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FORT MYERS BEACH, Fl. (WBBH) — After seven months of repairs and waiting, there is a tentative date for reopening the only grocery store on Fort Myers Beach.
The Publix just off Estero Boulevard near the middle of the island is slated to open its doors for the first time since Hurricane Ian on May 25.
“Our team is working diligently to get the store prepped and ready for reopening. I can confirm our tentative date for reopening is May 25 for the Fort Myers Beach location,” a Publix spokesperson told NBC2.
A Google search on Monday listed the store as reopening on May 25. However, the information wasn’t confirmed until early Friday morning, the seven-month anniversary of Hurricane Ian.
The announcement from Publix comes just one week after CVS committed to rebuilding the island’s only pharmacy.
Both stores received heavy damage from Ian’s category 4 strength winds and historic storm surge. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/04/28/official-opening-day-scheduled-for-fort-myers-beach-publix/ | 2023-04-28T15:45:48 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/04/28/official-opening-day-scheduled-for-fort-myers-beach-publix/ |
As the formal trial in the enormous defamation suit of Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News was about to begin, plaintiff Dominion agreed to end their suit for $787.5 million, about half the total amount the voting machines company was seeking.
Settlements in civil lawsuits are common, but the scale of money and the principle involved make this case especially newsworthy and important. The total amount may well be the largest ever awarded in such a case.
Why should we care? Conceivably, the result of a trial might have resulted in a verdict that set a precedent limiting the firm freedom of speech protections of our Constitution, especially in the First Amendment. That provides the key cornerstone of our political system.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis deserves great credit. He subtly facilitated settlement, and the judge also criticized Fox News over delay in providing important evidence that showed company executives knew accusations of vote fraud were erroneous. Nonetheless, they knowingly decided to air these false accusations.
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Judge Davis highlighted facts that removed the case from being a straightforward matter of protecting freedom of speech of Fox News.
Decades ago, the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, my employer, experienced pressure to cancel an event featuring a Palestine Liberation Organization official. We did not. Council Chairman John D. Gray, head of Hart, Schaffner & Marx, provided crucial support.
Over time, we faced various efforts to suppress speakers. A telephoned bomb threat disrupted a lecture by Congressman Paul Findley, critic of Israel. We continued in a stairwell. Followers of extremist Lyndon LaRouche tried to break up a meeting. They were removed.
Winston Churchill evolved into a genius at collecting information, and people. One of the most pivotal of the latter was Frederick Lindemann, a brilliant Oxford don in physics and philosophy. Despite his academic success, he remained a social outcast. No doubt, anti-Semitism was one factor in 1930’s Britain.
However, Lindemann was his own worst problem, a know-it-all and generally obnoxious. Churchill’s granddaughter Celia Sandys politely described him as “anti-social”.
Even Churchill’s patient wife Clementine resisted having the Oxford don as a guest, but Winston insisted. He clearly regarded his friend as possessing special talent.
When Churchill returned to government as head of the Admiralty at the start of World War II in Europe, he immediately recruited Lindemann and gave him freedom in selecting his staff and generally in choosing his myriad projects. The scholar, who was particularly talented at statistical analysis, had one mission: to undermine the conventional wisdom of the Navy and related government projects.
Churchill became Prime Minister with the fall of France, and Lindemann’s role expanded, but his basic mission remained continuous. He was to analyze and criticize proposals by the officials of the government: admirals and generals, civil servants and politicians, and members of the Cabinet—especially the Prime Minister.
Lindemann was not always right. In fact, some of his ideas and criticisms were bizarre. However, he was a great catalyst for open debate, thorough analysis, and reconsideration of conventional wisdom.
That was the point.
Churchill possessed a sizable ego, but also enough long hard experience to be well aware of his own fallibility. He assumed Lindemann would enjoy his role but also expected him to excel, and he did.
Imagination and innovation were crucial to Allied success; so was reliability of information. Lindemann helped drive these dimensions.
Storms pass. Our Constitution continues, even in our acrimonious time.
Arthur I. Cyr is author of “After the Cold War” (Palgrave/Macmillan and NYU Press). Contact acyr@carthage.edu. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/commentary-by-arthur-i-cyr-dominion-fox-settlement-is-a-big-win-for-everyone/article_b7379f64-e506-11ed-9919-cf6bb29477d8.html | 2023-04-28T15:47:15 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/commentary-by-arthur-i-cyr-dominion-fox-settlement-is-a-big-win-for-everyone/article_b7379f64-e506-11ed-9919-cf6bb29477d8.html |
Name: Taylor Reed
School: St. Joseph Catholic Academy
Parents: Michael and Sara Reed of Waukegan, Ill.
Most memorable high school moment: My most memorable moments in high school were from attending all of the football games and cheering on our team. Win or lose, there was always so much school spirit, plenty of energy, and tons of laughter.
Most influential teacher: Maureen Edwards in Theology; She is able to relate to the students and create such a safe environment for us to learn and grow as individuals. She is a positive role model to all who know her and she truly has one of the biggest hearts in the world.
School activities/clubs: National Honor Society, student government, Spanish Honor Society
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School athletics: Softball, volleyball
School offices held: Member of National Honor Society; Member of Student Council; Secretary of Spanish Honor Society
Honors, letters or awards: Lancer Scholar Award; Honor Roll; National Honor Society; Spanish Honor Society; AP Language Arts Academic Excellence Award; AP European History Academic Excellence Award
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: Snowmobiling; Traveling; Attending auto shows with my dad
College choice: Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
Intended major/field of study: Business
Role models: My parents
Three words that best describe my role models: Loving, driven, admirable
What I hope to accomplish in my lifetime: I would love to learn to go out of my comfort zone more often so that I can live a life without regrets, push myself beyond what I think I'm capable of, and find happiness in both the big and small moments that life has to offer. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-taylor-reed-of-st-joseph-catholic-academy/article_2146dbea-e200-11ed-8ca7-2f79983fcafc.html | 2023-04-28T15:47:21 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-taylor-reed-of-st-joseph-catholic-academy/article_2146dbea-e200-11ed-8ca7-2f79983fcafc.html |
ABILENE, Texas — Hardin-Simmons University was recently ranked as one of the top schools for a master of physician's assistant program in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
The university was officially marked 65th in the country and the newest in the top 90 to be given this position.
"It is clear that in our short time in existence, we have made a strong impression on the national scene with our favorable outcomes, excellent students/graduates and stellar faculty," HSU PA founding and current director Dr. Jennifer Eames said.
Each university was ranked between one and five and Eames was pleased with HSU's placement.
"We have worked hard to build relationships around the country, being a brand ambassador. Our success is especially due to the focus and importance we have placed on leadership, advocacy and commitment to focus on diversity," she said.
HSU has also focused on acts of service including mission trips, fundraisers, volunteer opportunities and more.
Graduate programs across the entire U.S. were considered for this ranking system. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/hardin-simmons-physician-assistant-program-ranked-top-65-in-the-united-states/504-1af24d97-e296-42e0-89d7-6a8a2521ed1d | 2023-04-28T15:54:22 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/hardin-simmons-physician-assistant-program-ranked-top-65-in-the-united-states/504-1af24d97-e296-42e0-89d7-6a8a2521ed1d |
San Angelo Gives opens advanced donations: Here's everything to know about the event
San Angelo's biggest community fundraising drive doesn't begin until May 2, but donations can also be made before the one-day event begins.
Here's a look at San Angelo Gives and how it benefits local nonprofit organizations:
What is San Angelo Gives?
The 24-hour online donation event, which starts Tuesday, May 2, connects the Concho Valley with community nonprofits. Last year, $4.1 million was raised for local organizations. Since 2015, more than $18 million has been raised through San Angelo Gives.
"The goal is to inspire our community to come together for 24 hours and contribute as many charitable dollars as possible to support the work of local nonprofit organizations," according to the website.
Pro-rated matching funds and prize money will be made available to amplify charitable donations (amplification up to the first $25,000 per donor).
The event starts the minute May 2 begins, and ends at 11:59 p.m.
How to donate to San Angelo Gives
Donations must be made through sanangelogives.org. There is a minimum of $10 and no maximum. People will need a credit or debit card or can call the Foundation Office at 325-947-7071.
Donations are tax deductible.
Who is participating?
In 2023, 253 San Angelo nonprofits and 88 fundraisers are participating. Organizations include animals, education, health, libraries and many more. For a full list, visit sanangelogives.org/nonprofits.
The fundraisers have various monetary goals for different causes including animals, memorial benches, autism and more. See a full list online under fundraisers. | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2023/04/27/everything-to-know-about-san-angelo-gives-on-may-2-2023/70158947007/ | 2023-04-28T15:54:27 | 0 | https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/2023/04/27/everything-to-know-about-san-angelo-gives-on-may-2-2023/70158947007/ |
ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Police Department has made a breakthrough in a 1984 missing person case involving 39-year-old Maria Faye Mendez.
Mendez was reported missing in August of 1984 from her apartment located in the 2400 block of West 10th Street. Her family would report her as missing days later after failing to get in contact with her.
The initial investigation team conducted interviews and canvases, but the case would quickly cold. In 2022, OPD received some DNA samples from living relatives of Maria Mendez and they were sent to the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification.
In January 2023, the center notified OPD about a DNA match, which stemmed from skeletal remains recovered in Crane County in January of 1990. The remains were found by Crane County Deputies and in 2013, with help from CCSO and OPD, the remains were submitted for DNA testing and anthropological research.
With new advancements in technology and forensic testing, OPD was able to identify the skeleton remains in Crane County as Maria Faye Mendez.
The Odessa Police Department would like to thank the Texas Rangers, Ms. Mendez's family, and the University of North Texas Center for Human Identification for all there help during this multiple decade investigation.
The case has now been upgraded to an active homicide investigation. Anyone would have any information that could lead to an arrest is encouraged to call OPD at 432-335-3333 or Odessa Crime Stoppers at 432-333-TIPS. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/opd-makes-breakthrough-in-1984-missing-person-case/513-939182ab-039e-4fd8-840d-5a1c73a284e4 | 2023-04-28T15:54:28 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/opd-makes-breakthrough-in-1984-missing-person-case/513-939182ab-039e-4fd8-840d-5a1c73a284e4 |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
This past Sunday, April 23, Tucson family, friends, community members and elected City of Tucson past and present officials, gathered appropriately at the Tucson Botanical Gardens to celebrate and memorialize the life and work of recently passed former Tucson City Councilman Paul Durham. Durham, an activist, environmentalist, was an exemplar of how we all need to live in order to address our challenges, now and in the future, in the face of human-caused climate change.
In addition to bringing, with his partner and loved one, food from our Arizona producers to the community with their local food co-op, Durham lived his own life with many examples of how we can all act to tangibly and significantly address the causes of our warming climate. Councilman Durham rode a bicycle whenever possible, whether campaigning for office, running errands or going to work. His home was fossil-fuel free and solar-energy powered. He and his partner conserved water, relied on solar and fossil fuel free energy to power their home, and drove a solar-battery charged electric car, when needed, where his bicycle could not take him.
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Councilman Durham welcomed us to use his office as concerned community members, to plan for and offer workshops for building resilient neighborhoods by understanding the risks and to be prepared for extreme heat and the potential for consequential major power outages in the community. The Ward 3 office of Councilman Durham hosted a number of Tucson’s neighborhoods in activist organized workshops to prepare for “What to do if the power goes out” under extreme heat conditions.
His was a precious example of “walking the talk” about how we all need to tangibly engage in our city, community, and neighborhoods to address and reverse the consequences of global warming on our home lives, lifestyle, and in our city, state, and globally, by rejecting use of all fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal, and, nuclear); and preserving our precious natural resources and our environment. Let us honor and follow Councilman Durham’s foresight, wisdom, and clear examples of action needed to reverse the growing climate threats.
The time is now and truly overdue for each and all of us to take action and solve these threats to our community, state, nation, and planet. We can do so by creating carbon-free homes with solar energy, fossil fuel free utilities, electric vehicles, and water conservation measures such as rainwater harvesting and water-saving in home fixtures. We can change to non gas using electric vehicles and utilities, and we can all convince others and our elected officials to help make this possible for every household. Let’s show the nation how this needs to be done everywhere.
Dr. Barbara Warren is the executive director of the AZ chapter of the national organization Physicians for Social Responsibility. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-councilman-paul-durham-showed-us-what-must-be-done/article_b556c934-e43b-11ed-8303-bfa8bdecb074.html | 2023-04-28T15:55:43 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-councilman-paul-durham-showed-us-what-must-be-done/article_b556c934-e43b-11ed-8303-bfa8bdecb074.html |
Fort Wayne police Thursday arrested a 54-year-old suspect wanted in a rash of fast-food restaurant burglaries.
Officers said they spotted David Sylvester driving a stolen maroon Chevrolet Malibu near Hallmark Inn, 3730 E. Washington Blvd., about 2:40 p.m. He faces burglary, possession of drug paraphernalia and related charges.
Police said Sylvester sped off but struck several patrol cars in trying to get away. Officers caught the suspect after he crashed into a concrete median outside the Inn's parking lot.
No one was hurt in the incident. An investigation is ongoing. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fast-food-burglary-suspect-caught-in-fort-wayne/article_05254b56-e5c8-11ed-85c4-efecc5f7f257.html | 2023-04-28T15:57:59 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/fast-food-burglary-suspect-caught-in-fort-wayne/article_05254b56-e5c8-11ed-85c4-efecc5f7f257.html |
A woman was found dead this morning following a one-car crash in the 6100 block of Decatur Road, Fort Wayne police said.
City police said they were called about 9:20 a.m. and found a car had crashed into a trailer on private property. A woman was found unresponsive in the driver's seat and was pronounced dead by paramedics, they said.
Police said their preliminary investigation indicates the crash may have occurred shortly after midnight.
The crash remains under investigation by city police, the Allen County prosecutor's office and the county coroner's office. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/1-dead-following-decatur-road-crash/article_c1164b76-e5d7-11ed-a68b-5f3eaffc8624.html | 2023-04-28T15:58:01 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/police-fire/1-dead-following-decatur-road-crash/article_c1164b76-e5d7-11ed-a68b-5f3eaffc8624.html |
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (WJHL) – A group of musicians who can be spotted jamming in Johnson City’s YeeHaw Brewery most Tuesday nights will take the stage in Jonesborough in May.
A release from the town of Jonesborough states the YeeHaw String Band will perform on Friday, May 5 as part of Jonesborough’s Music on the Square concert series. The free outdoor concerts are held outside the Washington County Courthouse from through the end of September from 7-9 p.m.
The YeeHaw String Band is comprised of local musicians and students who play old-time music in the Johnson City brewery. The group welcomes a rotating lineup and welcomes various degrees of skills.
The Rockin’ Rivet Pizza food truck will also be present at the May 5 concert. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/from-brewery-to-main-street-yeehaw-string-band-to-perform-in-jonesborough/ | 2023-04-28T16:00:04 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/from-brewery-to-main-street-yeehaw-string-band-to-perform-in-jonesborough/ |
HAMMOND — Growing up in Hessville, John Ratajczak would climb over stopped trains to get to school “all the time.”
Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. says the top complaint he gets from residents of that neighborhood is stopped trains.
Common Councilman Scott Rakos, D-6, put it simply Wednesday at a public hearing: “Hessville has a problem with trains.”
With Chicago, the busiest railroad hub in the country, just across the border, trains are constantly traveling through Hammond. The congestion stops traffic, slows emergency response times and puts pedestrians at risk.
In 2019, the Federal Railroad Administration launched a webpage where blocked railroad crossings can be reported. Over the past 12 months, the third- and fourth-highest number of blocked crossings have been reported in Illinois and Indiana, respectively. Of the 210 blocked crossings reported in Lake County, 109 were in Hammond.
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Hammond has a problem with trains, but opinions vary greatly when it comes to finding a solution.
Governor’s Parkway
In 2017, the city of Hammond sought state funding from a pool of money meant to pay for railroad grade separation projects throughout Indiana. Hammond submitted a proposal for a bridge that would lift traffic over the railroad tracks. The bridge, called Governor’s Parkway, would start at 173rd Street east of Parrish Avenue and end on 169th Street. The project narrative includes a connection to Grand Avenue “for the purpose of improving development opportunities.”
The project would close at-grade crossings of the Norfolk Southern line on Parrish and Arizona avenues.
In April 2018, Hammond was one of 11 cities that won funding, receiving $6.7 million for the project.
More than 100 people filed into the lunchroom Wednesday at Scott Middle School for a public hearing organized by the Indiana Department of Transportation. Representatives from Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc., INDOT’s engineering consultants, stood next to poster boards depicting the bridge’s proposed design.
Project manager Nick Batta said stopped trains are a “decades-old problem in Hessville.” If there is a train in the area, it can take the local fire station, No. 8, as long as 20 minutes to cover its entire service area. With the bridge, Batta said, response time would drop to a maximum of 6 minutes.
Safety was top of mind for many of the 30-some residents who spoke. Just hours before the meeting, ProPublica and InvestigateTV published an article, video and photo package showing Hammond children crawling between trains to get to school.
“Obviously, kids going over stopped trains is unacceptable. We all know that.” McDermott told attendees.
However, dozens of speakers said Governor’s Parkway won’t solve the problem.
‘This is no solution at all’
Hessville is home to Morton High and Scott Middle schools, which are off Grand Avenue, and Hess Elementary, which is farther south off Orchard Drive. Many students would have to walk a mile or two to get to school using the proposed train bridge.
“The kids are still going to hop the trains if they have to walk an extra two miles to get to school,” TJ Gaertig said.
For the past several months, Gaertig and other local environmentalists have been speaking against the bridge during Hammond Common Council meetings. The opponents say there are better, less environmentally invasive solutions.
Activists hope to protect a quiet wooded area that’s a few blocks from Scott.
The 32-acre dune and swale ecosystem, known as Briar East Woods, is near the “College Bound” water tower at Parrish Avenue and 169th Street. Governor’s Parkway would cut through about 12 acres of the woods, and 300 trees would be bulldozed.
While the city has pledged to replant about 24 acres of trees, attendees said the young saplings scattered throughout the city and surrounding area can’t replace the current forest.
Celeste Boles noted that with all of the nearby industry, trees play a vital role in improving Hammond’s air quality.
Governor’s Parkway is “not going to solve the problem ... and you’re going to lose something priceless in the process,” she said.
Multiple speakers said the loss of trees will worsen noise pollution, destroy important habitat used by migrating birds, and reduce the amount of accessible green space in Hessville.
Ken Rosek, founder of the Hessville Dune Dusters — the group has been cleaning up Briar East Woods — said the overpass will make the area more car-reliant.
“This is no solution at all. This is what happens when the community is left completely out of the decision-making process,” said Rosek, who is running against Rakos in the spring primary. “This is a heavily industrialized area. ... I think you need to keep every little stretch of natural space that exists to balance out the environment that we live in.”
Alternative routes
“If the only way we could keep kids safe was to cut down all the trees, that would be OK,” Cathy Perrin of Highland said. “But there’s a better way to do it.”
Governor’s Parkway opponents have been suggesting an underpass, citing the one completed at the Canadian National Railroad crossing at Calumet Avenue in Munster as a potential model.
Batta ran through all of the alternative solutions INDOT considered: an overpass at Kennedy Avenue, at 169th Street, at Parrish Avenue, at Grand Avenue or at 173rd Street. All of the other options were either too expensive, would force out too many homes and businesses, or would take parking away from a nearby apartment complex.
An underpass at Parrish Avenue was considered, but construction would have cost about $15 million and displaced 13 houses.
Governor’s Parkway, what INDOT is calling the “preferred alternative” because no final decisions have been made, would only displace two houses. The total project cost is estimated at $14 million, with construction costs at $10.2 million.
INDOT will make a decision after the public comment period ends May 26.
If the city does not move forward with the bridge, McDermott said, the federal money will be lost.
“We’ll be here 10 years from now talking about stopped trains and nothing will be done,” he told the audience. “If we’re going to turn the money down, don’t complain when those trains are stopped for four days.”
State money will cover about 75% of the project, McDermott said. Hammond has committed $2.5 million to the project; Norfolk Southern Railway is contributing $500,000.
Rosek’s solution to paying for a pricier underpass?
“Get the damn railroad to pay for it.”
When it comes to negotiating with the railroad, local government’s hands are largely tied.
“Over the years I’ve been mayor I’ve learned a lot about trains,” McDermott said during a January public meeting. “They are more powerful than the city or state. The Hammond police can’t do anything about this. The trains laugh at them if they try to give them a ticket.”
Train congestion has always been a problem in Hessville, but freight trains have gotten longer in recent years, blocking even more traffic. A
found that some trains stretch for up to three miles.
Kenny Edwards, the state legislative director at SMART Union, which represents rail workers, traveled from Lafayette to attend the INDOT hearing.
“We have great respect for your community, and I want everybody in this room to know that we never intentionally block your crossings,” Edwards said. “This doesn’t have to continue. There are things that the railroad can do to eliminate this problem of blocked crossings, and the Number One thing is to reduce the length of the trains.”
For now, Hessville residents are stuck. Stuck between a number of imperfect solutions, stuck behind cost limitations and, of course, stuck behind the next train. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-solution-at-all-indot-hosts-public-hearing-on-hammond-train-bridge/article_c94a220a-e4ff-11ed-b086-f3c18a778a37.html | 2023-04-28T16:03:42 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/no-solution-at-all-indot-hosts-public-hearing-on-hammond-train-bridge/article_c94a220a-e4ff-11ed-b086-f3c18a778a37.html |
What to Know
- A 44-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his wife during an argument inside her apartment in 2020 -- a brutal scene that unfolded right in front of her daughter, the local district attorney said.
- Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursday that Carmelo Mendoza pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree the previous day in connection to the death of 45-year-old Yaquelin Collado.
- Mendoza is expected to be sentenced on May 11 to an indeterminate term of 18 years to life in prison.
A 44-year-old Queens man pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his wife during an argument inside her apartment in 2020 -- a brutal scene that unfolded right in front of her daughter, the local district attorney said.
Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Thursday that Carmelo Mendoza pleaded guilty to murder in the second degree the previous day in connection to the death of 45-year-old Yaquelin Collado.
According to the charges, in the early morning of July 3, 2020, Mendoza argued with Collado in their bedroom -- an argument that continued into the hallway and then the kitchen.
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When Collado's 19-year-old daughter heard her screams, rushed toward the couple and saw Mendoza stabbing her mother repeatedly in the chest, neck and torso, the charges say. The young woman attempted to stop Mendoza by throwing items at him and tried to push him off her mother.
Although Mendoza fell to the floor, he got back up and continued to stab Collado, according to the charges. It was then that Collado told her daughter in Spanish, “I’m dying, get out of here.” Hearing this, the daughter ran out of the apartment and began banging on her neighbors’ doors, screaming for help. She then called her boyfriend and 911.
When police entered the apartment, they found Mendoza lying on top of Collado in a pool of blood with a kitchen knife nearby.
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Mendoza had stabbed himself numerous times in the abdomen.
Collado and Mendoza were both taken to a local hospital where Collado was subsequently pronounced dead as a result of approximately 27 knife wounds.
Mendoza was treated for self-inflicted injuries. Collado's daughter also suffered injuries, having injured her leg as she tried to intervene during the violent murder.
Mendoza is expected to be sentenced on May 11 to an indeterminate term of 18 years to life in prison.
