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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A safety training video is set to be filmed at Creekview Ranch School near Roseville Friday and Saturday.
The video will be a Safety Reunification training video, which is the process of students being released to a guardian after a crisis.
Gina Nielsen, the chief communications officer for Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District, said the filming won't impact school instruction.
The crew will be filming b-roll of a busy campus during passing periods at the end of the day Friday. She says it will be wide camera angles and there won't be close-ups of students. Also, there will be no emergency vehicles at the campus for Friday filming.
After students leave for the day, the camera crews will set up to continue filming on May 13 from about 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
People in nearby neighborhoods or people driving by the campus may see emergency vehicles, personnel and actors Saturday. Nielsen says the vehicles would primarily be from the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
"I really don't think it's going to have any impact whatsoever on any of the neighborhoods that Creekview Ranch serves," Nielsen said.
If people are in the area, they may hear emergency sounds and simulations as part of the training.
The Dry Creek Joint Elementary School District is partnering with D-PREP and the Placer County Office of Education.
Signs will be posted at the campus entrance near Cook Riolo Road to let people know about the filming, according to the school district.
Creekview Ranch is located at 8879 Cook Riolo Road.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An annual multicultural celebration will be held in Sacramento next Friday (May 19) in honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
The AAPI Night Market is returning for a second year at Capitol Mall on May 19 from 6-10 p.m. You can find tickets HERE.
It will be a space for dozens of local AAPI-owned businesses and organizations to showcase their cultures to the community through food, art, merchandise and more.
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Sun Kissed and Co.
One vendor expected to be at the event is Sun Kissed and Co. a small fragrance and candle brand owned by Sacramento local Kimberly Lim, who is Chinese-American.
"A lot of the products in our household we could no longer use due to how strong the scents were," said Lim. "Because I'm such a DIY girl, I did a lot of research. I did a lot of formulating and every single product here that I have in my collection is inspired by a need of my family member."
Lim plans to have a display of candles, scented roll-on oils and more available for sale at the upcoming market.
Oto's Marketplace
Another local business representing Japanese culture will have an "activation" inspired by ramen noodles.
Russell Oto, president and general manager of Oto's Marketplace in East Sacramento, plans to showcase the different types of Asian ingredients shoppers can find in their market with a "build-your-own ramen" activity.
"One of our biggest sellers are noodles, so we're gonna do a little activation with cup-of-noodles," said Oto. "They can choose from like three or four different cups of noodles, and then we're gonna have all the ingredients out there where they can just put little scoops of everything into the little cup."
Oto's has been a popular place to explore Japanese culture through foods for decades.
Native Sol
Another business looking forward to participating in the event is Native Sol, a Filipina-owned clothing and jewelry shop located in the historic Oak Park district.
Business owner May Salem plans to display some unique Philippines-inspired items representing her culture.
"I kind of draw more inspiration from my personal culture," said Salem. "So I use a lot of textiles, kind of like this batik-style fabric that's used in our traditional homeware."
Namaste Foods
Another option for food at the night market represents Indian culture through both traditional and creative dishes.
Sacramento-based food truck Namaste Foods is bringing its unique Indian fusion. Expect to see twists on samosas, loaded fries and burritos.
"We brought in a lot of fusion items with the classic Indian taste, but at the same time we make it so that people that aren't familiar with Indian food don't get too scared. For example, butter chicken burritos," said co-owner Sunjay Rishi.
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A Lincoln brewery's signature beer has won top honors for the third time.
Zipline Brewing Company's Copper Alt took home the gold medal in the German-Style Altbier category at the World Beer Cup in Nashville, Tennessee, beating out 62 other beers.
The World Beer Cup is considered the most prestigious beer competition in the world and is often referred to as the "Olympics of beer competitions."
Copper Alt, a bronze-colored ale with medium body and a malt character, was one of the first beers ever brewed at Zipline and has also won gold medals at the Great American Beer Fest in 2015 and the U.S. Open Beer Championship last year.
“It’s easy to make a great beer once, but continuing to make the same beer great a thousand times is the real challenge,” said Tom Wilmoth, co-founder of Zipline. “We’re incredibly proud of our entire team, as everyone here has a hand in this success.”
The brewery, which has grown to become the largest in Nebraska by production volume, recently announced plans to close its original taproom at 2100 Magnum Circle later this month so it can double its brewing capacity.
Zipline wasn't the only Nebraska brewery to be recognized at the World Beer Cup.
Kros Strain Brewing of La Vista won a bronze medal in the Brett Beer category with its Saison 750.3 beer. | https://journalstar.com/business/local/lincoln-brewerys-beer-wins-gold-medal-at-world-beer-cup/article_06f77d40-f01e-11ed-bb2a-8fe69453d0c5.html | 2023-05-11T19:44:17 | 0 | https://journalstar.com/business/local/lincoln-brewerys-beer-wins-gold-medal-at-world-beer-cup/article_06f77d40-f01e-11ed-bb2a-8fe69453d0c5.html |
ELKTON, Md. — A Chinese-based electric bike manufacturer is moving one of their facilities into Cecil County.
Metalrays, LLC will take up nearly half of a 263,000 square-foot space on Konica Drive, within Elkton's Upper Chesapeake Business Park.
By summer the company expects to employ 20 workers.
The building will be used for distributing the company's full-line of electric bike products within the states. They currently operate a small warehouse space in nearby Delaware.
"MetalRays was attracted to this building’s access to three major seaports in Baltimore, Wilmington and Philadelphia, as well as its Mid-Atlantic positioning that places it within a one-day truck drive to approximately 50 percent of the United States population, representing one-third of the nation’s effective buying power,” said Ned Brady of Lee & Associates, who helped broker the lease. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/electric-bike-manufacturer-moves-distribution-facility-to-elkton | 2023-05-11T19:45:16 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/electric-bike-manufacturer-moves-distribution-facility-to-elkton |
BALTIMORE — Officers are on the scene of a police-involved shooting in southwest Baltimore.
BPD is on scene of a Police Officer Involved Shooting at the intersection of Catherine Street & Frederick Avenue. PIO is on scene. More information to follow. pic.twitter.com/ZiaNGdmXbt
— Baltimore Police (@BaltimorePolice) May 11, 2023
Police were called to the intersection of S. Catherine Street and Frederick Avenue.
This is a developing breaking news story and will be updated when more information becomes available. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/police-on-the-scene-of-officer-involved-shooting-in-southwest-baltimore | 2023-05-11T19:45:17 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/police-on-the-scene-of-officer-involved-shooting-in-southwest-baltimore |
Detectives arrested one of two suspects believed to be involved in the murder of a teenage boy in April.
Aysir Clark was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly murdering 16-year-old Nafis Betrand-Hill. Clark surrendered on the 400 block of North Broad Street, police said.
Police are still searching for a second suspect, Ranief Allen, from the 1300 block of Titian Street in South Philadelphia. A warrant has been issued for his arrest, according to the police.
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Betrand-Hill was on the 2300 block of West Montgomery Avenue at 8:57 p.m. on April 13 when the shooting occurred. The teen was shot multiple times in the upper body. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:13 p.m.
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Police ask that anyone with information on the whereabouts of Allen contact the homicide unit at 215-686-3334 or dial 911.
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An arrest was made in a road rage shooting on I-95 in Philadelphia earlier this month.
On May 1 around 8:45 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police responded to a reported shooting on I-95 northbound near the Bartram Avenue on-ramp. Investigators said the driver of a white Volvo with a blue ragtop pulled out a gun and opened fire at another driver during a road rage dispute.
A bullet grazed the victim's arm and the driver of the Volvo continued driving northbound on I-95 past the Broad Street exit.
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On May 2, investigators found the Volvo along the 2100 block of South 67th Street in Philadelphia. A search warrant was obtained and the Volvo was taken in for forensic processing.
On Thursday, police identified the driver of the Volvo as Chauncy Noel, 25, of Philadelphia. A search warrant was executed at Noel's home. During the search, investigators found two pistols and a rifle, according to police. Noel was then found inside the home and taken into custody.
Police have not yet revealed the specific charges Noel faces.
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Lynchburg Police Department is searching for an 86-year-old Lynchburg man with dementia who was reported missing on Thursday afternoon.
On May 11, 2023, at 1:02 p.m., police said they responded to the 200 block of Old Graves Mill Road for a report of a missing person.
Authorities said 86-year-old Jerry Butler, has been missing since around 1:02 p.m., and is considered endangered because, according to his family, he has dementia.
Butler was last seen with a bandage on his right arm, in short sleeve blue shirt, blue shoes with white soles, and holding a jacket, police said. We’re told his last location was in the area of Fire Station 8, which you can see on the map below.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Lynchburg Police Department at 434-455-6050 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 798-5900. You can also enter an anonymous tip online or use the P3 app on a mobile device. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/86-year-old-lynchburg-man-with-dementia-reported-missing/ | 2023-05-11T19:49:35 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/86-year-old-lynchburg-man-with-dementia-reported-missing/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Chick-fil-a, located on Challenger Avenue in Bonsack has officially reopened its fully remodeled restaurant.
The location is open for business during normal business hours, 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., and all service methods are available. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/newly-remodeled-chick-fil-a-in-bonsack-reopens/ | 2023-05-11T19:49:41 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/newly-remodeled-chick-fil-a-in-bonsack-reopens/ |
LABELLE, Fla. — Investigators concluded a deadly 2021 plane crash was likely a training opportunity gone wrong.
Two people were on board during this crash, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The pilot, Michael Stockton, died from blunt force trauma. The other person was seriously injured.
The plane was on its way back to LaBelle Municipal Airport, the same place where it took off on May 6 2021. It flew so low one witness even told investigators she tried yelling for it to “pull up” moments before it hit the ground.
Doorbell camera footage captured the moments right before the two-engine plane crashed feet away from The Church of the Good Shepherd. A witness parked nearby who told investigators she had prior flight training said she didn’t hear propeller or engine sounds as the Aerostar 600 plane passed over.
The full NTSB report laid out a timeline of what happened. Investigators say the plane’s left engine lost power just after 3 p.m. and regained power four minutes later. At 3:17 the plane’s right engine lost power, shortly followed by the left one.
The left engine regained some power, but it wasn’t enough to keep the plane elevated, according to the report.
In its final report investigators wrote that the second engine’s failure was “likely the result of the pilot’s failure to properly identify and verify” the plane’s other shut down engine.
You can find the full report here | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/11/investigators-release-final-report-on-deadly-2021-plane-crash-in-labelle/ | 2023-05-11T19:53:25 | 1 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/2023/05/11/investigators-release-final-report-on-deadly-2021-plane-crash-in-labelle/ |
The Kenosha County Job Center will play host to a major community resource event with vendors and agencies offering a wide range of services, including those providing opportunities aimed at helping area residents thrive and succeed.
The 2023 Success Fair will take place from 12-3 p.m., Friday, June 2 at the Job Center, 8600 Sheridan Road. Many local and regional agencies, both government and non-profits, that can assist residents of all ages and demographics will be featured, according to Bobby Nash, Business Services and Community Engagement representative for Equus Workforce Solutions, which is coordinating the resource fair. The agency covers Wisconsin’s Food Share and Employment Training for Kenosha, Racine, Walworth, Washington, Ozaukee and Waukesha counties.
Currently just over 30 vendors and agencies have confirmed their attendance, however, the event is expected to draw more than 40 organizations, Nash said. The family friendly event will include agencies that provide food assistance, public benefit assistance, insurance, health, family, childcare, veteran and career services, according to Nash. Among the agencies included in the event are:
• Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department/Deputy Friendly
• Kenosha Transit
• 4C's- Child Care resource & Referral
• UW-Parkside Educational Opportunity Center
The event will also have activities designed to engage children as area school and sports mascots will be in attendance and “big toys” will also be parked at the north end of the Job Center parking lot for kids to explore.
For updates on the upcoming 2023 Success Fair, check the Facebook event page at https://fb.me/e/CivPF8dD
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In the United States, discrimination in the workplace is illegal when it comes to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex—including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy—marital status, age, national origin, or disability. In some states, it’s also illegal to inquire about salary history.
Employers may have certain information they need to obtain from interviewees, but getting that information may mean navigating problematic questions. For example, asking, “Are you planning to have children soon?” may place candidates in a position where they feel their marital status or personal familial goals will be perceived as getting in the way of them being offered a position. What the hiring manager may be trying to learn could be addressed with this question instead, “Are you willing and able to work overtime? Are you open to traveling for the job?” This gives candidates, even those with children or who have plans for children, a fair opportunity to address their availability without any implications from the recruiter.
“This is important not only for human resources but for anyone in the company conducting interviews,” Perrow said. “Though the interviewer may be trying to get to know the applicant, they must still provide a level playing field and don’t want candidates to feel uncomfortable. It’s important to be aware that some questions might be perceived as hostile or negative.” | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/success-fair-at-kenosha-county-job-center-june-2-to-feature-more-than-30-agencies/article_7c921120-ee14-11ed-8fea-ef9b55eb84cf.html | 2023-05-11T19:57:37 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/success-fair-at-kenosha-county-job-center-june-2-to-feature-more-than-30-agencies/article_7c921120-ee14-11ed-8fea-ef9b55eb84cf.html |
WATERLOO – West Tama Road will be closed for a culvert replacement starting Wednesday, May 10 for about four weeks.
A signed detour will be posted on US Highway 63, Black Hawk County D46 (Eagle Road) and Iowa Highway 21.
The construction is expected to end on June 9.
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If Donald Trump's name appears on the 2024 Republican primary election ballot in Indiana, the former president won't be getting a vote from the Hoosier State's senior senator.
U.S. Sen. Todd Young declared Thursday — after Trump was found liable for sexual assault Tuesday by a New York jury and on Wednesday pledged to pardon the criminal participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection — that Trump does not deserve the backing of the Republican Party next year in a third consecutive presidential race.
"I don't intend to support him for the Republican nomination," Young said in an interview with Manu Raju, CNN chief congressional correspondent.
Former President Donald Trump faces tough questions from New Hampshire voters.
When asked by Raju his reason for not supporting Trump, Young replied: "Where do I begin?"
On the issue of Ukraine, Young took exception to Trump calling Russian President Vladimir Putin "a smart guy," and Trump refusing to commit to supporting Ukraine in its continuing efforts to repel the Russian invasion if Trump makes it back to the White House.
"I think President Trump's judgment is wrong in this case. President Putin and his government have engaged in war crimes. I don't believe that's disputed," Young said. "He (Putin) is an enemy of the United States, our values, our interests and the security of the American people."
Young expanded on Trump's weaknesses as a presidential candidate in a subsequent interview Thursday with Igor Bobic, senior politics reporter at HuffPost, whose reporting on Young's remarks was confirmed by Young's office.
Specifically, Young said he wants to back a Republican nominee who can win in a general election.
"As President Trump says, I prefer winners. He consistently loses. In fact, he has a habit of losing not just his own elections, but losing elections for others," Young said.
Records show Trump has twice failed to garner more popular votes in presidential elections than his Democratic opponents, yet managed to win the White House in 2016 due the quirks of America's electoral vote system.
Trump's lackluster support for the Republicans running in the 2020 Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections also contributed to Democrats winning both races and majority control of the Senate.
Young told Bobic he believes that Trump lacks the skills necessary to build the kind of broad coalition of supporters needed to win a presidential election.
"I can't think of someone worse equipped to bring people together ... and advance our collective values than the former president. I don't think conservatives would be well served by electing someone whose core competency seems to be owning someone on Twitter," Young said.
Young declined to say whether he would support Trump in the general election if somehow the former president wins the GOP nomination, notwithstanding Young's to-be-determined endorsement of another candidate — "It won't be him (Trump)."
"I don't think he'll be the nominee. Republicans are in a winning mood. We want to win. We know he's the shortest path to losing," Young said.
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As for whether he's thinking of running for president himself, Young said simply: "No."
Hoosiers elected Young last year to a second, six-year term representing Indiana in the U.S. Senate. He was unopposed in the Republican primary and defeated Democratic Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. in the general election.
Notably, Young was among just four Republican senators seeking reelection last year not to be endorsed by Trump.
Gallery: Take a virtual tour of Indiana's state parks
Brown County State Park
Location: Nashville
Size: 15,776 acres (largest state park)
Opened: 1929
Activities: 12 hiking trails spanning 18 miles; 25 mi. of mountain biking trails; 20 horseback riding trails; hiking; birdwatching; fishing; leafing; cross-county skiing; sledding; ice fishing
Amenities: Abe Martin Lodge and annex, 84 rooms with water park; 86 cabins; modern and primitive campgrounds
DNR description: Nicknamed the "Little Smokies" because of the area's resemblance to the Great Smoky Mountains, Brown County encompasses nearly 16,000 acres of rugged hills, ridges and fog-shrouded ravines. Glaciers from the most recent ice ages stopped short of the "hills o' Brown," but their meltwaters helped create the narrow ridges, steep slopes and deep gullies of Brown County State Park. Indiana's largest park is a traditional fall color hot spot, with nearly 20 miles of tree-lined roads and many scenic vistas overlooking miles of uninterrupted forestland.
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Chain O' Lakes State Park
Location: Albion
Size: 2,718 acres
Opened: 1960
Activities: 13 lakes for boating, canoeing, fishing, swimming; hiking
Amenities: Stanley Schoolhouse Nature Center; boat rental; furnished cabins; primitive campsites
DNR description: This is lake country and a small boater's paradise. Nine connecting lakes will be the center of your adventures at Chain O'Lakes. Paddle through the chain of serene kettle lakes, hike the 10 miles of forested trails, fish the electric-motors-only lakes, stay overnight in a forested hillside family cabin, or visit the park's old one-room schoolhouse nature center. Other facilities available for visitors to enjoy include a campground, beach and picnic shelters.
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Charlestown State Park
Location: Charlestown
Size: 5,100 acres
Opened: 1996
Activities: Hiking; Fishing; Picnicking; Camping; Birdwatching
Amenities: 182 modern and primitive campsites
DNR description: Once a largely undeveloped portion of the Indiana Army Ammunition plant, Charlestown State Park is located in southern Indiana. With scenic vistas of the Fourteenmile Creek valley and the Ohio River and elevation changes of over 200 feet, Charlestown has much to offer the visitor with its rugged hills and deep ravines. While hiking the rugged terrain you will see Devonian fossil outcrops and areas of karst sinkhole topography. Bird watchers will enjoy the 72 species of birds, including bluebirds, black vultures and an occasional bald eagle.
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Clifty Falls State Park
Location: Madison
Size: 1,416 acres
Opened: 1920
Activities: Four waterfalls; hiking; swimming; picnicking; tennis
Amenities: Clifty Inn and Restaurant; nature center
DNR description: The park's waterfalls change moods with the weather and the seasons and can range from roaring plunges to delicate bridal-veil mists to gleaming frozen titans. Winter and spring visits reveal them at their best. The rugged splendor of Clifty Canyon offers exciting year-round hiking and scenery.
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Falls of the Ohio State Park
Location: Clarksville
Size: 165 acres
Opened: 1990
Activities: Hiking; fishing; picnicking; boat launch
Amenities: Interpretative Center
DNR description: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark met at the Falls prior to launching the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean. The park's 386-million-year-old fossil beds are among the largest exposed Devonian fossil beds in the world. The park features a spectacular interpretive center overlooking the fossil beds that reopened in 2016 with completely new exhibits.
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Fort Harrison State Park
Location: Indianapolis
Size: 1,700 acres
Opened: 1996
Activities: Hiking; bicycle trails; golf; fishing; canoeing; dog park; sledding; ice fishing; cross country skiing; recreation buildings; horseback riding
Amenities: 18-hole golf course; inn; restaurant; saddle barn; nature shop; Museum of 20th Century Warfare
DNR description: Landscape and history blend together at this unique setting on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The 1,700-acre park — comprising a portion of the former Fort Benjamin Harrison military base — features walking and jogging trails, picnic sites, fishing access to Fall Creek and two national historic districts. An oasis of green in an urban landscape, Fort Harrison is one of the hidden gems to be found in the state, just minutes from home for many visitors needing contact with nature.
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Harmonie State Park
Location: New Harmony
Size: 3,465 acres
Opened: 1996
Activities: Hiking; bicycle trails; horseback riding; boat launch; fishing; picnicking; swimming
Amenities: 200 modern campsites; youth tent campsites
DNR description: Harmonie State Park is located "on the banks of the Wabash" and a beautiful swimming pool, shady picnic areas, ravines and pristine landscape await you here. Trails for walking, biking and nature hikes will lure you for a visit. Nearby Historic New Harmony honors two unique communities from the early 1800s. The Rappites located here in 1814. They were fleeing from religious persecution and awaiting the impending millennium. In 1824, the Owenites brought many great scientists and philosophers into the area when they purchased the Rappites' holdings.
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Lincoln State Park
Location: Lincoln City
Size: 1,747 acres
Opened: 1932
Activities: Historic sites; hiking; boat launch; picnicking; swimming; fishing
Amenities: Nature center; general store; boat rental; cabins; campsites
DNR description: Discover the boyhood home of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Among the rolling hills and thick forest, young Lincoln learned many life lessons. Lincoln State Park offers 10 miles of hiking trails, two scenic lakes, and an interpretive center to help you experience early life of settlers in southern Indiana. Tour the Colonel Jones Home, the historic home of the merchant and Civil War officer who employed young Lincoln. The Little Pigeon Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery, located on the property, is where Lincoln’s sister Sarah is buried. Sarah Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve is located in the southernmost portion of the park. A visit to Lincoln State Park is like taking a step back in time to when the land was wild and Lincoln was a boy.
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McCormick's Creek State Park
Location: Spencer
Size: 1,924 acres
Opened: 1916 (oldest state park)
Activities: Hiking; horseback riding; swimming; recreation center; tennis; picnicking; caving
Amenities: Canyon Inn; nature center; saddle barn; cabins; 221 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Explore the spectacular limestone canyon, flowing creek, and scenic waterfalls that highlight Indiana’s first state park. Hike trails featuring diverse forest trees, spicebush, and native wildflowers, including a trail through Wolf Cave Nature Preserve and an accessible trail at the recently renovated nature center. Experience history as you climb the fire tower, use shelter houses or cross the stone arch bridge created by the Civilian Conservation Corps, or examine the historic Statehouse Quarry near White River, which furnished limestone used for the Indianapolis Statehouse. Relax in the lobby of Canyon Inn, open to all park visitors, or watch birds from the dining room porch. Catch cultural events such as concerts in the park amphitheater or attend the several special events hosted annually at the park. McCormick’s Creek State Park offers active enjoyment through all seasons of the year.
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Mounds State Park
Location: Anderson
Size: 252 acres
Opened: 1930
Activities: Historic sites; hiking; fishing; swimming; picnicking
Amenities: Nature center; gift shop; 75 modern campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Mounds State Park features 10 unique earthworks built by prehistoric Indians known as the Adena-Hopewell people. The largest earthwork, the Great Mound, is believed to have been constructed around 160 B.C. Archaeological surveys indicate the mounds were used as gathering places for religious ceremonies, from where astronomical alignments could be viewed. Naturalist-led hikes and interpretive programs are offered every weekend throughout the year.
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O'Bannon Woods State Park
Location: Corydon
Size: 2,000 acres
Opened: 2004
Activities: Swimming; water slides; hiking; horseback riding; picnicking; fishing; boating;
Amenities: Aquatic center; nature center; cabins; 353 modern and primitive campsites
DNR description: O'Bannon Woods State Park (formerly Wyandotte Woods State Recreation Area) lies in the central and extreme southern part of the state, bordering the Ohio River. It was the location of one of the few African-American Civilian Conservation Corps units. The property also has a uniquely restored, working haypress barn, complete with oxen for power and a pioneer farmstead. Indiana’s first natural and scenic river, Blue River, flows through the state park and forest. The Corydon Capitol State Historic Site is located near the park. Visitors can learn about early Indiana history as they tour the beautiful first state capitol building, built entirely of limestone, and old town square.
Dan Carden
Ouabache State Park
Location: Bluffton
Size: 1,104 acres
Opened: 1962
Activities: Hiking; swimming; fishing; boating; volleyball; paved bicycle trail; tennis; basketball courts; picnicking
Amenities: Nature center; recreation center; campsites
DNR description: Ouabache is difficult to spell, but easy to pronounce. Simply say "Wabash"...just like the river that forms the southwest boundary for the park. This is the French spelling of an Indian word, so don't be surprised to hear some folks call it o-ba-chee. Kunkel Lake offers excellent fishing. During the summer months, a naturalist provides information about the natural wonders of the park. A lodge recreation building is available all year.
Dan Carden
Pokagon State Park
Location: Angola
Size: 1,260 acres
Opened: 1925
Activities: Hiking; swimming; cross country skiing; tobogganing; horseback riding; picnicking; playground; sand volleyball
Amenities: Potawatomi Inn; nature center; toboggan run; boat rental; saddle barn; 273 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Being one of the state’s original parks, Pokagon features the unique work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, whose members lived and worked at Pokagon from 1934 to 1942. The “boys of the CCC” built the beautiful stone and log structures that dot the park landscape and provide accent to the rolling wooded hills, wetlands and open meadows. Natural lakes created by glaciers that melted 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, highlight Steuben County, which has more lakes than any other Indiana county. The park is framed by Lake James and Snow Lake, which offer abundant opportunities for boating, swimming, fishing and scenic sunsets. Pokagon is also Indiana State Parks’ winter wonderland, with cross-country ski rental, sledding, ice fishing and a twin-track toboggan run.
Dan Carden
Potato Creek State Park
Location: North Liberty
Size: 3,840 acres
Opened: 1977
Activities: Biking; hiking; swimming; boating; fishing; ice fishing; cross-country skiing; wildlife observation; horseback riding; snow tubing
Amenities: Nature center; 3.2 mile paved bike trail; 6.6 mi. mountain bike trail; recreation building; boat/bike rental; 17 cabins; 347 campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Potato Creek is in north-central Indiana about 12 miles southwest of South Bend. The park features a wide array of activities and facilities for year-round enjoyment. A variety of natural habitats await, including the 327-acre Worster Lake, old fields, mature woodlands, restored prairies and diverse wetlands. Each offers unique opportunities for plant and wildlife observation. Native peoples used the area for hunting and fishing. The area’s first people of European descent settled here in the 1830s.
Dan Carden
Prophetstown State Park
Location: Battle Ground
Size: 2,000 acres
Opened: 2004 (newest state park)
Activities: Hiking; bicycling; camping; swimming
Amenities: 2.75 mile hiking trail; 2.4 mile bike trail; aquatic center; 110 campsites
DNR description : Indiana’s newest state park, Prophetstown is located where the Tippecanoe River meets the Wabash near the town of Battle Ground northeast of Lafayette. The park's landscape has been shaped by ice from glaciers, moving water, fire and human hands that helped maintain the vast tall prairie grass. Native American people hunted and lived along the two rivers for thousands of years. The Aquatic Center features a 30-foot tube slide, body flume, lazy river float area, adventure channel, zero-entry pool with play features, and an aquatic activity area with basketball.
