supper-council-makes-sure-kids-dont-go-hungry/2998150/ | 2022-06-22T22:25:07 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/north-texas-summer-and-supper-council-makes-sure-kids-dont-go-hungry/2998150/ |
ALBANY -- Stephen Brimberry and Allen Vanhook know an event like the one the newly formed Out and About Proud group planned for this weekend would not have been possible even a couple of decades ago.
But the businessmen agreed during a recent discussion that the time was right for the two-day "OUT in the Wild" event, which is set for Friday and Saturday at Chehaw Park & Zoo.
"Everyone always talks about doing something, and the longer you talk, the longer nothing gets done," Vanhook said Wednesday. "So we said, 'It's time to do it.' We started talking about this seriously on a Sunday, and by Monday we'd gotten the ball rolling."
And while June is National Pride Month, and the newly formed Out and About Proud group was dreamed up by members of the local LGBTQ community, the masterminds behind OUT in the Wild insist the weekend is a community event.
"This is a family-friendly event because there are plenty of things at Chehaw for families to do with their children," Brimberry said. "We want people who may have children to know they will be welcome, too."
Of course, the later-in-the-evening Toga MMXXII party Friday and the Wild Hair Affair Saturday are music and dance events geared more toward adults. Participants, who only pay the $3.50 charge to enter the park, will have access to a number of events both days.
Campers (most spaces already have been reserved, although "plenty of tent camping is available") will start gathering after noon Friday, and a meet-and-greet for campers will be held at the camp pavilion starting at 5 p.m.
"Everybody has been so receptive to this event," Brimberry said. "The city of Albany gave us swag bags to distribute to campers."
The Toga party starts Friday at 7:30 p.m. with music provided by DJ Lex.
Saturday morning, Kayak Attack will lead a couple of cooling float adventures on local waterways. One will start at 10 a.m. on Century Road in Lee County, while the other -- for those who want to spend less time on the water -- will start at noon at Sutton's Landing, also in Lee County.
"The float events are open to everybody," Vanhook said. "And those who have their own kayak, Kayak Attack will load it up and take it to the starting points for them."
Cost for the kayak adventure is $35 per person.
At 4 p.m., Megan Lisenby will provide everything participants need to create their own painting masterpieces -- including some technique advice -- under a canopy at the camp pavilion. The Paint Strokes with Campin' Folk is $20 per participant, and all supplies will be provided.
Attendees will be encouraged to "get your wig right!" to prepare for the evening's Wild Hair Affair. The dance party will continue from 8 until 11 p.m. at the Chehaw stage, and the OUT in the Wild planners hint there may be a special "silent disco" event on into the evening.
"Remember the 'shadow dance box' they had downstairs at the Cab Stand (nightclub) when it was open?" Brimberry asked. "Well, we're going to do that here, too. It's going to be a fun, fun evening."
Vanhook and his father even created specially designed rainbow trophies for the Saturday "wild wig contest."
"This came together so fast; we only started planning it about five weeks ago," Vanhook said. "But everyone we've asked to be involved has enthusiastically jumped right in, and Chehaw has rolled out the red carpet."
Primary sponsor Li'l Caesar's Pizza, owned by Anthony King and managed by Joey Dorminey, will provide food for the Pride event, as will Cork's Charcuterie, Stewbo's and Chehaw. Frozen drink set-up and mixers will be available from Bottoms Up for a minimal fee, but revelers should know to BYOB. Plenty of water and sports drinks also will be provided.
A pancake and sausage breakfast, prepared by Pearly's, will be available for overnight campers who plan to leave Sunday morning.
"We've come a long way since the 'don't ask, don't tell' days," Brimberry said. "The rights of the LGBTQ community have been expanded ... to include adoption and even marriage.
"We wanted to start doing some community events, and we thought this one would be a great one to kick things off. We thought at first it might just be a few of us sitting around listening to music and talking, but we're getting great response. We have groups coming from Florida and South Carolina, so it's grown bigger than even we expected." | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/out-in-the-wild-southwest-georgia-style/article_e4cd745c-f264-11ec-9f2b-af085e5694f0.html | 2022-06-22T22:30:17 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/out-in-the-wild-southwest-georgia-style/article_e4cd745c-f264-11ec-9f2b-af085e5694f0.html |
I am afraid the English language and writing is under a full-scale frontal assault, and proper English may soon go the way of the do-do bird. I am certainly not a model of well-spoken English, but I did matriculate under the distinguished English teacher Laura West. She would be proud that I used the word matriculate and even spelled it correctly.
Ms. West was brilliant, exacting, charming, witty, harsh and the consummate English teacher. Her diction was impeccable. I doubt she ever misplaced a comma in her life. I just add one here and there to look like I know what I am doing. She knew when to use a semicolon. I’m not sure what a semicolon really is. She would never end a sentence with is. I just did, twice.
She could converse for days about all types of literature from great classics like “The Iliad” to straight trash romance novels. She was quick to correct anyone who dared to butcher the English language, which in my high school class was pretty much every day.
I’d tell her, “Ms. West, you know ain’t ain’’t no word.” I could actually see her head slowly begin to explode over the double, make that triple, negative sentence. It gave me great pleasure to do such a thing. I don’t think she found it nearly so pleasurable, but eventually she began to realize I was only kidding. Well, kidding about the triple negative, I still sprinkled ain’t into my everyday conversation, much to her dismay.
But in today’s world I think Ms. West’s head really would explode. I can barely read anything people write these days. I read Facebook Posts that are 30 lines long without a single period, comma, nothing! Folks just spout out a constant stream of conscience thought without any punctuation. I’m pretty sure this no punctuation is the wave of the future. I would have made better grades under Ms. West if that had been the case when I was in school.
Adding to the misery, words don’t mean what they use to mean. Try singing a song about the gay old times you had and see how people look at you. I wouldn’t even think of naming a son Dick these days. If someone now talks about a crack, I immediately assume somebody is going to rehab. I’m afraid to post a picture on internet of a rainbow for fear somebody will conclude I’ve had a change in lifestyle.
I’m now being told I need to refer to some individuals as they or them. Say what? How does one person become a they or them? I’ll stick to just addressing everyone with “How are y’all doing.” We all know y’all is singular, or plural, or whatever you want it to be. I could also just say “How are your mama and them?” but I guess that would be very confusing. Them could be only one person or many, and now I’m being told we should not say mama, but rather birthing parent. “How are your birthing parent and them?” doesn’t really have the same ring to it.
Worse yet, fathers are now being referred to as non-gestational parents. First of all, I don’t even know what gestational means, but I guess we are talking about carrying the baby to birth, so I’m relegated to being non-gestational, which suits me just fine. To think I was able only last Sunday to celebrate another non-gestational parent day. Even more confounding is the call to now refer to breast feeding as chest feeding. Yes, oh my yes, the all-important inclusive spectra rears its ugly head again. It doesn’t matter that only people with breasts can breast feed children, we must pretend that those who only have a chest may do so, too. Although I do have a few buddies who have impressive breasts, I doubt a baby would be very happy chest feeding from them.
Oh, Ms. West, I miss you still and appreciate that you taught me as much as I would allow to be learned about the English language. But as for today’s world, they ain’t learned much English yet. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/t-gamble-the-lost-art-of-speaking-the-english-language/article_1131fed0-f24e-11ec-be4f-c7f2267f46b8.html | 2022-06-22T22:30:23 | 1 | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/t-gamble-the-lost-art-of-speaking-the-english-language/article_1131fed0-f24e-11ec-be4f-c7f2267f46b8.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — A new Stockton University program has helped students develop real world jobs skills while providing local businesses with workers during a labor crunch.
The program titled Live, Work, Learn allows students the chance to apply for a variety of positions at AtlantiCare, Bally's Atlantic City, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Caesars Atlantic City, Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, Tropicana Atlantic City, the Claridge Hotel, FantaSea Resorts, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Ocean Casino Resort, Resorts Casino Hotel and Steel Pier.
Nashia Ara, a sophomore biology major from Ventnor, saw AtlantiCare on the list and thought working there would be a great way to get started in the medical field.
"I saw this as the perfect opportunity to get my foot in the door," Ara said Wednesday during a media event highlighting the program. "AtlantiCare has been very accommodating so far with training, and they covered my CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention) and BLS (Basic Life Support) certifications. I want to be a doctor, so it's been a great experience so far getting to work around doctors and nurses."
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The program allows students to live on the school’s city campus on the Boardwalk for free during the summer. They work for one of the premiere resort businesses, earn wages and gain job experience. Also students take a four-credit course on workforce readiness, including mentoring sessions.
About 700 students applied for positions once the program was announced in February. Of those 700, 145 were hired for positions ranging from front desk agents to gaming dealers.
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Brian Jackson, Stockton's chief operating officer of the Atlantic City campus, and Provost Leamor Kahanov developed the program to give students an opportunity to connect with area employers.
"This is something that we wanted to see happen since the A.C. Campus opened," Jackson said. "We want to get students more connected to local businesses and show them the opportunities that exist in the hospitality industry."
The program has also given a boost to the businesses involved.
"It's benefited us in many ways; primarily we are in a labor crunch," said Bob Ellis, vice president of human resources at Hard Rock. "So it's wonderful to be able to tap into a resource of Stockton, cover students' housing and give them an opportunity to work here seasonally. Everybody that we can tap from an employment standpoint is benefiting this business."
Jackson said they hope to expand the program and keep adding businesses.
Michael Mora, a sophomore social work major from Mount Olive, Morris County, works at Borgata as a food and beverage supervisor.
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"When I first heard about this program, I thought it was really cool," Mora said. "I had a summer class already and I was worried about going home and getting out of the environment of school. But then I saw the opportunity to take another class, live in A.C. and then have a really cool job on top of that."
For Destiny Craig, a junior who works at Bally's, the opportunity allowed her to stay in New Jersey instead of moving back home for the summer.
"Initially with this program, I was interested in the free housing because I'm from Georgia. Then I was looking into it more, and I saw all of the positions could help me work on things about myself a little more," Craig said. "Being around some of the customers has allowed me to get better at not letting my emotions get the best of me. So this program has been a big benefit to me personally."
Oliver Bruno, a sophomore from Egg Harbor Township, chose the program to get the college experience.
"I was very interested in the program because I've only ever lived in my parents' home," said Bruno, an engineering major. "This is my first time living on my own and having to do my own grocery shopping and things like that. So it's been beneficial from that side of things." | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/stockton-university-jobs-program-is-benefiting-students-and-local-businesses/article_22514394-f242-11ec-a220-8fc7638bd40f.html | 2022-06-22T22:30:46 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/stockton-university-jobs-program-is-benefiting-students-and-local-businesses/article_22514394-f242-11ec-a220-8fc7638bd40f.html |
Chase Sutley pitched 3 2/3 innings scoreless innings, allowed no hits and struck out five to lead the Northfield 12-and-under baseball team to a 7-1 victory over Hammonton in a District 16 Little League game Tuesday.
Crew Russo earned the save, going 2 1/3 innings with a run on one hit and two strikeouts. Sutley, Russo and Cameron Cellucci each had two hits. Brad Defeo singled and drove in three runs.
For Hammonton Colin Peake and Nate Hroncich each had one hit. Tim Brown allowed three runs and struck out six in three innings.
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Ocean City/Upper Twp. 12, Lower Cape May 2: Brody Wilson earned the win. He pitched three scoreless innings and struck out six. Chase Cleary had three hits. JR Dinsmore added two hits.
District 16 11U
Stafford 6, Greater Wildwood 3: Conner Jurgersen earned the win after he pitched five innings with four strikeouts. Shea Mahoney earned the save, striking out three. Mahoney also went 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI. Jared Files singled and drove in two.
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District 16 10U
Northfield 16, Middle Twp. 1: Gavin Sutley allowed a run and struck out four in the complete game for Northfield. Caden Kern, Carter Graves, Dominic Tortu and Jake Carangi each had two hits. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/chase-sutleys-pitching-leads-northfield-12u-past-hammonton-little-league-roundup/article_d4a85208-f24c-11ec-8524-4f7b35bfe748.html | 2022-06-22T22:30:53 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/chase-sutleys-pitching-leads-northfield-12u-past-hammonton-little-league-roundup/article_d4a85208-f24c-11ec-8524-4f7b35bfe748.html |
After the Tri-Cape all-star softball team won its first two games Monday, coach Pam Pickett and the rest of the team wanted to work hard, win the third game, finish as the top seed in Bracket B and advance to the quarterfinals.
That mission was accomplished.
Sadly, the journey ended, and it was not because of a loss.
Tri-Cape would have played Mid Penn at 10 a.m. Wednesday in a Carpenter Cup Classic quarterfinal game at FDR Park in Philadelphia. But Tri-Cape was eliminated from participating in the remainder of the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols.
Tri-Cape consists of standouts from the Cape-Atlantic League and Tri-County Conference. Buena Regional High School's Pam Pickett and Pennville's Beth Jackson are Tri-Cape's co-coaches. Tri-Cape found out late Tuesday it would not play anymore in the event.
"It's mind-boggling, isn't? It's mind-boggling," Pickett said. "The kids were so good. They really did a beautiful job. Usually it takes a day for the kids to kind of mesh and get together as a team. They all have talent, obviously, and are all very good. But these kids, I don't know, they hit it off right away."
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On Monday, Tri-Cape went 3-0 in Bracket B of the 16-team tournament. Tri-Cape beat Mercer County 6-4 and then defeated Inter-Ac 15-1. Tri-Cape beat Jersey Shore 6-3 in its third game for a sweep in the bracket.
Cedar Creek standout Liz Martin pitched 7 2/3 innings with 15 strikeouts in two of the three games. She allowed only four hits and one earned run. She also scored a run in Tri-Cape's third game. Teammate Chaneyl Johnson finished with three runs and two RBIs.
St. Joseph Academy's Macie Jacquet went 9 for 11 (.818) with six runs and three RBIs. The rising senior also added two stolen bases.