“This argument, which turned deadly, was a horrific ordeal unfortunately witnessed by the victim’s 19-year-old daughter, who tried in vain to stop the brutal attack. I hope this resolution brings the grieving family some closure," Katz said.
If you are a victim of domestic violence, call the U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. (Help is available in English, Spanish and 200+ languages through interpretation service.) If you are in immediate danger, call 911. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-man-pleads-guilty-in-horrific-stabbing-death-of-wife-as-her-daughter-watched/4285158/ | 2023-04-28T16:07:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/nyc-man-pleads-guilty-in-horrific-stabbing-death-of-wife-as-her-daughter-watched/4285158/ |
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EWEB's ‘Grand Central Station’ substation first to be replaced in electric grid overhaul
The Eugene Water and Electric Board plans to replace 10 substations over the next decade to update the utility's electric grid and bring its aging infrastructure to modern standards, officials from EWEB said.
According to the utility, the project for all 10 substations will cost $125 million. The Currin substation will be replaced first and is expected to cost $14.8 million. Customers will not be affected while construction occurs.
Here's what you need to know as EWEB begins upgrades.
What are substations?
Substations act as key nodes in the electric grid. They take high-voltage power and essentially convert it to lower voltages that are safe to distribute to homes and businesses across the area, EWEB said.
Many of Eugene's substations were built in the 1970s when the city's population was growing rapidly. Those substations are now nearing the end of their useful life and no longer meet modern systematic expectations, EWEB said.
“A rebuilt substation will last over 50 years into the future, so it is a job worth doing right," Tyler Nice, EWEB electric operations manager, said in a release about the project. "That’s why we are focusing on hiring the right people, and ramping up our stock so that over the next couple years these station rebuilds can roll out smoothly with minimal impact to customers.”
Project starting with Currin substation
The Currin substation, which is located near Garden Way and Interstate 105, will be the first substation to be replaced. Crews have begun demolishing the 60-year-old substation and will remove all the remaining underground infrastructure. Once demolition is finished, workers will build the new foundations, install underground infrastructure and new electrical equipment, EWEB said.
Construction should take about a year and be completed in the spring of 2024, said Philip Peterson, the lead engineer on the project.
EWEB described the Currin substation as the "Grand Central Station" of its electrical grid, which is why it decided to replace this substation first among the 10 planned rebuilds. Power from multiple long-distance transmission lines flows through the station, and Currin serves as a connection hub to EWEB's Hayden Bridge Water Treatment Plant, McKenzie River Valley customers and Eugene's downtown electrical network, EWEB said.
While the substation is being torn down and is under construction, customers will not be affected, Peterson said. Power will continue to flow through the other substations, meaning people will have the same access to electricity as normal, he said.
Why replacements are needed
Since many of the city's substations were built more than 50 years ago, EWEB said it needed to address the aging infrastructure. At the Currin substation, they've seen a noticeable uptick in equipment failures, Peterson said. He said the overall design does not meet modern standards.
In doing so, Peterson said they plan to make better use of the space by creating a more efficient layout. He also said the new facility will get seismic upgrades to meet modern earthquake standards. The foundations will be significantly larger and deeper than the previous substation, making the facility more stable in the event of an earthquake, he said.
Peterson said it's exciting to be able to completely rebuild the substation from scratch, as "a project like this doesn't happen all the time."
EWEB's Capital Investment Plan
The Currin project is expected to cost $14.8 million, which is a higher price than an average substation due to the complete overhaul, EWEB said. Rebuilding the entire 10 substations will cost about $125 million.
The substation replacements are a part of EWEB's Capital Investment Plan for major infrastructure investments. The electric improvement plan begins this year and sunsets in 2032, EWEB said. The budget will be renewed annually by the organization's board of commissioners. Funding will come from multiple sources including customer rates, bonds and grants, EWEB said.
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GREENSBORO — Few on the City Council had anything good to say Thursday about legislation that would require it to create a Civil Service Board.
“Bad bill, bad legislation, period,” Councilwoman Nancy Hoffmann said during the council’s work session.
The swift passage of House Bill 470 took many council members by surprise, though the city’s fire and police chiefs went to Raleigh to lobby against it.
“Most of us, unfortunately, thought that it would have gone by the wayside when it was pulled (from consideration) in February,” City Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter said.
“It's going to require a whole new staff person and it's going to require an inordinate amount of work for our city clerk,” she added.
The bill only applies to Greensboro and Winston-Salem and would require the cities to fund their individual boards. The bill’s primary sponsors are Rep. Jon Hardister, R-Guilford, Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth and Kyle Hall, R-Stokes. Hall’s district includes parts of northern Winston-Salem.
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The Civil Service Board would hear appeals from classified city employees who have been “discharged, suspended, reduced in rank, transferred against his or her will, or denied any promotion or raise in pay he or she would be entitled to,” and determine if the action by city management is justified.
The burden would be borne by the city to prove that the discipline or other action was justified. The Civil Service Board could reinstate an employee or take other actions to bring the complaint to a “just conclusion.”
The city could appeal a civil service decision to the county's superior court.
The original bill was amended to give the police and fire chiefs one shared appointment on each city’s Civil Service Board. The City Council would appoint one member and two members would be chosen by city employees by election. The four chosen members would then pick the fifth member.
Originally, the councils were to each pick two members for the new board.
Another change clarified that the board would not have hiring authority and it broadened the managers excluded from classified employees to include assistant fire and police chiefs.
But the changes didn’t satisfy some Greensboro council members.
“It’s a bad bill. Good amendments are like putting lipstick on a pig,” said Councilman Hugh Holston.
“I guess I'm most disappointed that, again, the disparate treatment that Greensboro and Winston Salem are receiving relative to others, and the microtargeting that it appears to bring to our community and to our taxpayers,” Holston said.
“All of this is political,” Councilwoman Goldie Wells said. “This is too much politics.”
Supporters of the bill include Professional Fire Fighters and Paramedics of North Carolina and the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association. They say Civil Service Boards help ensure employees are treated fairly.
Similar panels already exist in Asheville, Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan said she supports the bill.
“You don't see wholesale rehiring of fired employees in other cities,” she said. “And we've heard concerns about procedures when it comes to HR-related matters. And in my review of the bill, it really is simply a review to make sure that proper procedure was followed.”
However, Councilwoman Sharon Hightower vehemently opposed the idea.
“It’s problematic, with hiring, firing, promotions, diversity, all of that,” she said. “It’s going to impact significantly how employee structure could become.
“You see what Asheville had, they had two officers that were fired for excessive force, they hired them back,” said Hightower, who suggested the council consider a resolution opposing the bill.
The city of Winston Salem has drafted such a resolution, which will be considered by its City Council on Monday.
Greensboro Councilman Zack Matheny disagreed with the idea of a resolution.
“From a strategic standpoint, the best way we can do it is work with our state legislators, work with our chiefs and try to determine what we can get to win for them and betterment of the city,” Matheny said.
Councilwoman Tammi Thurm said she wouldn’t support the resolution.
“My primary objections to it were addressed in the amendments,” she said, though she’s not a fan of the legislation.
“I really disliked the fact that this is going to be very expensive for council and it's an unfunded mandate,” Thurm said.
Matheny suggested asking the state agree to fund the board for at least for three years.
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State transportation crews are scheduled to make a traffic change Tuesday at N.C. 61 and High Rock Road in McLeansville to improve safety at the intersection.
An "all-way stop" will be installed as part of the ongoing Spot Safety Program.
Currently, drivers only on High Rock Road must stop at this junction.
The work will start at approximately 8 a.m. and is scheduled to be completed by early that afternoon, weather permitting.
The Spot Safety Program develops smaller improvement projects to address safety and operational issues.
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SEATTLE — As the sun comes out, trailhead parking lots are starting to get packed with cars. Car break-ins and thefts at trailheads are becoming a growing problem. One man decided to document this and found the most targeted trailheads in our area.
"Is hiking safe? Absolutely. Are there some really bad trailheads? Absolutely," said the man, who asked not to be named for safety reasons,
He started compiling vehicle break-in data last year after seeing windows smashed at a trailhead.
"The next weekend 25 cars were hit and I got really angry and I decided to do something about it," he said.
Using public information requests from law enforcement and the Washington Trails Association.
"So I was able to compare the number of trail reports at a trailhead against the reports that mention crime," he said.
This list shows the five most targeted trails with data from 2015 through 2022. All are no more than a two-hour drive from Seattle.
- Whittaker Wilderness Peak Trail Head: Cougar Mountain
- Tiger Mountain Trail Head South: Tiger Mountain
- Nisqually State Park: SW- Longmire/Paradise
- Chehalis Western- Woodard Bay Trailhead: Olympia
- Pine and Cedar Lakes Trailhead: Bellingham
"Thieves now know that cars left unattended at trailheads are a great place to find purses, passports and laptops," he said.
Because of the rise in smash and grabs, Washington State Patrol increased its presence last summer. Hikers like Rubin and Sudha Mishra said they don't leave any valuables in their cars.
"I think about it less on a fairly crowded trailhead like this than I would if you're in a place with four cars parked and not a lot of traffic coming, that's a much bigger concern," said Rubin.
"I feel if there is a break-in, I have everything with me," said Mishra.
The citizen report said it's not just hikers impacted by these break-ins.
"If we can get better solutions for trailheads, it would also make a dent in crime in general," the man who compiled the list said.
He believes there are small changes that could help prevent these smash-and-grabs such as more signage, cameras and even hiring a crime analyst.
"One of the things I'm calling for is a very modest increase to the fee for a Discover Pass," he said.
With the goal of getting more people out on the trails. The full report will be released Thursday night, along with a Facebook live meeting to go over those findings. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/hiker-list-most-crime-targeted-trailheads-western-washington/281-c2f477c7-c100-4fda-b17f-1da9256ddc3f | 2023-04-28T16:19:36 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/hiker-list-most-crime-targeted-trailheads-western-washington/281-c2f477c7-c100-4fda-b17f-1da9256ddc3f |
Drought has disappeared from more than half of North Dakota after the recent melt of one of the biggest snowpacks in years.
Meanwhile, farmers are finally getting into the fields after a sloppy start to spring.
About 95% of the state was in some form of drought at the beginning of April; this week only about 55% is, according to the latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, released Thursday. The reduction has mainly come in the south central and southeast regions, which had heavy snowpacks.
Bismarck saw its second-snowiest winter of all time, and the city set several snow depth records over the course of the season. The southeast -- particularly the lower James River Valley -- had some of the wettest snowpack in the state, according to the National Weather Service.
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"The general pattern observed during the past few weeks continued," Richard Tinker, a meteorologist and drought expert with several agencies including the Climate Prediction Center, wrote in this week's drought report. "Unusually deep snowpack was melting in the central and northern Dakotas, leading to some improvements there, including the removal of all moderate drought from northern North Dakota."
Moderate drought still remains in a large part of the western third of North Dakota, which had less winter snowpack. The fire danger on Friday was rated as moderate to high in much of western North Dakota, according to state Emergency Services. Golden Valley and Slope counties have burning restrictions in place.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a partnership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Drought Mitigation Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Crop report
Farmers as of Sunday had planted 1% of North Dakota's staple spring wheat crop, behind the five-year average of 6%, according to the weekly crop report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Durum wheat seeding also was at 1%, closer to the average of 3%.
The condition of the winter wheat crop -- which is planted in the fall, goes dormant over winter and is harvested after maturing the following year -- was 95% fair to good.
Cattle and calf conditions also were rated mostly fair to good, with calving progress matching the average pace at two-thirds complete. Hay supplies were 65% adequate, and stock water supplies were 93% adequate to surplus.
Soil moisture supplies also are flush, which should boost crops once they're in the ground. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 84% adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture supplies were 73% in those categories. At the beginning of the month, before the snowmelt, the percentages were 77 and 65, respectively.
Weekend weather
The weekend in the Bismarck-Mandan area looks to be warm but windy.
High temperatures are forecast in the mid-50s on both Saturday and Sunday, just slightly below the norm of low-60s for this time of year, according to the weather service.
Skies should be sunny, but northwest winds of 20-30 mph are expected Saturday, with gusts up to 45 mph. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/weather/snowmelt-cuts-heavily-into-drought-in-north-dakota-spring-planting-getting-a-slow-start/article_08c92898-e502-11ed-a207-77646b7b0074.html | 2023-04-28T16:19:49 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/weather/snowmelt-cuts-heavily-into-drought-in-north-dakota-spring-planting-getting-a-slow-start/article_08c92898-e502-11ed-a207-77646b7b0074.html |
BRADFORD COUNTY, Pa. — A nurse practitioner from Bradford County will spend ten years on probation after prescribing medications without a doctor's approval.
Investigators say Stephanie King, 46, of Ulster, falsely billed hundreds of thousands of dollars to insurance companies and wrote thousands of illegal prescriptions.
She pleaded guilty in March.
In addition to probation, King must pay nearly $450,000 in restitution.
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LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — A man will spend a year in prison for violating the Clean Water Act in Lackawanna County.
Bruce Evans Jr., 41, and his father were both convicted after a trial in December of 2021.
Officials say they knowingly failed to operate and maintain the Greenwood Township wastewater treatment plant.
Bruce Evans Sr. is awaiting sentencing.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — If you blinked at all this week, you may have missed the Portland temperatures surge from the mid-50s to the low-80s in just a matter of days. But you shouldn’t miss these events that mark the city’s first warm weather weekend of the year.
The One Motorcycle Show
When: Friday, April 28 to Sunday, April 30 starting at 9 a.m.
Where: 3121 S Moody Ave, Portland, OR 97239
Held at the Zidell Yards Barge Building, the One Motorcycle Show is the biggest custom motorcycle event across the globe. The 14th annual show will feature stunt shows, live bands, art, over 300 custom-built motorcycles and more.
Portland Night Market
When: Friday, April 28 and Saturday, April 29 from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Where: 100 SE Alder St., Portland, Oregon 97214
The Portland Night Market is back in action with pop-ups from dozens of small businesses. The market will have everything from tooth gems, to glitter extension specialists, to chocolate-covered macaroons.
Oregon Brewery Running Series
When: Saturday, April 29 at 10 a.m.
Where: 5013 NE 42nd Ave., Portland, OR 97218
The latest installment of the Oregon Brewery Running Series kicks off at Northeast Portland’s Oakshire Beer Hall. After running, walking or jogging the 5K, participants can enjoy a free craft brew from the beer hall, swag from the running series, and the opportunity to win additional goodies.
82nd Avenue of Roses Parade
When: Saturday, April 29 at 9:30 a.m.
Where: SE Bush Street and 82nd, Portland, OR 97206
After three years of cancellations, the 82nd Avenue of Roses Parade is back. The parade highlights the diverse communities surrounding Portland’s 82nd Avenue and will include performances from the Lee’s Association Dragon and Lion Dance Team, Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers and The Beat Goes On.
Portland Flea
When: Saturday, April 29 and Sunday, April 30 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: 721 NW 9th on Portland, OR 97209 on Saturday, and 240 SE Clay St., Portland, OR 97214 on Sunday
For the first time this year, you can shop for vintage fashion, accessories and home goods at the Portland Flea. This event “for the creators, curators and collectors” displays some of the city’s best food, clothing and art businesses.
Orange Wine Fest
When: Saturday, April 29 and Sunday from 12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: 455 NE 24th Ave., Portland, OR 97232
If you’ve never tried orange wine, Pairings Portland’s Orange Wine Fest would be a good place to start. The local wine shop and bar will offer a flight of five orange wines that have never been featured in the store before.
Great Wide Open
When: Sunday, April 30 at 2 p.m.
Where: 602 NE Prescott Street, Portland, OR 97211
The Portland Playhouse is hosting a performance of Great Wide Open, a Jessica Wallenfels play based on the novel of a similar name. The play follows the story of two high school students who fall in love while enduring hard times at home. | https://www.koin.com/local/portland-flea-one-motorcycle-show-and-orange-wine-fest-things-to-do-in-portland-this-weekend/ | 2023-04-28T16:31:20 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/portland-flea-one-motorcycle-show-and-orange-wine-fest-things-to-do-in-portland-this-weekend/ |
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – A Brevard County man is accused of leaving a child in a running car while stopping in a kava bar for drinks earlier this month, according to the Rockledge Police Department.
Officers responded around 12:16 a.m. April 4 to Flamingo Kava Bar, where they observed a sleeping child strapped into a car seat in a vehicle that had been parked in front of the business for around 48 minutes, according to a police report.
Police found that the vehicle was registered to 28-year-old Sheldon Glecker, who was shown on surveillance video arriving at the business and entering it while leaving the child unattended in the vehicle, the report states.
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Police noted how Glecker didn’t seem to notice officers assessing the vehicle with flashlights, what they stated was “clear indication that he was not in fact monitoring the vehicle from inside the business.”
Glecker faces charges of child neglect without great bodily harm and leaving a child unattended in a vehicle with the motor running. He was booked Thursday morning, given a $2,250 bond amount and released by 5:30 p.m., records show.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – City leaders joined law enforcement officials Friday to recognize Orlando’s 2022 Neighborhood Watch of the Year.
The Carmel Oaks Neighborhood Watch group was honored with an official sign unveiling at the intersection of Lighthouse Circle and Signal Hill Road.
Commissioner Robert Stuart said he’s worked closely with the neighborhood for years and congratulated the group during the ceremony.
“They are just so engaged in our community. It makes it safe,” Stuart said.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer also took part in the unveiling and said the group was chosen because of their involvement, as well as actively maintaining ties with the city.
“We can’t have an officer 24/7 on every corner of the neighborhood,” Dyer said. “So they, in essence, have become the eyes and ears for the police department.”
Several members of the group were recognized for their role in reducing crime.
“This is such a blessing for us, because we are so involved with trying to keep our neighborhood safe,” Neighborhood Watch Treasurer Jaquie Alexander said.
The Carmel Oaks group has been active for more than 15 years and was one of the first groups to bring National Night Out back to their community after the pandemic.
“I think it’s important to know your neighbors, because every day you never know when you might need help or they might need help,” Alexander said.
City leaders said residents are always welcome to start a neighborhood watch group for their street, complex or community by contacting the Orlando Police Department at http://orlando.gov/police.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal judge sentenced a Winter Springs man to seven months imprisonment on Thursday for his involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
John Nassif, 56, was found guilty in December of four charges, including entering a restricted building, disorderly conduct inside a restricted building, violent entry inside the Capitol and parading inside the Capitol.
FBI agents arrested Nassif in May 2021 after they received tips that he had posted about his involvement on social media.
Federal prosecutors had submitted their recommendations for Nassif’s sentencing, which included 21 months of detention, 60 hours of community service and $500 in restitution.
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Nassif’s attorney submitted letters of support from friends and family for the court to consider as it decides a proper sentence.
In the end, Judge John D. Bates decided Nassif should spend seven months incarcerated for each of two counts: entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct inside a restricted building.
For the charges of violent entry of the Capitol and demonstrating inside the Capitol, Nassif will face six months of incarceration for each count.
All of his jail sentences will run concurrently.
He will also face twelve months of supervised release and be required to pay $500 in restitution.
Nassif is one of 36 Central Florida residents charged and arrested in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol.
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ATLANTA — Liza Burke, the UGA senior who was rushed back to the U.S. after a brain hemorrhage while on spring break led to the discovery of a brain tumor, died early Friday morning.
Her mother Laura told 11Alive's Tracey Amick-Peer in a message that, "Liza took a final breath, sighed and transitioned into the next realm."
She said it happened around 2:20 a.m.
"Liza has now been reunited with her sister and they are making up for lost time!" Laura said, referencing Liza's sister who passed away in 2008 due to a rare genetic disorder.
Supporters of the family running a GoFundMe had relayed the news in the past couple weeks that she was ending radiation treatment for the tumor. They had said they were going to find a "place by the sea where Liza can enjoy her final days."
Laura's message said Liza went to sleep hand-in-hand with her brother, Jack. Their dog, Beane, "quickly sensed it and was downstairs while I was being awakened," she added.
"After Hospice was called, we dressed Liza in colorful pajamas, gifted by her boyfriend’s mother and Jack’s girlfriend, Elli, braided her hair. Liza’s dad, uncle, and a few of my UGA friends came in to say their goodbyes," Laura said.
She said the funeral home came to pick up her body and it will be delivered to the Mayo Clinic, so that her brain can be removed for future study. It will then be returned for cremation and services.
"Celebrations of Liza’s big energy are in the planning stages: one held by her friends will be in Athens and another at a later date in her hometown of Asheville," Laura said.
She added that a fund is being set up at the Foundation of the Carolinas in her name for educational purposes. Some of the money will fund an endowment to the University of Georgia, "and we hope to direct some funds to further the education of Liza's students in San Pancho, Mexico."
Laura said details on those charitable efforts would be available at a later time.
Liza was enjoying her spring break in Mexico when she felt a headache coming on. She went to lay down for a nap, but couldn't be woken up by her friends. She was rushed to a hospital where it was discovered that she had a brain hemorrhage.
The college senior was put on life support and once she was stable enough, her family got her back to the United States. Once she was back home, doctors discovered she had an "aggressive brain tumor," which they believe remained dormant for years.
Burke would then receive radiation treatment for six weeks in an attempt to shrink the size of the tumor. Sadly, doctors did not see much response.
The decision to cease radiation treatment followed. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/liza-burke-uga-student-dies-brain-tumor/85-d2d1643e-7c90-49b9-b04a-e066976a2c74 | 2023-04-28T16:41:41 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/liza-burke-uga-student-dies-brain-tumor/85-d2d1643e-7c90-49b9-b04a-e066976a2c74 |
Northland Prep Academy’s athletic director, Mike Elder, isn’t completely certain that there’s never been a Spartans girls basketball player who signed to play college basketball. But he knows it’s been many years, as he’s been around for a lot of them.
So, whether senior Heather Hayden’s signing ceremony was indeed Northland Prep’s first or not, it was still a special moment. Hayden signed Wednesday to play as a guard for the Point Park University Pioneers, an NAIA program in Pittsburgh.
NPA senior Heather Hayden signed to play college basketball at Point Park University, an NAIA school in Pittsburgh, during a ceremony today at the school pic.twitter.com/U8GtBUKySx
— Eric Newman (@enewmanwrites) April 26, 2023
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“It’s very exciting for me, and it’s a privilege. I’ve been looking forward to playing my whole life, since I started playing basketball. So to finally make that come true and everything is an honor,” Hayden said.
Hayden was an integral part of the Spartans the last four years, playing on the varsity team for each of them. She capped off her high school career by being part of the first Northland Prep team to boast a winning record since before the AIA started recording records on their website in 2011. This winter the Spartans went 10-8 (7-4 Central Region) and reached the 2A Conference play-in round. Hayden averaged 9.8 points and 4.2 steals per game.
The season was not just a thrilling end to Hayden’s high school playing days. It also, she believed, prepared her a bit more for college basketball.
“This year, I looked forward to every day and being able to help everyone and play well. This season was amazing, and I think it got me more ready,” she said.
Hayden’s confidence was also boosted from the support from her team.
“The last couple years have been great, you’re such a competitor,” Spartans coach Josee Deloretto said, looking in Hayden’s direction during Wednesday’s signing ceremony, “and the reputation at the school preceded you. I knew, coming in, the type of player and leader I was going to get to coach.”
