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This goat is baaaack where he belongs.
Police in New Jersey said that a missing goat that was spotted peering through windows of homes has been captured.
The ungulate had been wandering around Chatham Township, where multiple residents took pictures of him looking into their houses from outside late last week.
A team of construction workers found the animal on Monday. The goat is now back safe at the local farm from which he escaped.
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CLINTON — Clinton High School graduation will held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 21, in the gymnasium.
The valedictorians are Emmaleigh Leach and Ava Thierry. The salutatorians are Chloe Barth, Alexa Harris and Makenna Rauch.
Graduates are as follows:
A-F
Manuel Aguilar, Aidan Alexander, Zoe Apple, Isabelle Arnold, Madison Austin, Mckayla Austin, Zephyn Ayers, Colton Baker, Autumn Bartell, Madelynn Bartels, Chloe Barth, Conor Berry, Robert Boughton, Tanner Brannan, Miles Bryant, Carson Buggar, Trinity Buggar, Carter Bugner, Emily Burkett, Savannah Burton, Wesley Burton, Scott Carroll, Kreston Carter, Anthony Christy, Hayden Clark, Isaiah Coonce, Preston Daniels, Jace Danley, Caden Deerwester, Aliza Dennison, Aspen Duncan, Owen Earl, Alayna Earle, Candyce Evans, Nevaeh Ewing, Tylor Fair, Derek Filkin, Riley Freeman
G-K
Jade Gustafson, Austin Harlow, Alexa Harris, Lillian Harriett, Alyssa Hart, Kyle Hendriex, Mea Henson-Kivlehan, Brandy Hoerr, Dakota Huston, Kylee Isaac, Joseph Jiles, Alexander Johnson, Jakob Kalmer, Tanner Koonce, Draven Krontz
L-P
Emmaleigh Leach, Julia Lovell, Gabrielle Lowe, Omar Magana, Chloe Manning, Riece McCormick, London McFeeters, Kyle MgGlothlin, Alexander Nape, Braden Nuttall, Aric Oliver, Jeremiah Ortiz, Samara Osborne, Jonathan Peterson, Benjamin Primeaux, Aiden Purdue
Q-Z
Makenna Rauch, Isaih Reynolds, Marlyn Rich, Ramiayah Riley, Carter Rodgers, Trevor Scott, Emma Schofner, Jeremiah Simmons, Cordellia Smith, Trent Smith, Alaina Soberalski, Jacqueline Sosa Denegri, Lily Spence, Wyatt Spera, Houston Stapleton, Cameron Stark, Emma Stevens, Willis Strange III, Ava Thierry, Steven Thomas, Gracie Troyer, Seth Varble, Scott Webb, Andrew White, Tyran Whitlock, Nevaeh Williams, Brody Wilson, Cayleigh Winebrinner, William Winter, Brock Wolfe and Brett Young.
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It's prom season in Central Illinois! Here's a look at prom courts for area high schools. | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/clinton-high-school-2023-graduates/article_b8a71c82-f102-11ed-a8b1-e7e9f10b76f9.html | 2023-05-16T11:46:41 | 1 | https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/clinton-high-school-2023-graduates/article_b8a71c82-f102-11ed-a8b1-e7e9f10b76f9.html |
It’s Election Day. With a number of key issues on the ballot, here’s what voters need to know heading out to the polls on Tuesday:
WHEN AND WHERE TO GOPolls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters must vote at the designated polling location for their district.
If voters requested an absentee ballot, it must be returned to the Ada or Canyon county election offices or placed in a drop box by 8 p.m. Ada County drop box locations are located at the Ada County elections office (400 N Benjamin Lane), Eagle City Hall, Meridian City Hall, Kuna City Hall, Boise City Hall and Star City Hall. In Canyon County, the drop-off location is at the county elections office located at 1102 E Chicago St.
WHAT TO BRING?Registered voters must bring a state-issued ID, tribal card, U.S. passport or current student ID to vote. If a registered voter forgets these documents, they will be allowed to sign a Personal Identification Affidavit.
VOTER REGISTRATIONIf someone is not registered to vote, they can register at their polling location on Election Day with a valid form of photo identification and proof of residency, which can include a bank statement, vehicle registration or utility bill.
WHAT’S ON THE BALLOT?There are some significant school bond and levies measures to keep an eye on.
West Ada School District is seeking a record $500 million plant facilities levy. According to a report from Idaho Education News, the state’s largest school district believes the money will cover a decade’s worth of building needs.
At Vallivue School District, a $78 million bond proposal would help build two new elementary schools. It would also help repair, renovate and remodel school facilities including new roofs and HVAC systems at Vallivue High School and East Canyon Elementary School.
There are also some key library trustee seats that will be determined in Meridian, Kuna and Ada County library districts. Libraries have been under fire by some locally and in certain sectors of the United States, with an emphasis on book banning and content that is provided to children and families. Earlier this year, a petition was put forth — and eventually denied — that aimed to dissolve the Meridian Library District.
For a look at who’s running and what they will look to bring to the respective seats, go to idahopress.com/news/elections. | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/election-day-is-upon-us-here-s-what-voters-need-to-know-at-the-polls/article_b07ea0c6-f345-11ed-9035-375e0e1dc0de.html | 2023-05-16T11:48:50 | 0 | https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/election-day-is-upon-us-here-s-what-voters-need-to-know-at-the-polls/article_b07ea0c6-f345-11ed-9035-375e0e1dc0de.html |
Proposed $400 million Daytona development back on the table after developer makes pledge
DAYTONA BEACH — After shooting down plans for a new $400 million development by a 4-3 vote in March over traffic congestion issues, the 415-acre project is back for reconsideration at Wednesday night's city commission meeting.
Daytona Beach city commissioners will also consider spending $1 million to buy a pair of adjacent properties on International Speedway Boulevard that could be used as the site for a new hotel and vote on the hiring of a new city attorney.
Here's a closer look at each of those agenda items.
Developer promises to pay for traffic impact
At their March 15 meeting, city commissioners rejected a rezoning request for a proposed housing and commercial development that would be located between Interstate 95 and Tomoka Farms Road.
The development would include 1,660 residential units of both single-family and multifamily housing along with 340,000 square feet committed to commercial, institutional, and light-industrial uses.
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The residential portion of the development would include trails throughout the upscale community, clubhouses, fitness centers, resort pools, and a multi-use field.
A majority of commissioners rejected the project because they were worried it would create too much traffic for the already overburdened area around Tomoka Farms Road and International Speedway Boulevard.
Now the developer has agreed to fully fund the cost of traffic improvements, so commissioners are reconsidering the request to rezone the large property from agricultural to planned development uses.
New hotel in Midtown?
City staff has been trying since early this year to line up property purchases along the north side of International Speedway Boulevard in hopes of using the assembled land to build a hotel, city records show.
The property across from a Checker's restaurant could also be used for retail, office space, or multi-family housing.
City commissioners will decide whether to purchase the two parcels, located one block east of the Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center.
The contiguous properties just east of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard are 562 W. International Speedway Blvd., available for $600,000, and 558 W. International Speedway Blvd., which has an asking price of $348,500.
Estimated due diligence, closing costs, and brokers' fees are expected to tally $51,500 for both parcels, bringing the city's total bill to $1 million. The city could tap $1.7 million it has remaining from an International Speedway Boulevard streetscape project, take out a loan, or use money in its Midtown Community Redevelopment Area fund.
Daytona Beach getting a new city attorney
Deputy City Attorney Ben Gross is poised to become Daytona Beach's next city attorney.
City commissioners are expected to approve a contract with Gross during their meeting Wednesday night. Gross will take over as city attorney on June 16 if city commissioners choose him.
Current Daytona Beach City Attorney Robert Jagger has decided to retire, effective June 15. Jagger has worked for the city for 15 years.
Gross has worked for the city for the past 23 years as an assistant city attorney and deputy city attorney.
You can reach Eileen at Eileen.Zaffiro@news-jrnl.com | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/16/proposed-1600-home-project-in-daytona-beach-back-for-reconsideration/70215955007/ | 2023-05-16T12:00:06 | 1 | https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2023/05/16/proposed-1600-home-project-in-daytona-beach-back-for-reconsideration/70215955007/ |
Rental development for seniors latest wave in building surge for west Noblesville
A senior living development has broken ground on State Road 32 in Noblesville, accelerating a west-side building surge near the expanding Midland Trace trail.
Promenade Trails at Little Chicago Road will have 151 apartments and 59 cottage rentals with sidewalks and trails for people 55 years and older and connect with Promenade Apartments, both built by the Justus Companies, of Indianapolis.
The cottage apartments will be two-bedroom, two bath units in duplexes and multiplex buildings, with some finished by the end of the year, according to Justus spokeswoman Sara Walsh.
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The rentals are aimed at older adults who don’t need a large house anymore or the work that goes into maintaining it. The development will provide lawn care and trash and snow removal.
“Our goal is to create an inclusive, safe, convenient and accessible community that empowers residents to do what they want to do when they want to do it without the responsibilities of home ownership,” said Angela Miller, Executive Vice President of The Justus Companies, in a news release.
The traditional apartments will be in a large 3-story building, with a center courtyard, a fitness room, pet spa, clubroom, a pub, and a fireside lounge on the first floor. The courtyard will have a pool, sun deck, garden, outdoor kitchen and TV lounge.
The building is expected to be be finished by mid-2025.
The development will feature a dog park, walking paths, nature trail and ponds that will connect to Promenade Apartments, a project of 300 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and garages in 15 buildings.
Developers have eyed the western edge of Noblesville leading into Westfield as prime for growth.
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Meijer plans to build a supermarket next to the Promenade developments and, across the street, a $47 million housing and retail project is under construction.
Midland Pointe, on the southeast corner of SR 32 and Hazel Dell Road, will be 249 townhouses and stacked flats and offer 40,000 feet of retail space. East coast gas station chain Wawa, known for its hoagie sandwiches, has already signed on, along with a Crew Car Wash.
The development connects to the Midland Trace, which leads to the Monon Trail to the west and will connect to downtown Noblesville to the east.
Call IndyStar reporter John Tuohy at 317-444-6418. Email at john.tuohy@indystar.com and follow on Twitter and Facebook. | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2023/05/16/noblesville-development-west-side-senior-living-complex-breaks-ground/70219506007/ | 2023-05-16T12:06:52 | 0 | https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/hamilton-county/noblesville/2023/05/16/noblesville-development-west-side-senior-living-complex-breaks-ground/70219506007/ |
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KSNW) – In a special meeting Monday, the Hutchinson Public Schools USD 308 Board of Education (BOE) voted to approve the combining of two elementary schools, Lincoln Elementary and McCandless Elementary.
BOE members met Monday evening to determine what to do about a teacher shortage in the upcoming year. District leaders say they could be down 14 teachers next year.
During the meeting, members of the community, including parents, guardians, and taxpayers, had the opportunity to address the BOE in relation to the proposed solutions to the teacher shortage.
Some parents KSN spoke to Monday afternoon expressed concerns about the closure, stating that they were worried about long walks to school for their children.
USD 308’s Superintendent Dr. Dawn Johnson followed the public hearing with a presentation of proposed solutions and provided data gathered by district leaders, offering pros and cons for the proposed plans.
“We are building towards excellence, and we know this is not an easy decision, but I think we have worked hard to look at all of the options and choose the best recommendation,” said Dr. Johnson.
Paul Carver, the principal of Lincoln, also had the opportunity to speak to the board and speak about the concerns addressed by the community. He supported the recommendation.
In the end, the board voted to combine the boundaries of Lincoln and McCandless and make McCandless the attendance center. This will also reverse the Graber boundary back to the 2022-23 boundary.
To see the full detailed information on the board’s agenda, click here.
The next regularly scheduled BOE meeting is on Monday, May 22, at 6 p.m. at the USD 308 Administrative Center, 1520 N. Plum St. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hutchinson-boe-approves-combining-of-elementary-schools/ | 2023-05-16T12:09:50 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/hutchinson-boe-approves-combining-of-elementary-schools/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – At least one person has been sent to the hospital following a vehicle crash involving a wheelchair in southeast Wichita Monday night.
According to Sedgwick County Dispatch, the crash happened around 8 p.m. near the intersection of East Pawnee Street and South Rock Road.
Wichita Police Department Officer Chad Ditch tells KSN that the crash occurred when a person in a motorized wheelchair fell out of their wheelchair onto Rock Road and was then struck by a Ford SUV.
Dispatch confirms at least one person has received serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
KSN will update this story once more information becomes available. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-hospitalized-after-vehicle-vs-wheelchair-crash-in-southeast-wichita/ | 2023-05-16T12:09:56 | 0 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/one-hospitalized-after-vehicle-vs-wheelchair-crash-in-southeast-wichita/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Moths by the masses, hiding in garage doors, cars, and patios. Many said this isn’t the norm. Experts said these Army Cutworms are native to Kansas. Two contributing factors make this year worse.
Miller moths are becoming a nuisance to Kansans.
“We just noticed that the water heater wasn’t working well,” said Angie Weber.
Weber lives out in the country near Valley Center.
She said there are a lot of moths inside and outside of her home, even finding shelter in her water heater’s exhaust pipe.
“Sure enough, they were packed down in the bottom,” said Weber.
A plumber had to unclog the pipe, costing Weber $200.
“It was pretty gross and not a good thing that they cost me money,” said Weber.
It’s a daily chore of sweeping for Kelly Kennedy, who lives in Haysville. His barn is filled with the insects each morning.
“I spend my evenings swinging at moths and stuff and trying to kill them,” said Kelly Kennedy.
The problem has brought a surge of calls to Patton Termite and Pest.
“I’ve done this for almost 20 years, and I’ve never seen anything like it before,” said Patton Termite and Pest President Gerry Marsh.
Warmer temperatures are allowing the insects to grow longer, and the drought isn’t helping either.
“We don’t normally see this many because when the soil is wet, it kind of creates a fungus within it and that fungus will actually kill these caterpillars,” said Great Plains Nature Center Digital Media Lead Naturalist Katlin Vargas.
Experts said the moths won’t lay eggs or do damage to your home, and soon the pesky problem should be gone.
“As big of a nuisance as they are to let them kind of make their way over west so they can go feed some grizzly bears,” said Vargas.
Over the next few weeks, the moths will head west to pollinate flowers and be a source of food for grizzly bears.
As we wait for them to migrate, experts said turning off unnecessary lights at night and vacuuming them up if inside can help remove them.
Experts said the moths should die off or migrate by sometime in June. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/two-contributing-factors-cause-increase-in-moths/ | 2023-05-16T12:10:02 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/two-contributing-factors-cause-increase-in-moths/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita City Council on Tuesday will consider rezoning an area northwest of Interstate 135 and 21st Street for Love’s truck stop.
The development would include a convenience store, RV hookups for overnight parking, electric car charging stations, a dog exercise area and a restaurant.
The applicant is proposing seven ground or pole signs throughout the campus that conform to the Wichita Sign Code standards for industrial zoning districts. The largest of these signs will be a 25-foot pole sign along East 21st Street listing fuel prices and other on-site uses. The other six signs will be a combination of directional and way-finding signage. Additionally, the applicant is also proposing an 80-foot pole sign with approximately 1,400 square feet of signage along the I-135 frontage.
The Metropolitan Area Planning Commission unanimously approved the project on April 27 after no members of the public spoke, but on May 8, District Advisory Board VI rejected the proposal after several members of the public spoke in opposition due to the proposed sign height and a negative impact to residents east of the I-135.
Council members will have the final say on the plan. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-city-council-to-consider-loves-truck-stop/ | 2023-05-16T12:10:08 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-city-council-to-consider-loves-truck-stop/ |
Florida Historical Society holds annual gathering in Lakeland starting Thursday
The Florida Historical Society and the Florida State Genealogical Society will hold their annual gatherings Thursday through Saturday in Lakeland. Most events will take place at Springhill Suites, 511 W. Lime St.
Emily Foster, Lakeland’s historic preservationist, and LuAnn Mims, librarian supervisor at the Lakeland History and Culture Center, will make a presentation, “The History and Historic Places of Lakeland,” Thursday at 9:30 a.m.
“Songs of the Sunshine State,” performed by the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus and The Voices of Jacksonville, will take place Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Polk Theatre.
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A presentation on archival preservation will be held Friday at 10:15 a.m. A presentation at 1:30 p.m. on Friday will explore genealogy and historical research using DNA testing and new technologies.
A banquet dinner Friday at 7 p.m. will feature keynote speaker Amy Anderson, Project Manager of “La Florida: The Interactive Digital Archive of the Americas.”
James M. Denham, a history professor at Florida Southern College, will lead a panel discussion Saturday at 10:30 a.m. on modern Florida. He will be joined by authors Bob Kealing and Gary Mormino.
The FHS bookstore and exhibits will be open for limited hours all three days. For more information or to register, go to www.myfloridahistory.org. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/florida-historical-society-holds-events-in-lakeland-starting-thursday/70213519007/ | 2023-05-16T12:10:57 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/florida-historical-society-holds-events-in-lakeland-starting-thursday/70213519007/ |
Georgia painter takes Best of Show, $5,000 prize, at Mayfaire art festival in Lakeland
Nathan Miller of Covington, Georgia, received the Best of Show award at the Citizens Bank & Trust Mayfaire by-the-Lake fine art festival held Saturday and Sunday in Lakeland.
Miller won for oil and acrylic paintings, earning a prize of $5,000.
Awards of Excellence, worth $2,000 each, went to Nicola Barsaleau of LaCrosse for drawing and graphics and Valerie Walchek of Ocoee for works in clay.
Awards of Distinction winners were Dominice Gilbert of St. Petersburg for sculpture, Blair Petersen Updike of Highland Park for oil and acrylic painting, Alex Lanier of Tallahassee for digital media and Jacqui Aguilar of Cape Coral for jewelry. Each received $1,000.
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Merit Awards worth $500 each went to Cheri Kudja Rhodig of Lakeland for sculpture, Glenn Woods of Palm Harbor for clay, Zhiyong Ye of Leesburg for fiber, Susan Currier of Sebastian for drawing and graphics, Caitlin Albritton of Tampa for jewelry and Mike Duflo of Vero Beach for wood.
Winners of Honorable Mention Awards were Marcia Morse Mullins of Lakeland (fiber), George Rhodes of Plantation (photography), Wendy Foreman of Ormond Beach (jewelry), Vicki Cooley of Sarasota (oil and acrylic) and Andrew Dorset of Valrico (oil and acrylic). Each received $200. | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/georgia-painter-wins-best-of-show-at-mayfaire-art-festival-in-lakeland/70218316007/ | 2023-05-16T12:11:03 | 0 | https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/georgia-painter-wins-best-of-show-at-mayfaire-art-festival-in-lakeland/70218316007/ |
The Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors has approved a 15-month moratorium on permits for "utility-scale wind-energy conversion systems, solar-energy installations and battery storage installations."
The moratorium passed Monday after a well-attended public hearing.
Among the speakers during the public portion of the meeting, most residents supported withholding permits for the 15-month period. With 10 residents speaking forthe moratorium and two speaking against, public sentiment seemed to align with the recommendation from recently resigned Planning and Zoning Administrator John Robbins. Robbins has taken a job with the North Iowa Area Council of Governments.
During discussion, supervisors agreed a moratorium would benefit the community as the county's comprehensive plan will not be completed until this summer. The comprehensive plan is a guide for development and will include the county's best practices for renewable energy.
"The moratorium was brought up to Planning and Zoning May 4. Eventually, the original recommendation of 15 months was accepted. These type of projects were being granted special use permits and those don't have a set of rules everyone plays by. The comprehensive plan was started nearly a year ago and includes guidelines for renewable projects," according to Tom Meyer, county director of administrative services.
Board Chair Casey Callanan asked Meyer about delays associated with the hiring of a new planning and zoning administrator and whether the ordinance can be amended on the advice of Robbins' replacement.
