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Ryan Manning went 2 for 3 with two RBIs to lead 13th-seeded Cedar Creek to a 9-4 win over No. 20 Mainland Regional in a Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic first-round game Tuesday afternoon.
Tyler McCorriston had two hits and an RBI, and Richie Gonzalez scored two runs for the Pirates.
Cedar Creek (13-3) will play at fourth-seeded Egg Harbor Township in the second round Saturday.
The 49th annual Diamond Classic expanded from 16 to 24 teams this season. The single-elimination tournament is named after the deceased Hartmann, who coached Eastern and was a long-time fixture on the South Jersey baseball scene.
St. Augustine Prep is the defending champion. Shawnee is this year's top seed.
Cherokee 9, Lower Cape May 3
Evan Brown hit a home run and knocked in four runs to lead No. 10 seed Cherokee.
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Brandon Prince went 4 for 5 with two RBIs for Cherokee.
Kyle Satt and Evan Shoffler each had two hits for No. 23 seed Lower Cape May.
Cherokee plays at seventh-seeded Vineland on Saturday.
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Vassar College junior baseball player Jaden Millstein added to his extra-base hit total last week.
Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, hit a two-run triple in an 8-6 loss to Mount Saint Vincent. He went 3 for 5 with a double, two runs and an RBI in a 9-5 loss to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He had two hits, a run and an RBI in an 11-3 win over RPI. He went 2 for 5 with a double and a run in an 8-5 loss to RPI.
Millstein is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games. His .950 OPS is fourth on the team.
Mathew Nunan (Ocean City) struck out five in four shutout innings to improve to 2-0 in Boston College's 9-3 win over UMass Lowell. Cohl Mercado (St. Joseph) singled and scored in the win. In a 9-7 loss to Clemson, Mercado singled and scored.
Jack Billings (St. Augustine Prep) struck out two in two innings in Coastal Carolina's 3-2 win over Louisiana.
Nolan Watson (Southern Regional) had two hits, a run and an RBI in Dayton's 11-10 win over Purdue Fort Wayne. He scored one run and drove in one in a 9-3 win over Rhode Island.
Steven Kaenzig (Cedar Creek) allowed one run and struck out six in 4 2/3 innings in Hofstra's 8-1 win over Long Island.
CJ Egrie (Holy Spirit) got two hits in Holy Cross' 7-5 loss to Bucknell.
Jim Pasquale (Holy Spirit) had two hits, two runs and three RBIs in Iona's 13-7 win over Marist. In a 5-1 loss to Marist, Alex Hunt (St. Augustine) allowed an unearned run and struck out two.
Jayden Shertel (Holy Spirit) scored twice in Maryland, Baltimore County's 24-11 loss to Maryland. He allowed three runs and struck out four in eight innings to improve to 4-4 in a 7-6 win over Binghamton.
Kevin Eaise (St. Augustine) allowed two runs and struck out two in 3 1/3 innings in North Carolina's 12-8 win over Virginia Tech.
Kenny Levari (St. Augustine) singled and scored in Old Dominion's 11-4 win over Virginia Commonwealth. He doubled in a 12-11 loss to Texas State.
Ryan Taylor (St. Augustine) hit a two-run double in Penn's 5-4 win over Cornell. He doubled and scored in a 4-3 win over Cornell.
In Rider's 3-1 loss to Seton Hall, PJ Craig (Barnegat) allowed three runs and struck out three in five innings, and Alec Sachais (Holy Spirit) struck out one in a scoreless inning.
Trevor Cohen (Holy Spirit) hit a three-run double in the top of the ninth inning of Rutgers' 3-1 win over St. John's. In a 6-3 loss to Purdue, Jordan Sweeney (Egg Harbor Township) hit a two-run homer. In a 9-5 win over Purdue, Sweeney hit a three-run homer and an RBI single.
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Ryan Weingartner (St. Augustine) singled and scored for Saint Joseph's in a 5-2 win over Delaware. He hit a two-run double and scored in a 7-7 tie with Bucknell. He went 3 for 6, drove in two runs and scored twice in a 23-10 win over Fordham. He singled and scored in a 7-1 win over Fordham.
Frankie Wright (EHT) allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out four in six innings in Wagner's 5-3 loss to Albany.
David Hagaman (Holy Spirit) struck out all four batters he faced in West Virginia's 18-4 win over Baylor.
Nate Goranson (Millville) singled and scored in William & Mary's 5-2 win over George Washington. He doubled twice, singled and scored in a 6-3 loss to Delaware. He hit a three-run homer and drove in two more runs in an 8-5 win over Delaware. He hit a two-run homer and an RBI double in an 8-7 win over Delaware.
Jared Beebe (Hammonton) went 2 for 5 with a double, four RBIs and a run in Barton's 13-0 win over Virginia State. Ryan McIsaac (Millville) singled, scored twice and drove in a run. Andrew Simone (Vineland) struck out three in four shutout innings. In an 11-2 win over Chowan, Carelle Gonzalez (Bridgeton) had two hits, two runs and an RBI. McIsaac hit a three-run homer. Beebe had a single, an RBI double and two runs. In a 7-1 win over Chowan, Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and scored three runs. In a 5-1 win over Chowan, Beebe hit an RBI double and scored, and McIsaac added a hit and an RBI.
Angel Murray (EHT) had two hits in Bloomfield's 13-10 loss to Caldwell. In a 4-3 loss to Post, Suriel Sleiter (Pleasantville) had two hits and struck out two in three shutout innings.
Matt Vernieri (Barnegat) struck out one in two-third of an inning in Bloomsburg's 11-7 loss to Mansfield.
AJ Campbell (Ocean City) hit a solo homer and an RBI single in Frostburg State's 5-1 win over Notre Dame College. He doubled in a 15-0 win over Notre Dame College. In a 14-1 loss to PennWest California, Justin Jimenez (Holy Spirit) hit a solo homer.
Nick Nutile (Mainland Regional) singled and scored the winning run in Alvernia's 5-4 victory over Rutgers-Camden.
In Arcadia's 6-5 win over Misericordia, Carson Denham (Cape May Tech) allowed three runs, one earned, and struck out one in 5 1/3 innings. Hunter Sibley (Millville) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win.
Sean Cottrell (St. Augustine) hit an RBI single in Eastern's 6-3 loss to Neumann.
Billy Wheatley (Absegami) singled, scored and drove in a run in McDaniel's 6-4 win over Washington College. He hit a three-run double and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in a 13-5 win over Washington College.
Miles Feaster (Lacey Township) had two hits, a run and an RBI in Montclair State's 8-2 win over Kean. He had two hits, drove in one run and scored one in a 12-9 win over Kean.
In Rutgers-Camden's 5-4 loss to Alvernia, Jake Guglielmi (Buena Regional) scored twice, and Dylan Oliver (Ocean City) struck out the only batter he faced. In a 12-4 win over The College of New Jersey, Guglielmi hit a two-run homer and added another hit and a run.
Solomon Griffith (Atlantic Christian) singled twice and scored the go-ahead run in Ursinus' 3-2 win over Muhlenberg. He hit an RBI double and scored in a 7-5 win over McDaniel. He singled and a doubled in a 3-2 loss to Muhlenberg. He went 3 for 4 in a 9-0 loss to Dickinson.
Matt Lawler (Mainland) allowed two runs and struck out five in eight innings to improve to 5-2 in William Paterson's 4-2 win over Ramapo.
Brody Levin (Mainland) had two hits, three runs and an RBI in Harford's 11-1 win over Hagerstown. He singled and scored in an 8-2 win over Hagerstown.
Nate Kennedy (Cedar Creek) allowed an earned run and struck out five in a complete-game victory for Rowan College-Cumberland in a 4-3 win over Ocean County College. In an 8-6 loss to Ocean County College, Dave Appolonia (EHT) went 3 for 3 with two doubles and three runs. Jack Peacock (St. Augustine) went 4 for 4 with a double and two RBIs.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, scored five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, has five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
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Lehigh's Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Lehigh’s Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. The St. Joseph High School graduate from Hammonton leads NCAA Division II with 1,096 rushing yards and 13 TDs. The Panthers are 6-0, the only undefeated team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers celebrates scoring one of his two touchdowns Saturday against Elizabeth City State. He has 13 TDs through six games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. It was his third game of the season with at least 199 yards, as he leads all of NCAA Division II with 1,096 yards and 13 TDs.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV breaks away from would-be tacklers in a 21-0 win over Lycoming on Oct. 8. The Aggies are 7-0 and ranked 14th in the nation by d3football.com .
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV hands off to running back Jay White in 21-0 home win over Lycoming on Oct. 8.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV stiffarms a Stevenson defender in an Oct. 1 game.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV escapes the pocket during the season-opening 22-8 win over Westminster on Sept. 3
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV runs the football against Lebanon Valley on Saturday.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is 2-0 in each singles and doubles this fall.
Tyler Schueck, PSU-Berks
Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is 2-0 in each singles and doubles this fall.
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Michigan running back Blake Corum (2) scores a touchdown against Rutgers linebacker Tyreem Powell (22) and defensive lineman Aaron Lewis (71) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 in Piscataway, N.J.(AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
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Delaware Valley wide receiver Nahsir Morgan, an Atlantic City High School graduate, hauls in the first of his two touchdown receptions Saturday in a win over FDU-Florham.
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Delaware Valley wide receiver Nahsir Morgan, an Atlantic City High School graduate, prepares to throw a 47-yard pass Saturday in a win over FDU-Florham.
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Delaware Valley wide receiver Nahsir Morgan, an Atlantic City High School graduate, made three catches for 77 yards and two TDs on Saturday in a win over FDU-Florham.
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University of California, Berkeley junior Destin Lasco in action against Utah on Oct. 12. Lasco, a junior, is a former three-time Press Swimmer of the Year at Mainland Regional High School and a key member of the Golden Bears, the reigning national champions, again this season.
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University of California, Berkeley junior Destin Lasco in action against Utah on Oct. 12.
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Montclair State defensive lineman Dimitri Pali (6) defends against Kean on Saturday.
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Montclair State defensive back Brennan Ray scores on a 4-yard run for his first offensive touchdown in college Saturday against Kean. Earlier in his college career, he scored two TDs while playing defense.
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Lehigh's Jakob Alamudun, center, is guarded by Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) and Hunter Cattoor (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, right, celebrates at a game against Lehigh in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Nov. 10. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) shoots while guarded by Lehigh's Keith Higgins Jr.(13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
Matt Gentry
Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) shoots a 3-point basket in the first half of the Lehigh Virginia Tech NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Thursday Nov. 10 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) meets with fans after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Lehigh on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Villanova's Caleb Daniels, right, tries to get past Temple's Jahlil White during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Temple's Jahlil White, left, celebrates past Villanova's Chris Arcidiacono after Temple won an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Matt Slocum
Temple's Khalif Battle, left, and Jahlil White celebrate during the final second of an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed, right, catches a pass against Rutgers defensive back Max Melton (16) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
Al Goldis
Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed, right, catches a pass against Rutgers defensive back Max Melton during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 27-21. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
Al Goldis
Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi (21) takes a shot around North Carolina A&T's forward Webster Filmore (25) during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune via AP)
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William & Mary's Ben Wight (35) has his shot blocked by Virginia Tech's Grant Basile (21) as Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) looks on in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
Matt Gentry
William & Mary's Matteus Case (4) shoots while guarded by Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team last week in an 88-48 win over Northern Illinois. The three-time Press Player of the Year from Mainland Regional High School played 24 minutes, scored nine points and added four assists, two blocks, two steals and one rebound.
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) scores a touchdown past Wake Forest linebacker Dylan Hazen (50) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) is tripped by Wake Forest defensive lineman Jasheen Davis (30) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Chuck Burton
Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) runs for a touchdown against Wake Forest during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen runs as Wake Forest defensive lineman Jasheen Davis attempts a tackle during the second half of Saturday’s game.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, left, dribbles the ball as Penn State’s Jalen Pickett defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina on Nov. 18. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi (21) reacts after a dunk against Milwaukee during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune via AP)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, shoots over North Carolina forward Armando Bacot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Phil Knight Invitational tournament in Portland, Ore., Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, dives for a loose ball next to North Carolina guard Caleb Love during a Phil Knight Invitational game in Portland, Oregon on Friday.
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi dunks the ball against Connecticut during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Phil Knight Invitational on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Albright College’s Gabby Boggs averaged 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the team’s first six games.
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Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Albright College graduate student Gabby Boggs was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year. The Mainland Regional alumna led her team with 14.1 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this fall, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this season, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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Rutgers offensive lineman J.D. DiRenzo in action against Michigan State on Nov. 12. The Scarlet Knights gained 460 yards of offense that game, the most against a Big Ten Conference opponent since 2015.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts eyes the net during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Boston College's DeMarr Langford Jr., left, and Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts fight for the ball during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts holds onto a rebound as Boston College's CJ Penha Jr. (24) and Makai Ashton-Langford (11) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) adds two points during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts attempts to score under defensive pressure from Boston College’s Jonathan Noel during the first half of their Dec. 21 matchup. Mutts, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, scored 18 and grabbed eight rebounds in the Hokies’ 70-65 loss.
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Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young sends Justyn Mutts (25) onto the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen is tackled by Minnesota linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin, obscured, during the second half of the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Gary Nagle, top, went 3-0 for Ursinus College at the Manganaro Duals on Saturday. The Middle Township High School graduate’s three wins came by pin, decision and forfeit.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching a milestone she reached playing for Millville High School. On Monday, she was named to the Central Athletics Collegiate Conference honor roll.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, left, a Lacey Township High School graduate, won the 149-pound championship at the NCAA Division III Southeast Regional.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, stands atop the podium following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds this weekend.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, is 16-3 this season following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds over the weekend.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Kean University fifth-year guard Shannon McCoy drives to the basket against William Paterson on Jan. 18. The Barnegat High School graduate scored a career-high 41 points, including 10 of 16 3-pointers, in the 85-70 win.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Marcellus Ross, a St. Joseph High School graduate, scored 17 in Rowan’s win over Ramapo.
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Rowan sophomore Josh Wright, a Cape May Tech graduate, drives toward the basket in a 97-66 win over Ramapo on Saturday. He scored nine points to help the Profs extend their win streak to nine.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson looks to make a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in a 13-8 loss.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson, right, looks for a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in the 13-8 loss.
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Wilkes junior Dawson Tallant, a Middle Township High School graduate, went 4-0 to win the Mideast Futures Tournament on Sunday.
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Lynne Sladky
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) keeps the ball away from Western Michigan's Taylor Williams (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2022, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Western Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) defends against Miami guard Haley Cavinder (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)
Rhona Wise
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) works against Boston College's Maria Gakdeng (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame’s Kylee Watson looks to make a play during a Jan. 1 game agaisnt Boston College in South Bend, Indiana.
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
Michael Caterina
Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) reaches for a rebound over Pittsburgh forward Liatu King, second from left, during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
Matt Freed
Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, runs the bases during a game last fall.
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, seen during a fall exhibition game, He made his collegiate debut over the weekend, going 8 for 11 with a double and six RBIs.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, celebrates winning the third-place bout at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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Widener's Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022.
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Widener's Pat Holden, a Lower Cape May High School graduate.
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Widener’s Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022. In Widener’s 74-69 win over Alvernia in the MAC Commonwealth Tournament final on Saturday, Holden had 12 points, six assists and four rebounds.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
Bruce Butler, ODU Athletics
Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls last week.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
Chloe Paugh, West Virginia Athletics
Western Kentucky graduate student Faith Hegh, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .346 (18 for 52) with five doubles, a home run, 10 runs and 12 RBIs.
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Baylor guard Keyonte George (1) looks to shoot under pressure from Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi goes up for a shot while being guarded by Kansas forward Jalen Wilson during a Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinal game Friday in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
Chad Smith, Ball State Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Keegan Ford, a Mainland Regional High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Billy Kroeger, an Ocean City High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Teddy Grimley, an Ocean City High School graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Logan Hone, a St. Augustine Prep graduate.
Lamar Carter, NJIT Athletics
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Keegan Ford (19), a Mainland Regional High School graduate, celebrates with his team after scoring the game-winning goal with no time left in a 14-13 victory over Lindenwood.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, is seen in the moments after a race at the Pac-12 Championships this month.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, swims the backstroke during the Pac-12 Championships this month. Lasco is in Minneapolis this week for the NCAA Championships.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, left, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, hugs head coach Amy Deem at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
James Knable, Miami Athletics
James Knable, Miami Athletics
Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, is hitting .387 (24 for 62) with two doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, is hitting .387 (24 for 62) with two doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games.
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Dayton University’s Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dayton University's Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, bats against Tennessee on Feb. 25. Watson is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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ST. JAMES CITY, Fla. — A mulch fire sparked along Masters Landing Drive in St. James City early Wednesday morning.
Firefighters with the Matlacha-Pine Island Fire Department responded to the mulch fire around 3 a.m.
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More than 13,000 Allen County voters went to the polls to cast their votes in person Tuesday, which happened without major incident, officials said.
About 10% of voters participated in the primary election, said Amy Scrogham, Allen County’s director of elections. The unofficial total vote county for Allen County was 19,047, which was reported about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Most Allen County voters went to the polls in person on Election Day with 13,526 voters, according to unofficial results. Allen County has 184,854 registered voters.
Early voting numbers promised a higher turnout than in the previous two municipal primaries.
By the end of Monday, 4,693 people cast ballots early and in person. With absentee voting and traveling board votes, the number reached 5,526.
In 2019, 26,625 people participated in the municipal election primary, which is about 14% of registered voters, Scrogham said. In the 2015 primary, 19,783 people voted, which is about 9.8% of eligible voters.
The election board expected 25% of eligible voters to cast ballots Tuesday, Scrogham said Monday. Usually 25% to 30% of eligible voters participate in primaries, she said.
Several counties saw higher voter turnout percentages than Allen, including DeKalb County at 19.2%, Adams at 16.5% and Kosciusko at 11.5%. The lowest voter turnout in the area was Whitley County with a rate of 4.7%.
Devan Filchak of The Journal Gazette contributed to this story. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/about-10-of-allen-county-voters-went-to-polls/article_734848b4-e937-11ed-b11f-bb7075794630.html | 2023-05-03T12:04:09 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/about-10-of-allen-county-voters-went-to-polls/article_734848b4-e937-11ed-b11f-bb7075794630.html |
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
May 3, 1923: By passing three bills introduced by Senator Hamilton, Republican, Mattoon, the state senate tonight approved of women serving as jurors. Two of the bills provided that county boards and jury commissioners shall place men and woe electors on the jury lists. The third bill provides that women jurors are to be kept separate from male jurors while not deliberating on the verdict and are to be in charge of a woman bailiff.
75 years ago
May 3, 1948: The body of Private Harold W. Morgan, son of Mrs. Freda Morgan, 914 W. Oakland Ave., is being returned to Bloomington. Morgan, a machine gunner in the Fifth Division of the Marine Corps., was killed in action March 5, 1945 on Iwo Jima. Before he entered the service on April 3, 1944, Morgan was employed as a fireman on the Alton railroad. He attended Irving School, Bloomington High School and Illinois State Normal University and was a member of the English Lutheran Church.
50 years ago
May 3, 1973: Three area men were named recipients of the Silver Beaver award at the final annual meeting of the Corn Belt Boy Scout Council. The award, the highest honor a volunteer Scouter can receive, was presented to Robert DeChant and Glen E. Greenseth of Normal and Paul Melvin Lay of El Paso. The council, made up of units in McLean, Livingston, DeWitt and Logan counties, merged with the Creve Coeur and Starved Rock Boy Scout councils in April.
25 years ago
May 3, 1998: Small Wonders, the Normal Parks and Recreation Department's preschool program, is expanding to add a 3-year-old class and separate its 4- and 5-year-old classes. The growth is possible because it is moving to the new Activity and Recreation Center at the former Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home. Instead of sharing one room with other programs, the preschool will have three rooms of its own, plus bathrooms, a teacher's office and a storage area.
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Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
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W.P. Garretson
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Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
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BALTIMORE — The Canton T-Mobile store worker who was shot during a robbery on Sunday has died. Now his family has set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for his funeral expenses.
No arrests have been made as police are still searching for the two suspects wanted in connection to the deadly shooting.
Fabian Alberto Sanchez Gonzalez was 23-years-old when he was shot in Sunday's attack. His family has raised more than $17,000 to pay for his funeral.
Baltimore police say two men entered the T-Mobile store on Boston Street in Canton to steal cell phones and cash. Fabian was shot in the process.
The men robbed customers inside the store and then took off. They also robbed a family of their loved one. Fabian was taken to a hospital after the shooting on Sunday but he died the next day.
More: Employee shot, killed during armed robbery at T-Mobile store in Canton
On the family's GoFundMe page, Fabian's brother Carlos said "he cared so much and was always peaceful. He would work and come back home relax and play games. His goal was to get his family forward. He was selfless and would spend all his money on us and even go some days without eating because he made sure his family was maintained first.”
The post further stated “he cared and he showed it in his way. He was full of life and he always smiled and joked around with us and kept us filled with joy. He was the definition of being a brother, a son, and a friend. He had a big heart, a heart of gold.”
The Sanchez-Gonzalez family is seeking to raise $20,000 to help pay for Fabian's funeral. Meanwhile, people who live, work, or shop in the area are worried about their own safety.
Robert Dion who works in shopping center said “I feel for the next couple of weeks, it’s going to be fresh in everyone’s mind and we’re going to take some extra precautions and definitely keep a lookout.”
While police are still looking for those two suspects in the deadly shooting, they have yet to release a description of the suspects or surveillance video to the public. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/fabian-alberto-sanchez-gonzalez-t-mobile-store-worker-shot-during-robbery-dies | 2023-05-03T12:16:25 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/fabian-alberto-sanchez-gonzalez-t-mobile-store-worker-shot-during-robbery-dies |
An investigation is underway after a 20-year-old woman apparently jumped to her death from the roof of a Times Square hotel after a disturbance in the room where she was staying left the place trashed, police said Wednesday.
According to the NYPD, cops got multiple 911 calls about a 10th-floor disturbance at OYO Hotel 157 W 47th Street in midtown Manhattan. Those came in around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Shortly thereafter, cops got the call about the roof jump.
Police found a 24-year-old man in the room where the woman had been staying. They said the place was trashed as if there had been some kind of melee. Cops say they're investigating the possibility the man attacked the woman before she jumped but they do not believe at this point that he threw her or pushed her off the building, authorities say.
They had to shock him with a stun gun in the lobby as they took him into custody, then transported him to Bellevue Hospital in what they described to be an emotionally disturbed state.
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The woman's identity has not been released. There was a baby less than a year old with her and the man, police said. The child was handed off to a stranger during the course of the incident and was not harmed.
Police say charges are pending against the 24-year-old man, which may pertain to potential child endangerment or the possible assault investigation. No other details were immediately available. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-dies-in-midtown-hotel-roof-plunge-baby-unharmed/4298862/ | 2023-05-03T12:19:15 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-dies-in-midtown-hotel-roof-plunge-baby-unharmed/4298862/ |
Tanner Newman announces he will run for Northern District Public Service Commissioner in front of his family, friends and supporters at Robins Field on Monday in Tupelo.
TUPELO — The Tupelo City Council has appointed City Engineer Dennis Bonds as interim development services director while current director Tanner Newman takes a leave of absence to focus on his campaign for northern district public service commissioner.
Following a brief executive session Tuesday night, the council accepted Newman’s request for a leave of absence and appoint Bonds to the position in the interim. Bonds was hired during former Mayor Jason Shelton’s administration in 2019, taking over for John Crawley. Before joining the city, Bonds worked for APAC-Mississippi, an asphalt and paving contractor. There was no voting matter.
“I'm excited,” Bonds said. "I've seen up close Tanner's hard work the last couple of years to work with the city of Tupelo and the great momentum that has been created. We just look forward to continuing that. We are aiming in the right direction. I'm humbled to have the opportunity."
Bonds said during his time filling Newman's role, he will continue to work in his capacity as city engineer.
Newman, 28, was appointed as director in July 2021, at the beginning of Mayor Todd Jordan’s term. He previously worked for Jordan's mayoral campaign. Newman said starting Wednesday, his campaign will be his sole focus. He also noted he suggested Bonds for the interim position and felt he will continue the work the department started under his leadership.
“I will take an unpaid leave of absence from my duties with the City of Tupelo beginning May 3,” Newman said in a statement. “This leave will allow me to focus solely on earning the votes and support of North Mississippi as I seek to represent them on the Public Service Commission. I deeply appreciate Mayor Jordan and the City Council for their support and willingness to allow me to temporarily step aside to campaign for PSC.”
Newman, a Republican, is currently in a three-way battle for the northern district seat against former Environmental Protection Service Agency Chief of Staff Mandy Gunasekara of Oxford and three-term state Rep. Chris Brown of Nettleton.
