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WOODBRIDGE, Va. — The family of an 8-year-old girl hit and killed by a car in Virginia has started a GoFundMe to help cover her funeral costs and other related expenses.
At 6:07 p.m. on April 10, officers responded to the 12200 block of Nutmeg Court in Woodbridge to investigate a crash involving a child.
Detectives discovered that the driver of a Mazda 3 was traveling eastbound on Nutmeg Court at a relatively low speed when the car struck an 8-year-old girl sitting in the roadway.
Police say the impact caused the child to be stuck underneath the car.
Fire and rescue personnel were able to remove the child from under the vehicle before she was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
On April 29, investigators were notified that the child died as a result of her injuries sustained in the crash.
Police say speed, drugs, and alcohol were not factors in the crash.
After consultation with the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, the driver will not be criminally charged in connection to the crash.
The family is asking for donations to made through a GoFundMe to help cover funeral costs and lost income.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The South End of Little Rock is home to many including Minnie Hatchett.
“I raised my children in this neighborhood," Hatchett said. "I've lived in the neighborhood for 32 years."
For two decades, Hatchet has led the South End Neighborhood Group in clean-up efforts to help care for the community they love.
“I need to give back to this community,” Hatchett said. “I want to stay in this community. This community made my four children who they are.”
The group helps pick up litter around the area and over time the efforts have evolved into much more.
“The first one was a little project,” Hatchett said. “After six years, we took on one of the major projects and painted a neighbor's home. We came in and we painted her house, and she stayed in it until she was 92."
More people have joined in the effort as Minnie's leadership was recognized on Saturday by Keep Arkansas Beautiful during their 20th cleanup.
“It's just incredible," Keep Arkansas Beautiful Director Colbie Jones said. "The dedication that she has to make a positive impact on her community."
Jones hopes the success and efforts of the group will inspire more Arkansans to help take care of the Natural State.
“We have to stay diligent to remove litter," Jones said. "Keep it from happening in the first place, educating people because our state is such a beautiful state that we're blessed with and we want to keep the Natural State as natural as possible."
Hatchett said there's a lot more in store for the group.
“We are doing what needs to be done," Hatchett said. "In an area that needs it most."
Anyone who's interested in getting involved in cleaning up a neighborhood can click here and receive free clean-up supplies. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/keep-arkansas-beautiful-recognizes-group/91-4c3a82c6-c387-479e-b470-56700022c498 | 2023-05-01T14:00:09 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/keep-arkansas-beautiful-recognizes-group/91-4c3a82c6-c387-479e-b470-56700022c498 |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The new Fayetteville Police headquarters is set to open on Monday, May 1, at 7 am.
The new facility will be located at 1800 N. Stephen Carr Memorial Blvd. The original facility is located at 100 W. Rock St. in downtown Fayetteville and has been operating there since July 1993.
The public entrance and lobby will be open Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Visitors can access the lobby after normal operating hours on an as-needed basis and use an intercom system to contact Dispatch. Both on and off-street parking will be available for visitors.
Fayetteville Police personnel are in the final stages of transferring locations. The original facility will be closed to the public after 5 p.m. Friday, April 28. There will be signs posted on the doors informing visitors of the new headquarters.
Fayetteville voters approved a bond measure in April 2019 to fund this project. The construction began on the approximately 82,500-sq. ft. secured facility in February 2021.
Fayetteville Police says its new facility is fully ADA accessible, includes several areas capable of hosting public meetings and programming and offers increased space, safety and security for officers and staff.
A building dedication ceremony and community tour plans will be announced later this month.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Human Services announced on Friday, April 28 that the 72116 zip code in North Little Rock has become eligible for SNAP Disaster Assistance (D-SNAP).
After being hit by last month’s devastating tornadoes, the area is eligible under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, authorized by The United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Services.
Anyone residing within one of the counties and zip codes listed below who suffered disaster losses during the tornado on March 31 may be eligible to receive this D-SNAP assistance:
- Little Rock (72205, 72206, 72207, 72212, 72223, 72227, 72211)
- North Little Rock (72113, 72116, 72117, 72118, 72120)
- Scott (72142)
- Jacksonville (72076)
- Cabot (72023), Lonoke County
- Parkin (72373), Cross County
- Wynne (72396), Cross County
Residents from these counties who experienced at least one of the following conditions as a direct result of the March 31st tornadoes may be eligible:
- Damage to or destruction of their home or self-employment business
- Loss or inaccessibility of income including a reduction or termination of income, or a significant delay in receiving income due to disaster-related problems
- Disaster-related expenses (home or business repairs, temporary shelter, evacuation, etc.) that are not expected to be reimbursed during the disaster benefit period
D-SNAP extends benefits to many households that would not usually qualify for aid, but suddenly need food assistance because of a disaster.
Recipients of D-SNAP assistance must have lived in the disaster area at the time of the tornado and must have suffered loss or damages.
D-SNAP benefits are provided via an EBT card (electronic debit-like card) and can be used to purchase food items at authorized retailers.
Recipients already enrolled in SNAP are not eligible to receive D-SNAP assistance, but may be eligible to receive supplements to their regular benefit amount if they were affected by the disaster.
These SNAP recipients should reach out to their county office listed below during the D-SNAP application period:
- The Pulaski South County DHS Office located at 1105 MLK Jr. Drive, Little Rock, AR 72203 | Phone: 501-682-9200
- The Pulaski Southwest County DHS Office located at 6801 Baseline Road, Little Rock, AR 72209 | Phone: 501-371-1100
- The Pulaski North County DHS Office located at 1900 East Washington Ave., North Little Rock, AR 72114 | Phone: 501-682-0100
- The Pulaski Jacksonville County DHS Office located at 2636 West Main Street, Jacksonville, AR 72076 | Phone: 501-371-1200
- The Lonoke County DHS Office located at 100 Park Street, Lonoke, AR 72086 | Phone: 501-676-5643
- The Cross County DHS Office located at 803 Highway 64 East, Wynne, AR 72396 | Phone: 870-238-8553
Residents seeking D-SNAP or SNAP recipients seeking supplements due to the disaster may apply from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. from Wednesday, April 26 through Tuesday, May 2, 2023.
Additional resources from DHS are available here, and resources from other agencies across the state are posted at HelpArkansas.com. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/outreach/dhs-north-little-rock-zip-code-d-snap/91-a4041254-afaf-41ce-ad82-aafec86bfb88 | 2023-05-01T14:00:22 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/outreach/dhs-north-little-rock-zip-code-d-snap/91-a4041254-afaf-41ce-ad82-aafec86bfb88 |
PULASKI COUNTY, Ark. — Update: According to the K-9's owner James Gibson, Magic was found safe half a mile away from home.
Pulaski County Emergency Management has asked for the community's help to locate a missing K-9 on Arkansas Task Force-1 Urban Search and Rescue's (USAR) team.
Magic escaped her kennel located at 51 Leslie Road in Conway during a storm on April 27.
She is one of only two cadaver K-9s and is an incredibly valuable and important member of the team.
If you see her please contact the USAR at (501) 340-6911 or Pulaski County Emergency Management at (501) 340-6911. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/pulaski-county-missing-k-9/91-14952e14-4b9f-40a5-b76a-88e37c8bc604 | 2023-05-01T14:00:28 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/pulaski-county-missing-k-9/91-14952e14-4b9f-40a5-b76a-88e37c8bc604 |
SHERWOOD, Ark. — Since a tornado ripped through the area on March 31, agencies and clean-up companies are still helping Arkansans recover, and progress along the nearly 30-mile path of destruction continues,
It has been more than a month since an EF-3 tornado devastated parts of the state, and now many of the companies that have been helping with recovery are re-evaluating.
"We will do everything we can to help those that may still have some debris in the back of their house. Unfortunately, we have lost a lot of our volunteers to other disasters in Oklahoma," Heather Jenkins with the City of Sherwood explained.
Sunday was the last day for the city's contractors to remove large debris, and Jenkins said the city has a plan to pick up what's left.
"The debris will just have to be cut up into smaller pieces and put on the curb as they normally do, but it will just have to adhere to the public works and sanitation department standards of what they can pick up," Jenkins described.
Meanwhile, FEMA closed its disaster recovery center in Sherwood on Saturday.
Thomas Kempton with the agency said that decision was made because of the need in other disaster areas in the country and low volume.
"Very few people coming in, they're seeing four or five people a day," Kempton added.
He also said that there are other FEMA recovery centers in the state that have been seeing about 85 registrations a day— so there's still a need.
The agency doesn't plan to close anymore anytime soon.
Kempton also added that people don't have to visit the physical recovery centers.
You can call the agency at 1-800-621-3362, or register online by clicking here.
He also suggests that people contact the Arkansas Insurance Department if someone has been facing challenges with insurance companies.
"One thing that's been an issue here is because the damage is so widespread, is the insurance companies have had a little bit of difficulty getting out inspecting," Kempton explained. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/recovery-organizations-arkansas-tornado/91-1fdfb8c9-0798-4f20-9b39-f90bd892f3d3 | 2023-05-01T14:00:35 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/recovery-organizations-arkansas-tornado/91-1fdfb8c9-0798-4f20-9b39-f90bd892f3d3 |
GREENSBORO, N.C. — What happens when you discover someone has opened up credit cards in your name? Identity theft happens all the time. You need to report it to the Federal Trade Commission so that you can get it sorted out.
But how about we don't even get into that situation? The best way to keep thieves from opening up credit cards, accounts, and loans in your name (and sticking you with the bill) is to freeze your credit.
Freeze your credit
Freezing credit is free and it keeps the bad guys from opening up accounts. It still allows you, the adult, to use your credit cards.
Equifax Security Freeze
P.O. Box 105788 Atlanta, GA 30348//1-800-685-1111
Experian Security Freeze
P.O. Box 9554 Allen, TX 75013//1-888-397-3742
TU Protected Consumer Freeze
P.O. Box 380 Woodlyn, PA 19094//1-800-916-8800
Child Credit Freezes
The first thing you want to do is check to see if your child has a credit report. This will tell you if their identity has already been compromised.
Checking your child’s credit starts online, you will print out and fill out your info as the parent, their info as the kid along with copies of your driver's license...your child's birth certificate, and the child's social security card.
You then will mail it all in. By law, it has to be done that way.
It's not a quick process, but can you imagine your kid turning 18, applying for a school loan, and then finding out someone has been using their credit? It happens.
You want to check and freeze with each credit bureau.
To make sure identity theft doesn’t happen, you can pro-actively freeze your child's credit so no one can open any kind of credit in their name.
According to Experian: There's no reason for most children to have credit reports since it's illegal for anyone under 16 to apply for a loan or credit card in their own name. Fraudulent loan and credit card applications can generate credit reports, however, and by the time you or the child discovers them, they could be full of unpaid accounts.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Over 2,000 Arkansans in North Little Rock woke up Saturday morning without power as fallen trees knocked down power lines due to a storm.
According to North Little Rock Electric, the company worked to resolve two large and several smaller outages across the city.
But had to stop due to the conditions, terrain and the amount of damage. NLR Electric said customers who are currently without power will experience an extended outage while they repair the infrastructure.
Click here to view and report outages with NLR Electric. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/thousands-without-power-in-north-little-rock/91-54871e8f-51d5-42b5-986e-5244849e0b42 | 2023-05-01T14:00:47 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/thousands-without-power-in-north-little-rock/91-54871e8f-51d5-42b5-986e-5244849e0b42 |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Two brothers are recovering at Cook Children's Medical Center after a lightning strike knocked both unconscious on Wednesday in south Fort Worth.
Jaden Alvarado, 13, and his brother Isaac Martinez, 7, were near a tree at a home on Iron Ridge Drive, just off Interstate 35W, when the tree was struck by lightning. Neighbors heard the loud thunder clap and rushed outside to find both boys on the ground.
The chaos was partly captured on home surveillance cameras.
"And when I ran it was exactly what I thought. I thought it was one of the boys, it was both of her boys laid out on the grass as if they'd been standing and just fallen over together," said neighbor Frances Wamack.
Both boys were rushed by ambulance to Cook Children's. On Thursday, in an interview with the media relations staff at the hospital and shared with WFAA, Jessica Martinez Alvarado agreed to talk about the ordeal.
"I thought I had lost my boys honestly. It's the worst feeling. I don't wish that on anyone," she said holding back tears while in the hospital room with her two boys. You can hear the boys in the background trying to console her, telling her they are going to be OK.
"I remember me and Isaac we were rough-housing and it went black and I woke up here," Jaden Alvarado said. "Apparently I died last night and came back to life."
His mom said the strike did briefly stop his heart.
"And to now, I thank God for every second that he didn't take my boys," Jessica Martinez Alvarado said.
The CDC says 73% of lightning deaths happen in June, July and August. The U.S. records as many as 28 lightning deaths every year. And most of those deaths happen in Texas, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina and Alabama.
"Fortunately very rare. But it does happen," said Taylor Louden, M.D., Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine at Cook Children's Medical Center. "So we do have to be aware especially in Texas where storms can come out of nowhere."
No one knows that better than a Keller teen named Jacob Brewer. Nearly three years ago he suffered a direct lightning strike while on vacation in Florida. The surge entered his chest and exited his right foot. He suffered extensive neurological injuries, had to endure multiple surgeries and is still working to regain full use of his legs.
His mom wanted to speak directly to the mom of the boys in Fort Worth.
"I just want her to know she's not alone," Barbara Brewer said. "There are other pediatric lightning victims and if she needs support or needs help we're here so we'd be glad to help."
Brewer is in the process of setting up a support group called "A Bolt of Hope" to be a clearing house of information and resources for pediatric lightning strike victims.
"Don't let their kids outside when it's thundering," Jessica Martinez Alvarado said, offering her own hard-earned advice. "I know it's like a one-in-a-million chance but you never know you might be that one. It was two for me."
Doctors at Cook Children's said the brothers in Fort Worth don't appear to have suffered any permanent injuries but that they will be monitored for potential neurological impacts just in case.
An online fundraising campaign has been set up to help the family with hospital expenses. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/two-brothers-hit-by-lightning-fort-worth-escape-serious-injury-mother-reacts/287-ab5c13cb-d2f4-434f-b10f-7107c84eaca0 | 2023-05-01T14:00:53 | 0 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/two-brothers-hit-by-lightning-fort-worth-escape-serious-injury-mother-reacts/287-ab5c13cb-d2f4-434f-b10f-7107c84eaca0 |
SPRINGDALE, Ark. — Make-A-Wish Mid-South held its annual 2023 Walk for Wishes at Arvest Ballpark Saturday, April 29.
Several families gathered for the celebration which came after years of hosting a drive-through meeting following Pandemic measures.
According to their release, the event also shares the anniversary of the first-ever wish granted on April 29 in 1980. The event kicked off with a VIP wish kid breakfast which was followed by a short ceremony.
Board member and market chair Danyelle Musselman hosted the ceremony recognizing the fundraising groups. Clint Gill, SVP GMM TEO of Sam's Club, joined the ceremony as a wish dad and fundraiser. This year, groups broke a fundraising goal and record for the event gathering a total of $230,049.
"It's just a chance to kind of celebrate Make-a-Wish, and so it's really fun. And it usually is something that's very important for those families," Musselman said.
The walk took place around the ballpark led by the U of A marching band. Afterward, wish kids and wish families joined in a carnival-style celebration, Wish World, where they completed wish passports for a prize at the end.
"It's kind of like a carnival. So the kids basically get a bingo card, and they have to get all of the spaces X out," Musselman explained. "They get to visit all of these different stations. And it's really fun. And they all are, you know, things that kids are going to enjoy. And then at the end, they get to spin the prize wheel and get a prize."
Wish families of the past, present, and future were in attendance for the event. Among those celebrating was the Sluyter family representing "Do It For Hewitt" A year ago, the family found out their son, Hewitt Kahana, had a brain tumor the size of a baseball and had it removed.
"We spent the summer getting proton radiation out of state and were able to come back to Northwest Arkansas for six months of chemo," Mom, Christen Sluyter, said. "He just finished, and he has been cleared to go back to school. And yeah, we're getting back to living life again."
To help with their costs, their friend, Scotti Lechuga, put together the group "Do It for Hewitt." The group challenged bike riders to complete the most bike miles in 24 hours.
"Our community rode over 30,000 miles, and raised over $50,000 for Hewitt," dad, Jared Sluyter, said.
During the ceremony at Arvest Ballpark, Danyelle Musselman revealed that the Sluyter family had still been awaiting their wish to be granted. With Star Wars theme music and cosplayers to match, Hewitt's wish of a Disney trip was granted.
"It was probably one of the best experiences I've had in my entire life," Hewitt said.
When asked how it felt to have both the Do It For Hewitt group and Make a Wish care so much for him, he said "It's hard to describe it because it feels so good. I don't know if there's a word for it."
"He was he has stayed positive the whole time. And now that we know that he's healthy, we are just excited to get back to doing all the things we love. So having this wish granted, I feel like is the cherry on top. It's like the last ending chapter, the moving on. It's really exciting," Christen claimed.
"He's riding his bike. He's playing baseball, and we're gonna go to Disney World. So it's back to having a good time," Jared explained.
With the family returning to some normalcy, Hewitt is jumping back on his bike. He'll be participating in this year's Do It For Hewitt Ride on June 24.
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BALTIMORE — UnitedHealthcare (UHC) members in Maryland may have had their personal information exposed to hackers recently.
The health insurance company believes their mobile app was the target of a cyber credential stuffing attack sometime between February 19 and February 25.
Suspicious activity was first detected on February 22, but it wasn't until April 10 when the company learned sensitive information of some Maryland members might have been breached.
That information could include first and last names of members, their birthdays, health insurance ID numbers, addresses, dates of medical care, health provider names, claim information, and the group name and number associated with accounts.
UHC says Social Security and driver’s license numbers were not accessed.
Affected members are currently being notified directly by mail.
Following the security breach, UHC says it locked member portal accounts and forced password resets to prevent further unauthorized access.
So far UHC says it has no evidence the attackers accessed or obtained login credentials from any of their systems.
"The company regrets this incident and any inconvenience or concern it may cause," UHC said in a press release.
As a precaution UHC says it's offering their members two years of free identity theft protection services through LifeLock.
Any members having questions or concerns about their account can call 800-669-1812. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/unitedhealthcare-members-in-maryland-may-have-had-personal-info-exposed-to-hackers | 2023-05-01T14:03:57 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/unitedhealthcare-members-in-maryland-may-have-had-personal-info-exposed-to-hackers |
MARSING, Idaho — Paiyton Parker is a seven-year-old, and a student at Marsing Elementary School. She is one of four siblings; she has a brother and two sisters. She loves school, and she loves horses.
Last year, Paiyton was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, called desmoplastic small round cell tumors, or DSRCT. Her tumors were spotted in her stomach and liver.
It all started in February of last year, Paiyton had a terrible stomachache that just wasn't going away.
"I freaked out and told my parents, they had to take me to the doctor, and I wasn't feeling very well," Paiyton said.
Doctors couldn't figure out what was causing the pain at first. Paiyton's mom Chealee Parker thought it had to be appendicitis.
"There was something wrong, you could see it," Chealee said. "It was her stomach; it was very distended."
Paiyton had a CT scan, and that's when doctors finally discovered what the problem was.
"The doctor came in and had this horrible look on his face, and he took me out of the room," Chealee said. "He said she has tumors all throughout her abdomen, her stomach was full of them."
It was the worst possible news. Paiyton remembers that day well.
"They said I had a tumor in my belly, and they said it's cancer," Paiyton said.
Hearing the word cancer was hard enough for Paiyton's parents, but the news got worse. The cancer was rare, and it was deadly.
"She had four tumors in her liver, and they classified that as terminal," Justin Parker, Paiyton's dad, said. "They said it would be a losing battle. But they did say with chemotherapy, there would be some tumor shrinkage, so don't lose hope."
Her parents refused to give up, they went into fight mode. Paiyton started chemotherapy right away.
"Then, it was scan after scan after scan after scan," Chealee said.
During chemotherapy, it was so important to Justin and Chealee to keep her spirits up.
"She hated being away," Chealee said.
Paiyton was spending so much time at the hospital, she missed her family, and she was getting depressed.
"I just wanted to be with my family the whole entire time, and when they took me to the hospital, and I couldn't be with them, it just felt heartbroken," Paiyton said.
Her parents had her medical team arrange treatments so she could spend more time at home with her siblings and at school with her friends. That did the trick. There was a major shift.
"She went from what's the point, to our Paiyton that we knew again," Chealee said. "You couldn't stop her, she had so much energy, and we didn't want to stop that."
"We were looking for some positivity during a dark time, we just didn't expect it to grow like it did," Chealee said.
"We'd show her the page, and we'd say look at all these people cheering you on! It would help pick her spirits up, and give her more reason to never give up," Justin said.
People all over Idaho follow along on her journey, and they often send Paiyton and her siblings mail and care packages.
"I want to say thank you," Paiyton said. "It makes me feel so happy."
Her parents were overwhelmed by the generosity of friends, and even strangers.
"It was very heartwarming and touching, we didn't expect that at all," Chealee said.
"We could never pay back everything you guys did for us, we can never say thank you enough, or show enough gratitude for what everybody has done for us," Justin said.
In August, Paiyton had yet another scan to check on the dangerous tumors in her liver. They were really nervous about what they were going to see. That's when her parents say a miracle happened.
"The doctor looked at it, and he was speechless," Justin said. "We're hanging on every word, and he said they are gone, I have no explanation the tumors are just gone. The whole game changed after that."
Now, Paiyton was suddenly eligible for an aggressive surgery that could save her life. But the surgery was not available here in Idaho. Dr. Nathan Meeker, a pediatric oncologist at St. Luke's Children's Hospital immediately got on the phone with hospitals out of state.
"He put in a lot of effort to try to get the surgery, a lot of back-and-forth calls," Chealee said. "Salt Lake said they would do it."
Paityon and her parents went to Utah for the surgery earlier this year.
"She did really well, but it was a long twelve hours of surgery for us," Chealee said. "When you are staring at these brown OR doors, and wondering is everything okay? We were waiting and waiting and waiting, and finally we were like can we please just see her? When we did see her, that was really tough for both of us, she was three times her size swollen, restrained, and on a ventilator."
Paiyton was on the ventilator for four days. Then, progress. She started to breathe again on her own.
"When she woke up, she wanted bubble gum ice cream, and we were like ok, whatever you want," Justin said.
Her surgeon was amazed at her recovery. The Parkers were able to bring their daughter home to Idaho a week later.
When we caught up with her several weeks after her homecoming at Jabbers in Nampa, she was filled with energy, and so happy to be playing with her brother and sister.
"It feels good," she said. "It feels like I'm back!"
Since then, Paiyton underwent radiation, the last step in her treatment plan. It hasn't been easy, she is struggling to regain weight and get stronger. She still has quite a fight ahead of her.
But, Paiyton and her parents will never give up, and she has a message for other kids fighting cancer.
"I want to say you are doing a good job, keep eating! Keep doing what you are supposed to do. So, you can lose the cancer and you can be free," she said.
Paiyton still loves getting Super Paiyton mail. She has a wish list, and you can send her something special.
The Parker's mailing address is:
Super Paiyton
12459 Feedlot Drive
Melba, Idaho 83641
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BOISE, Idaho — Do you remember your high school prom? Did you stay in touch with your date? Two Treasure Valley high school graduates not only stayed in touch, they had a very special reunion recently.
"We went to Skyview High School in Nampa," Heather Moeller said.
Heather Moeller and Jeremy Smith, both 35, met in speech class eighteen years ago. They went to prom that year. Moeller still has the prom photos all these years later.
"These are our pictures," Moeller said. "I'd like to say we have changed a little bit over the years. We just decided to go together as friends, he picked me up, we went out to dinner, had a great time and it was wonderful."
Jeremy was excited to go with Heather, too.
"It was nice," Jeremy said. "We had a really good time. I was excited to be able to go!"
Heather moved to Washington state after graduation, but they stayed in touch over the years. They both got married and started their families. But as the years went on, Jeremy's life, and his health, took a turn. He was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and then he was hit with more bad news. He was diagnosed with PSC. Primary sclerosing cholangitis causes cirrhosis of the liver.