Supervisor Chris Watts also had questions about the timeline. "I had originally thought 15 months might be too long," he stated. "I thought 12 months might be better, but do we have the option to extend this if we aren't satisfied?"
Meyer said the ordinance can be amended at any time by the board.
Residents who supported the moratorium gave a variety of reasons for their opposition to the renewable energy technologies. The safety of wildlife and migration concerns, chemical seepage, long contract lengths and visual blight were all mentioned.
"Imagine if you were on the other side of this issue and consider how you would feel if this same threat was coming to your backyard," asked Cerro Gordo County resident Julie Fjone.
Proponents of renewable fuels technologies believe they are well suited to Iowa's areas of open land and have been working with landowners for a number of months on developments that are currently on hold.
Corey Eberling of Apex Clean Energy likened the situation to the insurance industry. "Rule changing doesn't put a stop to business," he said. "If there's new policies coming down from above, you don't stop selling insurance to your customers. You work with those changes."
For now, the 15-month moratorium stands. The county continues its search for a planning and zoning administrator and will revisit the ordinance as necessary.
The side benefits of clean energy
The side benefits of clean energy
Clean energy provides almost 443,000 jobs in the US
A federal carbon tax on all energy-related carbon emissions could raise $1.87 trillion over the next decade
More than 25% of Americans live in states with carbon-pricing programs
The US already produces enough clean energy to provide power for 58 million American homes
The cost of wind and solar power fell 47% and 71% in the past decade, respectively
Increased clean-energy use decreases the instance of heart attacks, asthma attacks, and other cardiovascular issues
Clean energy is more resilient and reliable than fossil fuels
A Mason City Wind turbine development at 21389 260th St. Iowa produced 11,804.1 megawatts of electricity in 2021, according to the Iowa Utilities Board, second-highest production in the nation behind Texas. | https://globegazette.com/news/local/cerro-gordo-county-approves-renewable-energy-moratorium/article_5bb7770d-fecf-5a6d-8b92-e5886ad59f8a.html | 2023-05-16T12:14:46 | 0 | https://globegazette.com/news/local/cerro-gordo-county-approves-renewable-energy-moratorium/article_5bb7770d-fecf-5a6d-8b92-e5886ad59f8a.html |
SAN ANTONIO — Police have a lot of questions, but aren't getting any answers from two men who were shot at a gas station on the west side of town late Monday night.
Officers responded to Castroville Road at SW 36th Street near Highway 90 around 11 p.m. for reports of a shooting in progress.
When police arrived, they said the victims drove away, then stopped in the middle of the road near South Acme Road and Eldridge Avenue and called 9-1-1. It turns out they were in a stolen car, according to police.
Police say neither of the victims will tell officers who shot at them.
One victim is 20 and the other is 19.
The 20-year-old who was driving was shot twice in the back and was taken to University Hospital in critical condition
Police say the 19-year-old ran from the scene to some nearby apartments.
He was eventually taken to the hospital with a gunshot wound the to the arm, and is expected to be okay.
Police say they have no leads on the suspect because the two men refuse to say who shot at them.
This is a developing story.
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BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — Fifth graders at Holston View Elementary School got to do business with the sharks this week as they participated in their own version of ‘Shark Tank.’
The student entrepreneurs pitched their ideas to judges, also known as the ‘sharks.’
The non-profit organization founders, local business owners and other entrepreneurs from across the region had the job of picking which business idea had the best chance to survive.
“We’re recreating the Shark Tank from the show in our way. We made our own inventions by ourselves and we created prototypes. And we’re going to present to every people in the community,” said 5th-grade student Julian Tucker.
Organizers said they hope the event teaches students that no dream is too small. | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/holston-view-elementary-students-participate-in-shark-tank-2/ | 2023-05-16T12:24:22 | 1 | https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/holston-view-elementary-students-participate-in-shark-tank-2/ |
Are you ready for some grilling? Today is National Barbecue Day. It is celebrated every May 16 to serve as a reminder of the delicious food that Americans have access to. Go to a restaurant or have a grill in your own backyard. Just make sure you celebrate the day with great fervor ... and flavor!
Here come the riders! The 2023 bicycle racing season opens today at the Kenosha Velodrome featuring Premier Racine. The Washington Park Velodrome opened in 1927 and is the oldest operating velodrome in the country. It’s the only track in the state. The velodrome is a 333-meter track. Spectators are welcome to watch the bicycle races. Admission is free on “the hill” for any night of racing. The races are from 7 to 10 p.m. most Tuesdays throughout the summer at the velodrome, 1821 Washington Road.
There is live music at the Union Park Tavern this evening, 4520 Eighth Ave., this evening. George TNT kicks off karaoke tonight at 9 p.m.
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A Spring StoryWalk Trail is open at Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary and Arboretum, 880 Green Bay Road. Hawthorn Hollow, in partnership with the Kenosha Public Library, is offering walks telling the story “Crinkle, Crackle, CRACK: It’s Spring!” in a self-guided walk starting on Old MIil Road and ending across the Pike River with a talk-home craft, while supplies last. This free event is open today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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. | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-may-16/article_c641a40e-f32b-11ed-bbe6-3b8c416e7562.html | 2023-05-16T12:28:57 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/news/local/kenosha-area-events-for-tuesday-may-16/article_c641a40e-f32b-11ed-bbe6-3b8c416e7562.html |
CEDAR FALLS — The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa announced the opening of five grant processes as part of its 2023 summer grant cycle.
More information, the online grant application and grant guidelines for each grant process can be found at cfneia.org/grantopportunities. The deadline to submit applications is 5 p.m. on July 15. Staff will be available for technical support until 5 p.m. on July 14.
This is Black Hawk County's second cycle of the year. Priority is given to funding requests that align with community initiatives of advancing racial equity, expanding child care, enhancing the arts, strengthening workforce readiness, building nonprofit capacity and addressing the foundation's areas of focus. Those include arts and culture, community betterment, education and youth development, environment and animal welfare, health and human services.
Nonprofit organizations whose work plays a vital role in helping individuals become more financially stable within Veridian Credit Union’s service area of Iowa and Nebraska are eligible to apply for Veridian Credit Union's Successful Financial Future Grants. Grants are made possible by the Veridian Credit Union Fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa.
Women's Fund grants address issues that lead to long-term change for Black Hawk County women and girls in the areas of education and literacy, poverty and homelessness, violence and safety, and health and healthcare. The Women’s Fund is advised by CFNEIA’s Women for Good.
Grants are available to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations and government entities. Tax-exempt organizations classified as other than 501(c)(3) are also eligible, if and only if, the project is deemed charitable.
Questions can be directed to Dotti Thompson, grant and scholarship manager, at (319) 243-1358 or dthompson@cfneia.org. More information about the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa can be found at www.cfneia.org.
Photos: University of Northern Iowa Friday Commencement | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/community-foundations-opens-2023-summer-grant-applications/article_acac841c-009f-5e41-9d10-338b0d6cb43d.html | 2023-05-16T12:30:06 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/community-foundations-opens-2023-summer-grant-applications/article_acac841c-009f-5e41-9d10-338b0d6cb43d.html |
CEDAR RAPIDS — Four Oaks is raising awareness about the urgent need for foster parents as National Foster Care Month is marked.
Every year, thousands of children in Iowa are removed from their homes due to abuse, neglect, or other reasons. These children need temporary homes where they can feel loved, supported, and safe until they can return to their families or are adopted. Four Oaks, a statewide children and family nonprofit based in Cedar Rapids, provides foster care training and support to individuals and families who want to make a difference in the lives of these children.
The agency is calling on more people across Iowa of all backgrounds to consider becoming foster parents. As the demand for foster homes grows, it’s important that foster families reflect the diversity of the children they serve. Children come from all walks of life and, according to a news release, it’s essential that they are placed in homes that understand and respect their cultural and religious backgrounds.
To become a foster parent in Iowa, individuals or couples must be at least 21 years old, have a stable source of income, and pass a background check. They must also complete a training program to prepare them for the challenges and joys of fostering.
Four Oaks makes the process of becoming a foster parent as easy and convenient as possible. Here are different ways to get involved:
Online inquiry: Interested individuals or families can fill out an online form on the website iowafosterandadoption.org. Once Four Oaks receives the inquiry, staff will get back to the family within one day with a packet of information to fill out, including background checks. Families need to complete the packet and submit it to the office locations listed in the packet.
Orientation: Four Oaks offers a commitment-free virtual orientation on Sundays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Local in-person orientation sessions are also available. The orientations are an opportunity to get any and all questions answered.
Classes: Once all the information is completed, Four Oaks will help the family sign up for classes. The family classes are offered within 60 days of application and within 60 miles of their home. If there's no in-person class that works with the family’s schedule, virtual options for classes will be presented. If the family is not able to make one of the classes work in their schedule (they are 11 weeks long), then Four Oaks will continue to offer them classes until one is found that works for them.
After an individual or family is licensed, Four Oaks offers continuous trainings for families using community professionals as well as support groups for foster parents to feel part of the larger fostering community. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/four-oaks-encourages-more-people-to-become-foster-parents/article_4bcbbc04-4dff-51ab-a97f-0e855714679a.html | 2023-05-16T12:30:08 | 1 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/four-oaks-encourages-more-people-to-become-foster-parents/article_4bcbbc04-4dff-51ab-a97f-0e855714679a.html |
Mining company gets OK from state for exploratory drilling in Chequamegon Forest
MADISON - A mining exploration company plans to start drilling in the Chequamegon National Forest this summer in search of metals that potentially could be used to create green energy products, such as solar panels or electric vehicle batteries.
GreenLight Metals received permission to drill up to eight holes within the forest this summer and collect samples of the ground and the rock below, known as cores.
The company applied to start drilling last year but had to provide additional information to the DNR several times. The notice of the approval of the company's plans was issued May 4 by Molly Garnder, the metallic mining coordinator for the agency.
As a part of the approval, the company will have to ensure it is properly using water at the site and not pulling from nearby streams during drought conditions if they were to occur.
Other requirements include preventing erosion at any of the drill sites and protecting endangered resources.
"We're delighted that the approval was received because we worked hard with the DNR in terms of meeting regulations," GreenLight CEO Dan Colton said in an interview.
GreenLight still needs permission from the U.S. Forest Service, as the sites are within a national forest, Colton said. But once that permission is granted, the company will be able to launch its project, likely sometime this summer.
The Bend deposit, located within the Chequamegon National Forest, is about 19 miles north of Medford. It was discovered in 1986 and first drilled in the 1990s. It contains copper, gold and silver, totaling an estimated 4.23 million tons of ore that would be accessed via an underground mine.
GreenLight also holds the mining rights to the Reef deposit in Marathon County, just outside of Wausau. Drilling is also being pursued at that deposit, which likely contains copper, gold, silver and zinc.
GreenLight also plans to eventually do exploratory drilling at the Reef deposit but will first focus on exploring the Bend deposit, Colton said.
Exploration at both sites would likely go on for years before opening a mine in either area would be discussed or permitted by state and federal agencies.
Previously, another company explored the Bend and Reef deposits in 2011 and 2012, but since then no further action has been taken, partially due to a mining moratorium in Wisconsin in place until the state Legislature overturned it in 2017, renewing interest in mining in the state.
Since the end of a mining moratorium, residents and environmentalists have pushed back against the idea of mining in the state, arguing that a mine could pollute water and air and cause other harms to the environment.
But Colton said that GreenLight and any company that might do the actual mining if minerals are located in the deposits would be good stewards of the environment.
"Twenty-first century mining can be done in a manner in which we protect the environment so we serve both environmental needs and protections, as well as producing metals," he said.
The metals produced could be used to fuel the change to green energy.
"These are the metals that are crucially needed in the manufacturing of these clean energy technologies," Colton said. "Wisconsin has an opportunity to be a source to secure supply chains for these technologies in the metals that are needed."
Laura Schulte can be reached at leschulte@jrn.com and on Twitter at @SchulteLaura. | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/05/16/mining-company-gets-ok-from-state-for-exploratory-drilling-in-chequamegon-forest/70203290007/ | 2023-05-16T12:32:34 | 0 | https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2023/05/16/mining-company-gets-ok-from-state-for-exploratory-drilling-in-chequamegon-forest/70203290007/ |
Temperatures hovered near freezing in Central Virginia as 1972 arrived, the dawn of a seismic year for Meadow Stable and its founding family.
As patriarch Christopher Chenery’s health continued to decline, his daughter, Penny Tweedy, had asserted more control over the thoroughbred racing and breeding operations, and she knew that her father’s estate would be taxed at a rate approaching 70%.
The Meadow needed an equine savior. Or two.
Enter Riva Ridge, Secretariat and their Canadian handlers: trainer Lucien Laurin and jockey Ron Turcotte.
Sired by The Meadow’s First Landing, Riva Ridge lacked Secretariat’s imposing size and striking good looks. But he was the nation’s top 2-year-old in 1971, status he affirmed with victories in the 1972 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.
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Only a fourth-place finish in the muddy Preakness — longshot Bee Bee Bee won the race — kept him from becoming the first Triple Crown champion since Citation in 1948.
Meanwhile, Laurin and Turcotte stirred more Triple Crown hopes as Secretariat’s 2-year-old season unfolded. Known by his Meadow caretakers as Big Red, a nod to his coloring, Secretariat had left his comfortable Virginia home in January for Florida’s Hialeah Park.
Turcotte, 81 and living in Canada, still recalls seeing him for the first time.
“Well, I’ll tell ya, it was love at first sight with Secretariat,” he said, “and ... it was love at first ride also. He was just a beautiful ride. He was as calm as could be. You’d swear he’d been doing it all his life. That’s how good he was. He was unafraid of other horses.
“I told Lucien, I think we’re going to have a lot of fun with this horse.”
Turcotte’s fun began in Secretariat’s third start, after apprentice jockey Paul Feliciano had ridden the colt to a fourth-place finish followed by a maiden victory. In the irons for each of Big Red’s seven subsequent races as a 2-year-old, Turcotte steered him to six wins.
The one exception was the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park, where Secretariat finished two lengths clear. But track stewards ruled that Secretariat impeded runner-up Stop the Music and reversed their order.
Esteemed writer and handicapper Andrew Beyer noticed Secretariat’s promise when he surged from last place to win his first stakes race, the Sanford at Saratoga, by a comfortable three lengths.
"Secretariat came of age in the decade that the American thoroughbred was at its peak, a period that also produced Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Alydar, Ruffian, Forego and Spectacular Bid,” Beyer wrote in a Washington Post review of the Disney film “Secretariat.” “Experts can endlessly debate the relative merits of such horses, but Secretariat did things that even other great ones didn’t do.
“If you watch videos of races without knowing who the horses are, there may be little to distinguish a high-class race from a cheap one. A film of Affirmed going to the lead and fighting off Alydar's challenge doesn't look much different from a $5,000 claimer doing the same thing. But Secretariat's athleticism was unmistakable.”
On Nov. 18, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, Secretariat closed his 2-year-old campaign by blistering the field in the Garden State Stakes at 8½ furlongs. Ridden by Turcotte’s brother Rudy, stablemate Angle Light was a distant second.
The National Turfwriters Association and the Daily Racing Form voted Secretariat the 1972 Horse of the Year, just as they had Riva Ridge 12 months earlier. In ’72 alone, the colts earned Meadow Stables more than $850,000 in purses, an infusion of cash the enterprise desperately needed.
Christopher Chenery had lived to see, though not appreciate, the fulfillment of his dream: a Meadow horse, draped in the stable’s blue-and-white silks, winning the Kentucky Derby. Eight months after Riva Ridge’s victory, on Jan. 3, 1973, he died in a New York hospital at age 86.
He was buried at the Woodland Cemetery in Ashland next to his wife. With estate taxes that granddaughter Kate Tweedy’s book, “Secretariat’s Meadow,” estimated at $11 million soon due, Secretariat was quickly syndicated for $6.08 million (32 shares at $190,000 each).
Big Red would race as a 3-year-old for Meadow Stables and then be retired to stud at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky.
AN ELEGANT RIVAL
Heroes need rivals. Secretariat’s was Sham.
Sham was, William Nack wrote in his biography of Big Red, “a rangy elegant-looking bay horse with a leggy leanness to him.”
He was, Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr., believes to this day, the fastest horse he ever rode.
Pincay won the 1984 Kentucky Derby and Belmont with Swale. He replaced Steve Cauthen aboard 1978 Triple Crown winner Affirmed in ’79. He piloted other champions such as Genuine Risk and John Henry.
“When people ask me about all the horses I rode, I always say Affirmed because he ran on different tracks and he was very consistent,” Pincay, 76, said from California. “But in just the (sheer) ability to run, I think Sham was probably better.”
Trained by Hall of Famer Frank “Pancho” Martin, Sham did not cross paths with Secretariat in 1972, and when the Derby preps commenced the following year, they raced on opposite coasts, Sham in California, Secretariat in New York.
Sham won four of five starts out West, punctuated by a record-setting performance in the 1⅛-mile Santa Anita Derby. His team confident, Sham jetted East for the first of four encounters with Secretariat.
He would never win again.
Two weeks before the Kentucky Derby, the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct also was 1⅛ miles, a test foreign to Big Red. Moreover, Bold Ruler’s offspring were renowned as sprinters, not distance specialists.
Fueling doubts about his pedigree, Secretariat, hampered by a painful abscess under his upper lip, ran a listless third in the Wood behind Angle Light and Sham, who lost by a mere neck. The 99th Kentucky Derby would be even more grueling, an eighth-of-a-mile farther against a larger field.
Secretariat and Sham were more than ready. Both raced the 1¼ miles in less than two minutes, the fastest Derby in history, Secretariat prevailing by 2½ lengths.
A half-century later, a span that includes four Triple Crown winners — Seattle Slew, Affirmed, American Pharoah and Justify — Big Red’s time of 1:59⅖ remains the Derby standard.
“If Affirmed had run in the 1973 Kentucky Derby, he would have finished third,” Pincay marveled.
On the heels of Riva Ridge’s ’72 Derby victory, Turcotte, Laurin, Penny Tweedy and groom Eddie Sweat were celebrities. The question now was whether Secretariat could end racing’s long Triple Crown drought.
As in the Derby, and many of his races, Secretariat broke poorly two weeks later at the Preakness. But rather than surge late, he stunned virtually everyone — Laurin, Turcotte and Pincay included — with a first-turn rush that appeared unsustainable.
But Secretariat didn’t fade, again defeating runner-up Sham, again by 2½ lengths.
Attending the Varina Races that afternoon, Mert Bailes, the first man to ride Secretariat at The Meadow, gathered with his family to watch the Preakness on television. Big Red’s early move had them on their feet.
“The yelling and excitement and screaming. The room was just electric,” said Bailes’ daughter Renee Bailes Webb. “I don’t know how else to describe it.”
Since Citation’s Triple Crown in 1948, six horses had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Tim Tam in 1958, Cary Back in ’61, Northern Dancer in ’64, Kawai King in ’66, Majestic Prince in ’69 and Canonero II in ’71.
None won the Belmont. But Secretariat felt inevitable.
“SUPER HORSE,” proclaimed the covers of Time and Newsweek featuring Big Red the week of the Belmont.
“TRIPLE THREAT” was Sports Illustrated’s banner headline the same week with cover photos of Secretariat and Penny Tweedy.
As Martin prepared Sham for a final clash with Secretariat in the Belmont Stakes, his jockey was resigned.
“I (didn’t) think I could beat that horse,” Pincay said. “But you never know. I’ve won many, many, many big races when I didn’t think I had a chance.”
No one had a chance against Secretariat at the Belmont.
The Times-Dispatch is publishing six stories to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Secretariat’s 1973 Triple Crown. Timed to coincide with each of the Crown races, they will appear in three sets of two.
3. Secretariat’s stirring prelude.
5. Secretariat’s enduring legacy and The Meadow today.
6. The pinnacle at the Belmont.
Secretariat at 50: Celebrating a Virginia legend
The Times-Dispatch is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown with a series of stories, videos and archival photos.
