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ELKTON, Md. — The Elkton Police Department is looking for 3-year-old Mykell Richardson.
Richardson was last seen around 4:20 p.m. near Quail Court in Elkton, Maryland.
He is wearing a green long sleeve shirt and pull ups.
Police are asking anyone with information to call 911. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/elkton-police-search-for-missing-3-year-old-boy | 2023-05-15T00:49:41 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/elkton-police-search-for-missing-3-year-old-boy |
BALTIMORE — The Baltimore City Fire Department is investigating a steam pipe explosion in downtown Baltimore Sunday.
Around 6:30 p.m., firefighters were called to the 400 block of W. Pratt Street for a steam pipe explosion.
According to the fire department, four people were injured. Three of them were taken to the hospital.
Around 6:30pm #BCFD responded to the 400 blk of W. Pratt St. for the report of a steam pipe explosion. BGE, DPW, & OEM were on the scene due to a previous water main break at location. 4 patients have been treated and 3 of the 4 were transported. The cause is under investigation. pic.twitter.com/Lx9V0HIJrC
— Baltimore Fire (@BaltimoreFire) May 15, 2023
Baltimore Department of Public Works, BGE, and the Office of Emergency Management are also on the scene due to a previous water main break at the same location.
This is a developing story. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/four-people-injured-after-steam-pipe-explosion-in-downtown-baltimore | 2023-05-15T00:49:47 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/four-people-injured-after-steam-pipe-explosion-in-downtown-baltimore |
Mike Trout, 31, a 2009 Millville High School graduate, is a center fielder with the Los Angeles Angels and was the 2014, 2016 and 2019 American League MVP.
Saturday: Batting second and playing center field, went 0 for 4 with a run scored and a strikeout in an 8-6 loss to Cleveland.
Sunday: Did not start but pinch-hit in a 4-3 loss to the Guardians in the series finale. Trout entered the game with two outs and runners on first and second, but he flew out sharply to center field to end the threat.
Monday: The Angels will begin a four-game series in Baltimore against the Orioles. Grayson Rodriguez (2-0, 5.08 ERA) is scheduled to start the 6:35 p.m. game for the O's. Trout has never faced the rookie, who is making his eighth start.
Stats: Trout is hitting .277 (41 for 148) with eight home runs, 20 RBIs and 28 runs scored in 36 games. He had walked 17 times and struck out 46 times. His on-base percentage was .365, his OPS .872. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-pinch-hits-flies-out-in-loss-to-guardians/article_02423912-f2ac-11ed-a341-9f7cf0821637.html | 2023-05-15T00:51:16 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/daily-mike-trout-report-pinch-hits-flies-out-in-loss-to-guardians/article_02423912-f2ac-11ed-a341-9f7cf0821637.html |
Aureon has announced in a press release the recipients of its 2023 Scholarship Program totaling $10,000. Six deserving high school students from across the state were selected to receive varying scholarships for demonstrating excellence in the classroom and their community.
The Aureon Scholarship Program is proud to support outstanding students pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Aureon has awarded over $140,000 in total scholarship funds since being established in 2003. Scholarship funds are allocated to students in rural Iowa communities, in connection with Iowa Independent Telecommunications Companies, like OmniTel Communications.
“Aureon is proud to award scholarships to these outstanding students from across the state,” said CEO Scott Behn in a statement. “We are honored to connect with our Iowa Telecommunications Companies to continue this tradition of providing financial assistance to the next generation of Iowans who will continue to grow our industry through pursuing a STEM-related education. Aureon congratulates these recipients on a job well done, and we wish them the best of luck in their college endeavors.”
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The recipients of the 2023 Aureon Scholarship Program are as follows:
• Grant Boyd from Leon, Iowa, receives a $3,000 Aureon Scholarship in connection with GRM Networks. Grant plans to attend Iowa State University.
• Keira Simmons from Yale, Iowa, receives a $2,000 Aureon Scholarship in connection with Panora Fiber. Keira plans to attend Iowa State University.
• Jadyn Beland from Kensett, Iowa, receives a $2,000 Aureon Scholarship in connection with Winnebago Cooperative Telephone Association. Jadyn plans to attend Iowa State University.
• Kiersten Knobbe from Guthrie Center, Iowa, receives a $1,000 Aureon Scholarship in connection with Casey Mutual Telephone Company. Kiersten plans to attend the University of Iowa.
• Edric Coleman from Nora Springs, Iowa, receives a $1,000 Aureon Scholarship in connection with OmniTel Communications. Edric plans to attend Iowa State University.
• Caitlin Jensen from Clarence, Iowa, receives a $1,000 Aureon Scholarship in connection with Clarence Telephone Company/Cedar Communications. Caitlin plans to attend the University of Dubuque. | https://globegazette.com/business/local/aureon-announces-local-scholarship-recipients/article_eff49cc4-1719-552b-ab13-2ce6cbb98015.html | 2023-05-15T00:59:09 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/business/local/aureon-announces-local-scholarship-recipients/article_eff49cc4-1719-552b-ab13-2ce6cbb98015.html |
Clear Lake Bank and Trust announced in a press release last week that it gifted a sizeable donation to the Garner Parks & Recreation Department Baseball and Softball Complex project.
The $10,000 pledge will aide in bringing this community project to fruition. The Garner Baseball and Softball complex project will enhance the experience for spectators, as well as improve opportunities available to athletes, the press release said.
Funds raised for this complex will ensure the facility is constructed to serve the athletes of Garner and the surrounding area for many generations. “We are thrilled to be able to support the Garner Parks & Recreation Department in providing this new facility built to support the success of our youth athletes, as well as make Garner a destination for holding larger events”, said Garner Retail Branch Manager Paula Spilman in a statement. “This will have a great impact on our community, and we can’t wait to see how our athletes, residents, spectators, and local businesses will benefit.”
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For more information on how to donate or support this project, contact the Garner Parks & Recreation Department at 641-923-4180. | https://globegazette.com/business/local/clear-lake-bank-trust-announces-donation-to-garner/article_512c6907-181c-5009-8d91-3ae7788c34a7.html | 2023-05-15T00:59:15 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/business/local/clear-lake-bank-trust-announces-donation-to-garner/article_512c6907-181c-5009-8d91-3ae7788c34a7.html |
First Security Bank & Trust announced in a press release that Theresa Starkey has joined the team as a Retail Advisor in Rockwell. In this role, she will be responsible for a wide range of responsibilities. These include handling a variety of customer transactions, responding to customer inquiries, accepting applications for loans, and opening new accounts.
Starkey lives in Mason City and is a graduate of Kaplan University where she received her Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Business Management. Prior to joining the bank, Starkey worked in retail for 16 years, banking for five years, and most recently worked with a nonprofit organization as the Program Manager. She is looking forward to being involved in the community and working with new people. | https://globegazette.com/business/local/first-security-announces-new-hire/article_fb20f679-2d49-5bc2-a31d-d113c14bed08.html | 2023-05-15T00:59:21 | 1 | https://globegazette.com/business/local/first-security-announces-new-hire/article_fb20f679-2d49-5bc2-a31d-d113c14bed08.html |
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Mountainside High School student was remembered Sunday as an “easygoing” and “super nice person” who was on the track team and was expected to attend Oregon State University in the fall.
Jacob Stokes, 18, died “in a tragic swimming accident” near Cannon Beach, Principal Todd Corsetti wrote to parents on Sunday. His body has not yet been found.
Stokes and 3 other 18-year-olds were at the ocean around 4 p.m. Friday when all of them were lost from sight. Two students were able to get out of the water by themselves, officials said. A rescue swimmer found another and brought him to shore.
But Stokes was not found.
“Our hearts break for Jacob’s family, his close friends, and our entire community at this time of deep sadness and grief,” Corsetti’s letter said. “MHS counselors, in addition to counselors from around the district, will be available to students in the library throughout the day.”
Lt. Shaunna White with Cannon Beach Fire & Rescue, who is a rescue swimmer but was not on the call Friday, told KOIN 6 News it’s best to research rip current locations and check the tides during a trip to the ocean. Knowledge can save lives. | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/easygoing-beaverton-student-lost-in-pacific-ocean/ | 2023-05-15T01:00:05 | 1 | https://www.koin.com/local/washington-county/easygoing-beaverton-student-lost-in-pacific-ocean/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Duo Tom Taylor and John David Norton, who hitchhiked across the country as teens, are now biking across the country.
“It’s been at least 40 years, maybe longer. I’m surprised I still knew how to ride a bike,” Taylor said.
It was his idea.
“I messaged him on Facebook said, ‘John David, you want to ride bikes across the country with me?’ And about 30 seconds later, he was back at me and said, ‘Yep, I’m in,'” Taylor said.
The two came from Santa Monica, California and made a stop in Wichita on Friday and Saturday. They are headed to Boston, Massachusetts.
“We had high mountains in the west, we had high desert heat, we had a time where you want to get to the next town because you’ve run out of water. It’s an incredible challenge,” Norton said.
The journey is more than just an item on their bucket list.
For Taylor, it is in honor of his wife Thokozile “Thoko” Kesiilwe-Taylor.
“I found her very interesting, very intelligent and very caring, loving person. Too good for me, but I was very lucky to snag her,” Taylor said.
Thoko died 1.5 years ago from sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease.
Tom said it was mostly affecting her lungs and was starting to affect her heart too.
“She did everything possible and just got worse and worse. She was down to about 80 pounds when she passed away,” Tom said.
Tom is using the ride to bring awareness and raise money for the disease.
Norton’s motivation for the journey is a little boy.
“My grandson, Broderick, he’s eight years old. He needs a kidney,” Norton said.
A traumatic birth left Broderick with only one functioning kidney.
“He’s on the transplant list now due to the fact that COVID reduced the function of his remaining kidney,” Norton said. “He’s completely aware of his needs and what’s going on, but he’s so positive and so vibrant.”
Since Broderick is so young, doctors say a living donor is their best bet.
“It would be a miracle to find someone. It’s hard to ask someone to give up a vital organ, but if it were to happen, and it has happened to strangers, it would be fantastic,” Norton said.
The duo is five weeks in and has traveled around 1,500 miles.
“In every town, there has been trail angels, somebody who has done something kind for us. So it’s just an incredible feeling,” Norton said.
“It’s heartwarming, and we met so many great people. You know, seeing America at 10 miles an hour is a whole different experience,” Taylor said.
They are seeing the country, and will hopefully be seeing a change too.
For more about their journey and to donate, go to sarcoidbiketour.com. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/duo-biking-across-america-to-raise-awareness-for-sarcoidosis-and-kidney-donation/ | 2023-05-15T01:05:31 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/duo-biking-across-america-to-raise-awareness-for-sarcoidosis-and-kidney-donation/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Many families in Wichita braved the rain Sunday to be able to get out and about to celebrate Mother’s Day.
Some of those families headed to GROW, an elevated plant shop in downtown Wichita.
People were able to create their own plants while enjoying drinks and food.
For two women in attendance, it is a tradition to spend Mother’s Day connected to nature.
“So part of the best treat for Mother’s Day, I think, is that you don’t have to plant anything. You can go where food’s already ready, and you’re plants are already ready to pick out, and you can shop and eat and just be together, and nobody has to clean up anything,” Kalyn Nethercot said.
Nethercot says Mother’s Day is a great time to celebrate family but says it should be done on a daily basis. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-families-brave-the-rain-to-celebrate-mothers-day/ | 2023-05-15T01:05:37 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-families-brave-the-rain-to-celebrate-mothers-day/ |
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An Auburn man suffered a head injury and severe bleeding when he lost control of his Harley-Davidson on a DeKalb County road, officials said Sunday in a news release.
Eric Huff, 35, was traveling east in the 1500 block of County Road 56 when he attempted to slow down about 9:45 p.m. Saturday.
DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department deputies on the scene saw skid marks that suggest the motorcycle’s brakes locked.
They were unable to say what caused Huff to slow down, however.
Alcohol is not believed to be a factor in the accident, a news release said.
Huff, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the motorcycle into a field.
He was transported by ambulance to a hospital. His condition was not included in the news release.
The crash remained under investigation early Sunday. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/auburn-man-suffers-head-injury-in-motorcycle-crash/article_97ce0822-f2a6-11ed-b070-1f18af02fba9.html | 2023-05-15T01:12:11 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/auburn-man-suffers-head-injury-in-motorcycle-crash/article_97ce0822-f2a6-11ed-b070-1f18af02fba9.html |
TekVenture offered families the opportunity to celebrate Mother’s Day with a non-traditional experience – welding for moms.
Jan Hamrick, a social worker, said she was surprised when her daughter Ana told her about the Mom Day event at the maker space east of downtown Fort Wayne.
“I’m like, ‘Woah,’ “ Jan Hambrick said. “Because I never would even think of that or doing something like that, but she’s done this.”
Ana Hamrick, a 2020 graduate of the University of Saint Francis, said she was excited to check out the space where she could work on pottery and other projects.
TekVenture managers took families on tours of the facility, which includes areas and equipment for pottery, sewing, electrical projects, woodworking and automotive work.
Jeannette Jaquish, treasurer of TekVenture, said she loves seeing people’s reactions as she gives them tours of the facility.
“Every time you go around the corner, it’s to a new shop,” Jaquish said.
Jan Hamrick said she and her husband David Hamrick enjoy antiquing and shopping at garage sales, so they were excited to see the thousands of items around the shops, including art made from repurposed household items.
“It’s like ‘Where’s Waldo?’ You just keep seeing things,” Jan Hamrick said.
Jan Hamrick said she wasn’t ready to weld Sunday, but she brainstormed multiple creative projects she wants to work on, including a wind chime with antique spoons.
Jason Presser, area manager of the Electroworx shop, said he likes to gather items that can get people started on projects if they don’t come in with an idea.
The Mom Day event was a first for TekVenture, but Jaquish said she expects the maker space will offer the event again. TekVenture has several events set up this year, including a Father’s Day event and a “Maker America Create Again” day in July.
Jaquish said she hopes the events will draw in new members to support the large facility. It’s the kind of place where people can express creativity or use tools for practicality, she added.
“That’s what is neat about here: you can create art or you can simply fix what you have or you can invent something and try to sell it,” she said. “It serves many purposes and many needs in people’s lives.”
For more about TekVenture and future events, go online to www.tekventure.org. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/tekventure-offers-welding-experience-for-mothers-day/article_f2dcf6b2-f2a9-11ed-a8ca-2b752a2a0555.html | 2023-05-15T01:12:17 | 0 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/tekventure-offers-welding-experience-for-mothers-day/article_f2dcf6b2-f2a9-11ed-a8ca-2b752a2a0555.html |
When zoning laws prioritize low density, as Boise’s do now, there are more land use restrictions on things like apartments and tall buildings.
That becomes a problem when a city is growing or there’s a shock in demand, because the supply side doesn’t respond, according to Rafael Ribas, Boise State University assistant professor of economics.
Part of the goal of the zoning code is to encourage more missing middle housing. But there’s more to the economics of zoning than just supply and demand. Long-standing building patterns that discourage density and pandemic-era real estate speculation catering to more-profitable investments are also factors that need to be addressed if new zoning goals are to be met.
Land use restrictions cause speculation in real estate, such as, listing a property on Airbnb or a similar short-term rental website. It’s easy to create a profitable real estate bubble in those conditions, he said.
“I’d say since the financial crisis in 2008, there there was a lot of speculation in real estate, which basically said that a lot of properties (are) being used as a second properties for homeowners or just to speculate in the market or for example, to lease the property to Airbnb,” Ribas said.
When the supply doesn’t respond to the demand, investing in existing real estate becomes more profitable than just owning one home, he said.
“It’s not necessarily always about supply and demand. ... And that’s not actually the main reason why housing is unaffordable, not only in Boise but in most cities worldwide,” Ribas said. “The main reason is because there’s a lot of room for speculation in real estate.”
In Boise, many home price jumps happened during COVID-19, when construction was impacted by the pandemic, rather than the zoning code.
But there was also an increase in remote work — which made investing in short-term rentals more attractive to cater to people who were working remotely and spending time in different areas of the country, including Boise, Ribas said.
As many as 20% of Ada County homes are owned by someone other than the primary homeowner, BoiseDev reported in 2021. And at least 400 single-family homes are owned by out-of-state investors, according to a BoiseDev report from September 2022.
Part of the goal of the zoning code rewrite is to change long-standing development patterns in Boise.
“Those (old) ordinances allowed one thing, which was low density, spreading of development across the landscape, and the construction of highways to support that. We’ve learned that that doesn’t work,” Planning and Development Services Director Tim Keane previously told the Idaho Press. “We’ve learned that we’ve got to do it differently.”
But is new construction the answer to affordability?
There’s concern from the community that the city’s affordable housing plan won’t work.
“Affordable housing results are not certain,” one person said during the Boise Planning & Zoning Commission’s hearings on the zoning code rewrite.
“Remember affordable units are only provided by developers and builders wishing to receive an incentive. They are not required,” said another.
“If high-density housing resulted in affordable, affordability apartments in Boise would now be affordable and we all know they are not. New construction is naturally more expensive to rent than existing apartments,” a third added.
“Affordable housing should not be a number above 100% area median income.”
Although the goal of the code is not to build expensive homes, some of the Boiseans at the hearings bring up an interesting question: Boise lacks supply. But if you build more homes, even at high prices, does that additional supply bring overall costs down?
“Any increase in supply will necessarily drop the level of house price,” Ribas said. “If you don’t build those properties, you end up putting more pressure on all the other properties available in the market.”
The goal of the zoning code rewrite is to build missing middle housing. In the sections related to incentives, the proposed code defines affordability in the lowest density zones as up to 80% area median income for rental units and up to 120% area median income if it’s a for-sale property.
“You’re not making millions and can afford anything and you’re not in public housing,” Keane said. “It’s that middle income area that’s so hard sometimes for the market to produce housing for and, again, that’s where zoning can help.”
A four person household earning 80% of area median income would make $67,350 a year. Assuming two children are in the household, that means the adults each make about $33,675 a year, or about $16 an hour.
For the R-2 and R-3 zones, which are higher density, projects with five or more units have to make at least 25% of them affordable to those earning up to 60% of the area median income.
The same affordability standard applies to multi-family dwellings in the MX-3 zone, a mixed use district that will be along busy corridors like State Street, Vista Avenue and Fairview Avenue, as well as MX-4, which is intended to be transit-oriented.
The different incentives available include exceeding the height limit or no parking requirements in MX-4, the transit zone, and in other zones, the ability to do less off-street parking and go higher density than normal.
With the parking incentives, the goal is to lower the price of housing through lowering the costs for developers.
“The purpose of that is because we know that parking is expensive to provide,” Keane said. “There’s a direct relationship between the amount of parking that you have to provide and the cost of the housing.”
However, Ribas said the incentives may not work. He said artificially lowering the price of certain properties could make other households pay the price. He also said that the incentives could segregate low-income and high-income households.
“What you want in a modern city are neighborhoods which have an equal share of low income and high income households,” Ribas said. “What we know in terms of how affordable housing policies that can create that share is basically instead of giving subsidies to developers, you should give the actual subsidies to the households to basically to afford properties in high income neighborhoods.”
The city already devotes public dollars to support lower income residents, a spokesperson said. The spokesperson said vouchers, a.k.a subsidies to households, are a separate issue and an important tool but not the only solution.
“Our zoning code incentives are seeking to incentivize developers to create housing that is affordable to households at or below 80-120% (area median income), something the market is not naturally producing at this time,” the spokesperson said. “Boiseans who are making these income levels are our service workers, teachers, health care workers etc. that are being priced out of Boise.”
In the end, Ribas said you have to allow the city to grow vertically and raise the density.
“Zoning laws are important,” Ribas said. “We need zoning laws.” | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/the-economics-of-boises-zoning-code-rewrite-and-affordability-incentives/article_f1e95eaa-f0f9-11ed-82fe-ef00f5349eec.html | 2023-05-15T01:30:39 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/the-economics-of-boises-zoning-code-rewrite-and-affordability-incentives/article_f1e95eaa-f0f9-11ed-82fe-ef00f5349eec.html |
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. (WJHL) – A new Tennessee law will make it easier to find your favorite food truck.
Gov. Bill Lee signed HB 814 into law last week. This creates a ‘Gold Standard’ state permit that allows food truck owners to bypass individual municipal inspections.
The permit will require one annual inspection by the state fire marshal that meets heightened fire safety standards.
Local food truck, Trucky Cheese’s owner Michael Rice said that it’s no easy task to run a food truck. Several permits and inspections are currently required to operate on the move.
“Running a food truck is not easy,” Rice said. “I say you’ve got to be a jack of all trades to do it.”
Operating around the Tri-Cities meant that Rice had to be up-to-date with various municipal and county rules set in place. Rice added that, in most cases, these permits could get costly.
Now, HB 814’s signing comes as a breath of fresh air for Rice. He said that he’ll finally be able to truly focus on the customers that he serves.
“It’s not just being able to move around, but it’s being able to take care of the people in Johnson City, Greeneville and Bristol,” Rice said.
The Institute of Justice (IJ) praised the passage of this legislation and Gov. Lee signing the bill into law.
“This reform is a positive step toward simplifying the unnecessary layers of state and local regulations that these small businesses face,” IJ Director of Legislation and Legislative Counsel Meagan Forbes said.
Rice said that he’s hopeful that this new law will not just benefit his food truck, but all trucks across the state.
“There’s a lot of trucks that are fighting it a lot harder than I am,” Rice said. “A lot of great trucks that want to get out and smile and see friends that they’ve made throughout the years.” | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-state-law-provides-food-trucks-with-more-mobility/ | 2023-05-15T01:41:57 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/new-state-law-provides-food-trucks-with-more-mobility/ |
HOOVER, Ala. (WIAT) — Mother’s Day is among one of the biggest spending days of the year.
The National Retail Federation stated that over $35 billion will be spent on mothers this Mother’s Day, with $5.6 billion being spent at restaurants. That’s up 6% from last year.
Farrelly’s Southern Bar and Kitchen was fully booked Sunday with large and small groups for Mother’s Day. Owner George McCulney said Mother’s Day is one of its busiest days of the year.
“Our staff and the business rely on that,” McCulney said. “It’s part of our overall sales for the year and it’s important to us and we really enjoy doing it.”
Other restaurant like Dale’s Southern Grill were also packed for Mother’s Day. Owner David Lowry said the restaurant served between 500 to a 1,000 people Sunday for the holiday. While that is good for the restaurant, Lowry said Dale’s Southern Grill is happy it can bring families together for the holiday.
“Quality time means everything to a mother and what they really want is family time and dinner around the table and Dale’s Southern Grill is here to do that for you,” Lowry said.
Other restaurants like Beef ‘O’ Brady’s gave back this Mother’s Day by allowing mothers to eat free Sunday. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/restaurants-in-birmingham-area-fill-up-on-mothers-day/ | 2023-05-15T01:46:36 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/restaurants-in-birmingham-area-fill-up-on-mothers-day/ |
WINTER SPRINGS, Fla. – A Publix in Winter Springs was evacuated on Sunday evening after smoke was seen coming from the men’s bathroom, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.
Fire officials said they are still investigating where the smoke originated from, but said it is most likely from the “air handler/hand dryer.”
The store, located in the Winter Springs Town Center at 1160 East State Road 434, suffered no real damage and units are in the process of clearing the store.
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According to the Seminole County Fire Department, the cause is still under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back with News 6 for updates.
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MESA, Ariz. — A motorcyclist has died after a crash involving a postal van, according to the Mesa Police Department.
Police said the deadly crash happened Sunday near Ellsworth and Brown roads.
Police have not released the name of the person killed.
This is a developing story; additional information will be added as it becomes available.
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What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas. | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/motorcyclist-killed-in-a-crash-in-mesa/75-5cd88da0-c018-4f83-b348-2cc3256b32fa | 2023-05-15T02:26:04 | 0 | https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/motorcyclist-killed-in-a-crash-in-mesa/75-5cd88da0-c018-4f83-b348-2cc3256b32fa |
Hiking trail at Pictured Rocks closes temporarily
Part of a hiking trail damaged by a storm at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will be closed while workers make repairs.
A one-mile stretch of the North Country National Scenic Trail at Miners Beach will be closed until July, said lakeshore officials.
The trail and a large stairway leading to the beach of Lake Superior was damaged by a large storm last fall.
People still will have access to the beach, said officials. Instead of using the damaged stairway, beachgoers will be directed to a second, smaller stairway that is just west of the damaged one.
Hiking trail users will be rerouted to a path south of the original trail from the eastern end of Miners Beach to the western end. They will reconnected to the trail at the eastern and western ends of Miners Beach.
The parking area in the eastern portion of Miners Beach will be closed during the repair work. Vehicles will be rerouted to a parking area on the western end of the beach.
Officials plan to finish the repairs by early July.
Residents should check the park website at www.nps.gov/piro for updates on repairs and a specific date on the reopening.
Pictured Rocks, which runs along Lake Superior for 42 miles, boasts breath-taking views of 200-foot cliffs. The sandstone is streaked red, yellow and green from groundwater seeping from iron, copper and limonite.
Pictured Rocks, whose popularity was growing gradually, saw it jump dramatically in 2015 when viewers of “Good Morning America,” ABC’s morning TV show, selected it as a location for the program’s meteorologist, Ginger Zee, to deliver the weather from.
Visits to the spot jumped from 528,000 to 723,000 that year, according to the National Park Service. It received 1.3 million visitors in 2021. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/14/pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore-hiking-trail-temporarily-closed/70205829007/ | 2023-05-15T02:31:38 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/14/pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore-hiking-trail-temporarily-closed/70205829007/ |
Monday
PLEASANT PRAIRIE PLAN COMMISSION: 5 p.m. at the Village Hall Auditorium, 9915 39th Ave. Items on the agenda include: public hearing on comprehensive plan amendment for a portion of the Prairie Lane Neighborhood Plan between Springbrook road and 47th Avenue north of 116th Street; public hearing and consider approval of conceptual plan for development of approximately 40 acres of land west of 47th Avenue at 113th Street into 75 single-family lots to be known as Cedar Ridge subdivision; consider approval of site and operational plans for Lake Andrea Beer Garden at 10023 Park Drive within Prairie Springs Park; consideration of amendments to Village Zoning Ordinance related to requirements and zoning districts for beer gardens.
KENOSHA CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: 5 p.m., at the municipal building, 625 52nd St., Room 202. This is a special meeting to consider a development agreement between Kenosha Downtown Partners LLC and the city for Downtown development.
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KENOSHA CITY COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE: 6 p.m., at the municipal building, 625 52nd St., Room 204. Items on the agenda include: agreement and notice o assignment between Safe Harbor Humane Society and the city; development agreement between Kenosha Downtown Partners LLC and the city for Downtown development; contract for official city newspaper to the Kenosha News for June 1 through May 31, 2024.
KENOSHA TRANSIT COMMISSION: 5:15 p.m., at the municipal building, 625 52nd St., Room 2301. Items on the agenda include: request of Kenosha Classic Street Machines and co-sponsor the city to use the transit parking lot 8 at 54th Street and 6th Avenue and request to waive fees for streetcar service on Sept. 2 for Kenosha Classic Car Show; requests to use transit parking lot 8 and to waive streetcar fees for carnival associated with Celebrate America event June 30 through July 4; request to waive fees for streetcar and Lakeshore Trolley rides on July 4 for Celebrate America event and fireworks; request to install bus shelter at 63rd Street between 14th and 15th avenues on the south side of the road; parking structure signage; April report on charging station in the parking structure.
KENOSHA CITY COUNCIL: 7 p.m., at the municipal building, 625 52nd St., in the council chambers, Room 200. Items on the agenda include: permit and license requests and renewals; hearing on request from Flints Inn, 4708 22nd Ave., to change closing time of outdoor extension to 1:30 p.m.; hearing on application of Hold My Beer, 621 56h St., for an outdoor cafe area; first reading of ordinance change proposed regarding marijuana possession; appointments of Sean McKim to the Library Board and Colin M. Hennessey to the Kenosha Joint Services Board; contract for resurfacing (13th Avenue from Washington Road to 40th Street, and 16th Place from 16th Avenue to 15th Avenue) to Cornerstone Pavers LLC of Racine for $667,800; contract for resurfacing (23th Avenue, 50th Street and 51st Street, from 23rd Avenue to 22nd Avenue) to Cornerstone Pavers LLC for $688,200; agreement and notice of assignment between Safe Harbor Humane Society and the city; Carthage Safe Culture Project memorandum of understanding between Carthage, Women’s and Children’s Horizons, the LGBT Center of Southeast Wisconsin and the Kenosha Police Department; development agreement between Kenosha Downtown Partners LLC and the city for Downtown development; contract for official city newspaper to the Kenosha News for June 1 through May 31, 2024; and public hearings on backyard chicken coop licenses.
Tuesday
SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD: 9 a.m., virtual meeting; Items on the agenda include: labor market information; One-Stop Operator (OSO) update; contract for RFP next program year.
