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BALTIMORE — They are dancing like they do care.
Eleven amateur dance acts take the stage to raise money for Alzheimer's research this Saturday.
The Alzheimer's Association Memory Ball features "dancing stars" chosen for their leadership and commitment to the Alzheimer's Association. Each star is partnered with a by a professional dancer to help them choreograph and practice a routine. Then they compete at a black tie gala where every vote equals $1 to the Alzheimer's Association.
For most of the stars, the cause hits close to home.
"My inspiration for doing this is my mom, she had Parkinson's dementia. And so I'm dancing for her, as well as many of my patients that I care for who had Alzheimer's disease. And a lot of friends have reached out on Facebook and through other means telling me that they've had family friends who have suffered from this terrible disease. So I want to dance for all of them," said Dr. Gregory Dohmeier, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center.
The Memory Ball is at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel on May 6 at 6 p.m.
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TUPELO – Eight speakers over two panel discussions on Tuesday all shared a common theme: to have the attendees leave with at least one idea to help foster the relationships between their schools and communities.
The message was well received at this year's State of the Region meeting, put on by the Commission on the Future of Mississippi. Both the Girls Leadership Panel and the Starkville-Oktibbeha Story provided compelling information for the audience to think about.
New Albany High School senior Alea Hudson lead the leadership panel. She was a natural choice for the role, as she was named the Mississippi Student Ambassador Secretary of State in January.
During the panel, she picked the brain of Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill, TVA Government Relations Manager Amy Tate and Lighthouse Foundation Women's Program Coordinator Lenay Williams about their programs to mentor young girls.
"Be intentional about it," Williams advised those thinking about creating their own leadership programs. "You have to get involved, find a place in the community to volunteer where kids are ... You have to be intentional with relationships with their parents, their guardians, their siblings. If you want to start it, just do it."
Williams has two Corinth-based programs — one for fifth and sixth graders and another for seventh and eighth graders — and mentors continue to follow them throughout high school, college and event into their careers.
Tate's Girls Leadership Academy at Milam School in Tupelo targets sixth graders. The program helps develop their personal and professional leadership skills. Tate began it as a coed program 13 years ago, but it evolved into what is today after Tate saw the need to concentrate on mentoring girls.
"Boys have a lot of natural, organic opportunities to lead — from sports to scouts," Tate said. "Girls are a little trickier, and I don’t know if we ever learned to resolve conflicts."
Tate's program isn't the traditional leadership class. It involves more interpersonal communication and conflict resolution.
"Communicating and learning to be assertive is OK," Tate said.
Tannehill was inspired by Tate's program and created one of her own: "Girl Empowerment." The program is designed to encourage fifth grade girls to think about their values, find their voices and develop self-confidence.
"We try to select girls who perhaps wouldn’t have developed relationship with each other otherwise," Tannehill said of her program to develop more women in leadership roles.
"Bossy is not a leadership skill," she said. "We're not teaching them to run for office, but to be confident to stand up for themselves and other people."
The Starkville-Oktibbeha Story is about the successful implementation of a modified school calendar following the consolidation of the Starkville and Oktibbeha school districts, and its buy-in from the community.
Christy Maulding, the school district's deputy superintendent and director of curriculum and instruction, said conversations began early in her tenure.
"This is our first year of a modified calendar, and discussions began three years ago," she said. "We all came to the table with pre-conceived ideas. We knew about the obstacles ... we had two years of crucial conversation. Even interally we didn't all believe in the same things, but we knew we anted what would best benefit the students and the community."
Darein Spann, the principal at Starkville High said teachers who opted not to work during the intercession enjoyed the time off, and those who did work were appreciative of an extra paycheck. And he said all the talks worked.
"Those meetings with teachers, parents and students led us to a place where we can settle in," he said.
The district has seen higher attendance and better test scores with the modified calendar.
At the Partnership Middle School, some 650 students were able to get the remediation they needed during the two intercessions. Additionally, students and parents also are encouraged to explore the employment and educational opportunities as the school works with local business leaders through enrichment camps.
Students later transition to Academic Houses, where high schoolers' experience is centered around small learning communities.
These houses — currently covering technology/engineering/construction; communications/arts/business; and health and human service – provide advanced and targeted skills enabling students to be "future-ready" and "workplace-ready" with experience in job shadowing, internships and skills or certifications that match students' career interests and the job market.
Mike Tagert, the president and CEO of the Greater Starkville Development Partnerships said the business community has gotten behind what school district is doing.
"Economic and community development is so much about quality of life, and what could be more important than the public education system?" he said. "The business community has really embraced the changes in the school district. There are so many different opportunities for business owners to participate. It's the right thing to do, and also they understand public school systems are their workforce. They're the future and it’s important to have a healthy and thriving community."
Alto during the meeting, the CREATE Foundation presented the 6th Jack Reed Sr. Northeast Mississippi Community Leadership Award to The Daily Corinthian in Corinth.
The newspaper "has been a significant contributor to the success of Corinth and Alcorn County," said CREATE chair Lisa Hawkins, who presented the award to the paper's publisher, Reece Terry.
Clayton Stanley, president of The Alliance, the economic development agency for Corinth and Alcorn County, said the Daily Corinthian was its strongest partner, and added that "the importance of a daily newspaper in any town is hard to quantify, but the role this newspaper has played in our community's development is quite astonishing."
Said Terry, "We're very appreciative of this award. It's a great honor to be recognized for helping to make the communities where we live a better place."
The award is presented annually to an individuals, organizations and businesses which has demonstrated extraordinary leadership in helping improve the quality of life in their community and the region. Recipients have a demonstrated vision, integrity and a commitment to excellence over an extended period of time.
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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Abandoned boats are finally being removed from Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda more than seven months after Hurricane Ian.
Piece by piece, Sea Tow is working to clean up the Charlotte Harbor that was left in rough shape after Hurricane Ian. They’re using an excavator to carry out parts of a boat that is so deteriorated, they can’t use their normal means of removal.
“Unfortunately it can’t be airbagged and floated out so we are using the excavator to just pull it out in chunks and pieces and bring it to the dump,” Mike DeGenaro said, owner of Sea Tow Charlotte Harbor.
“It’s kind of sad…and you wonder who they belong to,” Julia Kramer said.
“The next hurricane season is coming and it’s time to pick them up,” Theresa Roberts added.
Sea Tow is hauling out only the hunk of junk slammed against the seawall. DeGenaro said it’s not a hard process, just time-consuming. They were supposed to start the work Monday but got delayed.
“Because of the storms Sunday, we had two boats that had sank that people called us to recover,” DeGenaro said.
As he and his crew work, other boats remain somewhat afloat in the harbor. For example, one liveaboard-type yacht is mangled in the mangroves. This crew isn’t contracted to remove it, so it stays part of the park scenery.
“They’re doing what they can. It’s not the end of the world for us so I’m very appreciative of what they’ve already done,” Kramer said.
The crew expects they’ll be done removing the broken-down boat by Thursday. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/charlotte-county/2023/05/03/crews-working-to-remove-deteriorated-boats-from-charlotte-harbor/ | 2023-05-03T23:04:40 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/charlotte-county/2023/05/03/crews-working-to-remove-deteriorated-boats-from-charlotte-harbor/ |
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Mars Hill Farm planted its roots in 2019 in the City of Ferris with a desire to form a connection between refugees and Dallas.
"It was started about five years ago to help refugees resettle in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Dallas-Fort Worth as a whole happens to be one of the largest refugee resettlements in the nation," said Jonathan Herb, farm manager and one of the co-owners of Mars Hill Farm. "We're talking places that the UN says are no longer safe to live. So, it's a very different issue than immigration or people seeking asylum across the border or whatever it may be. These are places that oftentimes are fraught with war or severe economic problems."
Refugees help harvest produce and flowers that are then sold to businesses around Dallas.
"We also have gone to the farmers' markets, the Dallas Farmers Market and the White Rock Farmers Market, and we bring our goods there during certain seasons," Herb said. "The other way that people get deliveries or receive our products is we sell direct to stores. So, we were able to work with Central Market this past year, and we're able to kind of start developing relationships with local florists or grocery chains."
However, the biggest profit is helping refugees like Mikey. Mikey is from Afghanistan and joined the Mars Hill Farm in January of 2022. He does not use his real name for fear of being targeted by the Taliban.
"I started working for the Americans in Afghanistan in 2009. I was working for a major. His name was Larry Henry," Mikey said. "His team left seven groups. Special Forces took over. I was translating for the three languages. I was helping them with the supply of local markets, whatever they needed. I was going to the combat operations with them. I was everywhere with them, wherever they were going."
In the fall of 2021, life for Mikey and thousands of other Afghans changed dramatically.
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"It was like doomsday. Nobody cared about nobody. Nobody was safe," Mikey said. "The day that whole thing happened, I was in hiding. I didn't know what to do, where to go."
The Taliban took power of Afghanistan in August of that year. With the help and guidance of American soldiers, Mikey, his wife, and two children eventually made it to the airport to evacuate.
"It was dark when they were shooting at everyone or doing warning shots," Mikey said "My wife got shot in her foot and my 6-year-old son, he's 7 now, he got shot in his foot."
Both were briefly hospitalized. Eventually, the family of four made it onto a U.S. Air Force C-17. Mikey said hundreds of other Afghans were crammed onto the cargo plane destined for safety.
"For the kids and wife, this is why it was very important for me to come here, or at least somewhere safer," Mikey said.
They would eventually settle in a Dallas hotel where he was hired part-time.
"I was helping them with the translation, with whatever that they needed me,” Mikey said.
Struggling to make ends meet, Mikey later sought work at Mars Hill Farm.
"I take care of the cows, the chickens, the eggs with from the chickens. We have some sheep in here," Mikey said. "I'm happy right now working here. You know, it's a little bit far from where I live, but it's been over a year now.”
For Mikey, he enjoys picking flowers the most and the peace his job brings.
"The best part, to just be safe here. That I'm safe and alive right now. Mostly, I care about my family back home. They need me right now," Mikey said. "Hopefully, I can do something for my own, to have my own business, my own work to get to somewhere that America or people say America, the land of opportunities. I have to use that opportunity to be somewhere one day, you know, to make something for my kids and for my wife and my family back home."
Mikey has applied for an immigration visa and will have his interview this month. He hopes to one day be able to return to Afghanistan to see his parents and family.
Mars Hill Farm hopes to continue offering stability, income and a community to the refugees who work the land.
"What I love about that is their work will outlive their time here on this farm. They were here for only a short portion, but they planted a perennial crop that is a constant reminder to me of their faithfulness, right, and their struggle at the same time," Herb said. "So, every year that that crop comes up, like it is a good reminder that, people come into our lives maybe for just a brief season, but they do leave an impact. And that impact will outlive them."
Currently, the farm is funded through private donations. Their next step is to become a for-profit farm to continue to sustain the land and help refugees like Mikey.
Mars Hill Farm will host its yearly GladFest beginning May 27. GladFest celebrates the more than 50,000 gladiolus blooms.
Visitors can cut their own gladiolus Fridays and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at $2 a stem.
Mars Hill Farm is located at 1604 Mars Road in Ferris.
For more information on admission fees and other GladFest events, click here. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/ellis-county-farm-provides-refugees-with-opportunities/3250134/ | 2023-05-03T23:05:11 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/ellis-county-farm-provides-refugees-with-opportunities/3250134/ |
Lindel Harvey can pull his weight and then some.
He goes to the Joshua Community YMCA where you'll find him doing pull-ups, crunches, and tricep pull-downs, and raising eyebrows while doing it.
"I'm probably the oldest one here, really. A lot of people don't think I'm as old as I am, but I got proof of it," Harvey said laughing. "I'm 92."
Harvey was born during the Great Depression. He joined the YMCA in Fort Worth when he was 18 years old.
"I paid $5 a month to join," Harvey recalled.
Harvey worked himself into bodybuilding shape back then and has photos to show it. "Kinda look like a stranger, in a way," he said.
Then and now, Harvey worked out three days a week. "I do things that a lot of young kids can't do," Harvey said.
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"I've seen him do seven one-arm pull-ups. That was right before we locked down for COVID," YMCA trainer Bradley Morgan said. "I'll turn 62 in a month, so that's my goal, to stay like him."
17-year-old Fisher Thomas agreed as he looked on with amazement.
"People don't have an excuse not to be here if he's doing it," Thomas said. "The fact that he's still doing it? Geesh!"
Harvey is passing his love for fitness onto his grandchildren.
"I think as long as the Lord lets me," Harvey said. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/lifelong-member-of-joshua-community-ymca-inspires-others/3250120/ | 2023-05-03T23:05:29 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/lifelong-member-of-joshua-community-ymca-inspires-others/3250120/ |
WEST POINT, Miss. (WTVA) — Clay County authorities claim an Aberdeen man caused damage and fled from law enforcement.
Jerrick Orr, 25, allegedly damaged a vehicle Tuesday on East Hazelwood Road and then kicked in the door of a home.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott said Orr led deputies on a short car chase before deputies managed to arrest him.
He faces burglary of a dwelling, fleeing arrest and malicious mischief charges, as well as several misdemeanors.
The sheriff did not provide a motive. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/aberdeen-man-arrested-for-mischief-fleeing-in-clay-county/article_6f0aed2c-e9f2-11ed-ac8a-53673c10a008.html | 2023-05-03T23:07:06 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/aberdeen-man-arrested-for-mischief-fleeing-in-clay-county/article_6f0aed2c-e9f2-11ed-ac8a-53673c10a008.html |
Parts of Commercial Street in South Salem reopen after bomb squad investigation
Shannon Sollitt
Salem Statesman Journal
Parts of Commercial Street SE reopened around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday after the bomb squad investigated a "suspicious backpack" left on a Cherriots bus, according to Salem Police.
Salem Police said the bomb squad gave "the all clear" on the backpack that was left on the bus.
The road between Baxter Road and Barnes Avenue was closed during the investigation. | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/bomb-squad-investigation-closes-commercial-street-salem-cherriots/70180503007/ | 2023-05-03T23:07:58 | 0 | https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/bomb-squad-investigation-closes-commercial-street-salem-cherriots/70180503007/ |
A semi tractor-trailer driver was killed in a fiery crash early Wednesday near Willcox, prompting the partial closure of Interstate-10, officials say.
The semi was traveling west on I-10 about midnight when it went off the right side of the road, struck a guardrail then smashed into a concrete overpass support pillar, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
The semi went up in flames and the overpass pillar buckled, officials said.
Neither the name of the driver nor the trucking company have been released. No hazardous materials are associated with the crash.
Westbound I-10 at the New Mexico state line remained closed Wednesday afternoon, and its reopening could take to take up to 48 hours, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Real-time highway conditions are available on the Arizona Department of Transportation's Arizona Traveler Information site at az511.gov.
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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Three Lake Mary High School students were arrested on Wednesday after attacking another student during lunch period, according to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office.
In a release, deputies said the victim was leaving the school’s cafeteria around 10:50 a.m. with his lunch when a 14-year-old came along and took food off his plate without permission.
When confronted about it, the 14-year-old then punched the victim in the nose, deputies said. The release shows that the 14-year-old was then joined by two 16-year-olds in tripping the victim before beating him about the head.
While the victim grabbed the 14-year-old to protect himself, the other two teens pulled away the 14-year-old, who then punched the victim several more times in his head and face, deputies said.
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The victim was able to escape and get treatment, though the three other teens fled the campus, an arrest report states. Investigators said the victim’s nose was severely broken with the possibility of permanent disability or disfigurement.
The three accused teens were later found at a nearby Target along Lake Mary Boulevard, deputies said.
Due to the severity of the victim’s injuries, all three face charges of aggravated battery.
“These senseless acts of on-campus violence must stop and are unacceptable,” Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said. “That’s why all three teens are now facing serious felony charges for these acts. This incident ends with a young man with injuries after a brutal attack that cannot and will not be tolerated. It is essential to create a culture of respect within all of our school communities. We will continue to take these acts seriously on and off campus and hold offenders like these accountable.”
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SANFORD, Fla. – A man died after a shooting in the parking lot of a Sanford gas station Wednesday, according to police.
Officers said they responded to reports of shots fired around 5:50 a.m. at a Circle K gas station, located at 2500 French Ave.
Upon arrival, police said they found a 32-year-old man, later identified as Bacari Lavon Frost, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. Frost was taken to a hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries, police said.
According to officers, a physical fight had occurred between two people in the parking lot leading up to the shooting.
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The shooting occurred near where 38-year-old Al Stenson, a suspect in the slayings of a woman and her three children, was shot and killed by law enforcement Wednesday, Seminole County Sheriff Dennis Lemma said.
This is an ongoing investigation. No other information, including any details on a shooter, is available at this time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Sanford Police Department or Crimeline to leave an anonymous tip at 1-800-423-8477 or www.crimeline.org to be eligible for up to a $5,000 reward.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – It’s been a year since the Flagler County Jail started a live-in addiction recovery pod inside the jail and the sheriff’s stats show the round-the-clock treatment program is resulting in far-reaching success.
Not only are a large majority of the graduates staying out of jail once they’re released, some former inmates are voluntarily coming back to teach.
Licensed electrician Adam Vatrano comes to the jail on Tuesdays, Thursdays and some Saturdays.
Vatrano and another instructor from Flagler Technical College are coaching inmates through their first year of electrician apprenticeship.
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Vatrano has had his electrician license for 22 years. Over the past 16 years, he’s been booked into the Flagler County Jail around a dozen times.
“I ended up here (at the jail) by a series of bad decisions,” Vatrano said. “Relapsing and not being able to stay sober. Not wanting to think I had a problem.”
Vatrano said he became addicted to pain medication after a motorcycle accident.
What broke the addiction? S.M.A.R.T.
“Saved my life,” Vatrano said.
S.M.A.R.T. is now a year-old program at the Flagler County Jail where addicted inmates live together and recover together 24 hours a day for 12 weeks. It stands for Successful Mental Health Addiction Recovery Treatment.
Successful, so far, for Vatrano.
“I’m the first convicted felon hired by the school board in 100 years,” Vatrano claimed.
Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said one year in, stats show most inmates who make it through S.M.A.R.T. don’t come back.
“At the end of 2022 our success rate was 86% of the people who took our program,” Staly said.
And the stats are even better for those who learn a skill while in jail.
Vatrano was happy to share his skill when Jail Chief Daniel Engert asked graduating inmates if they knew of an electrician willing to return to teach.
“Not only does it make them more hirable and attractive to prospective employers, but it opens their eyes to a career path they may have never considered until they came to jail,” Engert said.
To cram in six months’ worth of material, Vatrano and his FTC co-instructor teach inmates nine hours per week. Coursework is done inside the jail and hands-on training is done at FTC’s main campus in Palm Coast under supervision.
“With me coming back here [to jail] it shows the S.M.A.R.T. program works,” Vatrano said. “We’re having great results. We’re graduating. I’m out. Now when this next guy comes out I’m his safety net, I’m his network.”
When the inmates graduate and are released, they leave the jail with two things: an OSHA construction certificate and a valuable FL State Department of Education pre-Apprenticeship certificate through FTC.
To become an electrician, candidates need four years of apprenticeship and then go on to become journey workers.
Graduates from the jail’s electrician program will have an enormous leg up on anyone just starting out — they’ll have completed that first year of apprenticeship.
And Vatrano said his electrical contractor employer has agreed to hire graduates of the electrical program because Vatrano is teaching the course, guaranteeing employment — and success — for soon-to-be-released inmates.
The Flagler County Jail also teaches inmates how to cook and provides cooking certifications so they can work in restaurants as soon as they are released.
Several former inmates are also already working in a Flagler County restaurant.
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A new Indiana law means about this time next year candidates in local school board races will be getting ready to file for their slots on the 2024 general election ballot.
State lawmakers unanimously agreed last month to shift the start of the 30-day school board filing period to mid-May from late-July to give Hoosier voters more time to learn about the candidates running for school board and what they stand for.
Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb likewise supported adjusting Indiana's school board filing period and recently signed Senate Enrolled Act 177 into law.
"Under current law, six weeks after the filing deadline early voting starts. This will give voters an additional two months to evaluate and vet school board candidates," said state Rep. Tim Wesco, R-Osceola, the House sponsor of the measure.
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State Sen. Eric Koch, R-Bedford, the Senate sponsor, said longer political campaigns actually will be helpful in school board races "so the voters can get to know them better, and the candidates can get their message out."
Shifting the beginning of school board candidate filing to the day voter registration restarts following the May primary election was perhaps the least significant change lawmakers contemplated making to Indiana school board elections this year amid debates about the teaching of "controversial" topics and banning school library books.
Indeed, several proposals to eliminate nonpartisan school board contests altogether in favor of requiring school board candidates to run in party primary elections, or to attach a party label to their name on the general election ballot, also were considered, but ultimately rejected, by state representatives and senators.
For example, state Sen. Jack Sandlin, R-Indianapolis, the sponsor of Senate Bill 188 , claimed partisan school board elections would promote "transparency" by giving voters more information about the candidates running for school board.
Sandlin said absent a party label many voters are at a loss to identify school board candidates who share their values and may end up voting for someone with different opinions or opt not to vote at all on the school board portion of their ballot.
"There's a large interest in having people designate their party for school board elections," Sandlin said. "I think elected party officials have a higher degree of responsibility to the community."
Riding Shotgun with the Gary Fire Department
Opponents of that plan decried the infringement of partisan politics in yet another area of American life, especially one that should prioritize doing what's best for children and not be focused on advancing a political party agenda.
"Students do not come to school with little Rs or little Ds stamped on their foreheads," said Joel Hand, representing the Indiana Coalition for Public Education.
A separate plan in House Bill 1428 to allow each school district to decide whether to continue nonpartisan school board elections or to have candidates run under party labels stalled in the House in February, despite being endorsed by the House Elections Committee.
Gallery: Indiana historical markers in the Region
First Physician
First Physician
Location: 2985 W. 73rd Place, Merrillville
Erected by Woman's Auxiliary, Lake County Medical Society
Henry D. Palmer, M.D. (1809-1877) located at this site in 1836. First physician in Lake County, he was also counselor to the pioneers for 40 years and member of the underground railroad aiding escaped slaves.
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Great Sauk (Sac) Trail
Location: Van Buren Street at West 73rd Avenue (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway) on traffic median east of Calumet Cemetery and west of Broadway, Merrillville
Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1966
Part of a transcontinental trail used by prehistoric peoples of North America, it passed through modern Detroit, Rock Island and Davenport in the Midwest. The trail was important into the 19th century.
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
St. John's Lutheran Church Tolleston
Location: 2235 W. 10th Avenue at Taft Avenue, southeast corner, Gary
St. John's Church, the oldest surviving institution in Gary and north of the Little Calumet River, began with the work of the Rev. Henry Wunder in the early 1860's. He regularly came from Chicago by horse and buggy. Baptism records date from 1863; the first church was built on this site in 1868 or 1869; 1870 is celebrated as date of organization. The church served German immigrants to Tolleston (named for George Tolle who came in 1856). Tolleston was annexed to Gary in 1910.
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Dutch in the Calumet Region
Location: 8941 Kleinman Road, Highland
Erected 1992 Indiana Historical Bureau and Lamprecht Florist & Greenhouse, established 1923
Dutch immigrants after 1850 began moving to this area because of its similarities to their homeland. They helped to locate ditches to drain water from the extensive marshes, leaving rich land to expand successful horticultural activities.
St. John Township School, District #2
St. John Township School, District #2
Location: 1515 Joliet Street (Old U.S. 30/Lincoln Highway), east of St. John Road at the St. John Township Community Center, Schererville
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau and Committee to Save Township School #2
Built, 1853, approximately one half mile south; closed, 1907; moved to this site and restored for educational and community uses, 1993-1994. One of twelve St. John Township schools; structure typical of early one-room school buildings in Indiana.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
Location: Southeast corner U.S. 30 (Joliet Street) and Janice Drive, Schererville
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau, Northwest Indiana Lincoln Highway Association, Dyer and Schererville Historical Societies, Sand Ridge Bank, Welsh, Inc.
United States' first transcontinental highway, constructed 1913-1928, from New York City to San Francisco. Dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Conceived by Carl G. Fisher to encourage building "good roads." Sponsored by Lincoln Highway Association and supported by automotive industries.
The Lincoln Highway/The Ideal Section
"Ideal Section" - 1.5 miles - of Lincoln Highway, completed 1923, designed and built as a model for road construction. Funded by county, state, and U.S. Rubber Co. Features included 100 foot right-of-way, 40 foot paved width, 10 inch steel-reinforced concrete, underground drainage, lighted, landscaped, bridge, and pedestrian pathways.
Froebel School - side 1
Froebel School - side 1
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
Froebel opened here, 1912, as many European immigrants and southern blacks moved to Gary for jobs in steel mills. An experiment in progressive education, it served students of diverse backgrounds and the local community. Despite early status as integrated school, black students were excluded from many extracurricular activities and facilities into 1940s. Closed 1977.
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Froebel School
Froebel School
Location: 15th Avenue and Madison Street, Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Froebel Alumni Park Committee, and Northern Indiana Public Service Company
After WWII, Froebel made national headlines when hundreds of white students walked out protesting "integration experiment" there. "Hate strikes" lasted several weeks in 1945 and reflected growing racial tension in North. In 1946, Gary school board adopted desegregation policy, but discrimination continued. Indiana state law desegregating public schools passed 1949.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
Stewart House was organized during depression of 1921 to provide social services for Gary’s black community. A vital neighborhood center for unemployed WWI veterans and southern blacks who migrated for jobs in steel mills, it helped thousands adjust to urban life. Services included lodging and meals, as well as legal, medical, and employment advice. Moved here, 1925.
Stewart Settlement House
Stewart Settlement House
Location: 1501 E. Massachusetts St., Gary
Installed 2014 Indiana Historical Bureau, Indiana Landmarks, and Christ United Methodist Church
U.S. Steel, with an interest in regulating its workers, helped fund the settlement house, designed by architect W.W. Cooke. The Methodist Episcopal Church and Gary’s blacks also donated funds. Rev. Frank Delaney guided its development as superintendent, 1920-1939, and made it a source of pride for blacks. During Great Depression, it aided hundreds daily. Closed 1970s.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Rep. Katie Hall (1938-2012)
Democratic leader Katie Hall was born in rural Mississippi and moved to Indiana in 1960. She taught in Gary before serving in the Indiana General Assembly, 1974-82. Hall became the first African American U.S. Representative from Indiana, serving 1982-85. During her tenure, she authored and sponsored the bill that made Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day a federal holiday.
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
Location: 1927 Madison St., Gary
Installed 2019 Indiana Historical Bureau, KHEF, Inc., Atty. Junifer Hall, Atty. Jacqueline Hall, and Law Office of Deacon-Atty. John Henry Hall
Origin of Dr. MLK Day Law
The struggle to make Dr. King’s birthday a federal holiday began soon after the civil rights leader’s death in 1968. Growing interest, publicity, and advocacy helped Representative Hall secure passage of a bill in 1983. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law that November, designating every third Monday in January as the holiday. Celebration began in 1986.
Bailly Homestead
Bailly Homestead
Location: Bailly Cemetery, U.S. 12
Marker no longer standing.
Home of Joseph Bailly, a French Canadian, who established a fur trading post here on the Detroit-Chicago road in 1822. It became a center of trade, culture and religion. The family cemetery is on the land near by.
Iron Brigade
Iron Brigade
Location: Eastbound U.S. 20 at southeast corner of Ind. 49 overpass, Chesterton
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau, Porter Co. Tour. Com., Indpls. Civil War Rnd. Tbl., Porter Cmp. 116, Dept. of Ind., Sons of Un. Vets. of Civil War
Composed of infantry regiments from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan, the Iron Brigade fought with Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-1865). Received name for valor at battle of South Mountain, Maryland (1862). Sustained combat fatalities among the highest in the Union armies.