Fifty years ago this spring, Caroline County-born Secretariat won the Triple Crown with a five-week tour de force not witnessed before or since.
Ron Turcotte’s first, and only, doubt about Secretariat emerged at the worst possible time — less than two weeks before the Kentucky Derby.
PHOTOS: Celebrating the 50-year anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown
Kate Chenery Tweedy, daughter of Secretariat's owner, talks of Doswell-born Secretariat winning horse racing's Triple Crown.
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OWOSSO, Mich. (WJRT) - People across Mid-Michigan had the chance to learn more about the newest gun laws in the state of Michigan.
Republican State Rep. Brian BeGole of Shiawassee County hosted a town hall meeting in Owosso. A panel discussed several recent reforms to the state's gun laws and answered questions from the public.
BeGole described it as a nonpartisan informational town hall.
"There's been a lot of significant changes in the laws and we want to make sure that the people are informed what the new laws are and how they can comply with them," he said.
So far this year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation requiring criminal background checks for anyone buying a rifle or shotgun. She also approved tighter regulation on the storage of firearms, particularly in households with children.
Michigan also appears poised to pass a red flag law, which would allow authorities to remove firearms from anyone who is deemed a risk.
"A lot of people really didn't know much about these laws before they got here tonight," said Steve Dulan, a board member for the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners. | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/town-hall-explains-new-gun-control-laws-in-michigan/article_3c6c6374-f3dd-11ed-ba9d-4f0fc6b9a82c.html | 2023-05-16T12:39:23 | 1 | https://www.abc12.com/news/local/town-hall-explains-new-gun-control-laws-in-michigan/article_3c6c6374-f3dd-11ed-ba9d-4f0fc6b9a82c.html |
BERWICK, Pa. — There were lots of smiles at Salem Elementary School in Berwick on Monday as students from seven area school districts gathered for adapted field day.
"It gives an opportunity for the kids to be engaged with their peers of similar abilities to do some physical education activities throughout the course of the day," said Salem Elementary Principal Patrick Sharkey.
This is the first year for the event, and 130 students from seven area school districts participated.
"We're here because we decided to do a field day, and we have a lot of fun and everything," Ian Melendez said.
The students spent the day playing all kinds of games while enjoying the sunshine.
"We played the imaginary things. We were playing with sand, and we picked a prize," Markiss Frymoyer said.
Local businesses donated money and supplies. The students had a great time.
"You're about to get your face painted?" "
"Yeah, but I think I'm going to get it on my arm," Melendez replied.
"100 percent good," Frymoyer said.
"It's great. I mean, you look around and see the smiles on their faces, and that's all that matters for an event like this," Sharkey said.
The Berwick Area School District hopes to make adapted field day a yearly event.
Check out WNEP's YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/columbia-county/students-enjoy-adapted-field-day-berwick-salem-elementary-adaptive-abilities/523-c7c2b287-7135-475c-a0b6-fde3460e1996 | 2023-05-16T12:40:20 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/columbia-county/students-enjoy-adapted-field-day-berwick-salem-elementary-adaptive-abilities/523-c7c2b287-7135-475c-a0b6-fde3460e1996 |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — Ever wonder how ornithologists study migrating birds? One way is to catch them in mist nets in order to handle them for research.
Watch the video above and see how the process works in the early hours of a spring morning in Lackawanna County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/bird-banding-check-it-out-with-chelsea-ornithologists-lackawanna-state-park-county-science/523-325af2b7-3168-4a9c-8710-aa72da55dadb | 2023-05-16T12:40:26 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/bird-banding-check-it-out-with-chelsea-ornithologists-lackawanna-state-park-county-science/523-325af2b7-3168-4a9c-8710-aa72da55dadb |
LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Pa. — PennDOT work on interstate bridges may slow drivers this week in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties.
There will be a lane restriction on Interstate 81 northbound from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport-Avoca exit (178) in Luzerne County to the Montage Mountain Road/Davis Street exit (182) in Lackawanna County for bridge joint repair.
The work is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. on both days.
Check real-time conditions with the WNEP Traffic Tracker.
PennDOT updates are available HERE.
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SCRANTON, Pa. — Volunteers were busy painting a porch and patching up the foundation of a home along Capouse Avenue in Scranton on Monday. These home repairs are part of Paint the Town, a program organized by NeighborWorks Northeastern Pennsylvania. The organization, along with several area businesses, provides volunteers to do work on the homes of older adults in Lackawanna County.
"Older adults, they get to an age where they don't have the capacity to completely finish the work that they used to do. So, we recruit the volunteers and raise the funds to be able to do it for them," said Alyssa Espinoza, a volunteer coordinator for NeighborWorks.
Seven homes are scheduled to have work done by these volunteers, and Michael Moran's house is one of them. Michael and his wife are on a fixed income and say they couldn't do these projects themselves, and paying for someone to do them wasn't an option.
"My wife and I are senior citizens, disabled. To have this help is amazing. We couldn't ask for anything better," Moran said.
In addition to sprucing things up, the volunteers are also addressing any safety issues that they can tackle while they're here.
"I'm sure he puts a lot of faith when he comes down the stairs. So you got a three-foot lever arm, and it's got to be something that stout," said volunteer Tom Matechik.
Volunteers say they don't mind the work because the reward is helping these folks live in their homes into their golden years.
"It really means a lot to me to be able to help this person," said volunteer Aaron Evans. "He seems very thankful, so it's my pleasure to be able to help this man, help others in the neighborhood."
"It's nice to be able to give them what they can't do, and it just gives us a warm feeling," Matechik added. "It's a good thing."
Volunteers will continue these projects throughout the week in Lackawanna County.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/its-a-good-thing-neighborworks-volunteers-help-seniors-make-home-repairs-scranton-older-residents-remodeling/523-c2700ae7-dbd1-4d6c-885c-cd7597106a74 | 2023-05-16T12:40:38 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/its-a-good-thing-neighborworks-volunteers-help-seniors-make-home-repairs-scranton-older-residents-remodeling/523-c2700ae7-dbd1-4d6c-885c-cd7597106a74 |
SCRANTON, Pa. — Lackawanna County leaders confirmed Robert Morris Elementary School will remain a polling location despite the discovery of asbestos inside the building.
The elementary school was closed Monday for additional cleaning and testing.
Lackawanna County officials decided to bring in its Emergency Management Agencies Mobile Command Center following air quality testing Monday evening.
The center will be parked outside the school, and voters will be able to cast their ballots there.
Anyone who may be coming to vote is asked to use the Electric Street side of the school to enter.
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PITTSBURGH — Retired Army Sergeant Major and Lycoming County resident Kevin Bittenbender tackled the Pittsburgh Marathon earlier this month. Just 444 days after his left leg was amputated at the knee.
"I was overcome with too much emotion. I cried, we cried because everything felt like it was worth it," Bittenbender said.
Bittenbender says the amputation came after suffering injuries from a burn pit.
"Result of that burn pit exposure, I developed neuropathy, neuropathic pains, and a loss of feeling in my feet and hands," he added.
In 2022 he hand-cycled the marathon. But this year, he was able to run. He was accompanied by Lynn Eckrote, the surgeon who amputated his leg.
"I know no other provider that would take the time and sacrifice their own personal time from their own family to train for a marathon over the course of the year," said the veteran.
The veteran says he had others on his mind for all 26.2 miles.
"I thought about the guys I lost in Afghanistan first and foremost. I think every so often they came to mind."
Hope For The Warriors, a nonprofit dedicated to helping military members and veterans reintegrate back at home, provided the video in this story to Newswatch 16. Bittenbender suffers from PTSD and says the organization is a reason why he is alive today.
"I would fully attest that I would be a statistical number of 22 if it weren't for Hope," he stated.
Bittenbender says he plans on running in all the military branch-sponsored events this year. You can also check out Hope For The Warrior's full recap of Bittenbender's story here.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/army-vet-runs-marathon-444-days-after-amputation-kevin-bittenbender-sergeant-lynn-eckrote-amputee/523-d8e50f3c-4a1b-498f-89e5-cbb4ee7479cb | 2023-05-16T12:40:50 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lycoming-county/army-vet-runs-marathon-444-days-after-amputation-kevin-bittenbender-sergeant-lynn-eckrote-amputee/523-d8e50f3c-4a1b-498f-89e5-cbb4ee7479cb |
MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — With perked-up ears and his tongue hanging out, 3 1/2-year-old Oliver loves to play and run around outside in his yard in Pocono Township.
The miniature schnauzer is one of the most talented dogs in the United States.
Oliver's competition name is Estimated Prophet. He is the third fastest dog for his breed in the American Kennel Club's Fast Cat competition for 2022.
Leah Hall is his handler and owner.
"My other dogs do agility, so we tried to put him over some jumps, and he was like, 'no.' He got super excited and would bite you and be crazy, but I noticed he was really fast," Hall said.
That's when someone introduced Hall to the Fast Coursing Ability Tests, known as the Fast Cat.
The competition is a 100-yard dash where dogs run one at a time, chasing a lure.
Each pup runs three times, and its speeds are converted into miles per hour and then averaged.
Oliver's speed is a whopping 24.6 miles per hour.
"People can do Fast Cat," Hall said. "That's why it's so super popular. It's growing so much every day because if your dog has any prey drive at all to chase, you can do it."
While Oliver's handler says not much training goes into this, she does put a weighted vest on him and has him run uphill to help improve his skills.
She believes the resistance training is what got Oliver invited to be featured on ESPN's Fast Dogs USA segment
"I can't even believe he's number 3, let alone. I got the email. I was so surprised they were like ESPN's fastest dogs USA; you're invited," said Hall. "They invited 25 dogs out of the whole country, yes, and my little red man is one of them."
Hall says while she loves competing with Oliver, her favorite part is spending time with her pal.
"It's all about having a good time with your dog, being with your dog. I mean, the ribbons are great, but at the end of the day, it's you and your buddy like hanging out and having fun together," Hall said.
The two leave Wednesday to head to South Carolina for the show's taping later this week.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/poconos-pooch-one-of-the-fastest-in-the-country-monroe-county-pocono-township-oliver-miniature-schnauzer-leah-hall/523-d91234ef-20f0-4662-8305-36d2f07ba6fa | 2023-05-16T12:40:56 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/monroe-county/poconos-pooch-one-of-the-fastest-in-the-country-monroe-county-pocono-township-oliver-miniature-schnauzer-leah-hall/523-d91234ef-20f0-4662-8305-36d2f07ba6fa |
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. — The inaugural Fine Arts Signing Day was hosted by the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts at the Yuengling Mansion Monday.
Several seniors from seven high schools throughout the county participated in the event.
Similar to high school athletes who have Signing Days, it was a way for students with different strengths to celebrate higher education.
"Artists put in a lot of work to do what they do, so I think as much as athletes put into their work and their craft. So I think artists do the same thing, and they should be recognized," said Marley Mikovich, SSCA Executive Director.
A total of 14 high school students were a part of Schuylkill County's Signing Day.
Check out WNEP’s YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/inaugural-signing-day-for-student-artists-held-in-schuylkill-county-marley-mikovich-yuengling-mansion/523-e48a09c0-ed5f-4e60-9f97-b647c60a397a | 2023-05-16T12:41:02 | 0 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/inaugural-signing-day-for-student-artists-held-in-schuylkill-county-marley-mikovich-yuengling-mansion/523-e48a09c0-ed5f-4e60-9f97-b647c60a397a |
SCHUYLKILL HAVEN, Pa. — Helen Wedde from Ashland and her friends have spent hours sitting around the table, catching up while quilting.
But the quilts are not for them.
Schuylkill County Quilters Guild members have turned their hobby into a nonprofit, donating every quilt to someone in need.
"We realized the need for it. That how much it would comfort them and it would give purpose to what we were doing," Wedde said.
One of their biggest projects is making quilts for soldiers in the Wounded Warriors Project.
Since 2010, the Schuylkill County Quilters Guild has handcrafted 76 quilts to give to injured soldiers recovering at Dover and Andrews Air Force Bases.
"We're doing a small part in something big. And you know, they took all of our quilts, and we were going to touch somebody's life. The people that were there, they used our quilts to cover them that we made," explained Sue Paul from Minersville.
After 13 years, the Schuylkill County Quilters Guild got a thank you letter from a chaplain who took his handmade quilt with him all over the world.
"He said it fit so well in his duffle bag. He said it just traveled with him to so many countries he had taken it to it brought back memories. He said his grandmother was a quilter," Wedde added.
Chaplain J.D. Rumz took the quilt made by Helen Wedde from Dover Air Force Base to the rest of his deployments in Syria, Portugal, Greece, and ten other countries.
His letter thanked Wedde and the other quilters guild members for giving him something that made him feel at home.
"I was really surprised because out of all the quilts that went out, to think he was the man to get my quilt, and he was so appreciative of it," Wedde said.
His gratitude gives the Schuylkill County Quilters Guild another reason to keep on quilting.
Check out WNEP's YouTube channel. | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/schuylkill-county-quilters-guild-give-to-wounded-warriors-helen-wedde-ashland-dover-and-andrews-air-force-base-sue-paul/523-75d45314-8e55-42ef-bdf5-7756cf9edc4e | 2023-05-16T12:41:08 | 1 | https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/schuylkill-county/schuylkill-county-quilters-guild-give-to-wounded-warriors-helen-wedde-ashland-dover-and-andrews-air-force-base-sue-paul/523-75d45314-8e55-42ef-bdf5-7756cf9edc4e |
UNION COUNTY, Pa. — Fire damaged a home in Union County Monday afternoon.
Flames broke out at the place along Skunk Hollow Road in Buffalo Township around 4 p.m.
Officials say the homeowner was mowing his lawn when he accidentally backed a riding mower into the garage of the home, starting the fire.
Everyone made it out safely from the fire near Mifflinburg.
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ATLANTA — While most students struggled when they were forced into virtual learning by the COVID-19 pandemic, Fulton County senior Caroline Ridout thrived.
Ridout is among the seniors who are a part of the Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence’s first graduating class.
She not only coped with learning from home, she found new opportunities that led to college scholarships.
“It’s nice to stay at home and get to do my own thing,” said Ridout. “I don’t really like being stuck in a classroom all day. If it’s sunny out I can go sit on the patio and do something outside.”
It was a shock when Caroline moved from small town Alaska to metro-Atlanta. She was just getting to know her classmates at Roswell High School when the pandemic hit.
After months of virtual learning, she had the opportunity to re-join those classmates. However, she decided to finish high school at the Fulton Academy of Virtual Excellence.
While her mom had doubts, she said those were quickly erased.
“It’s bolstered her sense of self because she has put herself out there,” said Molly Ridout. “She’s tested things and they’ve come to fruition.”
The school inspired by the pandemic lives on to accommodate students whose schedules or personalities fit virtual learning.
While students and teachers work from home most of the time there are moments when they come together. The teachers collaborate while the students meet once a month to bond.
Caroline stepped forward to offer ideas on student events including the school’s first prom that almost didn’t happen.
It taught her to deal with doubt.
“You just have to keep asking, maybe present it in a different way, keep reaching out to people,” Ridout explained.
She will graduate with a scholarship to Brenau University. There, Ridout will study psychology and early childhood education while leaning on the growth she and other students experienced while learning from home.
“I think they take pride in the fact that they’re doing something different than other students and they’re making it their own,” said FAVE Principal Taylor Barton.
Caroline Ridout hit her stride while navigating a virtual world others were eager to leave. | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/senior-spotlight-caroline-ridout/85-c31d44a4-33db-4a04-a843-3efd573b2310 | 2023-05-16T12:47:14 | 1 | https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/senior-spotlight-caroline-ridout/85-c31d44a4-33db-4a04-a843-3efd573b2310 |
COBB COUNTY, Ga. — A wreck is blocking all lanes of I-285 westbound Tuesday morning in Cobb County just past the Chattahoochee Rive as you approach I-75.
At this time, there is no word on injuries or when all lanes will reopen.
11Alive Skytracker flew over the scene and noticed two heavily damaged vehicles.
Drivers are encouraged to take Mount Vernon Highway to Heards Ferry Road and then Northside Drive to Interstate North Parkway.
This is a developing story. Check back often for new information.
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Detroit News staff take home 19 first-place SPJ honors
Detroit News staff won 19 first-place honors Monday during an annual awards ceremony for the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The newsroom notched nearly 70 accolades overall across multiple categories for its journalism.
SPJ Detroit presented nearly 300 first-, second- and third-place award winners, along with honorable mention awards during the event at the San Marino Club in Troy.
The organization recognized the work of Metro Detroit journalists during 2022. The winners were selected by a panel of veteran journalists from media organizations outside of Michigan, the group said.
“Often in the face of adversity, the members of our profession continue to provide honest, fact-based, essential journalism that informs the people of Michigan and seeks to make this a better place to live,” said Marty Fischhoff, SPJ Detroit Chapter president, in a recent statement. “The Excellence in Journalism awards ceremony is our time to gather and celebrate our peers, who truly represent the highest caliber of journalism across the state."
The News first-place winners included:
Digital Media Presentation:
Reporter Sarah Rahal with photographer David Guralnick and Tom Gromak, director of digital innovation, for "Belle Isle Zoo: Where the wild things aren’t"
Breaking/Spot News Reporting: Sarah Rahal, “Video shows struggle before Grand Rapids officer shot Patrick Lyoya”
Consumer/Watchdog Reporting: Carol Thompson, “Overloaded child welfare system lands kids in ER confinement”
Environment Reporting: Carol Thompson, “Tracking threats to public, waterways"
Explanatory Story: Candice Williams, “Detroit’s Black developers are doing more and bigger projects”
Headline Writing: Steve Wilkinson, “MAW-VELOUS: Lexus NX’s signature X-treme grille fronts a smooth hybrid powertrain”
Feature Page Design: Antone Amye swept all four places
Inside Page Design: Genna Barner swept all three places
Open-Government Reporting: Craig Mauger, Beth LeBlanc, “Tracking the Michigan Legislature’s billion-dollar spending spree”
Page One Design: Antone Amye
News Photography: Daniel Mears, Oakland Hills fire
Portrait Photography: Clarence Tabb Jr., “Freed”
Sports Column Writing: John Niyo for columns on Wolverines, NFL diversity, Red Wings depth
Sports Page Design: Richard Epps and James Hollar swept all four places
Sports Photography: David Guralnick, MSU plays in Armed Forces Classic
Sports Reporting: Angelique S. Chengelis, “UM helps three-star recruit stay hopeful in rare bone cancer fight: ‘I’m blessed’”
The News also secured wins in the Detroit SPJ's Open Category:
Automotive Reporting: Breana Noble, “Tracking a transforming auto industry”
Informational Graphics: James Hollar, “Miggy’s 3,000 hits”
Videography: Andy Morrison, “Michigan Marvels: Grand Island ice caves”
Detroit Free Press reporter Christine MacDonald won Journalist of the Year; Briana Rice of Michigan Radio was named the Young Journalist of the Year. | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/15/detroit-news-staff-first-place-spj-honors/70220892007/ | 2023-05-16T12:49:23 | 1 | https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/05/15/detroit-news-staff-first-place-spj-honors/70220892007/ |
An inmate indicted by a grand jury for allegedly killing his cellmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in 2020 has been ruled competent for trial.
Angelo Bol's case was put on hold last year after he was found not mentally competent to stand trial for Kevin Carter's murder.
Bol was treated by Lincoln Regional Center staff and, at a hearing Monday, Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret found him competent based on an evaluation by Jennifer Cimpl-Bohn, a psychologist there.
Bol's attorney, Todd Lancaster, filed a notice of intent to rely on an insanity defense and, at Monday's hearing, asked Maret to order an evaluation by Cimpl-Bohn to determine whether, in her opinion, he was insane at the time of the crime.