With no Democratic candidate, the winner of the Aug. 8 Republican primary will win the seat by default. If no single candidate gains the majority of votes, the advancing candidates will battle it out in a runoff election on Aug. 29.
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Robert Findlay Smith, 71, pleaded guilty Tuesday in court to shooting and killing three people at a potluck at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church last summer.
Tuesday, Smith accepted a plea deal from the state, waiving his right to a trial and appeal, agreeing to serve life without parole. Smith’s lawyers say because of his age, he’ll never see the outside world again.
District Attorney Danny Carr says because Smith intentionally murdered three people, the only sentencing options were life in prison without parole or the death penalty.
“This type of senseless murder of three innocent people is certainly a case our office would typically try in front of a jury and seek the death penalty,” said Carr in a statement. “However, that was not the wish of the three families in this case.”
Smith’s lawyers would not say why he shot three people at the potluck. Smith’s lawyers addressed the three victims’ families for him in court, saying he was sorry and asking for forgiveness.
“When he came out, he saw the large crowd, he became nervous and I asked him did he want to speak and he asked us to say something on his behalf,” says Emory Anthony, one of Smith’s attorneys. “It’s no doubt. I believe he’s remorseful.”
“The families wanted closure as well because you have to remember, every time they go to court, the family has to relive this,” says attorney Eric Guster.
Linda Rainey, the widow of victim Walter Rainey, addressed the court and Smith at the hearing. She says she relives that day of senseless, evil murder over and over again and believes if it were not for the man who took the gun from Smith, more people would have died. Rainey says the legacy left behind by the three people killed that day is one of love and kindness.
“Church should be the place of solitude, the place of safety,” says Guster. “For a person to go in and murder people in a church, in our hometown, it’s really, really tough to grasp.”
Guster says plea deals are common as oftentimes defendants and families of victims don’t want to go through a trial. Smith’s lawyers believe the plea deal was good for everyone involved.
“They did not just talk about being Christians, they acted as Christians and were willing to forgive him,” says Anthony. “I know it’s hurtful to each one of the family members, but we say thanks to each one of them for taking that attitude.”
Saint Stephen’s says the unthinkable act of gun violence changed the church forever but says it will be putting energy into modeling God’s love and being a place for healing and resurrection.
“As difficult as it is, we pray that God’s redeeming love may reach Mr. Smith as he lives with the consequences of his actions for the rest of his life,” says Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church in a statement.
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church says a concrete foundation has been laid where a labyrinth will be built as a place for healing. The church invites people to come out this Sunday to write messages of love and hope on the foundation. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/community-reacts-to-st-stephens-episcopal-church-shooter-guilty-plea/ | 2023-05-03T12:26:01 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/community-reacts-to-st-stephens-episcopal-church-shooter-guilty-plea/ |
SCHERTZ, Texas — An accident on the northeast side of town has the highway closed in Schertz.
An 18-wheeler truck has multiple lanes blocked off on I-35 at Topperwein as first responders work to investigate and clear the scene.
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SAN ANTONIO — Five people made it out safely from their burning home on San Antonio's southside after fast-moving flames spread, officials say.
Firefighters were called to the 400 block of McKinley Avenue around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a structure fire.
When the crews arrived, they found a heavy working fire underway inside a home. Fire officials say the flames quickly spread to the attic, which made it far more difficult to battle the fire due to lack of access.
The crews worked tirelessly for several hours trying to extinguish the flames.
Five people inside the home made it out safely, according to officials. One person had to be treated on the scene for smoke inhalation.
No word on the amount of damages caused by the blaze.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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DANBURY, Conn. — Angelo Natalie, Connecticut resident and mastermind behind dozens of songs "Barney and Friends" would sing to children of the '90s, has completed his college classes to earn a bachelor's at Western Connecticut State University.
Natalie, 71 of Stamford, picked up his progress in pursuing a bachelor's after about a 50-year hiatus.
“This degree is the completion of something I started in 1970," Natalie said.
He started his college education at Edinboro State College near Erie, Pa. before dropping out to get married and work in the music industry, and eventually write songs for PBS's "Barney and Friends".
He picked school back up in 2018, auditioning for WCSU's music program. Now, Natalie will be graduating with the class of 2023 with a Bachelor of Music in Audio and Music Production.
While Natalie established a career without a degree, he said "it was time" to go back and finish what he started.
“I’ve done audio music production my entire adult life, but by the seat of my pants,” Natalie said. "Now, with the arranging, music theory, audio and other classes I’ve taken at WCSU, I feel more equipped to produce my own material than I ever have.”
Of course, Natalie has just days to finish his capstone projects: A five-song EP in the Contemporary Christian Worship genre, and a “Designing Your Life” class.
“Musicians don’t retire, they die. I just keep on learning new things. Not for a single day have I walked away from my classes here without learning something of value. When you stop learning, you start declining. With my amazing professors at WCSU, I have learned so much. I’m sincerely grateful to them.”
After dropping out in the 1970s, Natalie worked in the "blossoming" genre of faith-based music, then went to work for a Nashville studio that produced national commercials and jingles, including for companies like Dodge, Pepsi, Pizza Hut and the Cabbage Patch Kids.
He also composed the theme package for the A&E, which Natalie considers his big break.
Most notable is PBS hiring Natalie to write for "Barney and Friends" in the 1990s. Experts on a fan-curated "Barney" Wiki page compiled a list of songs Natalie wrote for the show.
Natalie also contributed over 30 songs to another children's show, "Boz the Green Bear Next Door."
Back in Connecticut, Natalie has worked as the music director for Living Hope Community Church in Old Greenwich for the past three decades while giving private music lessons.
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SAN ANTONIO — A suspected drunk driver slammed into two cars that had just crashed on Loop 1604 late Tuesday night, sending three to the hospital.
Police say the first two cars got into a wreck on Loop 1604 at Bitters Road just after 11:30 p.m.
While the people involved were exchanging information, another SUV slammed into the vehicles, causing the impact to injure the three.
The three were taken to the hospital, with one of them in critical condition.
The driver of the SUV who hit their cars was arrested and charged with suspicion of driving while intoxicated.
Police did not say if the driver was a man or a woman.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Lawyers for the family of a 14-year-old boy who fell to his death from the Orlando FreeFall attraction last year are appearing in court Wednesday to discuss evidence in a lawsuit.
Tyre Sampson was riding the thrill ride, known as the world’s tallest free-standing drop tower, on March 24, 2022, when he fell as the ride was plummeting down. The ride at ICON Park took guests up into the air before dropping over 400 feet at 70 mph.
A lawsuit was filed in April 2021 alleging the ride’s operators should have known that riders could be “subject to unreasonably dangerous and foreseeable risks, and that serious injury and death of the occupants in the ride could result.” It also points out that the ride did not have seat belts, which would have cost operators of Orlando FreeFall $22 per seat for a combined $660 for all seats.
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The lawyers for the boy’s family will debate evidence Wednesday in the lawsuit. This comes after the family reached a settlement in March with both ICON Park and the company that operates the ride. However, there are nearly another dozen defendants in the lawsuit, including the manufacturer and installers.
An independent forensic engineering firm hired in the investigation into Sampson’s fatal fall found the operator manually adjusted the sensors in the seat he was in, which made the ride unsafe. The firm’s 14-page report determined the ride itself did not have an electrical or mechanical failure, but a manual adjustment in the seat he was in allowed the ride to operate even when it was unsafe.
Florida lawmakers are also set to take a final vote as early as Wednesday on a new bill, named after the teen.
The Tyre Sampson Safety Act calls for several changes, including a requirement for a seat belt and harness for any ride that goes over 100 feet.
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PLANT CITY, Fla. – Talk about a crazy traffic stop.
A Hillsborough County sheriff’s deputy jumped into action Sunday when an expectant mother was forced to deliver her baby on the side of a road.
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Body camera video released by the sheriff’s office shows the roadside delivery in Plant City.
“She’s ready to go, huh? She’s ready to go,” Deputy Daniel Jones is heard saying to the woman. “All right, look at me, look at me. Breathe through, all right, mama. Breathe through.”
Jones called for an ambulance, but the baby was born before paramedics arrived.
Mom and the baby were taken to a hospital and are doing well, officials said.
Jones said it’s the third time he has assisted in delivering a baby. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/03/video-captures-florida-deputy-helping-deliver-baby-on-side-of-road/ | 2023-05-03T12:31:55 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/03/video-captures-florida-deputy-helping-deliver-baby-on-side-of-road/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport (ICT) says demand for air travel is outpacing the available flights at the airport.
In March, 64,650 flew out of Wichita, which is an increase of 19% over the previous year. In total, 129,352 passengers flew in and out of Wichita in March, which is a jump of 17.80% compared to March 2022.
Even with that increased demand, seat capacity on flights has increased just 7%, and the number of flights has only risen by 4%, according to airport officials. The year 2022 finished out the year with airfares 14% higher than in 2021.
Revenue is also up for food and gift vendors by 18.69%. Rental cars are up 10.54%, and parking revenue has increased 2.82%. For the full statistical report, click here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/demand-for-air-travel-at-eisenhower-national-outpacing-capacity/ | 2023-05-03T12:34:26 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/demand-for-air-travel-at-eisenhower-national-outpacing-capacity/ |
EL DORADO, Kan. (KSNW) — Lane Enterprises McDonald’s will be attempting to break the world record for the most cars in a drive-through in one hour and is inviting you to participate.
The attempt will start at 7 a.m. on Thursday, May 11, at Lane Enterprises McDonald’s at 2002 W. Central Ave. in El Dorado.
Lane Enterprises says McDonald’s will be offering customers $1 burritos all morning, handing out free T-shirts to the first 300 customers, and giving away five value cards for a free meal every day for a year.
“Lane Enterprises McDonald’s has been a part of Kansas since the early days of McDonald’s franchising,” Lane Enterprises said. “We are one of the earliest family-owned McDonald’s franchises in the state. Our goal is to provide quality, friendly service to each and every customer that comes through our doors.”
Lane Enterprises says they are excited to attempt this world record and hopes to see as many people as possible come out. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/el-dorado-mcdonalds-to-attempt-to-break-world-record-inviting-participants/ | 2023-05-03T12:34:32 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/el-dorado-mcdonalds-to-attempt-to-break-world-record-inviting-participants/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — It’s been a decade and a half, but now a sexual assault suspect is charged after genealogical technology helped Wichita Police Department (WPD) detectives solve a 2007 cold case.
Ted Foy, 52, is charged with four crimes, including rape and aggravated criminal sodomy. The case dates back to November 2007.
This 15-year-old case is WPD’s first solved with genealogical technology.
Detectives started training in 2019 to learn how to track down a suspect using the technology, and now the department is working to solve five cases using this method.
“This is where we are developing a suspect where we have no suspect before,” said Wichita Police Department Investigations Captain Christian Cory. “We are able to take DNA samples and develop leads based on using public databases, and we can build out these family trees.”
From there, detectives use standard investigative practices and DNA swabs to develop a suspect and then work to confirm a lead.
“It’s not just a shot in the dark. It is building the case,” said Captain Cory.
The technology has motivated detectives to revisit cases.
“We still have victims and survivors out there that these crimes have impacted their lives tremendously,” said Captain Cory.
Captain Cory said it’s a growing practice but can come with challenges.
“It’s not just the matter of solving it, but can we prove it now with live testimony? Do you have a coroner, for instance, in a homicide, is the coroner still alive? Are the people who collected the samples, are they still alive?” said Sedgwick County District Attorney Marc Bennett.
It has created a new tool for investigators to bring justice and answers for victims.
WPD is looking at additional grant funding for more specialized testing to help solve other cold cases. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/genealogical-technology-helping-wpd-solve-cold-cases/ | 2023-05-03T12:34:38 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/genealogical-technology-helping-wpd-solve-cold-cases/ |
DOUGLASS, Kan. (KSNW) – A Kansas man who died serving the country during Pearl Harbor is finally home. He was laid to rest on Tuesday (over 80 years later) with full military honors.
Navy Seaman 2nd Class Floyd F. Clifford was 20 years old when Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The ship Floyd was stationed on capsized and killed 429 crewmembers, including Floyd.
Navy personnel spent two and a half years recovering the crew’s remains. In 1947, the American Graves Registration Service was given the job of identifying those who died. In 2015, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency exhumed the unidentified sailors for analysis using modern forensic technology. Scientists have slowly been identifying the sailors, including Floyd.
Rear Admiral Terry Eddinger says these services not only recognize people who served and honor those who gave their lives to protect the country but give closure for family members who never thought they would get it.
“This is somebody who volunteered for the Navy at a time we knew we were going to war. He was a volunteer. He wanted to serve his country, and he did,” said Eddinger.
Floyd grew up in Mulvane, but he was born and buried in Douglass.
“I was absolutely overwhelmed,” said Melba Clifford Nowakowski, Floyd’s sister.
A homecoming no one expected.
“I am just so grateful to the U.S. Navy and the POW/MIA people who work diligently to find my brother’s remains,” said Melba.
Surrounded by strangers and family, most of which never met Floyd.
“Any time I can support a Kansan coming home to their final resting place, I’ll be here,” said Master Sergeant Jerry Gardinier, who attended the service
“This is something way bigger than themselves. You know, it’s a person that went off to fight, died doing that, and they’ve been missing all this time,” said Eddinger.
It all happened after a family member reached out to the Navy to find out information on Floyd. That’s when the family found out Floyd’s remains had been exhumed and identified
“It’s a marvelous wonderful thing,” said Melba.
Melba has been to Pearl Harbor and other memorials many times, but Tuesday’s service in Douglass was different than the rest.
“I never realized there would be this kind of ceremony. My my my,” said Melba. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest/ | 2023-05-03T12:34:44 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/kansas-sailor-killed-at-pearl-harbor-finally-laid-to-rest/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The City of Wichita announced Tuesday morning that 40 lifeguard positions are open ahead of the upcoming pool season beginning May 29.
If the positions don’t fill in time, the pools may have to close on a rolling schedule, and hours could be reduced. Many summer festivities could be affected by the lack of proper staffing.
“We often have parties and get-togethers and gatherings at the swimming pools, and that’ll just make it a little more difficult for those families to schedule those,” said Troy Houtman, the City of Wichita Director of Parks and Recreation.
Houtman also notes that daycares and summer camps often visit the local pools, and scheduling visits could become difficult this year.
But the problem isn’t just in Wichita. The City of Salina Parks and Recreation aquatics supervisor Andrea Linder says they are also in need of 30-40 lifeguards.
“I’m part of the Kansas Parks and Recreation Aquatics Board, and so all of us across the state are really struggling,” added Linder.
Rock River Rapids in Derby requires more than 30 lifeguards per shift to keep the park operating. “We’ve gone to a three-percent raise each year [lifeguards] return,” says Derby Aquatic Commission director Donita Grinde-Houtman.
Wichita, Derby, and Salina all say they’ve increased incentives for lifeguards, like free training, free pool access, and higher pay. Keeping the pools open is an important part of maintaining the communities.
“Coming to the pool is really a family-friendly, affordable activity. It tends to decrease anxiety, and if people are swimming in warm water, it tends to decrease depression,” said Grinde-Houtman.
“There are so many drownings every year. And so it is really important for communities to have access to a pool,” explained Linder.
To apply for a lifeguard position for the City of Wichita, you can visit here. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/lifeguard-shortage-could-cause-problems-for-other-area-summer-programs/ | 2023-05-03T12:34:50 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/lifeguard-shortage-could-cause-problems-for-other-area-summer-programs/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – One person was seriously injured in a crash involving a motorcycle.
According to Sedgwick County Dispatch, they received the report came in just after 9:30 p.m. at the intersection of West Central Avenue and West Zoo Boulevard.
One person received critical injuries. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-critically-injured-in-west-wichita-motorcycle-crash-2/ | 2023-05-03T12:35:01 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-critically-injured-in-west-wichita-motorcycle-crash-2/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita Police Department has located a 12-year-old boy who went missing on Tuesday.
The department said the boy was located and was safe after he was last seen in the 800 block of North Volusia around 4:20 pm.
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita Police Department has located a 12-year-old boy who went missing on Tuesday.
The department said the boy was located and was safe after he was last seen in the 800 block of North Volusia around 4:20 pm. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-boy-reported-missing/ | 2023-05-03T12:35:07 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-boy-reported-missing/ |
Flasher High School senior Summer Fleck has always been involved with the herd of Angus cattle on the family ranch. She takes photos, updates social media pages and helps with marketing for bull sales.
She also started showing cattle around sixth grade. She made a deal with her grandpa that if she showed one of his heifers, she could keep it. That is how Fleck got her first cow, Janie, which she still has today.
“Being involved in that is just awesome to me, and it's really helped shape me into the person I am today,” Fleck said. “It gives you and shows you hard work, determination and patience. Especially when it's hot and the cows don't want to move or do anything.”
The daughter of Aaron and Andrea Fleck, of Solen, is this week's Teen of the Week, and the final of 32 high school seniors recognized this school year. Next week a Teen of the Year will be selected from the weekly winners to receive a $5,000 scholarship sponsored by MDU Resources Group.
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Fleck’s passion for Angus ranching has helped her find success in science competitions. She was inspired by the embryo transfers her family does with its herd and did a project on the grades of embryos and if they have an effect on conception rate. Her project has earned a number of awards, and this month Fleck will attend the International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas.
“I'm so grateful that I get the opportunity to go down there because I feel like not a lot of people know a lot about the cattle industry or the beef industry, so I’m sort of advocating in a way to let people gain knowledge on it,” Fleck said. “It means a lot to me because our whole herd of cows is my parents' livelihood, and so being able to advocate for that is phenomenal to me.”
Fleck has been class president all four years of high school. She also serves as the Student Council president and is involved in FFA; Family, Career and Community Leaders of America; and the North Dakota Junior Angus Association.
Fleck has played varsity volleyball and basketball. Last year, she tore ligaments in her knee and dislocated cartilage, which cut her volleyball season short and prevented her from playing basketball. Fleck said recovery was physically and mentally a challenge, but it was made easier thanks to the physical therapist she worked with. Seeing how the therapist helped her inspired Fleck to pursue a degree in physical therapy.
Business teacher Stacy LaDuke said Fleck is a natural leader who finds opportunities to lead and encourages those around her, which is what happened after another Flasher athlete got injured.
“(Fleck) initiated a mentor opportunity with a younger athlete as she sympathized with difficulties and challenges she had similarly faced the year prior. She came alongside the athlete to encourage her, a position never required or asked of Summer, but taken on voluntarily,” LaDuke wrote in a letter of recommendation. “I think very highly of this young lady and am thankful for her presence in our school.”
Fleck maintains a 3.5 GPA while taking three dual-credit classes and an Advanced Placement class. She plans to attend the University of Mary this fall and has already been accepted into the physical therapy program. She’ll first get her bachelor’s degree in sports medicine and biomechanics. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/teen-of-the-week/mdu-resources-teen-of-the-week-flasher-senior-s-angus-research-earns-accolades/article_37e6642e-e390-11ed-8180-eb2afef62a04.html | 2023-05-03T12:35:38 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/teen-of-the-week/mdu-resources-teen-of-the-week-flasher-senior-s-angus-research-earns-accolades/article_37e6642e-e390-11ed-8180-eb2afef62a04.html |
Three Sarasota County hospitals maintain A grades on The Leapfrog Group repot cards
Two of three Manatee hospitals maintain B grades on the non-profit group's report card.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital and HCA Florida Englewood Hospital all earned A grades in the spring safety report cards released shortly after midnight Wednesday by The Leapfrog Group.
Sarasota Memorial Hospital and HCA Florida Englewood Hospital continued streaks of consecutive A grades, while Doctors Hospital built a new streak with its second consecutive A grade.
The spring report card reflects data from 2022.
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It also shows a national trend of an increase in the risk of three healthcare-associated infections, including including Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus – commonly known as MRSA – central line-associated bloodstream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
Those numbers spiked to a five-year high in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Safety Grades also show a continued decline in patient experience measures, which are reported by patients and correlated with patient outcomes.
“This new update of Hospital Safety Grades shows that, at the national level, we saw deterioration in patient safety with the pandemic,” Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group, said in a prepared statement.
Though the fill report was not available on deadline, they should be available online at https://www.hospitalsafetygrade.org.
In Manatee County, HCA Florida Blake Hospital and the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center maintained their B grades, though Manatee Memorial slipped from a C to a D in the post recent rankings.
In Charlotte County HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital dropped from a B to a C, as did Shore Point Health Port Charlotte, while Shore Point Health Punta Gorda maintained its C grade.
HCA Florida Fawcett spokeswoman Alexandria Benjamin preferred to point to a separate ratings site, https://www.healthgrades.com when discussing how the facility approaches patient care.
“HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital is committed to providing our patients high quality healthcare services,” she said via email. “This is evident in our most recent national recognition from Healthgrades as America’s Top 50 Hospitals for Surgical Care.
“This achievement reflects the hospital’s outstanding clinical outcomes for surgical care and puts HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in the top 5% of hospitals nationwide for surgical care. Recognitions like this are very important to us as we move forward with our safety agenda.”
A biannual report card
Two times a year, the nonprofit Leapfrog Group scores hospitals on how well they keep patients safe from medical errors, infections, accidents and other harm to patients in their care.
It gives “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” letter grades to hospitals across the country on more than 30 different performance measures, including rates of injuries, accidents, infections and systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm and medical errors.
This year, 29% of the hospitals received a “A,” down from 30% in the fall; 26% received a “B,” a 2% reduction from last term, while 39% received a “C,” a 3% increase, and 6% received a “D.” Less than 1% received an “F.”
The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harm to patients and assigns a letter grade to almost 3,000 hospitals around the country.
This is a developing story. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/03/sarasota-county-hospitals-maintain-a-grades-with-the-leapfrog-group/70168571007/ | 2023-05-03T12:40:16 | 1 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/03/sarasota-county-hospitals-maintain-a-grades-with-the-leapfrog-group/70168571007/ |
With two projects delayed, North Port to weigh options for American Rescue Plan funds
One option may be a looming shortfall in the funding for Price Boulevard widening
NORTH PORT – The city of North Port is deciding how to best spend as much as $3.3 million of the $8.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds it received from the federal government, since two of the earmarked projects are facing delays.
The City Commission discussed its options at a Monday morning workshop, though the only consensus achieved was to revisit the questions at a future meeting, when board members could vote on how the money should be spent.
City officials identified six projects on which to use the rescue plan funds, disbursed by the federal government to offset COVID-19 pandemic impacts.
The city does has until December 2024 to commit the funds, which must be spent by the end of 2026.
Here’s an update on the projects' status:
Projects started and on time
The city broke ground April 24 on the largest project, the $3.8 million water and sewer expansion along Sumter Boulevard north of Interstate 75.
The work combines ARPA funding along with coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds.
It will extend a city water main from Sylvania Avenue and a sewer main from just north of City Center Boulevard along Sumter Boulevard to the north side of I-75.
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The hope is that the extension will make projects at the four corners of the I-75 interchange more development-ready.
One is the proposed North Port campus of Sarasota Memorial Hospital, which would be on the northeast portion of the interchange.
In March, the city broke ground on expansion of water and sewer along Toledo Blade Boulevard north of I-75.
About $645,587 of rescue plan funding is committed to the $2 million project, which will open almost 3,000 acres of land in what the city considers its “Innovation Corridor.”
Earlier:North Port commission approves first step in resurrecting 'Toledo Village' off of I-75
That activity center was highlighted in an economic impact study as providing a high return on investment by spurring development.
The city’s water main will extend nearly a mile on the east side of Toledo Blade, starting at Cranberry Boulevard.
The city’s sewer main will extend 1.3 miles on the west side of Toledo Blade, starting at Panacea Boulevard.
North Port also used $570,000 to shore up its 2022-23 fiscal year general fund and committed about $100,000 to improve the city website.
Projects delayed
North Port allocated $2 million to a new general government building in Wellen Park, so residents would not need to visit City Hall to conduct business.
After consulting with Wellen Park officials, the city postponed that project.
The city also allocated $1.3 million to a joint project with Charlotte County to improve the intersection of Hillsborough and Cranberry boulevards.
The preferred alternative for that project involves construction of a roundabout, which is delayed because of land acquisition issues that could ultimately prompt a redesign.
Assistant City Manager Jason Yarborough told the board that it may need to invoke eminent domain to acquire the land needed – as it ultimately did to acquire parcels needed for stormwater ponds as part of the planned widening of Price between Sumter and Toledo Blade boulevards.
Options for redirected federal funding
The Price Boulevard widening project may be one place where the rescue plan funds may be spent.
Last November, city voters approved an $80 million bond that would be guaranteed by sales tax revenue to widen the 2.75-mile stretch of road, but the city officials anticipate that sum to be several million short.
Another place where city officials can apply the money is to cover the cost of Hurricane Ian cleanup.