Willow Creek Confrontation
Willow Creek Confrontation
Location: Southeast corner of Woodland Park, 2100 Willow Creek Road, Portage
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau
As railroad lines expanded through U.S., conflict occurred between competing lines. Michigan Central Railroad, with track in Porter County since 1851, briefly defied state militia and court orders (1874) to allow Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to cross its track. Crossing was built at Willow Creek Station.
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Ogden Dunes Ski Jump
Location: Kratz Field, 82 Hillcrest Road at Boat Club Road, Ogden Dunes
Erected 1997 Indiana Historical Bureau and Historical Society of Ogden Dunes.
Steel and wood ski jump with adjustable height and length was built here for Ogden Dunes Ski Club, incorporated in 1927 to promote winter sports. Five annual events with international competitors were held 1928-1932, with 7, 000 to 20, 000 spectators. Reputed to be the largest artificial ski jump at the time. Dismantled after 1932 event.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Born 1899 in Illinois, Teale became an influential naturalist, author, and photographer[ who won 1966 Pulitzer Prize for his book Wandering Through Winter. Teale wrote that boyhood summers and holidays spent near here at his grandparents’ farm inspired his interest in nature. Teale moved to New York City; employed by Popular Science Monthly 1928-1941.
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Edwin Way Teale
Location: 285 E. U.S. Highway 20, Chesterton
Installed: 2009 Indiana Historical Bureau and Musette Lewry Trust
Teale published his first critically acclaimed book, Grassroot Jungles, in 1937. In 1943, he published Dune Boy, recollections of time spent exploring the dunes and woodlands in this area. During his life, he wrote, edited, and contributed to over 30 books, which educated Americans about nature’s importance and beauty. He died in Connecticut in 1980.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
In the early 1900s, steel plants were developed on southern Lake Michigan to improve access to growing Midwest markets. After purchasing 3,300 acres in Porter County, Bethlehem Steel built and began its Burns Harbor operations in 1964. The plant’s development spurred local conservation efforts leading to the creation of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 1966.
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Legacy of Steel/Burns Harbor Steel Plant
Location: Burns Harbor Town Hall, 1240 N. Boo Rd., Burns Harbor
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau, ArcelorMittal, and the Town of Burns Harbor
The Burns Harbor plant was key to building the Port of Indiana and incorporation of the Town of Burns Harbor in 1967. Designed as a fully integrated plant, it relies on the port for transporting raw materials. Since 1969, Burns Harbor remains the newest integrated U.S. steel facility. Global steelmaker ArcelorMittal gained ownership of the Burns Harbor plant in 2007.
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Civil War Camps
Location: Ind. 2 W and Colfax Avenue, La Porte
Erected by the Indiana Civil War Centennial Commission, 1963
Two Civil War training camps: Colfax and Jackson, were located near La Porte. The 9th and 29th Indiana Volunteer Infantry regiments were organized and trained here.
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Old Lighthouse
Location: Old Lighthouse Museum in Washington Park, Michigan City
Marker no longer standing. Replaced by local marker.
Built on the water’s edge, 1858, by the United States Government. One of the first lights on the Great Lakes. Harriet E. Colfax was the tender from 1853-1903. Remodelled 1904, electrified 1933, discontinued 1960.
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Chicago-New York Electric Air Line Railroad
Location: CR 250 and Ind. 39, south LaPorte
Erected 1995 Indiana Historical Bureau.
Proposed in 1905 as a 742 mile, straight-line, high speed route, without crossings; estimated ten hours travel time at a cost of ten dollars. Just under twenty miles, between LaPorte and Chesterton, were constructed, 1906-1911.
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Camp Anderson
Location: 2404 E. Michigan Boulevard at Carroll Street, Michigan City
Erected 1996 Indiana Historical Bureau and McDonald's Restaurant
One of three Civil War training camps in La Porte County. Site is one fourth mile west. Named for Colonel Edward Anderson. Used 1863-1864 to train Indiana Union volunteers of the 127th, 128th, and 129th regiments.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northwest Territory formed 1787; Indiana Territory formed 1800. Admission of Ohio 1803 and formation of Michigan Territory 1805 established Indiana Territory's northern boundary at southern tip of Lake Michigan. When Indiana became state in 1816, Congress moved boundary ten miles north giving Indiana part of Lake Michigan.
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Indiana Territory Boundary Line
Location: 213 Pine Lake Avenue, LaPorte
Erected 1999 Indiana Historical Bureau, the Hinton Family, and L Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Northern boundary of Indiana Territory established at southern tip of Lake Michigan when Michigan Territory formed in 1805.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway and Michigan Avenue, southeast corner of LaPorte County Courthouse lawn
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, LaPorte County Board of Commissioners, and LaPorte County Historical Society
County formed by Indiana General Assembly and LaPorte selected county seat 1832. Three courthouses built on this site: first 1833, second 1847-1848. Present courthouse constructed 1892-1894 of Lake Superior Red Sandstone; designed by Brentwood S. Tolan of Fort Wayne in Richardsonian Romanesque Style. Incorporates cornerstone from 1848 courthouse.
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LaPorte County Courthouse
Location: 813 Lincolnway & Michigan Avenue, SE corner of La Porte County Courthouse lawn, LaPorte
Installed: 2001 Indiana Historical Bureau, La Porte County Board of Commissioners, and La Porte County Historical Society, Inc.
Features include open-arched central tower, stained glass window transoms, wood paneling, and gilded friezes. Goddess of Justice stained glass graces courtroom. Tower has 272-piece glass skylight; gargoyles decorate exterior. Included in Downtown La Porte Historic District, listed in National Register of Historic Places 1983.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
La Porte's first public library was established 1896. La Porte City School Board was awarded $27, 500 Carnegie grant 1916; by 1919 local support had been secured to meet grant requirements. Architect Wilson B. Parker designed the Neo-Classical style structure. Library opened in 1920 with 30, 000 volumes.
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LaPorte's Carnegie Library
Location: LaPorte County Public Library, SW corner of 904 Indiana Avenue/US 35 & Maple Avenue
Installed: 2002 Indiana Historical Bureau and Friends of the LaPorte County Public Library
Renovation and expansion designed by architect William Koster; building dedicated 1991. Original 1920 section retained. Library has played a major role in community's development. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Meinrad Rumely (1823-1904), a German immigrant, founded a blacksmith shop here 1853, which grew into a dominant company through reorganizations and acquisitions. Rumely companies in La Porte benefited from available rail transportation plus German and later Polish immigrant laborers. Products included a wide variety of agricultural machines.
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The Rumely Companies
Location: NW corner of Madison Street & Lincolnway, La Porte
Installed: 2003 Indiana Historical Bureau and Rumely Historic Recognition Committee
Rumely's prizewinning thresher later became one of the earliest powered by steam. Thousands of OilPull tractors sold worldwide 1910-1930. Rumely companies were at the forefront of mechanization of American and world agriculture and had significant impact on La Porte. Allis-Chalmers acquired the firm 1931 and closed La Porte plant 1983.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln's funeral was April 19, 1865 at the White House. The funeral train left for Springfield, Illinois April 21 directed by military; stops en route allowed the public to pay homage. From Indianapolis, train passed mourners lighted by bonfires and torches along the way; arrived in Michigan City by 8:35 a.m., May 1.
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The Lincoln Funeral Train
Location: 100 E. Michigan Blvd. (U.S. 12), Michigan City
Installed 2010 Indiana Historical Bureau and Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
Residents decorated depot north of here with memorial arches adorned with roses, evergreens, flags, and images of Lincoln. Train stopped to switch engines and to allow dignitaries from Illinois and Indiana to board. Sixteen women entered funeral car to place flowers on casket. Train left for Chicago on Michigan Central Railroad; track was lined with mourners.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, SE corner of Clay St. and Harrison St., LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
LaPorte University was established in the early 1840s to include law, literary, and medical departments. The medical department, later Indiana Medical College, began classes by 1842. Its distinguished faculty attracted students from across the U.S. Notable attendees included Dr. William W. Mayo, whose practice evolved into Mayo Clinic, and Dr. William H. Wishard.
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LaPorte University/Indiana Medical College
Location: Lincoln Elementary School, southeast corner of Clay Street and Harrison Street, LaPorte
Installed 2018 Indiana Historical Bureau and the Healthcare Foundation of LaPorte
Before the university’s founding, Indiana offered few opportunities for professional medical training. The medical college trained skilled doctors in the Midwest, preparing them for the region’s medical needs in surgery, anatomy, theory, and obstetrics. Classes ceased circa 1850; it consolidated with Indiana Central Medical College (1849-1852) in Indianapolis, 1851.
Source: Indiana Historical Bureau, www.in.gov/history/
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
As Gary grew in the early 1900s, African American students were segregated within white schools or overcrowded into small, separate schools. To compensate, officials transferred some Black students to Emerson High School in 1927. After over 600 white students walked out in protest, the school board reinforced segregation by building a new school for the Black community.
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Gary Roosevelt High School
730 W. 25th Ave., Gary
Installed 2020 Indiana Historical Bureau, Lady Panthers & Supporters '63, Roosevelt Adult Booster Club, National Gary Theodore Roosevelt Alumni Assoc., Inc., and Indiana Landmarks
Theodore Roosevelt High School was dedicated in 1931 as an all-Black K-12 school. While many community members opposed segregation, they took pride in Roosevelt, and strove to make it equal to Gary’s white schools. It employed highly educated Black teachers, pushed students to excel in academics and sports despite discrimination, and produced many distinguished alumni.
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Indiana lawmakers gave charter schools major funding boosts in the next state budget after advocates ramped up lobbying efforts in the 2023 legislative session to extend more benefits to the traditional public counterparts.
New appropriations for charter schools are part of a $1.487 billion increase in tuition support for schools of all types. Much of that was shadowed, though, as Republican legislators touted new dollars to fund a nearly universal expansion of the state’s Choice Scholarship voucher program — which allows families to receive vouchers to attend private schools.
Charter schools, specifically, are set to see about the same tuition support increase as traditional public schools.
But the new biennial budget for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 makes three significant changes to charter finances.
• It increases the bonus Charter and Innovation Network School Grants they can get to $1,400 per student — up from its current level of $1,250.
• It includes $25 million in new capital grants for brick-and-mortar charter schools to access for facilities costs.
• It funnels a portion of property tax operations funding growth to charter schools in Marion, Lake, Vanderburgh and St. Joseph counties.
In addition, lawmakers drew the greatest pushback from Hoosier school officials and traditional public education supporters with a provision in Senate Bill 391 that would force school districts in those four counties to also share referendum funding with charters.
Slice of referendum revenue goes to charter schools
Gov. Eric Holcomb has until Monday to sign or veto the Senate bill or the measure will automatically become law.
The bill requires school districts in the four counties to provide a proportional share of referenda adopted after June 30 with area brick-and-mortar charters. In other counties, sharing those funds would remain optional, at least for now.
Debate on the bill late Thursday night noted that Allen County was left out of the sharing.
Republican lawmakers who supported the bill maintained during public testimony that those counties were chosen because, collectively, that is where a “majority” of the state’s charter school students are located.
Indiana charter schools with enrolled students who live within the boundary of school districts that get voter approval for an operation or safety referendum would receive a per-student share of the local property taxes collected.
School districts that are distressed units are exempt, per the legislation. Currently, that means the Gary Community School Corporation would not be subject to referenda sharing.
Indiana’s nonpartisan Legislative Services Agency estimates that school districts in the four counties received $210.1 million in school operating or safety referenda revenue in 2022. If Senate Bill 391 had been law, those districts would have been required to distribute about $23.9 million to charter schools.
About 29,000 and 29,700 non-virtual charter students are expected to be enrolled in Indiana in fiscal years 2024 and 2025, respectively.
Separately, Senate Bill 391 extends Indiana charter schools’ authorization up to 15 years. Current law allows charters to be approved by the state for up to seven years.
GOP proponents pointed to new “accountability” and “transparency” requirements that are also laid out in the bill.
For example, charter schools that take part in a district’s referendum would be required to support the campaign and promotion to get it to pass. And charters would also have to hold a public hearing on its annual budget before it is adopted and submitted to the state.
The bill further provides that school corporations that share referenda with eligible charter schools are not subject to Indiana’s existing “$1 Law,” which requires public school districts to sell or lease vacant or unused instructional buildings for a single dollar to public charter schools.
Increased per-student funding
Under Indiana’s current school finance system, state tax dollars are used to provide comparable per-pupil funding to district and charter schools.
Traditional public school districts can also levy local property taxes to pay off debt and for their operations funds. But charter schools can’t, putting them at a disadvantage for paying for certain expenses, like transportation or facilities costs.
Under the new budget requiring operations sharing, school corporations are estimated to lose $9.3 million to charter schools in 2025, and another $12.5 million in 2026, according to a legislative fiscal analysis. Over time, as levies increase, the amount school corporations transfer to charter schools will increase more.
The state also gives charter schools an extra $1,250 per pupil to compensate for their lack of property taxes.
Bumping that amount up to $1,400 per student is expected to increase charter school revenue by an estimated $4.5 million — up to $6.0 million — in both the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years.
Still, charter school critics have long argued that such schools are not obligated to serve every student in a given community — unlike those in traditional public school districts. That’s because capacity limits student enrollment.
The public charters also have private boards and are therefore not accountable to voters, opponents say.
“School choice” supporters maintain that parents deserve the right to more flexibility and customization in their children’s education. Doing so requires increased access to private schools, but also public charters.
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Purdue University is joining forces with a Belgium-based technology company to advance Indiana's semiconductor industry, Gov. Eric Holcomb said Wednesday.
Purdue President Mung Chiang, Indiana Commerce Secretary Brad Chambers and Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, made the announcement at a foreign investment summit in Maryland alongside leaders from the company, imec. According to a news release, imec and Purdue have reached a memorandum of understanding to "jointly advance research and development in Indiana’s semiconductor sector."
Holcomb said the agreement formalizes discussions and work already underway and will help to support microelectronic manufacturing in the state.
"Indiana is securing unprecedented economic momentum right now, particularly in advanced manufacturing, propelled by the strategic partnerships we have built as we continue to strengthen our growing semiconductor ecosystem," Holcomb said in a statement.
The five-year agreement includes financial support as both imec and Purdue will annually provide "significant investment," according to the release from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.
The MOU outlines financial support and a framework for revolutionary trans-Atlantic cooperation toward research and development in the semiconductor sector. Each institution will provide significant investment per year over the course of the five-year agreement. The partnership focuses on bringing together world-class expertise and state-of-the-art technology with the exchange of students, faculty and professionals between Indiana and Belgium to foster further collaborative research and innovation capacity.
"Today we mark a milestone for semiconductor collaboration between the U.S. and Europe, by forming the (research and development) partnership with imec: the best example of successful collaboration across universities, companies and the government," Chiang said in a statement.
Luc Van den hove, CEO of imec, said the agreement holds great significance for his company.
"International collaboration in semiconductor research and development is imperative for expediting progress by building on our strengths and innovating faster together," he said in a statement. "Advocating and executing on that spirit of collaboration is what imec is all about, and we look forward to working with Purdue to strengthen the innovation ecosystem in the U.S. and Europe." | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/purdue-to-enter-partnership-with-belgian-tech-company/article_3be2c5c2-e9f3-11ed-8237-ef7103b19f92.html | 2023-05-03T23:16:54 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/indiana/purdue-to-enter-partnership-with-belgian-tech-company/article_3be2c5c2-e9f3-11ed-8237-ef7103b19f92.html |
BANGOR -- Saddle up for an exciting summer, because harness racing is back at the Bangor Raceway.
This year, the business is celebrating 140 years of hosting the time-honored tradition.
One employee says he's been there for nearly half that time.
Ralph Canney, this year's presiding judge for the races, has held many roles at the track over the years -- he started out grooming and training the horses in 1961 and worked his way up.
Looking back on a lifetime in the business, Canney says the raceway's legacy will be the people who work there.
"A feeling of belonging, a feeling of importance, a place to grow -- memories, all of that," said Canney. "It's just a very exciting time in my life. 60 years of harness racing, couldn't ask for any more."
For the first time since 2019, simulcast wagering for the Kentucky Derby will be available at the raceway -- starting this weekend.
Some are hoping this will encourage more people to come out and experience a place that has seen many memorable moments over the years.
"There's been many, many, historic events here, we've had Teddy Roosevelt at the grandstands," said Michael Hopkins, manager of racing operations at the Hollywood Casino Hotel and Raceway. "They've had hot air balloons, concerts out on the infield. It's a great place -- Bass Park is a great place, a historic part of Bangor."
Harness racing driver Heath Campbell has been coming to the raceway since 1993. With more than 5,500 lifetime wins under his belt and a team of 27 horses that he trains, Campbell spoke about what he's seen in his time at the Bangor landmark -- and what keeps him coming back.
"It's just in my blood, I don't know anything else," said Campbell. "There's been a lot of changes since I've been here -- all good -- the casino came in and helped us a lot. We got new barns, a new paddock. The track's always good. It's been nice."
The raceway will hold live races bi-weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Admission to the grandstand is free, but race programs are sold for two dollars each. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/bangor-raceway-opens-for-140th-season/article_5245b1be-e9fb-11ed-bbf2-5f2b8cf14f09.html | 2023-05-03T23:18:16 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/bangor-raceway-opens-for-140th-season/article_5245b1be-e9fb-11ed-bbf2-5f2b8cf14f09.html |
BAR HARBOR - On Thursday, hundreds of tourists will enter the town of bar harbor as passengers of the towns first cruise ship of the season.
Bar harbor interim city manager Sarah Gilbert says the Norwegian cruise ship will be arriving at around 1o am with over 2,000 passengers onboard.
With that much foot traffic, a lot of local businesses will have their work cut out for them.
Geddy's bartender Bethany Harris says she and her team are up for the task.
"We deal with a lot of cruise ships every year so we're pretty prepared. We have a lot of returning staff so we're staffed up. We do have a few more people working tomorrow than a usual may day. We have lots of lobster and blueberry pie, that's usually what they come in for," says Harris.
But there are some of the town's residents are less than enthusiastic about the guests scheduled to visit.
Last November, the town passed an initiative that would limit the total amount of cruise ship passengers allowed on shore per day but that decision is currently being held up in court.
Charles Sidman is still actively working on implementing that decision.
"Towns people have made their decision. The town council has stuck - you know- stuck its foot further into the mess and its just going to be horrible and expensive for certainly the property owners, maybe the cruise ships, maybe the town but they've made this a bad situation far worse," says Sidman. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/bar-harbor-prepares-for-upcoming-tourist-season/article_25d88276-e9fd-11ed-986e-fb5407d6b761.html | 2023-05-03T23:18:23 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/bar-harbor-prepares-for-upcoming-tourist-season/article_25d88276-e9fd-11ed-986e-fb5407d6b761.html |
AUGUSTA -- "We have to do something about this. Please protect us from this type of corruption."
Supporters of L.D.1610 gathered at the state house to rally and testify in favor of a bill aimed to reduce foreign government interference in Maine's elections.
"These foreign entities are trying to sow confusion with the easily refuted arguments because they can't reconcile their position with this simple truth: Maine voters have the right- the responsibility - to protect our elections from foreign governments who seek to disrupt our democracy," said Kaitlin LaCasse, campaign manager for Protect Maine Elections.
Should this bill become law, it would prohibit foreign government entities from making any form of contribution to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or the initiation or approval of a referendum.
The proposed bill currently has 80,000 signatures and has received bi-partisan support from lawmakers, including senators Nicole Grohoski and Richard Bennett.
"We're trying to close a loophole in Maine to change that law. This is a real and clear and present danger," said Bennett.
"The legislature needs to listen to the people and do their jobs and get this passed," said Grohoski.
LaCasse says their message is clear: Maine is not for sale to foreign governments or wealthy campaign contributors.
"The time for change is now. Today we're here to ask the Legislature a simple question: will you stand with us, the Maine voters who are trying to protect our elections or will you choose to stand with the very foreign governments that are disrupting our democracy," said LaCasse. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/proposed-bill-to-prohibit-campaign-spending/article_550d2f40-e9ff-11ed-b845-f733e7c40504.html | 2023-05-03T23:18:29 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/proposed-bill-to-prohibit-campaign-spending/article_550d2f40-e9ff-11ed-b845-f733e7c40504.html |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Three men are in custody, and police are searching for another after a deadly shooting.
David Deshler was shot in the head along Mulberry Street in March.
Investigators say David Gaskins, Noah Ortiz, and Jonathan Smith are all locked up in Lackawanna County.
All three face homicide and conspiracy to commit homicide charges.
Officers are still searching for Travis Lanzo.
Investigators believe Lanzo is the one who pulled the trigger.
He's wanted on homicide and related charges.
Anyone with information on where he is should contact Scranton police at 570-348-4130.
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DANVILLE, Pa. — Pennsylvania's Primary Election is less than two weeks away.
Typically independent and third-party voters cannot take part in a primary, but this year there is one race where they can.
There is a special election to choose the next representative in the 108th district.
Longtime Rep. Lynda Schlegel Culver was elected to the State Senate earlier this year in another special election.
Three candidates hope to take her place in the state house.
For Montour County residents, at least one of those candidates is a familiar face.
Democrat Trevor Finn has been a Montour County Commissioner for nearly 20 years.
He's been a volunteer firefighter in Danville for just as long.
"They see the way Montour County has situated itself. They know that I have been able to work across the aisle and asked me to represent them in Harrisburg," Finn said.
The Republican candidate Mike Stender is also a firefighter.
He volunteers in Sunbury and works at a fire company in Harrisburg.
The Sunbury resident is on the Shikellamy School Board.
"Public service is just something that was bred into me at a young age. I've always tried to be active in my community, serve my community, help people who need help in their time of need," Stender said.
There is a Libertarian candidate on the ballot.
Elijah Scretching is a former Marine who lives in Northumberland.
He was an ammunition technician who spent time in Japan.
"I see a lot of corruption and a lot of power getting taken away from the people of Pennsylvania, so I want to step in and try to change that," he said.
Scretching says the issues most important to him are lowering crime, fighting inflation, and protecting veterans.
"We had a gentleman over at Weis, and he fell on the ground. My sister and I helped him up, and he was explaining that he wants to go to his doctor at the VA, but it's too far away, and he doesn't have good transportation, and there are not a lot of services or system around this area," he added.
As firefighters, both Stender and Finn say helping emergency responders would be one of their top priorities in Harrisburg, as well as the economy and budget.
"Making sure that we have real state budgets free of the one-time transfers. We need to make sure that we're properly funding our school districts, that we're not setting up school districts for more unfunded mandates," Stender said.
"I don't care what your religion, your sexual preference, your background, whatever it is. Everybody should be treated the same. I really want to protect our small-town values, like the volunteer fire department," Finn added.
The 108th District includes Montour County and parts of Northumberland County.
The special election is the same day as Pennsylvania's Primary Election.
Want to see what Newswatch 16's newscasts were like in 1983 and 1984? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/montour-county/special-election-for-108th-district-lynda-schlegel-culver-trevor-finn-mike-stender-elijah-scretching-wnep/523-a74b33d2-ca51-49bf-b15e-fc34cd893087 | 2023-05-03T23:23:42 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/montour-county/special-election-for-108th-district-lynda-schlegel-culver-trevor-finn-mike-stender-elijah-scretching-wnep/523-a74b33d2-ca51-49bf-b15e-fc34cd893087 |
POTTSVILLE, Pa. — One of the many places that's on transit driver Michael Trosper's daily route is Union Station in Pottsville.
He's been driving buses for the Schuylkill Transit System for more than 22 years but wishes he had more passengers to pick up every day.
“There's not that many, I don't know if they're scared or it's the time schedules,” he said.
“We're still at about 80% of our pre-COVID ridership. We're actually doing better than the larger transit agencies are at bringing people back to the bus,” added STS Executive Director Gary Martinaitis.
To make residents more aware of their services, the Schuylkill Transit System took part in a statewide Rider Appreciation Day, offering free rides all day to passengers on standard routes.
Transit driver, Wanda Leffew, says she meets many people on her route who wouldn't be able to get around Schuylkill County easily if it weren't for the bus system.
“We take plenty who are going to work, we have elderly that have no family that can help them get anywhere. Grocery shopping is our number one biggest, doctors appointments are our second biggest,” she said.
Violet Murphy of Minersville relies on the bus system when her friends can't give her a ride.
“Sometimes we can't get out and go anywhere, like senior citizens, so they need this more than the younger ones,” she added.
Even though many senior citizens are riding the bus, Schuylkill Transit System explains that it's accessible for everyone.
“I can tell you, it's not just one kind of person anymore. It's young people, seniors, a mixture of the type of people on our buses today,” explained Martinaitis.
Hoping more people will start to crowd the bus stops.
Want to see what Newswatch 16's newscasts were like in 1983 and 1984? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/schuylkill-county-residents-ride-bus-for-free-sts-executive-director-gary-martinaitis-wnep/523-581874fb-769d-4e5a-a5e7-e818dbaf06fb | 2023-05-03T23:23:48 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/schuylkill-county-residents-ride-bus-for-free-sts-executive-director-gary-martinaitis-wnep/523-581874fb-769d-4e5a-a5e7-e818dbaf06fb |
TROUP, Texas — Editor's Note: The above video was published on April 30, 2023.
An East Texas native making waves in the national football sphere made a special visit to his niece's first-grade class at Troup ISD Wednesday morning.
DeMarvion Overshown is a former Arp Tiger and University of Texas linebacker who was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys last Friday, but to his young niece Kynleigh he is known as "Uncle D."
He was selected as the 90th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft.
Troup ISD shared that because she's so proud of her uncle, Kynleigh invited Overshown to her class at Troup Elementary School.
Overshown told Mrs. Groom's first-grade class that he started playing football at their age and played other sports as well. He said he dreamed of playing football for the Dallas Cowboys since he was in the third grade.
"DeMarvion visited with his niece's class, answered lots of questions from classmates, signed autographs (in cursive!), and took lots of pictures," the school district said. "Then the kids took him to the playground for recess!"
He also reminded the students to stretch before getting active and that in life, sometime you win and other times you lose. He encouraged the kids to keep working at their goals. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/former-arp-tiger-dallas-cowboys-draft-pick-demarvion-overshown-visits-nieces-first-grade-class-at-troup-elementary/501-93b868b5-6453-4182-8093-36bfa592df4c | 2023-05-03T23:24:08 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/former-arp-tiger-dallas-cowboys-draft-pick-demarvion-overshown-visits-nieces-first-grade-class-at-troup-elementary/501-93b868b5-6453-4182-8093-36bfa592df4c |
PRINCETON, Texas — A former North Texas high school baseball player is recovering in intensive care after being shot during a college baseball game in Texarkana on Saturday.
Matthew DeLaney, who played at Princeton High School and is now a player for Texas A&M-Texarkana, was struck in the chest by a stray bullet during the fifth inning of the university's final homestand of the season.
DeLaney, per the Texarkana Police Department, was standing near a bullpen and batting cages at the southwest corner of George Dobson Field when he was hit.
He was taken to an area hospital, where he remains as of Monday.
The game was stopped while detectives and police scoured the field for possible evidence.
Investigators said Sunday that the stray bullet was fired roughly 400 yards away in a neighborhood just west of the stadium during a gunfight between two people.
Demarco Banks, 20, turned himself in and has been charged with deadly conduct in connection to the shooting.
Another suspect, 17-year-old Kamauri Butler, later turned himself in on Tuesday for aggravated assault.
Police added that they received calls about the gunfire nearby and connected the two scenes when they found shell casings in front of a home in the neighborhood.
DeLaney is in stable condition, but his injuries are serious. Princeton High School head baseball coach Leroy Mansanales told WFAA that the teen is dealing with a collapsed lung and that the bullet hit a few of his vertebrae.
Per Mansanales, DeLaney is dealing with some paralysis on his left side.