"The records indicate a lot of concerns about that at the time. I think it's safe to have him evaluated so we're sure about his sanity at the time before we proceed any further," Lancaster said.
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Maret granted that request.
On the evening of Nov. 6, 2020, staff at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln found Carter, 20, on his cell floor unresponsive and covered with a sheet, according to a news release.
Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at about 11 p.m.
At the time, then-Corrections Director Scott Frakes called the death "suspicious," but gave no further detail.
A grand jury that reviewed Carter's death later returned a true bill, finding that the evidence presented to it was adequate to justify prosecuting Bol. But the transcript was sealed.
It wasn't clear how Carter came to be placed in a cell with Bol, who was serving a life sentence for shooting a co-worker, 34-year-old Karel Perez-Almaguer, to death in the Gibbon Packing parking lot Dec. 15, 2014.
Carter was serving a six- to nine-year sentence for terroristic threats and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony for taking part in the beating and stabbing of a man in Douglas County in 2019.
He would have been eligible for parole in less than a year and a half. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-judge-rules-inmate-competent-for-trial-in-cellmates-death/article_ad473e1c-f35f-11ed-bf95-63ba20b14435.html | 2023-05-16T12:51:57 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-judge-rules-inmate-competent-for-trial-in-cellmates-death/article_ad473e1c-f35f-11ed-bf95-63ba20b14435.html |
Prosecutors charged a 21-year-old Lincoln man Friday with first-degree sexual assault after a teenage girl told police that she had sexual contact with him when she was 15, police alleged in court filings.
Wint Pham was 19 years old when he sexually assaulted the girl for the first time, Lincoln Police Investigator Lynette Russell said in the probable cause statement for his arrest.
Police believe Pham initially assaulted the girl in December 2019 and did so repeatedly until November 2021, buying her Levonorgestrel pills — often called "Plan B pills" — and having her take pregnancy tests, Russell said in the statement.
The girl, now 17, reported the assaults to police earlier this month.
Investigators arrested Pham on Thursday and took him to the Lancaster County jail, where a judge ordered he be held on a $500,000 percentage bond.
A Kansas City, Missouri, native, Andrew Wegley joined the Journal Star as breaking news reporter after graduating from Northwest Missouri State University in May 2021. | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-teen/article_3e73a4ba-f361-11ed-86b6-e32b92f57a9c.html | 2023-05-16T12:51:57 | 1 | https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/lincoln-man-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-teen/article_3e73a4ba-f361-11ed-86b6-e32b92f57a9c.html |
People will have the chance to learn more about native plants and bring home some of their own to plant in their lawns and gardens.
The Indiana Dunes National Park is hosting two talks on native plants next weekend, and the Gabis Arboretum is running a native-plant sale through Friday.
"Grow your plant knowledge and plan out your own native flower garden while you learn about the diverse plant life that grows throughout the Indiana Dunes," Supervisory Ranger Bruce Rowe said. "Renowned botanists Steve Sass and Nate Scheerer will be sharing their expertise at the Indiana Dunes Visitor Center during two programs."
Scheerer will discuss native plants and how they can be incorporated into landscaping from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 27, at the Visitor Center (also known as the Dorothy Buell Visitor Center), 1215 N. State Road 49 in Porter.
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Sass will talk from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 28, about the Dunes' botanical treasures, plant communities and their essential role in the web of life.
The Friends of the Indiana Dunes is sponsoring the programs. It will hold its 27th annual Native Plant Sale on June 3 and is taking orders at dunefriends.org (click on Native Plant Sale at the top).
The Gabis Arboretum, 450 W. 100 North in Valparaiso, also is running a plant sale through noon Friday. People can buy plugs, pints and seed mix to support the arboretum.
It's selling native plants like Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod, Butterfly Weed, Cardinal Flower, Compass Plant, Heath Aster, Prairie Dropseed, Royal Catchfly, Micro Prairie Seed Mix, Blue Wild Indigo, Celandine Poppy, Cup Plant, Obedient Plant, Purple Prairie Clover, Rough Blazing Star and Switch Grass.
The native plants growing in the arboretum have adapted to thrive in the Region. They attract native pollinators and beautify the landscape.
Orders can be picked up May 20 or 21 or at a later date by arrangement. For more information, call 219-462-0025 or visit pnw.edu/gabis-arboretum.
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AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine — Five bison remain on the loose in Aroostook County after escaping from their fenced pasture in Fort Fairfield on Friday.
Fort Fairfield police responded to a farm located on Presque Isle Road after six bison had escaped from the pasture, according to a news release from the Fort Fairfield Police Department.
Fort Fairfield Police Chief Matthew Cummings said the bison are from Lone Wolf Bison, a farm owned by Craig Smith.
Police and the farmer were reportedly unable to help contain the bison and have been searching for the animals since.
Police said Smith was successful in returning one of the six bison to their pasture on Monday after the animals were spotted in several locations on the outskirts of the town.
"We encourage motorists and community members to continue to be vigilant while they are traveling though Fort Fairfield. These animals are large, fast, and unpredictable, please do not approach them," Cummings said in the release.
This is not the first time bison have escaped from their pasture in Aroostook County. Three had escaped and were successfully returned to their Presque Isle Road enclosure in February. Police said charges were pending after that incident.
Police said they are working with state officials and the farmer "so that this does not continue to happen."
No further information has been released at this time. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/aroostook-county/five-bison-remain-at-large-in-aroostook-county-maine-escape-police-investigation-fort-fairfield/97-0819ec7e-001c-4cfe-aacc-4f2d799714a6 | 2023-05-16T12:53:31 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/aroostook-county/five-bison-remain-at-large-in-aroostook-county-maine-escape-police-investigation-fort-fairfield/97-0819ec7e-001c-4cfe-aacc-4f2d799714a6 |
OLD TOWN, Maine — Crews responded to a fire at an Old Town landfill Monday night.
According to Lieutenant Davis of the Old Town Fire Department, crews were called to the Juniper Ridge Landfill at approximately 9 p.m. Old Town firefighters left the scene shortly before 3 a.m.
Bradley, Alton, and Hudson fire crews were reportedly assisting.
The Juniper Ridge Landfill is owned by the State of Maine and is a part of the state's solid waste disposal system. Casella Waste Systems operates the landfill.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/crews-respond-to-fire-at-juniper-ridge-landfill-old-town-maine/97-896e8fc5-9eb7-40e8-82bb-a73cac909fd9 | 2023-05-16T12:53:39 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/crews-respond-to-fire-at-juniper-ridge-landfill-old-town-maine/97-896e8fc5-9eb7-40e8-82bb-a73cac909fd9 |
NEWBURGH, Maine — Deputies are investigating a fatal crash in Newburgh that took place Monday afternoon.
At approximately 5:30 p.m., the Penobscot County Sheriff's Office responded to a crash in the area of 2886 Western Ave, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
An initial investigation revealed a 2022 Mitsubishi vehicle left the roadway, collided with several trees, and rolled over as it was traveling southbound, deputies said.
No information regarding the identity of those involved in the crash has been released.
Deputies said speed was a contributing factor.
The sheriff's office was assisted by an Old Town Police reconstruction officer and the Newburgh Fire Department, the release said.
No further information is available at this time. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/deputies-respond-to-fatal-crash-in-newburgh-maine-western-avenue-investigation/97-922107d7-9fca-48c0-ba57-4641feae3a0f | 2023-05-16T12:53:39 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/deputies-respond-to-fatal-crash-in-newburgh-maine-western-avenue-investigation/97-922107d7-9fca-48c0-ba57-4641feae3a0f |
PORTLAND, Maine — Portland now has a new permanent city manager after a unanimous vote Monday night.
Danielle West is making history as the city's first full-time female city manager after serving as interim city manager since November 2021.
She has worked for the city for more than 15 years. West previously served as Portland's corporation counsel until Jon Jennings stepped down from the city manager position amid controversy over racial justice in the city.
West got emotional while thanking her children after the vote.
"Thank you to Jacob and Abby, my kids. I know there's a lot of sacrifices that come with a career like this," West said.
The appointment comes after a nationwide search. Members of the public as well as former city leaders spoke during Monday's meeting to voice their support for West.
Portland Mayor Kate Snyder said now that the city officially has its leader, it can finally focus on tackling major issues, including homelessness and the city's staffing shortage.
"You know, this instability that we've had in Portland, because [of] a lack of permanent city leadership at the top, I think really has impacted our ability to hire, and to know where we're going," Snyder said. "And so, being able to know that we've got a manager hired, I think really helps us as we fill jobs, and get to work."
As part of a three-year-contract West will receive an annual base salary of $210,000. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-city-council-appoints-danielle-west-to-city-manager-maine-politics/97-87bf37b5-494b-4396-9a5e-2fceb859ca17 | 2023-05-16T12:53:41 | 0 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/portland/portland-city-council-appoints-danielle-west-to-city-manager-maine-politics/97-87bf37b5-494b-4396-9a5e-2fceb859ca17 |
WESTBROOK, Maine — Crews are working to repair a possible gas leak in Westbrook Monday night.
Westbrook police and fire crews responded to the possible leak at about 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of William B. Clarke Drive and Stroudwater Street, police said in a Facebook post.
Police said they have worked to evacuate residents from nearby apartments.
As of 10 p.m., Stroudwater Street between Monroe Avenue and William B. Clarke Drive remains closed while crews work on repairs, police said.
Unitil is reportedly working at the scene.
Police advise people to avoid the area until deemed safe. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/westbrook-crews-work-to-repair-possible-gas-leak-public-safety-maine/97-0190a956-c462-4f43-9fa2-b0eb688c3329 | 2023-05-16T12:53:59 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/public-safety/westbrook-crews-work-to-repair-possible-gas-leak-public-safety-maine/97-0190a956-c462-4f43-9fa2-b0eb688c3329 |
GRAY, Maine — An 85-year-old woman from Newcastle has been safely located after a Silver Alert was issued Monday evening, according to an update from the Maine Department of Public Safety.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office issued a Silver Alert for the woman after she had last been heard from earlier in the day in Gray.
The woman reportedly failed to pick up her husband in Brunswick and was last heard from at approximately 3 p.m., according to a news release from the Maine Department of Public Safety.
Officials said the woman had cognitive issues and did not have her cell phone with her. | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-85-year-old-newcastle-woman-police-search-maine-gray/97-608353db-083f-42c3-b52c-afefd9f1751d | 2023-05-16T12:54:05 | 1 | https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-issued-for-85-year-old-newcastle-woman-police-search-maine-gray/97-608353db-083f-42c3-b52c-afefd9f1751d |
A very berry good time: West TN Strawberry Festival marks 85th year
The West Tennessee Strawberry Festival returned to Humboldt for its 85th year with Friday's events commencing with the grand parade and followed by the Governor's Luncheon.
Friday's parade, hometown local as Grand Marshall
The festival began on Monday and ran through Saturday afternoon along Main Street. Food truck vendors, carnival rides and rollercoasters, and an abundance of strawberries took over the streets as families from around the country flocked to Humboldt.
Humboldt Mayor Marvin Sikes described Friday's parade as a "homecoming" that builds momentum throughout the entire week of the festival.
"I don't know how many people were there but it was a lot," Sikes said. "We start planning so early, but you know, I can't help but love the parade, and the carnival, and the food. It's just a wonderful week."
T.G. Sheppard, the parade's Grand Marshall this year, is a Humboldt native and a famous country music singer.
"He was playing at a venue up in Huntingdon, and our festival president approached him and said 'would you?' and he said yes," Sikes explained. "So we wanted to come back home and we can honor him and let him know we haven't forgot him."
A post-parade luncheon
The Governor's Luncheon that followed the parade had around 200 attendees including officials like Madison County Mayor AJ Massey, Madison County Sheriff Julian Wiser, and State Sen. Ed Jackson, R-Madison County. It commenced with a posting of the colors by a local, youth color guard group and was followed by 2023 Miss Tennessee Teen Annie Zhao's rendition of the National Anthem on violin.
Many attendees wore strawberry-inspired outfits of red, pink, and green patterns, including Mayor Sikes who chose a pink suit jacket with an embroidered strawberry on the collar.
Gov. Bill Lee was expected to be in attendance, but ultimately couldn't attend due to inclement weather in Nashville that interfered with his flight's departure, according to the luncheon's co-chairman Alex Smith. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/a-very-berry-good-time-west-tn-strawberry-festival-marks-85th-year/70213818007/ | 2023-05-16T12:54:18 | 0 | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/a-very-berry-good-time-west-tn-strawberry-festival-marks-85th-year/70213818007/ |
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – A court hearing on Tuesday could decide whether a resentencing trial for two men found guilty and sentenced to death in the brutal murders of six people and a dog in a Deltona home almost 19 years ago will resume.
Resentencing for Troy Victorino, 46, and Jerone Hunter, 36, was halted last month when an appeals court panel granted the state’s emergency motion after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill eliminating a requirement for unanimous jury recommendations before judges can impose death sentences. When Victorino and Hunter were originally convicted of the murders in 2006, they were sentenced to death, but the ruling was not based on a unanimous jury recommendation.
The two men were convicted of killing six people and a dog in what became known as the Xbox murders because Victorino had gone to the home to retrieve an Xbox system he had left behind after he had been caught squatting there.
The new law only requires eight out of 12 jurors to recommend a death sentence.
A new motion filed over the weekend by Victorino and Hunter’s lawyers is asking the full appeals court to take up the case. They want to use the old law, which requires unanimous jury recommendation for the death penalty.
Court is set to resume at 10 a.m. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/16/hearing-could-decide-resentencing-trial-for-men-convicted-in-deltona-xbox-murders/ | 2023-05-16T12:59:16 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/16/hearing-could-decide-resentencing-trial-for-men-convicted-in-deltona-xbox-murders/ |
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – Attorneys for three men shot by Osceola County sheriff’s deputies last year have filed a lawsuit against Target, where the shooting took place.
Jayden Baez, 20, was killed and two others were hurt in the April 2022 shooting, which stemmed from the theft of Pokémon cards and a pizza from the Target on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway and the ramming of a sheriff’s cruiser, according to investigators.
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The lawsuit claims Target is partially responsible because the company allowed deputies to use the parking lot for training, which was taking place at the time of the shooting.
Attorneys say that since the public was not informed of the training, their clients ended up being “test subjects” for the exercise.
The lawsuit seeks compensation for medical bills, mental anguish and more.
Target has not commented on the suit (read below).
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A woman and a man believed to be her adult son were found dead in a Brooklyn apartment living room Monday evening, and investigators think their bodies were there for some time, the NYPD said Tuesday.
Officers responding to a 911 call at an apartment on Quentin Road in Gravesend shortly before 6 p.m. found FDNY personnel already inside. Cops were told about the 76-year-old woman and the 39-year-old man in the other room.
Both bodies were decomposed, police say, and both individuals were pronounced dead at the scene.
It's not clear how long they had been there, nor was it known if there were any obvious signs of trauma to their bodies. The medical examiner's office will conduct autopsies to determine how they died.
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Their identities haven't been released.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-mother-son-found-dead-in-gravesend-living-room-nypd/4337659/ | 2023-05-16T13:00:58 | 1 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-mother-son-found-dead-in-gravesend-living-room-nypd/4337659/ |
INDIANAPOLIS — Rent has been sky-high for at least a year now, especially in the Indianapolis metro area.
But as the saying goes, what goes up must come down, right?
In order to answer that, experts said you have to understand why Indy has seen the highest rent increase in the country.
"Looking from freshman year to now, the prices are like $500 more," IUPUI student Dayton Poe said. He lives near the downtown campus but said a recent rent spike is part of the reason he's now looking for a new place to live.
Isabella Young, who also lives and works downtown, feared she'd have to do the same.
"We were ready to skedaddle because we were hearing from everyone else that their rent increased like $300," Young said.
It's a struggle that's not unique to downtown Indianapolis.
"The biggest problem driving all this is we have a real housing shortage. We have not built enough since the Great Recession," said Sara Coers, associate director at the IU Center for Real Estate Studies.
That's all across the country. However, many Indianapolis renters have experienced price hikes like no other city.
"Indianapolis has actually been in the top 10 in the nation the last several months for rent growth," Coers said. "It's because we're one of the most undersupplied markets and the furthest behind in terms of catching up with the market in terms of rent."
So why has rent in the Indy metro area seen a spike of up to $400, or 30%, according to a recent report by House Canary?
When you notice your rent being raised to "market rate," "big picture is that we are sort of catching up with the nation," Coers said. "But that doesn't help the individual renter, right? So the only thing that they can do is move."
"It's very stressful having to search for a new apartment, especially when you're established in a certain area," Young said.
As Indianapolis is playing catch-up, with a need for more affordable housing, renters are left to pay up. The effects of inflation are lingering, but easing a bit, but your rent probably won't go down.
"Rental rates are going to be growing at a much slower pace, like we saw pre-pandemic," Coers said. | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/are-indianapolis-high-rent-prices-here-stay/531-7d64efc5-fb5d-420c-b8f0-05774e017be9 | 2023-05-16T13:12:14 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/are-indianapolis-high-rent-prices-here-stay/531-7d64efc5-fb5d-420c-b8f0-05774e017be9 |
The Peoria Housing Authority has received $1.5 million in federal grant money. Here's why
PEORIA — The Peoria Housing Authority has been awarded a $1.5 million federal grant to help train young people for high-demand jobs.
The grant is part of the Biden-Harris administration's YouthBuild program. A total of $90 million has been allocated to 68 organizations in 32 states in an effort to get young people, ages 16 to 24 who are not enrolled in school or working, ready for apprenticeships. The grant aims to remove academic and training barriers faced by disadvantaged youth.
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Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, and supported by the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, YouthBuild grants provide occupational skills training, employment services and educational guidance. The program emphasizes green building techniques, including understanding sustainable building materials, solar panel installation, weatherization processes and the use of Energy Star appliances.
YouthBuild participants will receive both classroom instruction – where they earn their high school diploma or equivalency degree – and workplace training to prepare for postsecondary opportunities. The grants will also enable young people to train for careers in healthcare, information technology, manufacturing and logistics, culinary arts and hospitality.
In August 2022, the department added the YouthBuild program to the Biden-Harris administration’s Justice40 initiative, which aims to ensure that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are overburdened by pollution.
More:A proposed law could help prevent the demolition of some vacant homes in Peoria | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/peoria-housing-authority-receives-a-1-5-million-federal-grant/70220062007/ | 2023-05-16T13:16:20 | 0 | https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/peoria-housing-authority-receives-a-1-5-million-federal-grant/70220062007/ |
IOWA, USA — It's National Police Week, and officers are using the opportunity to connect with you.
Here's a sampling of some events:
Ankeny Police Department
The Ankeny Police Department is planning to host a community picnic this Thursday.
The family-friendly event will feature appearances from local sports mascots, like Cubbie Bear from the Iowa Cubs, along with Iowa Barnstormers' cheerleaders.
People will also be able to speak with officers, and view emergency vehicles.
In addition, a LifeFlight helicopter is set to arrive on scene.
West Des Moines Police Department
The West Des Moines Police Department is hosting an open house on Thursday, as well.
First responders will show off the skills of their well-trained K9's to the public.
In addition to games, free food, and department tours, West Des Moines PD will also give away free bike helmets.
Cop on a Rooftop
Johnston, Waukee and Fort Dodge police are just a few of the departments participating in the Cop on a Rooftop event.
Officers will sit on the roof of participating Dunkin' locations, to raise money for Iowa Special Olympics.
That runs Friday from 5:00am-noon.
More information is available here. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/events-that-observe-national-police-week-in-central-iowa/524-33a55fd5-1afc-417e-b657-c1718c671f9b | 2023-05-16T13:17:50 | 0 | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/events-that-observe-national-police-week-in-central-iowa/524-33a55fd5-1afc-417e-b657-c1718c671f9b |
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CROWN POINT — A Merrillville man accused of threatening his longtime girlfriend with a box cutter while she held their infant in her arms faces a slew of battery-related charges.