"It was escalating rather quickly, and they told us at that time you are going to need a transplant at some point," Smith said. "So, it was really scary."
Jeremy's quality of life continued to worsen. He and his wife Candace wanted to keep people up to date on his health journey, and to get the word out that he needed a liver donor.
"We created a family Facebook page, called Smith Family Transplant," Smith said.
Heather, now a mother of two girls, saw the page, and read up on what Jeremy was dealing with.
"He was put on the transplant list," Moeller said. "He was looking for a living donor or a deceased donor, whichever he could get first. They asked if anyone was interested in being tested to be a donor, and I was like well, what does it take? I mean, why not try and see how it goes."
After weeks of extensive testing through Intermountain Health, Heather was told she was a match! She called Jeremy to tell him the incredible news, before his doctors at Intermountain Transplant Services even had a chance to.
"Of course, I picked up the phone first," Moeller said. "I was like hey. guess what? I'm a match! They accepted me! We were both pretty excited. I think we may have cried."
It was really emotional for both of them. Heather then went on to lose 30 pounds in order to be at her healthiest for the surgery.
"To have her be willing to do that was very special," Smith said. "It was different, because what do you say when someone has interrupted their life, to put their life at risk for you? You say thank you, of course, but you just want to convey much more."
The surgery was set for January in Utah. They met up the night before. Heather says she was shocked at how sick Jeremy looked.
"When we saw him the day before transplant, he was in rough shape," Heather said.
The surgery was several hours long, for both of them. Dr. Richard Gilroy, the Medical Director of Liver Transplant for Intermountain Health explained the surgery to us.
"The operation involves splitting the liver and splitting it the right way, and then reconnecting it perfectly. The bottom line? It's a very complex surgery," Dr. Gilroy said.
Heather and Jeremy were blown away by the process, and the coordination that goes into a living organ transplant operation.
"It was a whole team assigned to us," Jeremy said. "The number one priority is that live donor. Her health and safety comes first. She even had VIP on her hospital room door!"
Dr. Gilroy said there is a dire need for donors, living and deceased.
"The bottom line is there are too many people waiting, there just aren't enough donors. When people stand up and do what Heather is doing, it is transformative," Dr. Gilroy said.
It has now been almost four months since the surgery that changed both of their lives. They are doing well, and Jeremy says he is finally living again. Seeing him looking so much healthier makes it all worth it for Heather, and she says being a living donor is something more people should consider. Living donors can donate a kidney, or part of the liver. In some pediatric cases, it's even possible to donate a partial lung.
"He looks amazing, he really does," said Heather.
From prom dates to surgery mates, these two high school friends now have a bond that goes a lot deeper than prom.
"Some part of me feels like it was fate," Heather said. "Somehow the stars aligned, and there was a greater plan, and this is it."
Heather is now so much more than just a friend. She's family, and Jeremy's hero.
"Oh, a hundred percent, she doesn't like to be called that," Jeremy said. "But she's my hero and my family's hero. I also get to carry around a piece of her."
Jeremy says the best part of feeling good again, is finally being able to be an active dad with his three kids. They have their dad back.
April is National Donate Life month, to get more information on being a living donor, click here.
if you want to be a donor when you pass away, have that conversation with your family. You can also sign up through Yes Idaho.
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Though serving in the U.S. military can be a rewarding experience that provides stability, education, skill training, and much more, reintegrating as a civilian can present a number of unique challenges for veterans. Military veterans are at a higher risk of developing addictions and other mental health issues than civilians, opening the door to a host of additional challenges. May is Military Appreciation Month, but thankfully soldiers and their loved ones can access the following resources year-round to help overcome adversity and improve their quality of life.
Mental health and wellness
Military soldiers are particularly susceptible to mental health disorders due to the stressors of combat and the difficulty of adjusting to civilian life. According to a Harvard Medical study published in Jama Psychiatry, the rate of major depression is five times as high among soldiers than civilians, and the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is nearly 15 times as high. Fortunately, some of the country’s leading mental health treatment providers offer dedicated programs for veterans, such as American Addiction Centers’ Greenhouse Treatment Center serving the Dallas-Fort Worth region. For those in need of treatment, support, or crisis response, Texas Health and Human Services also provides a variety of mental health resources for veterans.
Substance use support and recovery
As mentioned, the hardships endured by military veterans make them particularly susceptible to mental health disorders and other challenges, often leading them to cope and self-medicate via substance use and placing them at a higher risk of developing addictions and other mental health issues than civilians. In fact, 12 percent of veterans nationwide (2.4 million people) had a substance use disorder (SUD) in 2020. With over 1.5 million veterans living in Texas, and specifically Dallas-Fort Worth being one of the denser veteran communities in the nation, military families need to know that support is available. Some treatment providers, such as Greenhouse Treatment Center and their Salute To Recovery program, have dedicated initiatives tailored to the needs of veterans struggling with a substance use disorder.
PTSD care
The realities of war can be a catalyst for a specific psychiatric disorder known as post-traumatic stress disorder. Often referred to as PTSD, it occurs in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event or series of events or circumstances, including inevitable aspects of war like combat, loss, and serious injury. Symptoms like disturbing thoughts, mental and physical distress, and difficulty sleeping can be crippling. In addition to traditional mental health services, organizations like DFW Canines for Veterans and Veterans Assistance Dogs of Texas have recognized the extraordinary and therapeutic effects of service dogs, providing them to veterans with PTSD and other disorders. For those dealing with PTSD as a co-occurring disorder with substance use, the Greenhouse Treatment Center also features a specialized program designed for military veterans.
Adapted homes for injured soldiers
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1 dead, 1 critically injured after shooting on NB I-75 in Detroit
Michigan State Police are investigating a freeway shooting in Detroit early Monday morning that left a 27-year-old woman dead and a 30-year-old male in critical condition.
According to MSP, the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. on northbound Interstate 75 near Brush Street after a group of four left The Annex on Adams Avenue in downtown Detroit.
"As they entered I-75 Fwy from Brush St, someone started shooting at them," said Michigan State Police on Twitter. stated.
After the shooting the driver and the passenger discovered that the two back seat passengers were hit in the shooting. The driver drove to Detroit Receiving Hospital where the 27-year-old woman was pronounced dead.The driver and the passenger were not hit during the shooting.
The state police temporarily closed I-75 Monday and the ramp near Gratiot Avenue to search for bullet shell casings.
Police believe that the shooting wasn't random.
"We know that this was not a random incident and was targeted towards one of the people in the car," said Lt. Mike Shaw in a statement on Twitter. "Now we need to determine who it was and why. This will lead us to our suspect (s).”
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Semi-truck driver accused of shooting at motorist on I-96 in Detroit
A Georgia semi-truck driver is in police custody after allegedly shooting at a motorist on Interstate 96 in Detroit, Michigan State Police said.
Troopers were called at about 11:58 p.m. to a location on east I-96 near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard for a report of a crash. They were told a possibly intoxicated semi-truck driver and a weapon were involved.
According to a preliminary investigation, there was a crash between a vehicle and a semi-truck at Wayburn Street in Detroit. The car's driver allegedly followed the truck after the crash for several miles, police said.
The truck's driver allegedly fired several shots from a gun at the passenger vehicle while traveling on I-96 near MLK Boulevard, officials said.
Investigators said the semi then became disabled and stopped on the freeway. The driver, 37, exited the semi and ran away but later returned. Troopers arrested him near his truck.
Troopers searched the area with a canine unit and recovered a pistol. The freeway was also closed between I-94 and MLK to search for shell casings.
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SAN ANTONIO — An alleged thief was shot in the leg near Olmos Park early Monday morning while attempting to steal someone's catalytic converter from a car, police say.
Police responded to the 6100 block of San Pedro north of downtown just before 7 a.m. for reports of a shooting in progress.
Police said an employee at a nearby busines ran into the parking lot when he noticed someone trying to steal the catalytic converter. The alleged thief tried to run off and hit the employee with his vehicle.
The employee pulled out a gun and shot at him, striking him in the lower body.
The suspect suffered non-life threatening injuries.
We have a team on the scene and are gathering more information.
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New apartments in Berea seek to address Greenville's affordable housing need
The Sullivan, a new apartment complex in Berea, aims to address affordable housing needs in Greenville County. The apartments are reserved for households earning 60 percent of the area median income, about $51,000, or less.
Rent is subsidized based on income.
As previously reported by The Greenville News, the area needs approximately 20,000 more units of low-cost housing, according to a coalition of housing groups in the city and county.
Holly Douglas, a principal on the development team, acknowledged the need for affordable housing in the area.
"Wages for many jobs are not keeping pace with housing prices and supply for rental homes at this price point are greatly lagging demand here," Douglas said. "An absence of quality affordable housing solutions impacts everyone, not just those that need a place to live. We're excited to be a part of the solution in developing this neighborhood and working closely with our partners to bring The Sullivan to life."
The apartment complex, located at 6001 Jacks Lookout Road, has 180 apartments in five buildings. There are one, two, three and four-bedroom options available.
The Sullivan is a combined effort of Schaumber Development, Holliday Development and Douglas Development. The project was financed through investment from RBC Capital Markets, JP Morgan Chase, Stifel, Prudential and Community Works and low-income housing tax credits.
Amenities at the Sullivan include an onsite laundry facility, a pool, a playground, fitness center and a dog park. Douglas said the Sullivan is designed as a quality solution and showplace of how a high-quality affordable development can be integrated within a community.
"We are continuously challenging stereotypes about what affordable housing looks and feels like," Douglas said.
The Sullivan began accepting its first residents April 24. Information is available by calling the leasing office at 864-987-8133 or by e-mail at sullivan@nhe-inc.com.
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After tax evasion charges, who gets Alex Murdaugh's money, SC or his alleged victims?
Now that convicted murderer and accused fraudster Richard "Alex" Murdaugh has been struck with a second round of state tax evasion charges, a question arises: who will reap the financial fruit of Murdaugh's seized assets, the State of South Carolina or his alleged financial victims?
While appealing his two consecutive life sentences from protective custody in an undisclosed, maximum security S.C. prison, disbarred Hampton attorney Murdaugh, convicted of murdering his wife and son March 2, has been struck with even more criminal charges: not paying state taxes on money he allegedly stole from his former law clients and partners.
Unpaid taxes are just the tip of the proverbial, criminal iceberg that includes millions in stolen funds, multiple victims, and multiple lawsuits, but an attorney for several of Murdaugh's legal opponents suggested this week that the State may get a share of the money that is being put aside for the alleged victims.
Will SC try to collect its unpaid taxes from Murdaugh, and how?
On April 25, the S.C. Attorney General's Office announced its latest indictment against Murdaugh: two new counts of Willful Attempt to Evade or Defeat a Tax.
The indictment alleged Murdaugh failed to report roughly $2.1 million of income earned through illegal acts for tax years 2020 and 2021. Murdaugh was previously indicted December 2022 for failing to report $6.9 million in fraudulent income for tax years 2011-2019.
In total, the two indictments allege $9,067,706 of unreported income and $619,391 in taxes owed. Allendale personal injury attorney Mark Tinsley said last week the State will likely attempt to collect those taxes from money the courts have set aside for Murdaugh's alleged victims.
"It's possible that the state is claiming or trying to take funds from the victims," Tinsley told The Hampton County Guardian last Thursday, two days after the latest charges were announced.
The Hampton County Guardian reached out to Robert Kittle, spokesperson for the Attorney General's Office, for confirmation and clarification, and Kittle said that he is looking into the matter. This story will be updated as more information is available.
How much is Alex Murdaugh on the hook for?
Murdaugh, in addition to the double murder and weapons charges he was recently convicted on, is also facing 104 pending criminal charges related to a decade-long, multi-county financial and drug-related crime spree. According to State Grand Jury indictments, Murdaugh allegedly stole a total of $8,789,447.77 from former clients and other lawyers, including his own firm.
In addition to the $619,391 in state taxes Murdaugh allegedly owes on that stolen money, state prosecutors have said there is a possibility of future, federal tax evasion charges.
Emily Limehouse, Assistant United States Attorney, told The Guardian that it could not comment or confirm any pending criminal matters involving Murdaugh.
Murdaugh is also directly named in 11 civil suits in state courts and one lawsuit in federal court, with millions in damages at stake. Perhaps the most significant of those lawsuits is the wrongful death suit filed by the family and estate of Mallory Beach, who died in February 2019 following an alcohol-fueled boat crash involving Murdaugh's son and his boat.
How much money does Murdaugh have to pay for his alleged crimes?
While many attorneys and victims close to the case speculate Murdaugh has managed to hide some money. Following the Beach wrongful death suit, Murdaugh's known assets were frozen and seized by court order, at the request of Tinsley, who represents the Beach family and two boat crash survivors.
The court also appointed two lawyers known as receivers to oversee the control and liquidation of Murdaugh's assets to form a settlement fund for his alleged victims, should they win damages in civil courts. Among those assets were Murdaugh's Edisto beach house and his primary residence, the 1,700-plus acre Moselle property, which were both recently sold.
Moselle sold for $3.9 million, and after payments of legal expenses and $530,000 to Murdaugh's surviving heir, Richard Alexander "Buster" Murdaugh Jr., a total of $2.786 million was set aside for the Beach family and three of the boat crash survivors.
The sale of the Edisto property, other Murdaugh properties and many of the family's personal belongings at an estate sale has netted roughly $1.2 million in the receivership for the remaining Murdaugh victims.
Tinsley said the estate sale alone grossed $157,512.50, and after a commission of $63,005 was paid to the auction house, a net of $94,507.50 went into the receivership. There is expected to be another auction soon for the remaining Murdaugh family property being held in storage units, he added.
While the claims of the state and Murdaugh's many alleged victims vastly outweigh these receivership receipts, most of the alleged victims aren't going without other forms of compensation and restitution.
While Murdaugh personally will likely never make good on what he allegedly stole from people who trusted him, millions of dollars in settlements have been paid to his victims by other parties connected to his schemes, whether knowingly or unknowingly, including local banks and several of his alleged accomplices.
Murdaugh's own family law firm in Hampton, formerly known as PMPED but now operating as Parker Law Group, has borrowed millions to pay back money Murdaugh allegedly stole from his clients, according to recent court testimony.
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Do you recognize this man?
That's the question the NYPD is asking of the public after a man was found unconscious in a Brooklyn neighborhood over the weekend.
Police say the man was discovered around 8:30 a.m. Sunday in Sheepshead Bay, unresponsive and in serious condition. EMS took the man to a hospital.
The man is believed to be in his late 40s to early 50s. He's roughly 5-foot-8, has salt and pepper hair and a tattoo "of what appears to be a bird" on his left forearm.
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An NYPD detective who had been in a coma for three decades after suffering "catastrophic" injuries in a 1990 Brooklyn shooting has died, the police commissioner announced Sunday.
Troy Patterson died Saturday night, NYPD Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced the following day. He passed away at a rehabilitation center in New Jersey, the Daily News reported.
Patterson wasn't on duty -- he was washing his car -- when he was shot in the head by a 15-year-old who, with two other men, approached him outside his Bedford-Stuyvesant home and demanded $20. It was Jan. 16, 1990.
Patterson, then 27, never regained consciousness. He had joined the NYPD seven years earlier, working out of the 60th Precinct on Coney Island -- and was the father of a 5-year-old boy at the time of the shooting.
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His son, who goes by the same name, told the News a few years back that he still felt his father could listen, that he heard his voice and felt his presence.
Friends and colleagues have been holding candlelight vigils on the anniversary of the shooting. As recently as last year, attendees reported he was "still trying to come through," according to the News.
The 15-year-old shooter and two other suspects, a 20-year-old and a 17-year-old, were arrested after his shooting. They all served time for various convictions and have since been released, the paper reported.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recent collection of data suggested older adults were moving out of northeastern cities and into other parts of the country, including Texas, which ranked No. 10.
SmartAsset said it examined U.S. Census Bureau migration data to find where people 60 and older were moving to and from.
“These cities may be attractive for a multitude of reasons, including community, taxes, recreation, climate and more,” SmartAsset said.
Texas has proven to be tax-friendly toward retirees. Since there is no state income tax in Texas, Social Security income would not be taxed and withdrawals from retirement accounts would also not be taxed.
According to the study, Texas had a net gain of 5,542 retirees in 2021. Data showed a high number of people 60 and older were moving to San Antonio and Frisco from another state.
City ranking was determined by the net difference between the number of retirees that moved into the city versus those moving out of the city, according to SmartAsset.
As one of the 10 largest cities in the U.S., SmartAsset said San Antonio was the only one to crack the study’s top 10.
“The home of the Alamo had the third-highest net migration of retirees across our study, gaining 1,164 older residents. The weather, abundance of activities and lack of state income taxes in Texas all contribute to its popularity among retirees,” SmartAsset said.
The data from the study showed that Frisco recorded a net gain of 960 people 60 and older in 2021.
“More than 1,430 seniors moved to Frisco from another state while 476 left the state of Texas,” SmartAsset said.
According to the study, people 60 and older comprised 13.16% of Frisco’s population, which was the lowest percentage of the 10 cities at the top of SmartAsset’s rankings.
Other Texas cities included:
- Lubbock, Texas at No. 17 with a net gain of 707
- Waco, Texas at No. 23 with a net gain of 510
- El Paso, Texas at No. 24 with a net gain of 483
States where retirees moved to most:
- Florida with a net gain of 78,174
- Arizona with a net gain of 25,090
- South Carolina with a net gain of 19,004
- North Carolina with a net gain of 18,996
- Tennessee with a net gain of 14,767
- Idaho with a net gain of 8,566
- Nevada with a net gain of 6,814
- Arkansas with a net gain of 5,774
- Maine with a net gain of 5,718
- Texas with a net gain of 5,542
SmartAsset said the data did not reflect migration within the same state. It only reflects the movement from a city in one state to a city in another state. | https://cw33.com/news/local/study-texas-ranks-in-top-10-for-places-retirees-are-moving/ | 2023-05-01T14:34:22 | 1 | https://cw33.com/news/local/study-texas-ranks-in-top-10-for-places-retirees-are-moving/ |
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month is officially underway, Orange County announced events throughout May to celebrate the culture of the community.
There are over 800,000 people of Asian or Pacific Islander descendants in Orange County, according to county officials.
Here are some events happening throughout AANHPI Heritage Month:
- Orange County Asian-Inspired Art Exhibition
- Orange County Administration Building - 201 S. Rosalind Avenue – First Floor Atrium
- May 1-30 | Monday – Friday | 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Orange County AAPI Heritage Month Celebration with Proclamation Presentation
- Orange County Administration Building - Commission Chambers - 201 S. Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL 32802
- Tuesday, May 2 | 7:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
- AAPI – FusionFest’s MYgration Film Festival
- Orange County Library System – South Trail Branch - 4600 S. Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32839
- Saturday, May 13 | 2:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Asian-American Heritage Council Asian Cultural Festival
- Ocoee Lakeshore Center Bill Breeze Park - 25 N. Lakeshore Dr., Ocoee, FL 34761
- Sunday, May 14 | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- History Book Club
- Orange County Regional History Center - 65 E Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801
- Thursday, May 18 | 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
- Orange County Asian-Inspired Art Contest Award Ceremony
- Orange County Admin Center - 201 S. Rosalind Ave, Orlando, FL 32802
- Friday, May 19 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
- Asian Cultural Association Cultural Display and Performance
- Orange County Regional History Center - 65 E. Central Blvd., Orlando, FL 32801
- Saturday, May 20 | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Put on your dancing shoes and join us for an incredible afternoon of dance and activities! Local performance group, Asian Cultural Association, will be performing Kathak dance from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., with activities going until 4 p.m. This is sure to be an event the whole family will not want to miss!
- Asian-Americans in Florida (Prof. Wenxian Zhang, Rollins College)
- Orange County Regional History Center - 65 E. Central Blvd, Orlando, FL 32801
- Sunday, May 21 | 2 - 3 p.m.
- ACT Town Hall Meeting
- Orange County Supervisor of Elections Office - 119 W. Kaley St., Orlando, FL 32806
- Wednesday, May 24 | 6 p.m. -7:30 p.m.
News 6 will highlight and give voice to Asian Americans and Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islanders within the community at ClickOrlando.com/aapi and on TV and the News 6+ app during select newscasts and podcast episodes.
If there is someone or something you would like to highlight this AANHPI Heritage Month, please email Sam Dunne at sdunne@wkmg.com.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange-Osceola State Attorney Monique Worrell issued a statement Friday, accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis of pursuing a “witch hunt” after receiving a request from a state committeewoman for information on two human trafficking cases.
The statement sent by Worrell’s chief of state said that state Committeewoman Debbie Galvin contacted their office Friday for information on at least two human trafficking cases that were not prosecuted by Worrell’s office.
The statement claims the woman told them the information was for the governor, who needed it by Monday for a scheduled event. The governor is set to hold a news conference in Titusville.
“At this point, we have no idea who Ms. Galvin is and if she’s truly operating under the direction of the governor. The governor’s office is well aware of how to contact me and should go through the proper channels and protocols if they are truly making such requests,” the statement reads. “Ms. Galvin’s efforts support the fact that there aren’t any policies that would justify my suspension, and the Governor’s team is pursuing this witch-hunt to establish a basis for the removal of another duly-elected prosecutor.”
The governor’s office has not confirmed the request, but it’s not the first time Worrell has accused local officials of colluding with the governor to try and get her removed from office.
Following a string of shootings in Pine Hills — where 38-year-old Nathacha Augustin, 9-year-old T’yonna Major and Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan Lyons were killed — the governor’s office demanded the criminal records of the shooter, Keith Moses.
Ryan Newman, the general counsel for DeSantis’ office, sent a letter to Worrell demanding records related to Moses, including copies of all reports, letters, summaries, statements and emails regarding the 19-year-old suspect or decisions made about him, and copies of all documents related to his juvenile record. Newman also demanded information on any other individuals who committed a felony or violated the terms of their probation by being arrested and those who had a prior criminal history but were not prosecuted by Worrell’s office.
“You have to hold people accountable,” DeSantis said during a news conference. “(The) state attorney in Orlando thinks that you don’t prosecute people and that’s the way that you somehow have better communities. That does not work.”
Worrell said while it seems the attacks are on her, they are attacking those “on the frontlines daily bringing justice to thousands of victims.”
“He seeks to exploit his political agenda against me, while seeking to use current and former employees of the State Attorney’s Office, as well as individuals like Debbie Galvin, as investigators seeking to gather evidence to build and justify a baseless case against a prosecutor he simply disagrees with politically,” the statement said.
She also made similar accusations against both Orange County Sheriff John Mina and Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez.
Read the full statement below:
Good afternoon, Media Partners—
Today, April 28, 2023, an SAO9 employee was contacted by State Committeewoman Debbie Galvin requesting at least two cases where State Attorney Worrell had failed to prosecute cases to get justice for victims of human trafficking crimes. Ms. Galvin went on to tell the employee that “this is happening all over the country where these prosecutors are not following the law,” and that she was supposed to provide this information to the governor’s office last week, but, needed to have it over to them by Monday, May 1st.
We are unaware of Ms. Galvin’s relationship with Governor Ron DeSantis, and are equally unaware of whether or not she has the authority to make such requests on his behalf.
After interviewing the employees in our office who were involved, we were made aware that the information was necessary for an event scheduled to take place on Monday, May 1st.
At this point, we have no idea who Ms. Galvin is and if she's truly operating under the direction of the Governor. The governor's office is well aware of how to contact me and should go through the proper channels and protocols if they are truly making such requests. Ms. Galvin’s efforts support the fact that there aren’t any policies that would justify my suspension, and the Governor’s team is pursuing this witch-hunt to establish a basis for the removal of another duly-elected prosecutor. This request mirrors similar requests from local law enforcement officials who have requested data of my first two years in office. These requests are unprecedented. Especially given the fact that crime is down and has been down for the first two years I’ve been in office.
It’s appalling to think that while Ft. Lauderdale was under water, the Governor had people fishing around Orange and Osceola Counties to see which cases he can single out from over 100,000 cases our office has processed since I have taken office, while he prances around Southeast Asia on his dilapidated presidential campaign tour. He seeks to exploit his political agenda against me, while seeking to use current and former employees of the State Attorney’s Office, as well as individuals like Debbie Galvin, as investigators seeking to gather evidence to build and justify a baseless case against a prosecutor he simply disagrees with politically.