Hayden’s been playing basketball most of her life. She also competed for the volleyball and track and field teams for a while, but decided around her junior year that she wanted to focus on basketball in order to obtain a roster spot in college.
That meant playing with club basketball teams in Phoenix, usually two or three times a week along with other travel for tournaments, and a rededication to the sport. She also started reaching out to college programs to gauge interest and find a future home.
Thus, Wednesday’s signing felt like the end to a years-long recruiting process.
“It was a relief to finally figure it out and know that I get to play, and seeing everyone come out and hear everything they said about me was really nice,” Hayden said.
Now done with high school athletics, Hayden is working on her strength and playing offseason basketball when she can. She wants to be ready to shine when she moves out East.
“I think it’s going to be more of a challenge and definitely more work,” she said, “but I think I’ve just got to prepare and be ready for it.” | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/northland-prep-academy-senior-signs-with-point-park-womens-basketball/article_c5aefcc8-e53c-11ed-9a38-37e0bbb98682.html | 2023-04-28T16:44:04 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/northland-prep-academy-senior-signs-with-point-park-womens-basketball/article_c5aefcc8-e53c-11ed-9a38-37e0bbb98682.html |
2 from Northern Michigan killed in Georgia plane crash
Investigators are trying to determine what caused a plane crash Wednesday in Georgia that killed two people who lived in northern Michigan.
The two victims have been identified as Robert and Sandra Denton, ages 76 and 75, the Oconee County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Friday. Family members told police the two were residents of Williamsburg, Mich., and Clare, Mich., as well as Florida.
Officials said the single-engine plane crashed at about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in a field off Government Station Road in Watkinsville, Ga. They said the plane departed from Leesburg, Fla., and was set to land in Barrow County, Ga. They also said the investigation into the cause of the crash was turned over to the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Bureau.
The sheriff's office also released the following statement from the Denton family:
"We are devastated to share the passing of Robert and Sandra Denton, who tragically passed away in a plane crash on April 26 in Watkinsville, Ga.," it said. "While taken from us far too soon, we find comfort (in) knowing they were together and doing what they loved, flying.
"Robert and Sandra lived life to the fullest and were two of the most thoughtful and loving people you could know," the family's statement said. "We are sincerely grateful for the outpouring of support shown to our family from Robert and Sandra’s many friends and neighbors. We also wish to extend our gratitude to the Oconee County Sheriff's Office and first responders who were at the crash scene, as well as the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office in Michigan for their assistance.
"We ask that you please respect our family's privacy during this difficult time."
The family also said that both Dentons were seasoned pilots and confirmed the two were in a Cessna 177B airplane traveling from Florida to Georgia. It also released a previously taken photo of them with an aircraft that was not involved in the fatal crash.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Texas is ranked one of the top 10 best states for Black-owned businesses in 2023.
Dallas is no stranger to minority businesses, and Black on the Block is a celebration of just that. Black on the Block is a monthly festival that features more than 100+ Black-owned businesses.
“BOTB focuses on uplifting entrepreneurs who are dedicated to growing their own brands. We provide a platform for small businesses to expand their market reach through thousands of attendees, celebrities, influencers, publications, and social media on a consistent basis,” their website reads.
The festivities will take place in Frisco this weekend Sunday, April 30th. Currently the event is sold out, but there is a waitlist.
BOTB 2023 Festival Schedule (dates subject to change)
- Sunday, April 30th – DALLAS, TX
- Sunday, May 21st
- Sunday, June 18th
- Sunday, July 23rd
- Sunday, August 27th
- Sunday, September 24th
- Sunday, October 22nd
- Sunday, November 26th
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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — A grand jury has indicted a Cape May County jail officer accused of sexually assaulting a young girl multiple times between 2020 and 2023, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.
Jonathan Perez, 33, of Woodbine, has been in custody since February. He is charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.
He is being held at the Atlantic County jail.
The child Perez allegedly assaulted told her mother about the encounters, which took place from 2020 to Feb. 3, according to an affidavit of probable cause. In some instances, Perez, the document says, gave the girl alcohol and allowed her to watch pornography.
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Her wrists were also tied during some encounters when Perez forced her to have sex with him, the affidavit states.
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The Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the girl's claims after the child was given an exam for sexual assault at Cape Regional Medical Center.
Perez traveled to New York before being arrested by State Police. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cape-jail-officer-indicted-in-child-sex-abuse-case/article_eef3fbf0-e5dd-11ed-b3c2-9360bdc4b770.html | 2023-04-28T17:07:20 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/cape-jail-officer-indicted-in-child-sex-abuse-case/article_eef3fbf0-e5dd-11ed-b3c2-9360bdc4b770.html |
A Galloway Township man pleaded guilty Monday to unlawful possession of a handgun and trespassing, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said.
Jalen Torres, 20, is expected to serve a five-year prison sentence, the Prosecutor's Office said Friday in a news release. His sentencing is scheduled for June 5.
Torres ran when authorities arrived at his home July 21, 2022, to execute a search warrant. He was apprehended after a brief foot chase, which led police to find a loaded 9mm handgun, a weapon for which he did not have a permit, the Prosecutor's Office said.
His arrest was tied to a narcotics investigation at properties on Colonial and Patriots courts.
After Torres was caught, authorities searched his home and found three large-capacity magazines and numerous hollow point bullets.
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Torres was also seen rummaging through a parked car in July 2021, leading to the trespassing charge, the Prosecutor's Office said. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/galloway-man-pleads-guilty-to-weapons-trespassing-charges/article_d6492e44-e5d4-11ed-85a0-f30a01b3530a.html | 2023-04-28T17:07:26 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/galloway-man-pleads-guilty-to-weapons-trespassing-charges/article_d6492e44-e5d4-11ed-85a0-f30a01b3530a.html |
A Lower Township man turned himself in a month after authorities searched his home and car for child pornography, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.
Rene J. Valentin, 31, is charged with possession of child pornography.
Authorities searched Valentin's home and car March 10 on a warrant. He was not home at the time, but his car was seized, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
Police found child sexual abuse material inside, the Prosecutor's Office said.
Valentin turned himself in April 10 and was taken to the Cape May County jail. He is not currently being held at the jail, according to the Cape May County Sheriff's Office inmate list.
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Scamboozle.
That's what some frustrated fans have dubbed the return of Bamboozle, once one of New Jersey's most celebrated music festivals, featuring headliners like Bon Jovi, 50 Cent and the Foo Fighters. Ahead of the festival's comeback shows — scheduled at Atlantic City's Bader Field from May 5 to 7 — a chorus of ticket buyers say they feel cheated by the show's ticketing practices.
In social media postings — including on Scamboozle, an anonymous Instagram account started in February that now has nearly 1,000 followers — fans say Bamboozle festival organizers used false advertising to sell pricey early-bird tickets far ahead of the festival and failed to land promised big name acts. They say Bamboozle festival founder John D'Esposito refused refund requests and trolled and cyberbullied fans who complained.
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In one case, D'Esposito publicly threatened to publish the home address of a fan who had posted criticism and wrote show sponsors about D'Esposito's aggressive online measures. In online postings and on his podcast, D'Esposito promised "rewards," like upgraded tickets, show merch and VIP passes, for fans who showed up at the man's doorstep as part of an "anti-bullying fundraiser."
"You need to hide after the podcast," D'Esposito wrote Alphonso Cino in a March email provided to The Inquirer. "You are going to be the daily joke and mascot of this year's event. This is going to be soooo much fun."
D'Esposito eventually abandoned the tactic. But the fan he singled out, Cino, a 38-year-old insurance agent, has filed complaints against the promoter with his local police department and the State Police Cyber Crimes Unit.
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"I never would have fathomed that a business owner with such a large platform would be allowed to just carte blanche threaten and harass ticket buyers," said Cino, who lives in upstate New York with his fiancée and 4-year-old daughter. "To say it's unprofessional is an understatement."
D'Esposito, in an interview this week, says he was simply defending Bamboozle.
"It was tongue in cheek," he said of his trolling. "I was joking around and having fun with him. I probably should have just went the charity route ... I should probably apologize."
According to NJ.com, Bamboozle ticket buyers have filed complaints with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. Rob Rowan, a spokesperson for the office, said 21 complaints had been received about Bamboozle, ranging from false advertising to refund requests.
Fans say they paid a premium for presale tickets because D'Esposito repeatedly promised on social media that tickets costing as much as $366 would jump in price as more stars joined the bill.
But when fewer top billed performers signed on than normal — the biggest names of this year's show include Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach and Motionless in White — ticket prices fell, leaving some fans feeling bilked. Tickets are selling for as much as $325, but others are priced much lower. Discount codes offer $100 rebates.
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"I love the New Jersey music scene. It brings people together, and is a loving space. This is going against all of that," said Chris Sicoli, 31, a fan from Jersey City who filed a consumer affairs complaint over tickets.
D'Esposito founded Bamboozle in 2002 and helped turn it into a mainstay of the Jersey festival scene. Sold-out shows at the Meadowlands Sport Complex and Asbury Park Convention Hall featured diverse bills with superstars from indie rock, hip-hop and emo punk. Everyone from 50 Cent and Snoop Dog to Mac Miller and My Chemical Romance to The Roots and Fall Out Boy have headlined Bamboozle. By 2012, the festival's final year, over 100,000 fans attended the shows in Asbury Park. Soon after D'Esposito left Bamboozle because of a falling out with partners Live Nation and House of Blues, and the festival fizzled.
D'Esposito said he repurchased the festival's trademark in 2020 in time to plan this year's comeback festival marking the show's 20th anniversary. To succeed, the festival had to go back to its roots of showcasing lesser known talents on the way up to become headliners, he said.
"It couldn't come back with Bon Jovi and the Foo Fighters because that's not the climate right now, and also not the direction for the future," he said. "They're not Bamboozle fans if they're not supporting artist development. We develop artists and produce a scene."
Fans unhappy with this year's lineup "can't let go of a memory," he said. "If you don't like it, don't go."
For his part, D'Esposito expects upward of 15,000 at the Atlantic City shows, and says 47 fans in all have been refunded for the price of their tickets by credit card companies. He didn't challenge any refunds, he said.
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"It's a minute portion," he said. "The fan base is fired up for this party."
Andrew Kramer, a spokesperson for the Mayor's Office, said they have been working with Bamboozle on all required permits and expect the show to go on as planned. D'Esposito said he's not been contacted by any police regarding the complaints filed against him.
For his part, Cino, who first attended the festival 15 years ago, says he will not be attending Bamboozle this year. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/fans-of-bamboozle-music-festival-allege-false-advertising-online-threats/article_ad6e6884-e5db-11ed-8108-e3f89e70f1c0.html | 2023-04-28T17:07:39 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/fans-of-bamboozle-music-festival-allege-false-advertising-online-threats/article_ad6e6884-e5db-11ed-8108-e3f89e70f1c0.html |
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$1 million ticket for 'The Pick' bought in Oro Valley
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A ticket purchased in Oro Valley for 'The Pick' hit the jackpot on Wednesday, scoring them a cool $1 million.
The unclaimed ticket, purchased from an Oro Valley Walmart at 7951 North Oracle Road, proved to be the lone jackpot winner in Wednesday's drawing, a one-in-7 million shot according to the Arizona Lottery website.
What were the winning numbers for The Pick?
The winning numbers for the April 26 drawing were 1, 9, 25, 29, 31 and 41.
Once claimed, the winner will have their choice of receiving the annuity option ($33,333.34 per year for 30 years) or the $564,972 cash option.
When is the next drawing for The Pick?
Drawings for 'The Pick' are held every week on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, with the next one scheduled for Saturday, April 29. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/04/28/1-million-lottery-ticket-sold-in-oro-valley/70163441007/ | 2023-04-28T17:21:02 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/04/28/1-million-lottery-ticket-sold-in-oro-valley/70163441007/ |
Sentencing set for Las Cruces man convicted of murder after three trials
A man convicted of killing a Las Cruces leather shop owner will be sentenced next month for his crime.
Lonnie Gallegos, 41, was convicted of second-degree murder after a jury found him guilty of killing Oscar Amezquita on May 9, 2020. The same jury found Gallegos not guilty of first-degree murder. A jury in 2022 had already convicted Gallegos of aggravated battery, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and tampering with evidence in May 2022. However, the same jury deadlocked on whether Gallegos was guilty of murder.
According to court documents, police believe Gallegos shot Amezquita while trying to burglarize Landis Boot and Shoe Service at 490 S. Esperanza. Police believe Amezquita returned to his store that evening and discovered Gallegos. After the shooting, police alleged Gallegos took Amezquita's car and drove away. Gallegos has been incarcerated in the Doña Ana County Detention Center ever since.
On April 21, a jury returned the guilty verdict on the lesser murder charge after a five-day trial in Judge Douglas Driggers' courtroom. New Mexico law delineates first-degree murder and second-degree murder along the line of deliberate intention, which refers to the defendant's state of mind.
For someone to be guilty of first-degree murder, a jury must find the defendant "weighed and considered the question of killing and his reasons for and again such a choice," as written in another case's jury instructions.
Second-degree murder is a lesser charge that typically comes with a lesser sentence. It can also be a more complicated charge. For a jury to find a defendant guilty of second-degree murder, they must find the defendant "knew that their actions created a strong probability of death or great bodily harm," another phrase used in jury instructions. The jury must also find the defendant was not sufficiently provoked, did not act in self-defense, but did act intentionally or purposefully.
Driggers scheduled a sentencing hearing on May 3. During the hearing, Driggers will rule on a sentence for the second-degree murder charge. According to a news release from the Third Judicial District Attorney's Office, Gallegos faces up to 18 years in prison.
Justin Garcia covers public safety and local government in Las Cruces. He can be reached via email at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com, via phone or text at 575-541-5449, or on Twitter @Just516Garc.
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Former New Mexico governor remembered as Hispanic role model
SANTA FE - Jerry Apodaca, a Democrat who became New Mexico's first Hispanic governor in 54 years when he took office in 1975, has died. He was 88.
He died at his home in Santa Fe on Wednesday after what may have been a stroke, his son Jeff Apodaca said.
His son talked about the legacy his father left behind, one that fellow Democratic politicians say paved the way for more minorities to enter public office and take on leadership roles in corporate boardrooms across the country.
He took his role seriously, said the younger Apodaca, an Albuquerque businessman and former media executive.
"I used to meet with people in Fortune 500 companies, and there was not a meeting that went by where I wouldn't run into a Latino executive who'd ask me, 'Are you Jerry's son?' They would tell me so many stories about what he'd done," Jeff Apodaca told the Santa Fe New Mexican. "General Motors, McDonald's ... he opened doors for Latinos in the '70s and '80s."
Apodaca ran an insurance business in Las Cruces before being elected to the state Senate in 1966. He was 40 when he was inaugurated as governor on Jan. 1, 1975, making him the first Hispanic governor in New Mexico since Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo left office in 1921.
During his four-year term, Apodaca's administration reorganized state government to its current form by creating a cabinet system with 12 departments. Delivering on a campaign pledge, his administration consolidated agencies and eliminated some boards and commissions.
In an interview shortly before his gubernatorial term ended, Apodaca cited the government reorganization and establishment of a statewide kindergarten system as major accomplishments. He claimed his administration made government more open and responsive to citizens.
Apodaca regularly held open office hours where residents could meet with him. His administration implemented tax relief programs, including tax credits, tax rebates and tax rate reductions, but Apodaca was criticized for appointing close friends to public positions.
"I didn't find any logical reason to exclude anyone from the administration just because he helped in the campaign or because he was a friend," he said in December 1978. "I think the record speaks for itself. The success of this administration does not rest entirely on my shoulders."
Apodaca also battled allegations linking him to organized crime figures.
While campaigning in 1982 for U.S. Senate, Apodaca disputed claims by a convicted felon that he had accepted a $10,000 bribe as governor in return for granting a pardon or parole for a New Mexico inmate. Apodaca called the accusation "a total fabrication."
A grand jury requested by Apodaca ultimately found no evidence of perjury.
He lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate to Jeff Bingaman, who went on to serve for 30 years.
Apodaca, who played halfback at the University of New Mexico in the mid-1950s, was appointed in 1978 by President Jimmy Carter as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness. While governor, he ran and completed the 1978 Boston Marathon.
After leaving office, he resigned from the fitness panel after being elected to the board of directors for tobacco giant Phillip Morris.
Carter also interviewed Apodaca for Secretary of Education when the U.S. Department of Education was created. The job went instead to Shirley Hufstedler, a federal appellate judge in California.
After leaving office, Apodaca endured a series of troubled business ventures, including failed real estate deals that led to a bankruptcy filing. In later years, he sought to return to politics but lost the Democratic primaries for U.S. Senate in 1982 and for governor in 1998.
Apodaca also ventured into publishing, taking over Hispanic magazine and Vista magazine, both English-language periodicals aimed at Hispanic readers. He also served on the University of New Mexico's board of regents from 1985 to 1991.
Apodaca started in politics as a state senator from Las Cruces, serving four terms from 1966-76. In the 1974 gubernatorial race, he defeated Republican Joe Skeen by just 3,752 votes. Campaigning during the post-Watergate era, Apodaca portrayed himself as "The Man Nobody Owns."
Born Raymond S. Apodaca in Las Cruces on Oct. 3, 1934, Apodaca graduated from UNM in 1957 and began teaching history and coaching high school football in Albuquerque. He later moved back to Las Cruces, opened an insurance business and branched out into retail and real estate.
He is survived by his ex-wife, Clara, three daughters, Cindy, Carolyn, Judy, and two sons, Jerry Jr. and Jeff.
The story includes biographical material compiled by former AP reporter Tim Korte.
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8% increase would not come out of tenants’ pockets
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Development Authority (JCDA) will ask the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to approve rent increases for the John Sevier Center apartments that would yield an estimated $146,000 a year.
If approved, it would follow on last year’s roughly 70% rent increase that brought a much-needed boost to Sevier Center revenues. Operating the center has been a financial strain for the JCDA since it purchased it in 2019, with rent revenues generally failing to keep pace with overall costs that have been driven up consistently by major repairs and improvements.
Through nine months of the Center’s fiscal year, it has spent $475,000 on capital expenditures, which is about 12 times the budgeted amount of around $40,000.
“Spread out across the year it would help, but it is not a windfall,” JCDA Executive Director Tish Oldham told commissioners Friday just before the approved making the request. “It would just help us continue to do what we’re doing on operations.”
The so-called “mark up to market” rent request, if approved, would likely become effective in August for the 150 subsidized apartments in the downtown high rise. It would not increase out of pocket rent payments by the center’s disabled and elderly low-income residents. HUD subsidized the difference between income-based payments from residents and its approved fair market rent.
The total rent on the center’s 63 studio apartments would increase from its current $965 a month to $1,055. One bedroom apartments that rent for $1,050 would bring in $1,125.
“We can pretty much assure that you will get it at this time,” LHP Capital’s Alvin Nance told commissioners. LHP has operated and managed the Sevier Center since early 2022. LHP is also leading the complex process of securing tax credits and other loans and constructing replacement housing for the John Sevier.
The “Tapestry at Roan Hill” will consist of two buildings adjacent to the Food City supermarket on South Roan Street. Nance told commissioners that process is still on track for construction to begin in early 2024 and occupancy in late 2025.
The extra income would be about equal to an amount the JCDA has been spending monthly on private hired security for the Sevier Center since January. That service, provided by the Harrell Group, cost more than $15,000 in March but has made a marked difference in resident safety according to LHP and JCDA commissioners.
Even with a roughly $750,000 bump to revenue from last year’s rent increase, the JCDA has also had to turn to the City of Johnson City for additional funds, resulting in a $1.7 million amendment to the city’s current year budget for John Sevier-related expenses.
They include $400,000 for elevator replacement and another $1.33 million for a loan from the Industrial Development Board related to the new apartments.
JCDA already is laying the groundwork for marketing the John Sevier, a former hotel that’s 98 years old, to developers after the residents get new digs.
Commissioners also discussed the recent decision by Northeast State Community College to not renew its lease there, which came after a market study showing a fair lease amount would be around $30,000 a month. Northeast had been paying $1,000, and the lease had included access to a parking garage with more than 300 spaces.
Longtime JCDA commissioner Robert Williams said he believes the 36,000-square-foot building’s commercial potential is much greater now than it was when Northeast State moved in eight years ago. Controlling the parking garage will also be a key to marketing the John Sevier.
Williams said the campus “has not had the economic impact that we had hoped at that time, and so I really view this as positive. I think it’s a great opportunity for the city and the JCDA to have a greater impact downtown.”
Oldham and Johnson City’s economic development director, Alicia Summers, will meet weekly to work on strategies for filling the center’s space.
“I think we’ve worked hard to try to identify the opportunities for the space,” City Manager Cathy Ball said. “We’ll continue to do so, and I think it just means we’re going to have this on our plate over the next several months to find the best use we can for it.”
The Northeast State lease expires at the end of December, but the college is not going to use the space this summer or fall and could exercise a 90-day out. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jcda-aims-to-get-more-hud-rent-money-for-john-sevier/ | 2023-04-28T17:32:42 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/jcda-aims-to-get-more-hud-rent-money-for-john-sevier/ |
CEDAR FALLS — The Panthers are going on the prowl for Panther Caravan and they’ll be in Waterloo May 16.
The free event is an opportunity to meet and hear from University of Northern Iowa coaches, President Mark Nook, Director of Athletics David Harris and other special guests. Giveaways will be held, food and games will be available. Attendees can connect with fellow UNI fans, current students, prospective students and their families, and alumni to celebrate all things purple and gold in a family-friendly atmosphere.
The caravan will be at SingleSpeed Brewing Co., 325 Commercial St., Waterloo, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The program starts at 6:45 p.m. It will also be in Dubuque May 15, Des Moines May 17 and the Quad Cities May 18.
In addition, Panther Caravan will be making stops at local schools, bringing the excitement of UNI athletics to the next generation. More information about Panther Caravan and links to register can be found online by visiting panthercaravan.uni.edu.
In addition to Panther Caravan, golf enthusiasts have an opportunity to join UNI coaches and staff to support UNI student-athletes during a round of golf at Blue Top Ridge golf course in Riverside. More information and registration can be found at supportthepanthers.com.
Photos: UNI softball vs. Southern Illinois, April 14 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/university-of-northern-iowa-hits-the-road-for-2023-panther-caravan/article_21001a9c-dba5-5792-ae57-075d92efda7d.html | 2023-04-28T17:34:22 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/education/university-of-northern-iowa-hits-the-road-for-2023-panther-caravan/article_21001a9c-dba5-5792-ae57-075d92efda7d.html |
WATERLOO — One person was flown to the hospital after his vehicle crashed head-on into a semi and burst into flames early Friday.
According to the Iowa State Patrol, 26-year-old Jordan Welch was flown to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
The crash happened at about 2:15 a.m. on northbound U.S. Highway 218 near the Broadway Street overpass.
Witnesses told police Welch’s Dodge Charger was traveling the wrong way on the highway and collided with a Freightliner semi driven by Christopher Scholl, 50, of Manly.
The Charger caught fire, and a passerby removed the occupant from the burning car, according to officials with Waterloo Fire Rescue.
The semi broke through a concrete jersey barrier that separates the lanes and came to a rest in the southbound lanes. The semi driver wasn’t injured.