St. John Police CIT Officer Dustin Wartman is trained in mental health intervention.
Mark Abel, 36, was charged Friday with intimidation, criminal confinement, domestic battery and neglect of a dependent, according to court records.
Officers responded to a domestic dispute involving a weapon Thursday at the Hobart Comfort Inn Motel, 1955 Mississippi St. When officers arrived, Abel had fled the scene.
Abel had a warrant out for his arrest out of Tippecanoe County for operating while intoxicated, according to court records.
Abel’s longtime girlfriend told officers that the couple had been arguing earlier in the day, and when Abel returned to the motel room he started yelling at her and threatening her with a box cutter, according to the probable-cause affidavit.
Abel and the woman share two children, and she has two others. She said all four of the children were present when Abel returned to the room.
The woman also told police that Abel spit in her face while he was yelling at her and shoved her into the wall to prevent her from leaving, the affidavit stated. The woman said she was still holding her 2-year-old when this confrontation happened.
Charging documents say Abel held the box cutter to the woman’s face and threatened to hurt or kill her. The woman told police she was convinced that Abel would’ve stabbed her if she hadn't been holding the infant.
Abel is in the Lake County Jail without bail until May 30, when his bail will be set at $75,000, according to court records.
His first court appearance is set for May 22 in Judge Salvador Vasquez’s courtroom.
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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News Tribune, May 16, 1983
- The Duluth City Council will hold a public hearing today on the allocation of about $825,000 from federal Community Development Block Grants. The money must be used to aid low- and moderate-income people, to eliminate or prevent slums or blight, or for urgent needs.
- Two-time Grandma's Marathon champion Garry Bjorklund won the 16.2-mile Syttende Mai road race yesterday in Grantsburg, Wisconsin. The 11th annual race hosted over 1,000 runners, including Dick Beardsley, the two-time defending Grandma's champion, who is recovering from tendon and knee problems.
News Tribune, May 16, 1923
- St. Louis County guidebooks will be distributed free to approximately 25,000 tourists beginning July 1 by the Duluth Chamber of Commerce. The 48-page booklets will include a road map of the county and information on hotels, summer resorts and outing spots.
- The Virginia Kiwanis Club yesterday adopted a resolution condemning the showing of "The Pilgrim," a Charlie Chaplin movie booked at a local theater. The resolution denounced the movie's showing of suggestive pictures as demoralizing to the ideals of Virginia citizens. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-iron-range-group-condemned-chaplin-movie | 2023-05-16T13:24:56 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/bygones-100-years-ago-iron-range-group-condemned-chaplin-movie |
ST. PAUL — Part of a bill nearing the legislative finish line in the state Capitol would prompt a Northland school district to change its mascot — or at least ask American Indian leaders across Minnesota to approve it.
A K-12 education finance and policy bill that was agreed upon Saturday and formalized Monday by a committee of state senators and representatives includes a ban on American Indian mascots that would take effect Sept. 1, 2025. The bill is set for consideration in the Minnesota House, then the Minnesota Senate, then, assuming both bodies approve it, by Gov. Tim Walz. The committee reconciled the differences between a version of the bill approved by the House and a second version approved by the Senate.
It could ultimately mean a new name at a handful of school districts, including Esko Public Schools in Carlton County, where students have played under the “Eskomos” nickname for decades.
The Esko district's nickname is a local twist on “Eskimo,” a term that is largely considered offensive by the Alaska Native people to whom it refers. Esko’s school and its sports teams have traditionally used an igloo logo, but the district has moved away from the logo in recent years.
The bill, HF2497 , would prohibit school districts from using a name, symbol or image that depicts or refers to an American Indian tribe, person, custom or tradition as the district’s mascot, nickname, logo, letterhead or team name.
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That prohibition wouldn’t apply to schools located on reservations where at least 95% of students are American Indian, which would presumably exempt Red Lake Schools in northern Minnesota. Students there play as the Ogichidaag and Ogichidaakweg (“warriors") and use American Indian logos and other iconography.
Schools that don’t fit that bill, though, such as Esko, could ask Minnesota’s 11 tribal nations and the Tribal Nations Education Committee for an exemption to the imminent-seeming ban. If any of those bodies deny the request, the exemption is denied, and the school must remove its mascot by the September 2025 deadline.
A 2019 Forum News Service review of American Indian mascots indicated that 11 Minnesota school districts use American Indian-inspired mascots, team names, iconography or a combination thereof: Ashby, Battle Lake, Benson, Deer River, Esko, Menahga, Pipestone, Red Lake, Sleepy Eye, Warroad and Wheaton.
Shawn Yates, the superintendent at Warroad Public Schools, said lawmakers’ decision was disappointing. Leaders there plan to follow the process for receiving an exemption, he said, but the requirement for unanimous consent is “onerous.”
A provision put forth in the Senate version of the K-12 bill was tailor-made to allow Warroad to continue using its “Warriors” logo, team names and other American Indian iconography.
The provision, which did not make it into the version of the bill approved Monday by the committee, would have allowed schools to continue using an American Indian mascot if they had a “documented, historic, and supportive connection” with local tribal leaders, had a logo designed by an Indigenous artist, and had the school name, symbol and image endorsed by the National Coalition Against Racism in Sports and Media, among other stipulations.
Warroad’s school district ticks each of those boxes, according to Yates.
David Glass, the coalition’s chair and president, confirmed that they support Warroad’s name and other iconography.
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“For (the coalition) to support the logo,” Yates said, “means that they recognize the – not just the importance to our school and our region, but the culture it represents and the educational value that it brings, as well as the financial support of Indigenous programming for our students.”
In Esko, there’s been a push to change the district's mascot since 2020, when students there made an online petition to change the "Eskomos" name and igloo logo.
This spring, a group of Esko parents have asked district leaders to do the same. At the forefront is Rachel Gilbertson, a parent of two Esko Public Schools students.
“It’s a pejorative term that is classifying a whole group of people with one term given by colonizers that was really meant to dehumanize them,” Gilbertson said of the name.
She said she’s grateful that the state is supporting a new name for the school.
Gilbertson and others have addressed the Esko School Board several times, urging them to consider a new mascot. The coalition headed by Glass sent a letter to Esko district leaders in April doing the same.
“To build a better future for all our children, it is time to change the Esko school nickname and related imagery,” the letter reads in part. “Regardless of the history or intentions involved, misuse of these names and images is inherently demeaning and offensive. They unavoidably place Indigenous people on the same plane as animal mascots. They inevitably rub salt in the historical wounds of racism and bigotry.”
Esko School Board Chair Jerry Frederick said last week — about five days before lawmakers reconciled the two K-12 bills — that he’s planning a meeting with other district leaders to consider their options after the school year ends.
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That includes sorting out how much it might cost to replace the logo on district equipment and buildings as the district gets a handle on its budget for the 2023-24 school year.
Frederick estimated that the cost of replacing the name and other iconography would be substantial. They’re displayed on the football field, in the school’s entryway and on team uniforms.
“We’re going to think this out,” Frederick said. “There are some community members that are extremely passionate about getting rid of the name, but anything that’s not thought out completely is, in my opinion, is doomed to failure. So I would just as soon take my time, have a board meeting, have a work session, to really think about what we’re trying to do in the future.”
Superintendent Aaron Fischer did not return the News Tribune's requests for comment Monday. | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/k-12-bill-would-mean-new-mascot-at-esko-other-minnesota-schools | 2023-05-16T13:25:06 | 0 | https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/k-12-bill-would-mean-new-mascot-at-esko-other-minnesota-schools |
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Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau announces new sustainable travel collaboration
BRADENTON — The Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is doubling down on their Love It Like a Local environmental sustainability initiative by announcing a partnership with Leave No Trace, becoming the first destination in Florida to do so.
Leave No Trace is an international nonprofit organization that uses the power of science, education and stewardship to ensure a sustainable future for the outdoors.
“With our Love It Like a Local campaign, we set out to educate visitors to the Bradenton Area of simple actions they can take to leave less of a footprint," said Elliott Falcione, executive director of the Bradenton Area Convention & Visitors Bureau. "Through partnering with Leave No Trace, it gives us the opportunity to take our commitment to sustainable travel from a campaign to an integral part of who we are as a travel destination.”
The collaboration, which kicked off in November, was announced during BACVB’s recent National Travel and Tourism Week luncheon held at the historic Powel Crosley Estate. The event showcased local perspectives and how Bradenton Area residents “love it like a local” by embracing many of Leave No Trace’s principles: Plan Ahead and Prepare, Travel On Durable Surfaces, Dispose of Waste Properly, Leave What You Find, Minimizing Campfire Impacts, Respect Wildlife, and Be Considerate of Other Visitors.
“It is incredibly important to engage travelers in the practical ways that responsible visitation makes a difference to a community and its natural spaces,” said Dana Watts, executive director of Leave No Trace. “The Bradenton storytelling project that has been in development since last November includes that crucial component that personifies these practices through the voice and perspective of local residents.”
The BACVB’s Love It Like a Local campaign encourages visitors to keep beaches and waterways clean, conserve energy, protect wildlife, and support local businesses.
For more about the BACVB’s Love It Like a Local campaign and its collaboration with Leave No Trace, visit bradentongulfislands.com/love-it-like-a-local and youtube.com/watch?v=qCBZbSO3pZI
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — On Tuesday, people will gather in Montgomery for the Drag Me to the Capitol march to take a stand for the LGBTQ community.
Alabama LGBTQ Action said people from all over the state are marching to demand equal rights for all Alabamians.
This comes on the heels of legislation passed that prohibits biological males and females from participating in sports of the opposite sex in the state of Alabama.
Groups like Rainbow Pride of Mobile tell me they feel some current bills pose a threat on the LGBTQ community that could impact how they are able to live their daily lives.
Executive Director Chance Shaw said some of these bills narrow down what they can do publicly to have visibility and embody representation, which could force their community back into the closet.
Shaw specifically noted bill HB401 that would prohibit gender-oriented materials like drag from various public places where minors are present, saying the wording is vague.
“One of the things we’re worried about is, you know, with the idea of a male or female impersonator written into it, you know, they didn’t define what that is,” said Shaw. “And that could be as simple as a woman walking out in a suit or pants or a man having long hair. If they decide well, ‘Oh this is a queer man with long hair- he’s impersonating a woman.”
Rep. Susan DuBose said she welcomes everyone to the capitol to speak their voice. She is the sponsor of the “What Is A Woman Act,” one of the bills in question.
“That’s one of the amazing things I’ve loved about being down there, is all the groups come down there and discuss their rights,” said DuBose. “That’s what we have a right to do as Americans and Alabamians. So, I welcome everybody, but I do suggest please just read the bills.”
Participants say they want everyone to be seen and heard whether you’re a part of the LGBTQ community or not.
“Visibility helps us do that,” said Shaw. “When you can see someone who looks like you, someone who walks like you, someone who holds similar traits, you know, you feel like you belong.”
Shaw said bills like the “What Is A Woman Act” have iffy definitions that aren’t applicable across the board.
Rep. DuBose said it’s a commonsense bill made of definitions applicable in situations where male and female distinction matters.
She said application is wide spread for things like athletics, prisons or other detention facilities, domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, locker rooms, bathrooms, and other areas where biology, safety, or privacy are implicated.
She said she wants people to understand this bill is strictly about biological sex, not gender identity, and that it’s not trying to remove that or harm anybody.
“I understand that people may identify by something other than their biological sex, and they have a perfect right to do that and to be respected and to be honored and to be treated with love,” said Dubose. “This bill has actually nothing to do with what anybody chooses to identify as based on their gender.”
Rep, Dubose said she encourages everyone to read the bill to understand it for what it actually is. She is available to answer any questions you may have. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/drag-me-to-the-capitol-march-lgbtq-community-raises-concern-over-new-bills/ | 2023-05-16T13:30:24 | 1 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/drag-me-to-the-capitol-march-lgbtq-community-raises-concern-over-new-bills/ |
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Only two of Birmingham’s pools will be opening on Memorial Day weekend, parks and recreation announced Monday morning.
While many are unhappy only two pools will be opening at the end of May, some think taking away activities for kids in the summer could lead to more trouble in the streets.
“I’d rather see them swimming than shooting,” says community activist Harry “Traveling Shoes” Turner.
Traveling Shoes says he’s worried this summer could get bloody.
“This is the end of the school year and children are already getting threats, ‘I’m going to get you during the summer,’ so we definitely don’t need to have fatalities at our open, public events because we didn’t have the proper security, the proper policing,” says Traveling Shoes.
Traveling Shoes says every week starting Thursday, he’ll host a Stay In School free skate night to hopefully give 30-50 kids something fun and safe to do.
“We don’t want to have a real-life situation where instead of our children running and playing, they’re putting roses on a casket,” says Traveling Shoes.
However, others in the community think even with most of the city’s pools being closed, there are still enough activities that the city won’t see a problem.
“If there’s an uptick in violence, there’s some other societal issues that’s going on. It won’t be the resources,” says Frederic Bolling. “We just have to buckle down and figure out how to prioritize what’s most important for the city.”
Birmingham Parks and Recreation plans to update which pools will open on Tuesday and list other activities kids can get involved with this summer. | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/some-concerned-birmingham-pool-closures-could-lead-to-more-trouble-among-teens-over-summer/ | 2023-05-16T13:30:30 | 0 | https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/some-concerned-birmingham-pool-closures-could-lead-to-more-trouble-among-teens-over-summer/ |
BALTIMORE — Tuesday afternoon, police will release body-worn camera footage showing the shooting of a 17-year-old boy by a Baltimore city police officer.
Friends and family of Mekhi Franklin are looking for answers from the police as to why the teen was shot.
It was last Thursday afternoon when police were called to McHenry Street and South Catherine Street for reports of someone believed to be armed with a gun.
At a press conference last week, Deputy Police Commissioner Richard Worley used the unusual phrase that “the teen displayed characteristics of an armed individual.”
Worley said as officers approached the suspect, he began to run.
Officers chased him through several alleys until they ended up at Frederick Avenue and South Catherine Street, near Frederick Elementary School.
Police said as officers turned the corner, they saw a gun in the teen's right hand and ordered him to drop it several times. Worley said an officer shot the teen after he refused to drop the weapon.
The deputy commissioner said officer fired more than one shot during the incident, but haven't said exactly how many shots.
Police also haven't clarified whether the teen was shot in the back as he was running.
Worley said one other officer also was chasing the teen but was too far behind to witness the shooting.
The officer involved is now on administrative leave as the investigation continues.
There are still a lot of unanswered questions the body-worn camera footage may answer for his loved ones, but Mekhi’s family claim he did not point a gun at anyone.
Mekhi’s mother Kieria Franklin said "this is crazy that this is happening to me and my family and it’s not like he got gunned down in the streets he got gunned down by some body that’s supposed to save you, Baltimore city police”
“This is heartbreaking. This is my only boy he’s a good boy and he’s not a bad kid he has a baby and is a new father,” Franklin said.
Baltimore police will release that footage at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-police-to-release-body-worn-camera-footage-of-17-year-old-shot-by-police | 2023-05-16T13:38:52 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/baltimore-police-to-release-body-worn-camera-footage-of-17-year-old-shot-by-police |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — AAA is expecting this Memorial Day weekend to be the third busiest on record.
Nationwide 42.3 million Americans are expected to hit the road, traveling more than 50 miles from home. Here in Kansas, around 385,000 are expected to travel over the weekend.
Kansans traveling by air this Memorial Day weekend are expected to be up 8.3% this year compared to 2022. Nearly 341,000 people plane to drive to their destinations which is up 5.7%. Around 12,000 plan to travel by cruise ship, train, or bus, according to AAA.
AAA data partner INRIX says travelers should expect to see double the normal traffic delays if they plan on traveling through major cities this Memorial Day weekend.
“With lower fuel prices and more travelers on the road compared to last year, drivers should expect long delays this holiday weekend, especially in and around major metros as commuters mix with Memorial Day travelers,” said Bob Pishue, transportation analyst at INRIX. “Knowing when and where congestion will build can help drivers avoid the stress of sitting in traffic. Our advice is to avoid driving during peak hours or use alternative routes.”
INRIX has compiled the best and worst times to hit the road:
Best and Worst Times to Travel by Car
To learn more road safety and traveling tips, head to AAA’s website. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/aaa-predicts-3rd-busiest-memorial-day-weekend-for-travel/ | 2023-05-16T13:41:23 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/aaa-predicts-3rd-busiest-memorial-day-weekend-for-travel/ |
VALRICO, Fla. — Deputies arrested two middle school students for threatening Bloomingdale High School in Snapchat posts in recent days, authorities said.
The teens, both 14 years old, appeared to use stock images of various guns and weapons — it's not believed they had access to firearms, according to a Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office news release.
Both of the students claimed the posts, created between May 11-13, were made "as a joke and to be funny." They were enough, however, to launch an investigation in collaboration with the FBI, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies say the teens don't go to Bloomingdale High School, and it remains unclear why they targeted the school. They both confessed to creating the posts, authorities added.
The teens were taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center on a second-degree felony charge for a written or electronic threat to conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism.
"The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office takes all threats to our schools and community seriously, regardless of the intent," Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement. "We will continue to investigate and prosecute those who make threats, whether intended as a joke or not."
Anyone who comes across suspicious or threatening material is asked to call 911 or call Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay at 1-800-873-TIPS. | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/bloomingdale-high-school-threatning-snapchat-gun-posts/67-a422ec2e-6a18-4bf5-95a8-b2acaca67b27 | 2023-05-16T13:41:23 | 0 | https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/hillsboroughcounty/bloomingdale-high-school-threatning-snapchat-gun-posts/67-a422ec2e-6a18-4bf5-95a8-b2acaca67b27 |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The Wichita City Council on Tuesday will consider changing regulations on fireworks.
The proposal will define two types of fireworks: aerial and safe and sane. It would legalize aerial fireworks from July 1 to July 4. Safe and sane fireworks could be used from June 27 to July 4. Bottle rockets and sky lanterns would continue to be banned in Wichita.
Hours to discharge fireworks would remain between 10 a.m. and midnight.
The plan would also increase fines for people who violate the ordinance.
- First offense: $1,000
- Second offense: $1,500
- Subsequent offenses: $2,000
The Wichita Fire Department and Wichita Police Department would plan to have enhanced enforcement from July 1-4. There will be a zero-tolerance policy adopted for fireworks violations. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/fireworks-regulations-to-be-considered-by-wichita-city-council/ | 2023-05-16T13:41:29 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/fireworks-regulations-to-be-considered-by-wichita-city-council/ |
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Who’s the finest grill master in the nation? Longhorn Steakhouse is about the find out.
An El Dorado man will compete in the popular steakhouse chain’s sixth annual Steak Master Series. It’s a corporate national championship that lets Longhorn grill masters from across the country put their skills to the test.
The grill expert at the West Wichita Longhorn Steakhouse, Gerardo Contreras, is one of seven national finalists.
Inside the Longhorn Steakhouse, the sound of steaks sizzling is the start of another day on the grill for Contreras. He has been a grill master for 10 years.
“We cook steaks, so we gotta be good at it,” said Contreras. “I mean, a lot of pride. That’s the most important thing of a business. You know, we have to get it right the first time.”
Contreras can’t begin to think how many steaks he grills on any given Saturday night, but he can tell you what he grills.
“We have filets, six or nine ounces. We’ve got sirloins. We’ve got strips, ribeyes, bone-in ribeye, which we call the Outlaw ribeye, T-bone and a porterhouse.”
Grill masters from Longhorn’s 552 restaurants nationwide are participating in the sixth annual Steak Master Series. Contreras survived four rounds of competition to make it to the national finals.
“Well, first of all, it’s an awesome competition. There’s thousands of culinary team members that participate. Everybody’s welcome to do it. We started at a restaurant level. Everybody that wants to participate in a restaurant level, they can. Then we have the regional level, divisional level, and of course, the very end, which is to final in Orlando, Florida, which it takes place on May 25th,” explained Contreras.