Repeatedly, I have to come to the defense of the prosecutors in this office who work tirelessly to protect the community and keep our residents safe. While the Governor and local law enforcement think they’re attacking me, those they’re attacking are on the frontlines daily bringing justice to thousands of victims. Their mandate is to hold those who violate the law accountable within the confines of the law, in accordance with our ethical obligations as prosecutors. They do not deserve to be woven into these perpetual false narratives surrounding non-prosecution ‘policies’ that simply do not exist.
If the Governor and his team want to be supportive of the work my prosecutors do on a daily basis, he can start by ensuring that they are properly paid to do this extremely difficult work. Additionally, he can ensure the office is properly supported with the resources necessary to keep our communities safe. Further, he can stop vetoing initiatives like our in-office daycare that would have benefitted the staff in this office who are struggling daily to make ends meet, while being told that the work they’re doing on a daily basis is fruitless. Or, he could push his legislators to pass the juvenile justice reform bill and other bills, that would reduce violence in our communities.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — There’s some new “axe-citement” in Vancouver. You can now grab a drink with family and friends while throwing axes.
An old firehouse built in 1932 has been transformed into the first bar and axe-throwing facility in Vancouver. Firehouse Axes located at 3701 Main Street has a variety of axe-throwing game options including “tic-tac-toe “Tic-Tac-Throw” and “Zombie Hunter.”
“The whole plan was to make [the firehouse] an axe-throwing venue that had good food and drink,” said owner Amy Philip.
“We’ve kept the history too,” Philip added. “We kept the old mural that’s been out there. We really tried to make sure it still felt like a firehouse.”
It’s open from Thursday through Monday. Details to book a private event are available on the venue’s website here.
Watch the full preview in the video player above. | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/kohr-explores-vancouver-firehouse-turned-axe-throwing-venue/ | 2023-05-01T14:51:46 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/kohr-explores-vancouver-firehouse-turned-axe-throwing-venue/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office is slated to discuss their newly announced Organized Retail Theft Task Force and Auto Theft Task Force during an 11 a.m. press conference on Monday.
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt will be joined by Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, Portland Business Alliance President and CEO Andrew Hoan along with several law enforcement agencies.
The task forces will be led by the district attorney’s office in partnership with the Portland Police Bureau.
In an interview with KOIN 6 News’ Eye on Northwest Politics on Sunday, Portland Police Association President Aaron Schmautz emphasized the importance of the agencies working together on these theft task forces.
“The district attorney’s office is a huge cog in this wheel of justice that we have. At the police bureau, it’s our job to get people who commit crimes, to write good reports and bring them to that system,” Schmautz said. “This partnership is critical and the breaking down of it led to less good work, so I’m happy with the partnership.”
The creation of the task forces comes after several businesses have announced plans to leave their Portland locations due to break-ins and vandalism. Recently, REI announced it will shut down its Pearl District location, citing its highest number of break-ins and thefts in two decades in addition to outgrowing the space.
In a statement to KOIN 6 News in late April, Mayor Wheeler’s office said in part, “community safety continues to be a top priority for Mayor Wheeler and his team. We’re working with our public safety partners to increase staffing at the Portland Police Bureau so they can ramp up patrols, car theft and vandalism missions, respond more quickly to emergency calls, and bring those involved with crime to justice.”
The mayor also attributed an increase of crime and violence to the lack of mental and behavioral health resources along with the slow rollout of funds attached to Measure 110, which decriminalized some drugs.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Parks and Recreation Department is accepting name proposals for a new athletic complex expansion at Winged Deer Park, the city announced Monday.
Name proposals are required to be in writing and include an explanation of the name’s significance to the property or park system.
Proposed names can be mailed to the department at 4137 Bristol Highway, Johnson City, or emailed to mhollifield@johnsoncitytn.org.
The deadline for proposals is May 30. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-accepting-names-for-winged-deer-park-expansion/ | 2023-05-01T14:53:49 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-accepting-names-for-winged-deer-park-expansion/ |
Search continues for Florida man reported missing in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains National Park rangers are still searching the Deep Creek area for a 68-year-old hiker first reported missing nearly a week ago.
Gordon Kaye, of Tampa, Florida, was last seen near a backcountry campsite on April 23, a press release from the National Park Service said. His family reported him missing April 26. He is a white male, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is 5’10” tall and weighs 200-plus pounds.
Kaye is an experienced hiker, camper and hunter and had reserved a campsite at Deep Creek Campground for 14 days. He may be suffering from a mental health crisis, the release said.
Almost 30 other agencies are assisting in the search.
Search teams made up of more than 120 people from three states focused on trails and areas in and around the Deep Creek Campground.
Anyone who saw Kaye or has information about his whereabouts is asked to contact Great Smoky Mountains National Park Dispatch at 865-436-1230 or Swain County Dispatch at 828-488-2196.
Liz Kellar is a public safety reporter. Email lkellar@knoxnews.com. Twitter @LizKellar.
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FORT WORTH, Texas — Read this story and more North Texas business news from our partners at the Dallas Business Journal
Home to the former world's largest water ski and skateboard manufacturer, this property has never traded hands.
Specifically designed and built for Charles Nash III, founder of Nash Skateboards, this home is in Fort Worth’s prestigious Westover Hills neighborhood.
The home is situated on on 1.1 acres and listed at $2,950,000.
“Hidden Creek is not really a house. It’s an experience, a relationship, a vibe. It is exactly like my late husband, Charles Nash— brilliant, epic, sexy, fun and way ahead of its time. Whomever is lucky enough to own it is in for the love of their life,” said Deborah Alexander Nash in a prepared statement.
Compass’s Ida Duwe-Olsen and Ted Olsen are listing the home at 2111 Hidden Creek Rd., just six miles west of downtown Fort Worth.
Built-in 1976, the house is designed by once-Fort Worth-based architect Frank Talley Jr. and landscape architect Elbert Spence, and boasts four bedrooms and four-and-a-half baths across its 6,132 square feet of living space.
But it's not just the spacious interior that sets this home apart.
Take a look inside the Nash Skateboards founder's Texas mansion
The contemporary design has a modern flair, and its wide-open spaces are perfect for year-round entertaining, which Nash did quite a bit.
The house's ceilings range from nine to 20 feet, and you can enjoy breathtaking views of the treetops from almost every room, giving off a Palm Springs vibe.
Every room invites you to enjoy the outdoors, with views of the pool from the family room, master bedroom, kitchen, and formal dining room, where you can walk right onto the balcony and enjoy the outdoors and seclusion.
The house pays tribute to Nash's passion for deep-sea fishing, evident in the boating colors and custom mirrored art in the home's first floor.
The focal point in the backyard is a heated saltwater pool with a three-tiered water fountain, fire pit, and wet bar. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-mansions-for-sale-skateboard-moguls-fort-worth-home-2111-hidden-creek-road-hits-the-market-for-29-million/287-47a965e1-a90d-4197-aa25-0ce64fce47b5 | 2023-05-01T15:03:58 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas-mansions-for-sale-skateboard-moguls-fort-worth-home-2111-hidden-creek-road-hits-the-market-for-29-million/287-47a965e1-a90d-4197-aa25-0ce64fce47b5 |
DALLAS — If you make the drive to work here in North Texas, you know that commute can be rough.
A Hire A Helper study ranked the top cities you should avoid in the country if you hate commuting!
And it may not surprise you to learn three major Texas cities all stacked up next to each other.
Here in North Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth and Arlington combined came in at No. 6, with an average one-way commute time of just over 27 minutes.
Something that impacts the ranking - more than three quarters of the people here using their own vehicle to get to the office..
One spot behind us at No. 7 was the Houston metro, with an average one-way drive time of around 29 minutes.
Houston has more people using their own cars to get to work, but a lower population density.
In that same study, the Austin metro is one step above North Texas when it comes to large areas with bad commutes.
They do have a faster one-way commute time at just over 25 minutes, but the cities have a less diverse set of times when people leave for work.
Who rounded out the top five? Miami was No. 4, Atlanta No. 3, Riverside-San Bernardino in California No. 2 and Orlando was No. 1.
Orlando had a one-way commute time of around 28 minutes but with a high population density and high percentage of residents using their own car to get to work.
Well you're already here, so what can you do to shorten or improve your commute?
If possible, leave earlier - that usually means less people on the road.
You can also try to switch up your route.
Don't be afraid to pop a drive you routinely take into your GPS; it might show you a shorter route you're not as familiar with.
Carpool is another option because on some highways, you can take the HOV lanes which usually aren't as congested as the main lanes.
And almost always an option - consider public transportation.
The less of us on the roads, the faster the commute, so if you can - think about using it.
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Maysville Road between Stellhorn Road and Meijer Drive will be restricted Tuesday during landscape maintenance, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155.
Maysville Road between Stellhorn Road and Meijer Drive will be restricted Tuesday during landscape maintenance, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/maysville-road-portion-limited-during-landscape-work/article_75768556-e81a-11ed-bcce-33489749d2ef.html | 2023-05-01T15:10:19 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/maysville-road-portion-limited-during-landscape-work/article_75768556-e81a-11ed-bcce-33489749d2ef.html |
Wayne Trace will be restricted Tuesday between Senate and McKinnie avenues during gas-line work, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155.
Wayne Trace will be restricted Tuesday between Senate and McKinnie avenues during gas-line work, the city of Fort Wayne said today.
For questions or to report problems, contact the city's right of way department at 427-6155. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/wayne-trace-section-restricted-tuesday/article_48c38686-e819-11ed-a609-c3218a3510d0.html | 2023-05-01T15:10:25 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/wayne-trace-section-restricted-tuesday/article_48c38686-e819-11ed-a609-c3218a3510d0.html |
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“This needs to be done after five years," Valparaiso City Attorney Patrick Lyp said during a recent City Council meeting.
Unpaid subcontractor fees have stalled the work at 1425 E. Glendale Blvd. In 2020, the Valparaiso Board of Works ordered the structure to be demolished because the unsafe building was creating a blight; however, the developer was able to get more money and restart construction.
"Unfortunately that was short-lived," Lyp said. “Although some promises were made, nothing really has come to fruition."
The project is now involved in multiple lawsuits related to unpaid subcontractor fees. However, Lyp said, "a legitimate purchaser” is interested in buying the property and completing the project.
Lyp said the sale is being held up because nearby Northwest Health-Valparaiso, which used to own the property, has an “unrecorded covenant” that says a medical building cannot go there.
“If you’re a McDonald's and you own property next door, you don’t want a Burger King coming in," Lyp said, explaining the logic behind the unrecorded covenant.
While the court has not revealed the potential purchaser, Lyp said he was told it would not be a "direct competitor" to Northwest Health.
For now, the project remains stalled.
“Northwest Health is holding up these contractors from being paid … they are preventing this blight from being removed in our community,” Mayor Matt Murphy said at the April 25 council meeting. “I can’t emphasize enough how frustrated the city of Valparaiso is with their decision to appeal the court order and stop this progress."
A medical building has been half-finished in Valparaiso for five years. It now has an interested buyer, but court proceedings are holding up the process. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/unfinished-medical-office-building-still-in-limbo-after-five-years/article_32054eda-e61a-11ed-8ebb-6f17538fd68c.html | 2023-05-01T15:12:30 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter/valparaiso/unfinished-medical-office-building-still-in-limbo-after-five-years/article_32054eda-e61a-11ed-8ebb-6f17538fd68c.html |
An 8-year-old girl died after she was struck by a truck in Kettering Sunday afternoon.
The crash was reported around 1 p.m. in the 1200 block of Imperial Boulevard.
The girl was in a parking lot at the time of the crash, said Kettering police Officer Tyler Johnson.
“Although still under investigation, all factors point to this incident being an extremely unfortunate accident,” he said.
Dispatchers received multiple 911 calls, including one from the driver of the truck.
“I did not see her at all,” he said. “I was driving and I believe she must’ve been on the ground playing.”
The 911 callers said the girl was unresponsive and had shallow breathing.
The girl was transported to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
No other injuries were reported.
Kettering police are continuing to investigate the crash. We will update this story as more information is released.
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A local transgender woman has been found not guilty of public indecency charges related to incidents at the Xenia YMCA last year.
Rachel Glines, 31, of Fairborn, was charged in Xenia Municipal Court with three counts of public indecency, all fourth-degree misdemeanors, for incidents in September and November 2022, and a third incident between November 2021 and 2022.
“The facts and law have been on Ms. Glines’ side from the beginning. It’s unfortunate not only for her, but for the entire community, that the filing of these charges ever occurred,” Glines’ attorneys said in a statement Monday. “We are grateful that the rule of law and the truth prevailed so that Ms. Glines and the community can move on in peace.”
Xenia police received “several complaints of a naked man in the females’ locker room” of the YMCA branch, which is located on Progress Drive in Xenia, according to the criminal complaint.
Witness testimony in court this spring indicated that Glines had been in a state of complete undress during all three incidents, which happened in the common area of the women’s locker room.
All three complainant witnesses who testified in court March 20 said they did not see Glines’ genital area, either because they had removed themselves from the situation, or because the genital area was covered by other parts of the body.
The YMCA of Greater Dayton has said that state non-discrimination laws require it to allow transgender individuals to use locker rooms, changing rooms and bathrooms that align with their gender identity. They say posted locker room guidelines ask patrons to “remain properly covered while in public areas of the locker room.”
Many public entities were watching the case to see how courts would address transgender restroom access rights.
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Bay Park Conservancy welcomes new board and management team members; releases Annual Report
The Bay Park Conservancy, the nonprofit organization overseeing the development of Sarasota's signature public park on 53 acres along Sarasota Bay, has elected three new board members, added HR capability, and released its annual report.
Tony Gamelin, managing principal of CFO Integrity, moves from CFO of the Bay Park Conservancy to become a member of the board and finance committee. As CFO, Gamelin helped create and implement financial controls and management processes to improve management implementation and operations.
“While serving as CFO, I developed an enthusiastic appreciation for the vision, strategy and leadership of this amazing new park," Gamelin said. "I am excited and honored to serve in a fiduciary and governance role to help The Bay achieve goals that will positively impact the community for generations to come."
Also joining the board are Jeff Jackson, president and CEO of PGT Innovations who serves as board chair for the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority; and Jennifer Jorgensen, city of Sarasota governmental relations manager who previously worked for the Walt Disney Company.
“The Bay Park Conservancy is at a critical juncture with the need to balance ongoing operations of existing park with the implementation of new park,” founding CEO AG Lafley said. “We are focused on ensuring financial sustainability. We have the funds needed for Phase 2 implementation, but we need to continue to raise more funds for annual operations and programming. We are adding the leadership, experience and expertise we need on both the board and BPC management team.”
Ron Hamilton, a former HR executive at a Fortune 500 financial services company, is joining the BPC team as the senior human resources consultant.
The Bay Park Conservancy also has published its 2022 Annual Report, which highlights last year’s park opening to 50,000 people, the ongoing transformation of a parking lot into a park, community partnerships, environmental enhancements, and more. The report can be accessed via The Bay’s website or at thebayannualreport.org.
The Bay is transforming 53 acres of city-owned land along Sarasota Bay into a blue and green oasis, providing a sustainable bayfront gathering place for the community to experience, including a wide range of park uses, free programs and events. The first 14-acre phase of the park opened in October. Phase 2, a 14-acre, $65 million development, will begin this summer. The completed park will cost an estimated $175-200 million and will take approximately 8-10 years to complete.
For more information about the park and The Bay Park Conservancy, visit thebaysarasota.org or contact Sydney Baulier at sb@largeinc.com or 817-939-8557.
Submitted by Sydney Baulier | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/05/01/bay-park-conservancy-board-primed-for-start-of-phase-2-development/70149628007/ | 2023-05-01T15:14:25 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/2023/05/01/bay-park-conservancy-board-primed-for-start-of-phase-2-development/70149628007/ |
Florida Legislature approves settlement money for Sarasota resident injured by county truck
Sarasota County resident Kristin Stewart is one step closer to receiving settlement money that will improve her quality of life as she recovers from a catastrophic accident three years ago.
Stewart, a second-grade teacher at the time, was jogging on a May afternoon in 2020 when a Sarasota County utility truck hit her from behind.
The Florida Legislature passed a bill that will allow Sarasota County to award Stewart $5.75 million in damages. The bill will have to be signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis for it to take effect.
“This is an absolutely terrible situation, and we’re going to make her life a little bit better with the passage of this,” state Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota, said when presenting the bill on the Senate floor.
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In Florida, when an individual seeks more than $200,000 in damages from the state or from a local government, the Legislature must pass a claim bill allowing the payment.
The 2020 accident
At the time of the accident, Stewart was Southside Elementary’s second-grade team leader. She had taught in Sarasota County School District for 14 years.
On May 13, 2020, Stewart was crossing Witmarsum Boulevard at Bahia Vista Street, when, according to a memo by County Attorney Frederick Elbrecht, a county worker driving a Ford F550 truck made a legal U-turn on Bahia Vista Street and didn’t observe Stewart.
“After hitting me from behind, the county truck dragged me 65 feet up a concrete sidewalk, ripping the flesh from my arms, both hips and entire abdomen,” she told county commissioners last May.
Besides breaking several broken bones, the accident tore Stewart's liver in half, lacerated her right kidney, bruised her colon and caused other injuries.
Her doctors have said that she can’t work anymore because of her injuries.
“I am unable to run or enjoy the activities that were a part of my daily life,” she said in her address to the commissioners. “I suffer from constant pain.”
Settlement with Sarasota County
Stewart’s legal counsel and the county attorney agreed to a $5.95 million settlement right before a trial that was scheduled. The County Commission unanimously approved the settlement last May.
Sarasota County has already paid Stewart $200,000 of the total sum, as it's allowed to do so without the Legislature's approval.
Florida Legislature OKs the settlement
In Florida, sovereign immunity protects governments from paying large sums even when they're at fault. To exceed the liability limits, the Legislature and governor must approve a special bill that allows residents like Stewart to receive the total payment.
The Senate approved Stewart’s settlement in a 37-1 vote on April 18. Gruters sponsored the bill.
“What this bill does is this tries to make her whole so that she can continue on with her life and have some type of a life, now that she can’t have a job – she has a family, and she has to continue to live,” Gruters said on the Senate floor.
The House version of the bill was sponsored by state Rep. James Buchanan, R-Osprey. The House heard the Senate version of the bill on Friday, and approved it in a 105-0 vote. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/01/florida-legislature-approves-over-5-million-for-sarasota-resident-injured-by-county/70156235007/ | 2023-05-01T15:14:37 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/01/florida-legislature-approves-over-5-million-for-sarasota-resident-injured-by-county/70156235007/ |
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA — Strong winds and rain swept through our community overnight into Sunday morning, leaving people all over Southwest Florida cleaning up.
Steven Fischer lives in the Whiskey Creek community and is picking up the pieces the storm left behind.
“It’s like the hurricane all over again,” Fischer said.
He told NBC2’s Sarah Mankowitz the tarp on his roof had no chance against today’s aggressive wind and heavy rain.
“My gutters blew down; my tarp wrapped around my gutter and pulled it down,” Fischer explained.
They’re not the only ones dealing with the aftermath. Babcock Ranch is also dealing with some damage.
Lisa Sabia lives in Babcock Ranch and said she’s been seeing uprooted trees all over the place.
“Just driving through the area, seeing a few trees down, we’ve got one that’s a little bit leaning in our front yard, so I’ve gotta fix that sometime today,” explained Sabia.
Clean-up doesn’t stop there; people in Southwest Cape Coral said they woke up to the mess of construction site materials tossed around and knocked over port-a-potties. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/01/overnight-storms-sweep-across-southwest-florida/ | 2023-05-01T15:18:11 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/01/overnight-storms-sweep-across-southwest-florida/ |
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — People who live in Charlotte County are shocked after a tornado destroyed a big metal storage barn less than two miles from their home.
Mike Julian of Golden Ranches said he received an automated call on his phone warning him that a tornado was coming right before it hit.
“I actually got a phone call, so that meant that it was serious,” said Julian. “If you’re getting a phone call, it’s happening; something’s going on.
The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that a tornado touched at 6:38 a.m. Sunday, 12 miles east of Babcock Ranch near the Charlotte and Glades County line along Bermont Road.
“My wife was scared, and I was just trying to keep her calm, and I have a baby, so it got pretty scary for a minute there,” said Julian.
Julian said his family hunkered down in the bathroom, using bed cushions to shield themselves. He said his family lives in a modular home, and it was a scary moment. Julian added the recent weather has been crazy, and he’s considering getting a bunker built.
Julian said, “I’m looking into some type of something to go down into that’s five feet tall and maybe ten feet wide that you can actually go down into and be safe from a tornado.”
Another family who lives on a farm less than two miles from where the barn was destroyed described their fright.
Desarae Davis of ‘Davis Oasis Farm’ said she and her husband also received emergency alerts on their phones telling them to take shelter because a tornado was hitting the area.
“We got the kids up, we got up, and we were watching all of our windows, and we couldn’t see anything because it was just almost like a big cloud, like it was so musty and cloudy,” said Desarae. “We put our kids into the bathroom, which is the safest spot with no windows, and we told them to hunker down, and we watched the house while the house shook.”
Joe Davis said, “I spent most of my life in Florida, and I have never seen lighting like that. It was like a strobe house.”
He said his family is ok and their farm is fine, but one of their chickens died of fright.
“I think we had one that died, like a heart attack,” Joe said. “Chickens can literally give themselves a heart attack from being scared.”
“I didn’t think that anything was going to be that close to us. I guess I was wrong,” he said.
Florida Power & Light (FPL) reported the damaged barn while they were in the area restoring power. Who owns the storage barn is still unknown, but NBC2 is working on finding this out. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/charlotte-county/2023/05/01/charlotte-county-families-describe-terrifying-moments-before-tornado-hits/ | 2023-05-01T15:18:17 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/charlotte-county/2023/05/01/charlotte-county-families-describe-terrifying-moments-before-tornado-hits/ |
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A person was found dead in a body of water near Avalon Drive early Monday morning.
According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received a call at around 7:12 a.m. about a body found in the water.
When deputies arrived, they confirmed that the person was deceased. The body was found on the southern portion of lake Avalon, near the boat rental marina.
CCSO says that the death does not appear to be suspicious at this time.
This is a developing story. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/05/01/active-death-investigation-after-body-found-in-east-naples/ | 2023-05-01T15:18:23 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/05/01/active-death-investigation-after-body-found-in-east-naples/ |
Brandywine Hundred couple found fatally shot Saturday was murder-suicide, police say
A double shooting Saturday morning near the Brandywine Hundred community of Westloo has been ruled a murder-suicide by Delaware State Police.
The victim's names have not been provided, but police said the incident began about 7:30 a.m. Saturday when emergency operators received a 911 call from the 1800 block of Veale Road in Brandywine Hundred.
Troopers dispatched to the home entered the structure through an unlocked side door and found two people who had been shot.
One was an 87-year-old man, the other was an 86-year-old woman.
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Both lived at the home were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Troopers said they found a handgun on the man.
Detectives are asking that anyone with information regarding this incident contact detectives at (302) 741-2821. Information may also be provided by sending a private Facebook message to the Delaware State Police or contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at (800) 847-3333.
Contact Esteban Parra at (302) 324-2299,eparra@delawareonline.com. | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/01/delaware-police-brandywine-hundred-fatal-shooting-was-murder-suicide/70169007007/ | 2023-05-01T15:22:19 | 1 | https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/01/delaware-police-brandywine-hundred-fatal-shooting-was-murder-suicide/70169007007/ |
GREENSBORO — Tickets to see Ashanti and Ja Rule go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday for their Oct. 6 concert at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.
Tickets for the "Epic Night of Hits" tour stop featuring special guest Lloyd will be available at tangercenter.com and ticketmaster.com.
Ashanti is a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter, actor and author. Ja Rule is an American rapper, songwriter, singer, record producer and actor.
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GREENSBORO — Registration for the Greensboro Fire Department’s inaugural Fire Citizens’ Academy is now open until 5 p.m. June 16 to give residents a behind-the-scenes look at what they do for the community.