Though impacts are still technically projections, the net impact on the city coffers may be as much as $5 million, a city spokesman noted via email, and that’s after an anticipated estimated reimbursement of more than 10 times that from the Federal Emergency Management Agency – though it could take years for FEMA to pass along that funding. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/03/north-port-to-may-seek-alternative-for-american-rescue-plan-funding/70168569007/ | 2023-05-03T12:40:28 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/venice/2023/05/03/north-port-to-may-seek-alternative-for-american-rescue-plan-funding/70168569007/ |
How to meet owls, opossums and more. Wheels for Wildlife Car Show coming to Greenville.
The Wildlife Rehab of South Carolina will host the Wheels for Wildlife Car Show at Greenville's Camelot Cinemas on Saturday, May 20.
The nonprofit rehab group is celebrating its 30th anniversary and the car show will generate funding for the organization.
"Our income is strictly based on donations and educational programs. We dedicate an enormous amount of time trying to fundraise to purchase formula and medical treatment for the wildlife in our care." treasurer Susan Stack said.
The event is free to the public with a $20 entry fee for participants of the car and motorcycle show.
Entertainment includes live music, raffles, merch, a bake sale, a 50/50 drawing and viewing of spectacular cars and bikes being shown. Attendees will also get to view wildlife animals held in the rehab group's care such as owls, opossums, raccoons, white and grey squirrels and skunks.
The group rescues most native animals with the exception of coyote or bear from Greenville County and throughout the state. They rehabilitate southern flying squirrels, opossums, raccoons, bats, snakes, lizards, owls and hawks, among other wildlife.
"Our rehabilitation program consists of taking in injured and orphaned wildlife and providing them medical care if needed and food specific to each species' necessary diet." Stacks said. "We keep each species according to their specific needs and try to replicate when they would leave mom in a natural setting."
With the car show, Stacks hopes awareness is brought to their cause. The group, made up completely of volunteers, provides outreach educational programs in schools, 4H, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and visits retirement communities for a small program fee.
The rain date for the car show is May 27. You can visit the group's website to donate or to report a wildlife concern or question.
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/03/wheels-for-wildlife-car-show-coming-to-camelot-cinemas-greenville-animal-rescue-motorcycles-charity/70162729007/ | 2023-05-03T12:41:58 | 0 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/03/wheels-for-wildlife-car-show-coming-to-camelot-cinemas-greenville-animal-rescue-motorcycles-charity/70162729007/ |
News Tribune, May 3, 1983
- St. Louis County commissioners are expected to vote next week to ban development, deployment and dropping of nuclear weapons in the county. The resolution is a political statement about nuclear weapons and their proliferation, and its legal effects are questionable.
- Victor L. Power, a mayor of Hibbing in its infancy as a mining village, has been selected as the namesake of the city's new $500,000 recreational complex. The 134-acre development will be named Vic Power Park at a formal dedication in mid-July.
News Tribune, May 3, 1923
- A pay increase of about 10% for the 23,000 miners in the Lake Superior Mining District was announced yesterday by mine operators. The new wage scale for common labor will be $4.20 a day, compared with the previous scale of $3.75.
- Municipal garden plots on a site near St. Mary's Lake will be given out soon to Eveleth residents by the city. The annual allotment, for which there is great demand on the part of citizens, will be made by City Councilor William Murray. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-40-years-ago-hibbing-park-named-after-former-mayor | 2023-05-03T12:44:03 | 1 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-40-years-ago-hibbing-park-named-after-former-mayor |
CARTER COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — A portion of Highway 321 in Carter County is closed due to an overturned tractor-trailer.
According to Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley, a tractor-trailer overturned on Highway 321 at Rye Branch Road.
Fraley stated Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) is on the scene and the road may be blocked for a few hours due to the crash.
News Channel 11 has reached out to THP for more information. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-overturned-tractor-trailer-closes-road-in-carter-county/ | 2023-05-03T12:44:45 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-overturned-tractor-trailer-closes-road-in-carter-county/ |
KETTERING — The selection of two gender fluid seniors for Fairmont High School’s prom king and queen has sparked debate in Kettering City Schools.
Fairmont students’ picks of 18-year-olds Rosita Green and Dai’sean Conley last month as king and queen, respectively, prompted a gathering of supporters outside the Shroyer Road school late Tuesday afternoon prior to those opposing the votes addressed the Kettering board of education inside.
One rally organizer said the event outside Fairmont — which drew more than 40 people — was designed to be “louder than the hate inside” at the board meeting.
A pair of Kettering residents who opposed the Fairmont selections said they do not hate those who favored the picks of Green and Conley for their respective titles, but expressed their displeasure with the decisions.
“I think he should have been voted king and the girl queen,” Joe Overholser told the board. “I’m concerned about what’s going on in the schools. I’m concerned about normalizing the idea of questioning gender.”
Conley said at the gathering that he understands people both inside and outside the Kettering school district are unhappy with the decision.
But he wanted to “come together with the community and spread awareness about the situation and let others like us know that they’re not alone.”
Kettering Board of Education President Toby Henderson said he and other members have heard “very little” public feedback about the prom selections, but added the number of comments from both sides were fairly even.
Henderson said the board has not discussed adopting a policy against Fairmont students taking the action they did.
The process of voting for the Fairmont prom court is 100% student led and is overseen by class council, the United Student Body and the administration, according to the district.
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A “town hall” event to discuss a new online health care portal for those who rely on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center is scheduled today.
Col Dale Harrell will host the event for all beneficiaries at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Wright-Patterson Club.
The town hall will also be streamed live at https://www.facebook.com/88thmdg.
The portal, “MHS Genesis,” is scheduled to go live June 3, which is a Saturday. That gives the center a couple of days to iron out wrinkles before Monday, Col. Thomas Gifford, chief medical informatics officer at the medical center, recently told this newspaper.
“As we move closer to our go-live date, our staff looks forward to the new enhancements MHS Genesis will provide our beneficiaries,” Harrell said in a statement. “Once fully operational, MHS Genesis will give patients direct access to medical records, improved ways to exchange messages with their care providers and the ability to schedule appointments online.”
Similar to the “MyChart” system used by the Premier and Kettering health systems in the Dayton area, MHS Genesis offers a way to exchange secure electronic messages with physicians and nurses, request prescription refills, make appointments, check test results and more.
About the Author | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/today-wright-patt-medical-center-town-hall-to-discuss-new-patient-portal/LDELPGTQZ5DK5MZXOHMAZV3GJ4/ | 2023-05-03T12:55:49 | 0 | https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/local/today-wright-patt-medical-center-town-hall-to-discuss-new-patient-portal/LDELPGTQZ5DK5MZXOHMAZV3GJ4/ |
FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - The Flint community is mourning the passing of Sheila Miller-Graham.
The Flint native was well-known for founding and running Creative Expressions Dance Studio since 1982. Miller-Graham taught thousands of children in the city the art of dance while helping them build confidence and positive self-esteem.
Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley provided 66-year-old Miller-Graham with a key to the city last year.
"Sheila was a beacon of light, a mentor and an advocate for many children in Flint," Neeley said in a statement Tuesday. "She leaves as her legacy a love for dance, compassion for youth, and commitment to the Flint community."
Funeral arrangements were pending for Miller-Graham on Wednesday. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/flint-community-mourns-death-of-sheila-miller-graham/article_40343a24-e9ae-11ed-8909-436577801f68.html | 2023-05-03T13:04:38 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/flint-community-mourns-death-of-sheila-miller-graham/article_40343a24-e9ae-11ed-8909-436577801f68.html |
May is Golf Month, even if the weather doesn’t always cooperate. The good news is, area golf courses are open for the season. So pull those clubs out and hit the green. May is also National Hamburger Month, as you ponder your post-golf meal options.
Head to the Northside Library for the final movie in the Big Read program “Daring Debuts: a Series of First Films,” 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Northside Library, 1500 27th Ave. Like the Big Read Novel, “Homegoing,” these films are successful firsts. Today’s film is “Get Out,” directed by Jordan Peele (Rated R). Admission is free.
The Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Ave., hosts a “Museum Munchkins” program from 9:30 to 10 this morning. Today’s program focuses on butterflies. This is a free program, open to preschoolers with an adult. For more information, call 262-653-4140.
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Head to Rustic Road Brewing Company, 5706 Sixth Ave., for Music Bingo, starting at 7 p.m. It’s free to play, and there are PRIZES.
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is hosting the 28th Parkside National Print Exhibition, on display through July 28 in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery. The gallery is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Admission is free. For more details, go to www.uwp.edu/therita/artgalleries.cfm.
Alice Cooper — who has been “the dark lord of rock” for several decades — comes to Milwaukee’s Miller High Life Theater for a stage show (don’t call it a mere concert!) tonight. His show features electric chairs, guillotines, fake blood and boa constrictors. 8 p.m. on May 3. Tickets are $50-$95 (plus fees) at pabsttheatergroup.com. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-wednesday-may-3/article_9c568df6-e865-11ed-8de8-bbb11b945741.html | 2023-05-03T13:09:14 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-wednesday-may-3/article_9c568df6-e865-11ed-8de8-bbb11b945741.html |
Heather Kamikawa and Pete Rodriguez — both members of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra — have a message to share: “Music is for everyone, and the symphony is for our whole community.”
“We are calling out to the public that we’d love to see you at our concerts,” Kamikawa said.
The symphony’s programs “are designed to appeal to the whole community,” Rodriguez added.
The symphony, which formed in 1940, enjoys a long history in Kenosha and “has a high level of musicianship,” Rodriguez, the symphony’s president, said Friday while meeting Downtown at The Buzz. “We really have a high-caliber group.”
As part of their effort to attract more families to concerts, the symphony performed a spooky Halloween-themed program in October, followed by its annual Christmas concert.
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“Those concerts were great and did attract more families,” Kamikawa said. “Our Christmas concert is always our most popular performance.”
Each spring, the symphony also hosts a free Youth Concert for Kenosha Unified fifth-grade students and the general public, along with a youth concerto scholarship competition.
But that’s not happening this year.
“It was such a hard decision to make,” Rodriguez said of canceling the concert and the scholarships. “COVID really hurt us for a few years. We livestreamed concerts for free and paid the musicians during that time, but we didn’t have any ticket sales. We streamed the music for the benefit of the community, but all the costs came right out of our budget.”
Kamikawa, who is the symphony’s youth outreach coordinator in addition to playing viola with the group, agonized over ending the Youth Concert, which started almost 60 years ago.
“We are always looking for any ideas on how to bring in young people, but we just couldn’t afford to do it this year,” she said. “The first time I heard a symphony concert was as a KUSD student, and I am passionate about keeping this going. We’re really hoping to bring it back in 2024.”
Canceling the scholarships “was a hard choice,” Rodriguez said. “It wasn’t a huge amount, but the kids who received that money could use it to buy books or pay audition fees. This affects kids’ lives.”
As the Bradford High School orchestra director, Kamikawa is keenly focused on “the next generation of musicians.” That’s why Kenosha Symphony tickets are always free to student musicians, through college.
As for the Kenosha Unified School District’s music program, “it’s enjoying a renaissance,” Kamikawa said. “The numbers are way up for band and orchestra. It’s just amazing what we’ve kept going here for so many years.”
Community support
Rodriguez said the cost for a symphony concert ranges from about $16,000 to $22,000 “and we really have to work to be able to afford the concerts,” he said. “The perception of orchestras is that they all have major corporate sponsorships, but that’s not true. We do get money from Snap-on to fund our Christmas concert, which we really appreciate, but we need more support.”
Another popular program is the symphony’s free outdoor concerts in Petrifying Springs County Park the past two summers.
“We do not have an outdoor concert planned this summer,” Rodriguez said. “The county really helped us out with fundraising and sponsorships for those programs.”
Every performance “costs a lot in resources,” Kamikawa added. “We are on a big push to get sustaining financial support.”
How you can help
“People can donate directly on our website, kenoshasymphony.org,” Kamikawa said. “And if you’re interested in performing with the symphony, auditions are open. You can email us at admin@kenoshasymphony.org.”
The symphony is also always looking for volunteers and for board members.
“If you don’t want to be on the board,” Rodriguez said, “you can join a committee and work on a project. We’re always looking for new ideas and more connections to the local community.” | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-symphony-looking-for-community-support/article_1bf60b3e-e6ba-11ed-ae5c-3785d08e8ef5.html | 2023-05-03T13:09:20 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-symphony-looking-for-community-support/article_1bf60b3e-e6ba-11ed-ae5c-3785d08e8ef5.html |
Florida Polytechnic will hold graduation ceremony Sunday in Lakeland
Florida Polytechnic University will hold its spring commencement ceremony Sunday. More than 200 undergraduate and graduate students will receive diplomas.
The commencement speaker will be the Thomas Dougherty, a former U.S. ambassador and Fulbright leader. Dougherty served in several African countries, Germany and Saudi Arabia before being assigned as Deputy Chief of Mission to the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia.
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He is the Warburg Chair in International Relations at Simmons University in Boston.
The ceremony starts at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the RP Funding Center, 701 W. Lime Street in Lakeland. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/florida-polytechnic-will-hold-graduation-ceremony-sunday-in-lakeland/70172067007/ | 2023-05-03T13:12:25 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/florida-polytechnic-will-hold-graduation-ceremony-sunday-in-lakeland/70172067007/ |
Florida Southern College will hold 139th commencement event Saturday in Lakeland
Florida Southern College will hold its spring commencement Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Who is graduating?
This will be the 139th commencement ceremony for Florida Southern.
The college expects to award about 450 undergraduate degrees, with 264 going to students from the School of Arts and Sciences, 105 from the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise, 68 from the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences and 15 from the School of Education.
Graduates represent almost all 50 states and seven other countries – Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Italy, Germany and Switzerland – FSC said in a news release. The school expects to confer 44 graduate degrees and seven doctoral degrees.
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Who is speaking?
The keynote speaker is John K. Adams, 1992 graduate of Florida Southern. Adams, CEO of Altus Fire and Life Safety, has 25 years of leadership experience in markets such as health care, medical/surgical products and distribution, the school said in a news release.
The senior speaker will be Katharine Grace Wall of Jacksonville, who is receiving a bachelor’s degree in chemistry with minors in psychology and biology.
What else?
During the ceremony, Florida Southern will present the President’s Scholar Medal for superb academic achievement. It is awarded to recognize a student’s academic record and promise of future success, the release said.
As previously announced, The Ben and Janice Wade Outstanding Teaching Award was awarded to Shameka Shelby, department chair and associate professor of chemistry. The Honor Walk recipient is Nathalie Vanessa Moreno of Union, New Jersey.
The ceremony is open to graduates and ticketed guests and will be streamed live at www.flsouthern.edu/graduation.
Gary White can be reached at gary.white@theledger.com or 863-802-7518. Follow on Twitter @garywhite13. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/florida-southern-college-in-lakeland-holds-graduation-saturday/70175562007/ | 2023-05-03T13:12:27 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/florida-southern-college-in-lakeland-holds-graduation-saturday/70175562007/ |
Grand opening of Northeast Government Center in Lake Alfred set for Saturday
A grand opening will be held Saturday from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for the Northeast Government Center in Lake Alfred. A ribbon-cutting event will take place at 9 a.m.
The new facility at 200 Government Center Blvd. replaces the county’s offices that have been in the Gil Jones Building in Winter Haven. The opening culminates a two-year construction project.
The $40 million facility will include offices for the Polk Clerk of Court, courtrooms and offices for the 10th Judicial Circuit, State Attorney’s Office, Public Defender’s Office, court services, the Polk Tax Collector’s Office, the Polk Property Appraiser’s Office, Florida Department of Health Vital Statistics, the Polk County Building and Permitting Division and Healthy Families and the Polk Supervisor of Elections during voting months.
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The site will also have a driving test track.
Representatives from other Polk County departments will be available at the grand opening, including Human Resources, Code Enforcement, Housing and Neighborhood Development, Indigent Healthcare (with mobile bus services), UF/IFAS Extension programs and Veteran and Volunteer Services. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/northeast-government-center-in-lake-alfred-has-grand-opening-saturday/70174433007/ | 2023-05-03T13:12:34 | 1 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/northeast-government-center-in-lake-alfred-has-grand-opening-saturday/70174433007/ |
ATLANTA — Many metro Atlanta brides are scrambling after a boutique abruptly closed. Many are now left without their dresses or even a refund.
One customer said she's out thousands of dollars after paying for her niece's wedding dress last year. She just found out it's been sitting at a separate manufacturer since last December because the boutique never paid them.
What happened inside La Raine's Bridal Boutique last August started as a happy experience for Jodi Bleier.
“We found the dress of her dreams at La Raine's," Bleier said. "It was a wonderful day. There was champagne, there was hugs and kisses. My mom was crying.”
Bleier said she paid the full $2,500 up front for Melissa's dress and sent 11Alive receipts.
“Shortly thereafter, they sent Melissa an e-mail stating that the dress was in production, and she could expect to receive the dress in late January 2023," Bleier said.
Melissa never got her dress and started contacting the owner in January. She saved text message where the owner promised numerous times it was on its way.
“First it was there's production issues due to COVID and supply chain issues. Next month, I promise it's going to come next month every month," Bleier said. "The latest, maybe it was three or four weeks ago, she told her that it was on the truck on the way to Atlanta, and there was a tornado that forced the truck to turn back to California.”
Bleier found out Monday La Raine's is now permanently closed. She said the owner then demanded $950 to get the dress.
“I know she's not the only bride that this has happened to," Bleier said. "First, I was upset. My niece is devastated. She's in tears.”
Another person who's heartbroken is Melissa's 90-year-old grandmother. Melissa lives in Colorado but flew to Atlanta so her grandma could help pick out her dress.
“I think you need to pay your debts and get these dresses, and if you don't, I sincerely hope that you will never be granted a business license again," Bleier said.
11Alive reached out to La Raine's on the phone, e-mail, and social media and never received a response. Our Facebook comment disappeared within minutes. We stopped by the store, and no one was there.
Jacqueline Westney, the owner of Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique, said she's working with brides who are now without a dress. She sent 11Alive the following statement:
"The news of La Raine's Boutique decision to discontinue operations saddened the Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique team and inspired boutique owner, Jacquie Westney, to take immediate action on behalf of Atlanta area brides. Jacquie and her team responded quickly to ensure every bride ends up with her dream gown. Because of key relationships with bridal designers, Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique is well positioned to take delivery of gowns ordered by former brides of the now-permanently closed La Raine's. Dozens of brides orders have already been re-confirmed under the Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique name and will be arriving at the boutique's Roswell location over the next several weeks." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/la-raines-bridal-boutique-closes-brides-without-dresses/85-e64d043f-cc3b-4ce2-ae2c-29136af6a3cf | 2023-05-03T13:14:07 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/la-raines-bridal-boutique-closes-brides-without-dresses/85-e64d043f-cc3b-4ce2-ae2c-29136af6a3cf |
Body found inside burning car on Southfield Freeway near 8 Mile
A body was found Tuesday night in a car that was on fire on the Southfield Freeway near Eight Mile, Michigan State Police said.
Police are investigating.
Officials said troopers were called at about 11:50 p.m. Tuesday to a location on northbound Southfield Freeway north of Eight Mile in Southfield for a report of a car blocking the middle lanes. While en route, they received reports the car was on fire.
Firefighters arrived and extinguished the blaze, authorities said. They examined the vehicle and found a body inside.
According to a preliminary investigation, the driver of the vehicle was speeding and crashed into the rear of a SMART bus.
Troopers spoke to the bus driver and he told them he saw multiple vehicles speeding on the freeway and believed they were racing when one of them struck his bus, officials said.
Investigators said they do not know the identity of the deceased and an autopsy is scheduled to be conducted Wednesday.
cramirez@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2023/05/03/body-found-inside-burning-car-on-southfield-freeway-near-8-mile/70178104007/ | 2023-05-03T13:15:50 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2023/05/03/body-found-inside-burning-car-on-southfield-freeway-near-8-mile/70178104007/ |
Man found shot in car on M-14 near I-275 Wednesday in stable condition
A man who was found with a gunshot wound early Wednesday in a car on M-14 near Interstate 275 is recovering, Michigan State Police said.
Officials said troopers at about 3 a.m. received a 911 call from a location on M-14 but the caller hung up. State police asked Plymouth police to check the area.
Plymouth police officers located a 46-year-old man in a vehicle and slumped over the steering wheel with a gunshot wound. They also said the vehicle showed signs of damage after striking the I-275 bridge and coming to rest on the north shoulder.
Police found a gun inside the vehicle along with a shell casing. They also inspected the car and found no obvious signs of a suspect or bullet holes in it.
Medics took the wounded driver to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition.
State police continue to investigate.
cramirez@detroitnews.com
Twitter: @CharlesERamirez | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/05/03/man-found-shot-in-car-on-m-14-near-i-275-wednesday-in-stable-condition/70178124007/ | 2023-05-03T13:15:54 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2023/05/03/man-found-shot-in-car-on-m-14-near-i-275-wednesday-in-stable-condition/70178124007/ |
Wildflower Celebration a brilliant display of spring and nature
MUNCIE, Ind. – A pristine forest near Farmland, Ind., that remained undeveloped for 200 years is closed to the public – except for eight hours each year.
An opportunity to explore the the Phyllis and Frank Yuhas Woods, 20 minutes east of Muncie, will come Sunday.
The Red-tail Land Conservancy, a nonprofit that manages nature preserves across the region, welcomes wildflower enthusiasts to an annual display of east central Indiana's best blooms of spring.
The Wildflower Celebration will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Phyllis and Frank Yuhas Woods, named after Ball State University professors Phyllis and Frank Yuhas.
The forest is expected to be blanketed with colorful wildflowers, according to a release, including: Red and White Trillium, Yellow Trout Lilies, Blue Phlox, and Spring Beauties. Visitors can also see old-growth trees, a wetland and an overlook of Cabin Creek.
“Everywhere you look is a rainbow of wildflowers,” said Kelley V. Phillips, Red-tail’s Communications and Outreach Manager. “The songbirds, woodpeckers, and frogs create a lively springtime chorus.”
Visitors can explore the woods anytime from 1-4 p.m., and Red-tail will provide a family-friendly wildflower scavenger hunt. An information table will be staffed to help event attendees identify wildflowers they discover. Guided tours by expert botanists will be available at 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
“The Wildflower Celebration is a rare and beautiful opportunity to wander a living museum,” said Phillips. “Red-tail is delighted to provide the spectacular experience of a forest waking up from winter and bursting with life.”
Red-tail is not requiring registration for this free event, but guests are encouraged to bringi a camera to record the spring wildflowers and nature.
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Casper police on Tuesday night investigated a suspicious death on a residential street in the central part of town, a spokeswoman confirmed.
A large number of Casper police officers were seen working near a duplex on the 700 block of East Third Street.
In a statement, police said officers were conducting an investigation. The public was asked to keep from the area.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The Johnson City Development Authority (JCDA) is looking to improve the overall look of downtown.
Through the JCDA’s Facade Improvement Grant Program, merchants and building owners can apply for funds to amp up their curb appeal.
The application went live on May 2 and is open to apply.
A release regarding the grant states through tax increment funds, a primary facade is eligible for $10,000 in grant funds while a street-facing facade can receive up to $5,000.
A map of the redevelopment plan area dn the properties eligible for this grant can be found here.
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VALPARAISO — The city’s latest mural is on display at Central Park Plaza as the Valparaiso Creative Council continues to bring public art to the city.
Executive Director Jessica Corral unveiled the digital print of the “We Art Valpo” mural recently on the side of Ben’s Pretzels.
Don’t wait too long to see it, though.
“This is a pop-up mural that we’re rotating out every year,” she said.
Last year, a mural that included more than 4,000 students’ paintbrush strokes was hung in the council chambers at City Hall. Another mural is planned for next year, to debut on a date to be determined.
“It just really starts to add to the presence of the arts district,” Corral said.
A decade ago, Corral created the Spring into the Arts program for Valparaiso Community Schools students. She also serves as an art teacher. This year’s mural was unveiled in conjunction with that program.
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The council also partnered with the city to create the Birds of Paradise scavenger hunt, encouraging people to find the bird sculptures downtown. (Hint: One of them is near the new mural on Lafayette Street.)
The Valparaiso Art Walk on Cumberland Crossing north of Vale Park Road and artistic wraps on utility boxes in the city are also council projects.
Next year, a sculpture will debut at the center of the new Flounder and Friends Skatepark at Fairgrounds Park.
A concert for Memorial House’s 130th anniversary is also planned for this year.
Megan Marolf, vice president of the council’s board of directors, plays the oboe but appreciates visual art as well as performing arts. “This is just another step in making the arts a visible presence in Valpo," she said, standing in front of the new mural.
“I love how it incorporates community pride. It’s colorful and upbeat and beautiful. It’s a really fun addition.”