"It was honestly really upsetting, because we all came in there hot," Jacquet said. "We all came in there ready to play. We, honestly from how it looked (Tuesday), had a genuine chance of going into the finals. So, it was really upsetting to find this out late last night."
There were four brackets with four teams when the tournament started Monday. Brackets A and B competed Monday, and Brackets C and D played Tuesday. The top two teams from each bracket advanced to the quarterfinals Wednesday. The semifinals and finals were also Wednesday.
Mid Penn defeated Jersey Shore in the championship.
"It's really tough," said Jacquet, 16, of Millville. "If you think about it, we beat (Jersey Shore) 6-3. So, we would have had a really good shot at being in the finals and competing in the finals."
Tri-Cape thought its toughest opponent Wednesday would be fellow New Jersey team Olympic Colonial, which features standout pitcher Sophia Bordi (Haddon Heights). As a freshman this spring, she struck out 307, allowed just 11 earned runs and led her team to the Tournament of Champions title.
Olympic Colonial lost in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
"We were hoping we would see them in the semis or finals," said Pickett, who thought her team would have had a chance to win Wednesday.
Pickett talked to a couple of the players, and each expressed disappointment. For Pickett, it was even more disappointing because she would have rather delivered the bad news to her team in person rather than over a phone.
The other CAL players were Riley Lancaster (Hammonton), Sienna Walterson (Egg Harbor Township), Brooke Joslin (Millville), Denver Obermeyer (Mainland Regional) and Cami Johnson (Buena).
"We didn't even get to see them again," Pickett said. "You feel bad. You feel bad. The kids were enjoying themselves and thinking they had a good shot at being successful and they don't even get to try."
Even more than two years later, COVID still impacts the sports community.
"It's still affecting things," Pickett said "Obviously, we have to worry about the children's health above everything else. They were siding on the side of caution. You have to keep everybody's health in mind as well as playing softball.
"My heart goes out to these kids because they practiced hard, they worked together hard and played well on Monday."
Jacquet noted seniors who are committed cannot play in the Carpenter Cup. For baseball they can. She said she will commit in the next few months, so she will be ineligible next year, like many others on the roster. So, this was her first and last year in the event.
And she didn't even get to finish it.
"It would have been some great games," she said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/covid-19-takes-away-tri-capes-chance-of-carpenter-cup-title-run/article_b715b6f6-f240-11ec-bed3-ebb5581c8f0a.html | 2022-06-22T22:30:59 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/covid-19-takes-away-tri-capes-chance-of-carpenter-cup-title-run/article_b715b6f6-f240-11ec-bed3-ebb5581c8f0a.html |
CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
While homeownership remains a challenge for people of color in California, a new report argues the state’s landmark law limiting property tax increases keeps those who do achieve it from equally reaping the benefits.
Under Proposition 13, a report released today says, white homeowners get annual property tax breaks that are more than 80% higher on average than Black homeowners and more than twice the tax breaks Latino homeowners receive.
It’s another way the iconic law contributes to unequal wealth building in a state with the second-lowest rate of homeownership in the nation, say researchers for the Opportunity Institute and Pivot Learning.
The Opportunity Institute is a nonprofit based in Berkeley that promotes social mobility and equity through education. Pivot Learning, in Oakland, is an education consulting nonprofit.
In the past four decades, Prop. 13 has been studied extensively for its effects on government revenues, the housing market and on generations of homeowners.
More recently, reform advocates are focusing on ways it is extending racial disparities.
Another report published earlier this year focused on Oakland and found that richer, whiter neighborhoods benefited more from Prop. 13 tax breaks than poorer, ethnically diverse neighborhoods.
The new findings are part of a broader report arguing that Prop. 13 has led to racial inequities across California in wealth-building and school funding.
Researchers for the two education nonprofits used census responses to the American Community Survey to calculate the average property tax burdens of various demographic groups of homeowners statewide.
Unequal burden
They found lower tax burdens for higher-value homes in municipalities across the state. They also found lower tax burdens for white homeowners, on average, than for Black or Latino homeowners.
The study said the average white California homeowner pays $3,507 less a year in property taxes than they would on the true value of their homes because of Prop. 13. That’s above the statewide average savings of $2,800 annually, said Carrie Hahnel, senior director of policy and strategy at The Opportunity Institute and an author of the report.
In contrast, Black homeowners had an average property tax break of $1,900 a year. Latino homeowners on average saved $1,560 a year.
The study based its racial findings on 2019 census data for the entire state and survey responses in which individual owners reported their home values and the amounts they paid in property tax.
Black and Latino homeowners hold disproportionately low shares of housing wealth.
Between 1980 and 2019, the share of the state’s housing wealth owned by Latinos doubled from 8% to 16%, researchers said in the new report. But their share of the population grew by 20 percentage points during that time. Black homeowners’ share of the home values dipped slightly during that time, as did the Black population.
In some communities, such as the metropolitan area encompassing San Bernardino and Riverside, a majority of new homebuyers are Black, Latino or Asian, Hahnel said, although a majority of the longest-tenured homeowners continue to be white.
Homeowners of color
State officials have stated a goal to boost homeownership among Black households. Lawmakers recently passed a budget measure with a new program to help new buyers afford down payments.
“People of color… they’re newer homeowners and tend to be lower-income,” said Adam Briones, CEO of California Community Builders, which advocates for wealth-building in communities of color. He was not involved in the new report.
“They’ve faced redlining and other forms of discrimination,” he said. “To the extent the tax system extends that discrimination, it extends a race-neutral policy that has race-negative impacts.”
Prop. 13 also curbed the way local governments assess property values before taxing them.
Passed in 1978 by voters fearing tax hikes as home values spiked, it has since effectively frozen longtime homeowners’ taxable property values. Assessed values cannot rise more than 2% a year — far lower than the rate at which California homes often appreciate.
For the most part, properties are not reassessed at their true values until they are sold —giving newer owners a higher tax burden than their more established neighbors.
Growing disparities
Proponents say Prop. 13 has helped some disadvantaged communities. Keeping taxable values artificially low is the best way to keep lower-income homeowners and homeowners of color from being priced out of their houses, said Jon Coupal, of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, the primary organization working to preserve Prop. 13.
“Prop. 13 is one of the most powerful forces deterring gentrification and preserving minority neighborhoods,” Coupal said.
In general, as long as houses appreciate, all homeowners receive tax breaks through Prop. 13.
The most pronounced disparities remain the higher tax burdens borne by younger, newer homebuyers compared with older, longer-established ones.
Hahnel said the generational disparities can belie racial ones because not all buyers have had the same access to the housing market.
The longer someone holds onto a house and the higher its value climbs, the more the tax benefits increase. Those homeowners who benefit most are disproportionately non-Hispanic white residents, the report said.
Black and Latino homeowners, on the other hand, are more likely to have become homeowners more recently and to own lower-value homes than white homeowners, the study said, leading to higher tax burdens.
“This is really about structural inequities that have allowed Prop. 13 to exacerbate inequities in wealth accrual,” Hahnel said.
Dowell Myers, a professor at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, found similar results in a study he published in 2009.
“Prop. 13 is timeless,” he said. “It’s going to be exactly the same, but maybe with growing disparities.”
Growth in Asian homeowners
One difference between Myers’ study and the more recent results is the rise of housing wealth amongst Asian Californians.
Asians’ share of the state’s housing wealth has risen from 4% to 19% over four decades, researchers in the new report found, exceeding their share of population growth. The researchers suggested this is driven by higher-income east Asian and south Asian immigrants.
While Asians received below-average property tax breaks in the 2009 study, in the new report the demographic group now receives above-average property tax breaks, though slightly less than the typical white homeowner.
Now, like in the late 1970s when Prop. 13 was passed, home values in California are skyrocketing.
Any change to Prop 13 would have to be approved by voters, but it remains popular among most. A poll last month by the Public Policy Institute of California showed 64% of California likely voters believe Proposition 13 turned out to be mostly a “good thing.”
One effort to partially reform it, a measure to reassess only commercial property values, was defeated at the ballot box with 52% of the vote in 2020.
Myers said that if advocates want to reform Prop. 13, they must appeal to older white homeowners — and he suspects focusing on generational disparities would be effective.
But most advocates say there are ways to peg assessments to market values without triggering huge tax hikes for homeowners.
The report suggests increasing taxes only on “extremely high-value properties” or on second homes, or phasing in tax increases over time.
State and local governments also could defer a tax hike until an owner sells their property.
“We have to be careful,” Briones said, “but my perspective is that it is not that difficult to design revisions to policy that take into account needs of low-income homeowners. That’s all very doable.”
This article is part of the California Divide project, a collaboration among newsrooms examining income inequality and economic survival in California.
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Meridian is considering increasing the fees a resident must pay to remove the boot from their car or retrieve their pet from the pound.
The car fees were last updated in 2019 and the impound fees in 2013. But the reasons for the proposed increases are very different. For the car fees, Allen Sparhawk of Deep Six Security Services requested an increase from a cap of $100 to $150 because of rising costs for his business.
“I never thought in a million years that we would be where we’re at today with the cost of anything,” Sparhawk said at a council meeting Tuesday night. “That’s back when I was paying people $10 an hour for a part-time job. Now I’m forced to pay $15 an hour or I have no employees whatsoever.”
He added gas prices and insurance prices are also up.
“I understand your reaction of, ‘Oh man, that’s a pretty significant increase,'” Sparhawk said. “My fees stayed the same for six years.”
Meridian passed an ordinance in 2019 requiring everyone who immobilizes vehicles in the city to be licensed and follow certain standards, according to a city memo. The ordinance also specifies a limit on the fee a company can charge to remove a boot.
In 2019, there were three such companies operating in Meridian, the memo said. However, there is now only one company: Deep Six Security Services.
In their discussion, council members questioned whether the government needed to be regulating the price. Councilmember Liz Strader asked if the city was granting a monopoly with the licenses.
However, Deputy City Attorney Emily Kane said, there are an infinite number of licenses, there just happens to be only one company that can immobilize vehicles.
The state regulates towing, both Sparhawk and Kane said at the meeting.
Plus, the reason for regulating the industry is to protect against bad actors and predatory practices, City Attorney Bill Nary said.
“What had happened sometimes back in the '90s in Boise, at 3 a.m. in the morning, the price was suddenly a lot more expensive,” Nary said. “Because you could charge it.”
Later on, Strader said, “I think the issue there with regulating the fee makes sense so people aren’t getting taken advantage of … hopefully $150, given that it is a huge increase, would get you through the next few years without having to come back to us.”
For the impound fees, one issue is Meridian has the lowest such fees in the Treasure Valley, Kane said in her presentation. The city contracts with the Idaho Humane Society for animal control and shelter services, according to a city memo.
Historically, Meridian’s impound fees spiked in the late 1990s. But in 2013, the city made the fee $10 for a dog and $12.50 for a cat.
The council is looking at raising the fees to $50 for a dog, $75 for a vicious dog or bite case, and $15 for a cat. Kane, the deputy city attorney, also proposed a new fee, $150, for livestock.
Part of the goal is to recuperate more of the cost that it takes to capture a dog, impound them and fill out a report. Cats have a lower proposed fee increase because most people bring cats in, Kane said.
Currently, the city collects 100% of the impound fees, but Kane also recommended clarifying the agreement with the Idaho Humane Society to say that. With the new fees, Kane projected revenue could go from $2,000 to $3,000 up to over $14,000 for fiscal year 2023.
“If we charged a true cost, this fee might be so high that people would not go and redeem their animals,” Kane said. “This fee is only collected when the humane society impounds a dog or cat and it is redeemed.”
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CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters.
When Charity Machado had her first child, Cali, at the age of 15, she expected many of the sacrifices that came with being a young mother, but was determined not to let her education be one of them. Machado completed her general education requirements at Sacramento State before transferring to the nursing program at CSU Stanislaus in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic hit six months after her transfer, shutting down schools and daycare centers overnight.
Cali, now nine years old, remembers the transition to remote learning as “kind of crazy.” Machado recollects “survival mode.” Dishes and laundry piled up to the point where Cali and her 4-year-old sister knew that plates would be in the sink and clean clothes in the dryer.
Her mother helped with childcare and household chores, but Machado still struggled to keep up with her own studies on top of Cali’s.
“And that made me feel really bad,” Machado said. “Because I’m trying to instill the importance of education, and then there I was neglecting her schooling in order to complete mine.”
According to a March 2021 report on student parents from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, what Machado experienced is common and is known as “time poverty.” It is one of the most often cited reasons why, nationally, over half of parents who enroll in college for the first time end up dropping out within six years without attaining a degree.
That’s part of the reason why Machado’s graduation, along with those of her fellow student parents, represents a special moment of triumph and celebration. Their educational journeys — during which they juggled parenthood, classes and an ongoing global pandemic — also provide insight into how California’s higher education systems can better serve this growing group of students.
While the disruption caused by COVID-19 exacerbated many of the obstacles student parents face in their day-to-day lives, it also pushed colleges to experiment with hybrid instruction and flexible due dates, making academic life more manageable for some.
A March 2021 analysis of financial aid applications from researchers at the University of California Davis identified more than 200,000 student parents enrolled at campuses in California. The majority of student parents — 72% — are enrolled at one of the state’s community colleges, 12% are enrolled at a Cal State campus, and 1% are enrolled at a UC campus.
Among the student parents graduating from California community colleges this year was Yessenia Cervantes.
Graduating from Riverside Community College was especially sweet for Cervantes, since she already had to drop out once, after she separated from her husband and had to leave her home. Managing remote learning while living in hotels and with family members was often overwhelming, Cervantes said, largely because she lacked access to reliable Wi-Fi or hotspots.
“There were also a few times where we walked to McDonald’s, which was across the street, to connect to the free Wi-Fi. Ultimately it was too much work, where I decided to withdraw from my spring term 2020 and did not continue (for) fall term 2020. And my children were also not able to finish the remaining two months of school,” she said.
A year later, now with stable housing, a new van and reliable internet access, Cervantes “returned” to RCC in January 2021 — this time remotely and alongside her kids as they attended their own virtual classes.