“I’ve worked for Longhorn for 10 years, and honestly, he is the best grill cook I have ever had the privilege to work with,” said Kristy Paulino, Longhorn’s managing partner. “You know, we can feed over 600 guests on a Saturday night, and he doesn’t bat an eye or hardly break a sweat.”
This is Contreras’ fifth year competing and the first time he’s made it to the finals. The grand prize is a check for $15,000 and the title of Longhorn’s Steak Master Champion.
“You know, like I always tell my family, you always try to be the best of the best. Well, now I get the chance to prove that I can be the best,” said Contreras. | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-area-grill-master-to-compete-in-national-corporate-steak-master-series/ | 2023-05-16T13:41:35 | 1 | https://www.ksn.com/news/local/wichita-area-grill-master-to-compete-in-national-corporate-steak-master-series/ |
The City of Flagstaff could implement new regulations on short-term rentals this year.
Last week, Flagstaff City Council discussed the effort, as well as a draft measure drawn up by staff.
That measure would require a $175 annual license for renting a residential space for fewer than 30 days.
The effort comes as Coconino County is also looking to regulate short-term rentals and after the State of Arizona eliminated a measure that had prevented local governments from regulating such business.
Earlier in the spring, the city hosted an open house to discuss the issue of short-term rentals with residents and gather input on potential regulations for such rentals.
City staff say they hope to work with the county so that both sets of regulations can work together toward the same end.
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There are currently 1,045 individual short-term rentals within Flagstaff, according to the city. Of those, 731 are already registered with the city.
Those numbers represent about 3.3% of all homes and apartments within the City of Flagstaff, which declared a housing emergency in November of 2020.
That is somewhat higher than the average number for cities in the Valley, which generally sits between just between 1 to 2% of housing stock used as short-term rentals. But that’s significantly lower than some other northern Arizona communities. For example, an estimated 10% of housing stock in Sedona is used as short-term rentals.
The current ordinance the city is looking to pass would replace the registration of short-term rentals with a mandatory license that the city would require to operate such a rental.
Each individual short-term rental would need its own license, meaning that if an individual operated three short-term rentals within Flagstaff, all three would require a license.
The license would cost $175 and last a year, at which time the owner would need to get another license for the rental, said City Management Services Director Rick Tadder.
The state caps any potential fee at $250.
Tadder said the annual nature of the license would allow the city to keep up-to-date information as to the number of short-term rentals within the city, and emergency contact info associated with those rentals.
The penalty for failing to get a license would be $1,000 per month, after a 30-day notice to the owner from the city, during which time a license could be acquired.
The owner of the rental would need to provide the city with several pieces of information, including an emergency point of contact that could be reached 24/7 and could handle problems as they were reported to the city. Those contacts must also be available either in person or on phone within 60 minutes of a call that requires police response.
The license would also require the owner to notify immediate neighbors to the short-term rental. Those neighbors would also be provided with information on how to notify the city and owner should problems with the rental arise.
Members of city council were particularly concerned with the possibility that residents, unhappy with short term rentals, might try to abuse the system, harassing the owners of such rentals when no actual problems were occurring.
“There’s some people that are going to be relentlessly complaining about things that aren’t really legitimate,” said Councilmember Lori Matthews. “How do we protect that short-term rental owner from being harassed by somebody who hates what they’re doing and is just going to bug them 24/7?”
Flagstaff Police Chief Dan Musselman said that in some ways that problem already exists. The department has experienced residents who will call in multiple complaints about a short-term rental near them that turn out to be unfounded.
That issue could be mitigated possibly by the system the city is looking to set up, in which residents would have access to a complaint hotline. A representative from the hotline would then reach out to the owner.
If a complaint was logged and found to be accurate, the owner of the rental could be cited for violations having to do with public safety or city code. For example, if an owner did not have the sidewalk in front of the short-term rental shoveled after a heavy snow, that could constitute a public safety violation and the short-term rental could be cited, said Anja Wendel, the city's senior assistant attorney.
The owner of the short-term rental would have the opportunity to correct the problem before the city took any action to deal with it themselves.
Several local owners of short-term rentals expressed concern over the effort.
“I’ll be honest with you, I think this is just another expense for the city and I don’t really see where it’s going to land productive results,” one short-term rental owner told Council.
Since January of 2021, the city has endeavored to register short-term rentals within Flagstaff, although that is largely only for data collection purposes.
Short-term rentals are also already treated differently from other residential properties by the city.
For example, short-term rentals within Flagstaff are treated as business and thus pay the taxes associated with being a business, including the city’s bed, board and beverage tax. That tax is levied on other business that cater toward tourism, such as hotels, restaurants and bars. | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-city-council-mulls-short-term-rental-regulations/article_6c44ef98-f37a-11ed-877a-b3fd1f3ba3c2.html | 2023-05-16T13:42:05 | 0 | https://azdailysun.com/news/local/flagstaff-city-council-mulls-short-term-rental-regulations/article_6c44ef98-f37a-11ed-877a-b3fd1f3ba3c2.html |
Melbourne ranked 15th best place to live in US
Weather, quality of life, home values, relative cost of living, general desirability.
These are a few of the qualities that make up the ideal “best place to live” according to U.S. News & World Report.
Today, the magazine announced the 150 “Best Places to Live” across the country and Melbourne is ranked 15th.
Mayor Paul Alfrey wasn’t surprised to hear that his city, his lifelong home, moved up five spots in the 2023-24 rankings from its spot at 20 last year.
“It’s our way of life here,” Alfrey said. “I grew up here and, while we have our challenges, it keeps getting better and better.”
According to a U.S. News press release, this year, the magazine “expanded its data points to better encapsulate a place’s strengths and weaknesses.”
Alfrey was quick to list Melbourne’s strengths: Weather, beaches, booming downtown districts in Melbourne and Eau Gallie.
But he said it really boiled down to one thing: The people.
“It’s that sense of community that makes it special,” Alfrey said.
Brevard School Board member Katye Campbell, whose District 5 seat covers parts of south Melbourne, agreed with Alfrey on the special kind of community.
"I love that Melbourne has a smaller town feel without being far away from everything you could want to do," Campbell said. "We have the arts, the beach, great food, and great community support."
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Kristine Zonka, the former Brevard County commissioner for District 5 which includes parts of Melbourne and now Florida Department of Health director for Brevard, said there are multiple aspects of the city that make it a “best place.”
“Melbourne has a great variety of things to do,” said Zonka. “Day with the family at our beautiful beaches, take a stroll through downtown Melbourne shopping at many of our local businesses, or visiting our Eau Gallie Arts District. There’s something for everyone…just pick your flavor!”
“Things to do” is just one of the criteria in this year’s rankings. Called the establishment-to-population ratio, this part of the methodology assesses the number of restaurants, bars and activities per 1,000 residents.
And finally current District 3 county commissioner John Tobia listed some of the city's amenities and growth as to why Melbourne ranked so high on the "Best Places to Live" and added the city had "zero reported fatal alligator attacks in almost 80 months."
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About the rankings
The 2023-24 Best Places to Live rankings were determined based on a methodology that takes into account the area's job market, value, quality of life and desirability. These measures were weighted in part based on a public survey of thousands of individuals throughout the U.S. to find out what qualities they consider important in a place to live. The methodology also includes data from the National Weather Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, Sharecare, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. News rankings of the Best High Schools and Best Hospitals.
About the methodology
U.S. News & World Report's Best Places to Live rankings are designed to help readers make the most informed decision when choosing where to settle down. The rankings include the 150 most populated metro areas in the country. To craft the methodology, U.S. News asked thousands of people to tell it what factors are important to when choosing a place to live. Based on this survey, the magazine's staff categorized the data into four indexes: Quality of Life Index (36%); Value Index (23%); Job Market Index (19%); and Desirability Index (22%). Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Sharecare, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Weather Service and U.S. News' internal resources.
Rob Landers is a veteran multimedia journalist for the USA Today Network of Florida. Contact Landers at 321-242-3627 or rlanders@gannett.com. Instagram: @ByRobLanders Youtube: @florida_today | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/us-news-melbourne-brevard-near-top-of-nations-best-places-to-live/70219267007/ | 2023-05-16T13:55:01 | 1 | https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/us-news-melbourne-brevard-near-top-of-nations-best-places-to-live/70219267007/ |
PHOENIX — You can get involved in making a difference in our Arizona landscape by helping to document our state’s iconic saguaros.
Tania Hernandez is a research scientist at the Desert Botanical Garden. She said they are making a push for their second year in a row to collect data for their "Saguaro Census."
“The project aims to understand the effects of stress, urban stress on saguaros and so the idea is to monitor overtime the more stressed one,” said Hernandez.
She added you don’t have to take the perfect photo or have the most accurate location in order to help with this mission.
“You don’t have to be a great photographer,” said Hernandez.
Hernandez added a bad observation is better than no observations. She said the app which they use to gather the information uses geo-locators from photographs to help pinpoint where the saguaros are located.
In this case, they are looking for documentation of urban saguaros. This means the ones in your neighborhoods, shopping centers, and by your local streetlights. She shared these observations should not include saguaros which are located in parks and protected lands.
To get involved you can download the app called ‘iNaturalist’ in your phone’s app store. It is free to use, but you will need to make an account.
Once you do, you can search under the ‘Projects’ section on the far bottom left for ‘Metro Phoenix Saguaro Census’ and start submitting what you see.
She said make sure to get detailed shots of any blooms or damage you see on the saguaro.
Hernandez shared they hope to gather data so they can track the health of saguaros and see how they change over time. They also plan to monitor some specific cases by adding sensors to cacti if they receive permission from the owner.
Hernandez said you can make an observation all year long, not only in the month of May.
She said last year they received about 8,000 observations and this year they hope to have even more.
For more information you can visit the Desert Botanical Garden’s website.
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State Road 46 closed between Spencer, Terre Haute; paving between Ellettsville, Spencer
Erosion that crumbled the asphalt on the edge of the westbound lane of Ind. 46 five miles west of Spencer means a long detour the next three weeks.
The Indiana Department of Transportation this week shut down about 1,000 feet of the two-lane highway, a main east-west thoroughfare between Terre Haute and Spencer. The road is closed between Ind. 246 and Mozart Lane.
Photos of the road show a layer of asphalt put down over the erosion didn't work and is breaking away. Owen County native Anton Neff said that on recent trips to Terre Haute, he's noticed the roadway disintegration getting worse.
"It's been growing, and the last time there was one of those orange barrels between the edge of the road and the guardrail," the Owen County council member said. "I think an INDOT engineer decided it had to be closed now and fixed."
Ind. 46 needs stabilization between Spencer and Terre Haute
A work crew from GeoStabilization International is scheduled to begin a road stabilization project on May 17. It's expected to last at least three weeks, INDOT spokesman Don Connor said Monday.
The project involves using concrete sprayed through high-velocity hoses beneath the road surface, then reinforcing the hard surface with steel bars to shore up the roadway, shoulder and adjacent hillside, Connor explained.
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He said heavy spring rains have contributed to the road's deterioration. Photos from the site show that a previous attempt to repave the unstable road failed, as the asphalt is cracked and broken.
He acknowledged the inconvenience of increased travel time for drivers but said the emergency closure of both lanes was necessary. "What we worry about most is safety, people's lives," Connor said.
Some motorists were reporting the detour added close to half an hour to their trip.
A stretch of highway about 1,000 feet long, between Chapman Road and Carmichael Lane, is affected. There's no room to route traffic around the project on the existing road.
What is the detour around State Road 46 between Spencer and Terre Haute?
The official and posted detour route for the closure follows Ind. 59 to I-70 to U.S. 231. State and county officials ask that motorists follow the detour and stay off Owen County's rural secondary roads, many of them gravel, which can't withstand extra traffic.
County council member Anton Neff has been hearing from unhappy constituents wondering just how long this detour will last. And some rural residents are upset about safety, given all the cars and trucks on their sometimes precarious, curvy, pothole-riddled roads.
"It creates a more dangerous environment when there are other drivers not familiar with the area. Visibility isn't so good on curves and hills, and we have bridge crossings that have a dip or rise that can be unexpected," Neff said.
"And big trucks are trying to get around on county roads not sufficient for large vehicles, especially with two-way traffic."
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He said locals need to be able to travel to and from their homes safely. Given the nature of the backroads in Owen County, he said it makes sense for people passing through to stay on the official detour.
"It will be faster, and safer," said Neff, even for local residents like him to follow the INDOT signs. "We don't want property damage or accidents or for anyone to be hurt or killed. The chance of that can be reduced. Going the back roads would probably take longer anyway."
Paving between Spencer and Ellettsville on State Road 46
Milling and repaving of an eight-mile stretch of Ind. 46, from the east side of Spencer to Red Hill Road just west of Ellettsville, started this week.
INDOT said there will be lane restrictions with lengthy delays and intermittent travel restrictions until the repaving is complete. The project is expected to last through the end of August. Extra time should be allowed for travel in the area.
Contact Herald-Times reporter Laura Lane at llane@heraldt.com or 812-318-5967. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/ind-46-closure-lane-restrictions-ellettsville-spencer-terre-haute/70220926007/ | 2023-05-16T13:59:34 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/ind-46-closure-lane-restrictions-ellettsville-spencer-terre-haute/70220926007/ |
Compare how railroad lines changed Hoosier history at Spring Mill presentation
Spring Mill State Park will host a presentation at 2 p.m. June 17 in the Pioneer Village Tavern entitled, "What do Railroads Do?"
In the 1850’s Hoosiers were crazy for railroads, according to a press release from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Two long distance lines were built through Lawrence County very close to Spring Mill, with one of them running a few hundred yards from the Grist Mill.
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Hoosiers loved railroads but the railroads didn’t always love them back. The proximity of railroads undermined the milling business at Spring Mill while encouraging flour milling just 2 miles away in Mitchell.
In Jackson County, the same scenario played out, where the Rockford mill closed but then reopened nearby in the new railroad town of Seymour. This presentation — with photos, maps, and documents — explores and compares those two railroad transformations.
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Presenter David Nord is a professor emeritus of journalism and adjunct professor emeritus of history at Indiana University. He is the author of "Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing," "The Birth of Mass Media in America" (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004) and "Communities of Journalism: A History of American Newspapers and Their Readers" (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2001).
He is a former interim editor and associate editor of the Journal of American History of Spring Mill and Lawrence County. A recent project is Mapping Lawrence County, Indiana: An Annotated Bibliography 1818 to 1941 (Bedford Indiana: Lawrence County Museum of History, 2018). It is available as a downloadable PDF through the online Catalogs of the Indiana Historical Society, the Indiana State Library and IU-Bloomington. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/spring-mill-state-park-offers-lesson-in-hoosier-railroad-history/70218648007/ | 2023-05-16T13:59:35 | 1 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/spring-mill-state-park-offers-lesson-in-hoosier-railroad-history/70218648007/ |
Can you help? Touch a Truck, Opportunity House and Activate? need volunteers
The City of Bloomington Volunteer Network is your source for information about volunteering locally. For a complete listing, visit BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org or call 812-349-3433. The inclusion of an organization in this list does not imply city endorsement or support of the organization’s activities or policies. Information and registration information for the following opportunities can be found online at BloomingtonVolunteerNetwork.org.
Touch a Truck event
Come out and help at the annual Touch a Truck event happening on Wednesday, June 7, at the Winslow Sports Complex. Volunteers 16 years and up are needed in the morning from 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and also from about noon to 3 p.m. Volunteer duties include assisting with event setup and teardown, providing shift relief for exhibitors, and providing general event support as needed. This fun event provides an opportunity for children to get up close and personal with fire trucks, ambulances, buses, bucket trucks and more! On-site training provided. Volunteers under the age of 18 must have an Underage Waiver of Liability signed by a parent or guardian and must bring it with them when they arrive for their shift. Learn more and sign up today at https://tinyurl.com/touch-a-truck-volunteers. For more information contact Tara Brooke at tara.brooke@bloomington.in.gov.
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Donations assistants at Opportunity House
Summer is the Opportunity House’s busiest time for donations and they are seeking volunteers to assist their part-time staff with receiving and organizing them. Good communication and customer service skills are needed, and some heavy lifting is required. Shifts are flexible and run approximately three hours once a week (or more if desired) between 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Opportunity House thrift store is supported by donations of goods from the Bloomington community. Money raised from sales goes to support the programs of Monroe County United Ministries, including their income-based childcare and self-sufficiency program. Learn more at https://tinyurl.com/donations-assistants. Contact Nicola Payne at 812-336-2443 or ophouse68@gmail.com with additional questions.
Activate! volunteers needed
Are you a volunteer, a member of an organization that utilizes volunteers, a board member, a committee or a commission member? Would you like a chance to share your experiences, share your volunteer needs, spread the word about your organization or motivate others in the community to get involved? If so, consider volunteering to share your stories. Activate! is a partnership between WFHB and the City of Bloomington Volunteer Network, which presents first-person narratives from people working for positive change. Interested participants will pre-record interviews at the WFHB Community Radio Station, which will air at a later date during the end of the 5 p.m. Monday Evening News. During the summer, interviews can be scheduled on Thursdays at 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30 p.m. and at noon on select Sundays of the month. Interviews can take up to 30 minutes but are often shorter. For more details and to get involved visit https://tinyurl.com/activate-interview. Contact Michelle Moss at 812-349-3433 or getconnected@bloomington.in.gov for more information.
Community Wish List Spotlight
Monroe County Humane Association Wish List
The MCHA Pet Food & Supply Pantry supports Monroe County pet owners by providing free or very reduced-cost pet food and supplies. The Pet Food and Supply Pantry is only possible because of the many private donations from our community.
Donations: Pet food donations can be dropped off to the dog house beside the main door at their Animal Care Campus, at 791 S. Fieldstone Blvd. in Bloomington.
For more information contact: Mercedes Francois at mfrancois@monroehumane.org or 812- 333-6242
Featured Wishes: dry cat food (URGENTLY NEEDED), dry dog food, canned cat food, canned dog food, cat litter, peanut butter, spray cheese, Churu cat treats, dish soap, liquid laundry detergent and more.
View their complete Wish List online at: https://tinyurl.com/MCHA-wish-list
You can find current in-kind, material needs on the year-round Community Wish List at bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org/communitywishlist. | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/touch-a-truck-opportunity-house-and-activate-need-bloomington-helpers/70209271007/ | 2023-05-16T13:59:35 | 0 | https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/local/2023/05/16/touch-a-truck-opportunity-house-and-activate-need-bloomington-helpers/70209271007/ |
Phoenix proposes speed limit changes at 12 spots across city
Phoenix drivers could see faster and slower speed limits across the city soon.
Phoenix's streets department will ask the city's elected leaders to approve its plan to change speeds at 12 spots due to "road and traffic conditions." The Phoenix City Council subcommittee will need to approve the plan on May 17 before it can advance to the full City Council for a final approval.
The changes are spread across the city and include mostly speed reductions of 5 mph or 10 mph, although two speed increases are suggested in west Phoenix.
The proposed changes come five months after the city reduced speeds at four locations in downtown, north Phoenix and Laveen, and about eight months after the council approved its Vision Zero road safety plan, which aims to reduce traffic deaths to zero by 2050.
Phoenix has also been studying red light running, testing how longer yellow lights affect roadway safety.
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Here's where slower speed limits are proposed
Northwest Phoenix
- Reduce speed from 35 mph to 30 mph on Deem Hills Parkway from 51st Avenue to Stetson Valley Parkway.
Northeast Phoenix
- Reduce speed from 40 mph to 35 mph on Mayo Boulevard from Black Mountain Boulevard to 40th Street.
Moon Valley/Sunnyslope area
- Reduce speed from 35 mph to 30 mph on Pointe Golf Club Drive from Thunderbird Road to Sharon Drive.