SALEM SCHOOL BOARD FINANCE COMMITTEE: at the district office conference room of the school, 8828 Antioch Road, Salem. Items on the agenda include: budget projects; busing considerations; school year hourly compensation discussion; and cash-in-lieu of health insurance waiver/VEBA contribution.
KENOSHA COUNTY YOUTH IN GOVERNANCE: 4:30 p.m., at the Kenosha County Administration Building, 1010 56th St., third floor County Board chambers. This is for 2023024 member orientation, evaluations and a mentor meet-and-greet.
KENOSHA REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: 5 p.m., at the municipal building, 625 52nd St., Room 204. Items on the agenda include: Arcadia Properties LLC update; and Uptown East Redevelopment Plan proposal.
SOMERS VILLAGE BOARD: 5:30 p.m. at the Village/Town Hall, 7511 12th St. This is a work session with agenda items including; rezoning and land use requests; conditional use permit for event facilities and lodging for living quarters for watchmen and caretakers and summer theaters and amphitheaters; discuss and review proposed assignment of certain rights under development agreements for Market Square Apartments; update on Stormwater Management Plan; presentation from Root, Pike Win regarding potential stormwater culvert replacement project; discussion of proposed ordinance updates relating to possession of alcohol by persons under age 21 and possession of alcoholic beverages on school grounds; discuss proposed resolution on rental of Village/Town Hall Auditorium.
KENOSHA COUNTY BOARD LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE: 6 p.m., at the Kenosha County Administration Building, 1010 56th St., second floor committee room. Items on the agenda include: resolution to request the state revise Solar Energy System Law; resolution on a Renewable Future for Kenosha County, encouraging the strategic development of renewable energy resources in the county and requesting the state Legislature to identify sustainable strategies for such development.
KENOSHA COUNTY BOARD: 7 p.m., at the Kenosha County Administration Building, 1010 56th St., in the third floor County Board chambers. Items on the agenda include: recognition of 2022-23 Youth in Governance members; appointments of 2023-24 Youth in Governance members; appointments of Colin Hennessey to Kenosha Joint Services Board, Dustin Feeney as director of the Kenosha County Division of Workforce Development, Brian Bashaw to the Joint Services Board, Dave Giordano to the Kenosha County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Craig Roepke to the to the Kenosha County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Craig Roepke to the to the Kenosha County Local Emergency Planning Committee, Aaron Longrie to the Kenosha County Local Emergency Planning Committee, and Jeff Zampanti to the to the Kenosha County Local Emergency Planning Committee; resolution authorizing director of parks to apply for Wisconsin DNR grant for Pike River improvements in Petrifying Springs Par; resolution to apply for and accept grant from Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. for up to $200,000 for Kenosha County Human Services building restoration project; draft annual report “A Multi-Jurisdictional Comprehensive Plan for Kenosha County 2025, 2022 Annual Report;” and resolution authorizing highway commissioner to collect $3,074,138 from Majestic Midwest Innovation Center for highway improvements.
Wednesday
RANDALL SCHOOL BOARD: 6 p.m., in the Randall School library, 37101 87th St., Burlington. Items on the agenda include: monthly reports; ale of $9.5 million in general obligation promissory notes; approval of teacher contracts; approval of 2023-24 administrator contracts; 2023-24 OE applications; personnel report; 2023-24 OT service agreement; approve Carolina Science curriculum; committee updates and information.
Thursday
KENOSHA PLAN COMMISSION: 5 p.m., at the municipal building, 625 52nd St., Room 202. Items on the agenda include: public hearings on land use plan changes; hearing on conditional use permit for 678 square foot drive-thru coffee shop at 4706 75th St. (7-Brew Coffee); public hearing on building review of 2,880 square foot greenhouse at 3717 65th St (City of Kenosha-Parks Greenhouse); and hearings on zoning ordinance and rezoning of property in the Kenosha Innovation Neighborhood site between 52nd Street and 60th Street on the east and west side of 30th Avenue.
KENOSHA COUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS: 6 p.m., at the Kenosha County Center, 19600 75th St., Bristol, in conference room A. Meeting includes a variance request in the Town of Randall.
KENOSHA COUNTY RACIAL & ETHNIC EQUITY COMMISSION: 6 p.m., at the Kenosha County Administration Building, 1010 56th St., in the second floor committee conference room. Items on the agenda include: welcome new members; election of chair and vice chair; subcommittee work groups and leadership; City of Kenosha Action Roadmap to Inclusion, Equality & Equity Report. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-governmental-meetings-for-the-coming-week-in-kenosha-county/article_bbdb5d10-f273-11ed-a80d-53b016286693.html | 2023-05-15T02:37:20 | 0 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/local-governmental-meetings-for-the-coming-week-in-kenosha-county/article_bbdb5d10-f273-11ed-a80d-53b016286693.html |
SEATTLE — Nineteen years ago, Jennifer Suemnicht became a realtor. Back then, people hardly ever asked her about air conditioning in homes. When they did, the prospective buyers were usually from out of state. Suemnicht would offer them this advice.
"I would say, just open your window at night and things really cool down most days. There's usually a couple of days a year it's that warm," Suemnicht said. However, she'd never offer that advice now.
"Now, it seems a lot more new construction has air conditioning because we kind of need it now. We do need it now," she said.
According to data from the US Census, around 44% of homes in Seattle are currently air-conditioned. This trend is seen throughout the Pacific Northwest.
"In the Pacific Northwest as a whole, you'll find homes of a certain age are not going to come with air conditioning," Samantha Mountain, a realtor for three years, said.
With increasingly hot, record-breaking heat becoming the norm because of climate change, Mountain says those buying older homes will more than likely invest in getting some sort of air conditioning. If you're buying a new build, both realtors tell KING 5, it will more than likely come with AC.
"New builds are catching up with the idea that heating and cooling are extremely important here in Seattle," Mountain said.
"I think having AC is a great benefit. A lot of the new construction, all of it frankly, is planning for that," Suemnicht said.
Last year, the Washington Building Code Council voted to require new apartments and homes to have a heat pump. During the warm months, heat pumps pull hot air out of the home. During cold months, it pulls hot air into the home. That requirement goes into effect in July. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/air-conditioning-homes-real-estate-western-washington/281-325c85b7-ef4f-47e1-8614-ce2d87003abb | 2023-05-15T02:58:34 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/air-conditioning-homes-real-estate-western-washington/281-325c85b7-ef4f-47e1-8614-ce2d87003abb |
WABASH, Ind. — UPDATE: Police canceled the Silver Alert after Mr. Day was found.
Police have issued a statewide Silver Alert in the search for a man missing from northern Indiana.
Wabash police are investigating the disappearance of John Day, 89. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighs 190 pounds and has white hair and blue eyes.
He is driving a red 2008 Chevrolet Silverado with Indiana license plate D220AD.
Day is missing from Wabash and was last seen on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. He is believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance.
If you have information, contact the Wabash Police Department at 260-563-9223 or 911.
(Editor's note: This story was updated after police provided a different photo and age for John Day.)
Amber Alert vs. Silver Alert: What's the difference?
There are specific standards a person's disappearance must meet in order for police to declare an Amber Alert or a Silver Alert.
Amber Alerts are for children under the age of 18 who are believed to have been abducted and in danger. Police also need to have information about a suspect and their car to issue an Amber Alert.
Silver Alerts are for missing and endangered adults or children. They are much more common for missing people. It was not until last year when the standards for Silver Alerts were expanded to include children.
In both situations, these alerts must be issued by police. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-issue-silver-alert-for-man-missing-from-wabash-john-day-search/531-09aec5d4-e2c0-4e66-abfa-8bc3a333a881 | 2023-05-15T03:00:38 | 0 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/police-issue-silver-alert-for-man-missing-from-wabash-john-day-search/531-09aec5d4-e2c0-4e66-abfa-8bc3a333a881 |
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Crews were dispatched to the 3600 block of Market Street in Camp Hill at 12:16 p.m. to battle a reported structure fire.
Hampden Township Volunteer Fire Department was one of the crews on the scene and reported that they spent several hours fighting the fire.
According to footage from DJM News Media, flames are seen coming from the Pho King Vietnamese Cuisine rooftop.
Market St. was shut down and traffic was detoured while crews battled the fire, according to Sgt. Derrick Siegfried of the Hampden Township Police Department.
Sgt. Siegfried confirmed there were no reported injuries, and that arson is not suspected at this time. | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/crews-battle-fire-at-pho-king-vietnamese-cuisine-pennsylvania/521-74b034e0-cfad-4195-9942-ccca20f0343d | 2023-05-15T03:09:46 | 1 | https://www.fox43.com/article/news/local/cumberland-county/crews-battle-fire-at-pho-king-vietnamese-cuisine-pennsylvania/521-74b034e0-cfad-4195-9942-ccca20f0343d |
MAYS LANDING — Several crew teams had plenty to celebrate at the 17th Atlantic County High School Rowing Championships on Sunday at Lake Lenape.
The Egg Harbor Township High School boys varsity eight won by half a boat length over St. Augustine Prep in a five-boat final. The Holy Spirit girls varsity eight won a two-boat race over Mainland Regional by more than nine seconds.
The Atlantic City girls, led by its winning varsity four, took the team points championship. St. Augustine, with its usual solid all-around performance, won its 16th straight boys title. The Vikings girls also took the varsity quad and junior eight races. The Prep was first in the boys lightweight four and second eight races.
But when every point on the day was added up, Mainland was the combined girls and boys champion. The boys won the junior eight and freshman eight finals, and the girls took the double race.
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A big crowd behind the lighthouse enjoyed the 1,500-meter races on a sunny day at a renovated Lake Lenape Park. The regatta had 27 divisions.
The Holy Spirit girls also won the junior quad and lightweight four races. The Ocean City girls took the novice four and freshman eight races, and the O.C. boys won the junior four. Vineland was first in the boys novice four race. The EHT girls team won the junior four and novice eight races.
The Oakcrest boys made its best showing in recent years by winning the four-boat varsity-four final by more than four seconds. The Holy Spirit boys won the double, single and junior quad sculling races.
The Egg Harbor Township boys varsity eight won its final in 4 minutes, 34.09 seconds and St. Augustine was second in 4:36.63. Ocean City finished third in 4:45.32. The EHT lineup included stroke Ryan Manning, James Garoh, Mike Wojciechowicz, Chase Brown, Cliff Dietlebaum, Alex Smilevski, Andrew Celano, bow Art Jonuzi and coxswain Tyler Heinze.
“It was a great race,” said Garoh, a 17-year-old senior from EHT. “We started a little bit behind, but we made a really strong move and ultimately came away with the win.”
EHT coach John Kelley said his varsity eight has been able to get faster every week.
"Two weeks ago (at the Garden State Championships) our last 500, the sprint of the race, really helped us a lot, and we had it again today," Kelley said. "It’s becoming the best part of our race, so we’re finishing really strong, pulling away from the other crews.”
The Holy Spirit girls varsity eight won in 5:13.75. The Spartans' crew consisted of stroke Chloe Cooke, Olivia Bencze, Taya Anderson, Alison Lee, Julianna Gorka, Gwen Amalfitano, Ava Buccafurni, bow Alexandra Solari and coxswain Sara LaVigna.
“The varsity did very well today,” Holy Spirit girls coach Joe Welsh said. “They’ve been showing a little more speed each week and that’s what the name of the game is. With Stotesbury coming up (next weekend), we hope to make the final there, if possible, but the competition there is really tough. Today was a great day for the kids, a nice way to show the local talent.”
Cooke said it was a tight race at first. “Mainland held their own, and towards the middle of the race we pulled through and just kept walking. At the end we sprinted.”
The Oakcrest boys varsity four won in 5:33.83. Mainland was second in 5:37.87. The Oakcrest crew was made up of bow Julien Bouchacourt, Keenan Swoyer, Kikoloz Kurtanidze, stroke Christian Martinez and coxswain Caroline Osborne.
The Atlantic City girls varsity four won a six-boat final in 5:40.47, and Cedar Creek was second in 6:03.07. The A.C. crew included stroke Grace Gaskill, Lexi Gormley, Claire Kelly, bow Melissa Tran and coxswain Tasnova Tayeba. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/eht-boys-holy-spirit-girls-win-varsity-eights-sunday-at-county-regatta/article_b6f963e4-f2b6-11ed-8ab6-f7b9ca547dea.html | 2023-05-15T03:10:54 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/eht-boys-holy-spirit-girls-win-varsity-eights-sunday-at-county-regatta/article_b6f963e4-f2b6-11ed-8ab6-f7b9ca547dea.html |
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A four-year-old girl was critically hurt after being struck by a vehicle on Mother's Day.
DeKalb County Police Department investigators said a 28-year-old woman was also seriously hurt in the crash. It happened around 5:45 p.m. Sunday in Decatur on the 2500 block of Candler Road.
Crash investigators said the two were rushed to the hospital via ambulance. The driver of the vehicle that struck the child and woman stayed at the crash site, police said.
Authorities are still investigating the cause of the crash and did not say if charges will be filed. No arrests have been made.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
Also 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/decatur/child-woman-hit-by-vehicle-candler-road/85-cfd06847-2b1f-47fa-a04e-822dde8f2269 | 2023-05-15T03:14:29 | 0 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/decatur/child-woman-hit-by-vehicle-candler-road/85-cfd06847-2b1f-47fa-a04e-822dde8f2269 |
HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — A Henry County inmate died in the hospital Sunday after fighting with inmates in the jail last month, the sheriff's office said.
The man died around 4:33 p.m., according to the Henry County Sheriff's Office. They were first brought to Grady Memorial Hospital on April 21 when they suffered life-threatening injuries during a fight with two other inmates, deputies said.
"He remained under hospital care until his death," the sheriff's office said.
A 51-year-old inmate who was originally facing aggravated assault charges is now accused of murder. A third person involved was also hurt in the fight, but the sheriff's office did not clarify if they would face charges in the inmate's death.
Sheriff Reginal Scandrett said the office will continue to investigate and present its findings to the Henry County District Attorney.
News happens fast. Download our 11Alive News app for all the latest breaking updates, and sign up for our Speed Feed newsletter to get a rundown of the latest headlines across north Georgia. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/henry-county-inmate-after-fight/85-97284dd7-1fb5-4797-93b1-faf97d8df354 | 2023-05-15T03:14:31 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/henry-county-inmate-after-fight/85-97284dd7-1fb5-4797-93b1-faf97d8df354 |
LOWELL, Ark. — Lowell mom, Wendy Davis is currently a quarter-finalist in Woman's World Magazine's 'Super Mom' contest.
"I've been told I'm supermom many times, I don't see it at most of the time," said Wendy Davis. "I feel like a failure as a mom because you're you're not perfect."
Davis shared her vulnerability during an interview on Sunday, May 14 with 5NEWS. She is a mom and stepmom to 10 kids. "The oldest is 21 all the way down to six years old," she said.
She shared that her kids are her life. "A lot of times, I don't feel like I have an identity without my kids."
Daivs is her kid's therapist, chauffeur, doctor nurse and more. "I mean, I my kids would say I'm everything to them," Davis said. She's also an entrepreneur and a school substitute teacher.
"I do it on my own because my husband is a truck driver," said Davis.
She says she does it all because she loves her kids. That's why she's in the running to be a 'Super Mom.' She's already won the top spot in her group. Now, she has to compete against the other top winners.
"The winner will get a either or $20,000 is the grand prize, a two-page spread in Women's World magazine and a vacation to Palm Springs. I'm really wanting that vacation," Davis said. "I don't know if I've ever had a vacation. Honestly."
Voting for the competition resumes Monday, May 15. Click here to learn more about Davis and vote.
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To report a typo or grammatical error, please email KFSMDigitalTeam@tegna.com. | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/northwest-arkansas-running-nationwide-super-mom-contest-lowell-ar/527-aaf660d0-0d27-4553-8da4-908ebe1c2fac | 2023-05-15T03:18:28 | 1 | https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/northwest-arkansas-running-nationwide-super-mom-contest-lowell-ar/527-aaf660d0-0d27-4553-8da4-908ebe1c2fac |
AMHERST, Va. – The Amherst Police Department says they are investigating an armed carjacking that happened on Sunday around 3 p.m. at the Ambriar Shopping Center near Dollar General.
According to police, a woman was approached by a man who brandished a firearm and stole her car.
They described the vehicle as a 2016 Subaru Forester with a Virginia License Plate ZH5905.
Police say the suspect is a Black man approximately 5′6 to six-feet tall, thin build, wearing a dark colored long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and a black face covering.
Investigators say the suspect was last seen traveling South of Route 29 Business towards Lynchburg from the Town of Amherst.
They say the suspect is considered armed and dangerous.
According to police, this is an ongoing investigation, anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact the Amherst Police Department at 434-946-9300 and ask for Captain Ryan Watts. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/15/amherst-police-searching-for-carjacking-suspect-considered-to-be-armed-and-dangerous/ | 2023-05-15T03:19:35 | 0 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/15/amherst-police-searching-for-carjacking-suspect-considered-to-be-armed-and-dangerous/ |
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The latest news from around North Texas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-woman-getting-daughter-ready-for-prom-killed-when-shootout-erupts-in-east-dallas/3257795/ | 2023-05-15T03:34:08 | 1 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-woman-getting-daughter-ready-for-prom-killed-when-shootout-erupts-in-east-dallas/3257795/ |
9 Rabbits Bakery on Royal Lane in Dallas is a Korean-owned bakery.
Owner Grace Koo is happy to see people experiencing the area during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
"It's great to celebrate all the differences, especially in these very strange times and hardships," 9 said Rabbits Bakery owner Grace Koo.
She's also glad to see this area being recognized officially as Koreatown. Dual language signs already identify streets in both English and Korean.
"The history is being recognized,” Koo said. “Our community has been here for 50 years."
More designation is coming soon according to the committee for Koreatown Initiative Chairman John Lee.
"Each of the signs between Harry Hines and Luna going all the way through on royal lane we will have sign toppers which will say Koreatown,” Lee said. “So that there is no mistake you are there."
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Lee added this visual identification of the area has a significant impact.
"It shows that we are embarking on a very progressive journey I think where we are no longer a subculture,” Lee said. “Hopefully we are now a mainstay in this growing melting pot of this nation."
Koo said being known officially as Koreatown in Dallas could help attract more economic growth helping the area in several ways.
"Being designated as a cultural-historical neighborhood kind of will bring attention,” Koo said. “If business grows the community becomes safer. Once people recognize it and they come here it just benefits the entire neighborhood."
Lee said this goes beyond just recognizing the Korean American community and culture.
"We're proud of our heritage and we do everything we can to nurture our culture,” Lee said. “But at the end of the day, we just want this to be a part of what America is." | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/koreatown-designation-for-dallas-neighborhood-welcomed-by-korean-americans-during-aapi-heritage-month/3257705/ | 2023-05-15T03:34:14 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/koreatown-designation-for-dallas-neighborhood-welcomed-by-korean-americans-during-aapi-heritage-month/3257705/ |
Family and friends are grieving the death of a woman shot dead Saturday in Dallas after being caught in the crossfire at an intersection in East Dallas.
Police say the shooting happened just after 4:00 in the afternoon in the 2100 Block of North Masters Drive and Bruton Road.
Dallas Police said occupants of two vehicles were shooting at each other while driving eastbound on Bruton Road.
A preliminary investigation revealed four people were shot and taken to local nearby hospitals.
Dallas Police say 39-year-old Ana Moreno died as a bystander. Moreno’s family members told NBC 5 she was on her way to go shopping for a prom dress with her daughter.
The three others with gunshot wounds are unidentified males – police said they are currently in critical condition. Police have not released information about potential suspects or vehicles involved.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Dallas Police Detective Frank Serra at 214-662-4552 or by email at frank.serra@dallaspolice.gov. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/shooting-in-east-dallas-leaves-bystander-dead-ahead-of-mothers-day-family-grieving/3257761/ | 2023-05-15T03:34:20 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/shooting-in-east-dallas-leaves-bystander-dead-ahead-of-mothers-day-family-grieving/3257761/ |
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after refusing a request that millions of potentially dangerous air bag inflators be recalled.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is demanding that ARC Automotive Inc. of Knoxville recall 67 million inflators in the U.S. because they could explode and hurl shrapnel. At least two people have been killed in the U.S. and Canada, and seven others have been hurt as a result of defective ARC inflators, the agency said.
The recall would cover a large portion of the 284 million vehicles now on U.S. roads, but the percentage is difficult to determine. Some have ARC inflators for both the driver and front passenger.
In a letter posted Friday, the agency told ARC that it has tentatively concluded after an eight-year investigation that ARC front driver and passenger inflators have a safety defect.
“Air bag inflators that project metal fragments into vehicle occupants, rather than properly inflating the attached airbag, create an unreasonable risk of death and injury,” Stephen Ridella, director of NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation, wrote in a letter to ARC.
But ARC responded that no defect exists in the inflators and that any problems are related to isolated manufacturing issues.
The next step in the process is for NHTSA to schedule a public hearing. It could then take the company to court to force a recall.
"We disagree with NHTSA’s new sweeping request when extensive field testing has found no inherent defect,” ARC said in a statement Friday night.
Also Friday, NHTSA posted documents showing that General Motors is recalling nearly 1 million vehicles equipped with ARC inflators. The recall covers certain 2014-2017 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia SUVs.
The automaker says an inflator explosion “may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.”
Owners will be notified by letter starting June 25, but no fix is available yet. They’ll get another letter when one is ready.
GM says it will offer “courtesy transportation” on a case-by-case basis to owners who fear driving vehicles that are part of the recall.
The company said that it's doing the recall, which expands previous actions, “out of an abundance of caution and with the safety of our customers as our highest priority.”
One of the two deaths was a mother of 10 who was killed in what appeared to be an otherwise minor crash in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the summer of 2021. Police reports show that a metal inflator fragment hit her neck in a crash involving a 2015 Chevrolet Traverse SUV.
At least a dozen automakers have the allegedly faulty inflators in use, including Volkswagen, Ford, BMW and GM, NHTSA said.
The agency contends that welding debris from the manufacturing process can block an “exit orifice” for gas that is released to fill the airbag in a crash. Any blockage can cause pressure to build in the inflator, blowing it apart and hurling metal fragments, Ridella's letter says.
But in a response to Ridella dated May 11, ARC Vice President of Product Integrity Steve Gold wrote that NHTSA's position is not based on any objective technical or engineering conclusion about a defect, "but rather conclusory statements regarding hypothesized blockage of the inflator orifice from ‘weld slag.’"
He wrote that welding debris has not been confirmed as the cause in any of the seven inflator ruptures in the U.S. ARC contends that only five have ruptured while in use, and that “does not support a finding that a systemic and prevalent defect exists in this population.”
Gold also writes that manufacturers must do recalls, not equipment manufacturers like ARC. NHTSA's recall demand, he wrote, exceeds the agency's legal authority.
In a federal lawsuit filed last year, plaintiffs alleged that ARC’s inflators use ammonium nitrate as a secondary propellant to inflate the airbags. The propellant is pressed into tablets that can expand and develop microscopic holes if exposed to moisture. Degraded tablets have a larger surface area, causing them to burn too fast and ignite too big of an explosion, according to the lawsuit.
The explosion can blow apart a metal canister housing the chemical, sending metal shards into the cabin. Ammonium nitrate, used in fertilizer and as a cheap explosive, is so dangerous that it can burn too fast even without moisture present, the lawsuit says.
The plaintiffs allege that ARC inflators have blown apart seven times on U.S. roads and two other times in testing by ARC. There have so far been five limited recalls of the inflators that totaled about 5,000 vehicles, including three recalls by GM. | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/arc-refuses-airbag-recall/51-752b6f3a-6d88-473a-891a-95253673d385 | 2023-05-15T03:38:40 | 1 | https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/arc-refuses-airbag-recall/51-752b6f3a-6d88-473a-891a-95253673d385 |
MUNSTER — Hammond police located a 73-year-old mentally disabled man, who they previously reported as missing, on Sunday.
The Hammond Police Department was seeking the public's help in locating William Davis early Sunday evening, according to a Facebook post. Davis was found around 9:30 p.m. and was transported to an area hospital for evaluation.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
Davis was last seen on Sunday near the Hammond Motel 6, located at 3840 179th Street. He was last seen around 7:30 p.m., according to officers.
Hammond Police’s Facebook post stated that Davis is about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds.
He was last seen wearing gray sweatpants, a burgundy shirt and a black Nike hat. He was also carrying a walking cane, according to the post.
Lt. Steven Kellogg with the Hammond Police Department thanked the community for its efforts in locating the man in an emailed statement.
"Your efforts were crucial in ensuring his safe return, and your kindness and willingness to help are deeply appreciated," Kellogg said in an email.
Gallery: Recent arrests booked into Lake County Jail
Robert Wheeler
Age : 59
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304321
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Lenell Shearry
Age : 52
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304312
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Vorice
Age : 34
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304319
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A HANDGUN
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mitchell Nash
Age : 21
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304332
Arrest Date: May 8, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
David Prieto
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304320
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerry Hawkins
Age : 35
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304308
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750; THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - W/PRIOR CONVICTION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Brayan Bravo
Age : 24
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304313
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marque Hatcher
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304331
Arrest Date: May 8, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Amarachi Amuga
Age : 23
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304323
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jandi Warren
Age : 30
Residence: Matteson, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304301
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Shantell Lyons
Age : 29
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304281
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Samuel Strickland Jr.
Age : 39
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304293
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Karla Johnson
Age : 24
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304304
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Christina Garza
Age : 38
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304282
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Andre Edwards
Age : 40
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304300
Arrest Date: May 7, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Joseph Frazier
Age : 47
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304294
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Dillard
Age : 60
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304283
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Coots
Age : 29
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304296
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE - PRESENCE OF CHILD < 16 YEARS OLD
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jaron Smith
Age : 34
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304254
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: East Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: DEALING - MARIJUANA
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Bonnie Starr
Age : 51
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304258
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY; BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - W/MODERATE BODILY INJURY
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Kasey Stewart
Age : 27
Residence: University Park, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304255
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Deondre Todd
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304256
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Mark Redmon
Age : 48
Residence: N/A
Booking Number(s): 2304242
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Merrillville Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - W/PRIOR CONVICTION; FAILURE TO RETURN TO LAWFUL DETENTION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Eric Rickhoff
Age : 35
Residence: Schererville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304272
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Tavares Melvin
Age : 32
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304276
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jason Miller Jr.
Age : 22
Residence: Lowell, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304248
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - POCKET-PICKING - $750 TO $50,000; DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony; Misdemeanor
Elder Marroquin
Age : 31
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304275
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Marshall Kathcart
Age : 48
Residence: Lake Station, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304243
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Asaia Lang
Age : 57
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304259
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Sherida Cesar
Age : 37
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304273
Arrest Date: May 6, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Murray Harris
Age : 46
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304247
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: N/A
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Francisco Ismael
Age : 32
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304261
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake Station Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SIMPLE - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kerry Brazley
Age : 52
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304260
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Anthony Bonner
Age : 38
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304250
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - SIMPLE
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sonali Aggarwal
Age : 44
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304246
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; RESISTING - OBSTRUCTION OF TRAFFIC
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Thomas Anderson
Age : 54
Residence: Philadelphia, PA
Booking Number(s): 2304267
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Ballard
Age : 62
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304257
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dennis Shaw
Age : 36
Residence: New Palestine, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304224
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Levesque
Age : 36
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304225
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christopher Lobody
Age : 33
Residence: Dyer, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304240
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Schererville Police Department
Offense Description: ARSON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Joshua Patino
Age : 42
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304237
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Emanuel Pugh Jr.