Cervantes said that not having to commute to drop off and pick up her kids helped to ease some of the scheduling pressures. It was special that her kids saw the work she was putting in for the family, she added.
“It’s not the same every single day; one day can be marvelous and the next not,” she said. “It’s not perfect, but I like that my kids are there, they see me cry, they see the struggle, and, you know, it’s little things like that.”
The expansion of remote learning accelerated by COVID-19 created increased flexibility for students like Cervantes as “it eliminated travel time to school while reducing transportation costs such as parking,” the Institute for Women’s Policy Research report notes.
For 2022 Cosumnes River College graduate Arnoldo Fernandes, the boom in asynchronous classes helped him stay in school while navigating major life changes.
Arnoldo enrolled in 2018. A year later, while sitting in his communications class, he locked eyes with Olivia, a fellow student working on her associate’s degree in sociology. The duo married in an intimate backyard wedding in February 2021. That fall, they welcomed a baby boy, Manuel, into their young family.
Both were determined to continue their education and earn their degrees. For Arnoldo, the ability to watch classes on his own time was a lifeline.
“The asynchronous classes I really vibed with. Those ones are much easier to keep track of stuff,” he said. “So, you know, asynchronous was better for me.”
Beyond time constraints, expenses such as childcare and food make college nearly twice as costly for student parents as it is for their counterparts without children, according to a recent report from the California Student Aid Commission.
The average additional cost per child to attend college in California is $7,592, estimates California Competes, a research and advocacy group focused on higher education and the workforce. The cost varies by region, from $7,143 in the Inland Empire to as much as $10,000 in the Bay Area. .
Student parents who receive financial aid through the state’s CalGrant program can qualify for an additional grant of as much as $6,000. But demand for Cal Grants exceeds the amount the state offers, a problem some lawmakers are trying to fix.
Cervantes said state and county-funded programs helped her cover some essentials including groceries, school supplies and gas, as well as her cap and gown for graduation.
For many student parents, though, the cost of childcare alone can be crippling.
Stephanie Webb, a parent of a three-year old and doctoral student in environmental studies at the University of California Santa Cruz, enrolled her son in daycare when he was an infant, cobbling together two half days per week so she could have time to work on her dissertation.
“I was paying so much for daycare, piecemealing it together. Every little 40 minutes of work was just vital,” Webb said. It also was expensive. The half days cost $750 a month. With the daycare center located 35 minutes from her home, Webb studied at a nearby Jack in the Box to avoid spending more time and money on the commute.
The game changer came when a subsidized child care center at UC Santa Cruz told Webb it had an opening for her son. She had originally signed up when she was five months pregnant. Two years later, she was off the waitlist.
Webb finally could devote more time to her studies and feel secure that her son was in a nurturing environment where he received three square meals a day, something Webb could not always afford at home.
According to University of the Pacific sociology professor and student parent researcher Susan Mannon, years-long wait times for campus child care facilities are not uncommon.
“I also work at Sacramento City College, and you know, the waitlist for their childcare center is just astronomical; we can’t even hope to get on it,” she said.
Mannon said waitlists are so long in part because colleges are spending less money on on-campus childcare than they did in the past. For Mannon, seriously supporting student parents would mean institutions investing resources in accessible, affordable childcare options.
“You know, they talk the talk, but they don’t walk the walk at all. But I mean, childcare is an obvious one. I mean, if you could have onsite childcare, it would make a huge, huge difference.”
Even with child care solved, Webb still struggled to afford California’s high cost of living. The breaking point occurred this spring when she realized that she might not graduate after seven years of being a graduate student at UCSC. Unlike other students, Webb could not take a leave of absence to finish her dissertation. She needed to stay enrolled at UCSC — and pay tuition — to qualify for childcare. But the responsibilities were piling up.
“I sent an email to everybody in my department and the social studies department and was just like, ‘Hey, I’m never going to get out of here if I have to TA (teach) or GSR (do research for a professor’s project) and do my dissertation and be a parent,’” Webb said.
Webb asked them to help cover her $4,600 quarterly tuition. The email worked. A university resource center for non-traditional students stepped in, helping Webb apply for scholarships that ended up covering most of her tuition.
Webb’s situation resonated with the mission of the center, known as STARS, said its program director, Jannet Ceja.
“She really needed the funding to finish her program and get childcare. And this was the quarter when it all had to happen,” Ceja said. Webb is now set to graduate in August.
Similar experiences to Webb’s were outlined by researchers in the UC Davis report on student parents in California community colleges. It emphasized the impact that campus-based resources and support staff can have on students’ chances of earning their degrees. “Increasing access to local supports” and “increased program flexibility” would help campuses to retain student parents, the report’s authors found.
A bill pending in the Legislature would mandate some of the policies the report recommends. Introduced by Assemblymember Marc Berman, a Palo Alto Democrat, Assembly Bill 2881 would require public colleges and universities to give student parents priority registration for classes so they can build more accommodating schedules. They would also be required to create web pages for student parents with links to campus resources and tips on how to apply for federal Women, Infants, and Children grants.
Priority registration could make a big difference for student parents, said Olivia Fernandes, who like her husband is headed to Sacramento State in the fall.
“It’d be a lot more helpful to be able to pick the classes that we actually need, that won’t put us in situation of, like, now we have to tell our professor, ‘I know I signed up for your class, but I can’t attend mandatory seven o’clock meeting on Zoom because I have my child to take care of,’ ” she said.
Mannon said another basic, but important step institutions can take is to learn how many student parents they actually serve — a number not recorded on many campuses.
“The low-hanging fruit is just identifying your student parent population, right — understanding who they are, how many you have, and what their needs are.”
For Machado, the CSU Stanislaus nursing student, the stress and sacrifice of schooling paid off. By graduation, a local hospital had offered her a job in its labor and delivery unit, and Machado said she was looking forward to the next chapter in her life.
At her commencement ceremony in May, when it was time to place the pin on Machado’s white coat, Cali joined the stage with her mother.
“She has been a part of my whole schooling journey. So, it’s special,” Machado said.
Margaretten is a contributor to and Taylor is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. Reagan is the Network’s program manager. This story and other higher education coverage are supported by the College Futures Foundation.
CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.
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CALIFORNIA, USA — Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began and a year after Disneyland reopened its doors, many Californians are probably thinking about visiting the park.
Below is a list of five things you should know, or are probably curious about, before you plan your trip to the "happiest place on earth."
When is the best time to go?
According to its website, "it's always a great time to visit Disney theme parks! However, when planning a trip to the Disneyland Resort, expect lower crowds from mid-September through mid-November (before the Thanksgiving break). Mid-January through mid-March is another time when potentially lower crowds are expected."
When is it open?
Disneyland Park is open generally from 8 a.m. to midnight, Disney California Adventures Park is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Downtown Disney District is open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m.
For exact hours, click here.
How much are tickets?
A standard theme park ticket varies by how many days you will be visiting the park and if you want to visit one or both parks — Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park.
Here is a quick example to gauge ticket prices, according to the Disneyland website for one person.
One day (June 27): $146 + $60 (Park Hopper ticket)
Two days (June 27-28): $255 + $60 (Park Hopper ticket)
To get the exact price of your adventure, you will have to purchase your ticket through the website, and depending on the day and month, your price will vary.
Do California residents still get a discount?
The short answer is yes.
According to Disneyland's website, California residents can visit the Disneyland Resort theme parks for as little as $83 per day with the purchase of a 3-day, 1-park per day ticket for admission on Mondays through Thursdays.
More information can be found here.
Top things to do and see?
This is a topic that can be controversial depending on who you ask. Most people will say the rides are the main thing to do at Disneyland, while others will say the food or meeting the characters are the highlights.
Travel site Tripsavvy made an easy-to-follow "The Top 10 Things to Do at Disneyland" guide to help you get an idea of what you may want to do. Here are five items from the list.
- Enjoy the rides
- Meet Disney Characters
- See a Show
- Watch a Parade
- Watch the Fireworks
As for what rides you should definitely try out? Here are the top five to note:
- Space Mountian
- Guardians of the Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!
- Incredicoaster
- Jungle Cruise
- Haunted Mansion
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Crews of at least two agencies are battling a 22-acre vegetation fire along the American River Parkway that started Wednesday morning and threatened at least one structure, according to Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District.
The fire near Enterprise Drive and Northrop Avenue was first reported just before 11:50 a.m. Wednesday. A commercial building on Hurley Way was evacuated by authorities as the fire threatened it.
According to a Tweet by Sacramento Metro Fire, crews with the Sacramento Fire Department also responded to the scene with Sacramento Metro firefighters.
Wednesday's fire comes four days after a separate vegetation fire sparked along the American River in Carmichael Saturday afternoon. During Saturday's fire in Carmichael, homeless encampments were said to be threatened but no injuries were reported.
No injuries have been reported in the Wednesday fire either and officials say the cause is under investigation. | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/fire-along-american-river-parkway/103-a7a1c1dd-c4a1-470b-a493-5aaaaf810b35 | 2022-06-22T22:33:32 | 0 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/fire-along-american-river-parkway/103-a7a1c1dd-c4a1-470b-a493-5aaaaf810b35 |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The City of Sacramento is seeking answers about where Councilmember Sean Loloee resides after allegations that he does not live in the district he represents.
On Wednesday, Mayor Darrell Steinberg released a statement, asking Councilmember Lololee to provide him, the city manager, and the city attorney with a report clarifying the facts of his residency.
This statement comes after a Sacramento Bee report said it appeared that Councilmember Lololee had been sworn in to represent Del Paso Heights on the Sacramento City Council at his wife's $1.4 million Granite Bay home, rather than a house on Nogales Street in the Hagginwood neighborhood.
"Under our Council rules, all members agree to put our constituents first at all times and to hold each other accountable," Mayor Steinberg wrote in a statement. "So, as the mayor, I have asked, and Councilmember Loloee has agreed, to provide me, the city manager, and the city attorney with a report clarifying the facts of his residency, including the chronology of where he has resided since being sworn in."
According to Steinberg, Councilmember Lololee has agreed to this information in the report being presented publicly at a City Council meeting.
At Tuesday's city council meeting, Lololee addressed the allegations regarding his residency.
Lololee said this two-week period of time "does not accurately represent a full picture of his life."
"The city of Sacramento has documented and verified my residence and I will continue to proudly represent the people of District 2," Loloee said during Tuesday's City Council meeting.
The city of Sacramento website states that any member of the public who wishes to run for public office must, "be a registered voter and a resident within the district the candidate seeks to represent for not less than 30 days preceding the date of filing candidate papers."
ABC10 has reached out to Councilmember Lololee for a statement, but has not heard back at this time.
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UTICA, N.Y. – The Olbiston Apartments in Utica will undergo a $67 million renovation after the building was deemed unlivable in July of 2021.
The residents were forced to leave due to the conditions, which the city declared unsafe after inspection.
Liberty Affordable Housing is redeveloping the building and will offer 153 affordable housing units after the renovations are finished.
Local leaders and state officials gathered at the site Wednesday to break ground for the new project.
"Historic buildings like this in cities and towns upstate are really a beacon for cities and towns about growth and as upstate cities grow, we wanna make sure there's affordability both for people that lived here for a long time, for their children, who wanna move back, and for new immigrants into towns like Utica,” said Ruthann Visnauskas of NYS Homes and Community Renewal.
The rehabilitation will be extensive and is expected to take two years to complete. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/groundbreaking-marks-start-of-67-million-renovation-project-at-olbiston-apartments-in-utica/article_660e92cc-f273-11ec-9817-c36602f2c4c3.html | 2022-06-22T22:36:03 | 0 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/groundbreaking-marks-start-of-67-million-renovation-project-at-olbiston-apartments-in-utica/article_660e92cc-f273-11ec-9817-c36602f2c4c3.html |
Petoskey council approves ordinance to remove barriers to rental housing options
PETOSKEY — At a meeting on Monday night, the Petoskey City Council approved a zoning ordinance that would make it easier to rent out accessory dwelling units in an effort to remove barriers to affordable rental housing within the city.
The ordinance was passed 4-1.
Sections 400 and 401 of Appendix A restricted the size and shape of a home and garage and limited residential districts to single-family homes.
More:Petoskey ordinance amendment could remove barriers to smaller housing options
The ordinance will allow single-family homes to be split into accessory dwelling units like duplexes, multiplexes and mother-in-law apartments. It will also change the minimum footprint of a dwelling unit to 600 square feet, not including an attached garage.
The goal of the ordinance is to increase the density of the city by making affordable rental housing more available while still preserving the character of the city’s neighborhoods.
Accessory dwelling units are considered preferable over high rise apartments because they blend in with the other homes.
In past years, single-family homes on large lots were the ideal for Petoskey’s neighborhoods. However, as the city’s population has diversified, so has its housing needs. City officials said many workers and young professionals who call Petoskey home either can’t afford or don’t want to buy a home, but the current inventory of rental housing cannot meet the demand.
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There are some restrictions that come with the ordinance, the rental unit cannot be rented out for less than three months. This is to avoid additional vacation rentals and make sure that the dwelling units will be providing housing.
The city will also be permitting only 10 of these units each year in order to increase the city’s density gradually.
The dwelling units must comply with property and building restrictions already in place.
One of the main concerns brought up at the meeting was people renting out space without having a permit from the city. City planner Zach Sompels said the city is going to be watching the issue as closely as they can.
Sompels said it is likely residents will not notice the change after the ordinance takes effect in about two weeks because the city will only be allowing 10 units per year and he does not expect they will all happen at once.
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MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Multnomah County is working with the city of Portland to prepare for another summer of potentially dangerous heat. The county recently outlined its updated emergency plan in a news release and announced it would expand cooling center locations.
About one year ago, a heat dome brought triple-digit temperatures to the Pacific Northwest in late June 2021. The county said by the end of summer, heat was responsible for the deaths of 72 people in Multnomah County — and all but three of those deaths resulted from extreme temperatures during the last week of June. The county plans to release a final report on those deaths within the next week.
“Based on our experience last summer and after multiple winter responses, we feel more prepared going into this summer,” said Jenny Carver with the Department of County Human Services.