- Reduce speed from 45 mph to 40 mph on Seventh Street from just north of Peoria Avenue to Clinton Street.
Central Phoenix
- Reduce speed from 35 mph to 30 mph on Maryland Avenue from Central Avenue to 16th Street.
West Phoenix
- Reduce speed from 35 mph to 30 mph on 23rd Avenue from Bethany Home Road to Glendale Avenue.
- Reduce speed from 50 mph to 45 mph on 99th Avenue from Thomas to Camelback roads.
Southwest Phoenix
- Reduce speed from 35 mph to 30 mph on 19th Avenue from Olney Avenue to Dobbins Road.
- Reduce speed from 50 mph to 40 mph on 51st Avenue from Estrella Drive to Olney Avenue.
- Reduce speed from 50 mph to 45 mph on Broadway Road from 91st to 99th avenues.
Here's where faster speed limits are proposed
West Phoenix
- Increase speed limit from 25 mph to 30 mph on Roosevelt Street from 51st to 57th avenues.
- Increase speed limit from 25 mph to 35 mph on 79th Avenue from McDowell Road to Encanto Boulevard.
Have thoughts on the proposed changes? Reach out to your Phoenix councilmember.
Councilmembers Debra Stark, Ann O'Brien, Laura Pastor and Betty Guardado sit on the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee that will first consider the changes on May 17.
Reporter Taylor Seely covers Phoenix City Hall for The Arizona Republic. Reach her at tseely@arizonarepublic.com, by phone at 480-476-6116, or on Twitter @taylorseely95. | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-traffic/2023/05/16/phoenix-proposes-speed-limit-changes-at-12-spots-across-city/70220587007/ | 2023-05-16T14:19:00 | 0 | https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-traffic/2023/05/16/phoenix-proposes-speed-limit-changes-at-12-spots-across-city/70220587007/ |
Tempe election day: Voters decide fate of Arizona Coyotes arena deal
Tempe voters are headed to the polls Tuesday to cast the final ballots that will decide the fate of Tempe's $2.1 billion deal with the Arizona Coyotes, one of the biggest and most controversial developments in the city's history.
The project involves building nearly 2,000 apartments, an NHL arena and an entertainment district on 46 acres of land west of Tempe Town Lake. In order to pass, it needs a majority of "yes" votes on all three ballot items: Proposition 301, 302 and 303. Together, they facilitate the needed zoning changes and approve the team's development agreement with Tempe.
The campaign trail has been tense. On one side, opposition group Tempe 1st levied charges of corruption against Coyotes owner Alex Meruelo, arguing that the city is being ripped off. The campaign has worked to see the deal defeated on a budget of just $35,000.
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The Coyotes' Tempe Wins campaign, supporting the plan, has raised roughly 35 times more cash than that — the vast majority of which came from Meruelo's development company. It spent more than $700,000 to secure a victory. The supporters threatened legal action in response to the corruption allegations, contend that the deal is a fiscal slam dunk for the city and promise to turn a "landfill into a landmark" at no cost to taxpayers.
However the cards fall, Tuesday's election outcome will have major ramifications for city coffers for generations to come. The project site is the "last bulk" of city-owned land that Tempe has left to develop.
And residents seem to sense the weight of their decision given the staggeringly high turnout rate since early voting began about a month ago. Roughly 32% of Tempe voters have already cast a ballot, according to the Maricopa County Elections Department. That's about 12 percentage points higher than the general election last March.
Those who haven't voted yet can still do so Tuesday at the Tempe History Museum (809 E. Southern Ave.) between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Residents can also leave their ballots in drop boxes located at either:
- Tempe City Hall (31 E. Fifth St.) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- The Maricopa County Elections Office (510 S. Third Ave., Phoenix) any time until the polls close at 7 p.m.
For subscribers:What happened to damage relationship between Arizona Coyotes and city of Glendale?
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Telemarketer: Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long-distance service?
Jerry: Oh, gee, I can't talk right now. Why don't you give me your home number, and I'll call you later?
Telemarketer: Uh, well I'm sorry, we're not allowed to do that.
Jerry: Oh, I guess you don't want people calling you at home.
Telemarketer: No.
Jerry: Well, now you know how I feel. [Jerry hangs up phone]
It was a 15-second interaction Jerry had during a season 4 episode of "Seinfeld" that inspired a New Jersey proposal to limit telemarketers. And now the so-called "Seinfeld Bill" has become law.
Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed the legislation Monday. It requires telemarketers to, within 30 seconds of the call, identify themselves by name and provide the name and number of the person on whose behalf it is being made. They also have to declare the purpose of that call within that initial half-minute.
It also mandates that telemarketers display their mailing address on any website they own and operate, as well as the address of any business they represent on calls.
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And for those frustrated by the timing of said calls, there's good news. Unsolicited telemarketing calls are banned between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m., local time, at the customer's location, under the bill.
Murphy said he was proud to sign it into law, saying it provides much-needed transparency.
"The famous 'Seinfeld' scene where Jerry is irritated that telemarketers can call at any time, under any pretense, and without any kind of guidelines or consequences, makes light of a situation many New Jerseyans face every day, sometimes multiple times a day," Murphy said in a statement.
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Primary sponsors included state Sens. Jon Bramnick and Nellie Pou and Assemblymembers Paul Moriarty, Daniel Benson and Clinton Calabrese.
"When you answer a telemarketer’s call, you should know right up front who they are and who they work for," Bramnick, a Republican, said in a statement. "If they’re on the up and up, telemarketing firms should have no issue with this bill."
The prohibition on unsolicited sales calls and the requirement to disclose certain telemarketer information do not apply to telemarketing sales calls when a customer contacts the telemarketer via phone call or website and affirmatively requests a follow-up telemarketing sales call or other contact, New Jersey officials say. | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-seinfeld-bill-becomes-law-what-it-means-for-telemarketing-calls/4337945/ | 2023-05-16T14:23:33 | 0 | https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nj-seinfeld-bill-becomes-law-what-it-means-for-telemarketing-calls/4337945/ |
ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – A multi-vehicle crash on I-81N in Roanoke County has slowed down traffic, according to VDOT.
The crash happened at the 141.8 mile marker, authorities said.
At this time, the following lanes are closed:
- North left shoulder
- Left lane
- Right lane
- Right shoulder
As of 10:04 a.m., traffic is backed up for about 4 miles. | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/16/multi-vehicle-crash-on-i-81n-in-roanoke-county-closes-multiple-lanes/ | 2023-05-16T14:28:36 | 1 | https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2023/05/16/multi-vehicle-crash-on-i-81n-in-roanoke-county-closes-multiple-lanes/ |
ORLANDO – More than a million veterans receive mental health services from the VA each year across the country.
But we know the numbers of those struggling are much higher.
That’s because many veterans may be getting help from other, non-VA-affiliated providers, or maybe, because of the stigma associated with mental illnesses, aren’t getting any help at all.
So at the Lake Nona VA Domiciliary, one therapist is trying a different approach.
The domiciliary is a 60-bed residential rehabilitation program. It offers short-term housing for veterans who are dealing with homelessness, mental health issues and addiction. The goal is to allow them to transition to traditional housing.
To help them get there, licensed clinical social worker Larry D. Johns is turning to art. He already has an understanding of issues veterans face, as a retired USMC veteran. But when he found pour painting, he said he found a way to relax and process while he attended the University of Central Florida.
Johns doesn’t have any formal art training, but thought it could be a way to help fellow veterans he treats.
“I knew Veterans could benefit from this and when I approached my leadership team, they supported the idea, and I ran with it,” said Johns. “I do abstract art and pour painting. I do it because I believe it will help Veterans relax and pick up a skill that they could use to help them deal with the stressors of life.”
Pour painting is an art form where the artist pours a paint mixture over a canvas in various colors and patterns to get the desired effect. There’s no real wrong way to create, allowing for more of a judgment-free creative process.
Johns said during the art therapy sessions, domiciliary residents can express their emotions through pour painting. Doing this can help to cope, express and heal depression, anxiety, and trauma. During each of these hour-long sessions, the step-by-step process of pour painting is demonstrated.
Johns said then, residents can choose their own paint colors and begin to create their own works of art they are allowed to keep as a reminder of the creativity they have and calmness these exercises can provide.
“Trust the process and give it a try. My mind is at ease during the hour I am pour pairing with Johns and I appreciate what he has taught me,” said Army veteran Charles Fogleman.
“I learned to let go and be creative,” said Navy veteran Michelle Rodriguez Rodriguez. “I can show my art to my family and it is something to be proud of.”
Johns said this is truly a labor of love for himself. He actually has purchased all the supplies himself to make this happen.
“I do it because I love to see the lasting effect pour painting has on the Veterans,” said John. “I feel elated. I love watching Veterans grow and explore their own creativity as they are going through the pour painting techniques. I am at peace when I watch them. To see them come in grouchy and not sure if they really want to do this, to thanking me at the end, and then ready to sign up for the next group, gives me great joy.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/16/pour-painting-gets-therapeutic-results-for-domiciliary-veterans/ | 2023-05-16T14:30:55 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/05/16/pour-painting-gets-therapeutic-results-for-domiciliary-veterans/ |
What to Know
- A 29-year-old woman accused of using false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student and attend some classes over a four-day period will be allowed to enter a pretrial intervention program. That's the ruling issued Monday by a state judge.
- The woman had pleaded not guilty in March to a charge of providing a false government document.
- Her lawyer has said she did so because she was lonely and longed to return to her days with friends in school but now realizes she made a mistake.
A 29-year-old woman accused of using false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student and attend some classes over a four-day period will be allowed to enter a pretrial intervention program, a state judge ruled Monday.
The woman had pleaded not guilty in March to a charge of providing a false government document. Her lawyer has said she did so because she was lonely and longed to return to her days with friends in school but now realizes she made a mistake. She will have to undergo a mental health evaluation and, if she completes the program, the charge against her could eventually be dismissed.
The woman is a South Korean citizen who came to the United States by herself when she was 16 to attend a private boarding school, the lawyer said. She later graduated from Rutgers University in 2019.
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The lawyer said his client had no nefarious intentions when she enrolled at New Brunswick High School in January. She was just seeking to return to “a place of safety and welcoming and an environment that she looks back on fondly,” he said.
Authorities have said the woman got the phone numbers of students who helped her find her way through the school and continued to text some of them days after her ruse was discovered. She was barred from entering school grounds in the district and officials have advised students to not have any contact with her.
The woman provided district officials with a false birth certificate when she enrolled, officials have said. The district has nearly 10,000 students.
Schools in the state are required to immediately enroll unaccompanied children, even in the absence of records normally required for that purpose. Proof of guardianship is also not needed to immediately enroll an unaccompanied youth. Once enrolled, students have 30 days to provide additional proof of identity.
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WATERLOO — Two months after the introduction of an ordinance and following multiple hours of public comments, the city has banned the practice of conversion therapy.
Conversion therapy is the practice of attempting to change someone who doesn’t identify as heterosexual to become heterosexual.
The ordinance was passed and the rules were suspended 6-1 on Monday by the City Council, with Councilmember Dave Boesen voting against it, making Waterloo the third governmental entity in Iowa to ban the practice. The city of Davenport and Linn County are the other two.
The ordinance, written by Ward 2 Councilmember Jonathan Grieder, states that residents could make a complaint to the city attorney or the human rights commission that a licensed medical professional is practicing conversion therapy.
The issue would then be looked into with a letter sent out if the process goes forward. That would allow the city to report a potential ethical violation to medical licensing bodies.
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“(The ordinance) says in Waterloo if you are in the LGBTQ+ community, you cannot be subjected to what amounts to a harmful practice trying to convince you to be someone you are not,” Grieder said.
He said numbers from Iowa Safe Schools, which helped work with Grieder, state there have been six complaints of conversion therapy practice “in the area” during the past year.
Of the 33 community members who spoke at the public comment portion of the meeting, many noted they were concerned the council has no authority to pass such an ordinance. Boesen said this is why he voted against it.
“My vote is not based on one side’s ideology, it’s based on the fact that this ordinance (may not be) legal,” Boesen said. “I believe it will be challenged in court and it’s not in the City Council’s purview to enact this ordinance.”
Others believed the ordinance was redundant, stating that there are currently standards in place to stop the use of conversion therapy since many major medical associations have denounced the practice.
“There’s no need for the city to be involved at all,” resident Al Mannington said. “I see no reason for this to go through but you seem incessant on pushing it.” He said the ordinance has just created a divisive atmosphere.
Grieder, along with other councilmembers who voiced their opinion before the vote, said multiple avenues of reporting aren’t necessarily a bad thing.
“If folks don’t want to confront their abuser (through the Department of Human Services) they can contact the city attorney or human rights commission,” Grieder said. “We are simply providing guidance for folks who are being abused who need extra help because they’re being abused.”
However, a handful of residents believe the council does have a place in the conversation of banning the practice. They said it would protect the city’s children.
“The youth in our community need to know that if they are forced into conversion therapy there is an option available for their own protection,” Mike Knapp said.
One woman, Jill Miller, said both of her children are moving out of Iowa due to “what is happening to villainize” the LGBTQ+ community. She said her children need to know that cities and counties are protecting them.
One resident, Maura, who did not provide a last name and identifies as a queer woman, said that she doesn’t feel safe in the Cedar Valley, Iowa, or the U.S.
She mentioned Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green, who said he would not sign an LGBTQ+ Pride Month proclamation for June due to his Christian faith. After a heated council meeting there earlier this month, he signed the proclamation.
She also said she did not feel safe in Waterloo because the council did not pass the conversion therapy ban the first time it appeared on the agenda in March.
State Sen. Sandy Salmon, R-Janesville, came up to the podium as well after a few residents mentioned the Legislature passing bills that focused on the LGBTQ+ population, such as a law that bans gender-affirming medical care for transgender children.
Salmon said that she “knows” that some of the legislation passed has been deemed as “anti-LGBTQ.”
“I don’t believe that to be the case,” she said. The council chambers erupted in laughter.
Salmon said she attended the meeting because, although she doesn’t represent Waterloo or Black Hawk County, many of her constituents go to Waterloo for medical services. She believes the ordinance would limit their choices of therapy.
“Families ought to be able to choose counseling that best fits the goal they have for their minor child,” Salmon said, suggesting mental health providers shouldn’t be denied an ability to counsel based on their faith. “It is wrong based on principles of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, parent’s rights, professional code of ethics for practitioners and equal protection of law.”
After Salmon spoke, Mayor Quentin Hart said one of the challenges people are having is that they don’t have an opportunity to “properly communicate” with legislators at the state level. | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/conversion-therapy-now-banned-in-waterloo/article_d66772f0-df58-54ed-87d9-98d971403f3a.html | 2023-05-16T14:34:13 | 0 | https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/conversion-therapy-now-banned-in-waterloo/article_d66772f0-df58-54ed-87d9-98d971403f3a.html |
Alliance City Council approves rate hike for trash, reluctantly
- In 4-2 vote, Alliance City Council approved rate increases with Kimble Recycling & Waste Disposal for trash service.
- Councilman Kristopher Bugara and Councilwoman Cindy King voted against the increase, citing frustration with the service.
- Bugara said multiple trash haulers have expressed interest to submit bids for the next contract. The current contract with Kimble expires June 30, 2025.
ALLIANCE – City Council on Monday night approved rate increases for garbage services, perhaps reluctantly.
The rate hike, starting July 1, was mandated by the contract with Kimble Recycling & Waste Disposal.
It passed by a 4-2 margin. Councilwoman Sheila Cherry was not present.
Councilman Kristopher Bugara, R-at-large, and Councilwoman Cindy King, D-2, voted against the measure. City Council delayed a vote on the legislation earlier this month because members were frustrated with Kimble services.
Bugara and King both said Kimble needs to improve its services to justify increases.
According to the legislation, standard service will go up 7.5%, or $1.26 a month, from July 1 through June 30, 2024. Backdoor service rises 6.5%, or $1.82. Bag service for seniors increases 4.9%, or 40 cents.
Next contract might be competitive
Mayor Alan Andreani said the current contract with Kimble expires June 30, 2025.
Burgara said city officials have received interest from Kimble competitors, Waste Management and Republic Services, on putting in bids for the next contract. Kimble was the lone bidder last time, Andreani said.
"They want to bid in advance," Burgara said.
Bugara and Andreani said the competitors reached out to city officials after they expressed concerns with Kimble during the May 1 council meeting. At that time, a Kimble representative tried to reassure city officials service will improve.
In other business, council:
- Heard a complaint from a resident regarding the Cantell Elks Lodge on Ash Street. The resident said the bar blares loud music late into the night and patrons litter the area.
- Heard the Main Street Caboose, damaged by fire, will be ready for the summer concert series in June. Painter Mark Franko has donated his services to add a new coat of red paint.
- Removed three road vacation requests from future agendas because the requestor did not meet all conditions for the approval within a six-month period. The requestor would have to seek new legislation.
Reach Benjamin Duer at 330-580-8567 or ben.duer@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @bduerREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/05/16/alliance-council-trash-rate-hike-kimble-ohio/70218796007/ | 2023-05-16T14:36:40 | 1 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/05/16/alliance-council-trash-rate-hike-kimble-ohio/70218796007/ |
Alliance police chief expected to retire, search for successor has started
- Alliance Police Chief Scott Griffith plans to retire after 15 years, by the end of December.
- The city's Civil Service Commission will start the promotion process July 19 with a written exam.
ALLIANCE − Police Chief Scott C. Griffith is planning to retire after 15 years.
The city's Civil Service Commission has started the process to replace him with an internal candidate, according to a public notice.
The promotion has been opened up to any captain or lieutenant currently employed with the Alliance Police Department and has 12 months in grade. A written exam for the promotion has been scheduled for July 19 at Alliance Area Senior Center.
Four officers − James Hillis, Dave Bair, Akenra X and Don Wensel − are eligible to take the test.
In a recent email, Safety-Service Director Mike Dreger said Griffith is participating in a pension fund program that mandates he retire by the end of December. He could leave sooner, Dreger said, so they want his heir apparent ready.
"He has indicated that he may elect to retire prior to that date, but that it would be no earlier than September," Dreger said.
The notice said all candidates must sign up on a sheet posted at the Police Station, 470 E. Market St., by 4 p.m. May 31. In addition to the written exam, an oral assessment board will be convened Aug. 18. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/05/16/alliance-police-chief-scott-griffith-retiring-ohio/70164024007/ | 2023-05-16T14:36:46 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2023/05/16/alliance-police-chief-scott-griffith-retiring-ohio/70164024007/ |
Akron and Canton 40th and 41st on insurer's list of cities with highest home fire risk
Ranked 40th, 41st on list of cities with highest home fire risk
- Being ranked among the top 150 cities in the U.S. with highest home fire risk will get you a $10,000 fire education grant from the Hartford.
- Ohio has eight cities on highest home fire risk index.
Canton and Akron have made Hartford insurance company's index of "top 150 U.S. cities with highest home fire risk."
The insurer ranked Canton as No. 41 and Akron as No. 40 on its list.
The city it considered with the highest home fire risk was Modesto, California. Ohio had six other cities among the 150. Cincinnati was ranked No. 8 in the index. Youngstown was No. 16. Columbus was No. 39. Cleveland was No. 98, Dayton No. 113 and Toledo No. 122.
The Hartford said it each of the cities on its list of 150 will get $10,000 each to fund fire safety education for children.
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Jeff Welch, an assistant director of media and public relations for the Hartford, says the company releases its index of 150 cities with the highest home fire risk once every three years as part of its Junior Fire Marshal Program to educate kids about fire risks. The first was in 2017 and the second in 2020.
Welch said the index covers all residential structures, including single-family homes, duplexes and multi-family units like apartment complexes. It doesn't include vehicle fires or fires at businesses.
Data crunched over three years
In the 2017 index, Welch said, Akron ranked 54th and Canton was not on the list. In the 2020 index, Canton was No. 72 and Akron was No. 33.