The citizens' academy will meet 6-8:30 p.m. each Monday from July 31 through Sept. 25 at various fire stations throughout the city. Free CPR and First Aid Certification is included for all program participants.
“The Fire Citizens’ Academy is an incredible chance for our community to get to know their local fire department,” Fire Chief Jim Robinson said in a news release. “We are excited to work one-on-one with our community and hopefully offer a new perspective on what we do every single day for the people we care about the most.”
All participants must be at least 18 years old. Only 20 people will be selected and everyone who registers will be notified by June 21.
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Learn more and apply today at greensboro-nc.gov/gfca. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/greensboro-opens-registration-for-new-fire-citizens-academy/article_7c910266-e820-11ed-823a-2b38c5d14d08.html | 2023-05-01T15:25:00 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/greensboro-opens-registration-for-new-fire-citizens-academy/article_7c910266-e820-11ed-823a-2b38c5d14d08.html |
SPRINGFIELD — Bank of Springfield recently welcomed Dustin Mardis as Community Bank president. Dustin brings over 27 years of banking experience to BOS and most recently worked as a senior vice president at Marine Bank. In his role at BOS, Dustin’s responsibilities will be focused on building loan relationships in the Bloomington-Normal area.
Dustin holds the professional designation Certified Lender Business Banker with the Institute of Certified Bankers as well as Chartered Financial Consultant through The American College. He specializes in commercial, construction and industrial lending as well as commercial real estate.
Dustin received his bachelor’s degree in finance at Illinois State University and his master’s in business administration at the University of Illinois Springfield. He and his wife, Jessica, live in his hometown of Bloomington, along with their two sons, Nick and Thomas.
Bank of Springfield was founded in 1965 as a neighborhood bank on the southeast side of Springfield. BOS serves 11 communities with locations in Illinois and Missouri. For a list of locations, services and additional information, please visit bankwithbos.com.
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A green “Bring Your Bag” sign is posted on El Be Goods front door, a boutique in downtown Tucson. It is one of over 50 Tucson stores that joined the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag‘s initiative to reduce plastic waste through the “Bring Your Own Bag” pilot.
The Consortium, managed by the investment firm Closed Loop Partners, is a collaboration of leading brands including the founding partners; CVS Health, Target and Walmart. They have worked for three years to develop bag reduction solutions. The first-of-its-kind pilot will be tested from May 1 to July 30 throughout an evolving list of more than 150 stores in Tucson, Denver and the surrounding metro areas.
National brands involved in this initiative include CVS Health; Target; Dick’s Sporting Goods; Dollar General; the Kroger Co., through its King Soopers and Fry’s stores; TJX, through T.J. Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods stores; and Ulta Beauty.
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The pilot aims to test bag reduction solutions to see if a collaborative retail effort can encourage customers to remember their reusable bags more often and bring them to retailers beyond grocery stores.
Laura Stupar, owner of El Be Goods, 160 S. Avenida Del Convento, and a member of the fashion industry for over two decades, has incorporated sustainability into her business and products since the boutique opened in 2019. At the store, they try not to use bags when checking customers out, but when they do, they use recycled paper bags, she said.
Although El Be Goods is already practicing many of the initiative’s strategies, Stupar was excited to partner with local retailers and national chains through the initiative.
“When I saw that this was a collective, cohesive effort, it was just a no-brainer,” Stupar said.
America uses more than 100 billion plastic bags a year and more than 300 bags per person. Fewer than 10% of plastic bags are recycled, and the remaining bags take about 1,000 years to break down.
The Consortium said changing from a “disposable” culture to an economy that shares and reuses materials is urgent. They say that small changes can make a major impact; even a 1% bag reduction can eliminate 1 billion discarded plastic bags.
Research from the Consortium showed that although reusable bags have been widely adopted, they are not consistently used; this is the issue they plan to target.
Every participating store will test bag reduction strategies provided in their playbook, including customer prompts, marketing and signage in and around the stores. The Consortium will explore the easy, low-cost strategies’ effectiveness in creating a cultural shift where bringing reusable bags will be the norm.
Stupar is introducing an incentive strategy in her store, for each person who opts out of using a bag, the store will donate 10 cents to charity.
“The incentive, you would think, would be to preserve, to be eco-conscious, but that seems to not be enough,” Stupar said. “So we thought we’d offer a little bit more.”
Stupar said she’s wanted to be involved in a sustainability program for about two years and is glad she can do it with a community of other businesses.
“It’s a big topic already,” Stupar said regarding reducing plastic waste. “I’m glad someone is taking this initiative and taking the step.”
Learn more about the effort at tucne.ws/1n79.
Contact reporter Christine Holtgreive at choltgreiv@tucson.com. On twitter: @christineholtgr | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/a-reusable-bag-pilot-program-is-launching-in-tucson/article_75949868-e629-11ed-bce8-bfccf006eca4.html | 2023-05-01T15:31:10 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/business/a-reusable-bag-pilot-program-is-launching-in-tucson/article_75949868-e629-11ed-bce8-bfccf006eca4.html |
BLOOMINGTON — Property tax bills were sent out to McLean County residents on Friday, officials said.
McLean County Treasurer Rebecca McNeil, whose role includes tax collection, calculated a cumulative increase of 5.35%, or $20.1 million, for the county's overall 2023 billing, according to a statement from her office. That represents more than 68,000 parcels charged in the 2022 assessment period.
Expecting a tax refund? It could be smaller than last year. And with inflation still high, that money won’t go as far as it did a year ago. The 90 million taxpayers who have filed as of March 31 got refunds that were an average of nearly 10% less than last year, in part due to pandemic relief programs expiring. The filing deadline for most taxpayers is Tuesday. The average refund is $2,910, down from $3,226, a difference of more than $300, according to the most recent IRS data. For many households, especially working families, the tax refund can be viewed as the biggest one-time financial windfall of the year.
In total, $395.8 million is being billed to taxpayers, the statement said.
Due dates for property taxes are June 5 and Sept 5. A state-sanctioned monthly interest rate of 1.5% is levied on all payments made or postmarked after the due date, the treasurer's office said.
These taxes must be paid by Nov. 2, it continued, or they will sold at a Nov. 3 tax sale. Payments can be mailed, tendered online and at most local banks, or at the McLean County Government Center, 115 E. Washington St., Bloomington.
Taxpayers may leave payments in the county's Tax Collector's drop box, located in the parking lot at Front and East streets in Bloomington, also across the street from the Government Center.
McNeil's office noted that, while the county is tasked with sending the bill, it is only set to receive 10.3% of the total, or $40.6 million. That figure increased by 6.3% over the last year.
The remainder is divided among other governmental entities, including schools, municipalities, townships and their road districts, libraries and fire protection districts.
County data shows 13 school districts get the largest partition: 61.4%, or $243 million.
The equalized assessed value of all McLean County property is now $4.46 billion, the statement said, increased by $278.1 million. The county's EAV jumped largely because of heightened property values from equalization, the treasurer said.
Questions? For billing issues, call the county treasurer's office at 309-888-5180 or email treasurer@mcleancountyil.gov .
If your question relates to property tax exemptions and assessments, contact the McLean County Supervisor of Assessments Office at 309-888-5130 or assessor@mcleancountyil.gov .
It’s no secret that the government often wasted taxpayer money, but according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office, it’s likely much more than you expect. The report indicates that some $247 billion is wasted every year, that’s $72 billion more than the entire 2023 education budget alone. So where is it all going? Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
10 Companies With Lower Tax Rates Than Most Americans
Amazon
Market value: $890.3 billion
Overall tax rate: 10.63%
Amazon.com (AMZN, $1,795.77) famously pays very little in taxes. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reports that AMZN paid $0 in federal taxes last year and will owe Uncle Sam precisely nothing in 2019, as well.
Indeed, last year Amazon received a federal income tax rebate of $129 million, which gave the company a negative federal tax rate. Amazon avoids paying federal taxes using a variety of tax credits and tax exemptions that are legal and built into the U.S. federal tax code, experts say.
By WalletHub's reckoning, the e-commerce giant's state, federal and international taxes combined for an overall tax rate of 10.63% last year. That's not nothing, but it's well below the 21% overall tax rate paid by companies in the S&P 100.
AMZN reported net income of $10.1 billion in 2018. It paid $1.2 billion in cash taxes, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Boeing
Market value: $199.3 billion
Overall tax rate: 9.86%
Over the 10 years spanning 2008 and 2017, Boeing (BA, $352.14) paid an effective federal tax rate of just 8.4% on its $54.7 billion of U.S. profits, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. That slipped to 7.85% in 2018, according to WalletHub, thanks to Washington's overhaul of federal taxes and federal tax breaks for the aerospace industry.
Boeing also benefits from steep breaks on state taxes. In 2003, Washington state awarded Boeing a package of tax incentives valued at more than $3.2 billion that would last through 2024. In 2013, those incentives were extended through 2040, with a value believed to be around $8.7 billion. In 2018, the aerospace giant's state tax rate came to a skinflint 0.91%.
The company, for its part, notes that it has invested $13 billion in the state of Washington since 2013.
On the international stage, Boeing's tax rate came to 37.67%. Put it all together, and this Dow stock falls into an overall tax burden of less than 10%. As far as actual cash taxes are concerned, S&P Global Market Intelligence data shows Boeing paid $1.3 billion on net income of $10.5 billion in 2018.
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Intel
Market value: $250.6 billion
Overall tax rate: 9.71%
Intel (INTC, $57.60) paid $3.8 billion in cash taxes last year on net income of $21.1 billion. The chip giant's overall tax rate, however, came to just 9.71%.
Intel, which is headquartered in California, enjoys some of the largest corporate tax breaks in the U.S. - from Oregon, where it employs more than 20,000 people. Other items helping to dampen Intel's tax burden include the company's roughly $10 billion annual investment in U.S. research and development. (Companies can deduct the costs of R&D from their taxable income in the year that the costs occur.)
That said, the tide might be turning against INTC on the tax front. Starting in 2022, the federal tax overhaul will require companies to amortize their R&D costs over five years, instead of deducting them immediately each year.
And in June, Intel subsidiary Altera lost a court case to the Internal Revenue Service over the treatment of cost-sharing agreements within corporations. The outcome of the case could cost companies such as Facebook (FB) and Electronic Arts (EA) tens of billions in dollars.
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Honeywell
Market value: $129.2 billion
Overall tax rate: 8.80%
Major provisions of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are boosting Honeywell's (HON, $180.81) bottom line as it sends less cash to Uncle Sam.
The federal tax rate for the industrial conglomerate - which produces everything from home thermostats and humidifiers to aircraft engines and building management systems - fell to 12.85% in 2018 from 74.34% in 2017, according to WalletHub. The company's overall tax rate plunged to 8.8% from 75.40%.
On the state taxes front, Honeywell in late 2018 decided to move its headquarters to Charlotte, N.C., from New Jersey. In 2015, HON accepted a 10-year, $40 million deal to stay in the Garden State, and Honeywell still will honor the agreement by keeping roughly 1,000 jobs in the state. But North Carolina's largesse was too much to ignore. The Tar Heel State has a flat corporate income tax of 3%, the lowest such rate in the U.S. At the other end of the spectrum sits New Jersey, which has a top rate of 9% for its marginal corporate income tax.
HON paid cash taxes of $1.6 billion in 2018 - down from the $1.8 billion it paid the previous year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Raytheon
Market value: $60.0 billion
Overall tax rate: 8.39%
Raytheon (RTN, $215.33) immediately saw the benefits of corporate tax cuts last year, which helped boost the bottom line - and allowed RTN to splurge $1.3 billion on stock buybacks. The defense contractor best-known for Tomahawk missile, saw its overall tax rate drop to 8.39% from 35.79% in 2017.
The company also gets a lift from state taxes. Although the federal tax rate declined to 6.91% in 2018 from 34.92% the prior year, state taxes were negligible in both periods. Raytheon's state tax rate was a mere 0.1% in 2018. In 2017, it was essentially zero.
Raytheon was gunning for an $8.4 million state excise tax refund, but that was recently shot down by the Appeals Court of Massachusetts for, essentially, being late to apply. But RTN isn't hurting. Raytheon paid a total of just $17 million in cash taxes in 2018, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence, against $2.9 billion in net income.
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Adobe
Market value: $139.1 billion
Overall tax rate: 7.27%
Adobe (ADBE, $287.40), which dominates the market for software for creative types, had an overall tax rate of just 7.27% last year.
A breakdown reveals that Adobe's tax rate is enviably low across the board. It had a federal tax rate of 6.48%, a state tax rate of 6.88% and an international tax rate of 5.8%, according to WalletHub. The net effect makes ADBE one of the five lowest corporate taxpayers among S&P 100 companies that pay any taxes.
Indeed. In 2018, the software colossus paid cash taxes of only $210 million, down from $397 million the previous year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
The low impact of taxes is a welcome relief for shareholders, who are concerned that Adobe could report annual revenue growth of less than 20% in calendar 2020, down from 24% in 2018, note analysts at Canaccord Genuity.
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Pfizer
Market value: $208.0 billion
Overall tax rate: 5.95%
Pfizer (PFE, $37.25) recorded a $10.7 billion gain from the tax overhaul in early 2018. Funnily enough, investors were hoping for an even bigger drop in its corporate tax bill stemming from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
The pharmaceutical giant plans to pay around $15 billion in taxes over the next eight years as it repatriates its cash held overseas.
Pfizer's overall tax rate came to just 5.95% in 2018 because a net loss saved the company from paying state and federal taxes. Its international tax rate came to 13.96%, according to WalletHub. In 2017, negative income spared it from state and federal taxes. Net tax benefits gave PFE a negative overall tax rate of 73.54%.
Be that as it may, deferred taxes and other monies owed to the IRS led Pfizer to pay $3.7 billion in cash taxes last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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General Motors
Market value: $54.9 billion
Overall tax rate: 5.54%
General Motors (GM, $38.42) famously paid little to no federal taxes for years, and the situation is expected to continue for another five years.
In 2018, for example, the automaker recorded $4.3 billion in U.S. income and received a federal tax refund of $104 million. This enviable situation stems from the huge losses GM incurred prior to its 2009 bankruptcy filing.
The tax code allows net losses to be carried forward and applied to future profits, reducing tax liability. The popular tax break is intended to help companies get back on their feet after suffering net losses.
General Motors gets a big break from Uncle Sam; nevertheless, it still pays state and international taxes. The company's state tax rate came to 8.19% in 2018 vs. a net tax benefit in 2017. Its international tax rate declined to 40.60% from 284.38%, according to WalletHub.
GM paid cash taxes of $660 million in 2018, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Exelon
Market value: $43.6 billion
Overall tax rate: 5.38%
Exelon (EXC, $44.82) boasts the second-lowest tax rate of any company in the S&P 100 in 2018%. Zero-emissions credit revenue in New York, New Jersey and Illinois, as well as savings from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, helped to lighten its tax load.
Exelon's overall tax rate was as high as 38.26% as recently as 2016, and it paid 32.18% in 2015. Today, it stands at just 5.38%.
Around this time last year, an appeals court affirmed that Exelon dodged about $1 billion in taxes related to the sale of a coal plant in 2000. The decision didn't affect the company's bottom line, however, because it already paid back taxes, interest and penalties on money owed to the IRS.
In 2018, Exelon paid cash taxes of just $95 million on net income of $2 billion, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Netflix
Market value: $126.5 billion
Overall tax rate: 1.24%
Netflix (NFLX, $288.59), the mammoth streaming media and production giant, had the lowest overall tax rate among the massive companies in the S&P 100 last year, WalletHub says.
Negative state and federal tax rates of 7.41% and 7.05%, respectively, almost completely offset an international tax rate of 36.06%.
Although Netflix booked a 2018 U.S. profit of $845 million, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, it received money back from state and federal tax authorities. It's unclear how that came to be, but one possibility is that NFLX was able to claim a tax credit on some of its foreign earnings to avoid double taxation. In other words, that 36% international tax rate allowed Netflix to claim a refund in the U.S.
Indeed, Netflix has benefitted from the vagaries of tax codes both in the U.S. and abroad. In 2018, NFLX received a 57,000-euro tax rebate (roughly $63,000) from the U.K. government.
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How much do they make? Rhode Island municipal and school salaries in 2022
How much did they make?
That's the question we hope to answer for Rhode Island's six biggest municipalities, as well as their school departments. To do it, we have requested salary data from all the municipalities and schools.
Below you will find insights, and links, to the various stories on municipal, state and school salaries we have compiled, along with the databases so you can search the payroll yourself.
These salaries stories are port of a series by The Providence Journal. Stories and databases will cover municipal payroll and school payroll in Providence, East Providence, Pawtucket, Woonsocket and Warwick.
But it's not just municipalities as we have stories on the top 100 state employees, the top 100 state pensions and and the list of non-union state employees who received $3,000 bonuses in 2022 and their salaries.
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Municipal salaries
Firefighters and police officers usually dominate the lists of highest paid employees in cities and towns, but how much they got paid, how much overtime and detail pay, shifts depending on the municipality.
East Providence
Our 2022 look at municipal salaries started with East Providence, where firefighters topped the list of the top 10 and top 100, with pay mostly boosted by overtime.
Lots and lots of overtime, including 19 people who made more in overtime than they did in their base pay. In those 19 (16 firefighters, three police officers), overtime ranged from $73,951 to $128,516. See our full story (subscription required) on East Providence's salaries in 2022.
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School salaries
Usually, school payrolls, both in number of employees and the amount paid out, dwarf their municipal counterparts.
Pawtucket School Department
With 1,453 people on the payroll, the Pawtucket School Department paid out $79 million in total wages in 2022, in addition to $31 million in benefits to its employees.
The number of employees making at least $100,000 in 2022 was 63 (4% of people on the payroll) while the number of people making $80,000 or more was 602 (41% of the payroll). See our full story on the Pawtucket School Department salaries here.
View, search or sort the full database of 2022 Pawtucket School Department salaries.
Unlike the Pawtucket Schools, the City of Pawtucket counted 683 people on its payroll, less than half that of the school district, with a similarly lower total payout of $44.6 million
It should come as no surprise that in Pawtucket, the people who topped the salary list were police officers and firefighters. Seven out of the top 10 overtime earners were police officers, but firefighters earned most of the city's overtime pay. See our full story on the City of Pawtucket salaries here.
View, search or sort the full database of the 2022 City of Pawtucket salaries.
Warwick Public Schools
In Warwick, teachers make more than in other districts, as do teaching assistants, who are required to have associate's degrees.
While 2,498 people appeared on the payroll, people making between $100,000 and $90,000 represented 21% of the workforce while another 44% was made up by people who made less than $20,000. See our full story on the Warwick Public Schools here.
View, search or sort the full database of 2022 Warwick School Department salaries.
Top state salaries, pensions and bonuses
$794,615 in eight months.
That's how much URI men's basketball couch Ryan "Archie" Miller made in 2022, making him the highest paid state employee, hardly surprising considering his five-year, $8.5 million contract signed in March 2022. But going further down the list, who were the top paid state employees in 2022?
Reporter Patrick Anderson breaks down the numbers in his story, including this tidbit: 159 state employees made $200,000 or more. Read his full story here or check out our database of the top 100 state employees in 2022.
State pensions are a sore point for retirees who want to get information from the state treasurer on why the R.I. pension fund's investment expenses skyrocketed from $46 million in 2012 to $187.8 million in 2021, before dropping to $166.7 million in 2022. See reporter Katherine Gregg's the full story on state pensions here.
We have a database of the 100 biggest pensions. Leading the list? Former Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Gilbert V. Indeglia, who retired in June 2020. A judge in some capacity since 1989, he was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2000. His monthly take-home pension is $18,942, or $227,309 a year.
See the entire top 100 pensions database here.
'Retention' bonuses, including for lifetime appointments
A total of 579 $3,000 bonuses went out the door in 2022 to non-union state employees, including 60 with lifetime appointments as judges with six-figure salaries and, as Gregg reported, " a phalanx of politically connected magistrates with 10-year appointments in most cases."
See who got the bonuses, and how much they made or read Gregg's reporting on the bonuses.
Salaries in 2021
In 2021, we wrote about East Providence's salaries. Firefighter overtime went up in 2022, even though Fire Chief Glenn Quick said last year that it was supposed to go down as the department filled open positions. Quick did not respond to requests for comment on 2022's salaries.
Read about East Providence's 2021 salaries or search and sort the full 2021 East Providence salary database
In 2021, many Providence police officers and firefighters were able to double their regular pay through overtime, while the highest paid person was Capt. Luis San Lucas, who leads the Police Department’s traffic bureau and earned nearly $280,000, with $85,000 in overtime.
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The road to Mount Lemmon remained closed Monday as crews fight a fire near Molino Basin, officials say.
Firefighters will benefit from temperatures that are cooler today than Sunday's 100-degrees, but will be dealing with wind gusts. Pima County is one of several areas in southern Arizona under a Red Flag warning, the National Weather Service says.
Winds of 15 miles to 30 miles per hour are expected here and Pinal and Santa Cruz counties starting later this morning until about 7 p.m., the Weather Service warning says. And wind gusts between 35 miles to 45 miles per hour are anticipated during that time.
The fire started Sunday near Mile Marker 4.5, the Sheriff's Department says.
The size of the wildfire had not been updated early Monday.
Residents and businesses still had access to the highway. Traffic down the mountain also was being allowed.
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Rose Canyon Lake was cleared for use by firefighting aircraft.
Today's high temperature in Tucson is expected to be about 90 degrees, ten degrees cooler than Sunday.
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BLOOMINGTON — Home Sweet Home Ministries said a group of donors has offered to match gifts up to $50,000 through the organization's May Community Challenge.
The Bloomington-based nonprofit organization said the initiative allows it to continue to provide services to help people experiencing homelessness, poverty and food insecurity.
“Community support is truly what makes our mission possible,” CEO Matt Burgess said in a statement. “The May Community Challenge reminds us how grateful we are for our community partners. Together we are helping our neighbors in need.”
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As Arizonans, we all are keenly aware of the importance of water. But perhaps no one values water more than the family farmers and ranchers growing food and fiber in the arid Arizona climate.
My family’s drinking water and our livelihood would be at risk without clean water, which is crucial for growing healthy crops. My son and daughter are the sixth generation to farm on our family’s ranch, so for me, it’s even more imperative that our water is safeguarded for the future. That’s why we constantly implement best practices to better steward our water resources and are steadfast advocates of policies that conserve our water for generations to come.
Arizona growers have always respected and willingly complied with the intent and goals of the Clean Water Act, which was passed by Congress in the 1970s to establish key protections for our nation’s waters, including navigable lakes and rivers, tributaries and wetlands.
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Of critical importance in the law is the role it provides state governments in creating and enforcing additional water protections, as states have greater insight into their own water resources than the federal government. Arizona is an excellent example, as we have shored up our state’s water rule to grant further protections for tributaries and enacted a process for garnering local input to add or remove protected waters.
Despite all the good the Clean Water Act has done for our nation’s waters, we continue to see the EPA use this law as a means to broaden the federal government’s power over private property far beyond the original intent of Congress.
The EPA’s latest effort is a new rule that changes the definition of waters of the United States, or the waters that are federally regulated under the Clean Water Act. The new regulation asserts federal power over not only lakes and rivers but also ditches, farm ponds, and even low spots in fields. The most troubling part of this rule is its inclusion of dry waterways that only flow during heavy precipitation, also known as ephemeral washes.
My family’s farm and ranch, located in the San Pedro River valley, is completely crisscrossed with washes that rarely have any flow at all unless we receive well above average precipitation. Yet because rain runoff is considered ephemeral waters, much of our land would be regulated by the EPA’s new WOTUS rule. This would force us to endure the arduous and lengthy process of obtaining a Clean Water Act permit just to perform everyday farm tasks like building fence, plowing ground, or changing a field from one crop to another.
Of course, we aren’t the only producers in the state who will be impacted. Our arid climate means thousands of acres of dry land could be subject to federal regulation simply because it may be wet a few days of the year.
As president of the Arizona Farm Bureau, I have heard from dozens of our members who are deeply concerned about the threat this new rule poses for their operation. The rule is so vague and confusing it’s nearly impossible for agriculture producers to decipher if their land is under EPA’s jurisdiction. And the consequences for being wrong are dire. Family farms like mine will be forced to hire an array of expensive lawyers and consultants just to determine if our land contains federally regulated “waters,” or else face exorbitant civil fines and even criminal charges.