The new emergency plan focuses on early outreach and helping those most vulnerable to the heat. Starting this month, the county's health and human services program will begin delivering fans, air conditioning units and portable heat pumps to low-income clients unable to purchase supplies of their own.
The Joint Office of Homeless Services is also stock piling hot weather kits that will be distributed by outreach teams, mutual aid groups and volunteers.
The county is also considering using a wireless public emergency alert to warn residents of dangerous heat.
Cooling centers
The county has identified 18 buildings that can be quickly converted into 24-hour cooling spaces this summer. Last year, the county opened 24-hour cooling centers for the first time.
Any time the county declares a state of emergency, TriMet will shuttle riders to cooling centers and waive fairs for those who cannot afford to pay.
Hot weather resources
- Help for when it's hot: Latest information on cooling centers, health and safety
- 2-1-1 info: Call to find cooling center locations and for transportation help
- Public alerts: Sign up to receive health and safety alerts in the Portland-Vancouver area
- Aging and Disability Resource Connection: 24-hour assistance for older people with disabilities and caregivers. Call (503)988-3646 or email adrc@multco.us. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multnomah-county-summer-heat-cooling-centers/283-cdef9c71-cfc3-42e2-b034-74a843d0b936 | 2022-06-22T22:43:11 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multnomah-county-summer-heat-cooling-centers/283-cdef9c71-cfc3-42e2-b034-74a843d0b936 |
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — If you look toward the skies in the Lock Haven area this week, you will most likely see a few Piper J-3 Cubs flying around. This week marks the 36th annual Sentimental Journey Fly-in.
"It is like a homecoming for other pilots. It is like a reunion," said John Buchan, the fly-in director.
Hundreds of pilots and their aircraft from all over the country will flock to Clinton County.
Ed Hoak is a pilot who has been coming to the event for years.
"Coming here to see people you don't get to see all the time. The aviation industry and the number of people left in it are small. We run into the same people, and it's good," said Hoak.
There are plenty of events on tap for the week. Greg Koontz is a stunt pilot and has performed at the event for years. Newswatch 16 was there when he landed his aircraft onto a moving truck.
"There's very few people who can even do that. It takes a lot of skill and practice," added Hoak.
"I have owned Cubs since I was 17 years old, and I was just thrilled to death that they wanted me to come here, and we came up here and had such a good time that we stopped charging them and just do it anyway," said Koontz.
Lock Haven was the home of the Piper Cub aircraft for nearly 50 years.
"This is where they were built. Your J-3s, J-4s, and most of the airplanes here now were built here," said Hoak.
The Sentimental Journey Fly-in will run through Saturday, and you must pay admission to get through the gates.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — City and county officials gathered inside the Scranton Fire headquarters on Mulberry Street to announce the city's new Public Protection Classification (PPC) program.
An independent analytics company scored Scranton's fire prevention based on the operations of the fire department, the water supply, infrastructure, and 911 communications.
Overall, Scranton scored well enough to move up to a Class 2 program, putting the city in the top one percent of fire protection services in the state.
"This is huge for us," said Scranton Fire Chief John Judge. "We're now in a class of 14 departments across the commonwealth that are either a class 1 or class 2 city."
"It shows also just how well the city of Scranton is taking care of your tax dollars do go to something. We get that knock all the time. Tax dollars go to really a second-to-none fire department here in the city of Scranton," said Mayor Paige Cognetti.
Pennsylvania American Water employees were also in attendance. The company helps service roughly 1,300 hydrants in the city and has been working hard to update water lines to ensure the water needed to fight fires will be there.
"When we are upgrading our infrastructure, we're looking at oversizing or upgrading the size of the pipe to make sure that water capacity is there in the need of a fire hydrant usage to deal with a fire situation," said Mike Doran, president of Pennsylvania American Water.
What does this mean for people and businesses in the city? It could mean putting money back in your pocket.
"They could see, in their fire insurance writer policies, they could definitely translate to some savings for them. That's the end goal is to get there so that we can attract businesses and residents into the city," said Chief Judge.
The chief hopes when they are reevaluated in four years, the department can move up to Class 1.
Check out WNEP's YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/improving-fire-protection-in-scranton-fire-department-public-protection-classification-ppc-class-2/523-848a8f82-0b54-4fd9-8b36-3d9d5400ce10 | 2022-06-22T22:43:18 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/improving-fire-protection-in-scranton-fire-department-public-protection-classification-ppc-class-2/523-848a8f82-0b54-4fd9-8b36-3d9d5400ce10 |
22-year-old firefighter killed in pedestrian crash in Ocean City
A 22-year-old Elkton man, a volunteer firefighter, died after being struck by a car in Ocean City Monday night.
The incident occurred in the area of 46th Street and Coastal Highway at about 9:40 p.m., as a 44-year-old Berlin man was driving north on Coastal Highway, according to police. The victim, 22-year-old Noah Day, was "in the roadway and not in a marked crosswalk" when he was struck, police said.
According to social media posts from various Maryland fire companies, Day was a volunteer firefighter for the North East Fire Company. The annual Maryland State Firemen's Convention is taking place in Ocean City June 18 - 23.
Despite lifesaving efforts by police and EMS, Day was pronounced dead at the scene. Alcohol was not a contributing factor for the driver, police said.
Traffic on northbound Coastal Highway was diverted to an alleyway for about 3.5 hours.
Anyone with information related to this incident should contact Pfc. Ramirez at yramirez@oceancitymd.gov or 410-520-5136 using reference case number 2022-002616.
MORE:Coast Guard rescues four off Ocean City when boat begins taking on water
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DALLAS (KDAF) — “Space the final frontier.” And according to purchases made at Heritage Auction in Dallas, pieces of that frontier costs around $2,000.
Meteorites are now on the auction block at Heritage Auctions, some of which are selling for $1,300 to more than $2,000.
According to their websites, these meteorites are from Geoff Notkin, who you may have heard of. He was a host on the show, Meteorite Men, a documentary series following Notkin and Steve Hunter as they scale the globe looking for meteorites.
More than 100 meteorites are being sold. You can see which ones have been sold and which ones are still on the auction block at Heritage Auction’s website. | https://cw33.com/news/local/meteorites-on-the-auction-block-at-heritage-auctions-on-june-22/ | 2022-06-22T22:43:19 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/meteorites-on-the-auction-block-at-heritage-auctions-on-june-22/ |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Police in Scranton say multiple people are being questioned following two stabbings in the city.
One person was stabbed near a store along Providence Road. The other was just a few yards away in the parking lot of a medical office.
So far, there's no word on the victims' conditions or how many people are involved in the stabbings in Scranton.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/stabbings-in-scranton/523-bee25225-6e14-4fbb-804e-14da39aa8d63 | 2022-06-22T22:43:24 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/stabbings-in-scranton/523-bee25225-6e14-4fbb-804e-14da39aa8d63 |
DALLAS (KDAF) — Summer is here and this one is for our emo-heads. If hanging out at the pool and listening to your favorite emo hits are you favorite things to do, here is an opportunity for you.
Third String Entertainment is hosting an Emo Nite Pool Party at Whiskey Garden this weekend on Saturday, June 25th.
From 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. enjoy music from your favorite bands, drinks and tons of fun. To get your tickets, click here. | https://cw33.com/news/local/need-weekend-plans-how-about-an-emo-pool-party-in-fort-worth/ | 2022-06-22T22:43:25 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/need-weekend-plans-how-about-an-emo-pool-party-in-fort-worth/ |
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Etched into the walls of the Pennsylvania Mobile DUI Memorial are the names of hundreds of Pennsylvanians killed by drunk or impaired drivers.
"These are the lives that are forever changed by drivers in a split-second decision made under the influence of a mind-altering substance," said Luzerne County District Attorney Samuel Sanguedolce.
The mobile DUI memorial is making its way across Pennsylvania, with a stop at the Luzerne County Courthouse, showing drivers the consequences of their decisions.
"The irreversible consequences could be a fatality, and that is something that can't be reversed. That is someone's father, mother, brother, sister, son, or daughter, Joe Swortz, Luzerne County's DUI coordinator.
For Joe Lyons and his family from Forty Fort, this moment is spent remembering his parents.
He tells us that in October of 2019, his parents went for a drive but never made it home. They were hit head-on by a drunk driver. Now his family plans to add their names Joe and Gloria to the memorial.
"I'm glad they have something like this to remember the innocent victims. And I am glad these kinds of ceremonies and memorials bring awareness," said Lyons.
The Luzerne County district attorney's office says that since the start of this year, 93 people have been arrested on DUI-related charges. Officers are already looking ahead to the Fourth of July weekend.
"The police force is well trained. They have the manpower to do what they have to do to make sure we address driving under the influence in the city of Wilkes-Barre," said Mayor George Brown.
If you have a loved one who was killed in a DUI-related crash and would like to pay tribute to them, you can find more information here.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/dui-memorial-makes-stop-in-luzerne-county-mobile-monument-impaired-drunk-driving/523-1463ee2a-5a2a-45cd-9754-66c576f6fe6e | 2022-06-22T22:43:30 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/luzerne-county/dui-memorial-makes-stop-in-luzerne-county-mobile-monument-impaired-drunk-driving/523-1463ee2a-5a2a-45cd-9754-66c576f6fe6e |
DALLAS (KDAF) — A new study from The Tech Tribune is looking at which tech startups are the best in Dallas.
Officials say they compared independent, privately-owned companies across different key factors including:
- Revenue potential
- Leadership
- Product traction
- Competitive landscape
Here is their list of the best tech startups in Dallas:
- StackPath
- Bestow
- Compass Datacenters
- Covered Care
- Alto
- Veryable
- Supreme Golf
- OneDay
- Shiftsmart
- Door.com
For the full report, visit The Tech Tribune. | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-are-the-best-tech-startups-in-dallas-study/ | 2022-06-22T22:43:31 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/these-are-the-best-tech-startups-in-dallas-study/ |
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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — The expansion of a manufacturing facility is now underway in Lycoming County.
West Pharmaceutical Services is a leading provider of packaging components, delivery systems for injectable drugs, and other health care products.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for the company's new 37,000-square-foot manufacturing building spanning three stories next door to the plant in Williamsport.
The expansion is expected to bring more jobs to Lycoming County.
"We're approximating 30 family-sustaining positions to start. As production continues to grow, I am assuming 45 to 50 new positions at the Williamsport facility alone," said Dave Lanzer, site director.
The project is set to be completed in October of next year.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/expansion-to-bring-more-jobs-coming-to-lycoming-county-west-pharmaceutical-services/523-c0d390c8-b40b-49d2-b033-fb2ef92e2fec | 2022-06-22T22:43:36 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/expansion-to-bring-more-jobs-coming-to-lycoming-county-west-pharmaceutical-services/523-c0d390c8-b40b-49d2-b033-fb2ef92e2fec |
SUNBURY, Pa. — Victoria Rosencrans is a lifelong Sunbury resident. She spends a lot of time advocating for the LGBTQ community.
"We live this every day and who better to talk about it, advocate and educate are those of us who live in the community," Rosencrans said.
Recently Rosencrans and some friends formed the non-profit group Pride of the Susquehanna Valley. The goal is advocacy and education for the LGBTQ community in celebration of June or Pride Month.
"Also just to let other LGBTQIA+ folks know that we're here, we see you, we hear you and basically we want to move from tolerance to acceptance," Rosencrans said.
Since the group formed about a month ago, it has gotten support from local businesses and community leaders. Pride of the Susquehanna Valley has been recognized by government leaders in Northumberland County. The organization is looking for volunteers.
"A lot of boroughs, cities, and towns are approving those proclamations for us, which just tells the community that everyone is accepted as equals in that community," Gwen Bobbie said.
The group has sponsored events at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg and will host Northumberland County's first Pride Festival on Aug. 27.
"We're here to make it an all-inclusive, safe space for the community, regardless of age, creed, gender, sexual identification. We're here to just get everyone together on the same page and have a good time," Bobbie said.
See news happening? Text our Newstip Hotline. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/advocating-for-acceptance-susquehanna-valley-lgbtqia-community-june-pride/523-b1284701-5a57-41e6-b0bd-ef60031ae101 | 2022-06-22T22:43:42 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/northumberland-county/advocating-for-acceptance-susquehanna-valley-lgbtqia-community-june-pride/523-b1284701-5a57-41e6-b0bd-ef60031ae101 |
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — On Wednesday, volunteers at the Schuylkill County Historical Society looked at pictures taken 50 years ago. The photos remind them of where they were during Hurricane Agnes.
“Although we didn't get flooded in our house, there was no place to go. You couldn't leave the town because the river had inundated the streets,” explained Steven Young, assistant executive director of the Schuylkill County Historical Society.
He was just 4 years old in 1972. He remembers being told to leave his day care in Schuylkill Haven, right next to the Schuylkill River. Young's father later got involved in rescue efforts.
“That's actually when we started his volunteer firefighting career. And he was gone for days helping people get out and getting them to safety. Then after that, it was days and days of nothing but cleanup,” Young recalled.
Schuylkill Haven, Pottsville, and Pine Grove were some of the hardest-hit places in Schuylkill County. Agnes left a lot to clean up.
“It's not just the mud and the silt too, it was all the debris that carried with it like trees and cars and everything. It would just slam into businesses and homes which was the most devastating," added Young.
The historical society has pictures of the trailers that provided temporary housing after Agnes. And of women from area churches helping to clean homes.
“You see in some of the Agnes flood photos in the boats, some of those are not firefighters, that's the community. A lot of them are firefighters and rescue workers but a lot of them are just volunteers that had the boats,” Young said.
Young says the photos from Agnes are a reminder of how a community came together to help each other after one of the most devastating storms to ever hit our area.
See more stories about the Agnes Flood on YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/hurricane-agnes-remembered-in-schuylkill-county-flooding-historical-society-photos-rescue-community/523-f4d1a504-2261-4728-8b26-9eb4824b7960 | 2022-06-22T22:43:46 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/hurricane-agnes-remembered-in-schuylkill-county-flooding-historical-society-photos-rescue-community/523-f4d1a504-2261-4728-8b26-9eb4824b7960 |
SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Sandy Springs Police Department officers said they are conducting an active investigation Wednesday evening.