"My son is close with Matthew, and they sent each other messages on Snapchat all day before that. To hear what happened hit hard. He's at a baseball field, where he's supposed to be, and he wasn't causing trouble or anything," Mansanales said.
"He walked through our gate daily ready to fight with a great attitude. His effort and attitude were unmatchable and unquestionable. I texted him that now was the time to fight and that if I've ever asked him to fight, now is the time. He texted back, and I was happy to see that. So he's a fighter," Mansanales said.
Mansanales is working to gather donations to deliver to the DeLaney family, as they will likely be in Texarkana for the foreseeable future as their son recovers.
He said he grew close to the DeLaney family throughout his six years of coaching at Princeton.
While the 2022 graduate is now dealt a severe and tragic hand in life, Mansanales said the teen would find a way to get better and back on the field.
"I can't imagine what he's going through right now, but he will fight," Mansanales said. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/former-north-texas-baseball-player-recovering-hit-by-stray-bullet-college-game-texas-am-texarkana/287-72e24b0d-96ec-45c9-8eb7-adeb884234c2 | 2023-05-03T23:24:14 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/former-north-texas-baseball-player-recovering-hit-by-stray-bullet-college-game-texas-am-texarkana/287-72e24b0d-96ec-45c9-8eb7-adeb884234c2 |
AUSTIN, Texas — Sgt. Daniel Perry – a rideshare driver convicted of murdering Garrett Foster, a protester in Downtown Austin – will not get a new trial. On Wednesday, Judge Clifford Brown denied a motion from Perry's defense team.
Perry's motion for a new trial had a couple of allegations about the jurors. There was one claim of juror misconduct: one of the 12 jurors who convicted Perry allegedly brought outside case law into deliberations. It is information he claims was taken from the Texas Penal Code regarding self-defense.
Both sides made their arguments in court. The defense said doing independent research is an "outside influence." From their point of view, if the court denied a new trial, it sends the wrong message to the jurors that it is "OK" to find answers from the internet.
However, the State said simply researching facts or laws related to a case does not mean it is an "outside influence."
Regarding the allegation that a juror did outside research, Judge Clifford Brown gave his take.
"This jury deliberated for over 16-17 hours over a period of two days. The court can't reasonably find that a hypothetical juror could have had any prejudicial effect with respect to their ultimate deliberation," Brown said.
There was another allegation that an alternate juror improperly participated in deliberations by snorting, huffing and gasping.
The defense team argued that you do not have to speak words in order to cause any influence. But the State said even if alternate jurors push, coerce or go too far in pushing their point of view, that is not considered an "outside influence."
"Based on the characterization of that particular juror snorting, huffing, grunting does not amount to participation," Judge Brown said. "In pulling each one of the jurors, each one of the jurors indicated that the alternates did not participate."
After Brown denied the motion, he set Perry's sentencing date for May 9 at 9 a.m.
Gov. Abbott has also desired to pardon Perry and has asked the Board to expedite its review of this case, but it will likely happen after sentencing next week. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/sgt-daniel-perry-sentencing-no-new-trial/269-f9f8ca96-205c-43af-9575-c493749d36ef | 2023-05-03T23:24:20 | 1 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/sgt-daniel-perry-sentencing-no-new-trial/269-f9f8ca96-205c-43af-9575-c493749d36ef |
SAN ANTONIO — A family injured by a tree limb that fell at the San Antonio Zoo earlier this spring has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.
Crystal and Librado Rodriguez, of Temple, are suing over injuries they and their two children suffered on March 15, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday against the San Antonio Zoological Society, which runs the zoo, and Alamo City Arbor Care, Inc., which maintains the facility's trees.
The lawsuit alleges gross negligence resulting in serious injuries that will have lasting effects on the couple and their children, possibly for the rest of their lives.
"The Defendants knowingly allowed rotted, overweight, dangerous branches to sit above walkways with the knowledge that people would be under them without taking the steps necessary to eliminate this hazard or to warn the patrons of the hazard," the lawsuit states. "The predicable and obvious consequences of this hazard occurred when these Plaintiffs walked under the tree and the branch broke above them, striking them and causing serious injuries."
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The suit alleges the branch that fell on the family weighed up to 2,000 pounds, and was hanging over a walkway. It also points to signs near the tree that said it was being preserved, alleging zoo officials knew the tree required special care.
It also places some blame on Alamo City Arbor Care, claiming that they inspected and maintained trees at the zoo.
"It is apparent from the condition of this tree and the limb that broke off that it was rotted and in a dangerous condition that had been developing for some time," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit also calls for a temporary restraining order to prevent the zoo and tree company from destroying any evidence. That includes surveillance footage and maintenance records, but a special emphasis was placed on the remains of the tree.
"As the pictures included herein show, the Defendants immediately after this incident occurred hired a company to remove all remnants of the branch and the tree itself," the suit states. "They hauled this material off after sending it through a wood grinder. This crucial evidence has been destroyed even though the Defendant was aware of the seriousness of the incident, that multiple people were injured (including life threatening injuries) and that they stated publicly that they were going to do an investigation into the incident."
The suit claims that all four members of the family suffered serious injuries, but the couple's daughter was injured most severely. It points to "permanent bodily injuries to her wrists, arms, skull, orbital bones, lungs, back and other parts of her body."
An attorney for the zoo told KENS 5 in a statement that it was aware of the lawsuit, and said safety remains a priority for the facility.
"This was an unfortunate accident that was not caused by any action or inaction by San Antonio Zoo or its employees," the statement goes on to read. "We look forward to demonstrating that through the legal process."
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TROY, Texas — The family of U.S. Navy veteran JC Alston honored him on what would have been his 100th birthday on Wednesday, May 3 at his grave site in Troy.
Alston served on the U.S.S. California when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. He witnessed the California sink during the attack, the battles that ensued and eventually the end of World War II.
Alston passed away on Oct. 20, 2021 at the age of 98 at home surrounded by his family.
Today, Alston's family paid his grave site a visit and planted 100 United States flags to symbolize his 100th birthday and to honor his legacy and service.
Alston's granddaughter Stacey Short said, "I want to make sure that everyone in the community remembers that we had a Pearl Harbor Survivor that lived with us and he was very special to many people in the community and we miss him and I just don't want him forgotten."
Alston is buried at the Roberts Cemetery in Troy.
To view 6 News' previous coverage of JC Alston, visit here.
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ERWIN, Tenn. (WJHL)- The Erwin Great Outdoors Festival is making a return to the town May 6.
Mason Schmidt with Blue Ridge Paddling Company stopped by First at Four Wednesday to talk about the festival.
He said the festival was started by town leaders eight years ago as a way to celebrate being an Appalachian Trial community, as the trail has brought so much to Erwin and its economy.
A Facebook event details nature-inspired vendors for everyone to enjoy, including Hiker Hospitality stations, demo-pools for water activities, a free interactive kids zone and “critters” from Genesis Animal Sanctuary.
Erwin leaders hope the festival serves as a gateway for people to explore the outdoor recreation Unicoi County has to offer.
There will be food trucks and live music as well. The festival is from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 6 in downtown Erwin. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/erwin-great-outdoors-festival-returns-this-weekend/ | 2023-05-03T23:27:17 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/first-at-four/erwin-great-outdoors-festival-returns-this-weekend/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- The Johnson City Development Authority (JCDA) has opened the application process for a Façade Improvement Grant. The grant funding would allow businesses to make improvements to the outside storefront of their building.
Businesses located in specific downtown areas are eligible to receive up to $10,000 in funding, depending on the project. Executive Director of the JCDA Patricia Oldham said they want to increase economic growth in the city with facade improvements.
“There are lots of ways to make our downtown look inviting,” said Oldham. “It invites customers, but it also invites investment and so more people are going to be interested in doing more things. There’s a domino effect.”
Some businesses downtown were not aware of the grant but told News Channel 11 that they would benefit from the funding.
Burt Kordamiri, the owner of Italian Pizza Pub on West Walnut Street, is one establishment that just learned about the funding.
“I might redo the patio and do more painting,” said Kordamiri.
One local business has already utilized the Façade Improvement grant in the past, and she said it made a big difference.
Laura Altizer is the owner of Bang Hair Salon downtown, and she was able to restore and repaint one of the walls on the side of her building.
“The backside of my business, [the funding] was to address the pointing and sealing of the brick,” said Altizer. “Addressing the primer in the paint, and making sure that all the caps on the building were secure and re-reconstructed.”
Altizer said she plans to apply for the grant again to make improvements to the other side of the building, such as replacing the front awning.
“The beautifying and the structure appeal, I think is always going to be attractive,” said Altizer. “If it’s attractive to the eye, then people want to see more of what’s inside, but it certainly is great curb appeal.”
Oldham said she encourages businesses to apply for the grant and reach out to the city for help on any needed projects. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-businesses-utilize-johnson-citys-facade-grant/ | 2023-05-03T23:27:22 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-businesses-utilize-johnson-citys-facade-grant/ |
SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) – Fourth and fifth-grade students at Rock Springs Elementary created their own wax museum of sorts on Wednesday.
Older students in the school dressed the part of different historical figures who would “come to life” and share facts about themselves when younger students pressed a button.
“We have everything from Abraham Lincoln to Michael Jackson,” said social studies teacher Julie Anderson. “We’ve got Tennessee historical characters like Andrew Jackson, and we have dancers, and we have John F Kennedy.”
Some parents were also at the school learning alongside their children. Rock Springs Elementary had wax museum shows at two separate times during the school day. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rock-springs-elementary-students-create-live-wax-museum/ | 2023-05-03T23:27:28 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/rock-springs-elementary-students-create-live-wax-museum/ |
HADDONFIELD - The Ocean City High School baseball team never recovered from the first inning Wednesday afternoon.
Mike Lucarelli and Dom Aversa hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the first to propel No. 15 seed Paul VI to a 10-0 win over the 18th-seeded Red Raiders in a Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic first-round game.
Paul VI (10-3) sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the bottom of the first. Lucarelli hit a three-run home run. Aversa followed with a solo shot.
Lucarelli finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored. Matt Morad had an RBI double and scored two runs for Paul VI. Nick Matteo allowed four singles in 4 ⅓ innings to earn the win.
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.
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SAN TAN VALLEY, Ariz. — A group of San Tan Valley residents is pushing to have voters decide whether the large Pinal County community should be incorporated as a city.
After previous attempts to incorporate failed to gain traction, a new committee, STV Inc. 2024, has notified Pinal County it will again try to have the community recognized as a municipality.
In a letter sent last month, the incorporation committee said it will spend the next few months collecting feedback from voters on how San Tan Valley's city boundaries could be drawn if a referendum proved to be successful.
"Our hopes are that these efforts will achieve our intention of placing this initiative on the November 2024 ballot and allow the community to determine the future of San Tan Valley," the letter states.
As an unincorporated area, San Tan Valley must rely on the county to provide several public services and the community doesn't have a council of elected representatives to make decisions.
"We desire to see local control over state-shared revenue funds and address issues like water, transportation, and development," Tyler Hudgins, one of the committee's members, told the Pinal County Board of Supervisors last week.
One of the first attempts to incorporate San Tan Valley was thwarted by the Town of Florence in 2004 after the town's council voted against the proposal, according to the East Valley Tribune.
In recent years, lawmakers have revised Arizona's laws to remove the power for cities to block the incorporation efforts of neighboring communities.
The most recent census data shows San Tan Valley has nearly 100,000 residents, which could make it the biggest city in Pinal County if the community was to incorporate.
The incorporation committee intends to hold neighborhood meetings in the near future to boost awareness about the benefits of incorporating San Tan Valley.
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DALLAS — Public health remains top of mind for many people and agencies across Dallas County. Access to education and resources remains a goal, as HIV services become more of a priority in some North Texas communities.
"We are often the first place that a lot of our clients come when they've been told that they are HIV positive,” said Brooke Henderson, executive director of Legacy Cares.
Dallas County Health and Human Services can’t do its HIV and AIDS outreach alone. The county relies on a variety of community partners like Legacy Cares. The Dallas-based nonprofit has been providing mental health resources, substance abuse counseling and education for individuals living with HIV and AIDS for nearly three decades.
Staff at Legacy Cares said demand for services, right now, is high.
"We are extremely busy. To the point right now without mental health and substance abuse services, that we have a waiting list,” Henderson explained.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett presented Dallas County Health and Human Services with a check for more than $17 million in government funding on Wednesday. The money will be used to help Dallas County’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program advance its prevention efforts.
"This literally saves lives,” said Traswell Livingston, president and CEO of AIDS Services of Dallas
Dallas County data shows in 2020 around 18,983 people were living with HIV. Among new HIV diagnoses that year, more than 20% of those cases were among young people ages 13 to 24. Most of the new cases, about 38%, were among residents ages 25 to 34.
“Because of the investments and because of the work that is done in places like Dallas County, we know that it doesn't have to be a death sentence. But we still know that we have more work to do,” Crockett said.
The staff at Legacy Cares said they’re committed to continuing the work, knowing the extra funding could help many residents who need access to resources.
"A lot of times, it's transportation that they need. It's food pantries. It's the basic necessities that our clients may not have, that this money will go to, to support our clients,” Henderson shared.
For more information about the Dallas County HIV/AIDS Program, click here. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-county-receives-17-million-grant-help-hiv-aids-health-services/287-69e89b47-aa25-4e57-bb40-fb95b1df5462 | 2023-05-03T23:32:27 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-county-receives-17-million-grant-help-hiv-aids-health-services/287-69e89b47-aa25-4e57-bb40-fb95b1df5462 |
DALLAS — It's been more than four years since we introduced you to a little boy with big dreams.
Eden wanted a forever family then and especially now -- because the clock is ticking.
When we first met 11-year-old Eden in January 2019, he was all smiles.
"Yes! I am excited!" he told us about his adventure at Legoland in Grapevine.
Fast forward more than four years, Eden is now 15 years old. He wanted to come to our WFAA studios to learn more about meteorology.
Eden wants to be a firefighter in the future, but he's obsessed with the weather.
We asked him what he learned from WFAA meteorologist Mariel Ruiz.
"How to forecast the weather. And now I'm a pro at it!" he said with excitement.
He also told us about his other favorite TV show. He is an avid Wheel of Fortune viewer.
"Vanna White, it's good to see you and I hope you have an awesome day. Pat, you're amazing," he said about the longtime hosts of Wheel of Fortune.
Eden is still spreading cheer, but this time it wasn't all smiles during the taping.
"I want to get adopted. That's understandable you know. Yeah, this is messed up," he said.
He's upset that he's been in foster care for six years and hasn't found loving parents. Eden doesn't understand why no one has adopted him yet.
Even more worrisome, Eden is getting closer to aging out of the system when he turns 18.
Several times during the interview, his eyes got watery, and he fought back tears of sadness.
"I'm fine. I'm not crying. I just have tears under my eyes," he said.
Eden is on the autism spectrum and has no biological family left in his life. His only constant has been his court appointed special advocate, or CASA. Bill Howard has been Eden's CASA the entire time he's been in foster care.
"I think the thing that strikes me the most about Eden, in spite of all of his challenges, he has a super attitude," said Howard.
Howard and his caseworker are the only people Eden can call "family."
"They're awesome. They take care of me. Like I said I'm not crying or anything," he said wiping away tears.
Eden's tender heart is like sunshine in a dark world.
"His ability to persevere. I think that helps reinforce my ability to persevere. Whenever I start to feel sorry for myself, I just have to say think what Eden's facing? And your problems become so much smaller," said an emotional Howard.
Eden needs a family who will be patient, structured and will never give up on him.
But above all, this courageous young man needs love.
"I'm brave," said Eden.
We agree. Eden, you are very brave.
For more information on how to adopt Eden, please send all approved home studies to LaQueena Warren at LaQueena.Warren@dfps.texas.gov
Please remember to include Eden's name within the subject line. If you're not licensed, please visit adoptchildren.org to find out more information on how to become licensed to foster and/or adopt or contact LaQueena Warren at 817-304-1272. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wednesdays-child-eden-showcase-bravery-seeks-forever-family/287-42ad9545-7639-4f40-b7e5-76c7670625a5 | 2023-05-03T23:32:33 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outreach/wednesdays-child/wednesdays-child-eden-showcase-bravery-seeks-forever-family/287-42ad9545-7639-4f40-b7e5-76c7670625a5 |
Construction on the new city of Idaho Falls water tower starts Monday in the Idaho Falls Public Library parking lot.
Library parking is being modified during construction to accommodate patrons. Once construction is complete, there will be minimal impacts to library parking, a city news release said.
The water tower will be built in the southeast corner of the library parking lot. During construction, parking spaces on the south side of the parking lot will be closed. After the structure is built, the lot will be reconfigured so only one to two parking stalls will be lost, the release said.
The city worked with the Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation to change one row of parking stalls across Park Avenue, just east of the library, from all-day parking to two-hour parking for library patrons during construction. The city will place outdoor electronic message boards at this parking lot and the library parking lot to give advanced warning of the changes. There are additional shared parking stalls available around the library.
“We extend our gratitude to the Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corporation and library board and staff for their continued support and willingness to work with us on this important project,” Public Works Director Chris Fredericksen said in the release.
An online construction parking map will serve as a guide for motorists. The map also is available in printed format inside the library and other adjacent commercial properties. Parking and directional signage, including QR codes, will be added around the library to assist motorists with parking during construction, the release said.
Work on the water tower will take place over the next two construction seasons, the release said. The current 86-year-old water tower will remain standing and operational to maintain a pressurized system until construction on the new tower is complete in 2024.
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TRUSSVILLE, Ala. (WIAT) — We are getting a first look at a new monument honoring the lives of Alabama soldiers who died during the war on terrorism.
Veterans Memorial Park in Trussville is honoring Alabama’s fallen heroes. It’s now the home of a new monument honoring the lives of soldiers who died during the war on terrorism.
The project has been in the works for years. Alabama Fallen Warriors Project founder and Vietnam veteran Mark Davis said after 9/11, he wanted to do something to honor the lives of those who died while serving our county during this conflict.
That vision is now a reality. Davis said he wants to make sure these 226 Alabama soldiers who paid the ultimate sacrifice are never forgotten.
“It is said when a military service member is killed, he or she dies two deaths,” Davis said. “The first is when they die, the second is when they are forgotten. Our mission is to ensure that second death doesn’t happen.”
Davis said the memorial is more than just a peaceful place to pay your respects, it’s also interactive. You can scan a QR code at the monument and read stories about each solider being honored. Davis said there are soldiers from each of the state’s 67 counties.
An official ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at the park on Memorial Day at 2 p.m. Davis said the families of these fallen heroes will be in attendance. The event is open to the public. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/new-trussville-monument-honoring-fallen-soldiers-in-the-war-on-terrorism/ | 2023-05-03T23:38:23 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/new-trussville-monument-honoring-fallen-soldiers-in-the-war-on-terrorism/ |
SAN ANTONIO — A family injured by a tree limb that fell at the San Antonio Zoo earlier this spring has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.
Crystal and Librado Rodriguez, of Temple, are suing over injuries they and their two children suffered on March 15, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday against the San Antonio Zoological Society, which runs the zoo, and Alamo City Arbor Care, Inc., which maintains the facility's trees.
The lawsuit alleges gross negligence resulting in serious injuries that will have lasting effects on the couple and their children, possibly for the rest of their lives.
"The Defendants knowingly allowed rotted, overweight, dangerous branches to sit above walkways with the knowledge that people would be under them without taking the steps necessary to eliminate this hazard or to warn the patrons of the hazard," the lawsuit states. "The predicable and obvious consequences of this hazard occurred when these Plaintiffs walked under the tree and the branch broke above them, striking them and causing serious injuries."
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The suit alleges the branch that fell on the family weighed up to 2,000 pounds, and was hanging over a walkway. It also points to signs near the tree that said it was being preserved, alleging zoo officials knew the tree required special care.
It also places some blame on Alamo City Arbor Care, claiming that they inspected and maintained trees at the zoo.
"It is apparent from the condition of this tree and the limb that broke off that it was rotted and in a dangerous condition that had been developing for some time," the lawsuit states.
The lawsuit also calls for a temporary restraining order to prevent the zoo and tree company from destroying any evidence. That includes surveillance footage and maintenance records, but a special emphasis was placed on the remains of the tree.
"As the pictures included herein show, the Defendants immediately after this incident occurred hired a company to remove all remnants of the branch and the tree itself," the suit states. "They hauled this material off after sending it through a wood grinder. This crucial evidence has been destroyed even though the Defendant was aware of the seriousness of the incident, that multiple people were injured (including life threatening injuries) and that they stated publicly that they were going to do an investigation into the incident."
The suit claims that all four members of the family suffered serious injuries, but the couple's daughter was injured most severely. It points to "permanent bodily injuries to her wrists, arms, skull, orbital bones, lungs, back and other parts of her body."
An attorney for the zoo told KENS 5 in a statement that it was aware of the lawsuit, and said safety remains a priority for the facility.
"This was an unfortunate accident that was not caused by any action or inaction by San Antonio Zoo or its employees," the statement goes on to read. "We look forward to demonstrating that through the legal process."
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SAN ANGELO, Texas — A father, mother and son work together in the kitchen serving hamburgers, sandwiches, sliders and more.
Since the start of last year, the Klausner's have owned and operated Sunset Jr. food truck in San Angelo, 3301 Arden Road.
On April 11, the family opened a physical restaurant to the public with son Kurt as the owner at 502 N Van Buren Street.
"Now we've got our restaurant, we've got our home base," Kurt said. "It feels good."
Since he was a child, Kurt dreamed of being in charge of his own restaurant. Now along with his parents and five new employees, this lifelong goal has become a reality.
In January, the Klausners took over the lease at Mama Chang's restaurant from previous owner Adrian Soto and in March, the family began working on painting, plumbing, adding tables, etc.
Kurt said Soto was a big help in the process, even allowing the family to keep previous kitchen equipment.
With more space comes more opportunities to try out unique menu items including salad, fried chicken bites and homemade honey mustard.
"We're hand-breading those [fried chicken bites]," Kurt said. "We make our ranch, we make our sunset sauce, the creamy buffalo sauce and then we also make our honey mustard."
The restaurant will also soon be adding a Sunset Club sandwich to the menu topped with various meats and cheeses.
For regulars at the food truck location, popular items include the Hawaiian cheesesteak and Buffalo ranch chicken sliders which can also be ordered at the new restaurant.
"We cook the Buffalo sauce into the chicken and on the grill so you put your cheeses on that," Kurt said. "And it all just kind of cooks into the cheese and the meat."
For Kurt, working with family provides a sense of comfortability while learning how to operate a drive-thru, pick-up location, delivery options and sit-down service.
He is also appreciative for customers new and old who eat at the restaurant and share their thoughts with other community members and from here, he hopes to continue to grow.
"We're trying to get that good foundation and just build on that," Kurt said.
Sunset Jr.'s North Van Buren location is open from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/sunset-jr-continues-family-business-with-new-restaurant-location/504-5a7cd17e-b2d9-4200-abb6-a6a06dd597c1 | 2023-05-03T23:38:27 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/sunset-jr-continues-family-business-with-new-restaurant-location/504-5a7cd17e-b2d9-4200-abb6-a6a06dd597c1 |
HOUSTON — She is touring the country, celebrating her eras and setting records along the way. Of course, we’re talking about Taylor Swift. The superstar launched her nationwide tour in Glendale, Arizona and plans to hit 20 cities.
At the time this article was published, Swift had completed about a third of the tour: performing in Glendale; Las Vegas, Nevada; Arlington, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Houston, Texas; and Atlanta, Georgia. KHOU 11 has sister stations in most of those cities and in or near many of the upcoming stops, so we want to help get Swifties ready for the show of a lifetime.
Avoid scams
Before we dive into the fun stuff, we have to talk about something important – and that is how many people are getting scammed trying to get tickets to the sold-out tour. Click here to see WTSP's story about how easy it is to become a victim.
Here are some tips:
- To make sure a ticket reseller is legit, go to VerifiedTicketSource.com.
- If you're buying off social media, see if the seller recently created a profile or rarely posts. It could be a fake.
- Never send money as "Friends and Family" on PayPal. Always send as "Goods and Services." That protects you in case it is a scam.
- When it comes to scalpers outside a show, just say no.
- And if a last-minute deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
What to expect
Now let's cover the show itself. It starts at 6:30 p.m. with two openers. Which ones depend on what night you’re going. Swift takes the stage right around 8 p.m. and performs for roughly three hours. In that time, she features 42 set songs spanning almost all her albums along with two "surprise songs," which she performs acoustically. You can get to know the setlist here: Apple Music & Spotify. (There are social media accounts you can follow that keep track of those surprise songs too.) Swift wears 16 different costumes – all custom designs – along with custom Louboutin shoes during the performance. Click here to see KPNX's recap of what was our first look at the Eras Tour in Glendale.
Venue rules
Every venue has its own rules and you should definitely check them while you’re planning your concert night, but here are some constants we’ve seen in her first five stops:
- Clear bags are required. They can be no larger than 12"x6"x12". (An alternative is a one-gallon plastic zipper bag.) A non-clear small clutch (4.5"x6.5" max) is also permitted.
- Light-up outfits with battery packs will not be allowed in.
- Phone chargers are allowed – but only small ones. Think the size of a credit card.
So let’s talk variables. Some venues have converted male restrooms to serve female guests because of just how many more ladies have tickets compared to guys. That’s something you’ll have to ask the venue you’re going to.
VIP entry times have consistently been about 90 minutes before doors open for the venue with only a 30-minute window for VIP arrivals. Double check the documentation in the VIP package you'll receive ahead of time.
You’ll want to find out what time parking lots open, how much they cost and whether you can buy a space in advance. While some venues allow you to pre-purchase parking, others do not.
You might also need to map out alternative ways to get there. Rideshare users and even folks who just park have reported sometimes hours-long waits to just get out of the parking lot because so many people are leaving the venue at the same time.
Neighbors of some venues are getting in on the action. Click here to watch WTSP's story about residents turning home lots into parking lots.
Merch truck
The merch truck has started opening up the day before the concert, but hours might differ by city. The lines have been long, hourslong in Arlington, Tampa and Houston. That’s where KHOU 11 reporter Brittany Ford caught up with fans.
Some of the most popular items – like this blue crewneck sweatshirt – sell out pretty quickly.
You can also buy most of the items found in the truck online and after the concert wraps, you’ll get a text with a discount code to do a little shopping if you’re so inspired.
Fans dropped a lot of money on tickets. They’re shelling out for merch. Dawn White from WXIA in Atlanta broke down how much more they’re willing to spend.
Tips
- Earplugs are allowed and, trust us, you'll want them. Taylor's audio is loud and every person in the stadium screaming along with her makes it even louder.
- If you are parking near the venue, drop a pin for your car's location. It will make it much easier to find after you've exhausted yourself at the concert.
- You'll get a light-up bracelet once you're through security. If you want to hold on to it, save the tab (the one you have to pull out to activate it) and re-insert it after the show. You'll also be able to recycle them using bins scattered around the venue.
- Wear comfortable shoes. You will likely be on your feet for at least three hours during the show, plus the distance you have to walk to/from your seat. Comfort trumps fashion. If you opt to keep the cute shoes on, pack some Band-Aids to help with the pain afterward.
- If you're parking nearby (vs. using rideshare services or public transportation), pack water and snacks that you can dig into when you get out of the show and are waiting to get out of the parking lot.
- Give yourself time to get to the venue. Remember how many tens of thousands of people are going with you, trying to get in and out of the same venue at the same time.
- Learn the chants -- yes, chants! If you know Swift's catalogue, these aren't difficult to remember.
Fashion & friendship bracelets
We haven’t even talked about the investment Swifties are making on fashion. Some spent months planning or making their outfits. A few fans in Houston shared what went into theirs. Click here to see them.