Messages seeking comment were left with the Canton and Akron fire departments.
Welch stressed that the index only indicates home fire risk for a particular city in relation to the others on the index.
“The ranking itself is all relative. You could be a safe city but (the) 109 cities below you are a little safer (in terms of home fire risk). It’s not saying (a city on the list) is a dangerous city. I wouldn't frame it that way and that's not how we frame it.”
Welch said, “It’s not an indication of anything to do with the fire department or response times ... or training." He said the purpose of the index was to generate interest and support for fire safety education and to help educate people on what to do in the event of a fire.
Welch said the Hartford's data analysts come up with the rankings looking at the number of home fires in zip codes for a particular city per a certain number of people who live there according to Census data. They then contract with a polling firm to reach people around the country online and poll them on their behavior that may increase or reduce the risk of a fire. Welch said at least 100 people in each of the 150 cities on the list were surveyed.
Questions on the survey asked people if they engaged in behaviors that raised the risk of fires or mitigated the risk or impact of fires. Had they left something cooking on the stove for too long? Did they have a working fire extinguisher? Did they regularly replace the batteries of their smoke detectors? Did members of the household have an emergency escape plan?
Welch said the goal of the program was to identity the cities where children best need fire education that the Hartford's Junior Fire Marshal program could target with the $10,000 grants.
"We’re trying to identify where the fire safety gaps are through this index," he said, adding that the Junior Fire Marshal program has educated 112 million children the past 76 years. ”Really the goal is to educate these kids so they become fire safe adults."
Reach Robert at robert.wang@cantonrep.com. Twitter: @rwangREP. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/05/16/akron-canton-ohio-list-homes-cities-highest-home-fire-risk/70214705007/ | 2023-05-16T14:36:52 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/05/16/akron-canton-ohio-list-homes-cities-highest-home-fire-risk/70214705007/ |
CANTON
Canton City Council approves three replats
Kelly Byer
The Repository
CANTON − City Council approved the replat of three properties at a brief meeting Monday.
All council members were present and unanimously voted to reconfigure the property boundaries. The Canton City Planning Commission previously reviewed and recommended the council approve all three replats, according to memos from the commission secretary to City Council.
The replats were:
- 421 11th St. NW ― two parcels were divided into three so that the property owner, 11th Street Apartments Inc., can give a 0.064-acre parcel to another individual for renovation.
- 2201 Ninth St. SW ― three parcels were combined into a single lot so that the property owner, Sarai Properties LLC, can expand the Marathon gas station building.
- 600 block of 14th Street SE ― five parcels were combined into two parcels roughly the same size so that one can be returned to the current property owner and the other can be used by Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio for future development.
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CANTON
Canton mayor to present State of the City address Friday
The Repository
CANTON − Canton Mayor Thomas Bernabei will present a State of the City address Friday to the Canton Rotary Club at Christ Presbyterian Church, 530 Tuscarawas St W.
The event is open to the public. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. with the mayor expected to speak around 12:15 p.m.
The cost is $16 (lunch included). Reservations are requested; email Canton Rotary Club President Rick Taylor at rickt@kozmosgrille.com. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/05/16/cantonmayor-to-present-state-of-the-city-address-friday/70219991007/ | 2023-05-16T14:37:04 | 0 | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2023/05/16/cantonmayor-to-present-state-of-the-city-address-friday/70219991007/ |
Stark County Health Department receives mobile care unit for overdose prevention
- The Stark County Health Department has received a mobile care unit to bring overdose education across the county.
- The vehicle was given to the department by the HEALing Communities Study.
- It will provide overdose education, naloxone distribution and linkages to opioid use disorder services.
Transportation is one of the biggest obstacles keeping those affected by drug addiction from getting the care they need.
The Stark County Health Department is looking to bridge that gap by bringing services into the community with its new mobile integrated care unit. Employees with the health agency plan to take the 30-foot vehicle to community events and areas in need to provide overdose education, naloxone distribution and links to opioid use disorder services.
"It's a way to take these services to the people that need them," said Amanda Kelly, manager of health promotion and planning at the Stark County Health Department.
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The mobile care unit has two exam rooms, a blood draw station, a bathroom and access for those who use wheelchairs. It was given to the agency by the HEALing Communities Study, a national initiative working to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths. Stark is one of several Ohio counties participating in the study, along with communities in Kentucky, Massachusetts and New York.
Kelly said the HEALing Communities Study has provided mobile units to other communities, but this is the first for the county.
Why is a mobile outreach unit needed?
One hundred and fifty-six Stark County residents died of overdoses last year, according to the county health department. In December, the department issued a warning that Stark had seen an uptick in suspected fatal drug overdoses.
Kelly said the department intends to have a full-time and part-time outreach specialist to bring the vehicle to different events in Stark County. The vehicle has an awning and space in front of it for a table so that residents can walk up and get information and resources.
The exam rooms will be used by partner agencies. The health department has teamed up with AVO Behavioral Health & Recovery to provide direct links to treatment in the mobile unit.
Kelly said the agency hopes to develop partnerships with other area organizations that offer food and housing assistance or legal aid. She said also the agency is working to make it possible for event organizers and other individuals to request the mobile care unit to come to specific areas.
Hoping for a big impact in the community
James Fye, community engagement facilitator for Stark County with the HEALing Communities Study, said he expects the mobile care unit to have a big impact on the area. He said transportation is a huge issue when it comes to treatment access and that the vehicle will help bring services to the public.
The HEALing Communities Study has provided the health agency with funding to operate the mobile unit through the rest of the year, Kelly said, but the department will need to secure funds for 2024 and beyond. She said the department is seeking between $100,000 and $150,000 in grants per year to help pay for costs related to the vehicle, including fuel, insurance and maintenance.
“We are fortunate to have been provided this vehicle from the HEALing Communities Study as a resource for overdose prevention and linkages to treatment where it is needed most in Stark County,” Health Commissioner Kirkland Norris said in a prepared statement. “Overdose deaths can be prevented and lives saved by giving people the chance they need to get access to resources to live healthy lives."
AVO Behavioral Health & Recovery Director of Operations Lauren Shaull said the mobile unit will also help to reduce stigma surrounding drug addiction and mental health issues. The vehicle's exterior has the slogan “Driving Towards A Healthy Community." Having this message on a large vehicle that travels around the county will encourage people to seek out resources if they need them, she said.
"It's OK to get help," Shaull said.
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"Frozen The Broadway Musical" is one of seven shows coming to the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro for its second Broadway season.
GREENSBORO — Ready to join Anna on her quest to free her home from her sister Elsa's icy spell?
The Broadway musical "Frozen," which opens tomorrow, will run through June 4 at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Greensboro.
Tickets start at $25 plus taxes and fees. Buy them at tangercenter.com or at ticketmaster.com. Best availability may be found in the second or third week of the show schedule.
Disney Theatrical Productions under the direction of Thomas Schumacher presents Frozen, the North American Tour, music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez and book by Jennifer Lee directed by Michael Grandage with: Caroline Bowman (Elsa), Caroline Innerbichler (Anna), Mason Reeves (Kristoff), F. Michael Haynie (Olaf), Austin Colby (Hans), Jeremy Morse (Weselton). | https://greensboro.com/news/local/disneys-frozen-musical-begins-tomorrow-at-tanger-center-in-greensboro/article_4b1171da-f3e7-11ed-88d5-7bad80f89ce5.html | 2023-05-16T14:44:24 | 0 | https://greensboro.com/news/local/disneys-frozen-musical-begins-tomorrow-at-tanger-center-in-greensboro/article_4b1171da-f3e7-11ed-88d5-7bad80f89ce5.html |
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- A 29-year-old woman accused of using false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student and attend some classes over a four-day period will be allowed to enter a pretrial intervention program. That's the ruling issued Monday by a state judge.
- The woman had pleaded not guilty in March to a charge of providing a false government document.
- Her lawyer has said she did so because she was lonely and longed to return to her days with friends in school but now realizes she made a mistake.
A 29-year-old woman accused of using false documents to enroll as a New Jersey high school student and attend some classes over a four-day period will be allowed to enter a pretrial intervention program, a state judge ruled Monday.
The woman had pleaded not guilty in March to a charge of providing a false government document. Her lawyer has said she did so because she was lonely and longed to return to her days with friends in school but now realizes she made a mistake. She will have to undergo a mental health evaluation and, if she completes the program, the charge against her could eventually be dismissed.
The woman is a South Korean citizen who came to the United States by herself when she was 16 to attend a private boarding school, the lawyer said. She later graduated from Rutgers University in 2019.
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The lawyer said his client had no nefarious intentions when she enrolled at New Brunswick High School in January. She was just seeking to return to “a place of safety and welcoming and an environment that she looks back on fondly,” he said.
Authorities have said the woman got the phone numbers of students who helped her find her way through the school and continued to text some of them days after her ruse was discovered. She was barred from entering school grounds in the district and officials have advised students to not have any contact with her.
The woman provided district officials with a false birth certificate when she enrolled, officials have said. The district has nearly 10,000 students.
Schools in the state are required to immediately enroll unaccompanied children, even in the absence of records normally required for that purpose. Proof of guardianship is also not needed to immediately enroll an unaccompanied youth. Once enrolled, students have 30 days to provide additional proof of identity.
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Authorities in northeast North Dakota have apprehended a high-risk sex offender they say removed his monitoring bracelet.
Shawn Johnston, 31, of Grand Forks, went missing after leaving the Lake Region Reentry Center in Devils Lake about 1 a.m. Monday, according to the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Authorities asked for the public's help in finding him.
Devils Lake police located Johnston on Monday night. Authorities did not provide details.
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Average daily flows
Snake River at Jackson 293 cfs
Snake River at Palisades 8,796 cfs
Snake River at Heise 11,508 cfs
Snake River at Blackfoot 8,587 cfs
Snake River at American Falls 7,762 cfs
Snake River at Milner 0 cfs
Little Wood River near Carey 729 cfs
Jackson Lake is 35% full.
Palisades Reservoir is 57% full.
American Falls Reservoir is 84% full.
Upper Snake River system is at 66% of capacity.
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Last August, it came to light the City of Tucson would post a $150 million budget surplus that, conceivably, could be used for discretionary purposes.
Why not anchor a new and distinctive metro cachet to one of the world’s most unique natural environments right on Tucson’s doorstep? Do this with an easy, quick, and cheap commuter air service to smaller Mexican airports up and down the Baja and Sea of Cortez. Smaller airports that various Mexican state governments in the region are starting to upgrade.
It doesn’t mean reinventing the airline wheel, nor does it take anything away from the City’s tourism industry. If anything, it enhances local tourism efforts by adding a new element of novelty, adventure and wonder.
That realization being that people increasingly want the authenticity of a more natural experience. Properly managed, the City’s geographical location becomes that protective business “moat” that Warren Buffett often speaks of when it applies to securing a “durable competitive advantage.”
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In addition, such efforts as protecting the Baja’s unique natural environment and its ancient human ecosystem are reinforced as people come to realize and appreciate its genuine irreplaceability. The bonds of a personal experience are far greater than anything the giant mega-corporate travel industry might supply.
A current practical example is the Mexican airline, Calafia Air, founded in 1993 and based in Cabo San Lucas. They fly commuter aircraft to a network of smaller airports up and down the Baja coastline. Presently, Calafia doesn’t enter the US, an opportunistic opening for the City. Another regional startup, Aerus, just began out of Monterrey along their Gulf coast.
Cessna, the American company long famous for its Caravan model used by tourists and commuters worldwide, just FAA-qualified a 19-passenger, twin-turbo designed for this exact market. Cessna calls it the “Skycourier.”
Tucson might make a Baja-specific carrier “an offer they couldn’t refuse.” But it’s going to take money, and even more importantly, money to specifically advertise both in the United States and Europe. “Something else you can do from Tucson”; Europeans will love it. In addition, design the proposal for the possibility other carriers will want in.
It’s a workable concept with a price tag under $20 million. Clawbacks will be required, and Tucson’s ever-reticent biz community needs to step up. Don’t make the agreement larded with legalities; something from Tucson’s National Law Center for Inter-American Free Trade, pro bono? The agreement must be worthwhile to the air carrier.
For a fraction of the money the City claims to have available, this would be a unique opportunity for Tucson. The Baja sure isn’t going anywhere, and Tucson could easily be its noted US entrepôt for that sublime eco-retreat.
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Q: Idaho is too great to litter. If “Idaho is too great to litter” then why are the medians on the interstate full of trash?
A: “We can all see the trash this winter season has left behind on our roads now that the snow has melted,” said Anne Marie Peacock, spokesperson for the Idaho Transportation Department. “The Idaho Transportation Department relies on volunteers through the Adopt-A-Highway program to help pick up trash along our roads as we do not have dedicated resources for it. Unfortunately, it is not always possible for volunteers to safely access medians to pick up trash; and therefore, is left there. ITD actually asks volunteers to avoid working in medians for their safety as well as narrow roadways, curves, bridges, overpasses, and on/off ramps. We ensure volunteers work in areas where they are easily visible to motorists and oncoming traffic.”
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“These past few years have seen a reduction in active volunteers. In 2020 ITD had 1,230 active Adopt-A-Highway groups statewide. As of April 2023, the total number of groups has reduced to 982. ITD will continue to rely on volunteers through the Adopt-A-Highway program to clean up litter and appreciate their efforts to help keep Idaho beautiful where they can safely volunteer. We would value your participation in helping to spread the word and encourage more volunteers to join,” Peacock said.
“We continue to seek creative ways to accommodate to our volunteers’ time and needs,” she said. For example, we can shorten volunteer litter pick up routes from four miles to two miles, or just organize a onetime litter pickup.”
“We have seen the number of volunteers — for all activities — has declined over the past few years. It was declining before COVID, but that just exacerbated it,” Josh Palmer, spokesperson for the city of Twin Falls.
“Johnny Horizon dates back to 1968 with the ‘This land is your land – keep it clean’ message to enlist the public’s help to protect public lands from littering, abuse, and vandalism,” said Heather Tiel-Nelson, spokesperson for the Bureau of Land Management in Twin Falls. “While the BLM no longer uses Johnny Horizon, we always encourage responsible use of public lands. Each spring in the Magic Valley volunteers from Southern Idaho Off Road Association, Magic Valley ATV riders and Jerome County come together to rid the north rim of the Snake River Canyon of illegally dumped trash.
“This is just one of many volunteer efforts to keep our public lands clean, safe, and beautiful,” Tiel-Nelson said. “You can learn more about reporting illegally dumped trash on public lands at www.dontdumpidaho.com.”
According to Don’t Dump Idaho’s website, federal statutes specify fines of up to $1,000 and/or up to 12 months imprisonment for dumping trash and debris on public land. Littering on public or private property within the state of Idaho is a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months imprisonment and/or a fine up to $1,000, with the possibility of eight to 40 hours of litter cleanup (Idaho Statute 18-7031).
“We do recognize Johnny Horizon Day and did a proclamation for May 6 this year,” Twin Falls County Commissioner Jack Johnson said. “Our participation is that our parks department provides the trash bags, and each community is in charge of setting up their own trash pickup, etc. The individual highway districts and/or ITD will then pick the bags up depending on which roadways they are on.”
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SAN ANTONIO — Bexar County deputies are investigating an accident on the west-side that has multiple lanes closed.
It happened around 5:45 a.m. on the 5700 block of Five Palms Drive near W Military and Luke Blvd.
Deputies say a man was walking in the middle of the road when he was struck by a moving vehicle.
He was run over by multiple vehicle, according to officials.
The driver of the first car did stop and had to be taken to the hospital with injuries to her wrist.
The westbound lanes of W Military at Luke Blvd are currently shut down. The eastbound lanes reduced to one lane to allow access to Lackland AFB.
Officials say they have no idea why the man was in the middle of the street.
They are waiting for the Medical Examiner at the scene. None of the vehicle are being towed away.
This is a developing story.
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SAN ANTONIO — Crews are battling a huge fire at a shopping center on the northwest side of San Antonio Tuesday morning.
Fire crews responded to the 9000 block of Wurzbach, near Datapoint, around 6:50 a.m. The location appears to be a former restaurant that has been closed for a while.
Video from the scene shows huge flames coming from the building. Initial reports showed that firefighters "went defensive" on the fire and were working to put out the flames from the outside of the building.
There have been no reports of injuries from the fire. Officials say this is the third report of a fire at this location.
This is a developing story and further details will be added as they are received. Check back to this article for new information.
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SAN ANTONIO — Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish a fire in a west side building late Monday evening that officials believe may have been started by homeless people camping nearby.
Crews were called out to an empty building on the 1400 block of SW 19th Street around 11 p.m. for reports of a structure fire.
Firefighters had a tough time getting into the building and had to remove boards and spray water through window bars.
Officials say the fire started outside and spread to the roof then the second floor.
No injuries were reported.
Investigators are now looking into the cause but the chief says it was likely caused by transients camping out near the building.
No word on the estimate of damages caused by the fire.
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Over the years, KENS 5 has worked to transform local news. Our cameras have been the lens bringing history into local viewers' homes. We're proud of our legacy as we serve San Antonians today.
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SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio Police officer went above and beyond... and even underneath a car to save the life of a frightened feline who just used up one of his nine lives.
The tiny kitten was spooked and had crawled up under a vehicle that was parked at a downtown parking garage on Monday.
Officer Guerra heard the cries coming from somewhere under the car and decided to rescue the scared kitten. The officer got down on the ground and tried playing kitten sounds on her cellphone to try and get the kitty to come out. The frightened feline just retreated further back in the parking garage and underneath another car.
Fearing the kitten might be injured or killed if the car's owner returned and started it up, Officer Guerra crawled under the car and was able to pull him to safety.
Not only did the officer save his life, she decided he was going home with her. She named him "Ghost."
We appreciate you, Officer Guerra, for rescuing "Ghost" and giving him a forever home.
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SAN ANTONIO — A man is in the hospital after being shot in the buttocks by his girlfriend's ex, police say.
Officers responded around 2:45 a.m. to the 100 block of Ames Avenue near Division Avenue on the southwest side of the city for reports of a shooting in progress.
The man who was shot was visiting is girlfriend at her apartment complex when the old boyfriend rode up on a bike and confronted the victim, according to witnesses.
The suspect pulled out a gun and shot the victim once in the buttocks, then rode off.
Police were able to find out where the suspect lives and went to his home.
He did not answer his door. When we last spoke to police, the suspect was still not in custody.
The victim was taken to BAMC in stable condition.
The victim was taken to the hospital.. And at last check his condition was stable.
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BLUFFTON, Ind. — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for a missing teen from Bluffton, Indiana.
The Bluffton Police Department said 15-year-old Conner Grace was last seen Tuesday, May 9 at 8:30 a.m.
Grace is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, and has red hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a dark-colored hoodie, tight black jeans and a gold chain.
Police said Grace is believed to be in extreme danger.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the Bluffton Police Department at 260-824-3320 or 911.
Bluffton is roughly 110 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis.
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/silver-alert-missing-bluffton-teen-indiana-conner-grace/531-84918461-01eb-40e8-b018-829a0c24d5cf | 2023-05-16T15:05:36 | 1 | https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/silver-alert-missing-bluffton-teen-indiana-conner-grace/531-84918461-01eb-40e8-b018-829a0c24d5cf |
FREDERICK, Md. — A bear cub was seen in the downtown Frederick area this morning, before being found by officials in a tree.
The bear sighting prompted the Maryland School for the Deaf to shelter in place, the school reported.
Frederick police posted photos of the bear on social media, and warned people not to approach it. Police noted the bear was sighted near Gaithers Alley at about 8:05 a.m.
Police said they were actively monitoring the situation, and the Department of Natural Resources responded. The cub was ultimately located in a tree. | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/bear-cub-spotted-in-frederick | 2023-05-16T15:16:18 | 1 | https://www.wmar2news.com/local/bear-cub-spotted-in-frederick |
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