A spokesperson with the department said police are in the area of Morgan Falls Road and Overlook Park "conducting an active investigation." They are asking the public to avoid the area.
Police did not say what they were investigating or any other details. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/sandy-springs/sandy-springs-police-activity-overlook-park/85-b17e4ee0-48d0-4501-a343-aa07c4dd1f4e | 2022-06-22T22:45:51 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/sandy-springs/sandy-springs-police-activity-overlook-park/85-b17e4ee0-48d0-4501-a343-aa07c4dd1f4e |
BASTROP, Texas — A Bastrop County man who worked with youth sports was arrested this month on a charge of online solicitation of a minor, a second-degree felony.
The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office said Anthony Charles Davis, 51, had been active in the Bastrop community, working with youth sports events. Davis, a resident of the City of Bastrop, was working as a youth basketball trainer, the sheriff’s office said.
He was booked into the Bastrop County Jail and released the next day on a $25,000 bond.
Anyone with any information concerning similar activities involving Davis is asked to contact the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office at 512-549-5100.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin Animal Center is offering free adoptions on its 1,081 dogs and cats due to a lack of space at the shelter, the City of Austin announced Wednesday.
“We are housing dogs in crates in our conference room and we even rented an air-conditioned construction trailer to put crates in,” said Kelsey Cler, Austin Animal Center marketing and communications manager. “Unfortunately, all of those spaces are now full and our only option is to house dogs in crates outside in front of evaporation coolers.”
Twenty-three dogs don't have a kennel at all, the center said.
Adoption fees will be waived until further notice, and there will be adoption events this weekend. The first is the Adopt Late Night on Friday. The center will remain open until 9 p.m. for both adoptions and a glow stick party.
The center's annual KittyPalooza will take place Saturday starting at 8 a.m. More than 30 kittens will be up for adoption.
The Austin Animal Center is also hosting a microchip and rabies vaccine clinic on Saturday, July 2, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The center, located on 7201 Levander Loop, is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. everyday except Sunday.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Two teenage boys are facing felony charges for allegedly taking a gun from a parent and shooting at Glendale police officers Monday night.
Glendale police said the boys, ages 13 and 14, are accused of firing gunshots at a group of officers responding to a burglary call in the 6000 block of West Keim Drive. Several of the gunshots nearly missed the officers and they came "dangerously close" to getting hurt, police said.
Officers used ShotSpotter technology to pinpoint where the shots came from and traced them to an apartment complex located near the 5900 block of West Rose Lane. Investigators located security footage that allegedly captured two boys firing the shots.
The older boy allegedly took a handgun out of his mother's dresser and filmed the younger boy shooting at the officers. The older boy also took a turn firing the gun, police said.
The boys allegedly admitted to the shooting and the younger teen claimed he wanted to "murder a police officer."
Both juveniles have been booked on several counts of aggravated assault, unlawful discharge of a gun, and attempted murder.
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Gov. Dan McKee signs off on $515-million Providence pension bailout
PROVIDENCE — Gov. Dan McKee on Wednesday signed legislation allowing the City of Providence to issue a $515-million pension obligation bond in hopes of alleviating its hefty unfunded liability.
The governor's office did not immediately respond to an inquiry on whether he had any reservations about the bond given current economic conditions and a recent decision by Springfield, Massachusetts, to shelve its plan for $775 million in pension obligation bonds as interest rates rise and the stock market shakes.
Mayor Jorge Elorza, who has been an ardent advocate for the plan since last year, received approval from the Senate last week and the House earlier this month. The City Council has also green-lighted the proposal, as have voters, who gave it the go-ahead in a citywide referendum about two weeks ago. However, only about 4% of registered voters showed up to the polls.
The mayor is aiming to address the city's more than $1.2-billion unfunded liability and has described the bond as its only viable option. He recently managed to win the support of General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, who had been reluctant at first, though Magaziner was not happy that all of his recommended guardrails were not adopted.
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Instead, the city adopted some, such as a call option, so the bond might be able to be refinanced at a lower rate later, and a maximum 25-year term.
It remains unclear when the city will issue the bond. The Providence Journal has reached out to Elorza's office for comment. | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/22/providence-ri-515-million-pension-obligation-bond-approved/7705478001/ | 2022-06-22T22:48:00 | 0 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/06/22/providence-ri-515-million-pension-obligation-bond-approved/7705478001/ |
A 36-year-old Kenosha man is facing numerous felony charges for allegedly possessing many videos of child pornography.
Ryan J. Connolly, 36, was charged in Kenosha County Circuit Court with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. Connolly made his initial appearance at Intake Court on Wednesday and is being held on $15,000 cash bond.
On Tuesday, a Kenosha Police detective executed a search warrant at Connolly's resident in the 3400 block of 28th Avenue.
The detective seized a Samsung smartphone from the night stand in Connolly's bedroom that contained thousands of videos, many of which were child pornography, according to the criminal complaint. Connolly reportedly admitted that his phone contained child pornography and stated that he had knowingly downloaded and shared such materials using the Kik app on his phone.
In March, the detective received a Cybertip from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children that stated a Kik user had downloaded five videos containing child pornography using the app. The detective was provided an IP address for the Kik user and subpoenaed records from Charter Communications that reportedly traced back to Connolly.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Enrollment at Pennsylvania’s 14 public universities declined 9.4 percent, or 1.3 million students, since before the pandemic, according to the National Student Clearinghouse’s Research Center.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) claims this decline in enrollment is precisely why colleges need a large increase in funding.
PASSHE has requested a historic increase in its annual funding appropriation: $550 million, which is 15 percent, or $72 million, more than last year.
PASSHE leadership point to NSC data showing the number of students starting college increased in the last year. That suggests the decline in enrollment is driven by students who have already enrolled dropping out before they graduate.
Minority and low-income students are disproportionately affected by this trend. Minority students and Pell Grant recipient students return to study their sophomore year at significantly lower rates than their peers, according to a study cited by PASSHE.
PASSHE leaders said financial aid is the solution to both declining enrollment and access issues for some students.
“At Kutztown they’ve tracked it and they’ve seen that low and middle income students in receipt of aid will improve their retention rates dramatically,” said Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor of PASSHE. “Of all the things you could do to keep a student, financial aid is the one that works best.”
PASSHE already pulls $100 million a year from its operating costs to spend directly on financial aid. It plans to use the additional funding to further reduce tuition costs for students.
The request comes as the state legislature is negotiating the state budget, which must be passed by June 30. The state has a record surplus of money this year, thanks to funds from the American Rescue Act.
Gov. Tom Wolf supports the proposal to increase PASSHE funding. He has also promoted a proposal called the Nellie Bly Scholarship, which would allocate an additional $200 million to state college students who go into the fields of education, health care or public service.
“It’s going to help students attending community colleges or our 14 state universities to cover the real costs of college. That includes room, that includes board, books, supplies,” Wolf said.
PASSHE leadership said they are also working on building out programs to graduate more students in STEM and other growing industries.
Senate Republicans declined to comment on their response to the PASSHE funding request while they’re negotiating the state budget.
The Republican Chair of the House Education Committee, State Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie), supports the funding. He wrote in an op-ed, “The Legislature must do its part by investing in it so students can get jobs here and build lives in our region.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/student-debt-passhe-historic-funding-increase/521-e5a31ae4-9637-41c6-b8c5-fd1195069e65 | 2022-06-22T22:53:12 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/student-debt-passhe-historic-funding-increase/521-e5a31ae4-9637-41c6-b8c5-fd1195069e65 |
DENTON, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating an in-custody death that happened in Denton.
The Denton Police Department said officers responded to a disturbance just before 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday at a hotel in the 600 block of S. Interstate 35 E. Officers were told a man was inside of a hotel room and seemed "out of it."
Denton Police said officers had responded to the scene just 20 minutes earlier and encountered the same man, who had called 911 to report someone trying to get into his hotel room. According to the department, the man seemed fine in this initial incident and officers left the scene.
Officers found two hotel room windows broken and a mattress was thrown out on the sidewalk below, Denton Police said. The man could be heard yelling and screaming in the room.
Officers opened the hotel room door and attempted to speak with the man, who police said grabbed a piece of broken bed frame and advanced toward officers. Denton Police said officers "left the room to de-escalate" the situation and returned to the hallway.
When officers entered the room again, the man was in the restroom and would not respond to the officers. Denton Police said the officers heard the glass shatter inside of the restroom and saw "a large piece of glass" pushed under the door.
"Officers again exited the hotel room to isolate the male and allow him time to calm down," the department said in a press release.
After more than 30 minutes of officers trying to talk to the man, they made entry again and found the man lying on the bed. The man was "sweating profusely" and told officers to shoot him.
Police said the man was placed in double-lock handcuffs, and a leg restraint was used to wrap his ankles.
The man began to experience "a medical episode" and became unresponsive, Denton Police said.
The man was taken to an area hospital for treatment. Denton Police said the hospital told them on Wednesday that the man had died.
The Texas Rangers are investigating the incident. Police have not identified the man. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/denton-county/texas-dps-investigating-denton-county-in-custody-death/287-e3389208-d992-43a7-a201-641bbcdd2168 | 2022-06-22T22:56:14 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/denton-county/texas-dps-investigating-denton-county-in-custody-death/287-e3389208-d992-43a7-a201-641bbcdd2168 |
DALLAS — Two siblings need our help to bring them back together.
Collin and Damien are teenagers separated in foster care. But they have fierce advocates doing everything they can to find them a forever family -- together.
Damien and Collin are today's Wednesday's Child.
The way to a teenage boy's heart is usually through his stomach, and that is certainly the case with 16-year-old Collin.
"Chicken nuggets and pizza!" he said, smiling from ear to ear.
Collin and his sibling 15-year-old Damien have colorful personalities!
"I respect all animals," said Damien, talking about how we should show both humans and animals compassion.
"Even if it's creepy, cute, cuddly, spikey, I don't care. It's an animal and they have rights," he said emphatically.
Immediately, you notice that Damien and Collin are very unique and talented. WFAA met with them at J's Art studio in Dallas.
The teens love to draw. WFAA interviewed them while they drew their own pictures.
Damien and Collin are kind and caring, and also a little quirky and shy. They love and love a lot.
"Their art, obviously, for one. Each other. They love each other. They love seeing each other. Unfortunately, they're not able to see each other very often right now, only virtually," said their court appointed special advocate Layla Beaty.
"It's been a really long time since they felt a lot of that love and appreciation for who they are without having to struggle to survive," said Beaty.
Collin and Damien have been in foster care for three years -- separated in the system nearly the entire time.
"They want to be somewhere together. They are very close. They love each other," said Beaty.
Until they're together, it'll be hard to put a smile on their face. Collin, the master of solving Rubik's cubes, wants to be under the same roof with Damien.
And Damien, the lover of animals, also wants a loving family who will adopt them both and help them to picture a new future.
For more information on how to adopt Collin and Damien, send all approved home studies to LaQueena Warren at LaQueena.Warren@dfps.texas.gov. Please remember to include Collin and Damine's name within the subject line.
If you're not licensed, please visit adoptchildren.org to find out more information on how to become licensed to foster and/or adopt or contact LaQueena Warren at 817-304-1272.
For more Wednesday's Child stories, click here. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wednesdays-child-siblings-collin-damien-want-adopted-together/287-1adf3585-263e-4289-b373-2c3a63ba43c3 | 2022-06-22T22:56:20 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wednesdays-child-siblings-collin-damien-want-adopted-together/287-1adf3585-263e-4289-b373-2c3a63ba43c3 |
DALLAS — It wasn't long after their business first opened in 2015 that the owners of the urban Dallas skate park 4DWN -- located about a quarter of a mile south of Deep Ellum -- decided they needed to add a few new tricks into their initial vision.
Simply providing local skateboarders with a place to practice their ollies and kickflips just wasn't enough, co-founders Mike Crum and Rob Cahill quickly learned by interacting with the earliest adaptors to their park.
"We realized that the kids who were coming to skate were hungry," Crum says. "And we wanted to give them something healthy to eat."
So, keeping in line with the decision to name their business 4DWN in the first place -- "It's a metaphor for the four wheels of a skateboard rolling forward and overcoming challenges," Cahill says -- the pair of former professional skateboarders behind the brand have steadily worked toward adding both a food bank and an urban farm to their main skate park operations.
It's Sunday morning, and two dozen volunteers have gathered to divide fruit, vegetables and other staples into boxes that will be delivered later in the day to as many as 100 local families in need.
The food they're sorting comes from two local Whole Foods Markets that have decided to help the project by offering surplus items in bulk to 4DWN volunteers who pick up the goods and then bring them to the park for sorting.
The volunteers at 4DWN are a truly diverse lot. There's Angela Vega, here with her boyfriend. Freddy Cavazos, meanwhile, came with his daughter Savanah. And then there's Isaac Berry, a skater from Oak Cliff.
"This is a great place," Berry says. "There aren’t many places to skate in South Dallas -- and this one is free. Plus, what they’re doing with the food bank and the hydroponic garden is exciting."
Wait. A hydroponic garden at a skate park? That's the eventual plan, yes.
In fact, it’s only part of the plan.
In collaboration with the Oak Cliff Veggie Project and Restorative Farms (among others), 4DWN hopes to build a hydroponic garden under the deck of the park's half pipe. (A halfpipe, for the uninitiated, is the two-story concave ramp that skaters use gain speed for airborne tricks).
As part of its own initiative, the Oak Cliff Veggie Project says its already grows and distributes free food to 1,000 local families a month. It also is integrally involved with a piece of land located next to the skate park as part of an effort it calls "Own The Acre."
One day soon, Cahill envisions 4DWN and Oak Cliff Veggie Project turning the "Own The Acre" property into a closed-loop urban farm. He foresees a farm where there is no waste. The skate park, in this vision, will save rainwater that will be used to irrigate an organic garden on the land. The produce? It will go to families at no charge. Agricultural waste? That would be utilized in a rapid composting system. And the compost? That will be used in the garden and distributed to those in need.