Tens of thousands of Swifties like to arrive at the venue early to soak up the experience and trade friendship bracelets with other fans. The bracelets became a thing during the Eras Tour thanks to Swift's song "You're On Your Own, Kid," which includes the line "So make the friendship bracelets."
So they did, of course! See some examples from Houston here.
While most fans will walk away with merch or bracelets at the most, one Swiftie in North Texas brought home something else. WFAA'S William Joy introduced us.
Social media
Don't forget to document your experience at the Eras Tour! Popular hashtags include #TSTheErasTour, #TheErasTour and #TaylorSwift. There are also city-specific hashtags, as outlined by TaylorNation in the video below.
Stadium websites
State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas, Nevada
AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia
Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan
Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, Colorado
Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California
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Superintendent Shane Andrew defends lack of progress, evaluation during heated meeting
Some members of the community and the majority of the Alachua County School Board made clear that they support interim Superintendent Shane Andrew moving forward.
But it was also understood that his days in the position are coming to an end.
After hours of debate late Tuesday evening, a split board voted 3-2 to honor Andrew’s contract and keep him on as superintendent through June 2024 before hiring his replacement, a search process that will begin in January.The heated conversation regarding his future as the top district leader was spurred by an annual evaluation process during which some board members and district employees expressed concern and frustration with his leadership style and lack of progress on pressing districtwide problems after a full year at the helm.
“Mr. Andrew’s leadership has been plagued by failed communication and a lack of project management that has allowed academic performance to stagnate, behavior problems to escalate, rezoning efforts to be mired in misinformation and moving goal posts, and strategic planning to creep at a snail’s pace,” board member Sarah Rockwell wrote in her evaluation. “... At this point, I no longer trust that the information I receive from Mr. Andrew is accurate unless I can verify it with staff members.”
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A packed house showed up at the district headquarters in support of the superintendent, with many sharing that his removal from the position would be more disruptive than beneficial.
Among his supporters − which included a group of Newberry conservatives, former board member Mildred Russell and teacher’s union − were some of the same people who advocated for the termination of his predecessor, Carlee Simon, after just a year in office. Their tone for Andrew, however, shifted, saying that one year is not nearly enough time to effectively serve as a district leader or judge their progress.
Others made clear that while Andrew was not at fault for the issues at hand, he is responsible for slow-walking several fixes and plans since he took over, such as the rezoning process, addressing the rise in behavior issues and forming a strategic plan.
The three board members who supported Tuesday’s motion rated Andrew “effective” overall, though noting that he needed improvement in several areas. Rockwell rated him “unsatisfactory,” while Tina Certain said he “needs improvement.” The overall rating was also lower than when the board last year terminated Simon, who received two “highly effective” grades.
“The superintendent has not demonstrated the leadership and commitment necessary to effectively address the goals of the School Board,” Certain’s evaluation reads. “Given the concerns raised regarding a lack of progress, transparency, and responsiveness, I recommend a reassessment of the current leadership and exploring alternative solutions to better serve our students, staff, and community.”
What does Shane Andrew say?
Andrew, who previously searched as chief of operations, defended himself during the meeting after everyone spoke. When speaking on why he had staff piece together his own self-evaluation, some of which takes credit for work completed under the previous leadership, he said that he only had a few days to compile it and that it was unrealistic.
He also claimed that the plan to rezone schools was just approved by the board in April and that it’s unfair to evaluate him on its progress. The board’s approval, however, only came after he switched gears on the matter twice. The discussion of overcrowding schools has been a hotly debated subject for more than a year, prior to him becoming superintendent.
The district announced that it would implement a spot rezoning next school year, affecting four schools − none of which were among the most overcrowded. Staff later discovered that the district could not ensure that the neighborhoods around the schools would not be rezoned again during a more thorough rezoning effort and halted the process. The plan was picked up again as a districtwide initiative.
Andrew also appeared to take offense to district employees sharing that he brought a Bible into a meeting where he quoted scripture. He emphatically denied doing so and called the claims inaccurate. Certain said she found the claim concerning.
“I’ve never opened a Bible in 32 years in this school district and read to my employees out of that Bible,” he said. “I would say I let my light so shine, but I’ll leave it at that.”
At one point, Leanetta McNealy asked Andrew whether he thought the board should soon look for a new superintendent, which he suggested a delay.
“I am humbled by the kind comments, the support and constructive feedback,” said Andrew, who also admitted he isn’t a great communicator. “I know we have fallen short as a system, I know we have failed. … I will raise my hand and take the blame … but give me some time to change the system.”
If the board decides to reverse course and remove Andrew from his position, he would go back to his chief of operations role at the previous rate of pay, per his contract.
Board member Kay Abbitt, who made the motion to honor his contract, expressed compassion for Andrew as a leader and said she hopes that everyone can be patient and begin working together to ensure the best student outcomes.
“I'm not saying everything is running smoothly, not by a long shot,” she said. “But for the time he has been in here, he has made progress toward some things.” | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/superintendent-shane-andrew-defends-lack-of-progress-at-district/70177256007/ | 2023-05-03T23:48:08 | 0 | https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2023/05/03/superintendent-shane-andrew-defends-lack-of-progress-at-district/70177256007/ |
GRAND BLANC, Mich. (WJRT) - Imagine trying to get a dog to weave through an obstacle course without treats or a leash.
Stefanie Theis has been a dog agility trainer for 11 years. The Grand Blanc woman decided to compete for a national dog agility competition for the first time ever with her best buddy -- Rikki Tikki Tavi, or Tavi for short.
The catchy name for this speedy border Collie-Terrier mix was inspired by the fictional story of the brave mongoose.
"That's what I had hoped he'd be for me. Kinda like my buddy, my protector," Theis said.
In November, Tavi and Theis went to tryouts at the UKI U.S. Open in Jacksonville, Fla. Tavi's clean performance was nothing less than amazing.
"Tavi ended up winning the national and that earned him a spot on the world team," Theis said.
In just a couple of weeks, the duo will be heading to the World Agility Open Championship event in Netherlands, representing Team USA.
Their training and commitment got them far, but it's their dog and handler relationship that makes them even more unique.
"He trusts me, I trust him. That allows him to go as fast as he can on course and also allows me to go as fast as I can and direct him around the obstacle courses as well," Theis said.
Going across the world to represent the United States, Michigan and Grand Blanc excites Theis the most.
"We're very fortunate to be in this region that we live in. I don't know if we would've been as successful anywhere else because we have amazing trainers and facilities here," she said.
Theis has high hopes for more success.
"The goal is always to end up on the podium hopefully with the to spot, either individually or as a team," she said.
Theis will always feel like a winner with her best friend around.
"No matter what happens I bring back home the best dog there," she said. "He's super special to me, so I'm glad he's the one I get to share this one with as a first."
The event takes place May 17 to 21 and can be watched live online. Click here for a link to the livestream. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/grand-blanc-dog-agility-trainer-heading-to-world-championship/article_33a071b2-ea01-11ed-955d-67484afd6f45.html | 2023-05-03T23:53:17 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/grand-blanc-dog-agility-trainer-heading-to-world-championship/article_33a071b2-ea01-11ed-955d-67484afd6f45.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. — At least one person is dead following a shooting Wednesday afternoon in Southwest Portland, the Portland Police Bureau reported. Police said they are investigating it as a homicide.
The shooting happening just after 2:30 p.m. near JJ's Café on intersection of Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Primrose Street.
A KGW crew saw two bodies in a parking lot near the front of the café. A witness said that they heard between six and seven gunshots.
Southwest Barbur Boulevard was closed down in both directions from Southwest 30th Avenue to Southwest Alice Street for the investigation. PPB said it could take a few hours to clear the scene and suggested utilizing alternative routes.
This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Ahead of the Kentucky Derby this weekend, West Virginia’s favorite dog has some predictions.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice shared who his English bulldog Babydog thinks will take the top two slots on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
“Tap It Trice is a 5-1 favorite and Angel of Empire is an 8-1 favorite,” Justice said. “Babydog says Tap It Trice will finish second, and Angel of Empire will win the Kentucky Derby. I wouldn’t bet the world on Babydog’s prediction on the Kentucky Derby, but she’s pretty good at the Super Bowl.”
Babydog has made some pretty accurate predictions in the past – most notably, with her prediction for the 2021 Super Bowl, ringing true as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored exactly 31 points and beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
This year marks the 149th year for the famous horse race at Churchill Downs. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginias-babydog-makes-kentucky-derby-prediction/ | 2023-05-03T23:55:43 | 1 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/west-virginias-babydog-makes-kentucky-derby-prediction/ |
Former state contractor pleads guilty in unemployment insurance scheme
A former Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency contract worker pleaded guilty to stealing more than $550,000 in a fraud and identity theft scheme, federal officials announced Wednesday.
Autumn Mims, 30, entered her plea Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith.
She was charged in 2021.
Mims was an unemployment insurance examiner for the state. Shortly after joining in August 2020, she started using her insider access to fraudulently process claims in others' names without their knowledge or authorization, according to a criminal complaint.
Authorities allege she altered claimant contact information, accessed claims without authorization, authenticated unauthorized access attempts and dismissed fraud prevention triggers as well as information requests related to the aid.
Mims also withdrew cash benefits issued in others' names and conducted financial transactions using the funds, officials said in a statement Wednesday.
“Mims violated the public’s trust by knowingly approving fraudulent unemployment claims, the proceeds of which were deposited into bank accounts that she controlled,“ said Special Agent-in-Charge Irene Lindow, Great Lakes Region, U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General. "We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners and state workforce agencies to protect the integrity of the UI system."
While involved in the scheme, "she was also fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits for herself by falsely claiming that she was unemployed," according to the release.
“Far from being unemployed as she claimed, Autumn Mims worked hard to abuse her position with the State of Michigan and steal taxpayer money,” said U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison. "My office and our law enforcement partners are committed to working even harder to ensure that Mims and others who choose to engage in similar frauds are held fully accountable."
The scheme led to the state paying more than $550,000, investigators reported.
“Autumn Mims used her position at the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency to steal money from people who were suffering pandemic-related economic challenges,” said James Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Detroit Division.
Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 6. Mims faces a mandatory two-year prison sentence for aggravated identity theft, officials said Wednesday. She faces up to 20 years for having conspired to engage in wire fraud.
“Let this case put bad actors on notice: We will continue to work with law enforcement at the local, state and federal level and use every tool we have to see that justice is served," said Julia Dale, director of the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.
The case follows a string of others related to illegally receiving aid during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In March, another former state unemployment examiner pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal federal unemployment insurance benefits.
Last year, an ex-UIA lead claims examiner received a two-year federal prison sentence for a scheme that investigators said diverted about $1 million from the state.
Also in 2022, a former Michigan unemployment insurance examiner and three others were indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with an alleged plot to steal more than $1 million in benefits.
A 2021 state audit found the UIA lost more than $8.5 billion to suspected fraudulent payments amid record claims and persistent attempts at fraud. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/03/former-state-contractor-pleads-guilty-in-unemployment-insurance-scheme/70181259007/ | 2023-05-04T00:02:50 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/03/former-state-contractor-pleads-guilty-in-unemployment-insurance-scheme/70181259007/ |
Woman charged in Royal Oak swastika graffiti
A woman accused of spray-painting antisemitic graffiti at the Woodward Avenue Shul Jewish Center in Royal Oak last week has been charged, police said.
Randi Lucille Nord was arraigned Wednesday through 44th District Court in Royal Oak, records show. She was charged with ethnic intimidation, a felony carrying a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a $5,000 fine, and malicious destruction of a building, a misdemeanor with a maximum penalty of 93 days in jail and a fine three times the amount of the destruction, police said.
Bond was set at $75,000.
Magistrate Donald Chisholm ordered her to have no contact with the Shul or Rabbi Mendel Polter.
A swastika symbol and the letters AZOV were spray-painted on the side of the building April 27. The word "azov" means “leave” in Hebrew but the letters also are linked to a pro-Nazi Ukrainian militia.
The graffiti shook the community, Polter said.
Religious and regional officials have denounced the act as antisemitism, which rose across the country last year, according to the Tel Aviv University's Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Anti-Defamation League.
The Jewish Community Relations Council/AJC noted swastikas also were spray-painted last week in Oak Park.
“Our entire community — Jewish and non-Jewish — must condemn these actions of hatred and intolerance,” said Rabbi Asher Lopatin, executive director of the JCRC/AJC, in a statement earlier this week. “Intolerance against one of us is intolerance against all of us.”
Farmington Hills police arrested her Monday night.
The Clinton Township resident's criminal history includes convictions for assault and battery, fourth-degree fleeing and eluding as well as operating while intoxicated, police said.
Her probable cause conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 12, court records show. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2023/05/03/woman-charged-in-royal-oak-swastika-graffiti/70181046007/ | 2023-05-04T00:02:53 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2023/05/03/woman-charged-in-royal-oak-swastika-graffiti/70181046007/ |
Through the first 3 2/3 innings Tuesday night, the No. 7-seeded Coconino Panthers softball team was in control of their state tournament matchup against the second-seeded Greenway Demons in Phoenix.
Panthers sophomore pitcher Kaitlyn Tso had been able to cruise through the lineup to that point behind timely strikeouts and stellar defensive play behind her that kept any threat by the Greenway bats at bay.
The Demons, however, started to hit better later in the game, while Coconino struggled to record hits off Demons senior pitcher Kaitlyn Terry. Greenway topped the Panthers 6-2.
Needing just one out to get out of a jam in the fourth inning, the Panthers made several mistakes, including two errors, and Terry hit a two-run home run to provided the Demons a 4-0 lead.
Terry dominated for most of the game, going six innings before giving up a run.
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In the bottom half of the sixth, the Demons scored two more runs to lead 6-0.
With two outs recorded in the top of the seventh inning, Panthers junior Alyssa Fockler connected for a double. She finished her day at the plate 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles.
Sophomore Destiny Villas hit a single to drive Fockler home. Tso continued the two-out rally, as she also hit a double that scored Villas.
“Offensively we have some things to clean up and we have to fix some of our defensive mistakes, but we fought in that seventh inning," Panthers manager Kimberly Dennis said.
After two hard-fought games to start the 4A Conference state tourney, Dennis talked about what the Panthers can take with them the rest of the postseason as the move into the elimination section of the bracket.
“Every game is going to be a battle on both sides in all aspects, and we need to take advantage of all the opportunities we have,” she said.
With Tuesday's loss, the Panthers (17-2, 11-1 Grand Canyon) will now have a home contest against crosstown rival Flagstaff (16-5, 9-3 Grand Canyon). The winner will advance to the quarterfinal round, while the loser's season is done.
As the Panthers head into their third ballgame against the 14th-seeded Eagles in just two weeks, Dennis was adamant on her team not overlooking their next opponent.
“It is a rivalry game but we’re approaching it as a state game, this is a state game and we’re going to prepare our girls for that.” Dennis said.
Thursday's first pitch between the Panthers and Eagles is set for 4 p.m. at Coconino High School. | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/coconino-softballs-bats-fall-flat-in-state-tournament-game-at-greenway/article_d617b842-e9cf-11ed-9399-6fa8224cd2d2.html | 2023-05-04T00:04:23 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/sports/local/coconino-softballs-bats-fall-flat-in-state-tournament-game-at-greenway/article_d617b842-e9cf-11ed-9399-6fa8224cd2d2.html |
An investigation is underway after a man was shot to death while in the parking lot of a Philadelphia restaurant, police said.
The 23-year-old man was shot once in the left torso while in a car in the back of the Taste of Brazil restaurant along the 6200 block of Bustleton Avenue on Wednesday at 4:55 p.m. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:05 p.m.
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New body camera footage shows the moments a New Jersey husband and wife – described by residents as “neighbors from hell” – intentionally crashed into multiple police cars and threatened to kill officers, investigators said.
On Sunday, around 1 a.m., officers were at the scene of a car crash in Evesham Township, New Jersey, when they spotted a white Hyundai Genesis speeding west on Taunton Lake Road, according to police. Investigators said the vehicle was traveling 80 mph in a 45 mph zone and it appeared to increase in speed as it passed the officers.
The officers described the car to other officers in the area. The Genesis was then spotted on Willowbend Road at the intersection of Evans Road. When an officer tried to initiate a traffic stop, the driver of the Genesis, identified as 24-year-old Marc Ferraiolo, allegedly failed to pull over and ran the red light. The officers stopped pursuing Ferraiolo due to the risk it posed to them and the public, investigators said.
An Evesham Municipal Court judge was contacted and an arrest warrant for eluding was issued for Ferraiolo, according to investigators. Officers then responded to Ferraiolo’s home on Marlborough Avenue in Evesham Township to serve the warrant and take him into custody.
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Police said Ferraiolo then pulled into the driveway of his home and his wife, 43-year-old Ruth Patton, exited the vehicle as officers pulled behind it. The officers told Ferraiolo to step out of the car but he ignored their commands, according to investigators.
Ferraiolo then allegedly drove forward and quickly put his car in reverse, pulling out of the driveway at a high speed and nearly striking two officers. He then struck a police vehicle with a K9 officer inside, police said.
The incident was captured on both Ring surveillance video as well as body cam video from police.
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Ferraiolo then intentionally drove directly toward the two officers he had nearly struck before, police said.
Ferraiolo continued driving across neighboring lawns and purposely crashed his car into the police vehicle with the K9 inside three more times before attempting to flee, according to investigators.
As Ferraiolo drove away from the scene, he struck another responding police car before continuing east on Marlborough Avenue at a high speed, police said. He then struck another police car and a parked vehicle on Marlborough Avenue by Azalea Terrace, disabling his own vehicle in the process, according to investigators.
Officers then approached Ferraiolo’s Genesis, broke the car’s window and removed him, investigators said. Ferraiolo received medical attention at the scene and was then taken to the hospital for an evaluation.
During the incident, Patton allegedly interfered with the officers’ actions and threatened to kill them. She was arrested at the scene.
Several officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries during the incident and were treated at the scene. The police K9 is also recovering at the veterinarian. Body camera footage shows one of the officers checking on the K9 to make sure the dog was okay.
The crashes caused $45,000 in damage to the police vehicles, according to Evesham Township Police Chief Walt Miller.
"We're really lucky," Chief Miller said. "This could have been really, really bad. If those officers did not get out of the way as they did, the intent of Mr. Ferraiolo would have been carried out."
Ferraiolo is charged with attempted murder of a police officer, aggravated assault on police, eluding, criminal mischief and injuring a police canine.
Patton is charged with terroristic threats and obstruction of justice.
Ferraiolo and Patton were both lodged in Burlington County Jail.
"They're the neighbors from hell," Kate Stiles, a neighbor of the couple, told NBC10. "It could be a TV show at this point.
Residents told NBC10 Sunday morning's incident was the breaking point of a months-long saga that upended their lives.
"My daughter is afraid to come home from college and stay here because of them," Stiles said. "We're happy it's over."
Ferraiolo and Patton appeared before a judge in Burlington County on Wednesday. They will appear in court for their detention hearing on Friday. | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-shows-nj-driver-intentionally-crashing-into-police-cars-officials-say/3559101/ | 2023-05-04T00:07:16 | 1 | https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/video-shows-nj-driver-intentionally-crashing-into-police-cars-officials-say/3559101/ |
GRAY, Tenn. (WJHL) — One primary thing remains on the minds of people in Gray as developers of a massive housing development face their last hurdle before ground can start moving at Thursday night’s Johnson City Commission meeting.
Concern is growing that the stretch of State Route 75 on which the Keebler Annexation will be built might not be able to handle all that extra traffic.
Developer Land Star Group has pushed for the 155-acre plot near Exit 13 on Interstate 26 to become a part of Johnson City for months.
Once Land Star builds up the infrastructure, home builder D.R. Horton would put in over 350 homes and 120 townhomes on the property.
Johnson City leaders have viewed the Keebler Annexation as an important step in accommodating the city’s booming growth.
But the annexation has not been popular among neighbors of the subdivision in Gray.
At several Johnson City Planning Commission and community meetings, a top concern from people living in Gray has been the impact the hundreds of people living in the subdivision will have on traffic.
Among those is Danny Sells, a lifelong Gray resident whose property borders the annexation.
Sells has long pushed the city to look into Highway 75’s traffic situation and the extra congestion that will come from the subdivision.
“We feel that helping to control the traffic and the flow and speed of the traffic is going to go a long ways on improving the safety on this road,” Sells said.
But just one day ago — and two days before the consequential Keebler vote — Sells learned of a local push for major re-development on a road facing similar issues just an exit down the interstate.
“It pretty much was a slap in the face.”
On Tuesday, News Channel 11 reported on the plan among Johnson City, Washington County, and Jonesborough leaders to ask Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Transportation to fund road widening and traffic control measures on Boones Creek Road.
The plan would widen Boones Creek Road to four lanes with a turning lane from Christian Church Road to Boones Creek Elementary School.
The road would be two lanes with a turning lane from the school to outside Jonesborough.
After pushing for changes to 75, Sells said he was shocked Boones Creek Road was getting so much attention over 75.
“It was pretty much a slap in the face,” Sells said. “We provided information to the city commission and others yesterday, honestly giving them a heads up about what we were going to be asking.
“All of a sudden a few hours after we sent those emails out we learn that this letter has gone a couple weeks ago. We see maps that have taken time, probably months to develop, talking about a road that doesn’t impact us here in Gray.”
Sells had constantly brought up the topic at various meetings over the last few months. While city leaders have been responsive on matters regarding the aesthetics of the annexation like lot averaging and open space requirements, talking traffic has been a struggle.
“There didn’t seem to be a response,” Sells said. “There didn’t seem to be, ‘well, we’ve got to look at that, or we’ve got to study that, or yes y’all have a problem out there.’”
It did not make sense to Sells that the city could OK the development without the preliminary work to determine the traffic needs.
“Where is the pre-planning?” Sells said. “It’s obvious the city wanted to be out here. Should there not have been some planning to see if we could be ready?”
He said all indications were pointing to Gray being the focus of Johnson City’s new developments, but he now feels Boones Creek has a higher priority.
“I wish that the state had money to fix all of these roads, but I’m a realist,” Sells said. “If you have a priority one, that’s going to get funded before priority two, and how many years down the road does that put us?”
Not apples and oranges — but maybe a Honeycrisp and a Grannysmith
Johnson City City Manager Cathy Ball said she isn’t surprised Gray residents put traffic at the top of their list of concerns.
The development “will generate a large amount of traffic on a road that already has a lot of traffic, so we totally understand that the community is concerned about that,” Ball told News Channel 11 Wednesday.
But she said the process of addressing those concerns and dealing with traffic on State Route 75 overall, at least right now, is a different one than the Boones Creek corridor study.
“That’s a project of a little different nature,” she said of the study that generated the recent collaborative letter to the state asking for funding to enhance the five-mile Boones Creek Road corridor. “This one looks specifically within a targeted area based on the amount of traffic that’s generated.”
She said the Boones Creek Corridor study has been a couple of years in the making as local leaders sought to plan the entire connection between Exit 17 of Interstate 26 (Boones Creek) and the town of Jonesborough along State Route 354.
In the case of the Keebler subdivision, Landstar Development will be required to fund a traffic impact analysis once the company submits a binding subdivision plan. After that’s complete, Johnson City works with Washington County and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), both of which have roads in the area, “and then make determinations of how to mitigate that traffic.”
The study could find a need for anything from traffic signals or road widening to deceleration lanes, all of it depending on “where entrances were to the development (and) where traffic would come out at intersections,” Ball said.
While Landstar owner Danny Karst has made a verbal commitment to put $50,000 toward a traffic light at one intersection and D.R. Horton is considering a similar contribution, Ball said the traffic impact analysis will drive any required contribution by the developer. In some cases, if the development is seen as creating a need for traffic mitigation that wouldn’t otherwise be there, a developer is required to fund an entire signal. That’s the case right now with a proposed new Aldi grocery store near Indian Trail Middle School.
“Until we get the final traffic impact analysis and we review it with the state and the county there would be no way for us to determine exactly what intersections and the amount of contribution the developer would need to pay for that.”
A significant project
Ball said the city has taken pains to include the Gray community during more than half a year of run up to Thursday’s final reading on the annexation request. More than 300 people showed up to a meeting in Gray last fall.
“We feel like we’ve gone through the process of really understanding more about the impact,” she said, adding that there has been a lot of education and public comment.
Landstar will have to provide a plat that fits the requested low-density residential zoning, “so we will know exactly what we’re getting,” Ball said.
“It’s one of the largest subdivisions the city’s seen in probably 30 years, so we take this very seriously and we appreciate the community’s participation in helping the commission make this decision. I think it’s been better because the community has understood the impact all the way from water-sewer infrastructure, providing public safety, but it is a significant project.”
Ball said city leaders expect more to follow, including in Danny Sells’s neck of the woods. That could result in something similar to the Boones Creek study at some point.
“I would suspect that we would be moving toward looking at that intersection of 75 and down that corridor in more of a corridor approach as we see more things happening.”
Immediate needs
As the commission’s vote looms, Sells said the traffic situation on 75 is more severe than what is seen on Boones Creek Road because of the compactness of the traffic between Keebler and the neighboring Ridgeview Elementary and Daniel Boone High School.
“When you jam that traffic up, that number of vehicles up on a mile and a half compared to five miles, anybody can see what that does,” Sells said. “We have no red lights past the intersection (of Interstate 26.) We have two schools that are impacting the road here and have been for quite a long time.”
Sells plans to be at Thursday night’s meeting along with his current neighbors to plead their case for some immediate traffic improvements.
“Widening of the road is going to beneficial as well, but the lights are going to be the most immediate need that we feel for a safety standpoint here in Gray,” Sells said.
Sells is pushing for the city to indulge in Karst’s offer to get two new red lights up as soon as possible at the Sam Jenkins Road and Old Gray Road intersections.
He would like city leaders to get that stretch of 75 moved up on TDOT’s list of priority roads for repair.
Ball said the city works with TDOT on priorities for road improvements, and they have communicated the needs on 75 to TDOT.
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BOISE, Idaho — Since 1972, the State of Oregon has had a bottle deposit system aimed at encouraging less litter and more recycling.
In short, the so-called Oregon bottle bill sets up a system in where people pay a deposit on eligible containers that can be redeemed if bottles are recycled. Right now, the deposit and return are 10 cents.
Idahoans who live in Oregon border towns have an interesting angle into this conversation, can they hop over the border and get 10 cents per Idaho bottle? Bottles that were bought in Idaho, deposit free? Make 10 cents a bottle!
Well, this is a thing Oregon has to watch – just ask Vice President of Strategy and Outreach at Oregon Beverage Recycling Coop, Eric Chambers.
“There is a number of containers purchased at stores in Idaho, so they never have an Oregon deposit that's paid on them," Chambers said. "Those containers make their way back into the Oregon system and Oregonians are paying the refund value out on containers that never had a deposit paid."
So no, we didn’t find a billion-dollar side business for Idahoans. Oregon border towns protect the integrity of their program by taking some extra bottle verification steps.
“In many cases, that could be as easy as, an address that shows that a person lives in, you know, Payette or Caldwell or Weiser and, the closest grocery proximity to those communities is in Ontario," Chambers said. "It's reasonable to assume that those are Oregon containers. So, that could work for folks who live a little further out. We might ask for some receipts, a proof of purchase that just shows that there was shopping done in Oregon."
Chambers said they work to educate people who are trying to get returns on Idaho bottles, but there is a law on the very topic.
“For out-of-state containers, it's a pretty big violation," Chambers said. "I know that Idahoans don't want to violate Oregon law, so I think knowing that containers purchased in Idaho are not redeemable in Oregon is important information."
People who try and redeem out-of-state bottles could be fined up to $250. That is a newer Oregon law – 2019. Michigan's laws are far more serious, violators there can face a $5,000 fine or five years in prison for returning containers.
Advocates for the Oregon bottle program argue a simple fix for the border situation is parallel policy between Idaho and Oregon.