Dan Carden
Shades State Park
Location: Waveland
Size: 3,082 acres
Opened: 1947
Activities: Hiking; fishing; picnicking; canoeing
Amenities: Nature preserve; 123 campsites (Apr.-Oct.); youth tent camping
DNR description: Shades State Park is that peaceful place you've sought; a favorite for hikers and canoeists. The beautiful sandstone cliffs overlooking Sugar Creek and numerous shady ravines provide the backdrop for your journey through this nature lover's paradise. Also on the property is Pine Hills Nature Preserve, which affords spectacular topography for those willing to take a fairly long hike.
Dan Carden
Shakamak State Park
Location: Jasonville
Size: 1,766 acres
Opened: 1929
Activities: Swimming; water sliding; boating; fishing; ice fishing; hiking; picnicking; basketball; tennis
Amenities: Nature center; aquatic center; boat launch; cabins; recreation building; boat rental; 174 campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Ready to relax? Head for Shakamak. Three man-made lakes offer 400 acres of water for fishing and boating while a family aquatic center provides swimming fun. About two-thirds of the campsites are in a wooded area, offering cool shade in the summer and beautiful fall colors in autumn. Nearby is a play field area for family fun. A popular feature of the park is the group camp.
Dan Carden
Spring Mill State Park
Location: Mitchell
Size: 1,358 acres
Opened: 1927
Activities: Historic sites; cave tours; hiking; biking; picnicking; swimming; hayrides
Amenities: Spring Mill Inn; pioneer village; Gus Grissom memorial; boat tour; bike rental; 221 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Spring Mill State Park offers a powerful illustration of the link between the natural and cultural worlds. The water flowing from several cave springs led to the founding of an industrial village in the early 1800s. Pioneer entrepreneurs took advantage of a constant water source that never froze, using it to power several gristmills, a wool mill, a saw mill and a distillery. In turn, pioneer settlers shaped the landscape around the village, clearing land for agriculture and timber.
The park today continues to illustrate how nature shapes us and how we shape our environment. A parcel of virgin timber sits in contrast to regenerated forest, a man-made lake struggles to survive against the in-flow of silt from cave-fed systems and the native flora and fauna face challenges from man’s introduction of new species.
Visitors can explore this story in the park’s four interpretive facilities—the Pioneer Village, Nature Center, Grissom Memorial and Twin Caves Boat Tour—and see it reflected on the landscape as they hike the trails.
Dan Carden
Summit Lake State Park
Location: New Castle
Size: 2,680 acres
Opened: 1988
Activities: Fishing; birdwatching; swimming; ice fishing; boating; hiking; cross-country skiing; picnicking
Amenities: Boat launch; picnic shelters; boat rental; 73 campsites; youth tent camping
DNR description: An expansive view and good fishing beckon you to Summit Lake State Park, near New Castle. Summit Lake has an excellent bird watching and wildlife observation area. The property has always been an important area for waterfowl because of the many low-lying wet meadows and prairies. Migratory species have included rare species like the black tern, bald eagle, sandhill crane, American bittern, least bittern, king rail and osprey. Zeigler Woods, in the southwest corner of the park, is Henry County’s first nature preserve. Zeigler Woods has rich flora and fauna with little evidence of human disturbance.
Dan Carden
Tippecanoe River State Park
Location: Winamac
Size: 2,761 acres
Opened: 1943
Activities: Canoeing; horseback riding; hiking; boating; fishing; picnicking; cross-country skiing
Amenities: Recreation building; cabins; 178 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping
DNR description: Attention canoers! Get ready for a relaxing journey as you float down the beautiful Tippecanoe River. You must bring your own canoe or make arrangements with the local canoe livery. When you return, you can enjoy the beautiful campground facilities with your group, family or friends.
Dan Carden
Turkey Run State Park
Location:
Marshall
Size:
2,382 acres
Opened:
1916
Activities:
Hiking, fishing, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, playgrounds, cultural programs
Amenities:
Turkey Run Inn, nature center, planetarium, saddle barn, cabins, 213 campsites, youth tent camping, camp store
DNR description:
You’ll marvel at the natural geologic wonders of this beautiful park as you hike along its famous trails. Nestled along State Road 47 southwest of Crawfordsville, the park offers the chance to explore deep, sandstone ravines, walk along stands of aged forests and enjoy the scenic views along Sugar Creek. Make sure to visit the Colonel Richard Lieber Cabin, which commemorates the contributions of the father of Indiana’s state park system.
Dan Carden
Versailles State Park
Location: Versailles
Size: 5,988 acres
Opened: 1943
Activities: Hiking; fishing; horseback riding; mountain biking; boating; swimming; picnicking; kayaking
Amenities: Covered bridge; boat launch; boat rental; 226 modern campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Take a drive through the beautiful rolling hills of southeastern Indiana with Versailles State Park, Indiana’s second-largest state park, as your destination. Numerous fossils tell the story of an ancient sea that covered the region. During the Civil War, Morgan’s Raiders made their way through the area that is now the park. The town of Versailles was briefly under Confederate control. Relax while fishing on the 230-acre lake where you can rent a rowboat, kayak or canoe. Get a workout and see the beauty of the park by taking a walk on the hiking trails or a ride on the mountain bike trails. Bring your horses for the day to enjoy the more than 20 miles of horse trails. Steps to a scenic overlook at the dam are a prime spot to see herons and other aquatic wildlife.
Dan Carden
White River State Park
Location: Indianapolis
Size: 250 acres
Opened: 1979
Activities: Museums; sports; concerts; theaters; zoo; hiking; Segway rides; historic canal; gardening; maze; picnicking; art
Amenities: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art; IMAX Theater; Indiana State Museum; Indianapolis Indians baseball at Victory Field; Indianapolis Zoo; White River Gardens; NCAA Hall of Champions; Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial; Indiana History Center; Central Canal; Military Park
Description: White River State Park boasts world-class attractions and destinations that offer distinctive experiences for every interest and visitor! Yes, you will find green spaces, trails, trees and waterways that you expect at any state park. In addition to nature’s wonderland, you will find cultural, educational, and recreational attractions and events in our urban getaway’s 250-acres. Located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, White River State Park is the place you can enjoy the outdoors without ever leaving the city.
Dan Carden
Whitewater Memorial State Park
Location: Liberty
Size: 1,710 acres
Opened: 1949
Activities: Hiking; fishing; horseback riding; boating; swimming; canoeing; picnicking; ice fishing; archery; hayrides; birdwatching
Amenities: Marina; saddle barn; boat launches; boat rental; cabins; 318 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Whitewater Memorial State Park is a great family getaway because of its 200-acre Whitewater Lake, access to Brookville Reservoir and other recreational facilities. Shoreline hiking, flat-water boating, swimming, fishing and camping opportunities are abundant around the man-made lake. The access to Brookville Reservoir provides many opportunities for seeing migrating flocks of birds. Whitewater Memorial State Park boasts 9 miles of horseback riding trails with access both for day users and from the horsemen’s campground. The land for the park was originally purchased by the surrounding counties of Union, Fayette, Franklin and Wayne as a memorial to the men and women who served in World War II.
Dan Carden
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TravelCenters of America stockholders have approved a $1.3 billion acquisition by BP, which fended off a rival bid by the Fortune 500 convenience store giant Arko Corp.
BP will acquire 281 stores in 44 states across the country, including in Gary, Lake Station, Porter, Remington and DeMotte. The deal is slated to close on Monday.
London-based BP, which operates the BP Whiting Refinery, wants to broaden its retail footprint in the United States by taking in more truck stops along interstate highways.
Ohio-based TravelCenters of America operates the TA, Petro Stopping Centers and TA Express travel center brands. Its shareholders voted to approve the merger, in which BP will acquire all outstanding TravelCenters shares for $86 per share in cash, an 84% premium.
More than 72% of the shares outstanding and 93% of the total shares voted for the merger. When the deal is finalized, the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of BP and its stock will be canceled and no longer traded on NASDAQ.
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West Texas native Barry Corbin at Cactus Theater for fundraising event
Actor Barry Corbin is returning to Lubbock on May 27, appearing at The Cactus Theater at 7:30 p.m., where he’ll do his presentation called “An Evening with Barry Corbin”. The event is part of a fundraiser to help the venue raise money for upgrading its marquee.
Corbin studied theater at Texas Tech a member of the West Texas Hall of Fame.
The celebrated actor has appeared in hundreds of movies and TV shows over the past 40 years. Fans remember him early on in "Lonesome Dove" and "Northern Exposure". And his career is still going strong with roles most recently in "The Ranch", "Yellowstone" and "Tulsa Kings".
Before he made his first onscreen appearance in "Urban Cowboy", Corbin had already acted in theater for more than 20 years. He started off performing on stages in West Texas where he grew up, and eventually acting in plays all along the East Coast. Corbin was known as a "classically trained Shakespearean actor."
Corbin's Texas heritage goes way back, with his family always encouraging his education and success. His mother LaMerle was a school teacher and his father, Kilmer Blaine Corbin, was a school principal, judge and state senator. He served two terms in the Texas State Senate from 1949-57.
Corbin, 82, was born in Lamesa. He graduated from Monterey High School and served two years in the Marine Corps before returning to Lubbock and attending Texas Tech.
"An Evening with Barry Corbin" is a celebration of the famous Texan's personal and professional life. It includes photos from some his most cherished moments with stories sure to entertain. The event is highly interactive with Corbin taking questions from the audience. He’ll also do photos and sign autographs afterward.
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The question of whether Indiana courts have the authority to order a change to the birth certificate gender marker of a transgender Hoosier looks to remain unresolved for the near future after the Supreme Court declined to definitively address the issue.
In separate 3-2 decisions, the state's highest court denied transfer Wednesday in the matter of K.G. and in the matter of O.J.G.S. , leaving intact recent rulings by three-judge Court of Appeals panels that held Indiana courts cannot direct the gender marker on the birth certificate of a transgender individual be corrected.
Those rulings conflict, however, with a string of Court of Appeals decisions from 2014 to 2021 that specifically authorize Indiana courts to order a gender marker change when requested by transgender adults, and even for transgender minors when the change is sought by their parent or guardian.
Justice Derek Molter, a Newton County native, is ceremonially sworn-in Nov. 1, 2022, as a member of the Indiana Supreme Court
The Supreme Court did not explain why it opted against resolving the competing precedents and clarifying the law once and for all.
Only Justice Derek Molter, a Newton County native, thought the high court should hear both cases. He was joined by Chief Justice Loretta Rush in the matter of K.G., and Justice Geoffrey Slaughter, a Crown Point native, in the matter of O.J.G.S. — but three of the five justices voted against transfer on both cases.
The recent Court of Appeals rulings claim the earlier appellate decisions directing birth certificate changes for transgender Hoosiers fundamentally misread the relevant law concerning permissible birth certificate adjustments.
"The statute simply does not grant courts of this state the authority to order a change of a gender marker on a birth certificate," said Appeals Judge Robert Altice Jr. "In my view, the mechanism for such a change, no matter how vital to certain members of our society, must be crafted by the General Assembly."
In contrast, Appeals Judge Paul Mathias said with more than 38,000 transgender Hoosiers potentially affected by the uncertainty over birth certificate gender changes, and no law forthcoming that addresses the issue, it's the responsibility of the judicial branch to fashion a solution.
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"Unless and until the General Assembly and governor create a fair resolution structure, or clearly forbid any change of gender markers on birth certificates for any reason, equity jurisprudence provides the remedy to consider a request," Mathias said.
The Republican-controlled General Assembly chose not to tackle birth certificate gender changes during its recently completed four-month session that saw a slew of anti-transgender proposals introduced and several enacted into law by Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb.
The Indiana Department of Health still indicates on its vital records website that it will change a gender marker, or a name, on a birth certificate upon receipt of a valid court order.
Gallery: Take a virtual tour of Indiana's state parks
Brown County State Park
Location: Nashville
Size: 15,776 acres (largest state park)
Opened: 1929
Activities: 12 hiking trails spanning 18 miles; 25 mi. of mountain biking trails; 20 horseback riding trails; hiking; birdwatching; fishing; leafing; cross-county skiing; sledding; ice fishing
Amenities: Abe Martin Lodge and annex, 84 rooms with water park; 86 cabins; modern and primitive campgrounds
DNR description: Nicknamed the "Little Smokies" because of the area's resemblance to the Great Smoky Mountains, Brown County encompasses nearly 16,000 acres of rugged hills, ridges and fog-shrouded ravines. Glaciers from the most recent ice ages stopped short of the "hills o' Brown," but their meltwaters helped create the narrow ridges, steep slopes and deep gullies of Brown County State Park. Indiana's largest park is a traditional fall color hot spot, with nearly 20 miles of tree-lined roads and many scenic vistas overlooking miles of uninterrupted forestland.
Dan Carden
Chain O' Lakes State Park
Location: Albion
Size: 2,718 acres
Opened: 1960
Activities: 13 lakes for boating, canoeing, fishing, swimming; hiking
Amenities: Stanley Schoolhouse Nature Center; boat rental; furnished cabins; primitive campsites
DNR description: This is lake country and a small boater's paradise. Nine connecting lakes will be the center of your adventures at Chain O'Lakes. Paddle through the chain of serene kettle lakes, hike the 10 miles of forested trails, fish the electric-motors-only lakes, stay overnight in a forested hillside family cabin, or visit the park's old one-room schoolhouse nature center. Other facilities available for visitors to enjoy include a campground, beach and picnic shelters.
Dan Carden
Charlestown State Park
Location: Charlestown
Size: 5,100 acres
Opened: 1996
Activities: Hiking; Fishing; Picnicking; Camping; Birdwatching
Amenities: 182 modern and primitive campsites
DNR description: Once a largely undeveloped portion of the Indiana Army Ammunition plant, Charlestown State Park is located in southern Indiana. With scenic vistas of the Fourteenmile Creek valley and the Ohio River and elevation changes of over 200 feet, Charlestown has much to offer the visitor with its rugged hills and deep ravines. While hiking the rugged terrain you will see Devonian fossil outcrops and areas of karst sinkhole topography. Bird watchers will enjoy the 72 species of birds, including bluebirds, black vultures and an occasional bald eagle.
Dan Carden
Clifty Falls State Park
Location: Madison
Size: 1,416 acres
Opened: 1920
Activities: Four waterfalls; hiking; swimming; picnicking; tennis
Amenities: Clifty Inn and Restaurant; nature center
DNR description: The park's waterfalls change moods with the weather and the seasons and can range from roaring plunges to delicate bridal-veil mists to gleaming frozen titans. Winter and spring visits reveal them at their best. The rugged splendor of Clifty Canyon offers exciting year-round hiking and scenery.
Dan Carden
Falls of the Ohio State Park
Location: Clarksville
Size: 165 acres
Opened: 1990
Activities: Hiking; fishing; picnicking; boat launch
Amenities: Interpretative Center
DNR description: Meriwether Lewis and William Clark met at the Falls prior to launching the 1804 Lewis and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean. The park's 386-million-year-old fossil beds are among the largest exposed Devonian fossil beds in the world. The park features a spectacular interpretive center overlooking the fossil beds that reopened in 2016 with completely new exhibits.
Dan Carden
Fort Harrison State Park
Location: Indianapolis
Size: 1,700 acres
Opened: 1996
Activities: Hiking; bicycle trails; golf; fishing; canoeing; dog park; sledding; ice fishing; cross country skiing; recreation buildings; horseback riding
Amenities: 18-hole golf course; inn; restaurant; saddle barn; nature shop; Museum of 20th Century Warfare
DNR description: Landscape and history blend together at this unique setting on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The 1,700-acre park — comprising a portion of the former Fort Benjamin Harrison military base — features walking and jogging trails, picnic sites, fishing access to Fall Creek and two national historic districts. An oasis of green in an urban landscape, Fort Harrison is one of the hidden gems to be found in the state, just minutes from home for many visitors needing contact with nature.
Dan Carden
Harmonie State Park
Location: New Harmony
Size: 3,465 acres
Opened: 1996
Activities: Hiking; bicycle trails; horseback riding; boat launch; fishing; picnicking; swimming
Amenities: 200 modern campsites; youth tent campsites
DNR description: Harmonie State Park is located "on the banks of the Wabash" and a beautiful swimming pool, shady picnic areas, ravines and pristine landscape await you here. Trails for walking, biking and nature hikes will lure you for a visit. Nearby Historic New Harmony honors two unique communities from the early 1800s. The Rappites located here in 1814. They were fleeing from religious persecution and awaiting the impending millennium. In 1824, the Owenites brought many great scientists and philosophers into the area when they purchased the Rappites' holdings.
Dan Carden
Lincoln State Park
Location: Lincoln City
Size: 1,747 acres
Opened: 1932
Activities: Historic sites; hiking; boat launch; picnicking; swimming; fishing
Amenities: Nature center; general store; boat rental; cabins; campsites
DNR description: Discover the boyhood home of the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Among the rolling hills and thick forest, young Lincoln learned many life lessons. Lincoln State Park offers 10 miles of hiking trails, two scenic lakes, and an interpretive center to help you experience early life of settlers in southern Indiana. Tour the Colonel Jones Home, the historic home of the merchant and Civil War officer who employed young Lincoln. The Little Pigeon Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery, located on the property, is where Lincoln’s sister Sarah is buried. Sarah Lincoln Woods Nature Preserve is located in the southernmost portion of the park. A visit to Lincoln State Park is like taking a step back in time to when the land was wild and Lincoln was a boy.
Dan Carden
McCormick's Creek State Park
Location: Spencer
Size: 1,924 acres
Opened: 1916 (oldest state park)
Activities: Hiking; horseback riding; swimming; recreation center; tennis; picnicking; caving
Amenities: Canyon Inn; nature center; saddle barn; cabins; 221 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Explore the spectacular limestone canyon, flowing creek, and scenic waterfalls that highlight Indiana’s first state park. Hike trails featuring diverse forest trees, spicebush, and native wildflowers, including a trail through Wolf Cave Nature Preserve and an accessible trail at the recently renovated nature center. Experience history as you climb the fire tower, use shelter houses or cross the stone arch bridge created by the Civilian Conservation Corps, or examine the historic Statehouse Quarry near White River, which furnished limestone used for the Indianapolis Statehouse. Relax in the lobby of Canyon Inn, open to all park visitors, or watch birds from the dining room porch. Catch cultural events such as concerts in the park amphitheater or attend the several special events hosted annually at the park. McCormick’s Creek State Park offers active enjoyment through all seasons of the year.
Dan Carden
Mounds State Park
Location: Anderson
Size: 252 acres
Opened: 1930
Activities: Historic sites; hiking; fishing; swimming; picnicking
Amenities: Nature center; gift shop; 75 modern campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Mounds State Park features 10 unique earthworks built by prehistoric Indians known as the Adena-Hopewell people. The largest earthwork, the Great Mound, is believed to have been constructed around 160 B.C. Archaeological surveys indicate the mounds were used as gathering places for religious ceremonies, from where astronomical alignments could be viewed. Naturalist-led hikes and interpretive programs are offered every weekend throughout the year.
Dan Carden
O'Bannon Woods State Park
Location: Corydon
Size: 2,000 acres
Opened: 2004
Activities: Swimming; water slides; hiking; horseback riding; picnicking; fishing; boating;
Amenities: Aquatic center; nature center; cabins; 353 modern and primitive campsites
DNR description: O'Bannon Woods State Park (formerly Wyandotte Woods State Recreation Area) lies in the central and extreme southern part of the state, bordering the Ohio River. It was the location of one of the few African-American Civilian Conservation Corps units. The property also has a uniquely restored, working haypress barn, complete with oxen for power and a pioneer farmstead. Indiana’s first natural and scenic river, Blue River, flows through the state park and forest. The Corydon Capitol State Historic Site is located near the park. Visitors can learn about early Indiana history as they tour the beautiful first state capitol building, built entirely of limestone, and old town square.
Dan Carden
Ouabache State Park
Location: Bluffton
Size: 1,104 acres
Opened: 1962
Activities: Hiking; swimming; fishing; boating; volleyball; paved bicycle trail; tennis; basketball courts; picnicking
Amenities: Nature center; recreation center; campsites
DNR description: Ouabache is difficult to spell, but easy to pronounce. Simply say "Wabash"...just like the river that forms the southwest boundary for the park. This is the French spelling of an Indian word, so don't be surprised to hear some folks call it o-ba-chee. Kunkel Lake offers excellent fishing. During the summer months, a naturalist provides information about the natural wonders of the park. A lodge recreation building is available all year.
Dan Carden
Pokagon State Park
Location: Angola
Size: 1,260 acres
Opened: 1925
Activities: Hiking; swimming; cross country skiing; tobogganing; horseback riding; picnicking; playground; sand volleyball
Amenities: Potawatomi Inn; nature center; toboggan run; boat rental; saddle barn; 273 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Being one of the state’s original parks, Pokagon features the unique work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, whose members lived and worked at Pokagon from 1934 to 1942. The “boys of the CCC” built the beautiful stone and log structures that dot the park landscape and provide accent to the rolling wooded hills, wetlands and open meadows. Natural lakes created by glaciers that melted 10,000 to 15,000 years ago, highlight Steuben County, which has more lakes than any other Indiana county. The park is framed by Lake James and Snow Lake, which offer abundant opportunities for boating, swimming, fishing and scenic sunsets. Pokagon is also Indiana State Parks’ winter wonderland, with cross-country ski rental, sledding, ice fishing and a twin-track toboggan run.
Dan Carden
Potato Creek State Park
Location: North Liberty
Size: 3,840 acres
Opened: 1977
Activities: Biking; hiking; swimming; boating; fishing; ice fishing; cross-country skiing; wildlife observation; horseback riding; snow tubing
Amenities: Nature center; 3.2 mile paved bike trail; 6.6 mi. mountain bike trail; recreation building; boat/bike rental; 17 cabins; 347 campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Potato Creek is in north-central Indiana about 12 miles southwest of South Bend. The park features a wide array of activities and facilities for year-round enjoyment. A variety of natural habitats await, including the 327-acre Worster Lake, old fields, mature woodlands, restored prairies and diverse wetlands. Each offers unique opportunities for plant and wildlife observation. Native peoples used the area for hunting and fishing. The area’s first people of European descent settled here in the 1830s.
Dan Carden
Prophetstown State Park
Location: Battle Ground
Size: 2,000 acres
Opened: 2004 (newest state park)
Activities: Hiking; bicycling; camping; swimming
Amenities: 2.75 mile hiking trail; 2.4 mile bike trail; aquatic center; 110 campsites
DNR description : Indiana’s newest state park, Prophetstown is located where the Tippecanoe River meets the Wabash near the town of Battle Ground northeast of Lafayette. The park's landscape has been shaped by ice from glaciers, moving water, fire and human hands that helped maintain the vast tall prairie grass. Native American people hunted and lived along the two rivers for thousands of years. The Aquatic Center features a 30-foot tube slide, body flume, lazy river float area, adventure channel, zero-entry pool with play features, and an aquatic activity area with basketball.
Dan Carden
Shades State Park
Location: Waveland
Size: 3,082 acres
Opened: 1947
Activities: Hiking; fishing; picnicking; canoeing
Amenities: Nature preserve; 123 campsites (Apr.-Oct.); youth tent camping
DNR description: Shades State Park is that peaceful place you've sought; a favorite for hikers and canoeists. The beautiful sandstone cliffs overlooking Sugar Creek and numerous shady ravines provide the backdrop for your journey through this nature lover's paradise. Also on the property is Pine Hills Nature Preserve, which affords spectacular topography for those willing to take a fairly long hike.
Dan Carden
Shakamak State Park
Location: Jasonville
Size: 1,766 acres
Opened: 1929
Activities: Swimming; water sliding; boating; fishing; ice fishing; hiking; picnicking; basketball; tennis
Amenities: Nature center; aquatic center; boat launch; cabins; recreation building; boat rental; 174 campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Ready to relax? Head for Shakamak. Three man-made lakes offer 400 acres of water for fishing and boating while a family aquatic center provides swimming fun. About two-thirds of the campsites are in a wooded area, offering cool shade in the summer and beautiful fall colors in autumn. Nearby is a play field area for family fun. A popular feature of the park is the group camp.
Dan Carden
Spring Mill State Park
Location: Mitchell
Size: 1,358 acres
Opened: 1927
Activities: Historic sites; cave tours; hiking; biking; picnicking; swimming; hayrides
Amenities: Spring Mill Inn; pioneer village; Gus Grissom memorial; boat tour; bike rental; 221 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Spring Mill State Park offers a powerful illustration of the link between the natural and cultural worlds. The water flowing from several cave springs led to the founding of an industrial village in the early 1800s. Pioneer entrepreneurs took advantage of a constant water source that never froze, using it to power several gristmills, a wool mill, a saw mill and a distillery. In turn, pioneer settlers shaped the landscape around the village, clearing land for agriculture and timber.
The park today continues to illustrate how nature shapes us and how we shape our environment. A parcel of virgin timber sits in contrast to regenerated forest, a man-made lake struggles to survive against the in-flow of silt from cave-fed systems and the native flora and fauna face challenges from man’s introduction of new species.
Visitors can explore this story in the park’s four interpretive facilities—the Pioneer Village, Nature Center, Grissom Memorial and Twin Caves Boat Tour—and see it reflected on the landscape as they hike the trails.
Dan Carden
Summit Lake State Park
Location: New Castle
Size: 2,680 acres
Opened: 1988
Activities: Fishing; birdwatching; swimming; ice fishing; boating; hiking; cross-country skiing; picnicking
Amenities: Boat launch; picnic shelters; boat rental; 73 campsites; youth tent camping
DNR description: An expansive view and good fishing beckon you to Summit Lake State Park, near New Castle. Summit Lake has an excellent bird watching and wildlife observation area. The property has always been an important area for waterfowl because of the many low-lying wet meadows and prairies. Migratory species have included rare species like the black tern, bald eagle, sandhill crane, American bittern, least bittern, king rail and osprey. Zeigler Woods, in the southwest corner of the park, is Henry County’s first nature preserve. Zeigler Woods has rich flora and fauna with little evidence of human disturbance.
Dan Carden
Tippecanoe River State Park
Location: Winamac
Size: 2,761 acres
Opened: 1943
Activities: Canoeing; horseback riding; hiking; boating; fishing; picnicking; cross-country skiing
Amenities: Recreation building; cabins; 178 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping
DNR description: Attention canoers! Get ready for a relaxing journey as you float down the beautiful Tippecanoe River. You must bring your own canoe or make arrangements with the local canoe livery. When you return, you can enjoy the beautiful campground facilities with your group, family or friends.
Dan Carden
Turkey Run State Park
Location:
Marshall
Size:
2,382 acres
Opened:
1916
Activities:
Hiking, fishing, horseback riding, swimming, tennis, playgrounds, cultural programs
Amenities:
Turkey Run Inn, nature center, planetarium, saddle barn, cabins, 213 campsites, youth tent camping, camp store
DNR description:
You’ll marvel at the natural geologic wonders of this beautiful park as you hike along its famous trails. Nestled along State Road 47 southwest of Crawfordsville, the park offers the chance to explore deep, sandstone ravines, walk along stands of aged forests and enjoy the scenic views along Sugar Creek. Make sure to visit the Colonel Richard Lieber Cabin, which commemorates the contributions of the father of Indiana’s state park system.