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Firefighters extinguished the flames. Welch suffered burns and other injuries and was flown to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City.
The crash is under investigation by the Iowa State Patrol and the Waterloo Police Department. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-with-name-one-injured-in-fiery-head-on-crash-with-semi/article_9448cc93-ec76-5f03-84f5-a16a35dd1b53.html | 2023-04-28T17:34:28 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/update-with-name-one-injured-in-fiery-head-on-crash-with-semi/article_9448cc93-ec76-5f03-84f5-a16a35dd1b53.html |
State Rep. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, works at his desk at the Statehouse on Thursday in Indianapolis.
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Indiana Republican House Speaker Todd Huston listens to colleagues Thursday during the final hours of the 2023 legislative session.
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Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch speaks at the Statehouse on Thursday as legislators complete work on the state's biennial budget.
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Indiana Republican House Speaker Todd Huston presides on Thursday, the last day of the 2023 General Assembly.
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Indiana House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jeff Thompson, R-Lizton, addresses colleagues on the last day of the 2023 legislative session Thursday.
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Indiana House Democratic Leader Phil GiaQuinta, D-Fort Wayne, speaks during a legislative session at the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Thursday.
It took a few hours longer than expected and required last-minute adjustments to the normally sacrosanct state budget, but Hoosier lawmakers managed to pull everything together early Friday morning and officially close Indiana's annual legislative session.
The final motion to adjourn sine die was made by Senate President Rod Bray, R-Martinsville, at 2:46 a.m. Indianapolis time. The House wrapped up its business for the year, unless a special or technical corrections session is called, about an hour earlier.
For most of Thursday it was unclear whether the Republican-controlled General Assembly would reach final compromises on must-pass spending and tax legislation, especially after lawmakers realized a significant chunk of the new school funding would go toward a massive expansion of the state's private school voucher program, leaving many local public schools with sub-inflation level increases.
To remedy that concern, the initial state budget in House Enrolled Act 1001 was revised four times in the 24-hour period following the plan's public release Wednesday. Ultimately, an additional $312 million, which originally was part of a $1 billion extra deposit in the state's pension fund, was allocated for elementary, middle and high school (K-12) education.
State Sen. Ryan Mishler, R-Mishawaka, chairman of the budget-writing Senate Appropriations Committee, said the two-year, $44.6 billion General Fund spending plan that takes effect July 1 is a "fiscally conservative, balanced budget" that maintains healthy state reserves.
"We invested almost $3 billion in new funding for K-12 education and eliminated fees for textbooks and curricular materials for families. We were also able to invest in the Pre-1996 Teachers' Retirement Fund. Once these pension obligations are paid off, our state will be able to invest in other opportunities for Indiana residents," Mishler said.
On the other hand, state Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said the budget's requirement that the state pay private school tuition for nearly all Indiana children, and its provision siphoning property tax revenue from Lake County schools to give it to charter schools "will have a devastating impact" on public education.
"I am unequivocally against the ongoing war being waged against public schools," Melton said. "We had the opportunity to pass a robust and bold budget that prioritized Hoosiers and Indiana this session. I’m disappointed that this Legislature refused to take it.”
State Sen. Lonnie Randolph, D-East Chicago, likewise described the new state budget as "reprehensible."
"Public schools are only receiving about 70% of new education dollars to educate over 90% of students, while vouchers receive a third of new money to educate less than 10% of Hoosier kids," Randolph said. "With the provisions in this bill, it’s clear what the goal is — to destroy public schools, period."
Aside from education, the budget eliminates the various revenue triggers from the 2022 income tax cut law and simply reduces the 3.15% state income tax rate to 3.05% on Jan. 1, 2024, 3% on Jan. 1, 2025, 2.95% on Jan. 1, 2026, and 2.9% on Jan. 1, 2027.
Altogether, those reductions will enable Hoosiers to keep $360 million of their money during the two-year budget period, and a total of $1.4 billion through 2030.
The new budget includes an additional $70 million in various other tax cuts, though it continues hiking Indiana's 33 cents per gallon gasoline tax by 1 cent per gallon each year through 2027.
The plan also authorizes $800 million in improvements to state prisons — primarily for the Westville Correctional Facility in LaPorte County; provides $650 million to incentivize business development through the Indiana Economic Development Corp.; allocates $500 million for a second round of READI quality-of-place grants to local communities; deploys $150 million toward deferred maintenance at state facilities; and spends $30 million on trails, $10 million on land conservation and $2 million on veteran suicide prevention.
In addition to the Westville prison reconstruction project, Northwest Indiana is due to receive $22 million for new Indiana Department of Transportation salt buildings in Gary and Roselawn; $5 million for upgrades at the Northwest Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Hobart; access to $26 million in statewide airport improvement grants; $2.4 million to modernize a National Guard facility in LaPorte; and $1 million for a study of Lake Michigan beach erosion.
"In line with my legislative priorities of supporting teachers and police officers, I was proud to support a balanced budget investing in K-12 and higher education and Indiana State Police compensation, setting Indiana up for stability and a promising future," said state Sen. Dan Dernulc, R-Highland.
The budget legislation was approved nearly along party lines by a 70-27 margin in the House, and 39-10 in the Senate.
State Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, joined all House Republicans in supporting the measure. In the Senate, state Sen. David Niezgodski, D-South Bend voted "yes," while state Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, voted "no."
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb told reporters at a 3:15 a.m. press conference he plans to sign the budget into law once it reaches his desk.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — The Birmingham Public Library will host a panel discussion about the significance of Bloody Sunday and the Selma to Montgomery march at the Central Library on Saturday at 1 p.m.
The event, which is free, will feature University of Alabama history professor Stacy Morgan in conversation with Brown Chapel AME Church historian Joyce O’Neal, who witnessed Bloody Sunday as a teenager.
The panel discussion is funded by a grant the Friends Foundation of the Birmingham Public Library received from the Alabama Humanities Alliance related to Spider Martin’s Selma to Montgomery photo exhibit on display at the Central Library. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-public-library-hosting-panel-discussion-about-bloody-sunday/ | 2023-04-28T17:37:45 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/birmingham-public-library-hosting-panel-discussion-about-bloody-sunday/ |
A Brooklyn family is experiencing unimaginable grief after losing a mother and her two daughters in an early-morning apartment fire on Friday.
The 50-year-old woman and her two daughters, 8 and 10 years old, were all pulled from a building on Gates Avenue in Bed-Stuy after FDNY teams responded to a 911 call around 5 a.m.
Firefighters found the victims in a bedroom inside the third-floor apartment and rushed them to NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, but sadly none made it through. The medical examiner will determine their cause of death.
The fire appeared to originate in the kitchen of the apartment, but what may have sparked the deadly inferno was still under investigation hours later.
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Mayor Eric Adams' office shared images from inside the charred apartment after visiting the scene alongside FDNY top brass. FDNY officials said the fire was already "very advanced" when crews reached the scene just three minutes after the first aid call.
"Unfortunately due to the serious nature of their injuries, the patients did not survive. this is an incredible tragedy for this neighborhood, for this family. we'll be here all morning working with the red cross, working with OEM and the city to support this family," FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanaugh said.
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Shock reverberated in the neighborhood as relatives learned of the news. Robert Carlson drove to the apartment to try and help his son, the husband and father of the two girls who died.
"My granddaughters and daughter-in-law were in the fire, they passed away," Carlson told News 4.
He grabbed ahold of his son, catching him before he collapsed into tears near a gate outside the apartment building. Help came quick from clergy and other members of the community.
"We're here to support the family, we're here to support the neighborhood and work together. That's what it's all about," said Pastor Wesley Payne.
Additional water damage was impacting apartments on lower levels of the building, officials said. A smoke alarm was discovered in the building, but investigators had not yet determined if it was operational or sounded during the morning fire. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-neighborhood-mourns-mother-2-daughters-killed-in-morning-kitchen-fire/4285215/ | 2023-04-28T17:37:49 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-neighborhood-mourns-mother-2-daughters-killed-in-morning-kitchen-fire/4285215/ |
Play (vintage) ball! How baseball developed into a popular sport after the Civil War
“Rehobothites,” the Wilmington Daily Republican reported on Aug. 26, 1899. “have taken considerable interest in the animated baseball contest between the nine of Lewes and Cambridge. Yesterday the fourth game of a series took place at Lewes, and as the previous three games had resulted in two to one in favor of Cambridge, there was deep interest in the outcome both here [Rehoboth] and at Lewes.”
Today, historians dismiss the notion that baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday. Instead, they point to a variety of forgotten games, such as town ball, stool ball and rounders, as the ancestors of baseball.
By the beginning of the Civil War, baseball virtually completed its evolution and closely resembled the modern game. Organized baseball clubs had appeared by the 1840s, regular games were played by the 1850s, and inter-city play began before the outbreak of the Civil War.
It is not known when the boys of Delaware witnessed their first baseball game; but during the Civil War, Union troops, including a Delaware regiment, were encamped at Falmouth, Virginia, where a number of regiments organized baseball teams.
Games among the regimental teams were often played between afternoon drill and the evening dress parade. When the soldiers returned home, they carried the memory of baseball with them.
Fighting in the Civil War ended in April 1865, and by the next year, organized baseball teams were playing Delaware. In July 1866, a club from Washington, D. C. traveled to Wilmington to play a baseball game with a Delaware club. The Wilmington team defeated the club from the nation’s capital by a score of 31 to 12.
Many Civil War veterans found jobs in the growing number of canneries, mills and other industrial plants that sprung up in Lewes and other southern Delaware towns. Workers often developed a camaraderie that led to the establishment of company sponsored baseball clubs. In the late 1890s, the bay pilots financed a baseball team in Lewes.
On June 22, 1895, the Delaware Pilot reported “The interest manifested by the Lewes public in baseball and the hearty support which they are inclined to give the team should be an incentive for them to put forth their best efforts to maintain a creditable standing in the local baseball world.”
For a time, the Lewes club played on the flats of Lewes Beach until a baseball diamond was established across from the railroad station near the entrance to town.
Most of the time, the newspapers gave only brief notices to baseball games, but when the Wilmington Daily Republican reported on the 1899 game between teams from Lewes and Cambridge that generated some much interest by the “Rehobothites”, there was more action to report than just the normal baseball game.
According to the Wilmington newspaper, “Several hackloads [from Rehoboth], flying gay flags and with tingling sleighbells, went to witness the game at Queen Anne Park, near Lewes. The game wound up with two runs ahead for Cambridge, the score being five to seven.”
One of the two umpires, Adkins Henry from Cambridge, made some questionable calls, and he “became the special object of animosity for part of the crowd.”
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When hostile spectators approached Henry with fire in their eyes, the other umpire, Charles Moore of Georgetown, jumped in front of Henry and hustled him into a nearby carriage, whose driver quickly whipped the horses to a gallop, and the offending umpire was sped away.
The newspaper laconically commented, “Further trouble was averted.”
Principal sources
Delaware Republican, June 25, 1866.
Delaware Pilot, June 22, 1895
Evening Journal, May 28, 1894; May 8, 1895; July 7, 1899.
Baseball Almanac, “Civil War Baseball: Baseball And The Blue And The Gray.” https://www.baseball-almanac.com/articles/aubrecht2004b.shtml
Harold Peterson, The Man Who Invented Baseball, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1973, pp. pp. 4-10. | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2023/04/28/how-baseball-developed-into-a-popular-sport-after-the-civil-war/70150822007/ | 2023-04-28T17:37:55 | 0 | https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2023/04/28/how-baseball-developed-into-a-popular-sport-after-the-civil-war/70150822007/ |
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Brodey Weber, a 25-year-old candidate for northwest and downtown Lincoln's District 4 seat on the Lincoln City Council, says he believes that "improving roads in North Lincoln" is the top priority for people living in his district.
"Residents think north of O Street feels like an afterthought" for city leaders sometimes, Weber said during a telephone interview, and he pledged to make roads and road repair "my No. 1 priority" as a councilman.
Weber said other top priorities would be to make sure that police, fire and medical personnel who make up the city's first responders know that "city leadership has their back" and to pursue "economic development that helps attract and retain young professionals."
Affordable housing is "a huge issue" that also needs to be addressed, he said.
Weber said he would focus on support for local schools as well as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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"We need to make sure people want to come here and stay here," Weber said.
Campaign finances are a challenge, he said, and another reminder of "how much influence money has" in the political system.
Voter registration in the district "leans Democratic," Weber said, "but when I go door to door, people are not talking about what's going on at Fox or MSNBC. I think it's a pretty independent district."
Weber, 25, is a UNL graduate, vice president of client relations at Mid America Casing Supply and a registered Democrat.
In 2020, he was a candidate for the legislative seat held by Mike Hilgers, who won re-election to a second term and then moved on in 2022 to election as attorney general.
"As a lifelong resident of northwest Lincoln and as a young person, I felt like it was time to step up and serve," Weber wrote in response to earlier questions submitted to city election candidates by the Journal Star before the primary election.
"As the only candidate in this race who was raised here, educated here and works here, I believe that I am uniquely qualified to be our voice in City Hall," he said in the later interview.
"My roots in this community are deep. I think I can be a very effective advocate.
"The No. 1 reason I am running is because of the district," he said.
"I unequivocally support our veterans and the LGBTQ+ community," Weber said in answer to a question submitted before the primary election. "We as a city must oppose any and all forms of discrimination."
The District 4 seat is now held by Tammy Ward, a Democrat, who did not seek re-election.
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Marcus Brotherton and Lincoln author Tosca Lee co-authored a World War II historical fiction that will have its national release on May 2.
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There's nowhere else Tosca Lee would rather be on Saturday than inside a bookstore — well, two of them, actually.
The 10th annual Independent Bookstore Day couldn't have come at a better time for Lee, the Lincoln-raised author whose newest novel — a World War II historical fiction about the Bataan Death March that she wrote with Marcus Brotherton — will have its national release on May 2.
Lee will sign "The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific," first in Seward at Chapters Books & Gifts from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. before coming to Francie & Finch Bookshop, 130 S. 13th St. in Lincoln, from 4-6 p.m.
"It's really exciting to be in an independent bookstore on Independent Bookstore Day, which I don't always get to do," said Lee, who lives in Fremont. "And it's extra special to be able to launch a book on Independent Bookstore Day."
She said signing the book for friends and family members in her hometown "is going to be exciting. I haven't had a book out for four years — it's been awhile — I don't know if I remember how to do all this stuff."
"The Long March Home" tells the story of three teenagers from Mobile, Alabama — lifelong friends who are closer to brothers — who joined the Army before America entered World War II.
Stationed in the Philippines, they are enjoying their glimpse at a new and exotic place — the antithesis of Alabama — until that quickly unravels with the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, which ultimately puts them on the front line of the Pacific theater.
Just days later, the Philippines is invaded by the Japanese and they are taken prisoner and forced on a 60-mile walk — without food or water — to a POW camp. Thousands died and no one was unscathed.
The story is gripping and made more harrowing as we revisit their past, the lives they lived, the family members and loved ones they left behind in Alabama.
The final manuscript was 12 years in the making, a collaboration between two best-selling authors, who communicated often but didn't meet face to face for the first time until last October.
It didn't take Brotherton long to realize he had chosen the perfect co-author for this project.
Brotherton said Lee's writing style is similar to his, which made the challenge of combining their prose almost seamless.
"She writes very poetically, sort of in layers and is a smart writer," said Brotherton, who lives in Bellingham, Washington. "So coming into the process, I went, 'Yeah, if she can write like her other books for this one, that's exactly what I want.'"
"The Long March Home" has earned early two-star reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist.
While Independent Bookstore Day has been around for a decade, this is the first time local bookstores have joined forces to host the Seward & Lincoln Bookstore Crawl.
Celebrated annually on the last Saturday in April, Independent Bookstore Day was established in 2013. More than 900 bookstores nationwide will take part in it Saturday.
The crawl started on April 16 and will run through Saturday across six independent bookstores in the Lincoln and Seward areas — A Novel Idea, Badger’s Bookshop, Elleinad Books, Francie & Finch, Indigo Bridge and Chapters Books & Gifts.
Participants can pick up a bookstore crawl postcard from any of the six locations and then collect a stamp from each bookstore. No purchase is necessary to collect the stamps.
When complete, postcards may be submitted for a grand prize drawing and participants will also receive special discounts at each participating store.
Besides Lee, other local authors — including Faith Colburn, Gretchen Garrison, Tasha Hackett, Heidi Hermanson, Lisa Knopp, Mark Miller, Cat Singh and Debra White — will visit the bookstores throughout the day for book signings and meet-and-greets.
Brotherton said there is no such Independent Bookstore Day events he will attend in Washington state, but recognized the role they play in helping authors.
"We're tremendously thankful for the work they do," he said. "One of the challenges in America these days is that bookstores have shuttered in mass over the past decade."
Barnes & Noble is still in business, along with a few regional bookstore chains, but the number of places selling books has dwindled significantly over the years, he said.
"We could not do it without independent bookstores, so we are enormously grateful," Brotherton said.
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50 classics from (almost) everyone's high school reading list
Research shows that reading fiction encourages empathy . While more high school curriculums should include modern, diverse writers like Amy Tan and Malala Yousafzai, certain classics—like John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath" and Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street"—endure. Some even make a comeback. George Orwell's "1984," a novel published in 1949 about a dystopian future where the government controls the truth, even surged to #6 on the bestseller list in January 2021, selling more than 24,000 copies following the insurrection in Washington D.C.
While books are ostensibly for anyone with a yearning to learn, sometimes parents, teachers, and school board officials disagree on what kids should or shouldn't read. The result of the push and pull between these groups then shapes the reading lists of millions across the country. According to Pen America , 1,648 different books were banned in schools across the United States between July 2021 and June 2022. These bans affected 138 school districts in 32 states, impacting the books an estimated 4 million students were allowed to read. The top three most frequently banned books were Maia Kobabe's "Gender Queer: A Memoir," George M. Johnson's "All Boys Aren't Blue," and Ashley Hope Pérez's "Out of Darkness."
Certain books deserve a first, second, or maybe even a third read. Using data from Goodreads released in January 2023, Stacker compiled a list of 50 timeless books, plays, and epic poems commonly found on high school reading lists. A total of 1,194 voters picked the most essential reading required for students. The final ranking is based on Goodreads' score, which considers multiple factors, including total votes each book received and how highly voters ranked each book.
Read on to see which classics made the list.
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#50. Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Author: Zora Neale Hurston
- Score: 4,143
- Average rating: 3.97 (based on 316,337 ratings)
A coming-of-age story set in early 1900s Florida, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" tackles a multitude of issues: racism, sexism, segregation, poverty, and gender roles, among others. Initially overlooked upon its release, Zora Neale Hurston's best-known work is now considered a modern American masterpiece thanks to work done in Black studies programs in the 1970s.
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#49. Mythology
- Author: Edith Hamilton
- Score: 4,148
- Average rating: 4.02 (based on 52,213 ratings)
Edith Hamilton's "Mythology " has been a standard of both reference and pleasure reading since its publication in 1942. The book was commissioned by an editor at the publisher Little, Brown and Company in 1939 to replace the outdated 1855 collection on the subject, "Bulfinch's Mythology ," and it remains a popular choice for educating students on the subject today. At nearly 500 pages, this hefty tome covers all the classic Greek, Roman, and Norse myths in one place, from the journeys of Odysseus and the Trojan War to Cupid and Psyche.
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#48. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
- Author: Maya Angelou
- Score: 4,153
- Average rating: 4.28 (based on 492,982 ratings)
In the first of her seven memoirs, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ," Maya Angelou speaks of her early life growing up in the South, including the abuse and racism she faced. Before this, Angelou was known as a poet but was encouraged to try her hand at long-form writing following a party she attended with the legendary James Baldwin. This book sold 1 million copies, was nominated for a National Book Award, and spent more than two years on the New York Times bestseller list.
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#47. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
- Author: Sophocles
- Score: 4,211
- Average rating: 3.72 (based on 200,721 ratings)
The tragic Greek play "Oedipus Rex " tells the shocking tale of King Oedipus, who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother. The work of Sophocles has inspired many others across disciplines, including Igor Stravinsky's 1920s opera of the same name. Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic concept of the Oedipus complex , a theory that children are sexually attracted to their opposite-sex parent, also derived from this work.
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#46. Moby-Dick or, the Whale
- Author: Herman Melville
- Score: 4,240
- Average rating: 3.53 (based on 528,908 ratings)
Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick or, the Whale"—the lengthy tale of a sea captain on the hunt for this great beast—was inspired by a real-life sperm whale attack that sank the Essex in 1820. Although the book sold less than 3,000 copies during Melville's lifetime, it is now considered an American classic. In September 2022, one collector paid a whopping $327,600 to obtain an 1853 edition of the novel.
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#45. The Pearl
- Author: John Steinbeck
- Score: 4,421
- Average rating: 3.51 (based on 218,730 ratings)
John Steinbeck's "The Pearl" tells the story of Kino, a poor diver trying to support his family by gathering pearls from gulf beds. He is only barely scraping by until he happens upon a giant pearl. Kino thinks this discovery will finally provide him with the financial comfort and security he has been seeking, but it ultimately brings disaster. The story addresses the reader's relationship to nature, the human need for connection, and the consequences of resisting injustice.
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#44. The Importance of Being Earnest
- Author: Oscar Wilde
- Score: 4,540
- Average rating: 4.18 (based on 345,903 ratings)
This comedic play by Oscar Wilde takes a satiric look at Victorian social values while following two men—Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff—as they tell lies to bring some excitement to their lives. "The Importance of Being Earnest" was Wilde's final play , and some consider it his masterpiece .
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#43. The Red Badge of Courage
- Author: Stephen Crane
- Score: 4,752
- Average rating: 3.28 (based on 99,854 ratings)
In "The Red Badge of Courage," Henry Fleming enlists in the Union Army, enticed by visions of glory. When the reality of war and battle sets in, Fleming retreats in fear. In the end, he faces his cowardice and rises to leadership. This American war novel was published in 1895 and is so authentic that it's easy to believe the author—born after the Civil War ended—was himself a veteran.
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#42. The Taming of the Shrew
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 4,822
- Average rating: 3.77 (based on 164,742 ratings)
This five-act comedy tells the story of the courtship of the headstrong Katherine and the money-grubbing Petruchio, who is determined to subdue Katherine and make her his wife. After the wedding, Petruchio drags his new wife through the mud to their new home in the country. He proceeds to starve and deprive her of sleep to make his new bride submissive. The play, one of Shakespeare's most popular, has been both criticized for its abusive and misogynistic attitude toward women and praised as a challenging view of how women are supposed to behave.
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#41. Slaughterhouse-Five
- Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Score: 4,858
- Average rating: 4.09 (based on 1,284,145 ratings)
In "Slaughterhouse-Five," Kurt Vonnegut tells the story of Billy Pilgrim—based on a real American soldier—who is "unstuck in time." He travels throughout the timeline of his life in a nonlinear fashion, forced to relive certain moments. He is first pulled out after he is drafted and captured in Germany during World War II. The book, which explores how humankind repeats history, has been banned or challenged in classrooms throughout the United States. It even landed in the Supreme Court in 1982 in Board of Education v. Pico , and the court held that banning the book violated the First Amendment.