Age : 24
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304227
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: DOMESTIC BATTERY - AGGRAVATED - USING A DEADLY WEAPON
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jerry Knight
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304236
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Elishah Elliott
Age : 21
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304241
Arrest Date: May 5, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - DECEPTION - IDENTITY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Elzinga
Age : 28
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304220
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kyle Griffin
Age : 29
Residence: Portage, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304234
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Michael Carter
Age : 48
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304233
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Gary Police Department
Offense Description: MOTOR VEHICLE - THEFT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Jason Cooke
Age : 55
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304223
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Kolin Burgess
Age : 24
Residence: Kouts, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304235
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DEALING - METHAMPHETAMINE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Roy Walker
Age : 54
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304212
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Daniel Torrecilla
Age : 27
Residence: Crete, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304197
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Donald Gilley
Age : 37
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304215
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Steven Medsker
Age : 39
Residence: Hobart, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304207
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hobart Police Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Rene Rodriguez
Age : 51
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304210
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dante Banks
Age : 48
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304211
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Highland Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Felipe Cruz-Figueroa
Age : 44
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304218
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Sadie Fuller
Age : 45
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304217
Arrest Date: May 4, 2023
Arresting Agency: New Chicago Police Department
Offense Description: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - POSSESSION - SCHEDULE I
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Walls
Age : 37
Residence: Riverdale, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304192
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT - VEHICLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michelle Wellons
Age : 47
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304182
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: CONFINEMENT
Highest Offense Class: Felony
George Tovey III
Age : 31
Residence: Eau Claire, MI
Booking Number(s): 2304184
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: INTIMIDATION - STALKING VIOLATIONS
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Felicia Smith
Age : 29
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304175
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: FRAUD - FORGERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Raul Mendoza
Age : 50
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304195
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OPERATE VEHICLE AFTER BEING HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Devin Price
Age : 23
Residence: Chicago, IL
Booking Number(s): 2304180
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: RESISTING - INTERFERING WITH PUBLIC SAFETY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Reinaldo Rosa
Age : 43
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304186
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Hammond Police Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - PURSE-SNATCHING - $750 TO $50,000
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Dorothy King
Age : 58
Residence: Hammond, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304178
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: BATTERY - SIMPLE - AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL; FAMILY OFFENSE- NEGLECT OF DEPENDANT/CHILD VIOLATIONS; INTIMIDATION
Highest Offense Class: Felonies
Markus McCoy
Age : 58
Residence: St. John, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304191
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: St. John Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Phillip Davis
Age : 37
Residence: Star City, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304173
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESS HYPODERMIC SYRINGE OR NEEDLE
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Christin Enyeart
Age : 31
Residence: Valparaiso, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304172
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Darryl Anthony Jr.
Age : 29
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304185
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Marcel Brooks
Age : 55
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304189
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Jacqueline Castro
Age : 27
Residence: Bremen, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304196
Arrest Date: May 3, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
James Taylor
Age : 24
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304144
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Winfield Police Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Harold Wireman
Age : 63
Residence: Crown Point, IN
Booking Number(s): 2303717
Arrest Date: April 17, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Richard Reyes Jr.
Age : 20
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304150
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: THEFT - PROPERTY - SHOPLIFTING - < $750
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brett Kallok
Age : 39
Residence: Griffith, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304145
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Nakeda Martina
Age : 37
Residence: College Park, GA
Booking Number(s): 2304161
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Other
Offense Description: ROBBERY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Julian Ponce Sr.
Age : 33
Residence: East Chicago, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304164
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESSION - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Brandon Feliciano
Age : 35
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304158
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: LCCC
Offense Description: BURGLARY - PROPERTY
Highest Offense Class: Felony
Michael Harlan
Age : 37
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304167
Arrest Date: May 2, 2023
Arresting Agency: Indiana State Police
Offense Description: OWI
Highest Offense Class: Misdemeanor
Willie England Jr.
Age : 34
Residence: Merrillville, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304149
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: POSSESS LEGEND DRUG OR PRECURSOR
Highest Offense Class: Felony
James Collins Jr.
Age : 22
Residence: Gary, IN
Booking Number(s): 2304154
Arrest Date: May 1, 2023
Arresting Agency: Lake County Sheriff's Department
Offense Description: DEALING - COCAINE OR NARCOTIC DRUG
Highest Offense Class: Felony
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The latest news from around North Texas. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/local/koreatown-designation-for-dallas-neighborhood-welcomed-by-korean-americans/3257798/ | 2023-05-15T03:57:54 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/local/koreatown-designation-for-dallas-neighborhood-welcomed-by-korean-americans/3257798/ |
Dallas Police said an innocent bystander is dead, and three people are in critical condition after a shootout between two vehicles happened on a major roadway Saturday afternoon.
Family members of Ana Moreno, 39, said she was driving her daughter, Amy who is a senior in high school, to get her hair done and then pick up her dress for prom that night.
"She was like ‘Oh we finally get to see her get ready' and she didn’t even get to see it happen," said Michelle Rodriguez, Moreno's youngest of three children. She said other family members were at their home waiting to see her sister get ready for prom when they got a group message from Amy saying their mother had been shot.
“All she heard was gunshots and she said my mom made a signal like she couldn’t breathe, and then she leaned on Amy’s shoulder and that’s when they crashed, and that’s when Amy said she called the ambulance," said Michelle Rodriguez through tears.
Dallas Police said around 4:05 p.m. they responded to the 2100 block of N. Masters Dr. and Bruton Rd. for a shooting call. They said four people had been shot, including Moreno, who was an innocent bystander.
Police said three male victims remain in critical condition. Investigators said two vehicles were shooting at one another while driving eastbound on Bruton Rd. That's when one of the bullets entered Moreno's car causing her death.
"I put the shirt on the wound, I lifted her up to see if I could get a response out of her, and I couldn't," said Jacob Faz who was driving home with his wife. He stopped to help when he saw Moreno's daughter in a panic.
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Rodriguez, who had her mom's location on her phone, said her aunt and other family rushed over the scene not too far from their home. Moreno had been taken to the hospital, where they would learn that her mother died.
"It hurts, it really does hurt, because we all had such a great bond with my mom, and it hurts that we lost her so early," said Rodriguez about losing her mom the day before Mother's Day. "They took her from us, it’s not fair, she had so much potential, she was so outgoing, she was hard-working, she had everything."
On Sunday the family held a balloon release at the site where the crash happened. People brought red and gold balloons, Moreno's favorite colors.
"She loved the color red, anywhere you would see her, she would have her bright red lipstick her gold jewelry, she loved those colors," said Rodriguez about her mother. “Anything you would want in a mom, it was her.”
The family set up a gofundme account to help pay for funeral costs.
There are currently no suspects in custody.
The investigation is ongoing and documented on case number 088413-2023.
Anyone with information regarding this offense is asked to contact Detective Frank Serra at 214-662-4552 or by email at frank.serra@dallaspolice.gov. | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-woman-getting-daughter-ready-for-prom-killed-when-shootout-erupts-between-2-cars-in-east-dallas/3257788/ | 2023-05-15T03:58:25 | 0 | https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/dallas-woman-getting-daughter-ready-for-prom-killed-when-shootout-erupts-between-2-cars-in-east-dallas/3257788/ |
BALTIMORE — The Margaret Cleveland, Walther Gardens and Nursery opened over the weekend.
On the property, shoppers will also find what is believed to be the nation's oldest snowball stand, called "The Peggy."
It's been around for a century.
WMAR talked to the owner, who had transformed the property after purchasing it about seven weeks ago.
"Really with the goal of taking what was really a legacy property, and taking what I do professionally, which is building brands and creating experiences, and really taking Margaret Cleveland and making this, this is my second location, with now being able to offer more of the plant and nursery side," said owner Christopher Brian Heller.
He says the property was built in 1885 and was originally a farm house. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/century-old-snowball-stand-reopens-under-new-ownership | 2023-05-15T04:06:43 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/century-old-snowball-stand-reopens-under-new-ownership |
PORTLAND, Ore. — A sinkhole on the edge of Mount Tabor opened up on Friday afternoon, closing Southeast Yamhill Street near 76th Avenue indefinitely.
Neighbors reported to KGW that the sinkhole was growing over time. They put recycling bins and a bucket near the hole to warn drivers before city crews arrived to put up barricades around the hole and close the street.
A spokesperson for the Portland Bureau of Transportation said the cause and extent of the damage is under investigation.
Crews have been on site over the weekend doing excavating. They will be cleaning it out, filling the hole and making repairs including paving the street this coming week depending on weather.
"The sewer pipes are intact", said Diane Dulken with the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services.
The city stated the sinkhole is approximately 10' deep.
Yamhill remains closed near 76th Avenue and will not reopen by Monday according to the city. Only local access is allowed for residents of the street. TriMet's line 15 bus is detoured around the closure.
"If people in the area experience any sewer emergencies, such as sewage backing up, they should call PBOT's 24 hour dispatch at 503-823-1700," said Dylan Rivera with PBOT.
Residents may report sinkholes, potholes or other road hazards to the city online or by calling. The city has a map of pothole and sinkhole repairs.
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See a typo in this article? Email web@kgw.com for corrections | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/sinkhole-mount-tabor/283-96e71049-7456-4e06-9c7d-77f2427d2716 | 2023-05-15T04:07:17 | 1 | https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/sinkhole-mount-tabor/283-96e71049-7456-4e06-9c7d-77f2427d2716 |
The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:
Re: the May 12 article "TEP bill increase approved by ACC."
Proposition 412 makes no sense, is irresponsible and violates Tucson Fairness-Equity and Climate Emergency initiatives. It is understandable that TEP would want to rush adoption of this agreement as it provides them with more profit, but all should question Tucson Council's motives for supporting an agreement that provides no binding value to the City, ratepayers, taxpayers, and because they did not include comprehensive public discussions and recommendations.
Why does the City of Tucson believe that captive over-charged ratepayers should pay TEP 3% of the cost of electricity to enable TEP access to taxpayer funded rights-of-way to increase TEP shareholder profits while TEP continues to create many other damages and costs to our community, especially when there are much better alternatives available?
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TEP, and perhaps the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), not CAPTIVE ratepayers, should pay for all suboptimal decisions, avoidable damages and stranded capital asset purchases.
In addition to fuel costs there are many other mismanaged and avoidable TEP costs and profits that the ACC allows TEP to recover from captive ratepayers.
Per D. Wichner’ s excellent article the ACC after recognizing that ratepayers lack the capacity to pay additional costs decided to allow TEP to recover $128 Million of avoidable fuel cost increases from ratepayers. Commissioner Myers stated that the increase was.... “ in line with recent increases approved by the commission”. It is noteworthy to recognize that TEP’s initial request of $148M was found to be overstated (as usual), and that the approved fuel charges follow a $4 increase in fuel surcharges enacted one-year ago (April 2022). And with ACC approval, TEP actively created these fuel costs and other damages via their purchase of the Gila River 550MW natural gas fired power plant from Salt River Project (SRP), another AZ utility not regulated by the ACC, who determined it would be too expensive to operate, just 5-years ago. All responsible parties should have been aware that the cost of fossil fuels would increase significantly and will continue.
And the ACC is now considering TEP’s request to increase base rates by 12% later this summer, after approving a 9.7% increase just 2-years ago in 2021.
Compounded, these avoidable increases in the cost of non-discretionary electricity, and the damages TEP is creating, result in an enormous economic burden on our Communities.
Per Wichner, the current fuel surcharge increase is about 2 cents/kilowatt-hour. Those funds could/should have been used to establish fixed/lower cost utility scale Arizona solar facilities. Power Purchase Agreements for Utility Scale solar electric facilities have been established by several western USA utilities at 2c/kWh. Fuel(sunshine) is free, they use minimal amounts of water and operating/maintenance, emit no heat-trapping greenhouse gases that create higher temperatures and increased electric-water usage, increased healthcare costs, do not create catastrophic weather events, wildfires, and can be located in close proximity to ratepayers to minimize vulnerable and expensive transmission infrastructure that loses 8% of the electricity during transmission, additional expenses.
The ACC should charge well compensated TEP Management/Shareholders, not Ratepayers, for all avoidable costs that are consequent to TEP decisions regarding which resources they choose to use to satisfy their obligations. And the ACC needs to change their Resource Planning and Compensation practices to consider ALL alternatives, not just those proposed by the for-profit utility, costs, and benefits for the lifetime of the proposed asset. Have the Utilities earn profit, Return on Rates, via the sharing of cost/rate REDUCTIONS, not increases, with ratepayers.
Please Vote NO on Prop 412, then contact and ask the ACC (www.azcc.gov) to act to perform their Constitutional responsibilities, to earn THEIR compensation, by providing tangible positive value to captive ratepayers.
Include local Government leadership, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, former ACC Chair, consumerinfo@azag.gov, and local Senator Priya Sundareshan PSundareshan@azleg.gov.
Terry has been a resident of Tucson area since 1956, is a retired Corporate Director, established the first 1 megawatt utility scale solar system in Southern AZ (2010) and has frequently provided testimony/comment to the ACC. | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-reject-412-tep-should-pay/article_115ad406-f2cd-11ed-a538-e3cc6e29322d.html | 2023-05-15T04:48:49 | 0 | https://tucson.com/opinion/local/local-opinion-reject-412-tep-should-pay/article_115ad406-f2cd-11ed-a538-e3cc6e29322d.html |
Four people killed in crash on I-96 in Detroit
Four people were killed Sunday in a crash on westbound Interstate 96 near Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan State Police said.
State police troopers found that a GMC Yukon had struck a bridge pier just before 8 p.m. Four people in the vehicle were ejected and killed, MSP said on Twitter.
Troopers were working to identify the victims and notify their families Sunday night.
Witnesses told police the driver of the Yukon was traveling at high rate of speed when the SUV hit the bridge.
“Once again, a driver's decision to drive recklessly cost lives on our roadways,” MSP Lt. Mike Shaw said in a statement on Twitter. “This decision will not only affect those families involved but also witnesses and first responders on scene. Please drive responsibly. Lives are at stake.
An investigation continues. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/14/four-people-killed-in-crash-on-i-96-in-detroit/70217237007/ | 2023-05-15T04:55:34 | 0 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2023/05/14/four-people-killed-in-crash-on-i-96-in-detroit/70217237007/ |
DALLAS — Editor's note: The full special is in the video box above and also available on WFAA's YouTube page below in this article.
Almost a week since a lone gunman opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets, killing eight shoppers and injuring several others, many of us are still feeling the weight of this tragedy happening in our own community.
How do we move forward after trauma? And what steps can we take to find healing?
A special WFAA presentation called "Action After Allen" hopes to help answer those questions. Airing at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 12, this hour-long special will feature live interviews about mental health with guests impacted by mass shootings in Texas.
Guests include:
- Kevin Galey, a now-certified counselor who was shot twice at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth in 1999.
- Kassandra Chavez, whose son, AJ, was shot inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde last year.
- Aaron Fleming, a shopper who ran to the back room of a store when gunshots began at the Allen Premium Outlet Mall last Saturday.
The show will also feature a special video message from Trey Louis, who was inside the next-door classroom when a shooter opened fire at Santa Fe High School in 2018.
Cinda McDonald, child life specialist from Dallas’s Baylor Scott and White Hospital, will join the conversation later to discuss identifying trauma in teens and how to help young people navigate those heavy emotions.
You can watch the special below:
Scroll down for more details surrounding the tragic shooting.
What happened in the Allen outlet mall shooting?
Nine people died, including the suspect, in a shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday, May 6.
According to officials, the shooting occurred at about 3:36 p.m. at Allen Premium Outlets, 820 W. Stacy Road.
Witnesses told WFAA they saw the shooter, who was reportedly dressed in all black, near the location of the Fatburger restaurant in the mall complex. Witnesses also described seeing the shooting begin in front of the H&M store at the outlet mall.
The Allen Police Department confirmed that an officer who was responding to an unrelated incident in the area heard the gunshots and ran toward them. The department said that officer “neutralized” the shooter and called for emergency personnel.
"He heard gunshots, located the gunshots, located the shooter, neutralized the shooter, neutralized the threat," Allen police Chief Brian Harvey said. "We believe at this point the shooter acted alone."
Here is a map of the outlet mall, specifically where the shooting reportedly began in front of the H&M store and where the shooter was killed. It remained unclear Monday the shooter's path from the H&M area to the Fatburger area.
Who were the Allen outlet mall shooting victims?
As of Monday, May 8, all eight victims in the shooting have been identified by officials and family: The Cho family, Kyu, Cindy and their 3-year-old son James; sisters, 11-year-old Daniela Mendoza and 8-year-old Sofia Mendoza; Christian LaCour, 20; and Aishwarya Thatikonda, 27; and Elio Cumana-Rivas, 32.
LaCour was working as a security guard at the time of the shooting, his family said. The family said he lived in the Collin County city of Farmersville, which is located to the east of Allen.
A family representative spoke to WFAA about Thatikonda, who was an engineer who lived in McKinney, while her family resides in India. The representative said she was with a friend at the outlet mall when the shooting occurred. Her friend was injured in the shooting and is currently stable in the hospital.
Wylie ISD sent a letter to parents confirming the deaths of the Mendoza sisters, who both attended Cox Elementary School. The district also said the girls' mom, Ilda, remains in critical condition in the hospital.
"Words cannot express the sadness we feel as we grieve the loss of our students. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mendoza family, the families of the victims, and all those affected by this senseless tragedy," the district said.
Cox Elementary School principal Krista Wilson said the sisters were "rays of sunshine," according to the district's email.
New Song Church in Carrollton identified three members of the Cho family as victims of the mass shooting. According to a GoFundMe page, Kyu and Cindy brought their sons, 3-year-old James and newly-6-year-old William, to the outlet to swap out some clothes that William received for his birthday.
"Cindu, Kyu and three year old James were amongst those victims that tragically lost their lives and the family is in deep mourning," the page reads. "After being released from the ICU, their six year old son William is the only surviving member of this horrific event."
The GoFundMe page is raising money to help with funeral costs and other expenses.
At least seven other victims were injured in the shooting. Three have been identified by family and friends: IIda, who is the mother of the Mendoza sisters, along with 6-year-old William Cho, and Irvin Walker II.
According to the GoFundMe page set up for Walker II, he was driving past the shooter's car to find a parking spot when the gunman began shooting into the car. The GoFundMe states that Irvin was shot twice – once in the chest and once in the shoulder – but is in stable condition and expected to survive.
In a Thursday, May 11 update Medical City Healthcare provided information on five of the surviving patients, one has been released.
Four patients were still getting treatment at the Medical City McKinney location. Three are said to in fair condition and one patient is in good condition, according to the hospital.
Another person was sent to Medical City Plano. The Medical City official said the patient is expected to recover.
One other patient was at the Medical City Children's Hospital in good condition, but is no longer listed.
Who was the Allen outlet mall suspected shooter?
The Texas Department of Public Safety, which is investigating the shooting, identified the suspect as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia.
Sources said FBI agents have been looking into two locations in the shooting investigation: the Dallas home where Garcia lived with his parents, and an extended-stay hotel where he was staying recently.
A search warrant obtained exclusively by WFAA stated that Garcia's driver's license listed his current address as a Budget Suites of America in Dallas, which is an extended-stay hotel. Employees at the hotel confirmed he had been renting a room there, according to the warrant.
The search warrant for Garcia's hotel room was obtained as police stated they believed it could contain additional evidence.
An Army official told WFAA that Garcia had been in the U.S. Army in 2008 but was removed due to mental health concerns. Sources added that he espoused an extremist right-wing ideology and disliked people of color and Jews.
A bulletin was sent by the FBI to law enforcement agencies about Garcia and that "an initial review and triage of the subject's social media accounts revealed hundreds of postings and images to include writings with racially and ethnically motivated violent extremist rhetoric, including neo-Nazi material and material espousing the supremacy of the white race."
According to sources, the 33-year-old had been a licensed security guard. He most recently worked at an aluminum supply company.
What gun was used in the Allen mall shooting?
President Joe Biden in a statement Sunday said the suspect, Garcia, was "in tactical gear armed with an AR-15 style assault weapon" as he shot people at the Allen Premium Outlets mall.
Authorities have not released more information about the weapons the shooter had, but DPS confirmed in a news conference that Garcia was in possession of eight weapons when he opened fire at the outlet mall. Three of those weapons were found on his person, and five were found inside the vehicle he was driving.
Who was the officer that shot the suspect?
The officer who shot the suspect has not been publicly identified.
An attorney, Zach Horn, released a statement on behalf of the Allen officer.
"The officer sprinted towards high power rifle fire as everyone else ran away. He's a brave servant with a gentle heart that embodies the best the law enforcement profession has to offer," the statement read.
"He's doing well and would appreciate privacy as he continues to process this life altering tragedy."
The Allen Police Department said there will be a ceremony to honor the "tremendous bravery" of the officer in the future once the investigation has concluded.
The officer was at the mall on an unrelated call, officials confirmed.
What did Texas leaders say about the Allen shooting?
Gov. Greg Abbott in an interview on Fox News Sunday with Shannon Bream emphasized mental health as the "long-term solution" for gun violence in America.
"People want a quick solution," Abbott told Bream. "The long-term solution here is to address the mental health issue."
"One thing that we can observe very easily is that there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of anger and violence that is taking place in America," Abbott said. "And what Texas is doing in a big-time way is we are working to address that anger and violence by going to its root cause, which is addressing mental health problems behind it."
Abbott in a news conference Monday about the border and the end of Title 42 was asked about the Allen shooting.
"The first step to leading to some type of resolution here, as well as providing information about the response needed from the state of Texas, is to know exactly why and how this happened," Abbott said. "I believe in the coming days, the public will be much better informed about why and how this happened. And that will inform us as Texas leaders about next steps to take to try to prevent crimes like this from taking place in the future."
Congressman Keith Self, who represents Allen in the U.S. House, also issued a statement on his social pages.
In a tweet, Self said, "We are devastated by the tragic news of the shootings that took place at the Allen Premium Outlets today. Our prayers are with the victims and their families and all law enforcement on the scene."
More coverage of the Allen shooting: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/action-after-allen-wfaa-special-presentation/287-7466e1bd-af20-458f-891d-8976c3fb475c | 2023-05-15T05:14:36 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/action-after-allen-wfaa-special-presentation/287-7466e1bd-af20-458f-891d-8976c3fb475c |
DALLAS — When the clock struck 10 p.m. in El Paso Thursday, Title 42 ended.
At one of the checkpoints, no one came out -- only two national guardsmen went in.
But throughout the night and day, buses began picking up migrants and taking them to processing facilities. Some migrants didn’t make it across and waited on the other side.
But others, like Frances Nazareth and her daughter, made it.
”I spent many days at the gate trying to pass,” Nazareth said.
She said she prayed around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, and Friday morning, immigration officials called their names.
”It’s hard to explain what I’m feeling, because everything we went through and lived through to get here, now we have hope,” Nazareth said.
Nazareth left her home in Venezuela a few years ago. She shared pictures of herself in happier times but she says things turned violent, so she fled. She wiped away tears while talking about the difficult journey she embarked on with her daughter.
”And it’s really hard because they’re asking you, 'mom, when we are going to get there? Why are we here?' We have to sacrifice so much. You have to get rid of your belongings because they weigh too much, and we went days without eating,” said Nazareth.
And now, they are on the other side, joined by friends they met along the way.
The U.S. Border Patrol and Customs hasn’t said how many people have been apprehended since Title 42 ended, but yesterday, 10 thousand migrants were in custody -- a record number.
Once they left the border, some were taken to processing centers.
One of the larger ones is North of El Paso. They can house up to a thousand migrants for up to 72 hours. In June, the facility will expand to hold two thousand.
The migrants like Frances that are allowed to stay eventually have to go to an immigration court hearing, and that could take months or years. For now, she is just grateful to be in the U.S.
”We came for a real dream, a goal and to succeed,” said Nazareth. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/border-crisis/woman-child-make-it-us-after-dangerous-journey-border/287-e722d175-3292-4f32-9bda-84164f3fbef5 | 2023-05-15T05:14:43 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/border-crisis/woman-child-make-it-us-after-dangerous-journey-border/287-e722d175-3292-4f32-9bda-84164f3fbef5 |
DALLAS — (AP) — A man who didn't want his girlfriend to get an abortion fatally shot her during a confrontation in a Dallas parking lot, police said.
He was jailed on a murder charge as of Friday.
Texas banned abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy in September 2021. But nearly all abortions have been halted in Texas since Roe v. Wade was overturned last summer, except in cases of medical emergency.
Gabriella Gonzalez, 26, was with her boyfriend, 22-year-old Harold Thompson, on Wednesday when he tried to put her in a chokehold, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. She had returned the night before from Colorado, where she had gone to get an abortion.
“It is believed that the suspect was the father of the child,” the affidavit said. “The suspect did not want (Gonzalez) to get an abortion.”
Surveillance video from the parking lot shows Gonzalez “shrugs him off,” police said, and the two continue walking. Thompson then pulls out a gun and shoots Gonzalez in the head. She falls to the ground and Thompson shoots her multiple times before running away, the affidavit said.
Thompson was arrested later Wednesday and is being held in the Dallas County Jail without bond. Court records did not list an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Gonzalez’s sister was at the scene and heard the shooting, police said. Another witness saw Thompson try to choke Gonzalez but couldn't call police because she did not have her cell phone.
At the time of the shooting, Thompson had been charged with assault of a family member, who accused him of choking her in March.
The affidavit from March does not specifically name Gonzalez as the person who was assaulted. But it does say the woman told police that Thompson “beat her up multiple times throughout the entirety of their relationship” and that Thompson told police the woman was pregnant with his child at that time.
The woman “reiterated that she is scared of the suspect because he had made threats to harm her family and her children,” according to the affidavit.
More Texas headlines: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-shooting-abortion-argument/287-a1b51a10-58be-4b81-bde4-06c320bf92ce | 2023-05-15T05:14:49 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-shooting-abortion-argument/287-a1b51a10-58be-4b81-bde4-06c320bf92ce |
DALLAS, Texas — Fashion and hockey aren't often used in the same sentence. Walk around the American Airlines Center during a Dallas Stars playoff game, and you'll see a lot of jerseys and t-shirts.
The apparel of fans always feels predictable, but one group of Stars fans really stands out from the rest.
Yes, indeed. The wives and girlfriends of players are the only ones sporting an exclusive, non-replicable item of clothing in the arena: their 2023 playoff jackets.
You may not know this, but if an NHL team is lucky enough to make it to the postseason, it also means their WAGs (wives and girlfriends) are responsible for designing a unique jacket they sport during the team's run.
The tradition is believed to have started in 2017 when the WAGs of the Washington Capitals started wearing matching denim jackets with players' names on the back of them during the playoffs.
"Everyone looks forward to when we get the green light to start talking about playoff jackets," defenseman Joel Hanley's wife, Kate, said. "Every year, it's been getting bigger and bigger, which is so cool."
This year, the LF bomber jackets the ladies are sporting are incredibly unique and sentimental.
Each has patches, logos, numbers, bands and names from jerseys their boys have worn on the ice.
The girlfriends of Miro Heiskanen and Roope Hintz were in charge of the design this year.
"We've been on a bunch of different teams, and you don't get this on every team," Brittany Wedgewood said, the wife of goalie Scott Wedgewood. "It brings us together as a team."
"We're so grateful to have them in time for playoffs, they're so sick," Kate Kirchof, the fiancee of center Tyler Seguin, said. "It's so much fun seeing all the jackets from around the league and what the girls come up with."
Ever since 2017, the playoff jacket tradition has grown and popularized, too.
On TikTok, users often rank and rate the best ones of the postseason.
Last year, the Stars' WAGs chose to do leather jackets with the boys' names painted on their sleeves by Taylor Kampa Olson.
This year, the WAGs from the New Jersey Devils ran with the same idea, and Olson painted their jackets.
"It's just so fun to have a fashionable token of the team with the girls all together," Kirchof said.
Hanley laughed, adding that she doesn't have to plan an outfit for any playoff games.
"We're all such a close group of girls. It's enjoyable to experience this together, with our jackets, and support the guys," Hanley said.
As for the anxiety playoff hockey brings, the ladies add that they experience it just like any fan.
But, at least they get to talk to the guys after the game. After the Stars dropped the first games of the Wild and Kraken series in overtime, some nerves had to be calmed.
"It felt so sad," Wedgewood said. "But then we were laughing about it the next day because the guys came home and were like, 'Oh, it's just game one.'"
Glad to know the guys on the ice weren't fazed by any of that.
*insert nervous laughter*
The Stanley Cup Finals are slated to begin on June 8. The ladies hope they wear their jackets until then.
"We're not going home before June," Wedgewood said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-stars-wives-girlfriends-show-support-unique-sentimental-playoff-jackets/287-627a6125-bb74-4b51-92cd-c26930885361 | 2023-05-15T05:14:55 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-stars-wives-girlfriends-show-support-unique-sentimental-playoff-jackets/287-627a6125-bb74-4b51-92cd-c26930885361 |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Thousands of bull riding fans are in Cowtown for the sport's biggest competition.
Professional bull rider Dalton Kasel ranks third in the world. He wants to be number one and shared how he prepared for the world finals at Dickies Arena.
"I took a couple of weeks off and just rested my body, and it's good to take a couple of weeks off because it makes you get healthy again," said Kasel.
The Professional Bull Riding (PBR) World Finals draws thousands of fans of all ages.
Kasel said he started riding as a kid with the blessing of his parents. He admits early in his career, his nerves would kick in. Now, he says, that's a thing of the past.
Kasel shared his love for the sport grew, especially after his first competition.
"My first time competing, I had no idea what I was doing and I was nervous and I just kind of was ignorant to it all and had no idea what was going on, and it went well. I stayed on," he said.
Staying on has earned Kasel respect as a competitor among his peers.
He and other bull riders are trying currently to earn big bucks while in Cowtown for the 30th anniversary of the PBR World Finals. Competition payouts total $2.7 million, with an $1 million bonus going to the champion, and the event winner pocketing $300,000.
Win big or not, Kasel promises fans an unforgettable experience.