We are thankful that a bipartisan majority of Arizona’s congressional delegation recognized the harmful impact of this rule and did the right thing for Arizona farmers and ranchers by voting in favor of a recent Congressional resolution to repeal the WOTUS rule. While the rule has been blocked by the courts in 26 states, the President still vetoed the will of Congress, returning the burden back on lawmakers. We urge them to keep fighting with policies or appropriations to ensure Arizona’s farmers and ranchers can continue to invest in water conservation measures rather than regulatory consultants and attorneys.
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At the end of her life, Bernadine Wick was lost in her own mind, and her world was full of terrors.
She sometimes believed that she had been kidnapped, that she was in a "dark cave."
She suffered physical misery, too. A bacterial infection inflamed her swollen calves. The pain, a doctor said, must have felt as if her legs were broken. She had a urinary tract infection that had been raging for months.
She was sitting alone in her room watching a baseball game when she noticed the other woman in a wheelchair coming into her room – Joann Thompson, a resident who was known to wander the halls of their shared residence, Bethesda Gardens. Bernadine grabbed two wire hangers.
She beat Joann on the head and hands.
Joann died six days later.
Bernadine would not live much longer. After the attack, she was hustled off to the only facility that would take her — a place where her daughter said she suffered poor care.
Assisted living facilities and nursing homes are supposed to keep residents safe, but hundreds of seniors contend with violence at the ends of their lives.
Dementia is often blamed for altercations, but that is not because all people with dementia are inherently aggressive.
They may act out when frightened, confused or in pain. Some hurt others because of behavioral problems that facilities are not equipped to manage.
Experts say it doesn't have to be this way. There are tangible steps that regulators, facilities, staff members, doctors and loved ones can take to prevent residents from hurting each other.
Here are 10 things that can be done to better prevent resident-on-resident harm.
Senior living facilities should be careful who they select in the first place
Experts say preventing violence starts with the admissions process. Facilities should be careful about accepting new residents who might put others at risk.
"Residents die because of a lack of a meaningful pre-admission screening," said Eilon Caspi, a researcher who has studied resident-on-resident harm for decades. "Because they were admitted and they should have never been and they were because it was good for the bottom line. And then there is trauma and tragedy and everybody’s shocked but they shouldn't be shocked. Because it was predictable."
In Bernadine's case, an employee at Bethesda Gardens wrote to her manager that she wasn't sure if Bethesda Gardens was a good fit for her before she bit, punched and used a fork to stab other residents.
But admissions processes are not just for limiting who comes in — they are also vital for establishing good care plans for new residents.
Kris Woolley, who founded Avista Senior Living, which operates assisted living facilities in several states, said it is important to set up residents from the moment they are admitted with a care plan that fulfills their specific wants and needs.
"I want anybody walking into our facilities to feel the love," Woolley said. "And that starts even before (the resident) moves in. The discovery is not just 15 minutes, it's not even just an hour. It's often multiple visits where, on the front end, we're getting to know whomever this potential resident is."
Staff at senior living facilities need to know their residents
Caspi said knowing specifics about residents and offering meaningful engagement is one of the most important things facilities can do to prevent residents from getting upset and hurting their peers.
That involves making sure employees know each resident's life story and can tailor activities to their interests. It involves having a robust recreation department that offers something specific for each resident to meet their emotional, psychological, physical, medical and spiritual needs.
"That's when you're going to see the most dramatic reduction in incidents," Caspi said.
In the memory care unit of Desert Willow Assisted Living and Memory Care in north Phoenix, residents have nooks outside their doors decorated with their belongings which helps them feel a sense of familiarity.
They also have easy access to an outdoor patio, which can help alleviate the sense of being boxed in — a feeling that can trigger a resident. And the doors that lead out of the memory care unit are made to look like bookshelves. This prevents residents from seeing a door they are not able to open and becoming frustrated.
The director, Dannis Murphy, said it's important that every employee knows each resident, understands the dynamics between residents and also knows where each resident is at all times.
"There's a whole balance of trying to figure out the best way to deal with each individual," Murphy said. "We do a 100 things about me page. So each caregiver is trying to write down everything they know. This resident loves to fish, loves the Pittsburgh Pirates, loves Broadway shows — whatever it is that we can utilize to calm them down."
If you can get a resident thinking about their interests, he said, they forget they were mad.
Residents should have their own private space
Unwanted visitors and roommate disputes cause some of the most severe — and avoidable — altercations between residents.
Many experts The Arizona Republic talked to agreed: Residents of assisted living facilities and nursing homes should have their own space, and that space should be closely watched. The standard of care should be private bedrooms — a standard that's absent at many facilities — and staff should be consistently alert and on the lookout for residents who may have wandered into others' rooms.
Joann and Bernadine had their own rooms at Bethesda Gardens, but residents were also allowed to wander freely.
Joann moved into Bethesda Gardens after her previous facility told her daughter they couldn't monitor her constant wandering habits without a hefty price hike for her care.
Joann's daughter had no idea one of Bethesda Gardens' residents, Bernadine, had a mandate to prevent others from wandering into her room. Bernadine's daughter had even asked the facility to put a lock on the door because she knew her mom was afraid of visitors.
The facility agreed to keep watch over Bernadine's room.
But in an instant, when an employee left his post to get water, Joann wheeled into Bernadine's room.
The Republic found about two dozen altercations over the last several years prompted by a resident entering another resident's room.
At Aurora Place Assisted Living in Apache Junction, a 90-year-old man was punched in the face several times because he accidentally entered the wrong apartment. A caregiver told police they'd had to redirect him before.
At Devon Gables Rehabilitation Center in Phoenix, a resident punched a man who entered his room because, he said, the man was always showing up, according to a state report.
A resident at Scottsdale Memory Care had a habit of stealing things from another woman's room. The woman got fed up one night and pushed her intruder to the ground where she hit and cut her head, according to the police report.
Keeping residents from wandering into others' rooms is a big challenge, said Chrissy Hall, the regional director of operations for Seasons Living, an assisted living facility operator with locations in Arizona.
Putting locks on doors just doesn't work when it comes to residents with dementia.
"They're not going to remember that they have a key. In my tenure we’ve tried a number of times ... to give them keys and we’ve probably gone through 50 keys because nobody remembers," she said. "During the day, you want them to have access to their room, their own bathroom, their own personal items. But if they walk into their room and someone follows them in, which can happen at any moment, you could have an altercation."
She said it comes down to having a good team who knows who wanders and remains observant.
Facilities could try a few additional measures to prevent these altercations.
The analog route: One former nursing home administrator suggested putting flags on the back of the wheelchairs of residents who they need to keep a closer watch on. Though Hall doubted the efficacy of that.
The high-tech route: Invest in software. There is technology that alerts staff when a resident enters another resident’s room or even when residents get out of bed.
Wooley's facilities use an artificial intelligence product that alerts staff when a resident falls.
Without that?
"Somebody could fall in the middle of the night and they could be lying on the floor, bleeding and unconscious until the morning when somebody gets there," Woolley said.
Facilities should be fully staffed and staff should be properly trained
Nearly a year after a resident killed another resident at Bethesda Gardens, the north Phoenix facility was cited for hiring people without verifying that they were qualified. One employee's references and employment history had even been left blank on their application.
No public data exists to show if Bethesda Gardens was fully staffed, however.
Without enough staff in congregate care settings to keep an eye on residents, they can sometimes wander into each other's rooms unattended. When staff is stretched thin, every staff member must work more quickly to carry out important tasks like administering medications, bathing residents, changing adult diapers and moving residents into beds or wheelchairs.
In a nutshell, less staff often means less adequate care. Less adequate care leaves residents vulnerable to harm from each other.
It's not just the amount of staff but also their level of training. Caregivers must be given ongoing, specific training to recognize, prevent and deescalate violent incidents. Several family members, academic experts and staff members approached by The Republic called for improved and more consistent training in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
In order to make that possible, facilities also need to reduce turnover. Working with seniors is a difficult job, and the challenges staff members face need to be recognized and addressed — including with better pay — if facilities have any hope of maintaining a well-trained, engaged and attentive workforce.
“It is stressful, it's often thankless and there is often a high turnover of these underpaid positions,” said Dr. Jordan Karp, professor and chair for the department of psychiatry at University of Arizona. “Providing better pay to folks that are working and taking care of the most vulnerable people in our life (is something) we need to be thinking about because it's really a systems approach to optimizing care homes.”
Companies that own facilities need to be transparent about how much money they make and how much is spent on caring for seniors
Nursing homes must report financial statements to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, unlike assisted living facilities, but reporting regulations still allow the companies that own them to cloak how much they make from running a facility.
Many nursing homes are owned by large for-profit corporations, some backed by private equity investors — but that's not always clear from the ownership information they report to CMS. Often, a facility's owners are subsidiaries of a larger company, which in turn, can be owned by an even larger company. While CMS' enrollment forms require facilities to report every level of existing ownership, facilities don't always do that. A U.S. Government Accountability Office report from January said CMS is working on assessing the accuracy of the ownership information they get, but that it's unclear whether those efforts will actually fix the problem.
CMS has the power to deactivate or revoke a provider’s enrollment if they fail to report their ownership in entirety — but they rarely do so, said Charlene Harrington, professor emerita of sociology and nursing at University of California San Francisco.
Even when it's clear that a facility is owned by a chain or a private equity firm, it's difficult — sometimes impossible — to figure out how much money those owners are making. CMS doesn't require nursing home owners to submit consolidated cost reports, which are financial statements that would reveal the total amount of money an owner makes from all its subsidiaries.
When companies are permitted to obfuscate their profit reporting, it makes it harder to determine whether the dollars they're making are going toward improving residents' lives, or lining owners' pockets.
The answer, researchers say, lies at least partially in bolstering regulations.
In a policy paper released in April, Harrington and co-author Toby Edelmen, a senior policy attorney with the Center for Medicare Advocacy, say CMS should ensure nursing homes' ownership information is complete, accurate and transparent. Better screening owners, they say, could help increase the overall quality of nursing home care.
They say CMS should require facilities to submit related-party profits in audited cost reports, and their owners should submit consolidated financial information. Financial transparency would make it easier to determine how government funds are being spent. CMS, in turn, should also place ceilings on profit and require a percentage of the money made to be spent on direct care as is already happening in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
"The oversight is very lax and weak, so we don't have transparency of ownership, we don't have transparency of financials," Harrington said. "You could have all kinds of problems. And because they're doing so little oversight, no one would probably notice."
Diagnosis should be early and accurate
A psychiatrist who conducted a memory test said Bernadine's post-traumatic stress disorder was the worst case he'd ever seen in a senior.
But countless others never even receive such a diagnosis. Then police sometimes categorize residents as having "memory issues" or broadly generalized terms like "mental illness" without knowing what specific conditions they actually have.
Diagnosing forms of dementia like Alzheimer's, specific mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or PTSD and other conditions that affect cognition and mobility can be difficult. Many patients experience similar initial symptoms despite different underlying causes.
Experts say it's important not to conflate dementia and mental illness, and equating them can impede access to care. That said, many patients experience multiple conditions in tandem, and it's vital for physicians and caregivers to understand those overlaps.
How to speed up diagnosis and treatment? The late-life workforce should have access to better training aimed at picking up on the behavioral and cognitive changes associated with the early onset of diseases like Alzheimer's. And patients should have better access to the physical tests that make diagnosing Alzheimer's possible.
PET scans and spinal taps aren't cheap. While some experts hope that innovations in biomarker and blood testing will eliminate the need for such invasive and expensive tests, the medical system should still improve access for patients who want them in the meantime. Clinical trials can help, too; doctors should work to communicate options to patients and families.
In addition, if someone is scared or embarrassed to express how they're feeling, it can be impossible for medical professionals to successfully diagnose and care for them. That barrier is worsened by the persistent stigma around many of the conditions that can lead to aggression or violence. Caregivers, relatives and others should work to remove that stigma by being sensitive to people's needs and mindful of the language used to describe them.
Incidents should be reported in a timely and transparent manner
Standards should be put in place for nursing homes and assisted living facilities alike to document and report instances of resident-on-resident harm.
Nursing homes are required to report injuries because they are federally regulated, but the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services does not track resident-on-resident harm in a way that allows for meaningful study and reform.
Assisted living facilities are state regulated, so what they're required to report depends on where they are based. Most states require these facilities to report resident injuries, but Arizona does not.
Some states, including Idaho and Delaware, explicitly call for resident-on-resident harm to be reported.
Arizona should join the ranks of states that accurately track assisted living injuries. The problem can only be managed if it’s measured.
Caregivers should always know what medications residents are taking
As police and paramedics tried to save Joann Thompson, they were stunned to find that caregivers couldn’t even say whether she was on blood thinners.
Caregivers are required to use a detailed medication response log when working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, because that population may respond differently to certain drugs. But using a systematic approach to see if medications are working — in other words, writing up detailed, time-coded data linking dosages and responses — is one of the easiest and most effective ways to improve patient care for any population, said Liz Carr, a direct support professional who has worked with the developmental disabilities population for many years and also helps train other caregivers in the field.
In addition, reducing turnover or improving training for caregivers can help facilities notice whether people are receiving the right medications because highly engaged staff know their residents well and can pay better attention to their behaviors.
Assisted living facilities and nursing homes should be designed to keep residents safe
When it comes to memory care units or assisted living facilities that serve dependent communities, the environment itself should be curated for people with dementia or other conditions that affect mobility and cognition.
That means designing with residents in mind — thinking about how everything from the architecture of the building to the decor in rooms might be perceived by the people who will be living there.
A building where an entire corridor can be overseen from any point in the care unit is better for staff to keep watch than hospital-like buildings with long or L-shaped hallways.
It also means adjusting certain objects that can be used to injure others, a common theme that recurs in this project's violence database. Staff should be aware if a resident has personal effects that could cause serious harm or if a particular object, such as a game or toy, has become the subject of a disagreement. But staff must also walk a fine line between affording residents dignity and removing objects that could be harmful, and they should be attuned to specific individuals' needs.
Finally, if a resident reports that they have been assaulted, violated or otherwise harmed, believe them. Acknowledge that they have experienced something distressing, and give them the basic right to dignity — just as any person would want and deserve.
Residents who have hurt people deserve to be treated with dignity
After Bernadine attacked Joann, her daughter had little choice in where her mom could live going forward. A social worker found a facility that would take her — but it wasn't what her daughter wanted.
Conditions were dire.
Bernadine needed a liquid diet, but staff at the new facility brought her solid food. "I hungry, I hungry," Bernadine would say when her family visited.
"One time when my brother and I visited mom, she smelled so bad I put my COVID mask on," Bernadine’s daughter said. "Her clothing was saturated with urine, from her armpits to her knees. I pointed this out to the caregiver, but it took four hours before someone came to change mom."
By the next visit, Bernadine's bedsores had nearly eroded her flesh to the bone.
Her daughter moved Bernadine to a different facility that she liked after a couple of months. She died shortly after.
"My mother hated injustice and always rooted for the underdog," her daughter said. "She would have loved to play a part in reforming the elder care system, to banish neglect & abuse, but she NEVER would have chosen the role she was given." | https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-investigations/2023/05/01/how-arizona-senior-living-facilities-protect-residents/70134922007/ | 2023-05-01T15:32:15 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-investigations/2023/05/01/how-arizona-senior-living-facilities-protect-residents/70134922007/ |
In the summer of 2021, Arizona Republic investigative reporter Caitlin McGlade found out that Joann Thompson had been severely beaten by another resident at Bethesda Gardens Assisted Living facility in Phoenix.
Most reporters would have written Joann’s story right then, and it would have been compelling.
But McGlade had been covering the senior living industry since the early days of the pandemic, and she wondered whether the assault at Bethesda Gardens was a solitary event or if there was something more widespread going on.
She had just finished a series of stories about how Granite Creek Health and Rehabilitation Center in Prescott had hired a man with a felony conviction on his record to run the facility, how he forced employees to continue to work even though they were sick with COVID-19, and how 15 residents died.
McGlade knew that both of the organizations charged with regulating nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Arizona Board of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers, had been criticized in audits for not doing enough to protect seniors.
So she decided to dig into the subject of resident-on-resident harm to find out how often residents were hurting each other.
Her first calls were to plaintiff attorneys who confirmed that the issue was an important one and not well-known outside of families whose loved ones had been injured.
She then asked the Arizona Department of Health Services if facilities like Bethesda Gardens have to report assaults to the state. As it turns out, Arizona law does not require assisted living facilities to report all resident injuries to the health department.
The next step was to review stories written by newspapers across the country. There were a few notable articles, including a standout series in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
It was through that research that McGlade came across Eilon Caspi, a researcher based at the University of Connecticut, who wrote a book about conditions that lead residents to hurt one another.
Caspi told McGlade that the problem was widespread, that it was generally caused by neglect in the facilities, that the industry viewed seniors hurting each other as inevitable and had taken to labeling them as “aggressive.”
But how would she find out how many seniors were being hurt in Arizona?
The only solution was to turn to police reports.
McGlade first requested police call histories from every nursing home and assisted living facility in the state that serves more than 10 people. She then requested incident reports for calls stemming from assaults, domestic violence, fights, sex offenses and abuse, and variations of those keywords.
With help from other reporters at The Republic, McGlade spent nine months building a database that documented alleged or substantiated physical contact between residents, or between residents and facility employees. Team members listed information like times, dates, locations, medical diagnoses and other factors in order to determine where and how seniors were hurting each other across the state.
Though Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services keeps organized data chronicling nursing home citations, there is no label for resident-on-resident harm-related deficiencies. So counting the total number of these cases — and where they happen around the country — is nearly impossible.
To find nursing home citations for resident-on-resident harm in Arizona, reporters filtered federal data for a variety of citation types that might include resident-on-resident harm, downloaded the 200-plus corresponding reports and searched them for keywords such as altercation, aggressive, hit, punch, kick and more. Some reports were not text-searchable, so reporters read those.
Reporters found fewer than 50 references to resident-on-resident harm out of about 1,500 citations, but there may be more in reports not included in their sample.
They also added to the database by reviewing hundreds of state citation reports on nursing homes, which have to report resident injuries to their licensing agency.
Once that was done, McGlade and fellow reporters interviewed families, attorneys, facility employees, facility directors and researchers over the course of seven months to deepen their understanding of what they were seeing in the data.
Resident-on-resident harm typically comes up in the news as short, breaking stories. The Republic’s series is different because it seeks to deepen the public’s understanding of a complex, systemic problem facing seniors, their families and the people who are paid to take care of them.
Joann is not alone.
Science
Early in the reporting process, researchers told reporters that senior living residents who hurt each other commonly suffer from dementia and related conditions. So the team set out to understand how dementia affects the brain, how those brain changes in turn affect behavior and why scientists have yet to find a cure for the disease.
Melina Walling had covered bioscience for The Republic for several months when she started working on this project. Her reporting on COVID-19 had led her to an obsession with the immune system, culminating in a multipart series on latent viruses and the hidden impacts they may have on health.
After that series, she understood that scientists might have different approaches to a puzzle as challenging as dementia and Alzheimer’s. So she started reading and researching. She read Caspi’s book, "Understanding and Preventing Harmful Interactions Between Residents with Dementia," listened to pertinent podcasts and read dozens of articles on the topic.
She soon realized that scientists were considering many different hypotheses, and she would need to talk to a wide range of people to understand them.
To try to get at the big themes in the research, Walling talked to experts who have worked at Arizona’s three major universities: Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University. She read research papers, examined trends in research topics over time and kept abreast of new publications in research and drug development, many of which are still ongoing.
Finally, the team visited one researcher’s lab in person. They held a human brain and looked at brain tissue samples with Diego Mastroeni, a professor at ASU. That turned out to be a perfect stepping stone for illustrator Emily Nizzi to start thinking about visuals.
Illustrations
Nizzi said that her first impressions of the project were of the fear and helplessness that everyone — from residents to family members to staff — must move through while navigating dementia care.
To combat helplessness with knowledge, Nizzi illustrated the biology of the brain with the help of resources from the Alzheimer’s Association. She entered a series of ongoing conversations with Mastroeni about drawing neurons, amyloid plaques and more in a simple design for a general audience.
Based on Walling’s conversations with Lori Reynolds, a gerontology expert, Nizzi knew that there was potential for illustrating how someone’s understanding of the world could be altered by Alzheimer’s and how that could pose challenges for caregivers.
Nizzi decided to represent those changes not only by how they manifest in the body, but also as color, texture and movement. She pitched an aesthetic that she described as frenetic, surreal and almost psychedelic, to express anxiety. She knew from the start that a vibrant but oppressive blue would serve as an anchor for the series of images.
From that point on, the team had several conversations about what specific elements of the story would be best expressed visually and how, with an emphasis on dignity and respect for people with dementia and other conditions. Working with Reynolds, Nizzi showed what could be briefly terrifying or unsettling for someone who cannot make sense of the world around them. She sketched, discussed and brought designs back to the drawing board with Reynolds’ expert opinion in hand.
Finally, Nizzi created illustrations for the rest of the stories, working in elements of each narrative and building on the cohesive style she had designed throughout the project.
Financials
Staffing is a major cost for senior care facilities and is critically important for quality care. So The Republic set out to find out how nursing home ownership affects staffing levels and what happens when facilities are understaffed.
Through a series of conversations with Charlene Harrington, professor emerita of sociology and nursing at University of California San Francisco, the team began to understand the complex relationship between facility ownership, profits and losses and staffing. Research papers, reports from industry advocates and critics, publicly available financial statements and source interviews gave reporters a nuanced picture of the challenges nursing homes face hiring staff and the business practices employed by their owners.
Sahana Jayaraman, an investigative data reporter at The Republic, dove into federal nursing home data to understand what nursing home staffing levels and costs look like today.
She analyzed the day-by-day staffing data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for each nursing home over five years – more than 20 million rows of data.
She compared Arizona and national nursing home staffing levels to thresholds under which nursing homes were more likely to have quality issues for long-stay residents, established by a 2001 study for CMS. Beginning with a methodology developed by the team at USA TODAY for their Dying For Care project, Jayaraman created an analysis for the Republic’s purpose: to find out how many nursing homes met the recommended minimum staffing thresholds across every year.
Jayaraman then tackled the annual cost report information nursing homes are required to file with CMS. She analyzed 2021 financial data, poring over CMS documentation, provider enrollment forms, and electronic reporting specifications to figure out how many nursing homes reported profits from the services they provide to residents.
Dedication
We would like to dedicate this project to our sources who courageously shared their stories; to our team members’ loved ones who have suffered from Alzheimer’s and dementia; and to all our readers whose lives have been touched by this issue. You are not alone. | https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-investigations/2023/05/01/republic-reporting-resident-harm-arizona-senior-living-facilities/70164483007/ | 2023-05-01T15:32:21 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-investigations/2023/05/01/republic-reporting-resident-harm-arizona-senior-living-facilities/70164483007/ |
Here are 5 new developments that could be coming to Mesa
Zoning requests and public hearing notices were the focus of action at Mesa City Hall last week. Here are the highlights.
Public hearing set for 'Power & Elliot Commercial' development
Developers are asking the City Council to adjust the current commercial zoning to build a commercial development on approximately 14 acres along Power and Elliot roads in southeast Mesa.
The site will be anchored by an Aldi grocery store and an EoS Fitness center along the northeast and southeast corners, according to city documents. The site plan makes room for four drive-thru restaurants. The council will hear the request on May 15.
The Brickyards at Elliot
The City Council could make way for eight buildings slated for industrial and manufacturing space along Ellsworth and Willis roads. Developers are asking for a site plan modification on the 63-acre property. Martens Development Company, based out of Scottsdale, is set to build out the property.
The council will hear the request on May 15.
Cannon Beach adds 1.6 acres
Cannon Beach, the highly anticipated water recreation development, seeks to rezone 1.6 acres from agriculture to general commercial to move its parking structure. City documents state it will improve the overall plan to add space behind the wave lagoon.
Other changes to the plan include exchanging one of the north office buildings for a hotel building. The development is going from three stories to four stories at Hotel A and Office A.