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#40. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Author: Mark Twain
- Score: 5,170
- Average rating: 3.92 (based on 879,567 ratings)
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" takes place in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, during the 1840s. Tom Sawyer and his friend Huck Finn witness a murder by Joe. After the boys stay silent, the wrong man is accused of the crime. When they flee, the whole town presumes them dead, and the boys end up attending their own funerals. Mark Twain's portrayal of Sawyer and Finn challenges the idyllic American view of childhood, instead showing children as fallible human beings with imperfections like anyone else.
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#39. Crime and Punishment
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Score: 5,537
- Average rating: 4.25 (based on 798,073 ratings)
This Russian classic, published in 1886, tells the story of a former student named Rodion Raskolnikov, who is now impoverished and on the verge of mental instability. To get money—and to demonstrate his exceptionalness—he comes up with a murderous plan to kill a pawnbroker. Considered one of the first psychological novels , "Crime and Punishment" is also quite political as it explores the character's pull toward liberal views and his rebellion against them.
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#38. A Separate Peace
- Author: John Knowles
- Score: 5,561
- Average rating: 3.59 (based on 209,325 ratings)
In "A Separate Peace," John Knowles explores the friendship of two young men—the quiet, intellectual Gene Forrester and his extroverted, athletic friend Finny. Gene lives vicariously through Finny, but his jealousy ultimately ends in tragedy after he commits a subtle act of violence . The book examines themes of envy and the need to achieve.
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#37. Death of a Salesman
- Author: Arthur Miller
- Score: 6,178
- Average rating: 3.56 (based on 217,183 ratings)
Arthur Miller introduces readers to an aging Willy Loman , a traveling salesman nearing the end of his career. Loman decides he's tired of driving for work and asks for an office job in New York City, believing he is vital to the company. His boss ends up firing him. Loman is also faced with the fact that his son, Biff, is not as successful in life as he had hoped.
Ultimately, Loman takes his own life so his son can have the insurance money to jump-start a better life. After his death, only Loman's family attends his funeral. "Death of a Salesman" won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for drama.
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#36. The Little Prince
- Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Score: 6,838
- Average rating: 4.32 (based on 1,871,036 ratings)
In "The Little Prince," a pilot whose plane has crashed in the Sahara desert meets a young boy from outer space. The boy is traveling from planet to planet in search of friendship. On the boy's home—an asteroid—he lived alone, accompanied only by a solitary rose. Once on Earth, the boy meets a wise fox who tells him he can only see clearly with his heart . The book's somber themes of imagination and adulthood have resonated with children and adults alike since it was published—it is now one of the most translated books of all time.
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#35. The Old Man and the Sea
- Author: Ernest Hemingway
- Score: 6,848
- Average rating: 3.80 (based on 1,036,482 ratings)
"The Old Man and the Sea" was Ernest Hemingway's final major work. The story follows an old man who catches a large fish, only to have it eaten by sharks before he can get it back to shore. Although many may see symbolism about life and aging in the book, Hemingway said there wasn't a deeper meaning in the prose.
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#34. The Canterbury Tales
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
- Score: 6,904
- Average rating: 3.52 (based on 211,378 ratings)
"The Canterbury Tales," written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century, was one of the first major works of English literature. The story follows a group of pilgrims who tell tales during their journey from London to Canterbury Cathedral. The cast of characters—including a carpenter, cook, and knight, among others—paints a varied picture of 14th-century society. The stories inspired the modern film "A Knight's Tale," starring Heath Ledger as a poor knight and Paul Bettany as Chaucer.
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#33. Othello
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 6,966
- Average rating: 3.89 (based on 363,620 ratings)
Shakespeare wrote "Othello" in the early 17th century. The play tells the tragic story of Othello—a Moor and general in the Venetian army, and Iago—a traitorous low-ranking officer. Shakespeare tackles themes of racism, betrayal, and jealousy. While he refers to Othello as "Black," Shakespeare most likely meant he was darker-skinned than most Englishmen at the time and not necessarily of African descent.
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#32. Flowers for Algernon
- Author: Daniel Keyes
- Score: 7,235
- Average rating: 4.18 (based on 597,740 ratings)
The main character in "Flowers for Algernon" is Charlie Gordon, a man of low intelligence who becomes a genius after undergoing an experimental procedure. The experiment has already been performed on a lab mouse named Algernon. Gordon's intelligence opens his eyes to things he's never understood before, but he eventually loses his newly acquired knowledge. The mouse, who Gordon remembers fondly, dies. Daniel Keyes wrote the book after realizing his education was causing a rift between him and his loved ones, making him wonder what it would be like if someone's intelligence could be increased.
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#31. Beowulf
- Author: Unknown
- Score: 7,844
- Average rating: 3.47 (based on 283,839 ratings)
"Beowulf" is an epic poem —an original manuscript copy is housed in the British Library—of 3,000 lines. It was written in Old English somewhere between A.D. 700 and 1000 and tells the story of Beowulf, a nobleman and warrior in Sweden who is sent to Denmark to fight a swamp monster called Grendel.
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#30. A Tale of Two Cities
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Score: 8,085
- Average rating: 3.86 (based on 901,761 ratings)
"A Tale of Two Cities" famously starts: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…" Set in the late 1700s, Charles Dickens vividly writes about the time leading up to and during the French Revolution. The historical novel describes death and despair but also touches on themes of redemption.
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#29. Wuthering Heights
- Author: Emily Brontë
- Score: 8,214
- Average rating: 3.88 (based on 1,651,158 ratings)
"Wuthering Heights," published in 1847, was the first and only novel by Emily Brontë, who died a year later at 30. Brontë tells the tragic love story between Heathcliff, an orphan, and Catherine, his wealthy benefactor's daughter. Considered a classic in English literature, the novel shows readers how passionate and destructive love can be.
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#28. The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0)
- Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
- Score: 8,552
- Average rating: 4.28 (based on 3,583,681 ratings)
"The Hobbit " is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who sets off on a journey through the fictional world of Middle-earth in search of adventure and treasure. J.R.R. Tolkien originally wrote this book for his own kids, and it was an instant success in the children's book market. It also grew a keen following with older readers alongside the release of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in the 1960s, when it offered a great reprieve from the tumult of the times, and the big screen adaptation in the early 2000s.
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#27. A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 8,974
- Average rating: 3.95 (based on 507,482 ratings)
Like many of Shakespeare's plays, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" explores the theme of love. This comedy shows the events that surround the marriage of Theseus, the duke of Athens, to Hippolyta, a former Amazon queen. The play also shares the stories of several other lovers influenced by the fairies who live in the forest near the wedding. The play is a favorite for actors and audiences, even today.
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#26. The Grapes of Wrath
- Author: John Steinbeck
- Score: 9,047
- Average rating: 3.99 (based on 852,960 ratings)
"The Grapes of Wrath" is considered a great American novel partly because it brought to light the destruction and despair caused by the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. The story follows Tom Joad after he is released from prison to find his family's Oklahoma farmstead empty and destroyed. Joad and his family later set off for a new life in California, only to face struggles along the way. The book, which focuses on hard work, won a Pulitzer Prize in 1940.
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#25. Great Expectations
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Score: 9,647
- Average rating: 3.79 (based on 751,833 ratings)
This Charles Dickens classic tells the story of Pip, an orphan who gets a chance at a better life through an anonymous benefactor. The plot mostly centers around Pip's regular visits to Miss Havisham, a wealthy recluse, and his love for her adopted daughter Estella, who is cold toward Pip until years later. Many consider the novel a great masterpiece .
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#24. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
- Author: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Score: 10,277
- Average rating: 3.85 (based on 1,435,457 ratings)
At just 20 , Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley created what is often labeled as the first science fiction novel : "Frankenstein." While staying with a group of literary comrades, Lord Byron challenged his fellow writers to craft ghost stories. Shelley's story was sparked by a nightmare that ultimately became the classic novel about a mad scientist who created a monster from the body parts of corpses, then brought the creature to life.
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#23. Julius Caesar
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 10,472
- Average rating: 3.70 (based on 191,622 ratings)
Shakespeare takes on history with "Julius Caesar," a tragic story of power and betrayal. Brutus, who worked closely with Caesar, joined his fellow conspirators to assassinate Caesar to save the republic from a tyrannical leader. The events had the opposite effect when, only two years later, Caesar's grandnephew was crowned the first emperor of Rome. The play marked a political shift in Shakespeare's writing.
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#22. The Outsiders
- Author: S.E. Hinton
- Score: 10,564
- Average rating: 4.12 (based on 1,193,939 ratings)
S.E. Hinton introduced readers to 14-year-old Ponyboy Curtis in "The Outsiders," a novel she started to write when she was 16. The plot centers around two rival gangs: the lower-class Greasers and the well-off Socials. It touches on teen angst , including the frustrations young people have when they can't rely on adults to change things while also not knowing how to fix things themselves. Hinton's publishers encouraged her to publish under her initials because they didn't think the public would respect a book about teenage boys by someone with the feminine name of Susan Eloise Hinton.
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#21. Brave New World
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- Score: 10,853
- Average rating: 3.99 (based on 1,711,789 ratings)
In "Brave New World," published in 1932, Aldous Huxley paints a picture of a dystopian future where people consume pills called soma to get a sense of instant bliss without side effects. Emotions, individuality, and lasting relationships aren't allowed. A preordained class system is decided at the embryonic stage, with certain people getting hormones for peak mental and athletic fitness. Some historians believe the book's plot could represent the future in the next 100 years.
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#20. Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
- Author: Elie Wiesel
- Score: 11,080
- Average rating: 4.36 (based on 1,150,070 ratings)
"Night," the first in a trilogy of books, is the most well-known of the more than 50 works Elie Wiesel produced in his lifetime. In just over 100 pages, Wiesel recounts his experiences at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps during the Holocaust—a history he felt compelled to share, as he stated in his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech , "Because, if we forget, we are guilty, we are accomplices." The impact of this book has only grown since its publication in 1956, with educators teaching the book in schools for decades and book sales soaring alongside current events, including Wiesel's death in July 2016.
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#19. The Crucible
- Author: Arthur Miller
- Score: 11,619
- Average rating: 3.60 (based on 380,466 ratings)
This 1953 play is a dramatized version of the Salem witch trials of the late 1600s. In the novel, a group of young girls are dancing in the forest; when caught, they fake illness and shift blame to avoid punishment. Their lies set off witchcraft accusations throughout the town. Arthur Miller wrote "The Crucible" to protest the actions of Sen. Joseph McCarthy , who set up a committee in the early 1950s to investigate and prosecute the Communists he thought had infiltrated the government. It won the 1953 Tony Award for Best Play.
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#18. The Giver (The Giver, #1)
- Author: Lois Lowry
- Score: 11,635
- Average rating: 4.13 (based on 2,238,142 ratings)
"The Giver " is the dystopian tale of a boy chosen to hold one of the most difficult and important professions in his community—the keeper of all memories from the time before, including the pain and difficulties that have been erased from the seemingly utopian world around them. In 1994, Lois Lowry was awarded the Newbery Medal —a prestigious award for children's literature in the United States—for the first installation of her book quartet. The book's complicated themes of racism, religion, and politics lend themselves more to older readers, creating rich discussion in high school classrooms.
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#17. Jane Eyre
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- Score: 11,990
- Average rating: 4.14 (based on 1,941,542 ratings)
Charlotte Brontë—sister to Emily—speaks directly to the reader in "Jane Eyre." The Victorian novel follows the headstrong Jane, an orphan who lives with her aunt and cousins, on her quest to find her identity and true love. The novel, marketed as an autobiography and published in 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell, is written in the first person and introduces "the concept of the self " in writing.
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#16. Fahrenheit 451
- Author: Ray Bradbury
- Score: 12,468
- Average rating: 3.97 (based on 2,162,063 ratings)
Ray Bradbury describes a futuristic world where books are banned and burned. Guy Montag, one firefighter tasked with extinguishing the books, questions the practice. When Bradbury wrote the classic in the 1950s, television sets were becoming ubiquitous in American households. The theme of the book was a warning about how mass media could interfere with people's ability or desire to think critically, a theme that many think resonates with the social media-obsessed world of today.
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#15. Pride and Prejudice
- Author: Jane Austen
- Score: 13,486
- Average rating: 4.28 (based on 3,854,915 ratings)
Published in 1813, "Pride and Prejudice" was Jane Austen's second novel. The story follows the will-they-won't-they relationship between the wealthy Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, who comes from meager means. Throughout the chapters, both change for the better as they fall in love. The book has inspired at least a dozen or more movie and television adaptations.
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#14. The Odyssey
- Author: Homer
- Score: 15,087
- Average rating: 3.79 (based on 1,001,633 ratings)
"The Odyssey," a Greek epic poem , follows Odysseus as he travels back to the island of Ithaca after fighting in the war at Troy—something addressed in Homer's poem "The Iliad." When he returns home, he and his son, Telemachus, kill all the men trying to marry Odysseus's wife, Penelope. In the end, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, victory, and war, intervenes. Like many Greek myths, it focuses on themes of love, courage, and revenge.
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#13. The Diary of a Young Girl
- Author: Anne Frank
- Score: 15,739
- Average rating: 4.18 (based on 3,425,782 ratings)
In 1944, a young Anne Frank recorded her thoughts and feelings as she and other Jewish citizens hid from the German Nazis during World War II. The coming-of-age diary, which chronicles Frank's time hiding in the Secret Annex while she became a young woman, has been translated into 70 languages. While she and most of her family were killed, her father survived and helped publish her work, making it possible for millions to learn her story.
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#12. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Author: Mark Twain
- Score: 16,638
- Average rating: 3.83 (based on 1,228,955 ratings)
Huckleberry Finn is the main character in this follow-up novel to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." The book explores themes of racism as Huck Finn floats down the Mississippi River with a man escaping slavery. Like Huck at the end of his tale, Twain changed his views on slavery and rejected it as an institution.
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#11. 1984
- Author: George Orwell
- Score: 17,337
- Average rating: 4.19 (based on 4,095,733 ratings)
George Orwell describes a dystopian future rife with war and one where the government—led by Big Brother—controls the truth and snuffs out individual thought. The protagonist, Winston Smith, becomes disillusioned with the Party, and he rebels against it. Although it was published in 1949, the novel had a resurgence in 2017.
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#10. The Scarlet Letter
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Score: 17,684
- Average rating: 3.43 (based on 814,235 ratings)
Nathaniel Hawthorne published "The Scarlet Letter" in 1850. In the novel, based on historical events , readers follow the story of Hester Prynne, a woman who is forced to wear a red "A" on her clothes after she conceives a child out of wedlock. She bears the punishment alone when she refuses to name the baby's father. Her character marked one of the first where a strong woman was the protagonist . Hawthorne's novel also touches on themes of hypocrisy, shame, guilt, and love.
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#9. Hamlet
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 19,419
- Average rating: 4.03 (based on 875,058 ratings)
Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, becomes vengeful after attending his father's funeral, only to find his mother has remarried Claudius, his uncle. The stepfather crowns himself king, a role that should have gone to Hamlet. The prince finds out his father was murdered, after which he kills the new king. Ambiguity runs through the play and the character of Hamlet, whose visions of ghosts are up for interpretation—are they real or a figment of the troubled man's imagination? The tragedy, which launched the famous line "To be, or not to be… " shines a light on some of the worst traits of humanity . Some consider the play Shakespeare's greatest work .
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#8. The Catcher in the Rye
- Author: J.D. Salinger
- Score: 19,450
- Average rating: 3.81 (based on 3,262,066 ratings)
J.D. Salinger aptly captures teen angst in "The Catcher in the Rye" when the reader gets a look at three days in the life of its narrator, the 16-year-old Holden Caulfield. The book was an instant success, but some schools have banned it from their libraries and reading lists, citing vulgarity and sexual content.
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#7. Of Mice and Men
- Author: John Steinbeck
- Score: 19,958
- Average rating: 3.88 (based on 2,350,603 ratings)
"Of Mice and Men" tells the story of George and his simple-minded friend Lennie. The two have to get new jobs on a ranch because of some trouble in Lennie's past. The novel, set during the Great Depression, tackles topics of poverty, sexism, and racism .
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#6. Macbeth
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 21,256
- Average rating: 3.90 (based on 822,057 ratings)
Another Shakespeare classic, "Macbeth" portrays the weakness of humanity. The character of Macbeth receives a prophecy that he will one day become king of Scotland. His unchecked ambition ends in murder; Macbeth kills King Duncan to steal the throne for himself. It shows the destructive influence of political ambition and pursuing power for its own sake.
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#5. Animal Farm
- Author: George Orwell
- Score: 22,478
- Average rating: 3.98 (based on 3,491,043 ratings)
A group of farm animals organizes a revolt after they realize their master, Mr. Jones, is mistreating them and offering them nothing in return for their work. When they challenge the leadership, they are disciplined for speaking out. This classic isn't about animal rights. It is a larger critique of Soviet Communism . Orwell wrote it as an attack against Stalinism in Russia .
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#4. Lord of the Flies
- Author: William Golding
- Score: 24,079
- Average rating: 3.69 (based on 2,692,219 ratings)
"Lord of the Flies" tells the alarming story of a group of young boys who survive a plane crash, only to descend into tribalism on the island where they landed. Two of the boys—Ralph and Jack—clash in their pursuit of leadership. The novel, which has been challenged in schools , shows how struggles for power based on fear and division can result in a collapse of social order, themes that might seem relevant in the current fraught political climate.
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#3. The Great Gatsby
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Score: 29,912
- Average rating: 3.93 (based on 4,737,607 ratings)
Nick Carraway, a Midwest transplant and Yale graduate, moves to West Egg, Long Island, and enters a world of extravagance when he becomes entangled with millionaire Jay Gatsby and socialite Daisy Buchanan. The novel is viewed as a cautionary tale about achieving the American dream of wealth and excess.
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#2. Romeo and Juliet
- Author: William Shakespeare
- Score: 34,901
- Average rating: 3.74 (based on 2,430,511 ratings)
Two star-crossed lovers meet and perish in this tragedy. Juliet, a Capulet, falls in love with Romeo, a Montague. Because their families are rivals, they are forbidden to marry. They secretly wed before misfortune leads to their deaths. Losing their children inspires peace among the families. Some critics claim the play's childish view of love hasn't stood the test of time, but others think the story is multilayered and deserves its classic status.
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#1. To Kill a Mockingbird
- Author: Harper Lee
- Score: 44,390
- Average rating: 4.27 (based on 5,584,470 ratings)
Harper Lee's first novel, published in 1960, tackles issues of racial and social injustice in the South. Set in Alabama, it introduces readers to Atticus Finch, a lawyer who defends a Black man accused of sexually assaulting a white woman. The point-of-view comes from Atticcus' daughter, Scout, while Boo Radley, their reclusive neighbor, adds another dimension to this classic story of racism and childhood. Lee's work won her a Pulitzer Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Because of some racial language, the book has been challenged in many schools throughout America.
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Lincoln Parks and Recreation invites the public to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Pioneers Park Nature Center at a free event Saturday.
The Wild Adventures event will be 1-4 p.m. at the west end of Pioneers Park, 3201 S. Coddington Ave.
Attendees may enjoy hands-on nature-based activities, live animals, art and games. All prairie trails will be open, and tours will be given at the historic Cunningham School and Hudson Cabin. A portion of the road past the Nature Center gates and the Bison Loop will be closed during the event to accommodate pedestrians.
The Pioneers Park Nature Center includes 668 acres of tallgrass prairie, two interpretive facilities, one programming building, woodlands, wetlands, various gardens, and a stream. The more than 8 miles of hiking trails wind through various habitats and take visitors past non-releasable raptor exhibits and a small herd of bison.
Top Journal Star photos for April 2023
Opponents of LB626 celebrate in the Rotunda Thursday after the bill fails to advance after failing one vote short of cloture. The bill sought to ban abortions in Nebraska after about 6 six weeks.
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Lincoln East's Kenneth Williams (left) finishes first in the 200-meter dash at 22.153 with Lincoln East's Gabe Miles finishing second at 22.158 during the LPS Championship, Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Beechner Athletic Complex.
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A gosling waddles along the shore of a small pond as it looks for food on Wednesday at Pioneers Park in Lincoln. Within 24 hours of hatching, goslings, or baby geese, can dive underwater 30 to 40 feet. Goslings stay with their parents for their first year of life and as they grow older tend to group together in "gang broods" that can oftentimes number in the hundreds.
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Shinedown's Zach Myers rocks out on his guitar as he performs during Shinedown’s Revolutions Live Tour on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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Six-year-old Hsa Lay Hser revels in a cascade of bubbles as he tries to pop them before they fly away during Bubblepoolza on Tuesday at Whittier Field. UNL hosted the free event for students with children. Families were able to explore painting with bubbles, a bubble snake, a bubble tower and rainbow foam. All attendees left with free kits to recreate the activities at home.
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Lincoln Stars' Patrick Raft (9) celebrates with fans after scoring a goal against Des Moines at the Ice Box on Monday, April 24, 2023.
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Nebraska's Marcus Washington (left) is defended by Syncere Safeeullah during the Red-White Spring Game, Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Memorial Stadium.
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Nebraska quarterback Jeff Sims (14) celebrates with offensive lineman Ethan Piper (57) at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
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Sparky chows down on an oats and molasses birthday cake held by UNL equestrian team assistant coach Ibby Rodgers as they celebrate his 30th birthday on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at the Nebraska Animal Science Barn in Lincoln.
The birthday party for one of the eldest members of the UNL equestrian team brought a steady crowd of faces new and old. "Sparky was the first horse I rode when I joined the Equestrian team," alumni Tatem Vance remarked. "He means a lot to me and he's just everyone's favorite." While Pony rides and horse kissing booths attracted some. The prospect of seeing the old man on his 30th birthday was the main event. Visitors were all able to wish the birthday boy his birthday wishes. Often with a ninny or nibble on patrons shirt. "He kind of has an old man personality but in the best way possible," UNL equestrian Team assistant coach Ibby Rodgers said. "He also has no teeth, so he is also like a grandpa that way."
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Boys run the 800 meter final during the Harold Scott Invite Thursday at Beechner Athletic Complex.
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Lincoln Southwest's Charley Kort is dogpiled after scoring against Lincoln East during the HAC soccer championship match Wednesday at Seacrest Field.
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Creighton players celebrate Andrew Meggs' run against Nebraska with teammate Tyler Lozano, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at Haymarket Park.
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Lincoln Southeast students, senior Grayson Waller (from left), senior Micah Brusnahan and junior Parker Horvath react to stock prices during Junior Achievement's stock market challenge on Tuesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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Troops from the Nebraska National Guard Company A, 2-134th Infantry Battalion march on to the field to take part in a departure ceremony on Sunday at Memorial Stadium. One hundred thirty-one Nebraska Army National Guard Soldiers of Company A, 2-134th Infantry Battalion were seen off by their families and elected officials on Sunday. The Guard unit, based in Mead, is deploying overseas to the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility where it will serve as a security force working with other U.S. military and partner nation forces.
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Lightning strikes above Memorial Stadium during a severe thunderstorm over Lincoln on Friday, April 14, 2023.
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Nebraska's Cole Evans (bottom) slides into home for a run against Northwestern's Cooper Foard (7) Friday at Haymarket Park.
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A Lincoln Fire and Rescue firefighter walks across charred grass after a grass fire near the eastbound lane of US-34 on Thursday, April 13, 2023.