Dan Carden
Versailles State Park
Location: Versailles
Size: 5,988 acres
Opened: 1943
Activities: Hiking; fishing; horseback riding; mountain biking; boating; swimming; picnicking; kayaking
Amenities: Covered bridge; boat launch; boat rental; 226 modern campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Take a drive through the beautiful rolling hills of southeastern Indiana with Versailles State Park, Indiana’s second-largest state park, as your destination. Numerous fossils tell the story of an ancient sea that covered the region. During the Civil War, Morgan’s Raiders made their way through the area that is now the park. The town of Versailles was briefly under Confederate control. Relax while fishing on the 230-acre lake where you can rent a rowboat, kayak or canoe. Get a workout and see the beauty of the park by taking a walk on the hiking trails or a ride on the mountain bike trails. Bring your horses for the day to enjoy the more than 20 miles of horse trails. Steps to a scenic overlook at the dam are a prime spot to see herons and other aquatic wildlife.
Dan Carden
White River State Park
Location: Indianapolis
Size: 250 acres
Opened: 1979
Activities: Museums; sports; concerts; theaters; zoo; hiking; Segway rides; historic canal; gardening; maze; picnicking; art
Amenities: Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians & Western Art; IMAX Theater; Indiana State Museum; Indianapolis Indians baseball at Victory Field; Indianapolis Zoo; White River Gardens; NCAA Hall of Champions; Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial; Indiana History Center; Central Canal; Military Park
Description: White River State Park boasts world-class attractions and destinations that offer distinctive experiences for every interest and visitor! Yes, you will find green spaces, trails, trees and waterways that you expect at any state park. In addition to nature’s wonderland, you will find cultural, educational, and recreational attractions and events in our urban getaway’s 250-acres. Located in the heart of downtown Indianapolis, White River State Park is the place you can enjoy the outdoors without ever leaving the city.
Dan Carden
Whitewater Memorial State Park
Location: Liberty
Size: 1,710 acres
Opened: 1949
Activities: Hiking; fishing; horseback riding; boating; swimming; canoeing; picnicking; ice fishing; archery; hayrides; birdwatching
Amenities: Marina; saddle barn; boat launches; boat rental; cabins; 318 modern and primitive campsites; youth tent camping; camp store
DNR description: Whitewater Memorial State Park is a great family getaway because of its 200-acre Whitewater Lake, access to Brookville Reservoir and other recreational facilities. Shoreline hiking, flat-water boating, swimming, fishing and camping opportunities are abundant around the man-made lake. The access to Brookville Reservoir provides many opportunities for seeing migrating flocks of birds. Whitewater Memorial State Park boasts 9 miles of horseback riding trails with access both for day users and from the horsemen’s campground. The land for the park was originally purchased by the surrounding counties of Union, Fayette, Franklin and Wayne as a memorial to the men and women who served in World War II.
Dan Carden
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – The man authorities said was caught on video last year beating a shark with a hammer on a Brevard County beach pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Brian Zachary Wadill entered not guilty pleas for two counts of violating state rules regarding the possession and harvesting of sharks.
Waddill, 33, was arrested last month.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Indian Harbour Beach police said Waddill caught a lemon shark on Dec. 20 at Bicentennial Beach Park.
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A video shows a man, presumed to be Waddill, hitting the shark in the head with a hammer repeatedly. The shark was then dragged back into the ocean.
Lemon sharks are one of the 28 protected shark species in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The state attorney’s office filed formal charges against Waddill in February.
The charges are considered misdemeanors.
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NORMAL — Connect Transit will be reinstating weekend service and updating its Sapphire Route starting June 4.
The reinstatement of weekend service is in large part due to hiring, training and retaining bus operators over the past several months, according to a news release.
In addition, the Sapphire Route will experience some changes following several public engagement sessions.
The Sapphire Route will leave downtown Bloomington at 5:20 a.m. and arrive at Rivian at 5:38 a.m. each day. It will also leave Uptown Station at 5:10 a.m. and arrive at Rivian at 5:39 a.m. each day.
The head sign on the bus will still say "Sapphire" for both departures. After the first trip, the bus will begin its route traveling between Rivian and the west Bloomington Walmart at JC Parkway, according to the news release.
Connect Transit staff will be on board the Sapphire Route from May 29 through June 1 to explain the changes, describe the transfer process and help passengers plan their trips.
To view a detailed map and timetable for the adapted Sapphire Route, visit rb.gy/kjqhq.
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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County middle school teacher is accused of inappropriately touching and recording his students, according to the Orlando Police Department.
Javier Romero-Gonzalez, 45, was arrested Wednesday on several charges, including lewd or lascivious conduct.
According to an affidavit for arrest warrant, two students reported to a school resource officer in April that Romero-Gonzalez, a Spanish teacher at Innovation Middle School, touched them inappropriately and would record them on his cellphone.
One student said there were multiple times when she would get hand sanitizer from the front of the room and he would place his hands on her hips to “guide her back to her seat,” according to the affidavit.
The students said there was another time when they performed a dance during class and were told by another student that Romero-Gonzalez was taking photos and videos, the affidavit shows.
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Anyone believing they were victimized by Romero-Gonzalez is asked to contact the Orlando Police Department's Special Victims Unit. More info ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/GFZMyuGw3c
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The other student told the officer he would “hold the phone in front of him at his waistline and would set the phone up on his desk,” according to the affidavit. According to the report, multiple students reported seeing Romero-Gonzalez recording with his phone between his legs while seated and trying to hide the screen.
The student also said there was a time she was returning to the classroom and he touched her butt and back, the affidavit said.
According to law enforcement, the school resource officer identified four other students who witnessed these incidents.
Romero-Gonzalez faces charges of lewd or lascivious conduct and soliciting or engaging in lewd contact with a student.
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BLOOMINGTON — A 37-year-old man was sentenced Tuesday to 284 days in jail for spitting on a police officer and driving under the influence in Colfax.
Christopher P. Carmona, 37, Colfax, was credited for serving 142 days in jail and ordered to complete 30 months of probation, court records show.
Christopher P. Carmona
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Carmona pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated battery to a peace officer, a Class 2 felony, and aggravated driving under the influence of a drug, a Class 4 felony. Two additional offenses, a Class 4 felony charge of obstructing justice and misdemeanor violation of a bail bond, were then dropped.
The Pantagraph previously reported that officers were called to a Colfax residence on a report that Carmona violated bond conditions on two other cases. Prosecutors said at the time that police found him in a running, parked pickup truck, adding that he had red, glassy eyes.
After he was taken to a hospital for blood and urine testing, Carmona spat on an officer’s face and neck.
Carmona was also ordered by the court to undergo treatment for substance use.
To investigate the most commonly cited reasons for not seeking treatment for substance use disorder, Zinnia Health reviewed data from the 2020 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, collected by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The states with the worst teen drinking and driving problem
States With the Worst Teen Drinking & Driving Problem
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One of the most dangerous acts a teenager can commit is getting behind the wheel after drinking. Young drivers are already higher-risk than other age groups due to their inexperience, their likelihood of being distracted while driving, and the higher prevalence of dangerous behaviors like speeding or not wearing a seatbelt. When alcohol is added to the mix, many of these issues only become more common and more likely to result in crashes and fatalities.
Fortunately, the prevalence of teens driving drunk—along with teen traffic fatalities in general—have been trending downward for years, making the roads safer for teens and other motorists. Led by efforts from organizations like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) , many states have adopted laws over the past few decades to cut down on teen drinking and driving, along with other dangerous driving behaviors. These reforms include zero-tolerance laws for drinking drivers under the age of 21, liability for those who serve alcohol to the underaged, graduated license programs that scale up new drivers’ rights and responsibilities as they get more driving experience, and limits on the number of passengers who can be in the vehicle with a teen driver.
These reforms have been remarkably effective: teen-related traffic fatalities are down nearly 75% from their peaks in the late 1970s. As it relates to drinking and driving specifically, the percentage of students who report that they have ridden with a drinking driver was more than cut in half from 39.9% in 1991 to 16.7% in 2019, according to the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) . The data for students who report drinking and driving themselves does not go back as far but also shows positive signs, dropping from 10% in 2013 to 5.4% in 2019.
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Teen drinking and driving rates have declined in recent decades
While progress has been made, teen drinking and driving persists. One of the challenges is that certain demographic groups among teens are more likely than others to engage in reckless behavior like drinking and driving or riding with someone who has been drinking. For example, YRBSS data shows male high school students are nearly twice as likely as female students to report drinking and driving (7% vs. 3.6% of students), though female students are more likely to indicate that they have ridden with someone who drank and drove.
The likelihood that a student will drink and drive also increases with age. Only 3% of ninth graders—who are usually 14 or 15 years old, and therefore less likely to have received their drivers license or permit—report drinking and driving, compared to 7.8% of twelfth graders. In comparison, the percentage of high schoolers who have ridden with someone who drank and drove is fairly consistent across grades, between 16% and 17% for all ages.
Drinking and driving rates are higher among male and older students
In addition to demographic differences, the prevalence of drinking and driving varies by geography as well. There are a variety of reasons why this might be the case. While all states have a graduated license program in place, some are more permissive than others , allowing more drivers to get on the road at 14 or 15. Another reason could be variation in car dependence: in many rural states where the population is more spread out and fewer transportation alternatives are available, drivers log more miles on the road in general.
To find the states with the worst teen drinking and driving problem, researchers at CoPilot created a composite risk index using data from the CDC. The index includes the percentage of high school students in each state who report drinking alcohol, binge drinking, riding with a drinking driver, or drinking and driving themselves. The latter two variables are weighted double. States were ordered based on their composite risk index, and only states with available data across all metrics were included in the analysis.
15. Mississippi
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Drinking and driving risk index: 56.18High school students who drink and drive: 5.3%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 18.9%High school students who drink alcohol: 25.9%High school students who are binge drinkers: 10.1%
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14. North Dakota
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Drinking and driving risk index: 57.63High school students who drink and drive: 5.5%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 14.2%High school students who drink alcohol: 27.6%High school students who are binge drinkers: 15.6%
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13. California
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Drinking and driving risk index: 59.52High school students who drink and drive: 5.7%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 20.7%High school students who drink alcohol: 21.4%High school students who are binge drinkers: 7.1%
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12. Massachusetts
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Drinking and driving risk index: 60.93High school students who drink and drive: 5.1%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 15.4%High school students who drink alcohol: 29.8%High school students who are binge drinkers: 15.0%
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11. Florida
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Drinking and driving risk index: 61.90High school students who drink and drive: 5.6%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 16.7%High school students who drink alcohol: 26.1%High school students who are binge drinkers: 12.4%
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10. South Dakota
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Drinking and driving risk index: 62.85High school students who drink and drive: 6.3%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 15.1%High school students who drink alcohol: 26.3%High school students who are binge drinkers: 14.9%
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9. Colorado
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Drinking and driving risk index: 65.72High school students who drink and drive: 5.4%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 16.4%High school students who drink alcohol: 30.7%High school students who are binge drinkers: 13.1%
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8. Texas
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Drinking and driving risk index: 66.18High school students who drink and drive: 5.3%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 19.4%High school students who drink alcohol: 27.8%High school students who are binge drinkers: 11.5%
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7. Arizona
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Drinking and driving risk index: 68.58High school students who drink and drive: 5.4%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 18.4%High school students who drink alcohol: 26.6%High school students who are binge drinkers: 14.7%
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6. Arkansas
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Drinking and driving risk index: 71.43High school students who drink and drive: 6.7%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 19.5%High school students who drink alcohol: 25.4%High school students who are binge drinkers: 12.2%
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5. Vermont
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Drinking and driving risk index: 80.48High school students who drink and drive: 6.2%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 17.2%High school students who drink alcohol: 30.9%High school students who are binge drinkers: 15.2%
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4. New Mexico
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Drinking and driving risk index: 81.42High school students who drink and drive: 6.8%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 20.7%High school students who drink alcohol: 28.6%High school students who are binge drinkers: 12.1%
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3. Louisiana
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Drinking and driving risk index: 83.82High school students who drink and drive: 9.6%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 24.5%High school students who drink alcohol: 29.5%High school students who are binge drinkers: 10.7%
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2. Kansas
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Drinking and driving risk index: 85.22High school students who drink and drive: 7.7%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 16.4%High school students who drink alcohol: 32.8%High school students who are binge drinkers: 18.8%
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1. Montana
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Drinking and driving risk index: 92.85High school students who drink and drive: 7.1%High school students who rode with a drinking driver: 19.1%High school students who drink alcohol: 33.4%High school students who are binge drinkers: 17.5%
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OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A person barricaded in a stolen vehicle was arrested Thursday after a chase with law enforcement, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said the person, whose name has not been released, barricaded themselves in the vehicle on 17th Street near Oregon Avenue.
The sheriff’s office said while they were in the vehicle, the person put on a helmet.
Deputies and police officers were then able to take the person into custody.
@StCloudPD & @OsceolaSheriff responded this afternoon to a situation involving an armed & barricaded suspect in a vehicle near 17th St. and Oregon Ave. The suspect was taken into custody, and no injuries were reported. #stcloudsafe pic.twitter.com/7ONZaZFBaA
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St. Cloud High School, St. Cloud Middle School and Michigan Avenue Elementary School are nearby. Sheriff’s officials said some schools were placed on lockdown, but that precaution has since been lifted.
No other details have been released.
This is a developing story and will be updated with more information as we receive it.
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NORMAL — The 20th annual "Cop on a Rooftop" fundraiser is returning to Illinois next week in support of Special Olympics.
From 5 a.m. to noon on Friday, May 19, law enforcement officers will be at Dunkin' locations throughout the state to collect donations for the Law Enforcement Torch Run, which benefits Special Olympics Illinois.
A news release said donors will receive a free doughnut, and a donation of $10 or more will also earn them a free medium hot or iced coffee.
The news release said the event has raised over $7.6 million for Special Olympics Illinois since the fundraiser's inception in 2003.
Central Illinois Dunkin' locations participating in the fundraiser include the following:
Bloomington: 2306 E. Oakland Ave. Normal: 1603 N. Main St. and 215 Greenbriar Drive Pontiac: 0826 W. Reynolds St. Decatur: 3016 N. Water St. Charleston: 250 Lincoln Ave. Lincoln: 3089 Woodlawn Road Springfield: 102 Chatham Road For a full list of participating restaurants, go to coponarooftop.com .
A little known but important Abraham Lincoln site is located 10 miles west of Decatur. Melody Arnold, chairperson of the Friends of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park, and James Farris, head of the group's historical research and development committee, discuss the park's significance.
🔎 Discovering Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln markers in Central Illinois
Governor's Mansion
The Illinois Governor's Mansion is at 410 E. Jackson St., Springfield.
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David Davis Mansion
Location: 1000 Monroe Dr., Bloomington
About: The David Davis Mansion was the residence of, you guessed it, Senator David Davis from Illinois. A long-time friend of Abraham Lincoln, David Davis proved to be highly influential on the political career of Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
Location: 402 S. Lincoln Highway, Lerna
About: Once the 19th-century home of Abraham Lincoln's parents Thomas and Sarah Bush Lincoln, the Lincoln Log Cabin is now a historic site owned by the state of Illinois.
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Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices
Location: 112 N. 6th St., Springfield
About: Before entering politics, Abraham Lincoln had a successful law career that spanned almost 25 years. The restored Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices building is a must-see while visiting downtown Springfield.
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Location: 413 S. 8th St., Springfield
About: This beautifully restored home in downtown Springfield was Abraham and Mary Lincoln's home for almost 20 years.
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Mary Lincoln at Bellevue Place
Location: 333 S. Jefferson St., Batavia
About: In the years following Abraham Lincoln's assassination, his widow Mary was declared insane by a court and was committed to this private sanitarium.
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Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site
Following Abraham Lincoln's death, his friends in Illinois sought to bury him in Springfield. Today, Lincoln's tomb attracts visitors from all over the country.
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The Lincoln Family Church
Location: 321 S. Seventh St., Springfield
About: Conveniently located in the same neighborhood as Lincoln's home, the Lincoln Family Church still houses the original pew used by the Lincoln family.
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Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site
Location: 15588 History Ln., Petersburg
About: This pioneer village located outside of Springfield is where Lincoln lived as a young man. In fact, it was in New Salem that Lincoln first began studying law.
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Fithian House
Location: 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville
About: This home was built and owned by physician William Fithian. While serving in the Illinois legislature, he became friends with Lincoln who would visit his home often.
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Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park
Location: Decatur, IL 62521
About: Originally from southern Indiana, Abraham Lincoln left for Illinois in his early twenties. He settled at what is now the Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park.
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Postville Courthouse State Historic Site
Location: 914 5th St., Lincoln
About: While still a practicing lawyer, Abraham Lincoln would visit this site about twice a year.
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Old State Capitol State Historic Site
Location: S. 6th St. & E. Adams St., Springfield
About: Abraham Lincoln spent a great deal of time at this site during his political career. In fact, he was instrumental in moving the state capital of Illinois from Vandalia to Springfield.
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The Lincoln Depot
Location: 930 E. Monroe St., Springfield
About: On February 11, 1861, Abraham Lincoln left Springfield as president-elect. He gave his famous Farewell Address at the Great Western Railroad station, now known as the Lincoln Depot.
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The annual Kenosha County law enforcement memorial service at the Public Safety Monument in Harborpark Wednesday marked fallen officers and recognized current members of law enforcement.
Kenosha Police Department Chief Patrick Patton said the day was about keeping a promise to remember officers who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
"It's one of those we are going to continue to come out here and make sure your name is not forgotten," Patton said. "We say it every year. We will look your family in the face and say we have not forgotten. We still do it. It's just honoring that promise that we made."
Kenosha County Sheriff David Zoerner echoed Patton's sentiments.
"We ask these young people be paladins. to be warrior, and of give themselves to a degree that so many in civilian world don't, and they have to know that what they do is recognized and appreciated," Zoerner said." God forbid one of them pays the ultimate price with the loss of their life; they're gonna be taken care of (and) their honor will be cherished."
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Patton said speaking at the ceremony was moving for him as he saw the faces of the Kenosha Police Department looking back at him as he spoke.
"I get this real heavy heart when I stand up there," Patton said. "I don't know if, one day, I'm going to get the knock on my door or a phone call saying it's one of my officers. When I get up there I think about that."
Zoerner said the ceremony was also a day to recognize those whose names are not etched on the monument.
"I wanted to show appreciation for the people who aren't on the monument, because over the last few years we've lost people from our agencies that weren't in a gunfight that gave of themselves so much," Zoerner said. "I just want to make sure that the commitment is to all of the people we've lost whether they're on a monument or not recognized."
Kenosha County Court Commissioner Loren Keating gave the keynote speech and discussed how to honor fallen officers.
"How do we, the living, honor those who died in service," Keating asked. "We do so by never forgetting who they were and what they sacrificed. We must continue to remember their service, their higher calling. Those who we honor today are not simply names on a monument, they mattered."
The ceremony
The ceremony incnluded national anthem, sung by Andrea Squires, great-granddaughter of fallen Kenosha Police Officer Antonio Pingitore, followed by the presentation of the colors and remarks from the Kenosha Sheriff's Department Chaplain John Hagerty.
"Today is a time of celebration," Hagerty said. "This memorial is celebration of who we are memorializing, a celebration of their lives lived, a recalling of the family and friends they left behind, (and) a remembrance of the ultimate sacrifice."
The national Officer Down Memorial Page indicates there were a total of 245 officers who died in the line-of-duty in 2022 including 81 that were COVID-19 related. This year, there have been over 33 line-of-duty deaths.
During 2022, there were also 25 law enforcement K-9's that died in the line-of-duty in 2022.
"We have already seen more officers die in the line of duty this year than any year since 2000," Patton said.
A rendition of "Amazing Grace" was performed by the Kenosha Area Pipes and Drums Association, a benediction given by Pleasant Prairie Police Chaplain David Pagel, a rifle salute from the law enforcement honor guard and playing of taps by the Kenosha Police Honor Guard.
"This memorial is a reminder that our area is not immune to big city problems," Pagel said. "Line of duty deaths are always tragic, (and) we remember the fallen who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty." | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/annual-law-enforcement-ceremony-honors-fallen-current-officers-locally-and-throughout-the-state/article_470a8784-ef64-11ed-a956-37896d4726f8.html | 2023-05-11T20:23:49 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/annual-law-enforcement-ceremony-honors-fallen-current-officers-locally-and-throughout-the-state/article_470a8784-ef64-11ed-a956-37896d4726f8.html |
Construction has begun on Mission94, an indoor gun range on the Pritzker Military Archives campus in Somers, with a groundbreaking ceremony held Thursday morning.
The gun range, located at 1487 120th Ave., will be 21,650 square feet, with 15 lanes including 10 pistol range lanes at 25 yards, and five rifle range lanes at 50 yards.
The facility will have soundproofing and a modern air filtration system.
According to planning documents, all lead bullets will be mined annually and treated as recycled waste.
Construction is expected to be completed in spring 2024, weather permitting.
Local officials gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking Thursday which featured comments by Jennifer Pritzker, founder and chair of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. A retired lieutenant colonel, she emphasized the importance of firearm education, both to better understand military history and to increase gun safety.
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“This one-of-a-kind facility will be dedicated to educating everyone, from first-time owners to those who use firearms daily in their profession,” Pritzker said.
Although Mission94 sits on the same land as the Pritzker Military Archives Center, it is not the same company as the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. However, the two organizations share similar missions around history and education.
“We’re going to have a close relationship with Mission94,” Pritzker said. “You want to be a member of both.”
Beyond being an indoor gun range, Pritzker discussed the historical aspect of Mission94. The range will offer offering patrons the opportunity to fire historical replicas and modern military firearms, including black powder firearms.
“With a military museum, it’s extremely useful, even essential, to study the implements of warfare,” Pritzker said. “What was it like for the minutemen to fire a flintlock rifle? We’ll have a replica. When you handle an actual weapon, you understand it.”
Prtizker’s own interest in firearms and military history go back to her childhood, spending countless hours learning about weapons.
When she first learned to fire weapons, Pritzker said she learned the importance of following proper procedures, and her understanding of weapons and firearms would only grow during her time in the military.
The archive and firing range follow both her interests and the lessons she learned during her lifetime researching and working with firearms and military equipment.
Somers Village President George Stoner said the project was one of the reasons he chose to run again for president. He said he pushed for an emphasis on gun education for the project.
“This is amazing, totally amazing,” Stoner said. “I’m hoping this is going to be a destination in Somers.”
Construction on the nearby Pritzker Military Archives is ongoing, with previous estimates predicting completion by late 2023 or early 2024.
The archives center, designed by the architectural firm Jahn, will provide space to restore, preserve and store collections of books, artifacts and other historical materials. The center will also feature a 9,400-square-foot gallery. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/construction-begins-on-indoor-gun-range-mission94-in-somers/article_3fefdb44-f026-11ed-80d4-5b025e4a5322.html | 2023-05-11T20:23:56 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/construction-begins-on-indoor-gun-range-mission94-in-somers/article_3fefdb44-f026-11ed-80d4-5b025e4a5322.html |
For three hours on the second Sunday of every month, The Century Room in downtown Tucson is a little more fabulous than usual.
While the inside of the upscale jazz lounge remains the same at a glance with its patinaed decor, jazzy sounds and sophisticated cocktails, the room becomes a second home to Tucson’s LGBTQ+ community as it transforms into Fruit Cocktail Lounge — a social cocktail hour for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies.
The organizers behind Fruit Cocktail Lounge aim to provide a central place for Tucson’s LGBTQ+ community to gather and enjoy good drinks, catchy tunes and each other’s company.
“You come in feeling good, you leave feeling even better,” said David Hoffman, co-producer of Fruit Cocktail Lounge. “And it's been fun watching a range of folks from gay men to lesbian women to our trans brothers and sisters — everybody knows they’re welcome there. And there's not many spaces in Tucson that puts it right out there and follows through.”
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“I mean, we’re like the ‘Cheers’ of Tucson,” joked co-producer Jim Yager.
“The queer ‘Cheers’ of Tucson, where everybody knows your name,” Hoffman added.
For Hoffman and Yager, Fruit Cocktail Lounge was created out of equal parts necessity and passion.
Hoffman, a native Tucsonan, is also the creator of Retro Game Show Night — an event held at Hotel Congress that pays homage to old TV game shows with a funky twist — but wanted another way to bring Tucson’s LGBTQ+ community together.
Yager, a filmmaker and recent transplant from San Francisco, found himself looking for a project that would get him away from a computer screen and more involved in his new home’s LGBTQ+ community.
“Part of its origins comes from the fact that the gay community as we're becoming more and more kind of assimilated and accepted, our spaces are shrinking and the need for gay bars and gay and queer spaces in general, they're going away and, you know, maybe not forever, but there is still a need as a community to get together,” Hoffman said. “And I keep thinking maybe this is, at least in a city the size of Tucson that only has three queer bars, that maybe this is the new model — you create these monthly or bimonthly events where people get a chance to get together.”
“I feel like for me coming here from California, I felt it was really important to create my own sense of security within my community, especially during this kind of turbulent political time,” Yager said. “It was important for me to find a way to connect to my community here in Tucson so that I could feel safe and secure as well.”
The idea of hosting a cocktail lounge came up a couple years ago after Yager returned to Tucson from a trip to Palm Springs, California.
In Palm Springs, there’s a cocktail bar called Oscar’s that hosts a Sunday “tea dance” which has been a popular tradition among the LGBTQ+ community since the 1950s. Yager thought a similar concept could be a good fit for Tucson.
“I came back to Hoff(man) and said, ‘Well, what if we talk about more like a Sunday afternoon team social building (event) or something like that?” he said. “We didn't think a dance would necessarily go over well and so we thought ‘Let's start with this idea of a Sunday afternoon gathering.’ And what we found out is people liked the idea of getting together on a Sunday afternoon because generally speaking, nothing else is going on, and so a lot of people come because it really is a nice, relaxing way to spend a couple of hours.”
The first Fruit Cocktail Lounge was held in fall 2021 at Club Congress and eventually moved to The Century Room inside Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress St., last summer.
Despite the move a few steps away, Hotel Congress was bound to be the home of the monthly social cocktail lounge.
“Hotel Congress is a kind of a cultural hub of downtown and Tucson in general,” Hoffman said. “It's always been super accepting of LGBTQIA (individuals and) allies since way back and it's always been a home for me. I've been going there since I was a freshman in college, so I have a long history with it. And it's been interesting to see it grow and become what it is. And it just felt like a perfect fit.”
'Fruity, friendly and fabulous' ✨
As you walk into The Century Room, you’re immediately transported to another, well, century. The warm, welcoming room makes you feel as if you’ve somehow teleported to the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
After finding a seat in the lounge, one of The Century Room’s staff members will bring over a bar menu — emerald green with gold foil details — and give you a few drink recommendations based on your tastes.
Soon after, charismatic host Paul Bowman kicks off the show with a couple fun stories to welcome the audience to Fruit Cocktail Lounge.
Following his introduction, the evening’s musicians begin filling the room with catchy, soft jazz tunes. Past musicians include Khris Dodge, the music director of the Tucson Pops Orchestra, Sarah Tolar, Dylan Dominguez and Greg Stickroth.
The next Fruit Cocktail Lounge, set for 4-7 p.m. Sunday, May 14, features local guitarist Mike Gellar and singer Sheryl Ann McKinley. (There is a $6 cover fee to enter!)
Since Fruit Cocktail Lounge is only held 12 times a year, the co-producers make sure every show counts.