“They make a huge difference to the national average. Recycling rate for beverage containers is around 35% in 2022. Oregon's preliminary redemption rate was 88.5%," Chambers said. "So, a massive difference in recycling performance that cuts down on litter and again, Oregon's systems are produce responsibly system that doesn't cost a dollar of taxpayer funds."
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BOISE, Idaho — Music brings people together, something that Boise Music Week has been doing for over 100 years. This year, there are over fifteen different local performances people can see, all for free.
"For over 100 years (since 1919) we have brought outstanding free musical performances to the Treasure Valley. We are the longest running all free musical celebration in the United States. I have served as a President’s Member, Officer, Treasurer, Vice President and now President. It is my honor this year to bring 10 fun-filled days of musical entertainment for all ages," Roxanne Coate wrote in a statement.
The idea was started by Eugene A. Farner, a director of music at St. Michael’s Episcopal Cathedral and the Boise Civic Festival Chorus. According to the website, after he moved back to Boise after World War I, he had a vision of highlighting local music and making sure the experience remained free for everyone.
"Boise Music Week, remains a treat for audiences, and a showcase for performers, singers, musicians, set and costume designers, carpenters, sound engineers, directors, and the many other talented people who pull together each spring to make Mr. Farner’s original vision into what it is today: the longest running event of its kind in the country and perhaps the premiere community music event in the nation," the website states.
List of performances this year:
Tuesday, May 2,10:30 a.m., Children’s Musical Adventures: Music Carnival at Boise Public Library
Thursday, May 4, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m., Exceptional Young Musicians: 1st Thursday @ JUMP at JUMP Pioneer Room (6th Floor)
Friday, May 5, 10:30 a.m., Children’s Musical Adventures with Paige Moore at Boise Public Library
Saturday, May 6,11:30 a.m., Music in the Park at Kleiner Memorial Park in Meridian
Saturday, May 6, 7:00 p.m., Dance Night at Borah Auditorium
Sunday, May 7, 7:00 p.m., Community Worship Service at Cathedral of the Rockies
Monday, May 8, 12:15 p.m., Organ Recital at St. Michael’s Cathedral
Monday, May 8, 7:00 p.m., Showcase Concert at Borah High School Auditorium
Tuesday, May 9, 12:15 p.m. Organ Recital at St. Michael’s Cathedral
Wednesday, May 10, 12:15 p.m., Organ Recital at St. Michael’s Cathedral
Thursday, May 11, 12:15 p.m., Organ Recital at St. Michael’s Cathedral
Thursday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., State Fair at Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Friday, May 12, Noon Silent Movie at the Egyptian at the Egyptian Theater
Friday, May 12, 7:30 p.m., State Fair at the Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, May 13, 2:00 p.m., State Fair at Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, May 13, 7:30 p.m., State Fair at Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
Sunday, May 14, 2:00 p.m., State Fair at Morrison Center for the Performing Arts
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A digital well-being expert is warning parents, teenagers and children about the dangers of too much screen time.
Christina Crook is the CEO of Joy Of Missing Out (JOMO) Campus and has worked with Virginia Tech to implement digital wellness strategies on campus.
She says researchers have linked smart phone and social media use to mental health issues like depression, anxiety and loneliness.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic.
Crook recommends that people turn off notifications and place phones away when gathering together to feel connected.
While she says thinking about cutting back on digital use may seem overwhelming, even small steps can make a difference.
“If you think, ‘Oh my goodness. This is such a massive issue. I don’t know where to start.’ Just start somewhere,” said Crook. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/digital-well-being-expert-warns-of-dangers-of-too-much-screen-time/ | 2023-05-04T00:15:44 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/digital-well-being-expert-warns-of-dangers-of-too-much-screen-time/ |
Shasta County expected to name new CEO at May 16 meeting
Shasta County’s nearly year-long saga to hire a permanent executive officer is expected to come to an end later this month.
Supervisors came out of closed session Tuesday to report they have directed staff to put on the board’s May 16 agenda for approval an employment contract for a County Executive Officer.
The vote to do that was unanimous, County Counsel James Ross said.
Supervisor Tim Garman told the Record Searchlight that he also expects the new CEO to be identified at the May 16 meeting, which will start at 5:30 p.m.
Garman would only say the person has been through the background check “and all that and it’s good.”
Supervisor Patrick Jones, who chairs the board, couldn’t be reached for comment on Wednesday.
The May 16 meeting will take place a little over a month after supervisors on April 6 rescinded the job offer to Chriss Street and had made an offer to another candidate.
Supervisors did not say why the offer was taken off the table, but it came nine days after they announced they were waiting for Street to respond to a background report that was done on him.
More:Expert: Easy to see why Shasta supervisor's MyPillow guy trip aroused suspicion
The decision to move on from Street capped a month of emotionally-charged board meetings and public debate on social media on the merits of Street, whose position as vice president of New California State drew criticism. New California is a group that wants to leave California and form its own state.
He is also the former Orange County treasurer-tax collector who in 2010 was ordered to pay more than $7 million in damages for allegedly mismanaging a bankruptcy trust. That same year, Street decided not to run for reelection for treasurer-tax collector.
Street has twice shown up at Shasta County supervisors meetings since his job offer was rescinded.
At the April 11 meeting, Street got up during the public comment period and alleged serious illegal budget maneuvering by the county.
Supervisors anticipated Street’s presentation, so they called on county Auditor-Controller Nolda Short to provide a report rebutting Street’s claims.
More:Striking union members crowd Shasta County supervisors meeting
Shasta County has been without an executive officer since Matt Pontes abruptly resigned last June after a political battle between him and Supervisor Jones that played out in an April 19, 2022, closed-door job evaluation of Pontes. Supervisors spent two hours in closed session at the time before giving Pontes a 4-1 vote of confidence. Jones cast the lone dissenting vote.
Since Pontes’ resignation, the county has had two acting CEOs Patrick Minturn, who did the job from June through January, and Mary Williams, who succeeded Minturn on Feb. 1 and continues to be the acting CEO.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The loss of 6-year-old Kingston Campbell has been felt throughout the Hill City.
“When it’s a child, everybody can feel that,” Shawn Hunter, president of the Lynchburg Peacemakers said. “This is my first time ever experiencing this with a child this young. And so, you know, it really touched home because I got a child myself.”
Kingston’s death is the latest tragedy to hit Lynchburg. A 12-year-old girl died back in February and a 16-year-old boy lost his life at the end of March — both shot to death.
Hunter said stopping gun violence will come down to parenting and community members taking back their neighborhoods.
“Start protecting your community. Start protecting your street. You know, we just can’t rely on the police. The police, they’re doing what they supposed to do,” said Hunter. “You all need to start watching your own streets, policing your own communities.”
William Richards Sr. is a captain with the Peacemakers. He wants to focus on the youth.
“I can’t imagine. I can’t imagine waking up to my child not being there,” said Richards. “Find out where the youth are. Find out where they hang out. Go down there. We can’t be scared of our children.”
Kingston’s mother, Shay Fowler, released a statement to 10 News that reads in part, “He knew God and I know that’s exactly who he’s with now. We will forever carry Kingston Ah’mon Campbell with us.”
[READ MORE: Mother of slain 6-year-old Lynchburg shooting victim speaks out]
There is a GoFundMe to help out the family with funeral costs that has already raised more than $11,000. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/lynchburg-community-mourns-6-year-old-shot-to-death/ | 2023-05-04T00:15:50 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/lynchburg-community-mourns-6-year-old-shot-to-death/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – For the first time in franchise history, the Rail Yard Dawgs are President’s Cup champions.
The Dawgs defeated Birmingham 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday night.
The stadium filled with around 5,300 people to cheer the Dawgs on to a victory.
“It’s been nonstop at the box office,” Director of Marketing and Sales Berglund Center Robert Knight said. “I think when they opened yesterday we got a line of like 20 to 30 people just hammering to go get their Dawgs tickets.”
Shane Parks the store manager of Sport’s Haven is one of those fans in attendance last night.
“Absolutely phenomenal to bring a championship back to Roanoke,” Parks said. “We’re super excited. The play was awesome, the atmosphere.”
Parks said he’s seen the team grow in popularity and really make a name for themselves this season.
“We went 10 years without having a hockey team in Roanoke,” Parks said. “I personally was never into hockey until I found out about the Dawgs.”
If you’re looking for Dawgs merch, Sport’s Haven has limited stock, but for championship gear visit the Rail Yard Dawgs website.
The festivities don’t stop there, the Dawgs have something special in the works.
“They’re going to be planning something,” Knight said. “We’re going to celebrate together in the Roanoke Valley, and it’s going to be awesome.”
Knight said they’re still hammering out the details. 10 News will keep you updated on-air and online. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/rail-yard-dawgs-celebration-in-the-works-following-presidents-cup-win/ | 2023-05-04T00:15:57 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/rail-yard-dawgs-celebration-in-the-works-following-presidents-cup-win/ |
ROANOKE, Va. – If you see flames and smoke coming from the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport this week, don’t panic — it’s due to live burn training.
On Wednesday, public safety crews practiced their skills for a real-life emergency on the runway with a mock-up airplane and a mat filled with propane.
They do this twice a year, but they’re also sworn police officers and EMS certified, so they can handle a wide variety of calls.
“Any given day we respond to fall on escalator, respond to a suspicious person or running a fire call for an airplane in distress,” Public Safety Chief Ben Cook said. “We keep our training up to date — this is one thing we do to maintain that.”
The training will continue through Thursday and will not affect arriving or departing flights at the airport. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/roanoke-blacksburg-regional-airport-conducts-live-emergency-burn-training/ | 2023-05-04T00:16:03 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/03/roanoke-blacksburg-regional-airport-conducts-live-emergency-burn-training/ |
CROWN POINT — A Dyer man was charged with arson on Tuesday for allegedly setting fire to the Schererville International House of Pancakes, where he once worked, according to charging documents.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
Christopher M. Lobody, 33, was charged with arson, two counts of possession of a controlled substance, public intoxication and possession of paraphernalia, court records stated.
Charging documents allege that on April 26 around 6 p.m., Lobody showed up to the Schererville IHOP, located at 1850 U.S. 41, and walked to the employees-only part of the establishment and told them he stole his girlfriend’s car.
Lobody appeared intoxicated, charges say, and he further told the employees that he was going to kill his girlfriend. He was asked to leave and did, according to charging documents.
Shortly after Lobody left, Dyer police were dispatched to his girlfriend’s house on the 1900 block of Lake Street for a domestic dispute, charging documents stated. The woman told police that Lobody broke into the residence with a hammer and told her he was going to set her on fire, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Charges show that Dyer police ultimately decided not to arrest Lobody and drove him to the Schererville IHOP, where he told them he was meeting a friend.
Lobody returned to the IHOP around 8:45 p.m. and began causing a scene, so the manager called police, records stated. When officers arrived, they saw Lobody walking alongside the building, near where the storage room was located.
Approximately five minutes later, “the fire alarm was activated and employees observed smoke coming from the storage room,” according to the probable cause affidavit.
Police found Lobody near Lincoln Highway and Sunset Boulevard and when they asked him about the fire he told officers he didn’t set it, charges say. Officers then searched him and found a pocket knife and disposable lighter and Lobody was taken into custody, the affidavit stated.
When officers read Lobody his constitutional rights while detaining him, Lobody said “Suck my (expletive), bye”, according to the probable cause affidavit. Lobody also allegedly was striking his head against the metal and Plexiglass divider in the police car that was transporting him to jail, the affidavit stated.
Police eventually had to take him out of the vehicle due to his aggressive behavior and in the process they found several pills, which they later determined to be hydrocodone acetaminophen and clonazepam. They also found marijuana and three THC cartridges, according to charging documents.
Lobody remains at large and a warrant is out for his arrest.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Marlon Manning
Age : 40
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303914
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Stewart Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303910
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Tylicki
Age : 63
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303901
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jazmin Guerrero
Age : 28
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303897
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kane Jackson
Age : 25
Residence: Geneseo, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303900
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Peter Kochopolous
Age : 59
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303907
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Billy Fowler
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303899
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Franklin George
Age : 72
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303911
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Escalante
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303896
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Copollo
Age : 33
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303913
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rex Engle
Age : 45
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303915
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Roshaud Bell
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303905
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamyra Thomas
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303875
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Camden Wall
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303883
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte Phillips
Age : 28
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303878
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Reyes
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303873
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Sheppard
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303881
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ernest Murphy III
Age : 53
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303876
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua McCafferty
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303879
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Millsap Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Phoenix, AZ
Booking Number(s): 2303885
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Caroline Hamilton
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303880
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone Holyfield Sr.
Age : 64
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303890
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dale Crawley
Age : 33
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303884
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Vlietstra
Age : 59
Residence: Joliet, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303839
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Valdez
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303860
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Valleyfield
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303869
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cody Sucich
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303868
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jarred Rumph
Age : 36
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303865
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303856
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Ramirez
Age : 36
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303598
Arrest Date: April 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Reddick
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303863
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303854
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elizabeth Millan-Rodriguez
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303852
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leonard Johnson Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303850
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrian Esparza
Age : 51
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303843
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicole Fuentes
Age : 27
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303867
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Grover Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303861
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Alexanderson
Age : 38
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303844
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Becerra Hernandez
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303866
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Romell Cooper
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303841
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Micah Singleton
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303827
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Vaughn
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303819
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Nanay
Age : 63
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303820
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Collins Onchagwa
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303835
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Ottomanelli
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303822
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roberto Sanchez
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303805
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Flores
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303832
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Leverson Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303818
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaquies Moore
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303823
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Aiken
Age : 51
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303821
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martell Flippins
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303817
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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It was roughly 11 minutes into Tuesday evening’s Casper City Council meeting. Time for public comment.
“How many folks in the audience tonight would like to, or plan on, speaking?” Casper Mayor Bruce Knell asked the audience, which filled at least three-quarters of the council chambers.
At least a dozen hands went up.
They weren’t there to talk about liquor license transfers, or government grants, or local construction projects or National Tennis Month or anything else on the agenda.
They were there to cross-examine a social media comment Knell had made on Facebook a week-and-a-half ago.
On April 20, Knell shared an animation of a fire in response to news that Wellspring Health Access, a new abortion clinic someone tried to burn down, was finally opening in Casper.
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Knell maintains that the gif, which he shared beneath a post by Oil City News, was only intended to express his personal objection to abortion and had nothing to do with last year's arson attack.
Still, the fire-and-brimstone imagery angered some in the community. In the days following the comment, Wellspring urged local abortion rights supporters to attend the meeting to take Knell to task over the post.
They weren’t the only ones who showed up with something to say. Public comment drew a total of 15 speakers and lasted nearly an hour.
Speakers struggled to nail down what the controversy surrounding Knell's post was — to use the parlance of the evening — “really about.” Some said free speech, others respect, public safety or separation of church and state.
“I’m not here tonight to advocate for abortion rights, or trying to convince anybody of anything tonight,” Holly Thompson, a board member for Wellspring Health Access, told the mayor. “I’m here to defend Wellspring’s right to operate safely and free from fear.”
Was Knell elected with the expectation that he should always speak his mind, without fear of public backlash? Or is it more important for him, as a member of a nonpartisan council, to keep the peace?
More than one member of the public on Tuesday said they found Knell’s candor refreshing.
“Would you please be true to yourself, and be thoroughly who you are in bringing your convictions to your role?” asked Kyle True, a local abortion opponent.
Others just wished the mayor had chosen his words more tactfully. If last year’s arson is any indication, they reasoned, the abortion debate has gotten so heated in Casper that it's provoking violence. They don't want local leaders to keep turning up the temperature.
Mike Huber, a retired Natrona County Circuit Court judge and a former Casper city councilor, said while he “defends to the end the right for anyone to have differing opinions on anything” he worried some could read Knell's post as an invitation for more people to target the clinic.
“The inflammatory — literally inflammatory — things that you put out there on social media was wrong,” he said.
While Tuesday night’s meeting stayed civil, Knell and other members of the council indicated they were all subject to harassment and threats in the aftermath of Knell’s comment.
“It’s important that we recognize the power of our words, and the impact they can have on others,” Councilor Kyle Gamroth, who represents Ward 2, said during the meeting.
For all the discussion, the night still ended in a hung jury.
Multiple speakers pledged keep the debate focused on civic duty, only to again get pulled into impassioned, hair-splitting and at times even contentious opining over the morality of abortion. People just couldn’t help themselves.
Knell was no exception.
In a tearful statement that wrapped up the roughly two-hour meeting, Knell began by extending an apology to Casper residents, his fellow city councilors and city staff.
He said he'd come to realize that his personal views weren't the issue at hand. (This was, in other words, not "really about" about abortion.)
"The issue is that I," he said, choking up, "in poor taste, I made a comment that I feel was misinterpreted."
Knell said while he remains firm in his personal beliefs, as mayor, he wants Wellspring to feel welcome in Casper.
Then he started talking about abortion again.
'Incendiary' post
Wellspring Health Access, which began seeing patients last month, is the only clinic in the state offering both surgical and medical abortions. Its opening was pushed back 11 months after an arsonist broke in and set it on fire, costing the clinic around $290,000 in damage. Federal authorities have charged a 22-year-old woman who went to school in Casper with the crime. She is free on bond while a grand jury considers her case.
In an earlier interview with the Star-Tribune, Wellspring founder Julie Burkhart said that, fearing future violence against the clinic, the organization has added additional “layers of protection” to keep staff and patients from harm.
Burkhart on April 20 made a statement condemning Knell’s post as “incendiary and violent.”
“I’ve lived and experienced the real-world costs of this kind of anti-abortion rhetoric,” she said in the statement. “Fourteen years ago, after years of harassment, my former boss, Dr. George Tiller, was assassinated in church. Less than a year ago, an anti-abortion terrorist set fire to our Casper clinic, rendering it inoperable and costing $290,000 in damage.”
Wyoming residents hold a wide range of opinions on abortion, according to an October University of Wyoming poll.
In the survey, 36% of respondents said they viewed abortion as a matter of personal choice, and another 36% said they felt abortion should be allowed in cases of rape, incest or when the pregnancy endangers the life of the mother. About 19% of those surveyed said they support abortion provided there’s a clearly established reason for the procedure. Only 7% said abortion should be banned in all cases.
In Casper, the role of mayor is somewhat ceremonial. Casper follows the “council-city manager” system of local government, where the mayor is part of city council and wields no more voting power than other members. Because of that, the mayor isn’t directly elected by residents, but chosen by their fellow councilors.
In this system, the main job of the council — including the mayor — is to set the budget and pass laws. The day-to-day operations of the city are handled by city staff. | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/as-casper-weighs-mayors-comments-residents-keep-returning-to-abortion-debate/article_fd6872e8-e9e2-11ed-ab15-d7b042e557f6.html | 2023-05-04T00:26:27 | 1 | https://trib.com/news/local/casper/as-casper-weighs-mayors-comments-residents-keep-returning-to-abortion-debate/article_fd6872e8-e9e2-11ed-ab15-d7b042e557f6.html |
'Canal killings': Judge hears about Bryan Miller's 'Zombie Hunter' persona
The story behind Bryan Miller's notorious "Zombie Hunter" persona surfaced in court Wednesday, as Miller's attorneys fight to spare the convicted double murderer from the death penalty.
Before his arrest in 2015, Miller would regularly dress up as the character, appearing at events around Phoenix in his signature helmet, mask and goggles, carrying a large fake gun and driving his modified police car spattered with faux blood.
He would attend comic conventions and other fandom-related events as the Zombie Hunter, building a reputation within the tight-knit costuming community.
Now Miller is facing the prospect of a death sentence, after being convicted last month of murdering Angela Brosso in 1992 and Melanie Bernas in 1993.
The brutal murders of the two young women, randomly attacked as they cycled along Phoenix canals, shocked the city when they occurred 30 years ago. Both young women were stabbed fatally in the back before being mutilated and sexually assaulted as or after they died.
The case ran cold for two decades before Miller was arrested in 2015, following a forensic breakthrough in which detectives matched his DNA to samples at the crime scenes.
He pleaded not guilty for reasons of insanity, but was found guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual assault in relation to each victim by Judge Suzanne Cohen after a six-month-long bench trial.
Cohen must now decide whether Miller should be sentenced to death or life in prison.
Steampunk interests led to Zombie Hunter costume
The defense has put a number of people from Miller's past on the stand, ranging from childhood neighbors to a one-time Little League coach to a friend from high school to people who knew Miller as an adult.
Mike Syfritt testified Wednesday that he knew Miller through the Arizona Steampunk Society from around 2010 to 2014.
Before Syfritt's testimony, the court watched a 10-minute video explaining Steampunk, a subculture that involves creating and dressing up in costumes inspired by a blend of historic 19th-century and futuristic technology.
Syfritt said he and Miller were both heavily involved in the community and saw each other frequently at events. Miller and his daughter also attended a couple of "build days" at Syfritt's home, where people would gather to create Steampunk-style weapons to go with their costumes and characters.
“He got really into the Zombie Hunter roleplay," Syfritt said, explaining that the character Miller dressed up as was inspired by the "Resident Evil" film and video game franchise.
"He built this persona around the survivalist, surviving a zombie apocalypse," Syfritt said. "The car that he built was basically to mow down zombies."
Syfritt said he had created the fake gun Miller carried as part of the costume.
"It definitely has a history," he said.
He initially made it for his child ahead of a trip to San Diego Comic-Con, Syfritt said, constructing it out of cardboard tubes, a piece of plywood and PVC pipes.
Some time later, he said, he traded it to a woman for an "awesome coat." She passed it on to Miller's ex-girlfriend, which is how it became part of the Zombie Hunter costume.
"Something I would like to point out is that this particular weapon, in the cartoon it was originally designed for, is a non-lethal weapon," Syfritt said.
"It’s supposed to push out this star-shaped projectile that basically pushes somebody back, just to protect themselves," Syfritt said. "That’s the only reason that this gun was around. The character was an insurance agent."
Expert witness: Costume compensated for other issues
Syfritt said he had helped Miller with other aspects of the character, giving him advice on how to get his prescription lenses into the helmet he wore and how to work on his car, which became renowned in the Phoenix subculture.
"It became pretty well known," Syfritt said. "He would park that outside during the car show part of Phoenix Comic-Con, or Fan Fusion, or whatever they call that now."
During the trial, the court heard that Miller wrote on Facebook in 2014 building the "completely insane" vehicle had made him "a little less invisible to the world."
Forensic psychologist Dr. Mark Cunningham suggested Miller used the costume to compensate for his social deficits, which Cunningham said were a symptom of his autism spectrum disorder.
Syfritt said that he knew Miller as a kind and caring guy.
Under cross-examination, he said Miller had never told him that he had been incarcerated as a juvenile or that he had stabbed a woman.
He talked generally about having a rough upbringing with his mother, Syfritt said, but never in detail.
The case returns to court May 15. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/05/03/canal-killing-bryan-miller-zombie-hunter-persona-court/70180745007/ | 2023-05-04T00:26:31 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/05/03/canal-killing-bryan-miller-zombie-hunter-persona-court/70180745007/ |
Phoenix police officer recovering at home after assault in domestic violence case
A Phoenix police officer injured while confronting a domestic violence suspect was released from the hospital on Tuesday night and was recovering at home.
The unidentified officer required surgery after suffering "significant facial injuries" from the Sunday incident.
The officer was investigating a domestic fight between a man and woman in the area of Central Avenue and Thomas Road just after 9:30 p.m. According to Phoenix police, a woman stopped the officer and told him she had been assaulted by the father of her children, identified by police as Rudy Gomez, 24.
Gomez approached the officer and assaulted him by punching him multiple times in the face and kicking him while he was down, police said.
Gomez was arrested Sunday by other responding officers.
"The Phoenix Police Department would like to thank everyone in the community for their support and well wishes for our officer and his loved ones," Sgt. Phil Krynsky of the Phoenix Police Department said in a statement. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/05/03/phoenix-police-officer-released-from-hospital-after-being-assaulted/70181203007/ | 2023-05-04T00:26:37 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2023/05/03/phoenix-police-officer-released-from-hospital-after-being-assaulted/70181203007/ |
Scott Grates, of Frankfort, never intended to write a nearly 300-page book for teens.
"It was born when the class of 2022 graduated. Tyler's my oldest, who was a junior at the time ,and when he was going into his senior year, it occurred to me there's probably some things he doesn't know that I know that I want to share with him."
So every morning, he'd jot down notes, thoughts and ideas...
"And after three or four months, I had about 300 pages worth of notes and realized-I had a book," said Grates.
That book is "Essential F-Words for Teens...The 117 Things You Need to Know Before Graduation." Words like finances....fitness.....forgiveness are explored and expanded upon in each section of the book.
"The hope is that it creates awareness. Nothing in the book is preachy. It's not me telling my son or any teenager what they should do. It's just making them aware of things that are going to happen at some point in their life," says Grates.
One of the book's biggest messages for these emerging adults: you have more control than you might think over outcomes in your life.
"The big thing is the E + R + O formula, which is the event plus the response equals the outcome. So often we think when the event happens, that's the end all be all, but the reality is it's our response or our reaction to that event that'll determine the outcome," says Grates.
"It was definitely like a cool moment in my life. When my dad first told me about the book, I got really excited," says Grates' son and inspiration, Tyler.
Tyler is grateful for 283 pages of guidance, and, a close relationship with the author, of whom he's pretty proud.
"Every once in a while, I take a moment of my time during my day and I read each section. Like there's four chapters in each section and I read each section of the book and so after that, I usually have a talk with my dad," says Tyler.
"Essential F-Words for Teens" is available on Amazon, where it's making some waves.
"It became an Amazon number one best seller for a new release the first week it came out and the average book sells about 250 copies; we've been six weeks on Amazon now and we're pushing 5000 copies," says Grates.
Grates held a luncheon today to thank the local companies who stepped up with sponsorships to put the book in the hands of just about every high school senior in Oneida and Herkimer Counties. | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/frankfort-man-writes-book-for-teens/article_7317c24a-e9f3-11ed-a6f8-f7f2c00a6a99.html | 2023-05-04T00:28:28 | 1 | https://www.wktv.com/news/local/frankfort-man-writes-book-for-teens/article_7317c24a-e9f3-11ed-a6f8-f7f2c00a6a99.html |
ATLANTA — As metro Atlanta authorities worked to find a man they said was at the center of Wednesday's mass shooting, officials denounced this latest instance of gun violence.
Five women were shot Wednesday during what was first alerted to the public as an active shooter situation in Midtown Atlanta. One woman died, and four other women are hurt, according to officials. Authorities believe 24-year-old Deion Patterson was behind the gunfire. APD said just before 8 p.m. that he was taken into custody.
While the manhunt was underway for Patterson, community leaders and officials have been commenting on this tragedy.
1 dead, 4 injured in Midtown shooting on West Peachtree Street
Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock took to the U.S. House floor Wednesday and delivered an impassioned speech.
“As a pastor, I pray for those who are affected by this tragedy, but I hastened to say thoughts and prayers are not enough,” Warnock said. “And in fact, it is a contradiction to that say you are thinking and praying and then do nothing.”
During his remarks, Warnock revealed his children were on lockdown while law enforcement combed the area, searching for the gunman.
“'My own two children were on lockdown this afternoon,’ Warnock said. “Their schools were on lockdown responding to this tragedy.”
Sen. Jon Ossoff released a statement, saying Wednesday's events stretch further than Atlanta.
“Today’s horrific attack at Northside Medical Midtown is an attack on all Georgians," Ossoff said. “I send my condolences to the family of the deceased, and I pray for the health of those wounded, their families, and all who witnessed such a terrible event."
As Georgia's representatives sound off on Capitol Hill, in the Peach State, lawmakers and leaders are also expressing similar sentiments.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said he was staying in contact with all local law enforcement and the White House, saying even at the national level people are invested in finding the alleged gunman.
"We are also making sure that law enforcement agencies across this region are working together," he said.