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What is critical race theory? Is it being taught in Arizona schools?
Earlier this year, Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne started a hotline for members of the public to report “inappropriate lessons." His definition of that includes the use of critical race theory, which is often called CRT.
Arizona educators have said they are not teaching the advanced concept, primarily reserved for graduate school programs. Horne's claims that critical race theory is being taught in the K-12 setting, teachers argue, is an effort to increase mistrust of public schools.
Conservatives like Horne have latched on to the academic framework as a political issue, causing it to rise in prominence in conversations about public education in Arizona and the U.S. But what is critical race theory, and is it being taught in schools?
What is critical race theory?
Critical race theory is an academic concept examining how U.S. institutions impact racial groups differently. Some conservatives have used the phrase "critical race theory" to label any race-related instruction that touches on racial oppression.
Critical race theory was first developed in the 1970s and 1980s by legal scholars looking to understand why racial disparities in legal outcomes continued despite the gains of the Civil Rights Movement.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, critical race theory relies on two main ideas: that race is a culturally invented category used to oppress people and that law and legal institutions are racist when they maintain inequalities between white and non-white people.
The introduction to a 1995 book, “Critical Race Theory: Key Writings that Formed the Movement,” describes the work of critical race theorists as challenging how "race and racial power are constructed and represented in American legal culture and, more generally, in American society as a whole.”
In short, critical race theory focuses on the racially biased effects of institutions, not the racism of individuals.
"CRT does not attribute racism to white people as individuals or even to entire groups of people. Simply put, critical race theory states that U.S. social institutions (e.g., the criminal justice system, education system, labor market, housing market, and healthcare system) are laced with racism embedded in laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that lead to differential outcomes by race," according to Rashawn Ray, a sociology professor at the University of Maryland and senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, and Brookings researcher Alexandra Gibbons.
"Sociologists and other scholars have long noted that racism can exist without racists. However, many Americans are not able to separate their individual identity as an American from the social institutions that govern us — these people perceive themselves as the system. Consequently, they interpret calling social institutions racist as calling them racist personally. It speaks to how normative racial ideology is to American identity that some people just cannot separate the two," Ray and Gibbons wrote.
Is critical race theory taught in Arizona public schools?
Many educators have said that critical race theory is not taught in K-12 schools in Arizona. In addition, critical race theory is not part of the standards or teaching frameworks approved by the Arizona State Board of Education for use in district or charter schools.
But Horne said his administration, which takes an expansive view of what constitutes critical race theory, has received reports from classroom teachers of the theory's use.
Any mention of certain terms — for instance, "whiteness," "oppressor" or "oppressed" — is proof of critical race theory instruction, according to the Arizona Department of Education's website.
The use of social and emotional learning — a teaching framework to help young people regulate their emotions, establish and maintain relationships, and show empathy for others — is also an indicator of critical race theory's use, according to the Horne administration.
How can I learn more about my child's curriculum?
School districts often tell parents what students are learning through online portals, parent-teacher conferences and governing board meetings.
If families are concerned about what their students are learning, they should contact the child’s teacher, said Arizona Education Association President Marisol Garcia.
“Parents have the ability to email teachers, call them, show up at the office, have conversations,” she said. “We have these relationships.”
Families in Arizona can also file complaints about specific educators with the Arizona State Board of Education, raise concerns to school leaders, or speak publicly at governing board meetings.
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Arizona lawmakers want to restore recycling fund. But environmentalists fear one addition
For the past 13 years, the Arizona Legislature has voted to divert between $1 million and $2.5 million a year from a statewide recycling fund into other programs, hurting many cities that relied on the support. Now, some lawmakers want to return those dollars to their original purpose.
Senate Bill 1247, introduced by state Sen. Thomas "T.J." Shope, R-Coolidge, would guarantee that the money goes to “grants for recycling research, demonstration projects, new technologies, market development and source reduction studies." It would also prevent the funds from being diverted again.
The bill passed the Senate 18-10 and is awaiting action by the full House.
The money would be welcomed by cities and municipalities that have suspended or reduced their recycling services in recent years, and advocates are hopeful funds could bring new life to the recycling market in Arizona.
But a recent addition to what counts as recycling has raised concerns among environmental organizations. Plants that process plastic waste and turn it into fuel are now considered "advanced recycling" facilities under Arizona law.
The plants use pyrolysis, gasification or other methods to break down mixed-plastic waste into synthetic fuel, gas, and other products, using very high heat in chambers with little to no oxygen. These plastic-to-fuel methods, also known as chemical recycling, were included in the recycling fund's acceptable uses two years ago, when former Gov. Doug Ducey signed bill SB 1156.
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A plastic-to-fuel plant was set to operate in Phoenix. In 2019, the city, which aims to reach "zero waste" by 2050, signed a partnership with Renew Phoenix, a venture that expected to divert 10 tons of plastic waste a day and turn it into fuel. The company was unable to get the process off the ground and the contract expired. The city chose not to move forward after that, the Public Works Department told The Arizona Republic.
Plastic pyrolysis in the U.S. is still developing in contrast to other countries. Proponents say this method offers not only an opportunity to divert what cannot be recycled from landfills, but also to generate energy and alternative fuels. Oil and chemical companies are some of the biggest investors in these technologies.
Critics argue plastic pyrolysis produces a very small amount of useful products and emits harmful pollutants. It also distracts from necessary efforts to reduce waste production and phase out non-recyclable plastics.
"To me that is not recycling, nor is it particularly innovative," said Sandy Bahr, director of the Sierra Club's Grand Canyon Chapter.
Rajesh Buch, a senior sustainability scientist at Arizona State University co-leading research on the financial feasibility of municipal recycling across Arizona, said rebranding plastic pyrolysis as recycling is "deceiving."
"Pyrolysis allows us to get at least energetic value from these (unrecyclable) materials versus landfilling them," Buch said. He added that the process only makes sense if manufacturers continue to produce materials that can only be pyrolyzed or incinerated after use. The goal would be to significantly reduce the production of unrecyclable plastics and take them out of products and material value chains.
"Hopefully, pyrolysis remains an interim fix," Buch said.
Arizona is one of 20 states to enact "advanced recycling" laws in the past five years.
The changes in SB 1156 reclassify plastic-to-fuel plants as manufacturing facilities, so companies can abide by less strict air quality requirements in general, said Anja Brandon, associate director of U.S. Plastics Policy with the Ocean Conservancy, who has been following the changes in legislation closely. The plants would also have financial advantages over solid waste facilities and waste incinerators, and can claim recycling credits.
The new measure does not mean that chemical recycling in Arizona will receive dollars from the proposed appropriation, at least not by default. That decision is up to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, which administers the recycling fund.
The agency has not yet expressed interest to support such facilities.
ADEQ Deputy Director Amanda Stone said during a hearing on SB 1247 that, if the appropriations for the recycling fund are approved, the agency would be interested in re-establishing an advisory group to help administer the funds and incentivize business development. The agency has been in conversation with the Department of Commerce to discuss partnerships.
There is about $3.1 million in the recycling fund for this fiscal year, she added.
"We'd like to focus it on promoting the right types of businesses to come into the state to come help deal with our solid waste stream, so we are incentivizing innovative use, reuse and recycling on waste material," Stone said.
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Dollars for recycling
About three decades ago, Arizona created a recycling fund and authorized the deposit into it of 25 cents of disposal fees from every ton of solid waste disposed in landfills.
The total fee is $43 per ton, but even that small contribution allowed ADEQ to distribute over $17 million in grants for cities and municipalities from 1992 to 2009.
But every year since 2009, during the budget review, the Legislature has voted to divert the fund for other programs. The state’s recycling sector has lost more than $10 million as a result, according to a recent policy memo.
Eight years later, cities and municipalities faced a second loss. The market price for many recyclables dropped after China banned the imports of 24 kinds of recyclable waste in 2018. In Arizona, at least seven cities stopped their recycling programs altogether, and a couple of others significantly reduced their programs.
In 2019, a team of ASU graduate students interviewed officials and recycling managers from 14 municipalities on the changes to their recycling services and the biggest challenges they faced to maintain or resume their programs.
Local officials and recycling managers said the main challenges were the depreciated value of recyclable waste, loss of grants and increased transportation costs.
Interviewees said building processing plants for more recyclable materials, like a glass processing plant in Phoenix, would reduce transportation costs and increase viability. They all identified fully financing the state recycling fund as a top priority.
ASU graduates published a memo in the Science Policy Journal with several recommendations for the state of Arizona, and launched a campaign to reinstate the recycling fund.
Erin Murphy, a post-doctoral researcher focusing on plastic pollution and one of the authors of the paper, showed optimism about the introduction of SB 1247. In respect to the "advanced recycling" laws, she said it would be better to instead see Arizona enact extended producer responsibility policies or other policies that encourage reuse or reduction of plastics.
"I do think there is a place for plastic-to-fuel facilities in our global response to plastic pollution, but I am hesitant of this becoming a focus to our efforts," she said, pointing out that some of these plants even have to import waste from other places.
"It doesn't do anything to reduce the amount of plastic we are producing."
Diverting dollars from the recycling fund may have less to do with recycling and more to do with how chronically underfunded other environmental programs are, critics say.
In past years, legislators have diverted $1.5 million-$2.1 million of the recycling fund to the Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund, the Water Quality Fee Fund and the Surface Water Protection Program.
For the past two administrations, ADEQ has received no money from the general fund and relies on fees to run many of its programs. The fees meant for the recycling fund serve like a backup. Not all programs have associated fees, and fee collection can vary dramatically from year to year.
"They've got into this habit, I would say, of shifting dollars around," Bahr said. That's happened since 2010.
It would make sense if the fees go to fund recycling, she said, as it was intended. But more importantly, she added, environmental programs shouldn't be running on fees.
"The programs at the Department of Environmental Quality are important to our quality of life and therefore the Legislature should appropriate money from the general fund, at least for some of them," Bahr said.
"In recent years (recycling funding) just hasn't been on the priority list because there are so many other issues."
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Better than landfilling, but is it really recycling?
Plastic pyrolysis and gasification could divert massive amounts of mixed-plastic waste away from landfills and waterways, proponents say.
Waste-to-energy plants, WTE for short, have been operating for decades with the same goal, and also received similar criticism. They provide a better environmental alternative to even advanced landfills, especially when materials cannot be recycled.
By the start of the century, the EPA had set stronger regulations for WTE plants to reduce harmful emissions like dioxins, mercury and other volatile metals. Their use is wide-spread in Asia and Europe. In the U.S. there are over 60 of them.
"WTE plants have a lot of gas to treat, because they burn everything. And they treat it. Right now we know the emissions from WTE plants are very low," said Nickolas Themelis, a professor emeritus at Columbia University and founder of the Global Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council.
In contrast, plastic-to-fuel plants operate with technology that is still developing. Concerns about air pollution are still high.
Themelis believes there is no reason why a plastic pyrolysis plant, which has less gas to treat, could not achieve safe air quality standards.
Arizona law gives advantages to this new technology. Plants would abide to less stringent environmental regulations, as manufacturing facilities, but would receive the benefits of an "advanced recycling" label by earning credits for taking plastic waste, or qualifying for grants from the recycling fund. Traditional recycling facilities operate under solid waste management regulations.
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"They want to have their cake and eat it, too," Brandon, with the Ocean Conservancy, concluded.
Last month, the federal environmental regulator issued a national strategy on preventing plastic pollution in which it acknowledges publicly that plastic pyrolysis and gasification are not recycling activities.
Identical bills on "advanced recycling" have been approved throughout the U.S., backed by the American Chemistry Council, which “represents the leading companies engaged multibillion-dollar business of chemistry.”
In Arizona, SB 1156 was introduced by state Sen. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, and signed by Ducey in 2021.
Shope, who introduced the bill to re-appropriate money for the recycling fund, voted in favor of this bill. State Sens. David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, and Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, also supported both measures.
Mesnard voted against appropriating money to the recycling fund in this legislative session.
Mesnard and Shope did not respond to repeated requests for comment from The Republic.
Themelis, with Columbia University, said national surveys show that waste-to-energy plants do not displace recycling, so plastic-to-fuel facilities shouldn't either. The U.S. already recycles less than 10% of plastic waste.
"Do the best you can with the recycling. Then you have the remainder. What do you do with it?" Themelis asked.
"There is a limit to recycling."
Clara Migoya covers environmental issues for The Arizona Republic and azcentral. Send tips or questions to clara.migoya@arizonarepublic.com.
Environmental coverage on azcentral.com and in The Arizona Republic is supported by a grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. Follow The Republic environmental reporting team at environment.azcentral.com and @azcenvironment on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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The race to produce hydrogen fuels in Arizona is on. It's promising, but not yet funded
The race to decarbonize energy is on, and Arizona is in the running for approximately $1 billion in federal funding to make it happen.
Last month, about 40 member organizations collectively known as the Southwest Clean Hydrogen Innovation Network, or SHINe, submitted a second round of proposals to the U.S. Department of Energy outlining their plans to make the Arizona and Nevada collective a producer and exporter of hydrogen-based energy.
They were one of 33 groups, out of an original 79, to advance to this next round in the race for research and development funding from the Biden Administration's $8 billion clean hydrogen initiative through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The program, announced last June, will ultimately fund between 6 and 10 winning projects designed to help "jump-start America's clean hydrogen economy."
Now, they wait.
Reviewer questions are due May 31 and will be followed by pre-selection interviews, said Joe Varela, Director of Emerging Technology and Innovation at Southwest Gas, one of the utilities participating in Arizona's bid for hydrogen funding.
"And then, fingers crossed, fall of 2023 we’ll hear the good news," he said.
In the meantime, there are still plenty of pieces to get into place before Arizona has market-ready hydrogen fuels.
Among those are transportation issues, since hydrogen is 14 times lighter than air, less energy-dense than natural gas and can react corrosively with the steel many energy pipelines are made from. There are also concerns about hydrogen gas, a very small molecule, escaping from containment and causing explosions or combining with other molecules in the air to create more ozone and greenhouse gases, which are causing average global temperatures to rise.
And then, in the desert, there's the issue of water, since the electrolysis methods of creating carbon-free hydrogen require water as an ingredient and there is less and less of that to go around in Arizona.
What is "green" hydrogen?
Despite — or maybe because of — all these unknowns, the hydrogen scene is busy. Last week the financial advising company Deloitte, together with the World Wildlife Fund, an environmental nonprofit, published an assessment of green hydrogen for industrial heat. The industrial practice of generating high levels of heat for manufacturing processes through the burning of fossil fuels is a large source of greenhouse gas emissions that has proved one of the most difficult to decarbonize. Deloitte and WWF argue that the development of green hydrogen as an industrial fuel source will be essential to meeting climate goals and limiting the effects of global warming.
Hydrogen exists in nature as H2, or two hydrogen molecules bonded together. It is highly flammable at certain concentrations and thus useful as a fuel. It is being developed as a low-carbon fuel source because, unlike methane, which is made up of four hydrogen atoms bonded to a carbon atom, or coal, which is a lot of carbon bonded to elements including hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur, breaking the bonds of H2 to release energy doesn't necessarily involve carbon.
In contrast, breaking carbon bonds by burning diesel, for example, which is a molecule made up of many hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon atoms, causes the atmospheric formation of heat-trapping greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide that are driving climate change.
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Green hydrogen is considered "green" not because of its color (H2 is colorless), but because it is produced when energy from renewable sources like solar or wind is used to break the chemical bonds of water — two hydrogens bonded to an oxygen — to produce elemental oxygen and hydrogen, which is then captured and stored as a fuel.
Similarly, "pink" hydrogen is produced when nuclear energy is used to create H2 from water molecules. It is considered carbon-neutral because, like green hydrogen, the process doesn't directly result in the release of more carbon into the air.
But hydrogen fuels, the Deloitte report explains, can also be produced using natural gas, pure methane, or even coal to generate "blue," "turquoise," "grey," "brown" or "black" hydrogen, depending on the energy input source and whether the carbon byproduct is captured rather than emitted into the atmosphere.
Leveraging Arizona's natural energy sources to turn water into fuel
The SHINe proposal, Varela said, aims to pursue a mixture of methods for producing hydrogen fuels, including some that use natural gas as an input feedstock but make an effort to capture the carbon byproducts. As long as the end result is a reduction of carbon emissions per unit of energy produced, compared to just burning fossil fuels, he thinks the reliability and financial viability of hydrogen fuel hubs will be improved, at least initially, by blending strategies rather than trying to cut straight to using only renewable energy inputs.
"If you go too far in one direction, whether it be hydrogen from solar or wind and you leave out the potential for making hydrogen from renewable methane or biogas sources, then you kind of put yourself in a situation where you don’t have this nice diverse portfolio where hydrogen produced meets the standards of the program," Varela said.
In the long run, Arizona's solar potential and availability of nuclear energy from the Palo Verde plant 50 miles west of Phoenix make the state a promising location for the production of "green" hydrogen using renewable energy inputs or "pink" hydrogen using clean energy to break the bonds of water. And in addition to improving their chances of winning funding from the infrastructure law, meeting federal standards for reducing the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per unit of hydrogen fuel produced will also bolster project economics by qualifying SHINe partners for tax benefits as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, Varela said.
More:Without an energy office, will Arizona get its full share of the Inflation Reduction Act?
These IRA hydrogen tax credits are so appealing, in fact, that some experts have worried, as reported this week by Heatmap News, that diverting nuclear energy toward the development of hydrogen fuels nationwide could result in short term emissions increases if more fossil fuels are burned to make up for nuclear energy missing from the grid before hydrogen is fully online as an alternative fuel.
In Arizona, the use of nuclear energy in hydrogen fuels production could address concerns at Palo Verde reported by The Republic in 2019 that solar development might eventually replace the need for the nuclear plant. Palo Verde started working with the Idaho National Laboratory that year to test the process of using nuclear energy not needed during cooler parts of the year when energy demand is lower to produce hydrogen fuels that could then be blended with natural gas, stored and used as an energy source at times when solar power is not available.
“The thing I think is exciting for Arizona is that, right now, we’re a big energy importing state," said Ellen Stechel, executive director of the Arizona Center for Carbon Neutral Economy at Arizona State University and one of the leaders on the SHINe initiative. "But Arizona can turn around and become an energy exporting state and satisfy needs around us. (Hydrogen) opens up a lot of economic opportunity for the state to serve other areas which don’t have an abundance of sun.”
"We do have to worry about how much water we use," she added. "So we have to monitor that."
Navigating tradeoffs
Is it wise to pursue fuel generation that requires water in Arizona given the conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the Colorado River and recent drought? Stechel said she thinks it is, "cautiously."
"You’d be surprised how much hydrogen you can make from a little bit of water," she said. "If you think about it in terms of how many toilet flushes, it’s a very small amount that would make an awful lot of hydrogen, which we’re not going to scale up to very fast. That being said, water is something we want to pay very close attention to."
Varela likened the amount of water SHINe aims to ultimately put toward hydrogen fuel production as about the same currently used by golf courses in Arizona. But he said they are planning another study to get a better estimate. Stechel is also working closely with the new ASU Water Innovation Initiative, launched just last week with a $45 million budget, to be mindful of local water use as hydrogen fuel development progresses.
The other main obstacle that Southwest Gas, a pipeline and distribution company operating in Arizona, Nevada and part of California, is working on is how to distribute hydrogen through infrastructure that is currently composed of metals sometimes made brittle through contact with hydrogen gas, a chemical process known as "embrittlement."
Just last week, a report released by the National Transportation Safety Board determined that a pipeline explosion in 2021 that killed a man and his daughter in Coolidge was caused by corrosion related to the pipes having been originally designed to carry crude oil and not properly maintained after being repurposed for natural gas.
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“What we’re currently in the process of doing is research and development on how we can inject hydrogen into our existing infrastructure in order to displace that wellhead natural gas with hydrogen on an energy-equivalent basis," Varela said. "So we’re testing how (blends of natural gas with) hydrogen from 5% to 20% impact safety and performance."
Others have expressed concerns about harmful ways escaped hydrogen can react with other molecules in the atmosphere.
In an April 27 panel presentation by the Hamilton Project and the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Dean and mechanical engineer Arun Majumdar said he's a big fan of hydrogen as a clean energy source, but that we have to be aware of the tradeoffs.
"There is a shot on hydrogen," Majumdar said. "But you have to realize that hydrogen leaks much more than methane. And when it goes in the atmosphere, it takes away some of the reactions (with UV light) that are used to remove methane naturally. And as methane concentrations go up, we're in big trouble. So, should we not go into hydrogen? No, we should. But we have to figure out ways to understand and actually protect that happening."
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Overall, despite the obstacles that remain, research and funding investments suggest that hydrogen will play a role in decarbonizing the energy sector to help mitigate climate change. Maybe, if the SHINe proposal is successful, especially in Arizona.
"This industry is going to happen no matter what in Arizona," Stechel said. "It’ll happen faster, I think, if we win this. But it’ll happen. Hydrogen is coming to Arizona. We want to help make it bring the most benefits to Arizonans."
Joan Meiners is the climate news and storytelling reporter at The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com. Before becoming a journalist, she completed a doctorate in ecology. Follow Joan on Twitter at @beecycles or email her at joan.meiners@arizonarepublic.com. Read more of her coverage at environment.azcentral.com.
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Retrial in killing of 6-year-old Isabel Celis set for later this year
A new trial date was set to retry the convicted murderer accused of kidnapping and killing Isabel Celis, a 6-year-old girl who disappeared from her bedroom 11 years ago in Tucson.
When is the trial?
The retrial for Christopher Clements, 41, is scheduled to take place at 10:30 a.m. on September 12 at the Pima County Superior Court in Tucson, the court said during a hearing Tuesday. He faces three charges related to Isabel's death and disappearance, including first-degree murder, burglary and kidnapping a minor under 15.
The retrial is slated to run for four weeks ending on Oct. 6, the court estimated. A back-up date for the trial was scheduled for Feb. 6 if needed.
Who is Isabel Celis?
Isabel was a 6-year-old girl who lived with her brothers and parents in Tucson. On the night of April 20, 2012, she went to bed and was never seen alive again.
In 2017, Clements told the Federal Bureau of Investigation he knew where her body was buried. In return for authorities dropping unrelated charges, Clements said he would tell them where she was located. He led them to a remote desert area in Marana, where her remains were found.
Why is Clements facing a second trial?
Clements faced a jury in February for these same three charges, but the jury remained deadlocked and could not agree on the first-degree murder charge. Judge James Marner declared it a mistrial.
Wasn't Clements convicted in another murder trial?
In September, Clements was also charged with first-degree murder and kidnapping of 13-year-old Maribel Gonzalez who disappeared the evening of June 3, 2014, when she walked to a friend’s house. Clements was sentenced with natural life in prison for first-degree murder and a 17-year prison term for kidnapping the teenage victim, which will be served consecutively.
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Homelessness in Maricopa County is still on the rise, count shows
Maricopa County’s homeless population is still on the rise, a recent snapshot shows.
There were 9,642 people experiencing homelessness in the county on January 23, according to the point-in-time count, an annual attempt to quantify the region’s homeless population on a single day.
The number reflects a modest 7% increase over last year’s count but a 72% jump in the county’s homeless population since 2017.
Just over half of the people counted were unsheltered, meaning they were living on the streets, in their car or in another place not meant for sleeping.
The percentage of unsheltered people in the county decreased slightly compared to last year, while the percentage of people staying in emergency shelters and transitional housing increased. That’s likely a testament to the many new shelter beds that governments, nonprofits and foundations opened within the past year, said Katie Gentry, the regional homeless program manager for the Maricopa Association of Governments, which coordinates the count.
The city of Phoenix, in partnership with the county and other agencies, created nearly 600 new shelter beds last year and has 800 more in the pipeline to be completed by the end of 2024. Other municipalities in the county have also generated new shelters in recent months.
But Phoenix’s unsheltered population still increased slightly between 2022 and 2023, as did Tempe’s, according to the count. Other places, including Glendale and Mesa, saw decreases in their unsheltered populations.
Demographics of Maricopa County's homeless population
Last year’s growth in the county’s homeless population was not spread evenly across demographic groups.
The number of veterans experiencing homelessness climbed 20% between 2022 and 2023, though those numbers have widely fluctuated in years past.
The population of people who are chronically homeless has seen a steadier rise, more than doubling between 2017 and 2023. A person is chronically homeless if they have a disability and have been homeless for at least a year or repeatedly over the past three years.
Black people and Native American people continued to be overrepresented in the county’s homeless population, compared to their share of the county's overall population, while Hispanic or Latino people and Asian people were underrepresented.
Nationally, Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to seek services and are more likely to couch surf or stay in overcrowded housing, according to recent research from the National Alliance to End Homelessness. That may account in part for their lower numbers, said Gentry, of the Maricopa Association of Governments.