“It's a performance. It's a social (event), it's a time to get together with friends,” Yager said. “It's not just getting together and drinking. There is an actual program. And I think it's about creating a sense of family and community, which I think is often one of the most gratifying parts of it.”
When coming up with the name for Fruit Cocktail Lounge, Yager and Hoffman knew they wanted to take a term that could be considered derogatory, such as fruity or queer, and give it a new meaning.
“We’re taking anything that might have been used as a slur and taking it back and giving it power and love and everything,” Hoffman said. “Just like the word queer. I mean, to a certain generation, that word was a really awful, awful slur. And now it's like people identify as such. And so that was kind of us having fun with the name fruit cocktail. … We're having some fun with it and people have embraced it.”
Hoffman and Yager already have some ideas in mind to keep Fruit Cocktail Lounge going in the future: “Fruit Cocktail Lounge Island,” Hoffman jokes.
On a more serious note, Hoffman and Yager would like to expand their roster of performers and get involved with local nonprofits so the event can become even more connected with the community.
“I think I would like to just see us grow, you know, and growing in this kind of positive way,” Hoffman said. “We talked about having a place where everyone kind of could come together and hang out and connect and not in a networking kind of way, but it's just kind of like ‘Hey, get to know your neighbors.’ And Tucson’s gay community is rather decentralized. We don't have gay neighborhoods. We don't have gay shopping districts and whatnot. And so even though we're all out there, we're just gonna bump into each other at Target.”
“Excuse me, Williams-Sonoma,” Yager added.
Whether it’s a Fruit Cocktail island or a monthly social cocktail in the heart of downtown Tucson, the duo wants to continue creating a “fruity, friendly and fabulous” space for Tucson’s diverse LGBTQ+ community for years to come.
“I think any community needs to feel safe and secure and represented,” Yager said. “And I think, as Hoffman said earlier, having queer spaces, even though we're not defined in the way we maybe were defined 30 to 40 years ago, we still need to depend on one another, to create connections with one another. We still need to support each other, especially as we live in turbulent times, to be able to have a space where we feel comfortable to be ourselves and to connect with one another is still very important.”
For more information about Fruit Cocktail Lounge, check out their Facebook page. | https://tucson.com/news/local/fruit-cocktail-lounge-the-century-room-downtown-tucson-lgbtq/article_2a9a4276-ee8b-11ed-8735-8f3344403e0e.html | 2023-05-11T20:27:25 | 1 | https://tucson.com/news/local/fruit-cocktail-lounge-the-century-room-downtown-tucson-lgbtq/article_2a9a4276-ee8b-11ed-8735-8f3344403e0e.html |
TUPELO – Mandy Gunasekera does not meet the requirements to seek the northern district seat on the Public Service Commission, according to a Thursday ruling by the Mississippi Supreme Court.
The unanimous opinion by the court upholds a prior decision by a special circuit judge and finds that Gunasekara cannot show she will have been a citizen of the state for five years before this November’s election.
The high court’s opinion, written by Justice Leslie King, found that Special Circuit Judge Lamar Pickard's ruling was supported by numerous facts, including a November 2018 vote by Gunasekara in a Washington D.C. local election.
No justices dissented, but only six participated in the decision. The three judges that represent the northern part of the state – Robert Chamberlin, Josiah Coleman and James Maxwell – recused themselves from the case.
The parties largely agreed that the “citizenship requirement” amounts to the requirement to have legal residency or a “domicile” in the state, and Gunasekara had argued that even while working in Washington D.C. she was already living in Mississippi by mid-2018 and that her vote in a local D.C. election did not run afoul of Mississippi’s candidate qualification requirements.
But in his opinion for the court, King wrote that “The record shows that on November 7, 2018, Gunasekara owned a house in D.C., where her husband and children resided, and on which she received a homestead deduction. Gunasekara paid income taxes in D.C. She had a full time job in D.C., had a D.C. driver’s license, and was registered to vote in D.C. Gunasekara renewed her car tag in D.C. at the end of October 2018. Moreover, the day before Gunasekara was required to have been a citizen of Mississippi, she exercised her right to vote in D.C.”
Gunasekara has exhausted her state appeals but raised several constitutional issues in written briefs submitted to the Mississippi Supreme Court and could theoretically attempt to sue in federal court to keep herself on the ballot.
In a written statement, Gunasekara wouldn't rule out a federal challenge.
"I’m a fighter and a constitutional conservative. I’m assessing all my legal options," she said. "The Mississippi Supreme Court acknowledged the potential unconstitutionality of this provision, yet found a convenient, procedural mechanism to avoid a decision on the merits. I believe the voters of Mississippi deserve a ruling on the merits."
Thursday’s decision by the high court marks a significant reversal of fortunes for a candidate who entered the PSC race early and with national political connections, including a stint in President Donald Trump’s administration, which Gunasekara frequently highlighted.
The decision by the court leaves only two candidates in the race to represent north Mississippi on the PSC: Chris Brown and Tanner Newman, both Republicans.
Brown is a third-term state representative. His current legislative seat was eliminated by redistricting last year. A Monroe County resident and with an ongoing property development project in Tupelo, he is the chair of the House Conservation and Water Resources committee.
Newman is director of Development Services for the city of Tupelo, though he recently took a leave of unpaid absence from the city to campaign for the PSC. His position involves management of the city’s zoning, engineering and building regulations divisions
With only two Republican candidates now in the running and no Democrat, the Aug. 8 Republican primary will determine the race. The winner will replace incumbent Brandon Presley, who is running for governor as a Democrat.
Brown did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
In a written statement to the Daily Journal on Thursday afternoon, Newman pitched his candidacy to supporters of the now-disqualified Gunasekara.
"My campaign will continue to spread our positive message and work to earn the support of voters across north Mississippi," said Newman. "Let there be no doubt – Mandy Gunasekara has a bright future in public service ahead of her. I welcome all of Mandy's supporters to find a home on Team Newman."
Gunasekara’s disqualification from the ballot comes after Matthew Barton, a Republican candidate for district attorney in DeSoto County, challenged her candidacy.
In a written statement to the Daily Journal, Barton's attorney Sean Akins said the challenge was motivated by a principled desired to uphold election integrity.
"Today’s decision is a victory for free and fair elections where the true winners are the voters," said Barton's attorney. "This suit was never about Ms. Gunasekara’s character but about whether she met the Constitutional requirements to run for that office. While her heart may have been in Mississippi, her citizenship was in Washington, D.C."
Following a hearing before the Mississippi Republican Party Executive Committee in February, the committee voted to allow Gunasekara to remain on the ballot. Barton appealed that decision to a state court, and in March Judge Pickard decided that she in fact did not meet the state’s five-year residency requirement for PSC candidates.
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DALLAS — The Southwest Airlines pilots union has voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike, a largely symbolic move as the group continues negotiations on a new contract with the Dallas-based company.
The vote - details of which were released by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association on Thursday - does not mean that pilots will go on strike. In fact, a strike would be highly unlikely to happen as the airline heads into a busy summer travel season, and Southwest has never had a labor strike.
The pilots union and the airline are still negotiating on a deal; strike authorization votes are commonly seen as a message from a union to a company during negotiations.
The authorization vote is a step in what would be a lengthy labor process that could eventually lead to a strike.
Similar to how American Airlines pilots voted to authorize a strike last week, the Southwest vote is highly unlikely to lead to any walkout or strike that would disrupt the airline's operations.
Voting on the authorization began May 1 and 98% of union members participated, with 99% favoring the strike authorization, according to the union.
“Today, our Pilots have empowered our Negotiating Committee Chair, Captain Jody Reven, to petition the National Mediation Board to release us to self-help imminently at which time we will follow the process set forth by the Railway Labor Act and continue toward a strike," pilots union president Casey Murray said. "We want our passengers to understand that we do not take this path lightly and are disheartened that the LUV airline has gotten so far away from the values set forth by Herb Kelleher."
Southwest Airlines in a statement Thursday emphasized that the vote does not mean that pilots are going on strike.
Southwest also said the vote "has no impact on our scheduled operations" heading into the summer travel season.
"Our negotiating team remains focused on ongoing discussions and continuing to make progress toward a new agreement for our Pilots. Southwest and the Pilots' union (SWAPA) remain in mediation, which is overseen by the National Mediation Board," Southwest officials said in a statement Thursday.
Southwest pilots have been critical of management in the wake of the airline's holiday travel chaos, which led to thousands of canceled flights in the week after Christmas.
Murray in January called for the strike authorization vote this spring "in the wake of Southwest's largest meltdown and utter lack of meaningful progress on a contract negotiation," the release said.
While Southwest posted a first-quarter loss in the wake of the holiday meltdown, the Dallas-based airline saw a profit in March and expects to make a profit for the second quarter. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/southwest-airlines-pilots-just-voted-authorize-strike-what-that-means-what-it-doesnt/287-f930da32-8ea1-4170-9f11-c10cc2d7f5be | 2023-05-11T20:33:10 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/southwest-airlines-pilots-just-voted-authorize-strike-what-that-means-what-it-doesnt/287-f930da32-8ea1-4170-9f11-c10cc2d7f5be |
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BANGOR- A Charleston man is facing up to 20 years in prison for his role in Penobscot and Aroostook County drug trafficking.
Thomas Hammond,24, pleaded guilty in U. S. District Court in Bangor today to conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl.
According to court records, Hammond conspired with others to traffic the drugs between January 2018 and December 2021.
He is the nineth person to plead guilty in this case. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/charleston-man-faces-20-years-for-drug-trafficking/article_120ad9b2-f031-11ed-9ba8-a3f12a2d52ba.html | 2023-05-11T20:36:45 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/charleston-man-faces-20-years-for-drug-trafficking/article_120ad9b2-f031-11ed-9ba8-a3f12a2d52ba.html |
AUGUSTA- The Kennebec County Sheriff's Office officially has a new home.
By the end of business hours today, the administrative offices of the Sheriff, Patrol Division, Criminal Investigation Division, Records,Civil Division and Office Manager will be all moved into 73 Winthrop Street in Augusta.
The Correctional Facility is still at 115 State Street where it has always been. | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/kennebec-county-sherrifs-office-new-home/article_56d33fe6-f034-11ed-a160-4721809e9895.html | 2023-05-11T20:36:51 | 1 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/kennebec-county-sherrifs-office-new-home/article_56d33fe6-f034-11ed-a160-4721809e9895.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. — All cities in Oregon will soon be allowed to use photo radar to enforce speed limits. Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill on Monday, expanding photo radar enforcement statewide.
Under House Bill 2095, all cities can opt-in to use photo radar as long as they pay for the costs of operating it. Previously, only 10 cities statewide had the authorization: Portland, Gladstone, Milwaukie, Oregon City, Beaverton, Tigard, Bend, Eugene, Albany and Medford.
The bill eliminates restrictions on the number of hours each day that photo radar can operate in a single location. It also gives cities more authority to adjust speeds for certain residential streets up to 10 miles per hour lower than the statutory speed.
House Bill 2095 passed the Oregon Senate in late April with bipartisan support, after passing in the House.
Many mayors around the state expressed their support for the bill before the governor signed it, including Gresham Mayor Travis Stovall, who called automated speed enforcement "essential" for keeping pedestrians and bicyclists safe.
"During and after COVID-19, we have seen school zones and the surrounding areas become less safe due to speeding and less police presence," Stovall said in written testimony.
Sherwood Mayor Tim Rosener also spoke in favor of the bill and said photo radar would free up limited police resources to focus on higher priority calls.
"With the advent of crowd-sourced navigation apps, we are seeing a dramatic increase in traffic cutting through (our) neighborhoods with a disregard for safety and speed limits. Mobile photo enforcement is critical," Rosener said in written testimony.
Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty also testified in support of the bill back in January. Beaverton and Portland were the first cities in Oregon allowed to use photo radar in a 1995 pilot program. Beaverton began using photo red lights in 2001.
According to Beaverton city leaders, most recent photo radar data from 2021 and 2022 shows about 75% of citations were given to people with driver's licenses outside of Beaverton. | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/photo-radar-bill-tina-kotek-oregon/283-ad221c8d-45a1-4482-be66-b8ba303760e8 | 2023-05-11T20:36:53 | 0 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/photo-radar-bill-tina-kotek-oregon/283-ad221c8d-45a1-4482-be66-b8ba303760e8 |
Truck Explodes Outside Blaine House Susan Farley Susan Farley News Director Author email May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 Updated 28 min ago Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AUGUSTA- Police dispatchers have confirmed a truck exploded outside the Blaine house in Augusta this afternoon.No other information is available.We have a crew on the scene and will update the story as details are released. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Blaine House Truck Explosion Augusta Susan Farley News Director Susan Farley, a familiar face in Eastern Maine, joined the ABC 7 and Fox 22 News team in 2016. Susan most recently served as the executive director at the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce, before returning to her roots in news. She has a long history in local news that began with writing for the local newspaper while she was still in high school and continued in 1987 when she held the position of news director at WDEA/WWMJ radio stations. In 1990 she became the assignment editor at WABI-TV for six years. She left the station to run her own successful business while continuing to assist WABI in coverage of elections and other special events. She returned to WABI full-time in 2003 to serve as the station's Coastal Bureau chief for the next six years. She held the position of assistant news director at WVII ABC7 and Fox 22 before being chosen to take over as news director in 2018. "This is the place I was born and raised. The people here have a special place in my heart and I have always felt a need to tell their stories, to give them the information that matters to them ," said Farley. "I'm so proud to be working with the entire ABC 7/Fox 22 News team to bring quality news reporting to our viewers." Author email Follow Susan Farley Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Recommended for you Currently in Bangor 79° Partly Cloudy79° / 51° 5 PM 79° 6 PM 78° 7 PM 74° 8 PM 69° 9 PM 65° Storm CancellationsSign up here Trending Articles Videos ArticlesOpening of Maine ATV trails delayedHoulton photographer shoots for a better future Accident Sends Man to the HospitalFire Delays Opening of Treworgy's Family OrchardsBangor School Department shares heartfelt message to teachersMaine Gets 13 New Game WardensBrewer hires Carl Parker and Tanna Ross as new basketball head coachesSmirnoff Vodka partners with trans woman who recently disrupted Texas legislature over anti-trans billHampden Academy baseball's youthful, yet experienced squad one of tops in A NorthBucksport community helps family whose house burned down Videos What's on Tonight? Fox Bangor Image Time Programme 7:00 pm Family Feud 8:00 pm Master Chef 10:00 pm Fox 22 News at 10 11:00 pm Dateline WVII Image Time Programme 7:00 pm Wheel of Fortune 7:30 pm Jeopardy! 8:00 pm The Connors 8:30 pm The Goldbergs 9:00 pm Abbott Elementary 9:30 pm Home Economics 10:00 pm Press Your Luck 11:00 pm ABC 7 News at 11 11:30 pm Jimmy Kimmel
Susan Farley News Director Susan Farley, a familiar face in Eastern Maine, joined the ABC 7 and Fox 22 News team in 2016. Susan most recently served as the executive director at the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce, before returning to her roots in news. She has a long history in local news that began with writing for the local newspaper while she was still in high school and continued in 1987 when she held the position of news director at WDEA/WWMJ radio stations. In 1990 she became the assignment editor at WABI-TV for six years. She left the station to run her own successful business while continuing to assist WABI in coverage of elections and other special events. She returned to WABI full-time in 2003 to serve as the station's Coastal Bureau chief for the next six years. She held the position of assistant news director at WVII ABC7 and Fox 22 before being chosen to take over as news director in 2018. "This is the place I was born and raised. The people here have a special place in my heart and I have always felt a need to tell their stories, to give them the information that matters to them ," said Farley. "I'm so proud to be working with the entire ABC 7/Fox 22 News team to bring quality news reporting to our viewers." Author email Follow Susan Farley Close Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Save Manage followed notifications Close Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Log In Don't have an account? Sign Up Today | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/truck-explodes-outside-blaine-house/article_a4b4e996-f032-11ed-96d7-8bbc458876c3.html | 2023-05-11T20:36:57 | 0 | https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/truck-explodes-outside-blaine-house/article_a4b4e996-f032-11ed-96d7-8bbc458876c3.html |
The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio has two new members, after a newcomer won an election on Friday and Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine appointed a new member to the board.
But the changes are controversial, with some STRS members accusing DeWine of illegally appointing a new member when he did not have the proper authority.
STRS is the board that oversees the teachers’ retirement system in Ohio. Teachers pay a percentage into the system and get money out of the system when they retire.
But retirees and current teachers have been organizing and pushing for changes. Last year, the Ohio Auditor of State published an audit finding no evidence of fraud or illegal acts, in response to a 2021 report commissioned by the Ohio Retired Teachers Association, titled, “The High Cost of Secrecy: Preliminary Findings of Forensic Investigation of State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio.”
The new elected board member, Pat Davidson, received 20,410 votes, while the current member on the board seat, Arthur Lard, received 8,853 votes. Davidson’s term begins Sept. 1. The board is made up of 11 trustees, with four appointed seats and seven elected by members.
DeWine’s new appointee is G. Brent Bishop, a business and real estate investor. He will replace Wade Steen, who has been calling for changes to the system. Bishop’s term extends through Sept. 27, 2024.
“I am not for tipping the scales in favor of select money management firms. Most critically, I am not in favor of board members failing to advocate for our retired teachers and the long-term health of their retirement funds,” DeWine said in a statement. “I made a change in my appointee to STRS in part because, since September, this appointee missed three meetings and only partially attended three others.”
Steen said he missed just one meeting in October. He said he had been asked to resign last Thursday, and then told soon after he would be terminated. He was appointed to the board by former governor John Kasich.
Steen said he believes he serves his term, and not at the pleasure of the governor.
“I still believe that I cannot be removed, and that’s probably come through pretty clear, but I don’t know how I get to a solution on that,” Steen said.
ORTA executive director Robin Rayfield said the organization supported Davidson in the most recent election. ORTA has been one of the organizations pushing for change, along with STRS Watchdogs.
“We won the last five elections against status quo candidates,” Rayfield said.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) is preparing to station more medics near Rainey Street, following recent drowning deaths in Lady Bird Lake.
Community members have called for more safety precautions in the area after two men visited Rainey Street on separate occasions and were later found dead in the lake. The Austin Police Department (APD) has said detectives do not believe the men's deaths are connected.
Earlier this year, the City of Austin increased patrols in the area of Rainey Street and the Ann Butler Hike and Bike Trail. Austin police officers have been patrolling the entertainment district, while more park rangers have been stationed along the trail.
ATCEMS Chief Robert Luckritz sent a memo to the Austin City Council this week saying that his department is looking into starting a pilot program to station medics in the Rainey Street Historic District, near the Rainey Street Trailhead, this summer. Luckritz said considerations for the pilot include staffing during peak hours of pedestrian traffic and using Special Response Units (SRUs) to get to patients.
Loved ones of the drowning victims, as well as other community members, have also raised concerns about poor lighting in the area. Solar lighting has been added, with the City set to add cameras and permanent lighting later this year.
Luckritz said he hopes the summer pilot program will help determine what resources and response equipment in the area should look like going forward. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/atcems-medics-near-rainey-street-summer/269-9831cdf3-c145-4478-9db8-dedf92acfdd1 | 2023-05-11T20:41:04 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/atcems-medics-near-rainey-street-summer/269-9831cdf3-c145-4478-9db8-dedf92acfdd1 |
DALLAS — The Southwest Airlines pilots union has voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike, a largely symbolic move as the group continues negotiations on a new contract with the Dallas-based company.
The vote - details of which were released by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association on Thursday - does not mean that pilots will go on strike. In fact, a strike would be highly unlikely to happen as the airline heads into a busy summer travel season, and Southwest has never had a labor strike.
The pilots union and the airline are still negotiating on a deal; strike authorization votes are commonly seen as a message from a union to a company during negotiations.
The authorization vote is a step in what would be a lengthy labor process that could eventually lead to a strike.
Similar to how American Airlines pilots voted to authorize a strike last week, the Southwest vote is highly unlikely to lead to any walkout or strike that would disrupt the airline's operations.
Voting on the authorization began May 1 and 98% of union members participated, with 99% favoring the strike authorization, according to the union.
“Today, our Pilots have empowered our Negotiating Committee Chair, Captain Jody Reven, to petition the National Mediation Board to release us to self-help imminently at which time we will follow the process set forth by the Railway Labor Act and continue toward a strike," pilots union president Casey Murray said. "We want our passengers to understand that we do not take this path lightly and are disheartened that the LUV airline has gotten so far away from the values set forth by Herb Kelleher."
Southwest Airlines in a statement Thursday emphasized that the vote does not mean that pilots are going on strike.
Southwest also said the vote "has no impact on our scheduled operations" heading into the summer travel season.
"Our negotiating team remains focused on ongoing discussions and continuing to make progress toward a new agreement for our Pilots. Southwest and the Pilots' union (SWAPA) remain in mediation, which is overseen by the National Mediation Board," Southwest officials said in a statement Thursday.
Southwest pilots have been critical of management in the wake of the airline's holiday travel chaos, which led to thousands of canceled flights in the week after Christmas.
Murray in January called for the strike authorization vote this spring "in the wake of Southwest's largest meltdown and utter lack of meaningful progress on a contract negotiation," the release said.
While Southwest posted a first-quarter loss in the wake of the holiday meltdown, the Dallas-based airline saw a profit in March and expects to make a profit for the second quarter. | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/southwest-airlines-pilots-just-voted-authorize-strike-what-that-means-what-it-doesnt/287-f930da32-8ea1-4170-9f11-c10cc2d7f5be | 2023-05-11T20:41:16 | 0 | https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/southwest-airlines-pilots-just-voted-authorize-strike-what-that-means-what-it-doesnt/287-f930da32-8ea1-4170-9f11-c10cc2d7f5be |
HIGH POINT — Three days after a fatal officer-involved shooting, High Point police have released the name of the 30-year-old man who was killed Monday morning at his home.
Brian C. Burrow died at the scene. Police Chief Travis Stroud said the department is not releasing the name of the officer who shot Burrow.
High Point 911 received a call about 10:12 a.m. about a person who was “in a rage and tearing up the home” in the 3900 block of Heidi Drive, police said in a news release Monday. The caller had left the home to call 911.
After officers arrived at the home, they engaged in conversation with the suspect who lived there. The man then retreated farther into the home and returned to the back patio door “holding a scoped rifle,” police said.
“The officer fired his weapon at the suspect who was inside the house, striking him and killing him,” Stroud told reporters Monday afternoon.
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The officer then entered the house to begin CPR.
There was no exchange of gunfire and no officers were injured, Stroud said.
When asked if the man inside the home took aim at any of the officers, a police department spokeswoman said she could not comment on that question because of the ongoing investigation.
It’s also unclear how much time passed between the officers’ arrival at the home and the time of the shooting.
Stroud said he was sure the officer involved was wearing a body-camera. As to when the department will request the court’s permission to release that video footage, Stroud said he wasn’t sure if they will request its release.
“That’ll be up to me,” Stroud said, saying that it may be too graphic. “I’ll just have to make that assessment as I go along.”
As is standard protocol, police contacted the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate the shooting and placed the officer on administrative duty.
“We will cooperate fully with them with anything that they need,” Stroud said of the SBI’s investigation.
After that investigation is completed, Stroud said the department will conduct its own review.
High Point officers had previously responded to the home for domestic-disturbance calls on these dates: Aug. 29, 2022; Aug. 30, 2014; and Oct. 13, 2008, according to department records. | https://greensboro.com/news/local/high-point-police-name-of-man-office-involved-shooting/article_7e64b8e0-f026-11ed-b1ab-effd4640af37.html | 2023-05-11T20:45:28 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/high-point-police-name-of-man-office-involved-shooting/article_7e64b8e0-f026-11ed-b1ab-effd4640af37.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nordstrom has no plans to leave downtown Portland, according to information provided by the company.
In a statement sent to KOIN 6 News, a Nordstrom spokesperson said the company does not have plans to close the downtown Portland stores and is committed to serving customers in the area.
Concerns about the fate of the downtown Portland store arose after the San Francisco Business Times reported the company had decided to close its downtown San Francisco mall store and the nearby Nordstrom Rack, an outlet store where Nordstrom sells discounted items.
Nordstrom also announced in March that it would “wind down operations” at its Canadian businesses. The news came in a press release issued March 2 about the company’s fourth quarter 2022 earnings.
Nordstrom said its fourth quarter 2022 earnings were down 4.1% compared to the same period in 2021 and gross merchandise value had decreased 4.2 percent. Net sales for Nordstrom Rack decreased 8.1 percent, the company said.
“As we enter fiscal 2023, we are focused on enhancing the customer experience, improving Nordstrom Rack performance, increasing inventory productivity and continuing to advance our supply chain optimization initiatives. We remain confident in the strength of our brands and our ability to drive profitable growth and deliver long-term value to our shareholders,” Erik Nordstrom, chief executive officer of Nordstrom, Inc. said.
With the closure of the Canadian stores, Nordstrom predicts it will see a $35 million improvement in total company earnings before interest and taxes in fiscal year 2023, relative to fiscal year 2022. This excludes the charges associated with the closures.
Hilco Merchant Retail Solutions, the company hired to oversee the liquidation sales at all six Nordstrom Canada stores and all seven Nordstrom Rack stores in Canada, announced in a press release that store closing sales began on March 21, 2023.
Nordstrom closed its Clackamas Town Center store in 2020 and closed its Salem Center Mall store in 2018. The company is based in Seattle. | https://www.koin.com/local/nordstrom-does-not-plan-to-close-portland-store-as-it-shutters-two-in-san-francisco/ | 2023-05-11T20:45:54 | 0 | https://www.koin.com/local/nordstrom-does-not-plan-to-close-portland-store-as-it-shutters-two-in-san-francisco/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — A bestselling author and decorated professor is slated to speak at the Eiteljorg Museum this summer.
Robin Well Kimmerer, who wrote the popular books 'Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants' and 'Gathering Moss' will speak at the museum for a special event on July 2.
Kimmerer is a mother, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
She will be in conversation with Purdue University’s Felica Ahasteen-Bryant, director of Purdue’s Native American Educational and Cultural Center.
The event is being offered as part of the museum's summer offerings which also include screenings of the documentary Liminal: Indiana in the Anthropocene, in which filmmakers Zach Schrank and Aaron Yoder give a birds-eye view of the surface of Indiana and the Campfires treks series.
You can get tickets to hear her speak here. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/braiding-sweetgrass-author-robin-wall-kimmerer-will-speak-at-eiteljorg-museum-in-july-indianapolis/531-76ddc00c-08e1-4c22-9327-449358f40ca7 | 2023-05-11T20:46:58 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/braiding-sweetgrass-author-robin-wall-kimmerer-will-speak-at-eiteljorg-museum-in-july-indianapolis/531-76ddc00c-08e1-4c22-9327-449358f40ca7 |
IESA Track and Field 2023 State FInals meet is set for East Peoria. What you need to know
The 2023 IESA Track and Field State Finals will feature the 90th boys meet and 49th girls meet over the next two weekends.
IESA Track and Field IESA will continue using a four-class system for the second straight year. The state finals will consist of 56 total events, offering 14 events each for seventh- and eighth-grade boys and seventh- and eighth-grade girls.
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Here's what you need to know about the IESA Track and Field State Finals:
When are 2023 IESA Track and Field State Finals?