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Sparks and smoke rise from a the workbench where Lincoln East senior Blake Allen welds together two pieces of metal on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at The Career Academy in Lincoln. Lincoln East senior Blake Allen has been welding large letters to spell out a word. He plans to place the letters around the city for his capstone project at The Career Academy. His project honors a fellow welder and Lincoln East student.
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Lincoln Fire & Rescue personnel leave the site of a fire covered in insulation from inside the walls of a mobile home on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, near North First Street and Cornhusker Highway in Lincoln. Lincoln Fire and Rescue crews responded to the fire, near North First Street and Cornhusker Highway, just before 2 p.m. Wednesday and found a mobile home fully engulfed, Battalion Chief Jeremy Gegg said. One firefighter was injured while fighting the blaze, which totally destroyed a mobile home at 342 Alexander Road and caused damage to the exterior of a neighboring unit, which was vacant, Gegg said.
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Meg Jackson, Jordan Hasselbalch, Kenna Lehmann, Allison Johnson and one individual who did not give their name (from left) hold a sign that spells out "no bans" outside the Capitol on Wednesday. Groups on either side of the abortion debate rallied at the Capitol as debate began on LB626.
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Pius X's Reese Kortum (left) dives for second base as the ball flies by Lincoln Southwest's Karter Chamberlain during a HAC baseball tournament quarterfinal game Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Sherman Field.
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Briana DeSanctis poses with her stuffed rucksack at the Husker Bar II on Monday in Brainard. DeSanctis is traveling the American Discovery Trail and aims to be the first solo woman to complete the trip in its entirety. The trail brought her from Delaware before she stopped for a drink and a bite to eat.
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Nebraska defensive backs line up for drills during practice on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at the Hawks Championship Center in Lincoln.
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Nebraska's Laney Choboy (right) dives to save the ball from hitting the floor as players scrimmage during a volleyball spring practice session on Monday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Anna Johansen organizes quarter annuals by type on the opening day for Canoyer Garden Center on Monday, April 10, 2023, in Lincoln. The new shop is the second Canoyer Garden Center in Nebraska. The family-owned business sells a selection of annuals, herbs, houseplants, home décor, and other gardening supplies.
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Escher Deal, 7 (right), cracks open an egg filled with pennies into a donation basket alongside Mira Krafka, 6 (left), after an Easter Egg hunt at the Unitarian Church of Lincoln on Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Eggs were filled with pennies instead of candy per usual Easter tradition, with the children receiving a lesson about giving back by donating the pennies they retrieve from the egg hunt into three different donation baskets. After donating the pennies, the kids got to choose from a various assortment of prizes. The baskets, which were evenly filled at the end of the prize frenzy, were for OutNebraska, a non-profit pro-LGBTQ+ advocacy group, Center for People in Need, a center aimed at addressing basic needs for low-income households, and Little Free Pantries, a network of Lincoln-based free-food pantries fully provided by donations to combat food insecurity in the community.
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Lincoln East's Brayden Bouwens (right) makes a save on a Lincoln Southeast shot on goal on Saturday at Seacrest Field.
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A more than yearlong campaign by First-Plymouth Church to erase the medical debt of residents in the Near South neighborhood will come to a close this Easter Sunday.
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Former Illinois prison director, Rob Jeffreys, is introduced as the new director of Nebraska Department of Correction Services at the Nebraska State Capitol on Monday, April 3, 2023.
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The Theresa Street Water Resource Recovery Facility is photographed by drone on Friday, April 7, 2023. The Water Resource Recovery Facility sits on 51 acres along Salt Creek in the north central section of the City. the treatment facility has a maximum capacity of recovering 28 million gallons per day and on an average day presently recovers about 20 million gallons of water.
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Malcolm's Carson Frank waits to bat against Lincoln Christian Thursday at Lincoln Christian High School.
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Pius X's Basil Fulton (lleft,12) and Morgan Armagost (3, Center) fight for position against Lincoln East's Marek Laird (first left, 8), Owen Hunt (right, 6) and Luke Duden (5, far right) during a corner kick in the first half on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at Lincoln Pius X High School.
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Children, alongside Ella Bruce (top left), her mom BrieAnna Bruce (first left) and Hai Any Tran (right) vie for Easter eggs tossed into the pool during an Easter egg hunt, on Monday, April 3, 2023, at the Northeast YMCA in Lincoln.
Those in attendance were able to meet the Easter Bunny and get their toes wet searching the pool for eggs. Participants made sure to bring their swimsuits and pool-friendly baskets. Eggs were exchanged for treats outside the pool.
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A Lincoln resident casts a ballot in the city primary election at North Star High School on Tuesday.
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Nebraska's Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda runs with the ball during a football practice, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at Hawks Championship Center.
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Lincoln Southeast students walk out of class Monday in protest of a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would ban gender-affirming care for trans youths.
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Michigan's Ellie Sieler (1) slides into home, scoring a run, against Nebraska's Courtney Wallace (right) Sunday at Bowlin Stadium.
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Lincoln Stars' Mason Marcellus (right) slams Waterloo's Gavin Lindberg into the glass during the first period at the Ice Box on Saturday, April 1, 2023.
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Dressed in Native American regalia, Many Moccasins Dance Troupe member Marysa Dominguez performs a shawl dance during the Return of the Thunderbirds celebration on Saturday at the Indian Center in Lincoln.
The event celebrates the time of year many Native peoples give thanks to the Thunder beings for providing rebirth with rain & thunder. It is also a time we celebrate the return of many migratory birds to Nebraska. The Audubon society and the Indian Center celebrated together with music, dance, food, arts, kids games and activities, and more.
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COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.– Local law enforcement agencies from Collier County took part in this year’s 40th annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for the 2023 Special Olympics Games.
Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputies, and officers with Naples, and Marco Island Police Departments ran the iconic Flame of Hope from headquarters to the Publix across the street from the Coastland Center Mall.
In total, it was a 4.8 mile run.
Local departments join law enforcement officers from all 67 Florida counties for the Torch Run. Locally, the only county still left to go is Hendry County. That run is scheduled for Saturday April 29th at 8am.
The 2023 Special Olympics Games will be in Orlando next month. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/04/28/collier-county-law-enforcements-support-special-olympics/ | 2023-04-28T17:52:04 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/04/28/collier-county-law-enforcements-support-special-olympics/ |
A 52-year-old man has been arrested and charged in relation to an online investigation into crimes against children, according to the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities say David Wayne Persinger, of Covington, agreed to meet with an underaged child for inappropriate activities, but when he got to the agreed-upon location Alleghany County deputies and Covington Police Officers took him into custody.
He has been charged with the use of a communication device to facilitate certain offenses against minors
“The Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office is dedicated to keeping the youth of the Alleghany Highlands safe,” the sheriff’s office said.
Authorities say he was able to post bond after being taken before a magistrate.
If you would like information on how to keep your children safe when they are online, please contact the Alleghany County Sheriff’s Office at 540-965-1770. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/04/28/covington-man-arrested-charged-in-connection-with-online-investigation-of-crimes-against-children/ | 2023-04-28T17:55:30 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/04/28/covington-man-arrested-charged-in-connection-with-online-investigation-of-crimes-against-children/ |
Sarasota County tells water customers to minimize usage because of utility main break
A section of Laurel Road east of Interstate 75 is temporarily closed so workers can repair a water main break.
That section is from Ancora Boulevard to Jacaranda Boulevard. Residents will still be able to access the Willow Chase community, according to county spokeswoman Brianne Lorenz. She said the closure is anticipated to be for 24 hours, but Sarasota County will provide updates if it will take longer.
Late Thursday evening, a directional drilling contractor bored into a 42-inch water transmission main line from the Mabry T. Carlton Water Treatment Facility, which serves county water customers, according to an email from Sarasota County.
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County employees were able to locate and temporarily stabilize the water main break. The county said that it planned to shut down the water main Friday morning so repairs could be completed. Those repairs are anticipated to take about 24 hours.
Once the water main is closed, Sarasota County water customers may see lower than normal water pressures, according to the county. Multistory buildings will see the most impact from the reduced pressure. The county asks residents to minimize water usage during this time. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/04/28/sarasota-county-section-of-laurel-road-is-temporarily-closed/70163177007/ | 2023-04-28T17:59:13 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/04/28/sarasota-county-section-of-laurel-road-is-temporarily-closed/70163177007/ |
An Allen Superior Court magistrate today approved a local businessman's request to get back to his barbershop while on house arrest for promoting prostitution.
Scott A. Williams, 58, was first charged in June 2020 with promotion of child sexual trafficking, possession of child pornography, dissemination of matter harmful to minors and promoting prostitution after a 16-year-old’s mother found him exchanging nude photos with her daughter and him paying her for sexual favors.
On Oct. 28, 2021, Williams, the owner of Jesse & Son's Barbershop, pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution. Other charges against him were dismissed.
Allen County Deputy Prosecutor Tracy Heltz Noetzel noted during today's hearing that Williams "had issues coming and going" when he was previously allowed to work at the barbershop. She said he made unauthorized stops on the way to and from the business.
Williams was sent to prison at one point for probation violations unrelated to his work but has since then been overseen by Community Corrections.
Allen Superior Court Magistrate Samuel Keirns told Williams there will be no room for violations while he finishes probation. One slip-up could result in another stay with the Department of Corrections.
Police began investigating Williams when the victim's mother came suspicious of him after seeing Williams was giving her daughter money, tobacco, clothes and a cellphone, according to a probable cause affidavit. The mother found the phone she believed Williams gave to her daughter and discovered text messages including nude photos of both the victim and Williams.
The woman handed the phone over to Allen County Police Detective Douglas Keller, the probable cause's affiant, who conducted a forensic download of the phone's contents.
Keller found messages between the victim and William's phone, multiple of which referencing sexual acts between the victim and Williams, according to the affidavit. He also found requests from Williams for nude photos of the girl and several messages from the girl referencing that she was 16.
Of the more than 2,400 messages sent between the two, 26 included photos of both William's and the girl's genitals.
The girl told a forensic interviewer she knew Williams because they lived in the same apartment complex, according to court documents. She told the interviewer Williams had given her money and a cell phone in exchange for sexual favors.
The victim also told police she had received and sent nude photos to Williams.
When police interviewed Williams, he claimed the girl said she 19 when they met, according to the affidavit. He told police they had intercourse once on June 15, 2020, the day his mother died, because the victim "wanted to comfort him," according to court documents.
Williams admitted to being the male in the photos but said he did not recall sending them to the victim, court documents said. Williams also said he did not recall receiving photos of the victim. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/barbershop-owner-allowed-to-return-to-work-while-on-probation-for-promoting-prostitution/article_de6d5848-e539-11ed-b2df-bb581a3f3208.html | 2023-04-28T18:00:12 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/barbershop-owner-allowed-to-return-to-work-while-on-probation-for-promoting-prostitution/article_de6d5848-e539-11ed-b2df-bb581a3f3208.html |
The Allen County Commissioners started their meeting today responding to criticisms about their response to the Three Rivers Ambulance Authority’s request for funding.
The ambulance authority, which provides ambulance service in Fort Wayne and parts of the county, sent a request for $3.8 million to the commissioners and Fort Wayne officials to help subsidize the financially troubled service. The organization took over operations from its contractor, PatientCare EMS Services, in September, and Executive Director Joel Benz said $3.98 million is what’s needed to run operations until the service is self-sufficient in two years.
The Fort Wayne City Council approved $3 million towards the request last month. The commissioners responded last week with a letter offering up to $400,000 with conditions that must be met for the funding. City Councilman Russ Jehl, R- 2nd, on Tuesday accused the commissioners of delaying their response and relying on Fort Wayne to fund the service.
The commissioners each disagreed with those allegations.
“There are just a lot of things being said that need to be addressed,” said Therese Brown, the commissioner’s president.
The county has been in talks with the ambulance authority for more than two years, diligently trying to get information, Brown said. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/county-commissioners-respond-to-allegations-about-funding-ambulance-service/article_271f7a9c-e5dc-11ed-a2b3-8b810aa4e01a.html | 2023-04-28T18:00:18 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/county-commissioners-respond-to-allegations-about-funding-ambulance-service/article_271f7a9c-e5dc-11ed-a2b3-8b810aa4e01a.html |
TEMPLE, Texas — The City of Temple has announced that due to expected severe weather, the Bloomin' Temple Festival will be without vendors, food trucks and sponsorship booths on Friday, April 28.
According to the city, musical acts will go on as scheduled as the event organizers continue to monitor the weather.
The city will make an announcement later this afternoon at 3 p.m., stating whether or not there will be further postponements or even cancellations of Friday's events.
The festival is happening at the Santa Fe Plaza, Market Trail, Yard Food Truck Plaza and MLK Festival Grounds. Festivities are scheduled to go from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Frida, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday.
To view more information on the Bloomin' Temple Festival, visit here.
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BALTIMORE — Nationwide there continues to be a driver shortage impacting public transportation.
On May 13 the MTA will host a hiring event for bus operators, in hopes of cutting down on staffing shortages.
The event will be held from 10am to 3pm at the Bush Bus Division located at 1515 Washington Boulevard.
Applicants will be able to complete multiple steps in hiring process on site, including required testing and background processing.
Testing will be held throughout the day at 10:45 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Candidates should plan on arriving 30 minutes early to complete paper work, and allow up to two-and-a-half hours to complete the test.
Make sure to bring a valid a driver’s license, resume, and current up-to-date driving record.
Successful candidates will be given a conditional job offer to attend the next bus operator training classes beginning on May 22 and June 26.
Advanced registration for the hiring event is preferred but not required. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mta-to-host-hiring-event-for-bus-operators-amid-ongoing-staffing-shortages | 2023-04-28T18:11:28 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mta-to-host-hiring-event-for-bus-operators-amid-ongoing-staffing-shortages |
ODENTON, Md. — An Odenton man faces attempted murder charges after allegedly firing a rifle at some dirt bikers trespassing on private property.
Police say it happened Thursday night down a secluded dirt road, just south of Woodwardville.
In order to find the place officers needed help from their helicopter unit.
The property manager reportedly asked Ryan Christopher Gerald, 38, to assist in dealing with the trespassers.
Police say Gerald came armed with a rifle and confronted the dirt bikers, before firing off two shots.
The rounds apparently struck a bike. One of the dirt bikers sustained minor injuries during the incident, but not from gunfire.
Gerald remained on scene with the dirt bikers until police arrived. He was later taken into custody without further incident. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/odenton-man-charged-for-allegedly-firing-rifle-at-dirt-bikers-trespassing-on-private-property | 2023-04-28T18:11:34 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/odenton-man-charged-for-allegedly-firing-rifle-at-dirt-bikers-trespassing-on-private-property |
LEESBURG, Fla. – Leesburg Bikefest revved up Friday, but motorcyclists, musicians and food vendors may have to deal with stormy weather that has plagued Central Florida this week.
An estimated 100,000 bikers from around the country were expected to flock to the annual event, which sets up around Leesburg’s downtown historic district.
Organizers said drivers in the area should expect parking lot and street closures and, of course, heavy traffic.
There will be more than 40 concerts taking place throughout the three days on outdoor stages, along with bike shows and over 100 vendors. Major performers include Buckcherry, Warrant and Whey Jennings.
There will also be activities outside the main festival area.
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The forecast calls for more storms from Friday through Sunday. Earlier this week, hail pounded Lake and Brevard counties on separate days. Several tornado warnings were issued in Central Florida on Thursday, but there were no reports of any touching down.
Tornadoes did rip through the Florida Panhandle, damaging a dozen homes. No injuries were reported, however.
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For a complete guide to events, plus road closure information, head to the Leesburg Bikefest website.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A man under surveillance by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office’s gang enforcement unit rammed a deputy vehicle to escape a traffic stop, the sheriff’s office said.
Christopher Jenkins, 21, was arrested Thursday at an apartment complex on Texas Avenue.
Deputies said Jenkins was driving a blue Tesla SUV being monitored by the gang enforcement unit in the area of Rio Grande Avenue. They said he was spotted making at least one suspected drug deal and multiple traffic infractions as he drove through the area.
At one point deputies decided to make a traffic stop while the Tesla was parked at the apartment complex. There were several marked and unmarked cars present for the stop. That’s when they said Jenkins tried to flee by making a U-turn and driving toward the vehicles. They said Jenkins struck the front bumper of one vehicle and then rammed another.
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Then, deputies said Jenkins jumped out of the car and tried to run away, but was caught hiding in some bushes.
Jenkins faces charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle, aggravated battery on an LEO with a motor vehicle, and aggravated fleeing and attempted eluding with injury and property damage.
Deputies said they found over 500 grams of cannabis in the vehicle.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Construction crews have now started tearing down the former Holy Land Experience in Orange County.
The attraction at Vineland and Conroy Roads near The Mall at Millenia closed in 2021 following mass layoffs and a short-lived restructuring the year prior.
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Central Florida health care system AdventHealth purchased the former theme park for a reported $32 million, with plans to redevelop it into an all-new emergency room.
“We are thrilled to start the process of construction on the property. We look forward to providing a convenient option for area residents to access emergency care close to home and offering more services based on the health care needs of this community,” said Kari Vargas, CEO of AdventHealth’s Northwest Market, which includes Seminole, West Orange and South Lake counties.
The roughly 15-acre park first opened in Feb. 2001, by pastor Marvin Rosenthal. Rosenthal was the founder of the missionary organization Zion’s Hope, which bought land in Orlando in 1989. In 2007, the park was sold to Trinity Broadcasting Network, which owned the park till it began to struggle and eventually close in 2021.
During its run, the biblical park brought in hundreds of people every year for its annual free admission day. The free admission day would allow the organization to keep its tax-exempt status.
AdventHealth has not given a completion date for its all-new emergency room.
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Zachery Waldo was sentenced last week for a DUI manslaughter case involving the deaths of three people in Lake County in 2019.
But Waldo wasn’t there. Investigators say he has not been seen since he left the trial to go to lunch and never returned last month.
Waldo was sentenced last week to 35 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison for the DUI crash on Christmas Eve in 2019 that killed Christopher Smith, Jessica Smith and their 13-year-old daughter, according to court documents made available to News 6 Friday.
Officials say Waldo was on trial on March 14 and out on bond when he left for lunch and disappeared.
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A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to Waldo’s capture.
According to police, Waldo has fled from law enforcement in the past and has a history of committing battery against law enforcement.
In order to be eligible for the reward, callers must provide their information through Crimeline at 1-800-423-TIPS, where they can remain completely anonymous.
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ATLANTA — Mayor Andre Dickens is now continuing a program that helped thousands of Atlanta's youth get a job over the summer months.
The Summer Youth Employment Program was first announced to help keep children in the city off the streets. The mayor is asking the community in their help in employing the youth, in Friday's press release.
Atlanta's mayor first mentioned the program in this year's State of the City address.
The program had success last year. Dickens stated in his State of the City address that at least 3,000 young people made over the federal minimum wage during the time in the program.
He said he hopes the city hires more kids this year, citing his own experiences growing up in metro Atlanta.
“It wasn't too long ago that I was just a kid from Adamsville looking for a chance to and I'm committed to creating opportunities for young people across this city," Dickens said.
Officials said the program is open to young people ages 14 to 24. The program is supposed to help adolescents develop work-related skills and explore new career opportunities.
The mayor said that this year's program will include more experiences in film, STEM, financial literacy, entertainment and more.
"Together, we can move Atlanta forward by intentionally investing in our youngest populations," the mayor added.
Young people and employers are encouraged to register for the program here.
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MIDLAND, Texas — The 30th annual Lion's Club 'We Serve Breakfast' will take place on April 29 at the Food Court in the Midland Park Mall.
There will be door prizes and entertainment for the whole family. All proceeds will go directly to Lion's Club charities. Some of those charities included Texas Lions Camp, Texas Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center and Lions International Youth Exchange.
Tickets will be available at the event and at other local establishments including Abacus Computers, Liberty Tax Service, Jewelry Pagoda and Texas Roadhouse. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/lions-club-to-host-30th-annual-we-serve-breakfast-event/513-27b04211-0531-4ae0-9a14-15b067107ae4 | 2023-04-28T18:21:20 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/lions-club-to-host-30th-annual-we-serve-breakfast-event/513-27b04211-0531-4ae0-9a14-15b067107ae4 |
MIDLAND, Texas — Local educators were honored recently at the Excellence in Education Awards ceremony on April 27.
Local staff members and teachers from Midland, Greenwood and private schools were recognized for all the hard work they do.
"I think it is needed here you know with the United Way of Midland and our Excellence Education Committee," said Excellence Awards Chairman Emily Holeva. "We're just grateful that we get to showcase that need because sometimes folks don't know and if you don't know, you don't know, but now we have an evening and an event that we get to highlight those individuals."
Holeva said this event is important to keep around since it showcases the effort these educators put into their jobs. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/local-educators-honored-at-excellence-in-education-awards-ceremony/513-9eb2981f-cd33-49bb-9c8d-939b3f731c89 | 2023-04-28T18:21:21 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/local-educators-honored-at-excellence-in-education-awards-ceremony/513-9eb2981f-cd33-49bb-9c8d-939b3f731c89 |
MESQUITE, Texas — Multiple people were arrested Friday morning after an exchange in gunfire with an officer, according to Mesquite police.
The Mesquite Police Department said officers were dispatched at approximately 6:02 a.m. Friday to the area of Gus Thomasson Road and Oates Drive regarding a subject discharging a firearm multiple times in the area. When officers got to the scene, they saw "multiple subjects running through the nearby Vanston Park" and one of them fired at the officer, Mesquite police said.
The officer returned fire, police said, and neither the officer nor the other person were hit. All suspects were taken into custody and it is believed to be an isolated incident, police said.
The officer who fired their weapon has been with the Mesquite Police Department for two years. Mesquite police said more details will be released as they become available.
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Detroit police question person of interest in doctor's killing, say shooter knew him
Detectives are questioning a person of interest in connection to the killing of a 53-year-old neurosurgeon who was shot multiple times in the head by a gunman who knew him, the city's police chief said Friday.
Police were called to conduct a wellness check Sunday at the large home in the 100 block of West Boston Boulevard where Dr. Devon Hoover reportedly lived alone. When officers searched the house, they found the doctor's blanket-entombed body in the attic crawlspace.
A man was taken into police custody just after midnight Friday, and investigators have continued to interrogate him into the afternoon, Police Chief James White said.
"We're actively questioning the person of interest, and we're confident he knows something," White said. "We believe the victim and the killer knew each other. This is not random, and the community is not at risk. There's a family that's grieving, however, and I'd like to extend my condolences to them."
The Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the killing a homicide after an autopsy showed Hoover had been shot multiple times in the head.
Hoover's funeral is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit. Visitation is scheduled for between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Chas. Verheyden Funeral Homes Grosse Pointe Park location.
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Ex-Pontiac High substitute teacher gave THC edibles to student, police say
A substitute teacher at Pontiac High School is accused of giving THC edibles and THC vape cartridges to a student last month, officials said.
Detectives with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office are investigating.
According to the sheriff's office, the high school's resource officer learned that a student brought THC edibles and vape cartridges into the high school in early March. THC is the chemical in marijuana that produces a high.
On March 17, school officials received information that the source of the edibles and vape cartridges was a long-term substitute art teacher at the building, police said.
They also said the teacher, a Pontiac resident, is no longer employed by the school district.