Villas on Baseline
Developers seek to rezone 2 acres, designated as agriculture along Baseline and Gilbert roads, to allow for a 2-story multi-family townhouse development.
The rezone will allow for 29 residential units along with a picket ball court, ramada and cooking grills. The property has sat vacant for many years and has been"aggregating trash, debris, transients, as well as nuisance vegetation," according to the developer. Other multi-family housing, commercial development and a Fry's grocery store surround the proposed project.
The Edge on Main Apartments
The planning and zoning board will hear a proposal to adjust the zoning of half an acre to allow for a mixed-use development and denser multi-family housing units along Country Club Drive and Main Street. The developer plans to combine seven parcels to make an apartment unit with 400 units with the ground floor set aside for retail space along the portion that faces Main Street.
The project sits directly across from the light rail station at Main and Country Club. The city encourages development in the area to create pedestrian-friendly and "transit-rich" environments.
In a letter to the city, developers said, "The uses on this property are old and tired, underutilized and are desperately in need of redevelopment."
Reporter Maritza Dominguez covers Mesa/Gilbert and can be reached at maritza.dominguez@arizonarepublic.com or 480-271-0646. Follow her on Twitter @maritzacdom. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/05/01/mesa-new-developments-aldi-eos-gym-apartments/70140739007/ | 2023-05-01T15:32:57 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2023/05/01/mesa-new-developments-aldi-eos-gym-apartments/70140739007/ |
In street-renaming ceremony, NSB honors late Westside resident and leader Jimmy Harrell
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — A little more than a year after his passing, the city and residents of New Smyrna’s Historic Westside neighborhood came together to honor Jimmy Harrell, one of the community’s most prominent leaders.
“Jimmy and Mary will never be forgotten by the Westside and the whole of New Smyrna,” said Mayor Fred Cleveland at an event Thursday morning during which Duss Street received the honorary title of Jimmy Harrell Way.
The event took place in front of the Mary S. Harrell Black Heritage Museum, where Harrell worked as executive director until 2022.
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The museum is one of the cornerstones of the Historic Westside of New Smyrna Beach. The structure that houses the museum was built in 1899 as the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. It was later moved to the site at Duss Street in 1956 as the Old St. Rita Colored Mission Church.
In 1999, Mary Harrell chaired a citizens' committee that raised funds to restore the building.
“He volunteered side by side with his wife when she set out on a quest to collect and share African-American history and was instrumental in making the museum that bears her name a reality,” the city added.
He died April 3, 2022, at the age of 91.
“You are making history,” Cleveland told the residents attending the event. “This commemoration will not happen again. We may celebrate it again, but you marked the day. A very special day.”
Harrell remembered for dedication to the community
Harrell was born July 10, 1930, in Worth County, Georgia. He attended school at Eatonville, Florida, and graduated from Florida A&M University in 1957.
A year later, he married Mary and the couple moved to New Smyrna Beach in 1960, where he taught vocational agriculture to local farmers for three decades.
He was also a member of the Allen Chapel, where he served as a trustee, steward and choir member, and volunteered in several church and civic programs.
Harrell was named a Volusia County Teacher of the Year in 1985 and 1989; served on the board of directors at the museum when his wife served as executive director; was voted Citizen of the Year in 2016 by the Volusia County League of Cities; and New Smyrna Beach Citizen of the Year in 2020.
“And of all these accomplishments, what he loved the most was just being a child of God,” Cleveland said. “The children here will never have the pleasure of meeting Jimmy, but their parents will tell the stories and they will land in their heads, and they will know that goodness became of one man that lasted generation after generation.”
After his remarks, Cleveland presented the Harrell children — Brenda Jones, Linda Herring and Wally Harrell — with a replica of the honorary street sign, Jimmy Harrell Way.
After thanking city staff for making the event possible, Cleveland invited the Harrell family to unveil the sign.
Harrell family remembers father, brother and friend
Jimmy Harrell’s brother, Allen Harrell, addressed the crowd.
“I am so proud of this event,” Allen Harrell said. “And it is my hope that the light that Jimmy carried, the light that shone in this community, the brightness of it, will continue to exist for years to come and, especially, for generations and generations of the Harrell family.”
The honoree’s brother remembered Harrell’s past as an educator and church member in the Westside, as well as his dedication to the school system.
“I thank you all, and I just hope that you remember the life that Jimmy carried,” Allen Harrell said. “The life that shone in the darkness.
“Jimmy made sure that this community was inclusive to everybody, and as I look among you, I see that his dream came true,” he added.
Herring also thanked the city for hosting the event in honor of her father.
“I wish he was here,” Herring said. “I think he is looking down at us right now, and what a gracious thing for the city to do.” | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/01/nsb-honors-late-resident-jimmy-harrell-in-street-naming-event/70150860007/ | 2023-05-01T15:33:02 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/01/nsb-honors-late-resident-jimmy-harrell-in-street-naming-event/70150860007/ |
Turtle nesting season begins today in Volusia
Turtle season starts today and the sea creatures are already preparing nests, including a rare variety of turtle in Volusia County. The county reported four turtle nests already as of Friday.
Meanwhile, property owners recovering from hurricanes have leeway to build during nesting season, with restrictions.
One of the nests was laid by a Kemp's ridley turtle, "the world’s smallest and most endangered species of sea turtle," according to the county.
The county expects hundreds of sea turtles to make nests on the beach. Turtle nesting season ends Oct. 31. Hatchlings emerge after about two months of incubation.
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Turtles make over 580 nests on average each season in Volusia County. The county's highest-recorded season was in 2022, with 1,427 recorded nests, according to the county.
County officials are asking for people's help to protect turtles. Hazards like beachfront lighting, holes, trash, and beach furniture can harm hatchlings.
"Our goal is to make Volusia County beaches a safe and inviting place for humans and sea turtles,” said Jaymie Reneker, Volusia County's sea turtle Habitat Conservation Plan program manager. “We encourage residents and visitors alike to respect our wildlife."
The goal is to keep the beaches "clean, dark, and flat," she said. "We encourage everyone to let the night provide the light on our coastline.”
Anyone building seawalls or conducting other beach recovery projects can still move ahead with requesting a permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Construction can also continue, but people must call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission before project materials are delivered.
FWC officials will inspect the site for turtle nests before the project begins. More information on that is available at volusia.org/beachcleanup.
The county asks that beach visitors not disturb sea turtle nests, dunes, or plants; use only designated traffic lanes and parking areas for driving, not use flash photography or cellphone lights at night, not leave holes in the beach or trash, not use fireworks, and stay away from turtles and their hatchlings.
If you see a turtle in danger, report it to a lifeguard or Beach Safety officer or call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at 888-404-3922.
For more information about the county's sea turtle program call 386-238-4668 or visit volusiaseaturtles.org. | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/01/volusia-county-turtle-nesting-season-starts-today/70159465007/ | 2023-05-01T15:33:08 | 0 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/01/volusia-county-turtle-nesting-season-starts-today/70159465007/ |
What's happening to Fiesta and Metrocenter malls? Valley 101 looks at their fate
What's next for Fiesta Mall? What about Metrocenter? Which brick-and-mortar shopping hubs are still thriving, and what's going on with them? In this episode of Valley 101, we check in on the fate of some of the Valley's classic malls and discover what their futures hold.
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Bright lights, dark sand threaten Florida's sea turtles, especially in a warming world
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Lights on our beach and darkness in our sands is driving the destiny of Florida's threatened and endangered sea turtles more than we know.
Female sea turtles need dark places to dig their nests, otherwise they'll jettison their eggs at sea. Lights from along the dune can lure hatchlings toward beach roads instead of the ocean, only to be squashed or sunbaked to death.
So as sea turtle nesting season begins Monday, May 1, bright beach lights must go off or be shaded to temper them from spreading light onto the beach. Meanwhile, new research is bolstering the case that the darker the sand we use to renourish our eroding beaches, the more female turtles that will hatch. That might sound like more nest eggs for the future, but not so, biologists warn.
Here's why, and how we can help temper turtle threats.
How many more females?
A 2008 study by Florida Atlantic University found that up to two males for every five female loggerheads hatch on Florida sands, considered a healthy ratio for the threatened species.
Several studies have found that gender ratios of hatchlings can be effected by the temperature of the nest during incubation.
An Australian study published in February in Royal Society Open Science found more evidence that warmer sea surface and sand temperatures lead to more female hatchlings as well reducing hatchling survival.
How much of a risk is this to sea turtles?
Darker sand absorbs more heat from the sun than lighter-colored sand, meaning warmer nests, which could lead to fewer male turtles.
In 2020, German researchers concluded, the shortage of males "might eventually cause population extinction, unless rapid evolutionary rescue, migration, range shifts, or conservation efforts ensure a sufficient number of males," according to their 2020 study
"These findings underscore concerns for the long-term survival of this iconic group," the researchers from Deakin University, in Australia, wrote in their paper.
Graeme Hays, a professor of marine science at Deakin, said the color of beach sand, technically called the “albedo,” influences the temperatures at nest depths. "At the extremes between a very light coloured beach and a very dark coloured beach, there might be a temperature difference of 3 or 4 degrees Celsius," Hays wrote in an email.
Does temperature change gender ratios in other species?
Yes, in a wide variety of turtles, snakes and lizards.
Why is new beach sand sometimes darker?
The sand appears darker because it's been on the ocean floor for years, and not lightened by the sun and the mixing in with the native beach sand. The darkness also often is tiny bits of black seashell, mixed with the sand.
Brevard's beach sand is distinct from others because of the tiny crushed shells in it, which is what gives it such a wide range of colors.
Why do we pump sand onto beaches, anyway?
County officials cite studies that show each dollar spent on beach renourishment results in triple or more in the value in property protections, not to mention how healthy beaches bolster the $1 billion in yearly economic impact beaches bring to Brevard
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What are other more recent threats for sea turtles?
Sea turtles also face health risks from the microplastics they mistakenly eat and the PFAS "forever" compounds they contain. Plastic production is expected to double over the next two decades and almost quadruple by 2050 worldwide, from the 13 million tons of plastics pollute waters annually.
What are the beach lighting rules?
You must turn off or shade beachside lights during sea turtle nesting season, which runs from May 1 to Oct. 31. That requires all lights otherwise visible from the beach to be either covered, blocked, moved, or turned off from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. This includes flashlights, cellphones, and red lights. Although sea turtles are less affected by red light, they do still see it.
Where can I learn more about sea turtle rules?
Visit Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's sea turtle lighting site here.
Want to go to a turtle talk or walk?
Several groups offer guided nighttime sea turtle walks in which you can witness female sea turtles digging their nests at night. Most cost about $15 or $20 and require reservations. Visit these links for details:
- Friends of the Carr Refuge
- Sea Turtle Preservation Society
- Sea Turtle Conservancy
- Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Stella Maris Environmental Research
- Friends of Sebastian Inlet State Park
- Cape Canaveral National Seashore
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Name: Kalp Patel
School: Indian Trail High School & Academy
Parents: Dilip and Alpa Patel of Pleasant Prairie
Most memorable high school moment: My most memorable moment was the first day of junior year where we were all finally able to come back from over a year of online school and see our teachers and classmates in person again.
Most influential teacher: Patrick Metzler in AP Biology, Honors Biology; I was able to have Mr. Metzler for both my freshman and junior year. With AP Biology being a more challenging class for me, he would go above and beyond in order to provide me with any help that I needed to excel in his class. He was also able to inspire and motivate his students to really gain interest in the subject. While doing all of this, he found a way to make the class enjoyable and entertaining for everyone.
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School activities/clubs: DECA, Link Crew, National Honor Society
Honors, letters or awards: AP Scholar Award; Honors Roll
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: Volunteer at Aurora Medical Center; work at family business; basketball
College choice: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Intended major/field of study: Computer Science
Role model: My older sister
Three words that best describe my role model: Strong, Driven, Impactful
What I hope to accomplish in my lifetime: Sometime in my life, I would like to give back to my parents. They have sacrificed so much and worked so hard to provide my siblings and I with great opportunities. They have always supported us through any and all endeavors we pursue. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-kalp-patel-of-indian-trail-high-school-academy/article_01ad9f6e-e203-11ed-9a53-db404554968d.html | 2023-05-01T15:40:16 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-kalp-patel-of-indian-trail-high-school-academy/article_01ad9f6e-e203-11ed-9a53-db404554968d.html |
BRIDGETON — Police are trying to find a pair of men that robbed a teenager late last week.
The 18-year-old said he was approached by two Hispanic men while he was walking on Penn Street around 12:20 p.m. on Friday.
The men, after making threats, stole money from him, police said.
The teen was not injured, police said.
The suspects were described as possibly being two 20-year-old men, one heavier set and the other tall and thin, wearing black clothing. The thinner man also had a cross-body bag around him.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact police by calling 856-451-0033 or submit an anonymous tip at bpdops.com/tip/new.
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ROANOKE, Va. – Mark your calendars! Old Dominion will soon be making its way to our neck of the woods.
The American country music band, hailing from Nashville, will be coming to Roanoke’s Berglund Center on October 5 as part of its No Bad Vibes tour.
The band even has ties to Southwest Virginia, with lead singer and guitarist Matt Ramsey and drummer Whit Sellers, both from Botetourt County, a part of the group.
The band will be visiting more than 30 areas nationwide and the tour will officially kick off on September 7.
The tour announcement comes after the group was nominated for Group of the Year in the Academy of Country Music Awards for the eighth consecutive year. They’ve won the award for the last five years.
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 5 at 10 a.m.
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There's an ongoing stereotype that larger cities are more dangerous. While no larger cities (population of 300,000 or more) made the overall safest list, fewer than half of the 15 least-safe cities in the U.S. The most dangerous cities were determined from the analysis by their per capita cost of crime.
- St. Louis, MO - $8,457 cost of crime per capita
- Mobile, AL - $8,014
- Birmingham, AL - $7,900
- Baltimore, MD - $7,230
- Memphis, TN - $7,184
- Detroit, MI - $6,780
- Cleveland, OH - $6,491
- New Orleans, LA - $6,444
- Shreveport, LA - $6,344
- Baton Rouge, LA - $5,739
- Little Rock, AR - $5,374
- Oakland, CA - $5,329
- Milwaukee, WI - $5,243
- Kansas City, MO - $4,884
- Philadelphia, PA - $4,755
Mass Shootings in American Cities Are Getting Worse
Mass shootings are a particular scourge on American life. According to Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as any single incident in which four or more people are shot, there were 648 mass shootings in 2022 and 18 as of January 9, 2023.
Mass shooting events are included in our safest and most dangerous cities rankings. Though they are relatively rare, we do not adjust our rankings for these events. The emotional impact of mass shootings is incalculable, traumatizing families and entire communities. To quantify the economic impact, MoneyGeek calculated the total cost of mass shootings in 2021 to be $8 billion — that's about 4% of the total cost of crime in the approximately 263 cities analyzed and a 33% increase in costs from 2020 to 2021.
WORST CITIES FOR MASS SHOOTINGS IN 2021
- Boulder, CO - $108,651,414
- San Jose, CA - $108,393,140
- Indianapolis, IN - $98,457,785
- Atlanta, GA - $86,843,649
- Colorado Springs, CO - $75,875,198
Safety and the Cost of Crime
The direct economic costs of crime to individuals and society include victim medical and mental health care needs, damage to and loss of property and police and corrections costs. Aside from the imminent danger of crime, people living in higher crime areas see depressed home values and pay higher premiums on average for home insurance, renters insurance and auto insurance.
To assess the safest cities, MoneyGeek analyzed crime data, including violent crimes such as murder, rape and aggravated assault and property crimes such as home burglary and motor vehicle theft. This list calculated each city's cost of crime and ranked the cities based on the cost of crime per capita. Additionally, researchers have quantified how much more violent crimes cost a community than property crimes.
While perceptions of safety are vital, crime statistics do not capture any city or community's whole story.
"Behind all these averages that people like to cite about the crime rates in different communities are individual people and their decisions about how they choose to engage in their community," says Jesse Bruhn, Annenberg assistant professor of education and economics at Brown University who researches education issues and inner-city gang violence. "There's a lot more heterogeneity in these patterns that we just can't measure."
Despite genuine threats, Bruhn says, it may be surprising how safe people can feel in neighborhoods with high crime rates. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/second-arrest-in-pest-control-theft/article_05c1df47-64b0-5404-bcf5-8965f57cc0ea.html | 2023-05-01T16:00:47 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/second-arrest-in-pest-control-theft/article_05c1df47-64b0-5404-bcf5-8965f57cc0ea.html |
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A 22-year-old Lincoln woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly bit a corrections officer at the Lancaster County jail while she was being booked there on suspicion of DUI, according to police.
Police arrested Fiona Walker on suspicion of DUI and resisting arrest, among other charges, after she fled a traffic stop at 14th and O streets at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Lincoln Police Sgt. Chris Vollmer said.
Walker
Lancaster County jail
Walker resisted officers' attempts to take her into custody near 13th and N streets after she fled the traffic stop, Vollmer said, but police forcibly removed the 22-year-old from her car and took her to the Lancaster County jail.
She remained combative upon her arrival at the jail, Vollmer said, biting a corrections officer in the face as the guard tried to help remove her from the police cruiser.
The jail officer wasn't seriously injured and did not receive medical treatment for the bite, which left an "obvious bite impression" but did not draw blood, Vollmer said.
In addition to the DUI-related charges Walker already faced, police cited her on suspicion of felony assault on an officer or healthcare worker.
She remained at the county jail Monday.
Photos: Majestic sandhill cranes in Nebraska
Aurora cranes
The annual sandhill crane migration is in full swing from Hamilton to Buffalo counties. These two magnificent specimens squabbled over breakfast at midmorning Monday just a few miles east of Aurora and north of U.S. 34.
Steve Moseley, York News-Times
Fort Kearny cranes
People watch and photograph sandhill cranes from the Fort Kearny Hike-Bike Trail bridge over the Platte River at Fort Kearny State Recreation Area in Buffalo County.
COURTESY NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS
Sandhill cranes on the Platte River in Nebraska
Sandhill cranes gather near farm machinery
Sandhill cranes gather near farm machinery March 20 south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Cranes fly in waves on a cloudy evening
Cranes fly in waves on a cloudy evening March 20 south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
A pair of sandhill cranes glide in a clear blue sky
A pair of sandhill cranes glide in a clear blue sky March 20 south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes forage for food in a field
Sandhill cranes forage for food in a field south of Gibbon on March 20.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes fly over a field
Sandhill cranes fly over a field while others eat grain on a field south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes silhouetted against the evening sky
Sandhill cranes are silhouetted against the evening sky March 20 near Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes flock near an irrigation pivot
Hundreds of sandhill cranes flock together to find grain near an irrigation pivot south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes glide in for a landing to roost for the night
Sandhill cranes glide in for a landing to roost for the night March 20 on a sandbar in the Platte River south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes begin to roost at sundown
Sandhill cranes begin to roost at sundown on a Platte River sandbar south of Gibbon while others flock in to take their places.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes at sunset
A sunset provides the perfect backdrop for watching sandhill cranes March 20 south of Gibbon.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Viewing sandhill cranes from Richard Plautz viewing site
Onlookers view sandhill cranes from the Richard Plautz viewing site on the Platte River 2 miles south of I-80 at Exit 285.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
A sandhill crane flies above a field south of Gibbon
A sandhill crane flies above a field while others forage for grain south of Gibbon on March 20.
PHOTO BY JOHN SCHWANINGER
Cranes in the water
Lesser sandhill cranes touch down in the Platte River near Gibbon during their 2013 migration.
E. JASON WAMBSGANS, TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Cranes at sunset
Lesser sandhill cranes fly in at dusk to roost on the Platte River near Gibbon during their 2013 migration.
E. JASON WAMBSGANS, TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
Cranes
Sandhill cranes near Gibbon in March 2018.
Nati Harnik. Associated Press file photo
Sandhill cranes
Dueling Cranes - Nikon D5, 200-500mm f/5.6, Manual Mode, f/5.6, 1/640 sec., ISO 400, Matrix Metering, AF-C 9-point focus.
PHOTO BY JOHN F. KELLER
Sandhill cranes
Sandhill cranes rest on the Platte River at Martin's Reach Wildlife Management Area in Hall County in 2017.
NEBRASKAland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Sandhill cranes
Sandhill cranes fly in a clear blue sky near Gibbon, Nebraska.
FILE PHOTO BY MARK SCHWANINGER
Pair of sandhill cranes at sunset near Gibbon, Nebraska
Pair of sandhill cranes at sunset near Gibbon.
PHOTO BY MARK SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes flying high
PHOTO BY MARK SCHWANINGER
Sandhill cranes on and above a field near Gibbon
Sandhill cranes on and above a field near Gibbon.
MARK SCHWANIGER
Sandhill cranes
Sandhill cranes fill the sky and blanket a sandbar across the Platte River south of Gibbon on Thursday as they roost for the night during a pause in their annual migration.
ERIC GREGORY, Journal Star
Cranes
Sandhill cranes feed in cornfields in the Platte River Basin outside of Kearney during their yearly migration north.
MISCHA LOPIANO/Journal Star
Cranes
Sandhill cranes fly into the Platte River Basin outside of Kearney last Wednesday. The annual spectacle continues through early April.
MISCHA LOPIANO/Journal Star
Cranes
Sandhill cranes fly into the Platte River Basin outside of Kearney during their yearly migration north on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.
MISCHA LOPIANO/Journal Star
Cranes
Sandhill cranes fly into the Platte River Basin outside of Kearney during their yearly migration north on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.
MISCHA LOPIANO/Journal Star
Cranes
Sandhill cranes rest in the Platte River Basin outside of Kearney during their yearly migration north in 2016.
Journal Star file photo
The Nebraska Project cranes
Sandhill cranes darken a heavy sky near Alda.
BILL FRAKES/Straw Hat Visuals
The Nebraska Project
Sandhill cranes greet each other between Alda and Grand Island.
BILL FRAKES/Straw Hat Visuals
The Nebraska Project
Sandhill cranes gather between Alda and Grand Island.
BILL FRAKES/Straw Hat Visuals
Sandhill cranes
A fireball sunset along the Platte River as flocks of cranes return after a day of feeding. The view is prehistoric because these birds have been traveling this same path for the past 200,000 years.
Journal Star file
Sandhill cranes
Flocks of sandhill cranes during the afterglow of sunset on the Platte River south of Gibbon.
Journal Star file
Sandhill cranes
Sandhill cranes over the Platte River in 2013.
MELISSA GROO/Smithsonian Magazine
Sandhill cranes
A flock of Sandhill Cranes reveal their flying plumage as they fly over a corn field near County Road 26 and West Platte River Drive eight miles south of Alda, Neb., on March 23, 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Journal Star file photo
Sandhill cranes
A trio of sandhill cranes come in low on a cornfield on Elm Island Road in Gibbon in March 2011. During the several weeks the cranes spend near the Platte River each year, they consume food to build up fat to use as fuel for the rest of their migration. The majority of this is residue from the fall corn harvest, while the rest is made up of invertebrates such as snails.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Journal Star file photo
Sandhill cranes
With tens of thousands of sandhill cranes crowding the sky and strips of land along the Platte River in this 2011 photo, a lone sandhill crane comes in for a landing on a sandbar near the Audubon Rowe Sanctuary.
FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star file photo
Sandhill cranes
Funding for some critical habitat programs, affecting such species as sandhill cranes, could be in jeopardy.
MICHAEL FORSBERG/NEBRASKland Magazine/Nebraska Game and Parks Commssion
Sandhill cranes
These sandhill cranes made a stopover at Martin's Reach Wildlife Management Area in Hall County.
NEBRASKAland Magazine
Sandhill crane
Looking for food for its migratory journey, a sandhill crane walks among harvested corn stalks in a field down the road from the Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon in March 2012.
Journal Star file photo
Sandhill Cranes
Sandhill Cranes search for food in a cornfield near the Rowe Sanctuary, south of Gibbon, Monday, January 16, 2012. The cranes usually spend the winter further south in Texas and Oklahoma but due to drought conditions many cranes have been spending the winter in Kansas and Nebraska.