Atlanta City Council President Doug Shipman shared a powerful message on social media.
"Atlanta is hurting again today," his solemn message began. "Gun violence has once again hurt our community."
Atlanta City Councilman Amir Farokhi also released a statement calling for stronger gun laws.
"My heart hurts for Midtown, the folks who have been injured, and the family of the deceased," Farokhi said. "Everyone deserves to feel safe everywhere. There are common-sense solutions to reduce incidents like this. We have to adopt them. Enough."
Rep. Hank Johnson expressed his condolences via a statement Wednesday, recognizing the heartbreak the victims' families are experiencing.
"This is a call to service greater and more horrific than any first responder should have to endure," his statement read. "Gun violence is a senseless, overwhelming epidemic that continues to plague our communities. We must pass meaningful gun safety reform to mitigate any other preventable losses to this epidemic. Stay safe and be alert, as the suspect is still at large." | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-shooting-lawmakers-speak-out/85-adfa51a0-fc3c-4267-bca8-56d9087b40b0 | 2023-05-04T00:30:53 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-shooting-lawmakers-speak-out/85-adfa51a0-fc3c-4267-bca8-56d9087b40b0 |
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The man accused of injuring four people and killing one in a mass shooting inside a medical building in Midtown Atlanta is custody after an hours-long manhunt, Atlanta Police confirmed.
Deion Patterson, 24, was taken into custody by authorities Wednesday evening after he allegedly opened fire inside the 11th floor waiting room of Northside Medical Midtown just after 12 p.m.
People were originally asked to avoid Midtown in the area of West Peachtree Street between 12th Street and 13th Street where the shooting scene unfolded.
In an evening update, police said the search for Patterson had been refocused to Cobb County after he allegedly carjacked a vehicle and drove outside the perimeter.
The search intensified for Patterson in the area of Cobb County around Truist Park and the Cobb Galleria Centre just before 4 p.m. The last visual confirmation of Patterson was confirmed to be at 12:30 p.m. in Cobb County on a Georgia Department of Transportation camera near Windy Ridge Parkway and Heritage Court.
The vehicle he allegedly carjacked was dumped in a parking deck near The Battery and Truist Park and was later found by police. Cobb County Police was tipped off about his whereabouts around 2:30 p.m., hence the two-hour difference which hindered law enforcement's search.
All five people shot inside were women, according to Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. The victim was 39 years old, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said.
The other injured victims were a 71-year-old, 56-year-old, 39-year-old and 25-year-old. Grady Hospital officials said three of the victims are in critical condition while another was still in the emergency department.
11Alive's Cody Alcorn reports the suspect originally arrived at Northside Hospital with his mother. His mother was not injured, according to APD. It's not yet clear why he might have arrived with his mother.
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed to 11Alive News that Patterson served within the military branch from July 2018 to January 2023. According to the Coast Guard, Patterson last served as an Electrician's Mate Second Class. He was discharged from active duty in January 2023.
The Coast Guard said they were aware of the tragic incident in Atlanta allegedly involving Patterson and offered their deepest condolences to the victims and their families. The Coast Guard Investigative Service is working closely with the Atlanta Police Department and local authorities in the investigation. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/midtown-shooting-suspect-captured-hours-long-manhunt/85-1cc8206f-1232-4500-9b13-70880a823aa1 | 2023-05-04T00:31:00 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/midtown-shooting-suspect-captured-hours-long-manhunt/85-1cc8206f-1232-4500-9b13-70880a823aa1 |
Dallas County Commissioners are seeking proposals to build an information superhighway for areas underserved on internet access.
The proposed fiber network would ring around the City of Dallas, which has been pursuing its own high-speed connections for dreams of becoming a “Smart City.”
The Dallas County network would serve smaller cities and unincorporated areas around them.
Dallas is the headquarters for AT&T, one of America’s largest data service providers. Companies compete for customers in Dallas County areas that they choose by market factors. But some places with plenty of people still lacked service for COVID-19 stay-at-home kids learning and parents working.
Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price said the county’s request for proposals on new fiber infrastructure should specifically address past inequities that left some areas underserved.
“This RFP should be structured as a best remedy to talk about how we limit, remediate red lining in our communities,” Price said.
The county has $35 million in federal COVID-19 relief dollars as a start to offer providers that would spend much more to complete the network.
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The City of Dallas has been using federal money for similar efforts. The Red Cloud neighborhood of Pleasant Grove is an example. New street lights are equipped with devices that will provide free Wi-Fi service beginning later this month. The lights already operate.
The city added service in other unserved areas and connected fire stations and other public buildings to serve neighborhoods.
Consultants helped Dallas County investigate digital equity issues last fall and the plan that moved forward this week.
County Commissioners said they have other underserved areas to cross the digital divide.
“There are areas in my own district missing a lot of the infrastructure in fiber,” said Dallas County Commissioner Theresa Daniel.
Her District 1 includes Garland, Mesquite, Balch Springs and portions of Northeast Dallas.
Other members said southern Dallas County has the most areas in need.
“We need to be sure that all the underserved areas are our priority,” Commissioner Elba Garcia said.
Price said language in the request may not force providers to serve those areas.
“I just don’t get a comfort level that at the end of the day we’re talking about eviscerating red-lined communities, and that is the design of the legislation and the leveraging of the money,” Price said.
Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to issue the request for use of the federal money and promised to see that proposals reach the right places. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-county-proposes-a-new-information-super-highway/3250205/ | 2023-05-04T00:35:02 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-county-proposes-a-new-information-super-highway/3250205/ |
North Texas could experience brownouts this summer during extreme scenarios, according to the state's power grid operator.
On Wednesday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, revealed a forecast on how well the grid can handle extremely hot days in the next several months. It’s part of a report called Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy for the ERCOT Region (SARA), which is put together ahead of the winter and summer seasons.
While the data in the report is just a prediction, there is concern that demand will outpace the power supply this summer.
“On the hottest days of summer there is no longer enough on demand, dispatchable power generation to meet demand in our system,” said Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Those concerns were addressed in a press conference by PUC – which is the grid’s regulatory committee – and ERCOT.
Texas relies on coal, natural gas and nuclear energy as its main sources of power. Renewable energy like wind and solar have supplemented that.
But the state's ongoing population boom is faster than the state's grid can keep up with. Lake said from 2008 to 2022, Texas' on demand dispatchable power supply grew only 1.5%. However, in that same timeframe, our population has grown 24%.
"The Texas grid faces a new reality,” said Lake. “Data shows for the first time that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on demand dispatchable power, so we will be relying on renewables to keep the lights on."
He added that the landmark reforms passed last session have been utilized and put in place to ensure the grid operates more reliably than it has in the past.
ERCOT's CEO, Pablos Vegas, compared the grid to a car to better explain the situation.
“During winter storm Uri, the car didn’t start. It was not reliable and we had issues with reliability of the grid during that storm. In the two years that followed, significant investments and improvements have been made to ensure that the grid would be reliable and that the car would start," he explained. "So what we’re saying this summer is that the car is ready to go. It’s ready to run. It’s going to be reliable. However, we are asking it to go further without adding more reliable fuel. So now it’s a supply and demand issue."
Lake said the riskiest hours on the hottest days could be closer to the 9 p.m. timeframe when solar power goes away with the sunset.
"It's still hot at 9 p.m. The sun sets faster than the atmosphere cools, and our solar generation is all gone. So at that point in the day, we will be relying on wind generation,” he said.
But if there's not enough wind, outages are possible.
"This is not an operational issue, this is a supply and demand issue,” Lake said. “Operationally ERCOT is ready for this summer. The reliability reforms that were put in place have been tested and continue to work. We’ve made the grid we’ve got as strong as possible using every tool available.”
ERCOT’s plan this summer is to ask Texans to conserve power and use other emergency reserve tools in place.
"We will continue to use every tool available to leave the lights on and the ACs running this summer,” said Lake. “But we do not have control over wind and sun."
Right now, lawmakers in Austin are debating several proposals that could use taxpayer dollars to build more power plants to meet the demand. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/ercot-warns-of-brownouts-this-summer-in-forecast-of-power-grid-demand/3250219/ | 2023-05-04T00:35:09 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/ercot-warns-of-brownouts-this-summer-in-forecast-of-power-grid-demand/3250219/ |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Recreational crabbing season is closed in parts of Southern Oregon due to unsafe levels of domoic acid found in localized populations of Dungeness crab. A naturally occurring neurotoxin produced by algae, domoic acid is not believed to be harmful to shellfish but can cause illness or death when ingested by humans.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on May 1 that the closure is in effect from Cape Blanco to areas eight miles north of Winchester Bay. While the Oregon Department of Agriculture tests toxin levels in local shellfish twice per month, regulations state that two consecutive tests showing approved domoic acid levels must be completed before a crabbing zone can be reopened. As a result, the region will remain closed for at least a month.
Because domoic acid primarily accumulates in the crabs’ internal organs, an evisceration notice has been issued, requiring commercial crabbers to remove the viscera or “crab butter” from all catches in the region since April 27.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife provides the following warning about domoic acid poisoning:
Cooking or freezing shellfish does not destroy domoic acid in shellfish. Domoic acid can be fatal to people if consumed in high doses. There is no antidote for domoic acid, which causes a condition called amnesic shellfish poisoning. Symptoms include vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal cramps within 24 hours of ingestion. In severe cases, neurological symptoms develop within 48 hours and include headache, dizziness, confusion, loss of short-term memory, motor weakness, seizures, profuse respiratory secretions, cardiac arrhythmia, and coma. | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/domoic-acid-levels-close-recreational-crab-season-for-parts-of-southern-oregon/ | 2023-05-04T00:35:10 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/oregon-coast/domoic-acid-levels-close-recreational-crab-season-for-parts-of-southern-oregon/ |
CEDAR FALLS — One finalist for the city’s fire chief job is a familiar face with the department while the other is a leader from the Arkansas City Fire Department in Kansas.
Chris Ledeker is the fire and emergency medical services chief from Arkansas City, and has been involved with various fire and EMS operations since 1995. He’s now one of the two finalists who was favored from a pool of 11 applicants, the city announced Wednesday. Acting Fire Chief John Zolondek was the other finalist. He’s been with the Cedar Falls fire department since 2008.
The new fire chief is expected to be announced at the end of May, but they’ll first meet the community May 22 and 23 during meet and greets. Times and locations have not been announced yet.
Zolondek’s been in the interim role since October when Fire Chief John Bostwick was placed on leave for an investigation into financial discrepancies. He’s been serving in the fire division since 2008, but was originally hired as a police officer in 2007. He continued serving in the police division, as well, until 2018.
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He’s been a firefighter, lieutenant and captain on the fire side as well as an investigator and public safety officer on the police side. He started out with the Winona Fire Department in Minnesota in 2006 and was a military police officer in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 2002 to 2008.
Since 2017, Ledeker has been the fire chief of three departments, Arkansas City (2022-2023), Holiday Island, Arkansas (2020-2022) and Bethel Heights, Arkansas (2017-2020). He’s been a firefighter, paramedic, training officer, and fire lieutenant for various fire and EMS organizations since 1995.
The finalists will complete additional interviews involving city management, local emergency management officials, community members, and co-workers in mid-May. Whomever is selected will receive a salary between $91,203 and $148,218, according to the job listing.
Public Safety Director Craig Berte will recommend either Ledeker or Zolondek to Mayor Rob Green and City Administrator Ron Gaines in late May. The appointment would then come before the City Council for confirmation in early June.
Bostwick is retired after having been chief since 2016 and completing a 42-year career with the department. He currently serves as a consultant to the department.
The top three roles have seen changes during the last two years as Berte, previously the police chief, took over for former public safety director Jeff Olson, who retired last year. Police Chief Mark Howard was Berte’s replacement and was previously a captain with the department.
The police chief and fire chief are the public safety director's top assistants and closest advisors on all public safety related matters under the city's current model.
The city has about a third of its 74 officers assigned to the fire division. The public safety department comes with an operating budget of $11.79 million for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1. That is about 38.5% of the general fund. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/two-cedar-falls-fire-chief-finalists-named-one-is-local-the-other-is-from-kansas/article_a38e7d65-2d0b-5799-a984-11fd8de276f0.html | 2023-05-04T00:44:40 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/two-cedar-falls-fire-chief-finalists-named-one-is-local-the-other-is-from-kansas/article_a38e7d65-2d0b-5799-a984-11fd8de276f0.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Aging gracefully can be quite difficult for many seniors, as people are living longer. In tonight's Wear The Gown we find out why staying active is important for people of all ages, especially seniors.
By 2030, one in six people in the world will be aged 60 years or over. That's why exercise is so important to keep your health in check at any age.
"Sometimes aging is viewed as a challenge. So movement and daily exercise can kind of be the antidote to to that challenge so that we can continue doing what we want as we get older over time," said Dr. Zachary Kovacevic, the Clinical Director of Texas Physical Therapists on Huebner Road.
"I'm trying to postpone knee replacement surgery, and with a little work from Zack, I can usually get through my year and visit him the next year and get physical therapy," said his patient Rob Briggs.
Here are five must-do exercises to keep seniors safe, strong, and aging well. First up. Everyday deadlifts.
"Everyday deadlifts are essentially a movement that we all need to be able to perform repeated bending forwards and picking things up that can be anything from taking care of your your laundry, taking care of your the inside of your home, keeping it nice and clean, do some of your work outside," Dr. Kovacevic said.
Next up. Chair squats.
"Everyone has a chair at home," Dr. Kovacevic told us. "We can definitely work on lower leg strength and achieving erect positioning as you do the exercise. Ways to manipulate these variables include making the chair a little taller or a little shorter, and/or improving the sets or reps of this at home."
Now on to standing on one leg.
"People can practice balancing on one leg for up to 10 seconds," Dr. Kovacevic said. "Even past that, it's very substantial for reducing fall risk. This is a really good exercise to be done where you feel safe, close to a countertop or something you can hold onto."
What about sideline windmills?
"What it really does and looks to improve is neck mobility, your thoracic spine mobility, as well as some lumbar and mobility," Dr. Kovacevic said. "Easily done in the morning, or like I said sprinkled throughout the day."
And finally, everyday walking.
"Walk 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, and you should reap the benefits from your muscles, joints, nervous system, immune system, etc," Dr. Kovacevic added. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/wear-the-gown/helping-seniors-age-gracefully-through-exercise/273-244d6eff-bdc7-4114-b5fe-7e6d18c88adf | 2023-05-04T00:44:40 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/outreach/wear-the-gown/helping-seniors-age-gracefully-through-exercise/273-244d6eff-bdc7-4114-b5fe-7e6d18c88adf |
WATERLOO — Lutheran Services in Iowa was recently awarded $2,000 from Teen Trust, the youth philanthropy program of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa. This funding will support the trauma-informed services LSI provides to youth detained in the North Iowa Juvenile Detention Center in Waterloo.
LSI’s trauma-informed services provide short-term, therapeutic interventions and mental health assessments to detained youth. These services promote and improve youth emotional self-regulation, address trauma issues and trauma history, and assess youth mental status and risk for self-harm, all while developing coping skills, and addressing anxiety, depression, and other emotions experienced while in detention. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/lsi-receives-2-000-from-youth-philanthropy-program-teen-trust/article_c3e26ecb-0b08-5864-8173-0b77b1c5b9d8.html | 2023-05-04T00:44:46 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/lsi-receives-2-000-from-youth-philanthropy-program-teen-trust/article_c3e26ecb-0b08-5864-8173-0b77b1c5b9d8.html |
SAN ANTONIO — A man who allegedly held a knife to his mother's throat was shot by a San Antonio Police officer late Wednesday afternoon, SAPD Chief William McManus said.
Officers were responding to a call about a family disturbance on the city's northeast side.
The incident unfolded in the 6600 block of Fairdale Drive between Bloomdale and Hall Park Drive, just off Loop 410 and Interstate 35.
McManus said a man in his early 30s was accused of assaulting his mother, sister and girlfriend inside an apartment unit there.
The man then fled to the parking lot and was pursued by SAPD officers, he said.
His mother also came to the parking lot, and McManus said the man grabbed his mother and held a knife to her throat.
That's when an SAPD officer fired on the man, striking him in the thigh.
The suspect was transported to a hospital.
McManus said the man was expected to be charged with aggravated assault.
The officer who fired the shot will be placed on administrative duty pending investigation of the case.
This is the 10th shooting involving law enforcement to take place in Bexar County so far this year, and it's the seventh involving SAPD officers.
This is a developing story. Check back with KENS5.com for updates.
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HAMMOND — Shadimon Vanpelt, a young woman from Gary, was shopping for her future Monday.
“I’m looking for a new career, just investigating what’s out there,” said Vanpelt, whose interests range from customer service to the arts.
She was attending the Center of Workforce Innovations’ second annual NextGen Youth Expo. The program at Purdue University Northwest featured various vendors and breakout sessions on health care, technology and skilled trades.
Portage High School seniors Kristen Manzo, 19, and Abbigail Ortiz, 18, were looking into mental health. Westville High School senior Chris Hootman, 17, was taking notes while listening to an Army recruiter.
Cheyenne Nugent, 19, a senior at River Forest High School, is particularly interested in underwater welding.
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“I’ve always liked being in water, and I just learned to weld,” Nugent said. “I picked it up really fast and I enjoy doing it.” She also finds welding “relaxing.”
Classmate Corrie Covelli, 18, was “looking at see what colleges are offering. Right now, I want to get a job, then figure things out.”
Forty-six employers, educational institutions, local businesses and youth service providers participated in the expo.
“Our collective mission is to inform and empower the future of Northwest Indiana’s workforce,” said Dominique Smiley, director of youth engagement for CWI.
Outreach for the expo included high schools and career and technical institutes while targeting out-of-school youth in low-paying jobs who may be seeking better career opportunities.
“We encourage all students to submit a personal statement," said Ed Keleher, senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions at Valparaiso University. "Brag about yourself. Not just academics, but overall.”
Hammond Central High School juniors Mya Cutnoe and Skylar Redeaux, both 17, were looking for jobs in the medical field. Cutnoe, who likes working with people, described herself as outgoing. Redeaux cited determination among her assets.
Leslie Merrill and Mara Adams, who work in human relations for Hammond-based Alverno Laboratories, a medical testing provider, said prospective employees should show “compassion, integrity, an individual interest in growing and a passion for helping others.”
Alverno was an expo sponsor, along with Centier Bank, Fire National Bank, Geminus and Purdue Northwest.
With an open-enrollment policy, “we try to include a success plan for every student," explained Mo Vincic, executive director for community engagement at Ivy Tech Community College’s Lake County sites in East Chicago, Gary and Crown Point. "As a community college, we serve our communities, and we include everyone in that process.”
Several school systems brought groups of students from different grade levels. Maren Lee, career and technology education director for East Chicago Central High School, brought eight students.
Lee hoped they would “look for opportunities for education or jobs that exist in our area.”
The Valparaiso Alternative Learning Experience brought seven students, including Lindsey Richel, 16. The VALE junior is interested in nuclear medicine and describes herself as hard-working, someone takes constructive feedback well.
“We want all of Northwest Indiana to realize there is an abundance of opportunities right now,” Smiley said. “We have the resources right here, right now to make positive things happen.” | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/hammond-expo-offers-youth-avenues-to-work-education-choices/article_035ab66a-e386-11ed-921a-832d65be53ea.html | 2023-05-04T00:47:15 | 0 | https://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/hammond-expo-offers-youth-avenues-to-work-education-choices/article_035ab66a-e386-11ed-921a-832d65be53ea.html |
VALPARAISO — To honor those who have served in the U.S. armed forces, Valparaiso High School unveiled its VHS Military Hall of Honor in a ceremony Wednesday morning attended by veterans and service members from the community.
"Anyone travelling through our little vale of paradise will stop in awe and take note of the first-class buildings allowing first-class teachers to instruct first-class students in a first-class community," Valparaiso Superintendent Jim McCall said during the dedication ceremony. "I consider the Military Hall of Honor to be a true coup de grace for those efforts."
The hall, which occupies a section of the lower level at VHS, includes a list of names of alumni who have served in the armed forces, categorized by which branch they served in and accompanied by the year they graduated from high school. The tribute also includes an American flag that was once flown above the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. as well as photos of military members in action and a quote from the official military oath.
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"You see, a public school's original purpose was to prepare an educated citizenry for democratic participation," McCall said. "Manifested today, albeit in a different context, we seek to prepare our students for any and all of the three E's."
Those "three E's," he explained, are enrollment in higher education, employment in the trades or business, and finally, enlistment in the military.
"In Valparaiso and NWI, the first two E's often overshadow the last," McCall continued. "However, that does not mean that enlistment is any less important or critical to our mission and to our society. In fact, it is altogether fitting and proper that this exhibit serves to honor those VHS graduates who have taken the oath in service of our country and inspire those who now walk its halls."
The superintendent said that for him, two men in particular inspired this initiative: the late Ric Frataccia, former director of elementary education for Valparaiso Community Schools and a proud U.S. Army veteran; and the late Myron Knauff, former assistant superintendent, principal at Flint Lake Elementary School and a U.S. Navy veteran.
"These two men may have served in different branches, but they were definitely brothers-in-arms in the fight on behalf of the youth of Valparaiso," McCall said.
Valparaiso resident Brock Gonzales, who served in the U.S. Air Force from 1986 to 2011, at times in Iraq, came to the ceremony Monday and thought it was "excellent." He liked that the school seems to be encouraging students to consider the military.
"It gives kids an opportunity to go elsewhere," he said. "See the world."
Gonzales hopes that those students are also encouraged to then take advantage of everything the military has to offer.
"If I could do it over again, yeah, I'd go to a lot more places overseas," he said. "Not that I haven't been overseas, but for instance, Kadena in Okinawa, I'd have gone there or Germany."
Most of all, he said it's great to see the military represented in the local high school.
VHS Athletic Director Stacy Adams was at the ceremony and said it was "awesome" to see names of former students he recognized.
"This is one of the ways they can leave their mark on the school in a positive way," he said. "That's for sure."
The school is still adding names to the wall and is asking anyone that is or knows a VHS alumni that served to send in a submission. Information on how to do that is available online at www.valparaisohigh.valpo.k12.in.us/apps/pages/vhsmilitaryhallofhonor.
"Traditionally VHS means Valparaiso High School," McCall said. "But now, from this day forward, everyone will know it also stands for valor, honor, service." | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/valparaiso-high-school-honors-military-members-with-new-tribute/article_6741e638-e9d2-11ed-ac8b-97178d4daf5a.html | 2023-05-04T00:47:34 | 1 | https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/education/valparaiso-high-school-honors-military-members-with-new-tribute/article_6741e638-e9d2-11ed-ac8b-97178d4daf5a.html |
A man was shot by a passing vehicle while in his car near East 165th Street and Calumet Avenue late Wednesday afternoon.
HAMMOND — A man was shot by a passing vehicle while in his car near East 165th Street and Calumet Avenue late Wednesday afternoon.
Two witnesses said they were driving west on East 165th Avenue said they were on their way to a bible study when they heard three gunshots. The victim's car was in close proximity to their vehicle. The witnesses stopped their vehicle and immediately went to help the shooting victim.
A Hammond investigator takes pictures bullet holes in a vehicle near 165th Street and Calumet Avenue in Hammond after a shooting early Wednesday evening.
"I watched him, like, seize and then I saw the color drain from his face," one of the witnesses said.
Hammond police, fire and emergency medical services were on scene around 5 p.m. processing evidence.
The witness said a police officer driving in the area stopped his vehicle and ran over to the scene. She said she gave him her jacket to drape over the victim as the officer began giving CPR.
"It was crazy," the witness said. "I've never seen anything like this."
The victim's condition is unknown.
Hammond police said they will release more information soon.
This is a developing story. Come back to nwi.com for updates.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Marlon Manning
Age : 40
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303914
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Stewart Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303910
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Tylicki
Age : 63
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303901
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jazmin Guerrero
Age : 28
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303897
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kane Jackson
Age : 25
Residence: Geneseo, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303900
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Peter Kochopolous
Age : 59
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303907
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Billy Fowler
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303899
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Franklin George
Age : 72
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303911
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Escalante
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303896
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Copollo
Age : 33
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303913
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rex Engle
Age : 45
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303915
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Roshaud Bell
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303905
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamyra Thomas
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303875
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Camden Wall
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303883
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte Phillips
Age : 28
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303878
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Reyes
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303873
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Sheppard
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303881
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ernest Murphy III
Age : 53
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303876
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua McCafferty
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303879
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Millsap Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Phoenix, AZ
Booking Number(s): 2303885
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Caroline Hamilton
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303880
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone Holyfield Sr.
Age : 64
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303890
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dale Crawley
Age : 33
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303884
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Vlietstra
Age : 59
Residence: Joliet, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303839
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Valdez
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303860
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Valleyfield
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303869
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cody Sucich
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303868
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jarred Rumph
Age : 36
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303865
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303856
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Ramirez
Age : 36
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303598
Arrest Date: April 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Reddick
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303863
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303854
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elizabeth Millan-Rodriguez
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303852
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leonard Johnson Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303850
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrian Esparza
Age : 51
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303843
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicole Fuentes
Age : 27
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303867
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Grover Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303861
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Alexanderson
Age : 38
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303844
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Becerra Hernandez
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303866
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Romell Cooper
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303841
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Micah Singleton
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303827
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Vaughn
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303819
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Nanay
Age : 63
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303820
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Collins Onchagwa
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303835
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Ottomanelli
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303822
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roberto Sanchez
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303805
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Flores
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303832
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Leverson Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303818
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaquies Moore
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303823
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Aiken
Age : 51
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303821
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martell Flippins
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303817
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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CROWN POINT — Katrina Allen and John Babbitt share different stories, each with a happy ending. And the two are not done with life.
Allen, 47, of Fort Wayne is a stem-cell recipient, while Babbitt, 62, of Dyer is a double-kidney transplant recipient. They shared their stories of healing and faith at a National Donate Life Month remembrance celebration at Franciscan Health Crown Point.
After donating blood at a plasma center, Allen learned she had multiple myeloma cancer and needed bone marrow testing in Indianapolis. There she would make more than 30 visits during treatment. She also underwent 12 weeks of chemotherapy.
There is no cure for multiple myeloma cancer, Allen learned. She had a port installed and, on June 22, 2021, she received stem cells at IU Health in Indianapolis.
“I am standing today as an example,” Allen said. “Stem cells can cure damaged tissue. God has given me a second chance to get it right.”
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According to Donate Life Indiana, which advocates and educates about organ donations, more than 4.2 million Hoosiers have registered to be an organ and tissue donor. DLI reports that more than 1,000 Hoosier residents are among the more than 106,000 Americans awaiting organ transplants.
In addition, Donate Life Illinois reports 4,000 Illinoisans are waiting for organ transplants.
Each day, 16 people die because a donated organ was not available to them.
Babbitt came through after prostate cancer and kidney cancer, despite learning he would need both kidneys replaced. While on dialysis, he lived more than three years without a functioning kidney.
“My faith in God kept me going,” Babbitt noted, recalling how people from his church offered to donate a kidney.
After one kidney transplant would not work, another donation came through, and on Feb. 11, 2016, the successful operation took place at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
“I have a mission in life,” said Babbitt, who claimed to read every Bible passage on healing. “Once you get the gift of life, you’ll never be the same again.”
Federal law prohibits the sale of organs and tissues. Organs that can be donated for transplantation include kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, and pancreas and small intestines. Tissues that can be donated include corneas, skin, heart valves, bones, veins, and tendons.
Also presenting at the program were representatives from Gift of Hope, one of 57 organ procurement organizations nationally. Gift of Hope works with 180 hospitals and 12 million people in its service area.
Mandi Williams, donation coordinator for Gift of Hope, recalled a heart transplant recipient whose post-surgery transformation was “unbelievable.”
Since 1986, Gift of Hope has saved the lives of more than 23,000 organ transplant recipients.