"It's a mixture between a rock show and almost like a firework contest," Kasel said. "And you get rodeo in that, and you're going to experience something you've never experienced before." | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-dickies-arena-pbr-finals-2023/287-e0f008bd-5fec-4f66-bf66-e143ab05d3ad | 2023-05-15T05:15:01 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-dickies-arena-pbr-finals-2023/287-e0f008bd-5fec-4f66-bf66-e143ab05d3ad |
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth police officers fatally shot a man during a standoff following a domestic disturbance call Saturday evening, police said.
At 7:18 p.m., officers were dispatched to the call in the 2900 block of Northwest 21st Street. In a news release on Sunday, police said they were told the man was armed and "acting erratically."
When they arrived, officers said they persuaded the man's wife to get out of the residence.
While they were at the scene, they said they heard gunshots from inside the residence. Police then created a perimeter, alerted SWAT and the Crisis Intervention Team, and tried multiple times to contact the man. They said he was the one firing a gun from inside.
The man eventually came out of the residence armed with a handgun. Police said he "presented a deadly threat towards officers." They then fired their weapons, hitting the man.
Police said they provided medical treatment to the man until he was taken to a hospital. He was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m. As of Sunday morning, his name has not been released.
No one else was hurt. One handgun was recovered at the scene.
Fort Worth police say the department's Major Case unit, Internal Affairs, and investigators from the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office also responded to the scene and they will be conducting their standard investigation.
No other information is available at this time.
Other local news: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-shooting-swat-northwest-nw-21st-street-saturday-may-13-2023/287-d78449e3-0299-40e8-bae1-bc3f4c0d58f4 | 2023-05-15T05:15:07 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/fort-worth-texas-shooting-swat-northwest-nw-21st-street-saturday-may-13-2023/287-d78449e3-0299-40e8-bae1-bc3f4c0d58f4 |
IRVING, Texas — A man, who police say was a wanted individual and armed, was shot and killed by officers after the man "presented the handgun" while being taken into custody, according to the Irving Police Department.
A department spokesperson said its fugitive unit was looking for a wanted person and found him on foot on a grassy area in the 2800-3000 block of the south service road of State Highway 183 in Irving at approximately 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Irving police said the wanted man was armed with a handgun, and when officers tried arresting the man, he presented the firearm. Three of the departments officers fired shots at him. Police did not say how many times the man was hit, but that officers rendered aid to the man until the Irving Fire Department arrived.
The man was transported to Parkland Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said they were not releasing the man's name until next of kin had been notified.
Irving police said no officers were injured in the incident. Further information, including the man's identity and what he was wanted for, is likely to be released on Monday, police said.
Watch the police update here (two videos in thread):
More Texas headlines: | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/irving-police-shooting-state-highway-183/287-745a9b45-2a07-45f3-bddd-0dc373228c4f | 2023-05-15T05:15:13 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/irving-police-shooting-state-highway-183/287-745a9b45-2a07-45f3-bddd-0dc373228c4f |
ALLEN, Texas — The memorial at the south entrance to Allen Premium Outlets will remain in place at least through Sunday, perhaps as long as next Tuesday, volunteers at the site tell WFAA. And volunteers are there around the clock keeping flowers, and hope, alive.
“It’s been hard. And every day we cry. All of us cry,” said Candace Cardwell a volunteer whose help was enlisted by Cheryl Jackson of Minnie’s Food Pantry in Plano, self-appointed to lead a team tending to the memorial of flowers, crosses and stuffed animals.
“You leave here crying every night” Cardwell said.
Since Wednesday, Shannon Alexander has been here too.
“And it made me feel like this is the place I was supposed to be. And I didn’t want to leave,” Alexander said.
They’ve watched as the memorial, on a small patch of grass behind a hotel and next to one of the still-blocked entrances to the outlet mall, has become the only place where families of the victims, shooting survivors and complete strangers can have a place to grieve, to find comfort, and to pray. Hundreds attended a vigil Wednesday night at the site.
“Just trying to come out here and do what the bible says, you know: to be love,” said Pastor Richard Scotman of the Church of Dallas at McKinney. He has been among multiple pastors offering to pray, and offering a shoulder to cry on, for anyone who asks.
The management company for the outlet mall told WFAA earlier this week that they are committed to keeping the outlet mall closed at least until all of the funeral and memorial services for the victims have been held.
But outside the mall, on a corner near Stacy Road, volunteers will tell you a remarkable thing has been happening every day: the exact opposite of what a deranged gunman was allegedly trying to achieve.
“I think that as a community, we need each other. And I like to help and the need is here,” said Cardwell.
“I have seen so many people from different walks of life, different colors, races, religions. And it’s been about community and togetherness, not about color,” added Alexander.
“We’ve seen white, black…we’re all coming together, said Pastor Scotman. “And it’s a powerful thing when you see so much hate in the world.”
Hundreds of toys and stuffed animals are also among the offerings that people have left at the memorial. Volunteers say they are being boxed up and protected from the weather until they can be donated -- either to the victim families, or worthy organizations that can provide them to other children. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outlet-mall-memorial-remain-through-sunday/287-a994ffd6-7112-445e-b709-c2e4d22d1379 | 2023-05-15T05:15:19 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/outlet-mall-memorial-remain-through-sunday/287-a994ffd6-7112-445e-b709-c2e4d22d1379 |
DALLAS — For months, the Texas Capitol has been filled with advocates and protesters chanting and begging for stricter gun laws.
A week after a mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets that took eight lives and nearing one year since the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, little has changed.
On Monday, a group of around 60 Collin County parents will head to Austin in hopes to changes minds and create action.
“They are hurting their own constituents. They are hurting their own community,” Hind Jarrah, who’s part of the group, said. “We respect the individual right to bear arms but there should be regulation.”
The group, Collin County Parents Against Gun Violence, has meetings scheduled throughout the afternoon with lawmakers including Sen. Angela Paxton (R–McKinney) and Rep. Jeff Leach (R–Plano)
“If they’re not supporting and listening to us then maybe we need people who will listen to us,” Ann Bacchus, who helped organize the trip, said.
Leach, who lives just one mile from the outlet mall, told Inside Texas Politics he believes there are actions the legislature can still take.
“I don’t have any bill in front of me that could’ve prevented this,” Leach said. “But I’m open to any and all solutions.”
Leach touted a mental health bill he’s authored but didn’t provide specifics on any legislation that would restrict access to guns.
“It’s just one step of many that we should consider here to go a long way to keeping guns out of the hands of people who wish to do harm, who want to break our laws, who want to inflict mass violence,” Leach said.
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety said the Allen shooter had eight guns with him at the time of the shooting and added they were all purchased legally, but did not share how they were bought, when they were bought and the total number of guns the shooter owned, as well as the types of weapons.
Recent polling found 78% of Texans support universal background checks, 66% are behind red flag laws, which advocates say may have prevented both the Sutherland Springs mass shooting and Uvalde, and 76% of Texans support raising the age to buy a gun to 21.
This legislative session, lawmakers have proposed bills that would enhance background checks and expand safe storage requirements but neither made it out of committees and will almost certainly not be voted on.
After emotional testimony from the parents of children killed in Uvalde, a bill that would raise the age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21 made it out of committee with two Republicans voting in favor, but the bill wasn’t placed on the House calendar in time to get a vote meaning it was effectively killed, ending hope for the families’ priority change.
According to reporting from the Texas Tribune, the legislature has passed more than 100 bills since 2000 that have loosened gun restrictions.
Rep. Frederick Frazier (R–McKinney) shopped at the outlets an hour before the shooting and earlier this week said he’s also open to change.
“We want citizens to protect themselves, but we also don’t want maniacs who have pure evil in their heart to go out there and kill our families,” Frazier said.
Frazier has been championing a bill that would mirror an existing federal law banning the possession or manufacturing of "Glock switches," which effectively turn guns into automatic weapons.
“I’m a Republican through and true but this needs to be where we come together and figure out how to fix this,” Frazier said.
With little time left, though, there’s little hope the begging and chanting will help.
“We all recognize that the status quo cannot go on,” Jarrah said. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-gun-reform-legislation-shows-little-movement-week-after-allen-shooting-uvalde-anniversary/287-f04e752d-8d15-43f1-8525-8795e80a101d | 2023-05-15T05:15:25 | 1 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-gun-reform-legislation-shows-little-movement-week-after-allen-shooting-uvalde-anniversary/287-f04e752d-8d15-43f1-8525-8795e80a101d |
ALLEN, Texas — Saturday marked the one-week anniversary since a mass shooting occurred at the Allen Premium Outlet Mall.
A small crowd gathered Saturday afternoon at a memorial outside the mall parking lot. It’s a setting that’s hosted hundreds over the last few days, as people visited the area to pay their respects and honor those who lost their lives last weekend.
“It’s a week later, but nothing seems like it’s changed," said Cheryl Jackson, a resident of nearby McKinney. "Every person that walks up here, and I would say thousands have walked to us, every one of them has a new hurt a new set of tears a new question of why."
Most say their hearts are heavy, and their questions remain unanswered even a week past the shooting.
Saturday afternoon, the crowd bowed their heads. Many held hands and cried as the very minute the shooter opened fire last weekend, 3:36 p.m., was observed with a moment of silence.
“My stomach turned, because all I could think of was, a week ago today a few hours ago from when all this happened, it was a beautiful day -- and then chaos,” said Allen resident Chris Reyes.
“It broke our heart that it could happen anywhere, but it happened here,” said Tonya Whistler, another long-time Allen resident.
The group sang songs and shared prayers as volunteers added pictures of the victims. Large crosses bore all the names of those who never made it home last weekend.
“I came tonight to learn more about them, and who they were because I want to know them as people, not as victims of a tragedy. I want to know them as people,” said Whistler.
Jim and Tanya Brownson have called Allen their home for years.
“We were supposed to be here shopping that day for whatever reason, we just didn’t make it, but we should’ve been here about the time this happened. It’s just all the hate…enough.”
Inga Van Wagoner has helped protect the sanctity of the memorial all week. She said she felt the need to be because she desperately wants to help those who are hurting.
“I want to be able to pour support and love into the people who’ve been touched by this,” said Van Wagoner.
The memorial will remain up until Tuesday, May 16. | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/visitors-still-at-memorial-outside-allen-premium-outlets/287-3b6bb9e0-84e6-4520-8ba1-43ba1805cc78 | 2023-05-15T05:15:28 | 0 | https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/visitors-still-at-memorial-outside-allen-premium-outlets/287-3b6bb9e0-84e6-4520-8ba1-43ba1805cc78 |
Events
Monday, May 15
ESL CAREER READINESS LAB: 9:30 a.m. to noon Mondays through July 31; learn how to use the Engen Language Upskilling platform, which provides ESL classes and tutorials with a focus on job interview skills, and the food and beverage industry and hospitality industry; Public Library, 1 N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City. 609-345-2269 or acfpl.org.
FILM: THE RELUCTANT PINEY: 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Film: The Reluctant Piney; documentary film based on the bestselling title, "Lost Piney Culture" by author William J. Lewis; Tuckerton Branch Library, 380 Bay Ave., Tuckerton. 609-296-1470 or theoceancountylibrary.org.
FREE RESUME WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS: 5:30 to 7 p.m.; for those looking for a job or needing help in writing a resume; Public Library, 1058 E. Landis Ave., Vineland. 856-794-4244 or vinelandlibrary.org.
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HOUSEPLANTS: 2 to 3 p.m. Mondays through May 22; learn how to plant, propagate, and care for a variety of popular plant species; Ventnor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 6500 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor. 609-823-4614 or atlanticlibrary.org.
LINE DANCING - WITH SUSAN PENNYPACKER: noon to 12:45 p.m. Mondays; no meetings May 29, Sept. 4, Oct. 9; Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
MEDITATIVE DRUM CIRCLE: 5 to 6 p.m. Mondays; bring your own instrument or borrow one; no meetings May 29, Aug. 28, Sept. 4, Oct. 9, Nov. 6, Dec. 25; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
SCRABBLE NIGHT: 5:45 to 7:45 p.m. first and third Mondays through May; bring your own team or play with others; Public Library, 235 32nd St., Avalon. avalonfreelibrary.org.
WILLS, ESTATES, AND GUARDIANSHIPS: 2 to 3 p.m.; Wills, Estates, and Guardianships informational presentation by The Atlantic County Surrogate's Office; Galloway Township Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway Township; registration requested. 609-652-2352 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Tuesday, May 16
AARP MID-ATLANTIC GALLOWAY MEETING: 1 p.m. third Tuesdays, except June through August; meeting of AARP Mid-Atlantic Chapter #4191 – Galloway; meet and network with individuals ages 50 and older; topics related to issues affecting older Americans; Galloway Senior Center, 621 White Horse Pike, Egg Harbor City. 703-725-5287 or 609-804-3082.
Wednesday, May 17
ADULT BOARD GAME NIGHT: 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays May 17, June 7, 21, July 5, 19, August 2, 16; Egg Harbor Township/Atlantic County Library System, 1 Swift Drive, Egg Harbor Township. 609-927-8664 or atlanticlibrary.org.
BILINGUAL FAMILY STORYTIME: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays through May 17; Egg Harbor Township/Atlantic County Library System, 1 Swift Drive, Egg Harbor Township. 609-927-8664 or atlanticlibrary.org.
BORED? GAMES!: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 31; for ages 10 to adult; games are family-friendly classic board games meant for at least two players; Ventnor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 6500 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor; registration required. 609-823-4614 or atlanticlibrary.org.
ONE-ON-ONE COMPUTER BASICS: 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through May 31; for adults; Brigantine Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 201 15th St. S., Brigantine. 609-266-0110 or atlanticlibrary.org.
WEDNESDAY FAMILY GAME NIGHT: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 30; for all ages; board games provided; Pleasantville Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., Pleasantville; registration required. 609-641-1778 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Thursday, May 18
CRAFT-TASTIC: 6 to 7 p.m. third Thursdays; adults make a craft; Atlantic County Library System, 305 New Jersey Ave., Absecon; registration required. 609-646-2228 or AtlanticLibrary.org.
CREATIVE CRAFTS WITH CONVERSATION: 6 to 8 p.m. May 18, June 15; monthly crafts for adults; Atlantic County Library System, 300 E. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway Township; registration required. 609-652-2352 or atlanticlibrary.org.
CYBER THURSDAYS: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 31; Pleasantville Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., Pleasantville. 609-641-1778 or atlanticlibrary.org.
GAME ON!: 5:30 to 7 p.m. May 18, June 8, July 13, Aug. 17; for adults; disconnect from the screen and connect over board games; Brigantine Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 201 15th St. S., Brigantine; registration required. 609-266-0110 or atlanticlibrary.org.
SENIOR CRAFT AND ACTIVITIES: 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays through June 29; Pleasantville Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 33 Martin Luther King Junior Ave., Pleasantville. 609-641-1778 or atlanticlibrary.org.
TEA TIME AT THE AVALON HISTORY CENTER: 11 a.m. to noon third Thursdays through December; enjoy tea with us as we share memories of old Avalon, and make new ones; Avalon History Center, 215 39th St., Avalon. 609-967-7155 or avalonfreelibrary.org.
For kids
Monday, May 15
PRE-K CLUB AND CRAFT: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays through May 22, June 5, 12; Galloway Township Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway. 609-652-2352 or atlanticlibrary.org.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - ABSECON: 10 to 11 a.m. Mondays; Absecon branch/Atlantic County Library System, 305 New Jersey Ave., Absecon. 609-646-2228 or atlanticlibrary.org.
PRESCHOOL STORYTIME - EGG HARBOR CITY: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays through Aug. 28; Egg Harbor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 134 Philadelphia Ave., Egg Harbor City. 609-804-1063 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Wednesday, May 17
PLAYDATE AT THE LIBRARY: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 9; for ages 6-36 months; enjoy stories, rhymes and songs designed to develop early literacy skills; Mays Landing Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 40 Farragut Ave., Hamilton; registration required. 609-625-2776 or atlanticlibrary.org.
STORIES AND SONGS: 10 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays through May 31; join Miss Linda for stories, songs, and rhymes; for ages 3 and younger; Public Library, 235 32nd St., Avalon. 609-967-7155 or avalonfreelibrary.org.
Thursday, May 18
123 READ & SING: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays through Aug. 10; for ages 1 1/2 to 5 and their caregivers; Galloway Township Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 306 E. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway Township. 609-652-2352 or atlanticlibrary.org.
LEGO CLUB: 4 to 5 p.m. Thursdays through May 25; for ages 5 to 13; Absecon branch/Atlantic County Library System, 305 New Jersey Ave., Absecon. 609-646-2228 or atlanticlibrary.org.
STORYTIME: 10 to 11 a.m. Thursdays through May 25; for ages 12 to 36 months; Ventnor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 6500 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor; registration required. 609-823-4614 or atlanticlibrary.org.
THURSDAY FAMILY STORYTIME: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays through May 18, June 29 through Aug. 3; Egg Harbor Township/Atlantic County Library System, 1 Swift Drive, Egg Harbor Township. 609-927-8664 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Groups
Monday, May 15
AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: 11 a.m. Mondays; for those troubled by someone else's drinking; Egg Harbor City Senior Center, 351 Cincinnati Ave., Egg Harbor City. AL-ANON.org.
GREAT BOOKS CLUB: 10 a.m. to noon every other Monday through May 15; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
LONGPORT NEEDLERS: 10 a.m. to noon Mondays; bring your needle/crochet craft project and join us for a time of crafting and socializing; Longport Public Library, 2305 Atlantic Ave., Longport. 609-487-7403 or LongportPublicLibrary.org.
START THE DAY WITH A BOOK CLUB: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. May 15, June 19, July 17, Aug. 14; Mays Landing Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 40 Farragut Ave., Hamilton. 609-625-2776 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Tuesday, May 16
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH CONVERSATION VIRTUAL CLASS: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays; intermediate-level Spanish Conversation class via Zoom; Atlantic City Free Public Library, 1 N. Tennessee Ave., Atlantic City. 609-345-2269 or ACFPL.org.
JERSEY CAPE WRITERS: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. first and third Tuesdays; e-mail Jerseycapewriters01@gmail.com to register; share your writing and ideas in a friendly and supportive environment; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or Events.CMCLibrary.org.
SUSTAINABLE BOOK GROUP: 7 to 8 p.m. third Tuesdays through December; with the Upper Township Green Team; virtual event; registration required. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
WOMEN OF COLOR DISCUSSION GROUP: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. third Tuesdays; virtual group presented by the Mental Health Association in New Jersey; online networking, discussion, and wellness group for women of color. 609-652-3800 or MHANJ.org.
YARNBENDERS CROCHET AND KNITTING CLUB: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Aug. 29; Egg Harbor Township/Atlantic County Library System, 1 Swift Drive, Egg Harbor Township. 609-927-8664 or atlanticlibrary.org.
Wednesday, May 17
'TOO MUCH STUFF?' MEETINGS: 1 to 2 p.m. first and third Wednesdays; hosted by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; online or call-in support for those with clutter challenges, collecting behaviors, or hoarding tendency. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
Thursday, May 18
AL-ANON MEETING: 11 a.m. to noon Thursdays through December; by Al-Anon Family Groups; Cape May County Library/Lower Cape Branch, 2600 Bayshore Road, Lower Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
CROCHET GROUP: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 31; learn and practice your craft in a fun and welcoming environment; Egg Harbor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 134 Philadelphia Ave., Egg Harbor City. 609-804-1063 or atlanticlibrary.org.
INTO THE EVENING BOOK CLUB: 6 to 8 p.m. May 18, June 15, July 20, Aug. 17; Ventnor City Branch/Atlantic County Library System, 6500 Atlantic Ave., Ventnor; registration required. 609-823-4614 or atlanticlibrary.org.
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES: 1 to 3 p.m. third Thursdays; lunch meeting of South Jersey Shore Chapter 1664 of NARFE; current, retired and spouses of Federal Employees are welcome; Shore Diner, 6710 Tilton Road, Egg Harbor Township. 609-822-2018 or NARFE.net.
Health, fitness
Monday, May 15
CHAIR YOGA - WITH LYNNE CATARRO: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays; no class 5/29, 9/4, 10/9, 12/25; Cape May County Library/Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
'GOT STRESS?' ONLINE GROUP: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays; online group meets to discuss daily wellness, coping strategies and tools to relieve stress and reduce anxiety; offered by The Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; free. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
MEMORY CAFÉ: 2 to 4 p.m. third Mondays; with Brookdale Senior Living Solutions; light refreshments served; for those experiencing memory loss, as well as their caregivers and family members; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE ONLINE GROUP : 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. third Mondays; offered by The Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; for those who lost someone to suicide; via Zoom or by dial-in teleconference; both a therapist and a peer co-facilitate this meeting. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
Tuesday, May 16
ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP: 4 to 5 p.m. third Tuesdays; Seashore Gardens Living Center (SGLC) is offering a free monthly support group for family members and caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia; 22 W. Jimmie Leeds Road, Galloway Township. 609-404-4848 or SeashoreGardens.org.
BODY IMAGE & BALANCE MEETINGS: 7 to 8 p.m. first and third Tuesdays; hosted by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; call-in and online group for those living with or recovering from disordered eating. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
DEALING WITH DEPRESSION SUPPORT GROUP: 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays; hosted by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; online support group for those living with depression. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
MINDFULNESS & MOVEMENT: 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesdays through December; Cape May County Library/Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ZUMBA WITH KELLIE WOOD: 5 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays; Cape May Court House Branch, 30 Mechanic St., Middle Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
Wednesday, May 17
BARRE STAR: 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesdays through May; combination of ballet, flexibility, yoga/balance and strength training; Wildwood Crest Branch, 6300 Atlantic Ave., Wildwood Crest. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY ONLINE WELLNESS GROUP: noon to 1 p.m. Wednesdays; hosted by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; wellness group exploring themes of faith, hope, sense of purpose, and fulfilment. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
MEDITATION MEET-UP WITH TED COSTA: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays through December; Woodbine Community Center, 812 Longfellow St., Woodbine. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
MIND AND BODY VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: 11 a.m. to noon Wednesdays; workshop is provided to individuals who live with a disability; participants discuss topics such as adapting, goal setting, refocusing and more; offered by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County. 609-652-3800, ext. 308 or MHAAC.info.
STRETCH & BURN - WITH KELLIE WOOD: 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays; hosted by Cape May County Library; virtual event; no registration required. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
TAI CHI & QIGONG: 10 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays; with Cheryl Crews and Denise Jones; Lower Cape Branch, 2600 Bayshore Road, Lower Township. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ZUMBA - WITH JANET SPADA: 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Wildwood Crest Library, and Thursdays at Lower Township Library; no meetings July 12, 26, Nov. 22, 23. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
ZUMBA - WITH KELLIE: 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays; Sea Isle City Branch, 4800 Central Ave., Sea Isle City. 609-463-6350 or Events.CMCLibrary.org.
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'CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS' ONLINE WELLNESS GROUP: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. first and third Thursdays; online group to share artwork, discuss the creative process, and work on projects among peers; presented by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
GENTLE YOGA - WITH ELIZABETH KILCOURSE: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursdays; bring a yoga mat; Upper Township Branch, 2050 Tuckahoe Road, Woodbine. 609-463-6350 or events.cmclibrary.org.
IFSS FAMILY MEETING: 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Thursdays; call in or join on Zoom; monthly evening meeting for family members of individuals who live with a mental health concern. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info.
'RISING MINDS' ONLINE MEETING: 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; offered by the Mental Health Association in Atlantic County; peer-led meeting for individuals age 18 to 30; participants discuss mental health, share experiences, develop tools for self-care and connect to others. 609-652-3800 or MHAAC.info. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-calendar/article_ce5a5c20-ef53-11ed-8f99-57eca963b3a2.html | 2023-05-15T05:23:38 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/community-calendar/article_ce5a5c20-ef53-11ed-8f99-57eca963b3a2.html |
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Teachers and staff with the Galloway Township school district donated to the Community Food Bank of New Jersey — Southern Branch's program Let Us Eat, Please with a check presentation on April 20.
Let Us Eat, Please was created in 2012 to provide food to needy families in the summer months when children are not in school. Teachers and staff raised funds for the program and presented the check to Let Us Eat, Please committee member Amy Houck Elco at the school district office.
Presenting the check were Superintendent Stephen Santilli and Christine Burgess, Director of Student Services. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/galloway-township-public-schools-presents-check-to-the-community-foodbank-and-let-us-eat-please/article_d9ff77a2-f0e5-11ed-8472-cf0ebfc43555.html | 2023-05-15T05:23:44 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/galloway-township-public-schools-presents-check-to-the-community-foodbank-and-let-us-eat-please/article_d9ff77a2-f0e5-11ed-8472-cf0ebfc43555.html |
WILDWOOD CREST — The Wildwood Crest Creative Arts Council is hosting the second annual Create in the Crest Arts Festival from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 17.
The event will feature local artists, live music by local musicians, and more at Centennial Park in Wildwood Crest.
Get ready to browse handmade arts and crafts, jewelry, pottery, hand-painted floral designs, sea glass art and more. The festival will include artwork both on display and for sale, and artists will also hold free classes and workshops to teach their various art forms.
Vendors spaces are still available for $60, with the fee being waived if an artists signs up to teach a 20-to-30 minute class on his or her craft.
Admission to the festival is free. The rain date is Sunday, June 18. For more information, call 609-523-0202, email cac@wildwoodcrest.org or visit wildwoodcrest.org. | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/wildwood-crest-hosting-arts-festival-on-june-17-vendors-needed/article_0d71f4d4-f0eb-11ed-9424-23e6f55697f4.html | 2023-05-15T05:23:50 | 0 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/wildwood-crest-hosting-arts-festival-on-june-17-vendors-needed/article_0d71f4d4-f0eb-11ed-9424-23e6f55697f4.html |
SEATTLE — It all started one week ago on a flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Charlotte, North Carolina.
Francisco De Jesus was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter at the time.
"We were going to go celebrate my oldest daughter's graduation. You know, I mean, it was a happy time,” said De Jesus.
But he said it took a horrible turn after they boarded the plane.
"I got up to go to the bathroom. When I came back, my daughter had some wings. I was like, ‘oh, where did you get those from,'” he recalled.
De Jesus said she told him that a flight attendant came over and asked her if she was OK, where she was going, and who she was going to meet? He said he didn't think much of it until the plane touched down.
"As we're deplaning, we're greeted by several individuals. One of them who introduced himself as the head of security for the Charlotte International Airport,” said De Jesus.
Francisco and his daughter were led through the terminal before they were finally told why. Law enforcement explained to him that flight attendants are trained to look for the signs of human trafficking.
"At that point, my heart just sank,” De Jesus said.
With a scared daughter by his side, De Jesus said he answered questions and quickly cleared up any confusion.
"They were very professional. They saw the situation for what it was immediately,” said De Jesus. "My question that I would like to have answered is how did they get to label me as a human trafficker? I had my iPad; we were watching a movie. She had her phone. I mean, these are things that I thought a dad and a daughter traveling do."
"I tried to reach American Airlines to find out and I'm getting absolutely nothing from them,” he said on Friday morning, adding that he first reached out three days ago.
When KING 5 reached out on Friday, American Airlines responded with a statement saying: "Our frontline team members are trained to navigate a variety of safety issues, including recognizing the potential signs of human trafficking. We strive to create a positive, welcoming environment for everyone who travels with us and apologize for any misunderstanding that may have occurred."
In an email, a spokesperson for American Airlines said a member of their team has reached out to the customer to learn more about their experience and address their concerns. By Friday afternoon, De Jesus confirmed that he received a call from the airline.
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, “human trafficking is a form of modern slavery that occurs in every state, including Washington.” Airports and airlines are working to raise awareness. The Port of Seattle’s website states, in King County, an estimated 500 to 700 children are forced into prostitution every year.
"Human trafficking is a very serious thing. But what we went through and the fear of that wasn't nice. I just wish that they would have maybe talked to me more. Maybe whoever, the person that made the judgment, should have come over and had a conversation with me,” said De Jesus. "I just want to know what kind of training they do. And is it enough?" | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dad-mistaken-human-trafficker-american-airlines-flight/281-216dc4c2-19ed-4e8f-9677-4ea5e8dff8f0 | 2023-05-15T05:47:14 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/dad-mistaken-human-trafficker-american-airlines-flight/281-216dc4c2-19ed-4e8f-9677-4ea5e8dff8f0 |
First annual Canaan Bower Memorial Scholarship awarded to Mayfield High wrestling student
LAS CRUCES – A Mayfield High School senior wrestling student was recently awarded the first annual Canaan Bower Memorial Scholarship, in honor of the late local hero.
Bower became a household name in Las Cruces in 2020 when he pinned down a would-be kidnapper until authorities arrived on scene. Two years late, Bower was killed in a motorcycle crash. He was 18.
In honor of their son’s character, Bower’s parents decided to establish a $2,000 scholarship to support other local high school wrestlers.