District officials did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
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ALLIANCE
Alliance man beats the odds, wins $2.5 million from the Ohio Lottery
The Repository
- Steven Taylor of Alliance claimed top prize of $2.5 million in the Ohio Lottery's $2,500,000 Make My Year scratch-off game.
- After taxes, Taylor will take home approximately $180,000 a year for 10 years.
ALLIANCE – An Alliance man has won $2.5 million from the Ohio Lottery.
Steven Taylor claimed the top prize in the lottery's $10 scratch-off game, $2,500,000 Make My Year, buying the winning ticket at a Get Go store at Beechwood Avenue and State Street in Alliance, the lottery commission said.
The top prize is paid at $250,000 a year for 10 years before taxes.
Taylor takes home about $180,000 a year after state and federal taxes. He beat odds of 1 in 2.5 million to win.
As of April 27, lottery officials said there are three top prizes remaining in the Make My Year game, as well as other prizes. An employee at The Get Go store confirmed the winning ticket was sold there. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/04/28/ohio-lottery-steven-taylor-alliance-millions/70163558007/ | 2023-04-28T18:26:35 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/04/28/ohio-lottery-steven-taylor-alliance-millions/70163558007/ |
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Jeanne Huff shares all about this week's double issue of Boise Weekly.
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Jeanne Huff shares all about this week's double issue of Boise Weekly.
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ATLANTIC CITY — With about a week left until its kick off, the city has stopped the Bamboozle Music Festival, a resurrected concert event previously held in North Jersey, officials said Friday.
The city had not received insurance certificates, a medical plan, an emergency evacuation plan, or mercantile and facility fees for use of Bader Field by an April 27 deadline, officials said in explaining why they would not issue final payments for the March 5 through March 7 event.
Nick Richetti, owner of Canna City Hemp in Statesville, North Carolina, said Friday he paid $10,000 for a small vendor booth and is worried about getting a refund.
"I have emailed and made phone calls, and not heard anything back from them," Richetti said. "I own one small CBD store in North Carolina and $10,000 will absolutely break me."
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Richetti also said he had been led to believe there would be 20,000 to 30,000 fans a day passing his booth, for exposure to up to 90,000 people.
But festival founder John D'Esposito had expected about 15,000 to attend, he had recently said in a Philadelphia Inquirer story.
Atlantic City Solicitor Mike Perugini sent a letter to the organizers' legal team at Cooper Levenson, informing them the municipality would refuse to issue the final permits needed to host the event May 5 to 7.
Among the acts scheduled to perform were Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach and DJ Steve Aoki.
The Bamboozle website announced the cancelation but gave no reason for it.
"After extensive discussions, we have made the heartbreaking decision to cancel Bamboozle 2023," a posting on the Bamboozle website said Friday afternoon. "An incredible amount of time, dedication, passion and hard work was invested into making this comeback a success. We appreciate everyone who supported this festival. Refunds should be requested at point of purchase."
"We asked for this information months in advance to protect the city and the taxpayers of Atlantic City," city officials said in a statement. "The event was fast approaching, and these issues were still unresolved."
The event had come under fire online, with prospective ticket buyers alleging false advertising. In social media postings, fans said Bamboozle organizers used false advertising to sell pricey early-bird tickets far ahead of the festival and failed to land promised big name acts.
They also said Bamboozle D'Esposito refused refund requests and trolled and cyberbullied fans who complained.
Rob Rowan, a spokesperson for the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, told NJ.com the office received 21 complaints about Bamboozle, ranging from false advertising to refund requests.
Some fans said they paid a premium for presale tickets because D'Esposito repeatedly promised on social media that tickets costing as much as $366 would jump in price as more stars joined the bill.
But when fewer top billed performers signed on than expected, ticket prices fell and some fans felt bilked.
From its founding in 2002 to 2012, Bamboozle became one of New Jersey's most celebrated music festivals, featuring headliners like Bon Jovi, 50 Cent and the Foo Fighters.
Shows sold out at the Meadowlands Sport Complex and Asbury Park Convention Hall.
By 2012, over 100,000 fans attended the shows in Asbury Park. Soon after D'Esposito left Bamboozle because of a falling out with partners Live Nation and House of Blues, and the festival ended.
D'Esposito said he repurchased the festival's trademark in 2020 in time to plan this year's 20th anniversary show. To succeed, the festival had to go back to its roots of showcasing lesser known talents on the way up to become headliners, he said.
The Philadelphia Inquirer contributed to this report. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-shuts-down-bamboozle-music-festival/article_750c0144-e5e6-11ed-b233-9b46327864a2.html | 2023-04-28T18:38:41 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-shuts-down-bamboozle-music-festival/article_750c0144-e5e6-11ed-b233-9b46327864a2.html |
An Egg Harbor Township man pleaded guilty earlier this month to child porn charges, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.
William Roman, 36, entered his plea April 17 to endangering the welfare of children for the distribution of child pornography and for possession of child porn with the intent to distribute. In exchange, he is expected to serve 12 years in prison.
Roman was eligible for enhanced sentencing due to a 2017 conviction for possessing child porn, the Prosecutor's Office said in a news release.
The latest investigation began when the prosecutor's High-Tech Crimes Unit received information regarding Roman's online activities from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The investigation revealed Roman was sharing material that depicted child sexual assault on Snapchat and also possessed material with the intent to distribute to others in hopes to build his collection, the Prosecutor's Office said.
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Homeland Security Investigations and the EHT Police Department assisted in the investigation.
Roman is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 7. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/egg-harbor-township-man-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges/article_c7170990-e5ee-11ed-b65c-1fb0a7b51bfd.html | 2023-04-28T18:38:47 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/egg-harbor-township-man-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges/article_c7170990-e5ee-11ed-b65c-1fb0a7b51bfd.html |
Martin Truex Jr. can always count on seeing a lot of friendly faces when he races at Dover Motor Speedway.
The Southern Regional High School alumnus would love nothing more than to give them all a reason to get up on their feet and celebrate by appearing in victory lane after the Wurth 400 on Sunday afternoon in Delaware.
"No question, most of my friends and family come to that race. We’ve got quite the cheering section, which is pretty cool," he said in a release from Joe Gibbs Racing, the team for which he drives the No. 19 Bass Pro Shops Toyota Camry TRD.
"We are racing so much all over the country that it’s nice to see some familiar faces and get to spend a little bit of time with friends and family. Maybe just a little bit of extra time before the race, but definitely well worth it:
Truex got the first of his 31 Cup victories at Dover in 2007. The Monster Mile is one of five racetracks where Truex has won three times, along with Martinsville Speedway and Richmond International Raceway, both in Virginia, Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina and Sonoma Raceway in California.
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The 41-year-old Truex grew up in Mayetta, Stafford Township.
"I view Dover as my hometown track, it’s closest to home. If you could drive across the bay, it would be really close. ... I’ve been going there a long time, and it’s a place that means a lot to me, starting early in my Busch Series career, and doing some racing there in my dad’s car, and my first Cup win there, as well. We’ve had a lot of success there, too. It’s a special place for me, and I love going there, it feels like home. We have a lot of friends and family who go to that race, as well, and hoping we can get them a win with our Bass Pro Shops Camry.”
Truex won the Clash at the Coliseum on Feb. 5 in Los Angeles, but that was an exhibition race. He has not won a points race since Sept. 11, 2021, a drought of 55 races. He continues to contend, however. Through 11 of 36 races this season, he is seventh in points.
“I feel really good about where we are at," the 2017 Cup champion and three-time runner-up said. "We’ve had some missed opportunities, for sure. It was really cool to start off the year winning the Clash out in L.A., and get some confidence and momentum. Since then, it’s been a bit up and down. Richmond was definitely one that got away (11th place on April 2), but I feel really good about where we are at as a team and, if we can execute some cleaner races, I think we are going to have a shot at winning coming up here soon."
"There are some really good tracks for me coming up over the next several weeks. We have Dover, Kansas, Darlington, all good tracks for us. You kind of have to throw away Talladega, but I feel like we are gaining momentum coming off good runs at Bristol on the dirt and at Martinsville. Like anything, it’s always about execution. There are so many things that go on in these races that can go the wrong way for you, we just got to keep focused and good things will come.”
Truex's plan for the Dover weekend is straightforward.
“Just build on what we learned last year and I think it’s important we qualify well, so hopefully we do that. Generally, when you qualify well there, you get a good pit stall and it sets you up for a smoother day. Staying out front all day long is very important, and track position is very important since it’s hard to pass. It’s a very fast track and you want to keep your track position," he said.
"Hopefully we can qualify well and it can set us up for a really good day. Corner speeds are so high at Dover that it does become hard to pass. But we’ve also had years where it’s been hard to pass and we’ve driven through the whole field there, like in 2019. You’ve got to get your car dialed in right and, if you can do that, you can do pretty much what you want with it.”
Another strong Truex performance over 400 miles Sunday would not surprise anybody: In 32 Cup starts at Dover, Truex has nine top-five finishes, 18 top-10s and led 1,001 laps. His average finish there is 11.8. In six Cup races for JGR at Dover, Truex has four top-five finishes.
Notes: Fox Sports 1 will televise the race, with coverage starting at 1 p.m. and the green flag dropping at 1:11, one hour earlier initially scheduled due to the weather forecast. ... Stage 1 Sunday will consist of 120 laps. Stage 2 will have 130, Stage 3 150. Truex leads all Cup drivers with victories in 56 stages since 2017, when the format was introduced. ... Younger brother Ryan Truex will drive the No. 18 for JGR in Saturday afternoon's Xfinity Series race. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/martin-truex-jr-can-expect-a-lot-of-local-support-when-he-races-at-dover/article_3c570102-e3a0-11ed-963f-0f47b40f73d7.html | 2023-04-28T18:38:53 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/martin-truex-jr-can-expect-a-lot-of-local-support-when-he-races-at-dover/article_3c570102-e3a0-11ed-963f-0f47b40f73d7.html |
YORK, Pa. — The second annual Beat Goes on Adventure Race is back on the hills at Roundtop Mountain Resort on Saturday, April 29.
This is the Peyton Walker Foundation's largest fundraiser of the year. Money raised will go toward their life saving efforts around the community.
Runners can choose between a 2K or 5K run on Saturday. But what they cannot choose, is to avoid the obstacles.
And this race ain't easy.
The 5K race features 12 challenging obstacles – including cargo nets, slides, tunnels, paintball and more.
The 2K Fun Run race will feature 5 less challenging obstacles, featuring tires, climbing and more.
The race starts at 9 a.m.
Runners can still sign up when they arrive. For more information, click here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/the-peyton-walker-foundation-beat-goes-on-adventure-race/521-f9b6ce47-3ed0-4a30-8295-c248d1432982 | 2023-04-28T18:41:29 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/the-peyton-walker-foundation-beat-goes-on-adventure-race/521-f9b6ce47-3ed0-4a30-8295-c248d1432982 |
A woman was killed Thursday night when Tucson police say she crashed into a concrete pole on the city's south side.
Sandra Ty Graham, 40, was driving a white Hyundai Sonata near South Campbell Avenue and East 22nd Street just before midnight when she struck the curb then crashed into the pole, a news release from Tucson police said.
Graham later died at the hospital.
Detectives have yet to determine if impairment was a factor in the collision, police said.
This is the 13th fatal vehicle collision Tucson police have investigated this year. That's three more than at the same time last year, police say.
Jamie Donnelly covers breaking news for the Arizona Daily Star. Contact her via e-mail at jdonnelly@tucson.com | https://tucson.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/tucson-police-woman-killed-in-crash/article_854949c6-e5e7-11ed-a707-9f12a6d29492.html | 2023-04-28T18:58:38 | 0 | https://tucson.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/tucson-police-woman-killed-in-crash/article_854949c6-e5e7-11ed-a707-9f12a6d29492.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Connect Transit will offer free rides to passengers on Sunday in support of the Mid-Illinois Realtors Association's Fair Housing Affair.
The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. at the YWCA McLean County, 1201 N. Hershey Road, Bloomington.
The location can be accessed by using Connect Transit's Purple Route.
By waiving fares systemwide, Connect Transit hopes to allow people to attend the fair without having to pay to receive housing information, according to a news release.
Visit connect-transit.com or contact astation@connect-transit.com for more information.
Connect Transit 50th Birthday Party
Friday, Jan 27
Heartland Community College, Normal
There was birthday cake (3 to be exact), plenty of great food and interesting historic memorabilia as friends and employees of Connect Transit gathered to commemorate the past 50 years of providing safe and reliable transportation and look forward to the future.
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After four months of crafting, debating, negotiating and compromising, state lawmakers have approved a framework for the establishment of a Lake County convention center and the transit-oriented redevelopment of downtown Gary.
Now the real work begins.
The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority (RDA), Lake County government, the city of Gary, and various other public and private entities all must work together in the months and years ahead to turn that framework into actual brick and mortar facilities.
Doing so will require unprecedented coordination and cooperation. But state Rep. Hal Slager, R-Schererville, the House sponsor of Senate Enrolled Act 434, is optimistic the Region won't allow this once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass it by.
"I'm pleased with the broad team effort that took place in this process and hope for significant economic benefit for all of Lake County,” Slager said.
The plan requires the state put up about $8 million a year from the estimated $18 million a year the Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana in Gary is due to begin paying Indiana starting July 1, 2025, when a tax break linked to the development of the land-based casino expires — so long as the state money is matched locally on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
The $5 million in annual matching money for the convention center is expected to come from the community selected to host the facility, or another entity qualified to fund and operate a convention center and, ideally, an adjacent 225- to 275-room convention hotel.
The Lake County Board of Commissioners must solicit proposals for the development and operation of a convention center between July 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024; convene public hearings on the plans; and decide by Dec. 1, 2024, whether a convention center should be built, where it should go and how it will be run, according to the measure.
At the same time, the Lake County Council is empowered to decide whether to increase up to 10% the county innkeepers tax that’s sat at 5% since 1993 to create a reserve fund for convention center additions, refurbishment or similar expenses.
The city of Gary, meanwhile, is encouraged by the legislation to negotiate with the Hard Rock Casino to obtain an additional $3 million a year to satisfy the local match requirement for building demolition initially, and then to fund a replacement Metro Center transit hub in downtown Gary along the South Shore commuter rail line.
The convention center and the Metro Center, if they obtain sufficient approvals and matching funds to move forward, will be overseen by separate seven-member boards supported by the RDA and regularly monitored by the State Budget Committee.
The measure authorizes the RDA to front Gary $3 million in the 2024 and 2025 state budget years, so long as the city puts up a matching amount, to support the demolition of blighted buildings in the area around the Metro Center to speed reinvestment as that project moves forward in subsequent years.
The state would repay the RDA in 2026 for the temporary use of its money. Continued funding for blight removal and other permitted uses beyond 2025 would come from any excess revenue in the Metro Center account, according to the legislation.
State Sen. Eddie Melton, D-Gary, the Senate sponsor of the legislation, and Gary Mayor Jerome Prince — who are competing in Tuesday's primary election for the Democratic nomination for Gary mayor — each applauded legislative approval for the projects, which they both championed at the Statehouse, without once mentioning their political rival in their separate statements.
"I’m incredibly grateful for the overwhelming bipartisan support SB 434 has received to now be on its way to the governor’s desk. This moment is the culmination of two years of collective effort, collaboration and many conversations to fine-tune the language of this bill to ensure optimal benefits for Gary and Lake County," Melton said.
"The intelligent, hard-working and passionate people of Gary deserve this. They deserve more support, they deserve opportunities in our community, and they deserve transformative change now. I’m very happy that SB 434 is primed to deliver that for the people of my city," he added.
Prince, meanwhile, credited Region Republicans in the House and Senate, with whom Prince has worked as a county and municipal official, for helping get the measure across the finish line.
"When I learned that the bill was in trouble due to a lack of engagement of key stakeholders, I asked Senator Ed Charbonneau to convene a meeting to solicit input and seek cooperation from members of the Lake County Republican delegation, who are key influencers in Indianapolis, and we reached out to the RDA as well. As a result, Senator Niemeyer authored improvements in the Senate, supported by Senator Dernulc, and in the House Representative Slager authored a major amendment to improve the bill," Prince said.
"What started as a very narrow bill largely focused on a potential convention center has been refined with the help of many key leaders into a law that will help revitalize downtown Gary, remove blighted buildings and support transportation development districts," he added.
The legislation was approved 49-1 in the Senate and 88-7 in the House. State Sen. Mike Bohacek, R-Michiana Shores, was the only Northwest Indiana lawmaker in either chamber to oppose it.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb soon is expected to sign the measure into law.
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A man was hospitalized last week when an armed assailant approached him on a Brooklyn subway platform and stabbed him in the stomach with an ice pick, police said.
The 4 a.m. attack happened April 19 on the J train platform in East New York, according to the NYPD, who released a surveillance image of the suspect one week later.
They said the 38-year-old victim was standing next to another man on the northbound platform when the suspect, not yet identified by police, walked up to the pair and stabbed one of them in the stomach.
Police said the attacker followed the men for a short time before eventually fleeing by way of a northbound J train.
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The victim managed to get himself to Interfaith Medical Center to be treated. His exact condition wasn't known.
Police believe the suspect is around 35 years old. He was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and black sneakers. He was also carrying a white knapsack, police said. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/straphanger-stabbed-in-stomach-by-ice-pick-wielding-man-on-nyc-train-platform/4285596/ | 2023-04-28T19:08:36 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/straphanger-stabbed-in-stomach-by-ice-pick-wielding-man-on-nyc-train-platform/4285596/ |
Life is a highway.
Many New Jerseyans may view this statement as a literal truth given that the Garden State has many, many highways. Some of the winding. Some of them the things that traffic nightmares are made of. While, yet others, are in perpetual need of repairs.
With this in mind, NJ.com, the website for New Jersey's largest newspaper, "The Star-Ledger," looked into the 25 worst highways of the country's densest state.
NJ.com's list was compiled by the help of readers on social media. Scroll down to see which highway is the most hated stretch of road in the Garden State.
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25. I-195
24. Route 37
23. Route 73
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22. Route 4
21. I-295
20. Route 17
19. Route 55
18. I-80
17. Route 18
16. Route 3
15. Garden State Parkway
14. Route 46
13. I-78
12. Route 440
11. Route 21/McCarter Highway
10. Atlantic City Expressway/Route 42
9. I-495
8. I-287
7. Route 1
6. I-280
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4. Route 139/Pulaski Skyway
3. New Jersey Turnpike
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1. Route 22
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Some Oregon agencies hampering cannabis businesses, audit finds
State agencies are hampering Oregon marijuana businesses by not working with them due to concerns about criminal liability at the federal level and losing federal funding, according to an audit released Friday by the Secretary of State’s Office.
The audit also found the state agency with oversight of cannabis businesses treats them differently than other businesses it oversees. And Oregon has yet to implement any social equity programs despite people of color being adversely impacted by past law enforcement of marijuana.
Cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, but voters in Oregon legalized medicinal marijuana in 1998, and in 2014 approved legalizing recreational marijuana.
Thirty-seven states and the District of Columbia have approved medicinal marijuana, and recreational marijuana is legal in 21 states and D.C.
The federal government has slowly moved toward decriminalization, including President Joe Biden’s Oct. 6 pardon of all prior federal offenses for simple possession of cannabis.
Oregon can do more in anticipation of federal decriminalization
The audit said the state believes there will be a high demand for Oregon-grown and manufactured cannabis products in other states if it becomes federally legal and the state can do more to prepare for that.
The Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, the state agency that regulates cannabis, has licensed about 2,800 recreational marijuana dispensaries or manufacturing facilities and there are some 63,000 active cannabis worker permits.
There were $1.18 billion in recreational marijuana sales in Oregon in 2021, according to the Liquor and Cannabis Commission. The state received $311 million from taxes on sales of cannabis in the 2019-2021 biennium.
Economic development agency doesn't work with cannabis businesses
The audit said Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency, chooses not to work with cannabis businesses as part of a risk management strategy intended to prevent federal intervention.
That causes unclear messaging from the state about the industry, which could open the state up to legal risks, the auditors said.
In a December interview, Canyon Cannabis owner Thorin Thacker said he was unable to get any state or federal wildfire recovery money for his Gates business that burned down in the 2020 Labor Day wildfires.
The sign on the highway at his new location in Mill City was paid for by the Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund, a nonprofit.
Business Oregon told auditors the agency was worried that working with cannabis businesses could violate federal grants and threaten the $122 million it received in the 2021-2023 biennium, about 5.7% of the agency’s budget.
The auditors noted the Oregon Health Authority received $18 billion from the federal government in the same period, but hadn’t lost any funding due to its involvement with the cannabis industry.
Uneven application of regulations on marijuana businesses
The auditors said the OLCC unevenly applies regulations on marijuana businesses, including fining license holders thousands of dollars if their security system fails or if they improperly track product.
The OLCC also requires steel doors and frames, and a video surveillance system for all cannabis businesses. Businesses in the alcohol industry, which the agency also oversees, do not have to follow those same rules.
OLCC and lawmakers told auditors some of those safeguards are to protect against minors consuming cannabis.
In 2020, there were more than 100 robberies, burglaries and looting at cannabis businesses in Portland and more than $580,000 in cash and marijuana was taken, according to the audit.
The auditors point out that those incidences have turned into a public safety risk.
Oregon hasn't launched any social equity cannabis programs
Some states set aside 50% of licenses for equity applicants, waive application fees or give their applications technical assistance and financially invest in communities most impacted by disproportionate cannabis enforcement.
According to a 2017 survey, 4.3% of legal cannabis businesses were Black-owned and 5.7% were owned by those who are Hispanic or Latino. Those groups make up 33% of the population in the United States.
The audit said social equity programs have faced legal challenges, such as when the state set aside $62 million of its $1.4 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds for Black business owners.
The auditors also noted the state doesn’t track demographic information for licenses.
Fagan's connections to the marijuana industry
Willamette Week reported Thursday that Secretary of State Shemia Fagan agreed in February to privately consult with Veriede Holding, an affiliate of the La Mota chain of cannabis shops.
Willamette Week has previously reported the owners of the dispensaries, Rosa Sazares and Aaron Mitchell, have failed to pay millions of dollars in cannabis taxes and federal income taxes and face workplace complaints and unpaid bills.
Fagan's professional experience includes practicing employment law, but she is no longer licensed by the state bar.
According to a Secretary of State's Office spokesperson, Fagan recused herself from the audit due to consulting with the company on an out-of-state project.
KOIN reported Fagan told her staff in a Feb. 15 letter: “I do not believe a real conflict exists because any action required would be taken by the legislature or OLCC and any benefit could flow to all cannabis companies in Oregon, not this specific company.”
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PGE announces major clean energy storage project in Portland
Portland General Electric, the utility serving Portland, Oregon, announced Friday it is putting in the second-largest battery storage installation in the United States, at 400 MW of power. The significance of such projects is they diminish the need for power plants that burn fossil fuels that warm the planet.
The only larger standalone project in the country is Vistra Moss Landing in California, currently at 400 MW, but it will soon add an additional 350.
The Portland project will generate enough electricity for around 260,000 homes, roughly the size of the city, for four hours at full power.
“Although we are a small utility, I like to think we punch above our weight,” said Brett Greene, PGE’s senior director, calling it an important step towards reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2030.