The IESA Class 1A/2A Track and Field State Finals are Friday, May 12 and Saturday, May 13, followed by the IESA Class 3A/4A Track and Field State Finals on Friday, May 19 and Saturday, May 20.
Field events will begin at 11 a.m. Friday with running events kicking off at 1:15 p.m. All events will resume at 9 a.m. Saturday. The event is expected to end at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The Parade of Athletes will begin each day starting at 10:15 a.m. Friday and 8:20 a.m. Saturday.
Where are 2023 IESA Track and Field State Finals?
The state meet will be held at EastSide Centre, 1 EastSide Dr., East Peoria, Ill.
Directions for 2023 IESA Track and Field State Finals
The facility is located just off Interstate 74.
2023 IESA Track and Field State Finals tickets
Tickets for the event can be purchased at the meet, or bought online at iesa.org or through the Go Fan app. Adults and high school students are $12 each, while senior discounts and students in kindergarten through eighth grade are $6 each. Preschoolers are free.
Fans will receive a wristband that must be worn at all times. The wristband will allow for exit and re-entry. Gates will open to the general public at 9:30 a.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday.
How many schools participate in 2023 IESA Track and Field State Finals
According to the IESA, 584 member schools entered the 2023 state series. The first weekend will see more than 2,000 student-athletes representing 252 of the eligible 292 schools in Class 1A/2A.
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2023 IESA Track order of events
For a complete schedule of events, visit iesa.org.
2023 IESA State Track qualifiers
For a complete list of qualifiers, visit iesa.org.
IESA State Track records
Visit iesa.org for a complete look at the current state finals track and field records. State records are for the state finals only and do not include regular-season events.
2023 IESA State Track results
All results will be updated continuously throughout each weekend. All final results are expected to be available by 7:30 p.m. Saturday. To view results, visit iesa.org.
Chris Sims is a digital producer for the Journal Star. Follow him on Twitter: @ChrisFSims. | https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/local/2023/05/11/iesa-track-2023-illinois-state-track-and-field-meet-finals-information/70207448007/ | 2023-05-11T20:58:24 | 0 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/local/2023/05/11/iesa-track-2023-illinois-state-track-and-field-meet-finals-information/70207448007/ |
With shelter space scarce, 55 people experiencing homelessness will move to Warwick Motel 6
Mayor Frank Picozzi cites the cost that the 40 people at the Motel 6 have already had on Warwick
- Warwick firefighters were 59 of the top 100 highest paid people in the city in 2022
- Motel 6 already houses 40 people
- Shelter space has been hard to come by since the pandemic and the increase of homelessness during a housing crises
With the Cranston Street Armory set to close on May 15, the state plans to move 55 people experiencing homelessness into the Motel 6 in Warwick.
In prior comments, Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor said the state has been trying to reduce the number of people using the Armory shelter to 100 by Monday, May 8.
In a Facebook post, Warwick Mayor Frank Picozzi wrote that the Governor Dan McKee's office told him about the 55 people being moved to the Motel 6, in addition to the 40 people who have been living there since the fall. Picozzi said he met with McKee on Tuesday to discuss cost and that McKee was "very receptive to try to work out some type of reimbursement arrangement."
"I was told that for the new 55 rooms, first preference will be given to those that have been sheltered at the Cranston Street Armory," he wrote.
Picozzi identified Open Doors, a non-profit founded in 2003 that helps formerly incarcerated and and those struggling with addiction, as the agency contracted by the state to help the people being moved into the motel.
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Members of Warwick's police and fire departments, along with the mayor, met with Pryor last week to show that the motel has seen an increase in calls for service since last fall, and adding more people "could lead to having additional personnel working on some shifts or days, which would be very expensive for the city but necessary for public safety," Picozzi wrote.
"This Warwick site represents one of the steps the Housing Department and our partners are taking to address homelessness in Rhode Island," Pryor said in a statement. "This location consists of 55 rooms. We are grateful to OpenDoors RI for stepping up to help Rhode Islanders who would otherwise be unsheltered. We thank the City of Warwick for continuing to work with us constructively and thoughtfully."
Shelter space has been very hard to come by
Open Doors Co-Executive Director Nick Horton said the new beds should be open by Friday.
All the providers in the state, including Crossroads Rhode Island, Amos House which runs the Armory, and Emmanuel House, run by the Diocese of Providence, have "stepped up" to meet the growing shelter demand, but there are few physical spaces suitable for shelters, he said. Open Doors also runs shelters in Pawtucket and Silver Lake.
"We, and everyone else, have been searching for shelter locations since the pandemic hit," Horton said. "Three years have gone by and I believe there are five new stable locations."
The Armory was an example of an imperfect space that filled an emergency need but was never meant to be housing, he said.
"Just the provision of a safe, secure, reliable bed — that's life saving for many people, and it's a huge undertaking," he said.
Shelter staff will work to minimize problems
Open Doors Program Director Dina Bruce, who will be running the shelter, said she is aware of issues there, including alleged drug use, but accountability and safety are key for her.
"I know neighborhoods don't want shelters there so we will try to minimize the nuisance issues," she said. "If someone has an issue, let's talk about it. Point them out, and we'll address it."
Staff will provide help with jobs, health care and addition, as well as a strict no drug and alcohol policy.
Warwick firefighters earned lots of overtime in 2022
It is unclear what additional cost the 40 people staying at the Motel 6 have generated in emergency calls, but firefighters the state's biggest cities are routinely the highest paid employees.
Warwick firefighters made up 59 of the top 100 earners in the city in 2022, propelled to the top of the list by overtime.
Overtime for Warwick firefighters represented 22% of their gross pay of $22.3 million, while overtime represented 7% of the police department's gross pay.
See our full breakdown of who made how much in the city, and how much of that was the police and fire departments.
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It’s Mother’s Day weekend, meaning it’s a great time to show appreciation to the mother figures in your life, whether that's through a locally made gift or brunch at a trendy spot.
Locals can stop by several markets to browse or purchase a gifts, including the Denton Art & Performance Collab’s Coffee with Mom Market and M&B Tiny Shop’s Viva la Cultura Market.
Although it is Mother’s Day weekend, there are still plenty of other events locals can attend. This includes a stop on the Denton County Master Gardener Association garden tour and Denton's Cinco de Mayo parade that was rescheduled for this Saturday at Quakertown Park.
Friday
Mother's Day Paper Flower Workshop
Where: The DIME Store, 118 E. McKinney St.
When: Friday, 6 to 8 p.m.
Price: $45 (registration required)
Go the extra mile and create a bouquet of crepe paper poppy flowers to give to your mom for Mother’s Day. The workshop instructors will help attendees create the bouquet of crepe paper poppy flowers. Those who attend will get a 10% store coupon.
Food N' Fun Friday
Where: North Lakes Recreation Center & Park, 2001 W. Windsor Drive.
When: Friday, 5 to 8 p.m.
Start the weekend with a stop by the North Lakes Driving Range on Friday evening to hit all you-can-hit golf balls. There will also be local food trucks and vendors.
Saturday
Where: Avoca Coffee, 500 Fort Worth Drive, Suite 150
When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Stop by the Mother’s Day-themed market to pick up a gift for the mother figure in your life (or for yourself!) hosted by the Denton Art & Performance Collab. The market will include local vendors and a big Mother's Day gift basket raffle. Proceeds from the raffle will be donated to Denton County Friends of the Family. There will also be live music from The Bret Crow Show, Sable Breeze and Bela Jet.
Where: Salted Sanctuary Soap, 525 N. Elm St.
When: Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Stop by Salted Sanctuary Soap in downtown Denton to pick out handmade soap products and home goods.
Where: 317 W. Mulberry St.
When: Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Denton's weekly community market will have its usual offering this weekend, but various vendors will have special Mother's Day-related items for sale.
Where: M&B Tiny Shop, 208 E. McKinney St.
When: Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Another market to stop by before Mother’s Day, grab items from Latino and local vendors who will be selling handmade accessories, jewelry, paintings, clothes and more at this boutique off the Square.
Denton's Cinco de Mayo Celebration
Where: Quakertown Park, 700 Oakland St.
When: Saturday, Starts at 10 a.m.
The event was rescheduled, but that doesn’t mean locals shouldn’t stop by to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Expect a parade to begin at 10 a.m. with a celebration throughout the day and into the evening with folkloric dance, live music, various food vendors and activities.
Where: South Lakes Park and Eureka Playground, 556 Hobson Lane
When: Saturday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Go fishing with your family hosted by Pond Hopper Nation. Attendees must sign up online and will be directed during the day of the event.
DCMGA Garden Tour
Where: Four different addresses on Tour Day
When: Saturday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tickets: Advanced tickets are $15 and $20 on tour day.
The Denton County Master Gardener Association annual tour educates and engages county residents in the implementation of research-based horticultural and environmental practices that create sustainable gardens, landscapes and communities. The tour takes place throughout four different locations in the county.
Indie Author Book Fair
Where: Patchouli Joe's Books & Indulgences, 221 W. Hickory St.
When: Saturday, noon to 3 p.m.
Various indie authors will be in the cozy downtown Denton bookstore signing and selling copies of their books.
Where: The Bearded Monk, 122 E. McKinney St.
When: Saturday, starts at 6 p.m.
Taste some funky, sour brews during the Bearded Monk’s annual event. DJ Spinn Mo will be dropping the beats.
Sunday
Mother’s Day Brunch at the Chestnut Tree
Where: The Chestnut Tree, 107 W. Hickory St.
When: Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Price: $12 to $70
Treat your mom to brunch during the restaurant's annual Mother’s Day brunch. The restaurant will offer a three-course meal. Make sure to reserve your spot before going.
Moms play for free
Where: Free Play Arcade, 101 W. Hickory St.
When: Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Free Play Arcade will offer free admission for mothers and a $3 mimosa special. Have a blast from the past and play hundreds of retro arcade games in this expanded spot on the Square.
Mother's Day Mimosas
Where: Denton County Brewing Company, 200 E. McKinney St.
When: Sunday, at 3 p.m.
Stop by the Denton County Brewing Company for $3 dollar mimosas to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday afternoon.
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What to Know
- 30-year-old Jordan Neely died on a train at the Broadway-Lafayette station in Manhattan on May 1 after allegedly threatening passengers and being put into a chokehold by a rider; that rider, identified as 24-year-old Daniel Penny, was questioned by the NYPD and later released from custody
- The medical examiner's office ruled Neely's death a homicide the next day, which incited a debate around whether the rider's actions were justified defense or vigilantism; the Manhattan district attorney's office has said it is looking into the case
- Multiple protests have taken place in Manhattan since Neely's death and dozens arrested; the Manhattan district attorney's office has been looking into the incident since it happened
The 24-year-old former Marine seen on video gripping the neck of Jordan Neely, who died of the chokehold on the floor of an F train in Manhattan this month, is expected to be charged and surrender as early as Friday, three sources familiar with the matter tell News 4 New York.
NBC 4 New York is told this decision to charge Daniel Penny was made by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office – and will happen without being presented to a grand jury at this time.
A Manhattan District Attorney spokesperson and NYPD spokesperson have not returned requests for what charge or charges might be filed Friday. Penny’s attorney did not returns calls for comment.
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Penny's attorneys have said previously there was no way he "could have foreseen" that his bid to subdue an alleged perceived threat would turn deadly.
Neely's family says that amounts to a confession.
The possible charges are expected to come days after Neely's death, and amid mounting public pressure over accountability following the medical examiner's determination that the case was a homicide. It wasn't clear if Bragg's office intended to pursue charges against two other people seen restraining Neely in that video or if those people had yet been identified.
Witnesses had reported Neely, a homeless man with a lengthy record, was aggressive toward other riders on a train at the Broadway-Lafayette station on May 1. They also reported Neely hadn't physically attacked anyone before Penny moved to subdue him. Penny was questioned by the NYPD that day and released. Then came the autopsy findings.
Earlier this week, Mayor Eric Adams, who had been accused by some of not weighing in substantially enough, formally addressed Neely's death in a public address on Wednesday.
The Democrat forcefully declared Neely "shouldn't have died" -- while carefully towing a line between acknowledging the loss, and the ensuing tensions, and appearing to ascribe any sort of responsibility.
"One of our own is dead," Adams said, empathizing with the emotional intensity coursing through the city over the case. "A Black man, Black like me -- a man named Jordan, the name I gave my son, a New Yorker who struggled with tragedy, trauma and mental illness, a man whose last words were to cry for help, a man named Jordan Neely."
Neely did have a lengthy arrest record for offenses including assault and disorderly conduct, among others. Adams said his death is yet another indication the mental health system needs an overhaul to better protect those who, like Neely, he says fall through the cracks and "disappear into the shadows." | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/daniel-penny-expected-to-be-charged-in-jordan-neely-chokehold-death-sources/4325732/ | 2023-05-11T21:08:06 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/daniel-penny-expected-to-be-charged-in-jordan-neely-chokehold-death-sources/4325732/ |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Opponents of the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, which they call "Cop City," are now looking for intervention from a DeKalb County court.
The facility is set to be built starting in August on a portion of land in the South River Forest.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond, who support the project, announced it had secured a land disturbance permit - essentially a construction permit - in January.
RELATED: DeKalb zoning board votes to deny appeal against Atlanta police training center building permit
An appeal of that permit to the county's zoning board was denied last month. A filing in DeKalb County Superior Court is asking for a review of that decision.
Protesters have occupied the forest in encampments off and on for more than a year, building a movement against the facility that has grown substantially since the law enforcement shooting death of a protester, Manuel Paez Teran, in January.
The project, which the Atlanta Police Foundation will fund under a lease agreement with the City of Atlanta, which owns the land - has nonetheless moved forward. The developer released a timeline last month that slated it to be completed in December 2024.
The filing submitted on Wednesday, on behalf of DeKalb Commissioner Ted Terry - whose district includes the building site - is the latest effort to halt that process.
It argues that the county official who initially approved the land disturbance permit "erred by issuing the land development permit because the zoning ordinance prohibits issuing a 'development permit for the use, construction or alteration of any land' if the proposed use or alteration would violate any law of the county or state" and that the zoning board further "erred by affirming the planning director's decision."
The filing asserts that the law the development would violate is the Water Quality Control Act. According to the arguments in the filing, sediment loads allowable under environmental regulations for Intrenchment Creek, which runs through the site, are already regularly exceeded and would be worse with the building of the public safety training center.
It states the legally designated use of the creek is fishing and that the construction activity "will interfere with the designated use of the water body by lowering the water quality below the level necessary to support fish."
"The planning director acted in an arbitrary manner by issuing a land development permit for construction," that will harm the creek, the filing states, in several ways:
- "...discharge more sediment than can be assimilated by Intrenchment Creek;"
- "...cause additional impairment to Intrenchment Creek;"
- "...violate water quality criteria for aquatic life;"
- "...discharge more sediment than the available wasteload allocation."
"The (zoning board's) decision to affirm the issuance of the land development permit was unsupported by and contrary to the evidence, and error as a matter of law," it adds.
The filing asks for a court to review the decision, find it erroneous, and reverse it. It's unclear whether the petition will be granted such a hearing. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-public-safety-training-center-cop-city-appeal-dekalb-court/85-e86714c2-dcbc-446a-abe0-97c5fb0018af | 2023-05-11T21:10:49 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/atlanta-public-safety-training-center-cop-city-appeal-dekalb-court/85-e86714c2-dcbc-446a-abe0-97c5fb0018af |
HAPEVILLE, Ga. — A Fulton County grand jury has indicted a former Hapeville Charter Middle School teacher on several child sex abuse charges involving four victims.
Jomarcus Deshaun Collins was arrested Wednesday after being indicted for his alleged involvement in a child molestation case dating back to 2020.
Collins faces 19 charges, including aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and statutory rape, according to the indictment. The document also lists four victims who had several encounters with the former PE teacher, one lasting for years.
Hapeville Police Sgt. Stephen Cushing said the department began investigating Collins in April of 2019, around the same time he was terminated from the charter school he taught at after staff were made aware of allegations against him.
While police started the investigation in 2019, they didn't have enough evidence to charge him until 2020. Collins then bonded out of jail, but investigators recently had a break in the case.
Another victim came forward according to Hapeville Police, telling investigators about the abuse she claims she suffered from Collins.
"The victim was in 8th grade at the time when she originally met the Mr. Collins in 2018, and she continued a relationship all the way till Mr. Collins was no longer with the school until 2022," Cushing said.
Based on the details provided by the victim, Cushing believes "similar grooming techniques" were used by Collins on other victims in the case.
Three years later, after initially being arrested, Collins was indicted and arrested on the charges this week. Currently, he remains in the Fulton County Jail, after a judge denied him bond during a court appearance Thursday.
"No one wants to have anybody like this around, any children, like any children at all so it’s good to have him behind bars where I think he should stay for a long time," Cushing said.
Hapeville Police believe there could be more victims and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Hapeville school officials confirmed that Collins taught at the school from 2017 to 2019. By May of 2019, Collins was no longer employed with the school and they haven't made contact with him since.
Here's the full statement from the school:
Jomarcus Deshaun Collins was a former teacher employed with Hapeville Charter Middle School from 2017-2019. After an allegation was made in Spring of 2019 Hapeville Charter Schools took immediate action to protect the students, teachers, and staff. Mr. Collins has not been employed with Hapeville Charter Schools since May 2019. Due to privacy laws, Hapeville Charter Schools is unable to provide any further comment. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/former-hapeville-charter-middle-school-teacher-charged-child-molestation/85-1473b81d-4180-431f-828a-e55b60dc8281 | 2023-05-11T21:10:56 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/former-hapeville-charter-middle-school-teacher-charged-child-molestation/85-1473b81d-4180-431f-828a-e55b60dc8281 |
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. — A search for two robbery suspects on Thursday prompted a lockdown at a Peachtree City elementary school and daycare, according to police and a statement from the school.
The police department's Facebook page reported that the search began around 2 p.m. when officers were alerted of robbery suspects in the area of Pemberton and Huntington Place. Sagamore Elementary School, located nearby, was quickly placed under a brief lockdown while authorities searched for the suspects.
As police and K-9 units canvassed the area near the school grounds, the lockdown continued until officers were able to locate and apprehend the two suspects. The school confirmed that DeKalb County Police officers and K-9s were visible in the vicinity during the search.
Shortly after the incident, the police department updated its initial post on the matter, stating that the suspects had been found. The school resumed its activities as usual following the lockdown.
At this time, the identity and further details about the robbery suspects have not been released by police. 11Alive also learned a daycare in the area went on lockdown around the same time. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lockdown-robbery-suspects-peachtree-city-school-sagamore-elementary-daycare/85-b2933461-793e-4059-9aad-c92050695952 | 2023-05-11T21:11:02 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/lockdown-robbery-suspects-peachtree-city-school-sagamore-elementary-daycare/85-b2933461-793e-4059-9aad-c92050695952 |
NORCROSS, Ga. — Editor's note: The video above is from previous coverage of the case.
Police have released the name of a man accused of murder after a deadly shooting on Wednesday.
Norcross Police Department said Willie Jones was arrested after the incident on May 10 and is facing a malice murder charge. The department said the shooting stemmed from a fight.
The officer responded shortly before 4:45 p.m. and said that they found a man shot several times.
11Alive had a crew at the scene, who reported seeing several patrol cars in the area of an In Town Suites Extended Stay along Jimmy Carter Boulevard.
"Upon further investigation, investigators were able to locate and apprehend a suspect, who is in custody at this time," Ofc. Jonathan Reyes said.
Lanes were closed on northbound lanes of Buford Highway, between Jimmy Carter Boulevard and North Norcross Tucker Road, while the department was handling the situation, the City of Norcross posted on its Facebook page.
Download the 11Alive News app and sign up to receive alerts for the latest on this story and other breaking news in Atlanta and north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-charged-murder-deadly-norcross-shooting-police-willie-jones/85-18a49a5e-a045-40cd-bcb6-0840b1d2a22e | 2023-05-11T21:11:08 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/man-arrested-charged-murder-deadly-norcross-shooting-police-willie-jones/85-18a49a5e-a045-40cd-bcb6-0840b1d2a22e |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Some students at McNair High School were treated after being pepper-sprayed at school, according to DeKalb County Fire officials.
Currently, it is not known how many students were peppered sprayed or what led up to the incident, only that "several students were involved in a physical altercation that resulted in the use of OC (oleoresin capsicum) spray to regain control," according to a statement issued by a district spokesperson.
Emergency medical staff arrived at the school to treat the students there, the spokesperson said. No one was seriously hurt.
District police officers and school administrators are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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BRADENTON, Fla. — A house in Bradenton has been destroyed after a fire Thursday afternoon.
According to the Southern Manatee Fire District, the fire started soon after 3 p.m. after propane tanks exploded. Twenty fire units are on the scene of the fire, working to put the flames out.
Sky 10 aerial footage showed the home off of 11th Street Court E. fully gone, with only charred debris left over.
One person was hurt, left with minor burns. Two dogs were saved from the fire while two others died.
Five people reportedly lived at the house. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/bradenton-home-fire-propane-tanks-explosion/67-a1ad83bb-63a3-473a-baac-a752ab89b977 | 2023-05-11T21:13:24 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/manateecounty/bradenton-home-fire-propane-tanks-explosion/67-a1ad83bb-63a3-473a-baac-a752ab89b977 |
CARROLL COUNTY, Va. – One man is facing several charges after he broke into a woman’s home and kidnapped her, according to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.
On May 11, deputies responded to the area of Paul’s Creek Road after receiving a call about an abduction.
When they got to the scene, they found a 24-year-old woman who said when she got home, a man she didn’t know was inside, assaulted her, then forced her into her vehicle, according to Sheriff Kemp.
We’re told deputies contacted the Carroll County Criminal Investigations Division for assistance.
Based on that description of the man from the woman, as well as information given by other residents in the area, the suspect was identified as 35-year-old Don Jones, authorities said.
Jones had taken her vehicle, and warrants were obtained for his arrest, according to Sheriff Kemp.
Deputies found Jones near the Bear Trail and Timber Road intersection and then took him into custody without incident, the department said.
Jones is now being held at the New River Valley Regional Jail without bond on the following charges, according to court records:
- Grand larceny,
- Brandishing a firearm,
- Burglary of a dwelling at night with intent to commit a felony or larceny with a deadly weapon
- Simple assault of law enforcement/fire/medical personnel,
- Possession of weapons by a convicted felon,
- Assault, firearm use in the commission of a felony,
- Kidnapping/abduction,
- Sexual assault, intercourse with a victim by force, threat, or intimidation.
The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office extended their thanks to Caroll County Fire and EMS, Virginia State Police, Galax Police Department Twin County 911 Dispatch, and Carroll County citizens for their help. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/carroll-county-man-charged-after-abduction-sexual-assault/ | 2023-05-11T21:22:37 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/carroll-county-man-charged-after-abduction-sexual-assault/ |
Services will be held Saturday morning in the Loudoun County community of Ashburn for Shawn Soares, the Virginia Commonwealth University graduate student who was standing on a sidewalk the evening of May 4 when a car struck and killed him.
Soares, 26, was on the sidewalk in the 300 block of West Main Street when a driver in a center lane attempted to make a right turn, cutting off another car and getting pushed onto the sidewalk, hitting Soares, said Michael Jones, president of the Richmond City Council.
Services for Soares will be Saturday at St. Theresa Catholic Church, 21371 St. Theresa Lane, Ashburn, Virginia, 20147.
Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A Mass will be celebrated at the church from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
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A graveside service will follow at noon at Union Cemetery on King Street in Leesburg.
More details and directions are available at the website of Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg. | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/services-for-shawn-soares-are-saturday-in-loudoun-county/article_0c4a8d82-f032-11ed-9ddc-f359931eaa2e.html | 2023-05-11T21:22:41 | 0 | https://richmond.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/services-for-shawn-soares-are-saturday-in-loudoun-county/article_0c4a8d82-f032-11ed-9ddc-f359931eaa2e.html |
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg Police have taken one person into custody after a barricade situation on Thursday afternoon.
LPD said the standoff was in the 700 block of Hancock Street and asked that people avoid the area.
The standoff lasted around an hour, according to LPD.
Around 4:20 p.m., police said they took the person into custody without incident.
Other details are limited at this time. 10 News is working for you to learn more.
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ROANOKE, Va. – Looking for a calm, sweet dog? Brooks may be a good fit for your family!
Julie Rickmond, Marketing and Communications Director for the Roanoke Valley SPCA, says he is about one year old and is energetic and compassionate. She says he loves to be pet, snuggle, and sit on laps.
Roanoke Valley SPCA says Brooks is neutered, vaccinated, and microchipped. If you’re interested in adopting Brooks, you can head to the Roanoke Valley SPCA’s website to find more information about him, as well as the adoption process, here. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/meet-brooks-10-news-pet-of-the-week/ | 2023-05-11T21:22:49 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/11/meet-brooks-10-news-pet-of-the-week/ |
BALTIMORE — The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration announced a new proposal to increase access and improve connections to jobs and retail locations.
These changes were released in the fall 2023 Service Change Proposal to meet changing rider needs.
The final fall schedule changes are proposed to take effect Sunday, August 27.
MTA bus ridership has seen steady growth and as of March, they're at %82 of pre-pandemic levels. The agency will hold hearings in June on the proposal to gather important feedback from riders and stakeholders about these proposed changes.
The full draft of the fall 2023 proposal can be found here. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mta-announces-new-proposal-to-expand-access-and-reliability-to-meet-rider-needs | 2023-05-11T21:22:59 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/mta-announces-new-proposal-to-expand-access-and-reliability-to-meet-rider-needs |
Gas prices in Midland are almost a dollar cheaper than they were a year ago, according to AAA Texas.
The organization also reported the average gas price in Midland is the second highest in Texas but is closer to the state average this week.
Midland experienced a 6-cent decrease in gas prices, which was double the state average and 2 cents more than the weekly decrease in Odessa. The result was a $3.16 average in Midland that was still 8 cents higher than the average in Odessa ($3.08) and 7 cents higher than the average across the state ($3.09).
All West Texas cities AAA Texas surveys reported a decrease in gas prices except for Abilene, which experienced an 11-cent increase. AAA Texas reported a $3.01 average in Lubbock and Amarillo, a $3.03 average in San Angelo and a $3.14 average in Lubbock. The highest average in the region and across the state was $3.29 in El Paso.
Dallas ($3.14), Fort Worth-Arlington ($3.14) and Abilene ($3.14) rounded out the five locations with the highest gas prices in the state. The lowest average was $2.91 in Victoria.
“The Memorial Day holiday is just around the corner, and the good news for many drivers – prices have come down recently,” said AAA Texas spokesperson Daniel Armbruster in the weekly report. “However, with the holiday weekend expected to be very busy, prices may start to rise and already have in some metro areas, though fuel price averages are much cheaper than at this same time last year.”
The average in Midland is 98 cents cheaper than one year ago, while the statewide average is a dollar cheaper. AAA Texas also reported that the state’s average is the third lowest in the country. Californians are paying the most at $4.81. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/aaa-texas-gas-prices-midland-drop-98-cents-last-18094578.php | 2023-05-11T21:25:42 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/aaa-texas-gas-prices-midland-drop-98-cents-last-18094578.php |
After Monday’s County Commissioner’s Court resulted in the contract termination between the county and Horseshoe Hospitality Services, Midlanders throughout the city expressed concerns about events already on the schedule, including the University of Texas Permian Basin spring commencement being held Saturday.