Valeria Garcia Aguirre, 17, was chosen as the first recipient of the memorial scholarship. Troy and Kara Bower presented the award to Aguirre in person ahead of wrestling practice Monday afternoon.
Troy Bower said five Las Cruces students applied for the scholarship, but Aguirre stood out because of her admiration for her parents and her connection with Canaan Bower.
Aguirre was two years behind Bower in school, but they competed on the same high school team. This year, Aguirre was state champion in her weight and gender class.
“I did interview all the (applicants’) coaches too and this coach had the most glowing remarks,” Troy Bower said.
Aguirre broke down in tears when her name was announced in front of her teammates and parents.
“It’s really special because I knew Canaan personally, he was my friend. Just keeping his memory alive is very important for me,” she said.
Aguirre described her friend as a “Big Friendly Giant” who cared deeply for others.
“Canaan brought that love and that kindness and that compassion, that humility and there’s just not a lot of that,” Troy Bower said. “Canaan was that ray of sunshine, and I love being around him. So, I don’t want to live in a world without Canaan. What we’ve tried to do for the last 14 months is turn that catastrophe into something positive and reinforcing going forward.
“And we’re trying to plant seeds going forward. I call them Canaan seeds. We’re hoping to plant a whole bunch of seeds and hope that we end of with a world full of Canaans.”
Troy Bower said the scholarship will be announced early each year during the Canaan Bower Memorial Junior Varsity Tournament.
Leah Romero is the trending reporter at the Las Cruces Sun-News and can be reached at 575-418-3442, LRomero@lcsun-news.com or @rromero_leah on Twitter.
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The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, Ep. 68: Aaron Paz & NASA
On this week's episode of The Reporter's Notebook Podcast, we’re joined by Las Cruces native Aaron Paz, who works for NASA. Aaron is a NASA senior engineer and Carbothermal Reduction Demonstration project manager at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
As NASA works toward sending astronauts to the Moon again through Artemis missions, one of the space agency’s primary goals is to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface. Resources like oxygen are crucial building blocks for making that vision a reality. In addition to using oxygen for breathing, it can also be used as a propellant for transportation, helping lunar visitors stay longer and venture farther.
During a recent test, scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston successfully extracted oxygen from simulated lunar soil. Lunar soil refers to the fine-grained material covering the Moon’s surface. This was the first time that this extraction has been done in a vacuum environment, paving the way for astronauts to one day extract and use resources in a lunar environment, called in-situ resource utilization.
And, I’m not going to lie, I don’t fully understand all of this — the ramifications, what it could mean for future space travel and living someplace that is not the earth — maybe even in our lifetimes.
But that’s why I’m grateful to have Aaron joining us this week.
Damien Willis is a Lead Reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News. He can be reached at 575-541-5443, dwillis@lcsun-news.com or @DamienWillis on Twitter.
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DALLAS — For months, the Texas Capitol has been filled with advocates and protesters chanting and begging for stricter gun laws.
A week after a mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets that took eight lives and nearing one year since the Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde, little has changed.
On Monday, a group of around 60 Collin County parents will head to Austin in hopes to changes minds and create action.
“They are hurting their own constituents. They are hurting their own community,” Hind Jarrah, who’s part of the group, said. “We respect the individual right to bear arms but there should be regulation.”
The group, Collin County Parents Against Gun Violence, has meetings scheduled throughout the afternoon with lawmakers including Sen. Angela Paxton (R–McKinney) and Rep. Jeff Leach (R–Plano)
“If they’re not supporting and listening to us then maybe we need people who will listen to us,” Ann Bacchus, who helped organize the trip, said.
Leach, who lives just one mile from the outlet mall, told Inside Texas Politics he believes there are actions the legislature can still take.
“I don’t have any bill in front of me that could’ve prevented this,” Leach said. “But I’m open to any and all solutions.”
Leach touted a mental health bill he’s authored but didn’t provide specifics on any legislation that would restrict access to guns.
“It’s just one step of many that we should consider here to go a long way to keeping guns out of the hands of people who wish to do harm, who want to break our laws, who want to inflict mass violence,” Leach said.
Officials with the Texas Department of Public Safety said the Allen shooter had eight guns with him at the time of the shooting and added they were all purchased legally, but did not share how they were bought, when they were bought and the total number of guns the shooter owned, as well as the types of weapons.
Recent polling found 78% of Texans support universal background checks, 66% are behind red flag laws, which advocates say may have prevented both the Sutherland Springs mass shooting and Uvalde, and 76% of Texans support raising the age to buy a gun to 21.
This legislative session, lawmakers have proposed bills that would enhance background checks and expand safe storage requirements but neither made it out of committees and will almost certainly not be voted on.
After emotional testimony from the parents of children killed in Uvalde, a bill that would raise the age to buy a rifle from 18 to 21 made it out of committee with two Republicans voting in favor, but the bill wasn’t placed on the House calendar in time to get a vote meaning it was effectively killed, ending hope for the families’ priority change.
According to reporting from the Texas Tribune, the legislature has passed more than 100 bills since 2000 that have loosened gun restrictions.
Rep. Frederick Frazier (R–McKinney) shopped at the outlets an hour before the shooting and earlier this week said he’s also open to change.
“We want citizens to protect themselves, but we also don’t want maniacs who have pure evil in their heart to go out there and kill our families,” Frazier said.
Frazier has been championing a bill that would mirror an existing federal law banning the possession or manufacturing of "Glock switches," which effectively turn guns into automatic weapons.
“I’m a Republican through and true but this needs to be where we come together and figure out how to fix this,” Frazier said.
With little time left, though, there’s little hope the begging and chanting will help.
“We all recognize that the status quo cannot go on,” Jarrah said. | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-gun-reform-legislation-shows-little-movement-week-after-allen-shooting-uvalde-anniversary/287-f04e752d-8d15-43f1-8525-8795e80a101d | 2023-05-15T06:13:06 | 1 | https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/texas-gun-reform-legislation-shows-little-movement-week-after-allen-shooting-uvalde-anniversary/287-f04e752d-8d15-43f1-8525-8795e80a101d |
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Canterbury High School sophomore Sophia Zhang has a unique venue for her first solo art exhibition – the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo.
The popular attraction will showcase Zhang’s artwork, which features endangered species, in the Wild Things Gift Shop through Sunday.
“I hope that by displaying my work I can help further spread awareness for issues such as pollution, deforestation, and invasive species, which are the leading causes of endangerment for many animals,” Zhang said in a statement. “Most of all, I hope that my work can help others appreciate the beauty of these animals, as I have begun to do as I was creating these art pieces.”
Zhang spent a year investigating how she could capture the gesture and essence of lesser-known endangered species using expressive colors and mark making, according to Canterbury. The pieces on display combined charcoal and chalk pastel, the school added, indicating they come from her Advanced Placement art and design portfolio.
Zhang’s artistry has received recognition in various exhibitions, including those at Purdue University Fort Wayne and Huntington University, according to Canterbury.
She won Best in Show at the University of Saint Francis high school art exhibition. After earning that honor, art teacher Trevor Campbell contacted the zoo about showing Zhang’s artwork leading up to Endangered Species Day, which is Friday.
“Sophia has worked hard all year long on her portfolio, mastering her craft,” Campbell said in a statement. “Her work is immaculate, and although it has been shown in galleries around town, I knew it needed to be shown to a broader audience.”
Finding a suitable location within the zoo was difficult because it is largely an outdoor venue, and weather can be questionable in May, spokeswoman Bonnie Kemp said. The zoo’s retail partner SSA was involved in displaying the art in the gift shop, she added.
“Bringing more awareness to endangered species is something that we do at the zoo every day, and highlighting a local teen artist allows us to do this in a fun way,” Kemp said by email.
Contest
State Treasurer Daniel Elliott announced a contest celebrating National College Savings Plan Day on May 29. To enter the Faces of 529 Day Contest, participants must upload a photo of their beneficiary with a caption and complete the Faces of 529 Day Contest form at www.collegechoicedirect.com/529day by 11:59 p.m. May 29. One individual will be randomly selected from all eligible entries to win a $529 CollegeChoice 529 account deposit.
Grants
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education will accept applications for the STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund grants until June 2. The grants will be awarded to local organizations and colleges to support programs that recruit, prepare, place and retain educators in schools with teacher shortages in science, technology, engineering and math subject areas. Visit www.in.gov/che for information.
Ivy Tech
Applications are due Friday for the Mark M. Suedhoff Endowed Scholarship-Chancellor’s Merit Award. This full-ride scholarship is awarded annually to two high school seniors planning to attend Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne and Warsaw to seek their first associate degree. Visit link.ivytech.edu/meritaward or call 260-480-2010 for information.
Ivy Tech Warsaw’s first Learn While You Earn Hiring Fair featured 16 employers that conducted 132 interviews, which ended with at least 57 offers.
Ivy Tech Fort Wayne and Warsaw will offer free classes to students in grades nine through 12 this summer. These courses may be used for exploration and earning an Ivy Tech certification or degree. Courses selected may be transferred to any Indiana four-year public university, which can save students money and possibly allow them to graduate early. The program includes free tuition and textbooks. The 2023 summer term begins June 5. Visit ivytech.edu/freeclasses for information.
Recognition
The third cohort of the Northeast Indiana Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education, a partnership that includes Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne, will include the following students: Jeremy Smith of Blackhawk Christian; Samuel Joseph, Allen Archbold and Logan Dunnuck of Columbia City High School; Eric Tippmann of Bishop Dwenger High School; Caden Egner of North Manchester High School; Isaac Garrison and Zackary Wall of DeKalb High School; Izak Demorest of Leo Junior-Senior High School; and Jackson Poe of Warsaw Community High School.
Saint Francis
University of Saint Francis student Amy Reeser qualified as an Indiana AHEC Network Scholar. AHEC stands for Area Health Education Centers. The two-year scholar program is designed to improve a health profession student’s practice readiness skill set. It is intended for students interested in providing care to those living in rural and medically underserved communities across Indiana.
Saint Francis nursing professor Wendy Clark received the 2023 USF Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award.
Danielle Peterson, an assistant professor of social work, received the USF LeePoxy Award for Teaching Excellence.
Scholarships
Genevieve Rose Cicchiello of Bishop Luers High School won the National Merit Northrop Grumman Scholarship, a corporate-sponsored National Merit award.
This year’s National Merit $2,500 scholarship winners included Aubrey Barb of Carroll High School; Madeline Phuong and Hunter Specht of Homestead High School; and Edward Sun and Anya Ramrakhiani of Canterbury High School.
Trine
The Trine University Humanities and Communication Department honored Lauren Banks of Angola with the Outstanding Student Work in Graphic Arts award; Katrina Kellogg of Bryan, Ohio, with the Mal Foerster Backstage Award; and Ian Hoffman of Montpelier, Ohio, with the Outstanding Freshman award.
Twenty-one Trine civil engineering majors and three faculty participated in the American Society of Civil Engineers Indiana-Kentucky Symposium, with three university teams earning awards. Honorees included Ryan Hoak of Warsaw, Ben Stoffel of Andrews and Makenna Sheets of Fort Wayne.
Trine inducted 77 seniors and staff members into Order of the Engineer. They included Jacob Barkey, Caleb Kruse and Evan Zielke of Auburn; Chase Braxmaier, Adam Scheiner, Makenna Sheets and Grace Shollenberger of Fort Wayne; Matthew Burnell, Elizabeth Curtis and Garrett Howell of Angola; Braydon Cape of Edgerton, Ohio; Aspen Fisher of Ossian; Omar Flores of Ligonier; Wade Kingrey and Benjamin Stoffel of Andrews; Kienan Miller of Leo-Cedarville; Gabriel Smith of Bluffton; Remington Trick of North Manchester; Alayna Willitzer of Cecil, Ohio; and Joe Thompson, laboratory manager and instructor, Wade Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-childrens-zoo-showcases-canterbury-sophomores-endangered-species-artwork/article_44f33cf6-eddf-11ed-8ec9-2ff0abb38303.html | 2023-05-15T06:22:10 | 1 | https://www.journalgazette.net/local/schools/fort-wayne-childrens-zoo-showcases-canterbury-sophomores-endangered-species-artwork/article_44f33cf6-eddf-11ed-8ec9-2ff0abb38303.html |
Suspect of recent Mesa homicide arrested in Globe on Friday, authorities said
The suspect in a Mesa homicide was arrested in Globe on Friday following a shooting and an hours-long standoff, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
The male suspect, whose identity has not been released, had arrest warrants for a recent Mesa homicide and weapons violations. The man had been investigated by the U.S. Marshals Task Force and was ultimately found to be in Globe on Friday, authorities said.
When officers attempted to contact the man, the suspect opened fire at officers in what Deputy U.S. Marshal Matthew Tate said was "no regard for the safety of the community."
Tate said the man barricaded himself inside a nearby home following the shooting. Officers attempted to negotiate a peaceful surrender and the man was taken into custody later that night, according to Tate.
The investigation, aided by the Mesa Police Department and several other law enforcement agencies, remains ongoing. Updates will be provided as soon as they become available. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/05/14/suspect-of-recent-mesa-homicide-arrested-in-globe/70215723007/ | 2023-05-15T06:26:25 | 1 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/05/14/suspect-of-recent-mesa-homicide-arrested-in-globe/70215723007/ |
HAGERMAN — Jamin Destry Duggan, 49, of Hagerman fell asleep in death on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at St. Lukes Hospital in Boise. A memorial will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at the Wendell Elementary School Gym at 4:00 PM. Zoom information by request.
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JEROME — Luciana Smith, 75, of Jerome, passed away March 1, 2023, at a care center in Jerome. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, May 19, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. at Parke’s Magic Valley Funeral Home, 2551 Kimberly Rd. in Twin Falls. To leave online condolences and read the obituary go to: www.magicvalleyfuneralhome.com.
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The city of Bismarck is looking to fill an open seat on the Historic Preservation Commission.
The term is through December 2024. City residents are eligible to serve if they have experience in architecture, history, architectural history, planning, archeology or other historic preservation-related disciplines, such as American studies, American civilization, cultural geography or cultural anthropology.
The volunteer seven-member advisory board carries out matters related to the city's Historic Preservation Ordinance. It meets the third Wednesday of every month.
Application forms can be found at bit.ly/3D0XT5M, or obtained by calling the Community Development Department at 701-355-1840 or dropping by the department office in the City/County Office Building at 221 N. Fifth St. in Bismarck.
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A copy of the applicant’s resume also is required. Forms should be sent to: Ben Ehreth, AICP, Community Development Director, Community Development Department, City of Bismarck, P.O. Box 5503, Bismarck, ND 58506-5503. The deadline is Friday, May 26. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-historic-preservation-commission-has-opening/article_9da29b36-f0d1-11ed-8f3f-27a513118862.html | 2023-05-15T07:20:57 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck/bismarck-historic-preservation-commission-has-opening/article_9da29b36-f0d1-11ed-8f3f-27a513118862.html |
Income eligibility guidelines in North Dakota for the program commonly known as WIC have been adjusted based on federal poverty levels.
WIC is short for the North Dakota Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children. It provides food, nutrition education and other support for low-income families.
The guideline change increases the amount of income a family can make and still qualify for services. Effective May 1, a family of four can earn up to $4,625 each month (or $55,500 annually) and still qualify.
For more information, go to www.hhs.nd.gov/food-programs/WIC. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/wic-program-income-eligibility-guidelines-change/article_53372312-f0e2-11ed-8d2b-5f93dbb6a502.html | 2023-05-15T07:21:03 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/health/wic-program-income-eligibility-guidelines-change/article_53372312-f0e2-11ed-8d2b-5f93dbb6a502.html |
As a news organization that prides itself on staying on top of trends, we at The Bismarck Tribune have watched major shifts in the television industry and changing viewing habits, paying particular attention to their effect on our subscribers.
It’s clear that our weekly TV book, 24/7 Entertainment, no longer provides the breadth and depth of TV information that our readers deserve. So, starting today, we’ve replaced the daily grids with recommendations from accredited TV editors. You can find those recommendations in today’s edition on Page B6, and they’ll be included in each day’s print edition going forward.
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Breast cancer is the second deadliest type of cancer for women, following lung cancer, and doctors are increasingly finding it among younger patients. Now, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to recommend screenings start at age 40 instead of its previous recommendation of 50.
“New and more inclusive science about breast cancer in people younger than 50 has enabled us to expand our prior recommendation and encourage all women to get screened every other year starting at age 40,” said task force immediate past chair Dr. Carol Mangione. “This new recommendation will help save lives and prevent more women from dying due to breast cancer.”
This change could result in 19% more lives being saved, according to the task force.
“It’s a big thing for them to do this,” said Dr. William Meyers, a radiologist with Kettering Health.
Kettering Health follows the recommendations of the American College of Radiology, Meyers said, which already recommends women start getting mammograms at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force can set the tone, though, for what Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers will follow.
Making sure breast cancer screenings are covered by medical insurance is something doctors deal with more than they would like to, Meyers said. He is hopeful, though, that insurance companies will follow these recommendations.
“The insurance companies hopefully will listen to that,” Meyers said.
These recommendations come as doctors are finding breast cancer more in younger patients, who also tend to have more aggressive cancers. Meyers believes doctors will continue to uncover breast cancer among younger and younger patients.
“Right now, 6% of all breast cancers in women are actually found under the age of 40,” Meyers said. “We’re actually got a whole subgroup of women that we’re not really screening yet that do get breast cancer, and those cancers in younger women tend to be usually the more invasive and faster growing cancers.”
Statistics show Black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women despite experiencing relatively equal incidence rates. Black women have a two-fold higher risk of aggressive breast tumors and a higher risk of genetic mutations, according to the American College of Radiology. Ashkenazi Jewish women also have increased risks of having inherited gene mutations.
Prior to age 50, minority women are 127% more likely to die of breast cancer, 72% more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, and 58% more likely to be diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer, according to the American College of Radiology.
The American College of Radiology recommends all women, but particularly for Black and Ashkenazi Jewish women, to have a risk assessment done by age 25 to determine if screening earlier than age 40 is needed.
The task force also called for more research to understand the underlying causes and what can be done to eliminate this health disparity.
“Ensuring Black women start screening at age 40 is an important first step, yet it is not enough to improve the health inequities we face related to breast cancer,” said task force vice chair Dr. Wanda Nicholson.
By the numbers
According to the American College of Radiology:
- One in six breast cancer diagnoses occurs in women in their 40s.
- Mammography has helped reduce breast cancer mortality in the U.S. by nearly 40% since 1990.
- One study shows mammography screening cuts the risk of dying from breast cancer nearly in half.
- Three out of four women diagnosed with breast cancer have no family history of the disease and are not considered high risk.
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PORTLAND, Maine — With more than 90 tents in a confined area in the Bayside Neighborhood set to be cleared by the City of Portland on Tuesday, tensions are high among the people that call the encampment home.
"The level of stress is pretty high right now," Courtney Bass, who works at Milestone, said. "They seem to be like the forgotten population because the people don't want to get to know them."
Bass said she was working with Milestone last week doing outreach when they noticed an unhoused man in mental and perhaps drug-related distress.
"It was a person ... [who] thought he had snakes on him ... really in a panic," Bass said.
Soon the police were called. The responding officer was Kyle McIlwaine, who was working an overtime shift.
Bass said McIlwaine laid on the floor with the man and held his hand until he calmed down.
"It was the most beautiful thing I've seen in quite some time. ... The officer was so genuine, it gave me goosebumps," Bass said.
For McIlwaine, these kinds of calls are common in the Bayside Neighborhood.
"There are people in crisis every day we go into. ... In the Bayside area, there are a lot of similar calls to service," McIlwaine said.
According to a report in last week's city council meeting, calls to the Bayside encampment skyrocketed in recent weeks.
But for this moment, with tensions high and with people knowing they will soon have nowhere to camp in the city, it showed humanity.
"When you're trying to reach out to someone like this, you put yourself in their reality," he said. "I just held on to his hand, let him know I was there and that it's going to be OK."
Throughout the last full week before the encampment's clearance, formerly unhoused advocate Shay Dufour said people are concerned to what comes next.
"They are visibly shaken by this. ... When I spoke to them, you could see how upset they were," Dufour said.
A handful of people were seen already moving out of the encampment on Thursday. Preble Street volunteers were telling unhoused people the Tuesday clearance is coming.
"We want to make sure when this happens, we want to make sure people do it safely," Dufour said. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/police-officer-helps-person-crisis-distress-bayside-trail-homeless-encampment/97-33f58ba3-4118-47be-aafe-a32c2d82bae6 | 2023-05-15T07:55:43 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/police-officer-helps-person-crisis-distress-bayside-trail-homeless-encampment/97-33f58ba3-4118-47be-aafe-a32c2d82bae6 |
TACOMA, Wash. — It was a Mother's Day unlike any other for one local mom as she reflected on her grief-- and her journey for justice.
"My firstborn is not here. So, it's completely different, that’s for sure," said La Jonna Johnson.
Johnson's firstborn son Lehman "Charrod" Tucker, 20, died April 18 when somebody shot him six times in the torso.
“But we can't get closure, really, until we have that person in jail," she said.
Without a suspect behind bars, she is pleading for anyone with information about his murder to come forward so her family can find closure and accountability.
Tucker, who was also the father of two infant sons, was known to be kind and thoughtful, according to Johnson.
The Johnsons said it started on the 700 block of Yakima Avenue when their son went outside of his apartment to try and break up a potential confrontation between his roommate’s new girlfriend and ex-girlfriend.
“She had sent a picture of a gun to her and just said, ‘Bang, bang, I'm on my way,’” said Johnson. “He said, I’m not going to have this happen where I lay my head, and he went down first.”
She continued, “It was just the ex-girlfriend coming in to kind of start trouble, and then someone-- out of nowhere-- came with a ski mask on and shot him six times in the torso as he was walking away.”
Now the Johnsons are pleading with the public to help them find their son’s killer, who they believe was in the same car as the ex-girlfriend.
“Our son was trying to de-escalate a situation, and got caught in the crossfire,” said Emmanuel Johnson, his father.
Police later found probable cause for the arrest of an 18-year-old woman and they took her into custody on a first-degree murder charge, but the Johnsons said that charge was later dropped.
A spokesperson for Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office told KING 5 on May 4, “We asked for additional investigation into this incident and [the suspect] was released.”
“The prosecutor said there was just wasn't enough to hold her,” added La Jonna Johnson. “So that was just devastating, you know?”
Tacoma police said they are continuing to investigate to try and track down the killer, and a spokesperson said the department urges anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at (253) 591-5959 or submit to their tip line here.
“Anyone that knows anything, speak up,” said La Jonna Johnson.
Because as Mother’s Day comes to an end, the Johnsons’ grief continues— and Monday will have been their son’s 21st birthday.
“I didn’t get to hold his hand as he passed away. I didn't get to tell him everything's gonna be all right. I didn't get to do that. I was robbed of that, that moment. So, in this case, what I will be able to do for him is get justice. And I don't care if it takes me the rest of forever, that, that’s-- we're gonna get it,” said La Jonna Johnson. | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/man-murdered-in-tacoma-lehman-charrod-tucker/281-63ccf658-7762-481b-b71e-72ac2883d188 | 2023-05-15T08:19:22 | 0 | https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/tacoma/man-murdered-in-tacoma-lehman-charrod-tucker/281-63ccf658-7762-481b-b71e-72ac2883d188 |
PORTLAND, Ore. — Authorities are worried that a potentially dangerous batch of drugs is making rounds on the streets after eight people died between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon from suspected drug overdoses across the city.
Police said six of the deaths are most likely from fentanyl. At least seven were men.
The Medical Examiner’s office and the Portland Police Bureau's Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit are investigating all of the cases and investigators say there is a concerning pattern.
"NOC has found that in several of these cases, there is evidence that the user believed they were ingesting cocaine, but that it was really a blend of cocaine and fentanyl, or possibly pure powdered fentanyl," Portland police said.
They're warning users that there may be a batch of what they believe to be cocaine being circulated that is particularly dangerous.
There were two deaths on Friday; a 38-year-old man inside an apartment on East Burnside Street near 122nd Avenue and a 42-year-old man in a tent on Southeast Rhine Street near 82nd Avenue.
Saturday saw five more. A 47-year-old man died in a vehicle in Sellwood Riverfront Park, another died in a grassy area at West Burnside Street and Northwest 8th Avenue, a 69-year-old man died in an apartment on Northwest Naito Parkway near the Steel Bridge, and two more, ages 37 and 49 passed away in an apartment on Northeast Sandy Boulevard near 162nd Avenue.
The eighth person died at North Hartman Street and Oswego Avenue on Sunday afternoon. Their age and sex have not yet been released.
Anyone with information about these cases is asked to contact police by e-mailing crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov.
This comes about six weeks after police said at least three people died and there were 11 suspected drug overdoses across downtown Portland.
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PHOENIX — Within a week, four people were killed and about a dozen were sent to the hospital due to multiple wrong-way crashes in the Valley.
On Sunday, a 17-year-old girl and another teenager were killed in two separate incidents that happened just a few hours apart.
Phoenix police said two adults and five children were in the car when the driver of a pick-up truck hit them while going in the wrong direction. All seven were taken to the hospital. Police said the driver of the truck was arrested for DUI and manslaughter.
“I think by a wide mile impaired drivers are the number one culprits when it comes to wrong-way driving,” Bart Graves a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said.
In most situations, Graves said wrong-way drivers usually correct themselves. However, that wasn't the situation early Thursday when DPS said an 82-year-old woman started driving against traffic on State Route 51.
“This person was determined to keep going wherever she thought she was going and she would have killed someone," Graves said.
It ended with two troopers crashing their vehicles into the woman's car to get it to stop. Those troopers were sent to the hospital with minor injuries.
“If troopers are in the area, they will stop that vehicle with their own vehicles and put their own lives at stake in doing so,” Graves said.
The Arizona Department of Transportation continues its expansion of wrong-way driving alerts. Steve Elliott a spokesperson for ADOT said they are adding more thermal cameras along freeways that notify troopers and drivers if a driver is heading their way.
“There’s a lot that is telling people they are going the wrong way," Elliott said.
ADOT recommends that if someone sees those warning signs of a wrong-way driver to quickly and safely exit the roadway as soon as possible.
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From the Archive: Remember these Richmond-area restaurants?
Organist Eddie Weaver at the Miller & Rhoads Tea Room
Masaaki Okada
Lunches in the Miller & Rhoads Tea Room with Eddie Weaver at the organ have been so popular that he cut his own record.
Lindy Kest Rodman
The recently closed Venice Restaurant at the Corner of W. Cary and Thompson streets in Richmond. The Venice had operated since 1958; the owners recently decided to retire.
BRUCE PARKER
The new Julian's - Julian's, an Italian restaurant that has been operating for 40 years, has moved to larger quarters on West Broad Street. The restaurant left 2529 W. Broad St. and is leasing space in the former Automobile Club of Virginia headquarters, a block to the west. The restaurant has about 50 percent more space, with seating for about 200 people on the main floor. In addition, a wine cellar has been installed in the basement, private dining areas have been set up, and office space is available on the upper floor. The vacated property may become part of a redevelopment project involving the William Byrd Motor Hotel.
Don Long
Miller & Rhoads Corner Shop, T-D Mag. Camera Quiz.
Staff
Byram's Restaurant, 3215 West Broad Street.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
March 16, 1967 ( Staff photo - Netherwood ) Collector's Corner is between the Tea Room and Ladies Room on Miller & Rhoads 5th Floor
Charles Wood on ladder. Jimmy Aldred climbing down. Talley Neon takes down Julian's Restaurant sign
Clement Britt
Little remains besides the brick walls at the Capri Restaurant (right) and a chiropractor's office. July 4, 1983.
Gary Burns
A Julian's Restaurant menu from the early 1950's.
BRUCE PARKER
In January 1975, shoppers passed by “the clock” at Miller & Rhoads in downtown Richmond. The distinct timepiece with four faces was installed in the department store in the mid-1920s; it can be seen today at the Valentine Richmond History Center.
Masaaki Okada
The new Kelly's Jet System restaurant which is due to open in mid-August on the northwest corner of Fifth and Broad sts. is shown above.
Where's the engine? The caboose traveling on the bed of a truck along West Broad Street yesterday wasn't part of a new rail line in Richmond, but part of a remodeling project at the old Clover Room restaurant. Owner John Dankos plans to open the new restaurant, Stanley Stegmeyer's Hodgepodge, on July 1. Part of the decor will include two cabooses, each of which will seat 16 persons. May 3, 1978
Wallace Clark
This January 1952 image shows the intersection of West Broad and Lombardy streets, home to a White Tower restaurant and a Firestone automotive service center. White Tower restaurants were a rival of White Castle eateries. The Firestone site is now home to a Dollar Tree store. Lombardy & Broad St.