The hospital hosted a donor registration drive following the remembrance service. Williams reported that the 2022 Franciscan Health drive produced eight organ donors and more than 250 tissue donors.
Also speaking was Terri Tibbot, CEO of Life Line Stem Cell. Working with Franciscan Health Crown Point, Tibbot reported talking last year to 1,372 mothers about non-embryonic stem cell donations, with 408 women able to donate.
From those donations, Tibbot said, 137 plasma units, two amniotic fluids, and two cord blood units were donated.
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CROWN POINT — An East Chicago couple was hit with charges on Wednesday in connection to the death of their infant son in July, according to court records.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
The baby’s father, Eric Rangel Jr., 27, was charged with murder, aggravated battery and neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury. The baby’s mother, 23-year-old Sandra Sosa, was charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury.
Charging documents allege that on July 7, officers arrived to the family’s house on the 3000 block of Parrish Avenue in East Chicago and saw Rangel administering CPR to the two month old.
Rangel told a Department of Children and Family Services worker that the infant awoke crying, so he made him a bottle of formula, charges stated. A short while later, Rangel heard the baby coughing, so he picked him up and patted him on the back, according to charging documents.
The baby then purportedly became agitated, started struggling to breathe, defecated and went limp, according to the probable cause affidavit. Rangel then woke up Sosa, and they called 911, the affidavit stated.
An autopsy report found the baby’s cause of death was a massive head injury and the pathologist said that shaken baby syndrome/impact syndrome was a contributing factor, according to the affidavit.
The pathologist also noted that the infant was malnourished, and said his body weight was in the 3.9 percentile range, charging documents stated.
A DCFS case manager noted that the infant had not seen a doctor since his birth, but Sosa told her that an appointment had been made for July 28, charges say.
Sosa told the case manager that she made the appointment because “the baby’s coughing had gotten worse and he was gasping for air,” according to the probable cause affidavit.
Neither Rangel nor Sosa have their initial court appearances set. The couple remains at large and warrants are out for both of their arrests, court records stated.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Marlon Manning
Age : 40
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303914
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Stewart Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303910
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Tylicki
Age : 63
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303901
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jazmin Guerrero
Age : 28
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303897
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kane Jackson
Age : 25
Residence: Geneseo, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303900
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Peter Kochopolous
Age : 59
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303907
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Billy Fowler
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303899
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Franklin George
Age : 72
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303911
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Escalante
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303896
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Copollo
Age : 33
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303913
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rex Engle
Age : 45
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303915
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Roshaud Bell
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303905
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamyra Thomas
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303875
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Camden Wall
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303883
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte Phillips
Age : 28
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303878
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Reyes
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303873
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Sheppard
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303881
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ernest Murphy III
Age : 53
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303876
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua McCafferty
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303879
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Millsap Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Phoenix, AZ
Booking Number(s): 2303885
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Caroline Hamilton
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303880
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone Holyfield Sr.
Age : 64
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303890
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dale Crawley
Age : 33
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303884
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Vlietstra
Age : 59
Residence: Joliet, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303839
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Valdez
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303860
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Valleyfield
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303869
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cody Sucich
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303868
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jarred Rumph
Age : 36
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303865
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303856
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Ramirez
Age : 36
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303598
Arrest Date: April 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Reddick
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303863
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303854
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elizabeth Millan-Rodriguez
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303852
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leonard Johnson Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303850
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrian Esparza
Age : 51
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303843
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicole Fuentes
Age : 27
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303867
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Grover Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303861
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Alexanderson
Age : 38
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303844
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Becerra Hernandez
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303866
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Romell Cooper
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303841
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Micah Singleton
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303827
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Vaughn
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303819
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Nanay
Age : 63
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303820
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Collins Onchagwa
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303835
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Ottomanelli
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303822
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roberto Sanchez
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303805
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Flores
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303832
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Leverson Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303818
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaquies Moore
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303823
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Aiken
Age : 51
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303821
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martell Flippins
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303817
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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CROWN POINT — Proceedings began Monday in the murder trial of a Hammond man who allegedly shot a man outside of a Hammond smoke shop in April 2022.
Marcus A. Ross, 29, was charged with murder and criminal recklessness. The criminal recklessness charge was dropped because the victim would not cooperate with prosecutors, according to a motion to dismiss filed on Monday.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
Charging documents allege that on April 1, 2022, Ross shot 27-year-old Zackery Smith, of Chicago, in retribution to an earlier confrontation during which Smith pointed a gun at Ross.
The probable cause affidavit showed that Ross left Oasis Smoke Shop, located at 5535 State Line Ave., shortly after the argument and got into the car with Mychael Thomas, 27.
Smith then moved his car into the spot where Thomas’s car was parked and purportedly sold a woman marijuana, according to charging documents. Approximately three minutes later, Ross and Thomas returned in Thomas’s grey Acura.
Ross got out of the car, walked toward Smith and fired several shots, charges say. Ross then ran south around the smoke shop parking lot while Thomas drove around the area and searched for him, charging documents stated.
Prosecutors played the surveillance footage from the Oasis parking lot for the jury in court on Tuesday.
After Smith was shot, he got back into his car and drove, until he rear-ended another vehicle on State Line Avenue and Pulaski Road, according to charging documents. He was airlifted to Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, where he was eventually pronounced dead, the probable cause affidavit stated.
After the shooting, Ross could be seen on surveillance footage outside of a residence near the smoke shop. Officers later found paperwork for Djuric Trucking, which had Ross’s name on it and the company’s credit card in the alley near the residence, as well as a debit card that appeared to belong to Ross.
Defense attorneys argued that Ross shot Smith out of self-defense, but police testified on Wednesday that when they searched the area where Smith was crouching during the shooting, they found no bullet casings.
Thomas, of East Chicago, was also charged with murder. Her next court appearance is set for May 31 in Judge Gina Jones’s courtroom.
Ross’s trial is set to continue on Thursday in Judge Gina Jones’s courtroom.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Marlon Manning
Age : 40
Residence: South Holland, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303914
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Stewart Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303910
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
John Tylicki
Age : 63
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303901
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jazmin Guerrero
Age : 28
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303897
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kane Jackson
Age : 25
Residence: Geneseo, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303900
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Peter Kochopolous
Age : 59
Residence: Highland, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303907
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD; STRANGULATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Billy Fowler
Age : 29
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303899
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Franklin George
Age : 72
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303911
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jasmine Escalante
Age : 37
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303896
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joshua Copollo
Age : 33
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303913
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rex Engle
Age : 45
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303915
Arrest Date: April 24, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG; OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Roshaud Bell
Age : 21
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303905
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jamyra Thomas
Age : 22
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303875
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Camden Wall
Age : 18
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303883
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devonte Phillips
Age : 28
Residence: Lansing, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303878
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Melissa Reyes
Age : 38
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303873
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Griffith Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - TOUCH W/NO INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Brian Sheppard
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303881
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ernest Murphy III
Age : 53
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303876
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua McCafferty
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303879
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Millsap Jr.
Age : 35
Residence: Phoenix, AZ
Booking Number(s): 2303885
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Cedar Lake Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Caroline Hamilton
Age : 25
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303880
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Tyrone Holyfield Sr.
Age : 64
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303890
Arrest Date: April 23, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Dale Crawley
Age : 33
Residence: DeMotte, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303884
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT DEFENDANT USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jeffery Vlietstra
Age : 59
Residence: Joliet, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303839
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY - RESIDENTIAL ENTRY - BREAKING AND ENTERING
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Adam Valdez
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303860
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ryan Valleyfield
Age : 28
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303869
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Cody Sucich
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303868
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jarred Rumph
Age : 36
Residence: Elkhart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303865
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI; RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Lamont Murdaugh
Age : 23
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303856
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicholas Ramirez
Age : 36
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303598
Arrest Date: April 14, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Edward Reddick
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303863
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Ronald Kelley Jr.
Age : 49
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303854
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Crown Point Police Department
Offense Description: OPERATING A VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING PRIVILEGES ARE SUSPENDED
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Elizabeth Millan-Rodriguez
Age : 19
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303852
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Leonard Johnson Jr.
Age : 28
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303850
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Andrian Esparza
Age : 51
Residence: Whiting, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303843
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nicole Fuentes
Age : 27
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303867
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Grover Jr.
Age : 43
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303861
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR AN UNRELATED CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Amy Alexanderson
Age : 38
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303844
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jose Becerra Hernandez
Age : 20
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303866
Arrest Date: April 22, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Romell Cooper
Age : 23
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303841
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - AGAINST A PREGNANT PERSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Micah Singleton
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303827
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Vaughn
Age : 26
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303819
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - COUNTERFEITING AND APPLICATION FRAUD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Nanay
Age : 63
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303820
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - ORGANIZED THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Collins Onchagwa
Age : 35
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303835
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Dyer Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jessica Ottomanelli
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303822
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roberto Sanchez
Age : 42
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303805
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samantha Flores
Age : 35
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303832
Arrest Date: April 21, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lowell Police Department
Offense Description: FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tyrone Leverson Jr.
Age : 36
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303818
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaquies Moore
Age : 28
Residence: Dolton, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303823
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT DEF. USES A VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Thomas Aiken
Age : 51
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303821
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Martell Flippins
Age : 35
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2303817
Arrest Date: April 20, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: HOMICIDE - MURDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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CARLTON — A sex offender allegedly used a fan motor to bludgeon a security counselor before stomping on his head and bragging about the "unprovoked" attack, officials said Wednesday.
Nicolas Ladell Aron-Jones, 29, has a history as a combative client at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program in Moose Lake, having been convicted of assaulting staff, making threats or damaging property on at least five prior occasions since 2015.
However, Monday's alleged assault is believed to be one of the most serious in the facility's 27-year history, leading to a traumatic brain injury that required the 53-year-old employee to be airlifted to an advanced care hospital.
“We are deeply disturbed by such a brutal, senseless attack," Nancy Johnston, MSOP executive director, said in a statement. "I’m grateful to those who tried to intervene and protect our coworker. Our hearts are with him and his family, and we’ll be there to support him as he recovers.”
The employee was not identified in court documents and a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, which operates the program, said the agency is not able to offer any update on his condition due to data privacy requirements.
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A criminal complaint states that the security officer was making his rounds when Aron-Jones approached him from behind and struck him with a heavy object, which was later determined to be the fan motor in a pillowcase. The employee fell to the ground and was unable to defend himself as Aron-Jones swung the weapon at his head and body several more times, the complaint states.
The defendant allegedly kicked and stomped on the counselor's head eight times before being pushed away by other staff and sprayed with a chemical irritant. As he retreated to his room and was transported to another area of the facility, Aron-Jones allegedly yelled threats and made a series of comments including: "His man saved his life because I was going to kill that motherf---."
The complaint states that the staff member was flown to an unspecified hospital and diagnosed with a traumatic subarachnoid hematoma, along with other injuries including a laceration to the eye.
Aron-Jones, according to documents, was convicted of multiple sex crimes and violent offenses as a juvenile in the Twin Cities area. He has been in local jails, the state prison system and various treatment facilities since his teenage years, and he is currently under indefinite commitment to MSOP as a "sexually dangerous person."
A 2015 commitment order indicates he was charged in juvenile court in 2009 with molesting 9- and 15-year-old boys, later pleading guilty to second-degree criminal sexual conduct. He was ordered to undergo treatment and subsequently admitted to a count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct for assaulting a female staff member at a group home.
As an adult, Aron-Jones was convicted of exposing himself to a developmentally disabled woman at a park, biting a correctional worker and violating predatory offender registration requirements.
In his time at Moose Lake, he has been found guilty of third-degree assault, two counts of fourth-degree assault, making terroristic threats and first-degree damage to property — all felonies.
Court documents indicate he has repeatedly threaten to kill staff members and has punched, bit and spit on employees in previous unprovoked attacks. In one case, a worker was briefly knocked unconscious by Aron-Jones and kicked several times while he was on the ground. In another, he reportedly grabbed a female worker while brandishing a sharpened plastic object and stating that he was "in prison for life and had nothing to lose."
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Aron-Jones received prison time for all five incidents at Moose Lake and has at times been moved to the custody of the Minnesota Department of Corrections. However, the sentences had little practical effect as he remains subject to the civil commitment.
The sex offender program has been controversial for decades, allowing the state — with a judge's approval — to hold offenders well beyond after their criminal sentence is fulfilled. It is considered a treatment program, but very few clients have been successfully discharged back into the community, and many have spent decades locked up at the Moose Lake and St. Peter facilities.
Another serious attack happened at Moose Lake in 2019, when sex offender George Mack Jr. used a razor blade to slash the throat of clinician Zachary Campbell. Officials described that as "one of the most serious attacks" in the program's history, and it resulted in Mack receiving the statutory maximum 20 years in prison for attempted murder.
Aron-Jones reportedly cited Mack by name while threatening to stab staff members just weeks afterward.
Human Services spokesman Christopher Sprung said the agency is conducting a review of Monday's incident and offering counseling to employees. He indicated there are hundreds of cameras across the the campus and there is a "well-trained and equipped incident response team that can act quickly in emergency situations."
Sprung said the facility has two behavioral units that allow for more intensive monitoring, but only on a short-term basis while staff works to get clients "back on track." There are also single-room, high-security areas that can be used in the event of a security concern, though state law and rules limit their usage.
"Because MSOP is a treatment facility, not a prison, clients are not locked in their rooms but have varying levels of liberty," Sprung said. "The unit where clients live and their freedom to move about the campus are based on behavior. The program uses a multi-tier system to assign clients increasing levels of movement."
He said the agency could not comment on Aron-Jones due to client privacy regulations but added: "Safety for staff and clients is our top priority."
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Aron-Jones was arraigned Wednesday on charges of attempted second-degree murder and first-, second- and third-degree assault. He faces up to 20 years in prison, if convicted.
He is being held at the Carlton County Jail, with Judge Rebekka Stumme setting his next appearance for May 15. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/moose-lake-sex-offender-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-staff-member | 2023-05-04T00:54:52 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/moose-lake-sex-offender-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-staff-member |
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Street cameras in downtown Cape Coral have been offline for seven months.
On Tuesday, the Cape Coral Community Redevelopment Agency announced more than 100 street cameras need to be assessed after Hurricane Ian knocked the power out of the system.
Broken cameras resting on light posts can be seen when walking along SE 47th Terrace.
Businesses are having to rely on their own cameras to survey their own properties, as well as others.
People working and visiting the downtown area say the lack of visibility is giving people an opportunity to get away with crimes.
The city said it will cost around $90,000 to restore power to the operating system. From there, crews will assess and replace broken cameras as needed.
The reinstallation process is expected to take between six and eight weeks. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/03/cape-coral-to-assess-broken-downtown-street-cameras-amid-safety-concerns/ | 2023-05-04T00:57:42 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/03/cape-coral-to-assess-broken-downtown-street-cameras-amid-safety-concerns/ |
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Ever since Lee County finished widening the road last week, many say Burnt Store Road deserves a new name…the Burnt Store Speedway.
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“I’m seeing people pass me surely going 75-80 miles per hour,” said Brian Freeman, who lives in the northwest Cape.
The speed limit along Burnt Store Road just north of Pine Island Road starts at 45 miles per hour. It then bumps up to 50 mph as you travel north.
The county said 28 speed limit signs were installed in the widened area to remind you.
But drivers said the fresh pavement has people pushing the limit.
“I think people are glad to be doing more than 25 miles per hour. They’re been doing that for like three years,” laughed William Perez.
On Wednesday, we took our own radar out to the area. Within seconds, catching a driver going 65 mph, another at 66 mph, and a third at 67 mph.
Going 17 mph over the limit will cost you around $250.
Cape Coral Police said speed enforcement happens citywide.
Several in the northwest Cape hope the improved stretch of Burnt Store becomes a bigger focus.
“We don’t want this to become a racetrack,” said Freeman. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/05/03/drivers-concerned-about-speedsters-along-burnt-store-road/amp/ | 2023-05-04T01:02:06 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/05/03/drivers-concerned-about-speedsters-along-burnt-store-road/amp/ |
Two representatives from Cumberland County have been named to a new committee formed by the state attorney general to strengthen collaboration between law enforcement and community-based violence intervention organizations, the state said Wednesday.
Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae and John Fuqua, founder of youth outreach group Life Worth Living in Bridgeton, will join the attorney general's Multidisciplinary Public Safety Innovation Working Group.
The group is composed of violence intervention experts, law enforcement professionals and community leaders, the Attorney General's Office said in a news release.
The New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety is working to improve how law enforcement officers interact with members of the community, with a particular emphasis on individuals experiencing mental health crises, emotional distress and substance use disorder, the state said.
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“Our efforts to transform public safety in New Jersey will be strengthened by the contributions offered by this multidisciplinary team,” said Platkin. “These individuals have all been chosen for their perspective, expertise and commitment to supporting innovative approaches to public safety. Together, we can create a blueprint that can be adapted by communities throughout New Jersey and beyond.” | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cumberland-county-prosecutor-to-join-attorney-general-anti-violence-committee/article_5b6d89c2-ea07-11ed-a524-97996c4ab146.html | 2023-05-04T01:03:34 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/cumberland-county-prosecutor-to-join-attorney-general-anti-violence-committee/article_5b6d89c2-ea07-11ed-a524-97996c4ab146.html |
ATLANTIC CITY — For fans of Ventnor's Cardinal Bistro, which closed in 2019, waiting five months after owner Michael Brennan made the announcement that a new Cardinal restaurant would open in the Orange Loop was exciting.
City resident Sam Barby is a supporter of Brennan, who doubles as the executive chef of Cardinal. He said the new restaurant was something that people have been excited about for a long time.
"I've had the pleasure to watch Chef Michael Brennan for many years. I remember the start of Cardinal Bistro in Ventnor and the conception of the Cardinal Dinner Club," said Barby about Brennan's first restaurant, which opened in 2016. "Watching him move on to become the head chef at Josie Kelly's in Northfield and grow their menu into something that patrons from all around would talk about, and continue to talk about, proves his culinary expertise has been amazing."
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The new Cardinal opened April 26, but a small ribbon-cutting ceremony was held in Wednesday's drizzles so others in the community, like Barby, could welcome the restaurant. Others in attendance included Cardinal co-owner Tom Brennan, partners Evan Sanchez and Zenith Shah, real estate developer Pat Fasano and Mayor Marty Small Sr.
"We’re proud to join our fellow businesses in the Orange Loop and become an active part of the community here," said Brennan, who has partnered with city nonprofits like the C.R.O.P.S. farmers market and the Atlantic City Arts Foundation to allow local artists to beautify the Cardinal site. "The support from the city has been strong, from Mayor Small to Councilman Shabazz to police Chief Sarkos, we’re all about partnerships and contributing to the city’s ongoing rebirth.”
The former Ventnor housed 40 seats and was BYOB, but the new Cardinal at 201 S. New York Ave. seats more than 125 guests inside with more seating outside, two bars, a lounge area and more.
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Cardinal is located at the site of the former Cajun cuisine bar and restaurant Bourre. Brennan said he plans to use the outdoor stage for live music and entertainment once they expand the restaurant to include outdoor seating in their patio and garden areas.
The inside houses plenty of greenery, wood and plants, complementing the restaurant's open, modern vibes. The natural aesthetic of Cardinal also pairs with Brennan's goal to use seasonal, sustainable and responsibly sourced ingredients from the surrounding area and the state.
Barby said after sampling what Cardinal had to offer customers, he thinks it will prove to other chefs and restaurateurs that opening a restaurant in Atlantic City that isn't in a casino is not only safe, but a wise choice.
Brennan said he's committed to raising the bar for hospitality and fine dining in Atlantic City, but doing so in a casual, welcoming setting.
“Opening Cardinal in the Orange Loop feels like a dream come true," said Brennan. "We’re making good on a pledge to our community to create an essential place to dine, enjoy quality cuisine and experience fun, elevated hospitality."
Cardinal is open for dinner from 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Its bar and lounge are open from 5 p.m. to midnight those same nights. Call 609-246-6670 or visit cardinal-ac.com for more information. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/four-years-after-ventnor-closing-cardinal-bistro-finds-new-home-in-atlantic-citys-orange-loop/article_00342492-e9d2-11ed-a42b-eb3a03fde6b4.html | 2023-05-04T01:03:40 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/four-years-after-ventnor-closing-cardinal-bistro-finds-new-home-in-atlantic-citys-orange-loop/article_00342492-e9d2-11ed-a42b-eb3a03fde6b4.html |
HADDONFIELD — The Ocean City High School baseball team never recovered from the first inning Wednesday afternoon.
Mike Lucarelli and Dom Aversa hit back-to-back home runs in the bottom of the first to propel No. 15 seed Paul VI to a 10-0 win over the 18th-seeded Red Raiders in a Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic first-round game.
Paul VI (10-3) sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the bottom of the first. Lucarelli hit a three-run home run. Aversa followed with a solo shot.
Lucarelli finished 2 for 4 with two runs scored. Matt Morad had an RBI double and scored two runs for Paul VI. Nick Matteo allowed four singles in 4⅓ innings to earn the win.
The 49th annual Diamond Classic expanded from 16 teams to 24 this season. The single-elimination tournament is named after the deceased Hartmann, who coached Eastern Regional and was a long-time fixture on the South Jersey baseball scene.
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St. Augustine Prep is the defending champion. Shawnee is this year’s top seed.
Paul VI will play at No. 2 seed Gloucester Catholic in Saturday’s second round.
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2B—Lucarelli, Petrillo, Morad PVI. HR—Lucarelli, Aversa PVI
WP—Matteo. LP—Edwardi | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/ocean-city-falls-to-paul-vi-in-first-round-of-diamond-classic/article_a9671d8a-ea04-11ed-ba7e-ffa8e701a257.html | 2023-05-04T01:03:46 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/ocean-city-falls-to-paul-vi-in-first-round-of-diamond-classic/article_a9671d8a-ea04-11ed-ba7e-ffa8e701a257.html |
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Two juveniles were arrested following a shots fired incident in Harrisburg.
According to Harrisburg's Director of Communications Matt Maisel, shortly after 3:40 p.m., police received a phone call about shots fired in the area of 6th and Emerald Streets.
Officers were reportedly already in the area and witnessed the shots being fired.
Two juveniles were arrested and the gun was recovered.
According to Maisel, there were no injuries or reported property damage.
At this time, the ages of the juveniles are unknown. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/two-juveniles-arrested-harrisburg-shooting/521-8454c5f6-cd43-4a02-8c76-5109f9ce96b1 | 2023-05-04T01:06:26 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/two-juveniles-arrested-harrisburg-shooting/521-8454c5f6-cd43-4a02-8c76-5109f9ce96b1 |
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — A 17-year-old from Monroe County is facing multiple charges relating to swatting calls made across the country as well as possession of child porn.
Pennsylvania State Police say they were contacted by the Collin County Sheriff's Office out of Texas in regards to "swatting calls." "Swatting" is when a person contacts emergency services to report a crisis, but it is just a ruse to get the police to respond to a seemingly random location.
Through investigating, which included digital forensics, The Sheriff's Office in Texas established Jackson Township, Pennsylvania, as the place where the calls were made from April 5th.
According to Collin County officials, a swatting call was made from someone saying that he had shot and killed his mother and was going to either kill himself or do it by means of suicide by cop.
Multiple law enforcement agencies in that part of Texas responded to a home in Princeton, Texas. In total, 32 peace officers, EMS, and firefighters arrived at the Meadow Creek Drive home.
Princeton Police Department says the homeowner was contacted and was not dead but very much alive.
Pennsylvania State Police say in a news release that on May 2, with assistance from investigators from the Collin County Sheriff's Office, they served a search warrant on the Monroe County, Pennsylvania home.
On the juvenile's computer, a total of nine swatting calls were found to be made to Texas, Florida, Oregon, California, Tennessee, and Kentucky, as well as other locations across the country.
In addition to those calls, child pornography was discovered on the teen's computer.
The 17-year-old male was taken into custody.
A juvenile petition has been filed against him with charges of possession of child pornography, false alarms, false reports, and possession of instruments of a crime.
The teen is being held at the Bucks County Juvenile Detention Center while he awaits his preliminary hearing.
This investigation is ongoing, and we will provide more details as they become available.
Want to see what Newswatch 16's newscasts were like in 1983 and 1984? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/teen-from-monroe-county-charged-for-swatting-calls-across-the-us-and-child-porn-possession-jackson-township-pennsylvania/523-da5f9b85-bf61-4912-9f86-ffeae1328cb1 | 2023-05-04T01:08:22 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/teen-from-monroe-county-charged-for-swatting-calls-across-the-us-and-child-porn-possession-jackson-township-pennsylvania/523-da5f9b85-bf61-4912-9f86-ffeae1328cb1 |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Every time Liesl Manone takes her pug Enzo for a walk, she's on the lookout.
That's because after a recent dog walk Enzo's demeanor changed dramatically.
"We were sitting here, right here and I noticed he was just moving like this and looking around. It was very strange," Manone said.
Enzo's strange behavior convinced Manone to take him to the vet. Shockingly, they revealed Enzo was high from ingesting marijuana.
"They said this dog has marijuana. I said, I don't have any marijuana in my house. Where would he have gotten it?" said Manone.
That's when Manone recalled Enzo eating something during their walk. She shared with WFAA that before she could get Enzo to release whatever it was he swallowed it. They then continued their walk.
These days, animal emergency room doctor Lindsay Robinson can spot marijuana toxicity right away. She treats pets for it at the Fort Worth Animal Emergency Hospital.
"It's really just I.V. fluids to flush them out. Time. Nausea, control and then controlling any of the secondary symptoms they get. If they get seizures, we control that," Robinson said.
Robinson shared with WFAA that many times when they detect marijuana toxicity in pets the owners may not feel comfortable sharing how exactly the exposure or ingestion happened.
Vets are rarely concerned about the cause and are more concerned about making sure the pets are nursed back to health.
Pet toxicity is rarely fatal. The impact sometimes depends largely on the amount ingested and the size of the pet. Time of the ingestion plays a huge role in each case, as well.
"If they get seizures, we can control that. They can get comatose to the fact that they have trouble breathing. Some of these dogs need to be intubated and kept on like a ventilator for a day or so," said Robinson.
"Most of the dogs are going to get better within the first 12-to-24-hour period, and I mean markedly better. But in the worse cases, it could take up to three to four days to totally get it out of their system so they can still be a little drunk at home or a little affected or a little reactive," she added.
What happened to Enzo is more common than pet owners think -- not only across the country, but even in North Texas.
According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, pet marijuana ingestion cases increased by 11% last year. That's on top of the 6,200 cases reported in 2021.
In the five-year period from 2018 to 2022, cases jumped by 300%.
Now, after a huge animal hospital bill, Manone will be paying more attention to what Enzo is sniffing on the ground during their walks.
"$615 for, you know, liquids, nausea medication and some peace of mind," Manone said.
Her peace of mind includes sharing what happened to Enzo and urging people to stop discarding their unused marijuana cigarettes. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/concerned-fort-worth-texas-pet-owner-asking-marijuana-users-favor-after-dog-got-high/287-52a5b854-6e6d-46b3-a873-cdaeba24681c | 2023-05-04T01:12:16 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/concerned-fort-worth-texas-pet-owner-asking-marijuana-users-favor-after-dog-got-high/287-52a5b854-6e6d-46b3-a873-cdaeba24681c |
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — A 17-year-old from Monroe County is facing multiple charges relating to swatting calls made across the country as well as possession of child porn.
Pennsylvania State Police say they were contacted by the Collin County Sheriff's Office out of Texas in regards to "swatting calls." "Swatting" is when a person contacts emergency services to report a crisis, but it is just a ruse to get the police to respond to a seemingly random location.
Through investigating, which included digital forensics, The Sheriff's Office in Texas established Jackson Township, Pennsylvania, as the place where the calls were made from April 5th.