JACOB HANNAH/Lincoln Journal Star
Sandhill cranes Rowe Bird Sancutary
Sandhill cranes leave their Platte River roost just after sunrise at the Rowe Bird Sanctuary, which is one of the top 10 ecotourist sites in the Great Plains.
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Cranes in January
Sandhill Cranes search for food in a cornfield near the Rowe Sanctuary, south of Gibbon, on Monday, Jan. 16th, 2012. The cranes usually spend the winter further south in Texas and Oklahoma but due to drought conditions many cranes have been spending the winter in Kansas and Nebraska.
JACOB HANNAH/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Cranes in January
Sandhill Cranes fly over a field near the Rowe Sanctuary, south of Gibbon, on Monday, Jan. 16th, 2012. The cranes usually spend the winter further south in Texas and Oklahoma but due to drought conditions many cranes have been spending the winter in Kansas and Nebraska.
JACOB HANNAH/Lincoln Journal Star file photo
Cranes in January
GIBBON, NE -- 1/16/2012 - Sandhill Cranes gather in a cornfield
near the Rowe Sanctuary, south of Gibbon, on Monday, Jan. 16th,
2012. The cranes usually spend the winter further south in Texas
and Oklahoma but due to drought conditions many cranes have been
spending the winter in Kansas and Nebraska. (JACOB HANNAH/Lincoln
Journal Star)
JACOB HANNAH/Lincoln Journal Star
Sandhill cranes
A pair of sandhill cranes come in low on a corn field on Elm Island Road near Gibbon in March of 2011. (FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star file photo)
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal
Sandhill cranes
A Sandhill Crane comes up with the remnant of a corn cob during a visit to a corn field on the 1200 block of W. Burmood Road, south of Wood River Wednesday morning, March 23, 2011. According to the website, outdoornebraska.ne.gov , during the several weeks they spend near the Platte River on their annual migration they consume food to build up fat to use as fuel for the rest of their journey. The majority of this is the residue from the fall corn harvest while the rest is made up of invertebrates such as snails. (FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journal Star)
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal
Sandhill cranes
Three sandhill cranes wade in the waters of the Platte River at s Rowe Sanctuary looking for a place to roost for the night in March 2011.
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal
Sandhill cranes
With tens of thousands of Sandhill cranes crowding the sky and strips of land along the Platte River, a pair of Sandhill cranes fly over a sandbar near the Audubon Rowe Sanctuary in Gibbon Wednesday evening, March 23, 2011. Space on the river's sandbars was at a premium due to the rising water levels on the Platte River. (FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journal Star)
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal
Sandhill cranes
The morning dawn illuminates a silhouetted quintet of Sandhill cranes heading off in search of food in the neighboring fields 8 miles south of Alda Wednesday morning, March 23, 2011. (FRANCIS GARDLER / Lincoln Journal Star)
FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal
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BERLIN, Md. — It's been nearly one year since 14-year-old Gavin Knupp lost his life in a hit and run crash in Berlin.
Since then Knupp's family has been waiting for the person responsible to be brought to justice.
There was a major break in the case Friday.
The Worcester County State's Attorney Office filed 17 separate counts against 22-year-old Tyler Allen Mailloux.
He's charged with various crimes including failing to stop at the scene of a crash resulting in death, failing to render reasonable assistance to an injured person, and failing to report the incident to police.
Since July 17 last year, investigators have been in possession of a 2011 black Mercedes sedan believed to be involved.
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It was found at a residence in Worcester County, yet police needed to gather enough evidence to determine who was behind the wheel at the time of the crash.
Following the tragic incident, a Facebook Group called Justice for Gavin was started for supporters to gather and express their thoughts.
Visitors of the page have long suspected who was to blame.
According to online court records, a criminal summons was issued for Mailloux.
Currently there is no upcoming court date listed. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/charges-filed-against-alleged-hit-and-run-driver-responsible-for-gavin-knupps-death | 2023-05-01T16:04:00 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/charges-filed-against-alleged-hit-and-run-driver-responsible-for-gavin-knupps-death |
INDIAN HEAD, Md. — The Charles County Sheriff's Office is investigating a possible student overdose at a middle school last week.
On April 27 a student at General Smallwood Middle School became sick after ingesting what's believed to be a THC gummy.
The gummy was given away by another student, according to the Sheriff's Office.
After being sent home for the day, the student was taken to the hospital for further evaluation.
Detectives are now working to find where the original student got the edible from.
In the meantime the Sheriff's Office is urging parents to speak with their children about the dangers of ingesting foods or liquids with dangerous substances.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call investigators at 301-609-3282, extension 0574. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/charles-county-student-hospitalized-after-ingesting-thc-gummy-in-school | 2023-05-01T16:04:06 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/charles-county-student-hospitalized-after-ingesting-thc-gummy-in-school |
SAN ANTONIO — Almost a year has passed since a gunman walked into a school in Uvalde and took twenty-one lives. A former teacher says decided to use fashion, not to move on, but to move forward.
Former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District substitute and fashion design teacher, Lorena Auguste is still working on mending the wounds from May 2022.
"I couldn't sleep for days. I had to go to therapy four days a week. I couldn't eat," Auguste said.
Auguste said she taught 11 of the Robb Elementary students who lost their lives.
“Even as an educator now, when I walk through that door, even though I pray, even though I'm optimistic and strong minded, I know that there may be a chance.” she said. “I need to always be cautious.”
On Friday she hosted "Fashion Reaction: Amore" at Peace by Piece Connections (4803 South Flores Street) on San Antonio's South Side. Proceeds from the event benefitted Uvalde's Progreso Memorial Library.
Each of the designers has either had a direct connection to Uvalde or has had their life impacted by gun violence in some way. One of the designers, Angel, grew up on the west side of San Antonio He said he decided to develop a casual look to reflect how mundane the issue of gun violence has become.
“I would leave school and I would definitely see guns in people's hands,” he said. “And as if it was just normal, you know, to me, yes, it did impact me. But at the same time, it's kind of like it's a normal day in America."
Auguste asked that each designer either dedicate the outfits to the victims or draw inspiration from their own experiences with gun violence.
"He's from his own kind of community. She's from her own and she's with juniors. teenagers. She said. “So the way it impacts her is not the way it impacts me."
A second benefit is planned for june second at el Progreso Memorial Library in Uvalde.
"We're not done yet,” Auguste said. “This is something we want to do long term and not just for you Valley, but for Highland Park, for Sandy Hook, for Brooklyn, for the Bronx. For Santa Fe." | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/moving-forward-from-the-uvalde-tragedy-through-fashion-robb-elementary-school-texas/273-b8d456ca-2184-4773-aa1b-6fe2e5435415 | 2023-05-01T16:08:14 | 0 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/moving-forward-from-the-uvalde-tragedy-through-fashion-robb-elementary-school-texas/273-b8d456ca-2184-4773-aa1b-6fe2e5435415 |
SALEM, Ore. — A police shooting on Monday morning has closed Fisher Road Northeast between Market Street and Sunnyview Road in Salem, the Salem Police Department reported.
Police tweeted that the roads were closed "due to police activity" at 6:38 a.m. Monday. At 8:09 a.m., police tweeted that the area was still closed for an "investigation of an officer-involved shooting."
Salem police did not release any more information about what led up to the shooting, the number of people shot, the medical condition of anyone shot and whether any officers were injured. A Salem police spokesperson told KGW it is not responding to interview requests.
The police shooting happened near where two police cars were hit by bullets in separate incidents about 35 minutes apart Sunday night. Police did not say whether Monday morning's police shooting was related to the patrol cars being hit by bullets the night before.
This story will be updated when more information is made available.
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ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Police Department is asking for help in gathering up information about the obscene graffiti in Optimist Park.
The vandals went to the park and vandalized the slides and playground equipment at the park recently.
"“Call 911 to report suspicious behavior/possible vandalism in progress. So sad to see this,” said Councilman Greg Connell. City of Odessa leaders said they have made it a point that this type of behavior would not be tolerated, and they hope residents would take more pride in their home and parks.
City of Odessa employees do clean up all of the graffiti and extra security measures have been implemented to help stop this behavior.
People can contact OPD at 432-333-3641 or Odessa Crime Stoppers at 432-333-8477 if they have any information about the graffiti. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-police-department-asks-for-help-with-odessa-park-graffiti-incident/513-b3e9b4f9-10c0-427d-896a-d0bb68089574 | 2023-05-01T16:13:33 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/odessa-police-department-asks-for-help-with-odessa-park-graffiti-incident/513-b3e9b4f9-10c0-427d-896a-d0bb68089574 |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Southbound lanes on N. Lamesa Road at the E. Scharbauer Drive Intersection have been closed through May 3.
This is happening as crews continue to work on an emergency manhole repair project on N. Lamesa Road. Southbound traffic on N. Lamesa Road will be diverted to the turn lane. Drivers are asked to look for alternate routes and to drive safely in the area.
We will continue to update this story as we receive more information. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/southbound-lanes-on-n-lamesa-road-at-e-scharbauer-drive-intersection-to-be-closed-through-may-3/513-338a4608-6b7a-4486-9d6e-443a567935b4 | 2023-05-01T16:13:39 | 0 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/southbound-lanes-on-n-lamesa-road-at-e-scharbauer-drive-intersection-to-be-closed-through-may-3/513-338a4608-6b7a-4486-9d6e-443a567935b4 |
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...Windy Conditions and Elevated Fire Danger Today... Strong northwest winds of 25 to 30 mph, with higher gusts at times, are forecast from later this morning into the afternoon. This will create stiff crosswinds on some roads and may blow about loose objects. The strong winds, combined with relative humidity falling below 35 percent, will promote an elevated fire danger today. Any fires that do occur may spread quickly and become difficult to control. Please exercise caution and heed any local burn bans. Dry and breezy conditions are expected again on Tuesday.
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Areas Affected: Benton; Blue Earth; Brown; Chippewa; Douglas; Faribault; Freeborn; Kandiyohi; Lac Qui Parle; Le Sueur; Martin; McLeod; Meeker; Morrison; Nicollet; Pope; Redwood; Renville; Rice; Sherburne; Sibley; Stearns; Steele; Stevens; Swift; Todd; Waseca; Watonwan; Wright; Yellow Medicine
...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN, CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.. Dry conditions and strong north-northwesterly winds will lead to near critical fire weather conditions later this morning through this afternoon and again on Tuesday. North-northwesterly winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph are forecast this afternoon with minimum relative humidity values of 25 to 30 percent. Together, these conditions could lead to the rapid spread of fires. Check burning restrictions and fire danger before burning. Tuesday will feature even lower humidity values across most of Minnesota. Northerly winds will still be gusty, although a bit lower than Monday. For more information on burning restrictions for Minnesota, see www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/fire/firerating_restrictions. | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/elevated-fire-danger-in-parts-of-the-viewing-area-today/article_942315f2-e818-11ed-8575-2f76e95f7fad.html | 2023-05-01T16:14:16 | 0 | https://www.kimt.com/news/local/elevated-fire-danger-in-parts-of-the-viewing-area-today/article_942315f2-e818-11ed-8575-2f76e95f7fad.html |
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WTVA) — The Columbus Municipal School District is closer to naming a new superintendent.
Ten candidates applied for the position.
Three candidates are superintendents, one assistant superintendent, two directors and four principals.
Seven have doctoral degrees. Eight candidates are men and two are women. Nine are from Mississippi and one is from Michigan.
According to the Columbus Municipal School District, its board members will review the applicants and determine the next course of action.
Former Superintendent Dr. Cherie Labat resigned in early August 2022.
Related - Columbus school superintendent resigns | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/columbus-school-district-closer-to-naming-new-superintendent/article_624dbbe6-e82b-11ed-8902-3b425c020219.html | 2023-05-01T16:19:01 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/columbus-school-district-closer-to-naming-new-superintendent/article_624dbbe6-e82b-11ed-8902-3b425c020219.html |
TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) — WTVA received three EMMY® nominations for its 2022 weather and news coverage.
The Southeast EMMY® Awards announced the nominations on Sunday.
Open this link to view the full list of nominees.
WTVA received one nomination for its breaking news coverage of the Sept. 3, 2022, incident when a man stole a small plane and threatened to crash it into a Walmart store in Tupelo.
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WTVA received another nomination for its coverage of the November 2022 tornado in Lowndes County.
Finally, WTVA Chief Meteorologist Matt Laubhan received a nomination for best weather anchor.
The winners will be announced on June 17. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/wtva-receives-three-emmy-nominations/article_37bdb654-e837-11ed-9eac-bfaa94c88d34.html | 2023-05-01T16:19:07 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/wtva-receives-three-emmy-nominations/article_37bdb654-e837-11ed-9eac-bfaa94c88d34.html |
WEST WINFIELD, N.Y. (UPDATED) – New York State Police apprehended the suspect in an armed robbery that caused a two-hour delay at Mount Markham schools Monday morning.
According to state police, a man went into a Mirabito gas station in West Winfield with a long gun and demanded money from the worker. The man eventually left the scene and no one was injured.
State police were able to quickly identify the man and found him at a residence not far from the gas station where they arrested him.
Mirabito will remain open.
Mount Markham schools were advised by state police to delay the start of the school day during the investigation. According to the district website, parents can start dropping students off at 9:30 a.m.
Buses were also sent on their regular routes around 9 a.m., so students will be picked up two hours after their regularly scheduled time.
State police plan to release further details about the arrest later Monday. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/new-york-state-police-find-armed-robbery-suspect-in-west-winfield/article_9c374880-e818-11ed-9212-637517c62221.html | 2023-05-01T16:19:47 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/new-york-state-police-find-armed-robbery-suspect-in-west-winfield/article_9c374880-e818-11ed-9212-637517c62221.html |
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Two U.S. Army helicopters that crashed last week in Alaska, killing three soldiers, collided over a rugged, mountainous area, and there were no weather issues or visibility problems at the time, an Army spokesperson said Sunday.
The two AH-64 Apache helicopters were returning to Fort Wainwright from an aerial gunnery range southeast of Fairbanks when they collided.
Killed were Chief Warrant Officer 3 Christopher Robert Eramo, 39, of Oneonta, New York; Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kyle D. McKenna, 28, of Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Warrant Officer 1 Stewart Duane Wayment, 32, of North Logan, Utah.
A fourth soldier survived and remained hospitalized Sunday, said John Pennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Alaska.
Investigators planned to fly on Monday morning to the accident scene about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of the small town of Healy, Pennell said.
The Army grounded aviation units on Friday to conduct further training following recent deadly accidents.
Two Black Hawk helicopters crashed last month in Kentucky during a routine nighttime training exercise that killed nine soldiers, and in February a Tennessee National Guard Black Hawk crashed in Alabama during a flight-training mission, killing two crew members. Also in February, two soldiers were injured when an Apache helicopter rolled after taking off from Talkeetna, Alaska. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneonta-soldier-killed-after-us-army-helicopters-collide-in-alaska/article_4052f164-e82b-11ed-ba9a-e7efaa05d5f7.html | 2023-05-01T16:20:06 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/oneonta-soldier-killed-after-us-army-helicopters-collide-in-alaska/article_4052f164-e82b-11ed-ba9a-e7efaa05d5f7.html |
GRAND BLANC TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WJRT) - A motorist escaped injury Sunday when a large tree fell in front of an SUV in Grand Blanc Township.
The driver of a black SUV was heading down Porter Road when the tree came down just before 4 p.m. The tree also knocked down some power lines, so the road was closed while Consumers Energy responded to turn off the power.
The driver did not report any serious injuries from the incident.
Porter Road was closed for about two hours while Consumers Energy removed the power lines and Grand Blanc Township fire crews removed the tree from the roadway. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/vehicle-hits-falling-tree-in-grand-blanc-township/article_c96dc3ba-e818-11ed-8464-77460e1de4d4.html | 2023-05-01T16:27:47 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/vehicle-hits-falling-tree-in-grand-blanc-township/article_c96dc3ba-e818-11ed-8464-77460e1de4d4.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Note: The video is from May 2022.
The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced Monday the start of aerial spraying of state-owned woodlands to combat the spread of spongy moths populations poised for spring outbreaks in many areas of the state.
Spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths, defoliated 855,406 acres in Pennsylvania last year, DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said in a press release.
“Suppression efforts are commencing now as these insects emerge and begin feeding,” Dunn said. “As the statewide leader in protecting our Commonwealth’s natural resources, we are conducting aerial spraying to keep this invasive pest in check and protect the trees from defoliation to maintain Pennsylvania’s 2.2 million acres of state forests.”
DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry will oversee spraying of 274 sites totaling 290,753 acres. Included will be portions of 13 state forests and 18 state parks, in 19 counties located in southcentral, central, northcentral, and northeast Pennsylvania.
The agency’s spraying efforts will cost more than $6 million, using a combination of General Funds, DCNR Special Funds, and Federal Funds.
In 2022, a total of 209,000 acres were treated. In addition to DCNR’s spray program, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will also be conducting an aerial spray program in 2023 on approximately 109,000 acres of State Game Lands.
State parks to be sprayed include:
- Bald Eagle, Centre County
- Black Moshannon, Centre County
- Colton Point, Tioga County
- Fowler Hollow, Perry County
- Hyner Run, Clinton County
- Hyner View, Clinton County
- Kettle Creek, Clinton County
- Kings Gap, Cumberland
- Leonard Harrison, Tioga County
- Little Pine, Lycoming County
- Ole Bull, Potter County
- Pine Grove Furnace, Cumberland County
- Poe Paddy, Centre County
- Poe Valley, Centre County
- Promised Land, Pike County
- R.B. Winter, Union County
- Ravensburg, Clinton County
- Sinnemahoning, Cameron County
“In Pennsylvania, these destructive, invasive insects go through cycles where outbreaks generally occur every five to 10 years,” DCNR Forest Health Manager Rosa Yoo said. “Populations had declined in 2019 and 2020 thanks to the spongy moth fungus disease and wet spring weather, but that no longer is the case in 2021 and 2022, resulting in the need for suppression efforts.”
The suppression program is conducted with the goal of minimizing defoliation so that trees do not become stressed and succumb to disease, other insect pests, or drought.
Aerial spraying will be conducted by one helicopter and seven fixed-wing aircraft. Progress of the spray program can be followed using the interactive map on the DCNR web page, which shows the location of all 274 spray blocks.
Targeted sites are determined by surveys of egg masses and other indicators across the state indicating populations are increasing and have the potential to cause major defoliation.
Feeding while in the larval – or caterpillar – stage, the insect usually hatches and begins feeding from mid- to late April in southern Pennsylvania, and in early to mid-May in the northern part of the state. Oak, apple, sweet gum, basswood, birch, aspen, and willow trees are most affected by the spongy moth.
Bureau of Forestry experts note the state’s oak stands are especially vulnerable to infestations, often resulting in tree mortality. The loss of habitat, timber, and tree growth are considerable when populations go untreated.
A tree begins to significantly suffer when 30 percent or more of its leaf surface is lost, experts said.
The applied insecticides, tebufenozide or Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, must be ingested by young caterpillars as they feed on emerging foliage. These products are subject to State and Federal environmental review and are deemed safe for use and are commonly used in agriculture, DCNR said.
Launched in 1972, the forest insect spray program is a cooperative effort among DCNR and the USDA Forest Service's Forest Health Protection Unit.
The Lymantria dispar dispar was introduced to North America in 1869 at Medford, Mass., where it was used in a failed silk-production experiment. The spongy moth first reached Pennsylvania in Luzerne County in 1932, and since then has infested every county.
Visit DCNR’s website for more information on spongy moth spraying. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dcnr-spongy-moth-2023-spraying-program-announcement/521-e1d36d7a-d6c6-4f0c-bf36-cf4582e3d181 | 2023-05-01T16:34:27 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dcnr-spongy-moth-2023-spraying-program-announcement/521-e1d36d7a-d6c6-4f0c-bf36-cf4582e3d181 |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Pennsylvania State Police are searching for the person responsible for shooting a horse in Franklin County.
According to troopers, the horse was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound. They believe it was shot sometime between April 27 and 28.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact Trooper Abigail Haun at 717-264-5161. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/horse-found-shot-to-death-franklin-county-state-police/521-cc0f2bbf-9b18-4d7f-8c1c-06a7ceb11003 | 2023-05-01T16:34:33 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/horse-found-shot-to-death-franklin-county-state-police/521-cc0f2bbf-9b18-4d7f-8c1c-06a7ceb11003 |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A Lancaster County police department on Monday issued a warning to potential Good Samaritans: Beware of people who ask to use your cell phone to make "an emergency call."
They could be trying to scam you, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional Police.
The department said it has received reports of a scam going around the area in which a suspected scammer asks a potential victim to use their cell phone "to make an emergency call to family, or along those lines."
Instead of making a phone call, the scammer accesses the victim's bank account via Cash App and makes a withdrawal of funds, according to police.
"Like the old saying—no good deed goes unpunished," the police department said. "Stay aware, and stay informed." | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/nlcrpd-phone-scam-good-samaritan-warning/521-c360325f-de15-4f27-8163-8493c6745fcf | 2023-05-01T16:34:39 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/nlcrpd-phone-scam-good-samaritan-warning/521-c360325f-de15-4f27-8163-8493c6745fcf |
LITITZ, Pa. — Police, firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched to the scene of a barn fire in northern Lancaster County overnight, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department.
The fire was reported at 2:20 a.m. at a turkey farm on the 300 block of East Lexington Road in Penn Township, police said.
The property owner reported that he heard an explosion, and saw flames and smoke coming from the turkey barn when he went outside to investigate.
Fire companies from Brickerville, Brunnerville, Lititz, and Rothsville were dispatched to the scene.
No injuries were reported, and no livestock were harmed in the fire, police said.
The cause remains under investigation. Police did not report on the extent of the damage to the structure. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/penn-township-turkey-barn-fire-nlcrpd/521-faec7be6-cdda-47c5-8ee7-182dd9a6c545 | 2023-05-01T16:34:45 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-county/penn-township-turkey-barn-fire-nlcrpd/521-faec7be6-cdda-47c5-8ee7-182dd9a6c545 |
LEBANON, Pa. — A Lebanon man will serve up to 20 years in prison for sexually exploiting a child in 2021, U.S. Attorney Gerard M. Karam announced Monday.
Michael Rankin, 36, was sentenced on April 27 to a prison term of 20 years by U.S. District Court Judge Christopher C. Conner, Karam said. Conner also ordered that Rankin must serve a 15-year term of supervised release following his prison sentence.
Rankin previously admitted to the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in the summer of 2021, Karam said. He also took pictures of the assault, according to Karam.
Rankin also admitted to possessing hundreds of images and videos of child pornography, some of which depicted infants and very young children, Karam said.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Pennsylvania State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorney Carlo D. Marchioli prosecuted the case.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims.
For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.usdoj.gov/psc. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lebanon-county/michael-rankin-lebanon-sentencing-child-pornography-sexual-assault/521-253e73a7-886a-427a-91e2-a9b5b2ff3092 | 2023-05-01T16:34:52 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lebanon-county/michael-rankin-lebanon-sentencing-child-pornography-sexual-assault/521-253e73a7-886a-427a-91e2-a9b5b2ff3092 |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Allen Peck Jr. settled on his business idea because, "I've never met anyone who doesn't like fries."
The founder of Potato Coop, Peck started his business straight out of high school with a food truck serving loaded French fries.
After spending 10 years serving the streets of Harrisburg and catering events such as weddings and business lunches, the Potato Coop is ready to move to a brick-and-mortar store.
The food truck will still be in operation, but instead of trying to track it down, Potato Coop fans can visit the new location at 2650 Gravel Road in Harrisburg.
The restaurant will open its doors for the first time on May 6 at 11 a.m. with a grand opening celebration.
FOX43 Morning News anchors Jackie and Sean and meteorologist Danielle tried the loaded Philly cheesesteak fries—Peck's favorite creation on his menu—and agree that it would be hard to find someone who isn't a fan. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/potato-coop-opens-first-restaurant-harrisburg/521-f2909e27-729d-4f9e-8922-6c3b2428b0a7 | 2023-05-01T16:34:58 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/potato-coop-opens-first-restaurant-harrisburg/521-f2909e27-729d-4f9e-8922-6c3b2428b0a7 |
YORK, Pa. — May is Mental Health Awareness Month.
While the stigma around mental health and treatment is starting to change, some people still find it difficult to talk about.