The school has been hosting spring and summer commencement at the Horseshoe for the last several years because of large graduating classes too big for the Wagner Nöel Performing Arts Center.
Tatum Hubbard, chief of staff and VP of Communications and Marketing, told the Reporter-Telegram:
“We fully anticipate to move ahead as the contract allows us to do so. When I heard about the situation, I reached out to both the General Manager Joe Kelley and the county judge. Both were very responsive, helpful and all things are going to be smooth sailing for Saturday.” | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/horseshoe-debacle-causes-community-stress-18094235.php | 2023-05-11T21:25:48 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/horseshoe-debacle-causes-community-stress-18094235.php |
The Midland Chamber of Commerce reported on Thursday that its officials are assisting officials at the Horseshoe complex as the county attempts to operate the facility after terminating its operator.
During Monday’s meeting of the Midland County Commissioners’ Court, County Judge Terry Johnson, Precinct 3 Commissioner Luis Sanchez and Precinct 4 Commissioner Dianne Anderson voted to terminate the county’s contract with Horseshoe Hospitality Services.
“The success of the facilities in Midland, including the County Horseshoe and the Bush Convention Center, are important to the Chamber and VisitMidland,” Midland Chamber President and CEO Bobby Burns wrote. “They are economic generators that help money flow throughout Midland. VisitMidland drives events toward both facilities through the everyday work at the Chamber. It is our intention to help the Horseshoe where possible just like they have helped us. We will and we have provided options and ideas to assist as appropriate.”
Burns also wrote the chamber’s goal is not “to ultimately run the county Horseshoe. We have no desire to take on another facility of this magnitude. Our focus is on the Bush Convention Center. We are simply assisting our teammates at the county’s Horseshoe facility with referrals, resources and advice where possible, as we would in any situation. The Bush Convention Center is returning the favor for the county’s assistance during issues with our facility because we all recognize the value of working together.
“As we said, we wish the county success and will assist where needed, but please allow me to be crystal clear that it is not the chamber’s intention to compete for the contract to run the facility.”
The Horseshoe Pavilion is supposed to be the venue for University of Texas Permian Basin’s graduation on Saturday and the Spring into Summer Show starting May 19.
An attorney representing Horseshoe Hospitality has sent a letter to Johnson and Midland County about the termination vote that could be a precursor to legal action. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/midland-chamber-compete-contract-run-horseshoe-18094414.php | 2023-05-11T21:25:55 | 0 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/midland-chamber-compete-contract-run-horseshoe-18094414.php |
The Midland Fire Department responded Thursday afternoon to a structure fire in south Midland.
The City of Midland reported that at about 2 p.m. MFD crews responded to a structure fire in the 1000 block of Main Street. The single-story home was a total loss.
"One person was treated on the scene for minor injuries, but no other injuries were reported," the city reported.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/midland-fire-department-investigates-south-18094770.php | 2023-05-11T21:26:01 | 1 | https://www.mrt.com/news/local/article/midland-fire-department-investigates-south-18094770.php |
NEW ALBANY, Miss. (WTVA) — Charges have been dismissed against an attempted murder suspect in New Albany.
The judge dismissed the charges against Lane Mitchell Thursday afternoon because the victim failed to appear in court.
Mitchell was on trial for allegedly stabbing Nathan Russell of Tennessee in the neck in 2019.
Mitchell’s defense team called Russell to the stand on Wednesday but he did not appear. In fact, he failed to come to the trial since it began on Monday.
Mitchell graduated from a Tennessee college on Friday. | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/charges-dropped-against-attempted-murder-suspect-in-new-albany/article_7d6fe9c0-f033-11ed-ad2b-67ece129277b.html | 2023-05-11T21:26:09 | 0 | https://www.wtva.com/news/local/charges-dropped-against-attempted-murder-suspect-in-new-albany/article_7d6fe9c0-f033-11ed-ad2b-67ece129277b.html |
Motorcyclist killed in solo crash in Halls Crossroads
Liz Kellar
Knoxville News Sentinel
A 36-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night after she lost control of her motorcycle and crashed on Norris Freeway in Halls Crossroads.
Tamara Hensley was traveling north on Norris Freeway near Walmart at about 7:15 p.m. when she tried to pass another vehicle, according to the preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Hensley swerved to avoid a vehicle turning southbound onto Norris Freeway from Sam Walton Way, hitting a concrete curb before landing in the roadway. Hensley was wearing a helmet but was fatally injured, the report said.
Liz Kellar is a public safety reporter. Email lkellar@knoxnews.com. Twitter @LizKellar.
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REDDING, Calif. — Family members of people killed in the Zogg Fire are calling on a Shasta County judge to reconsider his plan to dismiss felony charges of manslaughter and reckless arson against PG&E.
In a surprise reversal of his own position, Judge Daniel Flynn now plans to dismiss all alleged felony charges against PG&E for starting the fire, which killed four people in 2020.
“Lives cannot be lost anymore, families cannot be torn apart anymore by a company that has disregarded the safety of their customers,” said Suzie Bewley, whose eight-year-old granddaughter Feyla McLeod was killed in the fire alongside her mother Alaina.
“Please Judge Flynn, help us as survivors put a stop to PG&E neglecting their duty,” she continued in a statement on behalf of the McLeod family. “PG&E needs to be held accountable for manslaughter charges.”
The McLeods burned in a pickup truck trying to escape their home, which burned in the fire. The fire also killed neighbors Karin King and Ken Vossen in the small community of Igo near the city of Redding.
PG&E admits its power line sparked the Zogg Fire, but has denied committing any crime. The fire started when a badly wounded gray pine tree, which was leaning over the power line, snapped during a Sept. 2020 windstorm.
The charges in question could cause more financial liability for PG&E, but they would not send anyone to prison. The charges are against the company, not any of its officers or employees.
The outcome of the case will determine whether PG&E’s criminal rap sheet grows longer.
Three months before the Zogg Fire, PG&E Corporation pleaded guilty to 84 felony manslaughter counts in the 2018 Camp Fire, which PG&E started through criminal negligence of its safety work.
A jury also convicted PG&E of six federal felonies after the deadly 2010 San Bruno gas explosion. In a case that bore similarities to the Zogg Fire, a Nevada County jury also convicted PG&E of 739 misdemeanors after power lines started the 1994 Trauner Fire.
A SUDDEN REVERSAL
In a move that caught prosecutors and survivors by surprise, Judge Flynn’s reversal could prevent a jury from deciding whether PG&E committed more crimes in the Zogg Fire.
It’s a departure from the position Flynn expressed in open court during a hearing on April 3. Flynn said then he believed there was sufficient evidence to bind PG&E over for jury trial on felony charges of reckless arson and involuntary manslaughter.
Ten days later, on April 13, Flynn wrote in a tentative ruling the prosecution’s case “does not meet the statutory standard for reckless conduct.”
Photographs taken before the fire during maintenance of PG&E’s power lines show the gray pine leaning over the wires. The photos show burn scars on this tree and others nearby, damage done from past wildfires in the area.
Under California law, power companies have a duty to trim and remove trees that could fall onto uninsulated lines.
California’s jury instructions for involuntary manslaughter require jurors to find the defendant behaved in a way “a reasonable person would have known” would create “a high risk of death or great bodily injury.”
The judge’s planned ruling supports PG&E’s interpretation of what happened.
“We believe PG&E did not commit any crimes,” company spokesperson Lynsey Paulo previously said about the case. “We believe the conduct of our coworkers and contractors reflects good-faith judgment by qualified individuals.”
Others see Judge Flynn’s planned ruling through a darker lens.
“PG&E’s control of regulators appears to be spreading into the bone marrow of our justice system,” said attorney Mike Aguirre, who has provided pro bono legal work for power customers’ PG&E criminal cases. “The victims of PG&E’s destructive practices are being left to fend for themselves.”
FEDERAL JUDGE FOUND PG&E 'BEARS RESPONSIBILITY' FOR ZOGG FIRE
Judge Flynn’s new position runs counter to the thinking of at least two other judges who probed the facts of the Zogg Fire: one at a federal court in San Francisco, another in Shasta County.
PG&E started the Zogg Fire while on probation for six federal felonies stemming from the deadly 2010 San Bruno Gas explosion.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup, who supervised the probation, found “clear signs that PG&E bears responsibility” for the Zogg Fire, pointing to “continuing safety violations” by the company.
A PG&E contractor “had marked that very tree for removal and sent an email to another of your contractors saying ‘Please do it,’ and then it never happened; it never got removed,” Alsup scolded PG&E’s lawyers in a 2022 hearing.
“You know good and well that you started the [Zogg] fire,” Alsup continued. “PG&E is recalcitrant. It only accepts responsibility when it's convenient to do so or when its back is up against the wall and it has no choice.”
The company previously admitted in writing to Alsup that “PG&E currently believes the Gray Pine of interest may have been identified for removal (but not removed) during restoration efforts following the Carr Fire in 2018.”
This admission from the company was not introduced during the preliminary hearing in Shasta County, but a sworn statement from PG&E's contractor to Judge Alsup was.
In the statement, contractor Larry Lacunza said he didn't remember this specific tree, but he did say PG&E informed him he marked two trees for removal at the GPS coordinates where the Zogg Fire started.
This was backed up by a spreadsheet provided to Alsup during the probation.
Upon his review of the case, it wasn't enough for Shasta County Judge Flynn.
"It is not a reasonable inference from Lacunza's [statements] that the offending tree was marked for removal," Flynn said in his tentative ruling to dismiss the charges. "That assertion by the people is speculation."
ANOTHER SHASTA COUNTY JUDGE FOUND PROBABLE CAUSE PG&E COMMITTED CRIMES
Earlier this year, a different Shasta County judge found PG&E needed to stand trial on the manslaughter charges.
Judge Bradley L. Boeckman presided over the preliminary hearing in the case. This “mini-trial” lasted weeks, with numerous PG&E employees testifying under oath.
At the end of the hearing, Boeckman found “probable cause to conclude… crimes were committed and that the defendant, PG&E, committed those crimes.”
Prosecutors put on extensive evidence from the arson investigation, which found the tree, located uphill of the power line, had an obviously gaping wound at the base of its trunk which should have caused PG&E to remove it.
Photographs show the majority of the wood at the base of the tree was missing because of the damage, likely caused by a fire years ago, according to CAL FIRE's expert arborist.
Boeckman ruled PG&E had to stand trial for reckless arson and manslaughter, but dismissed a group of environmental charges and charges relating to other smaller fires started by power lines.
Prosecutors hoped to go after PG&E for damage to public health and the environment. PG&E hoped to have everything tossed out, arguing "mistakes are not crimes."
"I know that a ruling of this type tends to leave both sides dissatisfied," Boeckman explained to the attorneys. "That's the way it is."
The case went back to Judge Flynn, who previously arraigned PG&E. He is now planning to reverse Boeckman’s ruling on the felony charges after PG&E filed a motion to dismiss the case.
Flynn’s proposed ruling would hold PG&E to answer for only a lone misdemeanor charge for burning other people’s property.
WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT
The change in course by Judge Flynn reignited settlement talks between PG&E and Shasta County prosecutors.
Attorneys on both sides asked Flynn for more time to confer with each other Monday.
It’s unclear whether a settlement deal would include a guilty plea to any crimes by PG&E. District Attorney Stephanie Bridgett declined to discuss the details of settlement talks.
Bridgett was one of six district attorneys who agreed last year to drop criminal cases, instead entering into a civil settlement with PG&E for starting the 2019 Kincade and 2021 Dixie fires.
PG&E attempted to reach a civil settlement for the Zogg Fire at the time, but Bridgett refused to drop the charges.
“In the Zogg case, PG&E’s actions caused the deaths of four people,” Bridgett said last April. “A civil settlement alone, such as was reached in the Dixie Fire case, would not be sufficient to hold PG&E accountable for their actions.”
If Flynn grants PG&E’s motion to dismiss the charges, it does not necessarily mean the end of the case.
Prosecutors can appeal Flynn’s ruling or simply try again by refiling charges in Shasta County court, seeking to present more evidence or to argue the case in a different way.
Whether it happens by plea deal or trial, the McLeod family says justice would look like criminal convictions against PG&E for the four deaths caused by its power lines.
“Alaina, Feyla, Karen, and Kenny did not have a choice. They fought and tried to escape,” said Suzie Bewley. “Their voices cannot be heard any longer.”
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — People in Roseville will be able to get their hands on a Lady M mille crêpe cake from Friday through Sunday.
The mille crêpe cake has 20 alternating layers of cream and French crêpes.
The Lady M x Baccarat Cake Truck will be at the Westfield Galleria Mall in Roseville. The truck will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and people can get slices of cake or a whole cake.
Some of the flavors including the signature mille crêpes, green tea mille crêpes, pistachio mille crêpes, strawberry swirl mille crêpes, and checkers cake will be available.
People can preorder whole cakes here before the truck arrives Friday.
It will be located at 1151 Galleria Blvd in Roseville. Find more information about Lady M HERE.
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YUBA CITY, Calif. — The Yuba City Police Department is investigating after a boy was shot and killed Wednesday night.
According to a news release, the 911 call for a person shot at an apartment on Gray Avenue came in around 9:45 p.m.
Upon arrival, officers found a boy with gunshot wounds. He died from his injuries.
Officers were told the alleged shooter ran away from the scene and they started searching surrounding neighborhoods.
The alleged shooter, also a minor, walked into the police department and turned himself in around 11:20 p.m.
He was booked into the Tri County Juvenile Rehabilitation Center on suspicion of murder, and the case is being turned over to the Sutter County District Attorney’s Office.
Police say the shooting appears to be an isolated event and there is no threat to the public. The weapon was found by investigators at the scene.
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WORMLEYSBURG, Pa. — Amid rising pedestrian traffic fatalities, the West Shore Regional Police Department is holding a two-week targeted enforcement event of crosswalk safety.
On May 11, police focused on Front Street in Wormleysburg, a popular area with several restaurants and heavy pedestrian traffic.
A police decoy walked across a crosswalk to check that motorists would stop for a pedestrian.
“Obviously we don’t want to be utilizing civilians to be walking across because it’s more of a safety concern for us,” said the decoy, Assistant Chief of Police John Friel.
Within half an hour, three cars had illegally driven across the crosswalk while Friel was walking on it. Police vehicles parked nearby pulled over those motorists, who received citations.
In Pennsylvania, violating the right-of-way of a pedestrian on a crosswalk carries a penalty of a $50 fine.
Pedestrians also have a legal responsibility not to create a hazard by entering the crosswalk when a vehicle is too close.
“Just make sure that motorist sees you because yes, you have the right of way in that crosswalk, but if that motorist is distracted, right away is not going to help you,” said PennDOT spokesperson Fritzi Schreffler.
The event was part of an effort by PennDOT and the Highway Traffic Safety Network to reduce rising pedestrian traffic fatalities.
Pedestrian deaths in Pennsylvania rose 21% from 2019 to 2021, according to data from the Governors Highway Safety Association.
“We want to make sure that everybody knows the rules and how to be safe throughout the summer,” said West Shore Regional Police Chief Anthony Minium.
Minium said the department runs targeted crosswalk enforcement throughout the year, and that violations are far too common.
“We ran a detail last week. In three hours we ended up with 25 citations,” he said. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/crosswalk-safety-enforcement/521-8b506dad-0a03-4d37-8845-b3c86e6efd06 | 2023-05-11T21:29:15 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/crosswalk-safety-enforcement/521-8b506dad-0a03-4d37-8845-b3c86e6efd06 |
RUTHERFORD, Pa. — Swatara Township Police announced a road closure on Saturday while a local fire company celebrates its 100th year of operation.
The police department said a portion of 66th Street will be closed from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. while the Rutherford Fire Company hosts a 100th anniversary celebration.
There will be food trucks, bounce houses, hayrides, music, classic cars and fire trucks on display, the police department said.
To make the event safe for the community, 66th Street will be closed to vehicle traffic from Somerset Street to Clearfield Street, according to police.
Locust Street from 64th Street to 67th Street will also be posted as a no-parking zone during the event, the police department said.
"If you are in the area or looking for something to do, please come out and celebrate with the Rutherford Fire Company on this historic achievement," Swatara Township Police said. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/rutherford-fire-company-100-year-celebration-road-closure/521-d40cc606-eec5-4b71-9c7c-14466dc3c6d8 | 2023-05-11T21:29:21 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/dauphin-county/rutherford-fire-company-100-year-celebration-road-closure/521-d40cc606-eec5-4b71-9c7c-14466dc3c6d8 |
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. — A Lancaster County man has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats.
According to the Manheim Township Police Department, Josiah L. Berrios, 21, from Lancaster, was outside an elementary school on April 25 acting like he was shooting a shotgun at the building and at passing vehicles.
Berrios then allegedly fled on foot through St. Anthony's Cemetary before police arrived at the scene.
He was captured on the school's security cameras making the gestures.
At 12:48 p.m., Berrios reportedly returned to the scene and continued to act as if he was shooting a shotgun at vehicles and people. Officers arrived and Berrios allegedly acted like he was shooting at the patrol car.
He fled the scene, but was quickly taken into custody.
School staff and students had no contact with Berrios and he was not armed.
He has been arraigned and committed to Lancaster County Prison, according to police. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-man-arrested-terroristic-threats-toward-elementary-school/521-ee6a73e3-05cc-4d20-98e7-2eef5e2c788a | 2023-05-11T21:29:27 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/lancaster-man-arrested-terroristic-threats-toward-elementary-school/521-ee6a73e3-05cc-4d20-98e7-2eef5e2c788a |
LEWISTOWN, Pa. — A Mifflin County man has been arrested after police say he broke into a pair of Derry Township businesses on Tuesday morning.
Eric J. Tenalio, 41, of Lewistown, is charged with two felony counts of criminal trespass and two summary counts of criminal mischief, according to Mifflin County Regional Police.
Tenalio is accused of breaking into Red's Diner at 2 a.m. and Moove In Self Storage at 3:29 a.m. Both businesses are located along Business 22 in Derry Township, police said.
In both cases, he allegedly smashed through windows in each business to gain entry, according to police.
Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from both businesses to identify Tenalio as the suspect, police said.
Tenalio was taken into custody Thursday morning and transported to Mifflin County Prison to await arraignment. He was remanded back to the prison after failing to post bail, according to court records.
A preliminary hearing for both cases was set for May 17, court records show. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/mifflin-county/eric-tenalio-arrest-lewistown-mifflin-county-criminal-trespass/521-61757fc8-8fab-4944-a796-350f0b90f9c5 | 2023-05-11T21:29:33 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/mifflin-county/eric-tenalio-arrest-lewistown-mifflin-county-criminal-trespass/521-61757fc8-8fab-4944-a796-350f0b90f9c5 |
YORK COUNTY, Pa. — York County police are searching for a dirt bike rider accused of fleeing police.
On May 11, at 12:35 p.m., a blue dirt bike reportedly fled from police during an attempted traffic stop, according to the York County Regional Police Department.
The driver traveled through multiple residential yards while fleeing the officer. There was no visible license plate on the vehicle, according to police.
The driver may have been traveling with the cruiser-style motorcycle pictured below.
Anyone who can identify either driver has been asked to contact police at 911 or leave a tip through CRIMEWATCH. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county-police-searching-suspect-dirt-bike-chase/521-7417b58e-b568-4000-9a5e-40ee1780de94 | 2023-05-11T21:29:39 | 0 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/york-county-police-searching-suspect-dirt-bike-chase/521-7417b58e-b568-4000-9a5e-40ee1780de94 |
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Someone who purchased a Cash Five lottery ticket in San Angelo is now $25,000 richer for hitting all five numbers.
The numbers were 6, 21, 26, 27 and 34 in the May 10 drawing.
According to the Texas Lottery, the ticket was sold at the YESWAY Store on North Chadbourne Street. The ticket was a Quick Pick.
Wednesday's winner has 180 days to claim their prize. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/25000-lottery-ticket-sold-in-san-angelo/504-1524ecaf-e689-4daf-a8e2-cf55a26a9a0d | 2023-05-11T21:30:49 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/25000-lottery-ticket-sold-in-san-angelo/504-1524ecaf-e689-4daf-a8e2-cf55a26a9a0d |
TOM GREEN COUNTY, Texas — Many Tom Green County residents experienced sticker shock in the last week after seeing their property valuations from the Tom Green County Appraisal District (CAD). Some say the value of their property doubled or tripled.
TGC residents showed up in droves to the CAD Thursday morning for a public meeting of the appraisal review board to protest the increases to their valuations. The meeting started at least 45 minutes late, only 70 people were let in because of lack of space and no public comment was allowed.
A Tom Green County Sheriff's Office deputy told the crowd, "There's no questions, no comments or anything like that today. You can sit there and be quiet and that's about it....this is not about protest today," as law enforcement officers outside the CAD were informing the public about what would and would not occur at Thursday's meeting.
So what do you do as a property owner who disagrees with that valuation?
If you disagree with the appraised value or, if errors exist in the appraisal records regarding your property, the Texas Comptroller's Office says you should file a Form 50-132, Notice of Protest (PDF) with the Appraisal Review Board.
In most cases, you have until May 15 (or 30 days from the date the appraisal district notice is delivered - whichever date is later). However, the protest form on the CAD's website says the deadline is at midnight May 15.
The Tom Green County CAD has a recording on its phone line that says it is experiencing a high volume of calls. The recording says protests can be filed online at tomgreencad.com (search for your account), hand-delivered to the drop boxes at the CAD office, 2302 Pulliam St, or mailed. It must be postmarked by the deadline.
Remember that your 2023 appraisal is based on the research the appraisal district did last year. Depending on what the housing market looked like at the time the research was done, your valuation could be more than expected.
The Comptroller's Office says you should ask one of the appraisal district's appraisers to explain your appraisal and verify it reflects the right property description, measurements for your home or business and lot and any defects.
You can also gather blueprints, deeds, photographs, a survey or your own measurements, statements from builders or independent appraisals to contest the appraiser's decision. Also, collect evidence on recent sales of properties similar to yours from neighbors or real estate professionals and ask the appraisal district for the sales that it used.
On Wednesday, Tom Green County Judge Lane Carter said on his Facebook page that he has received calls, texts and emails from concerned citizens regarding current appraisal values.
"Let me start by saying that I get it. I’m in the same boat. I plan on protesting every single one of mine," Carter said.
He said he has spoken to the county's chief appraiser, who has been "extremely transparent on the techniques they have been tasked with to obtain correct appraisal values."
Carter and the chief appraiser will meet next week for a discussion of the appraisal system.
"He was upfront to say that he knows a lot of the values may be incorrect. But that’s why we need to protest. The way that values are obtained can’t always be across the board and that’s why we see uniform increases that do not make sense to us. We as a county and city need to show the district where our values truly need to be. No one else knows your property better than you!!! They want us to protest to show them," the post said.
Carter added a disclaimer, saying the City of San Angelo and Tom Green County have no authority over appraisals.
"Do your research like I have and plan to do. There are a TON of questions that need to be answered for the district to be accurate. Let’s do our part to help them and show where we need to be! And as always, thank you for standing up and being concerned citizens. Being stagnant in our voices get us no where. It’s a pleasure to serve you as your Tom Green County Judge," Carter said in the post. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/disagree-with-your-tax-appraisal-heres-how-to-file-a-protest/504-bfe56123-8e29-47e9-a7bf-526987fe2ba4 | 2023-05-11T21:30:56 | 0 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/disagree-with-your-tax-appraisal-heres-how-to-file-a-protest/504-bfe56123-8e29-47e9-a7bf-526987fe2ba4 |
DALLAS — The Southwest Airlines pilots union has voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike, a largely symbolic move as the group continues negotiations on a new contract with the Dallas-based company.
The vote - details of which were released by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association on Thursday - does not mean that pilots will go on strike. In fact, a strike would be highly unlikely to happen as the airline heads into a busy summer travel season, and Southwest has never had a labor strike.
The pilots union and the airline are still negotiating on a deal; strike authorization votes are commonly seen as a message from a union to a company during negotiations.
The authorization vote is a step in what would be a lengthy labor process that could eventually lead to a strike.
Similar to how American Airlines pilots voted to authorize a strike last week, the Southwest vote is highly unlikely to lead to any walkout or strike that would disrupt the airline's operations.
Voting on the authorization began May 1 and 98% of union members participated, with 99% favoring the strike authorization, according to the union.
“Today, our Pilots have empowered our Negotiating Committee Chair, Captain Jody Reven, to petition the National Mediation Board to release us to self-help imminently at which time we will follow the process set forth by the Railway Labor Act and continue toward a strike," pilots union president Casey Murray said. "We want our passengers to understand that we do not take this path lightly and are disheartened that the LUV airline has gotten so far away from the values set forth by Herb Kelleher."
Southwest Airlines in a statement Thursday emphasized that the vote does not mean that pilots are going on strike.
Southwest also said the vote "has no impact on our scheduled operations" heading into the summer travel season.
"Our negotiating team remains focused on ongoing discussions and continuing to make progress toward a new agreement for our Pilots. Southwest and the Pilots' union (SWAPA) remain in mediation, which is overseen by the National Mediation Board," Southwest officials said in a statement Thursday.
Southwest pilots have been critical of management in the wake of the airline's holiday travel chaos, which led to thousands of canceled flights in the week after Christmas.
Murray in January called for the strike authorization vote this spring "in the wake of Southwest's largest meltdown and utter lack of meaningful progress on a contract negotiation," the release said.
While Southwest posted a first-quarter loss in the wake of the holiday meltdown, the Dallas-based airline saw a profit in March and expects to make a profit for the second quarter. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/southwest-airlines-pilots-just-voted-authorize-strike-what-that-means-what-it-doesnt/287-f930da32-8ea1-4170-9f11-c10cc2d7f5be | 2023-05-11T21:31:02 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/southwest-airlines-pilots-just-voted-authorize-strike-what-that-means-what-it-doesnt/287-f930da32-8ea1-4170-9f11-c10cc2d7f5be |
ALLEN, Texas — A couple and their 3-year-old son who were among the eight people killed in the Allen mall shooting had ties to Houston, according to State Sen. John Whitmire. He said Cindy Cho's father is an elder at a Houston church.
"It is with great sorrow that I have learned that three of the victims of the mass shooting in Allen had ties to Houston," Whitmire tweeted. "A young Dallas couple Kyu and Cindy Cho and their 3-year-old son James were killed in that senseless mass shooting. Their 6-year-old son, William, survived but will have to spend the rest of his life without his family. A GoFundMe account has been set up for William."
As of Thursday morning, the account raised over $1.8M to help cover medical and funeral expenses and future needs of William. Phoenix Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, who went to Allen High School, donated $15,000.
Murray called the mass shooting "sickening" and asked, "When is this s--t gonna stop?"
We've learned that Cindy graduated from Cypress Falls High School in the Cy-Fair school district. She was working as a dentist in the Dallas area and Kyu was an immigration attorney.
William Cho 'recovering well'
Cindy is being remembered as a hero for shielding William and saving his life.
On Wednesday, extended family members released a statement updating William's condition and thanking everyone for their support.
"Our hearts are broken for our beloved family members who are no longer with us. We are deeply grateful and sincerely appreciate the outpouring of support and prayers. William is recovering well.
"All of our attention is now focused on ensuring William leads a happy, healthy life with his extended family who love him dearly. We ask that you respect and honor our family's privacy in the coming days and weeks so that we may mourn and honor our loved ones' legacies and lives."