According to Collin County officials, a swatting call was made from someone saying that he had shot and killed his mother and was going to either kill himself or do it by means of suicide by cop.
Multiple law enforcement agencies in that part of Texas responded to a home in Princeton, Texas. In total, 32 peace officers, EMS, and firefighters arrived at the Meadow Creek Drive home.
Princeton Police Department says the homeowner was contacted and was not dead but very much alive.
Pennsylvania State Police say in a news release that on May 2, with assistance from investigators from the Collin County Sheriff's Office, they served a search warrant on the Monroe County, Pennsylvania home.
On the juvenile's computer, a total of nine swatting calls were found to be made to Texas, Florida, Oregon, California, Tennessee, and Kentucky, as well as other locations across the country.
In addition to those calls, child pornography was discovered on the teen's computer.
The 17-year-old male was taken into custody.
A juvenile petition has been filed against him with charges of possession of child pornography, false alarms, false reports, and possession of instruments of a crime.
The teen is being held at the Bucks County Juvenile Detention Center while he awaits his preliminary hearing.
This investigation is ongoing, and we will provide more details as they become available.
Want to see what Newswatch 16's newscasts were like in 1983 and 1984? Head on over to WNEP's YouTube. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/teen-from-monroe-county-charged-for-swatting-calls-across-the-us-and-child-porn-possession-jackson-township-pennsylvania/523-da5f9b85-bf61-4912-9f86-ffeae1328cb1 | 2023-05-04T01:12:22 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/teen-from-monroe-county-charged-for-swatting-calls-across-the-us-and-child-porn-possession-jackson-township-pennsylvania/523-da5f9b85-bf61-4912-9f86-ffeae1328cb1 |
HOUSTON — Texans were told to prepare for a "new reality" Wednesday after energy experts announced demand for power this summer will likely outweigh the supply.
“Data shows, for the first time, that the peak demand for electricity this summer will exceed the amount we can generate from on-demand, dispatchable power," said Peter Lake, chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
On-demand, dispatchable power refers to coal plants, nuclear energy, and natural gas. These forms of power can be controlled by people and have an “on/off switch."
Non-dispatchable, or renewable energy, includes solar and wind energy, which can’t be controlled by people.
Lake said when it comes to operations, the ERCOT grid is working better than ever and is ready for the heat, but the most pressing issue is the population growth and there not being enough energy sources.
Lake said from 2008 to 2022, Texas only added 1.5% in dispatchable power, however, the population grew by 24%. Renewable sources continue to grow, adding about 4,400 combined megawatts of wind and solar energy since last summer; however, these kinds of energy sources aren’t a guarantee as they rely on wind and sun.
In ERCOT’s Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy report (SARA), it estimated this summer’s demand to be 6,000 megawatts higher than last year, smashing the record. So, on the hottest days when there’s not enough dispatchable power, Texans will be relying on renewable energy to keep the lights on.
This summer, especially on a hot day when the sun sets and it's not windy, Texans may be asked to conserve. This scenario unfolded 12 times last summer.
“The urgency to move forward, with meaningful electric market reforms that will incentivize the development of dispensable generation, remains extremely high,” said Pablo Vegas, President, and CEO, ERCOT. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-energy-supply/285-6a529fd6-c3b2-4518-aa1e-b7ae162e47b8 | 2023-05-04T01:12:28 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-energy-supply/285-6a529fd6-c3b2-4518-aa1e-b7ae162e47b8 |
NORMAL — Lane closures are planned Thursday in the southbound turn lane of Fort Jesse Road onto Veterans Parkway as the Town of Normal completes sewer lining work.
The closure begins at 7 a.m. Thursday and will continue until 6 p.m. that day, weather permitting.
Drivers are urged to use caution when traveling through the area.
A map highlighting the road closure can be found at www.arcg.is/1Sy9jm0 .
Questions can be directed toward the town at 309-454-9741.
Crews from the Bloomington and Normal fire departments extinguished a blaze that destroyed a heavy flatbed truck parked at the Pilot Travel Center, 1522 W. Market St., on April 28.
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HOUSTON — Passengers leaving Houston's Bush Intercontinental Aiport to head to Atlanta Wednesday weren't the only ones ready for vacation.
Hoping to catch a Delta flight out of the Bayou City was a group of bees that were found hanging on one of the wings of the aircraft.
And we're not talking just a dozen or so bees. A picture from Twitter user Anjali Enjeti shows a swarm of hundreds of bees that found shelter on the wing of the aircraft.
Through Twitter, Enjeti described how the airline announced it was getting a beekeeper to remove the bees but later the captain said the beekeeper was not allowed to touch the plane and pest control was not allowed to spray them off either.
After exhausting other bee-removal options and delaying the flight for about three hours, the airline said it was finally able to safely shake the bees loose by using some ground equipment.
Delta said "bee-lieve it or not," this kind of swarming of bees upon an aircraft is rare, but not unheard of.
Over in Sugar Land, beehives were actually built at Sugar Land Regional Airport's undeveloped property after bees spent years using the airport as its residence.
The airport decided not to get rid of the bees in an effort to make a positive impact on the community and environment.
Each hive at the Sugar Land Regional Airport will house nearly 40,000 bees and pollinate around three to five acres of land, the city said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/delta-airplane-bees-houston/285-eebd12f2-7d52-4f1a-983d-95cd5138ff1b | 2023-05-04T01:17:49 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/delta-airplane-bees-houston/285-eebd12f2-7d52-4f1a-983d-95cd5138ff1b |
OXFORD, Miss. (WTVA) — Cyberstalking is an issue for folks all across the country, including in north Mississippi.
Cyberstalking involves using the internet and other technologies to harass or stalk another person online.
Some signs may be that someone messages you too much or manipulates you into interacting with them online.
"If somebody is continuing bothering you like that and you've asked them to stop, just always feel free to come to us,” Breck Jones of the Oxford Police Department said. “We're here 24/7. We will take the report and we'll take the steps needed to make you feel safe."
Cyberstalking is a felony under Mississippi law. Anyone convicted of cyberstalking can face up to two years in prison and a hefty fine. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/cyberstalking-is-all-too-common-nowadays/article_2104a8e0-e9f0-11ed-95a6-17acd6c8a5de.html | 2023-05-04T01:17:55 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/cyberstalking-is-all-too-common-nowadays/article_2104a8e0-e9f0-11ed-95a6-17acd6c8a5de.html |
FULTON, Miss. (WTVA) — In the wake of recent shootings in Mississippi and across the country, it’s clear the role of a law enforcement officer is a difficult and dangerous one.
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety just reported its third officer-involved shooting this week.
One happened in Gulfport, another in George County and a third in Bolivar County.
WTVA reporter Garner Montgomery rode along with Capt. Josh Hill of the Itawamba County Sheriff’s Department.
Hill, who has been in law enforcement for more than 16 years, said he loves protecting his community.
"We're doing it for something that's bigger than ourselves,” he said. “It's selfless service that — we may not be going home. We're going to try but we may not make it; but you know, we're going to do the best we can."
He said almost all interactions with the community pose no danger but officers are trained to deal with threats when they appear.
Montgomery also spoke with Tupelo Police Chief John Quaka about the life of a law enforcement officer.
"When you do a traffic stop, you don't know how many people are in the car,” Quaka said. “You don't know their criminal history. You don't know what their intentions are and you don't know what weapons may or may not be in the car. So every interaction with the public potentially can be dangerous for an officer."
He continued, “It can be stressful at times, but you also have to be, you know, spiritually in tune and ready for the worst."
The mindset of always preparing for the worst-case scenario helps officers in the field do their job, but the stress can take a toll on their mental health.
"Officers have a higher suicide rate,” Quaka said. “They tend to die at an early age upon retirement. So it's a very stressful job day in and day out because every time you come to work, you have to bring your best."
Hill said he enjoys working with the public and the enjoyment is what makes the risks worth it. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/local-law-enforcement-shares-the-dangers-and-stress-of-being-in-the-line-of-duty/article_d3ea31ac-e9f8-11ed-857b-333d9a3a84e8.html | 2023-05-04T01:18:01 | 1 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/local-law-enforcement-shares-the-dangers-and-stress-of-being-in-the-line-of-duty/article_d3ea31ac-e9f8-11ed-857b-333d9a3a84e8.html |
On May 5th, 2023, at 6:50 a.m., the Coos County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a report of a stolen pick-up from Curry County, last seen traveling northbound on U.S. Hwy 101.
The truck was described as a red Dodge 3500. The vehicle was reported to be owned by a logging company and contained several thousand dollars of equipment and a firearm.
After receiving this information, Deputy H. Francis began patrolling southbound on U.S. Hwy 101 to attempt to locate the stolen pick-up. Deputy Francis passed by the vehicle near Dew Valley Ln south of Bandon. Deputy Francis turned her patrol vehicle around and attempted to perform a traffic stop of the stolen vehicle.
The vehicle failed to yield, and Deputy Francis became involved in a vehicle pursuit with the stolen vehicle. The pick-up turned onto Two Mile Lane and continued westbound at approximately 80 miles per hour while Deputy Francis followed with her emergency lights and siren activated. The pick-up turned onto Rosewood Lane and pulled into one of the driveways on Rosewood Ln, and stopped.
Deputy Francis and Chief Dhillon from the Bandon Police Department took the pick-up driver, Caitlin A. Wakefield (28), into custody without incident. However, a man who was a passenger in the vehicle fled into the brush from the location on foot. Coos County Sheriff’s K9 Cena was called to track for the passenger; however, the passenger was not located after a long track.
Caitlin A. Wakefield (28) was arrested on the charges of eluding by vehicle, Possession of a stolen vehicle (UUMV), ID Theft, Reckless endangering, and Reckless driving and transported to the Coos County Jail, where she is currently in custody. | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/woman-arrested-after-curry-county-vehicle-theft-and-high-speed-pursuit-south-of-bandon/article_8d88630e-ea03-11ed-9709-97d2e8fb6e8d.html | 2023-05-04T01:18:53 | 1 | https://theworldlink.com/news/local/woman-arrested-after-curry-county-vehicle-theft-and-high-speed-pursuit-south-of-bandon/article_8d88630e-ea03-11ed-9709-97d2e8fb6e8d.html |
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SANDPOINT — At a brewery in this northern Idaho city, hundreds of people recently held a wake of sorts to mourn the closure of Sandpoint’s only labor and delivery ward, collateral damage from the state’s Republican-led effort to criminalize nearly all abortions.
Jen Quintano, the event’s organizer and a Sandpoint resident who runs a tree service, called to the crowd, packed shoulder to shoulder as children ran underfoot, “Raise your hand if you were born at Bonner General! Raise your hand if you gave birth at Bonner General!” Nearly everyone raised their hand.
Later this month, the hospital, founded in 1949 near the shores of Lake Pend Oreille, will stop providing services for expectant mothers, forcing patients across northern Idaho to travel at least an additional hour for care. In June, a second Idaho hospital, Valor Health, in the rural city of Emmett, will also halt labor and delivery services.
Those decisions came within months of Idaho’s abortion ban, one of the nation’s strictest, going into effect in August 2022. Physicians can now perform the medical procedure only to stop the death of a pregnant woman or in the case of rape or incest reported to the police.
In March, Bonner General Health officials said the law was a driving force in the closure, noting Idaho’s legal and political climate.
“Highly respected, talented physicians are leaving,” the hospital wrote in a statement. “Recruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult. In addition, the Idaho Legislature continues to introduce and pass bills that criminalize physicians for medical care nationally recognized as the standard of care.”
OB-GYNS FACE DANGEROUS DILEMMAS
Amelia Huntsberger, an OB-GYN, has delivered babies and treated miscarriages at Bonner General for more than a decade. Soon after abortion became illegal here, she saw a patient with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy — where a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus — and faced a dangerous dilemma. The state law did not allow physicians to terminate ectopic pregnancies, which are never viable.
“I went to the emergency room and evaluated the patient,” Huntsberger said. “Her vital signs were stable at the time of my evaluation, but I knew based on her imaging we needed to move quickly to stabilize her.”
Huntsberger said her duty as a doctor was clear — to prioritize the safety of her patient — but added that she “also knew that I was putting myself potentially at risk of felony charges, which would have a minimum of two years in jail, [and] loss of my medical license for six months.”
She added, “I took care of multiple cases of ruptured ectopic pregnancy in the first weeks following that law going into effect.”
The Idaho Supreme Court has since ruled that the law does not apply to ectopic or molar pregnancies, a rare complication caused by an unusual growth of cells. But physicians say that limited change does not account for many common pregnancy complications that can escalate rapidly.
That has led to deep frustration and turmoil in hospital emergency rooms.
“When is it OK for me to act?” Huntsberger said. “Do I wait until she bleeds out? Do I wait until we do CPR? When is it that I can intervene? How close to death does she need to be before I take care of her?”
State Rep. Mark Sauter, a Republican from this lakeside community 60 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington, said he hadn’t thought much about the state abortion ban.
“It really wasn’t high on my radar other than I’m a pro-life guy, and I ran that way,” he said during an interview at his home overlooking the lake and forested mountains. “I didn’t see it as having a real big community impact.”
Then in December, Sauter had dinner with Huntsberger, whose husband is an emergency physician at Bonner General. “They started explaining all the details of what’s going on and how it was uncomfortable for them,” Sauter said.
Those conversations proved revelatory. “You get exposed to something, all of a sudden you go, ‘Wow, there’s a different way to look at this,’” he said. “‘What are we going to do about all this?’”
With Sandpoint’s maternity ward closing, Sauter supported a bill that would have allowed doctors to terminate pregnancies to protect a woman’s health, not just prevent her death. But that effort was shot down by other Republicans during a committee hearing in late March.
“The list was endless when we began considering the conditions that could fall under that language,” said Rep. Julianne Young, a Republican from Blackfoot. “We want to make sure that health of the mother doesn’t become so broad that everything becomes an exception to take the life of a potential child.”
The effects of the ban are being felt statewide. In Boise, the state capital, Lauren Miller, an OB-GYN, resigned earlier this month from her position at one of the state’s largest hospitals, St. Luke’s Health System, further shrinking the state’s already minuscule corps of maternal fetal medicine specialists.
As a doctor who cares for complex and high-risk cases, Miller said, she’s had to send patients out of state to end dangerous pregnancies, including a woman with a serious kidney disease.
“I could very easily have taken care of that patient along with my partners,” she said, noting that the Boise-based medical center has kidney specialists and an intensive care unit. “Instead, she had to leave her family and fly several more hours away to receive care in an expeditious time frame. It’s just not what we signed up to do.”
Miller said the abortion ban and threat of prosecution were not the only factors that drove her to resign. She cited lawmakers’ failure to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond two months and to renew the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. The state panel investigates deaths of pregnant patients and new mothers and whether they could have been prevented.
During a hearing before the House Health and Welfare Committee, Rep. Mike Kingsley, a Republican, said the maternal mortality reports “all seem to identify the same thing: substance abuse, mental health. So, I think this has served its purpose.”
THE START OF AN EXODUS
Directors of women’s health care services at Idaho hospitals are bracing for what’s next: 75 of 117 Idaho OB-GYNs recently surveyed by the Idaho Coalition for Safe Reproductive Health Care said they were considering leaving the state. Of those, nearly 100% — 73 of 75 — cited Idaho’s restrictive abortion laws.
An exodus could affect broader medical coverage for women who rely on OB-GYNs for routine and urgent gynecological care unrelated to pregnancy, like menstrual disorders, endometriosis and pelvic pain.
Idaho is one of 15 states that have implemented strict abortion laws since last year’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. And while there is no official nationwide count yet, anecdotal evidence shows that women’s health specialists from states where abortion is criminalized are beginning to relocate to places like Washington state, which has strong abortion-rights laws.
In Seattle, for example, about 270 miles west of Sandpoint, Sarah Villareal, an OB-GYN, is now practicing medicine without fear of prosecution after moving from Texas, where performing an abortion is a felony punishable by up to life in prison. In Texas, private citizens can file civil lawsuits against anyone who “aids or abets” an abortion, earning a minimum of $10,000 for cases prosecuted successfully.
The difference between Texas and Washington is stark, said Villareal, noting an atmosphere of fear and distrust at many Texas hospitals. She recalled caring for a patient in a Gulf Coast emergency room who was having a miscarriage, though the fetus still had a heartbeat. The patient, already in physical and emotional crisis, had to navigate a legal issue, too.
“She was trying to figure out if me as the provider was going to report her if she did decide that she wanted to do a procedure to save her life over the life of her fetus,” Villareal recalled. “And the worst part was I could assure her that I’m going to try to do everything that I can for her, but I could not assure her that someone else in the emergency room or someone else in the operating room was not going to report her.”
Sarah Prager, an obstetrics and gynecology professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, who has been recruiting OB-GYNs from states with abortion bans, including Texas and Tennessee, says physicians believe deeply that they are failing their patients.
“There’s really a moral and an ethical injury that happens when you are unable to do the job that you want to do,” Prager said. “Being unable to take care of our patients is what makes doctors stressed out. And when you add that we are legally unable now to prevent harm to patients, it leads to incredible rates of burnout.”
Even medical students are beginning to change their plans.
Kathryn Tiger and Allie Ward, first-year medical students in Moscow, Idaho, are both planning to become surgeons, though both say they intend not to practice in Idaho.
“I wouldn’t feel safe here as a provider, and I wouldn’t feel safe here as a patient,” said Tiger, 25.
Ward said the new laws criminalizing abortion in the state are constricting the ability of physicians to provide comprehensive care.
“You have to be able to refer and collaborate with not only just your care team and nurses and everyone that’s involved there, but also with other physicians,” Ward said. “It’s terrifying to think that I wouldn’t be able to refer a patient who was seeking care or even just education to a colleague of mine that I trusted because of the laws in place.”
Back in Sandpoint, Huntsberger and her family are saying their goodbyes to Idaho, saddened by the idea that some patients left behind may be in medical peril.
“It’s heartbreaking to me to think about what it will mean for a woman experiencing a pregnancy crisis,” the doctor said.
But, she added, “This isn’t a safe place to practice medicine anymore.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/after-idaho-s-strict-abortion-ban-ob-gyns-stage-a-quick-exodus/article_0888887c-e9eb-11ed-b3e8-cb926e23d0e3.html | 2023-05-04T01:19:08 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/after-idaho-s-strict-abortion-ban-ob-gyns-stage-a-quick-exodus/article_0888887c-e9eb-11ed-b3e8-cb926e23d0e3.html |
A U.S. magistrate judge on Tuesday heard arguments in a case brought by two transgender residents against the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, its director and a doctor, alleging discrimination by denying benefits to pay for genital reconstruction surgery.
The state agency, represented by Lincoln Wilson, made a motion for the case to be dismissed, arguing there was no discrimination.
In response to this lawsuit, Gov. Brad Little released a letter Monday saying he opposed the state paying for any transgender treatment — including hormone therapy, puberty blockers and sex reassignment surgery — for any child or adult. Little signed into law this year HB 71, which bans transgender health care for minors under 18.
The letter, which was submitted among court documents, directs the health department to “implement a policy consistent with state and federal law excluding the same from Medicaid coverage."
The plaintiffs, referred to as MH and TB, represented by Idaho Legal Aid Services attorney Howard Belodoff, filed a claim in Sept. 29, 2022.
On Tuesday, Belodoff told the judge that his clients were discriminated against based upon sex and on their transgender status.
Chief Magistrate Judge Raymond Patricco presided over the hearing and will make a decision.
Belodoff said that the department’s transgender policy at the time was unwritten, but the governor’s letter may change that.
“There’s no question that the only impact that this exclusion has is on transgender people,” Belodoff said.
According to the court filing, both MH and TB rely on Medicaid for health care coverage, and both had been receiving treatment for gender dysphoria, which the American Psychiatric Association defines as the "psychological distress that results from an incongruence between one’s biological sex assigned at birth and one’s general identity."
MH’s health care providers determined it was medically necessary to receive genital reconstruction surgery to treat her gender dysphoria and she applied for prior authorization for the surgery. She was denied, first because of a failure to complete at least 12 months of hormone therapy, which is among the guidelines to complete prior to surgery. After she appealed and showed she had undergone the hormone therapy for a year, she was denied again, court documents said.
The nurse reviewer said during a hearing that the surgery was not medically necessary under the health department and Idaho Medicaid’s policy and that it was considered cosmetic. After the appeal, the department, health Director Dave Jeppesen and Medical Director for the Division of Medicaid Dr. Magni Hamso “refused to provide a hearing to allow her to appeal the denial and the delay,” the court documents state.
TB’s health care providers also determined genital reconstruction surgery was medically necessary, and her request for prior authorization of the surgery was never accepted nor denied, the lawsuit alleges, “depriving TB of both the medically necessary treatment and notice and a meaningful opportunity to appeal the delay and denial.”
Wilson, on behalf of the department and employees, said that the issues surrounding the subject of transgender care are fraught and “changing every day.”
He said the plaintiffs didn’t have a case that they were discriminated against under the equal protection clause; the plaintiffs argued that the care they were denied is the same that's provided and covered for cisgender people to treat conditions other than gender dysphoria.
Wilson said that because the treatment is for different conditions, it wouldn't be classified as discrimination. He said providing a double mastectomy to a breast cancer patient would not be comparable to providing the same surgery to a transgender man.
“If the approvals are for other conditions, the plaintiffs here are not similarly situated with other individuals, because condition-specific treatments is at the heart of every system of insurance,” Wilson said.
Wilson also argued MH and TB don’t have a constitutional right to the treatment.
Belodoff said that this type of treatment wasn't unsettled in the law or in medical practice. He noted that major medical associations consider it medically necessary treatment for some patients.
He said Hamso, as a medical professional, should have known to act sooner on a decision for coverage.
"Both of these individuals contacted (Hamso) directly, after they were told to, and they explained their conditions. TB's parents told her it's a matter of life and death," Belodoff said. "And she stood by, did nothing, as far as we know, because they never heard back."
Patricco said he will take the arguments under advisement and make a decision on whether to dismiss the case or let it continue on in legal proceedings. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/little-idaho-medicaid-should-not-pay-for-transgender-treatment/article_0bd10680-e9d7-11ed-8bcb-f30ad3e0e13d.html | 2023-05-04T01:19:14 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/little-idaho-medicaid-should-not-pay-for-transgender-treatment/article_0bd10680-e9d7-11ed-8bcb-f30ad3e0e13d.html |
BOISE — Lori Vallow’s murder trial continued at the Ada County Courthouse on Wednesday with key moments coming from the testimony of family and a former friend who claimed Vallow allegedly threatened to kill her.
Vallow is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and grand theft in connection with the deaths of her children Tylee Ryan, 16, and J.J. Vallow, 7, and of Tammy Daybell, the late wife of her husband, Chad Daybell.
Audrey Barattiero took the stand and gave a tearful testimony about her relationship and interactions with Lori, a woman whom Chad had asked her to befriend. She knew Lori and Chad from the Preparing a People religious conferences she attended.
She spoke about how as she continued to get to know Lori, she became increasingly uncomfortable. The first time she was present for a "casting" on Charles Vallow, Lori's late husband. Castings were said to be done by Lori and Chad's followers in order to remove evil spirits that had taken over mortal bodies. She said she thought the group was just going to say a prayer. When the casting began, people started chanting about knives and fire. She said she didn’t know what to do, so she stayed silent. Barattiero left as soon as the casting was over.
Lori and her niece Melani Pawlowski went to visit Baratiero in Missouri in October 2019. Baratiero said things were going great and then Lori brought up the idea of "working on" Tammy because she had a bad spirit inside her.
“I told them I did not want to help and I did not want to participate, and she highly pressured me saying ‘you’re supposed to be my friend, you’re supposed to be helping me,'” Barratierro said through tears.
Barattiero said she told them she would say a prayer for Tammy. She prayed, asking God if Tammy needed help, for him to help her. She prayed Tammy would feel the love of God.
A few times in the fall of 2019, she asked Lori how Tylee was doing and toward the end of the friendship, Lori said, “she doesn’t talk to me very much these days.”
Barattiero said Chad told her about his vision that Tammy would die before she was 50. He had a plan to get remarried to Lori. Barattiero said she asked Chad if he had talked to Tammy and his children about marrying Lori and he indicated he had talked to Tammy about it.
Barattiero got emotional on the stand as she recalled Tammy’s death. She said she was in Hawaii with Melani and Lori at the time. She said Lori told her Tammy had passed away in her sleep.
"At the end of the friendship, when I heard Chad Daybell say something to the effect of, 'why is the body still alive?' I realized that they had a strategy even further,” Barattiero said. “That they didn't intend for the person to be helped — they didn't want the person to live."
She said she had wanted to go home from Hawaii because she was uncomfortable, but Lori was leaving and Barattiero didn’t want Melani to be alone. Lori had told Barattiero her niece was going through a hard time. So Barattiero traveled with Melani back to Rexburg so she wouldn’t be alone on the trip.
While she was in Rexburg, she went to pay her condolences in person to Garth Daybell, Tammy's son, because she knew he was very close to his mom.
Barattiero said Lori and Chad were very romantic toward each other while she was there.
During cross-examination, Barattiero told defense attorney Jim Archibald she called police after she dissolved her friendship with Lori and Chad when she left Idaho because she thought she could be in danger.
Upon the prosecution’s redirect, she said Lori had threatened her life as she went to pack her bags to leave. She alleged Lori said she would cut up Barattiero and said something about trash bags and that she would bury her. J.J.’s body was found wrapped in plastic bags and Tylee was found dismembered.
Barattiero claimed Lori told her something about being on the scene and watching someone take their last breaths.
Archibald, upon another cross-examination, asked Barattiero repeatedly why she hadn't brought this up earlier and essentially if she was lying under oath. He asked if she expected the jury to believe that she didn’t make this “last crap up.” But Barattiero held her ground on the claims.
Barattiero said she didn't say this in her previous testimony or in front of the grand jury because she was so scared because Lori allegedly told her if she ever told anyone about this she would come find her in the dark of night.
Ian Pawlowski took to the stand as the final witness of the day, although it was unclear if he would be allowed to at first. Ian is married to Melani, who shared a very close relationship with her aunt.
Before he took the stand, it was made known that Melani, who is also set to testify, had come forward about breaking the exclusionary rule in place — either viewing, listening or reading about the trial proceedings before she took the stand. The defense said because she and Ian are married, she most likely shared what she found out with him.
Ian, upon being questioned, said his wife did not listen to proceedings but saw some headlines and got some information about her ex-husband Brandon Boudreaux's testimony as there is ongoing litigation between the two of them. He said she did not share anything she had heard with him and had only seen headlines about the case. He was permitted to testify.
Ian said he met Lori less than a dozen times and Chad even fewer than that. He said Lori told him about people being possessed, locking Satan away and casting out spirits. He said Melani told him about the light and dark spirit scales that the group believed in. Ian called this teaching “alarming” and while he was open to Lori’s beliefs at first he decided after a few days they weren’t for him, especially when she started saying certain law enforcement officers were possessed and started calling people zombies.
Shortly after he married Melani, she dumped all her fears on him. When he woke up the next day he couldn't find his daughter for about 15 minutes and was terrified. Ian said he decided this was something he didn't want to mess with. He went to law enforcement on Dec. 5, 2019 and agreed to record conversations with Lori and Chad without their knowledge.
The prosecution will conduct a cross-examination of Ian Pawlowski on Thursday. It is unknown at this point whether Melani Pawlowski will be able to testify. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/she-threatened-to-kill-me-defense-prosecution-battle-as-former-friend-makes-claim-in-lori/article_58d06b16-ea08-11ed-b201-2f84c8cf497c.html | 2023-05-04T01:19:21 | 1 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/she-threatened-to-kill-me-defense-prosecution-battle-as-former-friend-makes-claim-in-lori/article_58d06b16-ea08-11ed-b201-2f84c8cf497c.html |
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