There are many moving parts in this larger concept. One problem, though: You can’t just start a farm in Downtown Dallas. You have to get permits.
For the last year, 4DWN Director of Cultural Activities Theresa Tumminia has been trying to navigate the bureaucracy at Dallas City Hall to complete the paperwork needed for the full 4DWN vision to flourish.
At the same time, Tumminia has broadened the community footprint of the skate park with events such as the Sunday morning food drives, yoga classes and even regular meetings for skaters struggling with sobriety.
Recently, Tumminia helped procure a refrigerated shipping container so the park can store provisions with reduced spoilage. She’s constantly applying for grants to help the nonprofit, too.
She knows that money is the ultimate fertilizer that 4DWN needs to cultivate its full dream of helping those in need throughout Dallas.
But she also knows she'll get there one day.
Because rolling forward and overcoming challenges? That's what 4DWN's always done. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/popular-dallas-skate-park-4dwn-fights-food-insecurity-urban-farm-food-drives/287-198465aa-de25-4a76-8485-121071ba9797 | 2022-06-22T22:56:27 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/popular-dallas-skate-park-4dwn-fights-food-insecurity-urban-farm-food-drives/287-198465aa-de25-4a76-8485-121071ba9797 |
DALLAS — Across North Texas, there have been so many wrong-way driver crashes.
As summer begins, Dallas police are warning drivers what to do if they are in that scary situation.
It happened to one of WFAA's photographers Wednesday morning -- a driver was going the wrong way on the highway.
WFAA photographer Tom Costley was driving into work, when he saw what appeared to be headlights driving toward him.
The driver of the car was going the wrong way on U.S. 75, near the Hall Street exit in Downtown Dallas.
With upcoming summer trips and holidays, Dallas police are warning drivers what to do when they see a driver going the wrong way on some of the busiest roads.
“Whenever you spot a wrong-way driver, get on the furthest right lane as quickly and safely as possible,” said Corporal Brian Martinez, with the Dallas Police Department.
He said, especially at night, you should try to stay in the far right lane.
“A lot of these wrong-way drivers, typically when they enter a freeway, they are on the fast lane,” said Martinez.
And when it’s safe to do so, call 911.
“If you can, give us a make and model of the vehicle,” said Martinez.
It was a month ago, when four people, including Palestine ISD coach Michael Coyne, were killed on Interstate 45 by a wrong-way driver.
RELATED: Palestine students hospitalized after deadly wrong-way crash out of ICU, facing tough recovery
While Wilmer police are still investigating that crash, Dallas police say, they’re teaming up with other agencies.
“We will not tolerate any aggressive driving,” said Martinez.
A Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) spokesperson told WFAA, they’re constantly reevaluating all major intersections to on and off-ramps, making sure the signs are bold enough. And, if a person is going the wrong way on the highway, those white reflectors that we see, will reflect red.
TxDOT says, they spent $2 million to redesign hundreds of highways across Dallas county.
While Dallas police continue to patrol more frequently during the summer months, they want drivers to be extra vigilant.
“Sometimes these roads at nighttime, you could be new to these streets and enter the wrong side of the road. So, be aware of your surroundings,” said Martinez. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/wfaa-photographer-encounters-wrong-way-driver-on-us-75-dallas/287-9fe17665-f758-4b43-91d6-999f9663474a | 2022-06-22T22:56:33 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/wfaa-photographer-encounters-wrong-way-driver-on-us-75-dallas/287-9fe17665-f758-4b43-91d6-999f9663474a |
FDA investigates death of another infant given Abbott formula
U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials are investigating the death of another infant who was given formula made by Abbott Laboratories.
The infant died in January and the FDA was notified June 10, according to a statement Wednesday.
“The investigation of this most recent consumer complaint is in its preliminary stages and the agency will provide an update as it learns more,” the FDA said.
Abbott shares shed some gains on the news and were up 0.99% at Wednesday’s close.
Abbott recalled formula, including widely used Similac, in February after four babies became ill after consuming products made at the company’s plant in Sturgis, Michigan. Two of the infants died. The FDA said it hasn’t been able to definitively determine whether Abbott’s formula was the reason for the illnesses or deaths. Abbott has said there is no conclusive evidence to link its formula to the illnesses or deaths.
The FDA also inspected the facility in February and March and found unsanitary conditions that led the plant to shut down until Abbott could fix the problems. The plant reopened earlier this month only to be beset by flood waters that halted its infant formula production last week. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/22/fda-abbott-baby-formula-death/50406171/ | 2022-06-22T23:05:04 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/06/22/fda-abbott-baby-formula-death/50406171/ |
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind. — When it's this hot for this long, we always hear about the importance of checking on our neighbors, especially older neighbors who are at higher risk and may need extra help.
That's the exact mission of Johnson County Senior Services.
Daily deliveries to older neighbors are part of Jerry Pressnell's job. He's a driver for Johnson County Senior Services and he loves it.
"I'm blessed to be doing this. I am," Pressnell said.
But in extreme weather, his role takes on added importance.
"I always try to make sure they're comfortable, you know, as far as the air conditioning," Pressnell said, "and try to remind them on a hot day like this to, to make sure to hydrate."
Kimberly Smith, the nonprofits executive director, the people they serve already have a hard enough time with the heat.
"It compromises their health anyway," Smith said. "They are already choosing between food and medicine. They're already not eating for days."
Checking on neighbors is a life-preserving mission for this team.
The nonprofit cares for 8,700 people per month, making a dozen food deliveries a day and making sure seniors get to the doctor and other appointments.
But right now, temperatures aren't the only trouble.
"We're out of a lot of the very basic items that they need. Our soup section, this is it," Smith said, pointing to an empty shelf in their food pantry. "And this is where the eggs and those kinds of things would go. So it is challenging to put together food orders for them. We have absolutely no produce at all, no dairy for them."
Nonprofits and the seniors they help are really experiencing the trifecta of high heat, high grocery prices and high gas prices.
Several of the vehicles Johnson County Senior Services uses to transport seniors only get 6 mpg, for example. All of it is challenging the mission to serve. Still, they press on.
Pressnell continues to load up, drive over and reach out to make sure seniors are safe.
On this day, he brought Karen in Greenwood a care package and water, helping her survive the heat and taking her to an appointment.
"They're awesome about getting stuff done," she said. "The drivers are great."
Then it's onto the next neighbor to help on his list.
It's a mission the group says we should all emulate, especially in extreme weather.
"It is so important if you are a neighbor — check on them. If you're part of a congregation, check on those older folks," Smith said. "Just to see if there's anything at all that we can do to enhance the quality of their life during not only these difficult times, but always."
If you'd like to help or donate food or time to Johnson County Senior Services, visit the nonprofit's website. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/johnson-county-senior-services-nonprofit-older-neighbors-stay-safe-in-extreme-heat/531-b295a310-ca16-4eef-a3d4-2d657c538c23 | 2022-06-22T23:05:12 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/johnson-county-senior-services-nonprofit-older-neighbors-stay-safe-in-extreme-heat/531-b295a310-ca16-4eef-a3d4-2d657c538c23 |
IDAHO, USA — The Idaho State Police ( ISP) is seeking information about an Idaho man who went missing in early 2018.
Michael K. Murphy Jr., 26, from Lapwai was last seen in March 2018. IPS said he was living in the Lewiston/Clarkston area at the time of his disappearance.
According to the Justice for Native People, Murphy was last seen at the Palouse Mall in Moscow, sometime between Feb. 23 and 29, 2018. Reports state he was getting into a car with an unknown man.
Michael was not reported missing until July 2018, according to the Justice for Native People website.
According to the website, Murphy didn't typically use credit or debit cards and his cellphone didn't have a working number.
Murphy was 26-year-old at the time of his disappearance. He is Native American and is 6'2" tall. He has brown hair and brown eyes with a medium build.
Murphy's ears and lower lip are pierced. He wears eyeglasses and has unknown tattoos on his left shoulder, left hand, both calves, and both forearms. One of his tattoos has the word "Moscow."
"Michael was beloved by his family and friends, and it is our sincere hope that we can locate Michael and return him to his family," said ISP Detective Joe Lake, who has been working on Murphy's case since 2019.
If you have information related to Murphy's whereabouts contact the ISP at 298-750-9350. The information you provide could be the missing piece investigators need to find answers for Michael's family.
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KUNA, Idaho —
The Kuna Fire Department was dispatched to a reported fire on Rockstone Court in Kuna around 2:30 p.m., according to Ada County Sheriff’s Office.
Kuna Fire said there was a field on fire, no structures were burned, and that crews have begun mopping up.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said they are assisting with fire suppression and dispatched five engines and a dozer to the incident.
This is an ongoing incident, check back for more details.
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TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. — NOTE: The video report above is from approximately three weeks after Hurricane Ida
The man who owned a series of nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish as Hurricane Ida approached and where several residents died has been arrested on multiple charges, the Louisiana Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday.
Bob Dean, 68, of Georgia, was charged with eight felony counts of cruelty to persons with infirmities, five felony counts of Medicaid fraud and two felony counts of obstruction of justice.
Attorney General Jeff Landry said that the arrest comes after an investigation revealed that Dean refused to move residents out of the warehouse following Hurricane Ida, that he billed Medicaid for dates the residents weren't receiving proper care and that he tried to intimidate and obstruct public health officials.
More than 800 residents from seven nursing homes in southeast Louisiana were housed at the troubled warehouse.
Four residents of the warehouse died before officials could evacuate the residents and a couple more died in the following days.
Inspectors from the Louisiana Department of Health were notified about the situation and initially tried to investigate, but said they were turned away.
Online booking records show that Dean was in custody Wednesday afternoon in Tangipahoa Parish. His attorney did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
Dean had already lost the state licenses for his seven facilities after moving hundreds of residents to a poorly equipped warehouse as Ida approached. In May, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it was prohibiting Dean from receiving federal funding, including Medicare.
Louisiana law allows nursing homes to decide where to evacuate while under a mandatory evacuation order, but requires they must provide a safe place for the residents.
"The owner of the homes had an obligation to move those residents to a better facility or ask for help," Governor John Bel Edwards said at the time. "He (Dean) did neither. In fact, what he did was try to prevent the Dept. of Health from coming in and ascertaining the condition of those residents earlier in the week."
The seven nursing homes the residents were originally housed at are:
- River Palms Nursing and Rehab in Orleans Parish
- South Lafourche Nursing and Rehab in Lafourche Parish
- Maison Orleans Healthcare Center in Orleans Parish
- Park Place Healthcare Nursing Home in Jefferson Parish
- West Jefferson Health Care Center in Jefferson Parish
- Maison DeVille Nursing Home in Terrebonne Parish
- Maison DeVille Nursing Home of Harvey in Jefferson Parish
Several lawsuits were filed over the conditions and the deaths. WWL-TV received several videos and reports that, despite COVID still being a major threat, mattresses were placed close together and there weren't enough resources or workers to handle the patients, many of whom needed intense care.
Ida blasted ashore last August as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast into a major industrial corridor. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/bob-dean-nursing-home-owner-arrested-for-cruelty-after-hurricane-ida-warehouse-debacle/289-fcded200-fa64-467e-ab8c-5cecc74b8abf | 2022-06-22T23:06:25 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/bob-dean-nursing-home-owner-arrested-for-cruelty-after-hurricane-ida-warehouse-debacle/289-fcded200-fa64-467e-ab8c-5cecc74b8abf |
FERGUSON, Mo. — There's a new member of the crew at the Ferguson Fire Department and she's already capturing the hearts of the team and community.
She doesn't have a name just yet, but we'll get to that in a moment, and how you can help decide.
The new firehouse pup was found earlier this month wandering around by construction workers, according to Captain Ken Zeilmann. Ferguson police picked her up and brought her to the kennel behind the firehouse, but since it was the start of the weekend, hot outside and many shelters were already full, the fire department decided to bring her inside for the weekend to stay cool and fed.
The fire department checked around for the owner and reached out to St. Animal Pet Adoptions to get her scanned for a microchip. They found the owners, but they decided to surrender her, Zeilmann, who is also a volunteer at the shelter, told 5 On Your Side.
The firehouse contacted the rescue she was first adopted from, but they said because shelters are overcrowded, she'd do better with a foster.
Turns out, the animal shelter didn't have to look too far to find her next owner, or rather owners. Zeilmann said the fire department crew grew very fond of her and she was getting more comfortable around the station, too.
So it was decided that she'd stay, for good. With the help of St. Animal Pet Adoptions, the fire department became a permanent foster, a first for the fire department.
Zeilmann said she'll stay at Ferguson Fire Department Station 1 full time, and they need your help naming her.
There was an "exhaustive firehouse debate" when trying to pick a name, so the firehouse is leaving it up to the people. You can pick from three names: Nozzle, Ember or Fergie.
You have until Friday, June 25 at 5 p.m. to cast your vote on the Ferguson Fire Department's post about the pup.
St. Animal Pet Adoptions is also helping with her food and vet costs. You can learn more about the St. Animal Pet Adoptions by clicking here. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/lost-dog-finds-home-ferguson-fire-department/63-5a7c53ac-cbce-4d0c-8788-9b827a4a5fe0 | 2022-06-22T23:06:32 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/lost-dog-finds-home-ferguson-fire-department/63-5a7c53ac-cbce-4d0c-8788-9b827a4a5fe0 |
Grabill, Leo and Harlan residents will soon have Fort Wayne drinking water running through their taps.
Fort Wayne City Council gave initial approval Tuesday to an interlocal agreement between Fort Wayne City Utilities and the town of Grabill. Matthew Wirtz, deputy director of engineering, said City Utilities provides wastewater services for the Maysville Regional Water and Sewer District, but drinking water has been provided by a water treatment plant in Grabill.
Grabill has been providing drinking water to the area for more than 40 years. “That 1970s infrastructure has aged out and needs to be replaced,” Wirtz said. “It was actually at its capacity.”