Batteries are playing a critical role in the clean energy transition because they supply electricity during times of low sunlight and wind, and can also prevent blackouts when demand for electricity surges, such as heat waves. The battery power during peak periods also helps avoid the need to buy “extremely expensive” energy from other utility providers, Greene explained.
“Batteries are like a huge refrigerator for electrons,” said Shirley Meng, a professor at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.
Batteries let us capture electrons created when sunlight strikes solar panels or the wind spins a turbine, which is how we can use solar power at night after the sun has set, for example, Meng explained.
Batteries also help the grid cope with “rush hour,” when energy usage spikes around 5 p.m. as people come home from work and turn on lights, start cooking and run their air conditioning, explained Jiangbiao He, an assistant professor of engineering at the University of Kentucky.
Renewable energy projects are now being added to the grid faster than battery storage, and that concerns him, He said.
“Solar and wind came to the markets decades ago, but utility-scale energy storage really only came onto the scene after 2010,” He explained. “We definitely have more renewable energy integrated into our grid every year than we do energy storage. There is a major market demand for utility-scale batteries.”
He said the current utility-scale battery capacity in the U.S. is around 8 GW but by 2030 that will more than double.
“Once you start getting north of 30% of electricity being produced by renewables, you’re going to need battery storage,” said University of Virginia professor Michael Lenox.
California gets about 60% of electricity from clean sources, according to the Energy Information Administration, if you count nuclear power, which does not contribute to climate change.
Batteries are becoming cheaper and the U.S. is making more of them, which is why Lenox believes “batteries in the short run, and maybe even in the long run, are going to be the primary sort of solution to the storage problem.”
The new PGE battery project was made possible partially by the new Inflation Reduction Act, which offers investment tax credits for battery storage projects.
PGE refers to the new installations as a single project although they are located at separate sites across town, one in North Portland and one in Troutdale. Eolian L.P., the developer, recently brought similar battery projects online in Texas and plans to begin construction in Portland later this year.
In addition to government support, Greene noted that many states along the West Coast are “the most progressive when it comes to decarbonization,” which helped build support for this initiative.
“This is something our customer base and the population of Oregon want,” Greene said.
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HIBBING — A late summer trial date has been set for a man accused of fatally beating his girlfriend at their apartment last year.
Eric James Jarvis, 47, pleaded not guilty April 18 to a count of intentional second-degree murder in the June death of 43-year-old Kari Jo Petrich. In doing so, he waived any challenges to the sufficiency or probable cause or constitutional issues involved in the gathering of evidence.
Judge Michelle Anderson scheduled his trial to begin Aug. 7 at the St. Louis County Courthouse in Hibbing.
Court documents state that Jarvis told police he "probably fought" with Petrich but could not recall the circumstances of how she suffered a head injury that resulted in severe bruising and blood loss. But authorities said it appeared she was struck with a blunt object and may have been left on the floor for up to 24 hours while Jarvis cleaned up the crime scene.
The mother of four and grandmother of two likely would have survived, a medical examiner said, had she received immediate attention after the assault.
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A criminal complaint states that police had been called to the Meadowview Apartments, 3505 Ninth Ave. W., twice on June 26, finding Jarvis and Petrich "clearly intoxicated" and arguing but no signs of any physical altercation.
Jarvis reportedly wanted Petrich taken to detox and was heard calling her "useless" and other derogatory terms during at least one of the responses. Petrich told officers during the second call, around 10:30 p.m., that Jarvis had struck her in the head and that she was bleeding. But officers said she had no observable injuries at that time, so they cleared the scene.
Jarvis next called police at 12:55 a.m. June 28 to report that Petrich was unconscious and cold to the touch. Police said they found her on the living room floor, with the left side of her face severely bruised. There was a "significant blood stain" on the carpet next to her head and an apparent glass shard was found nearby.
The complaint states that it was easily apparent Petrich was dead, and it appeared her body had been cleaned, though her hoodie was soaked with blood.
Jarvis allegedly claimed to investigators that Petrich had the facial injuries since June 25 and didn't know where they came from but "me and her fight all the time." In another interview, he reportedly stated he believed the victim had been lying on the floor without moving since the afternoon of June 26.
In a dumpster outside the apartment, police said they seized a bloody vodka bottle, wet wipes that had been used to clean up blood, shattered pieces of a vase and a broken plate. The vase and plate were both visible in body camera footage when officers visited the apartment on June 26, the complaint states.
An autopsy found that Petrich died from blunt head trauma, likely the result of being struck with an object or fist, and "timely medical intervention" could have saved her life.
Court documents state that Jarvis and Petrich had been together for approximately nine months and there had been prior allegations of domestic violence. Petrich also reportedly had expressed fears that Jarvis would kill her.
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While little has transpired in court through the discovery process, the case has been shuffled through an unusual number of judges in its initial stages.
The file initially was assigned to Judge Rachel Sullivan, who was subsequently removed by defense attorney Jacqueline Kleinendorst. Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure allow each side to timely remove one judicial officer without providing any explanation.
Hibbing's only other chambered judge, Bhupesh Pattni, then assumed the case before he was removed by Assistant St. Louis County Attorney Tyler Kenefick. The prosecutor, volunteering an explanation, said the step was necessary to prevent the defense bar from effectively being allowed to choose a judge. It was the first time the office had removed Pattni from a case, Kenefick added.
The case was then reassigned to Judge Sally Tarnowski, of Duluth, who presided over a handful of hearings before her death in March. Sixth District Chief Judge Leslie Beiers subsequently assigned it to Judge Anderson, who is chambered in Virginia.
Anderson also scheduled a May 25 settlement conference for Jarvis. He remains in the St. Louis County Jail on $1 million bail. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hibbing-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-girlfriends-death | 2023-04-28T19:13:40 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/hibbing-man-pleads-not-guilty-in-girlfriends-death |
HERMANTOWN — A Hermantown man was arrested Thursday after allegedly threatening someone with a firearm.
Around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Hermantown police were called to the 4200 block of Timber Ridge Lane after the department received reports of a man threatening someone with a gun. Police arrested the man nearby, and said they found a pair of firearms in his possession. The News Tribune generally does not name people suspected of a crime unless they have been formally charged.
In a press release city staff published Friday, Hermantown Police Chief Jim Crace characterized the incident as “fluid and dangerous” because it happened in a busy area. That release also said that a preliminary police investigation found that the incident was a “domestic disturbance” and the man, who is 75 years old, “used a firearm to threaten to kill another individual.”
The address to which Crace’s officers responded is near an apartment building and a Mill’s Fleet Farm, among other high-traffic areas.
Also nearby, coincidentally, was a Hermantown Community Schools bus that was carrying elementary students home from school.
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The bus driver saw a man with a gun, stopped the bus, backed up, drove away from the area, and called 911, according to Superintendent Wayne Whitwam. The driver dropped off students on a different part of their route, and then returned to finish the route once police gave the go-ahead, Whitwam said.
Crace was unavailable for comment Friday and no police reports about the incident were “completed/available” as of Friday afternoon, according to Joe Wicklund, a city spokesperson. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-arrested-in-hermantown-after-alleged-threats-with-a-gun | 2023-04-28T19:13:50 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/man-arrested-in-hermantown-after-alleged-threats-with-a-gun |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Friday marks five years since the start of a mystery that still haunts many in Scranton.
On this day in 2018, Sister Angela Miller, IHM, was murdered in Scranton's west side.
Her sisters with the Immaculate Heart of Mary paid tribute to her on social media.
Sister Angela is believed to have been killed by her nephew Alan Smith who, when served with a protection order, set his home on fire. Alan Smith and Rosemary Smith, Angela's sister, both died.
Sister Angela lived on the other side of the duplex.
Community members searched parts of Scranton for weeks after the deadly standoff.
Sister Angela Miller was officially declared dead in 2021. Her body has never been found.
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LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. — A man charged with threatening the president, a federal judge, and a member of Congress is headed to prison.
Robert Vargo, 26, of Berwick, was sentenced Friday in federal court to 37 months in prison.
Investigators said Vargo mailed a threatening letter last October to U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, threatening to kill him, his family, Pres. Joseph Biden, and U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani.
Rep. Thompson is the chair of the January 6th Select Committee.
Vargo's federal sentence will begin after he finishes serving a three-to-six-year term in state prison for a 2022 escape conviction from the Luzerne County Prison.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — This National Superhero Day, we’re celebrating the brave and inspiring superheroes of the CW.
From the speedy Flash to the mighty Superman, the CW has introduced us to a wide variety of superheroes with unique abilities and personalities.
“The idea behind superhero day is to honor those who serve and protect while fighting evil. No matter who your favorite hero is, honoring the real or fictional people that inspire us is worthwhile cause this April 28,” National Today mentions.
But with so many incredible characters to choose from, it’s hard to pick just one favorite.
So, we want to know: who is your favorite CW superhero? Cast your vote and let’s see who comes out on top!
Don’t forget to catch your favorite Superheros on CW33 Youtube TV! | https://cw33.com/news/local/celebrating-national-superhero-day-vote-for-your-favorite-cw-hero/ | 2023-04-28T19:20:19 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/celebrating-national-superhero-day-vote-for-your-favorite-cw-hero/ |
AUGUSTA- The State's General Fund revenue forecast is expected to get ungraded by $223 million .
Those are the numbers for the current biennium which ends on June 30.
Maine's nonpartisan Revenue Forecasting Committee is also upgrading revenue projections for fiscal years 2024- 2025 by $71 million .
The committee noted that as expected, revenues are beginning to plateau and stabilize after years of repeated, significant increases during the pandemic.
Maine's Constitution requires a balanced budget.
That means the additional revenue projected today will prompt the Governor to submit a change package to the legislature for consideration.
The Governor said today she will propose using ongoing revenue as a down payment on the Dirigo Business Incentive Program that replaces the Pine Tree Development Zone Program.
Following news about state revenue projections, Legislative Republicans renewed their call for tax relief.
In a statement they said " Today's Revenue Forecast Committee Meeting should be great news for Maine taxpayers it it leads to lower taxes for workers and families. State government has used the pandemic to grow $2 billion larger, while family budgets have gotten smaller. People are struggling to heat their homes, pay their electric bills, buy their groceries, fill their gas tanks, and pay rising prices on everyday items. The current revenue projections will allow us to lower taxes so that Maine people can keep more of their hard-earned money." | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/state-revenue-forecast-expected-to-be-223-million-more/article_73fdfeba-e5eb-11ed-8bfd-a7ba77814f87.html | 2023-04-28T19:29:24 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/state-revenue-forecast-expected-to-be-223-million-more/article_73fdfeba-e5eb-11ed-8bfd-a7ba77814f87.html |
Police in Philadelphia are investigating after a 16-year-old was shot eight times on Thursday evening.
According to police, the incident happened at about 6:22 p.m., along the 2200 block of S. 67th Street, where, officials noted a 16-year-old was shot "eight times throughout the body."
The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he has been listed in critical condition.
So far, no arrests have been made in relation to this incident, but officials said, a weapon has been recovered by police.
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It was set for a triumphant return after being away since 2012, but, now it looks like the Bamboozle Festival will spend at least one more year in hibernation.
On Friday morning, the City of Atlantic City Solicitor’s Office sent a letter to organizers of the Bamboozle Festival to let them know the city would not issue a final permit needed for the event.
City officials said that organizers failed to submit documents required for the final permit by a set deadline.
“There was an ongoing concern that we were not getting the required documents from festival organizers in a timely manner. We asked for this information months in advance to protect the city and the taxpayers of Atlantic City," Atlantic City Business Administrator Anthony Swan said in a statement. "The event was fast approaching, and these issues were still unresolved. Therefore, my office established a reasonable deadline for festival organizers to submit the required documents to the city."
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That deadline, April 27, came and went without the city receiving the required documents -- which included a medical plan, an emergency evacuation plan, certificates of insurance and other forms -- from organizers, officials said.
On its website, Bamboozle Festival organizers said the festival's cancelation as "heartbreaking."
"After extensive discussions, we have made the heartbreaking decision to cancel Bamboozle 2023. An incredible amount of time, dedication, passion and hard work was invested into making this comeback a success. We appreciate everyone who supported this festival. Refunds should be requested at point of purchase," read a statement on the website for the festival.
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Originally, the Bamboozle Festival was set to run from May 5th through 7th, at Bader Field in Atlantic City. This year's festival was to be a celebration and relaunch of an event that had been held from 2003 to 2012.
More than 60 artists and performers were promised at the event, including Trippie Redd, Motionless In White, Limp Bizkit, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Rick Ross, Papa Roach, Ice Spice, Steve Aoki and others. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/atlantic-city-denies-bamboozle-festival-return/3555589/ | 2023-04-28T19:31:35 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/atlantic-city-denies-bamboozle-festival-return/3555589/ |
PHOENIX — Two Scottsdale restaurants have agreed to pay $20,000 in civil penalties for charging customers an extra fee without properly notifying them.
The Arizona Attorney General's Office said Friday that Maple & Ash Scottsdale and Etta Scottsdale had agreed to pay a settlement to resolve allegations of unfair charging practices.
Each restaurant had allegedly been charging an extra 3.5% to a customer's bill and the AG's Office said many walk-in consumers weren't aware of this fee until receiving their final bill.
The add-on charge appeared on the bill as "Emp Benefit," which stood for "employee benefit" charge.
Menus did not display information about the fee and patrons could only find out about it by visiting the "About Us" section of the restaurant's website, records show.
As a result of the settlement, the restaurants will be instructed to stop charging fees not displayed on their menus.
“This settlement sends a clear message to restaurants that they must disclose all add-on charges on their menus, so customers can make informed decisions," Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said in a statement.
The $20,000 will be deposited into the agency's Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund.
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THONOTOSASSA, Fla. — Hillsborough County Public Schools is hosting a job fair Saturday morning to try and hire more bus drivers.
It runs from 8 a.m. to noon at 9455 Harney Road in Thonotosassa.
The district is looking to hire more than 100 drivers. Jim Beekman, the general manager of transportation for the school district, said the event is necessary because officials are still trying to find ways to deal with the ongoing shortage issue.
“We have drivers making multiple runs on buses in order to try and compensate,” he said.
Neighboring school districts, such as Pinellas County, recently approved new bell times for the 2023-24 school year to try and tackle their driver shortages. In Hillsborough County, Beekman said there are currently 75,000 students relying on bus transportation.
“We don’t want the kids being late to school they have to be there for those hours,” he said.
The bus driver positions have a starting pay of $16.04 an hour. Drivers are also able to earn their commercial driver’s license, or CDL, for free.
“We are looking for people who will step up and say, 'Hey I want to make a difference and be a part of the solution to make sure these kids are off the streets and in the classroom where they belong,'” Beekman said. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/hillsborough-schools-bus-driver-job-fair/67-fc0b4c5a-376b-4e73-a1a9-c2412d1eb964 | 2023-04-28T19:37:36 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/hillsborough-schools-bus-driver-job-fair/67-fc0b4c5a-376b-4e73-a1a9-c2412d1eb964 |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Anthony’s Triathlon, which has been named one of the Top Great Destinations Triathlons, will celebrate its 40th year.
People of all ages and abilities looking to swim, bike and run have an opportunity to participate. From April 28-30, thousands plan to swarm downtown St. Petersburg. So, we at 10 Tampa Bay have created an all-you-need-to guide for the event.
What events are happening during the St. Anthony’s Triathlon?
- Sports and Fitness Expo at Vinoy Park
- Noon to 6 p.m. on Friday
- 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday
- 7 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Sunday
- Meek & Mighty Triathlon at North Shore Pool
- Starts at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday
- Sprint Triathlon and Olympic distance race at Vinoy Park
- Starts at 6:50 on Sunday
Packet pickup is slated from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday and noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Click here for more athlete information.
Race routes
The races will take place along St. Petersburg's waterfront and through its scenic neighborhoods, according to a news release.
Click here for race routes.
Possible traffic delays
Delays can be expected from approximately 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., and local residents are encouraged to find alternative routes during race times.
Race officials say most roads will be open, but traffic will be stopped at various times on several streets to accommodate the safety of both the athletes who will participate in the race and spectators who will watch from the sidelines.
According to a news release, several sections of St. Petersburg roads and streets are expected to experience some closures. Those include:
- Brightwaters Boulevard, which will be closed between Snell Isle Boulevard and the turnaround in the 1900 block of Brightwaters
- Bayshore Drive, which will be closed between 7th Avenue N and 5th Avenue S
- North Shore Drive NE and Coffee Pot Boulevard, which will be closed between Seventh and 22nd Avenues N
- 5th Avenue S (Dali Blvd), which will be closed from 1st to 4th streets
- Pinellas Point Drive, which will be closed (drivers will be allowed to cross when safe to do so)
Some roads that will be subject to intermittent closures and delays include:
- 1st Avenue S between 28th and 1st Streets S
- 4th Street S between 18th Avenue S and Pinellas Point Drive
- Portions of 1st, 3rd, 4thand 6th streets S between 1st Avenue S and Pinellas Point Drive | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-anthonys-triathlon-st-petersburg-florida/67-bfac7fdc-0038-4fed-846f-cbf3f3635ef9 | 2023-04-28T19:37:42 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/st-anthonys-triathlon-st-petersburg-florida/67-bfac7fdc-0038-4fed-846f-cbf3f3635ef9 |
Wayne Reinwald believes his "experience in business and how things work" gives him a personal background advantage in his contest with Brodey Weber for north Lincoln's District 4 seat on the City Council.
Reinwald, 64, is retired now, but he has suggested that his work in sales makes him both responsive and a listener, equipping him with "a servant mentality."
In contrast, Weber, 25, is "a younger kid," Reinwald initially said during a telephone interview, but later added: "I have never met Brodey, but he is an ambitious young man and I applaud him for that."
Reinwald ran ahead in the four-candidate primary election, but by a slim 319-vote margin.
"Public safety is the No. 1 thing I hear about," he said.
"I live in the Haymarket area, and there have been a lot incidents recently.
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"Lincoln has a crime problem," Reinwald said.
"Public safety is my No. 1 priority," he said.
Reinwald says he "knock(s) on doors every day" as the May 2 city election rapidly approaches. "We are doing everything we can.
"But do I feel there's enough time? Sometimes, no. Time is the big challenge. The clock is ticking."
In answer to a Journal Star questionnaire, Reinwald previously has identified his priorities as "better public safety," a more responsive city government and improved streets and roads.
"I worked in sales most of my adult life, and to be successful in that area you have to listen to your customers and be responsive to their wants and needs," he earlier said.
"I see serving on the City Council to be very much like that: serving the citizens and meeting their needs."
Reinwald says he believes the city needs additional police officers in order to "improve case-closure rates to keep criminals off of our streets," thereby making Lincoln safer.
In answer to an earlier Journal Star questionnaire, he said voters are "telling me they want better public safety."
In urging street and road improvements, he says "we need to keep potholes fixed, but also improve our streets to relieve congestion and meet the needs of a growing community."
Reinwald says the city should address its housing affordability challenge "by streamlining the regulatory approval process and even reducing some regulations we currently have in place."
Responding to a question about environmental concerns directed at recent development proposals, Reinwald said that while "we all want to maintain a clean environment regarding our air, water and soil," regulations "need to be reasonable (and) more friendly to the public and our builders."
2023 Voter's Guide: Lincoln City Council
This year's city elections will put at least three new faces on the City Council, where the four seats which represent districts are on the ballot. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/city-council-candidate-wayne-reinwald-points-to-public-safety-as-key-issue-in-north-lincoln/article_86cfc91a-dfa6-11ed-876d-4b6faef3cdd3.html | 2023-04-28T19:40:29 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/city-council-candidate-wayne-reinwald-points-to-public-safety-as-key-issue-in-north-lincoln/article_86cfc91a-dfa6-11ed-876d-4b6faef3cdd3.html |
ROCKLEDGE, Fla. – A Brevard County man is accused of leaving a child in a running car while stopping in a kava bar for drinks earlier this month, according to the Rockledge Police Department.
Officers responded around 12:16 a.m. April 4 to Flamingo Kava Bar, where they observed a sleeping child strapped into a car seat in a vehicle that had been parked in front of the business for around 48 minutes, according to a police report.
Police found that the vehicle was registered to 28-year-old Sheldon Gleckler, who was shown on surveillance video arriving at the business and entering it while leaving the child unattended in the vehicle, the report states.
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Police noted how Gleckler didn’t seem to notice officers assessing the vehicle with flashlights, what they stated was “clear indication that he was not in fact monitoring the vehicle from inside the business.”
Gleckler faces charges of child neglect without great bodily harm and leaving a child unattended in a vehicle with the motor running. He was booked Thursday morning, given a $2,250 bond amount and released by 5:30 p.m., records show.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/28/florida-man-leaves-child-in-car-at-kava-bar-police-say/ | 2023-04-28T19:43:59 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/28/florida-man-leaves-child-in-car-at-kava-bar-police-say/ |
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Starting this weekend, the city of Kissimmee will have a new police chief.
The city promoted Betty Holland as the new head of the police agency, it announced Friday.
Holland, who was hired in 2018 as a deputy chief, has been part of Chief Jeff O’Dell’s leadership team for the last five years. O’Dell is staying on as assistant city manager over public safety and internal security and is expected to retire in the future.
Before Holland joined KPD, she spent 30 years with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, rising in the ranks from civilian status to law enforcement. In that time the agency said Holland gained experience in nearly every major facet of law enforcement, from uniform patrol to strategic investigations.
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She also led the Polk County sheriff’s training academy.
Holland will be formally sworn in as the city’s 29th police chief on Tuesday, May 2.
Holland will also be in a rare club in Central Florida as one of the region’s few female law enforcement chiefs. Ocoee and Tavares are two other cities in Central Florida where the current top cops are women.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/28/kissimmees-police-department-gets-new-chief-as-longtime-deputy-takes-over/ | 2023-04-28T19:44:05 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/28/kissimmees-police-department-gets-new-chief-as-longtime-deputy-takes-over/ |
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — Douglas County confirmed a positive rabies case following a fight involving a racoon and two dogs.
The county's animal control team was called Wednesday after two "owned" dogs got into a fight with a racoon at the North County Line of Lithia Springs, according to a release.
The team then captured the racoon for testing, which came back positive for rabies the next day, the release said.
Officials did not say if the two dogs were infected.
Following the positive tests, Douglas County residents were notified of the positive case. Officials urge pet owners to make sure that their pets are updated on rabies vaccinations.
If residents' pets are not vaccinated against the disease, do so immediately.
They also recommend residents take several other precautions including:
- Keep your cats indoors and your dogs on a leash when outside
- Don’t leave food or garbage outside that may attract wild animals
- Stay away from wild animals and do not feed them
Rabies is a disease that affects the brain and is usually passed from animal to animal but can be passed to people too. Anyone bitten or scratched by an animal should seek medical attention, officials advise.
In the United States, the virus is typically spread by wild animals like raccoons, skunks, bats and foxes.
Officials said that if you see any wildlife or domesticates dogs or cat acting strangely, call Animal Control at 770-942-5961. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/racoon-involved-fight-dogs-tests-positive-douglas-county/85-1ce52c0a-7f01-40f6-a255-6008e3e5b92d | 2023-04-28T19:44:58 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/racoon-involved-fight-dogs-tests-positive-douglas-county/85-1ce52c0a-7f01-40f6-a255-6008e3e5b92d |
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