Family members said Kyu and Cindy took their sons to the outlet to swap out some clothes that William received for his birthday. The boy turned 6 four days before the shooting.
Prestonwood Christian Academy shared that William is a student at the school and in a video said it's providing counseling for students and staff.
“We’re certainly heartbroken over the news of the shooting in Allen, Texas," Dr. Mike Goddard, the school's superintendent, said. “We’re very family oriented and we rely on God during times like this.”
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James Cho was sweet, cute and 'brilliant'
At a memorial set up outside the mall, Trinity Whitley told our sister station WFAA that she was James’ day care teacher in McKinney.
“[James] was innocent, and he did nothing wrong,” Whitley said. “He usually wore elephant bibs and shirts. He loved elephants, loved elephants.”
The cross at the memorial with James’ name has a stuffed elephant toy pinned on it.
“He was sweet and smart, and he was so cute,” Whitley continued. “And he was a brilliant child. I've never actually met a 3-year-old that was that smart. He was three and he was writing his own name.”
Whitley said James’ mother, Cindy, was her dentist.
"His mom, she was so sweet, and she would always say thank you that [the day care staff] always takes care of her son."
Whitley brought a green balloon to add to the memorial, which was James’ favorite color, she said.
“He was a super sweet kid and every day we’re going to miss him. And there won’t be a day we’re not thinking about him,” she added.
A funeral for the Cho family will be held Friday night in the Dallas area.
The other five victims who died have been identified and include sisters Daniela Mendoza, 11, and Sofia Mendoza, 8; Christian LaCour, 20; Aishwarya Thatikonda, 27; and Elio Cumana-Rivas, 32.
Six others remain hospitalized with various injuries from the shooting. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/texas/allen-mall-shooting-victims-cho-family/285-b814893f-22af-4d64-b5d1-ef89bc4bfb78 | 2023-05-11T21:31:08 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/texas/allen-mall-shooting-victims-cho-family/285-b814893f-22af-4d64-b5d1-ef89bc4bfb78 |
VAN HORN, Texas — The far West Texas ghost town of Lobo is up for sale.
A group of friends from Germany currently own the town that is between Van Horn and Valentine. In the 1980s, the aquifer was pumped dry and by 1991, Lobo turned into a ghost town.
Some of the remaining structures that remain include a gas station, motel, a grocery store, and a few abandoned houses. The group used the land for art events. This is where Desert Dust Cinema has taken place, which is a film festival. They had gathering where they'd watch films, have live music and art shows.
For those wondering about the price of the ghost town, Marfa Public Radio reports that the entire property will have a base price of $100,000. At this point, the owners care more about what that person is going to do with the property. | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/west-texas-ghost-town-goes-up-for-sale/513-8b3abcdc-61a8-429d-8132-eaa0d9537b57 | 2023-05-11T21:31:14 | 1 | https://www.myfoxzone.com/article/news/local/west-texas-ghost-town-goes-up-for-sale/513-8b3abcdc-61a8-429d-8132-eaa0d9537b57 |
TEXAS, USA — You've heard people say, "There's nothing to do in town." Here is a list of events happening in San Angelo, Abilene and beyond to do with your friends and family.
BIG COUNTRY
FRIDAY
10 a.m. - Master Gardeners Series: Rainwater Collection, Abilene Public Library Main Branch, 202 Cedar St.
11 a.m. - Super StoryTime: Jungle Fun, Abilene Public Library South Branch, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
4 p.m. - Once Upon A Storytime, Abilene Public Library South Branch, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
5 p.m. - Western Heritage Classic Ranch Gathering, Taylor County Coliseum, 1700 State Hwy 36
6 p.m. - Paramount Film Series: Top Gun double feature, Paramount Abilene, 352 Cypress St.
7:30 p.m. - Christy Patton, Potosi Live, 897 FM 1750
SATURDAY
9 a.m. - Lake Brownwood Bash, Lake Brownwood State Park, 200 State Hwy Park Road 15 - BROWNWOOD
9 a.m. - The Traveling Comic Book Store, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 300 SE Georgia Ave. - SWEETWATER
10 a.m. - Turning Pointe Dance Academy Mother's Day Storybook tea, Front Porch Coffee Co. & Bakery, 702 N. 2nd St.
10 a.m. - Matt and Michelle Ellis, Moose Mountain Coffee Bar, 817 S. 2nd St.
10 a.m. - Start the Summer with a Blast! Local Vendor Event, Drug Emporium Abilene, 2550 Barrow St.
11 a.m. - Familia Dental's Abilene Community Baby Shower, Rose Park Senior Activity Center, 2625 S. 7th St.
11 a.m. - Clyde Texas Gospel Jubilee, New Life Fellowship Church, 415 N. 2nd St. - CLYDE
11 a.m. - Family Flix: "Rumble", Abilene Public Library South Branch, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
1 p.m. - Mommy and Me Princess Pop-Up, The Parlor, 1720 S. Clack St.
1 p.m. - Goat Yoga, May Farms, 7933 US Hwy 277 - HAWLEY
1 p.m. - Adult Dungeons and Dragons Club, Abilene Public Library, Mockingbird Branch, 1326 N. Mockingbird Lane
2 p.m. - Charity Car Wash benefiting South Plains Sweethearts, Hooters, 2042 E. Overland Trail
2:30 p.m. - Saturday Matinee: "The Woman King", Abilene Public Library South Branch, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
3:30 p.m. - Master Naturalists Series: In the Air, On the Ground, Abilene Public Library Main Branch, 202 Cedar St.
5:30 p.m. - Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital Foundation's second annual Wild Game Dinner, Nolan County Coliseum, 220 Coliseum Drive - SWEETWATER
7 p.m. - Soothsayer, All Falls Down, Violent Vendetta, Toxic Menace and Nokompli, The Zone Bar, 3112 S. 27th St.
7:30 p.m. - Taylor Branch and the Lone Star Ramblers, Potosi Live, 897 FM 1750
8 p.m. - Eric Logan, Play Faire Park, 2300 N. 2nd St.
8 p.m. - Kirk House, The Ice House at LSDG, 173 Walnut St.
8 p.m. - The Remedy, Pioneer Tap House, 112 E. Baker St. - BROWNWOOD
8:30 p.m. - Kiss Band, Heff's Burgers and Bar, 4310 Buffalo Gap Road
9 p.m. - Love is Blind, Doc's Bar and Grill, 2042 FM 1750
SUNDAY
11 a.m. - Second Sundays: Downtown Brownwood - BROWNWOOD
1:30 p.m. - Pokemon Meet-up, Abilene Public Library Main Branch, 202 Cedar St.
3 p.m. - Mimosas for Mom, Spirit of Texas Winery, 6037 CR 291 - EARLY
CONCHO VALLEY
FRIDAY
7:30 p.m. - San Angelo Broadway Academy presents "Phantom of the Opera", The Elta Joyce Murphey Performance Hall, 72 W. College Ave.
7:30 p.m. - Get Western with Lynn Massey and Justice, The House of FiFi DuBois, 123 S. Chadbourne St.
SATURDAY
8 a.m. - NAPA Auto Parts grand opening and one-day sale, 3033 W. Harris Ave.
9 a.m. - Longhorn and bison viewing, San Angelo State Park, 362 FM 2288
10 a.m. - Second Saturdays, Railway Museum of San Angelo, 703 S. Chadbourne St.
10 a.m. - Central High School Band UIL State Solo and Ensemble, First united Methodist Church, 37 E. Beauregard Ave.
10 a.m. - Mother's Day Sip N Shop, The Desert Paintbrush, 51 E. Washington Drive
1 p.m. - Charity Car Wash, Hooter's, 4384 Sherwood Way
2 p.m. - San Angelo Broadway Academy presents "Phantom of the Opera", The Elta Joyce Murphey Performance Hall, 72 W. College Ave.
2 p.m. - Saturday Story-time and Crafts, Stephens Central Library, 33 W. Beauregard Ave.
2 p.m. - Tom Green County Libraries Teen Republic Draw Together, Stephens Central Library, 33 W. Beauregard Ave.
4 p.m. - Summerland Lobster Feast, Summerland Public House, 105 Frisco Ave. - MENARD
5 p.m. - Rowdy Richter, Christoval Vineyards, 5000A Cralle Road - CHRISTOVAL
5 p.m. - Pulgaso Dia de las Madres Fiesta, El Paseo de Santa Angela, 34 W. Avenue D
5:15 p.m. - Sixth annual Moebius Fun Run and Walk, San Angelo City Park, 315 E. Twohig Ave.
6 p.m. - Randy Rogers, Cooper's Bar-B-Q, 20809 US Hwy 277S - CHRISTOVAL
7:30 p.m. - San Angelo Broadway Academy presents "Phantom of the Opera", The Elta Joyce Murphey Performance Hall, 72 W. College Ave.
8 p.m. - Open Arms RCC & LGBT+ Services Second Chance Prom, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Love St.
8 p.m. - S'mores with a Ranger, San Angelo State Park, 362 FM 2288
8:30 p.m. - 12 Mile, The House of FiFi DuBois, 123 S. Chadbourne St.
9 p.m. - In Halen tribute to Van Halen, The Penny Tap House, 2412 College Hills Blvd.
9 p.m. - Allen Ray and Southern Comfort, The Martial Pint, 19 E. Concho Ave.
SUNDAY
11 a.m. - Mother's Day Weekend and Sunday Brunch, The JL Bar Ranch, Resort & Spa, 3500 Private Road 2254 - SONORA
2 p.m. - San Angelo Broadway Academy presents "Phantom of the Opera", The Elta Joyce Murphey Performance Hall, 72 W. College Ave.
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Greenville restaurant staple lands on OpenTable's list of 100 most popular brunch spots
A Greenville staple, Soby's New South Cuisine, landed on OpenTable's Us 100 Best Places to Brunch list.
Known for its sweet and savory customer favorites such as the pecan sticky bun with bourbon caramel glaze and fried green tomato benedict, it is the only restaurant in South Carolina to make an appearance on the list.
"On our brunch menu, we have sweet options for people that like sweet brunches, like my wife, and then we also have savory options," Soby's executive chef Kyle Swartzendruber said. "We also have lunch options that are Soby's staples like our crab cakes and shrimp and grits."
Greenville ― and its restaurants ― are no stranger to making national and international "Best of" lists. In April, Greenville BBQ staple, Henry's Smokehouse, made Food Network's list of Top 4 BBQ restaurants in SC.
In January, Greenville was No. 14 on New York Time's 52 Best Places for Travelers to Visit in 2023 list. In the article, Soby's was recommended for dining when visiting the city. Swartzendruber said the restaurant staff celebrated their win after hours with a toasting of champagne.
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Alongside top selling menu items, Swartzendruber credits Soby's warm atmosphere for its popularity. Located at 207 Main St., Soby's has served Greenville diners for over 25 years.
Soby's Southern Cuisine, flagship restaurant of the Table 301 Restaurant Group, is located in one of downtown Greenville's oldest structures, originally built in the mid-1800s.
"Just walking in with the exposed-brick buildings and the large windows that provide light to the dining room," he said. "It brings them (customers) in and brings them out, giving them an all-round experience."
Working in a hot, fast-paced environment can be challenging. Swartzendruber hopes Soby's placement on the list shows employees what they do is acknowledged and appreciated. He wants the spotlight to continue to shine on Soby's and Greenville.
"I believe it makes people want to come to work and really instills a passion for the industry even more whenever you make lists like this." he stated.
Nina Tran covers trending topics for the Greenville News. Reach her via email at ntran@gannett.com. | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/11/greenville-staple-list-top-100-popular-brunch-restaurants-sc-downtown-opentable/70204102007/ | 2023-05-11T21:38:39 | 1 | https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/2023/05/11/greenville-staple-list-top-100-popular-brunch-restaurants-sc-downtown-opentable/70204102007/ |
CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Charleston Main Streets says this weekend’s Foam at the Dome is being postponed due to severe weather in the forecast.
According to the organization, the event will instead take place Saturday, July 22, 2023. The location for Foam at the Dome will not change, and will remain at Kanawha Boulevard in front of the West Virginia State Capitol.
“We believe this is in the best interest of our hardworking volunteers, dedicated vendors, supportive partners, talented musicians, and thousands of event attendees,” said Leah Dunmyer, director of Marketing and Development for Charleston Main Streets. “The safety of all involved is our number one priority and we are excited to see everyone on July 22.”
Organizers say they will continue to post updates on the event online on the Foam at the Dome Facebook page. StormTracker 13 will also have the latest weather updates for this weekend on our website. | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/foam-at-the-dome-2023-postponed-due-to-expected-severe-weather/ | 2023-05-11T21:40:23 | 0 | https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/foam-at-the-dome-2023-postponed-due-to-expected-severe-weather/ |
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – On Thursday, the Johnson City Board of Education approved a $98 million budget proposal for the next fiscal year. That proposal carries with it a 6% raise for teachers in Johnson City Schools.
School Board Chair Kathy Hall told News Channel 11 that the board prioritizes keeping good teachers in Johnson City.
“We’re wanting to make sure that we are retaining, recruiting and retaining the best teachers that we can,” Hall said. “We’ve always prioritized, made sure that we are in the top ten systems in the state for teacher pay, and that has served us well.”
The budget must receive final approval from the Johnson City Commission before it is set in stone. The City Commission will consider the school budget at its regular June meeting.
In addition to approving the budget, the school board also approved a beverage contract with Pepsi on Thursday. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-boe-approves-budget-proposal-with-6-pay-increase-for-teachers/ | 2023-05-11T21:41:51 | 0 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/johnson-city-boe-approves-budget-proposal-with-6-pay-increase-for-teachers/ |
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – Carter County Sheriff Mike Fraley told News Channel 11 on Thursday that schools in the area are back to 100% coverage by School Resource Officers (SROs) after extensive staffing challenges.
“We’re almost fully staffed, the jail is fully staffed,” Fraley said in a press conference Thursday morning. “School Resource Officers are at 100%, we have three in police academy right now and five scheduled to go.”
The Carter County Sheriff’s Office has previously faced staffing challenges due to a combination of factors. In fall 2022, Fraley said the number of SROs available to schools had dropped to four across the entire county.
“I am blessed to work with probably some of the best people I’ve ever been associated with and nothing phases them,” Fraley said. “I’ll give them a task, and they do it well.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-carter-county-back-to-100-sro-coverage/ | 2023-05-11T21:41:57 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/sheriff-carter-county-back-to-100-sro-coverage/ |
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (WJHL) — Dollywood’s newest roller coaster will officially open to the public Friday, but News Channel 11 got a first-hand look at the $25 million ride.
“Now they have ten coasters. That is wonderful. There’s so much variety but Big Bear does bring them something so special that will be a stand out to make it truly family-friendly,” said Elizabeth Ringas, American Coaster Enthusiasts president.
You’ll be searching for the “big bear” from the moment you step in line until you get off the ride.
“From the footprints that lead you up to the ride to the theming throughout the ride to the waterfall that you wiz under, it’s all in a story,” said Ringas. “You are immersed in the hunt for big bear and enhancing it even more is a really unique quality of this ride is the onboard audio because you are getting Ned going along with you on the ride telling you about it.”
It’s a family-friendly ride that everyone can enjoy.
“It has a super low height requirement of 39 inches, which is a tall four-year-old,” Ringas explained. “It is going to really let them have that first ride experience and it will be one they will never forget.”
It’s the longest roller coaster at the park, covering 4,000 feet of track.
“There’s so much packed into that. You’re close to the terrain, really experiencing the topography of the area and it’s the hills of Tennessee,” Ringas explained. “What I love is air time. That’s the part of rollercoasters that I love. And there are 23 pops of air time where you’re hovering off your seat during this ride.”
The thrill ride lasts two minutes and has three separate launches with a top speed of 48 miles per hour.
American Coaster Enthusiasts is the world’s largest amusement park-related enthusiast group. Everyone in the group loves roller coasters, but it’s not just about the rides. Ringas says members are also interested in the photography and preservation of roller coasters. The group’s mission is to ensure that roller coasters are around for generations to come.
Dolly Parton will be at the park Friday at 10:30 a.m. to cut the ribbon. The ride officially opens to the public later at 2:30 p.m. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/what-to-expect-from-dollywoods-new-roller-coaster/ | 2023-05-11T21:42:03 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/what-to-expect-from-dollywoods-new-roller-coaster/ |
BOONEVILLE, Ark. — In August 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture began warning people to watch out for unsolicited packages of seeds shipped from China.
Experts were concerned the seeds could be an invasive species and could hurt the surrounding environment if planted.
Before word got out, a man in Booneville planted the seeds and they had been growing in his garden.
"We brought them down here and planted the seeds just to see what would happen, every two weeks I'd come by and put miracle grow on it and they just started growing like crazy," said Doyle Crenshaw.
Experts are unsure what this plant really is, but the concern is it turning out to be an invasive species, which could hurt local agriculture.
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"Our concern is from an invasive pest aspect, these seeds could introduce an invasive weed, or an invasive insect pest or a plant disease," Scott Bray with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture told 5NEWS when this story originally ran in August 2020.
The plant has a large white fruit and orange flowers, much resembling a squash plant.
"The package said it was from China and said "studded earrings" on the outside, and we thought that was a little odd," Crenshaw said.
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is removing the plant from Crenshaw's property for further study.
If you receive these seeds, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture says to place them in a sealed package and give them a call to pick them up. More information can be found on their website.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Jacksonville Police Department is seeking information on the whereabouts of a missing woman.
Jennifer Ragsdale, 38, was last seen around 8 p.m. on May 10, getting into a silver Pontiac Vibe with two white men. Authorities do not know the car's license plate number.
Ragsdale is a white woman who is 5-foot-6 inches tall and 200 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes.
Anyone with information regarding her whereabouts is urged to contact the Jacksonville Police Department at (501) 985-2802. | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/jacksonville-police-search-for-woman/91-d796ca3a-9dec-4b6c-8999-ff79d7471d26 | 2023-05-11T21:42:11 | 1 | https://www.thv11.com/article/news/local/missing-persons-reports/jacksonville-police-search-for-woman/91-d796ca3a-9dec-4b6c-8999-ff79d7471d26 |
It’s been six months since the last hurricane hit Central Florida, and many communities are still cleaning up. On top of that, they’re seeing major insurance cost hikes — and the latest hit will be flood insurance.
Based on FEMA’s latest estimates, about 80% of Florida residents who have flood insurance will see their premiums hike over the next few years, but on Central Florida’s coast, many property owners will be taking the biggest hits in the state.
“Raising rates to actuarily sound levels is not a politically popular thing to do, but the changes you’re seeing are moves towards more actuarily sound rates,” said Tom Cotton with Hugh Cotton Insurance.
Cotton said the new estimates for federal flood insurance are diving deeper into location specifics. FEMA just released its estimates under its new system called “Risk Rating 2.0″ to calculate premiums.
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“Certainly with development changes, areas that may not have previously been prone to flooding may now be prone to flooding,” Cotton said.
Before, FEMA used old flood zone maps to estimate but now it’s basing it on property factors including rainfall levels, distance to the ocean and cost to rebuild.
FEMA uses zip codes to give estimates.
News 6 took the agency’s new data and broke down the numbers across Central Florida’s zip codes.
Those under federal flood insurance here will see a range of a $977 average increase to an almost $6,000 average increase. Brevard County has five of the top ten zip codes in the state that will see the biggest hikes.
It won’t happen all at once for renewing policyholders.
“Rather than them just turning the switch and making the rates actuarily sound, they’ll do what they call, ‘Glide path rating,’” Cotton said.
The rate increases are capped at 18% per year until it reaches the new calculation for your house.
However, Cotton said those who are just now purchasing flood insurance will see the new premium all at once.
“At the end of the day, the rates that they’ve been charging for decades are inadequate to fund the losses that they’re paying,” he said.
After Hurricane Ian, there were over 42,800 flood claims from Florida residents. Cotton said these new premium estimates shouldn’t be a deterrent for those who want to get flood insurance, especially for those who didn’t have it after last year’s hurricanes and got flooded.
“Just because the realtor or the banker says you don’t need flood insurance, doesn’t mean you’re not going to have a flood,” he said.
Not everyone will see the hike under these new estimates. According to the data, about 20% of Florida residents will actually see their rates drop.
Some U.S. senators are fighting against all of this because of the amount Florida already pays compared to other states.
Sen. Rick Scott sent News 6 the following statement:
“The national flood insurance program is a perfect example of what happens when government tries to take over an industry – it fails. The NFIP is not only buried in debt, it’s now pushing huge rate increases through FEMA’s new ‘risk rating 2.0’ that is unsustainable and unaffordable for Florida families. Right now, Florida is a donor state that pays more into the flood insurance system than is paid out, which unfairly impacts all Floridians. It makes no sense that residents of a donor state should see their premiums increase. I will be reintroducing my flood insurance reform package that includes bills to help promote consumer choice, transparency and competition within the program so that Floridians can get the best possible policy that fits their needs.”
Sen. Rick Scott
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former competitive cheerleading coach accused of exposing himself to three Daytona Beach girls last year is now facing additional charges of molestation in California, according to the district attorney’s office.
In a release, officials said 44-year-old Erick Kristianson, of Tennessee, was arrested last week in North Dakota on a warrant out of Orange County, California.
Kristianson is accused of molesting six girls, as young as 11 years old, while he was coaching at a competitive cheer club and Mission Viejo High School, the release shows.
In July 2022, Kristianson was arrested after three Daytona Beach girls — Kristianson’s students at a competitive cheer club — told officers he had contacted the trio via Facetime before masturbating on camera.
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According to police, the three preteen girls also reported that Kristianson had performed similarly lewd behavior in front of them before that point.
After news of the arrest in the Daytona Beach case became public, a woman in California reported she had been molested by Kristianson beginning when she was 14 years old when he was her cheer coach, the release states.
The prosecutor’s office said Kristianson was accused of picking the girl up from school or taking her home from cheer practice forcing himself on her until she turned 16.
Kristianson is also accused of molesting five other girls he coached between 2002 and 2007, some of whom Kristianson would take to off-campus events and to his home, where he would force himself on them, officials added.
The girls in these cases ranged from 11-to-16 years old, the district attorney said.
Kristianson faces the following charges in the California cases:
- Seven counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a minor under 14
- Five counts of lewd acts upon a child age 14 or 15
- Two felony counts of sexual penetration by foreign object of a minor under 18
- One felony count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of a minor under 16
- One felony count of oral copulation of a person under 16 years old
Kristianson is currently held in California without bail. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum sentence of 105 years to life, plus an additional five years and four months.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – A Daytona Beach man was arrested after a task force investigation of his home this week found fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said that earlier this year, detectives found 27-year-old Javaris Allen-Holt was trafficking fentanyl throughout the greater Daytona Beach area.
Early Tuesday morning, investigators executed a search warrant of a home at 619 Tomoka Road, seizing nearly a kilogram of fentanyl, 26 grams of methamphetamine, four firearms with ammunition, over $17,000 in cash and various other items used to make fentanyl, the release shows.
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A SWAT team was also able to find Allen-Holt in the master bedroom of the home, and he told investigators that everything in the house belonged to him, deputies said.
Deputies said Allen-Holt was convicted of attempted burglary in 2016, which would prohibit him from legally owning a firearm.
As detectives searched the home, Allen-Holt kept making statements that detectives had already found all of the drugs and money, and a woman in the home was overheard telling Allen-Holt that she could claim some of the money so that investigators didn’t seize it all, an affidavit shows.
Allen-Holt was arrested and faces the following charges:
- Felony drug offense
- Conspiracy to engage in trafficking
- Armed trafficking in methamphetamine
- Renting a structure for drug trafficking
- Possession of a weapon by an in-state felon
- Possession of a weapon and ammunition by a convicted felon
- Possession of paraphernalia
In total, Allen-Holt is held on a bond of $1,650,500.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Weather anchor Danny Treanor has been a staple in Central Florida for decades.
He first started bringing the weather to people in the greater Orlando area in 1978. Forty years later he wrapped up his career at News 6 in 2019.
On an episode of Talk to Tom, Treanor took us back down memory lane and caught us up on how retirement is going.
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He said he started his career in radio. But after moving to complete his education in 1963, he couldn’t find another radio gig. So, he auditioned at a TV station. After two auditions he said he got the job. Then, in 1968 Treanor said the weatherman quit and he wanted to fill his shoes.
“I went to the front office, I said, ‘Can I do that?‘ And they went, ‘Can you? Try,’” Treanor said.
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At that time Treanor said, “Television was in its infancy”.
He said he would get his weather information from a teletype machine, but quickly made friends with people at the National Weather Service. He said he would lean on the information from experts at the NWS and present that information to the community in a relatable way.
Treanor brought that relatability to the sunshine state in the late 1970′s.
He said soon after getting here Hurricane David hit and his coverage of the storm helped him to gain the community’s trust.
Sorrells also became part of that community after joining News 6 in 2000.
Sorrells said he knew he loved Treanor the first time he met him. Shortly after moving to Central Florida, Sorells said people always asked him if he knew Treanor, but he didn’t because he was working at a competing station.
So, after seeing a story about him in the newspaper he got his phone number through mutual acquaintances.
“I called you and left you a message, you called me back, we met for barbecue and we talked for six hours, maybe three,” Sorrells said.
The two remained friends. After Treanor stopped working at another news station in Orlando he asked Sorrells if he could get him a job at News 6. He did. Treanor worked at News 6 until he retired for the last time in 2019.
Treanor said retirement was a big transition.
“I didn’t know how to retire. That was the biggest problem. I’ve talked to some people about this before,” he said. “If you ask a lady to tell you about herself, quite often she’ll tell you about her children. If you ask a man about himself, he’ll start talking about his job. So, I was that kind of person. I defined myself by my job. I thought, ‘As long as I’m working, I’m important or I am somebody, I have an identity.’ And I didn’t know how not to work. And I was afraid not to work. Because I was afraid, I’d be forgotten, or I wouldn’t know what to do with myself. And what happened was I went on a trip with our church group to Israel and discovered I like traveling.”
Hear more about Treanor’s travels, his battle and victory over alcohol abuse, and more on Talk to Tom. You can watch Talk to Tom anytime on News 6+.
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DELAND, Fla. – A new law regarding jury recommendations and the death penalty can be applied to the resentencing of two men in the 2004 murders of several people at a Deltona home, the Florida appeals court ruled Thursday.
A hearing will take place Friday to determine how the court will go forward.
The Fifth District Court of Appeal halted the resentencing of Troy Victorino, 46, and Jerone Hunter, 36, last month at the state’s request.
Victorino and Hunter were convicted of killing six people and a dog in what became known as the XBox murders. The crime was called that because Victorino had gone to the home to retrieve an XBox system he had left behind after he had been caught squatting there.
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When Victorino and Hunter were originally convicted of the murders in 2006, they were sentenced to death, but the sentence was not based on a unanimous jury recommendation.
After the Florida Supreme Court ruled in 2017 any death penalty sentence had to be based on a unanimous recommendation, new resentencing trials were ordered for Victorino and Hunter.
But Gov. Ron DeSantis remade the state supreme court with more conservative justices, who have since walked back that 2017 ruling.
That allowed the Florida Legislature this past year to pass a law that allowed death penalty sentences with an 8-4 jury recommendation, as opposed to a unanimous recommendation.