Replacing the water plant likely would have cost more than $5 million. Wirtz said officials determined connecting to City Utilities is the better long-term solution to have proper capacity and to avoid high rate increases for Maysville customers.
The interlocal agreement includes a 35-year contract for drinking water provided by City Utilities. Grabill will demolish its plant and will purchase drinking water needed for the district before passing it along to Maysville, Wirtz said.
“We’re not taking over the Grabill utility or the Maysville utility. We’re just basically going to sell them water,” Wirtz explained. “Our ownership stays at the end of their district.”
State officials would like to see the regionalization happen, Wirtz said, so City Utilities, Grabill and the Maysville district have received grants and low-interest loans from the State Revolving Fund to help with the needed improvements.
City Utilities will have to spend $620,000 after receiving an $80,000 state grant to extend a water main to connect to Grabill’s system. Wirtz said the return on investment would take a few years.
The water main extension will be able to accommodate up to 700,000 gallons of drinking water a day. The Maysville district uses about 240,000 to 260,000 gallons a day.
If the average water usage stays the same, Grabill will pay between $250,000 and $300,000 annually for drinking water, Wirtz said.
The extra revenue from the Grabill agreement will help offset future rate increases for City Utilities customers, Wirtz said.
Councilman Tom Didier, R-3rd, said he and other members had received a letter of support from the Grabill Town Council.
The Fort Wayne City Council members didn’t discuss it before giving the agreement unanimous preliminary approval. Councilman Glynn Hines, D-at large, was absent.
Preliminary votes rarely change before final decisions are made. Council members are expected to take a final vote Tuesday. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/grabill-customers-to-soon-have-fort-wayne-drinking-water/article_5fa14286-f25a-11ec-9183-6fe73532921b.html | 2022-06-22T23:07:41 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/grabill-customers-to-soon-have-fort-wayne-drinking-water/article_5fa14286-f25a-11ec-9183-6fe73532921b.html |
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio will be considering another measure to help small businesses bounce back from COVID.
Thursday, city council will consider approving a plan to provide $30.9 million in ARPA funded grants. At least one business says the help is needed, but for different reasons.
San Antonio staples like Nadler’s Bakery and Deli consider themselves lucky.
“We didn’t suffer too much during COVID, but I think we’re suffering a whole lot right now,” owner Alexia Nadler Mendez, running her father’s business says their latest battle is trying to find help.
“Bakers are hard to come by, decorators are not coming by, and that’s my business, and so then you stress out the employees that are here,” she said.
While her business is dealing with the after-effects of COVID, city leaders say many local businesses did not survive the pandemic.
“Restaurants were decimated, right? 30-plus percent of local businesses in San Antonio shut their doors and will never come back,” Manny Pelaez, District 8 city councilman told KENS 5.
Councilman Pelaez says the city is partnering with the non-profit group LiftFund to distribute the dollars.
If approved by city council Thursday—Pelaez says they hope the money would go out within the next 90 days.
Businesses will have to apply for the program once its established, and any prospective businesses will have metrics attached to money they may receive.
“They have to sit down with these experts and figure out what other wraparound services we can offer these businesses to not just give them a one-time cash infusion, but also give them the tools necessary to be resilient in the future,” Pelaez said.
Nadler’s took advantage of other programs like PPP and SBA loans.
Nadler Mendez says they’re paying them back—but would like to focus their funds on new employees.
“I would never turn away free money, but if I had to sit down and think about it, nothing’s free, we’re going to have to pay for it somewhere,” Nadler Mendez said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-to-consider-nearly-31-million-small-businesses-struggling-with-covid-recovery/273-deb005ad-96eb-4a68-af94-90dd4c38f74e | 2022-06-22T23:08:49 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/san-antonio-to-consider-nearly-31-million-small-businesses-struggling-with-covid-recovery/273-deb005ad-96eb-4a68-af94-90dd4c38f74e |
SAN ANTONIO — Two individuals have been arrested and charged with arson in connection with two fires that occurred on the east side, according to a press release.
Katheryn Bassaignana, 34-years-old, was charged for the fire at the Friedrich building on East Commerce Street and Cruz Rivas, 37-years-old, was charged for the fire at 901 East Crocket Street.
The Freidrich building is just a few feet away from IDEA Carver campus where school personnel worked quickly during the time of the fire to move students away from the scene.
The Friedrich building was the scene of several fires back in March when Pete Alanis, executive director for the San Antonio Housing Trust, said he requested an emergency demolition order from federal housing officials. At the time a fire spokesman said they would continue to investigate the potential of arson.
The Friedrich building area is also the site of a redevelopment plan, which has been stalled for years, calls for a number of buildings on the old campus on the 1600 block of East Commerce to be demolished and replaced with new multi-family housing.
The fire on East Crockett Street was from a two-story vacant house where the San Antonio Fire Department told KENS 5 that the home was a "total loss." Heat also caused the grass across the street to catch on fire.
The investigation into any additional fires is ongoing.
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We are learning more about the difficult road to recovery for one of three women shot inside Hair World Salon in Dallas just over a month ago.
The shooting is being investigated as a potential hate crime against the Asian-American community, according to Dallas police.
The son of a survivor is sharing his mother’s journey to recovery, both physically and emotionally.
Doctor John Park said medical school did not prepare him for the day his mother was shot.
“I pronounced at least 200 people [dead] during the Covid-era because I was in New York at the time as an internist,” he said. “Even that kind of experience as a physician, I don’t think any of that prepared me for this.”
Park says for some reason, his mother ventured to Hair World Salon in Dallas’ Koreatown neighborhood to get her hair done on the afternoon of May 11.
She had never visited the salon before.
The 58-year-old Korean immigrant, wife, mother of two and donut shop owner then found herself in the middle of a chaotic and traumatizing situation.
Police said Jeremy Smith stopped his van on Royal Lane, walked into the salon and opened fire. Park recounted what his mother told him: “He just stormed in, didn’t really say anything, didn’t really demand anything. My mom made eye contact with him, and he was already beginning to fire shots. She said he probably fired at least 10 to 15 shots. She heard many, many multiple gunshots. They were very loud. People were screaming. She saw the blood splashes from the other people.”
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Three women were shot, including his mother and the salon’s two owners. There were several people in the salon at the time of the shooting who were not shot.
His mother, whom he asked not to identify by name, suffered a gunshot to the buttocks area.
“From my own medical knowledge, she dodged paralysis by about two to three centimeters,” he said. “She was extremely lucky.”
While police are still investigating the motive behind the seemingly random attack, Smith’s girlfriend told police Smith had been experiencing delusional thoughts about Asians following a crash a few years ago.
He had verbally lashed out at an Asian supervisor at work and had been admitted to mental health facilities several times, according to an arrest affidavit.
The survivors are now trying to heal, both physically and mentally.
“My mom is afraid to go outside. She’s having insomnia, she’s never had that issue before. She cries a lot. I’m worried about her mental well-being, to be honest,” said Park.
Asked whether he believes this case is another example of Asian hate crimes, as reported across the country, Park said he’s not sure.
“I actually want to believe that it was a mental illness that led to this incident, rather than a pure racially motivated crime,” he said. “That would actually make us feel better. It’s hard to know. If that was the case, then he himself is another victim in some way.”
A ‘victim’ he said in that perhaps the medical world somehow did not meet his needs.
“It's a healthcare provider's job, you know, there are medicines out there to suppress those thoughts, delusions, hallucinations, those medications actually work very well,” he said. “These are risky, people, risky population. Maybe there was a pitfall in society, and we let them loose.”
The medical expert says he can one day forgive Smith if mental illness was indeed behind the attack, but he could never forgive an attack out of sheer hatred.
The shooting left the DFW Asian American community afraid for their safety.
Police are still investigating a string of shootings prior to the salon shooting to see if they are connected.
Park said he hopes his community that often opts to remain silent about hate or crimes committed against them will accept his request: “Number one, speak up and number two, don’t return the hate with another hate.”
DPD said there are no new updates to provide on the case and no other arrests have been made.
The Northwest Patrol Division continues to monitor the area and is in contact with the community, according to DPD. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/son-of-dallas-salon-shooting-survivor-she-was-extremely-lucky/2998184/ | 2022-06-22T23:12:39 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/son-of-dallas-salon-shooting-survivor-she-was-extremely-lucky/2998184/ |
The State Fair of Texas is proud to announce the free entertainment lineup for this fall.
More than 100 activities will be available throughout all 24 days of the fair, all free with a paid admission. The State Fair of Texas prides itself on celebrating all things Texan and providing something for everyone. Below are the highlights for this year's lineup, to find the full lineup please click here.
WHAT'S NEW AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS
- Brand-new, over-the-top, spectacular floats! The Kroger Starlight Parade will light up the Fair Park skyline this year. The nightly parade wanders through the fairgrounds all 24 nights. Make sure to witness this bold and bright procession at least once!
- Bring the kids and prepare to be amazed at Allez-Oops with Rob and Miss Jane! Married duo Rob and Miss Jane waltz on wine bottles, skip on stilts and even tame the terrifying tiger baby. Catch this new and silly show in Oak Farms Theater.
- Pump the brakes on the brand-new attraction Oontz Kids DJ Dance Party. Join us at Howdy's near the Children's Aquarium for this showcase of kids DJs from DFW's DJ school, OontzKids. While the kiddos dance and play the day away, parents can enjoy rest, food, and drink under the shade of historic oak trees.
WHAT IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER AT THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS
- The lives of the party return with two new characters you might recognize - Showstoppers will take over the Hall of State steps again this year. Saddle up for a front row, and you might get roped into being a part of the show.
- Country Round-up, the puppet show created exclusively for the State Fair of Texas, returns for the second year to the Dr Pepper Midway Stage with a new trick up its sleeve.
FAN FAVORITES RETURN
- If you're ready for some dog-gone fun, you're in luck! The All-Star Stunt Dog Show returns to Marine Corps Square for this year's State Fair. Joining the All-State Stunt Dog Show, the pig races make their debut outside this year. Don't miss this fan favorite.
- Join us over at the Fringe Stage with strongman Mighty Mike. A bender of horseshoes, juggler of bowling balls and sledgehammers, and all-around charmer. Mighty Mike's funny performance showcases strongman strength techniques dating back to the 1920s and, dare we say, questionable dance routines.
- World of Birds presents: SOAR!, an iconic fan favorite, rings the aviary world up-close to the audience with bird releases from the Texas Star Ferris Wheel and flyovers just inches from guests; heads. "SOAR!" is also filled with a wealth of knowledge regarding bird health, habitat information, and conservation efforts worldwide.
These are just a few highlights of the more than 100 daily activities at the 2022 State Fair of Texas. To start planning a visit and see the complete entertainment listing, click here. Season passes are available. The 2022 State Fair of Texas will kick off Friday, Sept. 30 and run through Sunday, Oct. 23. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/state-fair-of-texas-introduces-2022-attraction-lineup/2997991/ | 2022-06-22T23:12:45 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/state-fair-of-texas-introduces-2022-attraction-lineup/2997991/ |
Day two of the Senate Special Committee to Protect All Texans hearing focused on mental health.
In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, the committee wanted to address ways to try and prevent this from happening again.
"Mental health is everyone's business,” said Sonja Gaines with Texas Health and Human Service Commission. “We all play a role."
That's why several mental health agencies from across the state shared with the members the issues they are facing.
A key theme was repeated often about a need for more mental health care workers.
"The state continues to face a shortage of mental health professionals,” said Dr. Stephanie Chapman, director of primary care psychology. “If I might add shortages of mental health professionals who speak Spanish as well as mental health professionals who reflect the communities that they serve."
Possible solutions were presented like having schools offer mental health curriculums and even school-level mental health screenings.
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"Just as schools complete vision screenings and verify immunization status for all students they can use brief validated tools to assess how students are feeling and coping also asking about adverse childhood experiences that increase risk for mental health concerns," Chapman said.
All the agencies are trying to address mental health the best they can. Speakers at Wednesday's hearing discussed how parents must play a part and be willing to get their children the help they need.
"The work that we do is not to replace the family,” said Dr. David Lakey, presiding officer of the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium. “It doesn't replace the role of the parents." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/role-of-mental-health-in-texas-senate-hearing-on-uvalde-massacre/2998139/ | 2022-06-22T23:12:51 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/role-of-mental-health-in-texas-senate-hearing-on-uvalde-massacre/2998139/ |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Central Florida is the first in Central Florida, and the first public university in the state, to give students and staff the power to save their own lives if they’re overdosing.
UCF now gives away Narcan for free without a prescription to anyone who is registered with the university.
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UCF police have been carrying the overdose-reversing drug since 2015. Often, it takes two doses to bring someone back to life.
Now, all students and staff members can get two doses of Narcan at no charge with no questions asked at the UCF Health Services pharmacy to keep with them or in their room or house.
Megan Giddens, a licensed clinical social worker and assistant director of the Substance Use Disorders Clinic at UCF, pushed for the university to take advantage of the free Narcan offered by the Orange County Drug-Free Coalition.
“We try to be ahead of the game as far as being proactive with preventive measures,” Gidden said. “So with the fentanyl crisis this would be something to give access to our students.”
Giddens, though, admits she faced pushback.
Some feared that giving away Narcan would encourage overdoses. Giddens said there’s no evidence of that.
“Nationally there’s judgment attached to addiction,” Giddens said. “I once had a student tell me, ‘I was just scared to be seen in your waiting room.’ And I thought what? It’s so welcome, we have really gone out of our way to make it a really positive environment but there’s still that fear there. Just with the stigma. But I think campaigns like this with Narcan showing that we’re supporting student-centered preventive measures, I think that helps reduce that stigma. Will it ever go away? I don’t know.”
Giddens said what there is evidence of nearly 80% of people in Orange County who died from overdoses last year, according to the Drug-Free Coalition. They all had fentanyl in their system - the incredibly potent, easily available opioid mixed into more and more pills.