The point-in-time count data also includes some new insight into the reasons people become homeless. Nearly 450 people said their homelessness was caused by a rent increase, while almost 250 said it was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Limitations of the point-in-time count data
The point-in-time data almost certainly undercounts the Valley’s homeless population. Many unsheltered people hide, move locations throughout the day or are otherwise out of sight and thus aren’t counted. Bad weather, too few volunteers and human error also limit the count’s accuracy.
Children and families are especially difficult to count, Gentry said.
"They don't want to be found. Because they have kids and are worried about the repercussions of what happens with experiencing homelessness and being in a place not meant for human habitation," Gentry said.
Of the more than 550 families included in January's point-in-time count, less than 10% were unsheltered, she said.
Even if the count's methodology was perfect, the numbers aren't a good measure of the county's total homeless population each year because more people experience homelessness over the course of the year than on any single night.
Other sources of data, including the quarterly Homelessness Trends Report, help provide a fuller picture of the county’s fluctuating homeless population.
Juliette Rihl covers housing insecurity and homelessness for The Arizona Republic. She can be reached at jrihl@arizonarepublic.com or on Twitter @julietterihl.
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ECTOR COUNTY, Texas — ECISD held their Excellence Awards ceremony to honor students in the district.
44 ECISD seniors were recognized for all the work they have accomplished in the district. ECISD Superintendent Scott Muri said it is not only important to honor staff and teachers, but also the students.
"Anytime individuals, student or adult does things that we feel deserve recognition they're great," Dr. Muri said. " We want to honor and celebrate the, We want to establish them as examples and role models for other students and organizations when you do really good work as a society. We celebrate you, we honor you, we thank you and so tonight is a chance to do that with 44 kids that have had a really great journey through excellence with ECISD." | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecisd-excellence-awards-ceremony-honors-over-40-students/513-5f405429-ee7d-43cb-a1dd-e0bf43f27bcf | 2023-05-03T13:45:02 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/ecisd-excellence-awards-ceremony-honors-over-40-students/513-5f405429-ee7d-43cb-a1dd-e0bf43f27bcf |
ODESSA, Texas — The Odessa Meteor Crater Museum unveiled new renovations that were made to the center as summer approaches.
Some of the new renovations include cleaned up trails and picnic tables, and this is all thanks to the City's Public Works Department.
"We want to shout it from the rooftop, and Ector County for all of our citizens, but also statewide, nationwide, and also internationally," said Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett. "That we have this wonderful facility here in Ector County and its free to come get education and we got some good folks here that can help educate everybody and what the crater is, what happened 63 thousand years ago and what steps have been taken to go in and dig the meteorites they've found."
Judge Fawcett also said that scientists from Poland have even made their way to Odessa to do research on the crater. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/new-renovations-unveiled-at-odessa-meteor-crater-museum/513-be435a9d-77ea-4ce5-b59d-087ced3d0c34 | 2023-05-03T13:45:05 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/new-renovations-unveiled-at-odessa-meteor-crater-museum/513-be435a9d-77ea-4ce5-b59d-087ced3d0c34 |
MIDLAND, Texas — The Salvation Army of Midland and Cricket Wireless have teamed up to offer people in the area carefree temporary cell phone plans.
"It's a very life-changing experience for me because that means I'll be able to network," said one of the people helped by the Salvation Army named Drew. "Work obviously, talking to a boss won't be a problem, but also communication with the outside world."
Cricket is offering this service online to those who need it too. All they ask for is a valid Texas ID and proof of either food stamps or Medicaid. | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/salvation-army-and-cricket-wireless-offer-phone-plans/513-4be6f94e-c689-4b0f-966c-47e2972e6c97 | 2023-05-03T13:45:06 | 1 | https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/salvation-army-and-cricket-wireless-offer-phone-plans/513-4be6f94e-c689-4b0f-966c-47e2972e6c97 |
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A man suspected of opening fire at his neighbor’s home and killing five people was arrested Tuesday after a four-day manhunt, authorities in Texas said.
The hunt for 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza began Friday after he fled from the scene of the deadly shooting in the rural town of Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston.
The shooting happened after Oropeza’s neighbors asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard because a baby was trying to sleep. The baby’s mother and 9-year-old brother were among the five people killed, who were all originally from Honduras.
Here are some things to know about the case:
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE MANHUNT?
An FBI agent acknowledged Monday that authorities had little to go on in the widening search for Oropeza.
More than 250 law enforcement officers from multiple agencies, including the U.S. Marshals, took part in the manhunt, which had come up empty despite additional manpower, scent-tracking dogs, drones and $80,000 in reward money being offered.
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On Monday, a heavy presence of police converged in Montgomery County after a possible sighting, but the sheriff’s office later said Oropeza wasn’t among the people who were questioned.
Montgomery County Sheriff Rand Henderson confirmed Tuesday that Oropeza was arrested without incident near Conroe, roughly 20 miles (32.19 kilometers) from the home where the shooting happened.
WHO IS OROPEZA?
Oropeza is a Mexican national who has been deported four times, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Oropeza was deported in March 2009, September of that same year, January of 2012 and most recently in July 2016.
The FBI in Houston tweeted Sunday that it was referring to the suspect as Oropesa, not Oropeza, to “better reflect his identity in law enforcement systems.” His family lists their name as Oropeza on a sign outside their yard, as well as in public records.
WHAT HAPPENED THE NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING?
Neighbors frequently fire guns in the rural community to unwind. But Wilson Garcia said his baby was struggling to sleep through it, so he and two other people asked Oropeza to move his shooting farther away from their home.
After Oropeza rejected the request, the family repeatedly called law enforcement, Garcia recalled Sunday.
He said while waiting for help to arrive, Oropeza ran toward him and reloaded. Garcia’s house was packed with 15 people, several of them friends who had been there to join Garcia’s wife on a church retreat.
Garcia’s 25-year-old wife, Sonia Argentina Guzman, and 9-year-old son, Daniel Enrique Laso, were killed, along with Diana Velazquez Alvarado, 21; Julisa Molina Rivera, 31; and Jose Jonathan Casarez, 18. Two of the victims were shot while shielding Garcia’s baby and 2-year-old daughter.
WHAT ARE THE ISSUES WITH IMMIGRATION?
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has faced criticism for drawing attention to the victims’ immigration status.
Abbott offered a $50,000 reward over the weekend for any tips that might lead to the gunman’s arrest, and while doing so, he described the victims as “illegal immigrants” — a potentially false statement that his office walked back and apologized for on Monday.
Critics accused Abbott, who has made immigration reform a signature issue in Texas, of injecting politics into the tragic shooting.
“We’ve since learned that at least one of the victims may have been in the United States legally,” Abbott spokesperson Renae Eze said in a statement. “We regret if the information was incorrect and detracted from the important goal of finding and arresting the criminal.”
Eze said information provided by federal officials after the shooting indicated that the suspect and victims were in the country illegally. Her statement did not address why Abbott mentioned their status and she did not immediately respond to questions about the criticism. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-manhunt-ends-with-arrest-of-man-accused-of-killing-5-neighbors-what-to-know/3249564/ | 2023-05-03T13:57:41 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/texas-manhunt-ends-with-arrest-of-man-accused-of-killing-5-neighbors-what-to-know/3249564/ |
WATERLOO — The continuation of a project at the Black Hawk County Landfill could be paid for with bonds from the county.
On April 25, the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors voted to assist the Solid Waste Management Commission in its bonding needs during fiscal year 2024, including a commitment to support the issuance of general obligation bonds.
Supervisors Tavis Hall, Chris Schwartz, Dan Trelka and Linda Laylin voted in favor. Supervisor Tom Little abstained, citing his role serving on the commission.
The cost would not exceed $4.8 million. John Foster, the commission’s administrator, said the bonds will be repaid with the fees of future landfill users.
A public hearing will still have to occur in front of the board.
Even though the bond would not exceed $4.8 million, a $3.7 million bid was previously awarded to Peterson Contractors, Inc., of Reinbeck, for the project.
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The project consists of covering 21 acres of a cell for burying waste with a plastic liner as well as a geotextile fabric that acts as a filter system.
In 2020, the first phase totaling $10 million consisted of installing a clay liner, a system to collect liquid waste that comes from buried waste; a pumping system to send that liquid waste into the city’s sewer system; and related electrical and other work.
Construction for the second phase will start “anytime by June,” Foster said. By the fall, filling would begin. He said there would be 15 years of airspace, or the volume of space on a landfill site permitted for disposal of solid waste.
Another phase wouldn’t be started until around 2029 or 2030.
The Black Hawk County Landfill was built by a private company in 1975. In 1984, voters approved a referendum to have the Black Hawk County Solid Waste Management Commission purchase the facility, which is located in Waterloo near the unincorporated community of Washburn.
The landfill is still privately owned and operated, while most others in Iowa are public. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/next-phase-of-black-hawk-county-landfill-project-could-be-paid-for-with-bonds-repaid/article_8c399256-1ab5-5acf-8acc-e9b0201a8851.html | 2023-05-03T14:02:31 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/next-phase-of-black-hawk-county-landfill-project-could-be-paid-for-with-bonds-repaid/article_8c399256-1ab5-5acf-8acc-e9b0201a8851.html |
SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – Sumter County Animal Services wants to find foster homes for a growing number of kitten families it’s been taking in, offering to even provide training to county residents interested in helping.
“We’re getting lots of kitten families and could use help in fostering them. We’ll train potential fosters on how to feed them, make sure they’re gaining the proper weight, and how to socialize them,” Dr. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, SCAS veterinarian, said in a statement. “The goal is to get as many kittens as we can into foster homes where they can be cared for and eventually spay/neutered and adopted.”
Those interested in fostering must be a county resident or live within 35 miles of a county kennel location, with proof — if applicable — of current rabies vaccinations for each pet in their home. Applicants also must be willing to bring the foster animals back to the shelter for checkups every two to three weeks, according to a news release.
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Should you encounter kittens on your own, the county recommends you keep an eye out for their mother, as it’s the kittens’ best resource for survival. One thing you could try is putting a ring of flour around the kittens and checking back a few hours later for footprints, the county suggested. If the mother can’t be found, or if the kittens look to be hurt or in ill health, SCAS can be reached over the phone at 352-689-4400 for further help.
Apply to foster with SCAS at this link.
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VALPARAISO — Andy Vasquez is the new Porter County Council representative for District 4, replacing Mike Jessen. Jessen resigned to become president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana.
Park Board President Craig Kenworthy and Plan Commission member Bob Giuliana also sought the position, county Republican Chairman Michael Simpson said. Kenworthy had the fewest votes and was knocked out of the running in the precinct committeeman voting. Vasquez won on the second ballot.
“I’ve been involved in politics since 1976,” when U.S. Rep. Floyd Fithian knocked on his door in South Haven and encouraged him to run for precinct committeeman, Vasquez said. In 1980, when Ronald Reagan won the presidential election, Vasquez switched parties.
“As our county grows, we have a lot of areas of growing pains,” he said. Among them is making sure county roads are in good repair and not too congested. That’s a challenge with the addition of new subdivisions in south county, he said.
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Also a priority is making sure employees are paid fairly. If high turnover can be solved by increasing pay, that deserves attention, Vasquez said. “Let’s see how we can manage our budget without raising taxes.”
“We’ve got a lot in our county that needs attention from a different perspective,” he said.
Jessen was in his ninth year on the council.
“When he called and told me the bad news, at least for Porter County, it was tough to take,” Council President Jeremy Rivas, D-2nd, said. Jessen was vice president.
“You always governed from the middle, found the middle ground and went about your way,” Rivas told Jessen.
Councilwoman Sylvia Graham, D-At-Large, is a longtime member. “I’ve seen people come and go, and Mike, you are an absolute person who can be relied upon. You do the work of the people,” she said.
Councilman Mike Brickner, R-At-Large, said “local government success isn’t based on party; it’s based on relationships."
“You come to meetings extra prepared, and I really appreciate that,” Councilman Andy Bozak, R-At-Large, said.
“You can’t go anywhere without someone knowing Mike,” Councilman Greg Simms, D-3rd, said.
Commissioner Laura Blaney, D-South, offered her first reaction: “That’s awesome for the Boys & Girls Club, then I thought, ‘Oh God!’”
Jessen reflected on his time on the council.
He was on the Union Township School Board making decisions focused on kids, when he was recruited to run for County Council.
In 2014, Jessen ran for the first time. “I said county government was broken, in my view,” with commissioners struggling to get along and discord on the council, “I think the word I used was dysfunctional.” That has changed, he said.
“We’ve got a phenomenal amount of work done” during his terms. That includes a new animal shelter; a renovated courthouse, Expo Center and North County Government Complex; a new building for county offices and the Portage Township trustee’s office and food pantry; acquisition of 157 Franklin St. in Valparaiso for county offices; bridges, stormwater and roads infrastructure work; and creating a foundation to invest the proceeds from the sale of Porter Hospital.
“That’s the type of work that can be done if you have that cooperative spirit.”
Governing a county of 175,000 people “shouldn’t be that complicated if we eliminate the distractions,” Jessen said. “We see it at the national level and we see that at the state level ad nauseum, and we shouldn’t let that happen at the local level.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/vasquez-named-to-porter-county-council/article_4bfc8b34-e843-11ed-97da-83a4b52665a6.html | 2023-05-03T14:06:46 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/vasquez-named-to-porter-county-council/article_4bfc8b34-e843-11ed-97da-83a4b52665a6.html |
Daytona homeless shelter reveals details on plan to add on-site affordable housing
DAYTONA BEACH — From the day in December 2019 the first homeless person walked into First Step Shelter, the nonprofit's mission has always been to help as many of those homeless clients as possible walk back out with a home of their own to go to.
Well over 400 First Step residents have been placed in housing over the past three-and-a-half years.
Now some of those shelter residents might not have far to go once they're ready for a place of their own.
First Step Shelter Board members are considering creating affordable housing on the large shelter property that would include much of the same support that residents get inside the shelter.
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Board members could vote on the idea at their June 1 meeting. Daytona Beach city commissioners would also have to OK the proposal since the city owns the shelter and the surrounding property off of U.S. Highway 92 about five miles west of I-95.
Adding affordable housing at First Step Shelter
At the board's meeting Tuesday, First Step Shelter Executive Director Victoria Fahlberg explained how the organization could begin to provide housing for its most vulnerable clients who have a hard time living independently and affording rent.
The goal would be to eventually provide a dozen mobile home-like structures on the open land around the shelter, but the venture could begin with just four modular buildings. The trailers could be grouped in clusters of four in three different parts of the First Step property.
The 12 trailers would be subdivided, and there would be space for a total of 33 tenants. Each grouping of four trailers would house 11 people spread out in one duplex and three triplexes.
Each renter's unit would have a living room that flows into a kitchenette, and a walled-off bedroom beside a bathroom with a shower.
The Volusia County School District has agreed to donate idled portable classrooms for the project.
The dollars behind the idea
The people who live in the trailers would enter into a lease agreement with First Step. Their rent would be based on their income, and some could pay as little as $400 per month. They would also still be able to use the shelter's free meal program, caseworker services, medical clinic, and laundry facility.
Fahlberg said it would cost about $510,000 to move the mobile classrooms, extensively renovate the first four buildings and create a multi-purpose sports court. She estimates total annual expenses for the units would be $54,200, but rent from tenants would help offset that.
She suggested the shelter apply for a grant from the Daytona Beach Racing & Recreational Facilities District, get local residents to help with things such as painting and landscaping, and if needed, raise money in the community.
For many First Step Shelter residents, affording almost any level of market rate rent is "impossible," Fahlberg said. And some have limitations that make living independently unrealistic.
"A lot of people (at the shelter) will have no choice. There's nothing for them," she said. "Some of them can't survive somewhere else."
You can reach Eileen at Eileen.Zaffiro@news-jrnl.com | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/03/portable-classrooms-could-be-low-income-housing-for-daytona-homeless/70177767007/ | 2023-05-03T14:08:54 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/03/portable-classrooms-could-be-low-income-housing-for-daytona-homeless/70177767007/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Military Basketball Association finals and championship game will be played in Wichita. The games will run May 26-28.
The majority of games will be played at the Wichita Hoops Center. The championship games will be played at Charles Koch Arena, home of the Wichita State Shockers.
The MBA’s goal is an outlet that allows service members to play basketball and to bring awareness to health concerns that veterans face, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
“So if you’re part of a team, you are part of family. Our mantra is life through basketball, and when you are able to go out and be part of a team, practice and play, you feel more comfortable talking to people about some of the things you are challenged with,” said Mike Meyers, commissioner and co-founder of Military Basketball Association.
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MCSHERRYSTOWN, Pa. — Taylor Swift fans may want to check out an ice cream shop in McSherrystown.
Sixteen-year-old Ripleigh Maring, owner of Ripleigh's Creamery, introduced new Taylor Swift-inspired ice cream flavors, ahead of the artist making her way to Philadelphia for her Eras Tour.
These flavors include: Lavender Haze, Bad Blood, Love Story, Karma, Look What You Made Do, Wildest Dreams, Feeling 22 and Calm Down.
Maring encourages customers and "Swifities" to visit wearing their concert outfits and accessories.
Maring ran Ripleigh's Creamery since she was 14. Now she is running the business, while still driving with a learners permit.
With a little help from her mom, who’s also an entrepreneur, the 16-year-old Delone Catholic student has turned her passions into a trendy business, featuring Instagram-worthy treats and dozens of “innovative” flavors.
For more information, click here. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/ripleighs-creamery-taylor-swift-eras-tour-ice-cream/521-1103e2fe-a93f-487b-8bb0-f4690de6344d | 2023-05-03T14:21:10 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/ripleighs-creamery-taylor-swift-eras-tour-ice-cream/521-1103e2fe-a93f-487b-8bb0-f4690de6344d |
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“¿En que otra parte del mundo podríamos tener nuestra historia?”
That’s what my father said to me the day before I set out on this journey.
“Where else in the world could we have our story?” he asked in Spanish. “We came to this country, we immersed ourselves in the culture, we learned English, became U.S. citizens… I drive a bus most of my life, and now my son has a shot at becoming a member of the United States Congress. Nowhere else!”
I kicked off my campaign for Congress with that in mind — there is no country in the world like America. The opportunities offered in the United States have made millions of dreams possible, giving birth to the American Dream. And because of that, we must work tirelessly to preserve that dream for future generations.
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This is the mindset I had throughout my campaign, and now as your congressman. Earlier this month, we surpassed the first 100 days of the 118th Congress. I’ve learned a number of things, including that there are no assigned seats on the floor (but don’t sit in someone else’s seat), how to sleep on a red eye flight, and making the best of my DC office which doubles as my living quarters. But I am incredibly proud of the results we have accomplished in this short time.
In Washington, I have been a strong voice on the issues that matter most to our district.
As the only freshman appointed to the powerful Appropriations Committee, I’ve secured a seat at the table for critical funding discussions on transportation, housing, and economic issues.
On the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, I have already crafted and introduced bipartisan legislation that delivers results for our military installations and our 70,000 veterans.
I established the bipartisan Colorado River Caucus, which brings together lawmakers from Upper and Lower Basin States to discuss collaborative solutions to secure a strong water future.
I had the privilege and honor to offer the House of Representatives response to the President’s State of the Union in Spanish.
Additionally, I hosted two congressional delegations to the border in Cochise County, one with Speaker McCarthy and the second with a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers. And most recently, I hosted a third delegation with key members of the Appropriations committee, including Chairwoman Kay Granger, so they could get a firsthand look at our needs as they make funding decisions.
With over 200,000 seniors and 70,000 veterans in our district, I also made it a priority to hear from retirees and the men and women who served our country, hosting roundtables and conversations across the district. And let me be clear: I am committed to strengthening Medicare, Social Security, and benefits for veterans.
As Congress works to produce a responsible annual budget, President Biden’s absence from negotiations have forced House Republicans to offer a plan – the Limit, Save, Grow Act — which passed the House this week. While the bill may not be perfect, it’s a solid foundation for a starting point and I supported it. However, make no mistake, this bill does not in any way cut Social Security, Medicare, or veterans’ benefits — otherwise, I would not have supported it. The false and dishonest narrative suggesting it does undermines the work being done to move forward in the best interest of our country.
Last November, the American people voted to bring accountability to Washington. One of my first acts in Congress was launching a Citizens Advisory Council, comprised of Republicans, Democrats, and independents from the public and private sectors across all five counties of the district. This council set ambitious priorities for our district and plays an instrumental role in helping us deliver results for our entire district while acting as an engaged sounding board for me.
My mission is clear, I am in the business of people, serving our entire community, being accessible, and working on the needs of all my constituents, regardless of party registration. It’s about results.
Over the last hundred days, I’ve met with constituents of all backgrounds. From the Border Patrol agents that keep our community safe, to the job creators that build opportunity, young people aspiring toward public service, seniors, veterans and parents. I’m inspired by our community and the stories of determination I hear about every day.
The American Dream is about the freedom to pursue your own happiness. It’s about ensuring the next generation can succeed as far as their efforts takes them. My parents worked their entire lives to give me a better life to give our family a better life, and I’m fighting to do the same for my children and yours. I started at Wendy’s in Tucson, and today serve in Washington representing my hometown. When we protect the freedoms that make our country exceptional, we keep the American Dream alive for another generation.
That’s why our Commitment to America is so important. Our House Republican Majority is fighting for a nation that is safe, an economy that is strong, a government that is accountable, and a future that is built on freedom.
Juan Ciscomani represents Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, which includes parts of Pima, Cochise, Pinal, Graham and Greenlee counties. He is the first naturalized American from Mexico to represent Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a graduate of Pima Community College and the University of Arizona. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-first-100-days/article_8b944c18-e7c7-11ed-a208-f7f5cb37f1af.html | 2023-05-03T14:22:03 | 1 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-first-100-days/article_8b944c18-e7c7-11ed-a208-f7f5cb37f1af.html |
Proposal to limit student renters in Providence sees major changes. But will it pass?
The proposed amendment to a city ordinance was significantly narrowed after community backlash.
Providence City Council members will once again hold a public hearing on a controversial ordinance to cap the number of college students renting a single apartment. Only this time, the idea has been massively scaled back, and may not have enough support to move forward.
On Wednesday night, the Committee on Ordinances will welcome locals to comment on Councilwoman Helen Anthony's proposal to expand an existing ordinance that prevents more than three students from living in single family homes. Anthony wants this rule to include multi-family homes, too. However, the scope of the ordinance has been narrowed to zones R-1A and R-1, which are areas zoned for single-family homes but contain non-conforming homes, Anthony said. When the proposal was first introduced, it also lumped in R-2 and R-3, which may contain a wider variety of housing such as apartments, condos, multi-family units.
Anthony's scaled back plan would also apply only to undergraduate students, whereas originally it included graduate students as well.
The watered down proposal would only impact about 1,800 homes, significantly down from what the original proposal would have included. Under the broader plan, Deputy Director of Planning and Development Robert Azar estimated the changes would apply to about 29,000 residential buildings, not all of them containing college students.
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Will the proposal make it out of committee?
Committee members are not voting on the amendment Wednesday, though if it comes to a vote in the future, it's not clear how many members would support it.
"I can’t say because I don’t know," Councilwoman Anthony said in a text. "I believe they will keep an open mind, listen to the testimony at the Public Hearing then make a decision."
Anthony did not say whether she expected the proposal to survive the committee.
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College students packed tense hearing last year
The committee first held a public hearing on the amendment in October of last year. The event drew dozens of attendees — many of them students — who overflowed into the balcony. Critics said passing the amendment would worsen the housing crisis and make homes even more unaffordable, while supporters cited noisy parties, trash, and so-called mini-dorms that have cropped up on the East Side.
One point on which both sides could agree was that schools need to take on more responsibility for housing their students.
Brown University spokesman Brian Clark said the school houses the "vast majority" of its undergraduates and has added 162 beds for undergraduates in the recent past. Brown is also planning to add 350 more such beds before the fall semester.
The university did not express a clear position on the amendment, though it raised concerns about its potential effects.
"The potential to expand the ordinance on student occupancy limits into new zoning districts raises complex issues and questions about likely impacts," Clark said. "While Brown supports the larger goal of preserving and respecting the character of local neighborhoods, the question of what measures will best serve the city and all of its residents is best addressed by city leaders, the stakeholders they engage and the experts they consult." | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/providence-student-rental-limit-proposal-gets-major-change-before-council-hearing/70176185007/ | 2023-05-03T14:22:20 | 1 | https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/providence-student-rental-limit-proposal-gets-major-change-before-council-hearing/70176185007/ |
DAVIS, Calif. — The city of Davis opened emergency shelter beds Tuesday night in response to three stabbings that have left the community on edge.
The city is providing about 24 emergency beds and meals for people willing to stay indoors. The city is working with local organizations, including Davis Community Meals and Housing and others who work with unhoused people in the community.