In the original 2006 sentencing, both men were sentenced to death with a 10-2 jury recommendation.
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/11/new-florida-death-penalty-law-can-be-used-in-xbox-murder-resentencing-appeals-court-rules/ | 2023-05-11T21:44:25 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/11/new-florida-death-penalty-law-can-be-used-in-xbox-murder-resentencing-appeals-court-rules/ |
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – For more than a decade, the Brevard Zoo has been getting results, and protecting the Indian River, through their Restore Our Shores program.
Staff and volunteers regularly converge on the river for environmental projects. In this Getting Results Award segment, we met up with one group as they started their latest research project.
Olivia Escandell, conservation manager with the Brevard Zoo, is overseeing a project to place 17 seagrass test beds up and down the Indian River.
“This is a community engagement pilot scale research project,” Escandell explained. “We’re not planting really large beds, we’re not expecting that every single site will be a beautiful meadow of seagrass. I hope that will happen, but realistically I think it’s going to tell us more about where we should and should not do seagrass restoration in current conditions.”
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Right now those conditions in the lagoon are stressed. Escandell told News 6 the Indian River Lagoon has lost, in some areas, 90% of its seagrass coverage since the “super algae bloom” that took place in 2011.
“Unfortunately with too much nitrogen and phosphorus pollution into the lagoon, we have had large algae blooms that have shaded out seagrass, you can’t grow a plant in a closet,” Escandell said.
Escandell and a small group of volunteers gathered around a folding table just feet from the shoreline in Grant-Valkaria.
The group spent the morning separating Shoal Grass seedlings and preparing them for planting.
“It’s a beautiful seagrass,” Escandell said, as she pulled individual strands out of what looked like a mound of green spaghetti. “It has long bright green blades and it’s not very picky. That’s why we chose this grass.”
Bill Little waded out into the river to help place PVC markers where the grass will be planted. Little has been volunteering with the zoo for about 2 years.
He’s lived in Brevard County since 1985 and would drive across the river just about every day when he worked at the space center.
“I never knew a whole lot about it,” Little said, " So when I started volunteering with Restore Our Shores it was a whole new world. One that I’d been living right next to for 38 years.”
Little said he worked as a computer scientist and spent a short time with the Advanced Life Support Group working on the space station.
“They’re the guys doing proof of concept and prototype work on the plant growth systems. They’ve grown lettuce, peppers and such,” Little said.
Now retired, he’s still trying to grow things. Only now it’s seagrass and unlike those space experiments, there’s very little control over this environment. “Here we’re kind of at the mercy of what the river will do,” he said.
His time waist-deep in the saltwater has given him a better appreciation for the river. He’s learned there’s more here than he could see from the causeway. “It’s a much more dynamic place than I ever thought.”
Escandell said projects like this wouldn’t be possible without volunteers like Little.
“We’re a small team but we’ve worked with 70,000 volunteers since 2009,” she said. “We probably have 20 staff members. So imagine all that power and labor that’s going into restoring the lagoon through different projects.”
The Restore Our Shores website lists projects as diverse as using shoreline solutions that restore populations of native, filter-feeding oysters to the lagoon, growing protective mangroves, seeding restorative clam beds, replacing nutrient-rich seagrasses, restoring and building new reefs, and creating buffer zones to stem pollution and algae blooms.
Escandell has hope that projects like this will help lead the way to a healthier lagoon. “We’re making progress on removing nutrients from the water and we’re hoping to see less and less of these large-scale blooms. We know we’re not going to plant our way out of this seagrass problem but maybe we can accelerate recovery with projects like this.”
And with the help of volunteers like Little who tells us he’s happy to be giving back. “You end the day filthy, wet, smelling like the river and exhausted. But you look back at what you did and say I helped,” he said. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/11/volunteers-help-plant-seagrass-test-sites-along-the-indian-river/ | 2023-05-11T21:44:31 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/11/volunteers-help-plant-seagrass-test-sites-along-the-indian-river/ |
The Amazon warehouse where a 20-year-old Fort Wayne man died earlier this week reopened today after a two-and-a-half day closure.
The company closed the fulfillment center after Amazon worker Caes David Gruesbeck died on Monday, and the facility remained closed until it reopened Thursday morning. Amazon said its employees were paid during the closure.
Gruesbeck died at a local hospital after being transported by EMS from the warehouse on Smith Road near the Fort Wayne airport.
The Allen County Coroner ruled his death an accident and said the cause of death was a blunt-force injury.
Gruesbeck was driving a one-man lift when he struck his head on an overhead conveyance system, Amazon said. According to the company, he was working to fix a jam on the conveyor and was trained on how to use the lift.
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration is conducting a safety and compliance inspection, though the results of that inquiry may not be released for months. Amazon is also administering its own investigation of the death. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/amazon-warehouse-reopens-after-monday-worker-death/article_9a090e86-f01a-11ed-aff1-47838563b5d1.html | 2023-05-11T21:45:34 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/amazon-warehouse-reopens-after-monday-worker-death/article_9a090e86-f01a-11ed-aff1-47838563b5d1.html |
The man accused of fatally shooting a 20-year-old woman on Lillie Street was easy to identify for multiple witnesses, court documents show.
Steven Atkins, 38, was arrested yesterday less than a day after police responded to a shooting that claimed the life of 20-year-old Kiera E. Zepke.
Zepke's manner death has been ruled a homicide and the cause was a gunshot wound to the chest, according to a news release from Allen County Deputy Coroner Chris Meihls. She is the 11th homicide victim of the year for Allen County.
Zepke's boyfriend was with her when she was shot, according to a probable cause affidavit written by Fort Wayne Officer Ben Miller. He told police he and Zepke were talking in a car when a man wearing a neck gaiter approached the vehicle.
The man pulled down the neck gaiter, showing his face, and told the couple he was going to kill them both, Zepke's boyfriend told police. Atkins, who the boyfriend identified by name, then allegedly pulled out a handgun and fired multiple gunshots in their direction before fleeing the scene.
Zepke's boyfriend then carried her into a residence where she was later pronounced dead by medics.
Another witness watched through binoculars the scene unfold from her bedroom after she heard gunshots. She told police she instantly recognized Atkins as he walked away from the car.
The friend of the second witness led to Atkin's arrest, according to court documents. Detectives spoke to the woman Wednesday, where she explained she picked up Atkins early in the morning and the two spent the night together.
Around noon, she left the residence the two were at to pick up food and money for Atkins, according to the affidavit. But instead of running the errands, the woman met with detectives.
The woman told police she believed Atkins would still be at the residence, so detectives set up surveillance, according to court documents. Once enough officers had arrived, police closed in on the residence where Atkins sat on the front porch.
Fort Wayne police were able to take Atkins into custody without incident, according to the documents.
Officers involved with the arrest reported Atkins said that the cigarette he smoked was going to be the last he would have for a long time.
Atkins is being held in the Allen County Jail without bond. He is charged with murder and felony criminal recklessness.
His next court appearance is scheduled for May 16. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/court-docs-detail-speedy-arrest-of-fatal-lillie-street-shooting-suspect/article_10230bbe-f01e-11ed-98ba-236005f82113.html | 2023-05-11T21:45:34 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/court-docs-detail-speedy-arrest-of-fatal-lillie-street-shooting-suspect/article_10230bbe-f01e-11ed-98ba-236005f82113.html |
Indiana Sen. Todd Young told reporters this week in Washington, D.C., that he doesn’t support former President Donald Trump’s bid for the Republican nomination.
“I haven’t decided yet, but it won’t be him,” Young said Tuesday when asked who he’ll support in his party’s primary next year.
Why not?
“Where do I begin?” Young said in a recording provided by the senator’s staff.
Young also took issue with Trump’s refusal to call Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal or to say he supports Ukraine in the ongoing war between the two countries during a Wednesday night town hall on CNN.
“I think President Trump’s judgment is wrong in this case,” he said. “President Putin and his government have engaged in war crimes. I don’t believe that’s disputed by most who have looked into this. He’s an enemy of the United States.”
HuffPost political reporter Igor Bobic also reported on Twitter that Young said Trump “consistently loses.”
“In fact, he has a habit of losing not just his own elections, but losing elections for others,” Young said.
However, Bobic also reported Young didn’t say whether he’d support Trump if he won the GOP nomination for president in 2024. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/young-says-he-won-t-support-trump-in-gop-primary/article_7af6884a-f01d-11ed-be76-93c3a110bcc1.html | 2023-05-11T21:45:39 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/local-politics/political-notebook/young-says-he-won-t-support-trump-in-gop-primary/article_7af6884a-f01d-11ed-be76-93c3a110bcc1.html |
Martin Luther King’s son will visit Fort Wayne next month for the unveiling of a new public art installation honoring the civil rights leader.
City officials announced Thursday that King’s oldest son, Martin Luther King III, will travel to the city for the June 5 dedication.
The monument, “Pillars of Hope and Justice,” was commissioned to honor the 60th anniversary of a speech King delivered in Fort Wayne on June 5, 1963.
In 2020, the City Council passed a resolution cosponsored by Michelle Chambers, D-At-large, and Russ Jehl, R-2nd, to start the process. The project was later selected by the city’s Public Art Commission in October of 2021, and the sculpture was designed by Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee from RE:Site Studio in Houston.
Martin Luther King III will speak at the monument’s dedication, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. on June 5 at the northwest corner of West Main and Ewing streets. The dedication will be followed at 7 p.m. by a celebration at the University of Saint Francis’ Robert Goldstine Performing Arts Center, at 431 W. Berry St.
In 2019, Martin Luther King III spoke at the Embassy Theatre also to commemorate his father’s 1963 speech. That event was organized by Imani Baptist Temple’s pastor, the Rev. Bill McGill. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mlks-son-to-visit-fort-wayne-for-monument-unveiling/article_c8e24860-f035-11ed-a834-db7a519a8184.html | 2023-05-11T21:45:46 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/mlks-son-to-visit-fort-wayne-for-monument-unveiling/article_c8e24860-f035-11ed-a834-db7a519a8184.html |
Many residents of downtown and southeast Fort Wayne are in “persistent poverty,” a new Census Bureau study shows.
Geographic areas are considered to be in persistent poverty if their poverty rate has been at least 20% for 30 years. Although no entire Indiana counties fit that criteria, a study of data from 1989 to 2019 shows that 9% of the state’s census tracts do.
About 5% of the state’s population, almost 329,000 people, live in those areas, according to Rachel Blakeman, director of Purdue University Fort Wayne’s Community Research Institute.
Eight of Indiana’s 136 persistent poverty tracts – or almost 6% – are in Allen County, Blakeman said. The area covers most of Fort Wayne’s downtown and some of the city’s southeast side, bounded roughly by the Maumee River on the north side, Meyer Road on the east, Oxford Street on the south and Broadway on the west.
“These are areas that have historically disadvantaged populations,” Blakeman said. “(They) historically have seen underinvestment … from the private sector and from the government.”
There has been growth and revitalization in downtown, she said, including new expensive apartments and condominiums. But there’s still a large part of that population whose income is below the federal poverty level.
That officially designated level is meager – less than $28,000 annually for a family of four – so the number of low-income residents in those tracts is even higher than 20%.
“When we think about the revitalization of Fort Wayne, of Allen County – the good news that is happening – there are locations where the good news hasn’t quite reached them,” Blakeman said.
With high levels of poverty for more than a quarter-century, the affected areas’ problem has affected multiple generations of Fort Wayne residents, Blakeman said.
Aisha Arrington, president and CEO of the Fort Wayne Urban League, said poverty is often generational.
“And generational poverty is persistent because you’re passing your poverty down to their family members, and they’re passing it down to their family members,” she said.
Poverty and racism are intertwined, Arrington said. She mentioned some of the work done during the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Arrington said many of the most impoverished areas, both in Fort Wayne and across the country, are home to large communities of Black and brown people. She said it’s important to create more opportunities for people to “start anew.”
“We grow up in a society where we feel we can pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and make it,” Arrington said. “But we have to open up a door that leads to more opportunity so they can succeed and they can escape the dangers of poverty.”
City Councilwoman Sharon Tucker represents Fort Wayne’s 6th district, which – along with the 5th district – contains the tracts with persistent poverty. She said many factors have contributed to the problem.
“We have a single parent with two or three children, making $7.25 an hour … and their rent requires $15 dollars an hour (to cover housing expenses). We’re already setting them up for failure,” Tucker said. “As a community as a whole, we have to look at the opportunities that are afforded to individuals when they’re faced (with deciding) between having to pay rent, child care and going to work.”
There’s also a prevalence of affordable housing that’s been constructed in those areas in the past, which Tucker said further concentrated poverty. She also pointed out that poverty leads to many health challenges for residents, including high infant and maternal mortality and elevated rates of heart disease and diabetes.
To begin to break the cycle of poverty, the city needs to create opportunities for families to be self-sufficient, including providing education and skills training for the next generation, Tucker said.
“I wish that I could tell you that there was a quick and easy answer. There is no quick and easy answer,” she said. “But unless we start looking at the really deep root causes that create poverty, we’re always going to be Band-Aid-ing the symptoms.” | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-study-shows-parts-of-fort-wayne-in-persistent-poverty/article_918704bc-f032-11ed-87a7-135f3f4e2b3e.html | 2023-05-11T21:45:46 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/new-study-shows-parts-of-fort-wayne-in-persistent-poverty/article_918704bc-f032-11ed-87a7-135f3f4e2b3e.html |
VUSD trustees approve bargaining agreement with record high 98.4% teacher approval
Looking for more information about what happened during this week’s school board meeting?
Here’s a recap of what you may have missed:
Visalia Unified School District board members approved the adoption of new English Language Development instructional materials, including English 3D, Read 180 and Systems 44 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, for around $209,300.
The new learning materials provide teachers with different components in order to help them tailor instruction based on students' needs, Assistant Superintendent of Learning and Leadership Mark Thompson said.
Also at the top of the meeting, Superintendent Kirk Shrum was given high praise after nearly a year on the job with the promise of a contract extension offer coming this month.
Consent Calendar
Visalia Unified school board members voted to accept the agenda’s consent calendar, meaning no discussion on the calendar’s contents occurred.
By accepting the calendar, school board members approved the district to contract with pre-qualified school activity vendors.
Every school must complete a consultant contract; however, in order to save time, the district approved its purchasing department to collect and verify all of the required documentation from vendors submitting proposals over the last two years.
The pre-qualification process, approved for contracts for up to $2,000, will allow school sites to enter into agreements without having to complete a consultant package.
Board members also approved an agreement between Visalia Unified School District and Sandy Hook Promise Foundation’s Say Something anonymous reporting system – a free system that allows students to anonymously report issues via an app, website or hotline.
The system also teaches middle and high school students the warning signs of someone who may be at risk of hurting themselves or others, and how to say something.
School board members also approved an agreement between the district and the Tulare County Office of Education for an Intervention Resource Classroom at Golden West High School for $180,000.
Board members also approved four student service employees to attend the 2023 ASCA Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia in July. The cost of the conference is around $11,200 and will come out of School Climate Transformation Grant funds.
School board members also approved an agreement between the Tulare County Office of Education and Visalia Unified School District for the TCOE IMPACT District Intern Program.
The cost of the program is $1,200 per intern, per year.
Visalia school board members also approved the adoption of the following AP textbooks:
- Bedford, Freeman & Worth Biology for the AP Course, 1st Edition
- Bedford, Freeman & Worth Calculus for the AP Course, 3rd Edition
- Bedford, Freeman & Worth Updated Version of the Practice of Statistics for the AP Exam, 6th Edition
- Pearson AP Edition of Chemistry, 6th Edition
The cost of the new textbooks is around $102,000.
School board members also approved the adoption of Fundations, Wilson Language – new learning material for phonics instruction for around 5,820 kindergarten through second-grade Visalia Unified students.
The cost of the new learning material is around $810,000.
Board members also approved a sub-award agreement for professional services between Visalia Unified and the California State University, Fresno Foundation.
The district was awarded the competitive K-16 partnership grant for $285,000. The funds, which must be spent by July 31, 2026, will be used to plan for and launch an Education Pathway at Mt. Whitney High School.
School board members approved a renewal agreement between the district and Imagine Learning LLC for Edgenuity licensing.
The program is used across the district’s sites, including Compass, Creekside Community Day School, Sequoia, Visalia Technical Early College, El Diamante, Golden West, Mt. Whitney, and Redwood high schools. The license includes on-demand tutoring and access to Edgenuity summer school courses.
The cost of the program is around $569,500.
Visalia school board members approved the district to renew its subscription/digital contract with McGraw-Hill, which provides additional access for students to Integrated Math 1 curricula.
The cost of the subscription is around $1,300.
Board members also approved a bid from H.B. Restoration for around $401,000. The company will repaint the exterior of El Diamante High School, the newest Visalia high school, which turns 21 this year.
School board members also approved the purchase of 12 new special education buses. Currently, VUSD operates 18 special education buses.
“The majority of the buses used to transport these students are becoming aged and needing replacement,” the agenda packet reads. Not only that, but the “Visalia Unified School District Special Education program is continuing to grow in student numbers."
The new buses will cost around $2.3 million and will be delivered before the end of the year.
Board members approved the district renewing its Visalia Economic Development Corporation membership for $1,500.
The nonprofit was formed in 1996 and is meant to help businesses create jobs and recruit new employers in order to create and retain jobs and strengthen Visalia’s economy.
General Agenda
School board members unanimously approved the new contract bargaining agreement between the Visalia Unified School District and Visalia Unified Teachers Association.
The contract, which received 98.4% approval from more than 900 teachers that voted on the agreement, includes an “unprecedented overall 10% salary increase.”
The increase extends to most district employees.
“It has been a very collaborative bargaining session that we have had. People may not realize we bargain all year, we started in September,” Visalia Unified Teachers Association President Greg Price said. “Thank you for the work in getting a deal done in what I am going to call record time.”
Around 8% of the proposed increase is a result of a cost-of-living increase adjustments study completed in 2019. The rest of the proposed increase results from VUTA and VUSD’s commitment to its philosophy regarding competitive salary while remaining fiscally solvent.
Board members also accepted the California School Employees Association Chapter 83’s initial bargaining proposal for the 2023/2024 school year.
The initial proposal includes three updates:
- Visalia Unified will provide the full increase cost of the current health and welfare benefits for all eligible employees and dependents.
- A fair and equitable salary increase to the 2022/2023 classified salary schedule.
- Update, change or amend language related to leaves.
School board members also accepted Visalia Unified’s initial proposal for the 2023/2024 school year.
District interests include student growth, maintaining safe learning environments, employee success, and maintaining district reserves.
Board members also authorized the district to eliminate certain classified services for the 2023-2024 school year and to provide final notices to three employees by May 15. As background, board members adopted a resolution eliminating certain classified positions on Feb. 28, due to lack of work or lack of money.
The pink-noticed employees were notified in March; no one requested a hearing regarding their layoff. Some will move to other jobs within the district.
The eliminations will save Visalia Unified around $152,300.
School board members also listened to a first reading regarding revisions to Visalia Unified board policies. The changes are due to the California School Boards Association updating their sample board policies and advising districts to review and modify their own policies, as needed.
The Visalia Unified school board meets again for a special meeting on May 19. The next regular board meeting is at 7 p.m. on May 23 in the boardroom at the District Office at 5000 W. Cypress Ave. in Visalia. | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2023/05/11/vusd-approves-bargaining-agreement-with-record-high-teacher-approval/70195458007/ | 2023-05-11T21:47:44 | 0 | https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/story/news/local/2023/05/11/vusd-approves-bargaining-agreement-with-record-high-teacher-approval/70195458007/ |
The first autonomous truck journey in history was a beer run. In 2016, a self-driving Otto truck, without a human driver in the cab, drove 120 miles down I-25 in Colorado and safely delivered more than 51,000 cans of Budweiser. The truck received assistance from a professional driver only to enter and exit the highway—during the long haul, it operated entirely on its own.
Currently, autonomous trucking doesn't yet mean that there are trucks out bombing down the road with no driver in sight; instead, trucks are equipped with ADAS systems that include self-driving features such as automated gear shifting, cruise control, radar, and power steering. Drivers still have to remain in the cabin and know how to use the technology in order to take control in the case of emergency or malfunction.
The presence of these autonomous trucks on the road is expected to increase in the coming decade as further testing is completed. In fact, the development of AV tech for freight trucks is looking like it will outpace that of passenger vehicles. Autonomous freight truck solutions provider TuSimple expects its autonomous freight-truck technology to be operational by 2024. The company recently went public and plans to use the infusion of cash its public offering has provided to take its current level 4 tech up to level 5 full autonomy. More than 5,700 vehicles have already been put on order from the company by shippers and carriers.
While all AVs will have to operate within existing infrastructure, it is believed that freight hauling is the most likely means of seeing new tech hit the road early, not only because the trucking industry has a significant commercial interest in implementing it but also because of how autonomous technology interacts with the surrounding environment.
Many ADAS systems employ a combination of sonar and radar technology to detect the proximity of other vehicles on the road, as well as pedestrians, bicyclists, and stationary objects near the roadway such as jersey barriers. Autonomous technology uses lidar, which creates a three-dimensional model of the surrounding environment, taking into account each and every object within its scope with laser precision. Lidar mapping is a constant send-and-receive process of millions of light pulses per second.
Because the amount of information an AV will need to send, receive, process, and maintain in real-time is so incredibly complex, more widespread adoption will likely begin in freight hauling simply because most of these vehicles' driving environments tend to be "simpler" than those of the average passenger vehicle—multilane highways with consistent lane widths and clear striping, few if any pedestrians, and readily identifiable ingress and egress points, as opposed to the relative urban or suburban traffic navigated by your average errand-running sedan.
This technology could also mean much shorter long-haul journey times, which will result in significant time-dollar savings, as well as improved fuel economy. Several truck manufacturers and startups—including Volvo, Traton Group, PACCAR, Daimler, PlusAI, and Embark Trucks—have all started to get involved in the automation of trucks. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/driver-arrested-trying-to-leave-rollover-crash/article_2e9303a4-3d38-58c8-a8be-4f36c00aba8d.html | 2023-05-11T21:47:50 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/driver-arrested-trying-to-leave-rollover-crash/article_2e9303a4-3d38-58c8-a8be-4f36c00aba8d.html |
WATERLOO – Iowa State is coming to Waterloo for a stop on its annual Cyclone Tailgate Tour.
It will take place at 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 22 at the Cedar Valley Sportsplex. A program will begin at approximately 6:30 p.m.
The tour allows Cyclone fans to interact with Iowa State coaches and administrators.
The event includes giveaways and food and beverages available for purchase.
All children in attendance will receive a complimentary gift. Iowa State merchandise will be available for purchase.
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Centier, Horseshoe Hammond Casino and Captrust were lauded as among the state's best places to work.
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce recognized 125 workplaces across the Hoosier State at its 2023 Best Places to Work in Indiana awards dinner in Indianapolis.
“The theme of this year’s program was ‘A Kind of Magic,’ which captures the dynamic culture and experiences offered by all of these winning organizations,” Indiana Chamber President and CEO Kevin Brinegar said. “Whether it’s workplace benefits, volunteerism, employee recognition programs or mental wellness initiatives, these employers consistently ‘wow’ their teams — and vice versa.”
Captrust, which has an office in Chesterton, ranked third among major employers with more than 1,000 employees. Horseshoe Hammond Casino ranked seventh in that category.
Centier came in third among large companies with between 250 and 999 employees.
“Creating a dynamic workplace culture attracts top talent and strengthens the impact of businesses on our communities,” Centier Bank CEO Mike Schrage said. “It’s inspiring to see so many Indiana businesses receive recognition from their employees for being a best place to work.”
Centier, the largest bank in Northwest Indiana by market share, has been named a Best Place to Work by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce for 17 straight years.
“To receive this annual recognition by the Indiana Chamber based on our associates’ feedback is truly significant,” Schrage said. “Investing in our associates' professional development and well-being is essential to delivering remarkable service. This has resulted in a workplace culture that encourages growth, collaboration, and innovation.”
Merrillville-based Centier, the largest privately owned bank in Indiana, aims to provide its more than 900 employees with an "outstanding workplace experience," said Chrisanne Christ, the senior partner overseeing human resources development.
“As a family-owned and operated bank, we believe that our associates are a vital part of our success as well as the success of our clients and communities,” Christ said. “Receiving this award motivates us to continue raising the bar for being a workplace that truly values and invests in our people on a holistic level. We love our associates.”
The Workforce Research Group helps determine honorees based on a thorough employee survey that provides companies with feedback they can use for hiring and retention.
“The impact on the state’s business community and workforce continues to expand as a multitude of Hoosier businesses and organizations have leveraged survey results from the program to improve their workplaces — and thus the lives of thousands of working Hoosiers," Brinegar said.
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PINE TOWNSHIP — Three people face felony counts after allegedly leading Porter County police on a high speed chase, during which time they tossed out a bag containing a hypodermic needle and methamphetamine, according to the incident report.
A county officer said he first spotted the trio around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday standing around a vehicle outside Virk's New-Mart on U.S. 12, just east of Ind. 520.
The individuals repeatedly looked over at the nearby marked police car as they moved in and out of the business and appeared to be stalling for time, the officer said. They reportedly carried a backpack.
After about 40 minutes, the group drove away and a female in the backseat reportedly stared directly at the police vehicle. They drove east on U.S. 12 in a vehicle without plates and began to accelerate, police said.
After the officer turned on his emergency lights and siren, the group reportedly passed another vehicle on the shoulder of the roadway and then turned south off the highway and took off at an extremely high rate of speed.
After turning into a driveway in the 3600 block of Henry Avenue, the three were ordered out of the vehicle, police said.
The accused questioned his arrest, saying, "Nobody got hurt," according to the report.
A witness provided police with a bag allegedly thrown from the vehicle, which contained a hypodermic needle, bags containing a powder later determined to be methamphetamine, rolling papers and a scale.
All three denied owning the bag and were taken into custody, police said.
The driver, Preston Walker, 33, of Michigan City, faces felony counts of resisting law enforcement with a vehicle, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a hypodermic needle, police said.
Passengers Tiffany Dickelman, 26, of Gary, and Lawrence Zitt, 53, of Michigan City, face felony counts of possession of methamphetamine and possession of a hypodermic needle, police said.
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas Humane Society’s Social Media Manager and Marketing Strategist Carlene Dick brought in 2-year-old Trixie, a mixed large breed puppy dog, to KSN’s Pet Project Thursday afternoon.
“She is just the friendliest dog you’ve ever met,” Dick said. “Oh my gosh, she loves meeting everyone. She has given me so many kisses this morning. And she is just perfect.”
Click here to watch a bonus video of Trixie.
More details about Trixie can be found on the Kansas Humane Society’s website.
From now until Monday, the Kansas Humane Society is hosting Empty to the Shelters.
For the event, the KHS will be reducing adoption fees to $25 for adult dogs (6 months and older) and kittens (younger than 1 year). Adult cats are pick-your-price.
Included with every adoption at the KHS are a spay or neuter, microchip and age-appropriate vaccinations.
The Kansas Humane Society is located at 3313 N. Hillside in Wichita. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/ksns-pet-project-adoptable-trixie-loves-making-friends/ | 2023-05-11T21:48:34 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/ksns-pet-project-adoptable-trixie-loves-making-friends/ |
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