Staff Photo
This January 1952 image shows the intersection of West Broad and Lombardy streets, home to a White Tower restaurant and a Firestone automotive service center. White Tower restaurants were a rival of White Castle eateries. The Firestone site is now home to a Dollar Tree store. Lombardy & Broad St.
Staff Photo
A view of the water at Chesdin Restaurant, 629 River Road, Matoaca.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
A dish from the the Chesdin Restaurant, 629 River Road, Matoaca.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
In the small kitchen of Jumpin J's Java, owner Je Depew (right) creates unique entrees with chef Gene Smith (center) and Chris Pierson. Sept. 25, 2004
P. KEVIN MORLEY
At Jumpin J's Java, owner Je Depew (left) shares a laugh with customers Denise Lawus and Melvin Carter. Sept. 25, 2004
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Je Depew, outside her cafe' and restaurant, Jumpin J's Java, at 2306 Jefferson Avenue (corner of Jefferson and Leigh streets) in Church Hill.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Exterior of Six Burner Restaurant on Grace Street in 2010.
Joe Mahoney/Times-Dispatch
Roasted Red Pepper appetizer at Six Burner Restaurant. Roasted Red Peppers, local goat cheese, roasted garlic and shallots seved with grilled bread.
Joe Mahoney/Times-Dispatch
One of the many seating areas at the Mexico Restaurant in Mechanicsville on May 17, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD/TIMES-DISPATCH
The Upper East Side Restaurant Jazz Lounge and Sports Bar allocated at 7103 Brook Road March 30, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD
The Upper East Side Restaurant Jazz Lounge and Sports Bar allocated at 7103 Brook Road on March 30, 2004. Grilled mushroom melt burger, (left) Upper East Side hot wings, and grilled chicken wrap.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Kobe Japanese Steaks & Sushi. March 24, 2004
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Ancho chile strip (front plate), Coconut jumbo shrimp (back plate), creme brule cheesecake (right plate) and Firebirds 2000 Napa Valley Red are some of the items on the Firebirds Rocky Mountain Grill. Photo taken Monday, March 1, 2004,
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Bookbinder's Grill in Alverser Plaza in Midlothian in 2004.
BRUCE PARKER
Bella Arte on Bellevue Ave. in 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD/TIMES-DISPATCH
Sushi from the Young Bin Restaurant in Chippenham Square Shopping Center February 24, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Shrimp and Scallop Scampi with linguine at Portabella's Restaurant & Pizzaria
CLEMENT BRITT
Paxton Campbell, owner of The Oak Leaf sandwich shop on West Franklin, holds a picture of his grandmother Pearl Campbell, who had a restaurant called The Oak Leaf at 307 North Boulevard in the 1920's.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The "Plato Gordo" at Rio Grande Cafe at Stony Point Fashion Park.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
George Porcella, general manager of Pasta Luna restaurant in Richmond, VA, holds a menu as he talks about how the mad-cow scare has affected their business Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2003.
BOB BROWN
El Azteca Mexican Restaurant in Ashland . December 22 , 2003
CLEMENT BRITT
Valentino's Italian Pizza and Restaurant, December 2, 2003.
Joe Mahoney
Interior of Valentino's Italian Pizza and Restaurant. Photo taken Dec. 2, 2003
Joe Mahoney
Coctel De Camaron, (Shrimp Cocktail) at Los Rios Mexican Restaurant on Tuckernuck Road, November 12, 2003.
MARK GORMUS
Satoru Sato, head chef at Hana Zushi Japanese Restaurant, prepares a variety of sushi delicacies February 18, 2004
P. KEVIN MORLEY/TIMES-DISPATCH
Anthony Clark, a host at Croaker's Spot in Jackson Ward, waits to greet guests as they enter the restaurant on December 19, 2003.
Rebecca Reid
The Edible Garden, 12506 River Road, Goochland County. Phot o taken June 17, 2005
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Harold Thomas III, 14, works at Harold's Kitchen every day after school. The restaurant has been in the family since 1971, when the first Harrold, Harrold III's grandfather, opened it.
EVA RUSSO
La Casita's home made sauces - Red, (Medium) White, (Hot) and Green, (Very hot) compliment the restaurant's Shrimp Quesadilla, served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.9/6/05-
Lisa Billings
Diners munch under the festive lights strung over the dining room at La Casita Restaurant in Richmond Tuesday.9/6/05
Lisa Billings
Joe and Camilia Trak (center) with their children John and Mona, with some of the items on their extensive Greek-Italian menu, including Greek and Italian wines. Trak's Greek and Italian Ristorante
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Visitors to Trick Dog Cafe in Irvington, Virginia, can rub this trick dog statue for good luck. Photo taken Wednesday, July 19, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Smoked Salmon in a crepe with flower petals with chives, cr me frais, microgreens accompanied by caper berries, chopped white onions, parsley and quail eggs. 1 North Belmont Restaurant on North Belmont Road in the fan. May 13, 2005.
TIMES-DISPATCH
Chef Matthew Tlusty with two Rock fish at Limani Fish Grill on W. Cary St. July 14, 2005
MARK GORMUS
Isabel and Mehmet Akpinar, owners of Zorba's Restaurant June 1, 2005.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Homard en Poche, Rock Lobster Tail & Oyster Mushroom Duxelle baked in a Beggar’s Pouch. 1 North Belmont Restaurant on North Belmont Road in the fan. May 13, 2005.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Smoked Salmon in a crepe with flower petals with chives, cr me frais, microgreens accompanied by caper berries, chopped white onions, parsley and quail eggs. 1 North Belmont Restaurant on North Belmont Road in the fan. 5/13/05
TIMES-DISPATCH
Thyme crusted rack of veal served with asparagus flan and prosciutto wrapped asparagus is one of the entrees served at Bistro R, on W. Broad St.
EVA RUSSO/TIMES-DISPATCH
Bryn Purser (foreground) and Adam Schumm (background) working in their restaurant, Zuppa, at 104 N. 18th St. in Shockoe Bottom in 2005
BRUCE PARKER/TIMES-DISPATCH
Bottoms Up staff prepares for dinner customers beneath a reminder of Tropical Storm Gaston's flood damage on August 11 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT/TIMES-DISPATCH
Brasilian Cafe owner Rogel Venson and employee Isabel Gonzalez inside the restaurant on April 14, 2005.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Contractor W. Samuel West, West Builders LLC, (right) was instrumental in rebuilding many flood-damaged restaurants in Shockoe Bottom including the River City Diner in which this photo was taken.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Mr. Bojangles restaurant is located at 550 E. Marshall Street.
CINDY BLANCHARD
A wooden casket containing a dummy corpse is brought into O'Toole's Restaurant as part of a "wake" that harks back to a centuries-old papal dispensation that allowed Irishmen normally abstaining from drink during Lent to drink in the event of a wake for the dead. The ritual with the dummy corpse is a tradition of many years at the restaurant/bar on Forest Hill Ave.
BRUCE PARKER
Wingstop Restaurant featured a variety of wings for every palate. From left: Lemon Pepper, original hot wings, and a mild variety. They are served here with fresh-cut seasoned fries.
Joe Mahoney
Darryl and Pramvdee U. McGuire owners of Thai Country Resturant on Staples Mill Rd. .
CLEMENT BRITT
A list of restaurants supposedly available at the Sixth Street Marketplace, but alas, several are closed down and one whole block of restaurants listed has been demolished.
LAD
Rod Bennett (right) a partner in the Martini Kitchen & Bubble Bar venture, said that the 1911 West Main Street restaurant will boast 85 martinis on the menu. It will also offer certified black angus beef, duck, and lobster.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Lois McCarn of Richmond (center) eats lunch with her daughter Carolyn Barker of Richmond in Brio Tuscan Grille at Stony Point Fashion Park
TIMES-DISPATCH
Little Europa Strogonoff (stroganoff) at Little Europa Restaurant and Gourmet Deli in the Gayton Crossing Shopping Center on 11/5/03. Flambe version.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
From left, Thomas Haskins, Andrew Williams, and Fred Middleton preparing food in the kitchen of the Positive Vibe Cafe in the Stratford Hills Shopping Center.
BRUCE PARKER
Chef Peter Caserta is opening a second Pasta Luna restaurant in addition to the West End location. The new location is in the Commonwealth Center at 288 and Hull Streets.
JOE MAHONEY
Chicken Biryahi, adorned with egg, is available at Curry House restaurant on West Broad Street. Photo taken October 7, 2003.
Rebecca Reid
Gade Reddy, of Wilmington, Delaware, eats a meal at Curry House restaurant on West Broad Street Tuesday, October 6, 2003.
Rebecca Reid
The bar at the Grafiti Grille in the Tuckahoe Shopping Center. Feb. 27, 2005
BRUCE PARKER
Marie Antoinette Elbling grew up on a farm near the village of Thanville in Alsace, France. Her family ate seasonal food only at three meals. After moving to Richmond 34 years ago where she and husband, Chef Paul, opened La Petite France, she eats the same way. She doesn't exercise because she is in constant motion. Life is her exercise. If a light bulb needs changed in the restaurant, she'll grab a ladder and do it.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
Chef F. J. Sabatini, with his Seafood Bouchee, in the restaurant in the Henry Clay Inn in Ashland on March 28, 2005
P. KEVIN MORLEY
The Brasilian Cafe is located in the basement of Stuart Circle Apartments on Monument Avenue. Photo taken Sunday, January 20, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Among other dishes, guests at Can Can, a brasserie on Cary St., can savor the roasted salmon served with lentils, wild mushrooms and red wine shallots. April 20, 2005.
EVA RUSSO
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The bar area of Shula's 2 restaurant at the Sheraton Richmond West November 6, 2004.
MARK GORMUS
Guests dining at Cielito Lindo who might be in the mood for something sweet can try the flan de calabaza, the pumpkin flan. March 15, 2005.
EVA RUSSO
Christopher Bak, chef at Fusion, watches over chocolate truffle cake. Photo taken Monday, March 7, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The Lucky lounge, located on E. Cary St., opened December 28, 2004. This restaurant/bar also offered live music, including Jazz on Thursday nights.
EVA RUSSO
Lunch crowd at Perly's on Grace St. March 11, 2005
MARK GORMUS
A fire broke out at Firebirds in the Short Pump Town center on December 20, 2005.
NATHAN GRAY
India Garden & Grill WAS a family-owned Indian restaurant off of Midlothian Turnpike. Pictured here in 2005 were masala dosa (front), an Indian-style thin pancake served with onion and potato stuffing, curry and coconut chutney sauce, and vegetable jalfrezi (behind), a mix of cauliflowers, carrots, beans and green peppers sauteed in ginger, garlic, dry fruits and authentic Indian spices.
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Looking out of the front window into the "sidewalk cafe" portion of Escabar at 5806 Grove Ave. December 21, 2005
BRUCE PARKER
Kevin Brown (left) and Nancy Cohen in the kitchen at Cafe Mandolin Feburary 18 , 2005
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Using savory custard with dijon mustard in filo shells as the base , David Shannon of Dogwood restaurant created seven holiday party foods using leftovers . December 20 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT
Cluck Bucket (left), Gravy Fries and Perogies from The Pour House om 2005. Photo taken Dec. 3
NATHAN GRAY
Martini Kitchen and Bubble Bar. Rack of Lamb, field greens and shrimp cocktail. November 28 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT
Beverly Mazursky, owner of Bev's Homemade Ice Cream shop in Carytown in the Carytown store on Thursday, February 10, 2005.
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The driver of this pickup truck was taken into custody on Dec. 9, 2005 after Hanover authorities and patrons at Mulligan's Sports Bar said he drove into the restaurant after being kicked out.
“To the dining community: Don’t forget to bring joy wherever you can; it will go a long way.”
Stella Dikos, namesake of Stella’s and Stella’s Grocery
DEAN HOFFMEYER
French artist Gilles Cheramy, right, poses beside the butterfly-shaped bar he has created for The Can Can restaurant at 3120 W. Cary St. in Richmond, VA, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, as his assistant, Bruno Perrigouas, left, polishes the edge.
BOB BROWN
A table set in front of the fireplace at Azzurro Restaurant in 2004.
DON LONG
Vitello's is located at 101 N. Fifth Street Sept. 22, 2004.
CINDY BLANCHARD
Peter J. D'Amelio, president and chief operating officer ot the restaurant division at The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, photographed at their Short Pump restaurant Monday, September 27, 2004.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Cheesecakes and desserts are ready to be served up on Monday, September 27, 2004, at The Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Short Pump.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
The Tavern salad in The Veranda at Michelle's Tavern in Hanover Courthouse . September 21 , 2005
CLEMENT BRITT
Barbara Roll is one of the items on Ichiban's menu. Photo taken Friday, October 21, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Avenue 805 features Sunday brunch. This is French Toast with fresh local figs, toasted almonds and maple syrup. The Rail Bloody Mary is a signature brunch beverage. Photo taken Sept. 18, 2005.
JOE MAHONEY
This sushi and sashimi combo plate is one of the items on Ichiban's menu. Photo taken Friday, October 21, 2005.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Interior of Avenue 805 restaurant on September 18, 2005
JOE MAHONEY
Vinny Sanzone of Carini's Restaurant with a large pizza, in the newer section of the Italian restaurant in 2005. Photo taken Oct. 12.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Sosie Hublitz outside her Gaston-damaged Shockoe Bottom restaurant "The Kitchen Table" on October 6, 2004.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Sosie Hublitz's Gaston-damaged Shockoe Bottom restaurant "The Kitchen Table." Photo taken October 6, 2004.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Jen Clayton, a manager at Gutenberg Cafe', explains the flow of the high water which severely damaged the restaurant in September of 2004, when remnants of Hurricane Gaston flooded Shockoe Bottom. Photo taken Sept. 29.
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5/10/04 - Diners prepare to order while enjoying their cocktails at Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar at Stony Point Fashion Park in Richmond Monday.
LISA BILLINGS
Carolyn and Bob DeCapri in their restaurant, Cafe' di Pagliacci, in the Fan District.
P. KEVIN MORLEY
Lynn Cochran and Jim News, the owners of Mr. Patrick Henry's Inn on Church Hill, are selling the place. The stand in the restaurant's lunch room. The restaurant also had formal dining rooms. Photo taken November 15, 1999.
BRUCE PARKER
Dennis Hickman at the new Julian's at 1129 Three Chopt Rd. He is holding a framed 1947 menu from the restaurant's earliest days in downtown Richmond.
BRUCE PARKER
H.L. Reed Design Inc. decorated the Main Street Beer Co. with a poured concrete bar. Photo taken Tuesday, August 3, 1999.
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND
Edward Martin calls himself 'The Drink Man' at his job with Cafe Mosaic. He moves quickly through his work filling water pitchers, and other drink related tasks.
DEAN HOFFMEYER
The Jade Elephant RESTAURANT
BRUCE PARKER
Folks come to the Texas-Wisconsin Border Cafe, shown Aug. 24, 1995, in Richmond, Va., for its mix of Tex-Mex and hearty Wisconsin fare. Or maybe it's because of all the memorabilia from its namesake states, including stuffed animals, football helmets and license plates.
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John Felico, owner of Dominic's of New York, will soon sell his sausage products at selected Ukrops. He is shown in his Willow Lawn Food Court location.
LINDY KEAST RODMAN
Watchful Waiter Awards Acacia Restaurant on Cary St. View from the porch on December 21, 1998
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With an increasing number of seniors wishing to age in place in their own homes, TruBlue of Midlothian has opened to provide home services that help older adults keep a well-maintained living space.
“Regardless of age, we all feel most comfortable when we’re in our own homes,” owner Brad McNamara said. “And then reality catches up with all of us that, ultimately, there are things to be done around the home that even if you are capable, you shouldn’t be doing any longer.”
TruBlue of Midlothian is a franchisee of TruBlue Total House Care, a national company that started in Yorktown in 2011 and now has over 40 locations, with plans to add more. It does handyman services, to-do-list chores, maintenance, yardwork, emergency repairs, seasonal work and preventative maintenance.
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For families that have aging parents or grandparents, home health care can help with physical and mental needs. But house upkeep can loom as families struggle to find the time and to develop the skills to care for and fix things around the house.
“There’s a lot of great senior care companies that are out there taking care of the individual, but the biggest challenge that many face is the home environment,” TruBlue President Sean Fitzgerald said. “We want to be able to provide an environment that’s not only safe, but comfortable.”
TruBlue franchise owners are Certified Aging-In-Place Specialists who receive training through a National Association of Home Builders program that teaches technical, business management and customer service skills.
They are also required to complete the senior home safety certification program through Age Safe America, a national service that prioritizes home safety assessments and aging-in-place home modifications.
“My chief emphasis is safety, whether that’s building ramps, grab bars … anything that makes the home safer,” TruBlue of Midlothian co-owner Amanda Etheredge said.
McNamara and Etheredge are partners in business and in their personal lives, just passing the 10-year mark as a couple. Both dealt with aging family members who needed regular home maintenance, which inspired them to get involved with helping other seniors who wished to stay at home.
While researching businesses that provided aging-in-place services, McNamara and Etheredge discovered TruBlue and applied to be a franchisee in Greater Richmond. They were officially signed on as owners earlier this year.
“Recently, I had a family member that had a health issue, and they couldn’t go home until there were modifications done, and that just kind of triggered that,” Etheredge said. “When this was presented to us, there was no way we could not take this offer.”
According to the Urban Institute, a Washington-based economic and social policy research nonprofit, the number of Americans 65 and older is expected to rise to 80 million by 2040, doubling the number from the beginning of the century. A 2021 survey by AARP indicated that 77% of adults 50 and older want to age in place as long as possible.
More organizations are popping up to help seniors age independently, such as The Village Movement, which connects older adults with tools and resources to age in place, and has established more than 300 locally developed communities in the United States, including Charlottesville, Locust Grove and Northern Virginia.
TruBlue’s mission is to provide an affordable alternative to senior living communities, which offer the convenience of not having to worry about home maintenance, but can cost residents thousands of dollars a month.
According to SeniorLiving.org, the monthly cost of a private room in a nursing home in Virginia can run as high as $9,000 a month.
TruBlue’s subscription model starts at $49 a month (plus $99 startup fee) for quarterly services and $199 a month for monthly services. Each package comes with a home assessment and a personal house care manager. The monthly plan comes with additional benefits, such as no startup fee, selected discounts and up to $25 in materials per month. Customers can also order one-time services as needed.
Recurring visits involve technicians doing little things, such as changing filters, cleaning gutters or taking down the Christmas tree after the holidays.
“Being a handyman is something that’s always been sort of near and dear to me,” McNamara, who stepped away from the corporate world to become a TruBlue owner, said. “I grew up in that environment with my father owning a painting and decorating business for years.”
Although TruBlue does not work on large-scale projects, such as roofing or HVAC systems, its intention is to be a single point of contact for everything else.
“It’s often difficult to get people to show up for the smaller needs and still give those the quality service and professionalism that’s needed to do the job,” McNamara said. “That area of focus was key for us in getting into this space and making a bit of a difference.”
TruBlue of Midlothian opened May 1 as a mobile franchise, with staff reaching customers remotely and directly at their homes. It’s accepting project requests for the rest of the spring and is hiring for all positions, including home technicians.
Even though trade skills are needed for home tasks, TruBlue also wants its technicians to be personable, especially when dealing with older adults.
“We want a team that can enter somebody’s home and make them feel comfortable,” Etheredge said.
TruBlue places a large focus on seniors, but the company is open to anyone who needs help at home, including busy families, veterans, people with disabilities and people of all ages who are healing in place.
“Whether you have young children or you’re just busy with corporate or whatnot, you don’t have time to manage the day to day of your house,” Etheredge said. “The basic things you’re supposed to do every month that we don’t think of until it’s too late, that’s definitely a service we provide.” | https://richmond.com/business/local/trublue-of-midlothian-offers-maintenance-for-seniors-looking-to-stay-at-home/article_8df61bb8-edd4-11ed-b1ec-d7721da55067.html | 2023-05-15T09:47:24 | 0 | https://richmond.com/business/local/trublue-of-midlothian-offers-maintenance-for-seniors-looking-to-stay-at-home/article_8df61bb8-edd4-11ed-b1ec-d7721da55067.html |
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — After an hours-long search Sunday evening out on Gandy Beach for a missing boater, officials say they found the man they were looking for.
When onshore, the man was arrested for boating while impaired, a spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told 10 Tampa Bay.
At around 8:28 p.m., rescue crews arrived at Gandy Beach in St. Petersburg to begin looking for the missing boater, authorities say.
After several hours into the search, crews were able to locate the missing man onshore and arrested him, the FWC says.
The investigation of the incident remains ongoing.
The FWC says the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, St. Petersburg Fire Rescue and U.S. Coast Guard assisted with the search. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/missing-boater-arrested-gandy-beach/67-b3fbc2e9-4bc7-4610-ab2d-ca64a01efa29 | 2023-05-15T09:57:05 | 1 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/missing-boater-arrested-gandy-beach/67-b3fbc2e9-4bc7-4610-ab2d-ca64a01efa29 |
Indiana college students share history, fears with EpiPen prices
Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this spring semester, challenging his students to find sustainability efforts in the Muncie area and pitch their ideas to Deanna Watson, editor of The Star Press, Journal & Courier and Pal-Item. This spring, stories related to health care will be featured.
MUNCIE, Ind. — Mike Bierly, a Ball State University senior, bought his first EpiPen one year ago after he was stung by a group of yellowjackets.
As an avid hiker and outdoorsmen, he didn’t want to chance having an anaphylactic reaction like he had then.
“Not only was I swollen outside on my body, but my throat was starting to close,” Bierly said. “I had to go to the doctor, and it was such a minimal level that they didn’t do anything. … I ended up getting an EpiPen after that just in case I got stung again. I didn’t want it to increase in terms of swelling in the throat.”
Bierly said he went to the doctor early, which is why his reaction was at a “minimal level.”
One year ago, Bierly said a two-pack of EpiPens cost about $50 for him to purchase. Now, it could cost around $650 if he needed a new one.
“I was on my parents’ insurance at the time, but I’m not anymore,” he said. “Honestly, it’s scary — I don’t have $600 to get (another EpiPen). So, it feels like it’s just these two last-ditch efforts.”
According to the EpiPen website, the device is “an auto-injector that contains epinephrine,” which is a medication that decreases allergic reaction by decreasing muscles in airways, relaxing rapid decrease in blood pressure, and relaxing muscles in the stomach, intestines and bladder.
The website also adds that EpiPens are for emergency treatment only and do not replace going to the hospital.
Mylan is the main manufacturer of EpiPens, according to Harvard Health Publishing, which allows them to continue increasing the price. Competitors have made similar products, but none of the products have been successful so far.
One similar product is Auvi-Q, which was pulled from the market because of concerns that the device did not deliver the correct medicine dosage. Other alternatives have not received FDA approval yet.
Bierly said he thinks other college students feel the same way about EpiPen prices, and he’s scared that he’ll have to purchase one without insurance.
“It’s sad,” Bierly said. “This is something that’s very important to my lifestyle and my general living, and I know it’s important to others as well, but it’s not economically accessible to all of us.”
Using an EpiPen for a shellfish allergy
Cassie Oliva, a junior at Ball State, said she also bought an EpiPen a year ago after she had an allergic reaction to shellfish. She said she has never had to use the device, but she likes having one just in case.
“I didn’t want something to happen, and I didn’t want to have to go to the hospital if I could have done something to prevent it,” Oliva said.
To get the EpiPen, Oliva said she went to her doctor, who had known about her shellfish allergy. After that, she said the process “was pretty easy,” and her doctor wrote a prescription for her to pick it up.
Oliva also said her parents’ insurance covered the full cost, and she doesn’t worry about it covering the cost in the future. Even when she doesn’t have her parents’ insurance, she believes she will be able to get her own through work.
“I feel like it all depends on my insurance,” she said. “I feel like that’s something I’m not going to worry about too much as long as I have some type of insurance.”
Facing the cost of an EpiPen on 'my own insurance'
While his parents still have insurance, Ball State junior Haines Hoag is nevertheless worried about the increase in EpiPen prices, especially as he gets closer to graduating and looking for a job.
“I’ll probably be able to get my own insurance,” he said, “but I am still worried and definitely understand why other people feel that way. It’s hard for some people to get them and use them, especially if you don’t have help to back you up.”
Hoag had to get an EpiPen after he was mowing the lawn and ran over a hornets’ nest last June. He said he was stung by about eight hornets and was originally feeling OK, but his lips and throat started to swell.
His dad drove him to Urgent Care, and once he arrived, he started to feel dizzy and his heart rate dropped, so the doctor put an EpiPen in him, and he went to the emergency room.
“It was definitely scary,” Hoag said, “but after that, I don’t leave my house without my EpiPen.”
Even with his parents’ insurance, Hoag said his EpiPen costs about $200.
“I haven’t had to use it yet,” he added. “If I had to use it, I would definitely be stressing out right after because I know they are a lot of money.”
Hoag also said his doctor told him that his EpiPen expires after one year, so even though he hasn’t used his yet, he is going to have to buy a new one soon.
The shelf life of an EpiPen
EpiPens expire so quickly due to the instability of epinephrine, which breaks down when exposed to light, air and high temperatures. The devices can still be used when expired, but they are not as effective.
“It’s kind of set up so that people have to keep buying them or else they’re not going to be safe if they have an anaphylactic reaction that might kill them,” he said.
Hoag also believes that because EpiPen prices are so high, he is more cautious about using his.
“I think that’s a problem with a lot of medicine,” he said. “We want to be incentivized to use it if you need it, but when you distort it with all these economic factors, you have people who need it who can’t get it. This is actually causing harm to people.”
While Bierly, Oliva and Hoag all want EpiPen prices decreased, they don’t know the best way for that to happen if there is only one credible manufacturer.
“The same thing has happened with EpiPens where the prices go up two or three times,” Hoag said. “I think all we can really do is talk to our representatives and try to get things passed that may put a limit on stuff. So, that way, regular people can afford these things they may need to keep them safe.” | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/indiana/2023/05/15/indiana-college-students-share-history-fears-with-epipen-prices/70212108007/ | 2023-05-15T10:08:20 | 0 | https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/indiana/2023/05/15/indiana-college-students-share-history-fears-with-epipen-prices/70212108007/ |
Live Local Act brings potential relief, problems for affordable housing in Sarasota County
A new state law that provides historic investment in affordable housing could bring relief to the severe crisis that is squeezing thousands of Sarasota County families and businesses.
While local experts say they are still digesting the details, many agree the new law will transform the housing landscape – even as it usurps control of certain planning and development matters from local governments.
The Live Local Act, signed into law in late March and taking effect July 1, earmarks $711 million for housing and rental programs statewide. It also speeds permits and creates a new series of tax breaks and incentives for developers to encourage the construction of workforce and affordable housing.
To seize on its possibilities, local business and community leaders are already planning a housing summit for later this summer.
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“I think this act will create more affordable housing, I really do,” said Jon Thaxton, long-time housing advocate and senior vice president for community investment at Gulf Coast Community Foundation.
One reason is that it restores robust funding to affordable housing programs – after almost two decades of the Legislature diverting more than $2 billion from an affordable housing trust fund to other projects, according to the Florida Housing Coalition.
The new law also includes $252 million for the State Housing Initiatives Partnership, or SHIP, program; $259 million for the State Apartment Incentive Loan, or SAIL, program; $100 million for the Hometown Heroes program; and $100 million for a competitive loan program to help projects in the pipeline sidelined by inflation-related cost hikes.
“It is great to have those funds back in the hands of local government,” Thaxton said. “There is no question that that part alone will increase the affordable housing supply.”
Immediately, the monies could help numerous projects get off the ground after being stalled in the pipeline because of funding gaps, said William Russell, president and CEO of the Sarasota Housing Authority.
One such project it could wind up supporting is the second phase of Lofts on Lemon.
"I think it has the potential to be a game changer," Russell said.
Still, housing advocates note, while $711 million sounds like a lot of money, it will go fast when spread across a state with a crisis as severe as Florida’s.
What could have an equal if not greater impact, they add, are new tax exemptions in the law for developments that include affordable units.
That includes units for households at 80% to 120% Area Median Income, or AMI, as well as those at 60% to 80% AMI – the latter a category considered to be true workforce housing
The tax exemptions go further – offering incentives for affordable units for households between 30% and 60% AMI – a dire need for Sarasota, Thaxton said, and which includes residents with disabilities.
Live Local zoning changes could have positive and negative impacts in Sarasota-Manatee
Other pieces of the law are drawing some criticism and concern around the state.
Focused on the supply side of housing, the law bars local governments from enacting rent control.
It also relaxes local zoning regulations and bypasses local rules on density caps and height restrictions for some multi-family housing, which could have far-reaching impact.
“It might be very good, it might be very bad,” Thaxton said. “But land-use changes from this point forward must be put through the filter of this new law.”
Some applaud the relaxation of certain zoning provisions – specifically allowing residential development in commercial- and industrial-zoned areas, as long as 40% of units are affordable for at least 30 years.