Davis Community Meals and Housing staff will be helping with the shelter needs as well as providing space at Paul’s Place and the 5th Street location.
The city and organizations did outreach on Tuesday to campsites encouraging people to go to shelters. Though some people preferred to stay outdoors, the city said they are planning to stay in groups for safety. The city and other providers will continue to check in at these locations.
Davis CAN is assisting with donations and HEART of Davis is providing meals. The Daytime Respite Center is also adding staffing during the day to offer resources to the unhoused. A mobile mental health team and providers will also be available.
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ATLANTA — Many metro Atlanta brides are scrambling after a boutique abruptly closed. Many are now left without their dresses or even a refund.
One customer said she's out thousands of dollars after paying for her niece's wedding dress last year. She just found out it's been sitting at a separate manufacturer since last December because the boutique never paid them.
What happened inside La Raine's Bridal Boutique last August started as a happy experience for Jodi Bleier.
“We found the dress of her dreams at La Raine's," Bleier said. "It was a wonderful day. There was champagne, there was hugs and kisses. My mom was crying.”
Bleier said she paid the full $2,500 up front for Melissa's dress and sent 11Alive receipts.
“Shortly thereafter, they sent Melissa an e-mail stating that the dress was in production, and she could expect to receive the dress in late January 2023," Bleier said.
Melissa never got her dress and started contacting the owner in January. She saved text message where the owner promised numerous times it was on its way.
“First it was there's production issues due to COVID and supply chain issues. Next month, I promise it's going to come next month every month," Bleier said. "The latest, maybe it was three or four weeks ago, she told her that it was on the truck on the way to Atlanta, and there was a tornado that forced the truck to turn back to California.”
Bleier found out Monday La Raine's is now permanently closed. She said the owner then demanded $950 to get the dress.
“I know she's not the only bride that this has happened to," Bleier said. "First, I was upset. My niece is devastated. She's in tears.”
Another person who's heartbroken is Melissa's 90-year-old grandmother. Melissa lives in Colorado but flew to Atlanta so her grandma could help pick out her dress.
“I think you need to pay your debts and get these dresses, and if you don't, I sincerely hope that you will never be granted a business license again," Bleier said.
11Alive reached out to La Raine's on the phone, e-mail, and social media and never received a response. Our Facebook comment disappeared within minutes. We stopped by the store, and no one was there.
Jacqueline Westney, the owner of Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique, said she's working with brides who are now without a dress. She sent 11Alive the following statement:
"The news of La Raine's Boutique decision to discontinue operations saddened the Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique team and inspired boutique owner, Jacquie Westney, to take immediate action on behalf of Atlanta area brides. Jacquie and her team responded quickly to ensure every bride ends up with her dream gown. Because of key relationships with bridal designers, Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique is well positioned to take delivery of gowns ordered by former brides of the now-permanently closed La Raine's. Dozens of brides orders have already been re-confirmed under the Wedding Angels Bridal Boutique name and will be arriving at the boutique's Roswell location over the next several weeks." | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/la-raines-bridal-boutique-closes-brides-without-dresses/85-e64d043f-cc3b-4ce2-ae2c-29136af6a3cf | 2023-05-03T14:30:18 | 1 | https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/la-raines-bridal-boutique-closes-brides-without-dresses/85-e64d043f-cc3b-4ce2-ae2c-29136af6a3cf |
In its annual tradition, the city council will focus on the budget process through the summer. The Twin Falls City Council held the first of 10 scheduled discussions on Monday night, leading up to the final budget approval for fiscal year 2024, which will take place at the end of August.
City Manager Travis Rothweiler gave the council an overview of the budget considerations during Monday’s meeting. Several factors that will influence the process include the lingering effects of the pandemic supply chain, inflation, and reduced revenue from building permits.
“This economy is impacting us individually very different,” Rothweiler told the council, as he described goals of creating a lean and nimble budget. “We’re going to try and build a budget that takes a complete look at the city of Twin Falls, and our number one priority needs to be our people.”
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About a third of the city’s budget comes from property taxes, Rothweiler said, and in recent years the city’s tax rate has been among the lowest in Idaho. The amount people actually pay has increased due to rising property values.
At the same time, Rottweiler said there was a cost of being too lean on the budget. That cost is deferring maintenance and projects, having them exceed their useful life, as Rothweiler described the ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure.
“We want to make sure that (the city’s) desire to be frugal and to be cost-conscious is not going to give the next generation of councilmembers and leaders in this organization large debts, and large projects,” Rothweiler told the council.
Vice Mayor Chris Reid spoke about economic uncertainty and how it might be good to clear some of the projects that have been hanging around for several years.
“If there’s something that, maybe, in the past, we’ve overlooked for whatever reason, and it’s still a benefit to the community ... I would be more willing to look at those areas of government of our community to make sure that we’re meeting their needs,” Reid told the council during the meeting.
With nine more meetings on the budget still ahead, the public has a lot of opportunities to hear where money is going, and to give feedback on the proposals.
The council will deliberate budget items Aug. 7 and Aug. 14, with a public hearing on the budget on Aug. 21. Following the public hearing, the council may vote to adopt the budget or can return it to a subsequent meeting.
The City Council meets at 5 p.m. Mondays at City Hall. Meetings are live-streamed and can be watched later on the city’s website. | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/city-budget-process-gets-rolling-in-twin-falls/article_4b6e0b72-e8ff-11ed-90d9-6798dfac4d91.html | 2023-05-03T14:32:41 | 1 | https://magicvalley.com/news/local/city-budget-process-gets-rolling-in-twin-falls/article_4b6e0b72-e8ff-11ed-90d9-6798dfac4d91.html |
ENUMCLAW, Wash. — A south Sound family is grieving after a beloved husband and wife, Parminder Singh Bajwa and Harpreet Kour Bajwa, were tragically killed Friday by a driver authorities say was distracted.
The Washington State Patrol said the driver who caused the crash was reaching for their cell phone when they swerved into the other lane and hit the couple's car head-on.
In the wake of this devastating crash, the community is stepping in to ensure the couple's two young kids are cared for.
"They're very nice people. Good people," said Harjinder Singh, father of Harpreet Kour Bajwa.
The pair are survived by their two young children, an eight-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son, who now face a future without their parents.
"Probably, at this point in time, are not even able to comprehend what has happened," said Yashvinder Singh, a friend of their father's.
"He cried a little bit yesterday," said Sonne Kahlon, the 5-year-old's uncle. "But he didn't fully cry. I know he's gonna let it out at the funeral, and it's like, I don't know how to talk to them."
Harpreet Kour Bajwa was described as the glue of the family and a nurturer who loved kids.
"She was always there for everybody," said her brother, Kahlon.
Parminder Singh Bajwa was remembered as a good man that could brighten anyone's day.
"He made you feel precious," Singh said. "And that’s why we’re all standing here right now."
He was in the motorcycle group the Sikh Riders Washington, which helps to raise money for charity. That group is now paying for his funeral, and they set up a fundraising page to ask for your help in creating a trust fund for the children. They are hoping to raise at least $200,000, according to members of the Sikh Riders group.
"That'll enable for them to have at least a starting point of a good education and all the expenses that go along with everyday living," Kahlon said.
However, everyday living will be entirely different for people closest to the pair in the wake of this devastating tragedy.
"Don't even be on your phone while you're driving," Kahlon said. "It's not that important! Not over other people's lives." | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/parents-remembered-killed-crash-enumclaw-distracted-driver/281-24d24b90-b611-4daa-a4e6-2cc7d78e178e | 2023-05-03T14:34:57 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/parents-remembered-killed-crash-enumclaw-distracted-driver/281-24d24b90-b611-4daa-a4e6-2cc7d78e178e |
WASHINGTON, USA —
Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson 'exploring' Governor's job
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he is exploring a run for the 2024 governor’s race.
Incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee, (D) Washington, announced Monday he will not seek a record fourth term.
Ferguson, a Democrat elected to statewide office in 2012, released a YouTube video announcing his exploratory campaign.
As far as Republicans, state party chair Caleb Heimlich said his party has a chance to reclaim the governor’s office.
No Republican has been Governor in Washington since John Spellman left office in 1985. Read more
A major investment was made in Kirkland on Tuesday, where a new shelter is working to open its doors.
The new Willows Youth Services Center will provide emergency shelter as well as mental and behavioral health services to teens and young adults. On Tuesday, Congressmember Suzan DelBene delivered a $1 million check to help expand the center's capacity and services.
"We always aspired to have a space where we can maintain the dignity of our clients," said Paul Lwali, president and CEO of Friends of Youth. The 7,000-square-foot space in Kirkland will be able to offer beds to 35 young adults between 18 and 24 years old. Read more
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will raise its parking rates June 1, with increases reaching as high as 43% in some cases.
The airport announced the new rates Tuesday saying they keep pace with inflation and tax increases and support garage maintenance and customer service investments.
The biggest increases by percentage are for hourly and weekly rates in general parking and terminal direct. The hourly general parking rate, which covers floors one to three and five to eight in the garage, will increase by $2 (33%) to $8 per hour. The hourly terminal direct rate, which covers floor four in the garage, will go up $3 (43%) to $10. The weekly general parking rate will bump up $57 to $222 per week, which is a 31% hike. Read more
The City of Tenino terminated a police officer who was at the center of a KING 5 investigation for making a deal with the City of Tukwila to remove records of his 2017 firing from his personnel file.
Officer Christopher Backus, 35, was fired from the Tenino Police Department on April 21, according to a copy of the termination letter provided to KING 5 by his attorney, Alan Harvey.
A February KING 5 investigation showed how a 2018 Tukwila settlement agreement revoked the officer’s termination, reversed multiple findings of misconduct, removed disciplinary records from his personnel file and paid Backus $75,000 in exchange for his promise to resign. Read more
A Seattle doctor died while climbing Mount Everest, the U.S. Embassy confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday.
Jonathan Sugarman died at Camp 2, which is just under 21,000 feet in elevation.
The company he was reportedly hiking with - International Mountain Guides - released a statement saying Sugarman's death was "not the result of a climbing accident or route condition that would be of potential impact or safety concern to any other teams on the mountain." Read more | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/5-things-to-know-wednesday/281-c1110bb7-33d2-41e1-aa85-717c45073516 | 2023-05-03T14:35:03 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/5-things-to-know-wednesday/281-c1110bb7-33d2-41e1-aa85-717c45073516 |
PHOENIX — An infant was taken to the hospital with serious burns on Wednesday after a fire at a Phoenix home. Two members of the baby's family are also being treated for smoke inhalation, the Phoenix Fire Department said.
Crews were called to a home near 35th and Glendale avenues early Wednesday morning for reports of a structure fire.
Residents in the home evacuated before firefighters arrived but the infant suffered 1st and 2nd-degree burns, the department said. A female child and an adult man were also taken to the hospital in stable condition.
Firefighters were able to enter the house through the roof and extinguish the fire. No firefighters were hurt. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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ANDERSON, Ind. — The Madison County Sheriff's Department is investigating a deadly crash involving a van and a lawn mower early Wednesday morning.
Deputies responded to a report of a crash in the 3000 block of State Road 236, near South Scatterfield Road, around 1:30 a.m.
According to the sheriff's department, a woman was driving a van eastbound on State Road 236 when she hit a man who was driving a lawn mower in the eastbound lane. A preliminary investigation determined the lawn mower did not have lights on at the time of the crash.
The sheriff's department said both the van and law mower were engulfed in flames when deputies arrived.
Medics pronounced the man, 56-year-old Bradley Swigeart, of Middletown, dead at the scene.
The sheriff's department said the woman was taken to a hospital in Anderson, where she was treated and released.
The crash remains under investigation, and the sheriff's department said a toxicology report is pending at this time. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/anderson-crash-lawn-mower-madison-county-state-road-236/531-af63594f-a096-4498-a622-e1141264d6c0 | 2023-05-03T14:37:34 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/anderson-crash-lawn-mower-madison-county-state-road-236/531-af63594f-a096-4498-a622-e1141264d6c0 |
SAN ANTONIO — A man and woman attacked another man with an axe during an argument at a gas station just north of downtown, police say.
It happened at at QuikTrip just north of downtown near Blanco Road around 8 a.m. Wednesday.
Police say the man had stayed overnight with the couple in their van and said the argument was over some sort of "items."
The man was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
Police say the couple, who are in their late 20s or early 30s, took off heading north. And according to officials, the victim knows who they are and can identify them.
This is a developing story.
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The Nebraska Attorney General's Office has charged a former Integrated Life Choices employee with abuse of a vulnerable adult for an on-duty incident a year and a half ago that sent a man with disabilities to the hospital.
Douglas Pierce Jr., 47, was set for court Tuesday on the felony charge.
He posted bond on the charge last month.
In the affidavit for Pierce's arrest, Krissa Knopik, an investigator with the Medicaid Fraud and Patient Abuse Unit of the Attorney General's Office, said on Oct. 25, 2021, Pierce, then a direct support professional at Integrated Life Choices, "failed de-escalation" with a client that "resulted in Pierce punching him a few times in the head."
The client, who has intellectual disabilities, was taken to Bryan Medical Center West Campus with bleeding from inside of his mouth and swelling to the bridge of his nose.
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Knopik said witnesses described a brief scuffle between the two outside a van they were boarding for an outing, they got tangled up and fell to the ground. After the client threw a punch at Pierce and tried to bite him, Pierce hit him three or four times and held him down, witnesses said.
Pierce was terminated from his job as a result of the incident.
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DALLAS(KDAF)—But don’t worry, they still have the best Texas-sized mom hugs!
Texas has been listed among the worst states for working moms, according to a personal-finance website, Wallet Hub. Factors like daycare, professional opportunities, and work-life were all taken into consideration.
Wallet Hub said, “In order to help ease the burden on an underappreciated segment of the population, WalletHub compared state dynamics across 17 key metrics to identify the Best & Worst States for Working Moms”.
Texas ranked at #31 out of 51, #26 in child care, #14 in professional opportunities, and #47 in work life.
Make sure to head over to the Wallet Hub website to see the entire ranking of states.
The Top Ten Best States for working moms: The Top Ten Worst States for working moms:
- Massachusetts 1. Arizona
- Rhode Island 2. Nevada
- Connecticut 3. Oklahoma
- District of Columbia 4. New Mexico
- Wisconsin 5. Idaho
- Minnesota 6. West Virginia
- Vermont 7. Mississippi
- New Jersey 8. Alabama
- Maine 9. South Carolina
- Delaware 10. Louisiana | https://cw33.com/news/local/texas-listed-among-the-worst-states-for-working-moms/ | 2023-05-03T14:53:20 | 0 | https://cw33.com/news/local/texas-listed-among-the-worst-states-for-working-moms/ |
Name: Lauren Clements
School: Tremper High School
Nickname: Lolo
Parents: Michael and Becky Clements
Most memorable high school moment: My most memorable high school moment would have to be senior year Homecoming week. It was so much fun finally being back to a sense of normal. I participated in powder puff for the first time, which the seniors won, and dressed up on theme days all week to show off my school spirit. I also had an amazing time at the parade, winning best float for the girls swim and dive team, which we worked so hard on. I also helped put together the senior class float. It was so fun walking along both floats with my friends and classmates having the town cheer us on. Then at the football game, Tremper won their first Homecoming game in 7 years beating Park. I wrapped the week up by dancing the night away with my friends at the Homecoming dance in the courtyard at Tremper. It's a special week I'll always remember!
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Most influential teacher: Laura Zajicek-Bagenski in AP Psychology; Everyday she would welcome students to her classroom with a simile on her face and say hello. If you weren't in a good mood, she would make you feel better. Even though at times the class was hard, she would always encourage me to keep going. I learned so much from her class, and she really put things into perspective for me. She was always there to listen to me and give me advice when I needed. Ms. Zajicek made me think about the person I want to be and how to improve myself and the world around me.
School activities/clubs: Concert band, Family Career & Community Leaders, orchestra, peer helpers/tutors, pep band, Renaissance Club, student government, wind ensemble, yearbook, helped in the pit for the school musicals
School athletics: Swimming, track
School offices held: Senior Class President; Captain of the Swim and Dive Team junior and senior years; First chair flute/section leader in Wind Ensemble
Honors, letters or awards: 8 Varsity letters (4 in Swimming and 4 in Track & Field), Swimming 100% Effort Award 2019 & 2021, Swimming Trojan Award 2022, Track & Field Outstanding First Year Athlete 2021, Advanced to State Solo & Ensemble 2019, 2020, 2021 in a flute solo, trio, and ensemble
Out-of-school activities/hobbies: Saint Mary's Music Group, Lifeguarding, Art, Reading
College choice: UW-La Crosse
Intended major/field of study: Environmental Science
Role model: My mom, Becky
Three words that best describe my role model: Hard-working, Creative, Thoughtful
What I hope to accomplish in my lifetime: I want to live life to the fullest by taking on every opportunity that's given to me while helping others along the way. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-lauren-clements-of-tremper-high-school/article_dfa2dcba-e205-11ed-97f8-df5291cbd053.html | 2023-05-03T14:53:43 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/todays-teen-2023-lauren-clements-of-tremper-high-school/article_dfa2dcba-e205-11ed-97f8-df5291cbd053.html |
Police in West Philadelphia are investigating after a 21-year-old man was killed on the sidewalk along the 200 block of N. Robinson Street on Monday night.
According to police, at about 7:17 p.m., first responders to a report of a person with a gun found Jordan Hayward, of Southwest Philadelphia, laying on the sidewalk after he had been shot in the head and leg.
Officials transported him to a nearby hospital, where investigators said, he was pronounced at about 11:16 p.m.
No arrests have yet been made and no weapon was recovered, but officials said an investigation is ongoing.
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GREENSBORO — By a 5-3 vote, the city council approved a resolution Tuesday opposing state legislation that would create a Civil Service Board.
“Whenever you craft legislation in the way this bill was crafted, you get bad legislation,” Councilwoman Nancy Hoffmann said.
House Bill 470 applies only to Greensboro and Winston-Salem and would require the cities to fund their individual boards. The bill’s primary sponsors are Rep. Jon Hardister, R-Guilford, Jeff Zenger, R-Forsyth and Kyle Hall, R-Stokes — whose district includes part of Winston-Salem.
Neither city requested the bill, which was approved by the House and passed on its first reading in the Senate. It’s been referred to the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
“It was done sneakily,” Councilwoman Sharon Hightower said. “I don’t need Raleigh to come down here and tell us how we ought to be doing business.”
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Councilman Zack Matheny, who voted along with Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Councilwoman Tammi Thurm against the resolution, said the council would be better served by working directly with legislators.
The bill, sought by unions representing city employees, would require each city to set up its own five-member body. It would have two members elected by city employees, one picked by the city council, one jointly picked by the fire and police chiefs, and a fifth member selected by the other four.
The Civil Service Board would hear appeals from classified city employees who have been “discharged, suspended, reduced in rank, transferred against his or her will, or denied any promotion or raise in pay he or she would be entitled to,” and determine if the action by city management is justified.
The burden would be borne by the city to prove that the discipline or other action was justified. The Civil Service Board could reinstate an employee or take other actions to bring the complaint to a “just conclusion.”
The city could appeal a civil service decision to the county’s superior court.
Councilwoman Marikay Abuzuaiter said the city should be able to sit down with the employees who are pushing for the bill and hash out any problems.
Bryce Carter, Vice President of UE Local 150, the North Carolina Public Service Workers Union, said workers have tried for years to work with the city on its grievance procedure.
“There’s no consistency in the punishment,” Carter told the council.
He said supervisors have an unfair advantage when reprimanding or firing an employee because they have professional advisors.
Workers don’t have any representation, Carter said. “They don’t have no way of having any witnesses, they don’t have any evidence they can present, but they have 10 days — and no guidance on how — to write the letter to the city manager.”
Hightower suggested the new board would perpetuate racism.
“A five-member board — is it going to be diverse? Is it going to have women? Who’s going to have core members?” Hightower asked. “When you have three union members and two non-union members, guess who wins every time?”
Marcus Cox of the Professional Fire Fighters of Greensboro said the board would cut down on favoritism.
“They have been put in place to guard against good ol’ boy systems and workplace discrimination by offering oversight in the employee grievance process,” Cox said.
As for the cost to the city, which would have to provide clerk services and independent legal counsel to the board, Cox suggested the city is already paying a price.
“If someone is terminated without due process, all the time, energy and resources that went into funding that position, training that individual and creating that position goes out the window,” Cox said.
The swift introduction and approval of the bill by the House took Greensboro council members by surprise, especially since it was not part of the city’s legislative agenda.
Matheny blasted City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba for not alerting the council members that the bill was being heard last week, even though the city’s fire and police chiefs were notified.
“But our responsibility … is primarily to what’s on our legislative agenda,” Jaiyeoba replied. “That’s the directive that you gave us.”
“If the state is pushing through something … it becomes on our list if it affects our body and our employees and your leadership as our manager,” Matheny said. “We should be involved.” | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greensboro-civil-service-board-opposed/article_f432393c-e962-11ed-a457-e335ee45a8a2.html | 2023-05-03T15:02:53 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greensboro-civil-service-board-opposed/article_f432393c-e962-11ed-a457-e335ee45a8a2.html |
GREENSBORO — Would you like to buy a vowel? The “Wheel of Fortune LIVE!” stage show will be coming Oct. 27 to the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts.
Tickets go on sale Friday at tangercenter.com and ticketmaster.com; or visit wheeloffortunelive.com for tickets and details about VIP Packages that give fans early access, premiere seats, pre-show lounge access and photo opportunities to spin the wheel.
Contestants will be selected from the audience to go on stage for the chance to call consonants, buy vowels and solve puzzles to win prizes, including trips to destinations like Paris and Hawaii or up to $10,000 in cash, according to information provided by the Tanger Center.
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Pat Sajak and Vanna White will not be on tour, and the hosts will be announced at a later date. The live stage show is produced by Right Angle Entertainment in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television and UTA.
The show also will include audience games. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/spin-it-to-win-it-wheel-of-fortune-live-coming-to-tanger-center-on-oct/article_adaaa70c-e9ac-11ed-a720-9399ed41c113.html | 2023-05-03T15:02:59 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/spin-it-to-win-it-wheel-of-fortune-live-coming-to-tanger-center-on-oct/article_adaaa70c-e9ac-11ed-a720-9399ed41c113.html |
GREENSBORO — Steve Arnold, who represented Guilford County residents on the local and state level for more than 25 years, was remembered Monday as a patriotic Christian dedicated to public service.
Arnold, 61, died last Friday at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.
According to his obituary, he was trying to “overcome” another battle with cancer.
“Steve was just a genuine man,” said High Point City Councilman Britt Moore, who grew up with Arnold in the Oak View Estates area of the city. “He was very committed to giving back to the community. He was very smart and well-read, not only on local issues, but state and national as well.”
Arnold won his first election, to the High Point City Council, at age 24. He later served in the state House of Representatives and on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. Just last year, Arnold ran for the District 2 commissioners’ seat, but lost to incumbent Alan Perdue in the Republican primary.
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“In all the issues I’ve been involved in over the years, I have sought to look for principles, to look for truths, that never change,” Arnold said in a 1996 interview with the News & Record. “Truth is timeless. It never changes.”
Arnold worked as general contractor and his calloused hands showed he didn’t spurn the physical work himself.
Born in Chicago, he was the oldest of the seven children of Rosalie and Dr. Gordon B. Arnold.
He graduated from Andrews High School in High Point, Capernwray Bible School in England and UNCG.
A born-again Christian, Arnold played the guitar and was a voracious reader.
Melvin “Skip” Alston, a Democrat who served alongside Arnold on the Board of Commissioners, recalled the two had a “very confrontational” relationship in the beginning.
“He was very aggressive in his political beliefs and political stance,” Alston said. “Steve and I didn’t see eye to eye, but we respected each other.”
Alston noted that he and Arnold “worked in a bipartisan way,” toward the end of their terms together. He said Arnold will be remembered “as a conservative Republican that did his job well.”
“I think he had a lot more to contribute to the community,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that he died at such a young age.”
Arnold is survived by his wife, Nicole, and three children.
Services were held Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to Hayworth Christian School. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/steve-arnold-guilford-county-board-of-commissioners/article_511aee3a-e91f-11ed-922c-53ec221b604c.html | 2023-05-03T15:03:05 | 1 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/steve-arnold-guilford-county-board-of-commissioners/article_511aee3a-e91f-11ed-922c-53ec221b604c.html |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Delta Star, Inc. is expanding its operations in the Hill City, bringing 149 new jobs in its wake.
The company, known as the largest, American-owned medium transformer manufacturer in the United States, is looking to increase capacity at its Lynchburg location at 3550 Mayflower Drive.
The expansion project will cost roughly $30.2 million and will entail a new 80,000 square feet of additional manufacturing space for its mobile and power transformer operations with the goal being to meet the increased demand of this growing sector of the economy.