York County System Of Care, in partnership with York County Human Services, is working together to bring back, Shine The Light On Mental Health.
This is a month-long campaign to shine a light on mental health and open lines of communication for individuals in the community.
To kick-off the month, they will start with a Kick Off Walk To Wellness, where people can meet outside the Administrative Center in York, to hear this months mental health proclamation, and then walk around the community.
Organizers are also bringing back the “Light Up Green” week.
Homes and businesses can use a green light bulb to shine the outside of their building green in support of mental health awareness.
Organizers hope this year, they can open up lines of communication about mental health.
And help people remember, its okay, to not be okay.
"It shouldn't be scary for anyone to talk about and we want everyone in our community to feel safe," said Casey Darling-Horan, county administrator at York County Human Services. "We hope we'll promote some safety and security in our community for those to seek help, if they need it, or at least make some connections to feel like they're not alone.” | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county-mental-health-awareness-month-may-2023/521-ca013b95-ed07-4783-a8ed-937d7e5ee3fd | 2023-05-01T16:35:04 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county-mental-health-awareness-month-may-2023/521-ca013b95-ed07-4783-a8ed-937d7e5ee3fd |
ANDOVER, Kan. (KSNW) – Firefighters battled a house fire that left two people with critical injuries.
The fire happened in the 600 block of W. Allison St., northwest of 13th Street and Andover Road. The fire was reported just before 10 a.m. Monday.
Fire crews tell KSN News that two people in wheelchairs were pulled out of the home.
Crews said the fire started somewhere on the backside of the house.
KSN News will continue to follow this developing story. Look for the latest updates on air and online at noon. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/1-critically-injured-in-andover-house-fire/ | 2023-05-01T16:35:09 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/1-critically-injured-in-andover-house-fire/ |
DULUTH ― Roger Reinert announced Monday he will not seek the DFL endorsement in his campaign to be elected the city's next mayor, challenging the incumbent candidate Emily Larson, who is seeking a third term, presumably again upon the DFL ticket.
"I've been endorsed and elected multiple times as a DFL candidate. But I've always been a moderate, a consensus building, a business Democrat ― a little more fiscally conservative, a little more socially liberal. And that has not changed," Reinert said in a video recording.
Reinert said Duluthians know him for who he is. The candidate was first elected in 2004 to the Duluth City Council, was elected in 2008 to the Minnesota House of Representatives and then in 2010 to the Minnesota Senate, where he served two terms.
While in the Legislature, Reinert helped found the bipartisan "Purple Caucus."
"I am willing to work with anyone who is willing to work with me," he said. "I'm the Purple Caucus guy. That's who I've always been."
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In a statement, Reinert said, "The office of mayor is intended to be nonpartisan, and the endorsement that matters most to me is that of everyday Duluthians."
"We have a tremendous base of support, and most are not active in party politics. They are simply Duluthians who are ready for something different," he said.
A mayoral primary is scheduled for Aug. 8, with the top two vote-getters slated to then square off in the general election in November. So far, Larson and Reinert are the only candidates to have launched campaigns.
"We will not run a negative campaign," Reinert pledged. "You don't have to tear down to build up. You don't have to attack to support, and while critique is fair and appropriate, it doesn't need to be personal." | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/roger-reinert-sheds-dfl-label-in-his-bid-to-become-duluth-mayor | 2023-05-01T16:35:28 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/roger-reinert-sheds-dfl-label-in-his-bid-to-become-duluth-mayor |
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Local political, government, tribal and business representatives attended a ceremony to celebrate the Cunningham Creek Fish Hatchery Program earlier this month.
Local political, government, tribal and business representatives attended a ceremony to celebrate the Cunningham Creek Fish Hatchery Program earlier this month.
A fish hatchery located on the Coquille Junior/Senior High School campus has been updated and is operating as part of a new hands-on agriculture program for students, thanks to a partnership between several agencies and the help of many volunteers.
“It's been a great combination of people who know fish and who know this water – and the Coquille River currents – and who aren't afraid to meet new people and get their hands dirty,” said Coquille River STEP Association member Pam Lewis.
The Cunningham Creek hatchery was built in 1987, and was starting to fall into disrepair, Lewis said. So, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Coquille River STEP Association, and the Coquille Indian Tribe partnered together to improve and update the campus hatchery.
The hatchery now has access to Chinook Salmon eggs, and students can learn about the hatchery operations as part of a new agriculture program at Coquille Jr/Sr High.
Lewis said the her organization has been working on the project since Oct. 2022.
“We got together and we said, ‘We need salmon in our river,’” she said.
Coquille STEP Association members helped carry out projects to repair plumbing, get new pumps installed, clean out trays and get electrical equipment up to code.
“It's been a fabulous partnership between ODFW and the Coquille Tribe – as well legislation giving us power and leverage,” Lewis said.
“We also had the school district working with us. We are happy we have a teacher who is enthusiastic about this – and getting the kids involved and learning so they can own this program again,” she said.
Students who are part of Coquille Junior/Senior High School’s ‘Introduction to Agriculture’ program receive hands-on learning at the hatchery. The overall coursework covers a broad spectrum of agricultural topics, including natural resources. “One of the many standards covered in the class includes demonstrating interest and concern for natural resource stewardship,” said Agricultural Sciences teacher Julia Scolari.
Scolari said a unique part about the school’s new agriculture program is students receive numerous opportunities for hands-on learning with different species of live animals.
The program as a whole brings opportunities for students to learn fundamental elements of agriculture, food, and natural resources – and can be applied to a variety of future careers.
“The bonus of having the hatchery right here on campus is that it provides daily opportunities for students to help care for the Chinook and help with basic hatchery maintenance,” Scolari said.
Learning at the hatchery helps students recognize they can have an impact on local natural resources, and that there are many opportunities for them to become involved with stewardship activities, she said. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/cunningham-fish-hatchery-supplying-salmon-providing-student-educational-opportunities/article_d532955a-e524-11ed-8409-3bbefec25087.html | 2023-05-01T16:37:32 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/cunningham-fish-hatchery-supplying-salmon-providing-student-educational-opportunities/article_d532955a-e524-11ed-8409-3bbefec25087.html |
On Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at approximately 2:00 P.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy-101, near milepost 242, in Coos County.
The preliminary investigation indicated a northbound Ford Ranger, operated by Dawn Marie Oviatt (53) of Gold Beach, crossed over the centerline and crashed head-on into a southbound Ford F350 pick-up, operated by Terry Ray Nighswonger (63) of Coquille. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/fatal-crash-on-highway-101-in-coos-county/article_d956e11c-e831-11ed-873c-37b8cff05779.html | 2023-05-01T16:37:38 | 0 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/fatal-crash-on-highway-101-in-coos-county/article_d956e11c-e831-11ed-873c-37b8cff05779.html |
MUNSTER— Housing Opportunities is looking to join forces with another Northwest Indiana social services group this summer.
The Valparaiso nonprofit is in the exploratory stage of merging with Northwest Indiana Community Action, a nonprofit based in Crown Point.
Housing Opportunities aims to provide emergency shelter, affordable housing and other resources to people in need in LaPorte and Porter counties. The group owns and rents out hundreds of apartments at a reduced or subsidized rate for qualifying applicants.
Northwest Indiana Community Action works to mitigate poverty as the designated community action organization for the region. It serves as the area’s agency on aging and manages the Women, Infant and Children programs in Northwest Indiana.
NWICA operates as a housing authority for parts of Northwest Indiana that don’t fall under one. It serves LaPorte, Porter, Lake and Newton counties.
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Community surveys showed that the primary concerns of people living in Northwest Indiana are housing and transportation, NWICA CEO/President Jennifer Trowbridge said.
NWICA isn’t in the transportation business, but it was already providing housing and “knew we had to get more in this space,” she said.
That realization led to conversations between Trowbridge and Housing Opportunities CEO Jordan Stanfill.
“I think from Jordan’s perspective, he knew NWICA, he knew our values,” Trowbridge said. “He knew how I’m running this organization and how we allocate things for the right reason. And said, hey let’s explore this together.”
They started examining that idea early this year and entered an exploratory agreement in March, according to a news release. During this phase, the respective boards will review the finances and logistics of a merger and vote based on their findings.
They have no set timeline, but Stanfill estimated that the boards will vote in the next few months, which means the merger could be made official in the summer.
“The potential of deepening our collaboration with NWICA would empower and position us to do so much more,” Stanfill said in the news release announcing the merger.
Trowbridge reiterated Stanfill’s characterization that the merger would empower their organizations to do more good for more people. She likened this merger to the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Northwest Indiana, which was born out of an amalgamation of Boys & Girls Clubs throughout the region.
“All of these entities are saying, listen, we are wasting opportunity or cost or an ability to strategize for the betterment of our region, if we’re going to keep working in silos,” Trowbridge said. “If we’re serving similar people and we have similar missions, then we need to step up, and we need to work together, or we’ll never going to get the change that we need.”
One former board member of Housing Opportunities expressed concern about the group’s expected merger.
“One of the things that HO has always prided itself on is its community involvement and community support,” Caroline Cook said. “When you become this large agency that covers five counties, that goes away.”
Cook is concerned, in particular, about the potential loss of HO’s case management services, which help people find jobs, doctors and other non-housing necessities.
Stanfill said the case workers aren’t going anywhere and “if anything, we’re going to increase that capacity and expand those opportunities.”
He also doesn’t want people to look at this merger as his organization “selling out.” Stanfill said he hopes people look at it from the lens of improving and expanding services. | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/nwi-social-services-nonprofits-look-to-merger-to-solve-housing-crisis/article_79eb2d54-e7a1-11ed-9a49-2373d08eca8c.html | 2023-05-01T16:39:31 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/nwi-social-services-nonprofits-look-to-merger-to-solve-housing-crisis/article_79eb2d54-e7a1-11ed-9a49-2373d08eca8c.html |
VALPARAISO — Negotiations on the future of the 1893 Memorial Opera House are continuing behind the scenes as the Porter County Board of Commissioners and County Council search for a compromise.
“As liaisons, Greg (Simms) and I have been meeting with the commissioners,” Councilwoman Sylvia Graham, D-at large, said. “Right now, we’re trying to come up with a plan. It’s like Mike (Jessen) says, to work together for the betterment of the county.
“We’re trying to come up with a good compromise that will work for the betterment of the people.”
The opera house needs extensive exterior and interior work. “All the repairs should be done,” Simms, D-3rd, said.
Last year, the council voted unanimously to spend $5 million in American Rescue Plan Act money on the opera house and the neighboring 1860 sheriff’s residence, along with a connection between the two buildings. The Memorial Opera House Foundation was expected to chip in $2 million for the project.
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“The current Board of Commissioners took that plan and threw it away,” council President Jeremy Rivas, D-2nd, said. “I think that $2 million commitment, they’ve shooed that away.”
“I’m still committed to the $5 million I voted on,” Rivas said.
That plan seems to be dead in the water, with Commissioners Barb Regnitz, R-Center, and Jim Biggs, R-North, voting to explore leasing the sheriff’s residence to a nongovernmental entity. Commissioner Laura Blaney, a strong proponent of the opera house project, voted against the plan Regnitz put forth.
However, that doesn’t necessarily mean status quo for the opera house.
The building lacks ADA-compliant restrooms. One idea being explored is extending the back of the theater. “The architects are getting involved,” Simms said. “The goal is to preserve it and possibly expand it.”
“Is this change because it’s cheaper or because it’s better?” Councilman Mike Brickner, R-at large, asked.
It’s cheaper, Simms said, but whether it’s better is open for debate.
Graham said she is committed to an arts center for children and the community.
Councilman Ronald “Red” Stone, R-1st, took office this year, after the council’s vote. “I think it’s well said, maybe use some money in other ways,” he said.
“Before Red got here, we all voted that was a priority and had an agreement in place,” Brickner said. “I know elections have consequences, but we can’t go back and change everything we’ve done.
“I will be anxious to see what kind of plan we get and where we go from here, because that ship should have sailed.”
The foundation is awaiting whatever action the county might take, Simms said: “We need to get our act together before they jump in, too.”
“We don’t do enough of celebrating our youth,” Rivas said. “We’ve got to invest in our community. We’ve got to invest in our social infrastructure, I call it.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter-county-pursues-compromise-on-opera-house/article_b7212636-e5d7-11ed-bd61-7f1e523ca1e8.html | 2023-05-01T16:39:37 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/porter-county-pursues-compromise-on-opera-house/article_b7212636-e5d7-11ed-bd61-7f1e523ca1e8.html |
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — Law enforcement was called to a hit-and-run in Douglas County that ended in an assault, according to a release from the Georgia State Patrol.
It happened Sunday along I-20 near mile marker 39. Troopers determined that the driver of a Toyota Sequoia was driving “recklessly” before crashing into a guardrail and flipping over.
According to officials, the driver got out of the Sequoia and got into a sedan. As they were leaving the scene, they spotted a witness taking a picture of the sedan, the release said.
The driver of the Sequoia then got out of the car and assaulted the witness, the release added.
The hit-and-run caused all lanes of I-20 East to be closed for two hours.
Troopers investigated the crash, while Douglas County Deputies handled the assault case.
Officials have not released any other information about the driver or the crash. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/driver-assaults-witness-while-trying-leave-scene-hit-and-run-douglas-county/85-8c21ab88-0ae5-4505-ad6d-8165bf760094 | 2023-05-01T16:46:16 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/driver-assaults-witness-while-trying-leave-scene-hit-and-run-douglas-county/85-8c21ab88-0ae5-4505-ad6d-8165bf760094 |
ATLANTA — Georgia State Troopers arrested a man that was tackled by a bystander after they said he "reversed into a trooper," crashed into a patrol vehicle and hit another car to avoid arrest.
The series of crashes happened Sunday along I-20 eastbound near Moreland Avenue, according to a release. Troopers spotted a black Chevy Camaro speeding along I-20 and pulled the car over.
During the traffic stop, troopers realized that the Camaro was the same as one that fled from them Friday night. Several more troopers arrived on scene, blocking the car from the front.
The driver then “reversed into a trooper,” and tried to drive around another, but slammed into their patrol vehicle. Troopers were able to pin the driver using their cars, but he broke free from the pin, speeding into I-20 eastbound.
While driving back into traffic, the driver hit another vehicle. Following the crash, the driver got out of his Camaro and began running, but was Tased by police.
The incident went viral through video that was captured by drivers and posted to social media channels including ATL Uncensored.
With one handcuff on, he was able to wriggle away from troopers and jump over a retention wall, landing in the emergency lane of I-20 westbound. He was then tackled by a bystander who finished putting both handcuffs on him.
Troopers caught up to the pair and took the driver into custody. The driver was then taken to Grady Hospital and once cleared, taken to Fulton County Jail for charges.
Troopers did not say what the driver was charged with. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/i-20-atlanta-man-tackled-bystander-gsp-trooper-chase/85-30acf8e5-dd23-4de1-90d2-c650da1a05dd | 2023-05-01T16:46:17 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/i-20-atlanta-man-tackled-bystander-gsp-trooper-chase/85-30acf8e5-dd23-4de1-90d2-c650da1a05dd |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — An early morning shooting involving an officer has shut down part of Fisher Road Northeast in Salem Monday, authorities said.
Just after 6:30 a.m., the Salem Police Department tweeted that Fisher Road NE was closed from Market Street Northeast to Sunnyview Road Northeast due to “police activity.” More than an hour later, the department posted an update saying officials were investigating an officer-involved shooting.
It’s unclear what led up to the shooting. Officials have not said if anyone was injured in the incident or released the names of those involved.
During the investigation, drivers are asked to avoid the area and find an alternate route.
This is a developing story. Stay with KOIN 6 News as we learn more. | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/officer-involved-shooting-shuts-down-salem-road/ | 2023-05-01T16:49:28 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/marion-county/officer-involved-shooting-shuts-down-salem-road/ |
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The Philadelphia District Attorney's office has approved multiple charges of aggravated assault and assault of a law enforcement officer against a 65-year-old Philadelphia man following a barricade situation that happened on Saturday.
According to a statement from the DA's office, the incident was an attempted "suicide by cop" in which Steve Robbins, of Germantown, engaged in an hours-long standoff with police in an alleged effort to end his life.
Law enforcement officials said the incident started at about 4 p.m. on Saturday when officers arrived at Robbins home along the 400 block of Bringhurst Street in the city's Germantown neighborhood, on a report of a person with a gun.
When responding officers entered the home, they allegedly heard a gunshot and exited the property, police said.
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Officials said Robbins then barricaded himself inside the home and began a standoff with police that lasted nine hours.
After hours of negotiations, law enforcement officials said SWAT officers entered the home where they found Robbins barricaded in a third-floor bedroom. Robbins, allegedly, fired through a bedroom door at police, striking two officers in their bullet proof vests, police said.
Officials said neither officer was injured in this shooting. However, Robbins was injured after being hit in the upper right part of his chest when police returned fire, police said.
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On Monday, the DA's office is charging Robbins with assault on a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault, and related offenses.
Robbins, investigators said, was wanted for arrest since February of last year on a bench warrant for a case regarding a claim of unlawful contact with a minor.
Officials said he will be arrested and arraigned following his release from the hospital. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-to-be-charged-after-suicide-by-cop-attempt-officials-say/3556888/ | 2023-05-01T16:53:03 | 0 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/man-to-be-charged-after-suicide-by-cop-attempt-officials-say/3556888/ |
MADISON COUNTY, Ark. — A deadly crash left one woman dead in Madison County, on Saturday, April 29 at around 7:30 p.m.
According to the crash report by the Arkansas Department of Public Safety, the crash took place on State Highway 12.
The report states Robin Jerkins, 44, of Huntsville was killed when she crossed the center line in her Toyota Corolla hitting another vehicle's trailer and then hitting a Ford F-350 on the front driver's side.
Three others were injured including a minor that was in Jerkin's car, and they were taken to Washington Regional and Children's Hospital according to the report.
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A new water methodology order issued April 21 by the director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources has left many eastern Idaho farmers and ranchers unsure if they will be able to water their crops and irrigate their land this year, said Jennifer, whose family has been involved with agriculture in Bingham County for five generations.
The new methodology order contains a curtailment notice that would mean groundwater users pumping on the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer who hold water rights dating back to December 1953 would have their water curtailed, or shut off, if they do not have a mitigation plan in place that they are participating in.
The curtailment notice has been put on hold temporarily, pending a hearing the Idaho Department of Water Resources has scheduled for June 6 through June 10 at the agency’s state office in Boise.
In a telephone interview with the Idaho Capital Sun, Mathew Weaver, the deputy director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources, said the curtailment order would apply to about 900 groundwater users pumping off the ESPA who don’t have a mitigation plan in place or who are not complying with that mitigation plan. That includes all manner of groundwater users, including farming, irrigation, commercial and industrial users.
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Weaver told the Sun the curtailment order does not apply to the majority of Eastern Snake Plan Aquifer groundwater users who have a mitigation plan in place.
Still, if the order goes forward following the June public hearing, that means that 900 eastern Idaho ground water users could lose access to water following the new methodology order.
“That is a pretty dramatic change from where we have been in the past,” Weaver said. “Because of that, the director wanted to have a contested case hearing.”
As a result of testimony and evidence presented during the hearing, Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Gary Spackman could issue a revised order, according to a press release issued Tuesday by the department.
Weaver said the curtailment would be necessary because department officials predict that senior surface water rights holders would face a 75,000 acre-foot water shortfall.
Idaho water issues are governed by the prior appropriation doctrine, which means “first in time, first in right.” Put another way, if there is not enough water to go around, older water rights have priority over the more recent, or junior water rights.
“By law, we have to keep people with senior water rights whole, and we want to make sure the junior ground water pumpers are aware that despite the settlement agreements between the Surface Water Coalition, Idaho Ground Water Appropriators, and the Coalition of Cities, if junior groundwater pumpers are not participating in an approved mitigation plan, they could be subject to curtailment this year,” Weaver said in a written statement.
Ellis and Weaver said water issues are highly complex and have been the subject of many lawsuits.
“It’s super sticky,” said Ellis, who is a past president of the influential Idaho Cattle Association.
“I would not hazard a guess of trying to give anyone advice on this right now,” she added. “There are just too many twists and turns.”
What does this mean for affected groundwater users?
Delaying the curtailment notice until after the public hearing gives water users a reprieve until June. But Ellis said it is impossible to run a business and plan for the irrigation and growing seasons with that kind of uncertainty over your head.
“Farmers and ranchers have to have stability in their operation, and it’s not year-to-year and it’s definitely not month-to-month of whether you have water or not,” Ellis said.
“What good does it do me to plant a crop of spuds and be able to water them and then have to wait until there is determination in the second week of June and they say ‘shut it off?’” Ellis added. “You’re better off not planting in the first place, but you can’t do that because you have contracts. It’s time for real world change in how water is administered in this state.”
Ellis sold off about 90% of her land in Bingham County last year and moved outside of the basin to Chesterfield to run cattle and put up hay because she said she was worried about having predictable, stable access to water in Bingham County.
“That definitely wasn’t in our plans, not by a longshot,” Ellis said.
Ellis said she isn’t sure if the Idaho Department of Water Resources would find her to be in compliance with her mitigation plan, so she said she doesn’t know if she would be subject to curtailment or not.
In Tuesday’s press release, the Idaho Department of Water Resources said there are seven approved mitigation plans in place, which were submitted by Idaho Ground Water Appropriators, Southwest Irrigation District, Goose Creek Irrigation District, Coalition of Cities, the Water Mitigation Coalition and A&B Irrigation District.
“Because these entities have approved mitigation plans in place, they, and the water users they serve, will not need to show how they can mitigate for projected water shortfalls if they continue to comply with their plans, the director’s order said,” the Idaho Department of Water Resources’ press release said.
Ellis said there is uncertainty, and she doesn’t feel like she has a “safe harbor” because the department’s director has found groundwater users to be in breach of a 2015 settlement agreement.
Weaver told the Sun that the Idaho Ground Water Appropriators, or IGWA, did breach the agreement in 2021. Weaver said surface water users and the Idaho Ground Water Appropriators have since agreed to “cure” that breach, and IGWA will not be subject to curtailment due to the 2021 breech.
But because of the breaches and the priority date for water rights being pushed back to 1953, Ellis worries many groundwater users will be bled dry.
She said it would be devastating for the economies of the state and eastern Idaho to have junior groundwater users lose their water.
Why are we talking about water shortages if there is substantial snowpack this year?
Much of Idaho has an above-average snowpack this year due to a snowy winter and record-breaking March snowfall.
But the situation is not universal across the state.
This order focuses on the Upper Snake River Basin, which supplies water to the Snake River and the reservoirs.
“Even though this has been a remarkable winter and water year for many basins in Idaho, it has not been uniformly great everywhere,” Weaver said.
The Idaho Department of Water Resources developed the 75,000 acre-foot shortfall projection based on a forecast of water flows at the Snake River at Heise. But the department updated, or changed, several of the elements and factors it used in its calculations to determine water shortages, which the department refers to as injuries.
“It also revises the method used to calculate curtailment dates in a manner that could result in earlier curtailment dates,” the Idaho Department of Water Resources said in Tuesday’s press release.
Weaver said the department must periodically update the factors it uses in its calculations to protect senior water rights holders under state laws.
Two previous years’ worth of drought and lower reservoir storage carryover from last year are also factors in why the department is projecting a shortfall for senior surface water rights holders.
The Twin Falls Canal Company opened the head gates at Murtaugh Lake to begin filling the canals for the 119th time. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/new-idwr-order-could-curtail-900-groundwater-users/article_db4e821e-e790-11ed-8543-03dff509c3e9.html | 2023-05-01T16:53:32 | 0 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/new-idwr-order-could-curtail-900-groundwater-users/article_db4e821e-e790-11ed-8543-03dff509c3e9.html |
GOULD, Arkansas — Arkansas State Police are investigating a suspicious death at Cummins Prison that took place Sunday, April 30, morning.
Deputies are working to tell the victim's family, so the name of the 51-year-old has not been released.
There is an internal affairs investigation and a criminal investigation underway.
State police have not ruled out the cellmate as a possible suspect.
No further details have been released, stay with 5NEWS for updates on this developing story.
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