To Sarasota County Commissioner Mark Smith, those changes carry the promise of revitalization in many spots, including along U.S. 41.
“We’ve got a lot of older shopping centers where I think this could really give us an opportunity to have affordable housing and renovate the centers at the same time, maybe give it new life,” Smith said.
The housing could potentially attract shops, stores and restaurants to those areas while eliminating long commutes for many families.
“We need affordable housing close to where people are working,” Smith said.
But for cities – with less territory to work with than counties – a part of the law that allows developers to build in commercial and industrial zones using nearby residential height and density limits – which are often much higher –raises thorny questions.
Sarasota City Commissioner Jen Ahearn-Koch – who stressed, like the others, that she is still studying the law – worries about the implications for traffic and infrastructure nightmares.
Under the new law, developers could push heights and densities to the maximum not just downtown but also in the many commercial and industrial zones that abut single-family neighborhoods, she said.
She envisions some communities suddenly becoming overwhelmed with enormous residential developments they weren’t designed to handle.
“If you are going to quadruple that (density), that is a massive impact,” she said.
Most troubling, she added, is that the City Council – and residents – will have no say.
The law precludes local governments from blocking developers’ plans that otherwise meet qualifications and regulations. Applications would be administratively approved. In the process, Ahearn-Koch said, public feedback and past, hard-fought changes to comprehensive plans will not count.
“It takes the citizens’ voice out of the community planning process and the growth process,” she said.
While some aspects of the law seem promising, she added, the state in this instance is applying a one-size-fits-all approach to a problem that needs many different types of tools.
“This ginormous brush stroke of an act is really concerning.”
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'Everybody’s got a dog in this fight, whether you like it or not'
Housing advocates are mobilizing to capitalize as fast as possible on the law, knowing that relief through new construction will be slow in coming to thousands currently struggling in the housing crisis.
They agree that the law alone won't solve the problem, noting that past incentives to developers have failed to create affordable housing.
To seize the moment, nonprofit and business leaders are planning a housing summit and hope to form an affordable housing task force and a master strategy for Sarasota County.
“We are trying to figure out how to use this as a catalyzing agent to get developers and other community partners to really approach this in earnest,” said PJ Brooks, COO of Community Assisted and Supported Living, or CASL.
All ideas will be on the table, including past recommendations by housing advocates: everything from mandatory inclusionary zoning to locally supported trust funds, from private investment to the use of government surplus lands.
“We haven’t really figured out how to activate multiple affordable housing strategies that are right at our fingertips,” Brooks added. “We need to bring the players together to do that.”
The summit, expected to be held later this summer, would include area businesses, nonprofits, developers, housing agencies, and officials from local government, said Matt Sauer, collaboration and impact officer at Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.
“This is all hands on deck,” Sauer said. “Everybody’s got a dog in this fight, whether you like it or not."
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One big player in plans for the summit is the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce.
Area employers – from hospitals and schools to local manufacturers – have reported major problems recruiting and retaining workers due to a severe shortage in workforce housing.
In a recent survey of its members, the chamber reported that 83% said that the lack of affordable housing directly affected their businesses. And 80% said they favored discussion of policy and zoning changes to support more affordable housing, said Heather Kasten, the chamber’s president and CEO.
“The conversation is getting wider and broader,” she said. “It’s not just the nonprofits talking about a problem. It’s the business community talking about it and our government talking about it.”
Live Local clinched the idea for a housing summit. There's no time to waste, she said.
“There is no silver-bullet approach,” Kasten said.
“We all agree, there is a need to address this, and that, to me, is where the rubber meets the road and we start to get some traction.”
This story comes from a partnership between the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Saundra Amrhein covers the Season of Sharing campaign, along with issues surrounding housing, utilities, child care and transportation in the area. She can be reached at samrhein@gannett.com. | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/15/affordable-housing-in-sarasota-live-local-act-has-solutions-problems/70134705007/ | 2023-05-15T10:16:36 | 0 | https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2023/05/15/affordable-housing-in-sarasota-live-local-act-has-solutions-problems/70134705007/ |
MINNEAPOLIS — Sometimes life’s journey isn’t clear-cut, black and white. It has different hues.
That’s certainly true for Waterloo-raised Julius Collins. His life, and music career, has been graced with shades of purple.
As in “The Purple One,” Prince Rogers Nelson, more popularly known as Prince.
The late legendary pop singer/songwriter was as supportive as a pastor and as tough as a football coach to Collins during an association spanning 25 years.
Collins honed his skills and has become an established performer in the Twin Cities — his mentor Prince’s home turf.
And now, Collins’ career and life come full circle. He’s returning to Waterloo for a performance Saturday. He’ll be at the historic Electric Park Ballroom, on the National Cattle Congress grounds, for his high school class reunion.
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His classmates in the East High Class of 1983 think so much of Collins they are opening the event up to the general public.
Though his renown with Prince-mentored bands has spread to Europe, he admits to a little nervousness about playing a gig in his hometown. But he’ll put his all into it — just as he learned as a young boy in the church choir.
Collins was born in Chicago and moved to Waterloo just before turning 2, when he was placed in a foster home with Fannie Mae “Dolly” Page.
“I am inclined to think that really did go a long way to shape who I am, for better or worse,” he said. “She was quite the East Side matriarch. She was really a remarkable woman. Dolly, she was an iron hand. She meant business and didn’t suffer fools.”
It meant going to church three times a week at Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church. It opened his world to music.
“That church is where I really learned about how to sing with meaning,” Collins said. “That church has so many great singers. Legitimately fantastic singers. Interesting instruments. I just remember as a kid just feeling so lucky I got to hear them. It was really educational for me.”
He also joined choir at school.
“Choir at church was a very different animal than choir at school,” he said. He gained perspective between the structured harmonies at school choir and the music he heard at church. But music, wherever and whenever he performed, lifted him up.
“As a kid, I was invisible. I felt lonely. I was a sad little dude,” he said. ”At church, I felt like I was in a situation were I was being held; where people saw me and cared about me. They called me ‘Little Brother Juju.’ That was my nickname growing up. And it meant something to me.”
He attended Grant Bridgeway elementary school and had his first band in fifth grade — JC and the Bridgeway Band.
He joined a Christian rock band at age 16, “Arrival,” and began touring a bit. “That’s when I realized that was something I really would love to do,” he said. He was also involved in high school choir and show choir. “That was my introduction, peripherally, to theater,” and performance movement with music.
After he graduated from East High, he was reunited on a more regular basis with his birth mother. Home life was good, but he was looking for purpose and enrolled at Hawkeye Institute of Technology, now Hawkeye Community College. A teacher there made him aware of a school in Atlanta, Music Business Institute.
“I ended up going, and it was really good for me,” he said. “I got out of Waterloo. I have some bittersweet emotions about Waterloo. I took what I loved about Waterloo with me and I kind of left Waterloo behind, and I don’t mean that derogatorily. There was some unbelievable sadness there for me. If it wasn’t for music, and being a wrestler (at East High, under Coach Steve Knipp). … music and sports really saved my life. It gave my life purpose.”
He began working at Rupert’s Nightclub in Atlanta in the late 1980s. In 1991, fellow musicians encouraged him to go to Minneapolis. There, he had an epiphany.
“I went to this, I would classify it as a dive bar,” he said with a smirk. “Outside there were like, 15 Harley-Davidsons. I was thinking to myself, ‘I’m gonna have to fight my way out of this bar. I just know it.’ ... But then I looked around the room. There were Black people, there were white people, there were straight people, there were gay people, brothers in fedoras, people in Birkenstocks and tie dye. All these different kinds of people. It was like my idea of heaven. Everybody was so beautiful and the energy was so easy because they were all there to see that band.”
His companions helped him get a “foot in the door” with the band. It was Dr. Mambo’s Combo – a band he still regularly fronts at the bar – Bunker’s Music Bar and Grill.
“Friends introduced me to the leader of the band and said, ‘You’ve gotta hear this guy sing.’” Collins recalled. “He said. ‘If these guys say you can sing, I’m sure you really can sing. But unfortunately, Prince and Sheila E are sitting in here tonight.’
“Five minutes later, sure enough, there’s Prince and Sheila E going up to the stage,” Collins said.
Eventually, Collins broke in with the group.
“I still play every Sunday night with this band,” he said. “This was Prince’s favorite band; toured with Prince and Mavis Staples.”
Prince was a regular visitor. Sometimes he played and sometimes he watched.
“If you didn’t know he was one of the biggest stars in the history of music, you’d just think he was a fantastically dressed guy up there just hanging out,” Collins said. “That was him. He was about the music, which I really love.”
Collins got his first chance to sing with the band that second night at Bunker’s.
And he found where he belonged.
“I never played in a band where all the musicians were obviously virtuosos. They were so remarkably gifted in the way they played music and the way they understood music,” he said.
“It was like my two worlds colliding musically,” he said “It was like ‘Dude, I am never, ever leaving this city.’” He called his wife back in Atlanta, seven months pregnant with their daughter, “and I said ‘Babe, we’re moving to Minneapolis.’”
The drummer at that time of Dr. Mambo’s Combo was Michael Bland — Prince’s drummer. He and Bland started a band called Black Julius. “And Prince managed us,” Collins said.
Collins then became part of a band called Greazy Meal, which, due to its connection with Prince, had appeal not only in the upper Midwest, but was “very popular in Europe,” where the band toured.
It was “the most important project I’ve ever done,” Collins said.
Fans also came from Europe to the Twin Cities to see his and other bands. Minneapolis is “like a mecca” in that regard musically, he said.
With Greazy Meal, “that was a time when I really pushed my own personal performance envelope,” he said, and he’s been a name on the Twin Cities music scene ever since.
He’s currently involved in a “gospel, funk and roll” project called “Sons of Almighty.” It hearkens back to his church music experience in Waterloo.
“My gospel experience, I just feel so grateful for it. I know where my origin is, in terms of where my singing comes from,” Collins said.
“I never ever, no matter who’s in the room, no matter how big or small the situation is, I don’t ever want people to leave the room with the impression I didn’t care,” Collins said. “Those things about Waterloo are formative and mean a lot to me.”
“In the end, with music, it’s just like Prince said: Either you can play, or you can’t,” Collins said. “If you can do it, that will be the determining factor on whether or not we roll together.”
He’ll lay it on the line Saturday in Waterloo.
“I’m a little nervous about this,” he admitted. “But these are the first people who held me closely, and I think it’s going to be beautiful. We’re going to do our best to put on a good show.”
His East High classmate, Joel D. Elliott II or “Joel D,” a radio producer, journalist and club deejay from Los Angeles, will be deejay for the evening. John Berinobis will open with a guitar set.
Tickets for the show may be purchased at the National Cattle Congress office, (319) 234-7515.
Pat Kinney is a former longtime Courier reporter and editor who still writes freelance. His column “View from the Cedar Valley” can be seen online at patkinney.substack.com | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/prince-connected-twin-cities-vocalist-coming-home-to-waterloo-for-may-20-show/article_33010de3-5044-53b1-a091-a97c80f22717.html | 2023-05-15T10:30:27 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/prince-connected-twin-cities-vocalist-coming-home-to-waterloo-for-may-20-show/article_33010de3-5044-53b1-a091-a97c80f22717.html |
BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF
11 a.m.
Team/individual state championships at Raritan Valley Country Club
3:30 p.m.
Hammonton vs. Oakcrest at Blue Heron Pines in Pomona
4 p.m.
Cedar Creek vs. Ocean City vs. Egg Harbor Twp. at Greate Bay Golf Club
Middle Twp. vs. Holy Spirit at Mays Landing Country Club
Lower Cape May vs. Wildwood Catholic vs. Atlantic City at Shore Gate Golf Club
Cumberland vs. Williamstown at Running Deer Golf Club
Wildwood vs. Cape May Tech at Union League National
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GIRLS GOLF
3:30 p.m.
Delsea vs. Our Lady of Mercy at White Oaks Country Club
3:45 p.m.
Southern vs. Lacey Twp. at Cedar Creek Golf Course
BASEBALL
Cape-Atlantic League Tournament first round
TBD
(6) Cedar Creek or Absegami at (3) Vineland
(5) Egg Harbor Twp. at (4) Lower Cape May
Ocean County Tournament dfinals
TBD
(4) Southern vs (2) Donovan Catholic at Central Reg.
Other games
3:45 p.m.
Hammonton at Camden Catholic
Brick Twp. at Pinelands
4 p.m.
Wildwood at Cape May Tech
Delsea vs. Middle Twp. at Clarence Davies Sports Complex
Millville at Clearview
ACIT at Lower Cape May
Clayton at Pleasantville
SOFTBALL
Cape-Atlantic League Tournament first round
TBD
(6) Millville at (3) Ocean City
(4) Holy Spirit at (5) Vineland
Other games
3:45 p.m.
Toms River North at Barnegat
Pinelands at Jackson Liberty
4 p.m.
Buena at Absegami
Lower Cape May at Bridgeton
Wildwood Catholic at Our Lady of Mercy
Mainland at Vineland
Wildwood at Schalick
Williamstown at Atlantic City
Egg Harbor Twp. at Clearview
Point Pleasant Borough at Lacey Twp.
6 p.m.
Cape May Tech vs. Middle Twp. at Boyd Street Field
BOYS LACROSSE
3:45 p.m.
Brick Memorial at Lacey Twp.
4 p.m.
Middle Twp. at Barnegat
Atlantic City at Oakcrest
Lower Cape May at Woodstown
GIRLS LACROSSE
Shore Conference Tournament first round
4 p.m.
Barnegat at Southern
Other games
3:45 p.m.
Lacey Twp. at Brick Memorial
4 p.m.
Paul VI at Lower Cape May
Absegami vs. Middle Twp. at Shunpike Athletic Fields
Our Lady of Mercy at West Deptford
4:30 p.m.
Notre Dame at Mainland
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
3:45 p.m.
Toms River South at Barnegat
Freehold Borough at Lacey Twp.
4 p.m.
ACIT at Oakcrest
Absegami at Timber Creek
5 p.m.
Cedar Creek at Lakewood
Hammonton at Washington Twp.
Egg Harbor Twp. at Cherry Hill West
5:30 p.m.
Southern at Jackson Memorial
BOYS TENNIS
Shore ConferenceTournament second round
5:30 p.m.
Pinelands vs. Freehold borough at Manalapan Recreation Center
Other matches
3:45 p.m.
Manchester Twp. at Barnegat
Jackson Liberty at Lacey Twp.
4 p.m.
Holy Spirit at Bridgeton
Vineland at Lower Cape May
Middle Twp. at Millville
Hammonton at Oakcrest
Absegami at Ocean City
Atlantic City at St. Augustine
Cumberland at Deptford
Buena vs. Wildwood Catholic at Stone Harbor Courts
Wildwood vs. Pitman at Fox Park
Mainland at Egg Harbor Twp.
BOYS AND GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD
3:40 p.m.
Cumberland County Championships at Vineland | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/high-school-schedule-for-monday-may-15-2023/article_0c122202-f029-11ed-ad95-2f3a1f4c4bb0.html | 2023-05-15T11:10:49 | 1 | https://pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/highschool/high-school-schedule-for-monday-may-15-2023/article_0c122202-f029-11ed-ad95-2f3a1f4c4bb0.html |
ROANOKE — Roanoke-Benson High School graduation will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21, in the school gymnasium.
The graduates are as follows:
A-F
Hayden Berchtold, Andrew Beschorner, Isaiah Beyer, Grace Burmood, Collin Delagrange, Amanda Durand
G-K
Greenlee Grady, Jaycee Kearfott, Timothy Kennell, Emmi Knepp
L-P
Marley Leman, Brock Magnuson, Brock Martin, Daniel Moser, DJ Norman, Zayne Pascal, Zoyee Pascal, Cameron Phillippe
Q-Z
Rosemary Rients, Aliya Sauder, Ellsworth Schirer, Faith Schuster, Summer Swearingen, Maximus Tessem, Braden Tomlinson, Alexis Weldon and Anna Whitten.
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How Time Flies is a daily feature looking back at Pantagraph archives to revisit what was happening in our community and region.
100 years ago
May 15, 1923: Clarence E. Irvin of this city has purchased of W.R. Lyons the Castle Theater, on East Washington Street. Mr. Irvin will operate the theater as a moving picture house and will offer to the public the latest in motion pictures, music and other forms of high-class entertainment. It is his plan as soon as possible to furnish orchestra music.
75 years ago
May 15, 1948: Two Bloomington-Normal high school seniors are among 160 students throughout the nation to receive awards in a National Honor Society scholarship competition. Mary Elizabeth Neu, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Alfred Neu, 1502 Clinton Boulevard, and Tom Paul Jefferson, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.P. Jefferson, 1313 N. Fell.
50 years ago
May 15, 1973: Bloomington's non-union city employees got a double treat from the city council. Each received an across-the-board 5% pay hike. And the age-old policy of living within corporate limits was dropped.
25 years ago
May 15, 1998: As "*M*A*S*H" star Mike Farrell spoke at the Evening of Stars benefit in Bloomington-Normal, millions of viewers were glued to their television sets watching the final, much-hyped episode of "Seinfeld." Farrell was not taping it. While he was careful to insist he meant no offense to the cast or viewers, he said at a news conference earlier in the day that "M*A*S*H" had a far bigger impact on people's lives. "Popular shows come and go," he said. "'Seinfeld' is a show about nothing, as they describe it. I'm proud to be a show about something."
101 years ago: See vintage Pantagraph ads from 1922
Gerthart's
Union Gas and Electric Co.
Hoover
Dr. J.A. Moore Dentists
Moberly & Klenner
W.P. Garretson
W.H. Roland
Pease's Candy
Thor 32 Electric Washing Machine
The Kaiser's Story of the War
Ike Livingston & Sons
Gossard Corsets
Cat'n Fiddle
'Stolen Moments'
Case Model X
The Johnson Transfer & Fuel Co.
The Pantagraph want ads
Franklin Motor Car Co.
'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'
Calumet Baking Powder
Mayer Livingston & Co. Newsmarket
'The Emperor Jones'
'California Fig Syrup'
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GREENSBORO — Whether it’s a concert at the city’s coliseum or a race event downtown, providing police officers to assist with traffic and safety is becoming tougher to balance with nearly 120 vacancies in the department.
Lately, the police department has had to frequently activate a staffing process used when too few officers voluntarily pick up event shifts to earn extra money. That process requires the need for officers to work on days they otherwise would be off duty, Police Chief John Thompson said Sunday.
With a job that already carries its share of stress, losing time intended for relaxing or spending time with family has been a blow to morale, he said.
“It’s pretty significant,” said Thompson, who took a shift directing traffic over the weekend so another officer wouldn’t have to change plans on a day off. “The work is usually easy, but it’s taking away opportunities for them to spend with family.”
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Thompson said the department changed a policy earlier this year that would allow for exempt employees to be compensated for picking up shifts to help provide coverage for the city’s events when needed.
“We have a coliseum. We have a Tanger Center. We are very good at having races and events. It’s what makes Greensboro attractive,” Thompson said. “I bring my kids to a lot of these events. It’s things we like to see in the community. But there’s a cost to it.”
That cost, he said, is being felt by officers who already have a high volume of work. The department is looking at additional ways to support officers as the city begins budget talks about how to fund salary increases to help with retention and recruitment to fill the many vacancies.
Thompson recently received a commitment from City Council to direct staff to seek funding in its next budget cycle to raise starting salaries from $46,000 to $57,000. Competitive salaries are a crucial component, he explained, for being able to attract and retain the officers needed to respond to 911 calls across the city and keep the community safe.
“Compensation is recognition” of what officers do for the city and the community, Thompson said. “The $57,000 is to bring people to the organization. It lets them know we value the work you do.” | https://greensboro.com/news/local/amid-staffing-shortage-greensboro-police-face-challenges-providing-officers-for-city-events/article_8c073864-f26b-11ed-a463-7722a8a26d88.html | 2023-05-15T11:24:53 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/amid-staffing-shortage-greensboro-police-face-challenges-providing-officers-for-city-events/article_8c073864-f26b-11ed-a463-7722a8a26d88.html |
ATLANTA — Georgia retirees who pay taxes have reached out to 11Alive wondering why they haven’t received any of the state’s special tax refund checks.
Question
Can retirees qualify for the Georgia surplus checks approved by Governor Brian Kemp?
Sources
Answer
Yes, but it depends on who’s getting your tax payments.
What we found
To qualify for the latest round of checks you have to have paid taxes to the state of Georgia on any income you earned in 2021.
Retirees might have to pay federal taxes on Social Security, but according to the Georgia Department of Revenue that income is exempt from state taxes.
Retirees do pay state taxes on other income like pensions or investments, but Rackliffe said in Georgia there are tax breaks for seniors.
For example, if you’re over 65 you don’t pay state taxes until you make over $65,000.
“Of course you’d be paying federal taxes, but for state purposes that money is not taxable,” Rackliffe explained. “Confusion often arises because all of these incomes are taxable for federal purposes, so if you’re a retiree you’re thinking, ‘of course I’ve paid taxes,’ and sure you did, but it was for the federal government, to the IRS, and not so much for the state.”
If you’re between 62 and 64, you don’t start paying state income tax until you’ve earned $35,000.
If your income is less than that, and you don’t pay taxes to the state of Georgia, you don’t qualify for the special tax refund.
“The special rule in Georgia is really to encourage retirees to come and stay in the state of Georgia,” Rackliffe added.
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So we can Verify that it is possible for a retiree to get one of the state’s special tax refund checks as long as they’re earning enough to pay income tax to the state. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-retirees-surplus-tax-refund/85-68df2de8-7da2-4ec6-a637-a96dc8f36430 | 2023-05-15T11:31:59 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/georgia-retirees-surplus-tax-refund/85-68df2de8-7da2-4ec6-a637-a96dc8f36430 |
You still have to time to get a Real ID license. Here’s what to know about the extension
Yes, you still have time to get a Real ID.
But by 2025, Tennesseans along with all Americans 18 and older must have a Real ID driver's license or a Real ID credential to board commercial flights and have access to certain federal facilities.
The new deadline is May 7, 2025.
Shortly before the new year, the Department of Homeland Security announced yet another extension to enforce the Real ID Act of 2005, which previously was set to start May 3, 2023.
Department of Homeland Security made the extension to allow states additional time to ensure residents have the correct documents to apply for Real ID, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which created significant backlogs at licensing agencies across the country.
Tennessee began issuing Real IDs in 2019. The state has issued more than two million of them, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security reported last year.
Here’s what you need to know.
Do I need Real ID in Tennessee?
Beginning May 7, 2025, everyone age 18 or older in Tennessee and across the United States must have a Real ID to board commercial aircraft flights within the U.S., to access certain federal buildings or to enter nuclear facilities.
Real IDs are not mandatory, but if you opt to not get one, you will need to provide an alternate form of identification such as a valid passport or U.S. military ID to fly domestically and to gain access to certain federal facilities.
What is the Real ID license deadline?
The new deadline is May 7, 2025. If you haven't already done so, getting your Real ID now will help if there's a backlog closer to the deadline.
Can I still fly in the U.S. without a Real ID?
For now, you can still get on a plane without a Real ID. After the deadline, you will need a Real ID license or an acceptable alternate form of identification such as a valid passport or U.S. military ID to pass through federal security checkpoints, including those at U.S. airports.
Where do I apply for a Real ID?
First-time applications must be completed in person at a Driver Services Center or a participating county clerk's office. A full list of participating locations in Knox County and throughout Tennessee, plus more application information can be found at tn.gov/tnrealid/get-real-id.
How much is a Real ID in Tennessee?
$28. The cost is the same as standard Tennessee licenses and ID renewals. However, there will be an additional fee depending on your license classification if the Real ID is obtained outside of the renewal period.
What do you need for a Real ID?
You will need one proof of U.S. citizenship or legal presence, a valid Social Security number and two proofs of Tennessee residency. All documents must be originals or certified. Photocopies will not be accepted. A complete list of acceptable documents is found at tn.gov/tnrealid/requirements.
Acceptable documents to be used in conjunction with one another include, but are not limited to:
- U.S. birth certificate from State Office of Vital Statistics or equivalent with a raised and/or colored seal
- Valid U.S. passport or passport card
- U.S. certificate or consular report of birth abroad
- Valid Permanent Resident Card issued by DHS or INS
- Valid foreign passport with valid U.S. visa and approved I-94 form
- Certificate of Citizenship issued by DHS
- W-2 tax form
- 1099 tax form
- Social Security card
- Payroll check stub
- Home utility bill
- Current Tennessee vehicle registration or certificate of title
- Current Tennessee Voter Registration card
- IRS tax return
- Bank statement
Why do I need a Real ID?
The Real ID Act of 2005 established minimum security standards for license issuance and production after the 9/11 attacks. A Real ID will be required for commercial flights within the U.S. and to enter federal facilities and military bases that require ID.
How do I know if I have a Real ID?
Real IDs are marked with a gold star in the right corner and include heightened security features that make them difficult to copy.
What if I don’t have a Real ID?
Even without a Real ID, you will still be able to:
- Drive
- Vote
- Purchase alcohol/cigarettes
- Visit the post office
- Access federal courts
- Access hospitals
- Apply for/receive federal benefits (Social Security, veterans benefits, etc.)
What can I use to fly if I don't have a Real ID?
You will be able to board domestic commercial flights without a Real ID if you show a valid passport or state-issued enhanced driver’s license offered in other locations (not Tennessee), Veteran Health Identification Card, or one of the following:
- U.S. passport
- U.S. passport card
- DHS trusted traveler cards (Global Entry, NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST)
- U.S. Department of Defense ID, including IDs issued to dependents
- Permanent resident card
- Border crossing card
- State-issued Enhanced Driver’s License
- An acceptable photo ID issued by a federally recognized Tribal Nation/Indian Tribe
- HSPD-12 PIV card
- Foreign government-issued passport
- Canadian provincial driver’s license or Indian and Northern Affairs Canada card
- Transportation worker identification card
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Employment Authorization Card (I-766)
- U.S. Merchant Mariner Credential
- Veteran Health Identification Card (VHIC)
What are Real ID concerns?
The Real ID law and process has faced some critics. The first application must be done in person and requires more documentation than simply renewing a driver’s license.
The American Civil Liberties Union has argued the law turns state-issued drivers' licenses into a form of national identification – which the organization opposes – and that Real IDs present privacy concerns.
For more information regarding Real ID requirements, benefits and the Real ID Act of 2005, go to tn.gov/tnrealid.
Devarrick Turner is a trending news reporter. Email devarrick.turner@knoxnews.com. Twitter @dturner1208.
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ROANOKE, Va. – Happy Monday! Check out the Morning Sprint for heart-felt stories and the trending news of the day.
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- Temporary casino in Danville opens Monday
- We’re showing off your Mother’s Day pins
- Hundreds gather to honor the bride who was killed on the day of her wedding
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – On a day all about showing love to your mother, the Peacemakers went out in the community to let moms know they aren’t forgotten.
Peacemakers founder Shawn Hunter says they wanted to remind mothers in Lynchburg they are loved.
“It’s a lot of people that have just not been told that, ‘Hey, I love you,’” Hunter said. “And they always feel like someone’s out to do something to them or to get something from them, but we just wanted to show them that we truly care.”
Lynchburg has faced several instances of gun violence in the past few weeks, so the Peacemakers wanted to focus on neighborhoods that have been hit the hardest.
“We just want them to know that this is not the hood; we’re going to make it into the neighborhood,” Hunter said.
They walked around James Crossing Apartments, the site of last week’s officer-involved shooting, to speak with moms, grandmas and anyone else and handed out roses.
Mom of six Shaneika Mosley says she appreciated the gesture.
“It’s a pleasure just to have somebody to support all mothers,” Mosley said.
Hunter says outreach events like this bridge a gap between their organization and people living in Lynchburg.
“Open that door of communication so we can let them know that, ‘Hey, we’re coming with honesty, and we want to improve our neighborhood, we want to change the quality of life that is here and protect our kids,’” Hunter said.
The Peacemakers want to let all mothers affected by gun violence know they aren’t alone. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/15/lynchburg-peacemakers-hand-out-flowers-to-mothers-affected-by-gun-violence/ | 2023-05-15T12:29:25 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/15/lynchburg-peacemakers-hand-out-flowers-to-mothers-affected-by-gun-violence/ |
Burleigh County prosecutors say a judge relied on hearsay evidence and was wrong to grant a new trial to a Bismarck woman sent to prison in the death last year of her 3-week-old daughter.
Cassandra Black Elk, 27, in a May 2022 agreement with prosecutors pleaded guilty to child neglect amid state allegations that she drank alcohol to a level that impaired her ability to care for the child. She was sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison.
Black Elk argued through her attorney at a January hearing that public defender James Loraas told her to plead guilty before seeing autopsy results and that they’d “deal with it later.” Autopsy results later showed the infant was normally developed, well-nourished and well-hydrated. The death was listed as “unexplained sudden death.”