In addition to this, a 14,000-square-foot corporate building to consolidate headquarters and office function requirements will also be included.
Virginia competed with California and Pennsylvania for the project.
Governor Glenn Youngkin was pleased with the news, stating that Delta Star has brought ample success to the Commonwealth.
“Delta Star has been a valuable and reliable employer in the City of Lynchburg for more than 60 years, and the company has grown to become the largest U.S.-owned medium transformer producer in the country,” said Youngkin. “Manufacturing is a major economic driver across the Commonwealth, and we are proud that this industry leader’s products are not only ‘Made in America’, they are also ‘Made in Virginia.’ We congratulate Delta Star on decades of success in the Commonwealth.”
Those interested in applying for a job at the company can view available openings here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/delta-star-to-expand-operations-in-lynchburg-creating-149-news-jobs/ | 2023-05-03T15:07:35 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/delta-star-to-expand-operations-in-lynchburg-creating-149-news-jobs/ |
SALTILLO, Miss. (WTVA) — State lawmakers are funding $1 million to install a larger box culvert in Saltillo.
This will greatly improve flooding in the Willow Creek subdivision, which routinely floods during heavy rains.
The larger culvert would allow more water to flow out of the subdivision and into Sand Creek.
Currently, water flows through two culverts; one culvert’s diameter is 48 inches and the second is 24 inches.
The new culvert stands 6 feet and is 10 feet wide. It will replace the two current culverts.
Heavy rain caused severe flooding in February 2019 and June 2021 [pictured].
State Sen. Chad McMahan, R-Guntown, said residents should still get flood insurance.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of the summer. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/larger-culvert-to-help-flooding-in-saltillo-subdivision/article_fa47a998-e92a-11ed-81b2-dfd837818e27.html | 2023-05-03T15:12:25 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/larger-culvert-to-help-flooding-in-saltillo-subdivision/article_fa47a998-e92a-11ed-81b2-dfd837818e27.html |
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) — Starkville Police have made a fourth arrest following a weekend shooting at a gas station.
Starkville Police arrested and charged Austin Hudson, 21, of Starkville, with four counts of aggravated assault.
Police previously announced the arrests of Coby Jones, 17; Jade Stallings, 22; and Aja Sherrod, 23, all of Starkville.
Jones faces three counts of aggravated assault and the two women face accessory after the fact charges.
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The shooting happened Sunday evening at a Sprint Mart store at the intersection of Highway 182 and Old Mayhew Road.
Police reported two injuries but the injuries do not appear to be life-threatening.
Starkville Police have released few details about what allegedly happened or caused the shooting.
However, police determined the shooting was a focused attack and not random. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/starkville-police-announce-arrest-of-fourth-shooting-suspect/article_5c98157a-e9bb-11ed-accc-b71eaf34227e.html | 2023-05-03T15:12:31 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/starkville-police-announce-arrest-of-fourth-shooting-suspect/article_5c98157a-e9bb-11ed-accc-b71eaf34227e.html |
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HUMIDITIES AND DRY CONDITIONS...
Relative humidity values will drop to around 25 percent this
afternoon coupled with drying fuels. West to northwest winds will
be in the 10 to 15 MPH range, both at eye level and 20 feet.
Due to these conditions, elevated fire danger conditions are
expected.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether
you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme
caution.
Albany Police Department officers encountered a male victim who had been shot in the chest when responding to the Pilot Travel Center at 310 Cordele Road in reference to a weekend shooting.
ALBANY -- Albany Police Department officers encountered a male victim who had been shot in the chest when responding to the Pilot Travel Center at 310 Cordele Road in reference to a weekend shooting.
The occupant of the vehicle told APD officers that the incident occurred at the intersection of West Broad Avenue and North Washington Street.
Shortly after the victim was transported for medical treatment, officers encountered the suspect, JansQuincey Donaldson, 44. He was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault. Additional charges are pending.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (229) 436-TIPS, or they can contact an investigator at (229) 431-2100.
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...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AND FLORIDA BIG BEND DUE TO LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES AND DRY CONDITIONS...
Relative humidity values will drop to around 25 percent this
afternoon coupled with drying fuels. West to northwest winds will
be in the 10 to 15 MPH range, both at eye level and 20 feet.
Due to these conditions, elevated fire danger conditions are
expected.
Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether
you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme
caution.
ALBANY -- Albany Police Department officers responding to reports of armed robberies at the Papa John's restaurant and the Homerun Foods convenience store on East Oglethorpe Boulevard over the weekend, police spotted a suspect fleeing the scene of the crimes.
Officers apprehended and arrested Travis Watson, 34, after a short foot chase. He was transported to the Dougherty County Jail on charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
Anyone with additional information on this or any other active case is encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers at (229) 436-TIPS, or they can contact an investigator at (229) 431-2100.
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State Police are seeking tips that could lead to find a person suspected in a late-March ACME Markets thief.
A man, described as white, entered the Seaville ACME on March 27, spending several minutes inside before leaving over $100 worth of stolen scallops, police said on Tuesday.
After leaving the Seaville location, the man went to another ACME in Avalon, stealing scallops from there, as well.
The man was seen leaving the store in a white or silver Ford F-150, possibly in the 2004-2008 model year.
Police ask anyone with information about the thefts to contact their Woodbine Station at 609-861-5698. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tips-sought-to-id-alleged-cape-may-county-seafood-thief/article_6ef8d812-e9b6-11ed-bcbd-2b40789ef94b.html | 2023-05-03T15:16:17 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/tips-sought-to-id-alleged-cape-may-county-seafood-thief/article_6ef8d812-e9b6-11ed-bcbd-2b40789ef94b.html |
BARNEGAT LIGHT — The owners of a storied Jersey Shore diner are selling the eatery.
The Mustache Bill’s Diner, in the 700 block of Broadway, is being sold for about $3.65 million, according to a listing from Oceanside Realty.
The 1,408-square-foot diner was built in 1955, the listing says.
The diner has been well-known for its breakfast selection, earning its America's Classic award from the James Beard Foundation in 2009.
Then-owner Bill Smith said at the time the Mustache was the first diner selected for the award in the foundation's history.
Smith, 72, is retiring after 51, starting his career in local food first as a dishwasher at Joe's Barnegat Light Diner, NJ.com reported. He purchased the diner in 1972. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/legendary-long-beach-island-diner-put-up-for-sale/article_a0fc6d12-e9b4-11ed-864b-a344adef20a0.html | 2023-05-03T15:16:17 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/legendary-long-beach-island-diner-put-up-for-sale/article_a0fc6d12-e9b4-11ed-864b-a344adef20a0.html |
LOWER TOWNSHIP — Police are looking for a township man who missed work on Monday and hasn't been seen since.
Investigators believe Corey, McFadden, 33, may be in North Jersey, but it's unknown whether or not he still be in Cape May County or the surrounding area, police said in a Wednesday news release.
Police ask anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact them at 609-886-2711. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lower-township-man-reported-missing/article_ca6a6e80-e9c1-11ed-aad9-7bcfa9bc6f70.html | 2023-05-03T15:16:18 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/lower-township-man-reported-missing/article_ca6a6e80-e9c1-11ed-aad9-7bcfa9bc6f70.html |
'The Independent' reports that Aerosmith has announced the band will end its touring days with a final 40-venue string of concerts.
Vassar College junior baseball player Jaden Millstein added to his extra-base hit total last week.
Millstein, an Ocean City High School graduate, hit a two-run triple in an 8-6 loss to Mount Saint Vincent. He went 3 for 5 with a double, two runs and an RBI in a 9-5 loss to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He had two hits, a run and an RBI in an 11-3 win over RPI. He went 2 for 5 with a double and a run in an 8-5 loss to RPI.
Millstein is batting .347 (35 for 101) with seven doubles, four triples and a home run in 33 games. His .950 OPS is fourth on the team.
Mathew Nunan (Ocean City) struck out five in four shutout innings to improve to 2-0 in Boston College's 9-3 win over UMass Lowell. Cohl Mercado (St. Joseph) singled and scored in the win. In a 9-7 loss to Clemson, Mercado singled and scored.
Jack Billings (St. Augustine Prep) struck out two in two innings in Coastal Carolina's 3-2 win over Louisiana.
Nolan Watson (Southern Regional) had two hits, a run and an RBI in Dayton's 11-10 win over Purdue Fort Wayne. He scored one run and drove in one in a 9-3 win over Rhode Island.
Steven Kaenzig (Cedar Creek) allowed one run and struck out six in 4 2/3 innings in Hofstra's 8-1 win over Long Island.
CJ Egrie (Holy Spirit) got two hits in Holy Cross' 7-5 loss to Bucknell.
Jim Pasquale (Holy Spirit) had two hits, two runs and three RBIs in Iona's 13-7 win over Marist. In a 5-1 loss to Marist, Alex Hunt (St. Augustine) allowed an unearned run and struck out two.
Jayden Shertel (Holy Spirit) scored twice in Maryland, Baltimore County's 24-11 loss to Maryland. He allowed three runs and struck out four in eight innings to improve to 4-4 in a 7-6 win over Binghamton.
Kevin Eaise (St. Augustine) allowed two runs and struck out two in 3 1/3 innings in North Carolina's 12-8 win over Virginia Tech.
Kenny Levari (St. Augustine) singled and scored in Old Dominion's 11-4 win over Virginia Commonwealth. He doubled in a 12-11 loss to Texas State.
Ryan Taylor (St. Augustine) hit a two-run double in Penn's 5-4 win over Cornell. He doubled and scored in a 4-3 win over Cornell.
In Rider's 3-1 loss to Seton Hall, PJ Craig (Barnegat) allowed three runs and struck out three in five innings, and Alec Sachais (Holy Spirit) struck out one in a scoreless inning.
Trevor Cohen (Holy Spirit) hit a three-run double in the top of the ninth inning of Rutgers' 3-1 win over St. John's. In a 6-3 loss to Purdue, Jordan Sweeney (Egg Harbor Township) hit a two-run homer. In a 9-5 win over Purdue, Sweeney hit a three-run homer and an RBI single.
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Ryan Weingartner (St. Augustine) singled and scored for Saint Joseph's in a 5-2 win over Delaware. He hit a two-run double and scored in a 7-7 tie with Bucknell. He went 3 for 6, drove in two runs and scored twice in a 23-10 win over Fordham. He singled and scored in a 7-1 win over Fordham.
Frankie Wright (EHT) allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out four in six innings in Wagner's 5-3 loss to Albany.
David Hagaman (Holy Spirit) struck out all four batters he faced in West Virginia's 18-4 win over Baylor.
Nate Goranson (Millville) singled and scored in William & Mary's 5-2 win over George Washington. He doubled twice, singled and scored in a 6-3 loss to Delaware. He hit a three-run homer and drove in two more runs in an 8-5 win over Delaware. He hit a two-run homer and an RBI double in an 8-7 win over Delaware.
Jared Beebe (Hammonton) went 2 for 5 with a double, four RBIs and a run in Barton's 13-0 win over Virginia State. Ryan McIsaac (Millville) singled, scored twice and drove in a run. Andrew Simone (Vineland) struck out three in four shutout innings. In an 11-2 win over Chowan, Carelle Gonzalez (Bridgeton) had two hits, two runs and an RBI. McIsaac hit a three-run homer. Beebe had a single, an RBI double and two runs. In a 7-1 win over Chowan, Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and scored three runs. In a 5-1 win over Chowan, Beebe hit an RBI double and scored, and McIsaac added a hit and an RBI.
Angel Murray (EHT) had two hits in Bloomfield's 13-10 loss to Caldwell. In a 4-3 loss to Post, Suriel Sleiter (Pleasantville) had two hits and struck out two in three shutout innings.
Matt Vernieri (Barnegat) struck out one in two-third of an inning in Bloomsburg's 11-7 loss to Mansfield.
AJ Campbell (Ocean City) hit a solo homer and an RBI single in Frostburg State's 5-1 win over Notre Dame College. He doubled in a 15-0 win over Notre Dame College. In a 14-1 loss to PennWest California, Justin Jimenez (Holy Spirit) hit a solo homer.
Nick Nutile (Mainland Regional) singled and scored the winning run in Alvernia's 5-4 victory over Rutgers-Camden.
In Arcadia's 6-5 win over Misericordia, Carson Denham (Cape May Tech) allowed three runs, one earned, and struck out one in 5 1/3 innings. Hunter Sibley (Millville) pitched two scoreless innings to get the win.
Sean Cottrell (St. Augustine) hit an RBI single in Eastern's 6-3 loss to Neumann.
Billy Wheatley (Absegami) singled, scored and drove in a run in McDaniel's 6-4 win over Washington College. He hit a three-run double and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in a 13-5 win over Washington College.
Miles Feaster (Lacey Township) had two hits, a run and an RBI in Montclair State's 8-2 win over Kean. He had two hits, drove in one run and scored one in a 12-9 win over Kean.
In Rutgers-Camden's 5-4 loss to Alvernia, Jake Guglielmi (Buena Regional) scored twice, and Dylan Oliver (Ocean City) struck out the only batter he faced. In a 12-4 win over The College of New Jersey, Guglielmi hit a two-run homer and added another hit and a run.
Solomon Griffith (Atlantic Christian) singled twice and scored the go-ahead run in Ursinus' 3-2 win over Muhlenberg. He hit an RBI double and scored in a 7-5 win over McDaniel. He singled and a doubled in a 3-2 loss to Muhlenberg. He went 3 for 4 in a 9-0 loss to Dickinson.
Matt Lawler (Mainland) allowed two runs and struck out five in eight innings to improve to 5-2 in William Paterson's 4-2 win over Ramapo.
Brody Levin (Mainland) had two hits, three runs and an RBI in Harford's 11-1 win over Hagerstown. He singled and scored in an 8-2 win over Hagerstown.
Nate Kennedy (Cedar Creek) allowed an earned run and struck out five in a complete-game victory for Rowan College-Cumberland in a 4-3 win over Ocean County College. In an 8-6 loss to Ocean County College, Dave Appolonia (EHT) went 3 for 3 with two doubles and three runs. Jack Peacock (St. Augustine) went 4 for 4 with a double and two RBIs.
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Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, scored five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
Ryan Samson, Sideline Photos for Drexel
Drexel junior forward Delaney Lappin, a 2020 Ocean City High School graduate, has five goals and 11 points through eight games for the 5-0-3 Dragons.
Ryan Samson, Sideline Photos for Drexel
Lehigh's Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Lehigh’s Jack Sarkos, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, was named the Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week on Monday. He had five goals and 11 points through five games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. The St. Joseph High School graduate from Hammonton leads NCAA Division II with 1,096 rushing yards and 13 TDs. The Panthers are 6-0, the only undefeated team in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers celebrates scoring one of his two touchdowns Saturday against Elizabeth City State. He has 13 TDs through six games.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two TDs in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday.
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Virginia Union running back Jada Byers rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-0 win over Elizabeth City State on Saturday. It was his third game of the season with at least 199 yards, as he leads all of NCAA Division II with 1,096 yards and 13 TDs.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV breaks away from would-be tacklers in a 21-0 win over Lycoming on Oct. 8. The Aggies are 7-0 and ranked 14th in the nation by d3football.com .
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV hands off to running back Jay White in 21-0 home win over Lycoming on Oct. 8.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV stiffarms a Stevenson defender in an Oct. 1 game.
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV escapes the pocket during the season-opening 22-8 win over Westminster on Sept. 3
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Delaware Valley QB Louie Barrios IV runs the football against Lebanon Valley on Saturday.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Mainland Regional High School graduate Katie McClintock in action for the University of Wisconsin swimming team this past weekend in a tri-meet in Arizona.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, went 9-2 in the spring at second singles and was named to the United East's All-Conference second team.
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Penn State University-Berks freshman Donovan Sullivan, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, is 2-0 in each singles and doubles this fall.
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Michigan running back Blake Corum (2) scores a touchdown against Rutgers linebacker Tyreem Powell (22) and defensive lineman Aaron Lewis (71) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022 in Piscataway, N.J.(AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
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Delaware Valley wide receiver Nahsir Morgan, an Atlantic City High School graduate, hauls in the first of his two touchdown receptions Saturday in a win over FDU-Florham.
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Delaware Valley wide receiver Nahsir Morgan, an Atlantic City High School graduate, prepares to throw a 47-yard pass Saturday in a win over FDU-Florham.
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Delaware Valley wide receiver Nahsir Morgan, an Atlantic City High School graduate, made three catches for 77 yards and two TDs on Saturday in a win over FDU-Florham.
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University of California, Berkeley junior Destin Lasco in action against Utah on Oct. 12. Lasco, a junior, is a former three-time Press Swimmer of the Year at Mainland Regional High School and a key member of the Golden Bears, the reigning national champions, again this season.
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University of California, Berkeley junior Destin Lasco in action against Utah on Oct. 12.
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Montclair State defensive lineman Dimitri Pali (6) defends against Kean on Saturday.
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Montclair State defensive back Brennan Ray scores on a 4-yard run for his first offensive touchdown in college Saturday against Kean. Earlier in his college career, he scored two TDs while playing defense.
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Lehigh's Jakob Alamudun, center, is guarded by Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) and Hunter Cattoor (0) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, right, celebrates at a game against Lehigh in Blacksburg, Virginia, on Nov. 10. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) shoots while guarded by Lehigh's Keith Higgins Jr.(13) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) shoots a 3-point basket in the first half of the Lehigh Virginia Tech NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg Va. Thursday Nov. 10 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) meets with fans after the team's NCAA college basketball game against Lehigh on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Blacksburg, Va. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Villanova's Caleb Daniels, right, tries to get past Temple's Jahlil White during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Temple's Jahlil White, left, celebrates past Villanova's Chris Arcidiacono after Temple won an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Temple's Khalif Battle, left, and Jahlil White celebrate during the final second of an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed, right, catches a pass against Rutgers defensive back Max Melton (16) during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
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Michigan State receiver Jayden Reed, right, catches a pass against Rutgers defensive back Max Melton during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 27-21. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi (21) takes a shot around North Carolina A&T's forward Webster Filmore (25) during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune via AP)
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William & Mary's Ben Wight (35) has his shot blocked by Virginia Tech's Grant Basile (21) as Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) looks on in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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William & Mary's Matteus Case (4) shoots while guarded by Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Blacksburg, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women's basketball team this season after spending her first two collegiate seasons at Oregon. The Mainland Regional High School graduate is a three-time Press Player of the Year.
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Kylee Watson debuted with the University of Notre Dame women’s basketball team last week in an 88-48 win over Northern Illinois. The three-time Press Player of the Year from Mainland Regional High School played 24 minutes, scored nine points and added four assists, two blocks, two steals and one rebound.
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) scores a touchdown past Wake Forest linebacker Dylan Hazen (50) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) is tripped by Wake Forest defensive lineman Jasheen Davis (30) during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen (20) runs for a touchdown against Wake Forest during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Winston-Salem, N.C., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen runs as Wake Forest defensive lineman Jasheen Davis attempts a tackle during the second half of Saturday’s game.
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts, left, dribbles the ball as Penn State’s Jalen Pickett defends in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Charleston Classic in Charleston, South Carolina on Nov. 18. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games. Mutts is averaging double-digit points through the first six games.
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi (21) reacts after a dunk against Milwaukee during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022, in Ames, Iowa. (Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune via AP)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, shoots over North Carolina forward Armando Bacot during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Phil Knight Invitational tournament in Portland, Ore., Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, dives for a loose ball next to North Carolina guard Caleb Love during a Phil Knight Invitational game in Portland, Oregon on Friday.
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi dunks the ball against Connecticut during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game for the championship of the Phil Knight Invitational on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Albright College’s Gabby Boggs averaged 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the team’s first six games.
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Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Albright College fifth-year player Gabby Boggs is averaging 18 points and 13.3 rebounds through the first six games.
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Albright College graduate student Gabby Boggs was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year. The Mainland Regional alumna led her team with 14.1 points and 10.8 rebounds per game.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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Hammonton High School graduate Jada Thompson in action for the Ramapo women's basketball team.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this fall, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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J.D. DiRenzo started 12 games for Rutgers this season, including nine at left guard and three at left tackle.
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Rutgers offensive lineman J.D. DiRenzo in action against Michigan State on Nov. 12. The Scarlet Knights gained 460 yards of offense that game, the most against a Big Ten Conference opponent since 2015.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Nazim Derry has played in all nine games for New Hampshire (3-6), including three starts, and is averaging 8.6 points and 2.1 rebounds in 24.3 minutes per game.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Misericordia junior Sonialys Badillo, a Vineland High School graduate, competes in a relay event this season. On Monday, Badillo was named the Middle Atlantic Conference Track Athlete of the Week.
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts eyes the net during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Boston College's DeMarr Langford Jr., left, and Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts fight for the ball during overtime of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts holds onto a rebound as Boston College's CJ Penha Jr. (24) and Makai Ashton-Langford (11) defend during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech's Justyn Mutts (25) adds two points during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts attempts to score under defensive pressure from Boston College’s Jonathan Noel during the first half of their Dec. 21 matchup. Mutts, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, scored 18 and grabbed eight rebounds in the Hokies’ 70-65 loss.
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Virginia Tech head coach Mike Young sends Justyn Mutts (25) onto the court during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Syracuse running back LeQuint Allen is tackled by Minnesota linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin, obscured, during the second half of the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
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Gary Nagle, top, went 3-0 for Ursinus College at the Manganaro Duals on Saturday. The Middle Township High School graduate’s three wins came by pin, decision and forfeit.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching a milestone she reached playing for Millville High School. On Monday, she was named to the Central Athletics Collegiate Conference honor roll.
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Alexis Harrison became a 1,000-point scorer for Goldey-Beacom College on Saturday, matching the milestone she reached playing for Millville High School.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, left, a Lacey Township High School graduate, won the 149-pound championship at the NCAA Division III Southeast Regional.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, stands atop the podium following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds this weekend.
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Stevens Institute of Technology senior Hunter Gutierrez, a Lacey Township High School graduate, is 16-3 this season following his Middle Atlantic Conference Championships title at 149 pounds over the weekend.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Shannon McCoy, a Barnegat High School graduate, is averaging 17.2 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for Kean University this season. On Monday, she was named the New Jersey Athletic Conference Player of the Week.
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Kean University fifth-year guard Shannon McCoy drives to the basket against William Paterson on Jan. 18. The Barnegat High School graduate scored a career-high 41 points, including 10 of 16 3-pointers, in the 85-70 win.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock, an Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Monmouth University sophomore Ahmad Brock competes at the Penn 10-Team Select Meet on Jan. 14.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Senior swimmer Grace Curry, a 2019 Egg Harbor Township High School graduate, in action for Iona College this season.
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Marcellus Ross, a St. Joseph High School graduate, scored 17 in Rowan’s win over Ramapo.
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Rowan sophomore Josh Wright, a Cape May Tech graduate, drives toward the basket in a 97-66 win over Ramapo on Saturday. He scored nine points to help the Profs extend their win streak to nine.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Sophomore forward Keith Palek III in is averaging 18.5 points for PennWest California this season.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson looks to make a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in a 13-8 loss.
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Limestone freshman attack Rylee Johnson, right, looks for a play against Rollins on Saturday. Johnson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, had a goal and an assist in the 13-8 loss.
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Wilkes junior Dawson Tallant, a Middle Township High School graduate, went 4-0 to win the Mideast Futures Tournament on Sunday.
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Miami forward A.J. Casey, left, blocks a shot by St. Francis forward Marlon Hargis, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. Miami won 91-76. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) keeps the ball away from Western Michigan's Taylor Williams (33) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday Dec. 21, 2022, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Western Michigan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) defends against Miami guard Haley Cavinder (14) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Rhona Wise)
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) works against Boston College's Maria Gakdeng (5) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) drives as Boston College's Kayla Lezama (14) defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame’s Kylee Watson looks to make a play during a Jan. 1 game agaisnt Boston College in South Bend, Indiana.
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Notre Dame's Kylee Watson (22) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Boston College Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023 in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photo/Michael Caterina)
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Notre Dame forward Kylee Watson (22) reaches for a rebound over Pittsburgh forward Liatu King, second from left, during the first half of an NCCA college basketball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, runs the bases during a game last fall.
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Rutgers University freshman Trevor Cohen, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, seen during a fall exhibition game, He made his collegiate debut over the weekend, going 8 for 11 with a double and six RBIs.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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Holy Spirit High School graduate Trevor Cohen made his Rutgers debut this past weekend in a three-game series against Campbell.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, celebrates winning the third-place bout at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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East Stroudsburg freshman Brady Carter, a Lacey Township High School graduate, placed third at 125 pounds at the NCAA Division II Super Region I Championships over the weekend, earning a bid to the national tournament.
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Widener's Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022.
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Widener's Pat Holden, a Lower Cape May High School graduate.