Since October, the Narcan giveaway has gotten results, Giddens said. The life-saving nasal spray, which typically costs $80, has been distributed for free to at least 43 people thus far. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/ucf-distributes-narcan-for-free-to-students-staff-to-prevent-opioid-overdoses/ | 2022-06-22T23:13:54 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2022/06/22/ucf-distributes-narcan-for-free-to-students-staff-to-prevent-opioid-overdoses/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — If recommendations in a federal Department of Veterans Affairs report become reality, some significant growth and realignment is in the James H. Quillen Mountain Home VA Medical Center’s not-too-distant future.
News Channel 11 sat down with Quillen’s director, Dean Borsos, about recommendations from the so-called “AIR Commission” — an effort that grew out of the MISSION Act Congress passed in 2018. The AIR Commission looked at every VA market nationwide, more than 60 in all, aiming to position the VA for a care network “with the right facilities, in the right places, to provide the right care for all Veterans,” according to a VA news release.
With a late March report now public on each market area, the president and Congress will review the recommendations and decide whether to accept them and okay implementation, which could take several years.
Notable recommendations in the report, which looks out over the next decade, include considering construction of a new nursing home in Knoxville, opening a multi-specialty outpatient clinic in Kingsport, opening an outpatient clinic in Greeneville and converting the nursing home and domiciliary rooms at the Johnson City campus to single occupancy.
“That would be a really good thing in terms of the treatment and quality of life for our veterans that are using the (nursing home) and the domiciliary,” Borsos said.
For Mountain Home and its service area that stretches from Knoxville to Mountain City and covers much of Southwest Virginia, any changes will be a continuation of what began several years ago when the MISSION Act looked to broaden veterans’ access to care by allowing more involvement by private providers.
“Trying to get to the right facilities in the right location providing the right care … is what Mountain Home and James H. Quillen has been trying to do all along and has been working very well,” Borsos said. He cited expansion of radiation oncology services, addition of a second MRI machine and addition of intensive care beds at the hospital among examples of what he said were market-driven upgrades “to continue the growth of our ability to provide that care.”
The AIR recommendations are comprehensive and include projections about changes in demand for various types of services and the numbers of veterans in the market. Borsos said the bottom line, though, is that the VA wants veterans to look to the system first — and that the system is becoming more and more integrated with partners in academia and the private sector.
“The crux of this is that the VA remains at the center of care,” Borsos said. “And so James H Quillen and our supporting VA clinics will continue to be the main focus on how we provide care to veterans.”
But Borsos said the report calls for, and he supports, expanding work with East Tennessee State University and even more particularly the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, where the highest growth in demand is projected.
“We can use our academic affiliates and then we can use community partners, community providers, to make sure our networks are more robust so that the veterans that, whatever care we may not be able to provide here, can access in their local community get more ready access to that,” Borsos said. “That can be a big benefit, especially as we get further out to the rural areas.”
The AIR report notes that 43.6% of the 67,000-plus enrollees in Quillen’s market live in rural areas, which is 34% higher than the national average of 32.5%.
The main campus and hospital, and those clinics, are likely to undergo some significant changes if the study’s recommendations. The study compared its own recommendations to maintaining the status quo and to a plan that would modernize existing health care infrastructure but doesn’t have a market study backing it up.
The total costs over 30 years aren’t terribly different, with the status quo at $15.1 billion, modernization at $15.9 billion and the VA recommendation from the study at $16.1 billion. But a related cost-benefit analysis gave the new plan a much higher “benefit score” (15) than the modernization (11) or status quo (10) options.
Borsos said he wants Quillen and all its care providers — staffing has grown by several hundred in the last few years — to continue improving and adapting to the best care models. He believes the system has done a good job of that and said he was particularly proud to learn the hospital got a five-star rating for patient satisfaction earlier this year from Becker’s Hospital Review.
But he said the landscape is always shifting and there’s always room for improvement.
“If we were to focus on one area where I think we may be able to do a little bit more would be to perhaps look at our operating room space, and maybe the ability to add another operating room or two or three … so that we can keep up with the medical surgical workload that’s going on in the community.”
Borsos said he’d be particularly pleased to see changes at the domiciliary and nursing home in terms of a shift to single-occupancy rooms. The domiciliary serves veterans who are trying to overcome substance abuse or mental health issues that have hampered their ability to function well in society. Many come having been homeless.
“Many talks about how it’s incrementally, or in other instances just overwhelmingly changed their lives and given them a new sense of direction,” Borsos said. (The program has) enabled them to advance and move out of the domiciliary, have their own places, get jobs and then continue to be very productive in life. They have come back afterwards thanking the staff which is so appreciative of their ability to engage in change their lives.”
The AIR Commission report on the Quillen market begins on page 18 of this link. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/federal-report-charts-path-for-changes-growth-at-quillen-va-medical-center/ | 2022-06-22T23:17:20 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/federal-report-charts-path-for-changes-growth-at-quillen-va-medical-center/ |
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Project leaders for a meat processing facility continue to work toward securing a location to get the project off the ground.
The county first considered putting it near Grandview Elementary. After that was off the table, they considered placing it next to the Jonesborough Flea Market.
While that is still an option, another location is also being considered along Highway 11E and the Eagle’s Nest residential community.
Neighbor Richard Hayward lives in the Eagle’s Nest community and received a notice in the mail from the county that the Jonesborough Regional Planning Commission will consider a request to rezone land for a slaughterhouse just across his property line.
“You could have knocked me over with a feather, I was just shocked,” Hayward said. “In our backyard, literally in our backyard, was just insidious to us all.”
Hayward said having a slaughterhouse next door would devalue his property, making it impossible to sell if he needed to.
The Haywards aren’t alone in their concerns, other neighbors in the Eagle’s Nest residential community have similar worries.
“I don’t care how quiet they say it’s going to be or how unpungent the odor is going to be,” Roger Granbois said. “You can’t hide that stuff.”
Neighbor Carrie Mae said while she supports farming and has family in agriculture, she doesn’t think a residential area is the right place for a meat processing facility.
“I think anyone that moves to East Tennessee wants to be able to spend time outdoors especially in their own backyard,” Mae said. “That’s one of our biggest concerns.
A spokesperson for the meat processing facility said in a statement Wednesday that the location next to the Jonesborough Flea Market is still the Appalachian Producers Cooperative’s first choice.
“The rezoning request for the second property is not being pursued by the Cooperative and was requested by the property owners. The Cooperative is aware of their request for rezoning and does consider that property a fall-back option in the event that the property next to the Flea Market does not work out for some unforeseen reason.”
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Commissioner Kent Harris said while he’s in support of the facility, he’s also in support of finding the right location for it.
“We don’t need to go into any area that people don’t want us in because there’s places that can be built that will work without upsetting the neighborhood,” Harris said.
If you ask Hayward and his wife, Vivian, their neighborhood is not that place.
“This proposed project would change our lives and not for the better,” Vivian Hayward said.
The rezoning request applicant, Scot Hamilton, declined to speak about his request at this time.
The request will be considered at the Jonesborough Regional Planning Commission meeting July 19, before being sent to the Washington County Board of Commissioners for final consideration. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/proposed-washington-county-tenn-slaughterhouse-location-concerns-neighbors/ | 2022-06-22T23:17:26 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/proposed-washington-county-tenn-slaughterhouse-location-concerns-neighbors/ |
The last of four inmates who walked away from a minimum-security satellite camp at the Federal Correctional Complex Petersburg surrendered Wednesday morning without incident, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Lamonte Rashawn Willis, 30, of Suffolk turned himself in just after 10 a.m. to U.S. Marshals and Federal Bureau of Prisons officials at the Federal Correctional Center Petersburg’s Medium Security Facility in Prince George County, said Kevin Connolly, a supervisor with the Marshals Service Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.
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Two of the other escaped inmates, Corey Branch, 41, and Kareem Shaw, 46, surrendered just after midnight Tuesday to the staff of the facility where they were housed. Tavares Graham, 44, surrendered early Sunday morning.
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The four men left the satellite camp around 9:30 or 10 p.m. Friday, officials said, but weren’t discovered missing until around 1:45 a.m. Saturday.
The satellite camp houses low-security risk inmates in a dormitory, which is adjacent to the Federal Bureau of Prisons minimum-security facility at 1100 River Road in Prince George.
All escapees face new federal charges of escaping from a federal prison, which carries a punishment of up to five years incarceration.
The four inmates were serving sentences ranging from 10 to 18 years for major drug offenses involving fentanyl, cocaine or heroin and/or crimes involving possession of firearms.
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GREENSBORO — Help is on the way for local residents struggling with the increasing costs of feeding and caring for their pets.
Guilford County Animal Services recently created the Mobile Pet Assistance Center to help reduce the number of dogs and cats that get surrendered because their owners can't afford the food, according to Stephen Carlson, the department's community engagement manager.
The MPAC will set up at Oak Hollow Lake Festival Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday to give away pet food, supplies, rabies vaccines and microchip vouchers. The park is at 1841 Eastchester Dr. in High Point.
The need in Guilford County for this kind of assistance is enormous, Carlson said.
"No one plans for these skyrocketing prices," Carlson said. "It's really making it tough to make ends meet. We want pets and their owners to stay together. That's important to us."
Carlson said about 75% of the animals that are currently surrendered are attributed to financial hardships: evictions, not being able to afford food and not being able to afford apartment deposits and monthly fees for pets.
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To receive MPAC assistance, pet owners do not have to provide any documentation to prove financial hardship.
"We do not ask questions. We do, however, restrict our assistance to four pets maximum per home," Carlson said. "We tell people we are here to assist and support, but we are not here to fully feed all of their animals. We need to be able to help as many pet owners as possible, and stretch this food out."
MPAC is a countywide expansion of Animal Services' pantry program, which operates at 710 Huffine Mill Road in Greensboro and distributes food once a month.
Demand kept growing at the pantry.
"We also got calls from all over the county to see if we were going to set up in other areas. Many people simply couldn't afford the gas to drive here," Carlson said about the decision to go mobile.
The MPAC hopes to have one scheduled event during the week, and another on Saturdays, he said. Carlson said they are working with local parks and recreation departments, rural fire departments and other areas in the county to schedule distribution dates.
The MPAC team is distributing between 2,000 and 3,000 pounds of food and supplies each week, he said, in addition to providing several hundred vaccinations and microchip vouchers.
Volunteer Debbie Miller said she enjoys working with Carlson and the team to help people keep their pets healthy and safe.
"It can make a huge difference," Miller said. "I remember a woman telling me 'I can keep my animals now — I had nothing to feed them.'"
Miller credits Carlson with pursuing the program's development. It is supported by donations from businesses and the community.
"Our largest donor is the online retailer Chewy. They send a tractor-trailer full of food and supplies when we need it," Carlson said. "All Pets Considered donates food and supplies to us. They are a huge supporter of Guilford County Animal Services. The public is so generous too."
Donations of unopened dog and cat food are accepted during business hours at the Resource Center, 980 Guilford College Road in Greensboro.
"If someone or a business has a large donation of food and supplies, we are happy to pick it up," Carlson said. "We also accept leashes, collars, bowls and toys. And gently used (and clean) blankets and beds."
For a schedule of MPAC distributions or to explore volunteering, Carlson suggested visiting facebook.com/GuilfordCountyAnimalShelter/ or instagram.com/guilfordcountyanimalservices/.
Contact Annette Ayres at 336-373-7019. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/free-pet-food-and-care-offered-by-guilford-county-animal-services-in-a-new-program/article_50178934-f259-11ec-b3b6-f72bfc2b8bd9.html | 2022-06-22T23:20:54 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/free-pet-food-and-care-offered-by-guilford-county-animal-services-in-a-new-program/article_50178934-f259-11ec-b3b6-f72bfc2b8bd9.html |
The Black Dragon Fireworks tent at South 68th Street and Woodland Boulevard in Hickman.
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Jack Oelke fixes lighting in the Black Dragon Fireworks tent at South 68th Street and Woodland Boulevard in Hickman on Wednesday in preparation for sales, which begin Friday in many communities.
For those who prefer to enjoy their fireworks from a distance, public displays are set to start lighting up the sky this weekend.
Many displays will accompany community celebrations that include food trucks, music and, in some cases, parades.
Lincoln's annual Uncle Sam Jam is again set for July 3 at Oak Lake Park. Food vendors open at 4 p.m., with live music from Soul Dawg to start at 6:15 p.m. before fireworks cap the event.
Free parking is available at Oak Lake Park and the lots adjacent to Haymarket Park. StarTran will provide free shuttles from 5-11 p.m. between Oak Lake Park and the Haymarket Garage, the Gold's Building and County-City Building in downtown Lincoln.
The annual Seward Fourth of July celebration will include live entertainment, a craft and car show, with the parade starting at 4 p.m. Fireworks cap the event.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln student recently opened a clothing boutique in Waverly. She sells a variety of women’s clothing, home goods and other accessories, designing many of the looks herself.
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.
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.
At the corner of 13th and P streets, a Uvalde shooting memorial is seen by thousands in Lincoln each day. But the artist or artists responsible have remained invisible in the weeks since the work appeared.
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 revocation follows a complaint alleging that beginning in the early to mid-1990s, Nolan Beyer “engaged in a personal and noneducational relationship with a student.”
Madysin Frost stretches table covering while setting up the Black Dragon Fireworks tent at South 68th Street and Woodland Boulevard in Hickman on Wednesday. Sales can begin Friday in Nebraska, although Lincoln only allows sales July 3-4.
Genesis Coulter (left) and Madysin Frost cover tables in patriotic bunting in the Black Dragon Fireworks tent at South 68th Street and Woodland Boulevard in Hickman on Wednesday. Sales can begin Friday in Nebraska, although Lincoln only allows sales July 3-4.
Jack Oelke fixes lighting in the Black Dragon Fireworks tent at South 68th Street and Woodland Boulevard in Hickman on Wednesday in preparation for sales, which begin Friday in many communities. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/35-places-to-watch-fireworks-in-and-around-lincoln/article_95d6c352-3e77-55b8-b802-5ad8ff423d1b.html | 2022-06-22T23:25:24 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/35-places-to-watch-fireworks-in-and-around-lincoln/article_95d6c352-3e77-55b8-b802-5ad8ff423d1b.html |
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