South Central District Judge Daniel Borgen in February vacated the sentence and ordered a new trial.
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Black Elk raised two other issues -- a discovery of new evidence and the state's failure to disclose it -- in her argument for a new trial. Borgen after concluding Black Elk received improper legal advice did not address those issues. However, he noted his concerns that prosecutors possibly knew of the likely results of the autopsy and didn’t tell Loraas.
Assistant Burleigh County State’s Attorney David Rappenecker in a written argument to the state Supreme Court said Borgen relied on hearsay because Black Elk didn’t call Loraas to testify at the January hearing. He argued further that her testimony showed Loraas professionally handled aspects of the case including answering many phone calls, gathering information, handling the plea negotiations and agreement, and discussing the consequences of a guilty plea with Black Elk.
“While the district court assigned some measure of weight to Black Elk’s testimony regarding the hearsay, it gave no consideration whatsoever to the remainder of her competent and admissible testimony," Rappenecker said. “This was error.”
Borgen in his ruling noted that prosecutors did not call Loraas to testify at Black Elk’s hearing, even after the judge informed them Loraas was outside the courtroom on another matter. Rappenecker in his argument to the Supreme Court said the burden to present evidence fell to Black Elk, not the state.
Black Elk's response to the state's argument is due June 4. James Mayer, managing attorney with the Great North Innocence Project in Minneapolis, told the Tribune last week that Black Elk was looking forward to spending Mother's Day with her children "and to putting this nightmare behind her."
"Judge Borgen's decision vacating the conviction is well supported by the facts and the law," Mayer said.
Investigators in February 2022 said they found evidence that Black Elk fought with the baby’s father, Seth Eagle, a few hours before police were called to the North Second Street apartment. The baby was alive when Eagle left about 1:30 a.m., Black Elk allegedly told police, adding that her daughter was swaddled, asleep and face up on the bed after Eagle left.
Black Elk told police she had drank at least one beer and several shots of liquor, smoked marijuana, then purchased more liquor which she also consumed, according to the affidavit.
She said she did not recall any of the details of the fight because she was intoxicated, and did not remember doing anything that would harm the child, according to the affidavit. The baby was dead when Black Elk awoke about 6 a.m., the document states. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/state-appeals-ruling-granting-new-trial-to-bismarck-woman-in-infant-death-case/article_ee74db20-ef67-11ed-9ad3-afe3c73fefe9.html | 2023-05-15T12:33:59 | 0 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/accident-and-incident/state-appeals-ruling-granting-new-trial-to-bismarck-woman-in-infant-death-case/article_ee74db20-ef67-11ed-9ad3-afe3c73fefe9.html |
Bismarck Tribune journalists and advertising staff received several top honors during the annual North Dakota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest over the weekend.
The Tribune was awarded first place general excellence in the large multiday division. Judges who selected the Tribune noted the newspaper’s community focus and variety of stories.
In addition, the Tribune received a first place award for a special section celebrating the 150th anniversary of Bismarck. The Tribune also won first place awards for editorial page, best website and overall design excellence; second place for editorial; and honorable mention for sports page.
Several staff members received awards for work published in 2022:
- Tom Stromme won first place picture story, second place feature photo, third place spot news photo, third place portrait photo, third place agricultural photo and honorable mention news photo.
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- Jack Dura won first place feature series, first place agricultural photo and second place outdoor recreation photo.
- Amy R. Sisk won first place personal column - serious.
- Travis Svihovec won second place pictorial photo, third place for personal column - humorous and honorable mention for feature series.
- Mike McCleary won second place for reporting series.
- Blake Nicholson won second place personal column - humorous.
- Diane Newberry won third place front page design.
- Dave Selvig won honorable mention for sports column.
- Advertising staff won first place vehicle ad and first place for special advertising section.
- Lisa Doll won first place apparel ad and first place for use of color.
- Connie Haluzak won first place small space ad.
- Cindy Jacob won first place signature page.
- Rachel Schwehr won third place entertainment/liquor ad. | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-tribune-awarded-first-place-general-excellence/article_9f36c19c-f2a8-11ed-8472-1b3d2a81abe6.html | 2023-05-15T12:34:06 | 1 | https://bismarcktribune.com/news/local/bismarck-tribune-awarded-first-place-general-excellence/article_9f36c19c-f2a8-11ed-8472-1b3d2a81abe6.html |
Monday marks the start of the growing season in the Bismarck-Mandan region, and plant stores in the area are seeing business pick up.
The National Weather Service office in Bismarck marks the start of the growing season by monitoring for conditions that would warrant a frost advisory, freeze watch or freeze warning. None of those appears likely anytime soon, with high temperatures this week forecast in the 60s and 70s and overnight lows expected to drop only into the 40s.
“A lot of people are tired of winter and are ready to plant,” Plant Perfect owner Casey McCollum said, referencing the prolonged winter that was the second-snowiest in city history. He said things are “just getting started" at the north Bismarck business.
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Ben Dagley at the family owned Faulkner's Mark on The Strip in Mandan had a similar perspective on the late spring.
“It seems like people have been cooped up so long and need to get out," he said, adding that “Generally around Mother’s Day to Memorial Day is really busy.”
Mother's Day fell on Sunday.
Top vegetable sellers so far this year are tomatoes, peppers, celery, ground cherries and cabbage, according to Dagley. Popular flowers are marigolds, calibrachoa and hanging baskets.
Ample moisture
There's plenty of moisture in the ground right now for new plants. Bismarck so far this year has received 5.1 inches of precipitation, an inch above normal. Much of the moisture has accumulated since March, and drought in the region has declined over the past couple of months.
The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map, released late last week, shows most of the area out of any drought category, including all of Burleigh County and all but the very western part of Morton County. Two months ago, moderate drought covered the southern portion of Morton and the northeastern tip of Burleigh, with the rest of the two counties considered abnormally dry.
Drought statewide has diminished in that time span from 67% of North Dakota in moderate drought and 3% in severe drought, to 15% in moderate drought now and no areas in severe drought. Conditions also eased again over the week.
"Based on multiple indicators ... abnormal dryness was reduced across northern parts of North Dakota," National Drought Mitigation Center Climatologist Curtis Riganti wrote in the weekly report.
Dryness persists in much of the western third of the state, however, where moderate drought remains. Many counties in the western half of the state have some sort of outdoor burning restrictions in place, according to the state Department of Emergency Services. Burleigh County is not one, but Morton County last Thursday imposed a ban tied to the North Dakota Daily Fire Danger Rating. Outdoor burning is restricted when the rating is in the high, very high or extreme category.
The fire danger in western North Dakota on Sunday was rated low.
None of eastern North Dakota is in any drought category, after an overly wet spring that led to flooding issues. The last flood-related highway shutdown was lifted last week, when state Highway 5 west of Joliette in Pembina County reopened after Red River floodwaters receded.
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a partnership of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Drought Mitigation Center and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Augmented aid
The U.S. Department of Agriculture late last week announced that it has enhanced disaster recovery programs including the Livestock Indemnity Program and the Livestock Forage Disaster Program, in response to prolonged drought followed by the harsh winter.
Enhancements include an extended June 2, 2023, deadline to submit notices of loss and applications for payment for 2022 losses.
"Cognizant of the fact that many of our producers are managing open range operations, unprecedented amounts of snow, and in some cases are just now realizing all their losses, we are extending the deadline to apply for these critical programs to allow these producers the time they need to manage their recovery,” said Marcy Svenningsen, state executive director for USDA's Farm Service Agency.
She added that "Expenses eligible for assistance can include above-normal feed purchases, above-normal freight, even snow removal in some cases.”
More information is at www.farmers.gov/recover.
Crop report
The most recent weekly crop report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service showed that 10% of the state's staple spring wheat crop was planted, well behind the average pace of 27% due to the late spring. Durum wheat was 6% seeded, compared with the average of 16%.
Planting of corn, canola, oats, barley, dry peas, flaxseed and sugar beets was underway in the state, but all of those crops are well behind the average pace. For example, only 1% of the sugar beet crop was in the ground at the time of the report, when normally nearly half of it would be seeded.
The wet spring has boosted soil moisture supplies, however -- topsoil moisture statewide was rated 81% adequate to surplus, and subsoil moisture supplies were 73% in those categories.
Pasture and range conditions were rated 87% fair to good. Stock water supplies were 90% adequate to surplus.
An updated report was scheduled to be released Monday afternoon. Reports can be found at bit.ly/41tbVcj.
Trees and shrubs
State Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is encouraging homeowners to research products before buying and planting nursery stock.
Goehring said his office receives numerous complaints every year from both consumers and dealers about non-hardy stock being sold in the state. North Dakota is in plant hardiness zones 3 and 4. State law requires that all trees and shrubs designated by the agriculture commissioner as non-hardy must be labeled “non-hardy in North Dakota.”
“With warmer weather finally approaching, homeowners may be anxious to add trees and shrubs to their landscapes,” Goehring said. “Many varieties of trees and shrubs adapt well to North Dakota’s climate and soils, but before you plant, you may want to talk with a trusted nursery dealer, horticulturist or local extension agent."
A detailed listing of non-hardy trees and shrubs and a list of all licensed nurseries is available at https://www.ndda.nd.gov/nursery-program. A plant hardiness zone map is available at http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/.
Weather service warnings
The National Weather Service criteria for cold weather watches and warnings:
A frost advisory is issued when the temperature is expected to be 33-36 degrees over a wide area during the following 24 hours. Some injury to sensitive vegetation is expected under those conditions.
A freeze watch is issued when there is the potential for temps to be 32 degrees or colder for longer than an hour over a wide area in the following 12-48 hours.
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – One person was critically injured Saturday night in a shooting in Melbourne, according to police.
The shooting happened around 9:25 p.m. in the 900 block of Cedar Drive.
Police said officers were called to the area and found the victim, whose name and age has not been released.
The victim was taken to a hospital, where they remain in critical condition.
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Officers said the shooter took off in a white car before they arrived.
Anyone with information is asked to call 321-608-6731 or Central Florida Crimeline at 800-423-8477.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – Florida gas prices have fallen to a price last seen in early April, according to AAA.
The average price per gallon is now $3.48, the lowest price since April 6. Gas prices have been dropping for the last few weeks, falling a total of 24 cents per gallon.
“Weakness in the oil market has contributed to the recent drop in gas prices,” AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said in a release. “That weakness has been driven by domestic economic concerns. Underwhelming Chinese economic indicators have also created uncertainty about global fuel demand. With continued volatility in the fuel market, it’s unclear whether this downward trend will continue in the lead-up to the busy Memorial Day travel weekend.”
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The 2023 high of $3.72 per gallon was set on April 21.
Regional Prices
- Most expensive metro markets – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($3.72), Naples ($3.61), Miami ($3.58)
- Least expensive metro markets – Pensacola ($3.14), Panama City ($3.15), Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($3.17)
Ways to save on gasoline
- Combine errands to limit driving time.
- Shop around for the best gas prices in your community.
- Consider paying cash. Some retailers charge extra per gallon for customers who pay with a credit card.
- Remove excess weight in your vehicle.
- Drive conservatively. Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduces fuel economy.
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LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Attorneys for a Lake County woman accused of killing her husband and burying his remains in her backyard have filed a motion in court after they said a 14-year-old girl, who was 7 at the time of his disappearance, has confessed to the crime.
Laurie Shaver, 37, was charged with second-degree murder in the death of her husband Michael Shaver.
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In a motion filed May 8, defense attorneys asked for the judge to reconsider an evaluation of the minor child who confessed to having committed murder.
The child was 7 years old when Michael Shaver was last seen alive in 2015.
In 2018, authorities uncovered Michael Shaver’s remains found buried on his wife’s Clermont property under a concrete slab.
Laurie Shaver was arrested in 2020 on a warrant at her home in Okahumpka. She faces charges of second-degree murder for the death of her husband and accessory after the fact to second-degree murder.
According to an arrest affidavit, Laurie Shaver told Michael Shaver’s friends he had quit his job and left his family after he was last seen on Nov. 7, 2015. Those friends and co-workers found the story odd and did not think Michael Shaver would leave his children, according to the arrest affidavit.
After his disappearance, co-workers, family and friends continued to receive text messages from Michael’s number telling them to “leave me alone” or “don’t bother me.” Detectives believe these, along with Facebook messages, were sent by Laurie Shaver and could be traced back to her home IP address.
However, over the years, her stories varied, according to detectives. She told some people he moved to Georgia, others he was in New York and even California, records show. Her friends were told Michael Shaver was stalking her. She told her new boyfriend’s mother he was a pilot and traveling and told her supervisor at work he was in jail for nonpayment of child support, records show.
Authorities have not said how Michael Shaver died and his manner of death was redacted from the arrest affidavit.
A hearing in the case is scheduled for Monday at 9 a.m.
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Time for a tasty treat as May 15 is National Chocolate Chip Day. We might not know which came first — the chicken, or the egg — but when it comes to chocolate chips and their namesake cookie, the history is well-documented, and it might not be what you think. Chocolate chips actually came after the chocolate chip cookie, and despite their ubiquity, are likely younger than your grandmother (they were first marketed in 1940!). Legend has it that the chocolate chip cookie was a happy accident, born when baker ran out of baker’s chocolate and opted for semi-sweet instead.
Check out the free “Loyal to the Union: Ohio in the Civil War” exhibit at the Civil War Museum in Kenosha. Explore the people and events that made the Buckeye state unique and so important to the Union cause. At the time of the Civil War, Ohio was the oldest and most established state in the Upper Middle West. The Ohio River and a well-established network of railroads moved troops, food and supplies. Ohio contributed more soldiers per capita to the Union Army than any other northern state. Ohio’s location made it a major route for African American freedom seekers traveling to Canada. The museum at 5400 First Ave. is open today 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit is available daily through June 4.
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The Kenosha Public Museum, 5500 First Ave., is hosting an exhibit featuring works by members of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America. This is the group’s annual national juried exhibition and showcases 80-some paintings from the top transparent watercolor artists in the country. You won’t believe what these artists can do with watercolor paints. The show runs through Aug. 6. Admission is free to the museum, open noon to 5 p.m. today.
The Anderson Arts Center, 6603 Third Ave. in Kenosha, features works from the Racine Art Guild, plus solo show winners from the Winter Juried Show 2022 and works from the Area Artists Group and Kemper Lakefront Studios. The arts center is open 1 to 4 p.m.today Sunday. Admission is free. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-monday-may-15/article_980cb380-f263-11ed-a4eb-b3f095aadd49.html | 2023-05-15T12:41:56 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-monday-may-15/article_980cb380-f263-11ed-a4eb-b3f095aadd49.html |
Heart of Stark: Canton Museum of Art launches community art project
In partnership with The Repository, every Monday, Stark Community Foundation highlights positive happenings in our community. Here’s to Good News Mondays!
The Canton Museum of Art recently announced the launch of “You Are What You Bring With You ...,” a community art project designed to share the stories behind each individual’s personal journey and discover unique definitions of what it means to find home.
Inspired by the words and illustrations of artist Yuyi Morales, “You Are What You Bring With You ...” is a collaborative school and community art project designed to celebrate the rich cultural heritage and traditions brought by immigrants and migrants to the United States.
Morales is one of the featured artists and authors in the museum’s art exhibition, Finding Home: Four Artists' Journeys, which showcases visual memoirs exploring immigration, cultural heritage and personal journeys. The exhibition features the work of master illustrators who bring the immigration experience to life, giving voice to the emotional complexities of traveling to America and adapting to a new world.
"My book celebrates what immigrants bring with them to the U.S.,” Morales said about her book, "Dreamers." “They bring their strength, abilities, talents and passion. It was not what I left behind, it was what I brought with me — my young child, the stories of my ancestors and the fabric my mother sewed."
The community aspect of this exhibition is designed to foster empathy and understanding within our community by promoting unity through diversity and shared experiences. Students and adults from Stark County and the surrounding areas are encouraged to participate in the interactive project by completing the submission worksheet that asks one simple question: If you had only a backpack to carry, what did you or would you bring with you on your journey to find home?
The submission worksheet includes space to describe your answer to the question through writing, along with space to tell your story through a drawing, painting or photograph using any art materials. The submission deadline is July 19, and entries must be created on the letter-sized submission worksheet found on the museum’s website. Participants can bring their completed worksheets to the museum or submit their work by mail or email.
Visit www.cantonart.org/you.are.what.you.bring.with.you for more information and to download the project submission worksheet.
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Monday After: Remembering the Tar Hollow settlement
A century ago in the Appalachian region of Ohio, life was primitive atop the ridges and amid the pitch pines.
"A cross section of life such as usually has been pictured as that of the illiterate mountaineer — frowsy women and unkempt men, ragged children 'running wild,' all living in rude shacks isolated from civilization — is the picture which is presented (at) the northeastern corner of Ross County," said an Associated Press article published in The Sunday Repository on May 20, 1923.
Families of 15 were found "living in one-room shacks," headlines told Repository readers.
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"Officials Face Hard Problem In Primitive Settlement of Tar Hollow — Untouched By Civilization — No Schools, No Milk— Aid Is Rejected — See Few Strangers — No Garden Produce Raised On Rocky Soil."
The primitive lifestyle "furnishes health and school officials with a difficult problem," said the article, which was tucked inside the newspaper on Page 5. "A section of school lands, timber-covered and overgrown with underbrush ... furnishes an opportunity for such a picture almost in the midst of a comparetively prosperous farming community."
Description of life was bleak
It would be unfair to judge the residents of Tar Hallow, which had earned its name due to sitting in a low portion of rolling terrain and because it previously was a source of pine tar for pioneers. It was a different time.
The bleak lives of "nine large families" who were settled on the land "in their primitive fashion" resisted the attempts of government officials to "better their condition."
"Some of the families hold leases for their land, but others merely live as 'squatters,' having come into the bit of wild country years ago, built rough shelters and remained there almost unmolested ever since," said the article. "Most of the shacks are of the rudest 'lean-to' type, constructed of logs or clapboards hewn from the vast quantity of timber which surrounds them. They scatter themselves through the pine woods in a disorderly fashion and most of them appear to be ready to fall to pieces at the first breath of wind."
Most of the structures were single rooms, with that space often occupied by 12 to 15 people. Those occupants —grandparents, parents and children — "live through their lives and die, many times without having been more than a few miles from their homes."
Surrounding area was wilderness
Access to the settlement was via a single road more than a mile from the scattered collection of huts.
"It is not once in months that a stranger traverses the poor roads and rough country and appears in the colony."
Health problems were caused by intermarriage and poor diet.
A study by Dr. G.E. Robbins, county health commissioner, determined "many of the children were undernourished ... and some of them anemic and possibly tubercular."
"He recommended that they be placed on a milk diet, but was told that the settlement had no cattle and that milk could not be obtained in the entire district."
County and state school authorities tried to compel more than 30 children in the settlement to attend school, but were rebuffed by adult residents.
"'We'll teach them ourselves,' they declared, in spite of the fact that most of them are unable to write their own names. ... The nearest schoolhouse is several miles away."
Food problems were prevalant
Due to the rocky and wooded nature of the ground, "no grain or garden produce is raised in Tar Hollow," the article noted.
"The rocky ground which surrounds the settlement remains as it was before the first settler came and there appears to be no method by which the people eke out their meager living."
Charitable efforts by nearby communities, such as those in Adelphi and other villages in the county, were "met with "sullen refusal on the part of the people to cooperate in bettering conditions."
"They have lived as they are living now for all their lives, they declare, and see no reason for a change."
Change did come to Tar Hollow, however.
Tar Hollow State Forest, "Ohio's third largest state forest," covering 16,354 acres, "began as part of the Ross-Hocking Land Utilization projects in the 1930s," said the parks and recreation page of the website for Vinton County, which is adjacent to Ross County. The land utilization effort was a New Deal program.
The program "aimed to put families on land that they could make a living on."
"People were given a new financial start in life and were encouraged to move to the cities. Most, however, bought more poor ground outside the park and continued to live as they always had," explained a page at the website for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The project was ended, and years later the land was transferred to the state.
Included in the state forest is Tar Hollow State Park, with offices in Laurelville, a few miles east of Adelphi.
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BOISE, Idaho — May is Foster Care Awareness Month. Right now, there is a foster care crisis in the state of Idaho. There are too many kids who need care, and not enough foster homes to take them in. If you are looking for a way to make a difference in the lives of kids in desperate need, Kate Wilson wants to meet you.
"This is Foster Care Awareness Month, and we are super excited in the foster care world because we get to shine a light on what's happening in our community," Kate Wilson, founder of Foster + Heart said.
Wilson is the founder of nonprofit Foster + Heart. The mission of the organization is helping the community meet the needs of children in foster care.
We first met Kate Wilson in 2020. She told us she always wanted to be a mom, so she decided to start fostering to fill that need, and to give kids in need a safe place to land. Her fostering journey lead to her adopting five beautiful siblings under the age of five, who were all in need of a forever home. She wanted to keep them together, so she welcomed all of them into her home. Three years later, they have settled in as a family. Wilson couldn't be happier. She is finally a mom.
"All the kids are growing, they are so big now, they are going to school, so it's going amazing," Wilson said.
You may think her home is full, but she still has love to give. Wilson continues to foster, accepting kids in need at all hours of the day and night.
"I've had so many kids come through, and I think every child you meet, you realize it's worth it. I feel it's such an honor to be a part of the process with every child that I get to meet," Wilson said. "There are just so many kids that are in crisis and families that are hurting, and we have an influx of children coming into care. We need more foster families in Idaho."
Foster + Heart operates a home for children in transition to foster care, and hosts events that benefit the foster care community as a whole.
"One of the ways we are meeting the needs of children in foster care is we opened a home called Mimi's House, and it's named after my very first foster daughter who I got five years ago," Wilson said. "The home is a place for kids to go to before they are placed with a foster family. It allows for sibling sets to stay together and gives the Department of Health and Welfare time to find children the right home. Our goal and our mission is that kids are already being removed from everything they know, their parents, their homes, their schools, and we just feel like they shouldn't be separated from siblings."
Since Mimi's House opened its doors in December, thirty kids have come through.
"We are already realizing that it's a huge need in our community, so we are looking at hopefully opening a second home by fall," Wilson said.
The goal of foster care is to help reunify healthy and healed families. Wilson said it's a privilege to be a part of that.
"Sometimes, these parents just find themselves in a very hard situation and they need the support," Wilson said. "It's an honor and a joy to be able to walk through that process with a family and be able to give them back their kids when they are healthy and whole."
There are times fostering can lead to an opportunity to adopt. That's what happened to Wilson. She is hoping more people will foster and take a chance with their hearts.
"There are just so many kids that are in crisis and families that are hurting, "Wilson said. "We need to help.
Click here for information on how to be a part of Foster + Heart, or to start the process to become a foster parent, click here.
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BOISE, Idaho — Three Boise residents were killed Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash near Elmore County.
The crash occurred around 9:57 Sunday, on State Highway 167 near milepost 9, south of Simco Road, according to the Idaho State Police (ISP).
A 57-year-old Mountain Home man was traveling southbound in a Peterbilt semi with a single trailer when, according to ISP, a Toyota Tundra crossed over the center line and collided with the semi head-on.
The Tundra was driven by a 34-year-old Boise man; he and his two passengers, a 33-year-old woman and a child also from Boise, succumbed to their injuries at the scene of the crash.
The highway was blocked for more than five hours as crews worked to clear the accident. ISP is investigating the incident.
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — Several residents of a Shelbyville apartment complex and two nearby mobile homes were displaced by an early morning fire Monday.
No injuries were reported.
Firefighters were called to 845 Miller Ave. (State Road 44) on the city's west side around 4:30 a.m. for a structure fire. When they arrived, firefighters found a two-story apartment building and two trailers on fire.
State Road 44 was blocked as a ladder truck sprayed water on the scene.
The Red Cross is providing assistance to the victims affected.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/shelbyville-apartment-fire-red-cross-victims-miller-avenue/531-f0ea43d4-bba3-408e-ad1a-cd0e7bcff0ad | 2023-05-15T13:06:05 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/shelbyville-apartment-fire-red-cross-victims-miller-avenue/531-f0ea43d4-bba3-408e-ad1a-cd0e7bcff0ad |
NEW YORK (WPIX/NEXSTAR) — Despite a recent slowdown in growth, rent costs across the U.S. are well above pre-pandemic levels – so where can you get the most space for your money?
An annual analysis from Rentcafe, a nationwide listing service that helps find apartments or houses for renters and buyers, looked at how much square footage you can get, on average, for $1,500 in the 100 largest U.S. cities.
The most square footage for $1,500
Wichita, Kansas, ranks number one when it comes to generous layouts, with 1,463 square feet for $1,500. The average apartment costs $817 a month and has 797 square feet.
Rounding out the top 10 are Toledo, Ohio (1,379 square feet); Tulsa, Oklahoma (1,368 square feet), Oklahoma City (1,330 square feet); Memphis, Tennessee (1,293 square feet); Fort Wayne, Indiana (1,263); El Paso, Texas (1,222 square feet); Lubbock, Texas (1,218 square feet); and Omaha, Nebraska (1,209).
The least square footage for $1,500
Moving to New York City? You may want to pack light. In Manhattan, $1,500 will get you a paltry 243 square feet.
This may not surprise many New Yorkers, but you can’t get a whole lot of space for $1,500 a month in rent. A quick look on Zillow lists less than 200 apartments for that amount, and most are under 500 square feet.
A garage in a residential home that houses two cars is about 400 square feet.
Boston is right behind the Big Apple at 320 square feet, followed by San Francisco (336 square feet); Brooklyn, New York (342 square feet); Jersey City, New Jersey (362 square feet); Queens, New York (393 square feet); Oakland, California (418 square feet); Los Angeles (423 square feet); Irvine, California (445); and San Diego (449 square feet).
Good news for renters?
Rent prices are still sharply higher than they were before the pandemic, but there may be reason for some optimism.
Year-over-year average rent prices across the U.S. actually went down for the first time since COVID-19 upended life around the globe.
Unfortunately for apartment shoppers, rental prices are still quite expensive. The national media cost of rent is now $1,937, according to Rent, which tracks listings and rental data.
The last time it was below that level was February 2022, when it was $1,904. In January, 2020, the month when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first COVID-19 case in the U.S., the median rental price was $1,585. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/heres-how-much-apartment-space-1500-buys-in-the-top-us-cities-report/ | 2023-05-15T13:17:39 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/heres-how-much-apartment-space-1500-buys-in-the-top-us-cities-report/ |
UPDATE: 5/15/2023 7:47 A.M.
All lanes on US 41 in Collier County are back open as of 8:25 p.m. Saturday, May 13.
PREVIOUS: 5/13/2023 3:33 P.M.
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. –The Florida Highway Patrol states US 41 eastbound is in the process of being closed as of 3:00 pm, from State Road 29 (Collier County) and westbound from Krome Avenue (Dade County) due to poor visibility from the Big Cypress Fire / Smoke.
The anticipated closure time will be for several hours, according to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP).
This situation will continue to be monitored stated FHP. Please avoid area if possible.
Alternate Route: Interstate 75 (Alligator Alley) is open. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/05/15/travel-advisory-in-collier-county-u-s-41/ | 2023-05-15T13:20:50 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/collier-county/2023/05/15/travel-advisory-in-collier-county-u-s-41/ |
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Authorities are investigating an overnight crash in Fort Myers that left two vehicles with major damage.
San Carlos Park Firefighters were called to the crash at Alico Road and Phlox Drive around 2:07 a.m. Monday.
While on the way to the crash, fire crews noted from a distance one or more of the vehicles involved were on fire.
When crews arrived, both the car and semi-truck involved were fully engulfed in flames and heavy smoke, according to the San Carlos Park Fire District.
The drivers of both vehicles were safely outside, and crews immediately extinguished the flames.
The entire eastbound lane of Alico Road was blocked off before Lee Boulevard for several hours but has since re-opened. | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/05/15/crash-in-fort-myers-leaves-two-vehicles-with-major-damage/ | 2023-05-15T13:20:56 | 0 | https://nbc-2.com/news/local/lee-county/2023/05/15/crash-in-fort-myers-leaves-two-vehicles-with-major-damage/ |
PARKVILLE, Md. — A motorcycle rider died following a Mothers Day collision in Parkville.
It happened around 12:35 at the intersection of E. Joppa Road and Emla Avenue.
Baltimore County Police said a Suzuki SX 4 was making a left turn onto westbound E. Joppa Road, when an oncoming Yamaha R6 motorcycle collided with it's rear driver's side.
Dillon J. Neimiller, 25, was thrown from the bike upon impact and later died at an area hospital.
A passenger in the back seat of the Suzuki was also injured.
The cause remains under investigation. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/motorcycle-rider-dies-following-mothers-day-collision-in-parkville | 2023-05-15T13:21:35 | 0 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/motorcycle-rider-dies-following-mothers-day-collision-in-parkville |
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