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Widener’s Pat Holden in action against Swarthmore on Nov. 16, 2022. In Widener’s 74-69 win over Alvernia in the MAC Commonwealth Tournament final on Saturday, Holden had 12 points, six assists and four rebounds.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
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Old Dominion junior infielder Kenny Levari, from Vineland and a St. Augustine Prep graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .375 (12 for 32) with four doubles, a homer, nine runs and five RBIs.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls.
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Salisbury University junior pitcher Nicole Ortega, a Vineland High School graduate, earned three wins for the Seagulls last week.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
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West Virginia redshirt freshman David Hagaman, a Holy Spirit High School graduate, pitches against Georgia Southern on Feb. 19.
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Western Kentucky graduate student Faith Hegh, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, entered Wednesday hitting .346 (18 for 52) with five doubles, a home run, 10 runs and 12 RBIs.
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Baylor guard Keyonte George (1) looks to shoot under pressure from Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi, left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the second round of the Big 12 Conference tournament Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Iowa State center Osun Osunniyi goes up for a shot while being guarded by Kansas forward Jalen Wilson during a Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinal game Friday in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
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Ball State senior catcher Matthew Rivera, a 2018 Holy Spirit High School graduate, is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with five doubles, two homers, seven runs and 11 RBIs in 12 games.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Keegan Ford, a Mainland Regional High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Billy Kroeger, an Ocean City High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Teddy Grimley, an Ocean City High School graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology's Logan Hone, a St. Augustine Prep graduate.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Keegan Ford (19), a Mainland Regional High School graduate, celebrates with his team after scoring the game-winning goal with no time left in a 14-13 victory over Lindenwood.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, is seen in the moments after a race at the Pac-12 Championships this month.
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Cal Berkeley’s Destin Lasco, a Mainland Regional High School graduate, swims the backstroke during the Pac-12 Championships this month. Lasco is in Minneapolis this week for the NCAA Championships.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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West Chester University sophomore Makenzie Edwards entered Wednesday 3-3 with a 1.59 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 26 1/3 innings in eight appearances.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, left, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, hugs head coach Amy Deem at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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University of Miami senior Sincere Rhea, a St. Augustine Prep graduate, competes at the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships last month.
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Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Jackson Vanesko, a St. Augustine Prep graduate from Ocean City, is 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA in five appearances for Bryant.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, is hitting .387 (24 for 62) with two doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games.
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Korie Hague, a 2018 Vineland High School graduate and fifth-year senior at Rowan, is hitting .387 (24 for 62) with two doubles, 12 runs and 15 RBIs in 20 games.
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Dayton University’s Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Dayton University's Nolan Watson, a Southern Regional High School graduate, bats against Tennessee on Feb. 25. Watson is hitting .286 (12 for 42) with three doubles, two homers and 18 RBIs.
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Unofficial school issue election results: Canton passes; Lake, Louisville and Perry fail
Parents in the Canton City School District have been asking for years to go back to neighborhood elementary schools.
They said the current structure, with schools based on grade levels, makes it harder for families with multiple children in different grades, increases the time students ride on buses and forces students to change schools too often.
Unofficial election results show that voters on Tuesday agreed to give the school district the money it said it needed to go back to the neighborhood school structure.
Other Stark County school issues didn't fare well. Voters in Lake Local, Louisville and Perry Local school districts each trounced their district's request for operating money.
For the Canton City School District, unofficial results show that nearly 51% of its 4,685 voters who cast a ballot by Tuesday supported the 36-year bond issue that will generate $60 million for the construction of two new elementary schools. The unofficial vote stands at 2,370 to 2,315.
Issue 18 will cost the owner of a $100,000 home $151 a year, according to the Stark County Auditor’s Office. Since a bond issue that voters approved in 1999 will expire at the end of the year, the owner of a $100,000 home will see only a $19 increase in taxes.
A precinct-by-precinct look at the unofficial results shows that 22 of the district's 44 precincts supported Issue 18, while one precinct had the same amount of votes for and against the issue.
Superintendent Jeff Talbert on Tuesday thanked the more than 2,300 voters who supported the bond issue.
"Your endorsement is a testament to your unwavering commitment to our community and our children’s future," he said. "We are looking forward to working passionately to deliver on our promise to provide an exceptional education for every student in our district."
The revenue from the 4.3-mill levy will be used to build a nearly 90,000-square-foot elementary school at the Souers school site at 2800 13th St. SW and a nearly 75,000-square-foot elementary school at the Mason school site at 316 30th St. NW. The new schools, which could be ready as soon as the 2026-2027 school year, will serve students from kindergarten to sixth grade. Both of the existing buildings will be demolished.
The two larger elementary schools will create a domino effect of changes in the district of nearly 8,000 students.
The new Souers school will replace Cedar, which would become district administrative offices, and McGregor, which will house information technology operations and the warehouse.
The new Mason school will replace Stone, which no longer will be used, and Worley, which will become the preschool center. The Bulldog Virtual Academy at Mason will move to the Timken Career Campus.
The two larger elementary schools also will allow the district to convert three other elementary buildings – Gibbs, Harter and Youtz – into schools serving students from kindergarten to sixth grade. Youtz would get a nearly 40,000-square-foot addition, which would be paid with other district funds, so it is large enough to accommodate the additional grades.
The changes mean the district will have eight K-6 schools: Souers, Mason, Gibbs, Harter, Youtz, as well as the AIM Academy at Belden, Arts Academy at Summit and Patrick Elementary, which already serve K-6 students.
Five schools no longer will be used, and district officials expect to save money by no longer maintaining the aging buildings.
The cost to build the two elementary schools is estimated to be $61.2 million, which is $1 million more than the bond issue will generate.
District officials previously said its main operating fund will cover the $1 million gap. The district opted to only seek $60 million because it did not want the district's debt to potentially exceed what’s allowed under state law, officials said.
Lake Local voters soundly defeat Issue 20 school levy
Lake Local school officials will begin evaluating their next steps after voters overwhelmingly defeated the district’s request for new money to support school operations.
Unofficial election results show that nearly 70% of the 5,667 Lake Local School District voters who cast a ballot by Tuesday rejected the 13-mill continuous levy request. The unofficial total stands at 1,712 to 3,955.
Issue 20 would have generated $8.3 million a year for the district of 3,300 students.
The levy would have cost the owner of a $211,000 home − the average value for the district − another $906 a year in property taxes.
Online and in messages to The Canton Repository, voters said they couldn’t afford such a large increase. Many said they wanted to see the district trim its budget first. A precinct-by-precinct breakdown of the unofficial results shows that Issue 20 lost in all of its 18 Stark County precincts. In Portage County, three people voted to support the levy while two opposed it., unofficial results show.
Superintendent Kevin Tobin previously said Lake would be forced to make cuts to personnel and services in the fall if the levy failed but has not indicated how much would need to be cut. He also has said the district would also be forced to return to the election ballot to seek new funds.
Lake’s five-year forecast shows the district spent $457,790 more than it collected in 2022 and expects to spend $4.5 million more than it will collect in revenue this school year. The forecast shows the district’s cash reserves will be exhausted in 2025 if things don’t change.
About 81% of the general fund is spent on personnel, which includes roughly 450 staff members and athletic coaches.
Local taxes fund 44% of the general fund; the rest comes from state and other sources.
The last time voters approved new funding for the district was in 2015. The request included multiple issues: A 36-year, $34.6 million bond issue to demolish, construct and expand school facilities; an operating levy for maintenance of the new construction and an operating levy to upgrade technology. None of the money went to the district’s general expenses.
Louisville school voters reject Issue 17 renewal levy
Voters in the Louisville City School District rejected the district’s request to renew an existing levy for another five years.
Unofficial election results show that nearly 58% of the 2,719 Louisville City School District voters who cast a ballot by Tuesday opposed the district’s request for a five-year, 3.8-mill emergency levy renewal. The unofficial total stands at 1,137 to 1,587.
Issue 17 would have generated $1.83 million annually for the school system of roughly 2,700 students.
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The owner of a home valued at $100,000 would have continued paying $119 a year if Issue 17 had passed.
In many ways, the renewal levy seemed to be Louisville’s best chance to get a tax issue passed because the renewal levy was smaller than the tax issue voters passed five years ago.
When the issue was on the ballot in 2017 for renewal, it was a 5.9-mill levy. With the upcoming election, only 3.8 mills was needed to generate the same amount of revenue.
But a precinct-by-precinct breakdown of the unofficial results shows that Issue 17 failed in 11 of the district’s 16 precincts with no votes cast in two precincts.
Voters defeated the district’s request for a 3.8-mill continuous substitute levy to support school operations in November 2022.
The existing 5.9-mill levy expires in December 2023.
Perry Local voters reject operating levy
Voters in the Perry Local School District overwhelmingly defeated the district’s first request for new operating funds in 27 years.
Unofficial election results show that nearly 70% of the 5,362 voters who cast a ballot by Tuesday opposed the five-year, 7.3-mill emergency operating levy. The unofficial count stood at 1,730 to 3,632.
Issue 19 would have generated $6.2 million annually that would have been used for daily school operations, such as paying teachers and staff.
The levy would have cost a homeowner of a $100,000 home $256 more a year.
Superintendent Nathan Stutz said the district will seek another operating levy on the November ballot while administrators also continue to look for ways to reduce expenses without drastically altering the programming and services offered.
"The need for new operating funding is significant," he said.
Officials have said additional money is needed because the cost of doing business continues to rise. They said the operating levy voters approved 27 years ago that generates $8 million annually no longer is sufficient, and state funding and additional revenue sources have been inconsistent. Voters last renewed the 11.1-mill levy in 2018 and it will expire in December 2023.
This is the first time the district had asked for new operating money since 1996. Its previous requests were for completing the new elementary building project and included funds that only could be used for the building project.
The district's five-year financial forecast shows that it expects to spend $55.3 million on general operating expenses, which is $4.8 million more than the revenue it expects to collect. The forecast shows the district previously was able to avoid deficit spending due to the federal allocation of coronavirus relief funds, which it used for salaries in 2021 and 2022.
The district's cash reserves will be exhausted in 2026 if something doesn't change.
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Many residents said they opposed the levy because they want the district to operate with the money it currently has, just like they must do. A precinct-by-precinct of the unofficial results shows that 24 of the district's 27 precincts voted against Issue 19, while the other three precincts did not have any votes cast.
Reach Repository writer Kelli Weir at 330-580-8339 or kelli.weir@cantonrep.com.
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MORROW, Ga. — Clayton County Police need the public's help in finding for a missing 27-year-old woman.
Officers said they responded to the 6100th block of Princeton Avenue in Morrow for a missing person call.
When they arrived, they learned Graciela Martinez-Garcia left her home unbeknownst to family members.
Martinez-Garcia was last seen at her home on Tuesday around 11 p.m. Graciela has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia.
Police describe her as 5 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. She has brown eyes and brown hair, according to officials.
Martinez-Garcia was potentially wearing pink, authorities said. Police did not give any other description of her clothing.
Anyone with information about the 27-year-old's whereabouts is encouraged to call the department at 770-477-3550 or call 911.
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GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — South Gwinnett High School is on a "soft lockdown," according to officials with Gwinnett County Public Schools.
The lockdown was placed due to police activity off campus nearby.
Soft lockdowns allow students to move inside the school, but they are not allowed to go outside. Teaching and learning is still taking place, officials said.
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Airport Expressway between Bluffton Road and Ardmore Avenue will remain closed, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A gas line crew was to finish work in the area on April 26, but will continue through Friday.
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Ludwig Road between Huguenard Road and Metro Park Drive will have lane restrictions Thursday, according to the Fort Wayne Traffic Engineering Department.
A utility crew will be working in the area and should finish the same day.
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Foodies and a seven-time Grammy winner stepped up to do something good for a nonprofit that grants wishes to children in Texas fighting life-threatening medical conditions.
A Wish with Wings hosted its annual fundraiser Butterfly Wishes, and country singer Randy Travis was there. A stroke in 2013 silenced the deep baritone voice that made him a legend, but he's still and out about in North Texas.
A few weeks ago, Travis was in Fort Worth at the charity event where he and his wife Mary offered to host a backyard dinner at their ranch in Cooke County benefitting A Wish with Wings. The 2023 event chairs and local musicians Jolie and Sonny Burgess will provide the entertainment.
It was one of two generous donations in April for the team that makes magical things happen for the sickest of kids and their families. For 40 years, the nonprofit has granted more than 1,700 wishes to Texas children fighting life-threatening medical conditions.
The mission got a second big show of support with a $76,000 check from Foodie Philanthropy. For one night only, patrons around Fort Worth are invited to join a Table of 10 at one of many participating restaurants. Foodie Philanthropy selects corporate and community leaders to serve as Table Hosts who encourage their friends, clients, and colleagues to dine with them. Funds from the table and seat purchases are then passed to that year’s Charity of Choice.
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lake County man is recovering from several injuries after Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies said he was attacked on a golf course while out on a walk with his wife on Sunday.
The victim, Joseph Sivak, said he and his family have a long road of recovery ahead of them, not just physically, but mentally too.
“I can’t believe it,” Sivak said. “That it’s happening and happened. You know, it’s like a living hell. It’s like a nightmare. And I just, I want it to stop, you know?”
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Sivak said he is recovering from broken ribs, a ripped ear that required nearly 40 stitches, and several facial fractures after Lake County deputies said Eddie Orobitg beat Sivak with a golf club.
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“I got three fractured ribs,” Sivak said. “Three different ribs are broken.”
Sivak and his wife were walking on a path along a golf course path in their neighborhood when Sivak says he heard someone yelling at them from behind.
“And then I hear, get the f–off,” Sivak said. “They’re really angry and swearing at us. I turned around like ‘we’re getting off sorry’, and continue swearing at me.”
Orobitg, a Lake County dentist, was golfing that Sunday with his son when the altercation happened. According to the arrest report, he told Sivak and his wife to get off the path because it was meant for golf carts.
Deputies said the two men got into an argument that turned physical when Orobitg allegedly hit Sivak in the leg with a golf club, to which then Sivak reportedly hit Orobitg with his plastic water bottle.
“My wife was yelling stop, stop, let’s get away from him, we’ve got to get away from him,” Sivak said. “He lunges at me – this happened twice, like with the golf club. I’m like, ‘stop it, stop it. You can’t hit me. You know, when we’re walking away.’”
Sivak said he and his family have a long road of recovery ahead.
“I never knew it, she [Sivak’s wife] just told me this today, I had the same thought, she said this is how I’m going to lose him,” Sivak said.
Orobitg was charged with aggravated battery and has since bonded out of the Lake County Jail. News 6 tried to stop by his dental practice to hear his side of the story, but a sign that read “No media beyond this point” was placed in the front door.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – A physical education teacher at Johnson Middle School in Melbourne is on leave and under investigation after it was reported they allegedly played a role in “allowing students to fight on campus,” according to statements from the school and its district.
Principal Marina Saporito-Middleton in a letter to student families promised the allegations would be thoroughly investigated by both law enforcement and Brevard Public Schools’ human resources office.
“It was reported that the teacher allegedly played a role in allowing students to fight on our campus. Please know that upon receipt of this information, swift action occurred which involved contacting all necessary parties from Law Enforcement to District personnel. There is an active police investigation which means there is limited information that can be shared. I can tell you that the teacher has been placed on administrative leave and is currently not allowed on campus,” Saporito-Middleton wrote.
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According to a statement from the school district, the Florida Department of Children and Families is also looking into the allegations against the teacher.
It was reported that a Johnson Middle School PE teacher allegedly played a role in allowing students to fight on campus. Upon learning of this allegation, law enforcement and the Department of Children and Families were contacted, and the teacher was placed on administrative leave. There is an active police investigation along with an internal school district investigation. We will have no further comment at this time.
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Bloomington council at large: Volan out, Flaherty, Asare, Ruff in
Of the three council members who represent all Bloomington residents, only one incumbent has the chance to continue his tenure beyond 2023. The other current council member will end his 19-consecutive-year service. For the other two at-large seats, voters selected one returning civic leader and one total newcomer.
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Volan, out of city council, says 'You haven’t heard the last of me'
For the first time in nearly 20 years, Stephen Volan will not serve on the Bloomington City Council.
Since 2004, he has represented the approximately 13,000 constituents of District 6. Due to recent redistricting, Volan would have had to run against incumbent Dave Rollo for the newly redrawn District 4, so he set his sights on an at-large seat. Unlike council members in districts 1 to 6, at-large members represent and are elected by residents across the entire city. Seven at-large Democratic candidates threw their hat in the race, but only three seats are available.
The final tally on Tuesday ultimately revealed Volan came up short, receiving a 12.16% of the votes.
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During the Democratic nominee election watch party at the Cascades Inn, Volan said his undefeated record in his current district just did not translate city-wide.
“This is my first time running for city-wide office and it didn't turn out well,” he said.
Volan said he was proud of the civic work he's accomplished throughout his tenure and he plans to continue to serve the public — possibly even in an elected office down the road.
“You haven’t heard the last of me,” Volan said.
Matt Flaherty hangs onto seat for second term
Matt Flaherty, senior associate at Utility Policy & Programs at Clean Energy Works, was the only incumbent at-large member to seek re-election. Flaherty pointed toward housing affordability and availability, public safety and police reform, and inclusive civic engagement as top priorities to address, all of which require open discussion and collaboration.
"It's important to have those difficult conversations and I strive to do that with respect and collegiality with my colleagues," Flaherty said, adding he is excited to potentially work with a mix of new and veteran elected officials.
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Flaherty received 17.69% of the votes cast during the primary election.
While he will continue his campaign into the general election in November, Flaherty said he remains focused on the seven months left in his current term.
"There's work to do still in 2023," Flaherty said.
Andy Ruff returns to council after 4-year break
Longtime residents may recognize Andy Ruff, who is hoping for another term following a break from his last stint on the council. Ruff has served five times on the city council, with his last term concluding in 2019. He has been employed at IU as an academic adviser for more than a decade. During his campaign, he remarked on affordable housing, climate action and public safety. Ruff, who received 18.81% of the votes, could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
Isak Asare may serve his first term in elected office
Isak Asare, a newcomer to city politics, completes the Democratic slate. Asare is currently the co-director of the Cybersecurity and Global Policy Program at IU’s Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Asare's platform includes affordable housing and child care, climate action and improved quality of life for city residents.
If elected in the general election this fall, it will be his first time in an elected office.
Of the seven candidates, Asare was the most popular, walking away with 19.76% of the votes. Speaking with The Herald-Times, Asare thanked residents who went to the polls as well as his fellow candidates.
"I was so impressed by the caliber of candidates that were in this race. I think everybody can be really, really proud of the fact that we have people who are willing to sacrifice and give back to this community," Asare said.
Asare said he believes his solution-based approach to city issues is what first attracted voters and he plans to continue talking with both residents and others to ensure collaboration if he is elected into office.
"The council does nothing without the rest of the government. Everything that we do, we can only do it together. It's the only way that we're going to be the city that we want to be. I look forward to working with all my other council members and eagerly look forward to working with the mayor," Asare said. "And I look forward to working as well with IU, working with the county and working with the townships. If we can start functioning together, we can be better than the sum of our parts."
The Republican Party has not offered any candidate in the race yet but can do so within two months following the primary election.
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Phoenix police and fire warn of the dangers of leaving children and pets in hot cars
Charlotte “Charlie” Jones wanted to eat a popsicle for every meal.
The sassy, fun-loving 3-year-old girl loved gymnastics, swimming and playing with her older sisters. But she would never enjoy her fourth birthday as she died after accidentally being left in a hot car on Sept. 3, 2019, in Gilbert.
Angela Jones, Charlotte’s mother, said she and her husband were planning to take their family on a beach vacation in California the following day and were a little out of their usual routine. The couple opted not to send Charlotte to preschool and instead have her stay at home with her husband, who worked remotely.
Jones said her husband dropped their two other children off at school with Charlotte before driving back home to work as he normally did.
When she called her husband during lunch to ask how Charlotte was doing, she could hear the panic in his voice.
She said her husband sprinted toward their driveway where the truck was parked and found Charlotte unresponsive.
Jones, who worked an hour away from their home, had to get a ride to the hospital where she and her husband learned their daughter had died.
“We had to leave that hospital without her,” Jones said. “She didn’t make it. And we had to go home without our baby girl and we had to go tell our other children that their little sister wasn’t going to be coming home.”
Jones said their cries were soul-crushing.
After the incident, the couple told their children to honk the horn of the vehicle and taught them how to unlock car doors from the inside should they ever be left inside a vehicle while it’s hot outside.
Jones said she now spends her time warning others not to make the same mistake that took Charlotte’s life.
“Please do not ever think that this cannot happen to you,” Jones said. “It is the biggest mistake you will ever make. I was one of those people. I would see a news story and think ‘how does someone leave their child in the car?’ but it’s the way your mind works.”
Phoenix police and fire hold safety awareness event
There were fewer children who died from being left in a hot vehicle in the U.S. in 2020, experts say, as a result of the pandemic keeping many people at home. The number of children who died from being trapped in hot cars dropped nearly half from 53 in 2019 to 25 in 2020 nationwide, according to Kids and Cars, a nonprofit that is dedicated to keeping children and pets safe in vehicles. There were 54 cases in 2018.
The decrease was also evident in Arizona. The only child hot-car death in Arizona in 2020 was 3-year-old Delilah Jones, who got into her mother's car in a parking lot by herself on Aug. 30, 2020.
Phoenix police and fire held a media event on Tuesday afternoon to urge the public to exhibit increased caution about leaving children and pets in cars during the spring and summer months.
Cpt. Todd Keller, a spokesman for the Phoenix Fire Department, urged parents and pet owners to never intentionally leave a child or a pet inside a car when it’s warm outside no matter how quickly they expect to return.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re going in for three seconds or three minutes — take your child with you,” Keller said. “There’s no excuse for that. This is 100% preventable.”
Keller said it’s especially imperative that children not be left in hot cars, as their body heat increases three-to-five times faster than adults.
He said a child could quickly go from heat exhaustion — in which their body starts sweating, their skin reddens and they begin to feel dizzy — to heat stroke, where they go unconscious, their body stops sweating and their organs begin to shut down.
Keller warned that heat stroke is highly fatal, with death typically occurring when the internal body temperature reaches 107 degrees, and can be extremely difficult to recover from.
What to do when encountering kids and pets in hot cars
Keller advised parents who have left their child in a hot car to immediately remove them from the vehicle, place them in a cooler environment and call 911.
As for tips on remembering to not forget about a child in the first place, Keller recommended putting one’s phone or another item you wouldn’t leave your car without in the backseat. He added that newer vehicles have sensors that notify you when something remains in the backseat.
Sgt. Phil Krynsky, a spokesman for Phoenix police, said those who see a child or pet in a locked car could break into the car without penalty under certain circumstances due to a law then-Gov. Doug Ducey signed in 2017.
Krynsky said people must first identify if the child or pet is showing signs of distress and check if any doors are unlocked or windows rolled down. Krynsky said if the child or pet is in distress and there’s no other way to enter the car, the person must call 911 and tell the operator their location, what the situation is and that they will be forcing their way into the car.
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The Bismarck Forestry Division will host a community recognition program and ceremonial tree planting on Friday in honor of State Arbor Day.
National Arbor Day is on the final Friday in April, but in North Dakota it's always the first Friday in May. It's celebrated annually to recognize the importance of trees, and to promote tree planting and care.
Bismarck's event is at 1 p.m. at Sertoma Park, 300 Riverside Park Road. It will take place near the Amusement Park and Sertoma Community Center. The public is welcome. The 2023 Arbor Day theme is: “Pay it Forward, Plant a Tree."
Each year a ceremonial Arbor Day tree is dedicated to a local resident whose efforts have made a significant contribution to Bismarck's urban forest. This year's tree planting will recognize retired Bismarck Parks Director Randy Bina for more than 33 years of service.
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The Arbor Day Ceremony will include Apple Seed Awards presented for 2022 landscape beautification efforts on public property, Beautification Awards for 2022 landscape beautification efforts on private property, and recognition of 2022 Partners in Planting program sponsors.
Bismarck also will be celebrating 46 years as a Tree City USA. That program was started in 1976 by the Arbor Day Foundation in collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters to recognize communities that effectively mange public trees.
Mayor Mike Schmitz will read the Arbor Day Proclamation and give remarks. The Innovation School Teal and Purple Bands will give presentations. The tree planting will take place at the close of the program, weather permitting.
For more information go to www.bismarcknd.gov/forestry. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-to-celebrate-arbor-day-on-friday-ceremony-set-at-sertoma-park/article_fa66e77e-e9b9-11ed-abf0-33562e431ca3.html | 2023-05-03T15:38:14 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-to-celebrate-arbor-day-on-friday-ceremony-set-at-sertoma-park/article_fa66e77e-e9b9-11ed-abf0-33562e431ca3.html |
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